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The colored American., 1900-09-08
Tammany and the Negro.
By JOHN E. BRUCE.

la1Dy, all the rufhan1sm and roWdyiem
which recently disg1aced the second
largest city in the world, and caused
the statute of Liberty on BedIoe's
Island to blush for shame at the de-
pravity and barba'ism of it's enlight-
ened white men. Can any decent or
self'respecttng, race'loving Negro go far
forget his manhood as to cast his vote
for this party? God forbid!
Chairman Hanna's recent speech to
the Republicans Of AsbuIy Park, N. j..
is worth remembering by all Republl.
cans who want to see President McKin
ley reelected. Too much over conf
dence will not accomplish that result.
Eternal vigilance 10 the price OF liber.
ty" and the more vigilance all Repub
Ilcans exercise, the surer the victory
which Is already expected, but which
foolish Indifference to the points OF
vantage we have already gained may
prove disastrous. We want to 60 into
this campaign with the feeling that
nothing Ia sure or certain except death
end taxes, and we should speedily get
out Of the habit of accepting as gospel
truth Democratic versions of the disin.
tegration of that party. Tammsny
Hall is as foxy now as it has always
been, and it always gets together with
celebrity and despatch on election day.
The splits, factions and bad feelings
said to exist In that party among the
leaders who aae more or less anxious to
attend Mr.. Croker's political funeral are
part of deep scheme which is intended
to create feeling of security among
Repu blicsns which will Of course assist
the Democrats in securing the prize.
The Democratic family quarrel will
be settled in sixty-five minutes after
they have discovered that eenfiding
Republicans have taken them seriously
and are sleeping on their guns Guns
do not make good beds and it is best
not to sleep on them at all.
Democrats never sleep. People who
are hungry for spoils have not time for
sleep. We must give our friends the
enemy, credit for having asystem of
and q method of doing
business with it's opponents which is
practical, If not always successful. The
tactical Democratic fighter takes moth.
ing for granted. He believes In the
potency, and value of details, and in
the efficiency OF bull dog tenscity in a
fight for big stakes. He has q pencil
ant for steaks and stakes and when he
wins them he enjoys them. The head.
quarters and blue pencil fighter, who
Is too tired to take the field and too
willing to take and adopt as his own
the opinions and estimates of others,
as to the result of the battle, has never
yet won battle and never will. The
Democrats have reduced campaigning
to positive science. They are real
Democrats In the struggle for suprema.
cy, for every man In the party from the
highest to the lowest mingles In sIlsn-
did alliance, each imbued with the one
central ides-victory-and to secure
this they stop at nothing short of in.
glorious defeat, 1t is to be hoped that
he Republicans In the present cam.
oaign will throw off some off their re
The colored American., 1900-09-08

Telegraph, seems to regard the string.
ing up of Negro to lamp post in the
streets of New York by the mob dur
ing the late riots in that city as very
rich joke. The incident seems to have
furnished considerable matter for it's
facetious space writers, who were bru-
tally witty at the expense of this limo
cent and outraged Negro citizen.
The Tsmmsny police are the real ag-
gressors and the criminals who should
be punished for thai disgrsseful riot.
The system Of highway robbery intro
duced into the 1enderlo1n and other
districts of New York City by police
captains and their 60 betweens, by
which they exact blood money from
the criminal classes IN return for i'm
munity from arrest for open violation
of the law, is the true csuse of the re-
cent riot there and the terrible conse-
quences which followed it.
The New York Democrats of the
baser element are not novlces at the
business Of hanging Negroes to lamp
posts. They ttied their hands at that
business during the draft riots in 1868,
which have goue into history, and they
made themselves infamous by break
ing into the Neglo orphan asylum and
numbering innocent Negro babes in
other quarters of the city. OF course
the Negro Democracy of New York led
by Chief Lee will march the black le-
gions to the polls in November next,
and vote them solidIy fe- Bryan ana
Stevenson. They wolld not be good
and consistent Democrats il they did
not lick the hands that smote them.
The delegation of colored men headed
by Chief Lee that called on Acting
Mayor Guggenheimer to demand that
the officers who dubbed innocent COL
ored citizens dunDg the riot, be pun.
ished are all Of them humorlsts of avery
superior order. Nobody has any faith
ia the sincerity OF these new champions
of the race, for the good reasons that
they have heretofore had no word to
ssy against the brutal treatment Of the
Negro by the democratic party in other
States, that they have not used their
influence Gf they have any IN urging
the democracy to put something in
state and national platforms against
lswlessness. So that this recent epuli.
tion Of Indignation which emanates
from these Neg5o Democrats is q grand |
stand play and the idea is not of Negro
origin.
The Democrats are not in the habit |
Of playing that kind of politics. They
do not keep 1t on tap. The significance
Of this move Is obvious and the move |
itself will prove impotent. No police
officess will be punished for clubbing |
Negroes, but the protest Of the Negro |
Democrats against their brutal assaults
upon the race, is on record and will
be considered good campaign material
by the short sighted black brethren
who are unable to see how very shallow
is this whole performance of the smooth
and counterfeit presentment of the
Hon. Richard Croker.
Tammany hail is the real criminal
because 1t has made and is making
The colored American., 1900-09-08

