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The Appeal., 1902-11-29

~ rAsHINGTON, Nov. 22.-sir Robert
MN Of Newfoundland, is now In
NH Washingt ton. Sd ( aF5.e IL
b His purpose in visiting the
e Z. = = n - United States Is to reopen nego-
tiations for a trade arrangement between
and this country. the ne
gotiauons having been recently sane
toned by the English government.
If satisfactory arrangement between
this nation and our neighbors in the north
is effected, which now seems highly prob-
ert's fast line project between Europe
and America which he thinks at no dis
tant date will bring the time OF the
trip down to the almost incredible limit
OF forty7four hours and compl etely revo-s
e7sn in aP4eis ST.
Roberts plan seems Utopian, yet the cel-
.ebrated Newfoundland premier Is no
dreamer. He is In fact, a very practical
and hard-headed Englishman. The dis
tinguished political position which he oo-
cupies is alone sufficient indic catiOn OF his
ability and good common sense. .%5
}& His views therefore regarding what he
believes as certainly the future trans-At-
lantic fast line are interesting, In these
days when g moment saved means often
large gains, from a mail trade and pas
senger point Of view, and have, deeply
impressed J. P. Morgan and a number
Of ether steamship magnates with their
value .s .,...%
view the first he has given out on this
subject,;in this country, he said: s #
I have been advocating a fast Atlantic
line with either Galway or Liverpool as
a starting point, and St. Johns or Lewis
port, in Newfoundland, as the terminal
port on this side Of the Atlantic. do
not claim for myself to be originator OF
this scheme, as it was advocated by Sir
Sanford Fleming, one of Canada's most
eminent civil engineers, thirty-tWo years
ago, ~ have only availed myself Of a ia
vorable opportunity to revive the matter
and to impress upon the public both here
and In England the great advantages Of
:fered by Newfoundland as the terminus
on this side Of the Atlantic a n &. MI
by referring to the matter at gather
ings Of the public and of business men
in London, I succeeded In awakening a
lively interest n#the question, as was
ping and comm ercial men for interviews
to discuss the matter in detail. I had
also an: interview on the subject with the
present Lord Killanin, formerly member
of parliament for Galway, who manifested
the deepest interest In the subject. and
quite recently brought the matter before
the house of lords. zas SEs - ' = ssz zG.} &Et
1.-THE position / take is this: First, the
line should follow the shortest route be-
with safety. Second, that it should en-
ploy. the shortest sea journey. Third,
that it should avail Of every portion of
land that could. be conveniently utilized
because the speed of trains may, be sixty
miles an hour, whereas the. greatest
Gpeed yet obtained by the fastest ocean
greyhound is twenty-five knots. Fourth,
that it should be used for passengers,
mails and express goods only, because
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: 4 j fEy- y -
ing readily to the instructio which the
carefully educated and highly cultured es1
Young women who crossed the ocean IN
company with them are instilling into
their minds. 5z8 Est sE}
The school room being on OF the e first first
Y These are singularly blended people
The women handle the needle with the
deftness Of a lady -in-waiting, and at the
same time turning their hands TO all
kinds of out door work. Their patterns
of lace being In most exquisite designs
and used for almost every purpose.
Thread ainty
is put 4on their First Day aprons. And
their head gear are creations Of in
genuity and skill. ii. i4fsss sss5 s}}s sE E .sgI&
included in the wardrobe strike the be-
holder as grotesque and funny. A scarf;
indispe BILE & to every bride, which at
last becomes y her funeral piece, seems
nonsensical in the extreme. It is of linen,
two and half yards long and beauti-5
fully ornamented in lace and other rich
designs about one-quarterSyard at each
CIV hen - -brid das- rG. IN from kar
this odd symbol hanging over the door
she is first to enter Hastily snatching it
down she treasures 1t hereafter as her
sGhe e sTengious - Iai1h OF the sDoukhobors
is a plain and simple one but their lack
Of book educ alton prevents that extensive
knoWledge of the Bible which is the privi-
lege OF every person who can read
Those who have visited their Villages
say they are truly what they declare,
themselves to be-membersE Of q Christian
brotherhood. They all attend sunrise
sy.-s-- every SUNDAY morning with the
rise OF the sun, no matter how carry thar
may be. They eli he's themselves in their
simplest and best, and standing in rows,
the men on one side and the women on
the other, each one recites the verse Of
Holy Scripture which was taught 81 them
The Appeal., 1902-11-29

