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THE API?EAL,#
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s^AiURDAY NOVE MBKR^ $&
i '''if i i i
"Some Aspects of the Negro Problem"
was the subject of discussion a the reg-
ular meeting of-the I*resbyterian minis-
ters Monday. The Itev. Dr. \Villiam
Chichester, of the First, Presbyterian
church, read a paper on this subject and
reviewed the problem from many sides,
quoting occasionally from writers of the
South. Dr. Chichester, in speaking of
the frequent lynching horrors in the
Southern states, declared 'that the men
who engage in this form of. lawlessness
are no more typical *pf the'people of the
"South than the Negroes who have com-
mitted brutal' crimes are ntodels of their
race. advised a more restricted suf-
frage for the ignorant Macks,', who are
so easily Influenced a the polKng places
I that theft- votes often mare hkrm,than
In summing up bis subiect 'and
suggesting a remedy for the be^tenrfent
niches-,
of ex
porting the Afro-Americans of the jUnited
States into a colony where they v( live
Jjy themselves. This, he -said, wohld be
only more cruel than was the aci'on of,
the first slavers, who took theiy from
w^their native,,country 6d th/usf them
^'"^r "Hlof the Afro-American race, Dr.
^-^ter declared tt'ls useless think
upon-- the Western hemisphere. He sug- i
jested as the \only^ solution of the
problem better educational--facilities in
order to teach the Afro-American look
forward to something higher^,
A short time ago in Leake county,
Miss., jthe Galnble family, constating- of
uve persons, was murdered. Joe Lefiere,
an Afro-American, Wa accitsed of the
crime, and was burned a "the stake.
He- claimed to 'have.- accbmpHces^and
since his murder the liends who murdered
him have been torturing other Afro-
Americans to make them confess coin-
plicity. They are not satisfied with, sus-
pects a victims, but vent their spite on
known innocent persons. "West Teat, a
well-to-a Afro-American, living in his
'own home, seven miles from the scene of
thefmurder.was bacjly beaten by these self
resiilators Just because he was
industrious enough and smart enough to
become somewhat wealthy. And this is
the land-' of the free and the brave.
The white ministers of Atlanta, Ga.,
have entered a vigorous protest against
ihc mfdway, which is an exhibition at
the state fair. They claim that many of
the attractions are immoral, and that the
youth of the city shonW protected
from such debasing influences. When a
'Alro-American was hurried at the stake
in hell, i. e. Georgia, and portions of his
half-roasted flesh carried off as souvenirs
by the mob of barbarians, these goody-
goody preachers did not raise their voices
in"' protest, although the ^pectacle was
far more debasing than any midway per-
formance coul d, possibly be,
r. James Johnston, delegate from Ja-
maica to the commercial congress in s.es-
eion at Philadelphia this week, in his ad-
tl?ts on "What Jamaica Offers to the
United States." paid-
a strong tribute to
the character and worth .of the blanks
in Jamaica. All slaves V/ere made free in
1S33, and since that time no race has de-
veloped more rapidly' than those black
peopl e. There are COO blacks to one
white. declared that Jamaica' can
teach the Southern portion of tlhe United
States.many lessons with reference the
Afro-American. declared that crime
of all degrees is almost unknown in
Jamaica.*
v,
Ge n. Thomas Anderson has just in-
spected the Forty-eighth regiment, Unit-
States volunteers, which is to be sent
to the Philippines. said:
"The 1.366 men who compose the Forty-
eighth are the blackest lot of troops I
ever saw. It.Is observation of colored
troops-that the blackerTthey are the bet.^
ter.' The company officer^ are all Afro-'
Americans, and they are really more in-
telligent than the white officers of the
same grade."
When a crime is committed and an
Afro-American Is the guilty party, or is
even suspected of being the guilty^, party,
how swift is justice A white.bar
tender was shot in Weir City, Kan.,
Tuesday night and in less than two hours
George Wells, an Afro-American miner,
"his supposed murderer," was swinging
to a telephone pole, the victim of a mob
which had forcibly taken him frqm iail.
.How true the saying: "Justice, in thy
name how many crimes have been com-
mitted."
^i'i.U
Hobson City, the new town in Alabama
founded and for the use of the Afrp-
American race, has its charter, its may^
or, council and city officers, but it lacks
the'wherewithal" to make it go. I has
no money, and as no, taxes can be as
sessed until next year the mayor has
asked for voluntary contributions to meet
absolute expenses. s:^ M{-- j^lrrtv-
There is some trouble in Atlantic City
over, the, color line in the schools. The
boara- levied/extra .rooms and put the
200 Afro-American-pUpils, in them, plaimr.
ing the regular schools were overcrowd
ed, but ther
parents .of the children snw
through the very thin subterfuge. Ar4
would not send their children.