QYudIulte w hIchcu Wy ehC
long cared animal which pictured to
the Democratic party IN &C
ton.
One of Mr.. Lincolu's witticism which
will apply to the methods Of the demo
cratic party to day, will not be out OF
place here. The passage occurs in one
of his messages after his first Inaugural
ton. He said:
"With rebellion thus sugar-eoated
they have been druggipg the public
mind of their section for more than
thirty years until at length they have
brought many good men to willing
ness to take up arms against the gov
eminent"
The public printer excepted to the
use of the word "sugar coated" as be-
ing undjgnifed! These words express
precisely my idea and l am not going
to change them. The time will never
come when the people wont know ex'
actIy what ''sugar coated" means. Mr..
Lincoln was right. The sugar coated
speeches of MIR. Bryan have almost per
suaded number Of good Americans to
commit political suicide by going
against the best and only party which
has demonstrated its capacity to gov
ern this country as 1t ought to be gov
erned.
1t is the only party that can honestly
be accused of possessing practical
knowledge of the science Of govern
ment.
Democracy cost the South $5,262..
405, ,553 26. At the close of the war of
the Rebellion the debt Of the Confed'
crate Government was So, ,345, ,297 1923.
With the surrender of the rebel armies
every dollar of this war debt was wiped
out of existence and it was dead less
to those who held its securities. No
better illustration of democratic inca
pacity can be furnished than these
figures furnish. The democratic party
has not learned much since the war of
the Rebellion. 1t has not demonstrat.
ed any more ability than it originally
possessed. 1t still believes in repudia'
tion and in juggling with the finances
of the country.
1t took good many years to bring
the Republican party up to its present
standard and great many millions of
money and thousands of lives to make
possible the existence Of such party.
What has been accomplished cannot
with safety to the party nor the honor
and good faith of the nation be undone.
Great parties are not made in four
years nor are they create in Nebraska.
It is a noticeable fact that all the
howlers for change in the Presiden.
tial Office wear long hair, except those
who are short haired and that they are
familiar with such works as Looking
Backward Progress and Poverty"
1.-The Money of Nations" (Which they
do not hsndle). "The Life and Times
of w. ]. Bryan" and other standard
literature more or less diverting. The
Imperial Roscoe Conkling once gave
utterance 10 sentence in replying to
q Democratic opponent in the Senate
The colored American., 1900-09-08

Tsmmsny Hail is the real criminal
because 1t has made and is making
merchandise OF its official power and
ats political influence. Tammany Hail
reeking with corruption from head to
foot, stencil in the nostrils Of decent
men, > fostering scab on the body of
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
NATIVE NEW ZEALANDERS.
A. Travellers Description of q Tribe
Eating It's Evening Meal
Fine Bread.

