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THE APPEAL KEEPS IN FRONT BECAUSE: 1-It aims to publish all the news possible. 2-It does so impartially, wasting no words. 3-Its correspondents are able and energetic. VOL. 20. NO. 7 KNEW IT WAS MOLLIE HER TOUCH ON KEYS OF TYPE-WRITER RECOGNIZED. Chicago Man Points Out How Differently Operators Strike the Keys—Seem to Have Grudge Against Some of the Letters. Six letters from the home office were awaiting the Chicago representative when he called at the New York branch Wednesday morning. When he had read them he said, "Well, I see they've got Molly back again." "How can you tell that asked the New York manager." "How can I help telling," was the reply, "I'd know Molly's letters if I saw them at the north pole." The Eastern manager unfolded one page of manuscript and looked at it upside down and crosswise and disagainly in his efforts to discover the distinguishting features. Finally he gave it up. "It isn't in her own handwriting," he said, "and I know the boss well enough to know that she was not allowed to compose the letters herself." "Oh, I don't mean those earmarks," said the Chicago man. "There is an individuality even in Mollie's typewriting. In that respect she is no different from many other operators. The work of most of them can be recognized by an expert who has made a study of their peculiarities. Different writers have a different way of striking out the words. They variably strike with the gentleness of a falling snowflake, while others they pound as if on vengeance bent. "That's the way with Molle. She has a partiality for h's and n's in particular, and lets them off so easily that they scarcely make an impression. On the other hand, she has it in for the g's and r's and strikes them so hard that she fairly knocks holes in the paper. Then there are certain combinations just as important for special attention while other combinations just as important are slightly shamefully. Take the syllables 'con' and 'com', for instance. Molle goes at them as if she were afraid of the results, while innocent terminations like 'er' and 'or' she hammers amuerrically. Those are only a few of her tricks, but they are apparent in those letters. Here, for example, is the word 'convenience', Molly has let the first syllable off with hardly a touch, but the rest of it is blue that it gives you chills to look at it. "A funny point in the situation is that no matter what machine the girl uses, the results are the same. The arrangement of the letters seem to make no difference. Certain keys are bound to come in for a heavy stroke and others for no stroke at all. When we fellows in the office first noticed the splotted appearance of her manuscript, we thought there was something wrong with the type—that it was worn out or needed cleaning. But the machine expert disposed of that error. The type, he said, was all right; it was Molle that was out of gear. Afterward he soaked his eyes filled feelings by telling him that if she tried to check if character her typewriting abilities would not be so connoisseur. All operators, he explained that are blessed with a character of their own are liable unconsciously to work out similar stunts on the keyboard. Of course, I can't swear that he was right. I have not had a chance to verify his statement in many instances, but I can take oath that he knew what he was talking about in the case of Molle."—New York Times, The Ravens. My eyes are blind with dust, I will hide with pain: But my body must go and after me, Again—again—again. They hover and wheel above: And with their raucous vaunt of life They tempt my soul to die. For the numbness of my heart And the length I have to go The tumultuous world They know—they know—they know. But the little spark I hold Shall light me further And the far-off stream Until that, too, is gone. No wonder they stop so low: No wonder they claw, When they hit and beak and claw, As they let me beat them off. For there is no path to see; But after the vanished flag My soul must go, and after me, My body strive and lag. Up with you, follow—come, Whither my face is set. They said we have dead, but I have Not yet—not yet—not yet! -Josephine Preston Peabody in Scribner's. Learn to Stand Well. Women who wish to preserve the elimination and the contour of their figures must begin by learning to stand well. This is explained to mean the throwing forward and upward of the chest, the flattening of the back and the shoulder blades held in their proper places, and the definite curving in of the small of the back, thus throwing the whole weight of the body on the hips. This, in a great measure, preserves the figure, because it keeps the muscles firm and well strong, and prevents the thick down of the back on the waist, as common in women row 30 which is perfectly easy to escape. Another thing to avoid is a bad habit of going upstairs, as most women do, bent forward, with the chest contracted, which, as well as being an indolent, slouching manner of walking, is injurious to the heart and lungs. It is the fashion nowadays to speak of many old customs that still survive, although much diminished, as if they were to all intents and purposes already dead. St. Valentine's day is nowhere observed, it is true, as much as it was 200 years ago, nor even as much as it was in the early recollection of some of the elder generation of the present; yet it is very far from being extinct as a perennial tradition, and the most distinct of England it is still celebrated with much qualitiefidelity to tradition, and even in this country certain of its well known features are not likely to be wholly abandoned, if ever, for many years to come. Indeed, the social prophet may well question whether St. Valentine's day may not rather regain much that it has lost through the attrition of time and change by the natural reaction that follows all positive movements. The tendency toward reconstitution of the past that have fallen into partial desuetude is rather marked. the twentieth century thus far seems to be conservative as well as progressive. Not very long ago it was thought that St. Valentine's day was given over almost absolutely to the sorry wits and their patrons who made it a convenience for vulgar lampooning and anonymity, and anonymity is the most important element belonging to it. It had not been altogether lost, and since it then has steadily reived. The proof of the assertion is in the fact that there is now a greater demand for printed valentines of real poetic and artistic merit than ever before, and that those of the cheap, illiterate and malicious type are comparatively little sought after. That is within the reach of all, has been written about. St. Valen- THE GREAT MUSEUM OF ART, CAMPAIGN 1914 tine's day that any article upon it must necessarily be only a reminder of that which is already known. It has been the theme of numberless poets and antiquarians. After all, nothing better expresses the spirit of this festival, since, upon the extension of Christianity, it assumed its modern character, than the lines of that fresh voiced English poet, the Rev. John Donne, who was contemporaneous with Shakespeare: Hall. Bishop Valentine: whose day this is; And all the chipping charisters The household bird with the red stomach; Thou mast keep the blackbird speed as soon as the day when the day this day more cheerfully than ever shine. This day, which might enface myself, old Valentine: The germ of the celebration of Valentine's day is found in nature itself. It was first a pagan tribute to the fecundity of the earth and of man, personified in Pan and Juno, and there is reason to believe that its origin was identical with that of a Pelasgian festival, observed in Latum before the time of Romulus by Evanander from Arcadia. It was a festival of Valentine's days, beginning in the idea of February, or on the 14th or 15th of that month. It was called Lupercalis after the wolf, lupus, which is supposed to be associated in some way with Pan, and was often represented by the ancients as a symbol of light and the course of the seasons. Pan was the killer of wolves and the protector of the shepherds who dwelt upon Mount Palatine before Romulus and Remus built their city there. By some, the name of the festival is supposed also to bear relation to the legend of the --- THE APPEAL. "THE MARAUDERS"—Louis Prion. miraculous suckling of the Roman twins by a she wolf in a cave near this spot. Part of the