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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28

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letter for TITO sreax discovsry Of nee n !.
ton, aud De fsfme, faf bis Exiracs o.
6usapssil,a-.he bsst OF blood BURNERS
Who can tseimate how much these disco'-
cries have benefited the race.
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28
Voting Contest.

1t is very evident that those who know
most Of the White Sewing Mschine are
very earnest in their efforts tina. their
friends shall be the fortunate possessor Of
this very beautiful machine, both in design
ard finish. and those who are interested are
q ute well aware that there are many votes
which will be placsd in the hands CT Smith
Withee at an early date that have not as
yet appeared on the LIST Of voters, Judging
fromshe large sale Of III, J3urnal.
You certainly cannot do more fer your
friend than to be party to the p:esents-
.ion OF 80 valusble present, in the way
OF xpressiog yoIr gratitude and XII d feel
ing toward hun, by casting yous vote to in
crease the number to the highest amount.
Rem amber, tba. with this machine, will
be given a warrant of FIVE years, signed
ard sealed by the White Saving Machine
Company, and whoever receives the ms
chine viii be fully instructed in regard to
the manipulation Of the came without any
expense.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28

To Inss the system ia ssnae and tfuiy
be lsticiat man ,er. when ee spfiasune
CO mes. use G tree ard perfect remedy
Sytu, Of Figs. One bottle viii arsse 70,
all the Emily AID Gotta only 80 cents; tue
lrse size ST. Try is and Re oies.ei' nan
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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28

Saturday evening some one rung in =
fsI!e aIsrm from the box at the corner Of
State street. and Western syenus and the
department responded quickly, notvith-
standing the fsct That pulling . hose CAP
risge through the mud IL far from easy.
Same are charitable enough to think tina.
the party ringing in the alarm smelled
smoke there was strong smell Of smoke
in that vicinity ard after ringing in the
alsim was s.hsmed 10 acknowledge It.
The general opinion, however, is that some
drivellir idiot conceived the idea probably
the Grit cne he ever enterisired) that II
would he funny to get the department on.
on a Ease alarm. Augusta fremen work
rather cut Of q feeling Of public spirit than
for the money they get and to call them out
in this manner 10 . dsstsrdly act and should
be punished TO the extent Of the Law. II
the miscresnt falls into the clutches OF the
fremea he will appreciate the huseness Of
Of the Ike.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28
The Voting Contest.

The voting on the White machine up to
I 2. NJ. Saturday stood Is follows:
Rev. C. F. Penney, Augusta, 1898
" Ira @. Ross, Z" 1904
" j. NJ WymAn. 90 965
&" l.. II. Halloek, Wsterville, 1877
q" j. l.. Seward, 81 10
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1892-03-28
A Good Voucher

Il have known Mr., Warren y Vent for
many years and can ynnch for him a. q man
az ysf4city and ene we'll known aheut here.
have sold him several bottles Gf
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11
COLORED AUTHORS.
THEY WILL FORM A NATIONAL OR.
eANIzATIoN AT WILMINGTON, N. c.
l. Garland Penn Writes an Interesting
Letter About the Literature of His Race.
Colored Writers Need Encouragement
from Readers and Publishers.
Especial Correspondence.l ]

LYNcHBURG, Va, Nov. 2s-The call
which has been issued for meeting of
Afro-American authors in Wilmington,
N c., during the sessions of the American
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11
Nicknames of Australian Cclonists,

One often hears Englishmen called John
Bull, Scotsmen Sandy, Irishmen Paddy,
Welshmen Taffy, Americans Uncle Sam,
Frenchmen Froggy, and SO on. In much
the same way nicknames have now been
invented for the native whites of most Of
the Australian colonies. The New South
Wales men are called "Cornstalks" be-
cause they are tall and slim; the Victorians
are known as "Gumsuckers," in allusion
to the eucalyptus or gum tree, which the
influenza made a household word in nearly
every country of the world, and which is IL
native of the colony; Queensland folk are
"Bananalanders" because the banana
grows plentifully there, and South Aus
tralians are dubbed "Croweaters," be-
cause-so it is whispered-the early col
onists shot down crows and fed on them
when no other meat was obtainable.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11

