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The Washington bee., 1911-01-14
PAPER AND CANVAS.
An Anecdots of Turner, the Crest
Landscape Painter.

An Anecdots of Turner, the GrezE
Landscape Painter.
In a book entitled Stories Of the
English Artists" B. Davies and G.
Hunt tell an interesting anecdots o3
Turner, the great landscape painter.
He dishked to part with his pictures
and when he sold one invariably wore
a look Of detection and oppression. II
a friend asked him what was the mat
ter be would sorrowfully explain, I've
lost one OF my children this week"
Once a Fich Birmingham manufac-
turer, elliott by name, introduced
himself to the painter and stated that
he had come to buy.
"%Don't want to selP' or some such
lacOnic rebuff was the answer.
The manufacturer then drew from
his pocket a bundle Of banknotes, about
5000 worth.
Mere paper" observed Turner, with
grim humor, a little softened, how
ever, and evidently enjoying the joke.
ITO be bartered for mere canvas"
replied the persistent elliott, waving
his hand at the Building Of Car
thage" and its companions.
This tone OF cool depreciation seem
ed to have a happy effect and finally
elliott departed with some 5000
worth OF Turner's pictures.
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A Strenuous Wooer.

The "reminiscences OF Bismarck
contains an account Of his courtship.
He was a young Prussian officer when
he first met Johanna Won Puttkamer,
but he made application at once to her
father for permission to pay his ad-
dresses. Aghast at Bismarcks pro
pOsal. the old gentleman did not absO-
lutely decline it. Instead he wrote Civ
ing permission TO pay a sort Of visit
Of inspection" at the Puttkamer home
Bismarck FASTENED to Reinfeld. The
whole Puttkamer family was lined up
to greet him. The father and mother
gisred at him solemnly, and Johanna
herself stood between them, her eyes
cast mOdestiy downward. With the
swift, whirlwind decision that scored
Bismarck his later political triumphs
he carried the situation by storm.
Galloping up the driveway, be leaped
from his horse, ran forward and flung
his arms around Johanna, taking no
heed of her scandalized parents and
catching her 10 his breast and cover
ing her blushing face with kisses.
After that there could be no talk OF
probation" or waiting" The betroth'
al was necessarily an accepted fact
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GIFT OF LANGUAGE.
The Man Who Is an Able conVsrsas
tionslist Has the Advantage
Over All Others.

There is ne other oae thing witch
enables US to make so good an tns-
preston, especially upon those who do
not know Us thoroughly, as the ability !
to converse well. A man who can talk |
well, who has the art OF putting things
in an attractive way, who can interest
others Immediately by his power OF
speech, has a very great advantage
over one who may know more than he,
but gho cannot express himself with
ease OF eloquence.
You may be a good singer, e ans
artist. you may have a great many ae-
complishments which people occasion
ally see or enjoy, you may have a very
beautiful home and a lot OF property
which comparatively few people ever
know about, but If you are a good con
veEser every one you meet recognizes
and appreciates your art Every body.
yeu converse with feels the influence
Of your skill and charm
IN other words, there is no accom-
plishment, no attainment which you
can use SC constantly and effectively
which VIII give so much pleasure to
your friends as fine conversation
There Is no doubt that the gift OF Ian
guage was intended to be a much
greater accomplishment than the ma
jority Of us have ever made OF it
Orison SWEET sIardeD In Success Mag
az{nA
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xraxT was placed In command, and
the punitive expedition sailed on Nov.
IT, 1712 On the 21st the pirates were
sighted in an inlet about sixty miles
from Bathtown, and Maynard anchor
ed for the night
On the following morning Thatch,
maasuvering to elude attsek, ran his
vessel aground, but Naynard's sloOp.
drawing more water, though she had
40 guns on board, failed to get to
close quarters. The lieutenant, how
ever, threw out his ballast and In an
swer to a truculent defiance from
Thatch promised to be ''soon aboard
him with his sloop." Coming at last
within close range, q broadslde from
the pirate killed or wounded twenty
of Maynard's crew and nine on board
his censoTt.
MAYNARD now ran alongside the pi-
rate. when, under cover of a discharge
q grenades, Thatch ana fourteen fol-
lowers boarded the kings ship. May
nard and Thatch, pistol and sword in
hand. engaged in a desperate personal
encounter. The neutenants sword
broke, and more than once he narrow
Iy escaped a fatal injury. But at
last Thatch, having received sixteen
wounds, fell dead in the act Of cock
|, ing a pistol. His followers jumped
overheard and cried for quarter. May
nard hung Thatch's head at the bow
spirit end, sailed for BathtOwn, where
he seized the governors storeh0use,
and then, still with bis grisly sign
of triumph swinging In the wind, re.
Joined his ship In Virginia, where thir
teen Of the captured pirates were
hanged.
One OF the BlackbeaEd's crew whe
obtained pardon was Israel Hands
who makes his appearance In Treas
uFe Island" Shortly before Thatct
met his death Hands had been lamed
for life by a pistol shot in the knee
fred by Thsteh from under the cabin
table, at which he, with Hands and
others, was carousing, just TO remind
his crew in general "who be was"
Such an act was only enc OF the many
eccentric brutalities of Thatch's es-
reer.
When he felt himself n the vein ol
was going into action his appearance
( was somewhat startling-ais bushy
black beard tied up with ribbons, the
ends OF which were thrown over bis
ears; a fur cap on his head, with
lighted match on either side, and threS
brace Of pistols slung across his shoul
der. OF the usual condition Of himself
and bis crew much may be gathered
from the fact that sour company
somewhat sober was a circumstance
deemed worthy Of note In the diary
found after his death.-London Globe.
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stnries Of W s. GiIhert-

