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Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28

In few weeks this state will hold
convention to elect delegates to the ma
tlonal convention that meets at CHICAGO
on the 10Th Of June, and the question
that is the most important to us a peo
pie is, will the service that we have rem
dered the party be recognized. True it
is numerically we are perhaps the least
OF the elements that make up the Re-
publican party of this state, but it is also
true that we are the most faithful, and
staunch; Tor their are no boilers in our
ranks, and we proved our fidelity dur
Ing the last election, when we were
stoned and fired upon, because in the
city of Minneapolis we dared to demon
strate our faithfulness and flaunter in
the faces of an "unterrified," the stand
ard bearers of the Republican party. we
asked that our worth and merit be taken
into consideration by the leaders of the
party, and not the question of color
alone, also, when after a careful consid-
Grafton, give to us a delegate-at-large
to the convention, also one of the presi-
dental electors for this state, thus prov
Ing to the Colored voters of the state
that merit has its reward, and that the
republican party is not slow in recog-
nizing it. Let the men who shall be
selected be those who have stood the
battle in the heat of the day, and who
have always been found fighting for the
rights Of their people.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28
Cut This Out

And put it in your pocketkook, or in
some place where you can easily refer
to it.
For through Sleeping Cars to Chicago
or st. Louis take The Burlington,
For solid through trains to st. Louis
take '"The Burlington"
For the only direct route to Peoria
take The Burlington.
The only line running Dining Cars
between st. Paul and Minneapolis and
st. Louis IS 'The Burlington
The best line for all Missouri River
points is 1.-THE Burlington"
The line making all connections in
Union Depots'' is ''The Burlington
Any ponit in the United States or
Canada can be reached by "The Bur-
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Tickets over 1.-THE Burlington can be
obtained of almost any coupon ticket
agent.
Other information about "The Bur.
linton" can be had by addressing W. J.
2. Kenyon, Gen. Pass. Agent, ST. Paul,
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Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28

The annual meeting of the Chicago
presbytery was in session there last
week, and upon the idea of a union of
the Northern and Southern Presby-
terrain churches the color line intruded.
During the discussion Rev. DR.. With
row said among other things: II don't
believe in ecclesiastical utterances, and
[ am unshakably convinced that the
production ola color line in religion is
abhorrent to the best christian senti-
ment of the day" This is the kind of
feeling that should prevail in the bos-
oms Of every christian. God is no re,
specter of persons and his protested
followers should not be.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28
ST. PAUL, MINNEAPOLIS & CHICAGO APRIL IS. 1888,

repeats itself, and the present is but the
repetition of the past, and we as peo-
pie must prepare to fight for that repre-
sentation, that the principles of protec-
ton, taxation, and presentation ofthe
Republican party advocate and endorse,
for taxation without both protection of
personal, and constitutional liberty, as
well as without representation is asking
too much Of us, for we have proved our
selves; and the occasion has yet to arrive
when the Colored element of the Re-
publican party has ever been found
wanting, but always at his post of duty.
These are questions to look at carefully
and be prepared to unite themselves at
all times and places for the elevation of
the race, for in the promotion of one
with the united effort of all, all receive
q benefit.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28

Let every man who has spark of race
pride and advancement in him, exert
himself for the success of James X. Hill
yard for alderman at large, and prove
that it is with us the same as with other
nationalities, that in matters of this
kind we can put race promotion in the
front rank. Let us remember that
there are hundredsand thousands of our
people who, today do not enjoy the con-
stitutional privilege of casting free,
untrammeled ballot, and that our eleva-
ton here will be hailed by these people
with great joy, and cause them to feel
that all hope is not yet gone. That
there is yet fighting ground, and that
ere long the contest must wax warm
and fierce upon this very question Of
the disfranchisement of our brethren.
Then let us work the harder and with
more eagerness to accomplish such re-
suit --s-
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28

The time has at last arrived when we
as people can demonstrate to the pol
ltlcal parties of this city, that as race
we can unite when an emergency pre-
sentsitself.by giving our earnest and I'M
lted support to J. K. HilyarJ, our rep
resentative the aldermanic ticket.
Much uneasiness has been expressed
upon this question by weak kneed Re-
publicans who deprecated the fact of
the nomination of Colored man OH the
city ticket. True, there are those who
always look upon us as good servants,
whether it be in political or private life,
but WHO hold up their hands in "holv
horror when We ask the privilege os
asserting our manhood, our nativity and
citizenship, while others congratulate
us upon our courage and high ambi-
tions. Yet one of foreign birth can die
's''o' ''llNi uelllduu suffrage or either OF
the grand old parties, no matter how
long,or how short, the time Of their resi-
dence on these shores, without, word
OF protest. The harvest is now ripe and
1t lies in the hand of every Colored
reaper" to see to it, that he votes for
the elevation Of the race on next Tues
day Let every one consider himself a
committee and work from the time of
the opening until the closing of the
polls for the success of James K. Hill
yard and by SO doing elevate himself
and the race. Let us prove to the peo-
pie of this section that it matters not
who the man is, so long as he is honest.
reliable and trustworthy as we'll as
being one of the race, he can rely upon
the united support of his people.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28
Read the APPEAL.

