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The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

1000 feet deep; region of almost
indescribable wildness and awe"
The kingdom of Abyssinia, builded
upon such mountains as Mr.. Stanley
describes, is one of the oldest in the
world. 1t claims history older than
the days of the queen of Sheba and
King Solomon, and it's rulers claim de-
scent from these two. The kingdom
is divided into provinces, or small
feudal kingdoms, whose sovereigns
are bound to pay n certain tribute
into the emperor's treasury. and TO
follow him with their sub-chiefs when
he goes TO war.
Throughout the entire country ig-
nCrance and depravity exist to n con-
siderable extent, but there is still 10
be found much good in the character
of the people that is TO be accounted
for in all probability by their belief
in the Christian religion. The people
are descendants of the Israelites, and
lay claim to being the lost tribe of
Judah. Judaism formed their re-
ligion until the introduction of Chris
tianity in the fourth century, aud
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
.s.t ysa,.. rs,aI Eclipse.

The totally eclipsed sun, according
To- Nature. ran only be observed f0r
aomethiuR like three hours IN a cen
tury. II also states that the span
ish minister Of finance has given
Instructions that all instruments
intended for observations Of the
eclipse Of the sun on May Il
1900, are 70 be admitted free Of duty
Nature, however. seems 10 be uneer.
tain OF The exact date of the impor
tant eclipse. for. in another portion
Of the same Issue fsepteinbrF 81, II
gives the date a. MAY g. 1900. Thla
scientific Journal states that duriL :
The more recent eclipaea. attempts t1
extend cur kposledge Of the sun have
taken the plaee 81 the supsratitious
fear with which they were formerly
regarded.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
.r,oMS THUMB AND THE QUEEN.
rhN piminutive= General rr,ed to
Hack out of Her Presence,
Hut Failed

The AmerieaL minister, Hon. Edward
Everett, Was very kind 10 his country
meu, and j. was AT his house that Mr..
Barnum met a certain Mr.. Murray,
muster of the queens household. SAYS
-, Nicholas. On the day following one
of the queens life guards appeared be
tore Mr.Barnum with note contain
ing an invitation from the queen To
Gen. Tom Thumb and his guardian. Mr..
Barnum, to appear al buckingham pal
ace on specified evening. -
In retiring from the royal presence.
Mr.. Rarnum attempted to follow the
eNample set by#the lord In Waiting lay
haekiug Q, The cutlery was Of great
length and the gentlemen with long
strides made rapid progress; hut Tom
Thumbs short legs left him far behind
or hefore,. Seeing that he was losing
ground, he turned and ran a few steps.
then resumed the process of sbaekfug."
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

FL Tufts, Of Los Angeles, was playing
golf with a friend recently. When he drove
from the third toeinF ground. he sliced the
ball badly and ReHt IL away TO enc Aide. II
stopped IN front Of grazing COW, and Tufts
came up just 10 time 10 see Il disappear into
the bovine mouth. When his opponent had
made his stroke. Tufts untethsrud the COW.
and, with many sounding thwnrka ot hia
club. drove the beast 10 the third hole.
There be made her disgorse the ball. and,
neatly boiling H. announced that he had
made the hole Ia two strokes His oppon.
sut calmly finished the hole IN seven. and
claimed the hole "ljut | made il 10 two"
protested Tufts. geefully, "No. you did
NJ" declared the other. you made IL in
30 You bit that Cow 81 times. for count
ed every stroke" and Tufts conceded the
hole San Francisco AraDnaut,
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

Again losing ground, he repeated the
performance, 30 the great amusement
OF the royal spectators. The queen
soon sent another summons, aud the
general, with his guardian, made a sec.
ond visit To the palace, being received
in the yellow drawing room.
\ bird visit was soon paid te Buck
iugham palace, and this time the
queens uncle, Leopold, king of the
lielgians, was present and was greatly
amused. nslNtng many questions. aud
Queen Victoria, desiring the general TO
sing, inquired what song he preferred.
Yankee Doodle" WAS the prompt re-.
ply. All present laughed heartily, and
her majesty said: THAT isn very pref.
y song, general; sing II, II you please, ="
and ne did
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

