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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Cruel Jest on Proud Papa.

A young man employed in a Market
street office, who recently became pos
SCISSOR OF fine baby, the first in his
family, has been made the victim of a
cruel jest, and it is causing few
silver strands to appear in his raven
locks.
Upon learning of the happy event in
the young mans household wag at
the Office promptly inserted an ad in
the paper offering a fine, healthy baby
for adoption, and giving the office
phone number for the convenience Of
applicants. The number of phone
calls. by parties seeking information
about the baby has been great, and
every time an inquirer calls up the
proud father is sent to answer.
1t, is in vain he protests that his
offspring is not to beagiyen away. The
callers poster him with queries about
the baby's sex, weight, color OF hair
and eyes; whether it has dimples, and
sentimental females Invariably ask il
it can say 1900, goo" One inquirer
offered to adopt the yonngster for $1OO
to boot, and this was not the only lner-
cenary proffer made. -Philadelphia
Record.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28

mountaineer pure and simple, and in.
his boyhood devoted himself to ath-
letics, including high diving and tight
rope walking. The feats Of his young,
er days he repeats for a twofold pur.
pose-to draw a crowd and to illus.
trate his sermons In showing how the
sinner plunges into evil ways and
how "the wicked stand in slippery
places" s;5
The last place selected by this spec.
tacular preacher for his combined
show and revival was the historic
Devils Teatable," near this city. His
audience gathered on the banks Of
the Little Kanawha river, across
which the preacher walked on tight
rope and into which he plunged from
= snria4boafar seventh feet above the
river surface. From the top Of the
''teatable" he beloved forth his SER
mon to the crowd below. So wide
spread was the. interest In the pecu-
liar religious service that special
trains were run to accommodate the
crowds.
When asked why he had chosen
such an elevated place from which to
speak, he said that the Bible suggest,
ed 1t, and he was merely complying
with the teaching Of the Scripture in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Articles Dropped In Calumet
Mine Shaft Always Found
Cinging to East Sido--Invest-
isation Going On.

1t is an interesting scientific fact,
and one not generally known, that
nothing that falls from the mouth of
the deepest mining shaft in the world
ever reaches Nthe bottom. This has
been demonstrated at the famous Red
Jacket shaft of the Big Calumet. The
article, no matter what shape or size
1t may be, is invariably found clinging
to the east side Of the shaft.
One day a monkey wrench was
dropped but it did Lot get to the
bottom. It was found lodged against
the east side of the shaft several hun
dred feet down. This incident COM
ing to the attention of the Michigan
College of Mines, it was decided to
make a careful test Of the apparent
phenomenon. It was decided best to
use small but heavy spherical body,
and a MARBLE tied to a thread was
suspended about twelve feet below
the mouth OF the shaft When the
marble was absolutely still, assuring
that it would drop straight down, the
thread was burned through by the
flame Of candle. The marble fell.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Puzzle for Scientists to Worry Over

but at point so feet from the sur
face brought up against the east wall
Of the shaft.
The same would be the case were
man to fall into the shaft While it
would mean sure death, the body,
badly torn, would be. found lodged in
the timbering on the east side. Mem
bers of the faculty Of the College of
Mines are now engaged in expert
ments with view Of developing data
as to the thickness of the earth's
crust. 1t is not hoped to solve the
pe1Tlexing problem of the distribution
OF the earth's matter, but it is hoped
to add to the information collected
concerning 1T.
To this end the Red Jacket shaft
presents advantages possessed by no
other place in the universe. The
deer shafts in other parts of the coun-
try and in foreign lands generally be-
gan at an altitude and end above or
very little below the sea level. where
as at the Calumet mine the Red Jack
ct shaft starts in comparatively low
altitude and pierces the earth's crust
deeper and further below the ocean
level than any other in existence. It
is hoped within a year to- be able to
give some intelligent information re-
gardlng the investigations.-L Lin
den correspondence st. Paul Dispatch.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Still Read the Newspapers from Home

Americans who are in northwest
Canada are there because land is
cheap: and because they consider
that in their particular lines of enter.
prise-mostly farming and stock rails
ing--there are more opportunities
than in the states from which they
have emigrated. Back Of all, too,
there is the inherent love of the An
glo-Saxon for movement and change;
for pushing into new and untried
fields, and meeting new experiences.
These Americans on the other side
Of the boundary line, in the northwest
will undoubtedly make good subjects
Of King Edward. They possess the
same qualities as the men who set
tied our own western states, and
these qualities will come into play
whether they are under the British
or American flag, and will help to
build up the new country on good
lines and on an enduring basis. It is,
however, no disparagement to these
newcomers in the Canadian north
west to say that, they still cherish
the institutions Of the country which
they left; and among those which can
he practically cherished and carried
along--is that great institution, the
American newspaper.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
American Settlers in Northwest
Canada Stick to Their F avorite
Newspapers Though Dwelling
Under Another Flag.

