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eo —_ & Winsome Five-year-old Who Earns a Lite ing For Herself and Her Mother. “Yes, I'm the little girl that gets rented out. Do you want me by the houror by the day?” Thus piped the flaxen haired, ruddy cheeked young person, whose age could not have exceeded 5 years, yet in whose eyes there rested all the seriousness of 60. Her description of herself as “the little girl that gets rented out,”though very odd, happened to be quite ac- eurate. The child was little more than a human chattel. In one of the New York papers the following advertisement appeared: “To rent, by the hour or day, for the entertainment of wealthy but childless ladies, a bright, beautiful, golden haired little girl baby; neatly dressed; 5 years old.” The address appended to thisstrange notice was followed up, and little Miss Goldenhair was found at home. She appeared with a somewhat dissipated looking doll, and also with unmistak- able traces of a recent raid upon the jam closet. The advertisement had described her faithfully, for she proved to be exceedingly pretty and possessed of that precocious bright- ness which belongs solely to New York ladies of her age. Her deep black eyes contrasted quaintly with the wheat colored curls which tum- bled about them, and her face might have smiled out of one of Gainsbor- ough’s paintings. And yet she was hired out to customers at so much per hour. “If you wait a minute, mamma will be down,” continued the child. “She is fixing her hair, you know, before she goes to the office. Mam- ma worl sa typewriter, and that’s just the reason why she rents me out. She can’t stay with me herself, and so she lets me spend the day with nice ladies, who give me candy . The ladies haven't any little girls of their own, and they pay mamma to let me visit them.” point the enterprising mother entered. She was a widow, of youthful appearance and quiet manners. “I supp: ” she began, “that you think it very heartless of me to rent out my little daughter in this manner, but it really isn’t so. Kitty and I are alone in the world, and I have to work for her support. While I am at the office every day the child would have to be left alone had not this plan been suggested to me by friends. At first I began by letting Kitty go to one lady for a day each week. Then another lady asked to hire the child, and before long we had quite a number of patrons on our list. Seeing the chance to make money and at the same time keep Kitty constantly amused, I decided to advertise. 1 only permit Kitty to remain out during the daylight hours. My charges are $2 a day, or a quarter an hour. The ladies tell me that Kitty is the greatest pleasure to them. She is very clever and hard- ly ever cries.” Here Kit “My name took the floor again. she said, “is Kitty, but ull the houses I visit the la- dies give me different names. At one place Iam called Vera. That is the name of the lady’s own little girl, who is des At another place Iam Ma: I like that name, be- cause it sounds sogrown up. My oth- er names are Blanche, Dorothy, Mol- lie, Mabel, Lillie and Freda. A y old lady calls me her little Maude, t cause Iam like her little sister who died ever so long ago. Sometimes I get mixed in my namesand don’t an- swer when they call me. Many la- dies send their carriages for me or take me out shopping with them.”— New York Journal. Now Climate Affects Animals. Meteoric conditions have their in- fluence, thus animals of the same species or related ones are fiercer in the torrid zone than in the less warm regions of America (Rousse). The lions in the Atlas mountains are much less formidable than those in the desert. Cattle have been kncwn during the warm season and es- pecially at the approach of 2 storm, to be taken with an attack of fury and rush against persons and trees until the storm bursts and the rain calmsthem. Theft isa common vice among animals. In stealing to sat- isfy hunger the passion is generally esistible.—Current Literature. Pleasantries of Clergymen. It was at a late quarierly meeting of Seventh Day Baptist churches in Wisconsin that two clergymen were topresent papers: 1 thesame day, and the question of precedence having arisen, Mr. sprang to his feet and said: “I think Brother B. ought to have the best place on the pro- gramme. He is an older man than I am, and besides is full of his sub- ject.” When the audience remem- bered that Brother B.'s subject was “The Devil,” a cheerful smile seemed to beam around the church. The brethren do so enjoy these little things !