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The national leader., 1889-01-19
HEAR /!
To the ColOred Republicans Of Vir-
ginia, Greeting:

ginia, Greeting:
Pursuant to call issued by a COM
mittee of signers for "a National Col
Ored Convention to be held in the city
of Washington, D. g., on the 9th day
of March, 1889, and as chairman of
Sub Committee of Arrangements for
the State of Virginia, hereby request
the colored Republicans of said State
to call mass meetings in their respec.
tive counties and choose FIVE delegates
to meet in District Convention on or
before the first Monday in February,
in the places hereinafter mentioned
and elect two delegates to represent
their respective Congressionals Dis
tricts in the National Colored Conven-
tion to be held in Washington. D. G.,
on the 9th day of March. 1889. The
District Conventions will be called as
follows: 1st District, by T. Q. Walker
at Cape Charles; I'd. r. 6. d. Paige,
at Norfolk; Sd. John Mitchell. at Rich
mond; 4th, w. W. Evans, at Peters
burg; 5th. w. 81. Peasants, at Dan
Vile; 9th, Patrick Oliver, at Roanoke
City; 7th, -; 9Th. by Magnus L.
Robinson, at Alexandria; 9th, -;
10th, Caesar Perkins, at Staunton.
Secretaries of the conventions will
forward at once the names or dele
gates elected to said convention to the
Chairman of Sub Committee.
n. B. CLARK,
Chairman of Sub Committee, Newport
NeaoS, Va.
6. L. PRYOR, Secretary.
a 12-4t. Norfolk, Va.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

No sonl can nreserve the bloom and
delicacy of its existence wltnouC lonely
MUSINGS and silent prayer, and the
greatness Of tbIs necessity is in proper
tion to the greatness el Vno Soul.
Tho nath of duty in this world is the
road to salvation in the next. Charity
is tha salt Of riches. Be the first TO
hold out the hand OIL pcaco. improve
thyself, then try " itiono 4hn ,, oIners.
This is the penalty VI .n1 & .iar-he Is
Blessed be he who gives to the poor.
alheit onlv a penny; doubly blessed he
he who adds kind words to his gifts.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

1t is astonishing how soon the whole
conscience begins TO unravel if single
stitch drops; one single sin INDUCED in
makes a hole you could put your head
through.
What unthankfulness it is to forget
our consultations and to look upon mat
ters of grievances; to think so much
upon two or three crosses as to forget a
hundred blessings.
An extravagant man who has MOTH
ing else to recommend him but a false
generosity, is often more beloved than
a person of much more finished char
acter, who is defective in this particu-
lar.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

GENERAL MALONE: The exta
pious Republican papers that criticise
Gen. Malone seem to have forgotten
the service he rendered The Republican
party. When Malone entered the
Senate at the beginning Of the Cart Id
administration 1t was question
whether he would step to the right or
left of the aisle which divides the two
parties in the SeLa ate. Had he taken
bis seat on the Democratic side OF the
Senate he could probably have remaii ed
in that position during the remainder
OF his life. He took his seat OH the
Republican side. By his vote the Re-
publlcans organized the Ssnate.
Every Republican who held a ch;tr-
manship of committee during that
Congress owed it to Malone. During
his entire term as Senator every vote
he cast showed MIN to be as true aud
staunch Republican as Sherman, In
gals, Edmunds, Logan, or any other
man on The Republican, side. There is
no better or braver Hepublican Oh earth.
and Republicans, at least, should do
him justice.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

THE NATIONAL LEADER endorses
my word, and sentence of the interview
from Hon. Frederick Douglass as it
appears in this issue of the LEADER.
The great Douglass has sounded the
bugle call There is no doubt that
President-elect Harrison will read the
interview" with careful consideration
and act accordingly.
The national leader., 1889-01-19
HON. FREDERICK DOUGLASS ENDORSES
INTERNATIONAL LEADER"
The Most Staunch Supporter OF the
Republican Party Now Published
in This Country.

CEDAR HILL. ANACosTIA, D. G.. /
November 26, 1888.
MAGNEs L. ROBINSON:
MY DEAR SIR:-I have read with
increasing interest the editorials in the
NATIONAL LEADER of late and have
no hesitation in pronouncing the
LEADER as one OF the most staunch
supporters Of the Republican party now
published in this country. l do hope
you will be able to keep your banner
on the outer wall permanently. Do
not let us Glamour for Office. but for
rights.
Very Truly Yours.
FRED'K. DOUGLASS,
The national leader., 1889-01-19
Aid for Confederate Soldiers.

