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The Republican., 1899-01-26
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

The Poet Gnsinuatingly)-''Dorfi ~
you think we would make good coI5-
let?" She (coyly)-"Tm not averse. =
Brooklyn Life. IA
Professor" said a graduate, tryiFg
to be pathetic a parting, II am indie f-
ed to you for all 1 know" pray do nbt
mention such trifie," was the replyE
Tit-Bits.
An Old City.-Little Brother-'Is
Boston an old city?" Little sister (who
has been there) -" Deed it is. Whyythe
streets is bent most double with agt'
N. Y. Weekly.
Mr. C.-"They call him a one-horst
lawyer" Mr.. Y,-''How did he get thaj
name, do you suppose?" Mr.. C.-"Bf
cause he's such a fine charger, I imas
inc. ."-Yonkers Statesman.
The Savage Bachelor-"Men," saif
the Dear Girl, "have as much idle cuA.
osity as women" More" said the
Savage Bachelor. "Women's curiosity
is always active Cincinnati En-.
quirer.
Some men," said Uncle Ebe
"wouldn' hab no trouble tall bout &c
tin rich ef dey held on as tight to &
money dey earns as dey does to d,
money dey borrows. Washington
Star.
Putting Out a Feeler.-"Papa. d.
dreams always 60 by contrariesf I
Some people say so, Johnny" ''Well
] dreamed last night I didn't get an,
new sled for Christmas. ."-Chiksssd
Tribune.
Another Sufferer.-"I was injured
ma'am, by the bursting of magazine, ;
said the wayworn tourist, who was eat
ing cold luncheon in the kitchen "Ir
the WARP" mo, ma'am " he answered
in New York city. The silent part
ner refused to put up for it any longer
Chicago Daily Record.
She Knew Him.-Mrs. Potts-"It wa,
rather late when you came home las
night. Where were you?" Mr.. Potts
why, my dear, Wednesday night is tn,
regular weekly lodge meeting right
you know. and" Mrs. Potts-.'Yes n.
course, | know; but did you win OF
ose?'-Chicago News.
The Republican., 1899-01-26
A Personal Experience
MARX EDMoNDsoN did not wear

MT ARK EDMONDSON did not wear
iVL his heart on his sleeve, but he
started as his eye caught a bill on TIE
notice board outside Bow street police
station. 1t was headed, in black, ag-
gressive capitals, Murder" and it con-
tanned the usual vile reproduction of a
totograph-a photograph for which
he would, in the days when he cult
waited mustache and small side
blinds" have passed as the original.
The portrait was astonishingly like the
Mark Edmondson of three years ago.
His companion noticed his momen-
tary surprise, and, following his glance,
thought that the cause was the an
nouncement as a whole. You're not
George Dixon, wanted for the Plym-
outh murder. are you?" he asked, joe
uIarly. "If you are, I'd better arrest
YOU at once"
mo; I've done nothing yet to make
the police or the public interested ir
my features" said Edmondson, care
lcssly. The fact is, Mr.. Dobson'-he
paused for a moment, and then oontin-
ued, obviously as the result of second
tkoughts-"I once knew face remark
ably like that villainous visage."
Looking again at the bill, he followed
Inspector Dobson into the police sta
ton. After jotting down in his note
book few details of an arrest he hur-
RED down to the Comet office in Fleet
street and was soon closeted with hi.
editor.
1--WE just hit on a scheme for proving
how grossly incompetent our detectives
are" he began.
Yes" observed the chief calmly. He
was not prone to fall into raptures over
lis young mems feats in eccentric jour
Ialism. Although he was then publish
ing a series of scathing articles on the
administration of Scotland Yard-scn-
sational copy" was uncommonly scarce
he listened with much the same air
that he would have assumed if the re.
porter had asked for an increase of
salary.
Edmondson then related how sur.
priscd he had been on seeing the Plym-
cuth murderer's portrait. "Now," he
The Republican., 1899-01-26