M:&
m&s
inAthe rig h't In*their war against: he
Boers, are jiot sorry that they -were
repulsed at "Laidysmith. W are Sorry
however, thait the Boers must eventually
I be ^overcome" unless "there is intervention:
by other powers, which is a
certain contingent^|^|
"AA Afro-Anierican
As we do'nbt feel thatlthe British:^eOawfuiiy the two houses
by separate action gopcur in countingit. But
very Un-
wsftwi tm^M- m^imM
{Jen. George W D^s^'feliitary gov-
ernor of Porto
Rlcbj -h"a^ subniitted
report. says the Porto BJcans arfc, un-
tit for self-government. Kegro blood "is
pretty well distributed- over torto. Rico,
and it would not do' to^v&"-.p.e)>pl of
Negro blood a chance jto govern thenar
selves.
5
W-.r
boy onl^^f^eiVe'
years old and .weighing 501 pounds has
been discovered. He, Is^travelinj: around
the country in a special'car, exhibiting
himself -while his ^whlte manager rakes
in the shekels.
&
In taking the Cuban, -census the enumer
ators are classifying as white all'persona
who are nearly so, usually accenting the
person's own" statement, even .when the
Negro mixture is apparent^'v
u._..
j.
'Tis said that Willy Bryata W getting
weary with his windy work. "i*o more so
i the seorte throughout the country. J^ SpublicSTSe 5 fchildren
THE APPEAL:
"ILe-v-iew of the Constitution of the United
Slates"By W G. Bullitt of the Frankfort
(Ky.) bar This vciums of ih cons-nuiioii,
with i many changes and amenamcntE, 1-
wriuen not oaly. for lawyers, but fc tho&
"n ot learned in he law." I is strange how
few even among cultivated people have maoe
a careful stuuy of this important documtiii
which stands gua/d over the liberties of the
Nation & millions. Ou auth or discusses in
telligently anc briefly the interesting events
which len up to the building of the Federal
constitution. Without indulging in techni
calities, defines the powers granted-to Con
gress to laj and collect taxest borrow ana
coin moi,ey to regulate commerce to admit
new states^ declare wart maintain an
army and navy also the rights and privileges
given to the stated, and the many safeguards
provided for the protection of life, liberty.
ana property, and for the regulations of
courts, etc. One of his excellent chapte rs is
upon "The Naturalization Laws," and the
rmany question's arising under them, and
whether treaties with-foreign powers were in
conflict with ^fieni^ .He says: "The right of
expatriation lies at the foundation of the
American system and the United States can
not afford to surrender that right. The in
habitants of the colonies were British sub
jects at the time they severed the tie *hat
bound them to that kingdom, and constructed
charters thereof emanating from themselves..
"To have admitted, as may be claimed by
reason of the treaties referred to and as
contend ed by most of the European-nadons,
that the 'consent of one's native country is
necessary to authorize him to seve his al
legiance to it and to be lawfully naturalized
in any other country, would' have prevented
our revolutionary ancestors, from becoming
citizens of theUnite State3, until sanc
tioned by the treaty recognizing the in
dependence of the several states of the Union.
It.also surrenders all that the United States
gained by the war cf 1812 against therightof
searching our.ships and taking-seamen and
pressing them into the service of their-native
country. During the late civil war large
cumbers came from Germany and~ elsewhere
and enlisted in the army of the United' States
and served with distinction, and were
naturalized before remaining in this country
the five years. If.said treaties express what
the law was at that time, It was binairig on
the United States, and\.every such atuTaJiza
tion was void'." ^r
Mr. Bullitt points but the difficult questions
arising in the government of the. people in
the District "of Columbia, and says:
"The District of Columbia, the seat of
the government, was taken rtlfrc th
state of Maryland arid
1 partlpya froy the state
of Virginia, in accordance with authority
granted. If this district constitutes a sepa
rate jurisdiction from th states within,which
the respective parts are. situated^ it cannot
be a. state with a republican forinof -gov-'
eminent as long as its lawmakers are chosen
by the states generall y, and not by the peo^
ple thereof, and the language of the par a
graph is,- 'to exercise exclusive legislation
In: all -cases whatsoever oyer' iuch drstTict.*'sa,
*The! Cbngress"mus|do 'the legl^atyhhereof
Itself, and cannot" authorize it to Be done'
by any other organ or government.:.'-,:
The Congress cannot expend the English com
mon law oyer said district, as it relates large
to royalty or classes of people, without
coming in conflict with the provision of th?
constitution prohibiting the granting of titles
of nobilit y.
"Nor can the Congress ado pt the common
law of any of the states without preventing
every other state from changing its own
laws in relation theret o. Nor is it possible
to compress the laws of the^.several states,
relating to marriage, descebCand distribu
tion- tenures of title to real estat e, evidences
of title to personal propertyo contracts-,thd
extent contracts shall be guarded by statutes
of frauds and perjuries nor of trade and
traffic to be carried on by the citizens there-
of."
