The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-08-02
UP FROM SLAVERY,

remarkable man. Autobiographical writing
is dangerous enterprise at best, and should
men of earth. That Prof Washington be-
longs to the class of great men of our time
requires neither testimony nor proof, for, it
is one of the accepted facts. Z 81 On
In writing of the place and date of his
Dlrth ne says: II was born on planta-
ton in Franklin County, Virginia. am
7, not quite sure Of the exact date of my
been born somewhere and at sometime
There is conscious humor in this sentence,
spice of wit. and the delicate sarcasm Of
tuition of slayery-that institution which
had made it impossible, either for himself
OF Frederick Douglass to know the exact day
Later on he says that he does not know
who his father was-but that he knew that
he was white man.
Ny 5 es Raa rs il the past
couraging surroundings = 81 was
born in a typical log cabin, about fourteen
BY sixteen feet square. In this cabin 4
sister till after the. Civil War when we
were all declared free s. III ~ z. >, g.
An a, account It; Of his boyhood daysthes
for the common necessities of life is mar
| rated in a simple manner which forms the
real real charm arm OF Nj Washington's literary
charm higher than that of any style, for
it portrays the kaleidoscope changes in the
upward toillng career of a youth, who
Hampton, Industrial Institute, in search
OF an education with boundless hope and
almost Infinite patience as his only assets
On this I1a es.9 voyage over hill and dale
city called Richmond, where he arrived
hungry, friendless and penniess. He says !:
II must have walked the streets till after
! midnight. At last I became so exhausted
that could walk no longer. I was tired
l was hungry, avos every thing but dis
cour9ged Just about the time that
I came upon portion of a street where the
| board side walk was considerably elevated
l waited for few minutes till was sure
upon the ground Mr.. Washington then re-
lates that the next day he went down to
captain Of a ship who was unloading a
cargo of pig iron that his work so pleased
the captain that he continued to work for
sidewalk every night economizing in order
to save money to help him reach Hampton.
He says that many years afterwards he
was VAS rendered public reception by the
| citizens OF Richmond in church. not far
from the spot where he had slept upon the
ground. That he has also at the invitation
OF friends been guest in a Saratoga hotel,
wnere ne was formerly employed as wait
! He writes a very entertaining chapter on
| the Reconstruction Period" and discusses
l
per the race problem at the South. It is
however, in writing of himself and of his
early earl Struggles rug that we find Mr. Washing
| ton, at his best, and note distinctly that
patience under adversely, untiring industry
and optimism of a rarely encountered char
acter; are the qualities which have made
efforts of the man whom Walter Page, edi-
tor of the Worlds Work" pronounces, 1.-The
most st useful fsd,, nan in the Republic
up from Slavery has had large sale
| ntpJY h,1t H..
world. The work has been translated into
Spanish, German, French, Italian, Arabic,
iH III and editions are being prepared
| IN many other languages. - :. 49,
The story of the life of the little slave
boy who at hte age of forty has become
ths recognized leader Of 10.O00,O0O of Afro
ing narrative s although written in simple,
modest style, 1t truly reveals the unas-
Stunning honest worth of one of the greatest
men the world has ever known.
=. THE NEWBORN CUBA. 49,.
Ma Iaf N cuDa w BY Franklin
1.-The New born Cuba" by Franklin
Matthew's IS one Of the very interesting
pearl of the Antilles since the American
occupation, which has been given to the
So. much has been written about the
island that it is not within the range of
e eR at to find any new light In
these directi It is therefore With abs
! sorb1ng interest that we read the story
OF the rehabilitation of 1.-The island under
American auspices as told by Mr. Mat
theWs He says mot less important
harbor and sewers, protecting the water
supply and putting all public works in
proper order in Havana, was the task of
cleaning the city from the inside, the
IN 1o h1Ii1 Iiro -
grade in town Inside thousands of dwell
ings were 'black holes in a frightful con-
dltlon. The walls of thousands of build
1ngs We're the abiding places of germs OF
cases." = rs, ~r. ! -. - ~ J7.>0
Mr.. Matthews then tells of the scientific
city was accomplished under Major Jno.
t. Davis, Chicago physician of large
practice and wide: reputation, and that
escaped the inspection Of his corps Of
physicians or failed to conform with the
requirements of Major Davis Large
qantitles OF ,quicklime and a solution of
chloride OF lime were used Then came
coats of paint or whitewash.'' g.
Then followed a vanishing death rate,
until !: Hayana today is practically. free
The next work of great Importance per-
formed by the American authorities was
he installation IF an honest customs serv-
ice in Cuba and the abolition of bribery
The work Of feeding thousands Of stary-.
ing people by the military authorities is
dWelt upon by the author, who shows that
this was an essential part Of the work Of
reconstruction and that had it not been
done, the sanitation Of the large cities
would have been incomplete and ineffec-
tive. ~. .Ssgs a. II ! = ! -
The reconstruction of Cuba py the peo-|
pie of the United States is unique and
interesting as an example of the human
ity Of our people. Cuba has been. taught
ofx to1 = L.,
welfare and it remains to be seen wheth-
er she will profit by them, or sink back
into the dark ways Of the old Spanish
regime. If he does, she will not remain
an independent nationality long. hi z#
On the 10th of this present month the
ceremony of turning over the Cuban
government to the Cuban people took
place. The stars sand stripes came down
and the ensign of the Cuban Republic was
Esperemos que su bandera quedara
siempre la bandera de Ia libertad y de
la pCOgreSa. f
.6 IN THE FOREST. s
$50. New York: Doubleday, Page &
In the Forest is a contribution to
p lnf Of our country Of positive
wood life, wherein the stately deer, the
cunning coyote, the fierce and rugged
bru1n speak from the heart of the .wiids,
not IN the language; of men, but in the
virile and significant speech Of nature
in her natural and primitive conditions"
Mr.. Foster has made a distinct depart
ure from the ordinary stories of forest
life,. and unlike Kiplings Jungle Stor-t
ies,1 has animals simply act in accord
anee with the imperious law Of nature,
and do not talk.
He plays upon your sympathies by elo~s
ton, and in the story of Legs the
coyote transported from his western hab--
1tat to the east to furnish in the chase
amusement and excitement to men and
dogs, ones sympathy goes out spontane-
ously to this poor beast, struggling at
speed and cunning to save himself from