From away out at Calgary. in the
northwest territories of Canada, into
which we are informed that Ameri-
cans from our northwest are pouring
in one continuous stream, comes an
admission--a newspaper admission
which will be read with interest and
pleasure by the friends these Ameri-
can settlers have left behind them
under the stars and stripes in Ne
braska, Iowa and Minnesota, says
tho Boston Transcript. The admis-
sion comes in the form of COM
plant from the Calgary Herald that
lin Calgary and other western Cana
dian cities the newspapers Of Chicago,
New York and Minneapolis are found
in greater numbers than those of
eastern Canada "-that is than the
newspapers Of Toronto, Ottawa, Mon.
treal, Halifax and st. John.
This preference for American news
papers may be disappointing and a
little discouraging to the Calgary
Herald. But is 1t not natural? The
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Ghosts and Authorizations Easily
Made to Order While You Wait
Mere Matter of Drugs and
Hard Blows.

Ghosts, hallucinations-pah said
the Psychologist IT can make ghosts.
You can make them. It is a mere
matter Of drugs and knocks on the
head.
What is it thai does our feeling, re.
joicing, mourning, hoping, fearing,
thinking, for us? 1t is a mass of fat
Of phosphorized fat, two pounds in
weight, called the brain. We study
the brain continually. We get to
know it better and better every day.
And the time Is now come when we
can play tricks on it--when we can
deiuge 1t with ghosts, poultergorsts,
djinns, hobgoblins, doppelgangers,
phantoms
With drugs administered in toxic
or poisonous doses can give the san
est man Authorizations. And I can
pretty we'll regulate the hallucina-
tons character for one drug is
known to cause one sort of present.
ment another another and so on.
Suppose | want the bishop of Esk
to see the phantom Of beautiful girl.
give him, then, belladonna Bella.
donna In toxic doses creates fair pic
lures OF comely persons. The bishop
OF Esk, l assure you, would have an
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Human Brain at Mercy Of Scientists

agreeable half-hour under this drugs
spell.
Suppose wanted you to see
lovely dream city, with young men
and maidens in white robes pacing
the courtyards Of marble palaces. I
would give you opium and, seated in
your Office chair, you would see and
remember pretty much what I wanted
you to. Afterward you would say, il
! had given you the opium secretly,
We'll, there is something in ghost
stories, after ALL
II I had an enemy and wished to
drive him to suicide I would give him
hasheesh on the quiet. Hasheesh
creates visions of horror. In hash
~eesh dreams great apes strangles fair
blonde women. Ruffians murder help
less old clergymen.s Wild beasts, leap
-irg or caravans, carly of in their
mouths babies and little children.
Cannibals hold in the depths of prinl-
eval forests orgies indescribably OBJ.
scene.
BY whacking you on a certain part
of the head could make you smell
phantom odors. A whack in another
place would make you hear phantom
sounds. A whack in a third place
would give you phantom sensations
of cold.
Therefore, don't have a supersti-
tious belief in ghosts or hallucina-
TONS ended the psychologist, "for
any scientist can make them to your
order while you watt
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28

nave increased SO tremendously that
there is a scarcity of labor almost ey-
eryWhere: so that it is the part of
wisdom for all who wish the prospect
ty of the South to help the Afro-Am-
ericar become in the highest degree
useful to himself, and therefore to the
community in which he lives. The
South has always depended and now
depends chiefly upon her native po
pulatiOn for her work Therefore. in
view OF the scarcity not only of com
mon labor, but OF skilled labor. it be-
comes doubly important to- train ev-
cry available man to be the utmost
use by developing his intelligence,
his skill and his capacity for con
scientious effort. Hence the work of
the Tusl1egee Normal and Industrial
institute is matter Of the highest
practical Importance to both the white
man and the black man and we'll
worth the support of both races alike
in the South and in the North.
The professional and mercantile
avenues to success are overcrowded;
for the present the
Best Chance of Success.
awaits the lntelngent worker at some
mechanical trade or on a farm; for
this man will almost certainly achieve
industrial independence. l am pleas
ed, but not in the least surprised, to
learn that many among the men and
women trained at Tuskegee find I'M
mediate employment as leaders and
workers among their own people and
that their services are generally
sought by white people for various
kinds of industrial work, the demand
being much greater than the supply.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
United States Soldier Admits
Good Qualities in Little Brown
Man Whom Hc at First Rather
Looked Down On.

