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The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
curiositiss of Superstition.

When Egypt was in the height OF
her power, when she was most highly
civilized and delighted in being called
the mistress of the land and sea, her
people worshiped a black bull. There
was some discrimination. however,
even In this form Of worship. In order
70 be an object OF mad alteration it was
necessary that the bull calf be born
with circular white spot in the ex-
act center Of his forehead, and the
advent OF such a creature In any herd
was the signal OF wild demonstrations
from the Mediterranean to the border
Of the Lybian desert Even as late as
the time Of Cleopatra. star eyed god
dess, glorious sorceress OF the Nile,
such animals were shod with gold and
had their horns tipped with the same
metal. HerOdOtuS tells OF a man who
died with grief because he sold q COW
that soon after became the mother OF a
black bull calf marked with the sacred
white circle In his forehead
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
WORTH ADVER TIsTNG FOB

There are s00 Negroes sm here i. WasAiHxs~a b.
~ alone and these s4oo Negroes saAssss sa
gegatng $3o4o These mere thsu tkres slHon. II 49,.
are spent right here in Washington but scattered s~ns ia
hundreds OF ademen Is this EOasy wsssA ~
ing '0' II certainly IS and not the largest us
city would refuse to the big end Of did thev 80 us
how much money the Negroes are really spending
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"I'n0u' rival q eo@pstssOE, asd sAs kaA
lev 81 as EsrchA0 IA tAs ey pasaize he aAvsrz ea
s 81 TAs Bee, Pessntng the attractive Bargains s ~ he
2sse NesOes - tsss s4so Negros wAs draw a=aax 49, ~
SveTzHseat three no Of cellars assas - - aas
Teaizag pubh~koa eda and sss s
sA za desire and deserve thstr paOAAgs AnA saA kss vs
Escssve as ku f sss IRE mlsas asEass received s
spent y TIE Negrees Of Wsshtngbea-
Was dG what furnuEs sSssss what dry goods sa
as& what sse hzes ii wA Aka a. saTt - a T.
Gsaaseves these tArs& uaoas Sas psat y We~ssaa
Negroes ~ advertising Ia The RaS
Place yOar s&vesag IN The Bee aaa sea assev
eve Negroes spend their three nGsas dollars with yn
Nov Is s@ time to advertise n The Bee the newspaper es
aso sVsy NssFs home Wasnng gSoa RsaeAsE, neTGaS
WashagOs, rs wA&s advertising Pays yea sssas
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
LAcEMAKING.
An Old Legend That Tells of the ori-
gin Of the Art.

An Old Legend That Tells of the ori-
gin Of the Art.
Lacemaking is by no means so old
an industry as most persons suppose.
There is no proof that It existed pre-
vious to the fifteenth century, and the
oldest known painting in which it ap-
pears Is a portrait Of a lady in the
academy at Venice painted by Caspac-
clio, who died about 1923 The legend
concerning the origin OF the art is as
follows:
A young fisherman Of the Adriatic
was betrothed to a young and beautt-
fui girl of one OF the isles OF the la
goon. Industrious as she was beaut1-
full. the girl made a new net for her
lover, who took it with him on board
his boat The first time he cast it into
the sea he dragged therefrom an exqui-
site petrifed wrack grass. which he
FASTENED to present to his fiancee; but,
war breaking out. the fisherman was
presSeu Ito the service OF the Vene-
don navy. The poor girl wept at the
departure OF her lover and eontem-
plated his last gift to her. While sb-
sorbed in following the intricate ira
Gerry OF the wrack grass she began to
twist and plat the threads weighted
with small beads which hung around
her net Little by little she wrought
an imitation OF the petrifcation, and
thus was created the bobbin lace.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
KANGAROO MEAT.
The Native Youngsters Of New oulnss
Had q Good Reason For Re-
fusing TO Eat IL.

