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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1892-05-14

The general conferer ce of the NJ. E
Church has been in session at Omaha
Neb., this week and its members are in
peck of trouble, because there is de-
termined effort on the part of the Afro
American members to have an Afro.
American bishop elected, and to pre- .
vent this act of fairness on the part OF
these christians(?) there will probabl,
be no election of bishops this session.
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ClarksvilIe, Mo.

MIR. Ed. Nane is on the sick list.
Miss Mamie Turner is still on the OK
list.
The Worlds Fair Concert Saturday
night was success,
Sunday service at the A. M, F. church
at Il A. NJ, and 7:3O, P. NJ.
Ihe Eolored Star Ice Company will
begin delivering ice soon. Patron;ze
them.
Inc Baptist Church was Handsomely
decorated College day. The seryic. q
were excellent. W.
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BETHANY COLLEGE,

This school is at Lumberton, n c. The only
College in the South owned and controlled by Col
ored people. Degrees conferred. Nice buildings,
Beautiful grounds. Cultured teachers Address,
REV. L. A. RUTHERFORD, A. NJ, NJ. D., President.
LUMBERToN, n. c.
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KNOXVILLE COLLEGE,

AGRICULTURAL MECHANICAL. NORMAL,
SCIENTIFIC and CLASSIC courses FJly.fUe Dollars
year t& wccks) will cover all expenses of board,
tuition, fue!, light. and furnished room. Beauti.
full, separate homes for little girls and boys from
to ID years. Term begins Sept. %. Send for cata
loguc to PRES. j. S. McCULI.oCH Knoxville Tenn.
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REV. CHARLES H. PARRISs:,
CANE SPRING, KY.
St. Paul Normal and Industrial School,

LAW RENCEVlLLE, VA.
A full corps Of competent teachers employed,
pay portion of their bills in labor in some depart
n.ent of industry. For catalogue and terms apply
to the Principal, REV. JAS. S. RUSSELL,
LOCK Box III. LAwRENCEvILLE, Va
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HuuEHTIuNHL.

HOWARD UNIVERSITY, >wbh s. GnS 5T9
DISTINCT DEPARTMENTS, under forty compe.
tent Professors and Instructors: Theological.
Medical Legal. College, Preparatory. NormG
and industrial. For Information address,
J, B. JOHNSON, Secretary.
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Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
QUICKLY DONE.
How Marriage Ceremony was Performed
in 0ldcu Times.

How Marriage Ceremony Was Performed
in 0lden Times.
Youths Companion: In the old pio-
neer days Of the Green Mountain state
the marriage ceremony partook of the
simplicity which was a distinguishing
characteristic of life in Vermont at that
time The native Of the state tells q
story Of those ea,ly days, which his
grandfather used 70 take great pleasure
in relating:
Elder Brown. a much beloved Metho-
dist Minister, was saving in his front
dooryad. The day was warm and tho
minister's occupation was naturally leat-
ing in its tendency, so Elder Brown was
in his shirt sleeves, just like any unimin-
istorial wood sawyer Of his parish.
Presently there came riding along the
road and up to the fence IL tall, lanll, I'M
calmly country pumpkin on horseback
with fresh faced girl ON a pillion be-
hind him, with her arms clasped around
his waist
As they came to Il halt Elder Brown
advanced to the fence and rested his
arms comfortably on the top rail.
You want to get married, l calc'late?
he said. addressing the smiling pair i'm
partially.
"Ya-as," they replied in unison.
Well, then, proceeded Elder Brown
James win you take this woman for
your wife|'
"Ya-as,' replied the grinning bride
groom.
And you, Hetty win YOU take this
man for your husband?"
'la-as,' replied the bride, with un-
faltering prompmess.
An right then" remarked the minis
ter reaching out his right arm and be-
slowing a parting handshale on each Of
The newly married pair you can ride
ouE"
And as they rode on, as happy as IL
the ceremony had been much more
elaborate, while the elder returned 70
his woodSawing.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19