Confession of Hank jenkins, private
- United States Infantry, regarding one
certain little lighting man across the
sea.
Meets him first in Nagersacker-loans
him some o. my terhacker:
He fills his little pipe with jes pinch;
And I sort O. condescended, sort o.
looked down all unbended,
AS a white man to a heather, that's
cinch.
But Jap he keeps a-smilin' in a way
that's cl'ar begulin',
Perlitest little rat you ever saw,
And he hands me out a story bout his
old-time tightin' glory
I takes 1t and digests it in my craw.
Thinks 7, "as a prize blower, this here
Fer braggin' he's entitled to the cake"
And I, n foot above him, sort O. some
ferglts to love him
U hates to hear the spoutin of a fakel.
Next time / meets this banty we IS
marchin' on his aunty.
The lady what Ger Chiny holds the
reinS; R8
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Changed Opinion He Formed in Haste

And It made us noways happy fer to take
the dust o. Jappie
Qhe way the geiser hiked jes' give me
pains).
Didn't pack no fancy dishes, jes' a bit O.
rice and fishes,
He leads us like a quarter boss would
"a race
So says to Frisco Hazy, '.By the gods,
the laps q daisy!
Head him OFF and TIL say it to his
face"
Fer year or so each paper tells o. how
he cuts caper,
Goes cheerfuliy agin the shinn' steel
And jes' takes a pleasure dyin, which
yOu know I hain't a-lyin',
And now to beg his pardon strong I
feel.
And to up and cap it clever he don't lose
no bets whatever,
He stops the little peace dove on the
ny, s. 80 =. .
He don't win no bunch o. money but I'm
here to tell you, sonny.
he gifts the worlds respect, and that's
w no lie, 'Is7E
Course i know this saint-eyed Jappfe il
boastful chesty cl1appie.
But jes the same he alters fills the bill.
There is few can hope to beat him. and
the next time that meet him
At Attention" saloots him, sure I
Will. !.
Robert " Carr
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Denison to Leave Service Of Janan

H. w. Denison, an American attor-
ney, who has been for the past twenty
five years legal adviser in the Japa-
nese foreign Office, will retire and re-
turn to the United States within a
year. He is the only American who
has ever held such a high position In
a foreign government. His place cor
responds to that Of solicitor general
in the state department. Of this gov
eminent. 1t is known that no i'm
portant document has been sent from
the Japanese foreign Office in recent
years that has not been first sub
mitted to Mr.. Denisog for his APP.
proval. In all probability Mr.. Denison
will he succeeded by a japanese
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
PREACHER A DIVER AND RopE.WAlkEp II

One of the most extraordinary
preachers that ever came out of the
South is the Rev. 'sthe Mountain
Evangelist" says a Parkersburg, w.
Va, dispatch. At present Mr.. James
Joseph Tecumseh Copen. known as
Copen, is exhorting in Writ county,
and he selects for his meeting places
the most rugged part Of the country
he can find. His pulpit is a derrick
perched upon a rock, as high as pos
sible above his audience usually at
a height of about fifty feet-and from
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
II pidn't Work. !,

George" said the colonel to col
ored man whom he met on the street,
Il wish you would spread the news
around among your people that 4 am
going to set a spring gun in my hem
house and that if any of them are shot
it won't be my fault.
Yes, sab, Ill do SO, sab, but don't
reckon it'll do any good.
But why won't It O.
"Bekase, sab, as understand de sit
uashun, dey dun cleaned your hem
house out last night and won't have
any occashun to so back dar! Cleye-
land Plain Dealer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28

The faithful who are delegated by
the higher power to teach the Gospel
will be served as Elijah was served"
said the hoary headed but vigorous
mountaineer. when the time comes
for me to go / shall be removed from
earth In much the same way that
Elijah was taken. It may not be in
chariot Of IRE, but the means Of re.
moval will be equally adequate
The Rev. Mr.. Copen is the found
er Of new sect for which he has not
yet found name, nor is his creed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
NO, said the one addressed, Il be-

No said the one addressed, Il be-
live not =
Well, continued the waiter, "theh
was gem man heah at NAH table
what looked ye'y much like you, and
he was 50 well pleased with the serv-
ice that he game me "a dollar when he
left
The guest had Ey this..ti.ne finished
his meal, and as he arose he said to
the expectant servitor:
Come to think OF it, Sam, that was
my brother that was here. and guess
he paid you for the whole family. He
may be back again in week or two
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Schools for Some Brides

