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Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-29
REVIEW OF MARKETS
FINANCIAL AND COMMERCIAL
Stocks, Money, Exchange, Bonds. Grain,
Cotton, Provisions, Etc.

New York May 2S.-The opening OF the
new week showed no material change in
speculative conditions, and the stock mar,
kets of New York. London, Paris ana
Berlin continued dull and neglected. In
New York another brokerage firm an
nounccd its suspension. the failure being
announced, was that of Price. Meteor
mick Il Co. on the Cotton and Stock En-
changes almost simultaneously The clos
ing out of the firm $ contracts on the
Stock Exchange under the rule resulted
In transactions in about 10000 shares
That prices were inclined to advance
under the influence of the settlement
was sufficiently explained by the fact
that the buying of stocks for the firm
outnumbercd the selling fully to !. That
is to say. the house was largely short of
the market. The failure is attributed to
cotton speculation, as the recent move
ment of stocks has been in favor of out
standing contracts OF the firm. Last
weeks rumorS OF financial difficulties
which specified this house. brought pres
sure TO bear upon them and prccipitated
the assignment. The fact that the same
Kind of rumors arc circulated regarding
some other houses is n factor in keeping
Wall Street sentiment unsettled.
The only notable movements during the
day were the advances in Sugar, sup
posed TO be on bear covering, and in Bur-
Hngton on a resumption of buying of the
same character rs that which has given
inc stock It's recent strength. These ad-
NanccS prompted some sharp rallies at
other points i'll the market and some of
the earlier losses were recovered The
market was serni-stagnant at times and
the closing was duh and irregular. Lon
don sold small amounts of stock al
though that market as whole showed
some strength on the advance of the
British into the Transvaal. IT is worth
concentrating that the speculative world
has based its largest hopes regarding tho
end OF the Transvaal war on the effect
10 be produced in the money market by
the resumption OF the gold supply from
the South African mines, but ut the
present time there Is rcfux of cash
INTO the reserves of all the great banks
OF the world, and increasing difficulty is
being experienced in finding profitable en-
Pigment for idle capital This is en-
tlrcly without effect in arousinC any
speculative demand for securities. owing 10
me iact that the release of money is due
10 decline in trade. Dizziness to-day
was accentuated by tho fact that the
By tt in
New York and by the years great racine
event in London. Sterling Exchange was
The bond market was very dull and
showed Weakness in sympathy with
STOCKS. Total sales. par value. 81 100 900
hited States bonds were unchanged in
bid quotations. To-day's total Stock sales
were 400 shares ""'es
6.571s. Oh o'oVa
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BY the Union Auction Co., General AUG
uoneers' NO. 81 Bank street, Morris
Gross, Manager.
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Guam. HAY AND RICE

CORN-Whitc corn, from store. Sc
mixod corn. from stores. SOC.
OATS-Sto2dy; raixed. SSc.: white. 5Sc.
MILL FEED MARKET steady: bran. per
OATS STEADY; mixed, from store, 33c
white, 3Gc.
IIAY-No Timothy hay, $500: mixed
hay No. =. $l7.00: mixed hay, $500. hay in
carload lots, No. /, $i750; No =, $3.50;
mixed. $3.50.
MIi.Li.D RIC,s-As 30 srades-5n to
RoUGH RIcE-Nono on tho market
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WTE WILL SELL AT OUR AUCTION
w house THIS Cruesday) MORNING,
commencing at 1880 O'Clock. Fv ifirurc,
Mating Rugs. Pictures, Refriger,,,ors'
Silver Crockery and Glassware; also
store Refrigerator. . Fine Organs and
Il.."o. UNION AUCTION Co.
IL AuctiOneers
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BOND MARKET.


New York, May IS, 1900
United States IS. rcfunding ........ l0i
United States IS, registered ........ a?5s
United state SIS. registered ........ 1924.
United States rs. coupon ............. 1921.
United States new IS registered So. l3r.
United states nov s. coupon ,...-... l3ila
United States old As. registered 49,. 1853,
United States OLD -" COUPON ....-... ll5A
United States =, registered .....-... 1855
United States IS. coupon -............ 1884
District Of Columbia S-6ji .......... 12l
Virginia Centuries .......... ......... 9ls5
Virginia Deferred ......-..... ........
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-29

T ARGE SALE OF FURNITURE. CAR
n pets, Rugs, Pictures, Stoves. Refrige-
rators. Large Store Ice Box, Pianos, 1
Organ. 1 Pool Table. &c.
II. r. MORRIS,
II ManaEer.
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FOR g-2 G:-s>I I.

