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The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
One Consolation.

During the time he acted rs United
States consul i'm Glasgow Bret Harte
occasionally INDUCED in Il days sport
with the gun, ana if was during one Of
his shooting excursions that the hu-
morist met with au accident which
might have disfgured him for the re
mainder Of his life. his face being
badly cut through the recoiI of an
overloaded gun. Fortunately the doc
tors skill prevented him from being
permanently marked.
Writing about the occurrence to his
friend, T. Edgar Pemberton, who
quotes the letter IN his Tribute to
Bret Harte." the novelist concludes his
letter by telling Of an amusing effort
which was made to console him on ac-
count of the accident.
"When the surgeon was stitching me
together" he wrote, the son of the
house. a boy of twelve. came timidly
to the door of my room.
Tell Mr.. Bret Harte it's all right
he said. He killed the bare -
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
ADAMS PEAK.
4 Shrine Visited BY Thousands and
Sacred to Three Conflicting
Religious Seets.

Throughout Asia holy places" are
almost as numerous as leaves on a
tree, but in Ceylon is a mountain which
enjoys the unique distinction of being
a very holy place TO the devOtees OF
three absolutely distinct and conflict
ing religious Sects. This is Adams
Peak, or Samantha.
According to the Mohammedan be-
lief, Adam, after the fall. was taken
by an ange! TO the top Of Samantha,
and a panorama of all the ills that
through sin should affiict mankind was
spread out before him. His foot left
an impression on the solid rock. and
his tears formed the lake from which
pilgrims still drink. The Buddhists
contend that il was not Adam, but
Buddha himself that made the foot
print in the rock, that being the last
spot where he touched the earth be-
fore ascending to heaven. while the
Brahmins have still another legend.
All, however. Brahmins. MOhamme-
dans and Chinese, agree that Samantha
is a very holy place. and to perform
TO the spot is to the Budd-
hist what a visit to Mecca is to Mo-
hammedan. In mixed crowds the wOr-
shippers come. each plying the ignO-
rance of the other, who is so far from
the true way"
1t requires no little faith and some
to trace in the depression
in the rock the likeness of a human
footprint. 1t is "a feet long by 21a
feet wide, on the top of a huge bowl
der. The natives, however, insist that
1t Is the footprint of Adam.-Emmett
Campbell Hall in Cincinnati CONNER
cial Tribune.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Artificial Flowers.

1T was in Italy that demand for
artificial flowers first arose This was
due primarily to a caprice of fashion
which demanded that during festivals
blossoms in ana 0ut of their seasons
should be worn and also to the fact
that their color and freshness were
stable. Later en-. in the middle ages,
the artificial 50 far superseded the
natural that both men and women
decked their heads with imitation
flowers of cambric. paper, glass and
metal
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
ODDLY EXPRESSED.
Queer Ways In Which Ideas Are
Sometimes Put Into Words.

Queer Ways In Which Ideas Are
Sometimes Put Into Words.
Curious ways of expressing ideas in
English may be expected from foreign
erS. as. for instance, when the French
man, who made a call in the country
and was about to be introduced to the
family, said: "Ah, re ladies! Zen [
would before. if you please, wish to
purify mine 'ands and to sweep mine
hair"
A Scotch publican was complaining
of his servant maid He said that
she could never be found when want
ed. She'll gang oot o. the house."
he said, twenty times for once she'll
come in"
n c0untryman went to a menagerie
to examine the wild beasts. Several
gentlemen expressed the opinion that
the orang outang was a lower order of
the human species. Hodge did not
like this idea and, striding up to the
gentleman, expressed his contempt for
il in these words: Pooh! He's no
more Of the human species than be"
Mamma, is that Il spoiled child?"
asked little boy on seeing a negro
baby for the first time.
\ shop exhibits Il card warning ev-
erFDody against unscrupulOus persons
''who infringe our title to deceive the
public" The shopman does not quite
say what he means any more than
the proprietor of an eating house near
the dock. on the door of " hich may DE
read the following announcement con
veying fearful intelligence to the gal
liant tars who frequent this port.
sailors yitals cooked here. .'-Phila-
deiphia North American.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
THE BIG DIPPER.
1t Is the Hour Hand of the Woodman's
Celestial Clock

