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Getting Acquainted.

The family had occupied the dwell
ing about day and q half, and the
mistress thereof was putting q carpet
down in the sitting room, when there
came q ring at the door bell.
She FASTENED to the front door and
opened it. smiling woman greeted
her.
Good morning." said tie caller.
"This is Mrs. Murkley, I presume. "
"Yes."
"I am Mrs. Pergallop, your next
door neiehbor."
"Glad to see you. Will you come
in?"
"Thanks. I believe I will step in
for little while"
"You will find us all torn up, OF
course. We haven't begun to get
things in shape yet"
"Now, don't you apologize, Mrs.
Murkley. I know all about this
thing of moving"
"It's IN awful job, isn't it,"
"Terrihle. I sometimes tell Mr..
Pergallop I'd rather have q spell OF
sickness than to move. Two moves
are rs bad as fire. Well, I thought
I'd drop in and get acquainted. Can
you lend me cupful of coffee?"-
Chicago Tribune.
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suffering race will wreak revenge
upon civilization and their own rulers
that will "stagger humanity"
The race for IN empire that is now
going on in Asia is a race for human
ity.
The nation that storms Pekin anC
strikes blow at the barbariSm anc
ignorance Of antiquity that still ra
diate from the throne of the DowaGe1
Empress will commence a new cycle
in Cathay and confer Il lasting obllsa'
ton upon the civilized world. Who
will win the great prize?
Lord Charles Beresford made an in
vestigation of the condition OF the CHI
nesc army, and declares that not even
the imperial Government at Pekin
knows the real strength Of the military
forces. Some of the commands are
Nlancnu and some Chincse-distinct
the one from the other. The army IS
entirely a voluntary service, but Wneh
once a man has joined it he finds 1t
difficult if not impossible to leave it.
Besides the Manclu and Chinese ar
mics there are 100000 Monsolian cav
airy, excellent men. ruled hy their own
princes under a system of frudal ten
ure. They are not paid. This cavalry
force is said to be devoted to the pres
ent dynasty.
Direct evidence of the friendship OF
the Empress Dowager for the Boxers
has been given in the removal OF
Prince Ching as chief of the Tsurs-n'
yamcn. or Foreign Office. and his re-
placement hy Prince Tuan, father Oh
the heir apparent to the throne WHO Is
Il sympathizer with the Boxers. Prince
Ching is one Of the best known ana
most able of Chinese statesmen Anu
is known to he friendly TO foreigners.
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Humming-Bird's Umbrella.

In front of window Where II
worked was butternut tree. A hum
ming bird built her nest on limb that
grew near the window, says writer
in the American Sportsman, and wei
had an opportunity to watch her close
". In fact, we could look right into
the nest. One day when there was
a heavy shower coming up we thought
we would see if she covered her young.
during the rain. Well, when the first
drops fell she came and took In her
bill one or two or three large leaves.
growing close by, and Laid this leaf
over the nest so as to completely cover
IT., then she few away. On examin-
ring the leaf, we found q hole in It,:
$and in the side Of the nest was q, ,
small stick that the;leaf was fastened
ssato or hooked upon. After the storm,
was oyer the old bird came back and
snnhooked the leaf, and the nest was
9perfectIy dry. So tsS ~
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Chang, at Canton, has at his command
over 10000 men, mostly Malchuss !
have visited the forts and 9aTrisons
there, and they are of the most antique
and old-fashioned kind, totallT nnftted
to make a resistance of an&impor-
tance.
The Chinese forts are noun Ed large.
ly with old breeeh-loading cdhnOn ard
every kind Of agrifle manufact17 fn
the last half century is used her
army. [{Sr 5
There are, in some Of the Tor At
Taku, for instance, a few KrupR
and in the Pekin field force md
tered around the Manchu axsenS
some modern field pieces sieg8
guns, but the eqd5pment face ofi
a modern army issaus selytel cSiloua:
The tottering old empire Inst rely
to accomplish it's avowed purpose OK
driving the foreign devils out, Z, not
upon its navy, hardly upon its army
but largely upon its polnlat ion.
Once relieved Of what tile restraint
now holds them In chez Ind this long
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command the northern approach at
Port Arthur; a fleet of British cruisers,
a regiment of soldiers and a formida-
BILE fortress holds the southern ap-
proach At Wei-hai-wei, Willie yet fur
ther south, at Kiao-chau, Germany has
q fortified naval base.
The mouth of the Chinese dragon is
filed with foreign teeth.
What, then, is her equipment to check
the race of the Powers? What are her
resources to resist the force of the civ
ilized nations:
Population ........ ...... .4Go,Do'oo'
Annual revenues. ..... .SIo,OOoooo
Revenues collected and an
propriated by officials. 1919, oC0O
Such population and such Il vast
annual revenue should form Il combin-
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.A.AKNMAM8MA
China has shown her teeth.