JACKSON, Miss, Jan. 1.-THE S21,-
600 appropriated by the last legislature
to ex.confederate soldiers of the state
is now being distributed by the auditor.
One thousand applications were ap-
proved, giving each $21. The appro-
priation Is a perpetual one, and Will bs
distributed annually unless repealed by
the legislature.
The national leader., 1889-01-19
Bad Luck in a Mine.

There is mine near Leadville into
which women are never admitted. If
a woman were permitted to enter this
mine l believe every last man on the
premises would quit work. The mine
has had an accident for every woman
who has visited it. Immediately after
a women has been admitted some mis-
hap, with damage to property or life,
has followed. Hence the superstition
Of the miners.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

WE invite special attention to the
interview of Hon. Frederick Douglass,
which appears elsewhere in our columns.
The enterprlsing Washington Press,
carried off the prize for obtaining the
largest interview ever held with the
''Sage of Anacostia -
The national leader., 1889-01-19

One of Gods ways of training us for
his service IS by setting us at dlstasteful
tasks for others. We may ourselves be
gamers by honest effort in behalf of
those who themselves receive no benefit
from our endeavOrs. In considering
the question whether our more toilsome
work at the present time is profitable
work, we must know that its chlefest
gain may be TO US in It's doing, rather
than to those i'll behalf of whom it is
done.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

SENATOR CHANDLER views in
reference to election frauds are correct.
He hits the nail on the head in his let-
ter to Hon. John NJ. Langston. He
takes broad and statesmanlike view
Of the situation. He may be denounced ;
but he Is ri0ht and can stand it.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

BEFORE the war the cry was that
the negro wouldn't work without a
master, that he would starve without
the fostering care:of his owner. The
cry is now. that he is ambitious, and
his ex-master is afraid Of being domi-
mated over by him.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

1T is rumored that a petition is being
circulated in favor of the retention of
Trotter as Recorder of Deeds for the
District of Columbia.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

NOTWITHSTANDING the opposition
of the white Democrats of the South
and the colored Democrats OF the
North. the colored citizen South. is
progressing.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

Falls, b. S.. foaled 1873, by Elec.
tioneer, dam Felicia, by Messenger
Duroc. recently purchased by a. j.
Alexander of Hon. Leland Stanford.
California, has arrived in Kentucky.
The national leader., 1889-01-19

The United States Government is
the only government that allows its
citizens to be taxed to pension those
who fought to destroy it.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
A CALL OF TIME.
How the House Works Each Da,

How the House Works Each Day.
10:01-While Lee was being hung at
Alexandria, Chaplain harrington was
praying for the house.
10:05-Mr. Benson asked what was
the population of Duluth, referring to a
petition for prohibition from that city
which seemed to contain large num-
Der of names.
10:o7-Speaker Graves-Any petitions
smaller than this?
1o:l5-Reports of standing commit
tees.
1o:35-F. c. Stevens introduces bill
authorizing White Bear to issue bonds
to refund its debt. The bill was passed
10:36-On finding Free" Lane alb
sent. Charley Davis went into the cloak
room and Wept.
1O:40-With Apollo-Iille tread Eugene
Hay returns to the house after several
: days absence.
1O:41-The bill to compel employers
to furnish seats for female employees in
troduced by II. F. Stevens.
1o:43-Mr. Ellingson and Mr.. Under
wood introduce bill to authorize Hen
nepin county to issue $4,000 bonds to
build bridge across the Minnesota
river. Also to issue. bonds for SSO,0Do
for bridge across the Minnesota, and
Dakota county to issue $4,000 bonds for
the same purpose. These bridges are
for the Bloomington ferry crossing and
the Cedar avenue bridge.
10:46--Mr. Underwood just Swiped a
snipe off of Free Lanes desk and went
into the cloak room to smoke it.
10:47-Charley Hunt took off his
goggles and lost his bearings.
10:4S-Alvah Eastman called on the
telephone girl for the second time to as
certain if her instrument was working
satisfactorily.
10:5O-Mr. Flynn enters the house
wearing smile and clean collar.
10:51-McKuSick's local bill restrain
ing asses from running at large in Fran
coma is p asSed.
10:59-Mr. Benson opens his history
of Rome at the paragraph Economy
is
11:o1-Judge Fleming introduced the
Brainerd charter bill, containing $50
DAD pages.
1l:O2-The clerk began to read it and
Bobb Dunn leaves the house in disgust.
The bill is passed.
11:03--H. f. Stevens puts his arm
around Senator Edwards neck with a
Matsahda grip.
1l:05-Frank Day enters the telegraph
room and closes the door behind him.
I:O9-Mr. Searle introduces bill to
amend the act of 1885, relating to the
Central Minnesota Fair association.
1i:10-A memorial to congress intro
duced which was read as follows:
1.-THE best interests of the state of
Minnesota and a large number of its
citizens reSnire that congress consider
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
TWO CENTS Per mile.
Representative Davis Intro
duces His Heralded Rail-
road Bill.
Fat Appropriations Get Into
the Senate Without
Protest.
Hennepin County Puts Some
Big Bridge Bills
In.
& Conference Over the Duldth
& Winnipeg Bill
Held.

