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3 tKllKIKSiSBS3fl9fs99StBKSp9iKBtSKS!BSM ,v.5" Mi t. ' A '4 i ' ( 1 -w 1 . l 3wi4 i I ' if 'i Tae SEE Published every Saturdayat;ill)9 1 Street North-west, Washington, D. C. Entered at the Post Offlee at Washington, as second class mail matter. W. CALVIN CHASE EDITOR. The manager of the Pilot is suffering with a cold. Spragae can throw off more cjas then the sewer that paBses his house. Mr. Lyuch was invited to Ohio to speak in the interest of the KepublicanB, and whenever goes anywhere you can just peud on it that he is invited. he de- A GOOD MOVE. A number of citizens issued a circular looking to the organiza tion of a protective citizens asso ciation. The object of the organi zation Is to persuade the people not to support those houses of business that douot employ colored clerks. This is a worthy movement aud should be supported by the people. Among the signers to the call are Dr. J. C. Norwood, A. F. Hilyer, R. H. Terrell, Dr. F. J. Shadd, Lewis H. Douglass, W. S. Mont gomery, J. F. Cook and others. civil Bervice examination. Chief Meredith is entitled to tne thanks and all the commendation that can be bestowed upon man by the colored people. FASHION NOTES. Camel's hair, Henietta, Bedford cord, diagonal and straight striped cheviot, homespnn and single figured goods will be worn this fall. Velvet, velveteen, bengaline. faille, satiu duches3e and brocade are the materials to be used in combination. The Parisian color syndicate have decreed that green shall again lead the procession of colors. The newest shade is the pale clear "cigale" or grasshopper green. The heliotrope shades are dark er and more in keeping with, the season. rose and the shades Azalea, chnstmas are among PRIMARY ELECTIONS. 01 course the man who believes in fraud at the polls on election day does not believe in honest primary elections. There are some men in town who believe that the entire district is around the bar rooms they visit. The nextcampaigu will not be a whis key campaigu. The people want lair and dtceut elections and he who opposes such a measure is the beat evidence iu the world that he is afraid to leave his claims with the people. On every cor ner you can aee the giu mill cam paign orator declare that is the people." The people fact know nothing about him. ( he in NEGRO JEALOUSY. If you take a dog that his been in the habit of ruuning the streets and put him in a parlor, he will dirty your floor, aud if you at tempt to make a spits out of a bulldog you will have trouble. So it is with some men who place themselves at the head of some newspapers. t?ome men who imagine that they know all about realestates will often give up that business to run a newspaper, but, the fact is that they would make better horse trainers than they would realestate agents or news paper mauagers. This city has been a grave yard tor dead-boats and demo goges and no honest man escapes the stings of these eo called journ alists. Wheueveryou hear a man blow his own horn as to what he cau do and what he is worth you cau just depend on it that he iB a notorious scoundrel. Last week Messrs Bruce aud Lynch received a salute from one of these Judas Iscariats, but the country knows that the source from which it eminated was the conception of a corrupted brain which has neither sense or reason. A man who goes around town abusing his own family and rela tions certaiuly will not let an out sider escape him. COLORED LADIES APPOINTED. The Bee's special correspon dent at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving, writes that there are fifty young colored ladies in the Bureau Just think ol it. It will be remembered when Capt. Meredith took charge of that de partment there was but one col oa&d lady employed in the entire Bureau, as a printers assistant. The fight that Capt. Meredith made against the democratic and Negro hating Jordon soon gave him to understand that he was boss of the machine iu that de partment aud that colored young ladies who prove themselves com petent should receive proper treat ment. Before Capt. Meredith assumed charge of this Bureau it was one of the worse democratic departments, under this govern ment. No colored person stood eglantine of pink. The browns incline to the red dish and yellowish tints among which maroon or chestnut is the most stylish. The beaver and the berge coIoib still hold their own. Heavy fail'e ribbon with a nar row satin edge is one ol the lead ing styles in