China has shown her teeth.
The great inert mass of Oricntals is
not lifeless, after all.
AS the foreign devil" approached
her capital she aroused herself from
her drugged' sleep and prepared to
strike back.
Her activity has startled the Powers.
Fifty warships are blowing through
Asiatic waters to check her murderous
designs. i..-
Ninety thousand troops are being
rushed with feverish haste toward the
turbulent province Of Pe-chi-li, where
Pekin, the capital. is situated, and
where the mouth of the empire, the
Gulf Of Pe-shi-h, opens. ,..
TIE fact is that since the war with
Japan the Chinese have been doing
precisely what the Beers did after the
Jameson raid. It is even said that
their leaders have gained their chief
encouragement in the present anti-for-
eign uprising from the remarkable sue
cesses. d, the Beers against the British
last winter.
There is no longer any doubt that the
Chinese troops are armed with modern
weapons and know how to fight, which
they did not five years ngo. The Brit
ish mistake Of undertaking the enemy,
if made by the Powers inSthe present
instance, would entail results too ap-
paliing to contemplate. An upheaval
thea would involve the whole empire,
all foreigners would be slaughtered or
driven into the sea, and the Yellow
peril would literally menace the entire
world. 1t would then be necessary to
decide whether to abandon China ut
terly, with the future manace which
ywolld always be impending, or to send
the utmost resources Of all civilization
to conquer an enemy numbering from
a quarter to one-third of the human
race. 1t is easily understood, there
fore, why Europe is hesitating before
a problem so gigantic that there is
nothing in modern times with which to
compared
The arsenals and batteries of Russia
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Observation-Disclosures
25tp93h0ns Hsr (SstR'|
Has Modern Arms and Equipment to Repel the INVADERS

One gunboat.
Two armored cruisers Of 1890 tons.
Four antique gunboats of 400 tons.
-Four modern torpedo boats.
None of these ships is adequately
manned or armed. In her entire en-
pire China has but one dock where
even repairs could be made, and that
with q capacity only for a 3OO0ton
ship.
With this Insignificant navy she must
defend 1000 miles Of coast line. Six of
her cruisers are at present locked up
in the Gulf of Pe-chi-li.
China, therefore, can expect nothing
from her navy. What, then, does her
army offer.
Her army.
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Inducement to Attend Church.

A student attending M Edinburgh
church put half-crown into the plate
by mistake, and the elder stoutly re-
fused to give it back. He was de-
termined to be even with that elder,
however. For thirty Sundays he at
tended the church, and persistently
allowed the plate to pass. him. Then
he was content. At penny Sun
day the account was now even be-
tween him and the elder. Perhaps
the thirty sermons did him little good,
although they cost him but penny q
piece.-Youth's Companion. ~
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e~ MAURICE THOMPSON.

for q moment and had some trouble tc
resume his air of half-iaunty indiffer'
ence.
Of course, this was not surprising;
it only led Fairfax to suspect that
there was good deal of truth in the
rumor about Vasseur's antecedents.
The man said that he bought the cross
in Seville; but Fairfax thought he saw
that it was not a very clear lie that he
was telling.
That night something happened
which caused Vasseur's jewels, and
especially the amethyst cross, to enter
as an important factor into the body
of our story.
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NOVEL FLoWER.STAho.
Plants Made to Grow Out Of Bamboo
Stalks. ID.

Z
Stalks. :.
One of the prettiest flower standa
which has appeared Of late. says the
London Express, is made Of a piece
Of bamboo from four feet to five feet
high, nailed onto two smaller bitst
arranged in the shape Of the letter.
X. A hole of about three inches deep
is cut at each knot in the upright
bamboo, and natural receptacle for
flowers is made in this easy fashion;
Bamboo grows in sections, so that as
there is solid piece of wood between
each portion Of the upright stick!
nothing remains to be done but to pour
water into the holes and to place
a branch of flowers in each. Lilac
and laburnum look exquisite when
placed alternately in the bamboo
flower stand. but almost any kind of
foliage is effective when used in this
way.
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Only Ouintain Post in England.

