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The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
MINIATURE GARDENS.
Tiny Lakes, Trees and Houses In Di-
ninutiVe Japanese Parks.

Tiny Lakes, Trees and Houses In Di-
minutiVe Japanese Parks.
The japanese have the art of dwarf
ing trees to mere shrubs and Of culti-
waiting plants in a similar way. The
people take great delight in their min
iature gardens, which require a special
gardener to keep them down to de-
sired limits. A Japanese garden is
generally about ten yards square, and
in this small space is found a park
and demesne, with lake, summer
houses, temples, trees, all complete
and in keeping with the dimensions
available.
One such garden shows a lake four
feet long and full of goldfish. On
the border stands a pine tree exactly
eighteen inches high ard fifty years
old. Beneath its shade is a temple
carved out Of one piece Of stone the
size Of a brick. On a lofty crag Of
some two and q half feet stands fine
maple tree, perfect in form and shape,
fifteen years old and twelve inches
high.
One household in JAPAN boasts of a
complete garden contained in a shall
low two dozen wine case. Everything
is complete down to the fish in the
lake, a sheet of water only a few
inch square, and the fOotbridges
over the water courses. Tea houses
there are and numerous trees Of va
rious kinds. each about six inches in
height. Old as the hills are these
dfminutfve trees. but full of vitality,
and yet never growing bigger.-New
York Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
Hinh At.

~Ars you blind. prisoner iAquAred
the magistrate
Yes, your worship"
''Xou are charged With vazancy
How did you lose your sighk3''
~By 1T Of appleplexy, sir"
''But there is picture on your
breast representing an explosion n q
mine. through which, 1t is stated, you
became blind. How Is thtsY'
Please, your worship, I couldn't af-
ford to pay a hartist as could paint ap-
uIeplsxy. ."-LOndon Answers.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
A Japanese Peculiaritv.

When a japanese servant is rebuk-
ed or scOlded," says a traveller, "he
must smile like a Cheshire cat. The
etiquette in smiles is very misleading
at first. I often used to think that
Taxi. my Eiksha boy meant to be im-
pertinent when he insisted on smiling
when was angry at him. But when
he told me Of the death Of his little
child with burst Of laughter 1 knew
that this was only one of the curious
details Of etiquette In this topsy turvy
land"
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
A Run of Luck.

Violet never had such a streak of
luck. He fell in love In Paris, proposed
In Rome and bought the ring in Ma
pies. Pierrot-Did your luck end there?
ViOlet-Oh, no! While we were at
Monte Carlo he won enough from papa
for US to get married on.-London II
lustrated Bits.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
Professional Instinct,

"RomeO and Juliet" with the origf-
nal company, had reached it's crucial
moment.
Juliet was staggering about the
stage, regarding her afflicted lover.
"Oh, cruel pOisonv' she walled.
She raised her lover for a moment
in her arms.
A wildly excited medical student In
the gallery sprang to his feet.
keep him up, Juliet-keep him upp
he beloved. 'TH run out and fetch
the stomach pump!
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
INTERNATIONAL CONFER
ENCE ON THE NEGRO.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday
April II, I8 and 70, 1919.

For some years past I have had in
mind to invite here from different
parts of the world-from Europe, At
Tica, the West Indies and North and
South America-persons who are ac-
lively interested or directly engaged
as missionaries, or otherwise, in the
work that is going on in Africa and
elsewhere for the education and up
building of Negro peoples.
For this purpose it has been deter
mined to hold at Tuskegee Institute,
Alabama, Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, April II, Is and 10, 1912, a
little more than a year from this time,
an international conference on the
Negro. Such a conference as this
will offer the opportunity for those
engaged IN any kind of service in AT
rica, or the countries above mention
ed, TO become more intimately ac-
quainted with the work and the prob
lens OF Africa and these other coun-
tries. Such a meeting will be valua-
bic and helpful, also, in so far as it
will give opportunity for a general in
Serchange of ideas in organizing and
systematizing the work of education
of the native peoples in Africa and
elsewhere and the preparation of
teachers for that work. Wider knowl-
edge of the work that each is doing
should open means of cooperation
that do not now exist.
The object of calling this confer
ence at Tuskegee Institute is to af-
ford an opportunity for studying the
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
MEhsrs the Trouble Was.