81 Main street. store
~ Charlotte. : rooms and bath. Juno
III NAiouGhhy ave, gas. bath. etc. so On
IVY York street. rooms and bath Ss501
Wy NilioughbY avenue. I rooms ana
~. .i,',;..'.' :,.-,... ...,.:...,... $500
oS, 80 - t"pi"@ anu path.. 5000
- Iuull5 hhH oa NJ. $-5.C1
-. - lo'lls ana DAtn.... $l0.O1
- LOTT street S rooms and bath. S3J "a
) Ward avenue, rooms ana bath. 40 IN
:! ,is ,I' louila ana path. S2I.0G
- =. =. !-----. Iooi.i. 81
-'' 'O''' 'Ne''9' rooms $3.50
ROOMS
~. ~ , Mcst liigh'and. rooms......... 500
81 ,i r''.i ,irt'' ruoln5........... 500
LOG South Kelly avenue. i rooms. Sg9S
STORES.
go Church street s,ooo
.. William strect................ SS on
MONEY TO LOAN.
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PEANUTS AND PEAS.

rE.ANUTs-M Market. new fancy. exc:
strictly, prime. 29sc: prime. 2A42asc;: com
PEAS Blackcyc. $3.50 per bag; black
peas, $l.l0 per bushel
COUNTRY PRODUCE.
POuI.TRY--1.;v-. stcady: chickens. OLD
fat S0uJ2iac; spring. l5u3oc.; ducks mud.
zoe.
EGGs-s steady at lie. per dozen.
BCTTER-Good country. l2Gl5c.
COUNTRY HAMS = steadt: smithneld.
good North Carolina. 1ol;l2isc.
POTATOES-No white. 81 50(fl. GO
per bag: Florida now, $500 TO $500 per
barrel new sweets liayman, $lI5G2 90
per barrel; yellow. Sl.15ae0e
CABBAGF,-Elorid $3.50 80 per crate.
TONlATOES-Cr 81 SOFAS oO.
ONIONS-$l.15u2.0 peg poN
rl-EAfu IA-Hene.
frE:AASc.'oll .:lc. ner basket
CtCUAIBERS- - to - - pcr box
ASPARAGU S-io TO l5c. per bunch.
FRUITS.
APPLES-VirGinla apples. none: North.
lemons $500 per box
PEACHES
I'M irS-S, co per basket.
PiNEAPpLES-1 Il0c.
BANANAs-rer bunch. toc9n5o.
CoGoANU,Tl;s,lcc 70 bag. s2tca3.oo.
S3.0OG3.25: seeuings. S2dll!3t0; navcis, s.. 90
GS.5U per box.
GROCERIES.
F1OUR-Marhet steady: spring wheat,
patent Si.4O; winter wheat. patent. $500;
winter wheat. half patent. $50; win
wheat family, $3.50: winter wheat fair 10
good grades of extra. S3.SoG3 40; winter
wheat. super. S3to.
Co,FFlic-rirm; Java. 2sa5oc.: Laguay.
RI. 13alic.: choice Rio. lAuil2c.: prime.
do. lol@qlic i"ir. DO. 94!Glcllc.; com
CiiEEsE- large full cream, pc; small
fun cream, l.c
five points on the 2ls' and ten points to-
day. cubes. or pressed blocks. loose in
barrels. 500; Powdered. loose in barrels
$685. either, I'm hulf barrels additional,
per 100 lbs. lgc. Granulatcd standard
loose i'm barrels. S5.3s; Granulatcd Fine
loose in barrels. $3.50; Granulated Fine
loose in lO0-lb. double sacks, S5.35:
packed in barrels. S5ij. Granulatcd
--lh and 5-lh, papers. packed in
G brishi ' ssj: 4S SoM No . nearly ye ns
good bright. $50; yellow. no ~ very
good bright $50. Yellow. NO. II. good
bright, $40; Yellow, No. l.. fairly bright.
sYRUps AND MoLAssEs = Market
nrmer at the advance: syrup. good to
choice eSG 2ic.: lover Grade syrup, l54 zoe !;
molasses. Porto Rico. 224sOc.
PROVISIONS.
BULK MEATS : = Market steady ana
lightweight. $3.50; bellies. Western, heavy.
iIAMs-suear cured. l3c.
DRY SALTED JOWLS Sj.G5.
PORK PINVE-
MESS roK!>-iS9. and 1889, $ls.Oo.
l.AkD--Iurc butchers. in tierccs. SIC ::
compound ticrccs. as to brand. G5,c.. So
10. tubs and D-lb tins. Ac. more.
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w. r. Fentress e. Son
Real Estate and Rental Agents.
No. IS Bank Street. Rooms z g. g..

