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The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Do You Help Others7

It has been tritely said that for ev-
ery one who stands alone there are
twelve to lean against him How is it
with you? Are you one Of those
against whom others lean for help and
encouragement, or are you leaning
against some one and drawing your
inspiration and courage from him? 1t
depends entirely on yourself whether
you take g positive attitude in your
work or whether your negative char
acteristic shall dominate. 1t is much
easier TO go through life making as
little effort as possible, but it is a
poor way if we are going to make
life yield even small mOdicum OF
what it holds for us. If you are work
ing earnestly and hoping for success
there is only one way to attain it, and
that is through your positive charac
teristics.-Philadelphia Ledger.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
ae.s>zs, ,s,E~Av rasaszz
THE ELECTR0SC0PE.
An instrument by Which the Presence
of Electricity Is Detected Was
Perfected In 1887.

The electrOscOpe is an instrument for
the detection of electricity. 1t depends
for its action on the principle that
bodies charged with like electricity re-
pei, while those charged with unlike
electricity attract each other. The Ordi-
nary pith ball suspended on a silk
thread is the simplest form OF the in
strument.
The most common type of electro
scope is that devised by Bennett in
1887 and known as the gold leaf cleo
trOscope. 1t consists of two strips Of
gold leaf or thin aluminium foil sus-
pended from the lower extremity Of
conductor within q glass bottle or jar.
The upper end of the conductor ter
inmates in ball or q plate in case the
instrument is to be used as a condens-
ing electrOscOpe If a body charged
with positive electricity is brought near
the knob Of the electrOscope the mega
tive electricity will be attracted TO the
knob and the positive repelled to the
leaves, which diverge. If now the fin
ger is touched to the knob the positive
electricity is drawn off and the leaves
collapse, while the negative electricity
is held bound. Removing the charged
body, the leaves will diverge again,
charged with negative electricity. In
this case the instrument can be used
to determine the nature Of a charge OF
q body brought near 1t, as with posi-
i've charge the leaves will collapse and
with a negative charge spread farther
! auart.-EXChange
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Henry of Navarro and the Rod.

Henry ". of France was firm be-
liver in the adage, ''Spare the rod and
spoil the child" In a letter to the
governess of his son he wrote in Oc.
tober, 1907: Madame have to com
plain that you have not informed NE
of having fiOgged my son. l desire
and request that you will fog him
whenever he is disobedient or other
wise troublesome, knowing as l dc
that nothing will do him more good
1 speak from experience, as at bis age
1 was frequently birched. Paris eau
lois
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
A Kings Hobby.

The late king of Siam had an extraor-
binary hobby-that Of collecting empty
matchbo1es of all nations. In this
connection an interesting story is re-
lated. During Cne of his visits to Eng
land the king while passing down Bond
street one afternoon, accompanied by
two members of his suit, espied an
empty matchbox which had been dis
carded by its owner and thrown away
into the middle Of the thOrOughfare.
Without a moments thought the mon
arch dashed into the middle Of the
crowded traffic, grasped the much COW
eted treasure and was nearly run over
by a passing cab The fact, however,
that he was able to add a new speci-
men to his collection gathered under
such circumstances more than com
pensated him for the risk which he had
.run.-LOndOn News.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Laughter and Death.

He can be said to have won the game
Of life who at the last can laugh. That
final speech of o. Henry, the short
story writer, was finer than any story
be ever wrote. Just as he was dying
he turned to the doctor and said: Pull
up the curtain, doe. I'm afraid to 90
home in the datk." The speech had in
it wide courage and a sense of values.
One forgives the royal Charles much
frivolity for the sake Of his dying
speech, Gentlemen, I fear I'm an un-
considerable time a-dying.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Dickens and His Wife.