Read the APPEAL.
Autumn Club party, May 16.
Rev. S. F. Thomas has returned from
indianapolis.
Mr.. a. F. Bradley is out again after a
weeks illness.
You can't keep posted unless you
read the APPEAL.
Mrs, Laura McCage is seriously i'll at
No. 1881 State st.
Mr.. d. Byrd has been on the sick list
for week or two.
Mrs. Ann Chavis is in the city, the
guest of her son, Rev ]. Chavis.
To be absolutely sure of seeing ALL
the news, you must read the APPEAL.
Dr..J III. Magee has returned to the
city after a pleasant trip to Southern
Illinois.
Last Saturday morning Mrs. Richard
Moore presented her husband with a
fine boy.
Miss Katie Dodge returned few days
ago after an absence Of six months in
New York.
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28

The Colored men of this country are
entirely forgotten until an election
comes on and then he is sought for and
lofty, bigh and tempting promises made
% nm to get his support. History but
Western appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1885-18??, 1888-04-28

1t is with regret that we have to an
nounce the illness of Mr.. J. @. Adams
who has been confined to his room,
since Monday last, but We hope he will
be out again soon and be able to resume
the position at the head of the paper
where he can weld his pen for the ad-
vancement of his people.
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St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-06-16
THE LOVE LETTER,
1t Is as Old as Mankind, and Should Con.
sequently Not Be Ridiculed.


| sequentiy Not BE Ridiculed.
History is hazy concerning the writ
ing of the first love letter; but mas
much as love was included in the orig
inal outfit of the human family, it
must have been talked in Eden, and
inasmuch as writing is merely talking
atlong range, it follows-the conclu-
sion we submit is nevitable-that love
letters passed between the first pair of
lovers who happened tosbe separated
after the inve.'tion of writing. IfAdam
and Eve had known how to write and
had known how much pleasure they
could find in the new sensation, we
have no doubt they would have parted
from each other few days just to in
dulge in epistolary communication.
True, there was no general post-office,
no fast mail, no carrier system, no
green stamps in their time, but they
might have left their letters, as mill
lions of their descendants have done.
in hollow tree-an apple tree, for in
stance-or under some loose stone on
the top of the garden wall. Since love
letters are written by every one who
can write at all, or has some congenial
second self to write for them, WHY
should their publication in
courts of law or in the
newspapers send smoker across the
continent' Why do people, old and
young, and of all sorts and conditions.
rush in crowds to the courts and al
most travel over each others heads to |
hear love letters read and then 90
home and laugh at them as if they had
found something unique in the way of
funP Why do grave men and sober
women skip all the sensible reading in
a newspaper if it happens to contain a
love letter, and, having read that,
laugh at it as if it was the latest and
best of Gilbert's operate jokesp Ten
to one if all the old trunks in all the
old garrets were called to give up their
treasures they would convict these
grave men of just such Stiffness if
they please to call it SO, as that
which excites their risibles. No man
Or woman was ever thoroughly in love
and not to have been there, we are
informed, is to have missed some han.
piness, at least-who didn't saw and
10 silly things. Why, then, does
every body feel such an irresistible in
'linat.on to poke fun at the manuscript
owe making of an unfortunate whose
etters get into the courts and papers?
Why ridicule an universal traitp-
Farm and Fireside. ]
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-06-16
STORIES OF COBRAS.
The Late King of Dude and His Den OF
VenOmOus ReptiIes.