DWELLINGS.
i35 Butte street. June LIST
81 Virginia street June LIST.
- Dartmouth street, June LIST.
TWO new houses ut Lanbcrt's Point, z
rooms.
II York Place.
COL L.. Bramblcton avenue.
- North street
> and 4 Railroad avenue
IL Marshall avenue.
Jos Windsor avenue.
So Franklin avenue.
90 High street.
63 and e. Cumberland street, new, with
modern improvements.
STORES.
900 Church street.
so Cranky street.
237 Nicholson street.
lis w. Brambcion avenue.
FLATS
Cos T.. Bramblcton avenue.
so y. Market Square.
Corner Highland and Kelley avenues.
j., II. IL and IS Taylor's lane.
BELL. PHONE 1889.
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NEW ORLEANS COTTON MARKET.

New Orleans. May 2S.-Cotton futures;
steady. May, nominal; June. $50 bid:
July, S.i9NS10; August. S2SG;S.29; Septem
Der. 7.1a07S0: October. 7.5iGf75.: Novcm-
Der. 7.ioH1ii: December. 7.i0fs7.il; Jan
uary. 7.ll4142; February. 7.i2q7.i3, March.
1.H bid.
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NORFOLK MARKETS.
For Grain, Hay, Groceries, Provis-
ions, &c.

Quotations at Wholesale Prices, Unless
Otherwise stated, and Prices arc Sub
jcct To Fluctuation in Market.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-29
C. II. Ferrcll K Co.. Auctioncers.
- ALE OF VALUABLE HOTEL PROP
ERTY ON MAIN STREET. IN
THE CITY OF NORFOLK,
VIRGINIA.
VIRGINIA

by direction OF the owner. VIC will offer
for sale at public auction, on
WEDNESDAY, the GOTH DAY OF JUNE.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1900-05-29
1870, All Il O'CLOCK NJ.

ut the rooms Of the Norfolk Real Estate
and STOCK Exchange. No. 80 Main street.
IN the City Of Norfolk, Virginia,
THAT WELL-kNOWN PROPERTY,
situated NJ the southeast corner of Main
and Church streets, in the City OF Nor
folk. Nirgnia. known as the IIOTET.
NOIFOi.k formerly New Purcell
liOUsc)
Tho building is OF brick, five stories.
ana contains SiNty-ninc bedrooms hat
ana billiard rooms. parlors. barber shop
baths and all necessary appurtcnanccs
The lot Is bounded as follows: Beginning
1T the intersection of the western side OF
calvcrts lane with Main street and run
ming thence along Main street. westward
Is C0) nifty feet moro or less. To Church
street, thence southwardly along Church
street about ono hundred ana fifty feet
thence oustwardly TO Calvert's lane. and
thence northwardlY along the western
side OF CalVcrts lane to the place Of be-
ginning.
rho location OF this property ut the in
terscction of the two most prominent
business thorouGhfarcg OF II rapidly grow
ing city, make ii specially desirable for n
Commercial Hotel, ana We invite the par
ucGiar attcnNnn-lf- cnlerp. il.-s-. aaal
men 10 this sale.
TERMS-Onc-fourth cash: balance on 4,
credit of one. two and three years owl
dcnced by purchasers notes CARRYING.
legal interest from day of sale secured h.,
shall be drawn. executed and recorded M
purchasers expense or the purchaser. at
his option, may pay the whole i'm cash
c. III. FERRELI. n co.
mai oS6 Main street
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by the Norris Auction House, AZ and Al
washington ST.. opposite City Market.
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COUNTRY PROnr
FRUITS.

