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The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
Never Satisfied,

eyes, my eldest daughter married
for money"
"She is happy, Of course"
Ear from it. While she has every
thing one could wish for, she is fal
from being happy. She loved another y
''Your second daughter also married
did she not?"
eyes, she married a man for his good
looks"
81 suppose she is happy?"
Indeed, she is not. While her hus
band is a good proyider, he can't af
ford to give her what her elder sister
receives, and, consequently, she is IN.
happy"
''And your youngest daughter, the ont
l always thought so much of, is she
married"
"Yes, she married a man for love-"
"Ah, sensible little girl"'
"But her husband Is very poorr'
"Still, with all her poverty, she loves
the man Of her choice, and is, Of course
happy?"
"No, indeed. She is the unhappfesi
Of the three. San Francisco Wave
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
CONTEMPLATION.

A lady sat at her window on a baimy
spring morning. The sun was out without
a cloud, the blooming flowers were sending
forth their fragrance to perfume and bless
the earth, and the birds sang their songs of
gladness as they went forth to their daily
toll Soon the lady saw that a little worker
had chosen a rOsebush for it's home and was
very busy bringing in sticks and hair and
feathers and other material to make its
house. "Ah, you pretty little creature, "
said the lady. 'you are building too low.
Soon the destroyer will come and break
UP your sweet home" And SO it was.
The days passed by; the nest was finished,
and then there were eggs in the nest,
and then four big mouths were open
rlionoSer tnu lVw vlIlrp OF tue mother an
to eat One day the lady sat by the window
sewing. Suddenly she heard the cry of the
birds in the deepest distress, and she
looked out to see what was the matter.
There was great snake that had craWled
Up ard was dev0uring the helpless little
ones while Just above them the poor heart
broken mother duttered about in the widest
distraction But it was too late her chill
dren were gone and her home was left DESC
late, 3 sad reminder of her folly in building
so near the ground. SO l think it is with
people who have no higher ambition than
earthly pleasures, wealth or hOnors. They
build too low. Their hearts home is in
easy reach Of death and the devil and de-
Iend upon it. the destroyer will come, soon
or late. H. AI Wharton.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
THE PERIL OF A BOOK RELIGION.

A BOOK religion such as ours-that is, a
religion based on written recOrdE-has, it is
well to remember, perils as well as benefits.
Gne of The benefits is that people with this
kind of a system cannot be altogether illit-
crate or uEcultured. They are compelled
To lead and hence to think. 1t is necessary
that they know much concerning books in
general hefore they can properly understand
one book. And from this latter truth arises
the peril Many, who have very little ac-
quaintance with books, wholly fCl to com
prehend how very easy a thing it is to
misunderstood The thought and mis-
interpret the words of writers many
centuries away and many thousands of miles
distant from their own time and place. They
do not realize how poor a medium for con
veying thought words alone must ever be-
Hence they suppose the words must have
meant 70 the writer just what they seem to
the reader; ard they suppose they have the
authority of prophet or apostle or of Jesus
Himself fer what is wholly, or at any rate
partially, the product Of their Imagination.
H is very grave peril to be constantly kept
in mind The Bible is a won( -fuI help if
n~orerl v used-read with discrimination and
discretion.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
Hard work Mining in Alaska.

Few people realize the amount of
money and labor necessary to get q
Yukon claim In such shape as to make
1t highly profitable. Newcomers gaze
In open-mouthed wonder when told Of
many claims that have paid 500 a
day to the man, never thinking for a
moment of the dead work that has nee
essariIy been expended In order to get
the claims in condition to wash out the
gold. If the bed of the creek Is to he
worked the first thing necessary is to
construqt dam and turn the water
into another channel.
Drain bitches have to be dug on ey-
cry. claim, the length of the ditch de-
pending upon the slope Of the land. To
dig this ditch would dishearten any
one but a Yukoner.
The frozen ground cannot be loosen
ed with pick, and but about two inch
es per day can be made, that amount
being the depth to which the suns
rays will penetrate in twenty-four
hours.
In the No. 2 Pelkey claim, for in.
stance, which belongs to Mr.. Insley and
which is one of the richest on the creek,
o drain 500 feet long had to be dug,
at the upper end Of which 1t was eight
feet deep to bedrock.
During Its construction the entire
length Of the ditch was gone over day
after day until the required depth was
attained, and at no time was over two
inches Of gravel, in depth. moved in
one day.
Those contemplating a Yukon trip
VIII readily see that even if they should
be fortunate enough to locate q claim
their first year, yet the entire work
Ing season may be taken up in strip
ping and draining the claim and get
ting ready to wash dirt, and at the close
of the season they will not have real
lied q dollar as the result Of their
work, though the claim may be ex-
tremely rich.-Alaskan News.
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PRECIOUS RESULTS,

