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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-19

trades not mentioned in the report Of
1888. In that year nine hundred and
ninety seven men and women had skill
ed trades. In 1859 the number had
gown to sixteen hundred and thirty
seven. Toe observant Quaker stats.
tician makes this very important note:
Less than two thirds of those who
have trades follow them. A few OF the
remainder pursue other vocations from
choice, but the greater number are COM
PEELED to abandon their trades on &C
count of the unrelenting prejudice
against their color. NJ
Thus, in the city Of Philadelphia, while
ability to work increased, opportunity
was more and more curtailed, and to-
day one may safely, declare that: practi-
cally all the trades enumerated by Mr..
Bacon are elesed-asainst Colored work
men. The large majority OF the Color
ed workmen ola halt century ago and
their defendants have come under the
mansion house Influence, and the qgti-
cultural laborers have kept crcwding in
to the city and entsrilg upon the same
mental career. IL
Two brothers. who were printers
came to Philadelphia several years ego
to work at their trade.t There was moth
ing in their appearances to indicate their
African decent. One secured work in a
large office " here white men were en-
ployed. and the other obtained a place
in the composing-room Of q paper pub
lished by Colored men,. At tho end of
two or three years. faithful service the
first of the brothers had become the
foreman of the Office where he worked.
Then che Of his subordinates' learned
that he was c lored man, and prompt
y communicated the startling news to
his follows at the cases. They imnedi-
ately appointedsx committee to warn the
employer that he must at once discharge
he Colored printsr or get another force
Il MIN. The forema1tadmitted that he
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-19
MILWAUKEE.
THE CREAM CITY OF THELAKES
AND ITS FOLKS.
Items of all Sorts Gathered Together b,
Our Ubiquitous Reporter and Served up
in Dainty Style for the Dedication of
Our Readers.

He cannot stand Klondike weather.
Mira G Hawkins is on the sick list.
Mr. Miles Jr., is able to be out
again.
Mrs H H Bland is still confined to
her bed.
All the ward heelers are getting ready
for the eprir election. ".
Mr. R E Moore stopped at the. Plank
ington while in the city.
Mr. Calvin Lyve.s is able 10 be out
again, after his long illness.
Mr. Isaac johnson, of the Soldiers
Home, was in the city and called on The
APPEAL agent.
Out of a class of ten all passed except
TIE APPEAL agent. He received forty
two black balls.
Mr. B F Day, CT Fairbau't, MIMI, is in
the city after an absence of thirty years,
visiting relatives and friends.
ZoraeterfCk pter met in, convocation
and conferred the degrees of the chapter
uT on companion VIM Harprow.
Mr. w G King, manager of the Plank
iugton left with his bride for the South,
where he will remain for several weeks
The Rev Robt Walker won the nan
ayers prize at the Plankineton House
for the neatest waiter for the month of
Jan.
The Black 400 Ball was agrand success.
All the sporting knights vera out.
Ward McAlister Page says he made
money 10 burn.
Mis-, Eva Parks and Mr. Edward VII
con were united in marriage by the Rev
Higgins. Also Mr. Alfred Lawrence and
Miss Georgia French.
The Rev Higgins and wife called on
the gentlemen who are employed at
the Plankington and invited them to at
tend the mite 'Socie ty. ..'.. 80.
The number of charter. members Of
Widows Son Lodge was twenty two in
stead of only two as stated last week.
The error being typographical one:
Mrs ProtE Williams, Of Medic I'd, Wis.
who was called to the city to attend the
funeral of her sieter-in-law. Mrs Al
Black, has returr ed to her home She
was The guest o: her sieter, Mrs S H MIN
er lille here.
The jury in the Municipal court in
the caes Of Peter Williams accused Of
burglary brought in a verdict OF not
guilty. The Mil yankee Ser tinel put
lished half coumn Of burlesque be
cause Williams said 'hsl]e'ujah" when
told he was fl ee, but eaid not one word
of the vigorous defense made by Atto'
ney Green who secured Williams re
leafe. "a, IS. . .
Mr. r E Moore, R F. & G came ur
from Chicago to asset J ] Miles + c N
aid the members Of Hollywood Cen
mantsry in copferinR The degrees o
knight Temp]er on the following. nan
eli brethrsp: c Clarke, Vim HsrgroV
and L H Palmer. Afterwards The 81
Knights ertertaired R E Moors at bal
quet The following Sir knights cam'
up from Racine: Capt Gen Logan Davis
D Thomas and Green. Bill Of Fare
Clear turtle coup; Spring lamb roasted
Mint sauce, Green Peas; Chesapeake
terrapin, Arlington style, Brown breat
toasted; Asparagus. Hollandalse sauce
Grape fruit punch; Quail baated ant
roasted, Hcrning cakes; Chefonade "a
ad and cheese; Biequet Rlace, Brand
peaches, Fancy cakes; Coffee wines cha
can Yquem 1874; Twelve Apostle seherr.
chateau Laftes 1869. Venve eli uot
Liqueurs.
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BABY PREACHER.

