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The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-21

But you are not all disillusioned by
Capt. Pabst's bulky purchase. You
start out impressed by the scintillating
price he paid for il, and the fact that it
is really the most costly volume in the
world, at least without age To back il;
you stumble at the first egotistic biog-
raphy. and then fall down over n blot
ted platitude above an ideal signature;
then you find Church's little sketch of
fair woman and a tawny lion, or the
girl Gibson drew on purpose for it, or
the bit of sword motif notated by DE
Reszke, and life gets presentable again.
To go back just for "A minute TO its
reason for being: The sum paid for il
by Capt Pabst completes a fund Of $780,
600. which Mrs. Lydia Ely, of Milwau-
kee. raised alone for the soldiers monu~
ment. The bronze, completed in Rome
last June by John Severino Conway, to
whom the work wns intrusted. was
unveiled in June, and is one Of the fin
est monuments in the United States
commemorative of the soldiers Of the
civil war. The raising Of the amount
for its purchase by Mrs. Ely was prob
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pidiest; with hits of uncommonly con-
ceited biography, and tremendously
trite echoes, and exceedingly clever
saws. 1t is an edition de luxe such as no
printers establishment in the world.
from kelmscott down, could put out,
and Dewey and the De Reszkes, Charles
Dana Gibson and Kiplng, and Clara
Barton, have touched the leaves, and
said their say within.
Upon the slips is some of the worst
handwriting, some of the most astonish-
ing scrawls, and some of the neatest
chirography one ever saw. Only pretty
writing, you notice, is ever called
chirography, and then only when you
are either fond or tolerant of the writer,
When you have worshiped n water-color
woman or revered a supreme-court
Judge all your life, it gives YOU blank
feeling TO see blot or a soily thumb
mark below his handmade name. 1t is
like finding the Bengal tigress you were
dreaming about, only the cat on the
bed.
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SOLDIER KNEW How TO woo.
Having woH the Young wounu,.
consent.He Succeeded with
the veteran Father.

~ ~ tell you" shouted the old gentleman.
l II not give NY consent. | m not the man
70 buy a nlg IN a poke or decide a case after
nearing but enc SIDE of It. | don't believe
ne Vas ever a solder or ever saw a battle in
ms nit don care 50 much for that, hut
i the ialse pretenses.Z IN "a veteran and
l Know soldier when | see him.. I'll give
hltn marching erders the next time he
hut, papa. ste how straight he walks
and MAT a trim figure he has And he has
told me aheutlats OF hatties.
teshl There haven been lots tsf battles
slhee has was hlg enough 10 night Tell yau
that he false alarm IL trap him vet.
| bet a house and lot that he eau / 10
through the manual OF arms.
hut he can lie tuak a cane and showed
me the Whole thing lt#was Just grand -
W hai m creation de yau know about 1t =
81 ean da tell the difference hetween a
r1E5t shoulder, shut, and a double quick
Did he# enlist ttam Detroit
Ne, Ghieaso,
-, of eeugse, some bie city where it
would take time to lock hjm /. Hes a
fraud =
Do listen, lara lie knows all about
You grand army pear'e.9u s5ys that You re
the #hnest, tistses3, must intelligent military
men that ever kePt step 10 tte and drum.
lie likes beans aud gettee for e5sid lunch,
and every night lac was here he turned the
lights out at ten just from torcr of habit +"
Ne! Aud he said that about us vet
erans. hey Well, have talk with your
mother. Detroit Free Press.
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OF Admiral Dewey, written when com.
modore In the navy.
The statesmen contribute not only
their names, but In many eases some
trite saying in support Of their various
platforms, or maybe quotation for the
same purpose.
An interesting portion Of the book
Is that devoted 60 the artists for many
Of them have added 10 their signatures
some bit Of their work that IA charac.
teristie Of them, a. for instance the
Gibson girl.
The authors have added 20 their sig
natures the name Of favorite book Or
a quotation, and many Of them a BIT
of biography. The pages devoted 10
the musicians are filed with bits ~
music or quotations from fasorite com.
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where n Good PISTOL 1. Admired.