These people belong TO a rengious sect
noted for enthusiastic piety, and they
allowed sentimental excitement to carry
them beyond the bounds of rsaSon.,.Ihey
longed to be prosecuted, n%ftestimony
of their exaltationt above the plane of
earthly things and they wandered UP
and down the land, seeking not whom
they might devour, but who would de-
spitefully use them for their faith s sake.
In this connection they have given the
Canadian, authorities and the Northwest
mounted police trouble and anxiety, but
at last have been half driven and half
led to their villages and. farms again.,
where the women who had gone back
before them; and had lost some Of their
fanatical fervor in the peace of. home,
received them in an ecstacy$of gladness
and welcome. 'a ~ " " $ST. &"1* t--
Over five thousand men, women and
children were on march, while their viii
lagos were practicallyvs deserted They
were engaged In constant prayer for adj
vice as to where to direct their steps. rs !,
Nothing was to- be feared from, them
physically. :. Not in a single instance have
they been reported as creating any dis
They were simply on q religious pilgrim ! !
age and their, Individual, sbehav vior,.. 1t Is
generally admitted. speaks well for their
Christian character, if some of their
harmless Jfanaticisms were excluded.
1t is such an unusual thing nowadays
to come across any considerable body of
rial prosperity for. the sake sof heir prin-:
ciples that the interest reused ssby 7s the
mad colony Is natural enough: i .s% %% /
f- 4 ,tgI ter,.
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111r1r z1,anuc s1sn1nes --sp1r1l wresrIer,-
and was used as long ago as 1855. 4 At:
J, that time certain members Of the Greek
church who objected to the USE Of Icons
were called .iconobors'' or imageswrest-
lers: Then the term ;.do Khobor''s Of
spirit wrestler was used to designate
those whom the orthodox Russians I: re-
garded as wrestling against the Holy
Spirit like the terms Quaker and Meth.
odtst In England, and the nickname ad-
here's to theasect and came into general
From 1895 to 1898 the DouKl 81 ssg sWeEa
bitterly prosecuted in Russia where they
had their own religious ceremonies. gov
ernment, customs and rulers, II because
Ice in the Russian army. ssE sss,s 49,:
! An intense religious feeling was aroused
among them in consequence, # and the
sympathy Of the English and American
Quakers as Well as other large. whole,
s. souled philanthropists were enlisted id
realize, that these earnest people must
be gotten out OF. their own conntrv.
The Appeal., 1902-11-29

- HE impulseto win The crown OF mar
tyrdom has been the cause Of many
strange movements in times both
past and present but probably none
OF them have2been more remarkable
= or abnormal than the barefoot pill
grimage Of the Doukhobors, who. start
Ing from their settlements in Assiniboia,
saying the Lord, had told them to 20
Christianize the world. have lately
marched through; the. Northwest terri
The spectacle epresented NJ, by these
strange people on their march was a
Iamentaple one. 8Tney camp without
shelter or with only canvas tents 20 pro-
tect them from the thermometer. which
stands at this time Of the year In ASSN
1boia at about IA deg. below Il freezing
point ~ ,g 3Sa.ss5 !. h afi.s Is. & q :
Hitherto the Doukhobors have not tbeen
propagandists, and they have not sought
to extend their faith among their Cana
dian ne1ghbors. Now. they are mission
aries, and have invited outsiders to Join
them h thus 4f@d offNEing sas td hons
elusive settlement by. Doukhobors in all
tho uaara thnu havn haAn i,,G Assinihaia
The Appeal., 1902-11-29

