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The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
JOHN BANISTER.
An English Vioinist Who Won Fame
In the Seventeenth Century.

An English Vioinist Who Won Fame
In the Seventeenth Century.
Public concerts owe their direct en-
couragement to John Banister, who
had won fame by his playing on the
violin and who succeeded the cele-
brated Baltzar as leader of Charles
lis band Of twenty-fOur violins.
Pepys, in an entry in his diary for
February, 1861, tells us the court gOs-
sip of the day-'hOw the kings viallin
Banister is mad that the king hath a
Frenchman come 10 be chief Of some
part of the kings musique."
Banister'S concerts at the close Of
the year 1872 were advertised in the
London Gazette as follows: These are
to give notice that at Mr.. John Ban
listers house now called the musick
school. over against the George tav-
ern in White Fryers, the present Mon
day will be musick performed by ex-
cellent masters. beginning precisely at
Of the clock in the afternoon, and
every afternoon for the future pre-
cisely at the same hour"
-Four years later on we read again,
"At the academy in Little Lipcoln's
Inn Fields Will begin the first part of
the parley of instruments. composed
by Mr.. John Banister" The admis-
sion was at this time as a rule a shil-
ling, and these concerts seem to have
been held pretty regularly down to
within a short time Of Banister's
death, which took place in 16T9.-LOn-
don Graphic
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
The Lexington VIII be Conducted on
The Basis of Any Up To Date
First Glass Hotel.

The banquet hall which is so much
needed in this city for the accom-
mediation Of first class visitors and
patrons will be one of the features
Of this hotel The automobile will
run to and from the Union Station to
the hotel for the accommodation Of the
guests This has been just what the
city has needed fer a long time tor
the Colored Americans. who visit
here Whenever a person intends TO
visit the city. d card to the manager
of the hotel will be promptly re
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
They Miuht Do Morse

The German proprietor of Brook
Iyn delicatessen store has got far
enough along to pun in English. A
writer in the New York Sun reports
the fact.
Hanging in the window of the little
shOp is this advertisement.
'"The best you can do is to buy our
wurst"
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10

sponded to, and the guest or guests
be driven Immediately to the hotel in
the hotels automobile which will
meet any train that comes into the
Union Station or Steamboat wharf
The erection Of this hotel in the
city Of magnificent distances will be
an honor as well as a benefit to the
coIored people. Almost any city in the
South has a first class hotel and the
people in Washington have deter
mined not to be behind in meeting the
demands Of strangers and visitors.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
The LEXINGTON HOTEL
A Great Colored Hotel at Last

The colored Americans are to have
an up-tO-date frst-class hotel with
every modern convenience with buf-
fet, barbershop, kitchen, billiard par
Iors, office, lobby and waiting room,
automobile to convey guests to and
from the Union Station, etc.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
A Borrower.

Has DingusS any occupations" in
quired Ruggles.
Yes" said ShadbOlt. He's a so
licitOr."
SOLICITOR For What?'
'Small and unsecured loans, Chi
cagO Tribune
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
The Buffet Cannot be Surpassed.

The dining-room which will be large
and commodious with a seating ca
paCity for one hundred and fifty
guests.
The barber shop will be managed
by a first class tOnsOrial artist with
every modern convenience. The bill
lard parlor, Office, lobby and waiting
room will be unsurpassed. The wait
ing parlor will be on the first floor,
handsomely furnished.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
a Surnrised Poet.

Wife-What is the matter, dear?
Haven't they published your poem?
Poet-Oh, yes, that's all right, but
they're actually selling the paper ct a
penny, as though there was nothing
unusual in it-London Tit-Bits.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
THE LEXINGTON HOTEL

The Front Entrance Will be on L St.
The entrance to the Rathskeller will
be on L street or main entrance lead
ing to the basement.
The Rathskeller will be fitted up
equal to any in the United States
the / street entrance.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
Capital Stock

The company is incorporated with
a capital stock Of fifty thousand dol
lars, Of this amount the company has
decided to sell fifteen thousand dol
lars of it. A greater opportunity has
never been offered the people Of this
city. who are enterprising and wish a
good investment
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
There VIII be Thirty Eight Large
Airy Bed Rooms and Nine Baths.

