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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-05

gave very pretty party in honor of Mrs.
Partete. Of Fergus Falle. Thoee present
were: Mrs. J. w. Ford; Misses Laura
Adams and Amelia Porter; Mr.. j. "A,
Porter.
On last Friday evening the La France
Musical and Literary Club rendered the
following program at Odd Fellows' Hall:
Piano solo. Miss Alberta G. Fort; solo,
Mr.. J. W. L. Fort; reading, Miss .Lottie
Adams; duet. piano and mandolin, Mics
"A. =. Fort and NJ. G.. A. Hayes; rec;ta-
ton, Miss Anna Brown; solo. Mrs. E.
Anderson; defamation, Mr.. J. w. L,
Fort; solo, guitar accompaniment, Mrs.
Particle; reading. Miss Amelia H. Porter
solo, Dream Of Me, Little Darling"
Miss Alberta Fort; trio, Zenda Waltz,''
Miss Fort, Mesers J.. W. Fort, George
Hayes.
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WITHIN AN INCH OF DEATH

Venomous Reptile Left Its Poison in
the Mans Gun.
A correspondent of the Detroit Free
Press relates peculiar experience that
happened to friend of his during a
stay in Burma:
We were sitting on the veranda Of
our Bungalow. one evening, enjoying our
after-dinner cheroot. Finally my friend
arose and sauntered into his bedroom.
Usually lights were placed in all the
bedrooms, but this evening, for some
reason-probably the moonlight-the
servant had not performed his duties,
I could hear my fried fumbling
about his dressing table, and then sud
denly he gave cry of horror and
rushed out to the light. Il have been
struck by a snake!" he gasped, and
his face was deadly pale. Where is
it? Quick! Show met 1 exclaimed
as whipped out knife. He held out
his right arm. There was no mark
on the hand. which examined crit
ically, but on the cuff Of the shirt
were two tiny scratch-like punctures.
and two little globules Of poison sink
ing into the starched linen and leav-
ing sickly, greenish-yellow mark.
You've had q close call, old man."
exclaimed, with sigh Of relief; "and
now let us settle the snake" We
found him coiled up on "a small mirror,
which lay on the table, and an ugly
looking reptile he was, too, ready to
strike again. He WAS q very nnfsOnOllf
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ouno1ng, roorea with red tiles which project
six feet beyond the front walls to row OF
cedar posts; behind 1t pigsty. poultry yard,
and banana patch. and in the latter the cour-
teous inspector, swinging in his hammock.
This Is all that remains Of the historic place
where for many years Costa Rica's principa.
revenue was collected. and which has prob
ably caused more profanity on the part OF
strangers than any other spot Of equal size on
the face Of the earth Having crossed the Rio
Grande-one Of the largest rivers Of the coun-
try. the headwaters Of which are enriched
with mines Of copper, gold, and coal-ascend-
ing and descending by picturesque but very
trying bit of almost perpendicular road, the
highway divides at the top of the gorge, one
branch turning of northeast toward Alajuela,
only nine miles away; the other traversine
the Lanos (plains) del Carmen and the dis
tricts Of Uruca and San Antonio de Belem
We followed the former through region OF
luxuriant vegetation, half forest, half pas
vegetation. ~.
The roadsides are bordered with splendid
trees-mango. bamboo. Dapaya. breadfruit
(Contlnued an TIN. Uolumn)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-05
THE TRADING-sTAMP HABIT

Mr.. Whlmply Has Strong Views on the
r.-, Subject.
Trading stamps?'' snorted Mr..
sWhimply, as he paid for a box of
cigars, according to the Detroit Free
Press. "No, sir! Never suggest them
to me, sir! Never mention them with
in my hearing" "No offense, Mr..
Whimply." But it is offensive, sir;
very offensive. For forty years I've
struggled night and day, you might
say, to make comfortable home for
my family and. leave them something
when I'm gone. Now it looks as though
these trading stamps were going to set
me back about where I started. My
three daughters are all after them,
and so is my son. They get up at all
hours of the night in their rivalry 10
reach the market first Three pounds
OF steak make liberal allowance for
us, yet there are from six to twelve
pounds brought into the house every
morning by these young stamp fiends.
They buy groceries enough for hotel.
We have dishes that I never heard OF
De1Ore and always have POUNDS lett
where ounces are eaten. Each one OF
the girls has bought an extra party
dress for which she has no more use
than I have for a Calling gun. Their
mother has been seized with the con-
tagion and purchased an expensive
watch as present for me, just to get
the trading stamps that went with it.
The boy is going daft on the subject.
I gave him check to meet his Christ
mas expenses and he went to thirteen
banks, raising row at each one be-
cause it wouldn't give him stamps with
the money. Instead of trying to econ
omize they are all figuring on what
they can buy and really think they
are Napoleons of finance when they
manage. to get 10 cents, or 5 cents, OF
whatever it is, for dollar. Never say
trading stamps to me again.
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et.tisn IN Chu,sh Cellar.