The constitutional provisio ns concerning
the choosing of electo rs are little under
stood by even intelligent voter s, nor how
safeguards had to-be thrown around tlrese
provisio ns to prevent disaster. The original
plan was for electo rs to vo te by state?,,but
it was',early seen i-that this would le ad to
trouble. I 1800 Jefferson and Burr got ex
actly the same electoral-vote:. I then devolved
upon the House to decide, voting by states
and not individually, and then again the re
suit was a tie, and a decisive reEult was only
reached, with difllculty. Had thO House
failed wholly to electth results might have
been very serious. A amendment to the
constitution was ma'de*in 1803, which relieved
tbe situation cf much of its danger. There is
further a special guard in the provision that
the President and Vice'President shall be
from different skates. Concerning the count
ing of the electoral vote Mr. Bullitt says:
"The language of the constitution Is 'Th
certificates shall be opened by the President
.of the Senate/ in the presence of the Spnat
and' the House of Representatives, and the
votea shall then he counted.'. This cannot be
construed to require the cbuhtihg of votes un
less they were legally cast. No.onb will
contend that, if by counting the votesj4t would
elect the Prince nf W*lee,\ or aiyvforelgn.
Prince, or one who wasforeignborn, or less
than 35 years .of age, the vot^s must
be counted however clearly the certiflcates
may show bn their, face that the vote was
taken, and, certified, to in every respect ac
cording to Jaw. But, as before shown, the
Congress being divided ,into two houses, and
eacli being-reqnired to act separately in en
acting laws, and in doing all Other things, ex
cept, ^herein they may be exprefisly author
ized to act together, the vote nf. no stat
appearing on the face thereof to be de-
fective,.,or.informal, can beoounted, unless
eac^t h6use shall by separate act concur in
c:ua^ng the vote. Nor can the vote:
cf any
state appearing ou the iabeof the" certificate
thereof, to -be-formaJ and valid, ..be^ rejected^
Unless tbe two houses hall by separate acts
concur in rejecting it*, jrhe Vote of every
state appearing to be formal must fee ccuntea,
unless the two houses agree by separate ac
tion not to count it And,.on the contrar y,
the v'ot5,of no state appearing on the face
of the certificate theiof'% can
the constitutiohal provision is silent as
how the counting of a defectively certified
vcte, or^ Votea appearhignli^th^ifatje of the
certificate thereof, to be formal, shall b-e re*
fected or c6unted..v4r'''''t'*
rt^^'^^
"Any motion to reject or cbun"t% VQte must
be made after the counting, begins'and before
It- is concluded, for if-ftfr delayed until the
vota shall have been counted, ft ^llHbei too
late, as the counting of.the voteampunts -to
a decision by the X^pngress, from which th^re
is no appeal nor can the Congress itself se.
aside that Judgment and make a new counter
change the result Of the Judgment by the first:
counting, of- the votel-vlTie, counting the
vote must be in the presehce of the Senate
and- Houseo Representatives, and when the
votes shall be so counted it mutit be final, and
the Congress must declare the result thereof,
which constitutes flnaVand. irrevocable judg-.
meat. of the Congress,, and there is* a
thor-ity for the Congress itself tQ, reconsider,
that count.** .i 4
Mr. Bullitt waits until he reaches the four
teenth and fifteenth amendments to'the con
stitution ,to turn aside from-all the dignity
and proprieties of such a volume, and become
a pettifogger, injecting luto.hte work.-such
stump.speeches as are ueVally addressed to
cross-roads political meetings.- declares'
that' "natives born of African.-descer't could
-not* he. added tothe family sovereign oitt
zexts of 'the tJnited States by any amend
ment proposed by Congress, eve^i it ratified by
the Bignatures ,of all^fhjB states." He,thus
ifc '_,{&-
makes null and void first clause of the
^ameodment, which dedlarea'.'all personsborn
afErnWurali^ed in the United States and sub-.
4eet Jto t'hl'iurlsdicticn thereof are fcitlzens
of the. United
Statesn
they reside. '"HeT
and of th state'wherein,
tfrc asserts:e"If the?native
born of .African descent were made sovereign
citizens by these amendments to the const!
tution,, they-mju'sChave"been made citizens
pf the states wherein they reside, and, there
fore, eitftens of the United States, and they'
not only,have the right to travel Intheaame
railroad coaches, but to sendtheir children to
the same schools the of white
people attend, for th blacf children may
I learn muc from aasociatmvs with the white.-
I lear
SpK|SS
i fmm aaoriclaf tn arifb frnaSsrhltA
'fj &.r
childrenan they have the right to patronize
the same hotels,'churches, theaters, and to
Intermarry with the whites, and they cannot
be denied either of these, or any other equal
rights, by either state or Federal laws. If,
they are sovereign citizens, it needs neither
argument nor the citation of authorities to
show that they cannot be discriminated
against In any way whatever, for sovereignty
is supreme and cannot be "limited otherwise
than by voluntary agreement, which may be
broken at will by the -sovereign, and no act of
the low-making power, can become a law that
allows greater privileges to one sovereign
than to another.
"That the children of that race of people are
excluded from the schools provided by the
public for white children, and are prohibited'
from intermarrying with the whites, or occu
pying the same seat in theaters, or riding in
the same ra.tlroa.fi coaches" -with the white
people, and in many other ways discriminated
against by the laws of tbe states, which are
recognized as valid.by every deipartmenit of
tht* United Sjjtatesvshows ifca the African in
habitants are not stfxefeiign citizens .of the
states or of the United-States for, i they
were sovereign citizens, every discriminating
act of the Legislature ofany state would be
unconstitutional,and void.