There will be at least two private
bath rooms connected with the suite
of rooms on the second and third
floors
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
Faith DESTROYED

'I'n never believe in phrenoiogy
again"
Why
eve had a phrenolOgist in our house
the other night and got him to feel the
cooks head. He said her bump Of de-
struction was small-'-Chicag Record
Herald.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10

women" remarked the grocer, ARE
not hard to please"
"So?" interrocated the bachelor.
Yes" continued the grocer. "All
you have to do is to let them have
their own Chicago News.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
The Lexington Hotel.

has been erected at the southwest
corner of twenty-frst and L streets.
northwest It is a beautiful three
story cdi7ce to contain every modern
convenience and accommodation for
guest
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10
Waiting.

''De man dat puts in too much time
Iearnin' to wait patiently" said Uncle
Eben. lis liable to git out o. practice
fob dOin' anything else. Washington
Star.
The Washington bee., 1912-02-10

BY the work one knows the work
manila FOnt1ine.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-30
Strayed!

One Z. S. Government driving team
from Butte Greek Issue Station about
July 4th, described as follows: One
bay gelding branded rs and small
I'D brand on left shoulder, VT. about
100 lbs. One gray gelding branded
I'D on left shoulder, VT. about 1900
lbs. Ages of the above are from II
to 10 yrs.
The party having them in his hands
or furnishing Information leading to
their recovery will be suitably re-
warded upon notifying the under
signed. Very respectfully,
THEODORE FIHN,
Farmer in Charge,
Wood, s. d.
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-30
TODATE
Is the CIeanest, Prettiest
Little Town i'm the Rose
bud Country.
TO SUPPLY DEMAND
A Town that Supplies Every
Demand OF the Enormous
Territory Tributary.

The town of Wood which Bro.
Richmond oil the MIe!lette County
News. dislikes SO thoroughly that he
must try to knock against it every
week, is only 4 year old and has
made rapid strides III that year, al.
though having had to buck against
all kinds of opposition from a bunch
of people who have as their motto,
Rule Everything and Everybody OF
Breah Everything aud Everybody
ines people have been able to
gather TO them men right in this Wei.
uity who will work against their own
Interests Tor a very small pittance.
Yet the town i forging ahead as rap
ally Il, lts territory demands and Is
developing into substantial town
filled with p, oLir Who are here to
builu up pv,l.ai'"' i....r, a"d busi
nesscs, ~ 40, ~ L tue T. ople az
long as thvi cau uuD ,..I move Oh.
Neither Was the town pu. here % Try
to kill some other town just atdrtiAg
up. Noud has the following busl.
Desses aud there are others coming:
Two grucrdl stores that carry IL
good lines "a can be found III tn.
country; also another large one under
construction which will be running
in a few weeks. A large hardware
and farm implement house, "A first
class hotel, a restaurant aud a room
ing house, two livery barns, IN up.to.
date meat market, two pool and bill
hard halls, u blacksmith shop, a law
ot6rr, barber shop, the best automo
bile garage in the west, a bank with
a heavy capitalization, a photograph
galar., a bakery and an ice cream
parlor, Il weekly newspaper, and OF
course, a postotfice and telephone
system. All doing ii good business
and here to stay
The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1912-08-30

wANrED:-A girl for cook and gen
eral house work in a private family.
Apply ut Mrs. d. G.. Miller's, Wood,
S. ID.
Ray r. Sheehan, of Jordan, came
up aud spent a little time out at the
home Of Col. Jordan Thursday.
In another column will be found a
list Of prices on groceries. Compare
them with prices in other towns and
see If they are not as low or q little
lower.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11
MAINE HEN HOUSE
is ADVANTAGEOUS
Feature Of Structure Is Closet
Form for Protection in Cold
Weather.

