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GO TO STOUT, THE Hatter and Furrier FOB BARGAINS. No. 76 East Washington Street. HERE WE COME WlTtl THE BEST AIID CHEAPEST FLOUR In the market. It will cost you nothing to try it, a every barrel is warranted, and the money refunded if not satisfactory. I also make a specialty of all kinds of FEED, in large and small quantities. Free delivery. II. WAMSLEY, 178 Indiana Avenue, Indianapolis, Ind. PETER ROCKER, Dealer in all kinds of Grid:: asi Eoulfy him, FLOCK AND FEED, 449 West North Street, and 292 West Maryland St. .A. OAYLOB, Wholfiale and Retail IVaW in WöOCL CQal Cokß FLOUR AND PEED, 117 Indiana Avenue. DR. T. N. WATSON, PKACTICINfi PHYSICIAN, 458 East North Street. JAMES T- HILL, Attorney at Law and Notary Public, OFFICE, WESLBY BLOCK, Rear No. 28 Indiana Av. d M Srctsr, 198 and 20O North Mississippi St. Indianapolis, Ind. TheVATSQ71 GQALANoMlfllHe CO. W HOLES A I,E anil KETA I I, DEALER IX ALL KINDS OF COAU.COKE H. E DREW, Manager. OFFICE No. 14 North Pennsylvania St.. and 15 Nnrth Illinois Street, SMITH'S CHEMtCÄt DYE WORKS Ik the beat place in the city to hare your old clothea CLEANED, DYED AND REPAIRED. Xo. 3 31artindale8 Block, "WAT TCÜSIRS CHEMICAL DYE WORKS No. 56 South Illinois St. 8ILKS, LACES and SHAWLS Get net and Dyed. OSTRICH rKATHKK Cleaned and Dyed. KID HLIPFER9 and GLOVES Cleane.i in the Neateat Style. GENTLEMEN'S CLOTHING Cleaned, Dyed aod Repaired. LA DIE'S DRESSES cleaned without ripping, by the. new rencb proceaa, dry cleaning. E. H. WALKEß, ProDrietor. lew Mtttakiag lüMmi 0-. H. WOODFORD, Ho. 27 1-2 Indiana Avenue, A FINE STOCK OF NEW GOODS. CM and the first establishment of the kind Inaugurated in thl aity by a colored man. jfyD0 0t fall to gl ,llm caU'

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The Impreaaions of a Buckeye Ksmbler id Dixie. lt:Ilro;uU-rrrjii(liro -Incidents, Ktc. BY "VV. S. S. To the Editor of The Leader: It does not require a professional traveler nor even a shrewd observer to distinguish the marked difference between a man of Northern birth or breeding and a genuine Southron. Tue cut of the coat, the make of the trovvseiH, the shape of the boot, the manner of wearing the hat, all clearly indicate, to a great extent, to what section such and such persons belong. Alter leaving the quiet precincts of oy little rustic home in'the Southwestern part of the, old, Buckeye State, we found ourselves one afternoon in the Queen City. In tho usual way, per hack, we were transferred from the Pan-llandle to the depot oi the Cincinnati Southern. This place, as might be expected, is quite a rendezvous for the inhabitants of the Bluegrass region, being in direct communication with it. Here we get our first impression. Here we can pretty well determine, if our experiences are limited, what the nature of our journey will be. Tall, gaunt, lank, raw-boned-looking specimens of humanity, with pantaloons two or three inches too short, with. an' askant look, greeting you with a' grin, it a friend or white, with a frown if a Negro and well-dressed. To and fro they promenade up and .down the platform, with long, crooked noses with hooks that seem to say, "prejudice, p-r-o-j-u-d i c-c," drawled out as the natives of tho country know well how to do. Every step seemed to assert that this is a white man's country, and wo are from Kentucky, tho typical State of said country. Our destination lav in the far South, and our first introduc Hon was by no means as iavorauie as, we had hoped. - Our train left at 7:15 p in. for Chattanooga, i here were dm cJnnnln rr.rora nno few VoraYitt rrr i u . r, pUnHnnA., , .. ' the other for Chattanooga, two regular coaches, tho one a first, tho other a Hecond-class car; tho former for

white persons, tjiojatter for smokcralen rule(i the world. Stupondoys change! oml lnrA.1 ln.lin nnrl rrnntlnmon I To-day a ' 'Queen" of that once famous race