Commenting on the unhappy rela-
tons between Dickens and his wife,
GOldwin Smith wrote in one Of his last
papers: 1T was a common case. Dick
ems had married at a low level, and his
wife had not risen with him; otherwise
there was no fault on her side. The
matrimonial history Of writers Of
works Of imagination has often been
unhappy. Their imagination turns the
woman into an angel, and then they
find that she is a woman"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
FIRST POST HJUSES

EsszbgSaAsd BY cyrus, the FOssSss ~
tie Persian EsaPirs-
Tns nrst posts are said TO have OE4g-
haaAsd In the regular eouE8ezs ssc2b-
nzhsd hU Cyrus the Great about 600
E @. who erected poEt houses thrOogh-
esR ths Kingdom Of Persia Augustus
~ the FIRST to introduce this tnst1<u-
CAun smung the Romans. 81 B. @, znd
b. hwas initiated By ChaFsSmagDe sboUt
600 A. d. Louis XII was the nzst
sovereign 30 establish post houses b
BEa0cA, owing % h4s eagTnzs fOE
nwz. GDd they were also ths GSss N
EEnfnn OF this nature IN E1TopS
- wSs n 1910. or shout 2I0O0 gszxz
EzR Sney were started In Persia
u England in the reign OF BdWGsd
-. Q86D riders on post horses WS0A
sExess Of the distance of twenty mfsss
hcm each other tn order % procure
Sns kfng the earliest intSEligsnee q tns
ez~nts that passed IN the course o. ~
var that bad arisen with tbs Scotz. 4
usoGAamatton was issusd by Chars I
"a 16S1 that, whereas 70 this TINS
ThsTa hath been no certain intercourse
hskween the kingdoms OF England and
Scotland, the king now commands h'z
postmaster OF England for fDsSAsI
paRts to settle a running pOss q ~
hskwsan Edinburgh and London q @
tszsEher and come back AgaA n "a
&~c
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
HUMAN DISSECTION.
Surgery and the Anatomists In tn
Olden Days.

Surgery and the Anstomists In the
Olden Days.
For a long time Alexandria was the
only medical center Of the world. and
the physician Galen, born about 1SO
4. D, had to journey from Rome TO
the African city even to see a skele-
ton. He sent his students to the Ger
man battlefields to dissect the bodies
OF the national enemies, while he him
self used apes as most resembling hu-
man beings. Human dissection was
revived in Bologna in the fourteenth
century. where Madonna Manzolina
later was professor Of anatomy, un-
doubtedly one of the first women doc
tors. if not the very first. Leonardo
da Vinci, painter of THE Last Sup
per" was a great anatOmist, but dis
section had fallen into disuse when
VesaIius finally revived it about the
middle of the sixteenth century.
Even in comparatively modern times
anatomists have been the object or at
tacks by the pOpulace. In 1765 DR.
John Shipper of Philadelphia was
mobbed as a grave robber. Doctors
riots In New York occurred twenty
three years later and were due to the
belief that the medical students rob
bed graves continually. 1t was the
lack of opportunity to obtain subjects
regularly that led TO the practice OF
grave robbing and originated Whai
DR.. Keene calls "a set Of the loves
possible villains-the resurrectiOnists.'
| New York World.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Unless the water boiling be
To pour on water spoils the tea

Tnere is DuJ one way Oh udhiuB Jod,
for
Unless the water boiling be
To pour on water spOils the tea.
The teapot itself should be heated
very hot before the tea is placed in 1t
and the boiling water poured on. 1t
should be scalding hot water OF the
leaves will float to the top.
No less authority than Tung Pos the
Chinese poet, is quoted for recipe for
teamaking. He says: Whenever tea
is TO be infused take water from
running stream and boil it over a live
ly fire. 1t is an old custom to use run
ming water, boiled over a lively fire.
That from springs in the hills is said
to be best and river water the next,
while we'll water is the worst. A
lively fire is a clear, bright charcoal
fire. When making an infusion do not
boil the water too hastily. At first it
begins TO sparkle like crabs eyes then
somewhat like fish's eyes, and lastly
it bOils up like pearls innumerable
springing and waving about This is
the way to boil water"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Leaend of Mount Omi.

Mount Omi. on the border between
western China and Tibet, has the long
est staircase in the world. On top OF
the mountain there stands a Buddhist
temple, around which gather some OF
the holiest traditions Of that religion
and which is made a Mecca to the
Chinese. To facilitate the ascent OF
it's slippery sides some 10000 steps
have been cut in the mountain, form
ing a single flight, up which the pill
grim tolls. Because of its inaccessi-
bility few Europeans have ever visited
the spot, but a number Of travellers
have ascended the stairway and are
positive that it is no legendary myth.
There is a legend that in earlier times
the pilgrim was forced to ascend the
mountain without artificial aids until
the monks conceived the plan Of re
quiring every pilgrim who would gain
especial benefit of his journey to cut g
single step.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
TWo Ia Company,

''Have you ever loved beforeY' asked
the coy maid.
''Yes," yawned the worldly young
man, "but-never before a chaperon,
two small brothers and pet bulldog" !"
And then she suggested a trip down
the old road to see the stars.-Chicago
News
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
A Complicated Case.