The Late King of Dude and His Den o
venomous Reptiles.
Dr.. Richards came one day to see
lady patient at my house. He arrived
in palanquin, which was put down il
the portico. He went to the lady room
and paid her brief visit; and wher
he came out of the room he went t.
the palanquin and brought ou
a large cobra which he hac
brought over to show me, in order tc
prove by experiments in my presence
that particular kind of wood, which
a native fakir declared to be an anti.
dote to snake poison, was of no value.
1t is unnecessary to recapitulate the
| experiments, but his familiarity with
the deadly snake was quite alarming.
L could not help wondering what his
| lady patient would have said if she had
known that he had brought snake
with him to the house, for she was ter
ribly nervous about snakes.
The snake-house in the Geological
gardens in the Regents park is most
perfectly designed building for keeping
the snakes in health and for exhibiting
them to the public. The late King of
Dude had built snakery in the gar
dens of his palace at Garden Reach,
near Calcutta. 1t was an oblong pit
about thirty feet long by twenty feet
broad, the walls being about twelve
feet high, and perfectly smooth, SO
that snake could not climb up. In
the center of the pit there was a large
block of rough masonry, perforated so
that it was as full of holes as sponge
In this honeycombed block the snakes
dwelt; and when the sun shone brightly
they came out to bask or to feed. His
Majesty used to have live frogs put into
the pit, and amused himself by seeing
the hungry snakes catch the frogs.
When large snake catches Nmall
frog, it is all over in an instant; but if
smallish snake catches a largish
frog, SO that he can not swallow it at
once, the frogs cries are piteous to
hear. Again and again | have heard
them, while out shooting, and have
gone to the bush or tuft of grass from
which the piercing cries came-some-
times in time, sometimes too late to
save poor froggy, though the snake
generally got shot. AS, final story, let
me tell how a frog has been seen to turn
the tables on the snake Two gentlemen
in Cachar some yeas ago saw small
snake seize a small frog and attempt
to swallow it. But suddenly large
irog jumped forward, seized the snakes
tail and began to swallow the snake.
How the aff;tir might have ended can
1ot be told because my friends impru-
lently drew near to watch the combat,
when the frogs and the snake took
Harm, and the big frog disgorccl the
snakes tail, and the snake released the
title frog, and they all scuttled off,
Iongsnan s Magazine ....5
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-06-16
SANDWICH ISLAND POL
HOW the Favorite Hawaiian Dish Is Made
and Eaten.


lie takes q piece of broken shell,
peels the roots. and takes a few on a
piece OF a huge log, followed out
shghtly IN the center, and, sitting
down cross-legged before it, com
mences his work. The kalo must be
pounded up into one smooth, sticky
mass; for this purpose he uses round
ed rock. the bottom of which is convex,
and about as big around as q saucer,
with a small upright handle surmont-
ed by knob, weighing about four
pounds. Pound, slap, pound, slap
The pound on the kalo. the slap made
by the wet left hand, which thus keeps
the face of the rock wet, so that it will
rot adhere to the mass, for so excess
sively viscid is it that it has to be con-
stantly wetted, water being often
thrown on the board also to prevent it
sticking. And now it begins to look
something like a big batch of dough,
only that it is of a grayish-blue color.
This stiff, sticky mass is ready now for
the huge calabash which the old lady
is bringing out to receive it.
DO you know what a native calabash
is? Never mind about that, we will
lind out all about them when we talk
over the ancient customs of the
HaWaiians. 1t is this kalo poi which
now interests u.s. Tomorrow it can be
thinned up with water and eaten, but
it will not be good, for it has only
risen OF fermented through the night,
and is too new; two Or three days will
find it just pleasantly sour, and de-
licious with fat beef dried fish, or
roast chicken; it also makes the best
adhesive paste in the world. it is so
rich in glutin. While we watched the
heavy pound, slap. pound. slap move
ment of the old natives arm, we
listened to the stories of this same poi.
How that the wife of Kamehameha |. |
was so enormously fat and so tremen-
dously lazy that she would not do her
own eating, but she was fed while ly-
ing down by her attendants, who pour
ed the soft glutinous stuff down her
throat in one continuous stream until
her appetite was satisfied.
You remember how dextrous every
native is in the manner of eating
his poi, which he tlkes up in his two
front fingers, usually giving it quick
Hip and twirl and then popping it into
his mouth. And as the hour approaches
for the native meal, and Won see the
woman bring out the family calabash
with few dried fish, or pc haps raw
,nes, as an accompaniment. memories
If other such meals, in which the con.
slant smacking and sucking of fingers.
making Il series of small reports,
crowd upon your p rhaps delicate di-
yestive organs. and politely decline
he cordial invitations to ''ai hui (eat
and wend your way home in
he cool twilight.-Sah Lake Romans
Exponent
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-06-16
OLD SCHOOL READERS,
How Would 1t Do for the Ex-scholars to
Go Over Themo