Hon. William Wortham, long state treas.
urer OF Texas. was IN New York lcwely
filed with splendid jewelcd reyalvcrs. with
silver and gold grips and chased barrels, hav.
ing precious stones set into the butts
l.emme see one OF those guns. hc said
to the clerk
which one. sry"
handle"
The clerk took It from the case II was
marked $500 and it looked even worth
more. The Texan took It teuderly IN both
hands and held II admtrngly up to the
light. Then drawing himself up to hs full
height, which was six feet and a half. he
rested the revolver upon his left elbow.
crooked for the purpose. and locked over
the Sights down the long store. Those per-
sons who saw lnyoluutauly lodged
say said MIR Noriham, with quiet but
intense enthusiasm, as he returned the
weapon, If | was 10 wear that gun down in
my state the people would bo falling down
on Their knees begging to be killed with III o
Chicago Evening News.
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IS 7 Is 3 Is Is Is s s z zI 49, -Z .

sage from the year book of his life.
whether bar of his OWL or auother's
and hardly an artist whose returned
slip was not dainty in blue and white
water eoloring. {. bold in black and
white, or graceful with curve of shoul.
der or fall of sweeping draperyZ of
skillful sketching. Anu every thing,
from the three "Ensna Calves.'
scrawled in gracious super=eompliauee,
to j. I. Browns characteristic hit#et
bootblaek kit, is a dear Possession, aud
gives one that #repeate, lv delightful
feeling of looking into tie Kitchen gar.
den, unofiieially.Z
This. in short. is what the book con.
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sonorous even in black and white. A
number Of them write very badly and
not even pursue an intelligent straight
line as the shortest distance between
two points, probably because they re.
gard IT as unconstitutional ever To see
just where they are going. Most Of
them are well-ordered fat-lcttered com.
pliances 20 do as they are told.
The officers Of the army and navy do
better. Among these the one most
interesting at the present time Is that
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"sun Of the sick Room"

Is the apt description Of Swansun's "h
Drops II has saved tho public, IN less
than five years, more money than the ma
ional debt of this country, when you meas
ure the value of health restored, suffering
humanity relieved of its agonies aud dis
eases. Money which otherwise would have
been expended IN funerals, doctors and
drug bills. loss of labor, etc Swansun'a e
Drops never fails 10 cure, II has cured and
Is curing millions of people afflicted with
acute and chronic rheumatism, sciatica,
neuralgia. asthma. Ia grippe aud catarrh ol
all kinds 1t will cure you. Try it. Large
sized bottle 81 O0 sent on receipt of price,
charges prepaid 25cent sample bottle sent
free, on receipt Of 10 cents 10 pay for mail.
ing Agents wanted Swansana Rhen-
matte Cure Company. l6l Lake ST.. Chicago.
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Fiud family of wood tkrushes and
carefully note what takes place. The
Old male thrush win sing the sweet
sorg in loud, clear, 8ute-like notes.
ard then stop to iiSisn while the young
BIRDS try 20 initiate the song. Some
viii utter one note. some two. Some
Nili utter a hoarse note. others a sharp
note. After awhile they seem 10 for
get their lesson and dIsp out one by
oEs- When all are silent. the old thrush
tines mp again and the young thruahes
repeat their efforts, and so IL goes on
'of Ao0fs Ths y0ung birds 90 uot
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ITO HAVE on exhibition sentiments

.o HAVE on exhibition sentiments
YOU like from the people you ad-
Iuire most is interesting; TO have
he sentiments they themselves like
oest. is more so; and To have them in
heir own handwriting with their name
attached. indelible as a laundry mark,
5 fascinating. and has just cost Capt.
Pabst, of Milwaukee, IS. 900 TO achieve.
rhe purchase has Just come from the
hands of the book binder, and the great,
axquisitely bound tome.is probably the
eostliest book in the world. 1t is ex-
lctly $50 pounds of autographs. mixed
with some of the brightest things in the
ken of quotation, and some of the stu
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STATE or ONO, CRY or TOLEDO, =.
I.InAa { lnILNIN 70

Frank j Cheney makes oath that he iH the
senior partner OF the firm Of T. j, Cheney
q Co, doing business ~ the city Of Toledo,
County and State aforesaid, aud that said
firm will pay the sum Of One Hundred Dol.
lars for each aud every case of oatarrh that
cannot be cured by the Use Of Hall Caiarrh
Cure. FRANK j. CHENEY.
Sworn Co before me and suhsrrhcd ia my
presence, this 9th day Of December, A. ID.
1850, a. W. GLEASON,
lSeall Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally and
acts directly on the blood and mucous sur
faces Of the system. Send for testimonials,
free. r. J. CHENEY & co, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists. 75c
Halls Family Pills are the best
The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-21
There is glory in the woodland.