the very rapid transit Of freightis out Of
the question. Now If my premises, as adj
vanced, be sound. then it follows that a
port on the east coast of Newfoundland
should be the terminal point on this side
of the Atlantic. n z.s3S ID
J, "a glance at the map will, 7 hope, en-
!foundland was designed by. nature as the
great central point for handling the pas
senger and mail traffic Of the two hemis-
pheres. A little study Of the map will
disclose to you the fact that lines drawn
through from any part Of the North
American continent to the British Isles all
cut through Newfoundland Passengers
states, from New England, New. York
and the Atlantic, from Western Canada2
Ontario and Quebec, all can make e
The Appeal., 1902-11-29

Ieasr ulvlurng INTO TWO or
bodies Such splits have occurred In the
past and may occur again. ..a Atsthe pres
ent time, besides the question Of vegeta-
ria nism and the use5o domestic animals
there is a great divergence of practice in
the matt Of communism. Some villages
are more or less strictly communist g,
other yillages are. on an
have settled their own sepa rate home
steads sand a considerabfe number have
established themselves sinSf the s: towns
where they make a living as carpenters
and blacksniths. ,s3 SsS5i33::::5
Every Doukhobo knows some handi-
craft, and one possible solution of the
cattle. question is that those who believe e
it to be wrong to use domestic animals
viii move into the towns and remain
there. , s5t5,,, . 5:;t:N
They are primitive people, their edu-
cation, both religious and secular. hav-
ing. been hande down to them en- BY 1T the e
traits cling close and the habits of..their
race have become second nature with the
mothers and fathers. - -. -..>'-{E Z +
The Appeal., 1902-11-29
From europe to .4neriica
in Twenty -Four Hours

Shortly
5
Newfoundland He Of the
Opinion That Turbine Ships Passage
Less Than Two Days the New Reduced
Tip Can be Made y
"A Most Interestn .'s
The Appeal., 1902-11-29

S. she-AIy little brot her VIII not bother ms
tonight. He-That,s good. When does
the funeral take place Chicago Daily
News. ~ & e g g
Won Blumer (roaring) - Who told you to
put this paper on the Wal2 Decorator
Your wife, sir. Won Pretty, isn't
Hit2-Bazar.
The Appeal., 1902-11-29
Strange March Of Doukhob bors
To Win Crown of Martyrdom


a0 and Become
The Appeal., 1902-11-29
ST PAUL NpMgNEAPoIs MINI. slTURDAYNOYEMBER
iaFFizCT OF LONG POLAR NIGHT

- --T- 3. s:sf ss Il 20.
g 8 81 = g ys uf = en- L OF Exc
81 plG.T frs.s 81
DR.. Frederick A. Cook OF BrookIyn tells
In the New York Sun Of the manner IN
tinn thnae u,hn hrs,,h It I4s
SAYS: says ..The long 10 polar @ night is one of the
barriers to. the. success ST every polar ex-
petition. This night Eof months, with its
lew Temperature and high humidity.
depresses the spirit and suppresses ali the
functions Of the body Nov one Is tmelan-
c1holy, then one curse ones self and COM M
ness covers every human effort Indeed,
this hellish darkness brings out all the
badness Of which a man is capable - s.
The isolation, the monotony, the chill
which in some men ends either in madness
ior a condi itions bord Ing on that state. The
% the mind IF ~ therefoTe ere raanires ! man ~ nf
49, - - - - -. - = :. .t.sItt 9
The Appeal., 1902-11-29
The American Undergraduate. q