millinery riobons. Jet toques in beautiful shapes are among the most elegent and exclusive styles. Jet or silk passementeries in all the pretty desigus, are much liked on black silk. Freneh lace in frillB and flow ers, silk net and chiffon, are all , used upon black silk gowns in. tended either for evening or "at home" wear. The picturesque princess shape has again come to the fore and every gouTn that can be developed in that style will be the latest. "Women who have very full suits of hair coutiuue to wear it in basket fashion, that is braded as finely7 as possible and wound round and round the head. Many hats and close bonuels are made of the same material as the dress goods. Veils are made of black, white and gray net, dotted with che ville and velvet. The ne Fin de Siecle veiling has a mesh in triaugles with the large velvet spots, and without them as preferred. Few sleeves of different mater ials are seen, variety being im parted by the trimming. No jewelry, save the tiniest of erriuga, inconspicuous lace pins aud the like, is permissible for street wear. CLARA TO LOUISE. Dear Lodise : I am one of the many citizens who has a high opinion of trustee L. A, Cornish. He is no coward and when he takes a position he stands to it. It is manly in any man who adhears to a principle. I am always pleased to defend any man when I think that he is right and is doing right. There is a division in the choir of the 15th Street Presbyterian Church. I understand that the unpaid members ot the choir want ed Mrs. Lena Miller McKenn vto sing with them at the temperance meeting which she refused to do, unless she was paid, which of course was somewhat distasteful to the ladies and gentlemen who sing without charge. Director Thonin- kins is undecided what he will do, but, the impression is that the services of xlrs McKenny will be dis pensed with. I see no reason why she should be retained in the choir to its detirment. There are some ladies in the choir make just as good music as Mrs. McKeuuv. a majority, In fact, two thirds of the members ar6 in favor of doing away with the services of Mrs. McKenny. I would suggest to direc tor Thompkins to reorganize his choir and dispense with the ser vices of Mrs. McKenny. You have worked too hard and have got too good a choir to let one or two per sons be the cause of it being brok en up. The female protest convention dldnot meet in this city as it was expected. It is supposed that the white women of the World's Fair Committee gave them the usual bribe. Some people are very easily satisfied. I had a chat with Dr. Bowen, pastor of the Asbury church a few dajs ago and 1 find him to be one of the most learned and profound thinkers in the church. GARFIELD CITY NEWS. Rev. Taylor Obdained. DEATHS. any chance of being appointed al though many of them passed the to a moderate extent. Dr. C. M. Hammett, Health Ofti' cer, presents the following report for week ending October 24th 1891. Number of deaths 113; white 66. colored 47. Death per 1,000 per annum: white 20.4; colored 30 5. Total population 23.5 44 were under five years of age; 29 were nuder one year old, and 13 over 60 years. 8 of the deaths occurred in hospitals aud institutions. The deaths by classes were as follows: Zymotic 23- Constitutional 21; Local 51; evelopmeutal 12; Vio lence C. The principal causes of death were: Croup 1; Diphtheria 8 Consumption 12; Diarrhoel 5; Ty phoid Fever 7; Malarial Fever 1; Pneumouia 10; Congestion of the Lungs 2; Broachitis 3: Kidney Diseases 1; Meuingitis 1. Births reported 39 white malee; 37 white females; 15 colored males; 17 col ored females. Marriages report ed: 21 white, 4 colored. Still births reported 4 white; 4 colored. The deaths this week were 113. as compared with 112 during the previous week. The report shows a gradual increase in the mortal ity from acute lung diseases since the colder weather has set in, there having occurred 17 deaths during the first week. This is an increase of seven over the last re port. The deaths from typhoid tever remain about stationary and the cases arising from mala rial influences are about at a nor mal for tbis season of the year. There were six cases of violent deaths, two from falls, two from inhaling illuminating gas, aud two from being run over by railroad cars. The infant mortality has fallen io the minimum as that from old age. Altogether the health of the city is good, with the exception or uipmneria, wnicn still prevails Miss Maria Jordon a teach er who is fond of