A Young Star Four Years old Expounds
Gospel. ,.
Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. 12-Che sup
erstition of mauv cit zens of this c,mmu
nifty are aroused and the int rest of
white peop'e is iuvoled by a mulatto
child 4 years of sg', who breaches the
Gospel.
: The name of the youthful preach or is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-19

On last Saturday Prof. Inman E. Page
of Lincoln Institute spoke at Elliot ave
Methodist church. ...: -5.-...
Elan Hale is in Jail at Clay ton CHI rgec
with attempting to shoot his mo her-in
law, Mrs. Samuel Johnson.
Mrs. Lavins Bannlster, SO, for % year
an inmate of the Poor House, died al
that int tutian Tuesday. The remains
were unclaimed and were consigned to
potter's field. IT, 49,. -.
The Mullsnphy heirs are willing to
have money of Mudlanphy rel eff fupd
used to build hospital for incurab,es
to be managed by q board in which no
religious eect should predominant and
the hospital to be- absolutely ffee from
secta,ian or raci Al rrejud ce.
William G en-. esidine at 632 Athlon .
ave. is in Jail with worrant OF Teri
GUS charge against him. It is alleged
that at 8 o'clock last Monday Green
went to the re7idence of Torsnce St,vell
of 440l Nor'h Msinst and finding her
a'ooe, assaulted her. He was arrested
at bis home few hours later aud identi
fed by the girl Green is Post Office
clerk, and the victim of his alleged. as
sau t il pupil Of Sumner High schco!.
Atthe February meeting of the Lad
les M ssionary Society Of Tower Grove
B .ptist church, Mrs. C)hroa, vic OF
Rev. J. l. Cohron, paster Of Central
Baptis; church Yves invited to be present.
and give her experience in mission work
and p cad for hef people. TIE subject
for the'day being, THE Negro in Ameri
ca" Probably no. person in the audi
ence had ever before met really we'll
educated Afro american and when Mrs.
Cohron with her clear cut face stood be
fore them AMI addressed them in cult
ured accents and faultlees dicr,on. I
was revelation to them. -..,.. ..~.>.......
Briefly stated, she told fret of the
mission work of her own church. then
of the other Atro-AmericAn churches in
the city. She told of tho Old Fo,ks'
Home and the Orphans. II ,me which
they now have and of the Day Nursery,
Hospital and stlaried missionary thst
they need.
Then tha spoke Of the marvellous pro
gress mace by the Ar Amer can since
emancipation in the United States, in
religion, education and we,'th and re
f-rred to the many who have game d
fame in painting, music aud SCULPTURE.
,, She dive o. the fac: that the A 70.
American is b ret nom Trades u
ions and is Obliged to d., me 'ial work
even when be- is ekilleI mech .pic.
Then The poin' ed to the hand Of God
in tlrs h.ttory of 1.-THE Negro in Amer
ca, and declared tnst"E Ii opian vculI
yet etr tch out her hands untn God .
Mr.. Coh,on won tn. he lts OF hel
hearers to her cause, as like Es,h-r o
old, she plea! f r her people. ro' tefcre
the king. but before repre.el tat Yes o
the sovereign pr ople
II her they beheld an exro ent O: tn
possibilities ofthe race, y III 9 fir m hel
words they realized. as new be ore
no stony ,hs pathw y that must b.
trod by al, Neproe, who IN any c.llir9
attain success. And. il ,hs 81 mDethy
which was arou Ell in those besrts be-
come he little leaven that shalt leaven
the whole body polite her pleading will
not have b en- in vain.
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He Pftfed Them /.

An eminent preacher who prided himself
upon his ability to discourse without the All
Of notes. once got into his pulpit. but VII en- he.
found himself face to face with his eonEre-
CATION his ideas vanished and his mind was
a blank. He tapped his forehead. bat in
vain; his ideas would not come. My friends.
he said, II pity you-you have lost fine ser
mon;.' and he descended the pulpit stepa--
San Francisco ArEonaut.
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A Haaty Man.