At sunset one evening we sauntered
into Maori village, and found our
selves in the grassy Enclosure wherein
sat the tribe eating its evening meal,
says Blackwood. Some natives might
have resented our invasion. Not so
the Maoris. With unaffected pleasure,
they made us welcome. Swarthv
hands were outstretched to grasp
ours, and tattooed lips, in hospitable,
II quite unintelligible language, in-
vited us to partake. Round two large
dishes the entire party of men, wom-
en-, girls, youths and babes were
see that in this tribal commune the
smallest child had evidently as much
right to put his paw in the dish and
help himself as hao his elders.
In pool of gravy in a tin pan lay
a large hambone at which an infant
was picking, but the chief provision
lay in great pie dish full of kumaras
(sweet potatoes) and some green
vegetable. In addition, there was a
splendid loaf of bread, round, fiat,
nicely Drowned and closely resembling
a huge wheaton scone. The method
of cooking was primitive, but appar-
emily efficient. Catching the glm-
mering of freight in one of the
larger huts, we entered and found
that 1t proceeded from some glowing
wood ashes on the floor. Over the
formed rude grill,@ wherein was
placed large tin pan containing an
other loaf, while third. still in the
dough stage, stood on the floor ready
for baking.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
A LITTLE-KNOWN PAINTING.
Painted by Rosa Bonheur-HRngs on
the Wall OF Nebraska
Ranch.

Rosa Bonheur painted one picture
which is little known, and which has
never been exhibited, says the Boston
Globe. II hangs on the wall of a ranch
near North Platte, Neb.
During the Paris exposition of 1899,
Buffalo Bill took the wild west show
20 the French capital for the entire
season. One OF the most constant Wis
itors to the exhibition was Rosa Bon
heur. Several mornings each week she
would appear at the camp with easel
and color box and make studies of the
horses, buffalo and Indians, afterward
mnching in camp and making friends
with "all hands"
To the working up of these studies
the last years OF her life were largely
devoted. One OF her pictures OF In
dian life was sold in London for SCI, goo
Just prior 10 her death. Al this time
Rosa Bouheur made studies FROM life
Of Col. Cody and his famous white
horse Tucker, from which she painted
the picture here referred to and pre-
sented IL TO the doughty colonel.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
A sploN Kop LEGEND.
ola Time Story Of the Stunp-Tailed
Sacred Snake of the
Zulua.

Pertaining to the elevated scene Of
Sir Charles Warren's feat at arms there
is native legend which runs thus,
says London Telegraph. Many years
since there died celebrated Zulu
chief. At his obsequies there gathered
a notable band Of warriors and Jthers.
In the midst of the assembly, Sudden
ly, an enormous python put in an ap-
pearance. A youthful warrior, thirst
ing for glory, sprang forward and
struck the reptile with some descrip-
ton of lethal weapon. The blow severed
the creatures tail from it's body. The
chief witch-doctor present reprehend-
ed the act, and averred the python was
the spook of warlike ancestor of the
recently departed chief. The creature,
deprived of it's tail, recovered health
in time; and though stump-tailed, be-
come sacred. Ever since this story has
found believers. The Beers, supersti-
tious as they are, soon lent willing
ear, and the story became mixed up in
their own somewhat prolific spookol-
ogy. Certain it is, this stump-tailed
snake-or another of the same pattern
appears from time to time. AT every
appearance, it is alleged by the Beers
of the neighborhood, some event of
great portent is ON the tapis. Perhaps,
if this snake has recently appeared, it
may have had something to say about
the relief of Ladysmith or the advent
of Sir Charles Warren.
Spion kop means the hill of spying,
and was so called because the Boer
Foertrekkers flying from the British
law and restrictions, when they crossed
the Drakensburg, paused at this hill
to spy out the savage land and to de-
eide in what direction they should
move.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
THE SLY CAPE DUTCH.
How the Afr kanders Manage to Hslp
the Beers without Sacrificing
Themselves.