APPLEs-virsinla apples. none: North.
crn, Si0OH5.5O.
LEMONS 90 per box.
PEACHES
MESS; ca Dcr basket.
PINEAPpLES-7 Il0c.
BANAt> NS-Ier bunch. 6nc57.1 so.
COCOANUTS-lcc 10 bag S2tGnS.0o
CALlFORHIA ORANGES Messina
S3.cOG3.25: seeuings. S2.5l93t0: navcis 500
G3.5U per box.
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rEANUTS-N Market, new fancy. -
strictly prime. 2]sc. prime. cA4.isc.: CO
mon liAG2c.: Spanish. 92c per bushel.
PEAS Blackcyc. $3.50 per bag; bl
peas, $l.l0 per bushel.
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AUCTION sALE4-uI lrrl,-rn,yx

TRusTEEs' SALE OF BERKLEY
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12

eQualed. Quick as thought itself came
the expression Of 1t, rounded and completed
When in,provislng at the piano in his own
house servant entered to say that Mr..
Winter. the Tax Collector. had called. In
stantly MIR. Hook sang:
Hero comes Mr.. Winter Collector OF Taxes.
/ advise you to give him Whatever he axes!
Es isn't tho man to stand nonsense num-
merry.
For. though his names Winter, his actions arc
summary.
In the same way he would treat OF a
roomfui of people, many OF whom he had
never before seen, making fitting allu-
sions to each. and where he knew the least
his wit rising the higher
Inviting himself to dinner where he was
total stranger, ard having asked Terry
to call for him at 10. with extraordinary
iinesse he overcame all the scruples and
questions OF the host, and was soon tho
hero Of the evening. He at length sat
down to the piano and snng, impromptu, OF
all that had occurred. and on Terry's APP
pcarancc. finished with
And greatly approve OF your fare
Your cellars as prime az your cook.
TINS stranger Is Terry. the player,
And my name. cir. Is Theodore Hook.
Around such name puns naturally
gather. An engraving Of Hook, walking
arm In arm with Lord Canterbury. who
had notable squnt, was published as
Hook and Eye" and on Colman being
asked II he WAS acquainted with Theodore.
he said: "Yes. Hook and Eye are Did
associates" On Lord Russell-of dimi:Iu-
tive size-marrying widow Of large pro-
portions. Hook called him "The widows
mite
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12
IN THE FIRELIGHT.

When sadly moan the trees
In chill November winds.
'Tis sweet to be with thee.
We two to sit beside the cheerful fire
That sends its glow o'er gilded chairs and
Titan pictures rare,
But best of all. I love to watch Its rosy
light,
Touch gently, dear. thy jet-black hair;
Then eagerly 1t rushes down
To kiss thy face so fair and sweet.
In pleasant reverie see the little lights
Play hide and seek with snow-whte hands
and fairy feet.
I plan and have world of schemes,
Where this fair lady of my dreams,
Will be forever by me here.
And / can watch without fear the freight
play,
Through dull Novembers days to joyous
May.
Again. Oh! flickering. tricky lights.
Why do you rush in your soft flights
To boldly touch my loved one fair,
When I'm as jealous as the moon,
Sung by bard in tales of yore.
l would give the land and all the sea,
II l could touch my sweetheart's hair,
And softly kiss her cheek so fair.
Katharine Higgins.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12
HOOK. THE WIT.