The one essentially important bill OF
Yesterday was the measure introduced
by Representative G. H. Davis, of Rem
vile county, to reduce railroad fares IN
this state to a uniform rate of 2 cents
per mile. The bill goes to the railroad
committee, which last week received
information through the GLOBE of
the coming of the bill. MIR. Davis,
who represents a purely agricultural
district, says of his measure:
''Of the 1,250,000 inhabitants of this
state two-thirds are farmers ur directly
interested in agricultural pursuits, and
the question of uniformity in railroad
rates interests them more than any
other class in the state. | represent a
farmers district, and can say without
hesitation that all honest adjustment OF
railroad passenger and freight rates is
demanded. In passenger rates, as
now existing, in this state there
is general tendency on the
part of the railroads to exact a rate
which, if reduced to exact mathematical
proportions. would be 3 cents per mile
or more. This is unjust to the farmer,
and my bill seeks to make uniform
2-cent rate over all the State-a PROPOSE
ton that meets the most radical demand
vet made by the Farmers Alliance or
any other agricultural association. In
Introducing the measure, | consult
solely the wish of the farmers, and pro-
pose to make a thorough test of the
question before the legislature. The
public purse of Minnesota has been at
the service of the railroads long enough
for them to be willing now TO benefit
the common people by healthy and
profitable reduction of rates."
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
HOW LAWS ARE MADE.
A Peep Into the Senate Chamber
and Some Private Talks.

A Peep Into the Senate Chamber,
and Some Private Talks.
1.-THE senate is almost depleted of
members. Who cares for the second
reading of bills? Having read their pa
pers, senators are now busy with their
correspondence. while some are busy
chatting with members of the house.
Speaker Graves, Representatives I'm
derwood. Ives, Stevens, II. L. Eastman
and Flynn have just popped in"
Judge Collins-that dapper ''little fell
low" prematurely gray,as it were-caS-
ually WanderS into the legislative halls,
and refreshes his memory of when he
was leading participant in legislative
wrangles and debates in the early his
tory of the state.
11:0l-The calendar is reached, and
with it the final adoption of bill re-
latiug to the transfer of action in justice
courts is before the senators. The roll
is called.
from voting because [ am not CONVEX
SAINT with the bill.
Ex-senator Durant-Mr. Chair
man. | vote AYE
11:G5-The bill passes and others
come up. Senator Finseth has been
called to the chair, and the senate
lapses intoa chaotic assembly. Secretary
Cutter is reading al the rate of steam
engine down an incline; senators are
talking loudly, chatting and laughing;
visitors pass in and out of the chamber;
the roll is called and the bill is passed.
1l:0S-Finds the following interesting
combinations: Senators Whiteman,
Day and Brown. The latter is being
chatfed because great horse hair has
been discovered on his coat sleeve, but
Senator Brown turns the table by
claiming: sit has just fallen from Day."
Senators Oswald and Durant are stand
ing arm in arm. The latter has the
forefinger of his right hand raised.
11:0S% -The finger falls, ana Senator
Durant completes clinching argument
on the connection of the Apocrypha
with the book of Job. There are also
Senators Hall and Edwards in deep
consultation, but they speak low, and
their remarks are inaudible.
1l:O9-The libel law amendment bill
is up for final passage. Senator Brown
votes no, and this frightens Senator
Day. who moves to have the bill laid
over for day.
1:1O-Senator Ward: "You cannot
make that motion when the roll call has
begun Senator Brown at once with
drew his vote, and MIR. Day pleaded
that Mr.. Ward should allow the bill to
be laid over.
1l:l1-Senator Ward: "When will
you bring it up again?' Senator Day:
Tomorrow" Senator Ward: "That's
Sunday" This was greeted with laugh
ter and at -
11:12-Senator Ward became sufi-
gently awakened to understand that to-
morrow was Saturday, so the bill was
laid over.
11:13-Bill preventing the illegal
wearing of &. A. r.. badges is read and
passed.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
CUTTERS TONGUE TwANGs,
And the Committee Reports Slip
Through.

