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The morning times., 1896-08-16

of-ln0dern utility man. sat In the circle.
joined in the walk around did sketch In
the OIio and took part In the afterpicce.
I'VE were playing 10 Norfolk, Va. for
two nights. After the eecOnd night's
performance We were ailfnyited to attend
u zig ball I was Oueof the company who
accepted the invitation. Though the hosts
and company were white folks. the mus:
clans were colored boys, who drnmu:ed
their banjos aud had no music to read rom.
They wercspecimens OF the oid-tlne South
ern darkcy. who have the soul OF music
with not one iota of the intelligence Of
the art.
"Ttese boys made fairly good music.
They often sang as well as played their
airs. and the result was very inspiring.
Finally they took up u tune that was new
to me, but /: struck my eur INN ediRteiy,
perhaps because I had trained myself to
listen for anything new that / might use
In my performance.
DARKIES SANG IT
"when they sang the song this is what
heard:
81 feel, feel, feel ,.
I fee. ike u morning start
I feel, feel. feel
l feel like morning start!
"Then they put an extra lung effort
and gave forth the chorus:
Shoe. fly, don't bother me.
Shoe, fly, don't bother me.
Shoe. fly, don't bother me.
For I belong to Company CT
THAT was all there was TO it. but
its quaint musical simplicity went straight
to the spot that awakcns all the emotions
The morning times., 1896-08-16

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darkeys. As for ia Donp,ar,tv exceue
for the force ~ facts- IL wouid .be "A
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ask him 10 believe that they made one
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The morning times., 1896-08-16

Degraded and Not Respectable Poor
Are Helped.

Are Helped.
There is a great deal OF msfit charity,
says an exchange. When charitable or
CARNATIONS are arranging summer outings
for people who cannot afford to go at
their own expense, the first thought is
OF the sluni neighborhoods OF the lower
East and West sides. No Que thinks OF ask
ing the occupants or a comfortable looking
house. with neatly curtained windows and q
general air OF comfort, II not prosperity. 10
go to COney Island or Bome country home
as the guests OF a society. IL is presumed
that such people can pay their own ex-
penses. And yet this IL not the case.
One prominent charity worker said yes
terday, as she shook her head sympathet-
ically: An, it is true, indeed, of large
city that One-balf knows nothing of how
the other half lives. know one lady
for she is a lady by birth, education aud
assOciations-who looks like a weil-to-.lo
woman In the street, but who can hardly
get enough to eat. she dresses In black
i. With white collar and cuffs, and q Grape
bonnet, and has u distfhg uisbeti bearing
But what she suffers through poverty few
would suspect. She is glad to go to the
seashore for day at the expense OF our
society, and she often goes
At this moment tail. ma ndsome. young
woman, whose clothing, though not ex-
penstve, bore the iu1escribabie stamp OF
style. came in. spoke few words to the
woman who had been spea king, and then
went out.
There" said she: " there Is a girl who Is
living 10 hall bedroom. with 3-year old
brother She makes precarious living by
doing fancy work such as embroidery, and
she has hard work to make ends meet She
wants TO he a city missionary We find that
such people. reduced 10 circumstances are
useful for such work. They receive a sal
airy. and they do not fell that they are 50
degradel as IL they had to go into domestic
service or employment OF that kind. But
you would be surprised To know how many
reduced gentlefolk there are In this city and
how bard they find it to get the common
necessaries of life"
The morning times., 1896-08-16
FIRST SUNG 'sH00, fly
Washington Man Discovered
Famous Darkey Melody.
AN oLD-TlME MINSTREL
How the Song Was First Heard,
First Sung and Made Its
First Hit.
AN oLD-TlME MINSTREL