In the curtain-front type OF poultry
house used at the Maine experiment
station feature of the original plan
on which considerable stress was laid
was the canvas curtain front of the
roosts. This curtain. together with
the back wall of the house and the
cropping board under the roost,
formed closet in which the birds
were shut up at night during cold
weather.
When the curtain-front house was
hrst devised. 1t was thought es-
sential to provide such closet to
conserve the body heat of the birds
during the cold nights when the tenn
perature might be well below zero.
Experience has shown, however, that
this was mistake. Actual test shows
that the roosting closet is OF no ad-
vantage, even In such a severe climate
as that of Orono.
On the contrary the birds certain
ly thrive better without the roost cur
tain than with 1t. It has been a gen.
eral observation among users of the
curtain-front type of house that when
the roost curtains are used the birds
are particularly susceptible to colds.
1t is not hard to understand why this
should be So The air in the roosting
closet when 1t is opened in the morn
ing is plainly bad. The fact that 1t is
warm In no way offsets physiological
ly the evils of its lack OF oxygen and
excess Of carbon dioxide, ammoniacal
vapors and other exhalations from
the bodies of the birds.
For some time past 1t has been felt
that the roosting closet was at least
unnecessary. II not in fact positive
evil. Consequently the time of begin
ming to close the roost curtain in the
fall has been each year longer de-
layed. Finally, In the fall of 1910. 1t
was decided not to use these curtains
at all during the winter. Consequent
ly they were taken out of the house,
or spiked to the roof, as the case
might be. The winter of 1901 was
severe one. On several occasions
| the temperature dropped to 80 de-
grees below zero. During the winter
the mortality was exceptionally low,
and the egg production exceptionally
| high.
| In view of this experience the sta
tion has decided to discontinue the
use OF the roost curtain. 1t would
seem to be generally undesirable. or
at least unnecessary
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11

There was a venerable and beneyo-
lent judge in Paris who at the momont
Of passing sentence on a prisoner con
suited his associates on each side Of
him. What ought we to give this ras-
cal. brother2" he said bending over to
the one on his right. 81 should say
three years" "What is your opinion
brother?" to the other on his left. Il
should give him four years" Prison
err said the Judge. mot desiring to
give you long and severe term OF Ina
prisonment, as should have done II
left to myself, have consulted my
learned brothers. and shall take
their advice Seven years."
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11
IT'S THE FOOD.
The True Way to Correct Nervous
Troubles.

Nervous troubles are more often
caused by improper food and indiges-
tion than most people imagine. Even
doctors sometimes overlook this fact.
A man says:
Until two years ago waffles and
butter with meat and gravy were the
main features of my breakfast Finally
dyspepsia came on and l found myself
in bad condition. worse in the morn
ing than any other time would have
full. sick feeling in my stomach,
with pains in my heart. sides and
head.
"At times would have no appetite,
for days. then would feel ravenous
never satisfied when I did eat and SO
nervous felt like shrieking at the
top of my voice lost flesh badly and
hardly knew which way to turn until
one day l bought a box of Grape-Nuts
food to see II could eat that. tried
1t without telling the doctor, and liked
1t fine: made me feel as If had some
thing to eat that was satisfying and
still didn't have that heaviness that
had felt after eating any other food.
II hadn't drank any coffee then In
five weeks. kept on with the Grape
Nuts and in month and a half had
gained is pounds. could eat almost
anything wanted. didn't feel badly
after eating and my nervousness was
all gone. It's pleasure to be well
again."
Name given by Postum Co., Battle
Creek, Mich. Read the book. "Tbe
Road to Wellville." in pkgs. There's
reason"
Ever reud the above letter. new
one appears from time to time They
are Eenuinc, true, and full. of human
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11