This interesting relic is to be seen ut
Ofhan. in &ent. Just off the main
road between Wrotham and Maid
stone England. 1t is in an excellent
state of preservation, it being kept in
repair by the owner of house hard
by. The stipulation that the Quin-
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Slams Crown Prince. who is study
iuy ut Oxford. England. is bound to
he an up-to-datc polrntatc like his
father. He recently developed appcn-
dicitis. ami enjoyed the modern opera
ton for that misfortune.
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Tie Spanish are among the most
charitable people on earth. Without
n poor tax, Spanish communities of
fifty thousand self-suprorters feed q
pauper population Of five thousand or
more
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tain is to be kept in order hy tho owner
is made in the title deeds of the house.
I'll" uuntain Post formed part OF
vnrv uo1ular paStime in Queen EliZ-
a!,rths days. To one end of The cross
bar, which swings OH i pivot, 4 heavy;
sand hag WIS liked. The other end,
The broad tIat end. was the object of.
tnr tilt by a player who rode against
if, lance in hand. The object was 10
1ilt il at the broadsidc AMI to ride
swiftly hy before the sandha-. coming
round. should strike him to the ground,
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antnmnhila PnMer Stations.

It will not he many years Delore
there will he little stations all along
the principal highways where automo-
bilcs can he charged with motive
power and sent whizzing on their way.
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The lower stand should be placed int
the corner of a room or entrance hall,
and the stand becomes almost invis-i
ible when it is nicely filed with flow
erS
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The somnambuliSt who tumblcs from
q roof is al illustration Of one way 10
fall asleep
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Prison Paper an Exhibit

The Star OF Hope. published - Sing
SiE=. by ,i.r inmates Of The STATE
prison of New York. is in exhibit ~
tue Paris Exposition.
The colored American., 1900-05-26

Gives the names of dead and living frtnds
tells who and when you Will marry also oI
health or anything you wish TO know, no
matter what 1t Is. He can call up your spirit
friends ana show them to you. Oan MAKE
them rap all around the ROOM De as KS Nc
questions doRr ask you to write names II
him. Don't try to pump you In any va out
tells you right on. de Is thoroughly tnUoTSed
fron theEn GOLD medal and special license
TO practice his wonderful powers: credentials
no one else csss show can give tao asands OF
references to both " htte aed eoiored patrols
Twenty i've years practice-ssven In BFook-
lyn-wtl show you that he can 90 all he
OF. Can tell what business is best for yeu and
where, how 10 win speedy marriage with the
one you love. How 30 be successful In all your
dOinss in short what is best 10 do. Ii o will
succeed when all others fail. Positive Eatisfac
ton or no pay. Gall and see Yea Will find II
luck 10 consult this Christian gentleman.
He has medicine that VIII cure drunken
; ness; can be given Paaenss not knowing It,
Thousands through hin are now
RIoH HAPPY AND SUCCESSFUL
with all their undertakings, while those o
neglect his advice are still lab0Fzng again
poverty. Through hts perfect knowledge
eoemissry he Can impaEs 20 you secret tina
Will overcome your enemies and win you
friends. HIS aid and advice has often been
solicited; the result has always beer the Ee-
al yosf I ~ wisReS. In % love AIRS he never tas a
lie has the secret OF winning the affeetions Of
the opposite sex.
large oie4es there are a class az men aRd wo-
msn who claim powers they do L OF possess
They have neither gifts, credsnetals, n0F ref
erenOes- Sur61y the eoIored people are net
so wanting In sense TO throw their ume
and money away en- such Dr.. shea TessFs to
The Hon. Charles Miller, capitalist, 2z@ Al
lantic aveaue; the Hen. WftlIam DenmoreA
architect and builder, II Cleveland avenue,
and Mr.. Arthur Sswell, ship builder, South
Brooklyn. All have BGown htm tor
the past ten years. He gives a tree tes< OF a1s
power 10 all. The doctor has praetzced Ave
years In New Orleans, ST. Louis, Memphis
and Louisville, understands thoroughly the
diseases, spells or Influences the race Is
su hject to. He has now and always had faRge
patronage from them
PLEASE READ THE FOLLOWING!
Brooklyn, August, Is, 1S91-This letter is to
certify that came tn New York from Alba
ny. was 8 stranger Ia q strange caty, ont OF
0erk and out OF money. I had no luck In
aaythtng 1 undertook. What to do l did
not knew. fFieBd advised nae to go and
see Dr.. Shea. did. He told me the cause
OF my Tousles; he took me In and treated
me as a BROTHER, Through him got q good
position that very week. l had been to otb-
erE, they toek my money and did me no
good. bseSs the day first met Dir, shea
l would advise all IN bad luck, sick or In
trouble b. go 20 him Al oRce,
Sincerely, Albert Ayers,
2sT Atlantic Avenue.
The colored American., 1900-05-26