tits something to have made Che songs of
a nation. A much-quoted Individual said
tbatif he could make the songs OF nation
it was no concern OF his who made the la VS.
Next best TO making the songs is the sing
ing OF them, especially such songs as never
had maker TO claim them, SO that they
went through life as u species OF vocal
foundIings. But the absence OF parentase
Is a small consideration with the public
whether the doorstep infant be d baby or a
song. So it happened that ''Shoo, Fly"
became one OF the greatest songs OF its
time. and was in millions OF throats
"SboO. Fly" was a vocal founding Like
Topsy, it justgrew. 1t had attained gcntecl
proportions. but was stiil obscure and some
what low-Iived when it was discovered
and placed in the lime light of fame, as it
deserved, and became long-iived public
favorite and died a natural death after
years in the service.
The man who discovered "ShOo, Fly
he doesn't claim to have written it-lives
herein Washington, or more properly speak
ing, In Anacostia. Though once well known
from Washington to San Francisco, and from
Boston to New Orleans, as negro minstrel,
in the days when black-faced fun DOM
mated the stage. he has retired into Oh
SECURITY with the song he made famous, and
now pushes plane and drives nails over in
the village beyond. His name is Charles
w. Fadeley, and he Is a carpenter. When
before the footlishts he was known as
: Frank Campbell and m3ny an old program
recovered from the dust OF forgotten collec-
tons will disclose his name at the top of the
list with the merriest of funmakers.
Mr. Fadeley is now in hrs stxty-third
year and was in his professionatptiI.c =, the
year '63. He is rather short man, acd
his hair aud short, stubby mustache are
gray, but his legs are active, aud his arm
is strong and lis tongue and memory as
glib as the best OF us. He stands now at a
period OF his life when retrospcction and
Renaissance give the greatest pleasure
The Old days are mcllowing in The distance
andthrnugh the hnze ufre6 cuiDg years hesees
things with. u vision Of affection.
RESCUE OF "sHOO, FLYF'
The genial little gentleman was found the
other day and Consented To answer number
OF leading questions which oicncd the way
10 IL recital OF how .'ShoO. Fly made its de-
but, and many other interesting data of a
not inconsricuous career.
Mind, 10 not Claim To have written
Shoe, Fly +" suiii Mr.. FaGeley with an eager
ness to he fair To the memory of the I'M
known hard, and AT the same time not ap-
pear presunptuoUs in his assertions: .'but
WAS the first TO introduce the Song to The
public, and fOsiered it in the early DAYS
when 1t rose from obscurity To popularity
unequaled by any Of the so-cni,cd popular
songs II today.
1t wis i'll the early eos. and l was
a member of the LaRue Ministries. My line
Of work was tenor baIladist and general
straight man. General straight man? Yes:
that term has gone out. Il means that
did whatever was wanted OF inc: "A sort
The morning times., 1896-08-16

Bully and Charley. InKew York city there
wss Brynnts, which were pets OF the gener-
ation; Chicago had Cotton. Arlington and
Kembte;;s PhiiadeiptBin had camcross and
Dixey. and New Orleans never tired OF
Sam Sanford,
They wore great workers In those days.
It wasiike the stock cOmpany-shows every
night, rehearsais every dag. A new after-
piece hitting Oft local topic In buriesquc
fashion had to be written every week. a
new set of jokes and n new program OF
songs had to b. prepared each week. But
they were happy days. and people who
came to our performances found forgetf,ii-
ness OF worldly cares and laughed them
selves happy at our crude, but honest. ef-
forts"
The morning times., 1896-08-16
DOCTOR YOUNG

Is the Leading specialist In the treatment
OF all Chronic. Nervous, Skin and Blood
Diseases. Catarrh, Asthma. BrOn chItis.
and all diseases OF the Eye, Ear. Nose
and Throat promptly and permanently
cured. Structure, VaficoceIe and Hydro
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No pain. No detention from business:
a loss or memoir. loss OF yitaiity. weak,
aching backs, the resultOf youthful errors
or excesses. pimples, nervous debility.
lack or confidence. promptly restored 10
health, manhood and vfgor. Office hours
daily, 10 70 8; "Wednesday and Saturday
evenings, to q; Sunday, 10 to IL. Con-
sultatiOp free and invited
The morning times., 1896-08-16
TREATMENT
FREE.
No Other Charge Than a
Mere Nominal Sum
to Cover Cost of
Medicines.
Office Hours this morning,
from 10 to II.

Anyb0dy, rich or poor, Supplying In per
SOD at Dr. Young = private sanItarium. No.
1OO Fourteenth street northwest. before
septembeI4, WILDE treated uDtilcared free
OF charge. The only fee required in any
case Is u mere nominal sum TO cover actual
cost OF medicines used.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
GARDEN AND ORCHARD.