weight unknown to any other species
OF domestic animals-the great meta
bolic changes which must necessarily
occur can be appreciated. Such rapid
development is very likely to take
resisting powers of the animal.
When tuberculosis results. the le-
sions usually observed are discrete
and of chronic type. at times retro
gressive and at other times slowly pro-
gressive. as manifested by calcaerous
deposits and fibrous encapsulation 1t
is not jnfrequent. however, that a
more extensive and spreading disease
is seen, and the LESSONS indicate se-
we're infection and rapid generalization
of the bacilli, which in these animals
may quickly follow the Initial attack.
And whether the disease assumes an
berculous growths may soon be found
attacking lymph glands In widely sep
arated parts of the body.
The intradermal method of testing
hogs for tuberculosis has given ex-
cellent res Its. Two drops of tuber-
culin prepared by evaporating away
two-thirds of the volume OF the tuber-
culin previously prepared for the
sub-cutaneous tuberculin testing of
cattle. is injected into the dermal
layer of the skin near the base of
one of the ears of the hog II the
animal is not affected. no change in
the appearance of the ear will result.
but a positive reaction will at the
end of 4S hours cause swelling near
the seat of their injection. This
edematous enlargement may remain
visible for 10 to IL days after the
injection in case the animal is affected
with tuberculosis.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11
Pointed Paraoraphs.

Matrimony may be loves under
taker.
Cheap advice is apt to be dear II
you act upon 1t.
Give 4 man half chance and he
VIII uncover a small crouch.
There arc no tomorrows on the oal-
endar of the-man who does things.
Women have few bad habits be-
cause Of their funny ideas of what fun
is.
Women are apt to turn up their
noses Mt things they can't under
stand.
A mans chief aim in life should be
to refrain from shooting off his
mouth.
It's all right to have a temper, but
1t should never be used for cross pur-
poses.
Every wife thinks it's up to her to
act rs her husbands guardian for the
purpose Of keeping him from making
bigger fool of himself than he natu-
rally is. .-l,s-
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11
fny JOHN R. MoHLrRl }

tDJ JOf1AN H. 1AOfil<E<1N-J
tuberculosis in the human family
has been lessening materially during
the past is years. but reports from
the various meat-packing centers OF
the country fail to show the same
encouraging condition regarding tu-
berculosis in hogs during the same
space of time. 1t must be admitted
that reports have come from several
localities during the past four years
showing a decrease in the number OF
tuberculosis swine sent to market, but
review of the collective records OF
the country at large shows an in
crease rather than a decrease in the
number of swine affected by this dis
ease.
The small amount OF money re-
quired to begin hog raising and the
quick returns on the capital invested
make this industry an attractive one
to the small farmer. The hog will
make a pound OF gain on less feed
than most live stock. and will prob
ably utilize waste food products of
every variety II properly prepared for
him. As tuberculosis in this species
is chiefly acquired by indigestion, the
Significance of the latter statement is
obvious.
The vitality of hogs or their powers
OF resistance to disease are necessari-
ly lowered by the unnatural condi-
! tions which frequently obtain in hog
raising, namely. the forced feeding for
fattening and the small feeding pens
in vogue in certain districts. When
the enormous growth Of hog is con-
sidered, when 1t is realized that in
the short space of or 10 months its
development is frequently $50 to 300
pounds-a proportionate increase OF
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11
WILSON PLEAsEs THE PEOPLE
Governor is Making tho Kind Of Cam
palgn That Is Sure to
Win.

Gov. Wilson is making the sort of
campaign that wins.
He is making the sort of campaign
which proves not only that the party
has good candidate. but that the
country will have good president.
Gov. Wilson has shown dignity,
a fairness, a sincerity which has gain
ed the confidence of the people wher-
ever his words have reached.
Gov Wilson is the reverse of a spec
taucular grand-stander. Yet on his
western trip he has had by odds the
largest audiences that have gathered
during this campaign.
They have come. not to see show.
but to judge a man; not to pay hom-
age to self-made Caesar, but to hear
and pass upon a program of national
work
They have heard. they have judged.
they have approved.
They have found Gov. Wilson a
man whose prime desire is not to exalt
himself. but to serve the people.
They have found Gov. Wilson a man
who refuses to be drawn from the is-
sues of the campaign into an exchange
of barren personalities.
They have found Gov. Wilson man
who never hesitates to say anything
good Of an opponent that may with
honesty be said.
They have found Gov. Wilson a man
who respects the ONCE of the presi-
dency too much to seek 1t by cam
paign of billingsgate.
In a word. the people have found
Gov. Wilson the sort of man they want
In the White House. They will put
him there.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11
TarIff and sloated Fortunes.