—Baptist Herald. Disregard For Forests. With all the light afforded by sci- ence and the teachings of national economy, there exists a popular dis- regard for matters pertaining to for- $ and little headway has been made in the attempt, through state action or otherwise, to secure to pos- terity some of the advantages of the forest wealth now enjoyed in this country and considered so indispen- sable to our prosperity.—Engineer- ing Magazine. “RENTED OUT BY THE BRY~ ax COST OF FANATICISM. Sacred Places that Have Been Disfigure by Misguided Zeal. I wish the Holy Sepulchre and Gol gotha and the grotto of Bethlehem, and the summit and ridge of Olivet had been left as nature made them, write: Canon MacColl in the Contemporary Review, instead of being disfigured and Gisguised by the misguided zeal of Christian piety. They lose much of their impressiveness through an iguo- rant desire to make them more impres- sive. And itis lamentable to reflect that the holiest spot in the Holy Land, that which was sprinkled with the life blood of Incarnate God, and wit- nessed his victory over death, should have been indirectly the cause of more carnage than any other spot on carth. For ‘it arrayed not only Christendom against Islam on many a bloody field, but also one-half of Christendom against the other, ending in the capture und sack of Constantinople by the Latins in A. D, 1204—the greatest political crime ever perpetrated in Christendom ; for not only were the atrocities committed by the Latins worse than those of the Turks, but together with the weaken | ing of the Eastern Empire by previous crusades, the Latin conquest of Con- stantinople broke down the bulwark of Christian Europe against the Turks They had a footing on the Europeav side of the Bosphorous before, but they could never have made good their con- quests in Europe without possession of Constantinopie. Even in our own generation we have seen one of the greatest wars of modern times originating in a dispute between Christian nations about the scene of our Lord’s death and burial—a war which cost our country streams of precious blood and added £190,000,000 to our national debt. And the jeal- ousies, intrigues and bad blood which that sacred shrine still engenders among rival Christian communions. making our holy religion odious in the eyes of unbelievers, may well make a Christian wish that had it been possible | the place of Christ’s burial had never | been known. A Saxon Banquet. Ata Saxon dinner the dining table was oblong and roundtd at the end says Chambers Journal. The cloth was | a rich crimson, with a broad gilt mar- gin hung low beneath the table. Tho company sat in chairs with concave backs, and were arranged with regard to the sexes, much as at the present day. The dishes consisted of fowls, fish, flesh of oxen, sheep, deer and swine, both wild and domestic—not excepting certain portions of the sea- swine or porpoise, a food at present lit- | tle cared for, but at that period no un frequent article of diet. Bread of the finest wheaten flour lay on ‘two silver baskets upon the table. Almost the only vegetable in use among the Saxons was kalewort; and the condiments, salt and pepper. The various articles used were broiled or baked, and were handed by the attendants upon small sples to the company. of forks into England, which was not | till James L.’s time, our ancestors made use of Dame Nature’s forks, their fin- gers; and for the sake of cleanliness, each person was provided with a small silver ewer containing water and twc flowered napkins of the finest linen. Their dessert consisted of grapes, figs, nuts, apples, pears and almonds. In the tenth year of the reign of King Edward III. there was an act of Parliagnent passed which ordained that no man should be served with more than two courses, except upon some great holiday therein specified, on which occasion he might be served with three. One’s Future Wife’s Name. He was a chatty kind of a conjurer, and was anxious to open the evening’s entertainment merrily. So he stepped forward to the front of the stage and said: “Ladies and gentlemen, if there is in this audience any young man who would like to know the name of his future wife, if that young man will | kindly step up I will undertake to te!! him, and this is no guessing compe. tition. Now, will any single young man kindly