the futility Of endeayoring to anti
cir ate the progress of ages is we'll
shown in the case Of the Church of ST.
Mdrie Woolnoth, situated in the heart
of)London. According to the terms of
the original grant Of this tract of land,
it Twas forever to remain the site Of a
church, but as it is in the heart OF
tile city, and a particularly desirable
location for one Of the stations of the
Metropolitan railway, it was decided.
while 1t was necessary not to disturb
the church, a station should be built
directly underneath 1t in the cellar. A
spacious vault has been constructed
underneath the church for the accom-
mediation Of the railway tracks. the
ceiling being supported by steel arches
and massive iron pillars. StairWays
and elevators lead up on each side Of
the church.
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or OF orga nizat:on against any man who
could he distinctively marked. Some OF
the friends of equality of opportunity
for colored workmen have felt impelled
to denounce the trade unions; unfortu-
nately, think. becaue 9 they provoke re.
sentiment by the lib. r leaders sgaintt the
colored man, and by inference, at least
accuse the unions of discrimination az il
it were conscione act del, Der 4tely med
at the colored n an. The unions have
simply followed Toe development, of the
idea Of exclusion. They. have diferlm-
mated alec against women of the
white race, and By the ! imitation ofpp-
pre- ntic ssLips, ag .irs: their own child
rem.
Although exclusion is the method OF
the ABR uniona, the Knights Of La b u,
establish e ! ab)u..s q 1aritr ola century
ago, promulgated the idea that I'll pec-
pie who work should be organIzod, all
fields of human activity opened to COM
petition, and q universal syetem OF edu-
| ~"SSVuE0St0UAl0A0u WIVA 0stt0W w LILO vol
eral improvement of tie maeses. The
ultimate object was to secure tue better
ment of the wage-earnerA' condition.
Q 'lored workmen were welcomed into
lnis o, ganiz .tion; and when its Geaa,pI
Assembly met in Richmond. in 1887
there were in that city alone more tn
ten thousand members. A controversy
arose as to what rights and privilege
should be given to colored delegates a
this meeting in a Southern city. Mi
Powdetly stood against discrimination,
and maintained that the standard BY
which labor is measured is the standard
Of the lowest workman. He carried the
Assembly, but he never recovered hi.
former prestige in the order. Recently
when be received nomination for %
/ important government Office, labor lead
ers throughout the country opposed hi
appointment; and g the leading expon
] Continues ON second PaEe.D
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itted inside the building The plea was
sustained by Judge Murphy, who said
that the statute of 1872 pives the United
= a'es govern msnt supreme jurisdiction
ev such territory. This relieves Robin
son of all fear of prcset ut.cn, as the fed
err statutes provide for the punishment
o murder Only when >nmi ted on gov
e meaf property. 49,. ., y
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-05
A POROUS PLASTER ROOF.
A West Virginian shingled His Roof
With Them.


That story of woman who bought a coffin
plate engraved with a maine different from
her own, because, as she said, her husband
might die and she might marry man by
that name. and it might come in usefha. is
probably apocryphal. But the story Of Pom
pey Cochran, who saved his old porous pias-
tiers because they might COME in useful some
time, and finally "shingled' his house With
them. is true, and 1t comes from West fir-
ginia.
Pompey was soldier in the Confederate
army, and was wounded at the battle of
Gettysburg. After the war he settled DOWN
on little farm near Mooresfeld. w. Va
and has lived there ever since. The. farm ts
small and Pompey IL not prosperous. The
only thing that has fourished with him Of
late years has been the pains caused by his
old wounds. and for these nothing Afforded
relief except porous plasters.
He had contract with the village druggist
to supply him with porous plasters by the
grooO. and the tax on his resources became,
90 great on account of being addicted to the,
porouS plaster habit that he became penuri--
Gus and demanded that old tin cans and
broken forks and every other odd and end
should bo saved. And especially he charged.
HIS wife 10 savs the old porous plasters. The
plasters had stuck to him and he would
stick 70 thep lastsrs. He was % proud Of
his cabinet q Old piastsrs g : man given 70
Tie hr1c-Arbsac and cusio habit y Of hia
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-05
SAINT LOUIS.
SOCIAL MATTERS, CONDENSED
INTO SMALL SPACE. II
For the BENEFIT Of our Thousands Of Read.
ers-All Sorts Of News Items From the
City by the Big Bridge-Ths Future
Great 1t the Present Time.

