The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09

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Vatican Museum. Then follows several
very Inter interesting ahecdotes anent the
tering about the litb winged god.
The Cuckoo, Peacock, Owl and other
birds have in turn been worshipped by tbs
early European races-by the Greeks, Ro-
mans, Egyptians, A5yssinians and other
powerful races who wrought so nightly
In days of antiquity s=. ~ss, .
The author furtha tells us that lit is
recorded Of King Edward the First Of
sion in the year 1884, his investiture as
a knight. two swans decorated with gold
nets, were brought in, and he thereupon
sWore an oath to the God of Heaven on
these two swans. q
JOHN JAMES INGALLS,.
John James ingalls,. The writings of
John James ingalls,. Prepared for the
press by William Elsey Connelley; 8 vo.,
PIP. 535. Price according to binding.
Kansas City, Mo. The Hudson Kimberly
The writings. speeches. and orations Of
the late Senator ingalls,. one OF the great
est men Kansas has produced, have been
tions in book form and the collection is
authorized by Mrs; Ingalls,, who has de-
voted nearly two Years, to the work or
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 ad-
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 IL:
| man of phenomenal brilliancy, with a
tendency to satire and keen excorlation,
which made him greatly feared by his
enemies and his competitors in debate,
| nd n Senate galleries
| thousands of auditors whenever 1t was
known that he was to speak It IS prob
able that his power for Wltherlng lnvec-
tive and his mastery. of language was
not equaled by any of his contemporaries.
But it is with Senator ingalls, as man
of deep and. responsive affection; and as
man interests of exist ence, that the book
presented by his devoted wife has to deal.
The following letter affords an lllustra-
ton Of the phase Of her husbands char
phasize:
Dearest Wife: Blue Grass seems to
be one Of those compositions that the
world will not willingly let die.
written, in the little cottage on the bluff
looking out over the great river with a
roomful of babies; obscure and unknown
waiting for the destiny so soon to come
spicuous figures of the country for sc
many years. How far away it seems!
But I would not recall my lie ana llye
it over again if 1 could, unless With i tne
amend errors, and correct mistakes How
clearly we see our folies when it is too
! late. YOUR LOVING HU96AN1''
| THE STORY OF THE SLAVE.
Slavery and servitude in New Jersey Je icy
New Jersey Historical Society. Camden
N. j.: Sinnickson Chew & Sons Co.
This monograph is a recital Of SLAYER.
and servitude as it existed in New Jer
sey. The fact is brought out that slav
cry existed in America long before 1918
when the Dutch traders came with thei1
cargo Of human freight to Jamestown
The Aztecs lin Mexico enslaXed not only
own nation who were convicted OF theft
and other crimes. African slavery wa
introduced: in New Jersey in 16$0-at leas
ownership of African slaves. Many. Q
the leading citizens engaged in the Afri
can slave trade. There is record of on
good old elder, whose ventures on tn!
who returned thanks on the Sunday fol
| lowing the arrival of a SLAYER into tn
| harbor in these words: 'tAn .Overrulint
this e. and sasfer dafTo Q
benighted heather to enjoy the blessings
of gospel dispensation:'
|
| port of entry, and blacks were to be seer
| there in goodly numbers, many of then
| freshly imported and still bearing thei
| tribal marks. Adults sold from 5000 t.
| $500. The system of white bondage
! known as redemptive ,servitude, existee
| throughout the ! seventeenth and eigh
| tenth centuries: This form of bondage
| was usually voluntary, and at the expira
ton of the term the redemptioners wer'
merged INTO the mass of white population
without any special faint of servitude
The importation into the colony of Negro
| slaves. who We're found to be cheape
than white servants, checked in a meas
ure the trade in redemptioners.
Many white convicts were shipped t.
New Jersey from the British Islands, AM
| were merged into the mass of the popu
| lation An act providing for the gradua
! abolition of slavery was passed by tn,
New Jersey legislature in 1904 A fur
Their act in 1920 and still later anothe
in 1916, did not bring about the complet
| emancipation of the slaves, although
| there were but IS in the entire state whe1
! Lincoln's proclamation was issued. Il
1880. Hon. Garret A. Hobart, at that tim
a member of the state senate. introduce,
| and had passed a bill which remove,
from the statutes the last vestige of slav
| cry in New Jersey.
The little book contains much VALUABLE
| information.