stand up ?” Up jumped a young man in the cen- ter of the room. “Thank you,” said the conjuror “Now, do you wish to know the name of your future wife ?” “I do,” said the young man. “Well,” said the man of magic, “4 always like to do things in a proper business fashion ; will you kindly give me your name ?” “Yes, certainly,” said the young man. “My name is Jackson.” “Thank you,” replied the conjurer ; “then the name of your future wife will be Mrs. Jackson.” They Were Not Labelled. It was the morning of Mr. McSwat’s birthday. , says the Trenton Advertiser, Mrs. N t waylaid him in the family sit- ting room, ied him to the door of a closet, opened it and pointed to two gorgeous garments hanging from the hooks inside, “I made them myself, Billiger,” she \ said, “as a little surprise for you. One of them is a dressing-gown, and the other is a night shirt. How do you like them?” faer are simply magnificent, Lobe- ja,” replied Mr. McSwat, gazing at them in mingled admiration and awe. “Made them yourself?” “Every stitch. Glad youlike them, Billiger.” “Like them?” he echoed. “They cverwhelm me. Would you mind teli- ing me, Lobelia, which—ham—which is the dressing-gown and which is the | aight shirt?” Heaven's giftis the imagination, that flashes its way where reason often pain- fally gropes, boiled, | Prior to the introductioy | As he came down to break. | A SENSATION IN WASHINGTON. | | Presbyterians in a Jangle over the Briggs Case. The Presbyteriau’s General Assembly, now in session in Washington, seem: likely to have a hot time over the Briggs case. The feeling was shown on Sunday j last by an incident at the First Presby- terian Church, which is attended by the | President and family. The sermon wae delivered by Rev. W. Merle Smith wh is pastor of the church attended by Mr Cleveland in New York, and a stanc friend of Dr. Briggs. Heis a guest at the White House. In his sermon he al- luded to the Briggs matter, delicately by saying that it was to be hoped that the differences now troubling the Pxesbyte rian Church might be settled in a spiri! of mutual love and forbearance. As soon as Mr, Smith had finished his ser- mon and taken his seat, Dr. Sunderland, his short, slight form trembling with ex citement, advanced to the front of the pulpit and said that in common with the rest of his hearers he had enjoyed tt sermon, but that his young friend had | unfortunately omitted to state the cause of the troubles to which he had alluded “Briggs, and Briggs alone,” thundered the eloquent doctor, in his deepest tonvs. “is responsible for this trouble. I would not be in that man’s shoes to-day for the world, Let us sing hymn No, 855.” Tie affair is the subject of much discussion among the many delegates in attenda :ce upon the assembly. It is believed the trouble in the church has come to a cri- sis. GHOULS IN OMAHA. A Medical College Filled with Corpses Believed to Have Keen Stolen. It was discovered that ghouls have been operating extensively in leading Omaha cemeteries. The body of Mrs. Julia Hess, a prominent Omaha woman, was | taken from Forest Lawn cemetery. That it was the work of skillful grave robbers is made apparent by the fact that they had worked in a systematic man- ner, With search warrants officers to day went through local medical colleges. At the Omaha Medical College they found a regular charnel house, corpses being scattered about with the most reckless abandon. In the pickling vat they found the bodies of several white men, two col ored men and one woman, all packed in a box 7x8 feet square, partially filled with brine. Aside from this there were tubs and vats filled with human flesh in the cor ners and upon tables in the diss room, while other boxes and barre! tained arms, legs and heads of subject: which had been partially dissected. The officers estimated that they found the remains of about twenty-five persons about the institution, Mrs. Hess’ body could not be found. The faces of the | dead were mutilated. Attacked by Japanese. The steamer City of Rio Janeiro ar rived at San Francisco with the follow. ing advices: The opposition to mission- ary work appears to be taking on a viv lent aspect in Japan. Near Osaka the children of a Catholic mission orphanage accompanied by three teachers were re- : turning to the orphanage on the after- noon of April 23 when a party of nine Japanese men used toward them offen- sive and insulting language and then charged the procession. One of the