The Appeal., 1903-07-25
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Il THE STORY or TIEssI.AvEas Us
T. Slavery and servitude I'M New Jersey.
BY Alfred M. Heston. Member Of the
New Jersey Historical Society. Camden,
~ j.: SlnnicksOn Chew 4 Sons Cos
This monograph is recital of slavery
and servitude. as 1t existed in New Jer-
sey. The fact is Lrougnt out that SAY
cry existed na.America long before Z 6ls.
when the Dutch traders came with their
cargo of human freight, to Jamestown.
The Aztecs: in Mexico enslaved not only
enemies taken in battle but those OF their
1wn nation who were e.: convicted OF tnedt nd
introduced in New Jersey in 16S0-at least
that is the earliest recorded instance OF
ownership of African slaves. Many =! Of
can slave trade. There is a record Of one
good old elder, whose ventures on the
African coast always turned out well,
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
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
tribal marks Adults sold from 5000 to
$500. The system. OF white bondage,
known as. gsdemptiye seryitude, existed
teenth centuries. This form Of bondage,
was usually voluntary, and at the expira=
tion of the term the redemptiOners were
without any special faint Of :servitude.
The importation into the colony Of Negro
slaves, who were found to be cheaper
than Nv white ita servants, ~; checked in meas
Many white convicts were shipped to
New Jersey from the British Islands, and
were merged into the mass of the popu-
at An n act for @ssS the py Sa
ther act SSfSi9 ig isSo and still later later another
aSsS Of fffs the savea
there were but 1S in the entire state when
Lincolns proclamation was issued. In
1880, Hon. Garret A. Hobart, at 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
THE TU-TZE'S TOWER.
''The Tu-Tze's Tower" BY Louise
adelphia: Henry T. Coates & Co.
This story verges over the crisis. but
it's chief excellence lies in the depictions
of the horrors of the Boxers assassina-
tions of foreigners in Peking,- and por-
trayals of the spirit of Martyrdom in the
sacrifice of native and alien adherents Of
a Christian belief.
After the death of her husband, Wini-
fred's mission is to reach the aborigines
tucked away in the mountainS-regarded
by her late husband as the most interest
ing people in Asia and the true Chinese
and to get into Tibet and the TuTze
country.
After many adventures, Winifred and
her retinue enter the Tu-TZe country. A
Tu-Tze with passports and a request for
a guarantee Of protection-and his hand
is cut off, after which he is allowed to
return: to Winifred. This daring woman
mand the return of her passports and to
seek revenge for the cruelty dealt upon
her servitor. This is an inconsistent piece
of business on the part Of a woman ex-
perienced in the Asiatic barbarous char
acteristics. and it looks. like an element
of a shilling shocker in a higher class
mental product. Winifred is kept prisoner
in the tower by the TIE, who, in due
and proposes in the most matter of fact
way to make her his wife. She pleases
him and he cannot understand why she
repulses him and goes into eonvulsions of
rage and tells him she wants the men of
her own country instead of savage. The
ruler takes her rebellion blandly, and
IHN keeps N = her. Il prisoner, giving: her, time to
siders is perfectly natural. She manages
! to see Candanee and an American woman
OF her retinue, and these attendants es-
cape anu START on a quest OF inducing the
! man. Michael who has loved Winifred
for many years, to come to the rescue
W1nlfred sends a message to him that she
will give him herself in MARRIAGE and de-
Then, through series of thrilling hap
penlngs, Winifred comes into an admira
tion Of the Tu-Tze. She realizes that her
Gapfivity eindnx4 is really retirement into the
finally. and tragically falls in love with
him. The author gives this process a good
deal st physical infatuation on the part
OF Wlnlfred: The uncivilized mans mas
slVeness attracts her. she revels in his
grand strength and in an exhibit of his
muscles ~
| When Michael arrives. he finds the wo-
| man who sent her pledge to him in love
with the uncivilized ruler. according, to
| the authors conclusions The great
dilemma is finally adjusted
ROMANCE OF THE COMMONPLACE.
! The Romance of the Commonplace BY
! Paul Elder and Morgan Shepard
! Inns 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
desire to tell Secrets writes the author,
Is one of the most contagious of diseases,
| and few OF us are immune. Some gvigOr-
gus gus moral constitutions never succqmb;
work stopping it, and secret on the ram
page is. well nigh irresistible. Tell your
secret, then, broadcast, and let it have it's
way until it dies out. But above all never
| confide it to her who asserts she never has
the 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, aye, and bring forth fruit you
! never planted r..-. -, ,,' =
Again: "Flattery is, however, an edged
tool, and must be used with care. It is
glance just how much his victim will
stand.' :, ~
The author treats of art, science and
literature with such delicate, ironical
masterful art as to render this book of
unusual interest
THE MYSTERY OF MURRAY DAVEN-
The Mystery of Murray Davenport, A
Story of New York at the Present Day:
by by Ro9srt B6ston
& Co. $3.50. 49,. - II. :.
The scene is New York The hero a
disappointed man. He has talent and in
dustry, but fortune, has frowned upon
him. Mr.. Stephens is particular to seek
verisimilitude in careful descriptions of
familiar neighborhoods. He aims tore
produce the OuSlle anu exclleIleHlS OI
New York, it's architecture, its manners,
it's customs. The well-appo pointed fiat, the
boarding house, the hotel, the pseudo
Bohemian cafe, the chophouse, the water
side neighborhood, are all recognizable.
The personages are generally common
place enough to seem perfectly natural.
!, The mystery seems to be something
new in mysteries; and if we are willing
to accept it for what it is worth we GER
tainly will not quarrel with the manner
Of its presentment. Everything is like
" enough except the explanation. when