"Bttfc they are Inhabitants- of the Jndte
States end of the staite wherein they reside,
and a mere inhabitant's they are entitled to
protection under, the laws of the United
States and of the state wherein they reside.
A the native born of African descent owe no
allegiance any other -nation, Prince, or
potentate, and have..-alwaya. resided in the
United States, it is difficult to define the ex
%ot relati on they bear tothe United States
and the state wherein they reside,''
further absurdly declares: "That the drafts
man of this fourteen th aimendtment did not
intend to make the African inhabifcamts sov
ereign citizens, for, as sovereign citizens, no'
laws could be made prohibiting /them from
Intermarrying with the white people, or
from attending the same public schools. And
the danger, of daughters of the white people
being entrapped into marriage- with the black
bucks, while attending school together, would'
have defeated its ratification by: the.states'
which prchaibly presented itself to the draft s
man of 'the-amendment/' and closes vol
ume with this sentence: "Therefore the
colored race of people born in the United
States cannot coneytute any part ctf the na
tional family of sovereign citizens,"
falls to see that to( ring in the dangers of
"white daughters of the South being en
tratpped into marrying bla ck bucks" is not
only out' of place In a thoughtf ul law vol-
ume, but is a grave'vinsult to theintelli-
geEt white people of the South. If such."ut-
terances could 'possibly meet with applause
the result would no,doubt be-mischief, and'
even crime, of the gravest ciase. (Cincin
nati: Robert Clarke' Co.). s,
''A General Survey of American Literafure."
By "Mary Fisher. Thfijauthor of this volume
has Written not only, a book of valuable in
structlon upon American literature, but has
interwoven' facts'and incidents into the
iu^iVidtiail llvesv of her subjects as to make
her chapters prbfbundly intefeating. She
.says': that her book, "has grown largely out
of" Jher, "work in the classroom." Rarely,
ivus a book BO admirably adapted to claseroom
study, "been made so notably interesting to
the general reader.-:The volume contains
terse, clear, honest studies of those men and
women who have done most to raise the
standard of literary work in the United States,.
Three namesthose pf Prescott, Motley, and
Parkman, represent historical literature,
while the leading romancists mentioned are
Irying, Haw4^prne, T^tioreau, and Howells
and the poetsvihoted a^e-Bryant, Longfellow,:
Whittier, Poe, Holm0rand LbwelL W
Channing represents the work of theologians,
while the franscendeh^alists are also given a
full chapter. Bach biographical sketch is ac
companied by a critical estimate of the- per-
son's work, which bears no mark of fads or
favoritism. The transcendcotalists organized
a club at Brook farm in 1836. I attracted
Emerson, Channing, Hawthorne, James Free
man. Clarke, Alcott, Rtpley,"' George "WiHiam
Curtis, Theodore Parke r, Margaret Puiler,
Elizabeth Peapody
1
AMEEICA5 NEWSPAPER.
Longfellow, Charles A.,
Dana, and ihany others. I was a novel com
pany of.visionaries, whose avowed object
was "t reform the prevailing philosophy
of the day," and-whose theory was ,that all
questions* of the day sl\ould
n6t be submitted
to scholars, butt the ^common sense of the
irace. Longfellow givesipme graphic sketches:
of bis entry at Brook .farm. says:
"I intend to convert myself -into, a milk
maid- tbis evening buVl pray heaven that Mr.
Ripley be moved to assign the kihdlie&t
cOwin the herd, otherwise 1 shall perforn-.
my duty with fear and trembling.". Being
'a milkmaid, or as he later expressed it a
chambermaid to-cows and pigs," soc-n lost all
its poetical glamour, and. became .the veriest
prose, to poOr Hawthorneen he writes, un
der date of the. 12th of Auguot:
"Joyfnl thoughtr^In-a little more than
fortnight I phall he, free from bondage, free
enjoy natureT freie to?t hink aha gel/.Even
my ci^s.tomrhouse experience was not such a
thraldom and wearines p. Oh! labor is the
cUree of the world, and nobody can meddle
with it without becoming brutiifiedv''Is it a
praiseworthy matter that I have spent five
golden mbnths in providing:-rfood for cows and
'torses? It|^ hot so/'
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4
pronounced his life at Brook,farm "an
illusion, a n^asquerade, a pastpral/a counter
feit Arcadia, jri which we men and Women were
making a pito-day:*^ the yearB that Were
given us to live in I ever have
deservedVwjiich has not often been the .case,
and I think neverbut
lf everl did deserve to
tie s0Umlly eulf ed byi^fellow mortal for jse
cretiy putting weight upon some imaginary
social advantage, -it -must have been, while
I -was ctrl-Ifg to p-ite n^-3lf ostentatiously
his' e^ual.
anChb:^olr e] I waitwhile I sat
beside Win On his' cobbler'B bench or clinked,
my oe against .his in the cornfield, or broke
thesame^cr^e of briead, iajr. earth-rlin e^
ha nd to hia.at his noontide lunch. The poor,
proud man should look'at both sides of sym
pathy like this."
