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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
SATURDAY, MAY %, 1908.

If there is one thing more than an
other which is responsible for the in
sane prejudice of most of the whites
on account of color, it is the great
bugbear social equality" The Asso-
ciated Press dispatches last week con-
tanned the following story:
Richmond, Va, May 14.-"You had
better get back to Pennsylvania right
away, or you may find your body or
namenting lamp post some fine morn
ing" said Police Justice Crutchfeld
to Robert Williams. an intelligent
Negro, today. "The charge against
you is dismissed. I don't blame you,"
he continued, addressing Harry Bar
Der, stoutly built young white man.
The cause Of it all. according to
stories told in court, was that Will
Jams had boosted of being on terms of
equality with white girls in Philadel-
:phia. III. g.. .... ! b.
HE told me" said Barber, ..that he
had sat beside white girls in Pennsyl-
vania schools and then escorted some
of them home under his umbrella. I
argued with him until I could stand it
no longer, and then knocked him
down with an iron bar"
IF he had not acted as he did, in
terposed BARRIERS lawyer, 7 should
ask your honor to lock Barber up
& Williams denied having made any
claim to social equality, but the Judge!
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did not believe him. and disposed Of
the case as above indicated, A large
crowd heard the, decision. and 1t
seemed to be fully approved by all.
Now, is it not a travesty on justice
for a judicial officer to allow his pref
udice to cause such assertions as are
stated above? Suppose Williams said
all he is alleged to have said, it would
not necessarily follow that he was
making a vain boast. Every: day, now,
and for the past century, and more,
there is and has been such conditions
existing where there is or was CO.
education of the sexes and races. And
there was no more "social equality" in
white and black child sitting in the
same seat, and going home under the
same umbrella, than there is in the
black driver of family rig sitting be-
side the daughter of his employer.
And for judge CD to tell man who
was arraigned before him that he
would be hung for telling the simple
truth of the condition of things, which
passed without note or comment, when
he was a child. and for him to tell his
murderous assailant that he did not
blame him for his actions, is crime
against humanity. We wonder what
would have happened to Williams if
he had put in force the first law of
nature - self-preservation - and had
killed his prejudiced assailant? This
country is getting to be very much like
a monarchy, so far as the AfrO-Ameri-
can is concerned; he doesn't dare to
tell the truth if it conflicts with the
ideas of some white person.
This country sympathizes with the
prosecuted and outraged Jews, and
some $4,000 are expected to emigrate
to it's hospitable shores. We sympa-
thize with the Jews, too, but our suf-
ferings here are little, if any, less than
theirs where they are.
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Florida solons seem to think they
have found a way to solve the problem
of NEGRO Domination They are
about to pass law which will give all
the taxes paid for educational pur-
poses by Afro-Americans to Afro
Americans and all paid by whites to
whites. In other words, you pay for
what you get. Of course, the only
object in view is to prevent, as far as
possible, the education of the Afro
Americans. But just wait; day of
reckoning will come and Florida will
be made to pay for her folly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23

Amos Randall, white, and Dan Ken
nedy and Henry Golden, black, were
lynched at Mulberry, Polk county, thir-
ty miles from here, early Wednesday
morning, for the murder of Barney
Brown, white man. This is a case
of social equality that was not very
desirable.
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ROMANCE OF THE COMMONPLACE
The Romance Of the Commonplace. BY
Gelett Burgess. $3.50. San Francisco.
Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard.
This is a volume of modern philosophy,
which ranks in that class of essays made
famous by Jerome K. Jerome. Mr.. Bur-
CESS says many clever things in his book,
and one may glance at any chapter and
discover many commonplace things writ
ten in a very uncommon manner. "The
desire to tell Secrets writes the author,
us one of the most contagious of diseases.
and few of us are immune. Some vtgor-
Gus moral constitutions never succumb,
but once an epidemic begins it is hard
work stopping it, and secret on the ram
page is well nigh irresistible. Tell your
secret, then, broadcast and let 1t have it's
way until it dies out. But above all never
conf1de it to herswho asserts she never has
thes Slightest desire to tell, for there, like
a seed sown in fertile ground, it will ger
inmate and flower long after you have for
gotten it, ave.. and bring forth fruit you
never planted"
Again: "F1attery is, however, an edged
tool and must be used with care. It is
not everyone who has the tact to decide at
a glance just how much his victim will
stand.''
The author treats of art science and
literature with such a delicate, ironicaI
criticism, and withal, with so much of
masterful art as to render this book of
unusual interest
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
PICTURES OF SWEDISH LIFT