speculating will be compelled to pay ouo hundred dollars, for having become bonds man for one jack Ferrell, said to be a thief. She was paid twenty five dollars for going on this bond and to her surprise the man jumped his bail and she made no disposition to catch him, hence the bond was forfeited. But, instead of Miss Jordon, having the whole bond to pay, the president, was appealed to to relieve Miss Jordon which, he did. I hope that the ladv will learn some sense and not go on any body else bond. It is a dangerous practice, especially when you have only received twenty live dollars and loose over one hundred. I think the colored people owe it to themselves to support the Home for friendless women and childien on Meridian Hill. Mr?. Warring, president, is doing all in her power to build up these helpless women and children. It is very strange that our people take no more in terest in matters than what they do. The Young Men's Christian Association could not do a better thing than to aid these ladies who have charge of this home. I shall be at the Literary to hear Col. Arnold. Yours truly, Clara. J. A. Taylorpastor of the Eman uel Baptist Church, Garfield City, was ordained to the Gospel Minis try on the 19th inst., by a Baptist Couucil at the Mt. Jezreel Baptist Church, 5th and E streets, s. e. Mr. Ta.lor is a graduate of Howard University, he passed an exceptional good examination, in view of which the Emanuel Bap tist Church tendered him a wel come reception on .the 27th inst. Rev. S. M. Johnson, acted as master of ceremonies. Mr. A. A. Huunicutt spoke upon the origin aud pi ogress of the church, dur ing his remarks lie paid a high tribute to th9 character and ability of Rev. Taylor and assured him that he was welcome amoug his flock. Prof. W. W. Fraction, principal of the public school at Garfield city, spoke upon the relation be tween the church and school, and he congratulated the church for Having obtained the services of such a promising young man as Mr. Taylor. Mr. I. N. Wanger, spoke of the organization and prosperity of the Good Samaritan order in Garfield city. He said that the society was organized and fostered by Mr. Taylor aud that it was a great uiessiug to the entire village. Mr. Wanger concluded by saying that ltev. lay lor was not only welcome to the church but to the communi ty. Mr. M. W. Coats, said that Re. Taylor had organized auotber society known as the Immediate Aid Society, No. 1 , aud that so much good had been accomplished through this euterprize that he felt It his duty to saj that Kev. Tayloi was always welcome in their midst. Rev. Dr. Johnson, said the meet mg was for the purpose of giving honor to whom it was due aud he felt highly honored to be present. Hti spoke of the time when he aud Rev. Taylor was associated to gether iu school and said that he was satisfied that Rev. Taylor was well qualified to perform his duties aa a minister of the Gospel and wished him much success. The choir of Aliens Chapel furn ished excellent music. Rev. Taylor responded in a few well chosen remarks aud assured all present that he had their interest at heart. it is Hoped tfiat the public will assist his congregation; their house of worship was destroyed by fire on the 27tu of last April. DEECHEIl AT SEVENTEEN. Mr. Beecher Tells or Her First Meet ing With Him. My first meeting with Henry "Ward Beecher was in the early part of May, 1830. He was a classmate of a brother of mine in Amherst College, and very close friends. The two were just out of their freshmen year when, together with another classmate, they walked from Amherst to my father's house at "West Sutton for their spring vacation, writes Mrs. Henry Ward Beecher in the first pages on "Mr. Beecher as I Knew Him, " in the October Ladies Home Journal. At that time Beecher was not quite 17 years old, but so young and boyish was his appearance that no one would have thought him over 15 an age when boys are usually awkward and painfully bash ful. For that reason my family feared we might not be able to entertain or make the young man comfortable. But awkward he never was, and his roguish mouth, his laughing, merry eyes, his quaint humor, and his quick repartee soon dispelled all such anxiety. Before the first evening he spent at our house had passed none of the family felt him to be a stranger. My father was absent with some of his patients when the young man arrived, but returned in the evening when all were laughing heartily at some story Henry had just