... .i i m i ii'illi finer -.loü ti"LT4.Tu 'I irr nth rY I , uu .1 o.-voo v, vmv cars maae up tue train, we naa bought our ticket through to Macon, Ga.; had spoken to the ticket agent ior a Denn in me sieeper. ana naci been reluctantly informed by him that we mij et one iust before train time. In the meantime he had old others of our intention; conse quently we were curiously observed, but to no effect, as we uro ot that ma terial out of which nteel is made. Im agine, if you please, the height and lepth of our ire when we saw tho old hawkcyed brakeman, just as if "Negroes had no rights that white nion are bound to respect," in hia rough, uncouth and insulting way, forbid colored ladien and gentlemen to enter certain cars, on the ground that they were set apart for white people, and indiscriminately torco them into an other. We looked, we gazed, we pon dered, wo mused, and resolved never fur a moment to share a similar "fate. The palace car conductor saw us, and thinking we were hesitating lor ob vious reasons (which was not at all true), came and said in an un dertone: "lou can purchase a ticket here at this window if you wish a sleeper. In reply wo said: Yes we know, out we are in a quandary as to whether our financial tank will run sufficiently well to guarantee it. We followed our inchnation, secured our birth, amia a murmur and a buzz on the platform, were nolitelv escorted to our compartrartnt om TP,i-o t hn a nrrntiffPri tnr Ihn i a. - 4 i o i 4 IlliMll. vu vinevuv;. wiiiv uiowiivc down on tho Kentucky side, a porter or sub conductor abscrving an Alpha Zeta (A Z ) pin and mistaking it ior one of the "CraRs" gave us the sign. Not understanding it fully we Buwwuacu ii. tu u u, uiiuu, uiub n v renreu mat iiitriiu our uecua wouiu pay the penalty. ve ieit a iittie peculiar sensation, and could not be content; until we had inquired and learned that ho was a colored man, and that his object was to find out whether WO were a Jlason Or not, That is all. Chattanooga is reached i i.wi i" : ; t , ? ; a of Lookout Mountain next engages our attention as we hid eight hours to spend here. bublime IS a mild term. These huge and massive heaps Of earth, carved'out by nature's tin- ' . . . . . , . , erring hand, studded with trees and shrubs, with a peak pointing above clouds, with here and there a winding path by which to reach the summit, : " au c iruc,u3iMc uuv,7 ;uu . bein, and setit in motion. While on tllO Other hand, tho fact that here some hard fought battles took place, here tlousanda of lives were lost.hero 4i. n.i. . l aA ,1 -, uiu uup uu vn their stronghold, and tho gateway to the Atlantic coast fairly opened, brings widely before us the whole Civil Struggle, its Cause: tho first bati u 11 tii i ap I.A ties; the last battles; . tho result of the lour years, a comparison netween now and thon. It is a panararaa of course, and a wonderful one it is. W leave

Chattanooga en route forJAtlanta, tho Gate City of Georgia. The Northern part of this State is picturesque, just mountainous enough to make it delightful and healthful. Mineral springs of various tinctures make it inviting and attractive to health as well as pleasure seekers. Ah! to all except the negro. No -liccomraoda-tions for him. I avoid further comment