The Cape Dutch are pretty shy. Most
of them sympathize with their kins-
men in the Transvaal, but they want to
retain their power, even if the repub-
lies are beaten. Meanwhile every
Dutchman is at liberty to join the Boer
forces. In the Amsterdam Eigen Hard
j. A. Wormser describes how the thing
is managed to the following effect:
Not two hours by rail from Cape
Town is the beautiful valley of the
Paarl. Opposite the town of Paarl is
Fransche Hook, one of the oldest HUI
guenot settlements. Both places to-
gether have about 5000 inhabitants.
Over 400 young men have already van
ished from there. They GO 'on business
by rail to Worcester, Matjesfontein,
Triangle, or Beaufort West, and write
from there to papa: i am going lit
tie farther. Never mind where The
old man can swear that he does not
know where the boys are. Two days
later they are with the Boer forces.
"The Afrikander likes to manage
these things in such way that he
does not, in more senses than one, lose
his head He joins his .compatriots,
and hopes to come back with a con-
quering army.
AN open rebellion would be more
dramatic, but the Boer cares nothing
for advertisement. The republics did
| not advertise their ornaments. The
Cape Afrikander does not advertise
that he is tired of British oppression
when he has a British garrison right
near him. The Dutch mayor of this or
that town reads off some gubernatori.
al proclamation. But as he would like
to be burgermeester when the Free
States come, he does not inquire very
anxiously whether his hearers are
deeply impressed or not"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
RUSSIAN PEASANTS.
Are Regarded as the Present Lowest
Type of Modern European
Civilization.

The lowest type of modern European
civilization are probably the Russians.
While writers and travellers vary as to
the future of Russia, nearly all are
agreed as to the utter degradation at
present of the Russian peasant. He is
always on the verge of starvation. and
is absolutely improvident, while his
gross and complete ignorance is com.
bined with the most eXtravagant SUI
perstition. Like all low natures he is
thoroughly distrustful of reform, and
as climax to his infirmities he is n
confirmed drinker. Middle class in
Russia there is practically none The
small shopkeepers combine exorbitant
charges with shameful usury; manu-
facturers and producers are nearly all
foreigners, and the larger trade of the
country is chiefly in German hands.
Education may, after the lapse of sew
eral generations. remove the inherent
dullness of the people but it will be
no easy matter to root out evils which
are the growth of centuries of serfdom
and distress
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
CHINESE DELICACIES.
Peanut Buds and Ginger Jelly Com
bined Makes a Semf-COn-
lection.

THE Chinese have strange idea of
table delicacies," said gentleman of
this city who has taken much interest
III local mission work, relates the New
Orleans Times-Democrat. "A few days
ago l received small jar filled with
a peculiar brownish paste, which was
sent me as present by a young China
man who used to have laundry here,
Tut is now living in San Francisco. A
letter which accompanied the gift ex-
planned that the paste was combina-
ton of peanut buds and ginger jelly.
That sounds like joke, but 1t isn't
Ii you will break open peanut you
will find at the base little cone-shaped
formation usually surmounted by two
microscopic leaves. 1t is the life germ
of the nut, and if planted will develop
into a vine.
"As my friend Wong explained to me
the nuts are first roasted and then
these minute growths are carefully ex-
tracted. They are so small that 1t
takes many thousands of them to fill
teacup, but when sufficient number
are collected, they are put in mortar
and ground into fine -four, which is
subsequently mixed with the ginger
jelly and rubbed down to a smooth
paste. That sent me was about the
consistency of cream cheese, and it had
a peculiar aromatic taste that was
rather pleasant.
at is one of the queer semi-confec-
tons that the Chinese like to nibble at
between courses, and as it costs ten
dollars an ounce, it is literally worth
almost its weight in gold. Ihave eaten
little Of the preparation, but
don't think I'm apt to acquire taste
for It."
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
PAINT COATS OF WARSHIPS.
COlOrs Used by the Various NavieA of
the World on Their Big
boats.

Every nation has it's own fashion of
painting it's ships of-war, just as it has
a distinguishing uniform for it's sol
diers. Our own navy favors black sides,
white upper-work superstructures, yell
low tunnels and masts and ventilators,
says London Answers. German men-of-
war are generally painted gray in tine
of peace and carry bands on the fun
nels; but for their war dress they have
decided for sort of khaki" war paint
of a yellowish brown hue, which their
scientific experts pronounce as being
most difficult to see both by day and
night.
The French go in for a mourning
dress of complete black, or black hulls,
with gray fnnnels and masts. Their
channel squadron rather favors COM
plete suit Of neutral gray drab, which
is almost invisible IN gray weather.
The late Spanish navy was painted
much after the English fashion, except
for those ships serving on their Amer
lean and Pacific stations, which were
painted white.
The Austrian war vessels may be rec
ognized by their black h.ulls, white up
per works and black tunnels. The Rus
slams go in for black hulls, yellow fun
nels with black tops and white masts.
While you may easily tell a Turkish
man-of-war by her red funnel and coat
of dirt
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12