sis- ters was brutally beaten. At Chiebbsin, Mr. Begnal and a party of ladies were mobbed. At Jeutsem. a native mission- ary in the employ of the American Mis- sion was severely beaten. Spain’s Minister May Be Recalled. Spain may have to withdraw her Min- ister from Washington, Senor Muruaga, who, for the time being at least, is per- sona non grata to the Administration, because of his extreme officiousness in volunteering elaborate information as tc how the Infanta Eulalie should be re ceived by the President. The fact that Secretary Gresham abruptly broke off the negotiations which Senor Muruaga was endeavoring to conduct and made the final arrangements for the reception of the Infanta through our Legation iv Madrid, illustrates the situation. Farmers’ Alliance National Encampment. A sub-committee of the Executive Committees of the National Farmers’ Alliance met at Harrisburg, Pa. The national encampment will be held at Mount Gretna, if satisfactory arrange- ments can be made, and if not, near Washington or Baltimore. It will prob- ably occur in the middle of August. The committee is considering plans for es- tablishing a Farmers’ Exchange. Wants His Share. Malcolm W. Ford, the champion ama | teur athlete, has brought an action against his brothers and sisters to obtain a share in the estate of his father, the late Gordon L, Ford, who disinherited Malcolm in his will. The estate is val- ued at $2,000,000. Fish Dealers Form a Trust. Wholesale fish dealers who supply New York and Philadelphia with fresh ffsh heid a meeting at Newport, R. 1, and decided to form a combination. The price of fish will be raised. The dealers in the combine are nearly all there are in | the business. European Crops. The crop reports from various Euro- pean States are conflicting, but it is ad- mitted that the outlook on the whole is poor, Spring wheat has not improved. Serious damage is now known to have been done to the winter wheat crops ) throughout Russia. | ' The Armada Departing, Many of the warships which took,part : in the naval demonstration in New York harbor in April have taken their depar ture, and within a few daysall reminder of the memorable event will have dis appeared, A Tax on Courting. , Charles Marshall and Jennie Fleming, 1 who were caught “ spooning” in a Balti- more park, were fined between them a sum of $80 and coats. —w FLOWER LEGENDS. ROMANTIC AND TRAGIC HISTORY IN NATURE’S BEAUTY. How ‘me Blossoms of Some Wei- own Plants are Said to Have Receive: oir Names Strange and Mysterious Char:.c- teristics in the Floral Creation. History shows that flowers have play- ed an important part ever since the creation, when the fruit of the apple- blossom caused the primeval trans sion, and the expulsion of our first rents from Paradise. The rose of tngland, the thistle of Scotland, the -humrock of Ireland and the lilies of ‘rance, have each a romantic and tragic history, for each has been baptized in the blood of martyrs to a cause, or . sentiment. Among the most interesting of tho flower legends is that of the “passion jower,” that beautiful, mystic plant, n whose personality is typified the nost tragic event of this world’s his tory. It is said that the passion flowo- was originally pure white, but at the time of Christ’s crucifixion a drop of his blood fell upon the lovely blosiom growing at the foot of the cross, suc instantly it assumed the purple hue that it has since borne. The pretty flower known as the “bleeding heart” is said to have sprang from the drops of blood that fell froin the dagger of Brutus as he drew ii de of Cesar. sy" is said to have sprung from the tears of our first parents on their expulsion from Paradise. Per- haps for this reason the daisy is a ower of world-wide growth, and is intended to remind us of the first great trans- gression. The “ heather ” was originally a com- mon plant, without bud or blossom : but the legend is that one day au an- gel descended the starry ladder and wandered o’er hill and dale, through lowly valleys in which perennial flow- ers bloomed, and on bleak mountains, whereon never a leaf or a flower was seen, ‘Turning to the gorgeous roses that blossomed in his pathway, he said : “Can you not lend some of your beauty to yonder shaggy mountain side ?” But the queens of the garden wera offended at being asked to display their charms in such unattractive and soli tary places, and curtly answered : “Nay, it is not meet that we should waste our sweetness