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The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
The COURAGE of Life.

The two virtues that help us along
most in life are trust and courage.
Apart from the tragedies invited by
sin and violence and self indulgence,
a large part of our trouble comes from
anxiety, distrust, apprehension. 1t was
not all frivOlity that dictated the an
swer of a young girl who, being urged
to prepare herself for a profession or
a definite work, responded: I'm not
going to look ahead and worry. I can
do lot of useful things. l can mend,
and make salad, and amuse children,
and be patient and economical, and
help people 10 enjoy themselves, and
l don't believe nice girls Starve." COur-
age and faith are always assets. Even
if life goes back upon them and fails
to come up to expectations the prac-
tice of these virtues is just that much
to the good, and we have at least not
lived in the evil moment until it ar
riVed.-HaTpers Bazaar.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
MOURNING CUSTOMS.
They Are Very Ancient, and Thsir
Origin Cannot Safely Be Fixed,
Even by Experts.

The origin Of going into mourning
was discussed recently by a body of
anthrOpOlOgists. Some students hold
that the wearing Of black was orig
inally a disguise assumed as a protec-
ton from the dead persons spirit.
The idea was that the deceased was
naturally disgusted to find himself
dead and that he wreaked his resent
ment upon his relations. Therefore
the relations thought that to alter
their appearance would be a means OF
escape, and all over the world wells
were used to hide the faces of mourn
ers-a practice still surviving in the
impenetrable veil of the widow.
The disguises mOurners used-such
as the veil, the turning Of the clothes
inside out and the shaving of the head,
as practiced by the AinOs-were sim
pie enough, but supernatural beings
were always, it appeared, easy to
trick.
Another theory of mourning was
that it was put on to warn people that
its wearers had been contaminated by
death. There was an idea of pollution
attached to the great mystery. All
early people shared the horror Of death
and the fear of the return of the spir-
its. Thus in the Sudan widows sprin-
kle their food with ashes to prevent
their husbands ghosts from eating it.
Exchange.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
STRIPPED AND FL0GGED.
The Sudanese Go Through a Fearful
Ordeal When They Are Candi-
dates For the Ackou Binat.

Is the black man more stoical or
merely less sensitive than we are?
"At a fantasia in the Sudan" says
Mr.. Edward Fothergil in Five Years
In the Sudan" Il have myself seen
the part that a young man plays Of
his own free will in order to obtain
the title of ackou binat (the brother
of the GirIs). This ceremony would
turn a refOrmer's hair gray.
THE men and the women of a vii
lage sit round in a circle, leaving a
space in the center of some six yards
in diameter. 1 describe it as l saw it
myself. The strongest man in the vii
lage is then picked out of the crowd,
and, armed with a whip of hippOpota-
mus hide, he and the young man who
is to strive for the title enter the
arena. The women beat their drums,
and the men clap their hands to the
tune.
''The candidate for honor is stripped
to the waist. He stands with his arms
folded in the center of the ring, and
the strong man dances up to him to
the tune which is being played. He
brings the whip round with all the
force of which he is possessed and
lands it on the bare back of the man
in front of him. He dances away;
again he advances, and the operation Is
repeated. This goes on until the num-
Der of strokes previously agreed upon
have been dealt In the particular
case I saw it was twenty-five If the
man who is being fiOgged winces, If
he so much as moves an eyelid as the
whip Gascends, he is disqualified and
branded as a coward until such time
as he may choose to undergo the OPP
Grafton a second time.
''On this particular occasion he went
through with it like a Trojan. Indeed,
the man who was delivering the blows
got tired first, and the last three cuts
of the twenty-five were unsteady and
fIickered round the ear and neck OF
the brother I leave my readers to
imagine the state of his back when all
was over, but he appeared to be as
happy as a king, and certainly he was
accorded a great ovation by the as
Sembled crowd of women"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
STAKED HIS HEAD.
The Wager Sir William ST. Clair Laid
With King Robert Bruce.