1t Is the Hour Hand of the Woodman's
Celestial Clock.
The pole star is really the most i'm
pOrtant Of the stars in our sky. 1t
marks the north at all times. 1t alone
is fixed in the heavens. All the other
stars seem to swing around it once in
twenty-fOur hours.
But the pole star of POlaris is not d
very bright one, and it would be hard
to identify but for the help of the so
called pointers in the Big Dipper," or
Great Bear" The outer rim of the
dipper points nearly to Polaris at Il
distance equal to three times the space
that separates the two stars of the
dipper's outer side. Various Indians
called the pole star the Home Star"
and the Star That Never Moves" and
the dipper they call the Broken Back" 3"
The 'Great Bear" is also to be remem-
bered as the pointers for another rea-
son. 1t is the hour hand Of the wood
mans clock. It goes once around the
north star in about twenty-fOur hours,
the reverse way Of the hands Of d
watch-that is. it goes the same way
as the sun-and for the same reason
tnat it is the earth that is going and
leaving them behind.-COUntry Life
In America.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
PICKING HUSBANDS.
man Marriage Market, Where
Men Wait to Be Purchased.

The men in Germany do not marry.
They are married. They are more or
less passive articles of sale, which
stand in rows in the matrimonial shop
window with their price labeled in
large letters in their buttOnhole, wait
ing patiently for 4 purchaser. They
are perfectly willing, even eager, vic
tins. They want to be bought. but
their position does not allow them to
grasp the initiative, and they are
thankful when at last some one comes
along and declares herself capable and
willing to pay the price.
The girl and her mother, with their
purse in hama, pass the articles in re-
view and choose out the one which
best suits their means and fancy.
Il shall marry an officer" one girl
told me some time ago with the easy
confidence of a person about to order
a new dress, and, 10 and behold, be-
fore the year was out she was walking
proudly on the arm of dragOon lieu
tenant, | even knew of three women
who swOre 10 each other that they
would marry only geniuses, and here
also they had their will. One married
a great painter. one poet and another
a famous diplOmatist. That they were
all three peculiarly unhappy is not
witness against the system, but
proof that geLiuses may occasionally
be very uncomfortable partners. In
this case the purchasers were rich and
popular and could therefore make their
choice. Others of lesser means would
have had to content themselves with
an officer. cavalry or infantry, accord
ing to the dot" or a lawyer, or a doc
tor, or merchant, and so on down
the scale.-AIiss Wylie's My German
Year"
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
NOISE OF THUNDER.
Professor Trowbridge Declares That II
is Due to Heating of Gases Along
the Line of Electric Discharge.

To Professor TrOwbridge we owe an
experiment to explain the noise Of
thunder. 1t has usually been thought
that the noise is caused by the clos
ing up of the vacuum created by the
passage of lightning, the air rushing
In from all sides with clap, but the
intensity of the noise is rather dis
prOpOrtiOnate, and it is now supposed
that the thunder is due to the intense
heating of the gases, especially the
gas of water vapOr along the line of
the electric discharge, and the cOnse-
quent conversion of suspended mOis-
ture into steam at enormous pressure.
In this way the crackle with which
a peal of thunder sometimes begins
might be regarded as the sound of
steam explosions on a small scale.
caused by inductive discharges before
the main fash. The rumble would be
the overlapping steam explosions. and
the final clap, which soundest lOudest.
would be the steam explosion nearest
TO the auditor. In the case of rum
bling thunder the lightning is passing
from cloud to cloud. When the fash
passes from the earth to the clouds
the clap is l0udest at the beginning.
Professor Trowbridge gave sub
stance to these suppOsitiOns by caus-
ing electric flashes to pass from point
to point through terminals clothed in
soaked cotton wool, and he succeeded
in magnifying the crack of the cleo
trio spark to a terrifying extent.-LOn-
GOn Graphic.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
THE COTTON GIN.
Whitney Got the Idea From the Work
of an Old Negro.