The SAINT Try condition of Simmons ech
DOL is very bad.
Charles Webb the murderer Of School
teacher Miss Mallie Wade has been cent
enced to 90 years in the penitentiary.
Mayor Ziegehsim 70 st. Louis received
from echoolboy the other day letter
which said: sinister Mayor: I wish
you would please fix the GRO osing in this
neighborhood. if you can. When I was
coming to sch Dol this morning I nearly
went over by shoe top in mud, and if
you can fix it 1 will b :, very much peas
aed.' &. ...ss A.,
Nellie Hart, who has lived near, Tive
18th and Gay cts. during the short inter
va!s between eojouAns at the City Hospi
tai, created trouble Sunday when DR..
Suffer told her abe was we'll enough to
leay Q. and tried to discharge her. Every
time Nellie was put ont OF the back gate
she would>retura via the front gate.
Finally DR.. Suffer called Officer Fay from
Union Station, and Nellie was taken a
way in patti oil wagon. >
Armstead Robinson, the Afro-Americ-
an potter in the Office of Internal Revenue
Collector McCreery, has established q
precedent in the mattsr OF State and Tea
eral jurisdiction. Robinson resented a
remark made by Robert Christian, a
snitorin the federal building, by assault
ting and batte,ing him. He was arrested
on warrant from the Four Couat, cha
raing assault and battery. In Judge Mu
rphy's court a plea in abatement was en-
tered bv RobiDson's lawyer on the gre
und that the federal building was
United States reservation, andt1e State
bad NJ jurisdiction over. off ,nses comm.
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Fargo N. d.


Mr.. = Murray, of Nashville, Tenn, ls
in the c y.
Last Monday evening Mrs. 81. Adams
entertained Mrs Jas. B canister, Of st.
Paul, and Mrs. e. Hayes.
Mr.. ! esse Howard is the proud father
of q ten-Dound boy: Howard is passing
around cigars, two for aqusrtsr size.
The dark Secret met at Mr.. George
Hayes tonsorial psrlors on last Tuesday
evening. The club will give its frat on
tertsinment on Feb.l4.
Miss Lottie , Adams entertained at
luncheon on Saturday evening Miss Anna
Brown. Of Elgteroale. n. D., and Mr.
Barnard Williams, Of Marquette, Mich.
Wednesday evening Mn. E. Hayes
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LABOR UNIONS !
AND THE NEGRO" BY ). s. DUR
HAM IN ATLANTIC MONTHLY
The Ex-Consul General to santo Domingo
Writes Very Forcibly and Logically In
Reference Thereto-An Interesting Arti-
Gle ON an Important Subject.
CONTINUED FROM Last WEEK.

| CONTINUED FROM LAQ WEEK. ..
The men came in touch with their mag
ters only where the mas. ers' Injuries
and indulgences began. Thewomen were
exposed to the masters will. These SER
wants became a highly favored clase, but
they were the hearers Of the silver sal
YER. They had no opportunity to learn
by example or BY precept those habits
rot application. Irugality, and morality
which are so important in the formative
period of q independent race. Indul-
gence and extravaRs ce were the marks
of the fine gentleman az the mansion
house servants saw him. and their con-
tact with him did not extend tothe work
whereby be made bis contribution to the
real pre- gress of the community.
Now, while the farmland has been
vorking out slowly bis own elevation,
and is not far removed from bis African
;progenitors. and while the grest-house
servant has developed into the luxury
loving menial type Of to-day, the devel-
opmsnt of the laborer and ekilled work
mon has been checked. There were
skilled wo1kmen even among the slaves.
Apt men we're selected from the farm
hands to raise barns, to mend harnets,
to put on tires. At the seaports sailing
vessels required skilled work. General
mending soon became specialized, and
the learning of trades followed. At the
beginning OF the Revolution, almost ev-
cry community + ad it's slave blacksmitbs,
carpenters, ard laborers, while at the
seaports slave calkers and stevedores
worked with redemptioners and poor
whites. The skilled workmen, besides.
enjoyed privileges which developed his
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-05
COSTA RIGA.
ANDTHE METHODS OF TRAVEL
ING IN THAT COUNTRY.
Travel by Mule and collaborating Under
Good Auspices-A Palmetto Shaded Road
A Region Of Luxuriant vegetation-Alaj-
uela is an Up-to-Date City,
Continued from znd Col,