PICTURES OF, SWEDISH LIFE:
Pictures of Swedish Life; or Svea and
Pp. 4oS. $3.50. Engberg-Holmberg Pub
fishing Co.. Chicago
This is beautifully printed and elab-
orately illustrated volume. The author
lived for many years in the Land of the
Midnight Sun, The illustrations are re
Swedish life. The author writes at
length on the simplicity of living which
cbaracterizes all classes Of Sweden's pop
ulation and tells us that the strength of
this people lies therein. THE sons of the
nobility, when further advanced in life,
are accustomed to habits of life most SIM
pie and unpretending.' In a chapter en-
titled What's in a Name?' the author
shows still further the rule Of simplicity
OF these people and says, with regard to
surnames in Sweden, extremes meet. The
highest and lowest have none. Oscar II.
is simply Oscar H., dropping the Berna
dotte. The humblest farm laborer is but
Anders or Axel, while his wife is simply
Brita, Anna or Maria. When man in
humble life has attained distinction even
in ordinary callings he may have, title
which Identifies him as Tailor Larsen
or carpenter Erickson" The book is
quite an excellent addition to the liter
allure of travel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23
JOHN JAMES INGALLS,.

John James ingalls,. The writings of
John James ingalls,. Prepared for the
press by William Elsey Gonnelley; vo,
Kansas City, Mo. The Hudson Kimberly
Company.
The writings. speeches. and orations Of
est men Kansas has produced, have been
gathered and preserved to future genera
tons in book form, and the collection is
authorized by Mrs Ingalls,, who has de-
collecting material for the volume. Be-
sides his literary work. there is revealed
what may be called tn: home side of this
distinguished man. which will make in
teresting reading for his friends and adj
mirers. Letters and fragmentary sketches
which have been included exhibit gentle
and tender quality in the nature and
character Of Senator ingalls, which he did
not manifest to the. world, in. his public
career The country looked upon him as
a man Of phenomenal brilliancy, with a
tendency to satire and keen excoriation,
which made him greatly feared by his
and which drew to the Senate galleries
thousands of auditors whenever it was
known that he was to speak: It is prob
able that thai his for
not equaled by any of his contemporaries.
But it is with Senator ingalls, as man
of deep and responsive affection, and as
a reflective individual, alive to all the hui
man interests of existence, that the book
presented by his devoted wife has to deal.
The following letter affords an illustra-
ton of the phase OF her huspanos char-
acter which Mrs ingalls, desires to en- :,
phasize: :.
Dearest Wife: "Blue Grass seems to
be one of those compositions that the
world will not willingly let die.
Those were happy days when it was
written, in the little cottage on the bluff,
looking out over the great river with g
waiting for the destiny, SO soon to come
(tllat was to make me one of the con-
spicuous figures of the country for so
many years. How far away it seems!
it over again if l could, unless with the
power TO- improve lost opportunities,
amend errors, and correct mistakes How
clearly we see our folles when It IS too
late :. YOUR LOVING HUSBAND. =
a. m. = Es..,,,zE5. e. IL Il
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23

The mildest manners with the bravest
heart"
Another soldier. A second is mons
trous tall and brown, but has certain
something in his face and conversation
the gierys the major so soe bashfui so So fas
nous, etc. He cannot be ex-
tolpd for the graces of person, but for
those of the mind he may justly be cele-
and an engaging countenance and ad-
DRESS
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23

