Edward Wilmot Blyden

1895

The most finished negro scholar in the world today, according to the Boston Transcript, is Edward Wilmot Blyden, who represented Liberia at the court of St. James. He is a valued contributor to many English magazines, is a linguist of pronounced ability and is one of the most profound thinkers the negro race has yet produced. He is the author of a work entitled "Christianity, Islam and The Negro Race," which has had two editions in London. Dr. Blyden is a pure negro without a trace of white blood in his veins.


Danger of "First Thoughts"

Miss Verarich (musingly) — I wonder why it is that artists are always poor?
Suitor (awkwardly) — I presume that most of them marry for beauty. — New York Weekly.


Trivia

Lamps were used before written history. Thousands of ancient lamps have been found.

Charlotte, N. C., is a reminder of the Princess Charlotte of Mecklenburg.