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APER FOR THE PEOPLE. | t FIRESIDE COMPANION, ™~ you want trade? Read and advertise in THE BEEL _ 22s le news? De you want race advocate? Do you want | tis true if you see-it in | ‘THE BEE. fe | ee BORROW THIS PAPER = = Ges aT 7 «4 mae L eaabectiy ad he a ptr ‘axis 2 WASHINGTON TO WASHINGTON, b. C ——— blest of his congregation. He is fre « invited by President Roose- velt to participate in the Sunday n ently at suppers at the white house, which » Stone Was Laid by Pres- President Roosevelt reserves for a Rosseeele reunion of his family and personal frie — Dr. Schick is one of the local authori- ties on all moot points conce rning the period of the reformation. His historical . that the most learned divines of other church- es never contradict his assertions without careful revision of the au- thorities. : PERSONAL FOINTERS. William ¢ ly for Occupaney on De= of the Men ta Pastor Is O reac such ng srned 5 Washington, Whitney, of New York, has give ouse and lot to the physic led Mrs. Whit- | ney er t Capt. I Urst m who stretcher Kan. He e of peka, serva- have congre con E. Milk nd is trying to get eral go purchase for $30,000 the x art Ticon- rmed | deroga and re t to the exact any ba-| status it bore vehen L le Our chureh jmanded it® surrender. He formerly | was editor and proprietor of a Ticon- ng 5 | deroga newspaper. Lutheranisn When Carnegie was an employe of inces and mon- | the Pennsylvania rai ad in Pittsburg < its origin in | Jong years ago one of his friends was a Monk Zwingle, ! conductor named John Powe The »sition whereabouts and circumstances of $50 a r him a pensior The two old frie ds had had nication fo long time. on in and Swiss | ¥ New Jersey the fact was mace public that Berti ne catechis 1 m Catler is the largest in- The separa me after the in the t and has CASE LAW BOILED DOWN. to de nate the route shipments at through in Post vs. Southern R L, R. A. 481, to be carrier and not to the sh is held Co, (Tenn.), 5 absence of a sufficient or con- son to the contrary. reement by the holder of a benefit certificate to be gov- ed by by-laws subsequently enact- held in Gaut vs A. L. of H not to authorize the supreme reducti (Tenn.), it called for by his cer- er he has for years paid assessments on its original value. er con The that has al- esent mod-| ways been of a kind temper and has given oceasion to suspect that would bite is held, in Martinez vs. (La.), 55 L. R. A. owner of a dog If after we will remodel rnhard 671, not able in damages by CO Ce Tia Pee their the mere fact that the dog bites some ngregation one. where the owner is guilty of no n 1 found it | peelivence hecessury funds The death of a steamship passen- ger. caused by sleeping on a wet mattress, is held, in Van Anda vs. Northern Navigation Co. (C. C. App. Phere | tth ©), 55 L. R. A. 344, not to ren- 1 not enoug! | der the liable where, be- rprise of the | equse of an extraordinary passenger Of course Imus: | jist, he could not be furnished with a berth, and ag @ to make use of a mattress borrowed by the company from a storekeeper, the condition of which he had opportunity to inspect. that we have been uitions fron churet cow pany e contribution of s neither he nor | con » such de msists of Duteh and Huguenot The expulsion from a train of a passenger holding a round-trip ticket gned and stamped by District of Columbia. she in our new which is not s cember 1 an agent of the company as required sentleman of medium | py a condition on the ticket to make y countenance. it good for return passage is held. (Ga.), R. A, 536, to render the com- pany liable in nassenger had used due di find an agent authorized to sign and 3 ticket, but ause of the fai red, but at the same Southern R. Co." vs. Wood in his views. He disput -s with ges where the nee to dama horow y liked hren of the cloth. was unable to e of the ympany to have such an agent pres- 1 flock and r with the chil te house the Schick are gala} ent at the station. en. He is the espe- Quentin and Miss amp h Am Avenue Not Necessary. “Every avenue of escape bas been closed vudly announced the chief of detectives. But as the streets and alleys were still open the criminal experienced no difficulty in getting away.