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The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
Target seed Growers in the World.

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, recently shipped Twenty thousand
bushels Of seed potatoes to Alabama, Flori-
da, Texas and other southern points This
firm is the largest grower Of seed potatoes
as also farm seeds in the world.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

Mammy--I wouldn't want no gal OBJ mine
to marry dat Sam johnson.
Dinah-Yo' wouldn't?
"No. Why, dat fellah am jes' as crazy
bout dress as a sensible niggah nd be bout
watahmillionsl Puck.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

in polite circles.
Mrs. Gould is an
arrival, but In one
clique only. She is
welcomed In the
rather gay entour-
age of Mrs. o. II.
L. Belmont, ho
was the wife of W.
h. Van q bill I.
This may be called
the gay set. II
rather SCOTS the
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

We refund lOc for every package of PUT
NAM FADELESS DYES that fails to give
satisfaction, Monroe Drug Co., Unionville,
Mo. Sold by all druggists.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

Recruiting 0fficer-"If the command
came: 'Firep what would you do?"
Would-be-Soger - Run for the hose"-
Judy.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
A Tough subject.

eyes, the fire burned out the costly fix
lures OF the saloon. II must have been
smoIdering away for hours before 1t was dis
covered
''On fire for hours, Ell ~
"Yes"
..yYonder if it cooked the bar tender?"-
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

II you want favor from your friend, go
to see him on bright day. If you want to
do him favor, go on a dark day.-"Ram's
Horn Brown" in Indianapolis News.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

A woman's way is to get the best of an
argument and then cry as though her heart
would break because she has done so.-
Philadelphia Times.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
Energy n Enefnr,

All things come to him who waits, but
the fellow who hustles does not have TO wait
so long.-St. Louis Star.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

A man can't make his home brighter by
making light OF his wife's trouble.-Chicago
Dispatch.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

The hungry mendicant prefers the cold
ham TO the cold sboulder.-Chicago Daily
News.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

/ can recommend Piso's Cure for Con-
Townsend. Fl. Howard, Wis. Nav 4. '94
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
The Goulas and Society.

The success Of Mrs. George Gould
in her society aspirations is the topic
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
snIIIrnn a phIIe.epher

sullivan is philosopher.
Yes" he snys, III was tn champeen
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
To Cure n Cold In One Day

Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money If 1t failst TO cure. 25c.
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
The Way. of Rank Presidents.

The bank presidents of New York.
welding such vast power as they do,
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
The National city Rank.

All New York is talking about the
National city bank, which has become
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

John l.. Sullivan is not yet 40 years
old, and be has in his ;!.ae earned mil
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
Flowing in January

II what the farmer in the south is DONG while you
trying to keep family and stock from freezing
II you interested in securing home In a country
where outdoor work is done the year around '
FREE Cory OF the handsomely illustrated pamphlesf
HOMES IN THE SOUTHWEST. GLMPsEs OF THE ra.
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st. l.. S.W, Railway in Arkansas and Texas. wil
help you TO find better place TO losate. Address
=. W. LaBEAUME. g. r. a. T. A, n l.
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The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20

lydia e. Pfnkhan1'S
Vegetable Compound has
cured a million sick WO-
men. Every. neighb0r-
hood almost 0v0ry
family, contains women
relieved Of pain by this
great medicine
The Afro-American advance. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1899-19??, 1900-01-20
a woman

and because Mrs. Pink
ham never violates con-
fidenc0 and because she
knows more about the IFS
Of women than any other
person In this country
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
sCORCHERS NOT COMMON.
Reckless Riders of Bicycles on Crowd
ed ThorouEhfares Are Now
seldom seen.