10:23-A long file of committee re-
ports are read. Senator Halvorsen asks
for more time to enable the committee
Investigating the matter of committee
clerks to report. 1t is granted.
ID. D. Merrill enters the chamber, and
Senator Wood puts his arm lovingly
around Friend Hoard's'' neck, and the
two converse for a time.
1O:25-Senator Hall wanders discon-
solately into the railroad committee
room, and, for the ninth time, Senator
Day finds he has important business in
the poStoffice. His correspondence is
reported to be of yoluminous and
most eXacting description. He, how
ever, seems to thrive after these re-
peated incursions into the domains of
the postmaster generals department.
10:30-The secretary is still reading
committee reports, senators meanwhile
INDUCING in a quiet read or chat. Your
legislator has no love for committee
reports, particularly if they contain
those magical words, indefinitely post
poned," in connection with one of his
''littlc bills"
10:40-Senator Marcus Johnson ap-
pears, his face blooming. and his bald
pate blushing under the weight of its
own loneliness. Senator johnson did
not attempt to catch the presidents eye,
He dropped at once into seat, and oc-
cupied himself during the remainder of
the session in committing to memory
that grand old ''pote," early to bed,
early to RISE" etc.
10:45-Public Examiner Kenyon and
State Superintendent Kiehle are busy
ing themselves among the officials.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
CHAIRMAN CONFUSED.
Objectionable People Leave the
Senate Chamber.

11:14-Goy. Rice takes the chair, but
vacates it immediate ly to Senator
Thacher, and general orders are
reached. The police bill of Senator
Bowen is before the committee. A
vote is taken.
l1:19-Resut: IA for and 12 against
reporting favorably upon its passage.
IL :20-Chalrman Thacher: The mo-
ton prevails.
1:3O1l-Chairman Thacher: The
motion is lost.
II :aO1%-Chairman Thacher: Eth!
That is to say the motion prevails.
:20$4-Senator Bowen: Do [ un-
derstand you to say, the motion pre-
walls.
11:21-Chairman Thacher: Yes, yes.
The motion prevails.
IL Ex-senator Edwards wishes his
prison bill to be read section by section,
and Senator Ives protesting that it
would take up too much time.
11:30-The bill goes to the Judiciary
committee for amendment.
11:40-The committee Of the whole
rises.
1l:41-Senator Durant asked Gov.
Rice, who is once more i'm the chair, if
there are any executive messages. The
lieutenant governor mods his head in
the affirmative, and the motion is made
for an executive session.
11:42-"All persons not members and
officers of the senate will please retire
from the floor and the gallery" came
melodiousIy from the presidents lips.
11:43-The senate was cleared of all
Objectionable people.
11:47-The public are readmitted, as
the lieutenant governor is saying: ''The
senate do now adjourn until 10 o'clock
tomorrow morning." When in execu
tive session the appointment of o. w.
Shaw, of Mower county, as member
of the board of control of the state
public schools, vice Hon. B. b. Herbert,
resigned, was confirmed. A question
was raised as to report from the Dun
nington investigation committee. Sen
ator Durant said the committee were
not ready to report. They had only had
one witness before them.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
HOUSE FILES.
Recommended 70 Pass.

House File No. 2S1-Authorizing sec
rotary of state to distribute certain
dOcuments.-Hoyt.
House File No. 3S3-Relating to pro-
ceedings to debar husband or wife
from interest in the pr operty of the
other,-Judiciary Committee.
House File No. 4l6-Allowing persons
to prosecute or defend as poor persons.
Judiciary Committee.
House File No. 4O3-To amend the
penal GOLDSMITH.
House File No. 140-To prevent keep
ing billiard or pool tables in saloons
Kreis.
House File No. 2S9-To prohibit the
maintenance of opium joints.-Hay.
SENATE FILES.
Senate File No. 112-Legalizing ac-
acknowledgements and conyeyanceS and
other instruments and the record there
of.-Smith.
Senate File No. 113 -Legalizing con
veyances of real property effectively
acknowledged. -Burkhardt
Senate File No. 26-Relating to state
library.
Senate File No. 1S3-Relating to state
reform School.-Reform School Com
mittee.
The Heidemann school bills. under
an attack made upon them by Judge
Fleming, were postponed. one of them
becoming special order for next Tues
day. The bills are alleged to be drawn
in the interests of normal school teach
ers, and to the detriment of the public
school teachers who have not had
normal education. Judge Fleming pro-
tested against any such injustice as this,
and the country members gave him their
support. The bills will have to be
amended or be defeated. While they
were osteuslbly drawn by outside par
ties, it is understood that the bills orig
mated with State Superintendent
Kiehle.
When the Hay bill for the suppression
of opium joints was called up, MIR.
HOmpe rose and said:
ut seems to me that this bill aims at
class legislation and will do injustice.
| think it would be better to license
these joints as we do our saloons under
the high license system. Fhe principle
that applies to one is good for the other"
His remarks were received with ap-
plauSe,
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
ANOTHER WOODCHUCK.
The Horse Doctors Are Receiving
More Than a Double Dose.