—Los An- = * geles Herald. pockets, make ride on his knees stly admonitions + license of af- e same genial, ne of the hum- COMMISSIONERS eA | LONG SERVICE OF A DISTINGU ED MAN. Was Postmrster and District Com- missioner for linois Legislature. | District Commissioner John W. Ross | died at 3:30 o'clock Tuesday morning at his home, 1334 Yale street. H- suf- fered a sudden sinking spell half an hour before that time and Fire Chief Belt’s wagon was hurriedly dispatched for Dr. Chamberlain, Mr. Ross’ physi- cian. The latter was quickly at his pa- tient’s bedside, but his seryices were unavailing, as the recurrence of the heart attack, so long feared, proved fatal in a few minutes _At the dying Commissioner’s bed- side were his two sons and two daugh- ters and his brother, Mr. Perry Ross. The latterand the elder son, Mr. Tenny Four Terms—Be- loved by Citizens of Washington, to Whose Interests He Was Cease- lessly Devoted—Served inthe il-| jin California after a extensive Phil- | pine service. He is married, and has }two children. The second child of Mr | Ross is Milred Varnum Ross; the third | Mr. Lee Ross, who is associated with ISH-| the Thomas Waggaman Company in | real estate business in this city. The} | fourth surviving child is Miss Georgetie Ross. Mr. Ross made his home for the past many years with his two daugh- | ters on Yale street. | In September, 1888, Mr. Ross mar- | \ried a second time. His second wife | was Mrs. Isabelle McCullough, of Al-| legheny, Pa. His second wife has re- sided in Pittsburg, andnever lived in} Washing:on, the scene of her hus-/} band’s duties, since the marriage. | Commissioner Russ was one of the | | most universally popular men that has ever been a member of the District’s government triumvirate. His wonder- | | ful popularity with thecitizens was due | to his greatand kindly heart, He was | a champion of the weak and afilicted, | and earnestly believed and ever car- | | ried out his belief, that no matter how | | humbie a person might be, every one | j had a right to be heard with patience. | Mr. Ross was aman of unapproacha- | ble integrity, and never a question was j brought before him that ne did not |give it the fullest and most careful | consideratisu. He respected the pop- | ular wishes of the residents of the Dis- | trict, and always during his long ser_ ROBERT | | W. WILCOX, | Hawiian Delegate Who Said the American Negroes are Inferior and He Would Not As sociate With Them. | Foss. were summoned to the city sev- | eral days ago when the patients condi- {tion became alarming, and were con stant attendants in the sick room. HIS LONG CAREER H RE. John Wesley Ross, for twelve years Commissioner of the District of Coium- | bia, was born June 23, 1841, at Lewis town, Fultton County, Ili In 1854 he entered the Harvard Law Schvol and passed successfully the course there, being admitted to the bar upon exami nation in open Supreme’ Court a (>pringfield, lil., in January, 1866. He] practiced law in Lewiston up to 1873, and jor the last four years of this per- iod was a member ot the Illinois !egis- lature, representtng Fulton County district. On Aptil 1873, Mr. Ross was admitted tothe bar of tne United States Supreme Court, during which year he removed tothe Capital City from the West. Where Ne has sicce rmatined. In 1883 Mr. Ross was appoited lect- ; Urer in tue law faculty of the George- town University upon the subjects of commou iaw practice. [he university honored him with the degreeot LL D in 1885. He continued to practice his profession in the city, associa. d with | ine late Mills Dean | He was avpointed postmaster of the District in 1885 and held that position }untui Sep ember 30, 1890, when be was appoimted amember of the board of | District Commissioners by President | Benjamin Ha:rison. He was for two | terms president of the board of trus- tees of the public schoois of the District. Mr. Ross was a Democrat and filled | the position for Vemocratic Commis- | siener turough four term. The un- | written law has been followed through fout, that the two Civil C Commis- sioners should not be of the same po- | litical party. Commissiofer Ross was reappointed for a secoid term as Co President Cleveland on January 4, 1894, he was reappointed by President M:- | Kinley on April 14. 1897 and finally, in | 1900 the same betoven President once | more named him for appointment. He served as president for three Boards of Commissioners. FOUR CHILDREN SURVIVE In June, 1870 Mr. Ross married M ss Emma Tenney, a daughter of Franslin | Tenney. whose fa*her was a New Yompshir mae,and for marv years famed in Washington as a boniface, h- beg jot agreat while the proprietor of the National Hotel nere. From this union five children were born, four of 'whom survive. Mrs. Ross died in January 1879. Mr. Ross’elder son ‘s | Lieut. Tenney Ross, of the United States arfny. He is at present st tioned missioner by | | vic2, gave all every opportunity to be heard. Mr. Ross was prominent in| Masonic circles. PICTURES AND PAINTERS. Among the pictures at the Per yh) vania Academy Arts that will | pr ve attractive to visitors during the summer months are those presented from the estat late Francis Lewis. The Lewis collaction includes pictures by Ziem, Corot, Deubjgny and Lambinet. Amor exhi Pa the chief attractions