Enough instances have been given
by the journal to show that the tariff
is the creator OF bloated fortunes.
The way It works is so simple that
1t can be put In the form of recipe:
Get a tariff, form trust: then
pluck the public In the stock market
and rob the consumer with high
prices"
The tariff shuts out foreign COM
petition. and thus offers an oppor-
tunity to rob the American consumer.
The trusts are formed to take ad-
vantage of this opportunity.
They are capitalized at their So
called earning power" which means
their robbing power under the tariff.
This capitalization Is from two to ten
times the actual Investment.
The watered stock thus issued
costing nothing but the printing of IT
is sold to the public at high prices,
The promoters keep control of the
trust In their own hands. that they
may vote themselves fat salaries and
rich perquisites.
The prices of the trust-made articles
are kept up 10 tne HiBHest uotcn 10
take advantage of the tariff and pay
dividends on watered stock.
Then a portion of the profits thus
made is set aside for political cor
ruption to keep the tariff graft from
being disturbed.
1t is very simple-when the trick
is exposed. 1t is very profitable-to
the promoters.
1t is incredibly wasteful. cruel and
debauching for every one else.
The only way to stop the accumula.
tion of bloated fortunes is to cut of
the tariff graft that breeds bloated
fortunes.
The way to cut off the tariff graft
ia to elect Governor Wilson and a
Democratic congress.-Chicago Jour
nal.
The Elbert County tribune., 1912-10-11
IMPROVING Pig CROP
BY JUDICIOUS FEEDS
More Attention Given by Farmers
to Rations and Care in Or
der to Secure Profit.
tny R. q. wEArHERsroNE,

(By r. q. WEATHERSTONE)
Many farmers have started out this
year with the intention OF doing better
by their crop of pigs than they have
in the past BY doing better. mean
giving closer attention to the feed
problem, and the. care problem. SO
that the pigs when mature will have
made a favorable growth at low
cost, and at the same time have de-
veioped strong frames. especially in
the case of those pigs which are In
tended to be kept for breeding pur-
poses.
1t will be well for every man who
desires to bring his pigs through the
season In good form and condition
to calculate to supply some of those
foods which are known to have a
favorable influence on the develop
ment of the framework of the pig.
1t is needless to say that corn alone
will not serve the purpose. While 1t
is true that corn in continuation with
good pasture makes a diet for the
growing pigs which can hardly be
improved on, 1t also often happens that
the pasture contains little to attract
the pigs.
In that case they are sure to lie
around the yards and stun themselves
with grain in preference to seeking
the grass and exercise in conjunction,
which is so essential to the health
and thrift of the animal.
The best bone building foods are
those rich In protein and mineral mat
ter. Skim milk perhaps stands at the
head of the list. and 1t will pay to
lay in some tankage. shorts and pos
sibly some bone meal as well as some
pure mineral matter.
1t cannot be expected. however. that
the feeding of foods bearing large
amounts of protein and mineral mat
ter. such as have been mentioned, will
change the conformation of any part
of the skeleton or, for example. make
pig stand straight.
This improvement will have to be
made through selection. using no male
or female that is faulty.
1t might too. be urged that il care.
full selection were practiced 1t would
be unnecessary to consider the diet
since strong boned breeding stock
would naturally impress these good
points ON their progeny.
On the contrary, it may be said that
men have been trying for years tc
breed poor hogs out OF their herds
without giving attention to balanced
ration problem. and they are practi
cally where they started.
We generally find that when mer
feed little or no grain and do moi
care to hasten the growth of theIi
pigs, the quality OF the bone is gen
orally very satisfactory.