First publication April 3, 1902 No. "a
N PROBATE MANITowoC COUNTY Court
In the matter of the estate of Mary Null
lane, deceased.
ON reading and filing the petition of Michael
Doolan, administrator of The estate of said de-
ceased for the adjustment and allowance Of his
administration account and the assignment OF
the residue of said estate to such other persons
as are by law entitled to the same)
II Is ord, rcd that said account be examined
adjusted and allowed at special term of said
court to be held at the Office of the county Judge
in the city of Manitowoc, in said county. on
Tuesday, the Sth day of May. A. ID. 1900
IL Is further ordered, that upon the adjust
ment and allowance of such account by this
court AS aforesaid the residue of said estate he,
by the fun ther order and judgment Of this
court, assiP ned To such persons as are by law
entitled to the same
1t is further ordered, that notice of the time
and place of examination and allowance of such
account, and If the assignment of the residue of
said estate be given to all persons interested
by publication of this order FOR three successive
weeks, before said day, in the Mnnitowoc Pilot
weekly newspaper printed and published at
the city of Manitowoc and state or Wisconsin
Dated April 4th 1900.
BY the court,
J. $. ANDERSON, County Judge
Schenlan az Kelley. Attorneys. apr2B
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
NO LONGER A "MAVERICK."
A Newly Converted Little Girls Odd
Explanation of the Baptis-
NAL Service.

Rev. Cyrus Townsend Brady, giving
his experiences as "A Missionary in the
Great West" in Ladies Home journal,
tells of the baptism of little daugh-
ter OF a big cattle owner in Indian
territory: I'm our baptismal service
we sign those who are baptized with
the sign of the cross" he explains,
and when the little girl returned
to school after the baptism the chill
dren pressed her with hard questions,
desiring to know what that mar with
the 'nightgown on had done, and If
she were now any different from what
she had been before. She tried to tell
them that she had been made "a mem
Der of Christ, the child OF God, and
an inheritor Of the Kingdom of
Heaven, but did not succeed in ex-
pressing the situation very well, and
they pressed her for clearer expla-
nation. Finally, when she had ex-
hausted every other effort, she turned
on them, her eyes flashing through her
tears. Well she said, lapsing into the
vernacular, 4 will tell you. was a
little maverick before, and the man
put Jesus brand on my forehead, and
when He secs me running wild on the
prairie He will know that ! am His
GIRL"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12
CHINESE ARITHMETIC.
CclestiHls Possess n Talent for Inac-
curacy That Amounts to
Positive Genius.

The Chinese rejoice in wonderful
talent for inaccuracy in every detail,
says Leslie's Weekly. For instance, a
pound or pint varies as it suits the
merchant'sfancy. In some parts you get
half or quarter as much as you do in
others for the same price and meas
ure.
Then again, their way of calculating
distances does not at all tally with Eu-
cid. For instance, you are told from
A to B is four miles, but from to A
is eight miles. If you ask how this
is possible, you are told it depends
from which end you start; if you start
from A it is down hill, so much easier
20 walk; whereas, starting from b,
you have to walk up hal. which is much
more exerting and fatiguing-in fact,
It is the same as walking a longer dis
lance on even ground.
This form of argument always
amused me nearly as much as the way
the Chinese have of counting per-
sons age by tens. "My mother" they
will tell You ''is 80" (or 40. When she
leaves 30 she is getting near 40. Should
we all like to be told that. ! wonder?
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-04-12

Along with the rapid extension of
lines has gone steady improvement in
the mechanical appliances Of the tele-
graph, says Ainslee's Magazine. The
sending and receiving Instruments in
use to-day bear little resemblance to
the crude instruments used by the in
ventor. Indeed, of the inventions which
Morse contributed to the development
of the telegraph, the only one that has
not been replaced by some improve
ment is the one he himself looked upon
as merely incidental TO his larger
scheme. That is the alphabet OF char
acters used in telegraphic communica-
ton. 1t is in use in all parts of The
world practically as when first per-
fected, and as the Morse alphabet it per-
petuates the name OF the inventor.