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both seem slow in reaching out to YOU a
helping hand, even when such assistance is
due to you, and, too, when it could be
extended rs easily as not. There is not
single person who has read your paper but
is aware of the great benefits it has rendered
to the cause of human rights. All speak of
the ERA as "your inestimable Journal"
"your invaluable paper" etc., and cores
pondents express regret for "trespassing
uDon so much of Your valuable time" aud
occupying so much space in your precious
columns" all forgetting that " fine words
butter no parsnips."
A couple of years ago, a ''poetical sermon"
went the rounds of the newspaper press,
entitled Prayer and Potatoes" written by
Rev. J. Il. Pettee, of Meriden Conn. Ga man
| whose practice in life is consistent with his
preaching), upon the Scrptural text, elf a
brother or sister be naked and destitute of
| daily food, and one of you say unto them,
Depart in peace; be We warmed and filled !;
| Notwithstanding ye give them those things
needful for the body, what doth it profit"
Now, what is wanted is more potatoes with
the prayers of your friends.
From what you said to me when met you
week or two ago, the New NATIONAL
ERA can be relieved of any financial embar-
rassment that may Overshadow it, if we, your
protested friends perform but half the duty
we owe to you. What l propose is, that
each one of your subscribers and friends shall
devote one weeks leisure time to extending
the circulation of the New NATIONAL ERA
getting new, advance-paying subscribers.
If this is done, 1 am confident the patronage
of the ERA will be Quadrupled before the
first of next September; and this national
advocate of our interests and our rights will
be placed far beyond the reach of those who
would destroy it, and by its destruction ruin
US. Friends, this can easily be done. Will
we do it, and do it noW: Your local papers
which advocate equal rights and equal JUS
tce are entitled to your support, but this
Waterman - the ERA on the national
tower, cannot get be dismissed. Let us
not give the truth to Senator Schurz's
charge that the colored man is I'M
grateful. l feel sure that the slow moving
party managers will eventually give the ERA
that to which it is justly entitled but let us,
its friends, not be dilatory in our duty.
How many real friends has the New Ma
| TIONAL ERA got - friends that will work to
extend its circulation - thereby benefting
| themselves, doing good to those whom they
induce to subscribe, and rendering this
watchful guardian OF our rights a needed
| HELPING HAND.
| p. ITO make good my statements, l
send you the result of one leisure evenings
effort and | promise to CONTINUE in the
good work" Next week hope to learn of
many who have gone and done likewise.
| II. Ii.
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dead, on his eternal throne, with his cohorts
of adoring and clarifying angels, is ushering
into. eternal bliss the souls of those blessed
ones who died in the Lord. The supreme
beatfic Joy depicted on their countenances is
a triumph of artistic skill which must be seen
to be appreciated. But the artist has excelled
himself in his picture Of hell. Souls of the
damned. writing in the flames, and the worm
that never dieth, in contortions, seem almost
to lift the veil from futurity and unfold it to
the astonlshed gaze of every beholder.
These paintings are all as large as life and
the collection will not be complete until six
more of these superb paintings shall have
been added. The last on the list of adOrn-
ments and ornamentaton is the inscription,
in crclct, in Latin, over the minister's
head-"Deum Partrem, ct Fillum Spuritum-
que Sanctum Adoramus ''-lettered in gold
and in stperfect manner.
St. Philips is great beacon of light to the
people here; as a sanctuary in which to wor-
ship the God of hosts, il is complete. 1t is
visited constantly by strangers both white
and colored who express their unbounded
admiration and surprise, and declare it with
out an equal to any church for the colored
people. Could the present pastor, DR.. Tur-
ner (who has achieved wonders here and
built up the church as an enduring monument
to his Christian labors and love) be retained
here permanently, it would attain a degree of
prosperity and usefulness scarcely reached
by any church in the South, and exert pow
err in the land we'll nigh akin to the Plymouth
church.
The Doctor and his congregation will prob
ably be little astOnished when they read
this letter in the ERA, but trust it will give
them the same qualification it has given me
in writing il. Yours truly,
WINKLERIED.
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Hong Chin Foo, Chinese exile, who
has been educated in the United States, has
lectured in Rochester. lie said that Of all
the people the Chinese came in contact with,
the Americans were most liked. While hun
dreds of young Cinnamon were sent to this
country to be educated not one was ever sent
to England or Frauce. The people who came
to this country, as a rule, did not properly
represent the Chinese nation. They were
low and ignorant, and the treatment they re-
ceiyed here from their lower classes did not
give them any complimentary or truthful
character of the American people. lie ex-
planned the reason why American missionaries
labored under such great disadvantages IN
China. lie said that the Chinese had been
taught by COnfucius to regard prOpriety of
conduct as of the utmost Importance. There
was but one way for their clothes to be
fashioned, one way in which to sit, stand,
walk, and but one formula to be observed in
the duties of life. In this country the speak
er had observed the utmost freedom in these
regards, and Americans, taking their habits
with them to China, greatly shocked the SEN
sibilities of that nation. For instance, they
would speak to the ladies and hand things to
them-deeds which were gross insults in theil
eyes. Then they would hold conversation
with people of the lower classes, which efec'
tually debarred them from intercourse with
the upper circles Ofsociety.
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RATES OF ADVERTISING.
MOON-I.IGHT AND LANTERN-LIGHT.