could, it is said. muster an army of
not less than 100000 men, well drilled
and armed with the most improved
implements of warfare. fighting,
if done in Abyssinia, would of neces-
sity be among mountains that offer
impregnable strongholds, il defended
with the least show of resistance.
Henry NJ. Stanley, the noted At
riean explorer, who accompanied the
expedition which Gen. Napier
against King Theodore in 1868 as a
newspaper correspondent, says of this
country that it is a weird, strange
land, full of mountains and peaks and
ruggedness. OF Magdala, which is in
the disputed territory, Mr.. Stanley
says:
"Magdala was town planted on the
top of mountain about 10000 feet
above sea level amid gigantic noun
tains piled one upon another, grouped
together in immense gatherings
profound abysses, 1000 5000 and ever
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

Fercy-"That girl made fool of
me scars age" Louie-"Pity;Z you
never got over it.'-Ally sloper.
The EarmarkS.@'Your son Is de-
voted to art. isn't he2" asked Rcyn-
olds. u suppose &c." replied Easel.
Hes continually drawing ON me. -
Philadelphia North American.
u detest him. she exclaimed
Tile made sport of golf Whit was
golf before he made sport of lit"
asked her companion. Then she de.
tested him. also.-'fown Topics.
What is the meaning of the word
natural9" asked the teacher of a
small pupil. Its the way we act
before we learn manners" was the
answer.-N. /. rimes-Democrat.
Say. my uncle dat's yisitin' us has
got "a wooden leg. UGH dat's
nuthin'.Z When was down ter New
York; saw man dat was all wood
in front Of cigar store."-Judgc.
Most Of these variety dancers, :
said the shoe clerk bourder, "tlnish
IA total wrecks. 'Z"of course" said
the Cheerful Idiot; their stage life
Is usually succession of break
downs indianapolis journal.
Harriet'-"lf you are real good.
Tom, I'll throw you kiss when you
so home" Harriet, don't YOU
know a woman cant throw straight?
You had better bring Il to me; or
shall come after tel oston Tran
script
Two clcrgymcn near Joliet H.,
agreed TO exchange pulpits upon "a
certain date, Ono of them made the
| announcement to his congregation as
follows; My dear brethren and sis
tiers, have the pleasure Of stating
TINT on next Sunday morning Rev.
| ZuehariHh r. will preach for YOU.
Let us now sing two verses of hymn
ppg~'Fhat awful day will surely
eome.'"
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

ttnrless vacancy of space beyond 81
Some Of those who argue that space
is finite hold that II II we're infinite
the infinitely distant stars in their
aggregation would cover the face Of
the sky with light This. however,
assumes that stars are equally dis
tribnted throughout space, and such
an assumption IL contrary to all pD-
Hervable phenomena Nothing war
rants the idea that the infpity Of
space inyolses the assumption Of ira
occupation by an Infinite number Of
SunE systematically arranged through
out IT,
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

sherry. madeira and sautefne which
came from apple juice instead d grapes.
Juice from the apple IL fefms n ed
Is IT'D yeasts Of different kinds brought
from the grape growing districts 81 Eus
rope u this country. For instance. the
favor ~ sherry ia q ue not 70 the grape
bat 20 the iafnitsAlmaI fungus germs
that cause ita fermentation. The amer
lean companies import these germs
from the district Ia Spain where they
flourish inoculats the apple juice and
obtain fine wine The same pfofssk
70 followed with other tafistiea II vine.
These yeastt are Dbtaintd from he
sediment ia the yats of Europe They
are easily propaRated. ard the Only
difficulty Is 10 separate the different
kinds. As the qualiy ~ vine efpsnes
on these tuuRi Vineu4akefs hate usHafs
~ left 10 chance ths kind ~ wire they
produce. depending ob the orasn ltEas
which foat r. the att and attach si.sIf..
selves 10 the grapes The yfaats ate
cold lottled. and ase tYtieh IN demand.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