told. Father stood in the door way tall, dignified, and somewhat stern, at such a tumult. "When aware of his presence, my brother at once intro duced his classmates. Little by little the same subtle influ ences which had pervaded the whole evening's eujoj'ment stole over father's face, and long before it was time to re tire they were telling mirth provoking stories as cheerfully as if they were boys together. "When at length the "good nights" were exchanged. I left father and mother by the fire, while I made some preparation for breakfast. As I returned to the room father was saying: "Well, he is smart! He'll make his mark in the world, if he lives. " "Who, father?" I asked. "Why, that young Beecher. " Such was Henry Ward Beecher when I first saw him ; and, truth to tell, ho was not remarkable for his beauty. A BORN EDITOR. TELLING SECRETS TO MEN. Y. M. C. A.,D.C. We call attention to the work of the above association. The executive secretary sendB us a note and we insert for the benefit of ine public. Tuesday, November 3, 1891, at 7:30, our association will hold a public mass meeting at Shiloh Baptist Church, L Btreet, between 16th and 17th streets, n. w., in the interest of our work. To this meeting is invited all who believe in the "Fatherhood of God, and the Brotherhood of man. We want you to use "your best en deavor to the end that this" beau tiful church will be overflowing Tuesday night, November 3, with an audieuce of people withe ut re gard to sex or color, to hear of the work we aro doing for the maaier, to near our leading minds make short talks" on the great revolution the Y. M. C. A., is making in the capital city of our couutry. We have secured for speakers the very best talent this city affords. The singiug will be rendered by the entire congrega tion. Every body that comes will be made welcome. No ad mission. To-morro.v afternoon at 4 o'clock. Dr. J. W. E. I3owen, Ph. D., will address the association, and the public, at the 2d Baptist church, 3rd between H. and I streets, n. w. subject. "The Secret of Power." Subscribe to the Bee. paper to advertise in, It is the mistake of a lifetime to give a mau any liberty which you would not want known, and to ex pect him to keep the matter a secret, says Ella Wheeler Wilcox in "The Ladies' Home Journal." The exceptional man will some times hide the iudhcretiou of a young girl whom he believes spoke or acted Irom ignorance ; but the average mau, in the highest the same as in the lowest waks of life, boasts of his successes with foolish women, and tho rendezvous, the letter, the embrace, or the sou venir which she has given him, thinking it will never be known to others than themselves, is shortly the matter of gossip among a dozen people. Women hide their secrets far better than men do. They fear the censure of the world too much to share their errors or indiscrHtinns with confidents. But meu are al most invariably vain and proud of their conquests, aud relate their achievements with the fair sex to one or two admiriug friends. They may not use names, but let the incidents once be told, it is an easy matter to discover the personages if one is at all curious to do so. The only way to keep men from betraying our indiscretions is not to eaminit them, I once made these remarks in the presence of several ladies, one of them replied, "that she was glad she had never been acquainted with the class of men I knew." At the same time that lady's name had been used lightly in a club room not a week previous, and her indiscret actions had been commented on by "the class of men" she did know. How Do You "Walk. A shoemaker says as soon as a man comes into my shop and takes off his shoes I can tell whether or not he is a good walker, and it is astonishing to find how few men know the proper way to step out. If the shoe is worn down at the heel, not on the side but straight back, and leather of the sole shows signs of weakness at tle ball o" the foot, a lit tle greater on the inside just below the base of the great toe, I know that the wearer is a good walker. If, however, the heel is turned on one side, or is worn evenly throughout, and the sole is worn most near the toe, I know that I hare to deal with a poor pedestrian. The reason of the difference in position of the worn spots lies in the fact that the poor walker walks from his knees and the good one from his hip. "Watch the passer by on the street and you will at once see the difference. Nine men out of ten will bend the knee