unspeakable mysteries of the Lupercalia was celebrated in such a cave. But much of this inference is pure after-thought. It does not affect in the least the theory that the festival was 'begun as a recognition of the prodigious powers of nature. Choice by Lots. During the Lupercalia it was the custom of the male celebrants to draw from a box the names of yuong women and girls, possession of whom was thus determined by chance. It was the policy of the early Church to adapt to its own system those customs of the pagans which it could not extirpate. This method of mating was even substitution. It is related that St. Francis de Sales and other Christian pastors put the names of saints on the lots to be drawn, in the place of those of maidens, and charged the young men who received them to imitate those saints throughout the year. But while they may have tried very hard to obey this injunction, it appears that the iodrawing, not in honor of Februaria Juno, but in honor of that which she personified, could not do otherwise than tolerate the custom, when the name of a patron saint was substituted by popular fancy for that of Juno. There is no clear account of how St. Valentine came to be made the bishop of the diocese of love, which Donne so prettily describes. There are several St. Valentine, and it is not even known to a certainty which of these owns the diocese. The bishop of Rome under Claudius is, however, most spoken of in this connection. Some authorities say that he was the bishop "THE MARAUDE of a material diocese, and others that he was only a presbyter. Wheatley writes that he "was a man of most admirable parts, and so famous for his charity and love that the choosy valentines upon his wooden toilets were in this explanation, however, the cause is evidently mistaken for the effect. The custom of choosing valentines was already established, and chancing, through its derivation from the pagan festival, to fall upon the idees of February, in which also occurred either Valentine or Valentine, the appropriation of the name to that custom was most natural in view of his character. In England and Scotland and the countries colonized by them St. Valentine's day retained all through the Middle Ages and down almost to the present a more typical character than it did elsewhere. In Austria and Hungary it is a festival of flowers rather than of love billets. Young girls who love the omen are borne steadily down the stream, without meeting with serious obstruction, the omen is held to be auspicious of speedy marriage. In some parts of France the eve of St. Valentine's day is called the Feast of the Torches; but the celebration, which, indeed, is sometimes held on the first Sunday of April, is a special relation to that period of abnegation than to the patron of love's courtship. The torches that are used are made of twisted straw, and are brandished in the air by those who carry them, while at the same time peculiar rustic dances are performed. A Philological Theory. Antiquarians have drawn from philology a means of explaining in an altogether different way the name of the A Very Ancient Festival. It Was First Observed by the Pagans-Always a Time For Display of Sentiment. n. ge festival of St. Valentine. It is well known that in many languages one letter of the alphabet may easily be substituted for another through popular error words. It is suspected by some that the name is primarily derived from the Latin "vale," which is equivalent to our "farewell," a salutation that was placed at the end of letters; but a large number more ingeniously finds its source in the Latin "valens," valant, gallant. According to them, in passing from the Latin into the Norman French in "y"; and a logical development of it was the noun "galantin," a lover of women. As galantry and valiance, in another sense, are synonymous, it was easy for "galatin" to become "valantan" or "valantin." It is pleasant to leave all these conjectures aside after simply passing them in review, and to determine, merely for the delectable purposes of the imagination, that we will join with Charles Lamb and other most worthy dreamers in regarding St. Valentine as a real bishop, who has a very charming mission in connection with the love affairs of humanity. Thus does the infinitive Lamb apostrophize him: "Like unto thee, assuredly, there is no mired father in the calendar. Thou comest attended with thousands and ten thousands little Loves, and the air is" "Bruish with the kiss of rustling wings, 'Singing Cupids are the chioristers and thy persecuators, and instead of 'the physical arrow is horse before thee." A Typical Valentine. Who would be such a traitor to youth as to demolish entirely the legend of St. Valentines? Read what St. Valentines? Bellew wrote to his lady love: ERS"—Louis Prion. To Dorinda, on St. Valentine's Day: To the teacher's kind. By mutual cares joyful Rih, and scm to teach us two Rih, and scm to teach us two Shall only you and I beware To meet, and make a happy pair? Shall we alone die? We may give. But, alh when I the proffer make, Still coyly you refuse to take The to mean you nausea. Yet, since the solemn time allows To choose the object of our vows, Boldly I dare profess my nausea. The writer oftenset quoted for a characteristic description of the old manner of observing the right of St. Valentine is a Misson, a French traveler. "An equal number of maids and men get together," he says; "each writes their true or some feligned name upon separate billlets, which they roll up and draw by way of lots, the maids taking the men's billlets and the men the maids; so that each of the young men lights upon the girl the billlet, the billlet, and the girls upon a young man that she calls hers. By this means each has two valentines—but the man sticks faster to the valentine that is fallen to him than the valentine to whom he is fallen." A Political Version A poetic picture of this custom is found in Poor Robin's 'Almanack for the year 1757: This day bright Fhoebus enters Pieses. The mills will have good score of kisses. For always when the sun comes there are kisses. And both the men and mids inlcins to chuse them each a Valentine; to offend them each a gift of gloves; to he gives her first a pair of gloves; to seel the day the way with a kiss; this kiss begets more love and then this kiss begets more love. Until this trade the man doth catch. And then he doth propose the match; and then he doth propose the match. She gives the man this soft kiss. Defective Page "I'll not resolve one thing or other, Until I first consult my mother," she said, granting the award. And may be taken for consent. Many superstitions were embroidered on the original St. Valentine tradition, and some of them are held in hong even to this day. One is found in this most curious extract from a young woman's diary, published in an oldtime, English periodical: "Last Friday was St. Valentine's Day and the night before I got five bay leaves and pinned four of them to the four corners of my pillow, and the fifth to the middle; and then, if I dreamt of my sweetbread after the year was out. But to make it more sure, I bolled an egg hard, and took out the yoke and filled it with salt; and when I went to bed, eat it shell and all, without speaking or drinking after it. We also wrote our lovers' names upon bits of paper, and rolled them up in clay, and put them into water, and the first that rose up was to be a flower. Blossom was my man, I lay abed and shut my eyes all the morning till he came to our house; for I would not have seen another man before him for all the world." First Met. First Wed. Gay, the poet, has placed in the mouth of a country lass the well known tradition that the first person whom one meets on Volentine's day is to become one's spouse. She sings: **SWIMM** Aidle went, amid the morning dew. A milk肌 (kine for) so should house- three first isped—and the first swam In spite of fortune shall our true love be "In Norfolk," says Sir Henry Ellis, librarian of the British museum, "it is the custom for children to 'catch' each other for Valentines; and if there are elderly sons in the family who are likely to be liberal, great care is taken to catch them. The mode of catching is by saying 'Good morrow, Valentine', and if they can repeat this before they are spoken to, they are rewarded with a small present. It must be done, however, before sunrise; otherwise, instead of a reward, they are told they are sunburnt, and are