The works of Fred Douglass are highly
creditable and valuable for their histor-
ical information and literary character.
The original productions of r. G. 0. Ben
iamin in general literature claim much
attention at the hands of the student
These, with the multiplicity of church
histories and church works by Bishops ID.
A. Payne, j. w. Hood, H. M. Turner, B.
I. Tanner and others, go far to make our
literature valuable.
While these authors are known and read
of men, yet there are a large number that
yet remain practically unknown to the
American negroes, to say nothing of their
introduction among the whites.
1t is proposed at the Wilmington gather
ing to form an association that will stimu-
late the mutual interest of one race littera-
teur in another, and it is hoped that plans
may be set, and conclusions reached and
put into action for larger and more excel
lent efforts in all departments of our liter
ature.
1t is also evident to those who are inter
ested in this branch of progress that the
failure upon the part of the American
negro to write has been the fear upon his
part that the effort of his struggling
might not find itself into print, since pub
fishers for him are hard to find.
No one will dispute the fact that but for
the publishing department OF the African
Methodist church but few of the books
and booklets now on the market would
have been published
1t is thus evident to these literary lead
ers of the race that publishing house is
the demand of the hour as means neces-
sary to the end of enlarging the sphere and
encouraging productions upon the part Of
those who have talent without means.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11
THE CAT is HISTORIC.
FELlNES OF ALL SIZES, BUT OF
TIE SAME GENERAL BUILD.

The Giant Animals of Ancient Days and
the DIanx Specimen That Has No Tail.
The Chinaman's Animated Clock-Some
Interesting Information.
The cat is always to be spoken of with
the highest respect, for his genus excels
all others in consistency of purpose and
persistence of type. And it has been so in
all ages. From the very first appearance
of any animal of the cat kind, away back
in the mesozoic age, down to the Siberian
tiger, and from the cougar to the melodi-
GUS ''Tom," of the moonlit fence, the cat
has always and everywhere been thor
oughgoing cat. From the Bengal tiger to
the chimney Angora kitten, not only is
every essential and distinctively feline or
gan preserved, but in external appearance
and general habit there is far less differ.
ence than between the horse and the little
pony or between the mastiff and the poodle.
Nevertheless there are some odd cats,
such as the tailless Manx cat and the
woolly Persian cat, for instance. But
these only emphasize the main fact. No
cat differs so much from any other cat but
that child can recognize it at sight.
Even that peculiar breed in the Isle of
Man differs from others very little except
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11
The Gates in the Palace of sleep.

Many letters having been addressed to
Walter Besant of late asking him why a
certain story of his is called ''The Ivory
Gate" he answers them all at once thus
'People who know their Virgil need not
read this paragraph. In the sixth book of
the "Eneid''-that wonderful book Of allie
CORY and mystery-it is related that there
are two gates in the Palace of Sleep. One
of these is of horn, and the other is of
ivory Out of the former dreams that are
true are issued for sleeping men; out of
the latter dreams that are false. That is
all. The application of the fable is left to
the render of the StorYN
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11