According to Col Child, Poe sold his
"AnnIbel Lee" twice, once in Buffalo
and again in Richmond. If this story
has ever appeared it has been kept out
of books on Poe and his work, for the
reason that it casts a shadow over the
glamor that enyelops the character of
the poet. John NJ Thompson was cd
itor of the Southern Literary Messenger
Mt the time that "Annabel Lee" was
written. Poe brought the manuscript
to him and sold it to him for a good
sum. Thompson announced to his
his friends the next number of the Mes
senger would contain poe's master
piece He refused, however, 10 say
anything about he ST le Of the poem.
After Col. Child had pgt the verses in
type in the Richmond Whig office,
where the messenger was printed each
week, Thompson took the proofs away
in his pocket, so as 90 be sure that the
poem would not appear before his mag
azine came out with e. One day when
Thompson, Child and Dick Heath, q
subetitor, Were lounging in the office Of
the Wing. the latter said.
I've got a now thing by Poe here in
my peck t. I clipped # from q Buffalo
paper and I'll bet it beats that thing
yau are Hiding."
Read nhnrr scd Thompson AMI
Clild. .-a IcIth began:
1t WIS mary a year ago
In kingdom by the sea
That a maiden there lived
Great Scott!' Thompson exclaimed.
The same thing, murmued Child.
And he's got the money for it,"
Thompson went on.
Il spent a day setting it, groaned
Child.
"What in the world is tie mattcrg"
Heath finally asked
"Mltter!' Thompson almost shrieEed
it, why. the matter is that that fell
low has sold poem to the Messenger
that he had already disposed of up
north. IN sue him for damages if it's
the last thing l ever dor
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19

United States Geodetie survey A
conPanying his report was \ nacl,aoa
Oh dsAes or volcanic dust thrown ont Nv
the crater and collected by him fro,
the deck Of the Richard Rusk. ON viii
il settled ''n
The volcano has hitherto been renor+.
ed as being an eruption of PabIaes
mountain. This report came fror,
Chignik bay and from vessels thar vvo,l
cruising many mile, to the westward ~
the bay. Lieutenant CantweH saws tbo+
the volcanic mountain is in reality ~
volcano Of Wenjan.uow, and. not pob
lotf. II is located on the peninsul, !,
the west ana north Of Chignik bav in
latitude 56 degrees minutes. lopgir,5.
l59 degrees. 1t stands near a series ~
lakes lying on The peninsula. of which
the northern luxe finds an outlet int
Behrlng sea. and the southern lal-os
discharges iuto Ivanoff bay on tba
southern side of the peninsula.
Weniaminow, or Benjamin, as II 10
translated. is n9nod after Weniamino,r
the former archbishop Of Alaska. WIN
made 81 report OF It's existence nearly
fifty yeHrs ago, He states ii, his par
ntive thar il was throwing out a column
Of smoke irom the year 1880 to 1910
Agent Appleeate, fouucly of the
Alaska Commercial company also saw
the volcano while 'centy in IvaDbof
bay hunting for sea otter skins. He saw
the eruption with the flames and
columns of smoke thrown to great
height i'm the air.
Applegate made a report Of the cir
cumstances to Lieutenant CautwaU
who was fortunate enough to see and
distinguish the mountain plainly, few
days later, from Chignill bay.
The package of volcanic ashes which
he gave to Professor Davidson is n very
liuc powder without "A trace of grit. II
is of a dark slate color and so light that
it readily floats ON water for quite
length OF time. This volcanic dust is
carried as far as $50 or 2G0 miles ont In
sea, covering the surface of the water
so heavily rs to make it appear like
heaving sea of ashes The Richard
Rusk through this ash-covered water for
three days, during which time the dust
continued to fall, covering her thickly.
Through it the sun lost its bnIiancy and
took ON a Whitish appearance. like the
moon. The air was 50 heavily laden
with it that it became extremely diff
cult for one to breathe.
WenjaminOw has been in a state OF
eruption, throwing out fire, rock and
ashes, for several months past, and
when seen by Lieutenant Cantweu
showed no signs Of quieting down
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19