sent back with disgrace. "In Oxfordshire the children go about collecting pence, singing; "In an old English ballad, the lauses are directed to pray cross-legged to St. Valentine for luck. In some parts of England the poorer classes of children array themselves fantastically, and visit the houses of the wealthy, singing: Good morning to you, Valentine, Curry you loke as I do mine, I before you, I before you, Good morrow to you, Valentine. It is noted in an old Roman calendar that ghosts are wont to walk on the eve of St. Valentine's supernatural doubles due to targeted association of ideas, prompted by the memory of the bloody death of the good St. Valentine, who was beaten with cudgels by the Romans and then beheaded and whose remains are preserved in a church near the Porta del Popolo at Rome, long called after him the Valentinian gate. A French almanac of 1672 says that blood-letting on St. Valentine's day makes the blood clean and mourn, and blood-letting on blood-letting the day before guards from fever for a whole year. MAKES MONEY ON MOUSE FARMS Woman Embarks in Business of Breeding Fancy Rodents. Breeding white, piebald, black and Japanese mice is the latest household industry which is receiving attention. A woman living on the northern outskirts of the city has embarked in the business quite extensively. The mice sell wholesale at the rate of $10 per 100, and regularly, once every week, she delivers fifty of them to the leading bird and animal dealer, who sends them out to his customers in this and other cities. In this way she earns $5 every week, and $21 and $22 per week from the other sales of her mice. It would be hard to imagine a mouse receiving weekly for a "dwarf cat turtle." The rearing of fancy mice involves little or no work, and the proceeds are for the most part pure gain. She has at her home part of a large room partitioned off, and the floor covered with straw and earth. This is her mouse farm. It must be cleaned up now and then, and new straw and earth put for the mice, but aside from this, her only care is to feed them twice a day and keep their basin full of fresh water. The mice increase at such a rapid rate that by selling fifty every week she is able to keep the number down to about the original limits.-Washington Post. MENELIK A REAL MONARCH. Abyssinian Ruler's Chief Interest Lies in Military Affairs. Menelik of Abyssinia is a man of dark complexion, grizzled whiskers and beard, a pleasant smile and a very determined jaw. The general expression is amiable and intelligent and confirms the general opinion that he is the most liberal-minded and progressive man in his dominion. He is evidently not given up to effeminate luxury, and the nearest way to his heart is said to be through the latest invention in military weapons. He has thoroughly subjugated the entire country and turned it from a mass of petty tribes and chieftains to a unified and powerful country in war. He has been the master of the name of Menelik commands respect to the uttermost end of his wide dominions, and not a leaf falls without his consent. His great aim has been to get his country well armed and ammunitioned and of war supplies of all sorts he is said to have a goodly stocked stored in the interior. Equal to the Occasion. As one of the few occasions when the wit of Rufus Chote was folled, an incident is recalled when that brilliant lawyer was examining one Dick Barton, mate of the good ship Challenge. Chote had cross-examined the sailor for over an hour, hurling questions with the speed of a rapid-fire gun. "Was there a moon that night?" "Yes, sir." "Did you see it?" "No, sir." "Then how do you know there was a moon?" "The Nautical Almanac' said so, and I'll believe that sooner than any lawyer in the world." "Be civil, sir." "And now tell me in what latitude and longitude you crossed the equator?" "Ah, you are joking." "No, you are in earnest and I desist." "No, answer." "That's more than I can give." "Indeed! You a chief mate and unable to answer so simple a question?" able to answer so simple a question? "Yes, the simplest question i ever thought even a fool of a lawyer knew there's no latitude at the equator." Impulsive to the End. "Private" John Allen tells of an amusing conversation between two old colored women that he overheard on a Washington street car. Sald the first old woman: "Has you heard 'bout de死 of dot young Mistah Jenkins?" responded the other old colored woman, rolling her eyes till little save the whites thereof were visible. "Yo 'dn't mean to tell me dat young man's dead! How'd 'e die, honey?" "He died suddenly!"—dey said it was heart failure; anyhow, he died sudden! "Sho', you don't tell me!" continued the other old colored woman. Then, after nurse, she added: "Well, data 'js like him; he was de most impulsive young nigger I ebber seen!"—New York Times. Childish Anxiety. One of John D. Rockefeller's late bookkeeper, a Mr. Miller, has a rather precocious daughter, aged six, Julia by name. While playing with a little friend, Dorothy, at the next house, Dorothy transgressed some law of the household to such an extent as to require maternal correction of a severe mother's mother, and in placing with rhinemaids but succeeded in placing the child in an appropriate position, and as her uplifted hand was about to descend Julia piped out from behind a curtain where she had taken refuge: "Look out, Mrs. D—, don't strain yourself!" -New York Times. New Chinese Monkey. The skin of a new Chinese monkey, the rhinopithecus brelich, was recently exhibited by Oldfield Thomas at a meeting of the British Zoological society. It appears to inhabit the Van Gin Shan range in central China. The monkey was named by Henry Brelich, and was presented to the National museum. UNPOPULAR RACE BY JULIEN GORDON (MRS. VAN RENSSELA ER CRUGER). Extracts from Strong Article in Cosmopolitan for February by One of the Caucasian Society Leaders of the Country. Claims the Southern View of Race is Hypocritical. A recent experience has given me food for reflection. The printed remark that if Mr. Booker T. Washburn was vulgar abuse, a torrent of bad words in the drawing room, brought upon me from the Southern newspapers—many of them deemed reputable—a landslide of contumely, a torrent of vulgar abuse, the utterly for-expressing an opinion, one's person, works, habits and family should be made targets for the lowest innuendo and the coarsest insult, might amuse, weil it not for the metaphor illumination that it casts upon depths of ignorance and of folly. To the writer it seems as revolting that white men should have Afro-American mistresses as that white women should have Afro-American husbands. Yet if, instead of that we are told it does, how is it that the commling of the races—which we are forced to observe—has been so general? Why has it not been more abhorent? Is the hypothesis mere hypocrisy—cant, pure and simple? The question of human equality it is futile to discuss except before the law. It has never existed; it cannot exist, either in the present or in the future. One does not ask one's Children to dine. But we would hardly invite a Continuet to sit in one's pantry. A rabid senator has lately announced that the Afro-American, being absolutely devoid of moral fiber, must be denied education. He accuses him of bestiality, but will not permit his students to engage in advantages as might benefit his character and raise and restrain his brutal tendencies. Could one reach a darker nadir of unintelligence? When one hears such tirades, one realizes that selfish, personal advancement does not benefit the possession of the reasoning faculties. What the Negro requires is what all other races have required—time. This is the day and hour of little nations. The trumpet of the downtrodden has sounded. The men have reminiscent felt. Upheaval is in the wind. There are muttersions and stirrings—a low roar of mighty forces, resistless, pushing for light. These people want air, life, and, what is more precious, life's liberties. The burden of life has caused a bloody, doomed ultimate confusion. The boon of life may be doubtful, or liberty is positive. The love of life is temperamental, the more matter of a high or low vitality, but the desire of liberty is universal. Liberty means openness. This means that you can look out a new and more valuable encinnation. ★ ★ ★ They are certain to solve their own problem. These things take much time--generations will be required. Let us not quarrel