Iicks-Melton is pretty good sort OF EEL
ow.
WicksYes, in a way. But, then. &c is 50
TASTY, you know
Hicks-Hasty?
Wicks-Yes; he saved boy from drowning
The other day. and he couldn't walt until he
was just sinking for the third time. ont
grabbed for the youngster before he kad ,
chance to sink at ALL Really, it's DISC uz,-
ing, is such incoEgiderate haste; and th< q It's
20 unconventional too!-Boston TIanscYil
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Anothe. Freak.

"That young man Of yours" said the
observing parent. as his daughter came
down to breakfast, Should apply for
job in dime museum" why,
father" exclaimed the young lady in
tones of indignation, what do you
mean?" Il noticed when passed
through the hall late last night" an
swered the old man. that he had two
heads upon his shoulders.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-19

Lonnie Dennis. H answer, any reason
able QUE 8 ion Anont TIA Bible and talks
understand ,e'y # the G 'r stan reliqi IN
Last Wed"a. dav night n. appeared q,
the Fir, B.hi-t G ,urch end for All hal
an hour he held spell ID 'und the larg :
audience Sincet he hae be-n pre'cn.
ing at srious cuufc rs An has arou- ed
gre in crest II. f..
sUp,s, one occasion he p~eac .ed 70,
an hour. He seams to b, q sort of m n
tai freak. Many o h a'u, er4nc.s would
d, ample credit to learned divine, il
ps,id =1~Aa-.-@ 2
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Exact.

the streams are running dry out your WY :
They are g.ttin, dry said he fzrMe-.
with Z joyous haw-haw "but the. Gina run
MIN. guess the cigars - on you.s z -I7dixn-
apolis Journal. @ 5,s n 50 6 ,,3s i So.
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Novel Propagation.

A proposal has been made by M.
Gabriel Wand, a French chemist, to OBJ
tain easily assimilable iron tonics
from vegetables by feeding the plants
iudiciously with iron manures. It
would he interesting to know whether
suitable amount OF iron could be alb
sorbed in this manner.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-19
SAINT LOUIS.
SOCIAL MATTERS, CONDENSED
INTO SMALL SPACE.

Cor the Benefit of our Thousands of Read.
n ers-All Sorts of News Items From tho
CITY by the Big Bridge-Ths Future
Great" ut the Present Time.
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PRE- IDENT MAY ENTERTAIN.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-19

There are many cane plantations lin the
country, SO old that nobody remembers the
date Of their planting. great deal OF the
sugar manufactured In Nicaragua Is OF 2
coarse brown quality, the Juice being mere
Z IL boiled until 1t crystallizes, without being
cleared Of the molasses. Ia this crude state
e il poured into molds. forming small cakes;
.,which-are sold to the poorer CLASSES. a yer1
The Yale expositor., 1898-02-04

icals. Go preach this Gospel. You
say you are not licensed. In the name
of the Lord Almighty, l license you.
Go preach this Gospel, preach 1t in the
Sabbath schools, in the prayer-meet-
ings, In the highways, in the hedges.
Woe be unto you II you preach 1t not!
l prepare this sermon because /
want to encourage all Christian work
ers in every possible department.
Hosts of the living God, march on!
march on! His spirit will bless you.
His shield will defend you. His
sword will strike for you. March
on! march on! The despotisms will
fail, and paganism will burn its idols.
and Mahometanism will give up its
false prophet, and the great walls OF
superstition will come down In than
der and wreck at the long loud blast
of the Gospel trumpet. March on!
march on! The besiegement WI soon
be ended. Only a few more steps on
the long way; only few more sturdy
blows; only few more battle cries.
then God will put the laurels upon
your brow, and from the living founda-
ton of heaven will battle off the sweat
and the heat and the dust of the con-
fiict. March on! march on! For you
the time for work will soon be passed,
and amid the outfashings of the judg-
ment throne and the trumpeting OF
resurrection angels and the upheaving
of a world of graves. and the hosanna
and the grooming OF the saved and the
lost, we shall be rewarded for our
faithfulness or punished for our stupid
ity. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel
from everlasting to everlasting, and let
the whole earth be filled with his
glory. Amen and amen.
The Yale expositor., 1898-02-04
FADS IN FLOWERS.