that finally led to one of the petty
wars for which England has been
noted during the present century. As
cied or real offenses, King Theodore
imprisoned such Englishmen. wheth-
er government officials or private in
dividuals, as he could get hold of, and
insisted on holding them until such
time as Queen Victoria should ac-
knowledge the receipt of letter from
him, and make preparations for the re-
ception of an ambassador from his
empire.
The letter finally came, but, both
through the English government and
Theodore himself, il was so long de-
layed that il was useless, and there
seemed no way of remedying the first
mistake of the English minister, and
EberatiEg the English prisoners, than
by making war upon the Abyssinian
monarch.
Sir Gen. Robert Napier landed an
army of 10000 men on Abyssinian soil
on January 7, 1868, and began the
long march of more than 400 miles to
the capital of the unruly monarch,
which he reached after many hard
ships and captured without a great
committed suicide. The capital The
odore had established was situated
upon an almost impregnablc moua-
tain, and. had his army been faithful
to him, could have been held against
any force that England could have
sent into the country. But with
practically all of his army in revolt
because of his cruelties, one entire
province of his empire acting as al
lies OF his enemies, England's victory
was bought at a small price when
once her armies were within striking
distance.
The result of that battle has much
to do with the strained relations be-
tween Menelik and the Egyptian and
English governments at the present
time. When Gen. Napier started to
withdrew his army from the country
which he had so easily conquered be
offered to turn over TO one of the ma
tive princes, who had been one Of
his valuable allies. the dead mon
arch's capital. but the prince de-
clined TO accept of the present At
the same time two Mohammedan
Queens laid claim to the conquered
territory. and ii was finally decided to
burn the buildings and leave the ter
ritory to whoever cared to take H..
This opportunity the Mohammedans
were not long in taking advantage Of.
When King John assembled the
Abyssinian throne. and had succeeded
in bringing order out of chaos at
home, he began a war against the
tribes of the Soudan to drive them
from this and other territory which
he claimed. But the forces OF the
rnahdi were too strong for his army,
Etil weakened by discussions at home,
70 combat with. and the war resulted
IN disastrous defeat for the Abys-
stnian forces and the death of the
king. who was killed in battle near
khartoum.
A part Of the territory which Gen.
kitchener has so recently wreSted
from the followers OF the mahdf In
that claimed by AbySsinia, ard ii in
10 regain this that Meneiik uow
threatens war against the soutlan,
Wnleh England would have to prosecs.
mould England be forced into a
Mar with Abyasinia at the present
J. ne she would. in All probability. ind
! - haTsi a nation 10 conquer a. the
09ers are proving 10 be. MeneIik
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
No Geatism.a weuIa Take u.

A member Of one u the great polit-
zeal clubs Of London recently ieat his
umbrella and put up notice n the
hail requesting "tbs nobleman" who
had taken II 10 return II when be had
done with II. The committee. in due
course. desired 20 be- informed why be
had sserlbed its possession 10 peer.
The msfnber blandIy referred them 10
the rule which said that the club was
eompossd Of 'nobiem@n and gsatls-
men" and added that no gentleman
would hare taken his umbrella.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

NUMEROUS wars threaten Eng
N land on all sides, but OF all of
~ these threats the one most like
" TO produce results is probably that
Of Menelik, emperor of .Abyssinia,
who is said to be contemplating q
move against the Egyptian soudan for
the purpose of retaining territory
which he claims was wrested from his
empire during the reign of his prede-
eessor, King John. in 1890, and from
King Theodore in 1868. ZZ
The causes that would produce such
war, and England's dealings with
Abyssinia, are buried in the obscure
pages of African history.
penny wise and pound foolish"
policy, for which Earl Russell, at the
time English secretary for foreign
affairs, was to blame, withdrew the
protection of England from an
Abyssinian convent in Jerusalem.
This action on the part of the Eng
fish government was the first step
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

The American tourist is 10 firmly con.
WINGED that be IL being cheated on aft hands
during his European travels that hp 0eca.
tlgnaly oyftnteps the bounds Of prudence
What 10 the priss If this pin 70 aaked a
young man in PARIS shop, handling a small
silver brooch Of exquisite work manaitp.
That's altogether too much" kaid the
young American "lt's Tor present 10 my
sister. u give you five francs Tor il !" Zen
II would be Eat gave ~ prsRs Bt to your ais.
ter" said the Frenehman. with a depreca.
tory shruz, "and ! do not know re young
mademoiaelle, Chicago Chronicle.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
WINE FROM APPLES.
n IL Made so CIeNcrIy ms Ia Deceive
Even the Mast knowing
Experts

Science has lately mndr II possible 10
obtain good wine from the apple, which
has always been devoted Zen sparkling
cider. Experts have been deceived L.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

The experiments made In England
for the production Of smokeless coal
have met with entire suecesx. The
composition Of the nes product Ia 81
PEE cent. of coal dust aud sever per
cent. Of a mixture of Stockholm tar
and caasfic iime.-N T. World
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

In knowledge for November. DR..
Roberts gives a photograph of n new
sinuous vacancy, or rift, appears,
Through which we can see into the
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
y. .sa,.m u.Tl. K~pt ua.y,

The number Of marriages IN Aanhat.
tar ard the Bronx will this rear be
greater than ever before In the history
Of the borough or OF cd ssw York
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
AppreeiatIon.