Four weeks ago bill was introduced
into the house of representatives regu-
lating the veterinarian profession. The
bill was apparently so illogical that it
never got beyond the committee stage.
Yesterday, however, a similar bill was
introduced in the senate by Senator
Ward. The only alteration is this: The
house bill made it legal for horse doc
tors who have practiced in the state five
years and upwards to continue doing so
under the title of veterinarian prac-
titioner." This term has been reduced
to three years. The alteration is mani
festly made to take ln' some ''kick-
ers" against the five years term, and
ought to meet, as it deserves, the fate of
its predecessor. Besides. there is a bill
before the senate the provisions of
which would throw the scales of justice
over every practitioner of veterinary in
the state, college graduate or not. 1t
provides that every one, veterinarians
now in the state and those to come
after. shall be examined by an eXamin-
ing board, created by the bill. This is
sufficient protection to the profession,
and the only just one propounded.
St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-02-16
FARM NOTES.
Hints and Facts That May Be of
Value to CilIerS of the Soil.


At a Minnesota dairy meeting Mr..
Lamb said, in paper read, substantial
ly this: You can get more milk in a
year from COWS coming in in autumn.
You can get more for the same amount
of butter when made in winter. You
can do better to dairy with little Jersey
cow than with heavy cow Of the beef
breeds, even if they are good mixers.
This idea of buying the biggest COW you
can get for $50, is all wrong when you
are buying for the dairy, even if you
think the Jerseys look too small and
poor, Judging from general purpose or
beef standpoint. Read your papers and
sift what you read.
According to Prof. John Wilson, of
the University of Edinburgh, than
whom there is no higher authority, the
ShropshIres originated in the mixture
of the blood of the Morfe Common
sheep, the Southdowns, Leicesters and
Cotswolds. Each of these had some
special excellence to contribute. The
Morfe Commons had good constitutions,
the Southdowns quality of flesh. the
Leicesters symmetry Of form, and the
Cotswolds size.
The few remaining buffalo of the
country are being bought up by capital
using them as cross with the Scotch
Galloway cattle. The hybrid thus pro-
duced will make corned-beef and sau-
sage, while the hides from the animals
will be worth more than the carcass for
robes. 1t is claimed that the wool is
evenly distributed over the entire ami
NAL, and Is far superior to buffalo robes
of the past.
The American Dairyman says: But
termilk is one of the products of the
dairy that has value not appreciated
by those who cannot be induced to try
1t in different ways. AS a food, or
rather drink, for human beings it is
most excellent, except with a few for
whom it has Objectionable qualities.
The trouble with getting people to
drink it is one simply of fashion Oh
custom.
A successful Western fruit grower
keeps boreIs from his trees by placing
small pieces of soap in the crotches of
the limbs, which the rains gradually
and collar. He takes cheap bar soap
into pieces about half inch square,
and about three inches long, and
presses that into the crotch. Such
piece will last about year.
Most every farmer is aware of the
fact that sheep must be fat to make
the best mutton, but few conceive the
idea that a properly and well fed sheep
produces more and better wool than one
poorly fed and cared for. Wool is a
product from feeding, just the same as
fat OF flesh, and the flock should be fed
and managed with view to wool
growth, and that of fine quality.
That the farmer may establish
quick-growing, beefy kind upon his
farm, he is only required to secure
growthy specimens-good feeders-of
breeds not akin, and he will. straight
way obtain what he desires. tits largely
the throwing in of new blood that tells
upon herd, wise selection never fail
ing to make betterment.
Early ploughing exposes the soil to
the action of the rain, frost and sun,