Chicago Tribune: do / not always
try my best to crafty your reasonable
tastes and ambitions, my daughter
There was no reply, and the mother
resumed, gently:
IF l We're wealthy, Marie, l would
spare no expense 10 provide yor with
all that heart could wish. But there is
a limit to my power to do so. l can
only exercise my best taste and judg'
menr in the selection Of such things
Us You may require for your personal
apparel, and if they do not always
please You, remember, Marie, that there
are treasures OF mind and heart that
may be yours if you seek for them
with earnest purpose, and they far
outweigh the ephemeral trihes Of ones
outward adornment."
That's all true enough, mother an
swered the proud young girl" but 1
look ike a sardine In that hat"
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
TINS KIT


1t Was sold That He Might Publish the
Death of Ills brother.
American Youth: 1t surprised the
sinners ana uewsboby around the post
office the other day to see "Limpy Tim"
come among them in a quiet way, and
to hear him say:
Boys, | want TO sell my kit Here's
two brushes, a huh box of backing,
good stout box, ana the outfit goes for
two shilln's."
Coin away Tim" queried one,
Not, 'zactly, boys but l want "a
quartcr the awfulest kind just now"
Coin ON 'scusionf' asked another.
"Not to-day, but | must have Il quar-.
ter, D." he answered
One of the lads passed over The change
and took the kit, and Tom walked
straight TO the countingroom Of a daily
paper put down the money, and said
81 guess kin write it if you'n give me
pencil"
With slow moving fingers he wrote a
death notice 1t went into the paper
almost rs he wrote it, but you may have
seen it. lie wrote:
'Died-LitUl Tcd-of scarlet fever;
aged 3 years Funeral to-morrcr. gone
to Hevin; left one bruther."
Was it your brotherT" asked the
cashier
Tim tried TO brace up but he couldn't.
The big tears came up, his chin culver
ed and he pointed to the notice on the
counter, and gasped
IL had to sell my kit to 10 it.
b-but he had his arms arom' my neck
when he d died,'
He hurried away home, but the news
went to the boys, and they gathered in
group and talked. Tim had not been
home an hour before a barefooted boy
left the kit on the doorstep, and in the
box was a bouquet of flowers, which
had been purchased in the market by
pennies contributed by the crowd of
ragged but bighcarted urchins.
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
DOGS AND THEIR TAILS.


Information Conveyed go Bach other 10y
ways m yo> Hunting.
DIT Louis Robinson, Che ingenious man
Of science who experimental with
babies i'm q London worhhouse in order
to prove their descent from monkeys,
mas a very interesting article In the con-
mporaIy entitled Canine morals and
manners" It practically comes to this.
that the dogs speaks with its tail tip.
Or Robinson says: In the case of
al hunting dogs, such rs foNhounds ur
wolves which pack together, the tail is
carried aloft, and is very free in move
ment It is also frequently rendered
more conspicuous by the tip being white,
and this is almost invariably the case
when the hounds are of mixed color.
when ranging the long grass Of the
prairie or Jungle the raised tips Of the
tails would often be an that an indivtdu-
mi member of the band would see Of MS
fellows There is no doubt that hounds
hsMWuuy watch the tails Of those IN
front of tlga when drawing coNer',
III a faint drag is detected suggestive OF
the presence ot % fox. but scarcely sut-
hcieut TO be sworn to yocally, the tail
of the finder is nc once set i'm motion,
aud the warmer the scent tho quicker
does 1t Nvag. Others, seeing the signal,
instantly Join the first, ana there is nm
aSsemblage of NuEging tails before even
the first whmpcr is heard. Should the
drag prove doubtful one the hounds
separate again and the waving ceases.
but if it grows stronger when followed
nm the waggiug become more and moro
emphatic. until one after another the
hounds begin to whine and give tongue
ana stream of ia Indian Tile along the
line Of scent. When the pack is no full
cry upon strong scent the tails cease
to wave, but are carried alott i'm fun
view"
The moment when the dog enjoys life
Is me moment when he sights game.
THAT moment is the time when he ways
his tail most vigorously in order to an
uounce his discovery to his fellow dogs,
In this way by the habit If asSociats2A
he cot to waEging his tail whenever 1e
was pleased. and the mere pleased he IS
the more vigorously he ways his tail,
So that the wagging Of the dogs tail
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
ALAsKA,s ACTIVE VOLCANO.
H. Namc and Location Vow neHnite,y
settled.