which your color had right for their justin
cation against the doubts which have been en-
tertained of them. am, with great esteem,
sir, your most obedent servant,
THOMAS JEFFERSON.
From that time until the present over
400 publications have been issued-the ma
jor portion since emancipation. These eff
forts have been mainly of an historic and
biographical nature. Here and there efforts
in fiction, science, poetry and prose of a
general character have emanated from the
brain Of the American negro but most of
Afro-American literature has been histor-
ical and biographical.
But very few efforts of Afro-American
authorship are known to the American
people for the reason that their sale has
been mainly confined to the members of
the race. 1t may be well to name the most
prominent Beginning with William G.
Nell, we have before emancipation his work
on '"The Colored American Patriots in the
Revolution" DIR. William Welles Brown
issued from three to five works on the his
tory of his race and travels abroad, which
attracted great attention both in this coun-
try and Europe.
The late George w. Williams, the his
torian of the race. issued 1.-The History of
the Negro in America" which is known to
all irrespective of race lines. The late
Colonel Joseph L. Wilson wrote "The
Black PhalanX; or, History of Negro Sol
diers in the War of 1872 and That of the
Late Unpleasantness." "Men of Mark"
by the late DR.. William j. Simmons, and
"Our Baptist Ministers and Schools" by
DR.. A. w. Pegues, are the most volumi-
nous biographical works-the first of a gen.
ha of ol
character.
Rev. Alexander Crummell, D. D., of
Washington; Rev. Charles w. Gordon, of
Petersburg, Va; Rev. A. Binga, Jr., of
Manchester, Va; Bishop J. w. Hood, of
sermons have been published and widely
circulated. The only text books-one of
history known as 1.-THE School History of
the Negro Race in America" by Lawyer
e. A. Johnson, of Raleigh, N. c., the other
ON the principles and methods of teaching
known as Science, Art and Methods of
Teaching" by DR.. d. B. Williams, dean of
college department. Virginia Normal and
Collegiate institution, Petersburg, Va
are remarkably well written and well ar
ranged works. In 'Tmaginative Litera-
ture" Mrs A. E. johnson, Of Baltimore,
and Mrs. F. E. w. Harper, of Philadel-
phia, are the most noted--the first as au-
thor of Clarence and Corrinne," the sec
ond of "Iola."
The two best known poets of the race
are DR.. A. A. Whitman, of Kansas, and
w. IL. A. Moore, of New York. The first
named is author of the "Rape of Florida"
the second is author of "The Token and
Other POEMS" Professor w. S. Scarbor-
ough, LII D., as author of the only work
of language--that of First Lessons in
Creek stands without peer SO far.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11

There also exists, even with those of tai
ent and means, a timidness, backward
ness as to pushing and making their way
as literary characters into the literary
marts of trade for fear of rejection, etc.
With but few exceptions our literary
men have been unable to gain hearing in
the leading literary journals of the land
Mr.. Douglass, Professor Scarborough, Ed
itor Fortune and one or two others mark
the north and south pole of this sphere.
The association of authors and literary
workers have fond hopes of putting back
bone into our writers and encouraging
them to submit manuscripts to publishers
and editors.
Efforts will be made at the Wilmington
meeting to devise plans for more salts
factory circulation of Afro-American
books among the members of the race, as
we'll as to put these books also into the
hands of our white fellow citizens.
1t is believed that the failure upon the
part OF our white friends to know of our
actual progress is due very largely to the
fact that means of information are net in
their possession.
How best to reach them is question
that will receive careful attention.
There has probably never been a call is
sued for any gathering of American ne-
groes fraught with more good and of more
benefit to the race than this. 1t is also
safe to say that there has not been call
issued for meeting of race leaders backed
by more prominent, able and conserva-
tive set OF men, who know the best needs
of the race.
Hon. Fred Douglass, Bishop Daniel A
Payne, Bishop B. ". Arnett, DR.. A. Crum-
NELL, Professor w. S. Scarborough, Hon.
J. NJ. Langston, Mrs A. E. johnson, Law
yer E. A johnson, Rev. c. B. w. Gordon,
Bishop H. NJ. Turner, Hon. Il. I. Fortune,
DR.. A. w. Pegues, DR.. l.. M. Hagood, DR.
D. B. Williams, Bishop J. w. Hood DR.. L.
J. Coppin. w. H. A. Moore, Esq, all race
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11
THE CHINESE CAT.

The common cat is sufficiently formida-
BILE in fight, but what terrors the giant
cats of the early quaternary period must
have been! There was the gomphodlis, a
with two teeth in each jaw as large as
common butcher knives and nearly as
sharp. There also was the pogonodon,
which seems to have exterminated several
species of smaller animals, and the saber
toothed tiger.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11
EXAMINATION OF TEACHERS.

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT AN Ex-
IN animation of teachers will ba held by the
county board of educarion in the assembly
room of the Normal school building, Los An
geles city, commencing Monday, December 26,
1892.
All applicants for certificates must be present
at the beginning of the examination
All teachers holding temporary certificates
and all applicants FOR the renewal of their GER
tiicates must file their applications and testi-
monials OF teaching with the secretary of the
board on or before Saturday, December "a,
1892.
BY order of the board of education.
1875 21t w. w. SEAMAN, secretary.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11

ADVERTISE In the columns Of TIE HERALD.
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11