"In charge of the conductor" chill
dren often travel on the cars, but on a
recent trip the Eunard steamship Cam
pania carried ten boys and girls who
were taking long journeys alone. A
girl of IA was going to her aunt in Chi
cago; another aged Il, to her step
father in North Dakota. A boy of ten
and a girl of nine were consigned to
two small towns in Massachusetts. A
nine-year-old boy was going to his
aunt in Chicago; an 11-year-old girl 10
her sister in Boston, and four children
ranging in age from five to IL, were
seeking .heir father in Calumet, Mich.
1t was the largest party of unattended
children that ever landed at New York.
All were tagged" with directions, ask
ing those with whom they came in
contact to see that they were sent on
their way. Counting the ocean voyage
and the long land journeys, several of
these little travellers covered more than
5000 miles-alone, except for the
thoughtful and kindly persons who
may have noticed and helped them
Youths Companion.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

proceeded, what | propose is this:
Suppose go to Clarkson's, get made up
as DiXOn-that won't be a very diff
cult matter-and ramble about for .
few hours, showing myself right under
the very nose of the police. The
chances are that nobody will indentify
me as the wanted man. If | am not
pulled up-well, that will be another
proof of the incapacity of the detective
force. If, on the other hand, | should
be arrested, | can easily regain my lib
erty by throwing off all disguise and
explaining that | wanted copy In any
case, | can do personal-eXperience ar
tlcle."
"All right" saiu the editor turning to
his desk, Take the thing in hand at
once"
The reporter left the office in a com
rlacent mood. He thought he saw his
way to creating a sensation. Returning
to Bow street, he carefully perused the
description of the murderer and then
walked over to Wellington street and
plunged straightway into Clarkson's.
When he came out again he was a fac
simile of Dixon, as well as of his for
mer self.
AS he walked along the Strand he sur
veyed the reflection of his figure in
shop windows with increasing delight;
but when he reached Charing Cross he
tried to place himself in the position
OF the hunted man. First, he circled
Trafalgar square, thence making his
way leisurely to Hyde Park corner
Then he perambulated Regent street
for half an hour. All the while he
looked every constable he met straight
in the face, and favored those whom
he imagined to be Yard men" with a
prolonged stare. BUY, much to his dis
gust, they took no more notice cf him
than of any other unit of London's mil
lions.
THE idiots.' he mentally exclaimed.
as he skirted Leicester square. A
murderer might walk about in bl oad
daylight for a whole week without be-
ing arrested
When he again arrived at Charing
Cross he hardly knew what to 10. So
far his ramble had been productive Of
hardly any incident. There had not, in
deed, been a single event worth a
couple of lines of copy And yet he
was tired of masquerading as a mur-
derer. Should he return to the Office.
or was it worth while to prowl about
Cor another hour? AS he stood on the
curb, disappointed and irresolute, a
hand was laid gently on his shoulder,
and simultaneously voice whispered
i'll his ear: 'Mr. Dixon"
Edmondsons heart throbbed Violent
The Republican., 1899-01-26
LEGAL RFPARTEE.
In Ireland 1t FIOurishes as 1t Does
Nowhere EIse-SOme Witty
Exchanges.

Mr.. Daniel Ryan Kane, who was at
the time of his death recorder or Cork
was celebrated for his bon mots. On
one occasion, when brief had been
sent to young barrister in an insur-
ance case in which his father. a med
ical man, was an important witness, a
gentleman asked Mr.. Kane: ''Who is
this young man? Is he a special cour-
sel?' "Oh, no." was the reply; hes
counsel by prescription
Mr.. Stephen Collins, Q. c., the father
of the present lord justice of appeal
| in England, was an eminent leader at
| the Irish bar and famed for the subtle
ty of his mind. On appearing in court
as counsel with Mr.. Pigot, @. c., who
was afterward lord chief baron of the
Irish court of eXchequer, a contro-
versy arose as to who should be leader,
as Mr.. Collins. although senior in
standing to Mr.. Pigot, was still in stuff.
while Mr.. Pigot had already taken silk.
81 yield said Mr.. Collins; my friend
| holds the honors." Faith. if he does.
Stephen" observed a Mr. Herrick, " 'tis
| NOu nave ull lIlG lIlChS. MT. JODdIH
Hem. Q. c., says the Law Times. who
was for 30 years the recognized lead
er of the Munster circuit. once con-
menced his address to the jury: Little.
gentlemen, can my poor client compete
with the galaxy of talent arrayed
| against him on the other, including.
if theatrical phrase may be INDUCED
in, star of the first magnitude. or
rather. | might say (the ministry had
| just resignedD, comet which had lost
its tail?" Some one in the presence of
| HEM proposed the riddle, which was
new to him: 'Why should the captain
of ship never be at loss for an egg?"
Because said Hem, Immediately
solving it, "he can always lay to
Gwo)." He was asked: "How came
you, iona than, to guess that?" Who .
was the prompt reply, chad better
right to guess it than hen?"
Mr.. NJ. j. Barry, who was afterward
professor of law in Queens college.
Cork, was celebrated for his powers of
repartee. He applied on one occasion.
| on behalf of man who dealt in horses
| and sugar sticks, for an interpleader
order. The justice remarked: "Your
| client has a strange medley of trades.
Mr.. Barry?" There is a great aflinit,
| between horses and sugar sticks. my
lord" was the reply How SOP IN
| quired the judge. THE more YOU lick
them the faster they GO" was the witty
reply.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