~ Namc and Location Vow ueHnitely
settled.
The active volcano on tne peninsula
Of Alaska, which has been recently rr-
ported as being in violent eruption.
covering the land and sea for hundreds
of miles with ashes and volcanic dust.
has mt last been definitely located.
The name and the exact position Of
the burning mountain ara for the FIRST
time correctly made known by Leiutep.
amt Cntwell of the Omitted States rev
enue marine service, SAYS the san Fran
cisco Examiner. Lieutenant Cantweu
arrived here recently on the United
States revenue cutter Richard Rusk.
Just returned from a cruise Of several
months iii Behrug sea on tie lookout
for Illegal saalers During his stay I'm
the waters Of Alaska he has obtafpet
much information Of value bearing on
the topography and general condition If
the Alaska coast, Upon arriving ha
made report Of his discovery in rala-
ton to the great volcano of the Alaskan
peninsula 70 Professor Davidson Of tha
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
DRESS o. ENoLtsH WOMEN.

sar Huld4 auu Shop Girls tine Iosl-drc-std
Women 10 LONDON.
Glass distinctions are more decidedly
drawn in England than elsewhere in
Europe, but the women all dress SO
near alike that there is no way to tell
TO what class a woman belongs except
by that uncertain standard of smart
pess or shahiEess of attire When her
grace the duchess has finished with
her gown it is sold to a dealer and
rcappcals soon again upon the back
of some one lower in the social scale.
There is, of course, nothing wrong i'm
selling castoG clothing, but it seems
To me that in doing so her grace I'm
some way besmirches her high nobility,
says q writer i'm Godeys Magazine.
There is one exception TO the rule
that ali women in England dress aHke,
There are two classes which an obsery
amt person soon leams to distinguish
without chance of failure. These are
the westond shop girls and the bar
maids in the hotels, restaurants, and
railway stations | don't know that it
is true, but | suspect tE9t personal APP
peaauce has a good dead TO 40 with
securing such positions for it is very
rare To see one of these young women
who is not wen to look upon And
they are the bcstdrcssed women in
London
They do not have the most eNpen-
sive clothes, but they seem to hold
together better ana the tout ensemble
is more harmonious And what is
more their boots ana gloves are trim
ana in order but alas, the inevitable
hat, Even the shop girls and barmaids
have not escaped that, The shoulders
of English women are, l think, natural
ly broad certainly broader on the
average thaR the shoulders of Amerl-
can women Their habit Of tight Inc
ing accenuatcs this and makes them
Secu still broader This PECULIARLY is
more exaggerated in the shop girls and
barnalds than in the other classes
for those comely young women Lace
tim their waists are literally wasp-liEe
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
THE NEW U. S. FlREARm.

Description of the Improved Nrag-Jorgcn-
sen Cum
The form of the Krag-Jorgensen gun.
which is undoubtedly the one recon-
mended by the magazine gun board,
was examined by a reporter of the
Springfield Republican before the board
finished its work. There were five of
| these guns submitted by the inventors
during the boards investigation, be-
ginning At the first with that now used
by Denmark and arriving this spring by
/ successive Improvements at form
materially different, which was gener-
ally admitted to be the best Of the five
The mechanism of this gun is, of course
much like that Of the Danish arm. The
magazine is Of the fixed type, holding
five cartridges in a horizontal position
below and at the left side of the re-
cciyer which they enter on the left
hand upper side The cartridges are
fed froIA the right side, through door
which in the old gun is hinged on its for
ward edge and swings horizontally In
the new gun this door Is hinged on its
lower side and swings down part way.
allowing the cartridges to be fed with
much greater facility, because there is
no danger of their dropping through to
the ground. Otherwise the magazine
ana receiver are exactly like the Danish
gun, and both may be used as single
shooters The cartridges i'm the magd-
zines Of both are fed by turning handle
attached to the bolt, which at the same
time cocks the gun.
The gun may also be cooked by a
thumbpiece at the end of the bolt The
change in this part of the mechanism is
the substitution of "a safety catch, like
that used in many Of the foreign maya
zine guns which positively prevents the
gun from being fired, instead Of the
half-cOsk notch used in the old gun,
which WAS less sure preventative of
danger These two are the principal
changes In the mechanism Of the gun.
The piece is about a pound lighter than
the old one, which weighed 9.S3 pounds.
I'm both these are six grooves in the
rihing Of the barrel and the twist is one
turn in lis inches. The callber of the
Danish gun is .3l5 while that of the new
one is 80. This reduction required
corresponding reduction in the size of
the cartridge and i'm the size occupied by
the charge, and consequently the board
has been seeking not yet with the best
results, a more energetic explosive than
the Danish smokeless powder used in
the old gun Tie board has so far em-
ploycd the Weuern powder. There are
80 grains Of this used i'm q charge, with
. bullet composed Of a slug. uine-tenths
lead and the rest tin, which weighs 28O
grains. The initial velocity obtained
with the guns tested here was over %. 4
600 feet per second. The Danish gun
has an outside covering over the barrel.
which prevents the rapid firing from
burning the hands and melting off the
sights. The gun tried 10y the board had
no such covering but the boards object
Of investigation was the magazine mo
chaniSm and the second barrel may be
added afterwards
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
700 YEARS OLD