very considerably in walk ing, stepping straight out with "both hips on the same line, and the toe will be the first tostrike the ground. The tenth man will bend his knee very little, just enough to clear the ground, and will swing the leg from the hip, very much as the arm Is swung from the shoulder, and not from the elbow. By so doing he calls upon the muscles which are strongest to bear tho Btrain, and increases the length of ln'3 Btride four or six inches. The heel touches the ground first and not the toe. A slight spring is given from the ball of the foot on making another stride. Men who walk in this fashion cover the ground 30 per cent or more faster with the same exertion than those who walk from the knee. In pugilism the old rule is to strike from the shoulder and not from the elbow. In pedestrianism it is to walk from the hip and not from the knee. Globe-Democrat. Ho jest knew- all about It Jest laid 'em on tha shelf. Could run the paper better than the editor himself; Could write the blamed beat stories an' tell the biggest tales Fer he was born fer editin'.aa not fer alitttu- rales! "Put this herein yer paper," he sez; "Twill make her hum; Jest cut a lively caper, an the cash is bonnd ter cum! Here's what'll tech the peopleI've wrote the very piece Twill btir the whole blame village as slick as axle greasel" An so the editor resigned an put him in as boss, An' then he rode the paper like he would a Texas hoss; Jest pitched into 'em lively they con Id n't make him cease He stirred the whole blamed village, an' thev lynched him slick as grease. Atlanta Constitution. BEWARE THE SWEATBAND. Headache and Other Aches Imrlcing ta One'i Hat. Dr. J. F. Geisler, of New York, soma time ago bought a hat which caused Imo more than the average amount of dis comfort. After a time the hat was ae ... dentalfo' exposed to an atmosphere con taining sulphuretted hydrogen, and a dis coloration of the sweatband was noticed which on examination was found to be due to the formation of sulphide of lead. The discoloration was darker in places where the perspiration had accumulated and dried. Careful analysis of the sweat band showed it to contain no less than 0.8585 grains of lead per square inch, or 37.548 grains for the whole band. Thecom pound used was apparently white lead, of which the quantity of lead named in dicates 1.068 grains per square inch, or 40.992 grains for the entire band. Dr. Geisler gives the discomforting as surance that white lead and litharge are frequently used in connection with boiled oil to give leather a glossy finish. Soma sweatbands contain more of the lead compound than others, and also in different combinations, rendering some more injurious than others. Why Boarding Hoaiei Are So Bad. To "run" a boarding house is consid ered by hundreds of inexperienced women as one of the easiest means of livelihood. Death or financial reverses come into a household, and the first thing which enters into the female mind is, "If we could only get some boarders. " To the average mind "taking in boarders" means the giving up of a room or two in the house and putting a little more on. the table. One boarder is secured and things seem to go so easily that effort are put forth to secure another, and then another, and so it goes. Then the truth becomes apparent that the giving up of a room and a little more on the table are not the only essentials, and the woman finally comes to that state of mind whero ushe does the best she knows how and no one can expect more. " And a good third of all the boarding houses in the country are precisely in that condition, con ducted $ by women who ran blindly into the venture with no idea of what it was necessary to know and do to please different tastes and meet the -mootiranlft" dispositions of all kinds and condition of men and women. E. W. Bok, ia Ladies' Home Journal. ters. BUREAU NOTES. Miss Mary M. Wright has been appointed as a printers assistant at the Bureau of Engraving aud Printing, she having stood the highest per centage in the August examination, followed by Misses Genva Jackson and Julia E. Ban ion. This is an excellent showing for our colored young ladies, there are over fifty now employed at the Bureau. Miss Nannie Dade, tho annnm. nlished nrcraniat. rf Whonn,nn ut t it is the Church, has received an aDDoinr. ment in the Bureau. v Rustin'a and China's Bell Cnt The Russians and the Chinese avfi ho. hind the rest of the civilized world in many things, but bell founding is not