The American sfUndersraduate.
The incident which made more impression on
me than anything that saw in the United
States admirably illustrates this. Il + went down
to seeaa great factory S Out OF the smoke and
nproar emerged splendidly built fellow,
grimed from head to foot with SCOT and grease
9Esbegan talking ito him., ana was amazed with
the charm and Intelligence Of American me-
:hanics Shortly afterward Il discovered that
he had only just left Yale and had rowed in
the Yale eight against Oxford Nothing ever
CONVINCED me SO much of the genuine greatness
of American democracy, which, on its purely
political side seems at first sight so unattrac-
live. II cannot pretend to have seen: much OF
the American undergraduate. but the salient
feature Of him to English eyes is (outside
HarvardY his extreme be lish would
Of course, be accounted for by his often be-
ginning his university work one or two years
sarlier,r which. understand, is not usually the
Ecase at Harvard. HeEseemed to me- much
more like the type Of English public schoolboy
LESS individual and more regimental than the
0xonian. His fexuberarrces were more deeply
/ hought out more carefully organized, and
planned on a bigger scale. Another symptom
vas his childlile joy in belonging to a nom
nallyf- secret society. For a. similar reason,
4erhaps, there seemed ito me much less toler-
/: nee of intellectual eccentricities and mere
i 'osing than at Oxford or Cambridge.-E. s. p.
Haynes, in the Bookman. Is III $sis IF. $as55
The Appeal., 1902-11-29

.%3 'Ihe e@NOtortetysnf of Literssay sSuc ccess. +
n Only the other day a friend ST ffmine-an ex-
eptionally2t brilliant WoEnan-announced that
she, was goinr ta. <taa- 'stn-raAat''
The Appeal., 1902-11-29

4 rASHINGTON, Nov. %. Sir, Robert
Bond, the distinguished premier.
n Of Newfoundland, is now Il In
Washington. Sd a55 t:s II
His purpose in visiting the 4
3&5s} Tint e6a STA tes ia 4 a reonen nepo-.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-08
MAKING IT EASY FOR HIM.
He was Right ut Home, but the
Hotel Clerk Didn't Know
Who He Was. -.

A prominent western politician
who frequently visited Washington
went to that city on one occasion
to attend to some business, and was
surprised to meet an old friend and
townsman at the hotel he had Sc
lected for his stay, relates Youths
Companion.
"Why, Bingley," he exclaimed, ct
am glad to see you! Isn't there
something I can do for you? Are
you after any Officer"
Mr.. Bingley thanked him. No, he
was not in search of any Office.
SCOT all the money you need with
you? If not, don't hesitate to call on
me for couple of hundred"
'.Much obliged, colonel, but I don't
need any money"
''Well, come with me. I can do you
one good turn, anyhow
He took him by the arm and
marched him to the hotel clerks
desk.
"Clerk," he said, "this is my friend,
Mr.. Bingley. want you to treat him
right. Let him have whatever. he
wants, and il he gets extravagant
and runs out Of cash, charge it to
me-
"Wl,y, yes" said the clerk. 81
know Mr.. Bingley very well, but-but
who are your"
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-08
BARGAIN DAY.

When Mary greets me with q kiss. ON my
return at night,
And when her eyes are dancing in q
waltx-step Of delight,
I know her loving nature is 80 pleasantly
alive,
Because she plans to ask me for another
twenty-five.
She doesn't need to tell me that twill be
excursion day;
That she's tired out with labor and just
pines to get away;
can read q Woman'S features and I've
learned to know the sign,
When dollar articles are marked way
down to ninety-nine.
The thrill that passes through me as ]
stand and take the kiss!
oh. you. single men. believe me. tits q
sweet and sacred bliss;
The price has made 1t sacred and no
wonder I hold back,
For a twenty-five is going to the gurgle of
a smack.
It's in vain grpwl at business and dis
course with much dismay.
OF losses have suffered and big bills
I've got to pay;
She scorns my pictured ruin and have to
get in line,
When dollar articles are marked way
down to ninety-nine.
Oh! merchants Of the city, pause a mo-
ment in your greed,
That you've got to make living most
readily concede;
But I ask you frank and honest-can't
you find some other way
And not torment US husbands with your
blasted bargain day?
plead the case before you, for the mon
ey's running slow.
And the house is full Of notions bought
because you marked them low;
I'm helplessly at mercy Of this wicked
wife Of mine,
When dollar articles are marked way
down to ninety-nine.
Louis e. Thayer. in Springfield (Mass.)
Republican.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-08
NOTES OF A NATURALIST.