Perth Amboy was New Jerseys CHIEF
freshly imported ana still bearing their
tribal marks Adults sold from 5000 to
as
throughout the seventeenth and eigh-s
teenth centuries. This form Of bondage
was usually voluntary, and at the expira-
merged into the mass Of white population
without any special faint of servitude.
The importation into the colony Of Negro
than white servants, checked in meas
ure the trade in redemptioners. p r.
. Many white convicts Were shipped to
were merged into the mass Of the popu;;
lation: An act providing for the gradual
abolition of slavery was passed by the
New Jersey 1sglsl atty Tin il S94 fur
in 1916, did not bring about the complete
emancipation Of the slaves, although
there were but 18 in the entire state when
Hog sSls at fbef na
"a member of the state senate, introduced
and had passed a bill which removed
from the statutes the last vestige of slav-
cry in New Jersey.
The little book contains much valuable
information.
.~.4... SALLY wIsTER's JOURNAL.
&. Sally Wister's Journal. A true narra-
( tive, 4DelnS. d SS4udheTsc Hldlueu dCCouilI
Of her experiences with officers Of the
Continental army, .1777-1778. Edited by
Albert Cook Myers. With reproductions
Of portraits, manuscripts, relics and
views. - mo. PIP. 1924. Philadelphia,
Sally Wister's Journal is the record
kept by Quaker girl of 16 during a win
ter famous in the history of this country.
The greater part Of the book has to do
with the savings and doings Of American
soldiers visiting or quartered at the farm
house. to. their attentions, to the writer
and her friend Lyddy and to her regret
when certain of them go upon missions
of peril. Her S,''teeth ratified" and her
'hand shook like an aspen leaf' when
she first saw these soldiers, but she soon
cvercomes the feeling thus expressed and
avs to her Philadelphia friend: my ad
vice is summon up all your resolution,
call fortitude to your aid, and don't suf-
fer your spirits to sink, my dear; there's
nothing like courage; lis what I stand
in need of myself" fiaJEy soon discov-
cred that soldiers arr b't cuman. They
are, she says, very peaceable sort Of
talk like them and behave with elegance
One 'is the most amiable of men; tall
and genteel,'' whom the following lines
will most fully characterize
How skilled he is in each obliging
Tho ~, iJdoe+ with tho brovoot
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-23

r.- % ANDREWS'S BOTANY.
Andrews's Botany all the Year Round.
By e. F. Andrews, High School, Wash
ington, Ga. Cloth, Svo, 3O2 pages. Price.
s1.00. American Book Company, New
York, Cincinnati, and Chicago.
This book is admirably adapted for
botanical work in the average high
school, and requires no expensive equip
tment. It is based on observation, and in
this respect meets the popular demand.
The pupil is led to make accurate obser-
vations and from them to deduce safe
conclusions. He is first taught to OBJ
serve the conditions Of plant life, then
the essential organs Of the plant are
taken UP, and finally the author treats
of plants as they relate to their. sur
roundings-ecology. The book is accu-
rate, and sufficiently full and complete to
meet the needs of secondary schools.
~ - = . So. 10 -
The exceptional character Of the Purity
Books in the Self and Sex Series has SO
commended itself to the Judgment of the
International Committee of the Young Mems
Christian Association that they have re-
quested an edition of $4,000 copies of a
reprint Of the chapters on the diseases
which accompany vice. for free distribution
among the soldiers in the Philippines, Cuba
and the other army posts, and through the
general secretaries In India, Japan and
China. and a friend Of the purity cause has
contributed the entire amount necessary to
pay for this larls edition. II.
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THE. SPOILSMEN.

The SPOILSMEN.
The Spoilsmen. A story of Ward poll
tics: By Elliott Flower: Author. of Po-
liceman Flynn. IL mo. PIP. 324 $3.50.
Boston: L. c. Page & Co.
: A story of municipal politics depicting
a. condition of affairs common to prac-
tically all large cities.
show exact conditions existing in any
particular locality, the political methods
employed have been taken from the act
ual experiences Of men who have served
the public in some capacity or other, and
the stories told of some of the characters
are literally true
The love interest centres around a So
ciety girl of high ideals who inspires a
wealthy young man to enter the local
campaign. She thus becomes involved in
the thread of the story which relates to
the troubles and complications which fol-
low an effort to be both upright and sue
cessful in municipal politics. =.
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Anniversary Exercises.

desirable.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-11
APPEARED AND GAVE BOND
Prominent Citizens of Grand Rapids
 Were Spared Humiliation.
Notified by Telephone That War; rants Were Out For Them and
 To Appear and Give Bond.

Grand Rapids, Mich, Dec 9.-The prominent citizens for whom war rants were issued, Monday night on charges in connection with the water scandal, about which Lant K Sals- bury has made such startling confes- sions, were spared the humiliation of formal arrest. Instead of placing the warrants in the hands of officers to serve, the officials telephoned the cor respondents from police headquarters requesting them to appear The eighth warrant for Gerritt H. Albers, charg ing perjury at his trial on the charge of attempting to bribe Alderman Rem than, has been issued, and Albers came into police headquarters and en- tered his appearance, being permitted to then go in search of bondsmen Judge Haggerty, who issued the war rants, announced that the Albevs war rant was based on confession of MT Uilke Devries, that he induced Albers to make an offer of a bribe to Alder man Renihan as charged at the time of his trial by the prosecution. Albers was acquitted at that time. Although Judge Haggerty refused to discuss Dev- ries confession any further, there are reasons for believing that it reveals much of the inside of the water deal and will be corroborative of Salsbury's | confession
 Charles S. Burch, manager of the Evening Press, waived examination in | the police court and was bound over to the superior court for trial under $2,- | 900 bond. The charge against him is 1 conspiracy.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-11
MADE A CHANCE CAPTURE.
Louis Pissnni, Who Stabbed Law renee FahIe, Arrested and Con-
 fesses to the Police.