of the ion of the Society of Minia ire ers at the Modern gallery in Le don was the tiny full length pc of Miss MacWhirter, the daughter of Mr. John MacWhirter, R. A., painted some years ago by Sir Lawrence Alma- dema The subj 16 years old During of an old established firm of art Vienna a great roll of canvas et was then about | | the rebuilding of the house | i al- | ; | ered, which turned out to be | Battista These pictures, which had re- y3i j ers in | wasd three fp | Tiepolo. F Giovanni ictures by mained hidden probab! resent “Hera Banishir i Triumph of Amphitrite, ,@nd Ariadne.” The waggery of sculptors during the blossom time of Gothic architecture found scope in the heads of saints and sinners, devils and angels, which were carved in stone or wood within and without the church. There was a rough humor in the middle ages which infinitely enjoyed the jest if an un- popular priest was discovered to have sat for his portrait when the sculptor was making a Judas, an devilkin. and “Bacchus | ogre, or a American millionaires have sent up | the price of paintings to such a point that European cc ors are now un- ththem. One fair- minded German critic deplores the in- vasion of the art field by the younger m of American mi ares to be without real ppreciation. saying they make i lers to in able to compete v generat naires ctures tenfold and pean buyers. MILITARY MATTERS. Lord Wolseley has probably been in more engagements than any other ne | | { { | | and which cannot be | touched up with water-color | white six e ‘ice and salt one hour, or remove the | } gan operations ‘nr Site ent s served in Burmah, India, Ashantee, Egypt and the Soudan. t year there became nominally ilablé for military service in the German empire 1.645,846 young men, but of these 135,168 had emigrated without leave, and over half a million | were sent back for a year. The British war office has issued | plans for the demobilization of the army in South Afriea which show that there are 70,000 volunteers, co- lonial yeomanry, reservists, ete., to be sent home before any of the regulars are moved. fs It is said of a former marquis of Townshend that when young and en- gaged in battle he saw a drummer killed by a cannon ball, which scat- tered his brains in every direction. His eyes were at once fixed on the ghastly object, which seemed to en- gross his thoughts. A superior of- ficer, observing him, intimidated at the sight and ad- dressed him in a manner to cheer his troops, “T am puzzled to man with with calmness, but severity: not frightened. I am make out how any such a quantity of brains ever came to be | here! HOUSEHOLD ECONOMY. A good idea for mending a hole in an umbrella is to stick on very firm- ly black court inside the cover. This is not as much seen as a plaster darn. Economi women are bags to wear at the side of brocaded or plain silk, and ne- t making velvet, imes of cloth to match the skirt. They are very simply made and fas- tened on the belt with blac ribbon. | } upposed he was | | day steps into one ts. “Oh,” said the young marquis | = | ng he arny fh o— /ARTHUR J. BALFOUR, England’s New Premier and His Illustrious Predecessor. Man Who Will Govern Great Britain for Some Years to Come Is a Nephew of the Retiring Government Chief. The nephew sue Arthur J mier of Eng rs that relation~ ship to the marquis of Salisbury, whe gees out cheerfully to resume his beloved) studies of chemistry in the laboratories of his great house near St. Albans. 's the uncle, for s Balfour, incoming pres land, be: When Arthur lfour was at Came« bridge be got the name of “Aunt Fanny,” but he has lived it down here nothing haracter of Arthur minate in the Balfour who tos of the first admin- s in the world. Scotgand July 25, t son of the te istwative He was born im 1845, and is the ¢ positic James Maitland id Lady Blanche Gascoig l, sister of the present marquis of Salisbury. He practically be nh tical life ag private secretary to his uncle whem the marquis was seer ry of state for foreign affairs. One-third of his 54 years have been spent in political serve ice, that service finally bringing him into the position of conservative lead+ er of the house of Ever re he was first elected to parlia- commons. An excellent way to use again a little left of a vegetable like peas, beans or corn is to add to one eupful of left-over a cupful of hot wa and,heat. Wash, strain and reheat. | Blend a half tablespoonful each of butter and flour, season, and stir in the vegetable liquor. Add a half cup- ful of hot milk and serve. Wallpapers that have become bruised or have been slightly torn, matched, are They not necessarily ruined. an be paints, little distanee no ptible. so that at a ve damage is perc The paints from a child’s box will be good |} enough, but you