orange, guava, calabash, tamarind 'cocOanut
and royal palm. AS before mentioned, the
Chief cities OF Costa RIGA lie in these central
highlands comparatively close together They
begin with Alajuela, forty-fiv miles from the
Pacific coast, at an altitude Of 8, 500 feet. and
continue with Hereda, San Jose, and Car
tago, in direct line, almost due east The
classica! names that abound-Sparta, Athens,
Cartago, etc.-sound strange in this part Of
| the world, where sanity nomenclature is the
rule. Alajuela, capital of the province of tue
| same name, is a large town, laid out in the
usual checker board fashion, with narrow,
macadamized streets, which cross each other
at right angles, and one-story houses, stuc-
coed and Whitewashed.
Alajuela Is an Up-to-Date City.
In the middle Of it's plaza is handsome
bronze fountain; on one side of it a fine,
rather too new looking cathedral; on another
the "curatel,' or barracks, said to be the best
Of it's kind in Costa Rica: and on the third an
Imposing municipal palace. Alajuela is a
founded as late as 1924. 1t is beautifully sit
uated in the midst of fertile plain, among
the hills of the Barbe mountains, and almost
under the shadow of Poas, the twin volcano
1900 feet high. The Alajuela institute and
the National college, both supported by the
government, make it perhaps the most impor-
tant educational center of the republic The
population Of the city is 5000; that of the
department Of Alajuela is about 50 0OO Here
begins the central division of the Trans
continental railway, which runs from this
point to Carriage, and midway between, only
eighteen kilometers from Alajuela, is San
Jose, the capital. The railway is narrow
gauge, with cars and locomotives Of Amer
lean make. On the way to the capital we
pass through Grecia, the chief village of Gre
ella canton, and the center Of "a rich agI icul-
tural and grazing district, where are flourish
ing plantations of sugar and coffee, and much
attention is given to the breeding of fine cat
tie; also San Ramon, one of the new rail-
way towns, which has already its public IL
brary, two newspapers, and other earmarks
of the English road builders. The last town
on the line before reaching the capital, Ma
ranjo Spanish for orange), deserves especial
attention, not only for the beauty and luxu-
RANT vegetation of it's surroundings. in the
midst of the famous San Carlos valley, but
for the progressive spirit of its inhabitants.
1t has grown remarkably during the last dec
ade, and bids fair to outstretch both San
Jose and Cartago.,
- - FANNIE BRIGHAM WARD
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character. While other slaves were not

character. While other slaves were not
permitted to pass the limits OF the plan
tation except under strict surveillance,
be ipjoyed comparative freedom in going
and coming. He sometimes worked
miles away from his master. Often he
was permitted to "hire bis time" By
this arrangement, he paid bis master q
fixed sum weekly, and retained as his
own whatever surplus he could earn.
He was daily testing hisskill against tina,
of other men. The confidence of bis
master inspired selfconfdepce. More
important then allslse, he was permit
ted, a. rule, to hsye his own little hut
where he lived with the. mother of his
children. removed alike from the deRra
dation Of tie field hands quarters and
the corruption Of the grest house. Thie
litt'e hnt the NeRro's tirs:, home, was q
centre Of moral impulse for the growth
of the best pc of the colored Am ericar
of to-day.
At first this hard school OF ind ustriaI
education was under the direction O.
white mechanics, and whites and backt
worked together. TIE result wac low
wages fer the whites and free blackt
II r public sentiment rated labor by III.
slave standard OF value. When, early
ip this ceutury, white work men began t,
organize, they instiDctively struck a
slavery aa the cause OF their low wages
Black wo1kmen, though free, were no
permitted to organize against the en-
ploying clase, and the distinction be.
tween black workmen and white work.
men really began when the organic atiol
Of, white laborers begun. Nevertheless
this distinction was not felt by the on,
nor made oppressive by the other. Th,
blacks continued to work at trades Blu
in the idea of exclusion which animated
the early labor organizations lay tn,
germ ofthe present discrimination agai
nst the bla.k workman, though the, Hrs
leaders seem not 10 have unde rstood it
Ef
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-02-05
, A New Supply Of Amber.