among the number, for the bells manu factured by both nations are not only the largest, but among the best of those made by any nation. It is said that be fore the great fire by which Napoleon was driven out of Moscow there were in the churches of that city 1.706 bells -anh of which exceeded 15,000 pounds in weight. The capital of China, Pekin, is according to Father Le Compte. not far behind, as in its temples there are seven bells, each exceeding 120,000 pounds, and a great number of less size. The giant bell of the world is in Moscow ; it is poet ically denominated the King of Bells and is 19 feet and 3 inches high and its circumference round the rim is 60 feet and 9 inches. Its weight can, of course, only be estimated, but, by the least calcula tion, it is 443,732 pounds, and its value as old metal exceeds $300,000, not con sidering the gold and silver, of which there is a considerable quantity, which enter into its composition. This bell when rung, required 40 men to ring it, the' clapper being swung by means of two long ropes, with 20 men at each. The great beU at St. Ivan's, in Moscow, is 40 feet and nine inches in circumference, its thickness just above the rim is 10 inches, and its weight is computed at 127 -830 pounds. The bells of Pekin w been mentioned, but next to them is the great bell of Vienna, which wei"hs 40 -200 pounds. A f ter these are many small er, yet of considerable size.' A bell of Olmutz, Bohemia, and a bell in Rouen France, are about equal in size to the Vienna bell; the bell of St. Paul's, Lon don, weighs 38,470 pounds ; the bell of Westminster, 30,350; that of St. Peter's in Rome, 18,600. Several of these bells are sounded only on very important occa sions. The St. Paul bell, the Vienna bell, and the bell of St. Ivan's are tolled only at the death of royalty; the bell of r,. U1UJ ac ine aearn of a Pone Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. "The King Snake Story." This is the heading under which an Alabama contemporary prints the follow ing : "We have been informed that about one month ago, in Morgan count-, while a man and his wife were sitting out oa the veranda late in the afternoon their attention was attracted by the appear ance of a large king snake on the steps a few feet away. They were perfectly quiet, and the snake crawled up thestep9 until it reached the top; then it held its head up as much aa to say: "Can I come in ? " They remained perfectly still and the snake took it for granted that th silence gave consent, go it proceeded to enter the hall, and crawled leisurely along until it reached a bedroom whera the door stood wide open. It entered the door, making its way under the bed. Here the king snake pounced on a larg rattlesnake that had coiled itself around the bed springs. After a deadly struggle with this monster rattler the king snake went out in the yard and got some kind of weed to kill the poisonous bites. After taking the medicine the king snake re turned to the house and continued the battle until the rattlesnake was dead. It was five feet in length and had nine rattles. Improvising a Dress Suit. "About eight years aero" said Auditor Joseph Brown, "I was in London, Eng land. One day I bought a stall to see Pattiat the Royal. A stall correspond! to our boxes. "When the evening came I took the ladies around and walked in at the door. But I did not get far. "'You can not come in here,' said the doorkeeper. "'Why not? I asked in surprise; 'here are my seat tickets.' "'Well, you can not enter,' he replied decisively; 'your coat is a frock, and nothing but dress suits are allowed. "I expostulated. I told him that my hotel was a long way off, and that the ladies would be greatly disappointed. 1 was an American and did not know the rule of the theater. "Finally he told me to go into the dress ing room, where the attendants might, perhaps, be able to fix me out all right. "I went, expecting to pay two or three crowns for the loan of a coat. The fel low looked at me a second, whipped a pin from his lappel, and pinned my coat tails back, and I found myself in evening dress I "I gave the man half a crown. Little Ella was visiting her aunt, who was very fond of her. When she was 'eaving for home her aunt said to her: "What shall I do when I look into your room and see no little Ella there? "Why, shut the door and don't look in. "Bos ton Journal. Few people are more virtuously indig nant than the cheat when he finds him- 1 self pntwitted. .t5eA - .-"s .r- Jf. Jssa.'