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158 given him. None have worked more faithfully or unremittingly in this field than Mr. Cromwell, and none is held higher in the esteem of the colored press. * * * * * Mr. Cromwell has kept his paper going through these trying years, and has succeeded in business, laying by some money for a rainy day.

As a writer, Cromwell is specific, close, logical and comprehensive. His paper is pure, and is of the sort that can be put into the hands of the virtuous, and will rather lead them to a higher life, than in any way degrade them. As would be expected, his English is plain and forcible and his style not at all bombastic."

Concerning the make-up and appearance of the paper, the same writer says: "Its weekly issue is looked for with considerable interest, as it discusses thoroughly all questions which may arise in the District of Columbia, and concerning which he expresses himself. The paper is especially notable for its typographical make-up and its excellent proof-reading." We can not say more of The Advocate and its learned editor than is here quoted.

Afro-American journalism is attended with many difficulties in the way to success, that are not met by other people in the same kind of work; yet there are journals published by the members of the race to-day, which show that with the proper business capacity and editorial ability, the work can be made most emphatically a success.

Such a paper is The Detroit Plaindealer, with the gentlemen as editors and proprietors whose names appear at the head of this article. The origin of this now-famed news-