When Sir Henry Irving and Edwin
Booth were acting together in London
at doubled prices, the story goes that
Mr.. Herman Vein, meeting ". S.
Gilbert in the street, asked him wheth-
er he had been to this quite exception
al show. mo" said Mr.. Gilbert; 81
have sometimes paid half guinea to
see one bad actor, but l will not pay a
guinea to see two"
MIR. Beerbohm Tree was playing the
part Of Falstaff at the London Hay
market, and the indispensable stufing
made him perspire profusely. Mr.. Gil
bert, who was in the theater, went be-
hind the scenes to see the actor, who
may we'll have been expected to be
congratulated on the excellence of his
tmpersOna1OR.
How well your skin acts" said Mr.
Gfbert.-London Graphic.
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Satisfied Each Side.

Nearer seven feet tall than six was
the father of the present earl Of Ennis
kilIen. He was a magistrate and
mighty fox hunter. He used to come
to the Justice room" ready dressed
for hunting quite early in the morning,
in order to hear cases before he start
ed of to the meet His practice was
to hear the plaintiff and then horse
whip the defendant, abusing him for
behaving in such a blackguardly man
ner. Then he heard the defendant and
afterward hOrsewhipped the plaintih.
It is said that both parties left the
court perfectly satisfied, each saying
that the other had been b0FseWhipped
by his honor.-LondOn Graphic.
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4 DARING BUCCANEER
Edward Thatch, Who Was Known
as the Blackboard Pirate.
HIS BATTLE WITH MAYNARD.
After the Hand to Hand Conflict the
psspsrado's Head Hung at the soVS-
spirit End Of the Lisutsnant's slooP
"a She Sailed Back to Virginia.

Il is almost 200 years since Edward
Thatch, better known as the pirate
Blackboard, was a name with -htch
to terrorize the Atlantic coast of the
then new country Of America As a
buccaneeF whose deeds Of desperate
daring made him feared wherever his
name was known he stands a close
rival OF the famous Captain Kidd, II
indeed in some respects he did not sur
pass that notorious freebooter.
The date Of Thatchs birth is lost in
history, and his native place is vari-
ously given as Bristol and Jamaica
He first appears as a foremast hand to
Major Stede Bonnet a gentleman OF
Barbados, who, although a man OF
property and having small knowledge
of the sea, thought proper to it out q
sloop and take to a life Of piracy, the
explanation of his being "a Little dis
tracted" being charitably given by one
biographer However that may be,
hts crew missed in the major the quail
tiles Of a successful commander. They
deposed him and elected Thatch in his
place. Bonnet was tried and executed
In iii.
Thatch's nrst independent exploit OF
which we have a detailed account took
place In June, 171S, when be captured
two French ships near the Bermudas,
one laden with sugar, the other empty,
Transferring to the latter the crew OF
tha laden vessel and letting them 60
their way, be sailed with his prize OF
vessel and sugar for Bathtown, n. @.
with the governor Of which place.
| Charles Eden, be had previously az
! lived at q pleasant understanding.
| Thatch gave out that be had found
| the French ship deserted Governor
Eden received sixty hogsheads Of sugar
as his share. Tobias Knight, his sec
| retary, took twenty, and the remain
der fen to Thateh and his crew.
Thatoh fingered there for some
months. Dlundsring and insulting the
merchants Of the place. These, under
standing at length the futility Of sx'
pectang redress from Eden, applied te
the governor Of Virginia 70 rid them
ok the pest
The governor, after consultation
with the captains Of the Pearl and
Lame. then hing IN the James river
agreed 20 provide two siOops, the var
ghips 20 furnish 9 complement q
nssA, KAsutsnant Maynard Of th'
Sa-ATT -
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HER GREETING.