Is it at all unreasonable to suppose that
the contemplation of God will yield us
greater, more precious results than the con
sideration Of anything or of everything in
this world that He has made? You are
wrapt In the study Of mineralogy or botany
or conchology; and have no time TO spare
for ihe cultivation Of your acquaintance
with God. You, my friend, have a
great dread Of being found imperfectIy ac-
qrainted with a certain literature and think
nothing of dovoting whole nights to the ac-
QUESTION Of il but your conscience is Wis
tied by no Painful sense of your defective
knowledge Of bim from whom is every good
gift Indifference and Ignorance are here
indissolubly linked as are also knowledge
and thirst for knowledge. Then we shah
know if we follow on to know the Lord
George Bowen.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
Enr,1pe,s Libraries.

Austria possesses more libraries and
books than any other country in Eu-
rope 1t has 577 libraries and 6,475,-
748 books, besides manuscripts. Next
comes France, with 500 libraries, A.
b38, 100 books and 135, 800 manuscripts;
Italy, with 495 libraries, 4,339, ,281
books and 350,57O manuscripts; Ger
many, with 398 libraries, 2,640, $50
books and $4,000 manuscripts; Eng
land, with 200 libraries, 2;871, ,404 books
and $4,000 manuscripts; Bavaria, with
169 libraries, 1858, 800 books and $4,000
manuscripts; Russia, with 145 libraries,
$4,000 books and 26,8OO manuscripts.
The largest national library is in
France. 1t has 2,08O,00O books. The
British museum has over 100000
books; the Munich museum, 100000
books; the Berlin museum, 100000
books; Dresden, 100000 books; Vienna,
100000 books. The Oxford University
has 100000 books; the Heidelberg Uni
versity, 100000 books. The vatican IL
brary contains 10000 books, and is the
richest in manuscripts, reaching 25,-
900 in number.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
ALONE WITH GOD.

We must. make time to be alone with God
The closet and the shut door are indispen-
sable We must escape the din of the world
to become accustomed to tho accents of the
still, small voice. Like David we must sit
before the Lord. Happy ale they who have
an observatory in their heart house 10
which they can often retire beneath the
great heart Of eternity, turning their tele-
scopes to the mighty constellation that burn
beyond life's fever, and reaching regions
where the breath Of human applause eg cen
Snre cannot follow. =. ,. Meyer.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
T50I1I09 j 49, win EIT7ssI !.

I'M the trial of q case ID Powell Coan.
ty, Ky, not long ago the attorneys obs
iected to al the jurors who had been
summoned save ono. AS no others
were at hand, 1t was agreed that the
action should be tried BY the one re-
naming juryman. After the evidence
was heard the judge told the lone
Juror to retire to make up a verdict
He retired, and, after staying out over
an hour, came back and reported SOL
emnly that the jury had failed to agree
upon a verdict.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
8naww e

The most extraordinary stenographic
feat ne ever heard of was performed
last year by Mr.. Reed, an Englishman
III the sittings Of the Opium Commits
sion in India, he recorded accurately.
and afterward read over, the evidence
IF .fwo Brahmans, Of whose language he
knew npthing, and whom he had never
seem ore. He took down the sounds
is til. came from their lips, represent
ng each sound by its phonetic charac-
ter,
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
g8reroIree 9TlT'- Tare rv1rr on

Cherokee Bits Race Dying Ont.
The career Of Cherokee Bill hang
ed at the age of 20, after a brief an
unprosperous career as an outlaw,
would be q good text for a sermon on
morality, but it would be useless to
preach 1t, because the class of degener-
ates to which "Bill'' belonged does not
read sermons. He was a type of the
barbarism that exists in all civilization.
and appears most conspicuous at its
edges. Education and enlightenment
are the best remedies for it and they
are at work slowly but effectively. The
Cherokee Bill" style of villain is dying
out. 1t will soon cease to excite the
admiration of the unframed boys and
the emulation of villainous men.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
Judged After Death

1t was the Egyptians who judged
their kings after death. II upon ex-
animation they were considered to
have acquitted themselves creditably
honorable funeral ceremonies were de-
creed to their bodies; If otherwise,
they were thrown on the highways
IN f1lf
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
The Modern Beauty

Thrives on good food and sunshine, with
plenty of exercise in the open air. Her form
glows with health and her face blooms with
its beauty. If her system needs the cleansing
action of a laxative remedy, she uses the gen.
tie and pleasant Syrup of Figs. Made by the
California Fig Syrup Company.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
Not to Feautify

"Why does she wear that disfguring
ven?"
''Disfguring? My dear boy, you
should see her without it."-Detroit
Free Press.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
Time to Dron II.

