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The Afro-American advance., 1900-06-23


passes these beautiful homes They
are surrounded by trees. with spacious
lawns, and charming rustic seats that
look unusually inviting In the early
snriagtime,
At sttle station just beyond Oak
Park my train stopped. as way
freights have a way OF doing. and
there were unloaded from one OF the
long string of box cars two moving
machines. had not Vet seen what
seemed 10 be the eud Of Chicago, and
IL seemcd strange to see this agrieal.
tural machinery hring unlaadcd with.
In the bounds of the city, To satisfy
my curiosity asked the station
agent II be knew what they were In
tended for. and II they were purchased
by farmers.
'srhesc two are for Lawn mowers. =
Be replied 4 hey are for two gentle
men living On the banks OF the rgter
over there
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q I've yet seen. lie was such a seusi.
bile, iine.lookIug man. too "a giant
from the west, with brouxed face aud
that fine prairie way of talking, like
hc knew he wasn't In church aud didn't
have 10 whisper or mumblr his words
40 many New York men do that dread
fully nowadays. don't ahes and big
strong hands, and that somhrero sty le
of dress that makes you think OF the
Harry Castlemon aud Ned lMntliue
stories that you read when you were
little.
"Nell. he walk Il up 20 the counter
like a man does when he goes into a
cigNr store, aud his eye caught sight Of
the bunch OF bride roses that WAS
Awadslling mp with white ribbon
I" How mueh are those . he asked me-
Fifteen dollars dozen told him.
How many dozen just like that
have you got in the shack = he inquired,
'Nhnu, ten ,lozeu replied
IAN right III take EN-. he said,
ansl then he heRan TO hook at the other
flowers. WHEN he saw vase of Amer
lean Beauty rosrs as big as double
ehrs ssanthemums he asked me. What
il the figure for theses'
Two doliars apieec.' told him
Put about 50 OF 'em with the 9th.
ers. he said
Then he came to he tray Of sio.
lets.
How much . be inquired.
" 'Do.iar hundred. said l.
=. Got slentS ot them
a Thousands.
=. I'm take about .. 600 ot : N. he said
Anything elsee' asked him.
We'll don't know. be said. rub.
Ing his chin like man in quandary
what do you think -
Well said. you've already
bought quite few flowers. you Know.
Nhat IL !, ia be- dinner. i've o'clock
tea, ball. reception. wedding
No, no. no, not Wedding not
Just yet. anyhow, he said, hurriedly.
blushing like a big sehoolboY Later.
maybe. Hope 50. and for moment
he Looked 50 awkward and sheepish
that l felt sorry for him rhen he
khoak himself together again.
No, It's not auy OF those things
you mention, he went ON. in con
Aaential tone. 4 just want go send
some slomers up 10 her house you
know. I'm onls hack here from the
ranch On visit, you understand.
Well, while ! was up al her house
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Miss Susan Wymar, teacher in the Pi.s
mond school, Chicago, H., writes The -
lowing letter to DIR. Hartman #regsr3.s,
Pe-ru-na.I She says: "Only those who b.ess
suffered as / have, can know what a E5,ez...s,
il is to be able to find relief in Pe-rg.5,s
This has been my experience A friend :
need is a friend indeed, and every bo.tIs a.
Pe-ru-na ever bought proved good friend
to me. Susan Wymar. --
Mrs. Margaretha Dauben, 1914 North +,
perior St., Racine City, Wis, writes. =
Feel so well and good and happy now tb,.
pen cannot describe it. Pe-ru.na i, evs,v. ,-,v'
thing to me. | have taken seyera. bo,tis,
OF Pe.ru-na for female complaint. am =
the change of life and it does me eoo3 = :
Pe-ru-na has no equal in ali OF the Irrer,.
larities and emergencies peculiar to wsms,
caused by pelvic eatarrh
Address DR.. Hartman, Columbus. Q. far
Q free book for women only.
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~. tarihy ar" y. Day close of another
CITY Lot Tomorrow century.
The farms which are to-day being
plated into city lots, and which will
bring to their fortunate owners the
wealth of a millionaire. are in many
cases the homesteads filed upon by the
owners OF to-day but little more than
half a century ago, and in some cases
less.
An old man OF so years. living but
IS miles from the business district OF
Chicago. holds the title to 100 acres
OF land which he has refused 1000 per
acre for. and which in less than ten
years from now will be worth double
that price. lie secured the land which
will make of him a rich man when he
sells it from the United States gov.
ernment as a homestead claim when
Chicago could hardly be classed as even
village, aud when he first settled
upon it the Indians begged food aud
tobacco Of him az his cabin door. The
old mau Sti.l farms his land. and says
that he will continue ta 40 so az long
as he is able TO see 10 II properly. He
enjoys his farm. and will rot sell until
he can no longer tin his land.
The day is soon coming when Chi
eago will stretch as FIR west as IL now
does north aud south. and will be a
city of about no miles square. with the
greatest population in this country.
That IL viii soon include all of Cook
county Is recognized fact. and then
will come a demand for the annexation
OF adjoining counties.
WRIGHT 4. PATTERSON.
The Afro-American advance., 1900-06-23
OUT OF CHICAGO ON A
WAY FREIGHT TRAIN