In growing fruit and vegetables Il
large size is desired do not overcrowd
but give each plant and specimen plenty
Of room.
Most varieties Of pears are finer In
flavor II they are picked and ripened in
the house rather than left on the
tree until fully ripe.
Sudden and severe pruning, such as
taking off large quantity Of wood in o
single season, is apt to ruin the fruit
crop Of the next season.
One rule in pruning should be to thin
out every year all the old exhausted
wood, all weak, young shoots and all
that cannot reach full light.
The objection to applying animal ma
nules to the grape vines In large guam
titles is that it induces rank growth of
wood and foliage that are unfavorable
to the production Of good fruit.
The best and most profitable pruning
Of raspberries and blackberries can be
done now by pinching the young canes
back to not over three feet high. I'm
necessary growth of wood is made at
the expense of fruit.
The sprouts growing around the bark
Of fruit trees, even allowing that they
do no great harm, are at the least un-
slightly and should be removed without
delay. Now is good time for doing
work Of this kind.
The larger the summer and fall
growth of strawberry plants the larger
the crop of fruit next season. To Sc
cure this through cultivation now and
liberal manuring later will be found
necessary.
In the orchard and for all kinds Of
fruit phosphate and potash manures
give the best results.-St. Louis Repnb-
lie.
The advocate., 1896-09-16

DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
is the only medicine that absolutely and
infallibly cures all blood diseases. It isn't
a medicine for some one particular so.called
disease. 1t Is a medicine for the whole
body. 1t forces out all the germs Of dis
ease, replaces impurities with rich, red
blood, feeds the tissues and makes strong,
healthy flesh
The advocate., 1896-09-16

There are longer but no better roads in
this or any other country than the Chicago
g. Alton railroad This line makes per-
manent patron of every traveller who once
gives it trial It's tracks are Of the heav-
lest steel and as smooth as glass. It's road
bed is stone ballasted throughout. Its
equipment is superb. 1t was the first line
on which Pullman sleeping car was ever
run, the first line to adopt dining cars and
the first line to run free reclining chair
cars, and to-day its solid vestibuled trains,
containing all of these modern lux
uries, are running through on fast time
to and from Union depots in Kansas City,
st. Louis and Chicago with astonishing
regularity and with exceeding comfort to
its ever-increasing patrons. If you ever
make trip in any direction between Kan
sas City and Chicago, or Kansas City and
St. Louis, or st. Louis and Chicago, and
fail to patronize the Chicago & Alton, you
may be sure that you have missed at least
one opportunity for increasing your hap
piness in this life.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
GOLD AT CRIPPLE CREEK.
The Best Way to Get There is Over the
Santa Fe Route

The Best Way to Get There is Over the
Santa Fe Route.
The fsbulously rich gold mining dis
trict of Cripple Creek, Colorado, is at.
tracing hundreds of people. Byspring
the rush bids fair to be enormous.
That there is an abundance of gold
there is demonstrated beyond doubt.
Fortunes are being rapidly made.
To reach Cripple Creek, take the
Santa Fe Route, the only standard
gauge lire direct to the camp. Through
Pullman sleeperS and chair cars. The
Santa Fe lands you right in the heart
of Cripple Creek.
For routes, rates, sleeper reSerVs-
tions, etc., call at depot-foot of Fifth
street, or Bell phone 6S2.
w. G. GARVEY, Agent.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
The GARDENERS SONG.


ohl gardeners life ts as pleasant life
AS workingman's can be-:
IT'S glad pursuit to plant the root,
And nurse the flower and tree.
His life is set to ceaseless song,
Sweeter than poet can sing,
Warbled In notes from the feather'd throats
OF the birds, from summer to spring
And doth he not make the widest brake
Gay as conqueror's fleet?
For his strong right hand is the magic
wand
That brings fresh flowers to our feet.
With sneer or a frown man may look
down
Upon many ignoble trades;
But purple and pride even dare not deride
The work Of the king of spades.
The Oldest craft known he claims as his
own,
The only work Heaven thought well
Should be done by man ere trouble be-
gan,
Or the grand old gardener fell.
Then the men Of the spade should be proud
OF their trade,
Invading no crowded mart,
Whose daily toll gives wealth to the soil,
And Joy to the home and heart.
Gardeners Magazine.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
Meals on the "Order" Plan

Are now served in the dining cars run by
the Great Rock Island Route between Kan
saS City and Chicago. This change has
been made TO suit the convenience of the
travelling public, and with the belief that
such an arrangement win better please our
patrons.
All meals win be served La carte, and
at reasonable prices.
While the system Of serving meals has
been charged, the traveller may still rely
upon the excellence Of cuisine and perfec.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
Low Rate Excursions South.