Near Scarborough, England, there is
farm for raising butterflies and
moths. The output is 10000 season.
The common cheese fly is only q
tenth Of an inch long. It deposits
about $50 eggs in the cracks of cheese.
though, if not able to find this cub
stance, it readily selects another.
The wasp is an insect highwayman.
Wasps have often been observed to
rob bees while these Industrious work
ers, laden with the fruits of an expe-
dition, are returning to the hive.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-08
Might Have : Chance.

Miss Lightly see that they now
tax bachelors in Argentina.
Miss Elderly. decided some time
ago that should spend the winter
down in that delightful climate.-Tit-
Bits.
Griggs courier. (Cooperstown, Griggs Co., Dak. [N.D.]) 1885-1902, 1902-05-08

that she has known all the time?
Mark Winston says so.
But, ah! there is trouble ahead, for
just as we are leaving the city, here
is an old freight car of the track
ahead Of us at the siding. They are
working manfully to get it on again,
but minutes mean life and death now.
Five minutes gone-ten, and still the
car is not on the track. Our engineer
has gone ahead now to help them,
and we hear his voice ordering the
car overturned, and that Ray Ellis
will be responsible. "A crash-the
grinding Of timbers, and the car is
hurled down the embankment. Our
bell is ringing, and old Ray, pale now
and nervous, is in the cab.
You can't make it, old man. There
are some things that love and bravery
can't do. The Rock Island won't
wait but the twenty minutes, and you
know it. VIII you try it?
Well, you needn't throw everybody
off their feet about it. All! you were
too fast, for the wheels are slipping
Ease up little. There, that's better
See those sparks shooting two hun.
dred feet high, straight up. Well
little bride, the race has begun, and
though you may live long and go on
many a journey, you will never GO
so fast again; but, know this, the
man at the throttle is not thinking
of you or your happiness. If you
were in the car in front of you, you
could see little woman in the corner
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-27
THE RAILROADS.
IRON -MoLL..rAL.-


Annual 3cuaioa ua.tsd C5r5e5s--,s
Veterans, la'ta.s, lyAa= tW4 s"
I For the ahay occasion .at Irau Hm.
tain Route Nili sell roaHd trip tickets
10 Dallas at rate Of $3.50. plus III
cents, Joint agents foe. Return limit
! April 80. Stop-oycrs allowed at ui'
points ell route in Arkansas
Spring Meeting New Memphis
Jockey Club-For train No. 90 ot
March so. April 71t-14 and go, ana
train 80 of March 81, April s, -, IS
and 81 the st. l., l. NJ. and S. Ry.
Co. will sell round trip tickets to Mem
phis at rate of $3.50. Return limit five
days from date of sale.
National Baptist Anniversaries, st.
Paul, Mimi, May, 20-2S-On May is
and 10 tho st. l., l. NJ. and S Ry. Co.
vii sell round trip tickets to st. Paul
at rate of $37S5 Return limits May
29th, with privilege of having limit
extended until June 80.
General Assembly Cumberland
Presbyterian Church, Springfield, Mo,
May 15-223--On May 13 and II the ST
l., l. NJ and s will sell round trip
tickets to Springfield, Mo, at rate OF
$f170. Return limit May 2G
Annual Meeting National Educa-
tic41aI Association, Minneapolis. Mimi,
July / to 1t.-On July ), 6 and I the
St H., !. NJ, and S. Ry- will sell round
trip tickets to Minneapolis at the rate
OF $27.Sa. Return limit July Il; OK
cept that ticket may he extended until
September I by depositinG same and
paying so ccnts TO the Joint agent.
On April % to 81, inclusive the st.
L.. I. M. and S. Ry Co. will sell round
trip tickets to Los Angeles, Or San
Francisco, California, final return
limit June 25. On August 8 to 8. in
elusive, with limit of September so,
and on June to 7, inclusive, with
limit of July 81 at rate of $47.50. For
routes and stop-over privileges, call
on agent.
Southern Baptist Convention
Ashville, N. c., May SIS. On May
|6, 7 and s, the st. i. I. M. & S. Ry.
will sell round trip tickets to Ashe-
vile and return at rate of $22.2O. Re-
turn limit leaving Asheville May IS.
General Conference M. e. Church,
|South-Dallas, Texas, May to June
|6. On May and 5 the ST l.. l. M. &
S. Ry. will sell round trip tickets to
Dallas at rate of $12.10. Return limit
June Z.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-27
Double Wells.