Along with the decline of the bicycle,
or rather the wearing of Of the craze
for the wheel while the people take TO
IL seriously as a means Of locomotion.
has come an absence Of the scorcher.
The reckless hoodlum who, astride Of
a wheel, went at break-neck pace along
the crowded Sunday streets knocking
down men and women and frightening
children. is now seldom seen.
Four years ago IL was a common thing
for a creature OF this sort, and II was
not always a man. either. TO be the
cause Of several mishaps in a single day
Whether it was the exhilaration Of be-
ing on a wheel or whether IL was some
subtle poison in the gum they chewed,
these people ran amuck frequently and
II was not uncommon for as many as
80 to face the police judge Monday
morning in answer to any charge from
mavhem 10 murder. But only small
proportion was ever arrested. A far
greater number got away to do damage
elsewhere.
But even these apparently insane and
irresponsible people have sobered
down. and to see a bicycle going at
more than a moderate speed is an un-
usual thing.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
GENIUS AMONG COLORED MEN
william Dean H0weIls Pays Well
Merited Tribute To Several
Notable Negroes.

r. appears William Dean Howells
has come TO occupy position OF pa
tron saint Of the negro i'm his artistic
endeavors, and to be, as it were,
"discoverer" of the colored man strug-
Cling toward artistic achievement, as
was Dr. Robertson Nicol, of the kali
ward" novelist some years ago. says
the New Orleans Picayune lie has
recently found much TO commend In
Charles W. Chestnut. the author Of
"The Wife Of His Youth" and 'Ihe
Coniure Woman" and. speaking Of
Mr.. Chestnut and Of the "c0iored peo-
pie" who are almost or quite as white
as the palest Caucasian land Mr..
Chestnut is one of these). ne has re-
Gently saidc
"They need not be ashamed Of the
race from which they have sprung
and whose shame they share, for In
many of the arts it has already been
shown. during a single generation OF
freedom, gifts which slavery appar-
emily only obscurcd With Mr.. Booker
Washington, the first American orator
of our time, fresh upon the time OF
Frederick Dougless and with Mr..
Dunbar among The truest of our
poets; with Mr.. Lewis a black Amer
lean out of the only three Americans
from whom the French government
ever bought a picture Mr. Chestnut
NAV well be willing to own his color
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05

deafness denies him the pleasure OF
his chatty daughters society. But
they make a pretty picture, the stern
parent and the youthful daughter, as
they skim along Michigan boulevard
every evening. But the other evening
a serious rupture occurred in their
pleasant wheeling relations. As the
pair were passing the Victoria hotel the
wheel began to wobble, and slowly the
doctor steered it over toward the curb
stone. Thinking this meant they were
TO dismount in order to detect the
trouble. the daughter jumped off, ano
TO her astonishment her unconscious
parent rode on. She called TO him
but did not hear. Faster and faster
he rode along, while the daughter. sur
prised and angry. was an object OF
amousement to the by-standers gath
cred in front of the hotel. One gal
LIANT young fellow adjusted his mono
Gle little nervously and delicately
asked if he might be allowed to call
a cab for her. while others extended
their sympathy and asked if she lived
far out. Turning from the scene OF
her humiliation. she walked over &c
Wabash avenue and boarded a car.
Not until Twenty-second street was
reached did the doctor discover he
was the only rider of the tam
dem. lie sent up a cry of alarm. Po-
licemen and others were called to his
aid and listened to his excited story.
Then hospitals were telephoned.
Meanwhile the wife and daughter
waiting with a cold dinner at home
were making good use Of the telephone
to ascertain if possible the doctors
probable location. Worn out from the
fruitless search. the doctor rode sadly
home. and he said it was the saddest
moment Of his life when he turned into
the gate.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
LIVE SNAKE FOR WAIST BELT.
rha Peculiar Experience OF Young
Woman on n Maryland
Farm.

A angular but well-authenticated
snake story comes from Pleasant Val
lev. Nd, the principal actors in which
were the snake and Miss Cora Legore,
a domestic employed by Frederick &.
Yingling. a well-known farmer residing
near that place
Miss Legore went to the barn to milk
the COWS. as was her customary duty.
She did not return as promptly as
usual. and, becoming uneasy after
time, Mrs. Yingling sent some one to
the barn to look for her. She was found
living in a dead faint in a COW stall,
and upon being revived appeared dazed
and frightened. Finally she became
sufficiently composed to tell the cause
OF her unconsciousness. She said that
while milking she felt something NOV
ing about her clothing. but supposed it
was a cat, until she felt construction
about her waist. and she found herself
looking into the eyes Of a snake which
had wrapped itself about her and
reared it's head in front Of her face. She
was too much frightened to notice what
sort Of a serpent was thus confronting
her, but, striking al It with her hand,
tainted away. When she was found
the snake bad disappeared
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
SCHOOL PEOPLE AND AFFAIRS.