Association of Educators of Colored
Youths in the last week of December,
brings to the attention of the American
people a field of work in which the Amer
ican negro has done himself credit, and of
which little is known by the general pub
lie.
The literature which he will represent
at this meeting dates from the poems of
Phllis Wheatley in 1791. 1t had it's gen.
esis in a collection of poems composed by
this slave girl, who was bought by a
wealthy resident of Boston, and who
evinced a love for writing and talent for
poetical composition shortly after her pur-
chase. The master encouraged the slave,
and history records the fact that she was
the recipient of most Complimentary no
tices at the hands of Washington, Jeffer-
son and others.
Her efforts were followed by the only
philosophical work ever issued from the
hands of an American negro in the shape
of an almanac by Benjamin Banneker in
1899, and published in the city of Balti-
more. A copy of the book having been
sent Thomas Jefferson, then secretary of
state, he acknowledged it's receipt in the
most flattering TERMS
/ thank you most sincerely for your letter
and for the almanac it contained. Nobody
wishes more than l do to see such proofs as
you exhibit that nature has given to our black
brethren talents equal to those of the other
colors of men, and that the appearance of a
want of them is owing only to the degraded con-
dition of their existence both in Africa and
America. / can add, with truth, that no one
wishes more ardently to see a good system
commenced for raising the condition, both o.
their body and mind, to what it ought to be, as
fast as the imbecility of their present exist
ence and other circumstances which cannot
be neglected will admit. 1 have taken the
liberty of sending your almanac to M. Con-
dorcet, secretary of the Academy of Sciences
at Paris, and to members of the Philanthropic
society, because 1 considered it document to
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11
NOTICE.

GAN FELIPE LAND AND WATER COM
- pany. Principal place of business, Los An
geles, Cal.
There il delinquent upon the following de.
scribed stock on account of assessment levied
on the 29tn day of October, 1892, the several
amounts set opposite the names of the respec-
tive shareholders as follows:
Name of No. No.
Stockholders. Certif. Shares. mt.
Farmers & Merchants B'k.1S 416 $1O40
NJ. K. Mackey. ...............17 416 1040
H. Il. d. Wilson ........... 8 10
Ard in accordance with law and an order of
the board of directors made on the 29th day of
October, 1892, so many shares of each parcel
at the office of the company, 131 South Spring
street. in the city OF Los Angeles, on the Goth
day of December, 1892, at o'clock p m. of
such day, to pay delinquent assessm mt
thereon, together with cost Of advertising and
expenses of the sale.
LB1RAND BELTS, Secretary.
131 south spring street, Los Angeles, Cal.
511f
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11

Our Prominent Physicians Recommend
John Wieland's and Fredericksburg Beer.
Both unequaled for quality. strength and purity
Los Angeles herald., 1892-12-11
Lost,

Once lost. it is difficult to restore the
hair. Therefore be warned in time,
lest you become bald. skookum root
hair grower stops falling hair. Sold by
druggists.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-28
CRUISER CHAMPION.
Her Arrival il Pert Yesterday
Afternoon from Esquimalt.

Her British Majesty's cruiser
Champion, Captain Eustace Rock
commanding, arrived in port yes
terday afternoon after voyage of
about fifteen days from Esquimalt,
B. c., and was anchored in naval
row.
The Champion was here about
two years ago and is a third-class
cruiser of 2120 tons, with engines
of 1000 indicated horse power. She
carries &c officers and 270 men.
Her armament consists of four g.
inch and eight 5-inch guns and
two torpedo tubes.
The cruiser will remain in port
for about ten days to coal, when
she will leave for a cruise around
the islands, departing about the
end of July for the South seas.
After a short stay at Tahiti the
Champion will turn her bow
towards Chile, with the expecta-
ton of arriving at Valparaiso some
time in November.
THE LIST OF OFFICERS.
Captain-Eustace Rock.
Lieutenants-Jas w. Little, Chas.
w. Fowler.
Navigating MISUNDERSTANDING
Nugent.
Gun Lieutenant Fred. X. G.. Glib
bon.
Lieutenant-Philip n. Wright.
Lieutenant of Marines-John Mar
chant.
Chaplain and Naval Instructor
Rev. Thos t. Griffiths.
Staff Surgeon-Jas. G. Dow.
Staff Paymaster = Beresford G..
Scott.
Chief Engineer-Jas. Armstrong.
ub-Lieutenant-Eric p. c. Bach.
Surgeon-Richard F. Bate.
Engineer-Wallis J. Kent.
Assistant Engineer--VernOn A. ter
Veen.
Assistant Paymaster Trevor
Hayls.
Gunner-Saml. T. Marchant.
Boatswain-Sam'l. J. e. Galley.
Carpenter-William Neale.
Midshipmen Octavius III. Bonham
Carter, Arthur B. Hughes, Fred. A.
Whitehead, Guy G. Clarke, Hugh P.
e. T. Williams, Osmond J. Premier,
Robert M. Grenfell Knight.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-28
A Warming.