with nature. The divinities are at work. He has aptitudes--special gifts. He is frequently deft and clever with his fingers. He has imagination, humor, a natural eloquence. He has poetic and musical gifts, and he has manners--manners Italy and China. We have seen black head waiters who had "le grand air"--did not shamble, like some politicians. They held themselves like masters of ceremony at courts--a respectable calling much more formal. The Afro-American has a certain tact and finesse, usual qualities for conduct. He may accept a passing hand, but should scorn a permanent crutch. He must cease to taddle; he must step out, learn to tie, and be with brag, brawl and mutiny, but in silence, with discretion and calmness. Especially must he seek industrial and economic advancement. There will be discount, and property the right to material prosperity the right will come—as it has come to other people. Let him get rich. Already we hear of an interesting movement. A hundred thousand colored folk have formed a company to organize a march northward. Land will be secured, fabrics started, opened department stores, the nation's God speed. They, or their descendants, will rise, succeed, have a voice in public affairs, as all must who pay taxes—for this should remain the test for the franchise, not erudition. These changes are but a matter of a few decades. He who will not be blind may see the writing on the wall. And as to the future of the Afro-American race—what is needed is patience and forbearance, and forbearance for the oppressed, undeveloped ones who are struggling upward, ex tenebris, in a tearful world.—Julien Gordon, Mrs. Vans Rensselaer Crueur, in February Cosmopolitan. Rev. Thomas E. Sheman thinks the race problem should be left to the people to settle. That would be like turning a lamb over to the tender mercy of a Wolf. Isidor Rayner, the newly elected Senator from Maryland, is a Jew, one of a despised race, yet he in turn despises the Afro-American, according to the race press of that state. One of the Chicago school trustees has objected to the undigestible character of the lunches furnished at some of the public schools and at programs that have been deemed to inspect the pie, hash, and doughnuts furnished. al ss aed a a neem ata eaten i Ne re SR AualouRee 9 Sue Apeen Dy AN) 64\ a) Zag. Bee eS A Bie 1 NN oe a (pee) Oe eas er Oe ‘THE APPEAL, AMWATIOMAL AFRO-AMERIGAN HEWSPAPER aa Sr oe ADAMS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS sam gu hg Pa te ‘ST. PAUL OFFICE, No. 110 Union Blk. 4th & Cedar, 5.0. ADAMS, Manager. 1 WIMNEAPOLIS OFFICE, Guaraaty Loan Bldg. Room 1020 (HAKVEY B. BURK, Manager. CHICAGO OFFICE, 323-5 Dearborn St., Suite 310, C. 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BIER, HE SAVED MY LIFE AT ‘SANTIAGO, AND | HAVE HAD 00- CASION TO SAY SO IN MANY ART- WCLES AND SPEECHES. THE ROUGH RIDERS WERE INA BAD POSITION WHEN THE NINTH AND TENTH CAVALRY CAME RUSHING UP THE HILL, CARRYING EVERY- THING BEFORE THEM. THE NE- “GRO SOLDIER HAS THE FACULTY ‘OF COMING TO THE FRONT WHEN WE 1S NEEDED MOST. IN THE <SIVIL. WAR HE CAME 400,000 ‘STRONG, AND | BELIEVE HE SAV- ED THE UNION."—President Roose- welt. ‘SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1904. ‘NATIONAL CONVENTION. ‘The date for holding the next Na- ‘ional Republican Convention, June 21, ‘at Chicago, is the latest of ‘any con- vention in the history of that party. It will be the thirteenth National Re- publican convention, which fact will ‘sive tho superstitious something to falk about. Other Republican con- wentions have been held as follows: Philadelphia, June 17, 1856—Nomi. nees, John C. ‘Fremont, of California, and William L. Dayton, of New Jer: sey. ‘Chicago, May 16, 1860—Nominees, Abraham Lincoln! of Minois, and Han: nibal Hamlin, of Maine. Baltimore, June 7, 1864—Nominees, Abraham Lincoln, of Tlinois, and An- drew Johnson, of Tennessee. ‘Chicago, May 20, 1868—Nominees, Ulysses S. Grant, “of Illinois, and ‘Schuyler Colfax, of Indiana. Philadelphia, ‘June 5, 1872—Nomi- nees. Ulysses’ 8. Grant, of Illinois, ‘and Henry Wilson, of Massachusetts. ‘Cincinnati, June 14, 1876—Nom- noes, R. B. Hayes, of Ohio, and Wil Siam’ A. Wheeler, ‘of New ‘York. Chicago, Sune “2, 1880—Nominees, James A. Garfield, Of Obio, and Ches: tor A. Arthur, of New York, Chicago, dine 3, 1884—Nominees, James G. Blaine. of Maine, and John ‘A. Logan, of Tlinois. Chicago, June 19, 1888—Nomineos, Benjamin’ Harrison, of Indiana, and Levi P. Morton, of New York. Minneapolis, June 7, 1892—Nomi- nees, Benjamin Harrison, of Indiana, and Whitelaw Reld, of New York. ‘St. Louis, June 16, 1896—Nominees, ‘William McKinley, of Ohio, and Gar- ‘ett A. Hobart, of New Jersey. Philadelphia, June 19, 1900—Noma!- pees, William McKinley, of Ohio, and ‘Theodore Roosevelt, of New York. Since the Republican party won its ‘first victory, it will be noticed that the first name on its ticket has al- ‘ways been from either Mlinols, Indi- -ana, or Ohio, with the single exception ‘of 1884, when the honor went to ‘Maine. New York is yot to be given such @ distinction, when Mr. Roose- ‘welt is nominated ‘next June, THE ALTON SCHOOL CASE. ‘The famous Alton Schoo! case bas been decided against the Afro-Amer- can. ‘The board of education several Years ago built a special school tor Afro-Americans. Scott Bibb and a number of others refused to send thelr children there and attempted to send them to the nearest public school. The superintendent of schools refused to permit this and a sult’ for manda- mus was brought in Bibbs’ name against the officials. "The suit has been to the appellate and supreme courts a number of times, and has been reversed and remanded upon various points each time. An appeal will be taken to the state su- preme court. Money wiil be needed to make the fight and the Afro-Americans of Il- nois ought to furnish tt, ‘The Appeal will give $10 to start the fund. How much will you give, kind reader? A NEW SOUTHERN SCHEME. ‘The Virginia legislature is consid- ering a Dill which provides that vie- tims of assault shall not be compelled to testify in open court, but that their depositions shall be taken In private and afterward read to the jury. It is claimed that this course will lessen lynchings. ‘The proposed law is clear ly unconstitutional, for one of the fun- damental principles of the common law is that the person who makes the accusation must face the accused. ‘The plan, which is in line with the unjust legislative enactments in other South- ern states, is but a scheme when it is thought necessary to get rid of some “insolent” Afro-American. It will be easy to trump up charge of rape and have some ‘dissolute woman make a | deposition that she has been assaulted. ‘Thomas Peterson, the first Afro- American to vote ‘anywhere in the United States, died at his home in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, recently. He was born in 1924 of slave parents, Peterson cast his ballot at a special election, March $1, 1870, on the new charter for Perth Amboy, a few min- utes after the polls opened, ox receipt of the morning Now York newspapers with the proclamation of the Depart- ment of State, fssued the day before, ‘of the adoption of the amendment giving the race the right of suffrage. It the Southern disfranchisement schemes are not checked, it. will be many years before the historian will Tecord the story. of “The -Last Afro- ‘American Voter.” ——— ‘The speech of Daniel Morgan Smith 4 Southerner, at the annual dinner of the Illinois institute of Accountants was the climax of the silly, illogical stuft now being given out oa the al leged race problem. Smith said among other things: “When you ‘entertain an educated Afro-American ‘you open. the flood: ates and let in the thousands of oth ers who are not intelligent, whether you want them or not.” “The Caucasians of this country must be a lot of weaklings if they can not Keep unbldden guests out of thel homes, and even the most_ ignorant Afro-American does not go where he fe act tavtiod. At the recent meeting of the Nation- al Editorial Association. in Washing ton RH. Morris, of the Mocksville, N Gy Record, in 2. strong speech called on Republican editors everywhere to demand of their members of Congres fhat the provisions of the constitution be enforced in the south as well as In tte north, He declared that to. vote the Republican ticket inthe south thoant ontraciem and boyeott, and that alle to Afro-American and Caucasian voters. He said that when