Ii Hung Chang's son, Lee, has passed
his entrance examinations to Harvard
with honors in Greek, Latin and Eng
lish.
Two professors Of the University OF
Leipsic-Heinze and Wundt-recently
celebrated their twenty-fifth jubilee as
professors. and both of them left the
city to escape ceremonies and congrat-
ulations.
Talk of introducing a course OF in
struction in agriculture in colleges is
being ridiculed by western newspapers,
one Of which declares that 1.-The aver
age Kansas boy or girl knows more
about practical farming than the aver
age college professor could find out
IN ten years"
Between 1870 and 1897, 119 women
obtained degrees from Italian univer-
stiles. OF these Ga were graduated in
aris, Is in physical science, IA in mathe-
matics, seven in philosophy, four in
law and IS In medicine. Last year the
NUMBER OF women stuNtHls AZ '"N -
eral universities was 261.
The new courses in higher CONNER
cial education and public administra-
ton Just organized at the University OF
Michigan include instruction in his
tory. constitutional law, politics, polit-
ical economy, finance, sociology, sta
tistics. international law, administra-
tive and municipal law, general and
commercial law, Roman law and Rom
nm institutions
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05

sands Of educated and refined persons.
and these will undoubtedly appreciate
the opportunity for entertainment that
is above the plane Of the dance hall
and gambling den. shall offer meth
DDS by which the cultured may obtain
relaxation from the actual mining work
without frequenting the places that
they would not think Of visiting at
home.
MY attention was recently called by
eastern connections 10 the fact that in
all Bret Harte's literature about the
mining camps there is no allusion TO
any form Of entertainment above the
dance hall level intend TO ascertain
whether the lower forms Of amusement
can retain educated patrons, even in
the frontier and mining settlements,
when something is offered that is thor
oughly entertaining and amusing
Miss Long will not return 20 San
Francisco until August or September.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
CREENROOM GOSSIP.

San Francisco had a stage version
Of "Sapho' over ten years ago. Mrs.
Mckee Rankin played the title part
and the convict lover killed the siren.
Scene painting has become some
thing Of high art in London. In
recent dramatic production three
scenes painted by two London women
of fine artistic talents were given
lengthy notices by the art critics.
During the reconstruction Of the old
Johauniskirche at Leipsic. the burial
place of Bach was discovered. ISch
was organist at this church. and his
body is TO be reinterred with great
solemnity in sarcophagus in the same
edifce. Incidental to the ceremony
Will be the unveiling of a statue of the
master in front Of the church.
The Norwegians have national
hymn which hitherto has been looked
upon as the work of a native composer,
Richard Nordraack. 4 Norwegian
iconoclast. however, recently has point
cd out the fact thatit corresponds note
for note with the Largo Cantabile
movement in Haydn's fourteenth string
quartette.
A triple musical monument is TO be
erected in Berlin TO the memories Of
Haydn. Mozart and Beethoven, after
the style Of the Schiller-Goethe-Cha-
misso memorial. II will be placed in
the Thiergarten. Berlin's principal
park. the city government already hav-
ing provided 81 800 towards the $1,000
fund required.
4 curious sort Of a lawsuit is in prog
ress in Vienna. Fourteen music critics
Of that city have brought suit for
defamation Of character against a
well-known concert manager. 1t seems
that some time ago a foreign singer
went 10 Vienna and engaged this man
agcr to get up a concert for her. Among
other things he asked Of her several
hundred forins with which to soften
the souls of the critics. She supplied
the money. and then told friend
about IT. with the result that a scandal
followed.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
Question Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the larg
est sale of any medicine IN the civilized
world. Your mothers and grand
mothers never thought of using any
thing else for Indigestion or Bilious
ness. Doctors were scarce, aud they
seldom heard of Appendicitis, Nervous
Prostration or Heart failure, etc. They
used August Flower to clean out the
system and stop fermentation OF un-
digested food, regulate the action Of the
liver, stimulate the nervous ana or
ganic action of the system, and that ls
ali they took when feeling dull and bad
with headaches and other aches. You
only need few doses of Green's August
Flower, i'm liquid form, to make you
satisfied there is nothing serious the
matter with you. For sale 10y II. T.
Crute.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05