BOX Turtles ga Sew Euglaud That Live tu
hv stu,gI., t.s.-.
Box turtles may not live TO he as
old as i whale or phoenix, but there
are some extremely ancient box tar
Ties pioduiug about the fields and pas.
lures Of Rhode Island and eastern Con
ueeucuJ says Westerly correspondent
OF the New York sun. Mrs H. h.
Green of this place met one of the old
'elloW@ near the works OF the Sullmau
Carriage company q day on two ago,
who wa, Sliding along the grassy road
side as prslly as b his top and bottom
shells were not scored with d ua.'Slaad
pt antique chronology Mrs Green
picked up the turtle ana deciphered
his history in the dates people had emit
on his shells us far back as the be-
ginning uf this century.
ON his lower she'll however, were iu-
scriptions lhat doubtless belong 10 the
eighteenth century, hut they had been
nearly obiertel by the turtle creep
mg over the c3rlu's rough surface. The
ouly plain one was thi~, "C ID, 1~-6.'
There Is mo- doubt that the turtle is
considerably moro than 100 years old.
gowns, 100 loose gowns, 1-5 kir,los, 1856
he ic- gei on down the country road.
Within ,ear not less than threa or
four box turtles have been cau-ht I'm
this region and North Stoninggou whose
shells were marked with Inscriptions
as old as those ON Mrs Green's turtle,
aud one was marked with The names
OF members Of three generations of
one Westerly family.
The box turtle is n queer, rather nm.
social and eoutemplatve follow He
lives longer than almost any other kind
Of turtle, perhaps but he never he
comes big ana corpuleut like the vic
ious suapplu. turtle He Is rather
handsome and shapely. with yellow
spots on his top shell When he Is
scared or offended be pulls his head
and legs into his house, and a queer
sort Of a drawbridge, attached to his
lower floor with hinge. Is lifted. and
It boxes him w as snug as bug In q
Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1892-11-19
How - 49, NO..
lie Is Excitable and Ills Courtship is no
mantle aaG Oriental.

lie Is Excitable and His Courtship is Ro
mantle ana Oriental.
An Arab loves as none but an Arab
can love, but he is also nightly ex
citable and easily won An Arab sees
IL girl bearing water or brshwOod,
and In moment, almost ut a glance.
is as madiy in love rs if he had passed
years of comtship lie thinks of moth
ing else, cares ana dreams Of nothing
else but Tie girl he loves; and not in
frequently, if he Is disappointed in his
affection, he pines ana dies
In order to commence his suit he
sends for a member Of the girls tribe
who has access to tie harm and, first
iusming bis secrecy by q solemn oath,
confcsses his love aud entrcats his con
hdJnt TO arrange an interview
The couldant goes TO The girl, gives
her flower OF n blade of grass, and
says: "Swear by him who made This
flower and us also that YOU viii not
reveal TO anyone That which ! am abuu
TO unfold to YOU
If the girl win not accept the pro-
posai she will not take the oath; but
nevertheless, keeps the matter perfectly
secret from all. If SHE is favorably
DISPOSED TO the match She answers:
Il swear by him who made the flowers
YOU hold and us, and the place and
Time of meeting are settled
These oathes are never broken, and
II is not long before the ardent lover
becomes the happy husband.