The Aftieau Race Itn Place In American History. . Communicated. ' When Mttcauley prophesied that at some future day the tourist from ' New Zealand might stand on the ruins of London bridge and gaze with silent awe upon the crumb, ling relics of a forgotten age, the world smiled and hooted and jeered at the daring thinker, even while it bung, breathless upon the mellifluency of his diction and the eloquence of his pen. Tho essayest and his contemporaries have long been asleep with theip fathers in the silent halls of death, and London town still stands, not in the twilignt of decaying splendor, but in the full meridian of glory, more depraved and wicked than Babylon ever was -- more religious than ancient Jerusalem richer than Troy or Phoenecia more learned than Athens or Rome. And yet as far as the continuity of tho splendor and greatness of tho metropolis of the world is concerned, what boots it, or what doe it prove", that Macauley is dead and impotent either for good or bad, or that his prophecy has so far come to naught? Is it too late for England to share the late of other nations? JLnd has history ceased to repeat itself? For where now is Home? ''She lives but in the tales ot other times'; her proad pavillions and her mighty colonades now but echo faintly to the pilgrims' tread." Time is ever silently writing over the face of material nature, I must conquer. "The loudest blast that ever filled renown's obstreperous trump, fades in the lapse of ages and expires." And this law of decay and change applies not only to the governments of men, but to rac es and individuals as vell. Some curious antiquarian, filled with a löve of research, has taken pains to penetrate the cobwebs and dust of oblivion and obCU.nty'. which, for more than thirty centurie3, has rested like a pall upon the origin and antecedants of those wandering nomads 0f the plains and highways of the world, the Gypsies, only to inform us rthat long ago in the infancy of days, ere the genius of civili zation had permeated tho continents of Lurope and America, they had vielded the wund of 8cience and th'e ttrlJ had dictated to the contemporaneous nations of their epoch such political laws and social customs as is frequently seen leading her train of "for- - . . . tune teiler8 and beggars through the streets 0f yoUr cities and towns, asking that you cross her hands with silver while she'conjures the wandering stars'' in the interest of j . . " t'1 to do her reverence." A mightv nation, numbered by the mil lions, who once held unbounded sway from polo to pole on this continent, bas passed al most from the gaze of men to make room for the creatures and customs of this same law of change and decay, which, paradoxical as it may seem, nas decreed that the polished shall sink to barbarism, and the once barbaric states take their places. It is therefore in this connection that the future . historian and philosopher will find much to wonder at and moralize over in the history of the. African race. -More than a satellite once in the galaxy of nations which way back in the morning of this mundane jsphere it flashed refulgent and powerful around the centers of civilization and learning to-day and for a thousand ages has the requiem of her midday giory oeen cnaniea. unce a nation of kings and potenates and princes of the line ere Home stood upon her seven hills and the Btar ?f. Bethlehem had - arten -to-day the cruinoiing arcnueciure ana-neaps oi lanu that mark the sites of her former glory, are all that remains to tell that once she had arisen and flourished and fell. Such was the condition, .of the African race up to the dawn of the, sixteenth cen tury, although God. through the mouth of His people, had promulgated the decree that Ethiopia should again stretch forth her hands and takd her place amongst the nations of the earth. Dark as the prospect seemed at this period, Africa's long night began io break, when the avarice ot man sought her shores in the interest of human slavery Transplanted upon the shores of America by force, violence and iruile, God s word was commencing strangely butsurely to be ful uwtsu, nuu wuu uuuuw im consummation i I rio one who haa öA.l lino TI Jl,i : wiUever reverberate adown the tide of time 'I am Alpha and Omega," and decreed that "the first shall be last, .and though ye be JS-"11-1 iPt l aSHiQ'" 8Uper" "ked vhat place in my 'opinion tho historian should assign thecolor ei man in American nistoryi Ana i an swer, no place, but every place. On the page that shall record the struggles and privations of the colonies willh-Q be found sharing in a double sense the oppressions of the hour. In the chanter that contains the woe ful story of her travail in her struggle for treeaom Irom the importunities and tyranniesof tho mother land, will again be per eeived, not only in the caoacitv of the hus Lbandman, for the starving colonists, but as the first martvr to American libertv: and so on down through each successive decade of -American history is his presence seen and vi3 individuality felt, not as the insect on iwhntnb ture. bung present at the birth, shedding his blood in defense of tha cradle f libertv. he will, if ever such a thing come to pass, be in at tue death a part of the warp and w?of a,n integral factor greater than all oiners, ne must üouruh with the whole or I wither with the same. Tis law unchange ble irrevocahl Looking through a history of the late civil -,war in this land I read the words, "The colored brigade covered itself wUh glory, RlvlnS to destruction as never men had before, their presence was inspiration .to our ßide and terror to the foo 1 uro enough i , had quite forgotten, for ihey were at Forts l "low, NV agner, Port Hudson, Honey Uli af,d PUfaburg Landing unchanging spots otner places will be forgotten indeed, bul loebaftcr tho 86ctiona animosities which engendered you about, are fox-glove and ivy of forgetfulness, will you - ;beointed to as the places where right met

