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Rh forcible." Says The American Baptist: "His services are in constant demand at home, in the interest of every good work."

The Journal and its editor have done much in battling for the race, and will continue to supply the yearning of many a thirsty mind for editorial literature.

Louisville, blessed in its many worthy sons, is the birthplace of a man whose prominence in Afro-American journalism is familiar to all,—John Q. Adams, who has stood through the blasts of forty winters and the heat of as many summers. He acquired an early training in the private schools of Fon-du-lac, Wis., and Yellow Springs, O., finishing at Oberlin.

Not unlike many Afro-American graduates, he entered the pedagogic profession, remaining in it until 1873, when he was elected engrossing clerk of the Arkansas Senate, and, later on, assistant superintendent of Public Instruction. Shortly after this he served as deputy commissioner of Public Works. So great has been the journalistic career of this gentleman, and so eager are we to direct the attention of the reader to it, that we will make no further comment on the success attending his service in these positions than to say it was great.

In 1879, he and his younger brother launched The Bulletin, a weekly paper, to battle on the sea of journalism with the turbulent waves that might come against it. The Bulletin continued to sail, making a successful run until 1885, when it was disposed of to The American Baptist.

Our subject was wielding the political ax in the quiet during the life of The Bulletin, resulting in the occupancy of a responsible position under the Garfield-Arthur administration,—that of United States storekeeper.