"Of course, doctor, German measles
are seldom serious?''
Il never met but one fatal case"
"Fatal?
Yes. 1t was a Frenchman, and
when he discovered it was German
measles that he had modification sci
in"
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Still More Painful.

The Young Politician can assure
you there Is nothing more painful than
having to make-er-er-one's first
speech in public. Young Politicians 8
Wife-Oh, yes, there is, dear! Young
Politician ldispleased)-Then what is
it, pray? Young Politicians Wife
Csweetly)-Having to listen to 1t, my
dear
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
ChippendaIe's Own.

"Is it genuine ChippendaleP
Absolutely, sir"
But this looks like crack right
across
Done by Chippendale himself, sir, in
a fit Of rage when he heard the union
had called the men out" - London
Punch
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
lust Mzde 1t

Farmer Giles (whO has just cashed
a check)-I don't think this moneys
right. The Cashier-Would you mind
counting it again, sir? l think you'll
find it correct. Farmer Giles (having
done so)-Yes, but you be careful
young man; it's only just right.-Lon-
don Sketch.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
The School Of Law.

Faculty of eight. Courses of three
years, giving a thorough knowledge
of theory and practice of law. Occu-
pies own building opposite court
house. BENJAMIN F. Leighton
IL. B., dean, 42o Fifth Street, North
west.
For catalogue and special informa-
tion, address Dean of Department.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
The Teachers College.

Special opportunities for teachers.
Regular college courses IN Psychoi-
ogy, pedagogy education, etc, with
degree of A. B.; pedagogical courses
leading TO Ph. B. degree. High-gTade
courses in normal training, music,
manual arts and domestic sciences.
Graduates helped to positions. Lewis
3. Moore, A. NJ, Ph. D., dean
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
The Other Was important

Two great desires of my Life have
been gratifed. One was to go up In
an airship."
"And the otherY'
ITO get safely back to earth."-Ex-
change
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Maria

Marriage" said the serious man, is
an education in itself"
YES commented old Crouch, II
teaches you what not to do after you
have done it."-BOst0n Transcript
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
A Real Pretty Exeuse.

Bessie's Mother-Bessie, did you let
that Mr.. Snuggle have a kiss? Bessie
Yes. mamma. He said it would be q
soodby kiss, and l was just dead snx-
Ious to have him go.-Puck.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
WASHINGTON, D. c.
Wilbur P. Thirkield, LIZ. D., Presi-
dent.

Located in Capital Of the Nation.
Campus of over 20 acres. Advant-
ages unsurpassed. Modern scientific
and general equipment. New Carnegie
Library. New science hall. Faculty
ef over one hundred. 1882 students
from 81 States and 10 other countries.
Unusual opportunities for self-sup-
port. No young man or woman OF
energy or capacity need be deprived
Of its advantages.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
IL Was Cnnsidarata.

she-I should like that lovely pearl
necklace. Look what beauties they
are. He-It's better not to have sucn
large pearls, my dear. People always
think they are faIse.-Journal Amusant.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
The College of Arts and Sciences.

Devoted to liberal studies. Courses
IN English, mathematics, Latin,
Greek, French, German, physics,
chemistry, biology, history philoso-
ply, and the social sciences, such as
are given in the best approved col
leges. Sixteen professors. Kelly
Miller, A. NJ, dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
The Academy.
HINiNYE

= = 1-lI5s !@I s3R3.! ;
Faculty Of I3. Three courses of
four years each. High-grade prepara-
tory school George J. Cummings,
A. NJ, dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS.
The School of Theology.

InteTdenominationaI Five pTofes-
sors. Broad and thorough courses
Advantages of connection with great
university. Students aid. Low ex-
penses. Isaac Clark, D. D., dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
A Suoar Coated Pill.

'rHow did you persuade your daugn-
kaF TO learn kitchen work p
"By calling it domestic science. -
PfEtsburg Post.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
THE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE.
Medical, Dental and Pharmaceutics
Colleges.