There is glory in the woodland,
Where the naples are a-growing.
And the sumacs blush in crimson,
And the golden-rods are blowing,
And the oak leaves and the beach leaves
And some other leaves are glowing
With tints that you might say are
opalescent.
There's glory DER the farmland,
When the pumpkins, round and mel
low.
Lie among the dropping cornstalks
In thick blobs of reddish yellow.
And the stubble stretches golden
It's sight TO make fellow
Bubble over with emotion effervescent.
All the same, I'll take the kitchen,
When my pride and JOY and treasure
Filleth up a bowl with buekwheat
From well-proportioned measure,
Stirreth in the baking powder.
Addeth salt and milk to pleasure,
And then taIleth down the glossy soap
stone griddle
'Tis aesthetic delectation
There, when as the pallid batter
Triclleth down in shapely circles,
And, without n splash or splatter,
Waxeth golden at the edges
Where it curls up from the platter
And turns smoothly, darkly brown
throughout the middle.
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marked by white powders TO NilwaH-
kee e. A. II. men, when for one u their
aationsl encamPmeDts he bought the
Yrandstand seats en- bloc. for $4,000,
and gave them back His Tnagnanim-
ty In purchasing the book WAS there
fore a foregone conclusion wbsn II
began to be talked about. and bow il ia
ais.
The autograph book is a thing apart.
Hardly an American author respond
d 10 Ars. Eiy'E request without some
dear sentence Of bis own. or wise
,basen vsord from the iJesi hat has iE-
auenoed him of anather's. hardly a mu.
sician-eomposer or grand opera singer.
n director, who did not send some mes
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tains, and the table of contents at the
back is n good-sized hool itself;
Autographs of President Cleveland
and his cabinet; President Mckinley
and his cabinet: United States su.
preme Judges; United States circuit
Judges; Fifty-fourth and Fifty fifth
congresses; the army and navy;
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Catching IN.

"Is your town growing asked the
Pittsburgh man Of fellow traveller on the
cars.
the reply; mot growing Ia speak Of, but
II is improving in tastes right along"
"You mean that the people are assuming
a higher standard"
81 do. sir. yes. sir. We now get bananas
every day from Cincinnati and five out
Of six groceries keep shredded Goldfish and
limburRer cheese. We don't look for any
building hoom or influx of strangers, hut
well hold our own and gradually work up
to electric doorbcs and oysters on tho half
shell. Utica Observer.
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acquire the full song the nrst year:
so the lessons are repeated the follow.
ing spring. l take many visitors Int
the woods TO enjoy the first thrushfs'
singing school. and ali are convinced
that the song Of the wood thrush = =
matter OF education, pure and Simple.
Forest and Stream.
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the judiciary are, with all due defer.
ence to their general Importance, pret-
~ dry reading. Most Of them content.
ed themselves with inscribing their
names; a few of them tabuated neat
little nutobiographics, registering the
successive steps in stellar careers, one
or two of them wrote down sentences
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United States commandcrs-in-chie G.
\. r.; the artists, sculptors, musi.
clans. actors, authors and writers of
note in the United State: journalists;
scientists; civil engineers; railroad
officials; notable eeclesiastics; gov.
ernors of all the states; md miSeelau.
eous assortment of men aud women,
with a general addenda of everybody
notable and previously omitted.
The two congresses, the cabinets and
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The Place for ~.

"Weli, gentlemen" remarked the prcsi.
dent Of the club. motions nre IN order II
has been suggested that we have a banquet.
What shall be d0Het"
"Mr President" spoke up the man who
Of it by laying Il on the table"
The motion was carried. Philadelphia
North American.
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ably a bigger task than was ever ac-
complished by any woman, sinRle-h hand
ed, for patriotic purpose, Spartan la
dies with shields and long hair not ex.
cepted. She did IT in three years in
more ways than columns could enumer-
ate, from bazars infinite in size, 10 raf-
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"Can you tell me. asked the summer
man. "What are the three quickest modeI
Of communication ?"
"Wrll, no, replied the summer girl.
"Iiai Hal Telephone. telegraph and
tell a woman" aud now be wonders Why she
returned he ring IN the middle Of the sea.
Philadelphia Call.
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A West Indian IIurricnnc