THEODORE HOOK, the English wit and
Jester OF the time Of George ", is the
subject Of a biography by r. H. Dalton
Durham. published by the Macmillans.
Hooks native wit flowed like fnoun-
tain spring. II was quick as thought. abb
solute and original. But he practiced IL
under the pressure of fate. with an almost
tragic earnestness. and when SO pursued It
is never quite so convincing or 50 pleasant.
lie played forick to aristocrats by In
vitation and practiced his infinite lest be-
fore titled nobodies. His talents were ex-
traordinary. his jokes transcendent, his
memory remarkable his activity unrestine,
his natural spirits inexhaustible. Misfor.
tune could not tame his spirit, nor time
dull his exuberant fancy. He could always
be counted upon. Difficulty added f,tel 10
the flame, and against obstacles his wit
rose the higher. Though his shaft was not
SO polished as Sydney Smiths. IT was as
swift. and hit the mark with equal cer-
tainty. His flashes had no tone Of tbs
academy, but were measured and free from
pedantry. He cared not where he hit, for
there was no bitterness in his sallies. when
occasion arose. he would make q butt of
himself as freely as of others.
Much of Hooks political verse Is as good
as anything of Its kind. perfect in form,
rhymes jingling with the mastery facility
of Ingoldsby. pungent and close to the
mark. The best examples are those against
the supporters of the Queen. OF all his
gifts, the talent for pruning and improvls-
;ng was the most consummate. What he
accomplished in these was entirely un-
studied and spontaneous. 1t was SO aston.
ishng that Sheridan, in witnessing it, said
that he could not have believed it had he
not himself seen it under circumstances In
which anticipation was an ;mpossibility.
These were the primary fight-teathers in
AoUk's wing, and in them he never was
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12
NEW THACKERAY LETTERS

FROM the New YORK Times
THREE interesting letters of Thackeray's
were sold recently by the Messrs. Sotheby
In London. Two were dated from the Clar-
endon Hotel. New York. 1856. One. which
was sold for f20 10s, contains the following
passage:
Il know that you will be glad to hear that
have done ds well i'm December as in jan
uary, and much better as far es popularity
goes, Boston being far better pleased than
New York with my compositions. I am
just back from Buffalo, 500 miles off. twen-
ty hours by railway in the snow: IL would
have taken three weeks to travel from
place to place In the old times-fn our times
and instead thank the railways for put
ting these thousands Of dollars in my pocket
Oh. sir, the west Is great place! / have
only just seen the portal of 1t. but it's won-
derfuL The boys must come here. Wealth
grows here; Its first crop pays the fee sim
pie OF farm. Send your boys out and ac-
custom them to the shovel and the hoe
and when Dig enough start them for this
west For you and me the old country is
the best. How wish / was backl I hate
the money grubbery. but for the young
ones sake we must continue 1t. and for
old age. when no man may work.
In another letter Thackeray writes.
am sure you Will be glad 10 hear TIA.
l am doing fafnously we'll. At first there
didn't know what to make of Genree I
ana his trumpets, but they like better and
better with each lecture Last night at
brooklyn there were 1850 persons at tho
lecture. snail make a nice little not Of
"""S' "Are; tSoo between November and
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12
Father William.

you are old. Father William. the young
man cried;
"The few locks that are left you are gray:
man:
Now tell mo the reason. pray.
I'm the days Of my youth" Father William
replied,
II remembered that youth would fly fast;
And abused not my health and my vigor at
first,
That never might need them at last"
''you are old. Father William" the young
man cried.
"And pleasures with youth pass away;
And yet you lament not the days that ere
gone;
Now tell ME the reason, pray"
'In the days OF my youth" Father William
replied,
''I remembered that youth could not last;
thought OF the future, whatever l did,
That I never might griere for the past"
"You are old. Father William" the young
man cried.
'.And life must be hast ming away:
You are cheerful, and love to converse upon
death;
Now tell ME the reason, pray"
II am cheerful. young man." Father VIII
liam replied,
LET the cause thy attention engage:
In the days of my youth remembered my
God,
And he hath not forgotten my age"
Robert Southey.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12
The Old Canoe.