A village clergyman tells this story: He
was walking through the outskirts of his
parish one evening, when he saw one of his
parishioners very busy whitewashing his cot
tage. Pleased at these somewhat novel
signs of cleanliness, he called out: "Well,
Jones, | see you are making your house nice
and smart" With a mysterious air Jones,
who had recently taken the cottage, de-
scended from the ladder, and slowly walked
to the hedge which separated the garden
son why I'm a doing of this ere job" he
whispered, 'but the last two couples as
lived in this ere cottage 'ad twins; so says
to my missus, I'll take an whitewash the
place, so as there mayn't be no infection. Ye
see, sir, as 'ow we got ten children already"
-Cornhill Mapazine
The Republican., 1899-01-26
Dearness Cannot BE Cured

by local applications, as they cannot reaca
the diseased portion of the ear. There is
only one way to cure deafness, and that is
by constitutional remedies. Deafness is
caused by an infamed condition of the mu-
cous lining of the Eustachian Tube. When
this tube gets inhamed you have rumblns
entirely closed deafness is the result, and
unless the inflammation can be taken out
and this tube restored to its normal con-
dition, hearing will be destroyed forever;
nine cases of Of ten are caused by catarrh,
which is nothing but an infamed condition
of the mucous surfaces.
We will give One Hundred Dollars for any
cannot be cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
Send for circulars, free.
F.J. Cheney Co., Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

One of the Disadvantages of a search
Hight on war vessels is the revealing ot
TIVE position of the ship. In the United
States navy experiments have beer
made with submarine lights, which were
pAced well below the surface of the
water, and their rays were directed
slightly upward. As the light emerged
fibm the water the observers on decL
cklld detect any vessel at the point ot
elbergence, and the searchlight would
nd betray its own source. - Youth'i
CAmpanion.
The Republican., 1899-01-26
Pompous Answer of an Artist.

An amusing instance of the extent to
which a realistic artist may satisfy
himself is given in a little story told
by w. p. Firth, r. A. 1t concerns an
artist of the name of Wilkins, who had
acquired a reputation which seemed
greater to him than TO anyone else
fHe. painted a number of pictures o1
lead game, which received consider.
\ kble praise. Among them was a group
lsf dead rabbits. These rabbits a critic
kIommended in wilkins hearing as IRE
lparkably true to nature" Mature
.fr!" replied the artist, in his most
lompous manner, 'yes-I flatter my
sklf there is more nature in those rab
Hits than you usually see in rabbits!"-
chicago Chronicle.
The Republican., 1899-01-26
Remedy for the Grippe

A remedy recommended for patients af-
ficted with the grippe is Kemp's Balsam,
which is especially adapted to diseases Of
the throat and lungs. Do not wait for the
first symptoms of the disease, but get bot
tie to-day and keep it on hand for use the
moment it is needed. If neglected the grippe
has tendency to bring on pneumonia. The
Balsam prevents this by keeping the cough
loose. All druggists sell the Balsam.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

1--WE done my best" said the Indian
"to adapt myself to the modern civil,
zation. But can't manage it,"
you go about it the wrong way" an
swered the sympathetic white man
"When you feel that old impulse for a
wild collision with somebody, what you
want to do is to come off the warpath
and get on the bicycle path,-Philadel-
phia Press.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

That's fine, solid baby of yours
Middleton said a friend who was adj
miring the first baby.
"Do you think he's solid?" asked Mid.
dleton, rather disconsolately. at
seems to me as Il he were all holler."-
Stray Stories.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

"Mistletoe is awfully scarce this year."
she said; Pm afraid ma won't be able to
get any"
whats the use?" he asked.
And the sounds which forthwith ensued
indicated that it was absolutely useless
Philadelphia North American.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

at seems to me, doctor, that your prices
are rather steep"
"Well, you must bear in mind that it is
not my own health for which | am running
a sanitarium Indianapolis Journal.
The Republican., 1899-01-26
Lanes Family Medicine,

Moves the bowels each day. In order to
be healthy this is necessary. Acts gently on
the liver and kidneys. Cures sick head
ache Price 25 and SOC.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

l believe Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my boy's life last summer-Mrs. Allie
Doug glass, Leroy, Mich, Oct 20, '94.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

Jamie-Pa, what is "lese majeste?"
Pa-That's the Latin way of calling a
crowned head blamed chump.-
Leader
The Republican., 1899-01-26

Well, anyhow, the man at the foot of the
ladder doesn't have to worry about falling
off.-L A. w. Bulletin.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

The more worthless the man, the better
his health-Atchison Globe.
The Republican., 1899-01-26

Cure rheumatism with st. Jacobs OIL
Promptly. 1t saves money, time, suffering.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-07-01
EATING TO MUSIC.
A Popuiar erase ef The Dep In Retro
petitan Hotels and Res
tauFants.