The Wager Sir William st. Clair Laid
With King Robert Bruce.
Edwin Noble in ''The Dog Lovers
Book recalls the historic story Of the
two famous deerhOunds Help and
Hold, a monument to which can be
seen to this day at Roslin chapel.
The legend is that King Robert
Bruce while hunting upon the Pent-
land hills had several times started
a white deer, but had hitherto been
unable to capture it. 1t had always
so quickly Outdistanced his own
hounds that he began to imagine that
it was gifted with supernatural pow
ers and could not be Overtaken by
mortal dogs. Naturally his mobiles
agreed with him, as there was no one
bold enough to affirm that he owned
hounds which were better than those
possessed by his sovereign.
There was, however, one exception,
William st. Clair. who wagered his
head that his two favOrite hounds,
Help and Hold, would kill the deer
before she crossed the Pentland brook.
Bruce accepted the challenge and wa
gered the forest of Pentland moor
against Sir Williams head.
The white deer was reused by cOu-
pie of blOOdhOunds and given fair
start before st. Clair released his two
favOriteS. After a long chase, follow
ed by Sir William and Bruce on horse
back, the deer reached the brook, and
Sir William. feeling sure that he had
lost his wager, prepared to give him
self into the hands of Bruce, but be
fore the deer could get farther than
halfway across Hold had seized her,
and, Help coming up at the same mo-
ment, they forced her to turn back. In
the end she was killed within the stip-
ulated boundary.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
For Peace OnIy,

1t is well known that the Friends
have always been devoted to the prin-
ciples Of peace. AS they had a con
trolling influence in the public affairs
of Nantucket, there was no military
organization on that island for several
generations, How the matter was
managed is told by the author of
September Days on Nantucket"
Whenever military companies came
to the island for a holiday young wO-
men thronged the windows and waved
handkerchiefs, but there was no rise
of military ambition in the town.
Once a cOterie of young men formed a
training company and sent to Boston
for equipments, but their elders COM
PEELED them to make the first article of
their constitution read, This company
shall be disbanded Immediately in case
of war"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Hartman Told Him.

Hartman had an almost supernatu-
raj instinct for knowing what was
going on and who was doing it in the
mysteries Of stock manipulation. Once
when Southern Pacific had been going
up fast, Hartman and various bank
ing houses buying in concert. he called
up on the telephone one of his private
brokers. Somebody is selling" he
said. "Yes, sir" was the answer.
''Wen, hand the market 25,0O0 for
me-" Immediately he called up the
head of a banking firm much inter
ested in the market. who's selling
Southern PacificF' he asked. Il don't
know; we haven't been able to find
out" was the answer. "I'n tell YOU"
snapped Hartman; its your house"
And he cut off the connection before
any reply to him could be made.-Ex-
change.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Delhi and Its History,

Shah Jehan in 1851 built the present
city of Delhi, close to the old Delhi.
and made it the royal residence. The
Mohammedans still call it Shahjehana-
bad, the city of the king of the
world" Nadir Shah, the Persian usurp-
er, captured it in 1879, massacred
thousands of the inhabitants and bore
away plumber to the value of nearly
S10O,O0O,O00 including the famous pea
cock throne and the great Kohinoor
diamond. The British first came into
control in 1903, when the Mahrattas
were defeated near Delhi by Lord
Lake. When the SepOy mutiny broke
out in 1857 Shah Mohammed Bahia
dour, then ninety years old, took com
mand of the city and until the English
again triumphed enjoyed the imperial
state to which he had long been a
stranger.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Old lime Theater Rowdies.

ROwdyism in London theaters was a
common occurrence in the old days, as
is shown by the following from the
London Post of Oct. 81, 1898:
1.-TWO men in the pit at Drury Lane
theater last night were so turbulent
and riotOus during the last act Of
Henry " that the performance was
interrupted upward Of a quarter of an
hour. The audience at last asserted
their power and turned them disgrace
fully out of the theater This should
always be done to crush the race Of
disgusting puppies that are a con-
slant nuisance at the playhouse every
night"
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
TIGERISH TUNAS.
Wild Carnage When They Meet Their
Natural Prey, Flying Fish.

Natural Prey, Flying Fish.
One time at ST. Clements we sighted
a feeding school of tuna, an exhilarat-
ing sight. A flying fish weighing a
pound and a half or more would start
from the water and soar an extraor-
binary distance, nearly out Of sight,
but every inch of that fight I knew
was covered by a big tuna keeping
his place just beneath the ''fiier" and
ready to seize it the moment it fell
into the water This rarely failed.
The moment the fish began to drop the
tuna would spring at it like tiger,
turning and tossing the spume into
the air with a splendid and electrify-
ing rush, q maneuver that was re-
peated all over the blue channel.
The sensational charge meant that a
school of tunas had discovered a school
of its natural prey, flying fishes. At
once the lust for blood and food was
on, and the carnage was the result.
l have observed some curious scenes
at sea, but never have I seen fear so
forcibly expressed as by a school of
flying fishes exhausted and at the
mercy of the vOraciOus tunas. / have
had them gather about my boat and
cling to it's keel as closely as they
could, while the air was full Of leap
ing tunas and soaring flying fish. At
such times when a school of sardineS
Is rounded up the fishes are so terrified
that men have rOwed up to them and
scooped them in by the pailful.-C. F.
Holder in Outing.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
THE ALEUTIAN ISLANDS.
They Extend East and West For More
Than Thousand Miles.