Recently travelled up and down the coast al
viii, upset all calculations. aud acted in an
entirely different manner from amy other
storm Sometimes dyspepsia acts ip the same
way. II refuses 90 yield Go treatment which
has cured slm,ar eases Then llastcttef' q
Stomach lhuers should hc taken Ii wlll at
tect a cure speedily and naturally. II has
CURED stomach troubles lot hall a century.
Try Il.
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AwMsskeQ. G.ftLZ CUE
9"G 7 M

fies, and Pollock school solicitings; and
she exhibited more ability and eBerRy
thereby than most other s3O.00G's in the
world can point to for ancestry. And
the crown and climax was the book.
Capt. Psbst was already identified
with army interests since the day
The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-21
BY KENNETT F. HARRIS.

In the air sudden chill
Though the sun shines out his best
And the lisle-thread undervest
Doth not seem to fill the bill;
Leaves from treetops sailing down
When the wind-blown branches stir;
Cambria waists with eapes of fur
Everywhere about the town.
Straw hats obsolete or rare;
Dreary, drizzly, sloppy rains;
Subsequent rheumatic pains;
Crimsoned noses here and there
These and other tokens bleak,
Would appear TO indicate
Irrespective of the date
That fair summers made her snesk.
But there's balm and consolation and
there's happiness and joy,
And a feeling of elation that no grief
can quite destroy;
Our regrettings sentimental cannot
lessen ii a jot:
We don't care a continental if the ice
man calls or not.
Why should you weep for summer fed,
Dear heart o mine?
Put thicker comforts on the bed;
Do not repine.
Grieve not. my sweetest one, but oh,
When morning breaks
Mix up n goodly mess of dough
For buckwheat cakes.
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MoflIe-Do you know. papa can :
keep his feet still when he hears music.
chollie (timidly We'll. please. don't
1Iay until / get outside.-Yoaktis
Statesman.
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There Is nothing more diEcoufsging 10 a
girl than 10 return home from big town
with a new wrinkle ~ style and find that II
has preceded hers-Atchlson Globe.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-21

A man learns of ~ many honest men go
ing wrong that he is constantly surprised
that he doesn't 70 out behind the barn and
try 10 hold himself ups-A tchis9n Globe.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-21

II you want 10 be cured Of q cough use
IIales Honey Of HorehOuud and Tar.
Pixies T00thache Drops Cure In one minute.
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but | thought all women had these
things and did not complain.
81 had doctorcd for some time. but
no medicine seemed TO help me. and my
physician thought 1t best for me to go
to the hospital for local treatment.. I
had read and heard so much of your
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Long I've waited; now they've come.
Thank you; yes, viii take some;
Set 'em down in front of me.
Here's the way cakes ought to be:
Red and reeking hot, and light
As dandelon-down in fight;
Fragrant as their mother bloom,
Permeating all the room.
NY installments are by threes
When get such cakes as these.
Lift them with great care together
Gently! they're not made of leather;
And a singly lifted cake
VIII be pretty sure to break.
Heed We well the words utter;
Also, kindly pass the butter.
This originates from cows
That, mild-eyed, sleek-sided, browse
Where an argent river moves
Through soft wales and shady groves.
Nothing ending up with line
Goes with buckwheat cakes, I ween.
Of this butter has fault,
'Tis, perehance, a trifle salt.)
Slice IL up in even fakes,
Slide il in between the cakes.
Tarry not, but instant chirrup
For the Vermont maple sirup.
Pour the ruddy liquor out
On the top and round about;
Saturate each spongy pore,
Stick In your fork-I say no more.
Down in the basement dark
The hands on the meter click;
They're touching the thousand mark
So often 1t makes me sick.
And the gas IL is blazing high
In every chandelier,
Though the suns in the MONDAY sky
And the day it is bright and clear.
But the janitof says that we
Must wait three more weeks for heat;
So the reason Is plain to see
Why the me,eF goes ON to mete.
Chicago Daily Record
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/ could not get along withon. Piso's Cure
for Consumption. IL always cures Mrs.
T. G. Meult6n. Sesdhan. Mas, Oct "a. o.
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Ny Margery,s cheeks they are sumae