matinee the following afternoon, and
the subject was dismissed.
When bedtime arrived that night,
however. little Mary was missing and
no one about the house knew what had
become of her. After a fruitless search
of the neighborhood the doctor hap
pened to think that the child might
have gone to 1.-The show" and to the
opera house he repaired at once. The
doorkeeper had seen nothing of her,
but hasty glance through the audi
ence disclosed the presence of the inde-
pendent young lady. She occupied one
of the best seats, where she sat, all un-
conscious of her surroundings, wearing
her calico apron and battered old
straw hat, and thoroughly enjoying
herself. Her father was so struck with
admiration for her nerve that he per-
mitted her TO remain until the per-
formance was over. That she appre-
ciated the evenings entertainment was
evident in her remarks at its close:
"Well. papa, that's good show. I'm
going again tomorrow"
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
THE TOILET.

Gloves should be worn when engaged
In any work that is likely to soil the
hands.
Extreme care should be taken not
TO bruise the nails when pushing back
the flesh from the roots.
An excellent cure for brittle nails is
10 soak them daily for few minutes
IN blood warm sweet oil.
For whitening the hands nothing Is
better than wearing gloves all night,
first amounting the hands with a little
sweet oil.
Lotion for Massaging the Face.-Put
into clean bottle two ounces glycer-
ine. one ounce rosewater, half an ounce
,au-de-cologne, quarter of an ounce
bergamot, and two ounces olive oil.
Well shake before using, and massage
a little well IN. night and morning, aft
er washing-Good Literature.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
SOME COLD DESSERTS.
They Require Little or No Cooking
and Are, at the same Time,
Good aHd Wholesome.

Pineapple fool is made by grating
the fruit quite fine and adding sugar
enough 10 sweeten Drop a caudied
cherry or a sma spoonful Of jelly
into the bottom OF punch glass and
cover with the pineapple, when ready
20 serve, add a spoonful Of whipped
cream to each glass and put a cam
died cherry on top. jelly may be sub
stituted for the cherries. and the
glasses after being nlled should be
placed on ice for 20 minutes.
For cherry snowballs, select large
red and white cherries, firm and ripe.
After stoniug them. roll each one in
a soft icing made of confectioners' SUE
gar and colored pink, for the white
cherries. then roll them i'm freshly
grated cocoanut Place on ice for
short time before wanted
Strawberry charlotte requires slices
Of sponge cake, with which O mold is
lined, cover the bottom Of the mold
with crushed, swcetened Strawberries.
then fh with stiff whipped cream,
which may be colored with strawber-
~ Juice Put in the ice box until
wanted, when It should be turned out
on a glass dish.
A dish that is pleasant TO the eye
as well as 10 the palate is made with
a pineapple, four oranges, four BAN
anas and cherries. Place In the CEN
ter of dish a pineapple, pared, cored
and sliced, yet retaining as near as
possible its original shape. Peel, quar-
ter and take out seeds Of the oranges;
arrange in a border around the pine
apple. Put the bananas into length
wise slices and arrange zigzag fence
fashion around the border of the dish.
In the spaces put stones and sugared
cherries. Whipped cream is poured
over this, or clear sugar sirup favored
with a little brandy.
Strawberry velvet takes a little
more time for preparation, as gela-
tine is required-a half ounce once
dissolved in a gill Of water; add TO il
half-pint Of sherry, grated lemon
peel. the juice of one lemon and a
quarter of a pound Of sugar Stir
over the fire until the sugar is thor
oughly dissolved; strain and cool; be-
fore it sets beat into it a pint Of
cream. Half fill small molds with
strawberries and pour the cream on
top. Put on ice until needed. - ST..
Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
COSTLIEST THINGS ON RECORD