The TWO homes for which these
mowers were intended were typical of
many of the suburban homes
of that neighborhood. There were
ten acres In the grounds sur
rounding each Of them IL was
laid out in tennis courts, in croquet
grounds, in broad lawns. in golf
courses. with an abundance of natural
shade trees everywhere The two
men who owned these places are not
classed among the rich of Chicago. and
yet their homes bespoke pleasures of
which the rich of the city are in ig-
norance.
1t would certainly need a moving
machine to keep such places in the
perfect order in which | saw them.
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Much Iikr Dema..henr..

Woman he said, really ought to
be better orator than man.
Why soe" she asked
Because, he replied "to a certain
extent at least she follows the meth
DDS OF that famed orator. Demos.
themes"
"Iu what way" she inquired, stiII
busy with the finishing touches OF her
toilet
"Nou remember. he answered. ''that
DemoStheRes used ia practice talking
with his mouth fun OF pebbles"
She hastily took the pins out of her
mouth and informed him that h was
mean old thing anyway-Chi age
Post.
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Prince of VALE. a. a Jockey.

The prince OF Wales once rode and
won horse race. This event took
place in ireland nearly - years ago
The horses name was Rupee and the
distance run was a mile and a-half. To
the spectators the jockey was known
as Capt. Melville" but in reality it
was his royal highness the prince. His
colors on this occasion were all white.
Rupee was the princes own horse. He
determined 70 ride him himself aud. II
possible. to win This he did in excel.
lent sfNIe.
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way Car, " hhiie its great
manufacturing concerns are supply
ing the world with their products. its
wholesale houses are finding profitable
trade within the immediate surround
ing territory. To these houses the
commercial traveller who makes the
small cities and villages within 100
miles or so Of the city bring in the or
ders from which the profits are re-
allied. Collectively these orders call
for a vast quantity of merchandise.
Some idea of the business of Chicago
may he had from the fact that no less
than $500 ears of merchandise are
the year. This merchandise is scat.
tered 10 points far and wide, but
much Of that which is carried on the
outbound way freights goes to points
that are almost within the boundaries
of the city.
There is no better way TO study the
commercial relations of Chicago with
the surrounding territory than trip
aboard one of these way freights.
From the cupola Of the way car one
can see many things OF interest, aud
it was from such n point of vantage
on Northwestern line way freight
that studied the conditions in what
might be termed the suburbs of Chi.
eago n few days ago.
1t was not n long ride, only % miles.
from Chicago TO Rockford. but in that
distance I saw many things that in
terested me. and that tend 10 prove
the Importance and rapid growth OF
Chicago.
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His HonOr,a joke.

Sam Bedford relates a good joke that oc,
Cured at Calhoon this week in Judge Owens
court. A case was on trial, and the Judge
was being worried by a young man who
kept moving about in the rear OF the cour..
room, lifting chairs and looking under
benches.
Young man." Judge Owen called, "yoa
are making great deal of unnecessary no.se.
What are you about! Z"
j., " Your honor replied the man, u have
lost my oyercoat and am trying to find q"
We'll, said the judge, people often ose
whole suits in here without making all that
disturbance. "-0wensboro Inquirer
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chicago, stretch
from the city lin
It's of Elgin, 40
miles away. Ey-
sryone of these
towns have a rail
road and some have
haif n dozen Of
hem, with a count
less number Of
suburban tr in S
into the city daily.
Between tn e S q
towns are lIeauti-
full farms of roll
ing land, the for
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merchant? il n
question that has
agitated students
of social economy
for just so long
a time as the de-
partment store
has existed. On
my way freight
trip | found a new
argument for the
negative side OF
the controversy.
Oak Park Is one
of the best of
-
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The Pnr.on,s Rerenre.