Some nis'bul sinner took an ruined
OF wid de collection hat las meetin'
day" said Brother Dickey. "an' l well
knows dat ef dar wus no sich place e.
hell de good Lawd would make one
for dat sinner"
WAS there much money in the hat?
mo, sub; day warn't so much ez q
brass button in IT.
'@Fhen Why are you 50 mad about it,
''Hit wuC ny hat" ne said.-Atld0ta
Constitution.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
SpiteTut,

At a local picture show a painter
hung a notice under his highly priced
landscape, "DO not touch with canes
or umbrellas" Some one who was
not an admirer of his works added to
the notice, "Take an axw
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
Disanreeabla Economy.

Husband-You are not economical
Wife-Well, if you don't call woman
economical who saves her wedding
dress for a possible second marriage
I'd like to know what you think econ
Omy is like.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
Ono of Many.

'@Then you think you won no perma-
nant place in her hearth
'Pm just a notch on her parasol han
die; that is au."-LouisviIle COu<Aer-
| Journal
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
A SAFE Bet.

A man can never guess how big the
hats or sleeves or skirts Of women
win be next season, but he stands
ready to bet that no fashion center
cen make big shoes for women popu-
lar.-Atchison Globe.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
OK Marrow.

We want our readers to patronize
as; it helps all around. The Ozonized
Ok Marrow Co. advertises in this pa
per, and when you want first-class
dressing for kinEy, harsh and unruly
hair, go to your druggists and get a
bottle of Ford's Hair Pomade, 25c or
soc q bottle.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
House and Herman

The I34th anniversary of the birth
of the Stars and Stripes was observed
by the Government departments, pa
trlOtic societies and schools through
out the District last Wednesday.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
Proof.

''rm after the gas BILL
Gee! My husband forgot to leave
the check-he's just gone"
"Are you sure he forgot to leave it2'
Eyes; he told me so just as he went"
Cleveland Leader.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
An Inside Outing.

Wigg-The best outing a man can
take is an ocean trip. Wagg-Yes, an
outing for the inner man as we'll
Philadelphia Record.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
a MISnON1AP

It is becoming daily more dangerous
to refer to ''the weaker sex" on ac-
count Of the increasing doubt in the
readers mind which sex is meant
London Saturday Review.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
EIiuhf.

"WGuld you take $4,000 to fly from
Albany TO New York?'
'Why not? Our cashier took only
$1,000 to fly to Europe"
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
Wilberforcian Orchestra.

The finest orchestra in the city is
the Wilberforcian. 1t is composed of
educated young men, studying pro-
fessions. The music by this orches-
ira IS first class. You should hear it.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05
One Definition

Papa" asked a little boy, ''what is
a legal blankY'
"a legal blank, Johnny" replied his
father, 'fs a lawyer who never gets a
case. Chicago Record Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05

''The easiest thing I know OF" says
the philosopher Of folly, is TO begin
to save up some money next month" !"
Cleveland Leader
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05

To live in hearts we leave behind is
not to die.-Campbell.
The Washington bee., 1911-08-05

The reward of one duty is the power
to fulfill another.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04

love I have for you-the old love-or
not, Tom, but unless you're very care
full, you'll succeed in doing it. l don't
think l want to, talk to you any
more now, not eve sit here beside
you. I'm going to take a little walk"
He held himself rigidly until till she
had disappeared round the end Of the
deckhouse. Then he bent yer and
buried his face in his hands!
What the thing was that reused him
to his present surroundings he never
knew. He was conscious Of no sound,
but suddenly he sat erect and stared
about him in amazement. 1t had grown
quite dark. 1t must be two Or three
hours since Jeanne had left the chair
beside him and announced that she
was going to take a little walk.
He spoke her name, not loudly at
first, for he thought she must be close
by. But the infinite silent spaces
seemed to absorb the sound Of his
voice. There was no sign that any
sentient thing, except his very self
had heard the words he uttered. Their
he called louder.
The steps were rather difficult tc
| negotiate, but by using both hands
to supplement his n good foot, hi
succeeded in creeping down them, ant
then in making his way along the cor
ridor to the girls door.
He knocked family at first; thel
louder, and finally cried out her nam
again, this time in genuine alarm. HI
tried the door, found that 1t was no
locked, and opening it and switching
on a light, perceived that the state
room was empty.
He heard footsteps crossing thu
deck overhead. No, that could not b
Jeanne; 1t was a heavy tread, a curl
GUS, shutting tread.
He closed the door behind him
Then he limped slowly down the cor
ridor toward the foot of the compan
ionway. The heavy tread was ALREADY
descending the stairs.
He turned the corner, stopped shor
and gasped. And that was all. Their
was no time even for a cry. He ha'
caught one glimpse Of a monstrou
figure clad In skins, huge In bull
hairy-faced like a gorilla.
And then, the mar or beast hat
with beastlike quickness, lifted hi
arm and struck. And Tom FanshaI
dropped down at his feet, s%enseless.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04
A WIDOWS LUCK
Quit the Thing That Was Slowly In
juring Her.