southern Tepresentatives presented themselves ‘with certi\eates’ of election ‘obtained by frand they should be denied a seat and turned out. ge Bev: Courtland Myers of Brooktyn, N.Y, conducted the Sunday meeting fof the YMG. A. at Washington last Sunday. In the course of his sermon he made reference to John Brown, and {iis caused a number of persons. to Teave the bulging. ‘There are: many Jobn Brown haters in Washington, but as Dr. Myers sald, Brown was @ man ‘who remembered his duty and. did I “and his soul goes marching on. Alexander Just, a. travellng sales: man, who died recently in New Yor, ieaves his entire fortune to be divided among the men whose friendship. he had formed in Business lite. Six Caucasians acted a8 pall bear ors at the funeral of James R. Mac: Neill, Afro-American, The. average Southern Catcasian is perfectly. wilt. ing to assist bis brother in black to fe ae ‘The mayor of Roanoke, Va., came out in a proclamation urging the peo- ple to restrain thefr wrath, but he took S000 care to hold back his official ut- terance until several Afro-Americans had been beaten and one woman frightened to death. An Afro-Amori- can minister, who was driven trom Roanoke by 4 mob, begged the mayor for protection, but it was not forth- coming. On iast Monday Senator Hopkins of Illinofs made a forceful and master- ly speech in the Senate in defese of the administration policy in Panama, ‘The speech attracted the attention af both sides of the Senate and at its conclusion Senator Hopkins was warmly congratulated by the most prominent members of the senate. ‘The Caucasian people of this coun- try are becoming more and more in- different to the wrongs of the Afro- Americans. Sunday two human_be- ings—a black man and his wife, were burned at the stake in Governor Varda- man’s state, but the newspapers gave the matter less notice than is usually given to a dog fight, Witnesses testified at Norfolk, Vir- gina, recently, that there were frauds ‘at the primaries. A& the Afro-Ameri- ‘cans of Virginia have been disfran- chised it follows as a matter of course that the fraudulent votes were cast by Caucasians. - Just as tho Maryland legisiators were about to voto on the distran- chisement pf the Afro-American tho great fire in Baltimore: broke out:and Gistracted tho- attention, but they'll get down to business later on. f |_Now the political opponents of Gov. Jeff. Davis call him a “Negro lover.” ‘Southern reasoning must bea pecullar process, for Davis has shown by every public and private action that he is a ‘Witteéi angie ot tha Scie THE APPEAL: A NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER. ee ee ea rated by Aowangriouua seine, | WASHINGTON —_scets',by Atephmerloan, tn CHICAGO | a Eevant 05 pot Tease ecpocuret, —— THE CITY OF MAGNIFICENT DIS-| while the per cent. of such farms was | AMERICA’S GREAT CIT’ SIP rma" No her tase pres a Tate ea te ater ee {A Collection of a Few of the Evente| et ineie er gpigt He farmers, devot- | q Compilation of a Number cine ef tho Capa‘ Thi rent ae AttoAmerens it ttre to] the" Attcameriane and Glorious Nation for Our Many| suence of Savibennignn on ‘Aro-amer: City of This Glorious U Readers, jean farmers the report says: “The ——— ‘ ——_ Afro-American farmer has @ greater} 4, Religion Is never worn o Washington, Feb. 10.—From recent | incentive to become an owner in the| 24¥ use. araictenchatuiond has Seton Ae | Novi herp ber tacee cae ie come | atlas rt ev nuiungogr blitod nto aol actin erm byt ermplo| tan weak gnarl ee pablehed inthe laze tah Sil termes We ehaee asteple ; tances of Dr. J. R. A. Crossland learn | struggle, fof a higher industrial posi-| A", ¢mpty head Rever hi that the ex-minister is still in the Ime | tion.” new ideas. a ‘the Atroaniedan population: ta| ta sparsecene Props diopatcncs rom San Domingo| tints tn 1900 was 86,078 whlch rop-| ye nts ck cvoryuody& ‘indicate that the insurgents are still| resents an: increase of 49° per cent in | 1¢ YoU wish every doing business at the old stand and|ten years. ‘that United States Minister Wm. F.| Of the 1,486 farms operated by our] A straight creed can 1 with glory au'e diplomatise "Mr; Pow:| partly owned: 36. are rented ‘on | ,@ilee, Lalu, Mitchell. ments mh ia erent etal | reroviuere kad ooseta “aad are| When a man is oly Re ea en ee el eae eee ceae Tac tama aproente| news s setedcate to Oo | The last report of the Census Bu- roa shows Taa717 Atro-American Tetmers inthe United States, wie oF trate 98,249,990 acres, valued at $108; Sin Tad and the valus of the proguets raised Tor’ the your 1499. wae nearly three nuuated millon dotinrs, Missi Sippi leads in the total number of faba, with Alabama, South: Carollna and” Georgia ‘ollowisg. tn. the ‘order puted] Sor salve of tar prope Misclesippl forges to. the front, with ‘Tenas second Georeia third ‘and hie Bann fourths Hor value of products raised Mississippi again occupies first place, with more than twenty million dollars. in. exceas of Georgia, which [cous seconds hile Alabama, South Carolina and Texas follow as named.” eee ans tae! sus report saya: "Of all fami erated by Afro-Americans, cotton, to- bacco and rice farms constituted 70.5; 2.6 and 0.3 per cent. respectively, while the per cent. of such farms was only 18.7; 1.9, and 0.1, respectively of all farms. No other race had so large a portigp .of its farmers devot- ing their enefgies to the production of a single staple as in the case of the Afro-American. with reference to the cotton crop.” Regarding the in- fluence of environment on Afro-Amer- fean farmers the report says: “The Afro-American farmer has a greater incentive to become an owner in the North, where he comes more in con- tact with farmers by whose example ‘and experience he can profit in his ‘struggle, fof a higher industrial pos!- thon.” tion.” = ‘The Afro-American spopulation in Ulinois in 1900 was 85,078, which rep- resents an: increase of 49'per cent in ten years, Of the 1,486 farms operated hy our people throughout the state, 543 or 36.5 per cent. are owned; 183 are partly owned; 539 are rented on shares; 215 are rented for cash; 12 are owners and tenants and § are managed. These farms represent 82,107 acres, valued at $3,326,319. It the farms owned and partly owned were placed side by side they would make a tract of land one mile wide by sixty-two miles long. ‘These farms have an average value: of $2,238, and the total value of products raised for the year 1899 was $315,590, or about one-half the value of products raised by all the Afro-American farmers of the state combined. While these figures appear insig- nificant when compared with the num- ber of farms owned and operated by the white farmers of the state, yet it Is a fair showing for a people’ who Jess than half a century ago were not supposed, ‘according to the “Black Laws" to enter the state unless they could furnish « bond of $2,000 to keep the peace. ‘Taking up the question of the influ: ence of environment on Afro-Amerl- can farmers we find some very inter- esting statistics: In the old states, having one thousand or more Afro- American farmers, it appears that the lowest percentage of owners are found as follows: Georgia, with 11.5 per cent; Alabama, 11.8; Mississippi, 14.3; Louisiana, 14.5; South Carolina, 18.2; Arkansas, 21.2; and North Carolina, 241; while the states showing the largest percentage of ownership are Virginia, with 50.9 per_cent.; Ohio 50.8; Maryland, 49.3; Florida, 41.5; Kansas, 994; ‘Missouri, 38.4; Ken tucky, 87.7; Indiana. 36.6, and {ilinots, 36.5 per cent. ‘Three of our citizens were born at sea under the American flag; twc hundred and sixty-nine were’ bors abroad and several came to us from the Philippine Islands and Porto Rico ‘The stato of Maine ts the only one no! showing an Afro-American who wa: dorn in the great state of Mlinois. In fact our citizens have not migrated fm large numbers to any_particulai state as the conditions at home have been upon the whole, quite satisfac ‘torr: ‘Charles E. Hail. POLITICAL POINTERS. ‘The Afro-American Press Associa- tion ot ‘Vinal how endorsed Roots sig pba iay ae Tan Tennessee, who recently organized a rig pipe re eet erpers tal of $25,000, are doing something to Bae oe 44: Rapunienn acrenton of aft a eats Soapentin made no nomination W. Bourke Coch- Ce ee Ye ee Sohn oth W. "thompson uf Rocbent, ios emaern ee noes Eee eaten ews, oe Bod, ote her a eames Seeing af Goverane oats ssphea! mina, son. Basti scares, Bae oe, Sete ame eae fe ee ete omteate, pine De a Fee cee ot ar hen it ier raator Pitt ata ‘Governoe Otel gees Te sat Career, te AE Sees ne Peete Cored ge tee saan of Praia Deoceatt via Soildad’ ew aie “as Sa eres Nee, dae Sis, te Sy See, atic oe ae sclera ers Lee Be aaah MS eae et pena Se or are es Feats wn: pda en ed alii sa lal Se Se ee Geer ener re rite ee ment as Js the engineer to the me- iit thai" Se aes, Se ee ee ee hme of the ship.”