]. s. Koence is now giving his full
time to the direction Of the famous
DelmO KOonce cafe in the Odd Fellows
Hall Building. Mr.. Koonce has the
finest banquet hall in this section Of
the country for the accommodation Of
Afro Americans.
The colored American., 1900-05-26
Charlottesville. Va, Letter.


bov,s meeting at the 7. NJ, @. A. was
wsII attended Sunday and the boys
we're address, d by Mr.. K. w. Graves
and Superintendent OF the boys de-
partment, c. 81. Bullock. The mems
mseling of the Y. M. O. A. for Bible
study was largely attended Sunday at
48O O'Clock. The subject for next
Sundays Bible study is: Stand still
aud see the Salvation Of God," Exodus
Il: lib. The several delegates who
attended the meetings Of the Baptist
Conventions which met in Danville
and Lynchburg respectively, have Te-
turned and give encouraging reports
of the State work. Mr.. VIM. Ii. Para
20. who is agent for the Gable Music
Company OF Richmond, Va, and who
Is probably the only colored represen-
tativs of this firm In the state, recently
made Is sales of pianos for said firm in
and near Charlottesville. Mr.. B. Il.
Baker, General Agent, Royal Benefit
Society, Washington, d. O., is in the
city In the interest OF said Society
MessIs. James II. Helskeli and Wal
liam Noble are home from Hot Springs
MTs. Eliza Carter Heiskell left las
wee for Hot Springs, Va, Whsre sh'
will spend some time. Mesdames j.
I. 8. Taylor and Annie Prescott lef
this week foE Richmond, Va, wher'
they will spend some time wishing
friends. Mr.. Taylor Of New York il
visiting in the city, Miss Mary A
Buchanan has closed her school in th'
county and is henle again. Aessrs. 3
Bullock, Sr., and Kiah Logan, anC
Mrs. Harriet Bullock and Miss Betti'
James left this " eek for Warm Springs
Va. Nr. Il. II. Baker, who has beer
teaching in the county left this weeE
for Philadelphia. A May Queen was
given at the Ebenezsr Baptist chu1ct
under the management of Mrs. NJ. l..
Cary, by the children which was very
much enjoyed by all present. A ger
man was given at Odd Fellows Hall
on the night of May stb by the West
End German Club, of WhIch MIR. n. P
Washington is president. The german
was led by MF. Frank Hey. Among
those present were: Miss Aldretts
Ayers, Anna and LOttie Perry, Eunict
Carr, Cora killey, ZeIla Scott. Ressis
Jackson, Resa Banister, Stella Winston
Mary Lee, Anna Snead, Annie Jack
son, Gertrude Ward, Lille Sellers
Marie Allen, Marshy Tinsley, CoTnelis
Coles, Rosa Flanagan, Mamie JACK
son, Mamie Franklin, Garry Perry
Lille WaId, MessFs. Frank Key. Otto
wa Ward, Raleigh Thomas, n. r. Wasf
ington, w. Barber. s. Grant, N. Church
man, Robt. Wood, E. Smith. q. Pres
ton, w. Bsnnistsr, George Jones, Z,
jackson, V. Thomas, e. Wood, D
Reed, James Monroe, q. Brooks, Wm
Mitchell, P. Thomas, Charles Perry.
The supper was served by Messrs. ID
Ward, and G. Jackson. The American
can be had at Pollard and Mobiles ol
from A. F. Angel ct the University.
MaMTICRLLo,
The colored American., 1900-05-26