must mix the colors to get the ht shades and then touch in the broken pattern. z = | COOL DISHES FOR HOT DAYS. L ben | et take pint lem- | | For a lemon she on juice, quart water, pound sugar, ; stir in latter after| other ingredients have been partly frozen. ss | | for an orar frappe make a sirup! by boiling q t water with pint} sugar 20 minutes; Add juice five! nges and two lemons; cool, strain and freeze. } For a pineapple parfeit whip one quart of cream to stiff froth, add | cupful powdered sugar and peeled | pin turn yple, eyes removed, and grated; to cover t ghtly, pack in ice | and let stand three hours. Orange | of six oranges and grate the rind of | add 1% cupfuls of ¢ sugar; turn into a freezer and freeze to a mush, | then add one pint of eream andj} freeze until stiff; turn this into a melon mold and let stand packed in | Plombiere.—Strain the juice one into one cap of water; anulated dasher and pack the cream closely | in the tin. ALL WORK, NO PLAY. Germany's 1,5 600 © mines employ 41,- ers. The trackless trolley car, a Euro-| © pean conception, deseribed in Popular | Mechanic a short time ago, is to make its appearance in America. The through trains on the Siberian railway are said to be operated at a take second-cls The recucring destruction of tele- graph and telephone wires by winter | storms is causing companies to put their wires under ground, even where councilmanic provisions do not call for this method. Frogs of every kind are now in com- mercial value. mand for their skins, which are useful in many ways but principally in the mounting of books where an excep- i te material for There is a growing de- | fine | | | tionally del binding is required. The oldest brick plant in the world is believed to be that at N Denmark. The 5 int, says B: of manufactur cotta to be use t for he recores show an Queen Loui i output of only 2°) eo ka in 200 years, about half vere pro- duced in the last 25 yea Safe Betting. Mrs. Jones—Here’s a man been ar- | rested for having ten wives. Mr. Jones—I’'ll bet twe boxes of gioves to a shirt button that he didn’t try to get away from the offi- eers.—Puck, | for Stamford, and r | active part in all rhich affected the interests of the es, and because most passengers | ment in 1874 he has been close to the s of popular in of the empire, and ad- vhere he i person and deep in the coun Lord vury. He net popular He w or the ef seca retarys! because “he had the harc ste est nerve, and the stron sition. His self- scribed as “indomitah! r the pos m is dee nd ever vigs ilant.” The conservatives hold to him because he is an istocrat to his finger tips,” anc kind of aris- toeraey is quite | and at the p nt time. ntland has taken especial delight in honoring t brilliant son of hers, ‘There is sear a university in the land? of heather that has not conferred upon HON (Lord Salt ARTHUR J. BALFOUR. sor as Premier of a) him an honorary degree of some kin® or elected him to some position in its government. English have al althe universities ) him, and, f Cambridge, Ox- so si nally luate « ghag ford has heaped its h , onors upon hing with a friendly han Balfour has called himself a popus lar statesman, “and by that,” he says, do not who is personally popular, but a statesman who aims at furthering the prosper- ity of the p fe Lord Salisbury looks back on a po- litical career of more than half a cen- tury. In 1853. was elected to par! mean a statesman old, he s member ed the took an measures 23 when only year ment pres rs. He publie borough for 15 yed ished church and the chief po- litieal questions of the day. In hig younger days Lord Salisbury was a or to the Quarterly Review and kindred periodicals In 1866 he was appointed secretary of state for Inc which post he res signed in 1867 on account of a differs ence of opinion respecting the reform bill Twe years later ue was elected ehancellor of the University of Ox- ford in suecession to the late earl of Derby. When Disraeli returned to office fn 1874 Lord Salisbury was appointed see~ retary of state for India. Th great statesmen were the representa~ tives of Great Britain at the congress frequent contribut se two | of Berlin in 187%. On his return the queen invested Lord isbury with the Order of the Garter. In 1881. after the death of Lord Beaconsfiel0, the marquis became the leader of the conservative party in the house of lords. On January 9, 885. Mr. Gladstone was beaten on a i Lord ir ed. and as premier, budget vote Salisbury took offic Much Study of Consumption, Within the last ten years more new ed for deal- methods have been dev ing with consumption than any other buman ailment.—American Medicine, . ithbén, whe Bee GRERP ADVERTISING MEDIUM. Sabo ce semen + Sra sonemey sh

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