On the first and third Tuesday of each
month till October about half-rates for a
round trip will be made to points in the
South by the Louisville & Nashville rail-
road. Ask your ticket agent about it, and
if ha cannot sell you excursion tickets,
write to c. P. Atmore, General Passenger
Agent, Louisville, KY; or George B
Horner, D. p A., st. Louis, Mo-
The advocate., 1896-09-16

NBAT CUCUMBER WORM AND MOTH.
larva leaves the fruit, draws together
a few fragments Of leaves, spins CO.
coon and in about eight or ten days
the slender brown chrysalis changes to
ayellowish brown colored moth. There
Is more than single brood and the
chrysalis Of the last passes the winter
emerging as moth the next year.
The moth, as shown in the illustra.
tion, has an irregular patch of yellow
on the fore wings, which also consti-
tutes the color of the greater portion
OF the inner parts of the hind ones:
the thighs, breast and abdomen are
silvery white, giving. the whole of the
under side Of the body pearly appear.
ance. The lower parts of the legs nre
yellow. The body of the female differs
somewhat from that of the male; It
terminates in small flattened black
brush, squarely trimmed; the preced-
ing segment, however, Is Of rusty
brown color above. The brush-like ap-
pendage Of the male is much larger,
formed Of long narrow scales, which
vary in color in the Same specimen,
some are white, others are brown or
orange, but generally all three colors
are present in one specimen. About the
only method of dealing with this pest
10 TO destroy the larvae of the arst
brood BY hand picking while the vines
are not yet too large, or cook and feed
The affected fruit to swine. Being dif.
AcUlt to control, it is necessary that
every precaution be taken and every
insect destrCyed.-F and Home.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
l5c gets the ADVOCATE till Nov. II,
HOmeseekers' Excursion.

Cheap rates via Burlington Route. On
August IS, September /, Is, 30, October
and 20 the Burlington Route will sell ex-
cursion tickets at very low rates to points
In Kansas, Nebraska, Wyoming, Utah,
Black Hills and other territory. Ask your
ticket agent. L. w. WAKELEY, G. P. A.,
St. Louis, Mo.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
THE CUCUMBER WORM.
A Parasite That Does Much Damage and
In Hard to Fight.

A Parasite That Does Much Damage and
In Hard to Fight.
Larvae of the neat cucumber worm
may be found by the wholesale in some
gardens, running pickles or cucumbers.
The larva is easily recognizable; it is
about one inch long and Of a yellowish
white color with q greenish tinge. On
eachsegmentare few slightly elevated
shining dots, from each of which q fine
hair issues. The head Of the larva is
yellow with brown margin. The illus
tration herewith represents the cucum-
Der as affected; the larvae generally be-
gin to appear about the middle Of July
md continue their depredations until
late in September, feeding on the flesh
of the cucumber, rendering it unfit for
use, and causing premature decay.
Often several specimens are found on q
single cucumber. When mature the
The advocate., 1896-09-16
EXCURSION RATES 70 the sOuth.

Very low rates will be made by the Mis-
souri,, Kansas & Texas railway for excur-
sions on August IS, September l, Is and 80,
to the South, for HOmeseekers and Har-
vesters. For particulars apply to the near
est local agent, or address
G. A. MACNUTT,
1O44 Union avenue, Kansas City, Mo.
The advocate., 1896-09-16

tion Of service that have earned for
the Rock Island the reputation of main
tanning the best dining car service in the
world. JOHN SEBASTIAN, G. P. & L, A.
Chicago, Ill.
The advocate., 1896-09-16
To Colorado, Montana, Hot Springs, Puget
Sound and Pacific Coast via Bur
limgtOn Route,

Take the shortest and most desirable
line to the far west; complete trains from
the Missouri river. Daily train leaves
Kansas City at 1O:4O a. m arrives Billings,
Mont, 1850 miles distant, Gas next even
ing; free chair cars Kansas City to Billings;
sleepers Kansas City to Lincoln; through
sleepers to Lincoln to Billings. Connects
with fast train beyond to Montana and
Puget Sound. Ten to twenty-five hours
shorter than other lines from Kansas City.
Through sleepers and chair cars Mis-.
souri, river to Denver; Rio Grande scenic
line beyond for Colorado, Utah and Cali
fornia.
Ask agent for tickets over the estab.
lished through lines Of the Burlington
Route.
L. w. WAKELEY, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
St, Louis, Mo,
The advocate., 1896-09-16
To st. Paul and Minneapolis via Burlington
Route