Those newspapers which find fauIt
with the outcome Of the Waller case
don't know when to let good thing
Hlcne. Washington Post.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

snisgs (orearhlessly)- -Phew! I'm all
out Of wind Briggs-It seems to me
that the wind is all out of you.-PhiIa-
aelpLia Eo1th American.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
Not Entirclr Lost

If William Waldorf Astor, after dts-
charging bis English editor, is to marry
an American woman there is still bono
for him.. st. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
BANQUET wTTHoUT wTgr.

II was mems banquet, too tie anniver-
sary of the Bookkeepers' Beneiic al Associa.
tlon Of Plilade phia. Water was the only
beverage, save the coffee that followed tho
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

Buy 81. 90 worth Dobbdns F1oatins-B Borax Soap OF
your grocer, send wrappers to Dobbins Soap Mfg
Co, Philadelphia, Pa. They will send you free
of charge, postage paid, Worcester Pocket Die
tionarys 2Ga pages, bound in cloth, Protusely IL
lustrated Offer good until August lst only.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

Nearly every citizen Of town be-
S1res that he made" it.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
Heart plsease Relieved in 80 Minutes.

Pretty women who are stupid are rose
without fragrance.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

DR.. Agnew's Cure for the neart gives perfect
relief in ali cases of Organic or Sympathetic
Heart Disease in 30 minutes, and speedily eff
fects a cure. 1t is peerless remedy for Pal
pitation, Shortness of Breath Smothering
Spells, Pain in Left Side and all symptoms of
a Diseased Heart One dose convinces. II
your druggist hasn't it in stock, ask him to
procure it for you. 1t will save your Life.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

Mrs. Winslows Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces inhamma-
tion, n,allays pain cures wind collie 25c. a bottle
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

The man is not poor who has the use OF
things necessary.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

Halls Catarrh Cure is liquid and is taken
internally, anG acts directly on the blood and
mucous surfaces of the system. Write for ,e5-
tfmoniRls, free. Manufactured by
F. J. CUENEY Gy IN ToIedO q
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

Our richest relatives are often the most
distant ones.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

Piso's Cure for Consumption has no equal
as Cough medicine-E. M. ABBOTT, 383
Seneca St, Buffalo, n. Y, May 9, 1894.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

A fghting chance often means a chance to
be whipped.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

The increase of knowledge increases the
need of it.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

No woman wants the latest wrinkles in
her face.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30
THE HAUNTING pAsr.

j lilIlLkJ Il Is IgI9IA lIIs ls
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

FITS stopped free by DIR. KLINE's GREAT
NERVE REsTOBER. No fits after first days use.
Marvellous cures. Treatise nd $500 trial bot
tie free. Or. KLINE, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

It is easy to pick out work for the fool
killer.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

People usually pick out their own tempta-
tiOns.
The Afro-American., 1896-05-30

ffef1lcted with sore eyes use DR.. Isaac Thomp
cons Eye-water. Druggists sell at @5c per bottle
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1896-03-23

struck the federal rear, just south of
the bridge, they were retiring in pretty
good order, considering their desire to
increase their distance from the battle
field, and I think, therefore, it is fair
to attribute the aforementioned cap
ture of the guns to the-shall I say &C.
cidentsl ?-shot, as aforementioned.
The venerable Edmund Ruffin, who
pulled the lanyard, was greatly elated
over its apparent effect. The portion
of General Kershaw's report omitted
from your letter to the Dispatch men
tions these matters.
All those jolly days of the lang
synel How clear, how. bright their
memory fingers. But, in very truth,
why should we survivors worry our
selves to elucidate the truth about these
things? You and the rest of US who
helped to make those glorious chapters
of history will never be allowed to
write that history, if one may judge at
all from the sort of textbooks used in
the public schools of our State.
We may console ourselves with the
reflection that the future historian will
have before him the Confe derate Of
fetal reports, even if they are pub
lished under a needlessly offensive
title as Rebellion Records.
Pardon me for the length to which
my note of thanks has grown by reason
of reminiscential tendencies, beyond
the control of Yours faithfully
DEL. KEMPER.
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REAL ESTATE, &c.
M. B. HARLOW & CO.,
Real Estate Loan & Insurance Brokers,
NO. 1O7 S. ROYAL STREET.
HOMES FOR SALE.