—Col. J. Hamilton Lewis toe: sins seed save aa jlo Som etre a the Dreditigncy, and Senator Fair- fhe, proiipeey, 0 Seeetee Pee Me or adeaey Sens it Se pete nee ee Satta pany of ie tend se ae ae ee ees Series fe te ial Sree ee Pod a ig gy ‘aa em Hichetead ores cory satan PF georcengey rina Seam re tas ‘and senate who are - credited with Sorina ee as alate os ip See eee eee pee pera ea yet tenures se ete, Siete ato ice Mutual Life Insurance Co. ‘The annual report of the Mutual Life Ingurance Company of New York shows asgots,_ over -§403,000,000, In como, over, $77,00000, paid. policy holders nearly $33,000,000, contingent guarantee fund’ over $59,000,000,” in surance and annuities in’ force “over $1,447, 000,000: ; Howard ‘University Summer School. ‘The trustees of Howard University, Washington, D. ., have. established 2 summer gchool % be held. in July under Se punee ofthe Teachers’ College. ‘The courses offered will be both academic and. industrial, and will appeal largely’ to teachers. Dr. [. B. Moore -will be director of the suniniar eRGoL : CHICAGO AMERICA'S GREAT CITY VIEWED BY THE APPEAL MAN. A Compliation of a Number of Happen eat rat St, Sy day use, ie i Se nl aie ee An empty head never has room for eae Hon. E. H. Wright, who has been ill, eee pre It you wish everybody to see it, put Lara ee pean ees Miss Lulu Mitchell is in Quincy ‘When a man is holy he will not see eta ae ivan! rae beef 298 We oR GLE Rare ue ge 1. Or Laan, aoc, eb elie Perce teeny. ea baie bee cue ik Rouse ot eee Bd honing tee Be aii eee st Tees = BS Siere in oleate ear | Tis oe moh of a in the city visiting Miss Jackson of wae cone | pmeere coment aie ainien wis in is pee ren ie 8 oe ee as anne ea creer ster tabs Rea gi aa Tos Tig Mule peey nba colts Sete Mars conte, ct [Ser aera 2 THE APPEAL is without question ere sopet ts wat eas SE me vein oemarron ieee eccenieat os marr 6.5 Sa | eterna Sa, on zc Chicago. ab eter: tally ri monia is in the months of February, Soa! : eis, cami cane arts oly cones es, ares Sees cea gee ee [seater '| ‘The Waldorf Cafe, 3027 State St., is || rapidly becoming the headquarters for areas fee | “Gemraupe mocee PaLken, | gamers meron Pee eee core ean You ought to have THE APPEAL aft at fe cae oa [ote tas, Bele ee see aes | Subscribers for THE APPEAL, who spear ee oat rob caus eta oes hee ee sur rea hee, par ad a a one 2s Sei ea oeeeroeee, ata see ee, aed ae eee ee eas oft Tab Gry Goh sean Ra te eee oe little more than @ year old, now stands Hess ener ak eee uc pace Sa eee oot He He, Meet gear, Bae, eee oe Poni S peace as Seat a se ah ae oe hier pule_plsernis_ tt jen anaes se a ea ra Bios ghee eee te = sient sate ial a aes ae ee oe ce Tora er Ge oe ona cca ce er SPs ee AEE oy atte ould he wan Jon, Carter of Ot Portrait Unveiling. ‘A portrait, which is_an excellent Itkeness of “Frederick Douglass, the greatest Afro-American the race has Produced, will be unvelled at the Ap- pomattox Club, this Saturday evening, February 18. ‘The picture, which is framed in black and gold, is a gift from Cyrus Field Adams, member of the club. ‘The presentation speech will be made by Rev. A. J. Carey, pastor of the Quinn chapel. The speech of accept- ance by, Dr. Allen A. Wesley. The por trait is the work of Mr. E. H. Lee, the famous portrait artist. °° Hele to a Fortune. George Wesley Shields, “an Afro- American! is helr to a fortune of sev- eral thousand dollars. “The man left his “home in Rodney; Miss, at the close of the civil war and came to Chieago. The death of a relative has left him with a comfortable fortuné and’ the Chicago police have been isked to find the mans , COLLEGES AND &SHOOLG. AOU A, Ty emer ee oerear eee er NE eee ae ia ae Mc Ga ee A en a i ed Ae eee koi Medag, Rom Halt ee Bem Ha OO ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, Atlanta. | a aetnen, Sre nec tessa deter sien Aiuto a Ste hrm ls a fhe anki IRE Virginig, Normal Gey fe em Insti Jus gn PRTERSBU (oe eee gage ie acre : ae q neat ' aera pir | Eee culters, Sewing andy (Sec tier sf pain aaa ESM! iis! Reese par tatee snd a crea OE Ee Pm A Ce eee ee os Rei eectie é : ah oa ene ee Soars Koons Mldlog, Boye Hat ee Bene Has eH, Mad Kons” ATLANTA UNIVERSITY, Atlanta. Ga. sa satetacnn Chelan Lapua: dere caneel oe otteaducatst anise, Ether SSE Say ee a a irate eget Sees ADGA REI of tS Se Pru te ten ede " 1 addi dent HORACE BUMSTEAD, D.B, Re Vinginig, Normal Collegiate oR RR aa ee Piel Vem ce Institute, 3 wd a arene ar PETERSBURG, VA. pay Serer eNng (a Ea und POpSER NT eT Ve St ae. a eel poy Sl Meee Henny Lacie ocateaby Mens RC PERE MMS USS! Re esce Stas a5 Fo EP SURO, : licen TILLOTSON COLLEGE, BUSTIN, TEXAS, ‘Olde and Boot Sool In Texas for Seeees Sees emhy owt ec covclial teowa sales fo tht Seth, Se ae oe Havent te peor omeae Maat Sei taces en aoa” bes or Peering rigeton erp ert eager ggeoponerom certs REV. MARSHALL R. GAINES, A.M, PRESIDEN, usin, ++ Temas. See ANT ag el SS a eee Br gare ia ere SLE ea Geen Fi GAMBUR IREULUGIVAL SCMIRART ‘tants, cRORCTA | AIMS AND METHODS se, it tote a da, ie of mas ee a daa Getic etic ip eg ce Me fta_ work. is thorough; its methods are Heal Wont fae aa tai COURSE OF STUDY ent EAE ad Sita ne inte Oe wrt itneieaed deerme ihc ieee pees pte a Be ceger nacre ats. EXPENSES AND AID opie anaemia, HE eer Bae eka ie Bee eer an uldings he are a all Pom ea ci tat Mig staaents who'd {heir utmoot in the fie ee ee lh Eh ce ees peta Ae fh this Seminan’ For further particulars alte 11.6. ADKINSON, D.., Pres. Gammon Theological Seminary, Thnuanres Gnoxot. i FOUNDED IN igat. a ring ten ttt opt Sree, mas satorpaat re Sabie Sidings not TYPOTNE SO STIFTY DOLLARS IN ADVANOE hance et geen ae aes BSix eet tri ea uathat SRNL te get Er Tupeowa mes Dp Co BILE, DD. HAMILTON ACADEMY contege Prupteatory,"Slormat Depart ment English Course, Biblical Depart: Beal feb eae A ada Alsons payable tn advance.” Seeston bo: Sine eebbee aoe! nav, OONNELIUR JONNEON, As M. B. Ds ‘eninovrat, BATON ROUGE, LA. AVERY COLLEGE ‘TRADES SCHOOL ALLEGHENY, Pp. fags Trades Bebool foe AitorRmesican Woe aed Bisa Sententsavasiqgee dor Cie tats soma ogura Dc Manone, Principal. Altcetey, Pa SAMUEL HUSTON COLLESE, AGhristian School B2p8-feioea raoutey ofiokteca aur Sau nt Poked atta Btauests tapes to 49" a ieeerafeen an teint” Sr stators nad SiRGehttScmations wre to the pases R. 8. LOVINGGOOD, AUSTIN, TAXAD. BALTIMORE & OHIO R.R. a agg = perme eden A (2 eee ALL TRAINS VIA WASHINGTON PETS | Taattp | A sey i || | [E a 4 reser SN 2 Ee iM liebe aK aN ira | ef ee 55 fo Bel Joy “GOD HATH MADE O¥ ONE BLOUS ALL NATIONS OF MEN.” BereaCollege BEREA,EKY. oc bleie ntaaee Morena, sual, Natit tee IMisaee ass ’eblte and’ SH afroramerioun stuf ids Wit- Gs FROST, Pe, D., Beara, Ke ace ae Clark University eee HE Rata Cte hepaties, Sra AS te tee, Por bh forma SU MELDEN, South Atlenta, 08, BISHOP COLLEGE, ae weal race Zoe Posy, of eiteaiSucstmeees of sengot aiding and ceplotenent of pra ee see aoe Ba mieten pane ae il deed Pence achers and tonchare. LANGE AND EEN ta toe pest Inceaer. "A new belek “dining, ball aod er late att sae “Saguitar ie cium tater Se Weingy costes aurioe, COLLEGE GRADUATES MAY APPLY FOR SERIEES OS siiarae SERRE at, er anctine Serer aniaats cama ISRENCR m.ONAPTER rts TILLOTSON COLLECE enanes auncel ano oper scxoot ty, SEBEL ANE. OEET SSP a Roltae Hepoar weet Eesti Mernatar mene, Sealine bs See, eats Heenan Seah A apes A relia itt Mia A,grmat St fer eh wy efearmtans ine tage ois Pare cam La dation Yor sige and nafs tn sere about $8.90 per'monehs Adarees =" Ein Bete aneing: Teen 8.6. SCOTIA SEMINAYR conconas Nie Paar ses miata Be es eet ermcatere, Bree, See Se matic eet eit dee rere Granhing, Ser tor term 'at Sight mothe, Sams recov i aanarta 9.05 EP Rs. “pate a a Lip-Reading at Home "nave at Sones cme - OHIO R. R. 2 cores Oe Og RG ae ‘A. WASHINGTON SW oe ST. PAUL. NEKKS RECORD IN MINNEBO- TA'S CAPITAL. The Saintly City and Saintly City Folk- way Items of Social, Religious and General Matters Among the People, Rol- d Down. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1904. If it's Hamm's, it's all right. Mrs. G. J. Charleston is on the sick list. Mr. John Sanders, who has been sick some time, is somewhat better. Roomers wanted. Nice comfortable rooms. Apply at 159 La Fond street. Half soles, sewed, 75c; rubber heels, 40c; Phone 1556-J2. Jarvis, 83 E. 4th. "I haven't paid $4.00 for a hat show I began wearing the Gordon and I buy the best." Tomorrow is St. Valentine's Day, and many love tokens are being sent to loved ones. Have you called at the new, up-to-date tonsorial parlor, No. 74 E. Fifth street? Well, you ought to do so. Capt. Joseph Burger of the Second Ward has filed as a candidate for assemblyman on the Republican ticket. The "Social Five" are getting ready for their second annual "Easter Party," to be given at Litt's Hall on or about April 6th. You are cordially invited to attend the Men's Sunday club, which meets at Pilgrim Baptist church tomorrow afternoon at 4 o'clock. Good program. Mrs. John H. Charleston had a fall a few days since which dislocated the great toe on one of her feet. The toe was replaced and she is getting on nicely. The most popular place for people who take their meals down town is John Godfrey's, No. 552 Wabasha street. Everything neat, clean and well cooked. Next week's attraction at the Star Theatre will be Rose Syllill's London Bells Company, especially strong in pretty women, catchy music and entertaining olio. Is your hair straight? If not, send 60 cents to Ozonized Ox Marrow Co., 76 Wabash avenue, Chicago, Ill. for a bottle of Ozonized Ox Marrow and you can easily straighten it. The Appeal has purchased the press and outfit of the Richardson Printing Company and added the same to the plant. Bring in your job printing. Best work at lowest prices. THE NAGEL UNDERTAKING CO. Wm. E. Nagel Manager, 208 West Third street, Telephone, Main 1504. Latest equipments in every line. Lady assistant when desired. Gentlemen wishing nice furnished room, with all conveniences, by the week or month, at reasonable rates, should apply at the Benton House, 228 West Third street, up stairs. Miss Harry B. Howard has issued invitations to a reception to be given next Tuesday evening, from 8 to 10, in honor of the graduation of her daughter, Miss Clara Elizabeth. Shoes mended while you wait at Jarvis', 83 East Fourth street. Hall soles, 50 and 75 cents. Prices reason- able for all kinds of repair. Recan do it on short notice. Jarvis, 83 E. 4th st. The Men's Union club of St. James church will celebrate the anniversary of the birthday of Frederick Douglass on Thursday evening, Feb. 18th. A special program will be arranged for the occasion. ELK EXPRESS CO. G. D. Charleston, Proprietor; G. J. Charleston, Manager. Packing, shipping and storing. Plano moving a specialty. No. 39 E. Seventh street, cor. Cedar (basement). Telephone Main 2514 J 2. Full line of framed and unframed pictures. Special prices for the holiday trade. Also make a specialty of oil portraits at moderate prices. Pictures framed to order. Lowe Picture Frame Co., 475 Wabasha street. If you wish a good home cooked meal "like mother used to cook," go to the Metropolitan Restaurant, No. 378 Minnesota street. First-class regular meals, 25 cents. Meals to order at moderate prices. Mrs. Lou Carter, proprietor. "Red Feather," a new comic opera, which serves to exploit Grace Van Studdiford, the leading light opera prima donna in this country, will be the attraction at the Metropolitan during the latter half of next week, beginning Thursday night. Those of our patrons who desire to have matter published must get the same in this office not later than Thursday afternoon, otherwise it may be crowded out. No notice will be taken of any communication that is not signed by the author. Why not go to the White Front Restaurant, 105 W. Third street, near Washington? Meals at all hours, day and night. Special 5 o'clock dinner daily, 25 cents. All the delicacies of the season to order on short notice. Tel. Malen 2348 L. Mrs. Mattie Brown, Prop. The Ladies' Catholic Aid Society will give an entertainment at McKinley Hall, corner Western, and Uni. Hall, corner Western, Feb. 15th, from S to 12 o'clock. The public cordially invited. Admission 25 cents. Kohler's orchestra will furnish the music. Remember that the Ladies' Catholic Aid Society will give a swell entertainment at McKinley Hall, corner Western and University, on Monday evening, Feb. 15th, from 8 to 12 o'clock. Kohler's orchestra will furnish music. Admission 25 cents. Come and be made happy. HOWELL & DAVIS. No. 156 E. Sixth street, fashionable tailors. Gentlemen wishing suits or overcoats of the latest cuts and patterns should call on them 'ladies' work also done. Clothing cleaned, repaired, sponged and pressed on short notice. Moderate prices. Goods called for and delivered. The benefit concert which was tendered to Prof. J. W. Luca at St. James Church Thursday night, was an artistic success, but not a very great financial one. This is not as it should have been, as Prof. Luca has given his time and talent to make and keep a good choir in the St. James Church. Edward Smith was arrested Wednesday night by Detectives Fraser and D. R. H. FREDERICK DOUGLASS, The Greatest Afro-American the Country Has Produced. The Eighty- Seventh Anniversary of His Birth Oc-curs Sunday, February 14. The Greatest Afro-American the Country Has Produced. The Eighty-Seventh Anniversary of His Birth Oc-curs Sunday, February 14. Haggerty on a warrant sworn out by Mrs. Sadie Gordon, charging Smith with having on February 5th assaulted her husband, Austin St. Paul, a laborer, employed at South St. Paul. The Gordons live at 359 East Seventh street. BENTON'S CAFE, No. 204 West Third street, near "Seven Corners," the sweetest place in town for up-to-date meals and lunches. Meals from 25 cents up. Private rooms for ladies. Regular dinner 25 cents. Lunch counter. Everything in first-class style. Open night and day. Private rooms for dinner parties. street, between 7th and 8th. J. S. Mills, proprietor. Fire started in the basement of the Randall Printing Company, 72 and 74 East Fifth street, at 7 o'clock last Thursday evening, and caused a loss estimated at $500, covered by insurance. Williams & Kemp, of the Cosmopolitan Barber Shop, occupy part of the store, claim a loss of $200. The fire is thought to have been caused by electric wires. The fire worked through the walls and the ceiling The Cosmopolitan will be open for business as usual today. The John H. Hayes Lodge No. 6 Splint coal from Independent mines for stoves, furnaces and ranges. Many prefer it to hard coal. Exclusive agents. Holmes & MacCaughey Co., Seven Corners. Try it. Office open from 7:30 a. m. to 6:30 p. m. Telephone 401, both phones. A most enjoyable time is guaranteed to those who attend the entertainment which is to be given by the Ladies' Catholic Aid Society at McKinley Hall, corner Western and University, Monday evening, Feb. 15, from 8 to 12 o'clock. Tickets 25 cents. Kohler's orchestra will furnish some of the latest music. You are invited. Come. Benton's cafe has moved from Fort to No. 204 West Third street. The new place has four private dining rooms, all nicely fitted up in the latest style. The cuisine is excellent in every particular, and persons who wish first-class food, served in first-class style, at moderate prices should call. A special invitation is extended to all to visit and inspect the new cafe. The Ivy Leaf Dancing Club ended its winter series with a very pleasant Mask Party Thursday evening. The affair was an enjoyable one, thirty being present. The directors fully appreciate the support of the club's presiding officer, who will be there during Lent, but the spring series will open on Easter Monday night, April 3d, with their second annual Easter solree. A welcome announcement is the return of the "Bonnie Brier Bush," with J. H. Stoddart, Reuben Fax and Kirke La Shell's admirable production, which comes to the Metropolitan Sunday for a half week's engagement. Mr. Stoddart, whose impersonation of Lachlan Campbell, the old book sheepparadise, is to be preserved a classic, still charms all by his ideal portrayal of the stern old father. ATTENTION, EVERYBODY! To go Mills' Sandwich Room, No. 444 Robert street, that is the place to get genuine Mexican chili stew or chili mack, the new and popular "St. Paul sandwich;" oysters in any style; good coffee; Open day and night, from 6:30 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. Mos. 290 Robert street, near the bridge, and 444 Robert Coal $4.50 Per Tort. street, between 