Hawthorne soon.tended such romantic non
sense by taking a'tvfte and settling down to
life's: enjbv.meSc& Brook farm soon had a
literary organ^ The-plal, with Ripley, Emer
so n, and Margaret^Jnller editors. That it
made a sensatlbn/Ts HoT doubted. The farm
hoarded membrs foil |4ii weeki allowed
members to work at Whatever they ltkjed, and
paid the Bama wages for manual as for in
tellectual labor. The theory was that it was
an ^asylUm- where crime or poverty could
never enter, and .where earthly bliss was in
ireach. Ripley preseh|e%the organization his
splendid library and, Cfiarles A Dana was
Secretaryv of this -ba^ibf Visionaries: and
dreamers. The name#oif so many of!tihe ac
tive participants in the movement whoaffer
wari filled stich large places in the'Nation's
literature ahd[ hlstdry save the enterprise
from severe criticism. "Jt.was this mbvement
which gave MargajeMEuller prominencehe
would not otherwise'^aye received. She'has
added not one tithe as much of honor and real
value to American literatu re as have a score
of other noble American, women, and yet she
is ,the. only "woman who has more than a brief
mention In a the chapters of this boo k, and
as well in a book on American literature no
ticed last week. The author says of her:"
"Margaret Fuller's standard was false.
I was not the natural, but the unnatural,
that appealed to her. She had a decid ed bias*
toward the romantic, the exaggerated, and
the eccentri c. By- nature superstitious, a
believer In charms, fated days, talismans,
presentiments, shcPigi&r ed real science hut
gave -a ready acquiescence to the preposterous
clalrce of"'nieamerianrJKid its. goblin brood.'
'Subiect/ she.says oflterself. *tb'he sudden
revelations, the breaks in habitual existence,
.caused by the aspect Of death, the touch ol
Jove, the flood of music I never lived, thatrl
remember,,what you call a common natural
day. .AlUmy-days are touched by the super
natural, for I feel the pressure of hiddencause
-and the presence, sometimes the communion,
of uhseeh'powers.'* 'And'In closing thli
sketch Miss FisherBunts up and says: "She
was a woman of remarkable talent, who mis*
took a passionate love of beauty and a pas
sionate desire to reproduce it for thepowei
to fulfill that desire, and lost herself in futlli
excitements. She was not contenttoset
things aa they are. butiaa she thought they
ugh to be, and lost Una real worldfor a nn
icantic .dream,.wortd^of her own creation.
7 -f
usl those- who knew her,.sihe was anv
in-
tellectual stimulus.' a 'source. oi.Inspiration.
and many i^Vcs werr enrichedrhy jier influ
enc?." Bat Margaret Fuller's influence 0i.
Americanliterature has ibhgbeen overesti
mated. -It is a sentiment, growihajout of her
sad ending and not from actu al merit.
Miss Fisher thinks Emerson "in many re-
spects one of the most interesting characters
In Americariv.histbryi" But when she comes
to view Emerson as a leyel-headed thinke r,
she sums him up admirably when she says:
"The fundamental characteristics of his mind
Is an insatiable curiosity. It pushes into the
remotest corners of the intellectual. world.
It gathers.up all the ideas that attraqj it, anl
the result is a hetercgeneous collection that
interests and stimulates, but is utterly lack
ing in anything like plan or consistency.
Never was a mind more fatally lacking in
logical power than Emerson's. utters half
truths with the force of .whole truths.
makes sweeping generalization's on insuffi
cient data. never sees the .whole truth at
once h* sees only a fragment jot it, but he
Views it at so close a rangfe that the fragninf
assumes the proportions of the whole to
him, and he falls into extravagance when:
he describes it. Another point of viewbringsi
another fragment truth into prominence,'
and he at once forgets what he has eenTand
fails into equally extravagant valuation of
that which now absorbs his attention. H?ncs
those almost incomprehensible oscillations
from idealism to materialism, from the wild^
eft or fanciful speculations to the sternest
of scientific truths, and a practical shrewdness?
as serviceable as that of any day laborer
who earns'his bread and butter "by itfrom
the most extravagant laudations of Sweden
ijorg to the warmest appreciative sympathy
with Mpntaigne." Of Whittier this author
says: "No American poet has so thoroughly
infused his own personality tyto his work
as Whittier. In. all that he has written, and
he has written much, prose as well as poetry,
there is a distinctively individual note, quick,
recognizable to the lover of Whittier, and
endearing him more and more to the poet as
he learns the rarity and fineness of it There
was in him a remarkable blending of the Qua
ker severity and chasteness with'the poet's
susceptibility end passionate love of beauty
a tolerance wide as the world for all human
frailities and human doubts, and a faith in
God as simple and unquestionable as a little
child's a nervous sensitiveness almost fas
tidious and yet so sane and Render a love
for all simple, homely joysso restful a
calm, sought and kept amidst all the poetic
oscillations of fiery spirit." She quotes large
ly from his poems*to best emphasize the spirit
of his work. W have.not room for fur
ther extract or comment, and wi ll only re
peat that this-volume, is a valuable ana charm
ing book. (Chicago: A G. McClurg &>Co.
"Invisible Links"By Semia Lagerlof.