Few persons are aware that the
shortest route from San Francisco to
Japan is by way of Alaska. Nearly a
thousand miles are saved to vessels
trading with the orient by coasting
along the Aleutian islands rather than
following the Hawaiian route.
The Aleutian islands, which extend
In d chain east and west for more
than a thousand miles, are inhabited
by the remnant Of the Aleuts. Their
war of the revolution closed just as
the American Revolutionary war be-
gan. So patriotic were the Aleuts, so
brave in their struggle for independ-
ence, that they succumbed to the Rus
SLAMS only after a conflict of nearly
fifty years, and then simply because
the race was almost exterminated in
the struggle.
While the Aleutian islands must
eventually form an important link in
the commerce between the United
States and the orient, other islands
link our country with the vast empire
to the north. In the narrow Bering
strait lie two little islands, one Occu-
pied by Russia, the other by the Unit
ed States, so that citizens of the two
great nations live on respective islands
within a few miles of each other
New York Press.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
More Territory.

81 envy you" says the very thin
man. Il wish 1 had your weight.
Here am, skinny, dyspeptic crea-
ture, suffering half the time with
stomach ache''
Envy mep' chuckles the very fat
man. why, what if you do have the
stomach ache half the time? Think
what little bit Of a stomach ache
you can have. Now, when I have the
stomach ache it amounts to some
thing."-Life.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
THE CYCL0PEAN EYE.
1t Exists Today In Certain Animals
and In Rudimentary Form
In Mans Brain.

The Greeks were, unwittingly, very
near an anatomical truth when they
ascribed to certain monsters called cy-
clOps only one eye apiece, which was
placed in the center of their foreheads.
The cyclopean eye exists today in
the brains of men in a rudimentary
form, for in the pineal gland we find
the last yestiges of that which was
once a third eye and which looked out
into the world, if not from the center
of the forehead, at least from very
near that point. There is alive today a
little creature which would put to
shame the one eyed arrogance and
pride of POlyphemus and Argos and
BrOntes and Steropes and all the rest
of the single eyed gentry who, in the
days Of myths and myth makers, in
habited the fair Sicilian isle"
The animal in question is a small
lizard called Calotis. It's we'll develop
ed third eye is situated in the top Of
its head and can be easily seen
through the modified and transparent
scale which serves it as a cornea.
Many other lacertilians have this third
eye, though it is not so highly organ
lied as it is in the species just men
toned.
A tree lizard which is to be found in
the mountains of east Tennessee and
Kentucky has its third eye well de-
Veloped. This little animal is called
the singing scorpion" by the noun
taineers. On dissection the third eye
viii be found lying beneath the skin.
It has a lens, retina and optic nerve
New York Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
BATHTUBS IN MEXICO.
Made of Cement, They Are Larger
Than Ours and Are a Luxury
In Hot Climate.

''Unless you have been in the trOp-
as" remarked the man who had just
returned from a trip to Mexico, you
can't possibly realize how great lux
ury a cold bath can be. It's not that
the climate is necessarily warmer than
a New York summer, but the natives
have worked out the problem Of bath
ing to its ultimate conclusions. They
have invented the ideal tub.
''On the great private estates in
Mexico baths are in use today which
were hewn out of the solid rock cen
turies ago by slave labor. They are
located for the most part in the vicin-
ity of running water and are fed by
bamboo pipes, but in many cases they
have to be filled by the old fashioned
method of carrying bucket 10 and
from the spring.
In the cities the so cal lied stone
baths are made of cement. The resi-
dences Of all well to do people are
provided with them, and they are a
feature of the native hotels. They are
usually about ten feet long by four
deep-bab.' swimming tanks, in fact.
''The tropical custom is to Ill the
baths late at night By the following
morning the water will have acquired
a nmpid GOODNESS that acts like tonic
upon the body. When one remembers
that near the equator it is almost as
warm in the morning as it is at noon
and that water taken direct from the
city mains is always tepid the advan-
tage Of the stone or cement bath is
evident, New York Sun.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
A German Title.