It had been the custom Of an Atchison
man all his life to time his preacher at
church, and when the preacher had talked -
minutes the Atehison man thought It long
enough and got up and walked out He
died recently, and the preacher took al
vantage OF the fact that the knocker OF hs
sermons couldn't get away, and preached 4
FUNERAL sermon lasting an hour and Is min
utes.-Atchisou Globe.
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Thr Irl.h Inanr.

A Wrllkaawn Irish judge in the in.
.sl,tnt coart once arseeted a witness
kssiag his thumb instead Of the Book
ia taking the oath, aud in rehnking
him. s,ernly said; @Nea may think 10
deceive God. sir, but you waat dseeivs
tas - Leisure MemeEt..
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Mu.t Respect tradition.

Constance, the beautiful maiden, struggles
desperately in the water.
Save mel" she shrieks.
Harold, the brave youth, standing upon
the shore, throws aside his coat
Are you sinking for the third time be
asks.
"Oh, dearl / forgot to count! How
stupid of mel" Constance cries, in mull
confusion.
Harold is as brave as a lion. truly. bu.
he will scarcely risk violating what is per.
haps the most cherished convention Of 70.
mance.-Stray Stories.
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r.ea ,n lsra,, naraen..

= want 10 hire half dozrn men
who are used to bearing heavy bur
dens. DO YOU know OF any such :"
Not especially; but You'll lind lots
OF married men locking .or a job
Marper's naxar.
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OF its being the
second city in
America, and with
a history of but
threescore years $
behindit. then
when one looks at
the rapidly grow
ing su b u r b a n
towns that are
fast closing the
gaps b e I W e c n
themselves and the
city, one can easily
picture the city of
Chicago before the
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from the cupola
~ q way ear Is the
manner in which
the suhurbauiteS
OF Chicago live.
To the resident OF
the city coopesl
up as he is ia "a
few rooms IN an
apartment build.
ing the beautiful
places maintained
hy the suburban
ties is a glimpse
into Paradise
Riding west for
The Afro-American advance., 1900-06-23
Ie,r nt FIr.t slrhI

Goldstein-You may believe it or
not. you vos der only girl
Miss Flamberg- don't gif me
dot.
Der only girl I efrr met vot der
srst ting ! wanted to know yos rot
how mooch moneysh hat she got
Puck.
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fII. Iaea.

Kelly Shure. bachelor is shrnall
part av q nan,
CASEY \ i, ard . married man IS .
shuall part a. a Wonaaa.-Paek-
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Then the intellectual looking man
fell out of bed with such a resounding
bump that the Hibernian landiady
rushed up 10 his garret room and noti-
fed him that he'd have to seek other
quarters If he intended to continue to
wake up honest people below him in
the middle of the night
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pros 1efOus tolie
who demand much
of the good things
OF life. and for
these things they
look to Chicago TO
supply
The ester n
metropolis Is a
veritable supply
depot for a great
territory, a terri
tory that in some
lines OF merchan-
disc extends to
practically I h e
civilized wor Il.
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orren | know kind OF suoney that
does nos falk o
E."rn- What Kind Is e.?
Hush saaneS. .~-yesgs.
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Room to Grow.

Along. the line of the Northwestern
towns. practically part OF
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A Dark Secret.

Foreigner - How are your senator's
elected:
Ameriean-None of them wi. tell
purL
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Unless he farmer Is gtsgz the sarth.
be can do nothing Csleago nai:y
NeNA
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Persons that fail to see a joke shou5
not always be sure that the fault IS " th .as
joke. indianapolis News.
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When one stops to think OF the won
derful growth of the city Of Chicago;
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neaa,ttul suburban uom~..