Whitney Got the Idea From the Work
of an Old Negro.
Eli Whitney, the inventor of the cot
ton gin, got the germ of his great idea
from seeing through the interstices Of
a hut an old negro work a hand saw
among the freshly picked cotton stored
within.
The teeth of the saw tore the lint
from the seed easily and quickly, and
young Whitney (he was barely thir-
teen at the time) realized at once that
a machine working a number of SINH
lar saws simultaneously would revOlu-
tiOnize the cotton growing industry.
He said nothing to anybody, but set
to work building models and expert
menting. His difficulties were enOr-
nous, for he not only had to make his
own wheels, cOgs, etc, but he had also
first to forge his own tools and even
to manufacture the paint wherewith
to color his many plans and drawings.
But he succeeded in the end, and,
though the outbreak of war and other
hindrances prevented the invention
from being actually placed upon the
market until many years afterward,
the first complete cotton gin ever con-
structed was built from those very
models and plans and with scarcely a
single alteration.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
INTERNATIONAL CONFER
ENCE ON THE NEGRO.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday,
April II, IS and 70, 1912.

For some years past I have had II
, mind to invite here from different
parts of the world-from Europe, Al.
rica, the West Indies and North anc
South Amerlca-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 u, Is and 10, 1912, a
little more than a year from this time,
an international conference on the
Negro. Such { 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 &C
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
terChange 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
methods employed in helping the Ne
gro people of the United States, with
a view of deciding to what extent
Iuskegee and Hampton methods may
be applied to conditions in these coun-
tries, as well as to conditions in At
rica.
It is hoped that numbers of people
representing the different govern
ments interested in Africa and the
West indies, as well as representa-
tIVes from the United States and the
countries OF South America, will de-
eide to attend this conference. Es-
pecially IS It urged that missionary
and other workers in these various
countries be present and take an act
i've part in the deliberations of the
conference.
It is desirable, in any case, to have
any suggestions as to what might be
done to make the work of the con-
ference more helpful to all concerned.
The names of persons who would like
to be present, with whom you are ac-
quainted, will be appreciated, and
through you they are invited to be
present and take part in the delibera-
tons of the conference.
Those who come to Tuskegee prop
erly accredited will be welcomed and
entertained as guests of the institu-
ton, and will be under no expense
during their stay here.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON.
Principal, Tuskegee Normal and In
dustrial Institute, Tuskegee Insti-
tute, Alabama.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
HeIped the hief.

a simple, honest Scotch farmer had
taken a sack of meal to dispose of in
Aberdeen castle market" says Mrs
Mayo in her "Recollectious of Fifty
Years" ''It was in the days when
people were hanged for any petty
theft, and an execution was in prog
ress, the culprit being a sheep steaIer.
The worthy cOuntryman stood aghast
when a stranger hustled uP with the
question:
whats a-dOT
"A hanging said the other, awed,
for stealing a sheep
Eth, what won't folks risk for
gearr cried the stranger. viii We
just give me a hand up with this
Sackp
THE farmer promptly complied It
was only afterward that he discOv-
cred he had helped a thief to make off
with the sack of meal he had brought
to senr'
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
A Mole's Nest.

Among common animals few have
been less studied in their life history
than the mole. Mr. Lionel E Adams
says that under the fortress" which
the mole constructs above the surface
Of the ground viii always Je found a
series of tunnels running ont beneath
the adjacent field. A curious feature
almost invariably found is a perpen-
dicular run penetrating about a foot
below the bottom of the nest and then
turning upward to meet another run.
A mole is never found in his nest, al
though it may yet be warm from his
body when opened. Guided by smell
and hearing, a mole frequently locates
the nest Of a partridge or pheasant
above his run and, penetrating it from
below, eats the eggs. The adult mole
is practically blind. but there are en-
bryonic indications that the power of
sight in the race has deteriOrated.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
The Sprinubok.