Florists shops abroad are much diff
ferent from the ones in this
country. In London. for ex-
ample, funeral freaths and en-
blems are displayed in the windows,
with their prices attached. Some are
attractive, others very hideous. Lichen
Is fashionable there for crosses and
wreaths, and from this grisly-gray
background Gala lilies and white roses
peer.
Set pieces, the gates ajar," broken
columns and floral pillows, are always
painful, for, in the first place, the nat
ural grace and beauty Of the Covers Is
destroyed, and in the next there is no
excuse for the emblems. Flowers for
the dead should be scattered In care
forters, with their graceful beauty I'M
impaired. The modern custom of add
ing to a death notice the words.
Friends will please omit flowers. may
be traced to the reluctance of the sur
vivors to be confronted with those
CHASTITY set pieces which have ragged 50
long.
The best artists have always recog.
nized that flowers should be allowed to
arrange themselves. Basketfuls, arm
fuls or great punches Of loose flowers
are justifiable, but crushing their beau
ty into any systematized outline is un-
forgivable. Florists abroad have a
frightful habit OF making up" bouton-
niers for mems coats.and these punches
Of three or four violets spray Of fern
and a branch Of forget-me-nots are
seen on the lapels Of the men who do
not appreciate true fitness. A single
gardenia tuberose or a knot Of mig
nonette is better than one Of these bor-
Tible mixtures.
The Yale expositor., 1898-02-04
FEW SHUT DOORS.
Why the People In Canada Leave
Them Open.

Canadians are known in Britain as
the people who never shut doors, says
the Montreal Witness. Where rooms
are heated, as they are there, by crate
fires, the opening of door sets up an
immediate draught, and If the person
who opens it does not close 1t again he
quickly realizes his mistake, II not In
his own sensations, then in the re-
proachful glances of others. The first
lesson in manners taught to children
is to shut the door, and that quietly.
The door handle, the child is taught,
is not only for the purpose OF open
ing a door, but Of shutting it. The
reason why Canadians do not learn to
shut doors is that their doors, for the
most part stand open. The houses
are heated with a general heat, and
before the days Of furnaces, unless the
doors OF the room stood open, the
rooms would, for the most part. get
cold. Thus has grown the habit or
leaving doors open. When a Canadian
comes to shut a door, he Is prone to
think that something very private is
going on within which he must not
disturb, and his first impulse is to re-
tire from it, Where we in Canada
have a door which we want kept shut
we put a spring on it, and so where
there are many offices there is usually
a general and constant slamming Of
doors. To one not accustomed to the
Earring thus occasloned the result is
torture. In time kindly nature steps
in and mitigates the evil by making
the auditory nerve less and less sus-
ceptible to an accustomed sound. Ask
a person who lives in a cathedral
close. or under the shadow Of one OF
our great churches, whether the bells
do not disturb him; his reply is: Bells?
l never hear them"
The Yale expositor., 1898-02-04

Good and healthy girls are almost
always cheerful. No novelist would
consider his youthful heroine complete
If ringing laugh" were omitted from
the list Of her charms; and in real life
the girls who do not laugh now and
then are seldom trusted or liked by
their companions. Even beauty will
not save them. A belle who fails to
understand the jest of her admirers
and smiles in amiable bewilderment
while other people are laughing is soon
left with no consolation save to Won
der what anybody can see in her rival
"a girl with "tip-tilted" nose perhaps,
and a large mouth and freckles, but
the happy possessor of a pair of merry
eyes and a cheerful mind. The gift of
gayety is indeed of great value; but
It must be gayety which originates in
a kind and CHEEKY heart, not that
which is born of mere excitement or
gratified vanity.
The Yale expositor., 1898-02-04
ARE you TO LIVE IN ALASKAN
Some Requirements That VIII BE Found
Indispensable.