Speaking of old reading books, the
thought occurs to the Listener that it
would be decidedly interesting to get
up sort of symposium of experiences
OF the older generation with their
early reading books, for there is
scarcely page of an old reader which
has not lot of "reminiscences cluster
ing about it highly illustrative of the
old days of instruction. The "Na-
tional Readers" were the standbys
once, following, perhaps, the old
American First Glass Book which
was really a first-class book in more
senses than the one claimed A long
time ago the eaders did not change
for generation, and then they began
to founder, so to speak, and the suf-
fering children used to have to take up
new reading books every two or three,
years.
In good many respects the readers.
were better in 1860 than they are now.
They had not SO many meaningless lit
tie narratives about Johnny and Edith
and Mabel and their pleasant visits to
their uncles and aunts in the country,
but they had more standard literature
OF an inspiring sort that it was good to
have children know and remember.
The Listener has in his hand at the
present moment an old book called
''Ihe Art of Reading" published in
Boston in 1S14-it is tenth edition,
and its preface is dated 1S02-by DAN
iel Stamford, A. M, which has not
bad treatise on elocution, and good
deal of good literature, joined with a
good deal of turgid stuff to be sure.
There is great deal of
Columbian oratory, and Washing
tons farewell addresses is cheek
by jowl with much contentious
fiubadub from 'Pizarro." Our readers
got out of the '.Pizarro' period after
awhile, however, and there were
many excellent ones BY the way. the
advance which the art of choosing
ieclamations has made, is no more
plainly marked any where than by such
selections as the Chauncy Hall school
pupils recited at their exhibition
examples were by no means
rejected, and yet there was enough OF
live literature" represented in the Sc
ections to make it plain that the pupils
ire kept well abreast of the literary
developments of the time. Boston
Transcript.
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-06-16
SELECT MILLINERY.
beautiful Bonnets and Handsome Hat,
Exhibited In Eastern Cities

heau1lIui bonnets and Handsome Hatn,
! Exhibited in Eastern Cities.
Spiral. circular, triangular, quad.
rangular, orbicular, cuneiform. fu.
STORM, dendriform, curviform, no.
lygonal. multlatcral, elHptjcal
vaulted, hooked, conchoidal, heart
shaped, bell shaped, pear shaped.
obllque, tlat-every form to which
there a name, and many forms to
winch there are none, does head-oear
assume. Ribbons, flowers and feathers
are arranged over, round and under it,
IN labyrinthic disorder together with
Iaces and sparkling ornaments. creat-
ing quaint, artistic and becoming
frame to the pic;ure-like face of a
| beautiful woman.
Many of the new hats have low crown
and straight brim, but others, like La
Iosca, show the lofty effects, as in a
hat with high, squarish crown and
narrow brim, just a little curled up at
the edge. A specimen of this STYLE is.
IN stone and steel color the straw hat
beng in the darker shade, with full
trimming of steel ribbon, fastened NJ
the side with ornament of cut steel.
"A little to the left of the front is dove.
so placed that its head nearly touches
the brlm and its wings and tail extend
above the crown.
Another hat with q larger square
crown, has yide brim, curiouslv
twisted, and is trimmed on one side
with long ostrich plumes, which droon.
over the back of the neck, and quite
fanciful shape is in golden-brown straw:
its brim protrudes in front and is
slightly turned up at the back, and it
is trimmed with a drapery of golden.
brown velvet, and a tuft of golden
tipped feathers is placed on the TOP Of
the crown.
Capotes with low crown are in IA.
vor, and they certainly are very pref.
ty and very becoming. These BON
nets are now rarely seen in plain straw,
but they come in all kinds of fancy
braids, often two or three kinds and
colors or shades of the same hue being
in the one bonnet. Rib
bons, laces and flowers are used to trim
these bonnets of straws, nets with en-
broideries are also called into service.
One of the eccentric shapes consists
If q huge, wide crown, open at the
pack. The bonnet may be made of let
II metallic leaves, placed one over the
'ther, and round the top, inside the
,rown, while in front is bunch of
lowers. Ronnets formed entirely of
caves and flowers are again in favor,
While dainty little creations are in net
II all colors, with light trimmings in
liver and gold, with gauze ribbons
nd flowers.
Pretty bonnets in black lace show
utf1es or full finishes all round, and
etween the double rows of lace,
7reaths and clusters of roses and vio-
cts, or other favored flowers are plac-
d. A very dainty example has the
order of the most perfect multifora
oses with stems and foliage. Ladies'
l0ne Journal
St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1888-06-16
1t Woke Him Up.

you seem thoughtful, this evening.
Bobby, said the minister, who was
making call
mir Goodman" inquired Bobby.
rousing himself, ''what is yocabu-
laryP"
The minister kindly told him.
81 heard it this morning." BODY ex.
planned, land didn't know what it
meant. Ma said she had no idea what
. vocabulary pa had until She heard
him taking down the parlor stoye.-
Harper's Bazaar.