In certain parts Of New Guinea the
waIlaby, a species Of kangaroo. are
very plentiful, and the traveller In
search Of sport finds the pursuit Of
them an exciting occupation Wallaby
steak Is a refreshin. change from cam
ned meats, and the natives are only
too glad to have the remnants Of the
carcass A writer In an English mag
azine tells an amusing incident con-
nected with the animal
He had been ashore In one Of TIE
spsrsely populated regions Of the coast
and secured four waEsby, an ample
supply for the whole party, native
guides and servants included. But Re
found that although wallaby is TO-
garded as such a delicacy that no
trouble is considered too great to OBJ
tain it, none OF the native boys in the
party would touch it.
This was a mystery until one OF
them explained that they had been
trained in childhood IN the belief that
II they ate wallaby befol reaching a
certain age it would step their growth.
These boys all belonged TO the part
OF the country where wallaby are few,
and one can imagine the crafty old
folks seated round the festive pot and
winking at one another as the young
people declined the succulent dainty.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
THE DELUGE.
Queer Old Australian Tradition About
the Flood.
script

Queer Old Australian Tradition About
the Flood.
The aboriginal blacks OF Australia
have queer tradition about the food.
They say that at one time there was
no water on the earth at all except in
the body Of an immense frog. where
men and women could not get at it.
There was a great council on the sub
ject, and it was found out that II the
frog could be made to laugh the wa
ters would run out OF his mouth and
the drought be ended.
So several animals were made TO
dance and caper before the frog to In
dice him to laugh, but he did not even
smile, and so the waters remained In
his body. Then some one happened to
think Of the queer contortiOns into
which the eel could twist itself, and II
was straightway brought before the
frog, and when the frog saw ths wrig-
Cling he laughed so loud that the
whole earth rembled. and the waters
poured out Of his mouth in a great
food, in which many people were
drowned
The black people were saved from
drowning by the pelican. This thought.
fui bird made a big canoe and went
with it among all the islands that ap-
peared here and there above the sur
face of the water and gathered in the
black people and saved them.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
Teo Realistic.

During a performance OF Captain
Lapalisse" at a Valencia theater some
years ago an incident occurred which
for lifelike effect left n0;strg TO be ds-
sired During the said play some OF
the actors mingle with the spectators
In order to cooperate from the body
Of the house. No sooner had Nirailes,
the actor, taken his seat In the stalls
than a daring pickpocket robbed him
Of his gold watch. Miralles seized the
man by his coat collar and called out
in q deep bass voice:
''POliceI Help! Thievesv'
The audience, taking this little cpl
sode to be part Of the performance.
roared with laughter Even the police
men Joined in without stirring hand or
foot.
'SThis is no farceF' cried the actor
In tones OF despair. ''The fellow has
got my watchF
The voice sounded so natural that
the audience broke into loud applause
at "such excellent fooHng." Meanwhile
the thief managed to break away from
his captor and escaped
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
The Wonderful Ranana.

Some people believe that the banana
was the original forbidden fruit OF the
garden OF Eden. In any case it is one
Of the curiosities Of the vegetable
Kingdom, being not a tree, a palm, g
bush. a shrub, a vegetable or a herb,
but herbacsous plant with the status
of q tree. Although it sometimes at
tains a height OF thirty feet, there is
no woody aber in any part Of fits struc-
ture, and the bunches growing on the
dwarf banana plant are often heavier
than the stalk which supports them.
No other plant gives such q quantity
OF food to the acre as the banana. It
yields ~ times more by weight than
the potato and 1873 times more than
wheat. Moreover, no insect will at
tack IL, and it is always immune from
diseases OF any kind.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
Saved by EireHies.

The gigantic tropical frefies which
swarm In the forests and canebrakes
az most Of the low lying West Indian
Islands once proved the salvation Of
the city OF Santo Domingo. A body OF
buccaneers, headed by the notorious
Thomas Cavendish, had laid all their
plans for a descent upon the place, in
tending TO massacre the Inhabitants
and carry away all the treasure they
conveniently could, and had actually
pot OF their boats for that purpose
As they approached the land, however,
rowing with muftied oars, they were
greatly surprised to see an infinite
number OF moving lights In the woods
which frtnged the bayou up which
they had to proceed, and, concluding
that the Spaniards knew OF their ap-
pCoach. they put about and regainsd
their ship without attempting to land.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
A Judicial ExpsFt.