Another thing that is liable 20 Inn
press one when studying conditions
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Does the department store OF the
city kill tue business Of the suburban
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There is rich. productive country
surrounding Chicago. peopled by
The Florence tribune., 1900-06-02
Yards and Whafves at San Pedro. Cal

City Office 4ss 29 and Douglas Block T o AnI (t1
 srd and Spring streets A1Oo All b25ciCss Ndl.
The Florence tribune., 1900-06-02
A RAILROAD FOR PHOENIX.
t wn De g eIa TnIna f is gya, euIE.

From the Phoenix Republican,
 Here is good news for Phoenix and important if true. While the delegates from Florence to the democratic terri torial convention were waiting at Casa Grande on Tuesday night, they were entertained at great length by woman named Mrs. William Beard, who is go- ing to tap this town with railroad. She has, she says, concession from the Mexican government for line from a bay south of Topolobampo. The concession embraces 10000 acres of land and a subsidy of $l0,000 mile, besides other valuable inducements from the states of Sonora and Sinaloa, and other Mexican states through which the railroad is going to run. It will enter the United States at point near Lenoria, about twenty miles east of Nogales, and will thence be run in a general northwesterly direction to Phoenix. What is to be done after that is yet to be determined. Mrs. Beard said she had an offer of $50, QUO to build to Deming instead of to Phoe- nix, but she had declined for the reason that her husband, an experienced min ing man, who died in Alaska, told her that central and northern Arizona was the richest and most promising mineral region in the world.
 Besides $50, 900 is bagatelle hardly worth considering since she is backed by capitalists of the Hague to the ex- tent of $44, ,000,000. Another aggrega- tion of capitalists have since wanted to put $S0, 900, ,O0o into the enterprise on account of the attractive character oi the Mexican concession, but she de clined the offer on the ground thai $44, ,0O0, ,OOO was enough.
 A branch line of the road will b, built to Topolobampo, that settlemen having been turned over to her by ths Mexican government, the original con cessionaire Owens having failed in hi contract with the government. Mrs Beard says the preliminary survey Q her line has been completed. Sh
 made it herself riding over the entirl
 route on horseback or in buckb board
 Mrs. Beard is native of Havana,
 woman of hardly middleage, attractiv personality, and strong flow of lsn
 guage.
The Florence tribune., 1900-06-02
RESERVOIR SHE'S.
Congress Asked to Give s25o, 900 for iad- satlon Surveys -VitaIly Important Work of the Geological
 Survey,

The great importance to the west of the work which the irrigation branch of the Geological Survey is doing is perhaps not as generally understood as it should be. For some years the sur vey has been working along on small appropriations, making stream meas urements and reservoir surveys, but if the west is to attain it's full develop ment through irrigation, this work should be pushed and reservoir sites should be determined, surveyed and set aside, subject to development by private capital or government enter prise. Persons familiar with reservoir engineering know that nature plays some queer pranks onS individuals and that what appears an ideal place for water storage may in fact be incaL- able of holding water, while site which seems to even the careful ob- server to be anything but suitable for water storage, may in reality afford situation for reservoir of great pro- portions.
 The general mistake of the average person, the Geological Surveyors say, is in thinking that canyon with steep sides and narrow neck, suitable for a dam site, will make practicable res ervoir. There are many such sites and the dam construction would not be difficult, but the slopes are too precipitate and the amount of water impounded would not be sufficient to warrant the construction of the dam. The best sites must include neck, of course, which can be readily damned, while the slopes should be very gradual and the fall of She river slight, per haps imperceptihle to naked eye, thus insuring very large surface for stor- age. The descent of some rivers is so rapid, that while to all appearances they afford good storage facilities, a dam of practicable height would not back up sufficient water to warrant construction. The catchment area of reservoirs as we'll as the annual flow of streams must likewise be considered. All these points can only be deter mined definitely by the surveyors in- struments, and so, if it is desired to have definite information upon which to work, either as regards private in- vestment or ultimate government con struction, it is extremely important that this preliminary work should pro gress as rapidly as possible.
 Congress is being asked for a good- sized appropriation this session with which to carry on this work, in amount $250,ooO, and the whole West, being vitally interested, will watch for favorable action.
The Florence tribune., 1900-06-02
WILLIAMS WISDOM.
IFrom the News.l