Brooklyn, August 10, l6S1-TkiS letter Is TO
certify that my husband had gone away and
had been absent two years, ! MOurned ter
him night and day. j gave him up ~ dead.
Il caring OF the wonderful things Dr.. shea
was doing resolved TO consult him. u Q t1ld
me that nay husband was alive and well and
where he was; told me he would esme hons
and when. TO nay joy FL OF i came teaa-
the dead. also wish TO say that this Easzth
lost $3.50. am q poor WOMAN aAa WIS
almost insane. 1 went to DE. shea and ks
told me would find my money and 70 ,sy
intensej oy ind 10 as he told nae. I tAAkk
6od there is q man 30 gifted In oar mfdst.
that can help people nd tell them whAs to
do, Mrs. Mary Killer,
South Plain6eld. II
A SENSATION IN BRsoKLxz-mNIsYERs
l wish TO state tARs one OF my parlshtonszs
was sick and In trouble ter iohg tiDe. Mrs.
Brown, 81 Gay street. No one seemed to un-
derssand her case. She had severeI 4oetaxs
but none OF theE1 seemed to know Whist was
the matter. None eould do her any cod. It
was my duty as her pastor TO esll and see
ner. Hearing OF tAe wonderful work oet2s
done by Dr.. Shea the last few years. tAouaA
l woaId call and ses him myself teuaa IAN
a sympatnetic gentleman. Ee gavs nae .
aim lock o. patieaAs haar, which dis ky
her daughter. Hs toId at once what was tke
natter. and in = short taxae cured her soaad
HnAsr cloud. New all Is ehaAged. An s<s
well and prosperous. / czsa truly and hezx4ziy
Esc0tE41Aena LIZ S&eSsSs o aA L1kcS In ASSH HAA&z
or distress OF aAy kizad. Esv. Wilttazn John-
soA, PASTOR Lebanon chuEeA, kEuokkya.
Dr.. shea oAn shsw Thousands sEeh as The
above.
DIR SHEA
has been carefully educated IN the Honeepa-
thae and Electric Ssheols of MedicfSs. lis
saeeess Is wonderful Ia curing Isasalysss
Ehsumatasm Asthma. Sore Eyss, Toxaazs.
Cancers. CensG patton, Agus, DyapaZsaa.
Taps Worms, L1veR Con E1alnts, Deaknsss.
Oata<rh. Dropsy, Plies, Nervous DeAsstsy,
Heart diseases, Consumption, Diseases o1
Women and Children. Fits, kidasy Deasaael
and strange mysterious diseases whasa eth
ers don't understand. All diseases, no zaa4eer
what they be. Nothing bat honorable tFea&-
ments he can and viii honestly ten yeu e
you can be cured. Has ali new remedies and
new success Ras an ample expeKisace N
pubic hospital aad private eiiaacs. Ne kxs-
hing with human life. Ca1 at enes. De not
delay. Diplomas hang in parlers- Is Q Fse-
istered ply slesan. a new remedy 10 rnsu
N aE1sn juSa discovered, not In meat.
Hopeless cases and those that others can nss
cure solicited to call. Fat 1oiks Ihins the
cAildless made parents. All letters must
contain 81 20, two stamps. age, lock OF hair.
Charges for medical treatDaent only. Clezec
Sundays. nentson this paper.
651 FULTON Strest. Brooklyn. 7.
The colored American., 1900-05-26
HOWARD UNIVERSITY,
Washington, D. G..

Washington, ID. &.
TEN distinct departments, under one hundred
L competent professors and instruCtors-Theo-
logical Medical, Legal, College, Pedagogical,
Preparatory, English, Agriculture, Industrial, and
Musical. For information address
Rev. J, E. RANKIN, D. D., L. D., President
GEO. H. Stafford, Secretary.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-23
NEW CORPORATIONS.

Certificates of the Incorporation of the
following companies have been received
at the registry of deeds:
The Yarmouth Island Land company,
to deal in real estate, Capitalized at $40, =
900. Certificate approved May II.
The Wiltzer Chemical company, 10
manufacture and deal in patent medi :
cines. Capitalized at 5000. President
George +. Gould of Portland; treasurer,
George II. Priest of Wellesley Hills,
Mass. directors, George +. Gould and
b. NJ. Welch of Portland and George II.
Priest of Wellesley Hills, Mass. Certiii-
cate approved May II.
W. p. b. Brooks & Co, to manufact
ure and deal in house furnishings. Capt.
tailed at $50, 600 Certificate approved
May II.
The Boston Dental company, to carry
on a dental business and deal In dental
supplies Capitalized at $4,000. Certih-
cate approved May II.
The Portland daily press., 1900-05-23
FALMOUTH HISTORY CLUB.
Enjoyable Meeting Held at Riverton
Last week-The Final Session of the
Year.

One of the enjoyable events Of the past
week was the meeting of the Falmouth
History club at Riverton, Thursday even
ing, the seventeenth. Supper was served
at S O'Clock, after which Mrs. Alonzo
Knight recited an original poem, full of
witty illusions and poetic feeling Her
happy hits and musical verse were heart
lily applauded. The recitation was fol-
lowed by call for speeches, to which the
Rev. Mr.. Shaw, DIR, Robinson, Mr.. Day
is, Mr.. Lunt and others, swittily respond
ed. After these exercises, which were pre-
sided over by Mrs. Cyrus Davis, the able
president of the club, the company adj
iourned to the rooms above where the
hours passed swiftly in talks and games
till midnight, when the party broke up,
hoping that there may he many such
meetings in the future. The Falmouth
club is to be congratulated on the success
full close of its years work and ON the
talent of its members.