Double Wells. Ark. April 24.---Tho
farmers are hustling very much on
their farms this week, as the weather
is good.
Born. to MI and Mrs. P. w. Branch
on the 21st. fine boy.
Messrs C. II. and G. T. Caldwell had
bad luck with their wells during the
big rain. The wells caved in and they
are having much trobule cleaning
them out and putting in new curbing
Walter Nowlin and family have
moved bac kto Pine Bluff to live.
Monday morning Mr. A. H. Robin
son died OF heart trouble. When he
and family retired Sunday night he
was apparently as we'll as common
His son, Jack. went home with his
uncle Allen Meeks and children on
Sunday evening to spend that night
but he was sent for before daylight
next morning to return home, as his
present, except Mrs. Robinson. and her
little 10-year-oId daughter when NJ =
Robinson died The little girl had t.
go about half mile to let any one
know that her father was dead. The
deceased leaves two sons, one daugh-
ter and widow. His son, John Rob
inson, has a family and is living in
Texas.
Mrs. H. L. Wilson of Pine Bluff is
visiting her brother, Mr.. Balney Del
man, and family. She will return to
her home next Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Robinson were
the guests of her parents last week.
Mr.. w. A. Tarver of Pine Blu6 was
in this city last Sunday.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-04-27
COTTON BELT.

For Convention of Federation of
Women's clubs to be held at Los
Angeles, California, the Cotton Belt
Route will sell round trip tickets on
April 20 to q at rate of $47, limited
until June 25 returning. Some stop
overs allowed.
For General Conference of the M. e.
Church, South. to be held at Dallas,
Texas, the Cotton Belt Route will sell
round trip tickets on May and 5 at
rate of one fare, plus two dollars, linn
tied until June 7. returning.
For meeting Southern Baptist Con-
vention and Auxiliary meetings to be
held in AsheviIe. N. c.. the Cotton
Belt Route will sell round trip tickets
at rate of one fare on May 6, and s,
limited until May 81, returning.
For National Baptist Anniversaries
to be held at ST Paul, Mimi, the Cot
ton Belt Route will sell round trip
tickets on May 1S and 10 at rate Of
one fare, plus two dollars, limited 10.
til May 90 but extensions may be had
by depositing ticket
For General Assembly Presbyterian
Church to be held at Springfield, Mo,
the Cotton Belt Route on May II, 12
and Is will sell round trip tickets at
rate Of one fare plus one dollar, limit
ed until May 81 returning.
On May q to June the Cotton
Belt will sell round trip tickets to
Portland, Oregon. Los Angeles Or San
Francisco, Cal. at rate OF $47.50, limit
ed sixty days for return, account of
Travellers Protective association.
On August to round trip tickets
will be sold to San Francisco, Cal,
at $4750, limited until September 80,
on account of biennial meeting Of
Knights of Pythias. Tickets for the
above occasions will permit of Ger
tain stop-over privileges and diverse
routes will also be Obtainable.
On April /. Is, May G and 20 the
Cotton Belt route will sell second
class homo seekers excursion tickets
to all points in California and return
at rate of one first-class fare, plps
| 50, limited twenty-one days from
date of sale. Some stop-overs allowed
and diverse routes Obtainable.