Ia Spite Of the Old LAdy's Care She
MsHassd 70 Riwndsr.
The daughters OF certain charming
old lady In Washington are frequently
much upset By the odd social bfuDders
OF their parent, whose fRtnngs IN this
respect are, however, more than onset
By her kindfinsss Of manner.
Among the callers to the house Of
this family was a Mrs. Farrell, who,
after some years OF widOwhoOd, again
married, this time becoming the wife
OF a Mr.. Msggs.
eff you love Us, mother" said one
sf the girls when the newly married
lady's card had been brought in one
afternoon shortly after the completion
Of the honeymoon, don't make the
mistake Of calling her Mrs. Farrell"
The mother solemnly promised to
commit no faux pas and as she went
downstairs ives heard 30 repeat 10
herself, 'Meggs- -Meggs- eggs-not
Farrell
At the conclusion Of the ean the Old
lady was met at the head OF the stairs
by the daughter, who at once cbserV-
ed an ominous expression Of despond-
ency on the odd lady's face.
"@Oh, mother" she exclaimed, ~surefY
you didn't''-
NO, Clara" replied the mother en-
phaticany, Il didn't I was so caseful
to call her Mrs. Meggs all the time
~WeIl, what's the trouble, thenT"
'Oh, dearP' murmured the kindly old
lady, as she sank into a chair. '1'
was awful of me, knowl When
greeted her 1 said: I am glad to set
you, Mrs. Meggs. How Is Mr.. Ear
reIlr r"-Harperas Weekly.
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Peter the Great as a prinker.

There is preserved In the BOdleian
library, Oxford an innkeepe='s bill for
breakfast eaten in England by Peter
the Great Of Russia. The czar and his
twenty companions managed to dis
pose Of half a sheep, a quarter Of lamb,
ten pullets, twelve chickens, three
quarts Of brandy, six quarts Of mulled
wine, seven dozen Of eggs, with salad
ia proportion. Peter was always a
hard drinker. He would drink a pint
Of brandy and a bottle OF sherry for
his morning draft; after dinner he
managed eight bottles Of sack. ''and
SO to the playhouse" But his favorite
drink was hot pepper and brandy.
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His Little Joke.

It was just two years after their
wedding.
George" she said Economically as
she gazed at the fantastic pictures the
red Goals formed, do you remember
our courtfng daysT
George laughed teasingiy.
mo, my dear. do not"
She looked ap with a hurt express
sion.
George, do you mean to sit there
and say you do not remember our
courting days? Why, am shocked at
your cOldness."
mo, dear; / do not remember our
eourting days because only night
watchmen have TO do their courttng in
the daytime. But l do remember our
ceurting nights, and they were de-
Hghtful, pet"
But she said he was too horr1d Tor
Chicago News.
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nsIauars,s Circular Boundary.


The northern boundary line OF Della
ware is circular because the charter
given to Penn states that Pennsylvania
was to be bounded on the east Dy
the Delaware river from twelve miles
distant north Of Newcastle town until
the three and fortieth degree of north
latitude" and that the southern bound
aIv was to be "a circle drawn at
twelve miles distant from the town Of
Newcastle northward and westward
until the fortieth degree of north lad-
tude and then by a straight line west
ward" This makes a circular bound
ary for northern Delaware unaFoid-
able, and the facts above set forth eI-
plain a geographical curiosity that has
puzzled many students.
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MR. A. c. HOWARD, OF NEW YORK
Where TO Buy Howards Polish in Washington:
DEPARTMENT STORES
Saks & Co., Department Store.
& Sons Department Store.
Goldenbergs, Department Store.
George GOdenbug Pennsylvania Department store
DRUGGISTS
Gray, Reformer Building, street northwest
Drug Company Second and II streets southwest
Board & Mcclure, I9I21A I4th street, northwest
w L. Smith, Seventh street northwest
Leroy H Harris 600 Third southwest.
R Mayer, Fourth and N southwest.
I4h and P northwest.
w. Morse, L street northwest.
George Murray, D southwest.
Napper's Pharmacy, 1916 Seventh street northwest
Marke Pharmacy Goth street northwest
NJ Sngletons Pharmacy, Goth and streets northwest
JOBBERS
Barber Supply Company Z street northwest
Shoe Findings, northwest
Goldberg I63 Pennsylvania avenue
NJ. Garfnkle, lily Seventh rthwest.
J Schenerman roth southeast
GENERAL DEALERS.
T. J. Watts, Pennsylvania
NJ A Harris $40 Florida northwest
7 Fairfax Pennsylvania northwest
J. H. Maxwell Terminal R. R. Yards Pullman POrters Rooms
A. A. Viennas, III5 Pennsylvania
J. J. Wilson, 635 G street northwest
All FOWL Supply Companies Howads Polish their outhtS
All Barracks and around Washington HoWardS Po
Holtman's Shoe Store, Pennsylvania avenue.
Arthur Martini los Eighth street northwest
Shoe Manufacturing and Repair Company 42 Ninth street
w. A. Taylor New York
Robert Harris, oo6 nth street northwest
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OLD CADIZ.
It Was Once Richer Than London, bus
Now Its Chief Business Is Only
the Expectation of Salt.