How mellowly glow the lanterns
Hung out in the dew-dark trees,
While | sit at her side and her fan turns
The moist warm air to breeze.
Right merrily pipes each player,
To the shifting swing of the dance
In the dazzling parlors: what gayer
Could be, or more like romance:
But look from her cheek of crimson.
And the diamond caught in her hair,
TO the moon that so silently swims on
Through glorious glooms Of the air.
Then back to this coquettish presence
My restless regard returns;
And its glitterng glamour lessons,
While something sullehy burns
In my heart. know not if any
Significance in it there be;
But think of the storm and the rainy
Low light on the line of the sea.
- G. u. Latarop in the GALAXY for August
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Ann Arbor at the approaching fall term
where he carries the very best wishes of a
legion of friends. The Misses Gordon and
Pelham have resolved to go South as teachers
in connection and in company with Mr..
Jos. II. Pelham, who, by the way, is becom
ing so popular as a gentleman of no ordinary
attainments throughout the Southern States.
Their absence will cause vacuum in our
circle not easily filed, but we give them our
best wishes, while we cannot but feel that
our loss will be the great gain Of some one
somewhere in the great whirlpool of life.
Mrs. NJ. L. LAMBERT.
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Word to the New National Era and Sew
eral to Its Friends.
BALTIMORE, July 81, 1874.

BALTIMORE, July 81, 1874.
To the Editor Of the Ne,o National Era;
The NEW NATIONAL ERA is deserving
of high commentator for it's steadiast adhe-
sion to the Republican party, and for its
efforts to keep undivided the "colored vote"
Upon this, as upon all other matters, the
ERA is right. You have rendered the Re-
publican party and our race intellectually good
service, and it is strange that, while both
admit the truth of this, neither appear to
care great deal about your welfare and
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tCJminuuicaiei.J
Moral Reflections No. 10.

