Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-02-15

was the first in the world, and was the
direct cause of the Mexican war, 1S46.
Mexico had later president identified
with the colored race, Gen. Alvarez. He
was in command of the Mexican army
that captured and executed the Emperor
Maximillian in 1867. Bolivia, Venezuela
and Colombia of the South American re-
publics have all had as rulers men Of
African extraction. Sketches of them are
given.
Books and Pamphlets.
'In the matter of books and pamphlets
have listed fully 1900, and that in field
where scholars are wont to regard the Afri-
can as a negligible quantity. That the God
dess of Liberty crowning the dome of the
Capitol was completed by mulatto slave,
and the circumstances that led up to II, ie
worth recording all must admit. And the
same is done in the matter of important
| inventions. The question. Did a negro
slave on the plantation of Mrs. Gen. Ma
thaniel Greene invent the cotton gin and
lose the credit to Ell Whitney? is full OF
interest. All the evidence is given.
In this way and for these purposes there
are many digressions from the literary line
proper. Queen Victoria conferred the honor
and title of knighthood on three colored
men-Sir Edward Jordon, Sir Samuel Lewis
and Sir Conrad Reeves. In France several
have had a similar honor, notably the
Chevalier Sainte-Georges, knighted by
Louis XVI. Sainte-Georges was one of the
most remarkable men mentioned in history.
Thackeray speaks of him in glowing terms.
1.-THE first vice president, 1904 French
chamber of deputies, CASTOR Gervilles
Reache, is a quadroon from Guadeloupe.
Biographical sketches of all these men are
given, and several hundred more not found
in the American cyclopedias are thus
treated.
Since Early Days.
1.-The pages of history have been scanned
with unremitting care, beginning with IshA
ia al n in biQtory
being the son of Abraham by Hagar, the
Ethiopian woman. Then through Solomon
and the Ethiopian Queen Of Sheba, who
bore him son, Menelik. the direct ancesr
tor of the present ruler Of Abyssinia.
Then, like that feature in 'Plutarch'E
Lives, comparisons are made. Taking some
notable character of the Caucasian type,
have matched him with some man of the
other type. In that way the whole range Of
the worlds biography has been brought
under contribution. To the great mass OF
readers it will be news to learn that Rob.
ert Browning was an octoroon IT is an
interesting story, and the details ! have
gathered with great care. i
THE same may be said in the case OF
Alexander Hamilton. the American states.
man, and Henry Timrod. the southern
poet. Alexander Poushkin, Russia's great
est poet was a quadroon. His Grandfather
Hannibaloff, a negro protege of Peter tho
Great. rose to be a general under Catherine,
Poushkin's daughter Natalie. wife Of the
Prince of Nassau, was ennobled under the
title of Countess of Nuremberg, and given q
coat of arms in the German peerage by the
grandfather of William ii of Germany, and
her daughter. Countess Torby. is the wife
Of the Grand Duke Michael Of Russia and
intimate friend of Queen Alexandra of Eng
land. So was Lord Nelson's wife, Francis
Nisbett, who succeeded to his title when he
died, and pension of $4,000 a year for
life. Andrew Graham is credited with say4
ing Marcus Tullius Trio, father of stea
biography was a colored man."