on the desert air , ask some of the lowly born.” The lily, the orchid, andthe rhodo dendron each gave the same answer. Then spake the lowly heather, whic}: had been overlooked : “Master, I will go and cover you bleak mountain’s side. I have ne bright or perfumed blossoms with which to beautify it, but with my green leaves I will cover its barren waste.” Scarce had the modest heather fin- ished speaking when from each branch there burst a flower, and soon the mountain side blossomed like unto a garden in full bloom. Upon the lowly head of the heather the benediction rested ; for “love which suffereth long and is kind” was the motive power prompting the action. ay The “valley lily,” that earlier notifier of spring’s advent, has a touch of ro- mance in its history wherein fairies play apart. It is stated that on one ocea- sion these sprites of the forest and stream gave a dance upon the groen- sward. Each took with hera tiny cup in which to gather dew for the fairy queen's breakfast. Now, one of the in- exorable laws of the fairies is that the sun must never find them abroad. On this occasion their revelry ran so very high that the sun sparkled upon the dewdrops and dried them all up before ever their dancing ceased. ‘Then each fairy ran in dismay to the blade of grass on which she had hung her tiny white cup—but lo ! they were hard and fast to the green stalks and could not be removed. ‘Then the fairies fell to crying, for each feared the anger of the queen, who would ‘have to go without her breakfast. Soon the fairy god- mother cume upon the scene, and see- ing the distress of her godchildren she touched the blades of grass, whick changed into broad green leaves, thus concealing the cups from the queen’s vision and saving her tiny subjects from the queenlyire. Hence we have“lilies- of-the-valley.” The “golden rod” also has a ro- mance connected with its early being. It is related that a beautiful German girl, while wandering over the “ Fader- land” in search of her lover, was lost. Day and night she cried for her dear ones who were far away. ‘Chen, falling upon the ground exhausted, the leaves covered her over, and then came the snow and buried her out of sight, all but a tress of golden hair. This lay upon the snow, over which a fairy one day passed, and seeing the beautiful lock of shining hair she wound it around her wand, and sticking it into the ground, said, “golden rod.” The “snap dragon” is said to owe its origin to the blood of the dragon de- stroyed by St. George, the Christian j Perseus, and the patron and protector of the British nation. Pages more might be written con- cerning the legends of flowers. for their is as muck mystery concealed in their hearts as in any of God’s creations. Who can tell why the morning giory — always opens inthe morning, and the | primrose and four-o’clock open in the afternoon? Why the century plant only biooms once ina hundred years, and the mimosa, or sensitive plant, closes up when touched by the human hand, why the “sunflower turns on her god, when he sets, the same look which she turned when he rose?” Each flower, from the stately magno- lia to the lowly daffodil and crocus, has its own little history, its romance or tragedy, which it whispers to the wind or its nearest neighbor in its own little way. It is only meant for the winds and the flowers to hear; we can never guess it—F. G. DeFontaine. eee SSS ae DIR ECE ELE CL Thos. H. Clarke, REAL ESTATE AND LOANS. 606 F Street, N. W. WASHINGTON, D. C Subccrive to and advertise in the Bzz, THE INDUSTRIAL BUILLD- ING AND SAVING CO. Loans money to buy or build homes, Shares $1 each, payable monthly. Dividends declared ev- ery January. Secretary’s office: 609 Fst.,n.w. Open9a.m to d,p.m. Monthly meetings at Lin~ coln Memorial Uburch, cor. 11th and R sts, n. w., first Monday aight in every month. Heyry E, Baker, Secretary Acvertise in the Bex. Rooms with Board: In first cass house and in a popular partt of the city, Cars pass the doo 922—11 stn- Special Overcoat SALE, We bave bsen cutting right and left into our OVERCOAT SALE evar since we have put them before the public. For the aeasop, that the Styles and Qualities of tbese Over- coats cannot be purchased at the manufacturing price for what we are selling them at. Don’t miss this slaughtering sale, as there is only @ small Jot left. JULIUS COHEN'S CHEAP CORNER, Seventh and L Streets, n. w. established Fifty-five Years. RAVEN & BACON, —Now— RAVEN PIANOS, 13 East 16th Street, New York City. 2eUY FROM THE MANUFACTURER AND SAV# 50 PER CENT. These Pianos are made from the best matertal, inished in the best manner, and being in every st and First-Class, have been award jum wherever exhibited for the last yourself and friends before paying for e prices and send for Descriptive re buying e:sewhere. Vo. 1, Upright or Square, $230, worth $400 ¥o.2, # “ 260, “ 600 Yo.3, « “ 290, “ 600 ALL 7‘ 2 OCTs «es. For 1898 is better than ever. and shoul.’ he fn thehands of every person contemplating busing @ & Ep 8; it con PLANTS © BULBS, ttins's Ceitred Piste thousands of Mustr: and nearly 150 pages, telling what to buy, and where to get it, and naming low prices for honest goods. Price of GUIDE only 10centa, acluding @ Certificate good for 10 cents worth of Seeds, VICK, SEEDSMAN, “Rochester, N- Yo LGoEos Gotan anna Ty, Peoom —— AFRO-AMERICAN PRESS, My - GARLAND PEND Week ETD, ASE, A ESeOTTOn ecko Pa. LABCEER WW eo -MESUTIUNS ST eum ton ae Er, fon a svremn tee Sie else ye es eat eee Waianae par oaa Crown Ocravo, 560 Paces. (LLUSTRATED wiTH150 FINE PORTRAITS, QiaNY OF WHICH HAVE NEVER BEFORE BLEN PUBLISHED), i, €., ohn B. P.A Bell. one] iscane atte, ee pea Meyers, B. Ward, Willis A. Hodges and others, A new chapter in the world’s history. ther book or encyclopedia contains i, X° are wanted at once tocarry ittothe ns Who are waiticgforis. Ap uickly dr terms and exolusive tortor — bs WILLEY & CC., Pusuisnens. Bend W Grace Sr. Srainsrity. Mam tifty Cents Per Week $5 CASH ~~ AND~ 50c. Per Weel; Ww buy you a home CITY OF BOWIE. 50 CTS. PER WEEK, The first opportunity Offered colored people to secure Homes on Weekly payments of 43 cente a week or Two Dollars per month 1000 LOTS FOR SALE It the city of Bowie, State or Maryland. Only 20 Minutes ride from Washington. Double track 22 trains stop daily. Fare to an rom Wasbington, only Six cents by commutation ticket, The june tion of the Baltimore and | mac and Pope Creek Railro Telegraph and Express » The best depot or the Balti and Pot ¢ ralroad. Stor churchesan. hools already byi The most healtbtul spot in ch. State of Maryiand. Title to prop- erty perfect. No Taxes, und py. chasers of lots will receive theiy deeds, with certificate of “Free ” PRICE OF LOTS ONLY Sigg TERMS OF PURCHASE: Five lars cash and two dollars per month, with no interest, Hal casb, 10 per cent discount; all cash 20 per cent discount. Money will be advanced to par ties desiring to build. : It ahbusband purchaser dies | before his purchase is completed, u deed in tee will be given to his widow, if the property has beep | improved, or if not. the amount already paid will be returned her _ The above presents an Opportu- nity uever betore offered the Uol_ ored people of the city of Wash« Ington to secure a valuable lot either as an investment or for g home on monthly payments, and at the same time, entitled them | to a vote and a voice in the Goy- ernmert of the country. Those who apply first, will have the first choice ot lots. Already many have made their homes in the “City of Bowie, and lots purchased on the above terms should double in value with- in the next eix months. For further information apply to W. Cavin Cuasz, Agent, 1109 I Si, n. w in the title dol- | or CAMPBELL CAKRING ICY Owner, 505 D S8t., n. Ww, Washington, D, CAPITAL SAVINGS BANK OF WASHINGTON, D. c. 609 F St. n. w. Receives deposits, loans money trausucts a general baukug busi- uess. Location central and con venlent. F Street cars and herdic run in front of our door—9h st | Vice-Pres., Cars run a few rods cast of our buildiug, 7th street and 11th st cars only two block away. Dr. U. B. Purvis, LL. U, Bailey. OFFIcexs: President, Jno. R. Lynch Joseph W. Cole Douglass bs. McUary L.C. Builey H. £, Baker Cashier, Treasurer, Secretary, DIRECTORS, Jno. R. Lynch, L. C. Bailey Joseph W. Coie, Ww. McKinia Johu A, Pierre, yy he W.E. aps J. R. Wiluer «8. Muntgomer 4. fF. Bradiora, 5 | W.5S. Lofton, J. A. Johnson A.W. Tancil, H. E. Baker, ee Mont Strickland, FINE SHOES-, No. 939. Pennsylvania Ave., N. th Washington D C, 5ROWN'S IRON BITTERS cures Dyspepsia, In- digestion & Debility. a HOWARD UNIVERSITY, 32° s D 5 tincr Derartuents, under forty compet sors and Instructors: Theological, Medical, College, Preparatary, Normal and Industrial. lor information address— Rev. J. E. Rankin, D.D., LL_D.. Preside " B. Jousson, Secretara.

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