In the matter of titles the Germans
show more courage than we do. On a
card which reached London the other
day the sender describes herself as
Frau --, Observation-Disclosures
rektOTswitwe. Would any English wO-
man venture to describe herself as wild
OwOfthemanagerOftherazorbladegrind nd
ingwOrks? When this was shown to a
German friend he produced a card on
which the sender was entitled ''Staats-
schuldentilgunsbureauausg &C he 5 W t
We" a description which she held to
be her due as the widow of an official
in the national debt ofIice.-LOndOn
Chronicle.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
The Secretary Bird.

The long legged South African sec
retary birds travel in pairs, male and
female. If disturbed or pursued their
pace is about as fast as that of a run
ming horse. They seldom use their
wings and if compelled to do so can
soar to a considerable height They
build bulky nests, and where trees are
to be had they select one fifty to a
hundred feet above the ground. Their
nests are built of sticks and sOds, lined
with grass, and measure as much as
five feet in diameter and three feet in
thickness. As a rule only two eggs are
laid Incubation takes six weeks,
which is done by the female. The
young have to remain in their nests
several months before they can stand
on their long, slender legs, which are
very weak and brittle. The young
easily break their legs if disturbed
Scientific American.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
BEAUTIFUL LEAVES.
And the Tiny Cells That Give Them
Their Brilliant Hues.

And the Tiny Cells That Give Them
Their Brilliant Hues.
A leaf is one of the most beautiful
things in nature, and it is very Won
derful to think that it owes it's lovely
color to minute little living bodies or
cells Of chlOrOphyll This word comes
from two Greek ones, chloros, green,
and phullon, a leaf, and is used to
describe the ordinary coloring matter
of vegetation.
The chlorOphylI cells or granules
absorb the light and heat Of the suns
rays and in some marvellous way,
which only scientists can understand,
manufacture the sugar which is neces-
sary for the life Of the tree itself by
combining the carbonic acid gas Of the
atmosphere with the water drawn in
by its roots. These tiny cells are so
very small that as many as 100000
have been counted in a square milli-
meter of the leaf of a castor oil plant,
and III order that they may come in
contact with as much sunlight as pos
sible the leaf turns slightly on its stalk
toward the sun.
If you notice the arrangement of the
leaves on a bOugh you will see that
nature has placed them so that they
form an almost perfect light screen"
and catch all the sunshine that there
is. If it were not for the constant
work of these little chlOrOphyn cells
the splendid trees in our forests would
wither and die and there would be no
green things left in the wOrld.-LOn-
don Home Notes.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Her Stipulation.

The pale young man with sheepish
eyes glanced timorously at his fair
companion. They had sat together in
the conservatory for fully five minutes
and had hardly exchanged a word,
At last, in desperation, he diyed his
hand into his breast pocket and
brought out his cigarette case.
"Do you mind, Miss Smilax, if 1
smoker? he asked
''Not in the least" replied the young
lady sweetly, If you don't think it viii
make you sickr'
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25

The War, Navy, Agricultural and
other executive departments have
forwarded exhibits to the second an
nual insular fair to be held at San
Juan, Porto Rico, early next month.
John G. Scofeld, chief clerk of the
War Department, will be the Gov
ernments representative at the fair
The sum of $751; 600 is asked OF
Congress for improvements and main
tenance of the Government Asylum
for the Insane during the ensuing
year, in the report of Surgeon Stern
berg and Superintendent White, sub
mitted to Secretary of the Interior.
They claim the asylum needs high
walls to prevent escapes, and addi-
tional buildings.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
The Touuh Kid.

NabOr-I saw the doctor at your
house yesterday.
Subbubs-Yes; that boy Of mine
climbed up on the porch when he was
told not to, and
Nabor-Ah, I see. He fell and broke
his
SUbbubs-NOt muchI He's sound as
a dollar. But my wife tried to whip
him for it, and new she's a nervous
and physical wreck.-CathOlic Stand
ard and Times.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Perfectly Natural,

'The supposed young millionaire
bought an airship just before he was
declared bankrupt"
"That was a perfectly natural pro-
ceeding."
"HOw SOP"
''NIost people do buy airships before
they go VI" New York Journal.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Greatness and Smartness.

