The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-09-19

and Instructive; especially noteworthy is
the reproduction Of an old print repre-.
AS death drew near, it is said his mind
wandered, and he was again In, America.
fighting his battles with Washington and
his old comrades in arms. IN lucid in
terval he asked that his Continental uni-
form of major-general, in which h. had
escaped to the .'Vulture,'''. and which he
had ever cherished, might be brought and
put on him, with the epauiets and sword
knots which Washington had given him
as the bravest of the brave.
Let me die in my old American uni
/ fought my battles God forgive me"
he added, '.for ever putting on any
other" , ~. t@5E
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE. - T
Slavery and servitude in New Jersey.
BY Alfred M. Heston. Member of the
New Jersey Historical Society. Camden,
N. j.: sinnickson Chew & Sons Co.
and servitude as it existed in New Jer-
sey. The fact is brought out that slav-
cry existed in America long before 1913,
when the Dutch traders came with their
cargo of human freight to Jamestown.
The Aztecs in Mexico enslaVed not only
enemies taken intbattle but those OF their
own nation who were convicted of theft
hna e @ e5eS IN iesat
that is the earliest recorded instance of
ownership Of African slaves. Many Of
saVe trade There IS record Of
good old elder whose ventures on the
African coast always turned out well,
who returned thanks on the Sunday fol-
lowing the arrival of a SLAYER into the
| harbor in these words: "An overruling
Providence has been pleased to bring to
this land of, freedom another cargo Of
osnghed to enjoy the blessings
Perth Amboy was New Jerseys chief
port of entry, and blacks were to be seen
there in: goodly numbers, many Of them
tribal marks. Adults sold, from. 5000 to
$500. The system of white. bondage.
known, as redemptive ,servitude, existed
throughout the Seventeenth and eigh-
| teenth centuries. This form Of bondage
was usually voluntary, and at the expira-
! ton of the term the sredemptioners were
without any. special faint of seryitude-
| The importation into the colony Of Negro
| slaves, who were found to be cheaper
| than white servants, checked in meas
New Jersey from the British Islands, and
We're merged into. the mass of the popu-
lati9R An act providing for the gradual
New Jersey legislature in 1904. fur
in 1886. did not bring about the complete
Wee but q tn the enre state %hgh
1850, Hon Garret. A. Hobart, at i that time
| anG lad passed bill which removed
| from the statutes the last vestige of slav-
cry in New Jersey.
The little book contains much valuable
! SALLY WISTER'S JOURNAL.
+;, sally Wister's Journal. A true nara.
! i've, pelng Quaker maiden's account
/ Wi nf1onpc nf he
Continental 5Sdi1 nal, army, 1777:177S Edited by
e Of portrsits, manuscriRts, 5s1ies en-!
Ferris & Leach. ~
Sally Wister's Journal is the record
kept by Quaker girl Of 16 during will
The greater part or 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
Of peril: Her teeth rattled' and @'H her
hand fS,.s shook like an aspen leaf. when
says to her Phadelphia friend: my ad-
We ai II. IS + summon up all your resolution
fer your spirits to sink, my dear; there's
ir, need of myself f>o3y soon discov-
cred that soldiers arr b : :uman: The,
| ~~AO' ~ SoJo, FCAS PCdCCdUlS oO1L VI
men: 80 they eat like other folks
| talk like them and behave with elegance y
one e lis the most amiable Of men; tall
will most fully characterized
| How skilled he is in each obliging
The be mi!fes St manners with the 0ravezt
Another soldier. ~ second is mons
trous tall and brown, but has a certain
something in his fac and conversation
ae s0ef the major He t. e eaahf4 BE- 50 "a
tolrd for the graces Of person, but for
brated; he is large in his person, manly,
and an engaging countenance and ad.
| DRESS
| TWO ON THEIR TRAVELS.
on Their Travels" by Ethel Col
guhoun, $3.50. New York, A. s. Barnes &
l. 1.-TWO on Their Travels" by Ethel Col
quhoun, with Photographic illustrations
of travel. WIN
places which she visited with style en-
tlrely natural, and yet which exhibits a
| style, Of treatment quite unique In the
chapter called "a voyage Of misery and
a. haP PIP y ending enc she writes: IF the food
was Oad the drink was worse. The univer-
sal male demand for whiskey led to the
production Of a bottle bearing a wonder
~ LABEL and the statement Used in the
stared thoughtfully at the label. Then ad.
o oIFeslGg thehead boy he said with his
irony was. I fear entirely lost. It was the
same commercial traveller who, a few
days later: was invited by Andrew to
| RartleO from somewhere ssrThanlr vo
no"' he replied. Alvin thinkin' awe
he'd as muchEas guild for-r me- He then
| related, how feeling thirsty in the mid
die OF the night, he had got up and drunk
what he believed to-, be about half bot
| tie of water. In the morning he discovered
the water bottle full and the whisky bot
Tie lie + empty Ply 7 tnoucht it was vary guild
! The Writerdssc ribes in a very interest
| ing manner Scenes, people and places in
the philippines the straits settlement.
| East. ~ - - 8, - - -
The Illustrations are, many Of them in
co color and are very elaborate. @.s..
:. b.: THE NEGRO:
The Negro in Revelation, in History.
and In Citizenship BY Rev. J. j. Pip
kim 81. st. Louis. n. D. Thompson
This book is written along original lines.
It IS written in the spirit Of the broadcast
culated to promote good-feeling and
mutual helpfulness between the races-
between white and black. The fact is
recognized that they are neighbors-tI1at
I they occupy the same country, and will
| occupy it for generations to ycorne-that a
| mutual understanding and a mutual good.
will will best serve the interests Of both.
It VIII impress the Afro-American man
and the Afro-Ame rican boy with the pos
sibilities Of achievement. The book gives
an array of success in life reached by rep
resentative Afro-Anericans that will not
[ fail to raise the standard and linda tho