A woman tells how coffee kept her
from insuring her life:
Il suffered for many years chiefly
from trouble with my heart, with
severe nervous headaches and
ralgia; but although incapacitated
at times for my housework, did not
realize the gravity of my condition till
l was rejected for life insurance, be-
cause, the examining physician said,
my heart was so bad he could not pass
me.
This distressed me very much, as
| was a widow and had a child de-
pendent upon me. 1t was to protect
her future that l wanted to insure
my life.
Fortunately for me, I happened to
read an advertisement containing a
testimonial from a man who had been
affected in the same way that | was
with heart trouble, and who was bene-
flied by leaving off coffee and using
Postum. / grasped at the hope this
held out, and made the change at
once.
my health began to improve imme-
diately. The headaches and neuralgia
disappeared, | gained in flesh, and my
appetite came back to me. Greatest
of all, my heart was strengthened
from the beginning, and soo all the
distressing symptoms passed away. No
more waking up in the night with my
heart trying to fly out Of my mouth!
Then | again made application for
life insurance, and had no trouble In
passing the medical examination,
1T was seven years ago that be
gan to use Postum and | am using Il
still, and shall continue to do SO, as ]
find 1t q guarantee of good health
Name given by Postum Company, Bat
tie Creek, Mich.
There's a reason"
Read the big little book, THE Road
to Wellville,' In nkgs,
Ever read the above Ietterf A ncy
one appears froHi time to time. The
are genuine, trae, and xu1 % hu1nai
~tnter-st.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04
SYNOPSIS.

Philip Cayley, accused Of a crime of
which he is not guilty, resigns from the
army In disgrace and his affection for
bis friend. Lieut.. Perry Hunter, turns 70
hatred. Cayley seeks solitude, where he
perfects a flying machine. While soaring
over the Arctic regions. he picks un q
~curiously shaped stick he had seer. In the
assassin's hand. Mounting again. he dis
covers a yacht anchored in the bay. De-
scending near the steamer, he meets a
girl on an ice foe. He learns that the
girls am Is Jeanne Fielding and that
the yacht has come north to seek signs
of her father, Captain Fielding, an arctic
explorer. A party frcm the yacht is ma
king search ashore. After Cayley departs
Jeanne finds that he had dropped a GU
Eiously-shaped stick. Captain Planck and
the surviving crew of his wrecked whaler
are in hiding on the coast. A giant ruff
man named Roscoe, had murdered Fielding
and his two companions, after the ex-
plorer had revealed the location of an
enormou ledge of pure gold. Roscoe then
took command of the party. 1t develops
that the ruff1an had committed the muir
der witnessed by Cayley. Roscoe plans
to capture the yacht and escape with a
big loa of gold. Jeanne tells Fanshaw,
owner of the yacht. about the visit of the
sky-man and shows him the stick left by
Cayley. Fanshaw declares that 1t is an
Eskimo throwing-stick, used to shoot
darts. Tom Fanshaw returns from the
searching party with a sprained ankle
Perry Hunter Is found murdered and
Cayley is accused of the crime but Jeanne
believes him innocent.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04
VII.
The Rosewood Box.