(Which would you rather be-truly
great or really smart?
Smart, of course"
''Why?''
"Wel, you may be truly great and
no one ever know it, but if you're
smart you can make people think that
you're great. Chicago Post.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
The Social Settlement.

In calling attention again to the
urgent needs of the colored Social
Settlement, we do so the more readily
because of the really earnest efforts
now being made under the direction
of the new president, DR.. John R.
Francis, to put the whole enterprise
on a well sustained basis.
We should take particular pride in
sustaining Dr. Francis and his ener-
getic co-workers, because they are
working unselhshly and along practi-
cal lines to help refute the charge
that we do not, as a race, give proper
support to such work in our midst,
and for the direct benefit of the un-
fortunate IN our own race.
1t IS not enough that we give of
our dollars, but we should give per-
sonal service as we'll We should
visit the Settlement, and encourage
by our presence the good work car
rled on down there by the ladies who
are giving their whole time to the
work, and for very inadequate com
pensatiOn.
1t was a fine thing for Mrs. West
and Mrs. Bruce to assume the re
Sponsibllity personally of raising a
fund to insure the prompt payment
Of the salaries of the two lady work
ers at the Settlement, and we should
faithfully uphold them in their efforts.
1t IS equally meritOTiOus in Mrs
L. B. Moore to undertake the mann
moth charity reception which she has
planned in aid of the same cause, and
we should literally support that pro-
ject, also not alone by individually
purchasing tickets for it, but by per
suading others to do the same thing.
Let us remark that the good book
contains no truer axiom than this:
He that giveth to the poor, lendeth
to the Lord"
The particulars of the charity re-
ception will be found elsewhere in
this paper, but special attention is
here called to the following extract
from one of the circulars sent out by
Mrs. Moore's Committee.
NOTE: Please cut off this coupon
at dotted line and mail it to DR. John
R. Francis, Sr., IIo2 Ninth Street
Northwest
You may print my name on your
list of patrons and [ agree to take two
tickets for the Citizens Charity Re
ception at Convention Hail. December
8, 1911. Tickets to be paid for not
later than December 4th
Name. ..----- ..-........--..-
Address. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. ...
Tickets will be forwarded to you.
Sale of Patrons tickets, including re-
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
His Inherifsnce

docs he inherit his fathers geniusF''
''No; only his fathers eccentricities
of genius. That is why we are giving
a benefit for him. Chicago Record
Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
For the First Conner.

Young Man-So Miss Ethel is your
oldest sister. Who comes after her?
Small Brother-Nobody amt come yet,
but pa says the first fellow that comes
can have her-BostOn Transcript
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Hiqh Finance.

Briggs-Is it true that you have bro
ken of your engagement to that girl
who lives in the suburbs? Griggs-
Yes; they raised the Communication
rates on me, and 1 have transferred to
a town girl.-Life.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
New TO Him.

''I see your son has gone to work"
'fYep."
''How is he getting alongY
"Oh, finel Anything in the way OF
a novelty always appeals to him. -
Washington Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Poetry,

Poetry is simply the most beautiful,
impressive and widely effective mode
of saying things, and hence its impor-
tance.-Matthel7 Arnold.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
Raised fhA Anke

Small Elmer-Papa, give me a nick
Ell. Papa-Why, Elmer, you are most
too old to be begging for a nickel.
Small Elmer guess you're right,
papa. Make it a Chicago News.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25
FALL SEASON BEGINS
November I, at the N. w. Cafe, nth
and You Streets.

Mr.. Martin announces that he IS
now fitted up to serve private parties,
dinners, luncheons, etc, his private
hall now being better known, IS now
open for dates. Although many dates
have already been taken for the sea
son. Special attention, home cook
ing; for regular board, at SI2.oO per
month: 5000 half month; $I.oO for
dinners per month. Sunday dinner a
specially, 35c. & to 5 P. Nj Stop
in. 1000 Eleventh St n w.
w. w. MARTIN, Prop.
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25

What a happy world this would be
if every man spoke as well Of his live
neighbors as he does Of his dead ones!
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25

True friends have no solitary joy or
sOTrOW.-Channing
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25

Much is done in the name Of friend
ship; so are many.-Exchange
The Washington bee., 1911-11-25

Send your printing to w. Calvin
Chase. Jr., manager Of the Triangle
Printing Co.