This is a series of complete short stories by
the author of the famous book, "Gosta Ber-
ling." It is theirfirstctrahslatlopfrom the
Swedish Into English. -They. reveal Swedish
life and thought, and.iare made'deeply inter
esting, by fine descripti ve scenes and' inci
dents that illustrate and make deeply im
pressive the stories recited. And yet they
are not cheerful or satisfactory stories. They
reci te in the main stories and scenes of hum
ble life which often end abruptly and unsatis
factarlly to the reader. But withal they
show a pathos and fantasy," a weird origin
ality, and One -word painting that hold th
reader by their spell. (Boston: Little, Brown
&-'G0.)
..'.'._.* ::.-&-.
From the Macmlllan company, New York,
we have a hew and handsome edition of Ham
lin Garland's short stories, entitled, "Main
Traveled Roads." The stories are: A Branch
Itoad," "Up the Coolly," "Among the Corn
Rows," "The Return of the Private," "Under
the Lion's Paw," "The Creamery Man," A
Day's Pleasure," "Mrs. Ripley's Trip," and
"Uncle Ethan Ripley." Mr. Garland is seen
at his be3t in these short stories. is a
lover of nature, and he writes entertainingly
of field, and forest and stream, and the people
and the life in the^rurai: districts. The Inter
Ocean has ^hargea^that'Mr. Garland in "Rose
of Butcher's Coolly" has done injustice to the
innocent child life in rural homes, but these
short stori es give wonderfully clear brief de
scriptions of home- life upon the farm. On
of the best stori es of the book is "Under the
Lion's Paw," which reveals not only the hard
laborious life of the farmer and the farmer's
wife and the farmer's boy but illustrates a
type of the generous man in the peTSon of Mr.
Council, and of the mean, grasping man in
Butler. But the stories are all good.. They
are, true to life, excellent in moral tone,* and
elegant in their literary construction.-
From Dana, Estes & CO., Boston, we have
several boys' book s, which willrob the^yes
of. American boys of sleep. They.are: "Oft"
Santiago with Samp3on," "Captain Tom, che
Privateersman," by that prince of story-tell
er s, James Otis"Tw American Boys in
Hawaii," by G. W Browne, which is not only
a live story, but gives sketches of the country
and the people. A it is our country now
every wide-awake boy will want to know a ll
about it. Then comes "The Minute Boys of
Bunker Hill," by Edward Stratemeyer, in
which the incidents of the far-away tim^
which, were so potent In- their bearing upon the
liberties of the present great nation,_are so
-w ell delineated as to make" every historical
fact doub ly interesting. Then, and last, an
other bright little volume from-James. Otis,
entitled, '"Christmas /at- Deacon Hackett's."
Those of our young readers Who read "How
Tommy Savedlthe Barn" will welcome further
hews, from the crippled Luke, the.motheriy
llttle.Garry, and the lively Thoma3. This Mr..
Otis, has obligingly glyen, and he tells in his
characteristic style of the adventures that the
-City waifs had the following holidays oh the
deacon 's hospitable farm. The mischievous
-and boasting Joey Ramsdell makes his ap
pearance again, and is the cause of most
the troubles .that ensue. But all ends wel l,
and the deacon is. repa id as before' for his
-generosity.'
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:'S':''t^'' .Literarr Kates.
Xa Myth*Land is the title of anandsome CM
eagb magazine, edited by Frances A. Woods,
which makes its llrst issue with the Octoocr
numfer. It: is designed for children and makes
an attractive appearance.
Richard Whlteing, the'author of that popular
book, 'No. 6 John Street," is writing a series of
papers on interesting phases of modern life in
Paris, whi ch will be printed In- the CehtUry
Magazine during the coming exposition year,
j-Unusual interest attaches to the Thanksgiving
(November) number of the Pall Mall Magazine
for its large and Increasing.circle of American
readers. Ohe of the contributors, William Arch
er, has shown deep Interest in American subjects.
William Nicholson, whose bold portraits, of
celebrities are so well known, has made another
collection of drawings under the title of "The
Square Book of Animals," published by
Russell, New York. These pictures are as strik
ing as anything Mr. Nicholosn has yet done.
Frederick A Stokes ft Co., New York!: send
o^it "Wild Flowers," by Mrs. Ellis Rowan, a
ihandsome album of floral beauties. The plates
are facsimiles of water colors.- Th artistic
work of the pages is excellent. Scarcely a more
beautiful book could be laid upon the center
table of the library. I Is a-beautiful gift book.
"Rupert's-Ambition," by Horatio Alger, pub
lished by Coates & Co.-, Philadelphia,^
a capital story whieh boys will especially enjoy.
It abounds in practical.'lessons, and shows an
honest, unselfish boy,'who Is always on the look-'
,out to help others, and is himself the gainer
in the end. A selfishness is one of the great
faults in so many people, unselfishness is a good
quaiity-to emulate -s
"The Woodranger,*" by G. W Browne, from
the press of C. Page & Co.,- IS~an exciting
story cf pioneer life on the Merrimac rrver more
than a century and a half ago, in whi ch Scotch,
Irish, Englleh, and Indians figure. The stories
of contest between savage beasts and savage men
follow each other so swiftly as to leave'no dead
pages.