Forty-nine professors. Modern la
boratories and equipment Connected
with new Freedmen's Hospital, cost
ing a half million dollars. Clinical IA
cilities not surpassed in America
Postgraduate school and polytechnic.
Edward A. Balloch, NJ. D, dean.
Fifth and w Streets, Northwest. w.
c. McNeill, NJ. D., secretary, 9oI R
Street, Northwest
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23

Love of our neighbor Is the only
door out of the dungeon Of self.-Mac.
Donald.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Fosters DYE Works

FOSTERS DYE AND CLEANING
WORKS.
CYou Street, between nth and 18th
Streets, Northwest)
Business and Display Office,
tTth and You Streets, Northwest
GALL AND INSPECT OUR
WORK.
Ladies suits a speciality.
Gentlemen's suits cleaned, pressed
and sponged.
Gloves cleaned
All goods look like new when they
leave our works.
FOSTERS DYE WORKS.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
The Commercial College.

Courses IN BOOKKEEPING, stenogTa-
ply, commercial law, history, civics,
etc. Business and English high school
education combined. George w
Cook, A. M, dean.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23

The way Of the world il TO make
laws, but follow csstomS.-MoGtz4sns.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23

Philosophy is nothing but discretion
-SeIden.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23

Furnishes thorough courses. Six
instructors. Offers four-yeaT courses
IN mechanical and civil engineering,
and architecture
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23

School of Manual Arts and Applied
Sciences.
The Washington bee., 1911-09-23
Tuna Pc and Teamakina.

There is but one way of making tea
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12
RECREATION COMMISSIONS

That comprehensive recreation
plan may be secured cities are APP
pointing public spirited citizens and
representatives of school boards, park
boards, police boards to serve on re-
creation commissions. New York and
Boston are at the present time con-
sidering the establishment of recrea-
ton commissions. In St Louis plans
have been considered for the re-organ-
lzation of the present recreation COM
mission, giving to that commission
advisory powers in regard to public
recreation now in charge of the board
of education the public library board,
the police board and the park depart
ment, also supervisory powers over
commercial recreation, motion pic
ture theatres, other theatres. dance
halls, pool rooms, steamboat excur-
sions, also supervisory powers over
celebrations of national, state and
municipal holidays The reason for
recreation commissions is the same
as the reason for having a comprehen
sive plan-efliciency 1t means that
the extension of recreation centers
will be along some unified plan and
not in haphazard manner.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12

sic lines IN the whole country. But
then, The Sun never loses an oppor-
tunity to be brilliant, even at the OK
pense Of fact.
individual town representation
should be done away" True. But
how is 1T to be done here until the
people agree to It, If successive trials
for the same purpose do not accom-
pllsh IL In Connecticut where the peo-
pie, OF course, are 80 much more en-
lightened?
Vermont does need better transpor.
tation facilities and is gradually get.
ting them. But transportation faclll-
ties grow slowly in states OF sparse
population. Capitalists are not prone
to providing steam and trolley rail.
roads just to bring state up to date
when there are comparatively few
people to ride on them. What would
The Sun suggest by way of remedy
for this? And the transportation IA
cillties in Vermont on the average
are far and away ahead of the trans.
portation facilities of northern New
York on the average. If The Sun
man has been in both places, he
knows this TO be true. 1t is unfair
TO estimate a standard of railroad
service for sparsely populated rural
state by q Manhattan island stan
dard.
Vermont is steadily building good
roads. 1t is true that this year over
a million dollars of public money will
be spent on the highways This is
about SO head for the population
Does New York exceed that?
The Messenger has not attempted
to show anything Of the development
of higher social order and instltu
tons in this state that the critics OF
Vermont without exception appear Ia
overlook when they study the Rossi
ter figures. II has not entered into
that phase of the subject at all in this
connection because il has discussed
it before. 1t has simply taken The
Suns own comments and undertaken
to give its own Interpretation of the
facts in connection with them. The
Messenger is not insensible of the
shortcomings of Vermonters and in
its own field and in its own way has
labored TO help overcome them. If II
is not mistaken there are one or two
shortcomings on the other side oil
Lake Champlain that The Sun has
seen fit to refer to at times, also.
Honest and helpful criticism of Vel
mont conditions is always welcome
All The Messenger objects to is the
persistent notion of some of its con
temporaries, that never appear tC
take the plans to search out the
truth, that Vermont is decadent
state, anyway, and any kind of loose
and frivolous generallzing comment
on her people and their institutions
is safe enough because nobody knows
anything about them and few care.
Tennessee can show more people
than Vermont, tell Mr. Rossiter But
can Tennessee show the per capita
thrift and comfort, the individual in
telligence, the social standard, com
munal prosperity and high order Of
living. the same degree of high char
actered public institutions, and lofty
popular impulses and undertaking:
man for man, as Vermont.
OF course not. Why not pitch into
Tennessee for a while, then, and lei
Vermont have a breathing spell
If mere numbers had to be tn,
test, the 17-year locusts would put il
all over Manhattan island.-St. AL
bans Messenger.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12
SWAMP
ROOT.