Music At meals IL now the thing In
The metropolis. The craze Is still very
young, yet II has spread all over the
own. and looks aa n IL had to stay.
Not long since a certain restaurant OF
the bohemian class encouraged a
couple OF itlnerant performers on the
guitar and mandolin 20 come around
two or three evenings In the week and
help entertain the guests. There
we're three rooms in the restaurant, and
the musicians wandered from one 90
the other. alternating their instru-
mental selections with really good vocal
aumhera. When any OF the latter hRr-
pened 10 be well-known airs, guests
around the tables were not slow 20 join
In the refrain, and as the evening pro-
yresaed one may we'll imagine that the
musicians, whose pay was mostly gath
cred from their happy hearers. were not
slow 10 select such pieces ~ had aing-
able chorus, There was frequently a
numher OF persons a, the tables with
good voices. and the audible result by
40 means to be despised
AAt HRtFtef hAutoHh
seption, employ orchestras ranging In
number from four to ten men. One Of
the most prominent of these places CO.
tabliahed an afternoon tea service u
year or - ago. and the tea drinkers and
muffin eaters beguiled an hour In listen
ing 20 the yodeling Of blue and white
clad Tyrolean qnartette, or the guitars
and mandolins OF a group of Neapoh-
tana attired In spotless white trousers,
with gorgeous aud voluminoun uaahea.
Another well-known hotel entertains
its after.theater hahitaea In = palm gar
len. with seductive music by hidden
harpisI Another place seats its dinner
guests At tables in cellar, on one side
ofwhich great easks Of wine are ranged.
while az the further end OF thet cob
webbed room band OF gyp~ies dis
course the weird music of the Hun.
garian oomposers.--N. Y. World.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-07-01
PRINCE AND SINGER.
How "the student Fritn" and Jenny
Lind Sang Patriotic Songs
Together.

On a summers night the prince was
returning with few companions from
ramble near Rolandseck Some one
suggested a supper at the local inn.
"All right" said the prince. so long as
you drop his royal highness and re-
member that my name is Fritz" On en-
.ering the inn the strains of voice as
OF a siren held the young men in thrall.
Mine host professed not TO know the
singers name. Once more the liquid
notes thrilled into the night. The stu
dent Fritz sprang from his seat. at
is Jenny Lind" he cried. 1T can only
be Jenny Lind" He dashed into the
adjoining room; IL was Jenny Lind.
The great songstress felt that she
ought TO be angry at the intrusion, but
Il Is difficult TO be angry on a summers
night at Rolandseck. The end of IL
was that she found herself at the piano
singing national songs to a delighted
audience of three unknown students.
IF l had voice like the nightingale
Of Sweden" said the student called
Fritz, II would sing the song of Bluch-
er's Hussars." "Sing il 10 me-" an
swered Jenny Lind; II know that all
German students can sing" Fritz was
nothing 10th; all the fervor of his pa
triotism rang out in the stirring re-
frain in which the warrior-poet, Ernst
Moritz Arndt, had given voice to the
spirit Of the wars of liberation. "a
song that carries one away with it,"
said Jenny Lind. ~ should like TO try
it,"
Then the young prince again seated
himself at the piano TO teach the
greatest singer of her time the song 10
the music of which he was TO lead his
troops 20 victory at weissenburg and
Worth. She was not long learning IL.
"Like the roll of an organ and the
clash of BELLS" says the chronicler, sthe
magnificent voice rang out over the
whispering river" When her new
friends were taking leave Jenny Lind
asked her teacher 20 tell her his name.
At that moment the door was thrown
open and a tall. white-haired figure en-
tered the room. Ernst Moritz Arndt,s
whispered the students 10 respectful
welcome. yes. Ernst Moritx Arndt,' $
he answered. "and il you, fair singer,
ask that mans name. l win answer for
him; he is called his royal highness
Prince Frederick William Of Prussia. I"
--Macmillan's Magazine.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-07-01
CHANGES IN HAVANA.
rAe rnauenee 81 Americans Il seen
n ChaxstabIe work and So
eial Custons.