The costliest toy on record was
broken-nosed wooden horse which be-
longed to Napoleon Bonaparte and was
sold a year or two ago for 1000 francs.
The costliest cigars ever brought to
this country were Of the brand made
for the prince of Wales in Havana, the
manufacturer's price for which was
Sl.s7 apiece.
The largest sum ever asked or offered
for single diamond is G 100000, which
the nizam Of Hyderabad agreed to give
TO Mr.. Jacobs, the famous jeweler OF
Simla. for the "imperia" diamond,
which is considered the finest stone in
the world.
The costliest mats in the world are
owned by the shah Of Persia and the
sultan of Turkey. The shah and the
sultan each possesses a mat made OF
pearls and diamonds, valued at over
S2.50O.000. The largestmat ever made Is
owned by the Carlton club Of London
and is a work of art.
The cOstliest meal ever served, ac-
cording to history, was a supper given
TO Aeiius Nerus, one Of the most lavish
II an the Romans of the latter days, to
dozen guests. The cost was 5000 ses-
tertia. which would amount to c 4s,5OO,
or nearly a quarter Of million dol
lars. A celebrated feast given by VI
tellius. a Roman emperorof those days,
10 his brother Lucius, cost more than
100000. suetonius says that the ban
quet consisted of 1900 different dishes
of fish. and 100 different fowls, besides
o+har courepe
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
FRESH FROM BORNEO.
The GuricooIa Il a Curious Addition
TO Philadelphia's Zo0-Lives
Largely In Trees.
A misslonnrv in Borneo las iusl

A missionary in Borneo has just
senta guricoola to the Philadelphia ZOO.
The little creature is one of the queer
est creations in the animal kingdom,
aad Just how to classify it is the prob
lem. At first glance il greatly r'sem-
bles a monkey, but many radical DIFF
ferences are soon apparent. The guri-
coola lives largely in trees. and 1t
feeds on small birds In this respect
it differs from the monkey tribe. while
another and very apparent difference
is its snalSelike tail which is fully
eight feet long. This remarkable APP
pendage. when not used in assisting
its owner to travel is carried in
neat. nauticallike coil When the ami
NAL wants 10 climb a tree IL shoots
the coil out. lariot fashion, catches
the nearest limb. and shins up its
own tail with amazing rapidity. Once
among the branches, another cast is
made, and up goes the guricoola like
a spider climbing his thread. SO deft
Is the creature at lassoing that the
tallest trees are ascended i'm jihy.
and the absence Of noise in the oper-
alton makes IL easy to take the feath-
cred tribe unawares Ancient scien-
tifc writer's have casually mentioned
the creature in heir works, but ow-
ing 10 the inaccessibiity Of the re-
pion whence they come. and the ra-
pidity Of the animals movements,
study Of the species has not much en-
riched natural history. The animal
now in the TOO at Philadelphia is the
first known specimen in captivity.
The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1900-10-05
LECTURES FOR MINERS.
Gan Frnncisco Young Woman VIII
Try TO Refine the Argonauts az
Nome city.

Miss jaime N. Long. a resident Of San
Francisco and a graduate of the North
western university at Evanston. Chica-
eo's northern suburb, proposes 10
spend her summer vacation at Cape
Nome and to give series of entertain
ments there of higher order than IS
usually known in mining camps. Miss
Long went TO the Pacific coast little
over a year ago, where she engaged ac-
lively in educational work. Now she
has been invited TO the Nome camp by
Capt. and Mrs. Rowland. Of Oakland,
who have been successful in Alaskan
mining. and she win make her home
with them while in the north. She is
under contract with a prominent Bos-
ton magazine to write her impressions
about Nome.
The Cape Nome camp" said Miss
Long, recently, has attracted thou-