 An angry man is an easily de- fected man.
 Necessity makes strong natures compassionate.
 It takes smart person to take the hint every time.
 The men most cursed are generally the ones most missed.
 The worlds wrongs are made up of individuals, mistakes.
 No man ever wounded woman but left scar on himself.
 A mans love for woman is no deeper then she makes it.
 It takes a keen hearing to detect the soft knock of opportunity.
 When women cease to pray the devil will pre-empt the world.
 The peaks of our ambition make the low valleys of our despair.
 We turn down chance in a minute and spend life time in regret.
 There's plenty of women for every man, but few men for every woman.
 The man you have to kill to conquer is the one who wins out in the end. Day dreams are generally followed 1 by girl till they change into night mares.
 Every mans life has been lived right, who can truly say he isn't afraid to die. A man with hobby is most times a smart man, and a "crank" is 8 progressionist.
 Doing another man wrong only draws interest in your favor for 70 years at the most.
 If angels are women it's to be hoped that they can't quarrel like their earthly sisters.
 The man or woman who alway "guess or suppose SO" never won | battle in any walk of life. The best trait man or woman ca possess is to say ives" or "no" in manly and womanly way.
 The worlds engaged in the same mission it was 1900 years ago-onl with improved appliances.
 The strongest nature is the one tha can keep on fighting, regardless wheth CT the lamps are lighted or not. It is an easy matter for woman t fall in love with a shiftless man bu few men fall in love with shiftles woman. : No old road leads to success. Ever 5 fellow has to build new one and hi success depends entirely on his abilit to remove the cobble stones.
The Florence tribune., 1900-06-02
GREAT GOVERNMENT INVESTMENTS.
Are What Irrigation Appropriations Would
 Be-Favorable Eastern Sentiment.

Hostility to irrigation legislation has developed in the east, from time to time, broad minded expressions among men liberal enough to see that what builds up one part of the country must refexibly help all other parts.
 It is pleasing to note that such far eastern paper as the Boston Transcript recognizes the fact that irrigation app propriations for tue west would be na- tional investments, in the interests of aud for the benefit of all the people of the United States.
 Quite part of the annual outlay of the nation, the Transcript says, is an investment rather than an expend- iture. Public buildings are direct in- vestments, obvious to everybody, be- cause they save rental to the govern ment. In the case of certain other appropriations, the investment aspect, while just as genuine, is so indirect as to escape attention. An appropri- ation for the improvement of Boston harbor would be an indirect invest- mest. The cost of transportation is one of the great public charges, the rates of which bear directly upon the fortunes of everybody. A deep channel to Boston makes possible large ships and therefore low freight rates. The government in spending money for such improvements makes easier the future burden of it's citizens and as the interests of the citizen, and the State are identical, this becomes an investment pure and simple.
 It is the same story, continues the Transcript, with all worthy river and harbor movements; they are national investments. Irrigation expenses, in SC far as they provide for permanent works, come under the same heac National expenditures Of the invest ment sort should be encouraged, es. pecially when the country is so prosper ous that it can bear it's burden well a; against the time of greater stringency
 It takes but slight study to see that an irrigation appropriation applied tc any one section would almost immedi ately help other sections. If the west were fully developed, the east would necessarily benefit thereby, for westerr money would flow eastward to pur
The Florence tribune., 1900-06-02

Branch Yards Long Beach, Compton, and Whittier,
 California.
The Florence tribune., 1900-06-02

Printers Ink gives an interesting excerpt from an address delivered by Congressman Landis of N. r., on The Evolution of the Country Editor. Pass ing over the contrast drawn to show the great difference between the coun- try editor of twenty-five years ago, when his lot was hard one, and the editor of the present day, when his work is easy everywhere-except in Arizona, perhaps-let us see what the gentleman from New York has to say in another conn ection:
 "The country newspaper men of to- day really mould the sentiment of the republic, and have done so for the last fifty years. The metropolitan papers cannot successfully champion any prop osition that meets with the united opposition of the country press. Great movements either succeed or fail in
The Florence tribune., 1900-06-02

proportion as they are advocated or posed by the people who live in sn towns and on farms, because the ey ings of such people are devoted reading and reflection, or to
 fashioned visiting, which means an change of views and frequent disc sion. h moulding these views
 country editor is the iefinstrumer
The Florence tribune., 1900-06-02

chase those things which the east alone supplies and so through the prosperity of the irrigated west the manufactur- ing east would indirectly benefit by the opening of great additional markets.