Route.
Two splendid through trains each day
from Missouri river points to the north via
the old established Burlington Route and
Sioux City Line. Day train has handsome
observation vestibuled sleepers, free chair
cars, and dining cars (north Of Council
Bluffs. Night train has handsome sleep
ers to Omaha, Council Bluffs and Sioux
City, and parlOr cars Sioux City north.
Consult ticket agent.
L. w. WAKELEY, Gen. Pass. Agt.,
st. Louis, Mo.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

commons. His land bill was as
,distasteful to the government as
to the opposition and his present
offer to withdraw it altogether has
exposed him to the contempt Of
his colleagues and the derision OF
the opposition. The British en-
pire Is not to be ruled by molly
coddle. 1t wants a master with
an iron hand.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15
EMERSON & co,

The battle for sound money and
industrial policies, that will free
the nation from it's present EN-.
barrassmeut, will be fought out in
the great northwest. The repub-
lican ticket is safe in the east, and
ithas little expectation of winning
In the mountain states. II il can
even divide honors with the silver
ties in the northwest it will win
out hands down. The fight will
be in the states Of Illinois, Michi-
gan, Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota,
Nebraska and Kansas. Also in
West Virginia, Maryland, Ten.
nessee, Delaware and Kentucky In
the southeast. Wisdom, sagscious
measures of campaigning, broad
interpretations OF the platform
and hard work will win.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

The manner in which Bland was
turned down in Chicago does not
argue we'll for the polling of an
overwhelming vote for Bryan in
that state. This is good oppor-
tunity for the Globe-Democrat to
get in its missionary work, for
there are dead loads of sound
money democrats in that state of
Misery.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

There Is still abundant time for
the man who believes in hog and
hominy to put in his corn. If a sup
ply of rain is afforded fer the next
thirty days that crop would pan
out big. If only crop of soft corn
was raised it would be splendid
fodder for the cattle that are being
fatted this fall,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

Every day increases the proba.
bility of another ticket being NOM
mated by the straightout demo-
Gratis. They are not likely to sit
down under the willows with their
hsrps on the trees, for the Bryan
ties to come along and play free
silver tunes upon them. In the
end they will conclude that it will
be better to do their own harping,
and play hard money music.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15
CITY CIRCULATION NOTICE.

Mr.. Dan. G. Bitter from date, has
been given entire charge Of the City
circulation of the Daily and Sunday
Light, and will deliver papers to sub
scribers and collect for same. All COM
plants for non-deliyery, and changes
can be given to him or telephoned to
the Office.
Mr.. Joseph Ball has been engaged
as his assistant and is authorized to
receive subscriptions and collect for
same.
IT,. T. B. JOHNSON,
Manager San Antonio Light.
San Antonio, Texas, May 8, 1896.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

And still the "unspeakable
Turk" continues to outrage all
Europe and to fiount his enmity
to the religious sense of the civil
lied world in the face of christen-
dom. He should be suppressed.
There is neither sense or fitness in
continuing HIM as a foil to the
powers.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

For the venerable father OF the
silver movement, the children Of
that movement have treated the
old dad with scant courtesy. Those
younkets are not given to over.
much regard for age, rank, re-
spectability, previous services or
anything else that commends to
consideration.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

Teller is not exactly like the man
without country, but he is next
door to it. He is a man without q
party, and for one who has been in
party harness for so many years
as he has, 1t amounts to about the
some thing practically. Teller
la off,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

There is not much in the history
Of past political movements in
this country to encourage the
party Of population and discredit
of national honor to hope for sue
cess. Hitherto the sentiment Of
the country has been overwhel-
mingly on the side Of the nation
keeping its promises and fulfilling
its contracts. November will tell
whether this sentiment has
changed.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

There is a lurking suspicion all
around the democratic wineboard
that Altgeld did not give Bland
fair dea, in the convention. If any
assurance of this comes to the
knowledge of the Missouri faithful
there will be little enthusiasm for
Bryan in the ranks OF the state
democracy. There is dissatisfac-
tion in the air already, and no one
knows whereunto 1t will grow.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1896-07-15

Bryan went up in the Chicago
convention like a rocket. VIII he
come down in November like a
stick? His pyrotechnics seem to
be of that order. Talk about there
being no new thing under the sun,
when was such revolution in a
party observed as was consum-
mated at Chicago? When.