G>---<- ~--<s<ss-s -
"Bewaie &c OF the feavcn OF the PiIarisaes,
which is .risv."-lnke Xii; |.
How universal, how deepseatel in the
human heart is the vice of hypocrisy. How
it pervades tie whole soul! Where is there
a being of Adams guilty race entirely free
from it! even in Gods children; how it
fingers there; how hard to be cast out!
There is no sin so common, none so domi-
nant in the soul /; yet none which is so odiOus
to man, so hateful to God, and so destructive
of purity and happiness.
That must be an enemy to our good, in
regard to which the Saviour so often eXhorts
us to be on our guard. That must be Il sin
of peculiar enormity which our gracious Re-
deemer denOunces in such strong language,
and threatens with such terrible woes in the
Scribes and Pharisees of his day. "Wo unto
We Scribes and Pharisces- hypocrites! for ye
arc as graves which appear not, and the
men that walk ever them are not aware of
thcm!'
How various, too, are its manifestations !!
1t is seen in all the words and actions we
would conceal from our icllOWIlch VI Holi
| the All-Seeing eye of God. 1t is seen, also,
| in all that attempt to appear to others what
we are matchmaking our faults and magni-
flying our imagined virtues. 1t creeps even
into our charities and most solemn religious
duties. How much We give or do for osten'
tatiOn and to be seen of men! How little
through pure love to God and desire to pro-
mote his glory! How it affects even oul
tones and utterances in prayer, not being
always true opponents ofthe present thoughts
and feelings of the heart to the seeming
earncstness and reverence, there Being moth
ing cOnformable in the soul! In view O
the hatefulness of this sin and its pecula
oflensiveness to God, how it becomes us t.
put up with fervency the praper, "Create il
me a clear heart; o, God, renew within mi
a right spirit wash me thoroughly from min
niquity, and clean me from SIM" A. A.
wAsuIxGrox CITY. July 10, 1874.
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The little boy speaks again. He recently
fell into pond of water, but managed to
crawl out before assistance arrived. His
mother at night asked him to thank God for
his preservation, and he answered thought
fully, "Yes, s'pOse bod did save me, but
then 1 held on to the gwass, too"
They indulge in ''society gossip" out in
Kansas. A Dallas reporter is guilty of this
| "Miss X-were red bombazne dress,
ruched with point alpaca, and an overskirt
of rose gingham, with a border of parsley
blossoms. Her tournure, was particularly
noticeable, from the fact that her hair was
so delciously scrambled in front. She also
wore number nine lilac double-buttoned
gloves, number six store shoes, slashed at
the heels, and Pompadours.
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From Pennsylvania.

PHILADELPHIA, July 20, 1874.
To the Editor Of the Ne,o National Era:
SIR: | have translated for your valuable
paper the following from La Mdependencia,
of New York, July I'd.
ROB'T DOUGLASS, Philadelphia.
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One old maid and a bald-headed man will
cast gloom over a picnic party which no
picked oysters or deviled ham can dispel.
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COMMUNICATIONS
FROM THE
STATES AND TERRITORIES.

THs NEW NATIONAL ERA does not hold itself responsible
for We've expressed by correspondence Well written and
Interesting communicate will be gladly recciyedl
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But both Of these things must be done, and
they must be done now. Who is better
fitted for the task than those who know the
nature of it? Or, are we to make the
humiliating confession that nothing can be
done for the colored people of Virginia by
colored men born in the State? 1t is wiser
to try first, and then acknowledge our weak
ness but until absolute defeat does come,
it can do no harm to hold the language of
Tennyson:-
It becomes no man to nurse despair,
But in the teeth Of clenched antagonisans,
To follow UP the worthiest till he die.''
1t is rumored that Hon. john Amber
Smith has declined denomination to Con-
gress, but many regard the report as feint
contrived to discomfort the forces opposed
to his denomination. If nominated, many
Republicans would not vote for him.
Mr.. Editor: have heard it said that you
refused to publish letter addressed to your
paper indicating the position of Rev. Der
rick on the Civil.Rights question. hope
this has not been the cause: if he asks a
hearing let it be granted. Audi aNeram
parton, is as applicable in politics as in law.
Give him rope. d.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1874-09-29

DIR. TUFTS HAIR DYE

POSSESSES qualities that no other DYedOes, lls
efirGi u instantaneous, and ~ natural lhAl u
an not 10 detected vs. ihH closest observer
general us0 among lhe fishiOhable heiTdress,
ON la every large city ~ The United htsies,
PIiGp tl box, sold eYeTYWhele,
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GARD.
Texas Grand Prize Concert Postponed
10 October ~, 1874.