A substantially built building at Del Ray:
six rooms good locality. Price $3.50. Rents
for SIG per month.
Two very fine Two-story Brick Houses on
Columbus street, near northeast corner Of
Oronoco street, with all modern improve
ments; water, gas bath, ETC., will be sold at a
low figure
Two-story Brick House, Ills King street !;
water, gas, ETC.; good condition. Price
$4,000 each.
Nos. 3O9 and 80 south St. Asaph street;
eight rooms each lot 14x90; bath, gas, etc.
Price $1,000.
A fine Ten-room Brick House, 1O11 Cam
eron street lot 2Sx14O. Price 81, 800.
A Six.room House, almost new, with water: /:
lot 3SxS0; corner Columbus and Madison
streets; very nice home, and can be bought
at low figure.
Northeast corner Henry and Oronoco
streets; Niue-room House; lot 43 feet inches
by 120 feet. Price ST. 500.
House, four rooms lot 17x100 to ten
feet alley; 403 north Henry street, very
cheap. Price $675.
FARMS.
Will exchange for a House with nine or ten
rooms, or two small houses in good location
in Alexandria, Farm of 472. acres in Fair.
fax equity, Frame House of nine rooms and
barn and stable. good orchard, and all neces-
sary buildings.
We have for sale Farm of 81 acres in
Fairfax county, adjoining Edge Hill, and
near New Alexandria Price $500 per acre.
A Farm of nine acres, one mile from Clifton
station, new House of nine rooms; stable,
barn, good spring and good orchard. Price
81 260-a bargain.
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For Over Fifty Years

An OLD AND WELL-TRIED REMEDY-Mr.
Winslow's Soothing Syrup has been used fol
over fifty years ~ millions of mothers fol
their children while teething, with perfect
success, 1t soothes the child, softens the gums
allays all pain, cures wind collie, and is the
best emedy for Diarrhea. Is pleasant to the
taste. Sold by Druggists in every part of the
world, twenty-five cents bottle. Its value
is incalculsble. Besure and ask for Mrs. Wins
lows Soothing Syrup and take no other kind
jan17 co d&w1yr
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PROPOSALS.
DEPoT QUARrERMAsTER's OFF

nEPOT QUARTERMAsTER's OFFICE,
~ Washington, D. c., March IS, 1896
Sealed proposals. in triplicate, will be receiv-
ed here until ID o'clock, noon, Friday, April
3, 1896, and then opened. for construc-
ton of two cavalry stables, one stable
guard building and an addition to for
age storehonse at Fort Myer, Va Informa-
tion furnished on application. u S. reserves
right TO reject any or all proposals, or any part
thereof. Envelopes containing proposals
should be marked Proposals for Construction
at Fort Myer, Va.," and addressed to Major
c. +. HUMPHREY, Depot @. NJ. mar19 at
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TRUSTEES SALE.
TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of certain deed of trust bearing
date April 18th, 1895, and recorded in liber
r, No. 8, folio 33, of the land records Of
Fairfax county, Virginia, executed by Luther
W. Spear and wife, to me, and being thero-
unto required by the beneficiary in the said
trust, will at II o'clock m on
SATURDAY,
the 4th day of April 1896,
sell at public auction, for cash, on the prem,
ises, LOT No. 13, in block No. 80, in tho
subdivision of the townsite of New Alexan.
dria, in the county of Fairfax, State of Vir.
ginia, rs per survey and plat of said subdi.
vision recorded in liber N, No. 5, folio 254,
of the land records of Fairfax county. Con-
veyancing at the expense of the purchaser.
MARIO Is JAMES z. CATION, Trustee.
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TRUSTEES SALE.

By virtue of certain deed of trust bearing
date on ii the aStH dSy APR hRr az ass and re-
records of Fairfax county, Virginia, executed
by Fred w. Morrison and wife, to me, and be-
ing thereunto required by the beneficiary in
tho said trust, will, at 10 o'clock M, on
SATURDAY,
the 4th day of April, 1896,
sell al public auction, for cash, on the prem.
ises. LOT No. 8, in block No. 40 in the SUBJ
division of the townsite of New Alexandra,
in the county of Fairfax, State of Virginia, as
per survey and plat Of said subdivision, re.
corded in liber N, No. 5, folio 254, Of the
land records of Fairfax county. Virginia. Con-
veyancing at the expense of the purchaser.
MARIO IS JAMES 3. CATION, Trustee.
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DISEASES OF THE SKIN.