Havana shows increasing signs Of
American influence. Many social as
well as municipal innovations have
been introduced. The influx of Ameri-
cans and the return to their homes of
Americanized Cubans after their self
imposed exile have caused many
changes in social life.
Several charitable and social organi-
cations have been established by Amer
lean and Cuban women. The Maine as
ISOLATION was the outgrowth OF the
services in commemoration of the an
niversary of the Maine disaster. This
society has chosen for it's president Mrs.
f. A. Bartlett Won Gunner, the bride in
the diamond wedding" some years ago
in New York. The bridegroom was
Senior oviedo, wealthy Cuban. After
his death, his widow was married to a
German, Baron Won Gunner, and has
now returned to Havana. after several
years residence in Mexico and New
York.
The Red Cross socfety has secured a
house, where the work of the organiza-
ton is carried on under the direction Of
Mrs. Ward and Mrs. Capron. Several
Protestant churches have established
missions to aid the poor, and Rev. DIR.
Barrett, Of the Congregational church,
has opened laundry TO furnish work
to women. He has also established a
free school, which numbers so pupils.
During the war some Cuban women
In Havana earned a pittance by taking
In sewing and working for wholesale
establishments which supplied ready
made uniforms for the Spanish troops.
A petition has recently been presented
to supply these women with work, since
their means Of livelihood has been cut
of, the American troops receiving their
clothing from the United States.
In former days beggars thronged the
parks and thoroughfares and pre-
scented an unpleasant spectacle. Not
only were the blind, the halt and the
crippled among them, but there were
Chinese lepors also, who displayed their
soresand we're a menace to the health OF
the community. Their wants are now
provided for and they are kept out of
sight in the various hospitals and chart
table institutions.
Havana women have always been
charitable, and have supported an or
phan asylum, founding institution, a
Dorcas society and various other chart
table institutions. Since the advent of
American women and the return of
Americanized Cubans, all the organiza-
tons have received fresh impetus.
Gradually, under the new order,
woman's sphere will be widened, and
many of the cast-iron rules of etiquette
which bound Cuban women will be re-
Taxed, and manners and customs will
change.
The love for the American flag is in
creasing, and whenever the military
band plays "The Star-Spangled Ban
ner" in the park men and women arise
and remain standing until the last note
dies away.-N. Y Sun.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-07-01
Negro Institute Prospecting.

! he Hareiet Beecher Stowe
school at 1929 North Robinson ST.
DanvilIc, ILL.,, is bound to succeed.
Paof. Cosat, the night school in
structor, rer orted that at times
there are not seats sufficient for
the people. Rev. George A.
Brown. the founder, with T. ]. De-
Clelland, the superintendent, is
working hard TO begin more
buildings this summer for the in
dustrial work. This institution is
the only one of its kind for the
Negroes in the northwest, and
will do much toward the building
up of an oppressed but deserving
race. While in Bloomington a
piano was purchased and will be
shipped here for the purpose Of
teaching music; such trades as
printing. carpentry, cooking and
dressmaking will be the first
taught. The founder is so much
in earnest and so determined to
have the institute grow that a free
course will be given all who de-
sire to attend for one year. Rev.
Brown was formerly pastor here
Of the African NJ. l.. church but
is now stationed at Bloomington,
Ill.,. and while his work there is
hea y and prosperous, he loses no
time in working for the Harriet
Beecher Stowe institute.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1899-07-01
MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

Boston contains three pensioners
the war of 1872.
Lions and tigers are too weak in lu,,
power to run more than half a nile.
The largest Brazilian coffee Gro,
during the empire was 6,735,O0O bags,
Professional etiquette proven.
French judges and judicial officers from
riding in omnibuses.
A dozen authenticated personal rel
les of Lord Byron were recently sold !,
New York for $2,7s0.
The female brain commences TO ds
cline in weight after the age of 30, III,
male not till ten years later.
In Mexico school children are al
lowed to smoke in school hours wber
their lessons are well prepared.
1t will take lis days to remove tn
100000 silver dollars from the Oh
Philadelphia mint to the new one.
Corea is just about the size Of tb
island of Great Britain, being 600 mils
long and from 100 to 200 miles wide.
The value of diamonds mined in Can
Colony in 1898 was $17,751, 940.s4. ami
the net profit thereon was 1851 ,63g.3I
Twenty-Five years ago France wa
able to put as many soldiers in the fieE
as Germany. To-day it falls short b.
about 100000 men.
In Servia there still survives d won
derful old institution known as tn
Zadruga. 1t is the living together of
whole tribe, numbering 100 persons, al
under the absolute authority of on
chief. He keeps all the money, make
all the purchases and decides the mi
nutest details of family life.