Texas Grand Prize Concert Postponed
90 October ~, 1874.
The Hon. James II. ID. Wilson, may
or of Houston, and the city council en-
dorscs the enterprise M follows
llousroS, Texas. April ~, 1874.
We, the undersigned, regard the
real estate distribution, which j. IL.
Foster proposes TO make on the 22,l OF
October next, IN this city, M calculated
10 promote improvements, aud plnc-
Ing within the reach of many, who
otherwise would be unable, u chance
TO secure u home for them and their
families, and having, from our long
acquaintance with him, every conf.
dence IN his integrity, we feel Justified
In saying that we believe he will car.
ry out his distribution honestly and
fairly, according TO his advertised
plan.
Signed by the mayor, the Hon.
James I. ID. Wilson, aud city council.
Capital prize, $4,000, gold, ten resi-
dences IN Houston population 2O,0OO,
aud the railroad center of the state
$50 tracts OF land In different portions
Of the state. Value of prizes, $4,000
5000 tickets, at - each. The man
agement are 30 well convinced Of the
success of the enterprise, that they feel
justified In promising to refund every
cent of money, II the drawing does not
take place on 22d of October. Every
prize paid in full, whether all the
tickets are sold or not. Send for circu-
lars. Agents wanted. Address
j. l.. FOSTER,
Manager, Houston, Texas.
II. w. HOUSE Treasurer.
Pierce & Lyle, Agents.
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Two OF TEXAS handsomest and
most genial editors dropped In on us,
yesterday Geers, of the Denton Mon
itor, and Paddock, of the Fort Worth
Democrat. The latter is the efficient
president of the press association of
the state. Both of these papers are
published In counties adjoining Dallas,
and have extensive circulation in their
respective sections. The enterprlsing
merchants of Dalles, who understand
SO well the value of printers ink, will
do well to remember the Monitor and
the Democrat when they wish to COM
municate with the people of Denton
and Tarrant.
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SINCE the reinstatement of Kellogg
the negroes of Louisiana have mani
tested disposition to insult and mall
treat the ladies of the city, whenever
they catch them alone on the streets or
in the cars. The metropolitan police,
instead of protecting the ladies, join
with the brutal scoundrels in offering
indignities to them. Unless speedy
stop is put to this there will be an up.
rising In New Orleans to which all
other outbreaks that have preceded 1t
would be but child's play. From the
many instances given by our New Or
leans exchanges we copy the following
one from the Picayune:
Another notable outrage took place
yesterday at half-past4 p. NJ, in the
suburbs Of the city. Two of the st.
Charles street cars met ut that time on
she road, short distance above the
Napoleon avenue station. The drivers
stopped their respective ears along
side of each other to change places.
One car conveyed the wives of four Of
our prominent citizens, while the other
had aboard two negro metropolitans
end crowd of negroes. These latter
thrust their heads in the windows of
the car containing the four ladies, and
saluted them with such Internal leers,
grimaces and taunts as were character
istic of their teachings. The ladies,
terribly frightened, screamed to the
driver ''drive on" The cars went
their separate ways, aud the ladies
finally reached home, all frightened
and one made very i'll. With such
guards over personal safety aud pri-
vate property what may we not expect
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there VIII he no question about the

there will be no question about the
willingness
20 The Editor Of ihe Dallas Herald
The democratic party Of the STATE ~
TeKas have made nOmlnAllplls lnf con-
Rress la the ak congressional districts,
The writer Is personally acquainted
with each nominee, aud although ne
has been q residenl Of 1eAaa inr mere
than a quarter NJ q century ne can ~
ruth say, that IN point of ablllly, ana
la all the essential elements llal con-
slilule the free and honest congress-
man, no slate was ever more fortunate
In the selection Of her standard bearers,
This being the fact, why should npl
Tie Immediate supporters 81 Governor
Thr0ekm lrlOn, iellder ~ the people oI
all Texas q free barbecue, ~ lake place
during the month Of October ~ Wlllrl
shall be Invited ~ speakers, our enlln
congressional liGket2 ! hllllll llkt W.
hear my old frIends, John II, llelgnli,
John Hancock aud Huslnye hplllflpllel
speak IN Dallas As 10 CplhrrAplll
Mills aud IhrOpkmOrtOl, we NJ Know
and love them, hut Hancock alil
BohleIOher are total strangers, allH
Reagan IN an equal stranger W our
new comers What says the presaY
MAI, ~, BIlnpoRp
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COLONEL GERALD, Of the Waco Adj
vance, presumlng thot the q, W. Fair
fax, who acted IN Longstreeps aid In
the recent troubles In New Orleans, Is
the IA ne Fairfax that was on Long
streets staff during the war, soys'
From our knowledge OF him we
would not DO aslonished ut anything he
might do, and can only say that u he
gets killed In any Of the troubles, that
the world and the Kellogg party VIII
have lost u man whose place can be
supplied by anything that can wear
boots and clothes.
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WE publish, with pleasure, the sub
Joined communication from Judge
Burford, and most heartily indorse the
proposition and urge it upon the favor
able consideration Of our readers. Let
US 60 to work at once with will and
get up the biggest barbecue that was
ever given In Texas. Invite our six
candidates fot congress to address the
people, and thousands will come from
every quarter to attend what might be
called, without improperly, the great
tournament OF eloquence. Let pub
lie meeting be called at once and the
ball put In motion. Dallas Is able to
give Q barbecue TO the whole state, and
u the matter Ia properly presented
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The Denton Monitor of the Goth In