OF Cadiz, De Amicis said. 1T b best
described By writing the word white
with a white pencil on blue paper"
Under the MONDAY sun, seen from
the lofty Tore de Vigta. the medise-
val watchtower in the center OF the
city, its buildings are dazzling and al
most sncircled by the blue sea- A
long. narrow isthmus like the stem Of
a pipe leads from San Fernando, on the
mainland Cadiz rests on the bowl OF
the pipe-yes, 8 pure white meeF-
schaum without eoIoxtng. though 1900
years old.
Americans may Justly regard this
now decadent place with compassion,
because 1t grew to greatness by It's
commerce with the new Worthwhile
Spain ruled the AmeFicas-end then
fell away into decay on the loss Of the
western possessions.
It was great before Rome was found
ed. And as late as ITO It was wealth
fer than London. Commerce has ever
been it's life. Today its chief busi-
ness is the production Of salt for ex-
port. This humble staple, evaporated
in countless shallow lagoons in wide
spreading marshes, st1H keeps Cadiz
n touch with the new world. as most
of the salt is shipped to South Amer
lea.
The natives pronounce Cadiz with
''z" silent and "a" very broad-'Ca-di" }"
That has always been its name, with
slight variations. It's Pheenician and
Tyrian founders called it Gadir. a cas-
tie OF fastness. The Romans called II
Gades. The Arabs had 1t Kadis.-Ds-
| trott News Tribune.
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MARKED THEIR TRAIL
TIVE Brave Women Who outWittsd .
Band Of indians.

TIVE Brave Women Who outwittsd
Band Of Indians.
One summer afternoon in 1776 Je-
NINA Boone and two sisters named
Galloway while boating on the Ken
tucky allowed their canoe to drift
close to the opposite bank Here, be-
hind a bush, Ave Shawnee warriors
were in hiding, and, although the spot
was not more than a quarter Of a mile
from BoonesbOrough, one OF the Shaw
nees struck boldly out into the water,
seized the canoe and dragged it to
shore with it's screaming occupants.
Once In the power Of the Indians,
however, these youthful daughters Of
the wilderness betrayed a wonderful
self possession and TesOurcefulness.
They knew enough Of Indian customs
to realize that If their strength failed
them and they should prove unequal
90 the long march to the Shawnee
towns on the Ohio they would be
slaughtered mercflessly. So they sti-
fed sobs and calmly accompanied their
captors without protest or struggle.
At every opportunity, though. they
secretly tore little pieces from their
clothing and attached them to bushes
on the trail. Nothing more was need
ed to inform Boone and his fellow set
tiers, who had quickly started in pur-
suit. that they were oa the right track,
and on the second day Of the captivity
they caught up with the Indians. A
volley laid two Shawnees low, the rest
fed, and by the close of another day
the girls were safe in the arms Of
their thankful mothers.-H. Addington
Bruce in Smiths Magazine.
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PERILS OF EXPLORERS.
Tragic Journey Across a Desert ef
Central Asia by the Great Swe-
dish Explorer, Sven Hedin.