A popularity of that most beautiful
Of South African anteIopeS the spring
box is that it always leaps over human
tracks. 1t is at once exceedingly shy
and marvelOusly active, and the rea-
son for this strange antic is its in
tense suspicion of any possible enc
mics, among whom it has come to rec
OgniZe man rs the most dangerous. Il
is not only with human tracks that the
springbOk goes through this perform
ance, for it does the same with the
tracks of lions or even when it gets
wind of lion. The leap is exceeding
ly graceful, and the animal covers from
twelve TO fifteen feet at each bound.
1t drops on all four feet at once and
Immediately rises again, making clear
spring without any run. Its usual gait
when not pursued is a light springy
trOt. The springbok usually travels
with its nose to the ground, as if con-
stantly on the lookout for the scent Of
enemies
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Force of an Oil Well.

Oil has been elected from the Baku
wells with such force and accompanied
with so much sand that steel blocks
twelve inches thick placed over the
mouth of the we'll to defect the flow
were perforated in few hours and
had to be replaced. The casing with
which the wells were lined was often
torn to shreds and eventually cOllaps-
ed. and hundreds of thousands of tons
of sand which accumulated in the Vi
cinity necessitated the services of large
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
MINIATURE GARDENS.
Tiny Lakes, Trees and Houses In Oi-
minutiVe Japanese Parks.

Tiny Lakes, Trees and Houses In Oi-
minutiVe Japanese Parks.
The japanese have the art of dwarf
ing trees to mere shrubs and of cult
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 \ 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 and fifty years
old. Beneath its shade is a temple
carved out Of one piece Of stone the
size Of q brick. On a lofty crag Of
some two and q half feet stands a fine
maple tree, perfect in form and shape,
fifteen years ola and twelve inches
high.
One household in Japan boasts of Il
complete garden contained in q shall
low two dozen wine case. Everything
is complete down to the fish in the
lake. a sheet Of water only 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 +he hills are these
diminutive trees. hut full of vitality,
York Press
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
A Japanese PecuIiarifu-

when a japanese servant is rebuk-
ed or scolded," says a traveller, she
must smile like a Cheshire cat. The
etiquette in smiles is very misleading
at first. l often used to think that
Taxi, my riksha boy meant to be i'm
pertinent when he insisted on smiling
when l was angry at him. But when
he told me of the death of his little
child with a burst of laughter 1 knew
that this was only one of the curious
details Of etiquette in this tOpsy turvy
land
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Professional Instinct.

"Romeo and Juliet" with the origj-
nal company, had reached its crucial
moment.
Juliet was staggering about the
stage, regarding her afflicted lover.
"Oh, cruel p0isonr' she walled.
She raised her lover for a moment
in her arms.
\ wildly excited medical student in
the gallery sprang to his feet.
Keep him up, JUliet-keep him Upr'
he beloved. 'TIl run out and fetch
the stomach pumpr
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
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 )n.-London Il
lustrated Bits.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
DisaoreeabIe Economy.

Husband-You are not economical.
Wife-WeII, if you don't call a woman
economical who saves her wedding
dress for a possible second marriage
I'd like to know what you think econ
Omv is like.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
a MiSnoner.

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., 1911-07-22
WiIberforr;an Orchestra

The finest orchestra in the city is
the Wilberforcian. It 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., 1911-07-22
House and Herman.

The I34th anniversary of the birth
of the Stars and Stripes was observed
by the Government departments, pa
triOtic societies and schools through
out the District last Wednesday.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Ok MarroW.

We want our readers to patronize
us; it helps all around. The Ozonized
Ok Marrow Co. advertises in tIis pa
per, and when you want frst-class
dressing for kinky, harsh and unruly
hair, go to your druggists and get a
bottle of Ford's Hair Pomade, 2sc or
soc a bottle.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
Spitefut.