Tho native with a stogis met the nE-
tive with a pipe.
''Howdy. ZebT' Quoth the stogie na-
tive. "Hear bout tn fuss down to
tn courthouseT
Nope" drawIed the man with the
pipe. what was it about7"
''Why, Jim Simpson has been sum
Abner Haw!ey for alienatin' tn az
fections Of his wife. an Jedge Mus
grove told tn jury to bring in YER
dick OF 9 cents damages. cause he
thought that was all the damage was
worth to Jim. An Jim's wife got mad
an threw a chair at tn Jedge, an he
had her arrested an put In tn cooler. /"
~But didn't tn jedge so a leetle too
far when he hxed her value so IOwr
'Not at all, not at ali! You see, he
was her first husband. d."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04

eeptional opportunity. Thi. !, r..
county in which The Tuskeres No.
nal and Industrial Institute !. T.
Gated There is plenty of goOS lad
TOT sale On easy terms. There !. .
good schOolhouse, and the a.,
term lasting from seven to -. 80.
months in every part of the eo,n,-
Ine white people in Macon Count,
are OF the very best class. There !,
no disorder or racial trouble w.
advise eolored people who are nov
living in crowded towns Or cite,
IN the North or in the South, and es-
Pecially those who have children 10
raise to come to Macon County and
Suy home where they can get plen-
ty of land to cultivate and rear thei,
families in the county free from he
temptations of the cities and towns
For further informstioa write -
see:
Cxatc~ ]. Galloway. Real Esszts
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
SM0KELESS POWDER.
Is Came Through Experimenting For
High Explosives.

High Explosives.
The idea is very general that smoke
less powder In being practically
smOkeless achieves its greatest end,
but as a matter Of fact It's smokeless
feature is incidental and was an ac-
cident.
When the idea Of modern long range
guns was conceived it was at once ap-
parent that the old black powder lack
Cd explosive force, and thousands Of
experiments were made with various
chemicals to procure a powder OF high
explosive properties. and this was at
hast accomplished.
When the new powder was tried,
much to the surprise OF every one It
was found that practically no smoke
followed the explosion, though this
could Of course have been predicted
had the question ever arisen. The
volume OF smoke from black powder
Is due mainly to the quantity OF char
coal tn the powder. an ingredient not
sound IN the smokeless explosive.
SmOkeless powder. though a great
boon to the sportsman, is OF question
sbie value on the battlefield, so far as
its smOkelessneSS is concerned. The
smoke clouds OF old days were ire
Quently most advantageously used to
cloak movements OF troops and bat
teries and really interfered with the
enemy much more than with the
troops creating the smoke.-Exchange
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
QUEER INDIAN BELIEFS.
ne Bella cooIa Believe There Are
Five Worlds and Are Worship
ers of the Sun.

There Is an odd feature In the theos.
sgy OF the small Indian tribe OF the
Bella COola which inhabit British Co
lambda In about latitude 81. They be-
lteVe that there are five worlds, one
abOVe the other, and the middle one Is
our own world, the earth. Above it
are two heavens, and under it are two
underwOrlds. In the upper heaven Ia
the supreme deity, who is a woman,
and she doesn't meddle much with the
affairs in the second world below her.
The zenith is the center Of the lower
heaven, and here is the house OF the
gods. in which live the sun and the
rest OF the deities.
Our own earth is believed to be an
island swimming In the ocean. The
first underworld from the earth Is in
hAbited by ghosts, who can return,
when they wish. to heaven, from which
place they may be sent down TO our
earth II then they misbehave again
they are cast into the lower Of the IN
derworlds. and from this bOurn no
ghOstly traveller returns.
The Bella CoOla are sun worshipers.
for Senex, the sun, the master of the
house Of gods. who is called the father
and the sacred one, is the only deity
20 whom the tribe pray. Each family
Of the Bella Coola has its own tradi-
tons and its own form OF the cur
rent traditions, so that in the mytholo-
gy Of the tribe there are countless CON
tradictiOns. When any one not a mem
Der of a clan tries to tell a tradition
which does not belong to his clan It
is like a white man trying to tell an
others jOke-he is considered as ap-
propriating the property right which
does not belong to him.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
MORE MONEY RACE PROGRESS

cOioed people themselves dainty destroy pse~sa
ton odos shine from the face
discoveries for improving the dressing the ha sz
will be better received in the business world aks
money and advance faster.
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Dr. Booker Washington improves their mnda Caua
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Costs so cents and will last lifetime
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When heated into the scalp and through the hair
der Comb any sH knOtty hair will dress we'll ss pest
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The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
Mhan Silence L. Deadly.