wrong in deadly conflict, as immortal souvenirs to the colored man's fidelity to a flag which had not waved for him, for a land whose laws had cursed instead of blessed. And although no fulsom eulogy of their patriotism may be found on marble-shaft Or storied urn, so long as "Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness-" remains, the glittering generalities of this nation's laws will their memories be honored and revered; and when forgotten, if forgotten ever, the story of their place in American history will go to decayside by side, with the ruins of the grandest commonwealth the world has ever seen great, beautiful ana free, as she now stands, doomed to an undying, mournful splendor, if fall she ever does, amidst tho wrecks of her own greatness. AV. Alison Sweeney.

CORBESPONDENCB. Cinclnuatl Random. Hon. Geo! AV. Williams was in the city last week. Airs. L. Wilson is visiting her mother in Yellow Springs. Boys, save a "nickel," and take The Leader every Saturday. Mr.F. D. A. is often seen going out Cutter St. Who. is it, Fred? Mrs. Julia Rice and Miss M. Clark are visiting Frankfort, Ky. Mr. J. W. Watson, of Clermont county, was in our city yesterday. Mrs. Faster, nee Miss Minnie SanderMng, is visiting friends in our city. Boys, don't forget the picnic on the 1 1 th, for the Orphans. Take your girls. Our friend Col. C. Grundy of Falls City honored our city with a visit last Friday. Where is Mr. C. B. Q.? Saw John Wormly down on West Court St., Sunday ovening. Mr. Hale Parker, of St. Louis, was in town Friday evening, and took in the picnic. There will be an excursion to Springfield, Om Wednesday. Fair for the round trip, $2.50. Miss C. D. B., of Fillmore St., has played smash with several of the young men's hearts. Are you going to the camp-meeting Sun day, Thurman? You won't have to walk to this one. The handsome Mr. Ed. Goggins. of the Third National Bank, will take his summer rip soon. There was a large crowd at Mound St. Church, last Sunday, and the ladies looked very ice. Mr. Will Monroe was quite a favorite with the Covington young ladies at the picnic rriday evening. If the weather keep3 as cool as it has been or the last few days, the boys will have to ook for their tickets. Every colored familv in the city should take The Leader. It is a fine paper, and we should support it. Don't forget to have The Leader brought to your house every Saturday. Give. Mr. Louis 11. Louis your address. Thos. Triplett and his friend, Thos. John ston, have returned after spending several days at Chicago and the lakes. Mrs. James Weaver and her handsome sister, Miss Lizzie Washington, of Columbus, O., spent Sunday in our city. Mr. John Bunch, of Rittenhouse St., is still confined to his bed. We hope to see him on the streets in a few days. Mrs. Geo. AV. Hayes and her children are spending the summer with her grandmother, .Mrs. Julia .Mount, in ureen County. Fremont Anderson finds that his business will not allow him to visit Europe this sum mer, but has decided to take a trip to Cuminsville? Mr. L. Wilson, late of the County Clerk's office, has accepted a position at the Third Rational liank. lie is a good man for the position. The young gents who stand at the corner of Richmond and Mound Sts., every Sunday morning, better keep their eyes skinned. The cop is on to it. Mr. B. Graves has bought out the restau rant on Fifth St, near John, and will, in a few days, be able to accommodate his many friends. Success, Ben I Mr. AV: P. Ennis, of Louisville, Ky., passed through our city Saturday, on his way home after spending several weeks in New York and at Long Branch. Cleveland (O.) News. Rov. T. H. Jackson is getting ready for the annual conference. Miss Luella Brown of Cincinnati, is spending few days among her friends in East Cleveland. The Leader has improved in appearance, and isimproving its every issue. Some of our Columbus married men are trying to pass off for single, but they get caught in their conversation (my wife). Rev. J. T. Allston addressdd a large congregation at the St. John's A. M.E. Church, last Sunday evening. The races were largely attended here this week by colored sports, who left for their homes minus what they came with (spondulix). Laughing and talking in the church during services, is very unbecoming.- The ladies that did this last Sabbath evening, their names will be published in full the next time they do it. Miss Alice Boyd of Ohio street, is visiting friends in Chicago. Old Aunt Euclid Brown . arrived home from a visit to her old home, Richmond, Va. The following are the officers elected at a meeting of the Twentieth District, Garfield and Arthsr club, on the 26 inst.: President, A.Saunders; Arioe-Presidents, F.J. Anthony, H. C. Cassey, M. Tilley, ,J. R. AVarren, Joseph Arown, J. Malvin; Secretarv, L. AV. Turner; Treasurer, E. S. Sweet; Executive Committee, J. M. Tilley, W H. Patterson, J. A. Bouldon, T. Piper. , Mr. Dick M. Henderson of the Treasury Department, AVashington, D, C is , visiting his parents in this city. Miss Birdie Brown of AVashington is visiting Mrs. II. C. Cassey of Webster street." Mr. and Mrs. Holland of Xenia, Ohio, are on a visit to Mr. and Mrs. J. Glover of Sumner street. , t-,- . . . The colored and white children go arm in arm to the public schools, no distinction of color, but wo have no colored teachers 'in our schools, but an effort will ba made to have them. Mrs. Emma Thompson of Pittsburg is visiting Mr. and Mrs. R. Denny of Greenwood street. ABurprkte was given Mrs. Emma Thompson at the residenoe of Mr. and Mrs. Denny