dish Explorer, Sven Hedin.
One Of the most trying Of the ceH-
tT4l Asian adventures Of Sven Hedtn.
the Swedish explorer. was this: In
February. 1895. Sven Hedin started
eastward. exploring the country be-
tween the Kashgar and Yarkand rfv-
ers, proceeding In April to cross the
TakIa Makan desert, between the
YarkanJ end Khotan rivers. Never
before had any known traveller at
tempted to exploit a course amid the
eternal sea Of shifting sand hills from
river to river The tale Of that little,
travel worn, bedraggled group, far be-
yond the last watering place, envel-
oped in dust, stumbling along through
the dreary but agitated desert sea by
crooks and roundabout ways, with
desolation spread around and every
trace of life departed, was weird
and pathetic one. Not even a fly was
TO be heard IN the air, not even yei-
low leaf broke the monOtony."
anu ever at AuClt DCtt4 Wako bAO
sturdy figure Of the Swedish explorer,
compass in hand. stin enthusiastic,
guiding them as best he could through
the death shrouded wilderness. At
length the camels had to eat their
straw saddles, and the last Of the
bread was gone. Horrors followed.
AS men and eamels dropped out OF
the line they were Immediately envel-
oped in the whiriing sand Shroud and
never seen again.
The end came on May 8. when Sven
Hedin, crawling on all fOurs. dragged
himself across the dry bed OF the
Khotan river. '"Au of q sudden a duck
new into the air and water splashed," f"
he wrote. Two Of his followers were
ali that survived, and 1t Is doubtful
whether even those two would have
lived to tell the tale had not Sven
Hedin carried back water for them IN
his boots.
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HoM He kneM.

my wife took me to the orchestra
concert last night, and I think they
played Wagner"
what makes you think SOP
''Wby, a big bunch Of plaster felI
from the ceiling into the middle aisle
during the concert, and a man who
was sleeping near me woke up and said
Wagner? ?"-CIeveIand Plain Dealer.
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Domestic Economy.

"Nora, was that the coal man saw
making love to you yesterday even
ing?
Yes, ma'am, but 'ope, ma'am
Does he love you very muen'
Nora p
"'B says g does, ma am
''DevotedlyT'
Eyes, na'am."
sWen, you tell him that unless he
gives us better weight than he has
been doing we shall get our coal else
whora s-London Illustrated Bits.
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Within Her hasaAs.

A pretty little girl Of three years was
IN a drug store with her mother. Be-
ing attracted By something IN The
showcase, she asked what II was- The
CLERK replied. THAT Is scent bag.
~How ehespr replied the little gfTf.
'sf,Ii take twoF-LippincofTs.
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Got n Free.

A good old preacher who had decid-
ed to leave an unreraunerative charge,
finding # impossible to collect his sal
ary, said IN his farewell sermon: 4
have little more to add, dear brethren,
save thIs-you were all 10 favor OF free
salvation, and the manner in which
you have treated me proves that you
have got itf'
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He Had the Bill.

TOm hn ACCOMMODATIONS me, old
nan, bat would you mind paying my
sheck7 haven't anything but forty
dollar bEli. Jack-A forty dollar bll!
WHY, never heard of a bin Of that
denomination. Tom-Here it is-a ban
frou my Chicago News.
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To Fresh Eyes.

wRaie, accompanied by his father,
was visiting 8 circus and menagerie.
~Oh. papa" ths boy exclaimed as they
psssed before an elephant, Hook at
the big COW with her horns In her
nouth eating bay With her tail -
CsarSstasn Register.
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Not Yet.

"Do you desire room with bathr
asked the affable clerk.
sGee whiz, noY' replied the gentle
man with the canvas telescope. This
Il only Tuesday. amt it~-Chicago
RAeaPd. .Eerald
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Would Seem Not.

'Tn these stories OF the middle ages
we always read about the hero's good
right arm"
"WellY
sTWas there never a sOuthpaW
knfghtY'-PhiIadeIph Bulletin.
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There is nothing SO utterly hollow ss
= ktnd word that should have 80
sDOhen yesterday.-EVangel.
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The right word is always power
and communicates its dehniteness To
our sctton--Efiot.
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Armor Plated Pa~nshops.

The inside Of a Chinese pawnshop Is
a terra ineognttO to most people, Chi
nese and English. Few are admitted
within its mysterious walls except
those directly connected with the busi-
ness. a traveller was recently permit
ted to inspect one In an inland town
and was surprised to find the entire
building incased in sheet iron about
ons-eighth of an inch thick. It must
have cost large sum to build an iron
house within the usual lefty brick edt-
fee, yet there it was, even 10 the roof.
It served a twofold purpoSe-a protsc-
ton against fire and thieves. Yet even
within this iron castle night watch
men armed with heavy revogYers and
clad In bullet proof jackets ever keep
watch