Blobbs--There goes a woman owe .
great deal Of happiness to.
Slobbs- How's that?
Blobbs-About five years ago / asked
her to marry me.
SIobbs-Yes.
Blobbs-And abe wouIdn't.-Pkils-
delphia Record,
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
A ComJxetnre.

"Who was the au,hor Of the phrase.
single bleEsedness7 2 -
some anonymous married man.
suppose. --Puck.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

Men who have committed no crimes some
times lie awake nights and can't sleep. bot
The women don't believe IL. -- Atehiaoa
Globe
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12
G -A- 3 E1a g2 E2 E -A-- Bears the .s The kiad You Haga Always B0aah. Signature ss ,,s I . ,,1fzz2Nze7zz<
 Senator Vests Clippings.

Senator Vest will probably write 'This side up" on the clippings he sends up to the desk to be read here after. Recently, while the currency debate was in progress, he forwarded 2 newspaper clipping on the financial question to the secretary with the re- quest that it be read. The reading clerk took the slip Of paper. and his metallic voice rang out with startling listinetness as he recited: "Rfficu1ou9! Yes, but the absolute truth. We are practically giving away these goods The other side" foared Senator Vest md the clerk then gave currency stat- 'stics amid the suppressed mirth os he senator's
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12
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Kitchener In School.

Dr. Butler, the present master Of Trinity college, Cambridge, may be re- garded as the man who exercised the most influence on Lord Kitehener's career. It was found, upon the death of his father, that the family resources were so srraitened that it would be difficult to keep the future hero of Om- durman at Harrow school. Dr. But Ter, who was then the head master of the school, wanted to know why such clever lad was leaving. He was frankly told. and replied: ''The boy will reflect honor on the school; he must stay here. There will be no charge. I will only request that he may not be told of this arrangement at present. as it might break his high spirit New York Press.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12
TO THE Residents of Pine BIuff AND VICINITY.

The City Market will reopen Monday, October I, to retail ex- clusively high grade of Nelson Morris & Company's western dressed fresh meats, fire sausages, canned meats, packing house deli cacies, Lard, Breakfast Bacon, Dried Beer and Sugar Cured Hams, A. C. L. Haase & Sons Smoked, Salted and Picked Fish, also Fire Fancy Fresh Fish from Lake. River and Ocean, Kalama- zoo Celery, New York Counts and Baltimore extra Select Cyst CTS, Dressed Poultry, Wild Ducks Quail and Rabbits in season. Pickles, Potatoes, Cabbage and CauliAower. And expect by courteous treatment, intelligent service, prompt delivery and charging reasonable prices, to merit continuance of your valu, ed patronage.
 R. P. HOLMES, Prop,
 2Io West 2d Ave
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12
RHEUMATISM oATARRH ARE BLoop
 DIsEAsEs-.FREE!

It is the deep-seated, obstinate eases of Catarrh and Rheum atism that 5, B. (botanic blood halm) cures. It mat ters not what other treatments, doe tors. sprays, liniments, medicated air blood purifiers, have failed to do, b B, B. always promptly reaches the real cause and roots out and drives from the bones, joints, mucous membrane, and entire system the specific poison in the blood that causes rheumatism and eatsrrh. B. B. B is the only rem edv strong to do this and cure so there can never bs ST etarn ofthe symptoms, Don't give up hope but ask your drug gist for R. B. B.-botanio blood balm or 3 bs.-Large bottles one dollar, six bottles fuH treatmenD five dollars. B.. E. B. is an honest remedy that makes real cures of all blood diseases after everything else fails. We have abso- lute confidence in Botanic blood hahn; A4un6e, so you ay test It, we will send trial bottle free on request. Personal medical advice free. Address,
 BLOOD BALM CO,
 222 MicthelI St.. Atlanta, Ga.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12
erea. Honor For German crena Prince.