On the girl, Tom Fanshaw's passion
ate, stormy avowal had the effect Of
a sort of moral earthquake. It left
the ground beneath her feet suddenly
unstable and treacherous; 1t threaten
ed to bring down about her ears the
whole structure Of her life. The very
thing she had relied upon for shelter
and security against outside troubles
and dangers, was, on the instant,
fraught with a greater danger than
any Of them.
For the first few moments after his
avowal she had felt no emotion other
than that Of establishment and In
credulity. Even when he asked her
If she could not marry him, anyway,
though the question revolted her, she
told the truth in saying that she was
not angry.
The anger came later. but 1t burned
into a fame that was all the hotter
for its hardness in kindling. 1t must
have an outlet somewhere, and al
such. the promenade up and down the
other. side Of the deck was altogether
insufficient.
The sight Of a small boat at thu
foot Of the accommodation ladder
seemed to offer something better. So
pulling on a pair of fur gauntlets. sh'
dropped into 1t, cast off the painter
shipped the pair Of light oars 1t con
tanned, and rowed away without an
thought Of her des~tination-of an!
destination whatever; without, even
a very clear idea Of what she was dc
ing. She must do something; tina
was all she knew. Certainly she pulle'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04

away from the yachts side with no
idea that she was running into any
possible danger.
1t was half a mile, perhaps, from
the yacht to the particular bit OF
shelving beach toward which she I'M
consciously propelled the boat. She
rowed steadily, without 80 much as
a glance over her shoulder, until she
felt the crate of the single beneath
the bow.
She became aware, not only that
she had unconsciously come ashore,
but also that the yacht was nowhere
to be seen. A bank of fog had come
rolling in from the eastward, so
heavy as to render an object 100
PAGES away totally invisible. The
clump Of empty buildings here on tho
beach could hardly be half that dis
lance, as she remembered, yet looking
round from her seat in the row boat,
she could make out no more than
their blurred masses against the white
Ice and sand which surrounded them.
She scrambled out of the boat and
pulled it high up on the beach. The
fog made the air seem cold, though
for the arctic it was a mild night,
Two of the abandoned buildings on
the beach behind her were mere
sheds, windowless, absolutely bare,
never having served, evidently, any
other purpose than that of storage
But the third, and largest, as she re-
membered 1t, offered a shelter that
was becoming attractive. There were
some rude hunks in it where she
could rest comfortably enough; and.
unless she was mistaken, Scales had
left in the hut a half-burned candle
which they had used in exploring Its
dark interior. She had a box Of wax
vestas In her pocket. She could go in
there and make herself at home, and
at the same time keep an alert ear
for a hail from the yacht.
She found the candle In the place
where she remembered Scales had
laid 1t down, struck a light anG
wedged the candle into a knot-hole
She turned toward one Of the bunki
with the idea of stretching out there
and by relaxing her muscles, persuade
perhaps, her overstrung nerves to re
lax, too.
She had taken a step toward 1t, in
deed, before she saw, through tn,
murk and candle smoke, the thing tina
lay right before her eyes-a rather
large, brass-bound rosewood box o.
chest. 1t had not been here in thu
afternoon when they had entered thu
place, for they had searched its barr
!, interior thoroughly in the hope tina
! there might be something which prev
GUS investigators had overlooked. Thi
box, six inches high and a foot long
or more, could not have been her
then. 1t was standing now in the mos
conspicuous place in the room-in thu
very middle of the bunk.
ITO RE CONTINUED
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04

ed him to. Don't you seer Isn't it
clear?"
Its quite clear that the brains Of
this expedition are in that pretty
bead of yours" he said. Yes. l
think you're right" Then, after a
pause. he added. with an enigmatical
hook at her: Don't be too hard on
Tom, my dear, because you see the
circumstances are hard enough on
him already"
She made q little gesture of i'm
patience. They're not half as hard
on him as they are on Mr.. Cayley."
"Oh, l don't know" the old gentle
man answered. Take 1t by and
large, l should say that Cayley was
playing In luck"
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04
Need for TWO Collars,

Having bought a dog that he ad.
mired a Washington Heights man I'M
dertook to buy a dog collar. The dog
had a neck nearly as big as his head
and the dealer advised the man to
buy two collars.
What fort" said the man. Hes
got only one neck, SO l guess he can
get along with only one collar. can't
he?"
Maybe So" said the dealer, 80 the
man went away leading the dog by
his new collar and chain.
In less than a week he brought the
dog back.
I'm afraid I can't keep him." he
said. "He is too obstreperous. l can't
keep him tied up. His neck is the
biggest part of him and he is as strong
as an OK. therefore 1t is a sinch fol-
him to slip his collar off"
That is why l wanted you to take
two collars" said the dealer. "Put
both on and fasten the chain to the
back collar and he can tug away al
night without getting loose. He may
commit suicide. but he won't get
loose
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04
CHAPTER v.-contlnued.