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 ax,'
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
A Safe Bet.

A man can never guess how big the
hats or sleeves or skirts Of women
viii be next season, but he stands
ready to bet that no fashion center
can make big shoes for women pOpU-
lar.-Atchison Globe.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
EIinhh-

"W0uld you take $4,000 to fly froB
Albany TO New York;
why not? Our cashier took onl
$1,000 to fly to Europe"
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22

''The easiest thing 1 know of, says
the philosopher of folly, lis to begin
TO save up some money next month"
Cleveland Leader.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
One Definition.

Papa" asked a little boy, what is
a legal blank?'
"A legal blank, Johnny" replied his
father, SIS a lawyer who never gets
case. se.'-Chicago Record Herald.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22
An Inside Outing.

Wigg-The best outing a man can
take is an ocean trip. Wagg-Yes, an
outing for the inner man as well.-
Philadelphia Record.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22

To live in hearts we leave behind is
not to die.-Campbell.
The Washington bee., 1911-07-22

The reward Of one duty is the power
10 fulfill another.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-10-20

Another of the hypocritical
features of local option enforce.
ment cropped out at Lewiston
recently when an Indian police.
man, who had just brought in
another Indian arrested for in
PRODUCING liquor on the reserva-
ton, was himself arrested for
being drunk and disorderly.
And so it goes. Some men will
gum shoe" around trying to get
their fellow men into trouble
when they themselves are many
times worse than those they seek
to tangle up in the skeins of the
law.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-10-20
WHAT CAESAR DID FOR
ROADS.

When Caesar took an eastward
ride and grabbed the Gauls fol
Rome, what was the first thing
that he did to make them feel at
home? Did he increase the peo-
ple's loads and liberty forbid
No! he dug in and built Coco
Roads that's what old Caesar
did.
Did Caesar put the iron hee1
upon the foemen's breast, or did
he try to make them feel the
Roman rule was best? What did
he do to make them glad he'd
come their midst amid? He built
Good Roads in place of bad
that's what old Caesar did.
He built Good Roads from hill
to hill, Good Roads from vale tc
vale; he ran a Good Roads move
ment till old Rome got all the
kale. He told the folks to buy
at home, and built their hills
amid, until all roads led up tc
Rome e that's what old Casa,
did.
If any town would make the
town the center of the map,
where folks will come and settle
down and live in plenty's lap; if
any town its own abodes of pov.
erty would rid, let it get out and
build Good Roads-just like old
Caesar did. Sites Signal.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-10-20
POINTER TO WIVES.

Be kind to the husband who
made you his bride. and handed
the preacher five bones; don't let
him conclude that the price was
too wide or mourn the lost roubles
with means. Be kind to your
husband who tolls in the mart,
the smithy. the office or store
and give him greeting to cheer
his fat heart at night, when he
comes to the door. Be kind to
your husband, and see that his
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-10-20

grub is fit for a white man to eat,
cen though it may keep you
away from the club or doing a
stunt on the street. Be kind to
your husband; have smiles on
your face, and sing a melodious
tune, and see that his home is as
cheerful a place as any beer
scented saloon. Be kind to your
husband; though weary and
worn; and spawned and sweenied
is he, you thought him all right
on that faraway morn, when he
handed the preacher a V.-Walt
Mason.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-10-20

Thomas R. Hamer, once upon
time, by virtue of a Lansdor
political deal, congressman from
this state, is out making a noise
like one who has designs on the
salary of that position again. II
is understood that Hamer is a
sort of protege of Barney O'Neil,
now sojourning in Canada, and
that Barney's crowd are unani.
nous for Turgid Thomas. To
nominate him, however, is an
o t h proposition. Meadows
Eagle.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-10-20

The "dry" forces held a rally
last night at Grangeville to pre-
pare a fight for local option at
the coming election. Just what
arguments they can find to use
after the way conditions have
been in this county for the past
two years is puzzle.