sreat Honor For German er<Hn Prince
 It is a great honor which the queen of Spain is paying to the young crowr prince of Germany by investing hiN with the collar of the Order of the Golden Fleece. The order is one ot the oldest in Europe. It was founded in 1426 by Philip the Good, Duke Of Burgundy, to commemorate his good fortune in cleaning up'' q large sum of money in deal in wool. The uni form of the order is ? cloak of scarlet, lined with ermine, and open at the throat to display the golden fleece and the motto of the order, which ornas ments the collar The order belongs Of right to all the princes Of Spain and Austria
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12
You Ought to Make Up

your mind right now what you are going to have in your home this summer; then you ought to come right along this way, and look over this stock of ours. Are you going to enter tain your friends in the same old chairs. at the same old table, and on the same cid earpets7 Why not have things fresh and new7 Needn't buy all at once Get a piece now and piece little lat CT. If you buy here, the first piece will be as good as the last piece.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12
fl Seamless cnnn,ar.

fl spite of British rule, India is vir tually a soapless country. Throughout the villages of Hindustan soap is. in- deed, regarded as a natural curiosity, and is rarely, if ever, kept in sto,R by the native shopkeeper Tn the towns 1t Is now sold to certain extent, but how small this Is may be gathered from the fact that the yearly eonsump- tion of soap in India is about 100000 hundred weight; that is to say, every 2,500 persons use on an average only ll2 pounds of soap among them; or, in other words. considerably less than an ounce is the average consumption Of person.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12
Worlds I.arca est Ydol.

The biggest idol in the world is Dia Buten, the Japanese god, which is over sixty feet high The image is made Of copper, tin, mercury and gold. and has been worshiped for more than twelve centuries.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12
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Skeletons of Dervlsf, es.

In Inndon just at present the fad dists and the eurio collectors are wing with one another for the possession of skeletons of dervishes that have been brought back from the bloody plains before Omdurman. Some 150 to 20e dervish skeletons are on the London market; and experts in bones declare that theI. superiority over the average skeletons of commerce will cause no little stir in anatomical circles.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1900-10-12

Everything cheaper here If stock and prices and would be swept clean week You would get mad with other storekeepes talk you about selling goods The fault yours if you don't and buy goods here where dollar will buy much and sometimes S2oo will other other Some people tell they don't understand how cheap either have just got in that habit and can't quit
 THE RACKET,
 Money Savers to You.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1900-03-22


governments second. independence,
third. protection from outside interfer-
ence We favor the expansion OF trade
by every legitimate and peaceful
means, hut are opposed to pu~chaS nS
trade At the canuou'S mouth with hui
man blood, We oppose miiitar.Sm, 1t
imposes upon the people unnecessary
burdens and is constant menace, We
believe, with Jefferson. in peace. COM
merce honest friendship with all ma
tons, entangging alliances with none;
and We regard With apprehension the
doctrine advocated in some quarters,
that this nation should in its dealings
or diplomacy show plrtality toward
any OF the European nations. Not be-
cause hostility to England but because
We believe in the principles OF the re-
public and reject. as did our fore
fathers the theory OF monarchy. We
sympathiZe witch the beers III their
heroic efforts to preserve the uatiaua,
integrity, The failure OF republican
leaders who four years ago expressed
sympathy for the Cuban patriots 10
feel an interest in the struggle VI the
Dutch in south Africa shows the para
lying influence of Imperialism to
which the administration is endeavor-
ing to commit this country.
While the convention WAS in
the midst of hot row
over the choice Of alternates to
the national convention, Col Bryaa
appeared i'll the hall, This put 4 stop
to all business and the delegates went
wild as he mounted the platform.
Col, Bryan delivered stirring speech
along the lines laid down III the plat
form and was wildly applauded
The populist convention was turbu-
lent from the start There
were numerous candidates for
every position and objections
TO every measure. The tam-
mittec on credentials decided against
the Gains of the middle-of-the road
populists from Omaha and barred them
from the convention. The middEe-of-
the-roaders held a convention OF their
own and appointed Nebraska delegaE
ton 10 attend the populist convention