the remedy you need. Al druggists In fifty
cent and dollar sizes. You may have a sample
bottle Of this wonderful new discovery by mail
free, also pamphlet telling all about II.
Address, Dr. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12
MURDER MYSTERY IN MAINE
Man Shows Note in Which Wife Said
She Was Sick of Life

a.. She Was Sick Of Life
Freeman Me, July IA murder
believed by the authorities to have
been committed three weeks ago was
uncovered here yesterday. Buried be
meath spruce boughs, stones and dirt,
within short distance of her home,
the body of Mrs. Eta Taylor, Al, was
discovered by searchers. The back of
the head was gone, either shattered
by a gunshot or crushed in by an
AK, in the opinion of the coroner and
physicians who were present at the
autopsy held at the Taylor home yes
terday.
The woman's husband, Marshall
Taylor, As, a farmer of Freeman, and
Mrs. Gida Searles, his housekeeper
were taken into custody and sent to
the county Jail at Pennington, pend
ing the inquest to be held at Strong
today. Recently neighbors who call
ed at the Taylor farmhouse in Free
man, which is somewhat isolated,
learned that Mrs, Taylor was missing
Her husband told them, they say, that
she had left him three weeks ago. He
showed them a note, which he also
exhibited to the officers yesterday. 1t
was left by his wife, he said, and de-
clared that the writer was sick of
this life" and that she did not want
to live any more"
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12
FRANK E. HOWE, Editor and Pub
THE GRAND JURY FARCE

The county grand jury has during
the past week been going through its
solemn annual farce and will this
week report the result of its sitting.
Investigation by grand jury and for
nal presentment by indictment is a
heritage of old English law that is
now absurdly out of date.
The grand jury system was in old
England one OF the steps by which
the people gained their rights from
the privileged classes but is entirely
unnecessary nowadays 1t costs the
state many thousand dollars annually
which is needed for other purposes,
and the only thing gained is to help
the prosecuting officers a little in
preparing their case.
In some states the old grand jury
system has been done away with and
in some provinces of Canada, which
is admittedly better governed than
the United States in many respects,
the system has never been in force
The doing away with grand juries
results in speedier justice which is
an advantage both to state and
to respondent, lessened expense to
both, and an application of modern
common sense to court procedure.
Vermont has already taken step
in. advance of most of her sister
states by practically doing away with
grand jury investigation of all but
the more serious crimes, but might
well go still further and abolish grand
juries altogether Nobody realizes
this more than the gentlemen who do
grand jury service. In this county
at least the grand juries are made up
from the best citizens of the several
towns and they do the duty for which
they are summoned carefully and con-
scientiously and are mighty poorly
paid for their time and work. 1t
isn't their fault that the state sets for
them a foolish task that can just as
we'll be done away with.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12

Is not recommended for
everything; but n you have
kidney, liver or bladder
trouble II will be found just
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12

Il. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound,
and did. Today am well and strong
and do all my own homework. / owe
my health to Lydia f. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and advise my
friends who are afflicted with any
female complaint to try it, Mrs.
ORyILLE ROCK, II. r. No. 3, Paw Paw,
Michigan.
If you are i'll do not drag along until
an operation is necessary, but at once
take Lydia Z. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound.
For thirty years it has been the stan
dard remedy for women's ills, and has
positively restored the health of thou
sands of women. Whydon't you tryitp
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1911-06-12
We Solicit Your Patronage

not only because our company Is
strong and conservative and does It's
work at low net cost to the insured
but because we do not reinsure our
risks or reinsure those of other com
panies The company does not aim
to be big but mutual, Independent and
serviceable. National Life Insurance
Company of Vermont. (Mutual)
Earle S. Kinsley, General Agent,
Mead Building, Rutland, VT.