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.xc^aDlevt:pvMgKnbWjieagejerne^aiOa*, -jjr 4jt^r 1* if ^^C.'^-' Jfcl*VHIsla,AfirMlB.
and of bsar.ng the privations and lonely ob
scurity of the earnest scholar'siife, and sac
rifice^ enduring glory for thefleetingglory of
an hour. But if she missed the literary fame.
he .coveted^ her life was by no means a faii^
ure, but had its'beauty and meaning*of which
no dnccr'talH reflections h'av^*cc%re down* to*
LILLIAN 8 CLAIR, Puluth, The
average weight* of a girl of nineteen Is
132 pounds.- i X-*-J?U*
a?A yj*fe
'M P."BARTON, Springfield: The word
"earth" first occurs in the Scriptures in
Genesis, chapter 1, verse 1.
DAISY, Detreitr S. stands for
the French words, "repondcz s'il vous
plait," in English "answer if you'please."
LIZZIE, Louisville: The best way to
regain your former plumpness is to take
a good tonic and exercise freely in the
open air. tl
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LAURA DAVIS, Chicago: You would
not materially better your condition by
marrying a. man whom you do not love.
The bertter way would be to summon all
ycur courage and bear 3
our home trou-
bles until you meet with some one to
whom yon can give your heart's love.
N woman should marry a man .she does
not love with all her heart".
"DIXIE DENT, St. Louis: The cardinal
bird, also called red-bird, Virginia night
ingale, and cardinal finch, is about eis?ht
inches in length. Its general plumage Is
a, beautiful red the color around the bill
and on the throat being black. The song
of the cardinal-bird resembles that of
the nightingale,, and during the spring
and summer, It sweet notes are heard
from the tops of the highest trees.
PRETTY MAID, Indianapolis: The
term confessor was a title given in the
early days~of the Christian church to
t!hose who had undergone persecution
for- Christianity short of death. They
were peculiarly honored by the primitive
church, together with the memory of
the martyrs who had actually suffered.
A present the term is applied to one who
makes a profession of his faith in the
Christian religion, and to a priest who
hears the confession of others, and^ has
power to grant them absolution.
6TUDENT, Philadelphia: The German
language is a branch of the Indo-Ger
iriariic class of languages, which sepa
rated from the parent stock a a very
early period. The Germans called the
language Deutsch or Teutsch, from their
ancestors, the Teutons. I its widest
sense the Teutonic consists of two
branches, the Northern or Scandinavian,
and- the Southern or Germaan. The latter
has three sub-divisions, the Eastern or
Gothic, and the High German and the
low German. TJie Gochic is" the earliest
of tftiese of which there are any literary
remains. The low German (Piatt
Deutsch) comprehends many dialects in
the lowlands of Germany, as well as the
Trisian, Dutch and Flemish dialects.
High German {hoch-Deutschha been
the Htera-ry language of Germany since
the days of Charlemagne. I the pres
ent lay. there are various dialects of
German spoken, in different parts of the
countrya the Suabian, Bavarian, Frau
conian, Saxon, etc. The work entitled
"Lectures on the Science of Language,"
by Max Mulier, will give you further and
interesting information upon this sub
ject.
Ottmar Mergenthaler, the inventor of
the linotype typesetting- machine, died
last Saturday, but his work will live after
hi m. After the fall of Omdurman a romance
of much Interest and pathos was woven
around Sister Theresa, the nun who mar
ried to save her companions from mas
sacre. Following the nuptial's came the
most dramatic part of the story, telling
how, after the ex-abbess got to Egyptian
territory, she bolted from her dusky hus
band and took refuge in a convent. For
tunately, or^otherwise, this pious and sen
sational incident has been quite spoiled
by the humdrum facts of history. Sister
Theresa, as she was, or Mrs. Caracolom-
o, a she is now lives, are told, with
her husband in Cairo, where their mar
riage has been "regularized" by the ec
clesiastical authorities.
When Frederick Dougtass died he left
a will giving his wife Helen his house and
fifteen acres of land at Anacistia, a
suburb of Washington, $10,000 in bonds,
and the same amount in cash. Mr Doug
lass drew his own will, and it was duly
authenticated by two witnesses. The
District of Columbia is still doing busi
ness under the old Maryland law, and
this* requires three witnesses to a wlrl
which makes a transfer of real estate.
Far that: reason Mrs. Douglass has lost
entirely the. property, valued at $60,000,
except so far a her life interest is con
cerned. The property therefore gees to
the daughter and three sons by the first
wife.
Besides this misfortune to the widow,
It appears that while Mr. Douglass had
$10,000 I bonds when he made the will,
the bonds were sold before died. The
courts of the district held that the be
quest was. specific, and that the widow
could not, force the estate to buy new
bends to make good the bequest. The
case. Will soon come up before the su
preme court, and aside from the Vegal
pleading there is a story "the effect
that the widow's claim was prejudiced
in the local court because she was the
white .wife an Afro-American, and
the- judges, therefore were not inclined %o
stretch the law any I her behal f.
^"irUftrteer Ordered t.