The intense itching and smarting Incl
dent to eczema, tet,er, salt.rheum, and other
diseases of the skin is instantly allayed by
applying Chamberlain's Eye and Skin
Ointment. Many very bad cases have been
permanently cured by it. 1t is equally
efficient for itching piles and favorite rem
edy for sore nipples; chapped hands, chill
blains, frost bites, and chronic sore eyes.
For sale by druggists at % cents per box.
TryDr. Cady's Condition Powders, they
are lust what horse needs when in bad coadi-
ton. Tonic, blood purifier and vermifuge.
Foo sale by L. Stabler & Co. Druggists
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looking after the mothers general health,
and specially strengthening the particular
or,,...is conceraed in parturition.
N3nymothcrs have been brought through
ii. irving time almost painlessly by the aid
~ ~. rierce's Favorite Prescription. 1t
n--s.rcs the system for delivery by i'm
=. ing the organic strength and elasticity
tisH Tie mother specially needs; shortens
IT.. ..a,e of labor and of confinement; pro-
r,.s the secretion of abundant nourish-
rc.l; for tie child and fortiies the entire
co.r.tit,tion against the after period of de-
r- ,-ion and weakness. It's use should
8 .ii. IN the carly months of gestation-the
euiie7 the better.
Mrs FRED Hunt, of Chenille SCHENECTADY Co.
\ = sav-. II read about DR. Pierces Favoritc
Trescription being SO good for woman with
rf.,'G 81 ani two bottles last September, and
I}e-crir rer 18th. had twelve-p pound baby girl.
v-f-,! was confined was not sick in amy way.
lid not suffer any pain, and when the child
w. born walked into another room and went
he'd Tncvcr had an afteTpain or any other
nam This is the eighth child and the largest
of them all ! suffered everything that flesh
can'd suffer with the other babies. always had
doctor ard then he could not help ME very
,rreh. bu. this time my mother and my husband
,rcfra alone with me- Ny baby was only seven
d-vs old when got up and dressed and left my
room and stayed up all day"
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esT & G." GRANITE IRON WARE
Ls There is SO such Granite Iron Ware
sold with bubbles and other defects in it that
housekeeper find it does not wear any longer
than the ordinary tinware. We can assure
You that the 81. & g." ware is superior to
any on the market and does not cost you any
more. We have full line in Tea and Coffee
Pots Pie Plates, Cups, Dish Pans, Pudding
Pans, Rice Boilers, ETC., and invite your at
tention to same.
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TITO THE VOTERS OF THE EIGHTH
: Il CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT OF VIR-
GINA At meeting of the 9Th District
Democratic Committee held in the city of
Alexandria, on Wednesday, the Sth day of
March, 1896, the following resolution was
unanimously adopted:
Resolved. That convention be held in the
city of Alexandria, Va, on WEDNESDAY,
August 18th, at u o'clock noon, for the pur
pose of nominating candidate for the q. 8.
House of Representatives from this district,
and that the basis of representation in said
convention shall be one delegate for every
hundred and fraction over fifty votes cast at
the last Presidential election for the demo.
cratic candidate
LEONARD MARBURY, Chairman.
Democratic papers of the 9th District will
please copy this notice. mar21 2t
CWEET VIOLET PERFUMED AM
- MONIA.-This ammonia being perfumed
will be found after using to have the pleasant
odor of Violet. and prevents the Objectionable
smell of ordinary Ammonia. 1t is double
strength, will not chap or roughen the
skin and affords all the luxury of per-
fumed bath, combined with the superior
cleansing properties of Ammonia. Sprinkled
in sick chambers the Ammonia purifes and
leaves the odor of Violets For sale by
WAKEFIELD & HALL,
Cor. Prince and Fairfax Streets.
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MGDtOiNAL.
BABY's corlING.

every woman should
look forward to the COM
ing of her baby with JOY
and hope, unclouded by
anxiety. Almost pain
less parturition is quite
the usual thing among
un civilize d people.
Even in our owr country
it occasionally happens
with women in robust
health and good condi-
ton. 1t ought to be the
rule instead of the excep-
ton and it is a fact that
a very large proportion
of the usual pain and suf-
;.-;,,o, ,r,ay he avoided nv