The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-04
THE Appeals a NATIONAL Al MERICAN Ne


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forty kisds of religionists hating each
other and all hating the police and Inc
army = s5s.s# 5#ss Il
Of the book and are in strange cOntradic-
ton to what has been written Of late re-
garding Russia and the policies Of reform
with the latest newspaper accounts of the3f
persecution of the Jews, which cannot bel
surpassed In barbarity. The book is q
timely contribution to current literature. Il
THE STORY OF THE SLAVE.
Slavery and Servitude in New Jersey.
BY Alfred M Heston. Member. of tue
New Jersey. Historical Society: ga Camden
This monograph is a recital Of slavery
and servitude as it existed in New Jel-
sey. The fact is brought out that slay-
when the Dutch traders came with their
cargo Of human freight to jamestown.
The Aztecs in Mexico enslaved not only
own nation who were convicted Of theft
and other crimes. African slavery was
introduced in New jersey in l6S0-at least
ownership of African slaves. Many of
the leading citizens engaged in the Afri-
can slave trade: There is q record of one
African coast always turned out well,
who returned thanks on the Sunday fol-
lowing the arrival OF slayer , into the
Providence has been pleased to bring to.
| this land of freedom another cargo OF
benighted heather, to enjoy the blessings
| of gospel dispensation.'
Perth Amboy was New Jerseys chief
| port of entry, and blacks were to be seen
! there in goodly numbers, many of them
t tribal mar Re Adults sold from $500 to
known, as rsdemptive. seryitude: existed
the ar Of
was usually voluntary, and at the expira-
ton of the term the redemptioners were
merged into the mass Of white population a1a
| The importation into the colony of Negro
slaves, who were found to be cheaper
| than white servants, checked in a meas
ure the trade in redemptiOners.
Many white conyicts were shipped to
New Jersey from the British Islands, and
lation. An act providing for the gradual
abolition of slavery was passed 3sse by the
New Jersey sgisl a lin in 1884, fpe
act did aSS3 brne a6ou the
there were but Is in the entire state when
og sT1at At %ob%rt at ta %
a member of the state senate, INTRODUCED
ant. Lad passed bill which removed
from the statutes the last vestige of slav-
The little book contains much valuable
information.
| SALLY WISTER's JOURNAL.
Sally Wister's Journal. a true nara nara.
Of her experiences with officers Of the
GEntinental 17f57S Eded by
S st r. m9 pp s4 sSs n
Ferris & Leach.
Sally Wister's Journal is the record
ter famous in the history of this country.
, The greater part or the book has to do
with the sayings and doings, of American
, house, to their attentions to the writer
and her friend Lyddy and to her regret
%he pr Hrtfe Her of af% gG HPPn and
shand shook like an aspen leaf when
she. first saw these soldiers. but she soon
cvercomes the feeling thus expressed sS1, and N
vice is summon up all your resolution
t call fortitude to your aid, ard don't suf-
fer your , Spirits to sink my dear; there's
cred e that scidiers arr b < .1man TSev
: are, she says, very peaceable sort o, Of
talk like them and behave with elegance
/ One sis the most amiable of men; tai
and genteel,", whom the following lines
, How skilled he is in each obliging
The mug milqe e ,! manners with the Draves'
trous tail and brown, but has a certain
in his fnGe t6 and
t @sus sf easnta b * *
those of se mind may 55 us}y be- S1e oe i
brated; he is large in his person, manly
and an engaging countenance and ad-
, DRESS"
! | ROMANCE OF THE COMMONPLACE
The Romance of the Commonplace: By
= Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard.
This is a volume of modern philosophy,
E which ranks in that class Of essays made
= CESS says many clever things in his book,
5 and one may glance at any chapter and
E discover many commonplace things writ
| tenn in a very uncommon manner. "The
desire to tell secrets" writes the author,
, is one of the most contagious of diseases,
and few Of us are immune. Some vigor-
Y | Gus moral constitutions never succumb
e but once an epidemic begins it is hard
$ work stopping it, and secret on the ram
i page is well nigh Irresistible; Tell youl
5 secret then, broadcast, and let it have its
e way until it dies out. But above all never
: confide it to her who asserts she never has
t the slightest desire to TELL for there. like
|
g inmate and flower long after you have for.
k gotten it. aye, and bring forth fruit yor
s never planted
:, Again: "F1attery is, however, an edged
o tool, and must be used with care. It is
|, | not everyone who has the tact to decide a
: a glance just how much his victim viii
! stand"
q The author treats of art, science ant
3 | literature with such delicate, ironica
4 criticism, and withal, with so much o.
a masterful art as to render this book o.
! nnuSual interest
# PICTURES OF SWEDISH LIFE.
, Pictures of Swedish Life; or Svea AM
u her Children. By Mrs. Woods Baker
- PIP 4OS $3.50. Engberg -Holmberg Pub
5 | fishing Co.. Chicago.
This is a beautifully printed and elab
orately illustrated volume. The autho
lived for many years in the Land of tn
4 Midnight Sum- The illustrations art
l.. | especially fine and cover every variety O.
i Swedish life. The author writes a
= length on the simplicity of living which
= characterizes all classes of Swedens pop
| ulation and tells us that the strength OF
e this people lies therein. THE sons of tbs
! nobility when further advanced in life
: are accustomed to habits of life most sim.
! pie and unpretending." In a chapter en-
titled whats in a Name?' the author
shows still further the rule of simplicity
, of these people and says, with regard tc