My Margery's cheeks they are sumac
red
When she bakes her cakes for me,
And her eyes are as brown as the brown
est leaf
That ever grew on a tree.
Not a dead, duh brown, but they spar
kle bright
AS dewdrop in the sun.
No autumn woods are as fair sight
She certainly takes the bun.
And when / tell her things like these
She'll bake me all the cakes ! please.
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A--zE-~
-.-ax. NAS-s< .<-.-

famous preachers a fsw have added
sentiments or quotations.. and the isfi
pages are devoted To fausoaa men and
WOMEN "a ho could rot 1e classified. AID
to pensioners Of the revolution.
zoaA DALE
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Every man abuses the fool doctrines II
Others, and Is faithful to bis ouh.-Atehi.
son Globe.
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N - -
NAA---S

possrs. The aetors add bits from plays
in which they have been prominent.
Famous educators. 81 ruiz. have been
content with inseribiHR their uames.
as were also the seisHtists and railway
officials aud huancisrA. Among the
The Afro-American advance., 1899-10-21

PUTNAM FADELEss DYES produce
the fastest aud brightest eolofs oi any known
dye stuff. Sold BY ali dfuggi sta.
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1T GAVE little thought my heath. writes MRS VIM "
~ BElL ago N. Walnut ST.. Canton o., to Mrs. Pink
ham, until found myself unable to attend to my
household duties.
.I had my days of not feeling well and my monthly
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To Car. : fiola ,, On. u.v

Many a writer bas made Eooas of him
self BY taxing quill Ia hia hahd@ Elii0tt's
M.a.r.r
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Esrns people run a. easily aa the color 10
red bunting gy-AtehIson Globe
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Pres enting in perfection the peoples passing pastime and in an
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RElNTs FiNEFGRNlTuRE
Gifts for Easter Brides.

Beauteous pieces which make ideal
wedding gifts-ft to be the crown
Jewels OF the new home. SO various as
to make choosing easy, so beautiful ms
to eclipse gifts ''sent to be a moments
ornament" so lasting as to be better
than new after the golden wedding day.
In oak Chests, chairs and settles,
20 superbly carved that the famous
wood carvers among the old Flemings
and Hollunders might have been proud
to call their own
In mahogany: Colonial treasures
cabinets, tall chairs, sofas. wonder
fully pleasing in quaint beauty OF
line French treasures-rare pieces for
boudoir and bedroom, with inIays some
times elaborate but ever charming, Of
flowers, cupids and villa scenes painted
with all the skill Of a Boucher.
In gold: Decorated cabinets, toilet
tables of the Marie Antoinette period
richly hand-carved wood in rococo and
leafy designs heavily ovcrlaid with
gold.
In Vernis Martin, in satin.wood, in
carved walnut, are other delights. To
have the thought go with the gift and
TO add most to the JOY OF the wedding
day you must
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-03-26
s. Greatest lnterracial and International Exhibition
d Gigantic Lexicon of Historic Horsemanshlp.
AS ROOSEVELT'S ROUGH RIDERS,
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WANT WHEELMEN ON JURY.
Interesting Suit to Re Tried To-Mor-
rOw-Judgmcnts and Motions.

special jury has been asked for in
the Law and Equity Court to try the
cause Of Carrie II. Wren against the
city of Richmond next Friday. The plain
tiff claims damages for injuries received
through falling of her bicycle while riding
on the public streets. the accident being
caused by hole in the ground which was
EFF unmarked The lawyers for the plain
TN have asked that the jury snail be
composed OF six men who ride BICYCLES
and six who do not. The jury is being
drawn in accordance with this request
Motion for judgment has been entered
In this court in the case of NJ. j. Lawless
against w. r.. Dorset The amount in
VOWED is $3.50.
In the case Of Parvin d Co., against
a. l.. Elicit and others, verdict was rem
dered for the defendant and judgment
entered accordingly.
Henry H. Nenable was tried i'm the
Hastings Court on the charge Of carrying
a concealed weapon, and was acquitted.
Joseph VI. Allen was tried, but the Jury
failed 10 agree.
Mrs. Salllo Il. Martin qualified in the
Chancery Court to-day as guardian OF
Hattie w. Martin.