Washington, Oct 30.Orders have been
given for the Forty-ninth volunteers,
Afro-American organization, to start
from Jefferson Barracks, Mo., the ,16th
of next month for San Francisco, where
they wfll take ship for Manila,
I^^TUSKBSGESES A/T PARIS.'''
Booker TVahiliiarton Confers Witb
Preidnt Mckinley.
Washington, Nov. 1.Booker Wash
ington sawHhe president today regarding
the school exhibit at the. Paris exposition.
There will be a distinctive Afro-American
exhibit in the American section, but Prof
Washington wants, if possible, a small
space iartlculariy for the exhibit of the
Tuskegee institute, which I the largest
Bchbbi of thekind in tbe world. The
president'assured him of his Interest I
the educational work of which Mr. Wash
ington I tha leader, and referred him to
CommissionrPee a to the details of
the exhibit.e JR&k ^l
g*:
-"''t^ARNOT.
Let its twenty years
of constantly-growing success talk lliat ptight
to convince you that there's "somethingin
Pearline/* ,,-&".-.."
Twenty years ago Pearline was a flew'idea.,
And no new idea could have come into favor
so rapidly and so!largely or would have beenv
so copied and Imitated, if it hadn't been,a good
idea. Pearline saves niore, in washing,
2T1N
I the way be drear,
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I the fo e' be near,
Let not faithless fear o'ertake usl
Let not faith and Hope forsake us!,
For through' many- a foe /^'i
our home W go.
Zinzendorf.
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GAMMON THEOLOGICAL SEMI
'S ATLANTA, GSOBeiA.
AIMS AND METHODS
The aim of this school is do practical'*
work in helping men toward success in
the ministry. Its course of study is
broad and practicalit ideas are high
its work i thoroughit methods are
fresh, systematic, clear and simple.
COURSE O STUDY
The regular course of study occupies
three years, and covers the lines of work
In the seyeral departments of theological
instruction usually pursued in the leading
theological seminaries of the country.
EXPENSES AND AID
Tuition and 'room rent are free, The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nished. Good hoard can be had for seven.
dollars per month. Buildings heated
steam.
Aid from loans without interest, and
gifts of friends, are granted to deserv
ing students who do their utmost in the
line of self-help. N young man with
grace, gifts, and energy,* need be deprived
of the advantages, now opened to
In this Seminary. For further particulars
address REV. WILBUR THIRK1KLD,
D., President Atlanta, Ga.
&GK5T&IN noRiun uruvtKany
CANC SPRING, BULLITT COUNTY, KY.
"Industrial training will set to motion ten thousand
REV. WM. J. SIMMONS, D.f LI.. D.,
Co-founder and first Chancellor.
THE LOCATION.
The Eckstein Norton University is situated at Cane
Spring, Ky., twenty-nine miles from Louisville, Ky., in
one ot the most hetlvhy and quit-t settlements the
Statethe county being what is known as a prohibition
county for many years. The building and grounds ace
on a lofty hill of rich, rolhttg land, surrouiid- on all
Idestoymountain streams, dashing miniature cataracts,
high mountains, peopled with timber of many varied
species. In this quiet retreat away from tbe bustle of
city life, free from the unhealthy seductions and allure
ments of places of vic.e and unwholesome amusements,
one finds study easy, recreation helpful, and the physical
powers developed and secured. AU this plays no unim
portant {tart in a student's life, and is aptly suited to all'
who desire to prepare for an active life.
DEPARTMENTS.
Sericulture, Blacksmithing,
Cabinet Making, Plain Sewing,
Telegraphy, Printing,
Cooking, Business College,,
Poultry Eaismg, Press Making.
Carpentry,
Work Shops in WoodB ahd Metals,
Shorthand and Type Writing,
Fainting in Oil and Water,
Uaslcu Conservatory.
The above departments are under competent profes
sors and instructorsgraduates and specialists in the
branches they teach. They hail from Oberhn, Howard,
Btate University', Chicago Manual Training School, State
normal School, Itnode Island, and other of oar best
Institutions.
Our classes ana studies Me so arranged that otudent*.
may study what is most desirable, leave off at any stage,
recruit their health or finances, and return to complete
the course at any future time. The time to finish any
course is *he least possible, consistent witb thorough
work in all departments.
Literary, Photography,
Crayon work,
Tailoring, Apiaculture, Barber JSSloj
TERMS.
Board, room, fuel, tuition and washing,SS.0O per month,
students may enter at any time in the year.
HELP* resj TUOrMTS.
Deserving students may have tbe privilege of extra
reduction in proportion to the work they are willing to
do. We ask patronage not only on Account of our Tow
rate but on account of tbe very high character of tbe
work done. Our accommodations are first-etass and
offered alike to both sexes.
Persons to route to Cane Spring, Ky., via Louisville.
may Sad free accommodation at No. 527 T^aizrel Street,
I^ratsville, Ky.
For catalogues and all business address tbe President,
REV. C. H. PARRISH, A. M.,
CANC SPRING, KY.
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Christian, non-sectariaik Three-College conrs
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free. Incidental lee 8J4.SO a term. Kzpennea low/.
Ho saloons. 969 white and tl7 Afro-Americaa
indents. Go 1000 miles if need be to GrtOu Bm
Mutation. Address,
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