Silence is commonly the slow poison
used by those who mean to murder
love. There Is nothing violent about
It. No shock is given. Hope Is not
abruptly strangled, but merely dreams
Of evil and fights with gradually std
fling shadows. When the last convul-
sions come they are not terrific. The
frame has been weakened for dissolu-
tion- Love dies like natural decay. It
seems the kindest way OF doing q
cruel thing.-George Meredith.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
Rinnan anA nraAnn

IF had my way" DR.. Mcnamara
once confessed to an interviewer. II
should be singing In Carmen instead
Of making speeches from the treasury
bench, but unfortunately the British
public thinks a great deaf more Of .
man who can make a bad speech than
q man who can sing a good song.''-
Westminster Gazette.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
Black Eve For Blackstone.

3s&0% Eye FoT 94GSRGfSHS~
~Your honor" said Moman Pruistt.
sha criminal lawyer, 'since reports
GnA modern law are not sufficient to
eoAztnce you, let me read this section
fFom Blackstone, the father OF the
common law, an undoubted authority.
Hs supports my contention precisely"
'You had as well sit down, Mr.. PTu-
lett. I have decided the point against
yo0," replied the court. You need
not cite more cases. l have oyerruIsd
yozx demurrer and DO not case 70 hs&R
y0a read the section"
Il know you have. your bOnOz- l
know Jon have" saFcastica1y sasd tns
rsdoubtabFe lawyer. Il know Il, bot /
5ust wanted TO show the court wf1st q
tool Blackstone was,~-Kansas C3ey
TINES.
Frss Uss oF the Word "<srsss~s"
The word kerosene" seems b hsvs
been first used In ths United States
peAe0t No. 1872 OF March n. 1S6A
gxGnSed to Abraham GesneT Of VII
ElHmsourg, n Y, and assigned to ths
ROzeh American Kerosene GasfAght
ecmoany. In the preamble to his spse-
tdcattO1 Gesnsr states that he bAs
'mvsnted and discovered q new and
useful manufacture or composites q
nsRteer, beng q new sqdid hydE0c8-
boa which | denominate KeFoSeDa
30 far 80 we are aware and 30 fa< e.
thS patent office examiners ape Rwaxs.
t1zAa - the first instance IN whSsn tas
word kerosene was suggested - q
tEa6sussTk or name foG wb64 w.
thsn gensrally czfied '-rOek Oa~-
Scientific American.
cerSsnoaIous and Dssdi1 DwA-
Ths first executive manssoa was n
Philadelphia, three story bgsck DuSSdr
ing WITH small paBed windows and q
hesvy brass knocker on the eo0<.
FORMAL state dinners took Place On
Thursdays at 1 o'clock, with from tan
to twenty guests. Friday evenings
Mrs. Washington held her drawing
rooms. Plum cake, tea and coffee wszs
served at . O'Clock, after which AES.
Washington rose and dismissed bEG
guests, as though they were little chiir
dren TOO long lingering at a paIty.
The general" was the naive fOrm0s2.
always retires at 9, and | usually PEE
esds him" The whole affair was senr
ps0dOosly ceremOniou4 and Gsa6y
-S@&O Book.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
To Rafcrwa Him

Ainister-You say you are going to
marry a man to reform him. That is
noble. May / ask who it is? Miss
Beaud-Its young Mr.. Bondclipper.
Ainister-Indeed! / did not know be
had any bad habits. Miss Beauti-
Yes; his friends say that be is becom-
Ing quite miSerly.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
Authorization.