; News of another valuable discovery
comes from British Columbia. This
time it is not gold, but amber: The
banks of the. Saykusp Creek, flowing
into Jervis Inlet; on the eastern shores
Of the Straits Of Georgia, are, it is
claimed, able to supply the world with
amber for at least acentury.
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Indeed, the early labor movement
was naturally closely allied to the anti

Indeed, the early labor movement
was naturally closely allied to the anti
slavery movement. The Voice ofIn-
dustry, one OF the Arst labor journals
referring to the existance Of slavery, de
clared in its sslutatory that under til,
present state OF soclsty labor becomsI
disreputa BILE" Young Anne, lea, !. . othe,
early lator Journal printed the ''de.
mands" Of tho wol kmen 1T the head Of
it, editorial page. Among them var
1.-THE abolition Of chattel' slavery" The
close sympathy Of the two movements
was shown by the active participation Of
William Lloyd Garrison, Charles A. Da.
ma, Wendell Phillips, and Henry Wilson
at meeting Of the Norkingmen's Parry
held in Boston. Among the resolutions
passed was one denounclrg the system
which held three millions Of our bre,h-
ern and sisters in bondage" Although
Negroes were uot active in the labor as
sociations. the early organizers had no
idea of denying equal opportunity to
them in the workday world. They con-
tinued to work with white men, and
there seems to exist human sympa.
thy bstwesn the two clatses. The or
ganiz ations were sgitating for higher
wages and ten hour day. They struck
at Negro slavery; and it was near the
middle of the century before they struck
the Negro man. +.
Az organization went on, the idea of
exclusion, of obstl uction, became more
and more prominent. Union work men
were not satisfied merely to refrain from
workingwhen they bad declared strike.
They determined to prevent other men
from taking the places made vacant.
Throughout the South and the North
protests began to sppear against slave
workmen doing the work for which free
mon should be wellpaid. Immigration,
not of the redemptioners OF half CEN
fury before, but Of the assisted" class
from Europe, set in; and the opening OF
the Mexican war f'rnd the unions pro-
testing against free lacks and foreign
ers. They had reached the point where
the exclusive idea wa5directing the pow.
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. o1dest City. in the World.

Though Rome is called 'sthe eternal
city" the name by right belongs to
the city of Damascus. in Syria, which
is the Oldest city in the world. AS
long as man has written records the
city Of Damascus has been known.
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MILWAUKEE,.
THE CREAM CITY OF THE LAKES
AND ITS FOLKS. ~,

Items of all Sorts Gathered. Together by
Our Ubiquitous Reporter and Served up
In Dainty Style for the Delectation OF
Our Readers.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1898-03-25

SAVED An OLD MANS LIFE.
DIR. Hunters Wife Persuaded Nr.
Barriox 90 Get Him pprdaue5
! "w York Sun

NEW YORK sun
y ssen's that Mrs w Godfrey Hunter
wife of the United States minister 10
Guatemala, has saved the life OF President
f2frsox Old secretary of war After the
asssssln1tio ton % President garrioa on Feb
rt'ary x. the secretary OF war was accused
a. melting an instruction In f;gaA.n,ta
city. In whscf eight men were Killed lie
was thrown snto prison. and Mrs. Barrios
wife at the dead president. wa# deter
mined. along with the new administrator,
that ne should die as example for otbs !,
'apsE'ifa1ors. DT. Hunter and the rnlnfz
tess of other countries were urged to ave
the osd man. hHs cssIiSi szos 90 u.aeh. r.
Haiiy MTE. Hunter saw Mrs HarrIox ara
Mrs. barTt2s consented Ia the pardon az
TIE old secretary. The following lafta~
from Mrs. Hunter ta her son. siess~r5bj.,e.
the scene that preceded the asezaSi "a. a.,
~ h&rrlas has been received:
~ 8satioEs have come statcx and yax+
snea the ssssssirskioo OF President par-
Fssss. Ars. BarFtos. fwo or three arse~ys
aEa the Eew secretary 81 war called ca
ss@ about sersss 81 her affairs In CIR gees
las. and while here he brother ana son-
sn-law OF ihe 138 secretary OF gsr ,ueaAr
sagf'asl called 10 ask Or. Hunter 70 t.s@r-