7th and 8th. J. S. Mills, proprietor. Fire started in the basement of the Randall Printing Company, 72 and 74 East Fifth street, at 7 o'clock last Thursday evening, and caused a loss estimated at $500, covered by insurance. Williams & Kemp, of the Cosmopolitan Barber Shop, occupy part of the store, claim a loss of $200. The fire is thought to have been caused by electric wires. The fire worked through the walls and the ceiling. The Cosmopolitan will be open for business as usual today. The John H. Hayes Lodge No. 6, Knights of Pythias, is preparing for a grand ball at Sherman Hall, corner 6th and Wabasha streets, Tuesday evening, February 23rd, to which the public is cordially invited. There will be good music and refreshments. The committees in charge are: Executive Committees in charge are: Executive Geo H. Benton, treasurer; Dr Val Do Turner, Harry Threadcraft, John H. Hayes. Reception Committee—Henry Southall, John Sutton, Lee Coleman. Floor Committee—Andrew F. Combs, August Banks, Silas M. Lewis. Admission, 50 cents; children, 25 cents. COSMOPOLITAN BARBER SHOP No. 74 E. Fifth street, Kemp & Williams, proprietors. A strictly up-to-date establishment. Two bath rooms, three hydraulic chairs, shoe shining stand, latest style of furnishings throughout. Children's hair cutting a speciality. Their motto is: "Absolute satisfaction." Fine line of smokers' articles. Public cordially invited. The"Cosmopolitan" staff now consists of Mr. Richard Cousby, former proprietor of the shop No. 374/1 Minneapolis magazine and foreman. His assistants are Messrs. A. Smith and Oscar Sanders. Miss Mary Harwell is cashier. When anything is desired in the tonsorial line call at the "Cosmopolitan." All members of North Star Lodge No. 138, U. B. F., are requested to be present at the next meeting. February 18th, at their hall, No. 319 Wabasha will be present and there will also be an election of officers. At the Grand Opera House. An attraction is booked at the Grand Opera House next week which is considered one of the best melodramatic offerings of the season. It is entitled "From Rags to Riches" and is from the pen of Chas. A. Taylor and under the direction of Maxwell H. Meyers. The play is one of intense heart interest and abounds in thrilling situations, delicate pathos and quaint, humorous comedy. It is a story of New York Life of to-day and the time of action is supposed to be the present. One of the principal characters is Ned Nimble, a newsboy, who works his way from the gutter to a place of Defective Page THE APPEAL: A NATIONAL AFRO-AMERICAN NEWSPAPER. NOTICE! E. W. 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The bay meets with startling adventures, and saves the honor of his sister Flossie, a girl of sixteen, after many adventures of both mind and brawn with her would-be betrayer. Master Joseph Santley, who plays Ned Nimble, is a young artist of whom too much cannot be said in praise. His masterly interpretation of this difficult role stamps him an actor of talent and originality. He is young in years but undoubtedly has a great future before him in the realm of histrionic art. The engagement will be for one week with the usual matinees. --- IREA a INMIGRACIÓN Of the A. M. E. Church, who, owing to the outrageous "Jim Crow" car laws of the Southern states, was obliged to hire a special sleeper from Ginniatti to Mobile, Ala, to attend the Bishop's Council. Instead of paying $4.50 for a berth he nailed $81.50 for a car. First-Class Laundry Work. In Every Respect. And Ave., So., - Minneapolis. 509-511 Second Ave., So., - Minneapolis. VISIT THE STATE SAVINGS BANK rested any 1903, be 1020 WILL E. MATHELS GO. Wines, Liquors and Cigars - - --- FUN PUNCH MINNEAPOLIS. DOINGS IN AND ABOUT THE GREAT "FLOUR CITY." Matters Social, Belligious and General Which Have Happened and are to Happen Among the People of the City on the Falls. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1904. Mr. John W. Wright has been on the sick list. Our good citizen Geo. W. Day is still very sick at his home. First class rooms and board, regular meals 25 cents. Sunday dinner, 35 cents. Hotel De Temple, 411 Second Ave. S. A splendid program will be rendered at Bethesda every Sunday from 6:30 to 8 p. m., under the auspices of the Christian Congress. Madam Pierre is agent for the Magnetic hair straightener. She would be pleased to call on any who may choose to drop her a postal. Address 1127 3d Ave. S. The Appeal is mailed to most of the homes at the office of the Twin City School if you win matters to reach these homes you must publish them in the Appeal. The "Social Five" are making great preparations for their swear "Easter Party," to be given at Litt's Hall, St. Paul, on or about April 6th. This will be their second annual soirée. Mrs. Celestine Brown has opened the "Creole Kitchen," boarding-house style, at 405-407 Fifth ave. S. Regular meals, 25 cents. Short orders served. First-class furnished rooms in connexe-piano lessons taught, also instructsewing. Plain sewing done at the Goodrich-Russell Afro-American Industrial Home, 2406-2408 17th Ave. So. Miss Lydia Walker, instructor. Prof. Howard's K. P. band and the Uniform Rank, K. of K., will give a dancing party the 2d and 4th Thursday evenings in each month during the winter, at Twining hall, 710 Hennepin avenue. After you have been to the theatre or to dancing school and should feel hungry, visit the Superior Cafe at 316 Hennepin avenue. They will be pleased to wait on you. Smiley & Monroe, proprietors. Rev. Reeves of St. Peter's Church is quarantined at his home and has been for two weeks, members of his family having diphtheria. The church is suffering a great loss by the absence of Rev. Reeves. The social given Thursday evening by the ladies of the Guild of St. Thomas' Mission, at the residence of Mrs. Geo. W. Nelson, 941 Central Ave., was a successful point of view. The crowd all evening with the white and colored friends of Mr. and Mrs. Nelson, and the well wishes of the Guild. A splendid programme was rendered. Queen Esther Temple No. 134, S. M. T., hold its installation of officers at Labor Temple Hall January 4th. The new officers are: W. P. Sade Sample; W. V. P. Verlinda Sample; W. W. Cary Joyce; Acc. Sec. Mattle Boyd; W. T., Jennie Sykes; W. C., Lena Ragan; S. M., Belle Hyatt; J. M., Mattle Reeves; I. G., Harry Sykes; O. G., Anna English; P., Ella Buckner; Z, Mellissa Roberts; J., Ida Sellers; chairman sick committee, Zelphia Mitchell; chairman trustee board, Carrie Duncan. Before leaving the city Mr. Chas. H. Calloway, who represents the Montana copper industry, left a few shares of stock in the company he is agent for, that can be disposed of. Any one interested in this kind of investment can obtain information on the subject from the assayer of the company represented by Mr. Calloway, who is in Minneapolis for a few days and will be pleased to meet those interested any afternoon after October 4, 1903, between the hours of 3 and 5 at 1020 Guaranty Loan building. There are 550,000 registered voters in Texas. TOWLE'S "LOG GABIN" Maple Syrup. Absolutely Pure and Full Measure. The STANDARD FROM OGEAN to OGEAN TOWLE'S LOG GABIN MAPLE SYRUP FOR RICHNESS OF FLAVOR No Other Brand of Maple Syrup Equals It. It is ABSOLUTELY PURE and is used by the Leading Families, Hotels and Clubs in the United States. THE TOWLE MAPLE SYRUP CO. ST. PAUL, MINN. H. MOSLEY, MGR. VISIT THE Jesamine Club POOL AND BILLIARDS REAR 245 NICOLLET AVE. Germania Life Bldg., Fourth and Minnesota Sts. For the Savings of the Wage Earner. The only institution in St. Paul doing business strictly according to the savings bank law of the state as mandated by the laws of the dangers of commercial banking and trust business. Accounts opened of $1 and upward. Bank open daily from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., except Saturdays, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. On Konday Evenings from 6 to 8. Trustees—C. G. Lawrence, John B. Sanborn, Ferdinand Willius, Kenneth Clark, John D. Ludden, Thomas Fitzpatrick, Jarris Willius, Gavin Willius, John D. C'Brien, William Constans, W. B. Dean, Julius M. Goldsmith. WE WANT YOUR BUSINESS We furnish the house complete. Furniture, Carpets, Rugs, Curtains, Stoves, Ranges, Refrigerators & Housefurnishings. Cor. 6th & Cedar Sta. CASH OR CREDIT. P. E. REID. J. J. HIRSHFIELD. 40 East Third St., ST. PAUL. Telephone 1941-J1. THE CITY THE ST. 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