on Greenwood street last Thursday evening, by a number of her friends, music, singing and feasting, and a social good time was had. The Forest City sewing circle picnic has been identifinitely postponed. Justice John P. Green prosecuted in the Police Court last Friday in place of the regular prosecutor. Your correspodent as time will admit,will try and make some headway for subscribers for The Leader, in Cleveland. Merchants Wealth arid Society News will be presented to the' readers of tho Leader frome Cleveland next issue. Senator Bruce will make his home in Cleveland after his term in Congress expires. Has Lieutenant Payne ceased to contribute to the Leader from Columbus. Several weddings are announced in this Burgh. Better late than never. Hon. C. B. Lockwood has been nominated as the people's candidate for Congress against Hon. Amos Townsend the regular Republican nominee, both are good men and belong to the same party. Mr. Milton Robinson, and Miss Simpson were married last Monday evening, Rev. T. H. Jackson officiating. No Cards. Richmond Letter. I have just returned from a trip to Pittsburg, Pa., where I was called to meet the Parent Home and Foreign Missionary Board of the African M. E. Church, which convened in the above-named city, at AVylie St. A. M. E. Church, July 23d. Bishop Shorter, the President of the Board, was the only Bishop present. The other Bishops were unavoidably prevented from coming Bishops Payne and Turner were reported sick; Bishop Brown telegraphed the death of his mother; the other Bishops were scattered far South and AVest. The result was, a large amount of business was left undone. Rev. Townsend, the Corresponding Secretary of the Missionary Board, was 6adly disappointed at the meagre attendance of Bishops, as he had previously prepared, and published in the Christian Recorder, a very interesting programme, and was anxious for it to be the starting point for the missionary work. Notwithstanding the failure of all the Bishops to put in appearance, the meeting was a success, financially. Over $G0 was contributed as a free-will offering to aid the missionary work. Sunday, 25th, was a big day. At 10:30 a. m., Bishop Shorter preached an immense discourse. Text 7th chapter, 5th verse, Paul's letter to the Romans. At 3 p. m was the Union Sunday-school meetiag. There was an immense out-pouring of the people, the large and commodious church being filled to its utmost capacity. Programme of exercises: Singing by the Sunday-school Choir, under the lead of James Banks, opening hymn, "Awake for the Trumphet is'Sounding." A very impressive prayer was offered by Rev. Anderson. Rev. Thompson, of AVylie Street Chapel, read a select portion of the Scripture. After a few pertinent remarks by Rev. Townsend, P. Outland,of Richmond, Ind., was introduced and he addressed the audience upon the importance of Sunday school work, and its relation with missionary work. At the close of the address the choir sang ''Proclaim the Wondrous Story," etc. Mrs. vVhitfield, of Portsmouth, Ohio, a lady of fine culture and lively attainments, followed with an address; subject, Mormon's AVork and "Woman's Influence. The choir sung "AVorshipthe Lord" in the beauty of holiness. A missionary collection was then taken up, Mrs. AVhitfield and P. Outland being selected to receive the contributions. The church going people of Pittsburg do not require any begging. They respond cheerfully and give evidence by their liberality that they feel a deep interest in the missionary work. ; At 7:30 Rev. Townsend occupied the pulEit. His subject wa? missionary work, and is remarks were forcible and impressive and were listened to with profound attention by a very large and intelligent audience. The board held an Informal meeting Monday, the 2Cth, and closed its business. The colored people in Pittsburgh are progressing in every respect. They have fourteen churches, including Alleghany City. The most prominent are the Wylie Street and