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INC pehloh """''"' w WV -''" "
slant says
CAPTAIN Young, Of the house T.
snhn 'Idrr a DAVIS, Dnllu- TrEua, M
In Ihe rlly ypslpfd A, anl rnllpi un ~
lie ind iis( gotten 10 lron, " ispcouulS
and reuorts Inc county fan NJ lndinl
Tlnors and three calup meetings II,
urogress,
49,, .,,o.,t,,,.
Aih" wv '""""inh' -.
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Will LAMnERT, IN editor aud pro-
prletor, has started the Marshall DullS
News. We are pleased 10 acknowledge
mum Der one, issued on Tuesday morn
Ing last, aud hope we may receive the
News regularly, Mr.. Lambert IL a ma
tive Texan, has spent ten years OF MS
life In the editorial harness, IL u ready
and graceful writer, aud will no doubt
succeed In placing tho News among
the front rank OF Texas dallles.
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GOVERNOR THa0Cn m0Hr0s's Az
POIkTmRhTs,

v eaihrrfnni, Thursday, October L.
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JngRsbOTO saturday, uOiuli ~
lJ,pal ", Mpnli pln ti q
lhnluIl, ~ alnAtu iiuHt w.
Mrkinl,1 inulslhs itionifs'
ildllnH, NJ, hua. uvn liI
ForI WOnh, MtdnuhdaA, V I lul W.
uranbuIIy, lnrbdAy, uClnllf W
hlaphelinvlllp, flldny urlphnl W.
Wodn wall, Tuesday, October ~,
KAUFMAN, Wednesday, OcluberN,
Waxahachie, Friday, October w
IIlllaDOIO, saturday, ~ lobpl ~
lleburn0, Tuesday, October W
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THE Palestine New Era is the name
of a weekly paper, the publication of
which has just been started at Pales-
tine by T. j. Chambers. Mr.. Cham
beers Is well known In the southeastern
part of the state, where he has lived
for seventeen years. He IL an old
hand at the newspaper business, and
has served the people of his former
home In the state legislature. We
cheerfully place the New Era on our
exchange list.
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THE weatberford Times says

Late advIces from Mort Worth mdi,
cate that the chances ARE not gool
for an early commencement 'ol
work on the 'loxas aud Pacific railroad.
General Dodge has stated that " was
impossible for him 10 furnish the iron.
We learn from an official Of the road
that the Texas and Pacific railway
company propose to devote their at
tention this winter to building the
road from Monroe TO Vicksburg.
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Sour Stomach.

If the food taken into the stomach Is not
digested II decomposes. In the latter case
pungent gas is developed which causes sour
quotations, or else the stomach itself secretes
an acid, which, rising up ut intervals, stings
the gullet sharply. These extremely disa-
greeable sensations are attributable to I'M
paired digestion. To get rid of them, or pre-
vent their recurrence, 1t Is only necessary TO
tone and regulate the gastric organs with
Hostetters Bitters. II will not answer to
postpone the great corrective with the idea
that the unpleasant symptoms will disap-
pear of themselves. SO far from that being
the case,they almost Invariably eliminate, II
neglected, in chronic dyspepsia, with its con-
comitants of gnawing in the stomach, dizzi-
ness, perverted vision, headache and Sleep
lessness. II is true that all those disagreea-
bles may be obviated by course of the Bit
ters, but how much wiser to anticipate their
arrival with one or two doses Of that pure
preventive of Indigestion and strengthened
Of the allmentary organs.