81 migkt have saved him." he muir
INJURED brokenly, IF l had not hung
aloft Ghere too long, just out Of curl
osity; II they had been men to me
instead Of puppets. But when ]
guessed what their intent was, guessed
that 1t was something sinister, it was
done before l could interfere. saw
him going backwards over the brink
of a flssure in the ice, Juggling at q
dart that was in his throat. And
when they had gone--his murder
ers-"
'They?" she cried. WAS there
more than one?"
Eyes," he said, there was a party.
There must have been ten Oh twelve
ct least. When they had goneI flew
down and picked up that stick, which
one Of them had dropped-And to
think I might have saved him!"
Her hand still rested on his arm.
I'm glad you told me-" she said. She
felt the arm stiffen suddenly at the
sound of Tom Fanshaw's voice.
Jeanne, take your hand away! Can
you touch a man like that? Can you
believe the lies" but there. with q
peremptory gesture, his father 81
aenced him.
But even he exclaimed at the girls
next action, for she stopped, picked up
the b~lood-stained dart which lay at
Philip Cayley's feet and handed 1t to
him. Throw it away, please"-she
said, overheard. and as far as you
can"
Even before the other men cried
out at his doing the thing she had
asked him to, he hesitated and looked
at her in some surprise.
do it, please" she commanded; 81
ask 1t seriously"
Tom Fanshaw started out of his
chair; then, as an i~ntolerable twinge
from his ankle stopped him, he
dropped back again. His father moved
quickly forward, too, but checked him
self, the surprise in his face giving
way to curiosity. AT a general thing,
Jeanne Fielding knew what she was
about.
Philip Cayley took the dart and
: threw It far out into the water.
There was one more surprise in
store for the two Fanshaws. When
Cayley, without a glance toward eth.
or Of them, walked out on the upper
landing Of the accommodation ladder,
the girl accompanied him, and. side
by side with him, descended the little
stairway, at whose foot the dinghy
waited.
you are still determined on that
resolution Of yours. are you, to aban.
ION va all for the second time--all
~NaMsard ] maanf This later accu'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04
Somebody Was Interested.

Maybe she meant it as a compliment,
maybe she didn't. He likes to believe
that she did. At dinner he said:
Il saw DR.. Parkhurst on Madison
avenue today"
"Well" and Huh" being the only
comments on that remark, he went
on:
NOW, I wonder if DR.. Parkhurst Is
telling anybody at this time that he
saw me on Madison avenue today?"
Then said the woman sweetly:
IF he is, l am sure he is telling
them something more interesting than
what you are telling us."-New York
Times.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04
II Might Help.

my wife used to meet me at the
door every night when I got home
from work"
Doesn't she do so any more?"
"No, never"
"Why not try taking home a little
check to her two or three times .
Week?'
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04
WORLDS TRIBUTE TO GENIUS

toward him, declares the New. York
Tribune. So this proposed memorial
10 Shakespeare In London cannot in
an infinitesimal degree enhance the
fame Of the worlds supreme poetical
genius. It is not for a moment In
tended that It shall. But It win be a
concrete and enduring reminder Of the
reverence with which the world re-
CARDS Enthusiastically really a memo
rial of the world rather than Of SsS'xc-
spcare.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1911-05-04

1N aNAAN
an organism untitled for the trial of
strength, and when the strain is over
her system has received a shock from
which it is hard to recover. Follow
ing right upon this comes the nervous
strain of caring for the child, and 8
distinct change in the mother results.
There is nothing more charmingt than
q happy and healthy mother of chill
dren, and indeed child birth under right
conditions need be no hazard to health
or beauty. The unexplainable thingis
that, with all the evidence Of shattered
nerves and broken health resulting
from an unprepared condition, women
will persist in going blindlyto the trial.
1t isn't as though the experience
came upon them unawares. They have
ample time in which to prepare, but
they, for the most part, trust to chance
and pay the penalty.
In many homes once childless there
are now children because of the fact
that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound makes women normal,
healthy, and strong.
Any woman who would like
special advice in regard to this
matter is cordially invited to
write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn
Mass. Her letter will be held in
strict confidence