St. Louis, Dec. 9.--As Police Ser geants Driscol and Noonan of the Sev- enth District were riding to East St. Louis Monday evening, to search for John Calcataria, accused of complicity in the killing of Lawrence Fahle, Sun day morning, they encountered in the car Louis Pissani, who, on his own ad- mission stabbed Fahle.
 Pissini at first gave fictitious name and denied all knowledge of the killing When taken to the police station in East St Louis, he confessed that he had wielded a knife in the fight be- tween Fahle and his assailants. He said Calcataria had beaten Fahle with the butt end of the revolver dropped by Matthew Walsh when the dead man and the latter were attacked.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-11
AN IMPORTANT CAPTURE.
Relieved the Secret Service Have Captured the CIeverest FOrger
 of the Age.

New York, Dec 9-If, as is believed likely here, John Davis or Libermann, captured near Boston in counterfeiter raid by secret service agents is identi- cal with Henry Smith, or Schmidt, of the Barmash and Bernstein case, the United States police have in their pow er the most notorious and cleverest forger of the age, cables the London correspondent of the Herald The London police believe the men are identical. They have been trying for years to land him behind the bars for numerous and extensive forgeries.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-11
His investments.

Now, the visiting foreigner, being known to be immensely wealthy, was besieged by reporters innumetable.
 Are you going to buy any news papers on this side?" asked one who Knew that the visiting foreigner had a leaning toward journalism.
 Well" he said, T bought the New York Herald yesterday-"
 Fifty pencils flew over the pages of fifty note books.
 And" he continued, "I bought the St. Louis Globe-Democrat the day be- fore that"
 More penciling and much excite ment
 This morning" he went on, q bought the Philadelphia Times"
 Twenty reporters rushed for tele- graph offices.
 And tomorrow" he resumed, q think I will purchase the Washington Post and the Baltimore American. Don't you know. like to read the various newspapers of country. They give one a fine idea Of the conditions of things, and then they are so bloom ing inexpensive at their price per copy, don't you know?"
 Thirty pencils fell from 150 fingers. and thirty great lights broke upon thir- ay inquiring minds. s.--Lippincott's Mag azine.
Newport weekly independent., 1903-12-11
Some Clever Retorts.

If mild answer is useful to turn away wrath, crushing retort some times answers the salutary purpose of silencing an opponent.
 Such, at any rate, was the effect of an answer given by one of Pope Lee KILLS chamberlains to an arrogant member of the kaiser's suite a few years ago. When the German emper- or went to tAe vatican to pay a visit to the pope, accompanied by Count -, the latter was refused admittance to the audience chamber, which his inn perial master had just entered.
 Are you aware, sir" said the count, furious at the slight put upon him, "are you aware that I am Count
 -"
 That" imperturbably answered the chamberlain, may account for your conduct, but it can not excuse it."
 Of very different character was the clever answer credited to former duke of York. At mess one day the duke chanced to refer to the array of empty bottles on the table by the hu- morous nickname of marines" when an officer of this branch of the serv- ice, who was present, asked what he meant by such disparaging compari- son.
 "I call them marines the duke promptly answered, because they have done their duty-and are ready to do it again"
 Miss Milford used to tell delight ful story of the politeness of the Berk- shire peasants. Walking in that coun- ty one day she was dilating on this subject to her companion, when, on coming to gate, a boy who was standing near rushed forward and gal lantly opened it for the ladies to pass through.
 I'm sure you're not a Berkshire boy" Miss Mitford's friend, who was skeptical about the politeness of the country, said to the lad.
 "Thee'rt a liar, vOr l bel" came the crushing answer, quick as lightning.
 Pope Plus K could be very severe when he pleased, in his quiet way. On one occasion, when he granted an interview to young English attache, the pope offered his guest a cigar.
 Thank you, your holiness," the