WHERE the rocks are gray and the shore
is steep.
And the waters below look dark and deep,
Where the rugged pine in its lonely pride.
Leans sloomily over the murky tide;
Where the reeds and rushes are long and
iank.
And the weeds grow thick on the winding
bank;
Where the shadow is heavy the whole day
through.
There lies at its moorings the old canoe.
The useless paddles are idly dropped,
Like sea birds wings that the storm has
Topped.
And crossed on the railing. one Ger one,
Like the folded hands when the work IS
done:
While busily back and forth between.
The spider stretches his silvery screen,
And the solemn owl with his dull "teo-
whoo."
Settles down on the side of the old canoe,
The stern half sunk in the Shiny wave,
Rots slowly away in its living grave,
And the green moss creeps Ger his dull
decay.
Hiding its rnoldering dust away,
Like the hand that plants Ger the tomb
flower,
Or the ivy that mantles the falling tower;
While many a blossom of loveliest nue.
springs up Ger the Stern Of the old canoe
The currentless waters are dead and still,
But the twilight wind plays with the boat
at will,
And lazily in and out again
1t floats the length Of the rusty chain,
Like the weary march OF the hands of time,
That meet and part at the noontde chime,
AND the shore is kissed at each turning
anew,
By the dripping bow Of the old canoe.
Oh. many time. with ceaseless hand,
1 have pushed 1t away from the pebbly
strand,
And padded It down where the stream r,,ns
quick.
Where the whirls are wild and the eddies
are thick,
And laughed as leaned DER the rocking
side
And looked below in the broken tide,
To see that the faces and boats were two.
That were Inirrored back from the old Ca
noa
But now. as lean Ger the crumbling side,
And look below at the sluggish tide,
The face that see there is graver grown
And the laugh that hear is a sober tone,
And the hands that lent to the light skifr
wings
Have grown familiar with sterner things:
But love to think of the hours that sped
As / rocked where the whirls their white
spray shed,
Ere the blossom waved. or the green grass
grew,
Ger the moldering stern Of the old canoe
ALBERT Pike.
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12
ANSWERS RECEIVED.

The Republic wishes to thank the follow
ing persons for responses to REQUESTS for
poems: Althea Ringo, Kirksvllle. Mo-.
'.Afar in the Desert" and 1.-THE Old Canoe" !;
Martin Basket. Lincoln. ILL.,. ''The Lone
Sentry; Mrs. Lulu q. Wheeler. Fort Smith,
Ark, "The Old Canoe: L. r. c., st. Louis
(Which OneT' and IAN Optimst; or. What
ever Is Is Best; James G. Samson, An
tioch, Mo-, 'Leander"; Miss Eliza Todd.
New Lewisville Ark, "Old Black Joe"
Little Old Log Cabin In the Lane" mo
Night in Heaven and Tears; Mrs. ]. r.
Montgomery, Miles Station. ILL.,, "Whatever
Is Is Best" and "When the Roses Come
Again; Aileen Sanders, Marshall. Mo-.
MY Wille's OH the Dark Bite Sea-: Nellie
Colclasure, lola, ILL.,. "Be Kind to Thy Fa-
ther'' and other poems; Alice jackson, lola.
ILL.,, write Often; W. G. streetor, "Dixie'' I;
Mrs. John Howk, Neoga. ILL.,. "Brave Boys";
anonymous friends, "Ora Pro Nobis": Joe
Propst craismoor. W. Va. "Bs Kind to
Thy Father"
To J.. Mauds Gibson Bisseil. Mo-: The
poem "Afar In the Desert Is too long to
be reproduced here.
Thanks are due to Mrs. X. Of Chicago,
who subscribes herself az Republic reader
of sixty years standing, and who has writ
ten from memory the poem called "The Old
Kirkyard," which will be published In Its
The St. Louis Republic., 1900-08-12
Old Black Joe.

GONE are the days when my heart was
young and gay.
Gone are my friends from the cotton fields
away,
Gone from the earth to a better land I
know,
I hear their gentle voices calling, "old
Black joe"
CHORUS:
I'm coming, I'm coming. for my head is
bending low,
hear the gentle voices calling, "old Black
joe"
Why do I weep when my heart should feel
no pain?
Why do 1 sigh that my friends come not
again?
Grieving for forms now departed long ago,
hear the gentle voices calling. "Old Black
joe"
Where are the hearts once so happy and so
free?
The children SO dear. that held Upon ,ny
knee?
Gone to the shore where my soul has long d
to go.
I hear the gentle voices calling, "old Black
joe"
s., G.. foster.