There is no certainty that the
Wilder S. S. Co. will dispatch the
Claudine on the excursion to the
Maui races. 1t is perfectly under
stood that the company requires a
guarantee that fifty tickets must
be sold, or otherwise the excursion
would not take place. 1t was
stated last night that if fifty names
were not registered at the office
previous to the vessel sailing this
afternoon, the officials of the com
pany win declare the special TRIP
off. 1t behooves everyone who
intends to make the trip to notify
the passenger agent at the com
pany's office without any delay.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-28
VESSELS IN PORT.

This list does not include coasters.)
USES San Francisco, Admit Brown. S Diego
HIM S Champion, Rock. British Clmbia.
Am 5-mstd schr Louis, Hatch, Newcastle.
Am blk Albert, Winding, San Francisco.
Am sr Pactolus, Beadle, Newcastle.
Nor blk Ophir Braguiere, Newcastle.
Am blk Ceylon. Calhoun. San Francisco.
Am bkt w H Dimond, Nelson, San Fran.
Nor blk Havfruen, EvanSen, Newcastle.
Am schr Alice Cooke, Penhallow, PIT f.
Brit Dix Sumatra, Thomas, Newcastle.
Blk Veritas, Steinman, Newcastle.
Am blk Mary Ames, Knowles, New York
Am schr Aloha, San Francisco.
Am bark c Allen, Thompson, San Fran.
Am bgt w G Irwin, McCulloch, San Fran
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-28
Fine Coffee.

At the w. c. T. U. coffee rooms
at Queen Emma Hall, corner Nj
uann and Beretania streets, deli
cious coffee, sandwiches or bread
and butter and rolls are furnished
for 10 cents.
Open from 6 to ga. NJ, from
II 80 to 80 noon, and from 6 80
to 8 80 P. NJ, rom Tuesday, May
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1892-06-28
WHARF AND WAVE.
DIAMOND HEAD, June 81 :-9P.M.
Weather, cloudy; wind light N. E.


The steamer Hawaii will leave
tomorrow for Hamakua.
The barks Albert and Ceylon
'leave to-day for San Francisco.
The barkentine w. III. Dimond is
at the 0. S. S. Co.'s wharf loading.
The bark S. C. Allen will receive
sugar from the Mikahala to-day.
The steamer C. R. Bishop took
yesterday twenty-five of the newly
arrived japanese immigrants to
Waianae, and the Kaala took
fifteen for Hanamaulu and fifty for
Kilauea, Kauai.
A new gunboat, the Svenskund,
has been added to the Swedish
navy. 1t has been built by the
Kockum Engineering Works, of
Malmo. Her dimensions are !:
Length 100 feet; breadth 81 feet ;
draught 8 feet. The armament
consists of four Nordenfeldt guns
and torpedoes. The vessel will,
however, be more useful in time of
peace than of war, as first, she is a
powerful ice breaker, fitted with
water tanks for sinking to the de-
sired depth; secondly, she is fur.
nished with heavy gear for towing
or hauling off stranded vessels
thirdly she is equipped as fire
steamer, having ten large suction
hoses and a centrifugal pump ca
pable of delivering $4,000 cubic
feet of water per hour fourthly
she is fitted with condensers fur
nishing 800 gallons of water pc,
hour; and filthy, she is equipped
as a torpedo repairing vessel. TIL
engines with which this combined
ice breaker, tug boat, fire engine
: water supplier, torpedo repairing
! shop and man-of-war is equippe'
, are of $50 indicated horse power
3 giving the vessel a speed of II
knots.-Ex.