Doesn't it make you the least bit
envious TO see what elegant furniture
Ars. Eyefiy is putting into her house
next doorT
Not q bit ny husband says it win
Be sold By the sheriff within six
months-and III be there - bay a.
Ckteago Tribune
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
CanNlncad.

do you think a college education
helps a man IN bEstnessY
"Sure. I've had two college boys
here workin' for me durin' the past
year. and I was afraid to discharge
either one Of 'em for fear they'd find
fault with my grammar when done
st"-Chicago Record Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04

There are many colored families
who are living m crowded houses
On small plots of i=nA in towns OF
c;t;.. who want real freedom and
real opportunity for themselves ana ID
for their children. Il is very ditncSit
.o ear ehildrea in . crowded Town
or city. The place to rear children
Is in the country.
Ia Maeoa County, Alabama the
eossreS peoSIs have = rare sne sx-
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
Ruhhinn IL In.

The Bride-That nasty Mrs. Jones
next door. said I'd better try these
biscuits on the dog before I gave 'em
20 you. The Groom-HssDt she got
: mean dispOsitionI Why. thought she
was fond OF dogsLClgveIand Leader
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
FoJlovyino Orders,

Charlie-What have you been doing
% your face. dear boy? Percy-I tried
60 shave myself this morning. Charlie
What on earth fort Percy-The
doctor told me that ought to take
more exercise.-ulustrated Bits.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04

Cardinal Logue, the prelate of Ire
r.Td WHO is in Durham, n. l., to at
t-nd the conservation service, OF 81
pat-;ck's Cathedral, said: The coi-
ored people should have been ea9-
cstsd first. then gradually emanci-
osted. It was a mistake to SET thehi
frce. untutored and helpless.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
A. Crnss PucnnsAa.

scott-Half the people In the world
6Sa't know what the other half are
doing. Nott-No; that Is because the
Skhsr half are Coins them. - Boston
Transcript,
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04

The commission in charge of tn
r:.,o;e u71I oF Fame. at Champaign
-. decided that the late Philip. u.
X-Tnorr is entitled to recognition
Ing "a TO his services in promoting
~. livestock industry in the United
States
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
RiCha ~dsOn's Pure Drug Store

3I6 ~ Street, S. w.
Just received large assignment of fresh drugs large
collection of fine toilet preparations Easter goods
articles just the thing you desire for Offering
Richardson's Old Reliable Pure Drug Stoce
3I6 ~ Street, S. W.
and I1th and RStrees N. w.
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04
Often The Caaa.

sifficus-What do you suppose caused
him 10 go TO the bad? Cynicus-TTy-
Ing TO be good Observation-Disclosures
Record
The Washington bee., 1911-03-04

The fools ear was made for the
knavss tongus.-RamaswamF 'Tn.
aAzn fabIes."
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24

Joe tIron Man. McGinnity. manager of the Newarks, sustained fracture of a bone in the right wrist yesterday. He was cranking his auto at the time.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
Convention of Staus.

Within the imperial preserves where the kaiser and his guests secured 5OO deer in one day is the Schorfhaide. which each year toward the month of November becomes the meeting place of thousands of stags. This annual assemblage on the Schorfhaide has taken place every autumn for cen turies past Mention thereof has been found in documents more than thou sand years old. All sorts of theories have been put forward 10 account for it. Some natives say that the animals meet to decide matters affecting the leadership Of their various clans. It seems hard to account otherwise for the attraction which brings Stags and their mates from Galicia. on the Rus sian border; from the Liechtenstein game preserves south of Vienna and from the still larger estates in Hun gary belonging to the Archduke Fred erick. all fhe way to the Schorfhaide.- London Chronicle.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1911-03-24
The Art of Boxino.

Pugilism, the practice of boxing or fighting with the fists. was a manly art and exercise highly esteemed among the ancients. In those days the hands of the pugilist were armed with the cestus leather throngs loaded with lead or iron. This form of athletic sport was at first only permitted to freemen among the Greeks, but grad ually it was taken up as a profession and lost much of it's prestige.
 AS an illustration of it's early use we find in Firgil's fifth Aeneid the rec ord of match between Dares. with nimble feet and confident in youth" and Enteilus, the veteran champion. strong and weighty limbed." when the combatants-- Their arms uplift In air. their heads with
 draw
 Back from the blows. and. mingling hand
 with hand.
 Provoke the conflict
 Pugiiism has been q typical English sport from the days of King Alfred London Standard.