AhNibpchSaDics
The universal article OF diet In that
country, depended upon and indispens-
able, is bread or biscuit. And TO make
the bread and biscuit, either in the
camp or upon the trail, yeast cannot be
used-it must be baking powder; and
the powder manufactured by the pro-
cesses Of the Royal Baking Powder
Company, miners and prospectors have
learned, is the only one which will
stand In that peculiar climate of cold
and dampness and raise the bread and
biscuit satisfactorily.
These facts are very important for
every one proposing to go to Alaska
and the Yukon country to know, for
should he be persuaded by some out
filter to take one of the cheap brands
OF baking powder, it will cost just as
much to transport 1t, and then when
he opens 1t for use, after all his labor
in packing it over the long and difficult
route, he will find a solid caked mass
or lot of spoiled powder. with no
strength and useless. Such a mistake
might lead to the most serious results.
Alaska is no place in which to expert
ment In food, or try to economic with
your stomach. For use in such a
climate. and under the trying and
fatiguing conditions Of life and labor
in that country, everything must be
the best and most useful. and above
all 1t Is imperative that all food sup
plies shall have perfect keeping quail
ties. It is absurd to convey over such
difficult and expensive routes an arti-
Gle that will deteriorate in transit, or
that will be found when required for
use to have lost great part Of It's
value.
There is no better guide to follow in
these matters than the advice of those
who have gone through similar expert
ence. Mr.. McQuesten, who Is called
"the father of Alaska" after an expert
ence of years upon the trail, In the
camp, and in the use of every kind OF
supply, says: 1--WE find in Alaska that
the Importance Of a proper kind Of
baking powder cannot be overesti-
mated A miner with a can OF bad
baking powder is almost helpless in
Alaska. We have tried all sorts, and
have been Obliged to settle down to use
nothing but the Royal. 1t is stronger
and carries further at first, but above
all things, 1t is the only powder that
will endure the severe climatic changes
Of the arctic region"
1t is for the same reasons that the
United States government in It's relief
expeditions, and Peary, the famous
arctic traveller, have carried the Royal
Baking Powder exclusively.
The Royal Baking Powder will not
cake nor lose its strength either on
board ship or in damp climates, and is
the most highly concentrated and eff
cient OF leavening agents. Hence 1t 10
indispensable to every Alaskan outfit
It can be had of any of the trading
companies in Alaska, but should the
miner procure his supplies before leav-
ing, he should resist every attempt OF
the outfitter to palm off upon him any
OF the other brands of baking pow
der. for they will spoil and prove the
cause of great disappointment ana
trouble,
The Yale expositor., 1898-02-04
Il Applied to Both.

Mr.. Justice Maule once went on cir
cult with Judge Coleridge in part of
the country where the high sheriff was
a shy and modest man and very much
alarmed at having to entertain his
cynical lordship. Coming home In his
coach with the two judges, he thought
1t his duty to make conversation for
them. He observed that he hoped
there would be better weather, as the
moon had changed. And are you
such fool, Mr.. Jones, as to imagine
that the moon has any effect on the
weather." said Maule. Really, Broth
er Maule," said Colerldge, who was
politeness itself, you are very hard
upon our friend. For my part, I
think the moon has considerable eff
feet upon It," Then" said Maule,
you are as great a fool as Jones is"
After which conversation in the sher-
iff's carriage languished.-Roch
Democrat and Recorder.
The Yale expositor., 1898-02-04
PEDDLERS IN MEXICO.
Why an Old Woman wouldn't Sell All
Tier Honey ut One Time.

why an Olu woman WOuiun't Seii All
Her Honey ut One Time.
while travelling in Mexico a few
years ago l had a funny experience
with a Mexican vender which goes to
show what little business ability the
lower classes have" said e. F. Guig-
non of st. Louis. 81 was en- route to
look at some mines away up in the
mountains. At the station where we
left the train to take the stage l saw
an old woman selling some honey. She
did not have more than ten pounds Of
1t altogether and as it looked so good
l wanted to buy it all TO TAX along with
us. l asked our interpreter to buy It.
Much to my surprise the old woman
would sell him but two boxes. claim
ing that IL she sold 1t all to him she
would have nothing to sell to other
people, neither would she have any
thing else to do during the remainder
OF the dayv'
The Yale expositor., 1898-02-04
THE TRADE REVIEW.
Less Improvement In Prices Than Had
Been Expected.

Less Improvement in Prices Than Had
Been Expected.
r. G. Dun & Co.'S Weekly Review Of
Trade says:
"The first month of the new year
has brought rather more increase in
business, but less improvement in
prices, than was expected. With pay
ncnts through clearing house 7.3 per
cent larger than in 1892, and probably
the largest ever known in any month;
with railroad earnings 11.2 per cent
larger than the best of past years. tho
tact that prices are very low only
shows more clearly the increase in
quantities of products sold. The set
Element of wages on 10 per cent adj
vance April for 100000 coal miners
of the central region, with other
changes. will tend toward a larger de-
r1and for products of all kinds, though
also toward some increase in cost of
manufacture.
. Wheat has been conspicuous. rising
cents for the week, with 51s cents for
May options. Cotton has risen 1-16
cent, notwithstanding the strikes in
eastern mills and the official report OF
a decrease of 10.5 per cent in British
exports of cotton goods last year. The
WOODEN manufacture is also doing well.
Failures for the week have been
342 in the United States, against 331
last year, and "a in Canada, against 81
last year"