Brown's Chapel, Alleghany City. Rev. Thompson is pastor of the former and Rev. Asbery pastor of the latter. The day sciioois are mixed. Children go to the school in the ward where they reside. There are some excellent families, amongst the prominent are Mr. and Mrs.Guither,Mr. and Mrs. Brown, Mr. and Mrs. Haliburton, Mrs. May Murray, Mr. and Mrs. Judson, Miss Austin, Miss Ellen Lonette, AV. L. Burks, editor of the Times, a colored newspaper. I feel under many obligations to Rev. Asley, the genial Christian gentleman, for his kindness in escorting myself and Elder Townsend over the city, showing us the many attractions, including the beautiful parks of Alleghany City, with its lovely flower beds, miniature lake-, sparkling fountains, and the surrounding picturesque scenery, which make a man feel he is in a paradise on earth. Your correspondent took leave of the "smoky city," as it is rightly called, Monday evening, 11:45 p. m., for Columbus, favorably impressed with Pittsburgh, and the cordial reception and kind treatment of the people given to the members of the Missionary Board. The members of the Board expressed their grateful acknowledgements to Rev. 5 Tnoryäon, the beloved pastor of AVylie street church for his untiring efforts to make the missionary meeting a success. Monday evening 11: 40 I left for Columbus, O., and after arriving there 'was the guest of Mr. Allen Johnson who resides on Long St. He has an amiable congregation, and also a very accomplished daughter, graduate of the High School of that city, has been teaching in AVashington D. C Through the politeness of Mrs. A. Johnson I was taken to the residence of Mr. HicKenbothem East Long St. who lives in a beautiful brick mansion elegantly furnished, his own property. His estimable wife escorted me through their cosy residence and I felt proud to see my people getting along bo well, which is creditable and elevating to our race. After leaving Mr. IIickenbothemB I was taken to the colored Fire Department, solely under the control and management of colored officers and was taken all through its different departments by Mr.Hickenbothem, who took a great deal of pains to explain minutely the workings of tho department, which was a gratifying source of information to the writer. At night in the colored A.M. E. Church Long street, I witnessed the presentation of a beautiful silk flag, to tho colored Odd Fellows, by Miss May E. Knight and responded to by Mr. I. Spenser in a neat speech. AVednesday 26th, in company with Mr. A. Johnson, I went to the Armory, the headquarters of the Colored State Militia. They number eighty, and as gallant appearing company of men as ever donned the blue. They were far a ten days encampment at Newark, q. AV. Brown, a very affable gentleman, is

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IN LACES, SILKS. Ribbons. Embroideries. GAEFETS OIL CLOTHS,! .( S 2 . ! I HOSIERY AND GLOVES We Carry the Largest Stock of REAL HAIR GOODS IN THE STATE. PEIOESSALWAYS THE LOWEST 1 CE NTTIRXj DINING HALL and LUNCH ROOM 60 WEST WASHINGTON ST., BATES BLOCK. OPEN DAY ii ii a NIGHT. JAMES RILEY, Proprietor. We are now showing: a large and elegant stock of Carpets In new and choice designs in BODY BRUSSELS TAPESTRY BRUSSELS SUPER INGRAINS ' Extra Super Ingrains Ingrairs and Cotton Chain of all kinds. BIG STOOK OF OIL CLOTH LINOLEUM MATTING CURTAIN LACES WINDOW SHADES STAIR RODS, Etc. E0OI B0!M PRICES. Come and see our stock, and the extremely low prices we are eellinar at. lill Odd Fellow's Block

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