Already there are places where fu-
ture brides can be taught the manage
ment of a household. and if there were
more of them the advantage would be
great. A statistician who could COM
pute how much money is wasted
Through Ignorance by newly married
couples would be able to produce
some startling figures. And the train
ing to be given need not be wholly
mathematical. Husbands How to
Hnmor and Control Them would be
the theme of q course of lectures
Treasury. s.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28

this elevated position he shouts his
sermons through an immense mega
phone, specially made for him, to the
listening crowds beneath.
AS an additional attraction. for peo-
pie to gather at his revivals the
preacher makes high dives from a
sprlngboard seventy or eighty feet
high, or walks a tight rope stretched
from his airy pulpit to convenient
anchorage. Sometimes this rope is
run across a river, if there happens
to be one handy; If not, a canyon an
swers the purpose just as well.
1t must not be supposed that the
Rev. ]. J. T. Copen is a reformed
acrobat or circus performer He is a
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
Make Housewives Of Girls.

Farmers daughters are educated in
ma many parts Of Germany in travelling
schools, which so from village to vii.
lage to give girls over sixteen years OF
age practical lessons in housekeeping,
cooking, the selection of food, care OF
poultry and cattle, the cultivation of
vegetables, and butter and cheese
making. The results have been so sat
isfactory that it is now proposed to
add Instruction in nursing, cooking for
the sick, mending and sewing. Che
teachers, who are graduates OF the
schools of Homework and have passed
government examinations, carry with
them an outfit of cooking stove and
the various utensils for cooking and
ironing. The classes are held in the
-scl1oo lhouses, the term lasts six weeks,
and the cost Of tuition is put so low as
practically to exclude no one.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28

there is abundant flushing OF pipes by
reason of constant use. This theory
is interesting when it is taken into
consideration that a number OF vio-
lent outbreaks Of this disease have
followed long dry spells. An ample
supply Of good water, with the free.
use Of potash or good soap, would do
much toward keeping not only diph-
liberia, but many other diseases in
check.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28

"But there are other and even high
er reasons that entitle it to our sup
port. In the interest of humanity, Of
justice and oil self-protection, every
white man in America. no matter
where he lives, should try to help the
Afro-American to help himself 1t is
in the interest and TOR the protection
OF the white man to see that the Afro.
American is educated
Lynchinq.
1T is not only the duty OF the white
man, but it is to his interest to see
that che Airo-American is protected
in property, in life and in all his legal
rights. Every time a law is broken.
every individual in the community
has the moral tone of his life lowered
haWlessness in the United States is
not confined to any one section:
lFnchlng is not confined to any one
section. and there are probably no
men in any section of the United
States who have deserved so well of
the public, as the public men, the
|clergymen, the countless number of
private citizens who have done such
heroic work in the South in arraying
public opinion against lawlessness in
all It's forms, especially against lynch
ing. very earnestly hope that their
example will count in the North as
well as in the South, for there are
just as great evils to be warred
against in one. region of our country
as in another, though they are not in
all places the same evils.
Right here, let ME say thai, if in
any community misunderstanding
between the races arises over any
matter infinitely the best way out is
to have. a prompt.
Frank and Full Conference
and consultation between representa-
tives Of the wise, descent cool-headed
men OF the white. and wise, descent.
coolheaded men among the colored
men. Such course would bring
about better understanding and
| would be a great help all around.
Hitherto ] have spoken chiefly Of
the obligations existing On the part
Of the white man Now let you re.
member. OF, the other hand, that no
help can permanently help you save
as yon yourselves devote capacity
I for selfhelp. You, young colored
iI'Sii anu WVIiitIi, eGstIcdJeu at L uSkSSCG
| must, by precept and example. lead
your fellows toward sober, industri-
Gus, law-abiding lives You are in
honor bound to join hands in favor Of
Law and order. and to
War Against All Crime,
land especially against all crime by
men OF your own race, for the heavi-
est wrong done by the criminal is the
wrong to his own race
According to the census, the Afro
American Of this country own and pay
taxes upon something like SO 900, 900
of real property and have blotted out
over 50 PEI. cent Of the illiteracy.
What you have done in the past is
an indication of what you will be able
accomplish in the future under
!, wise leadership. Moral and indust-
rial education is what is most needed
/ in order that this progress may con-
tinue
The race cannot hope to get every
thing at once 1t must learn to wait
and bide its time to prove its worth
by showing it's possession of persever-
lance, of thrift, of self control The
destiny Of the race is chiefly in its
own hands and must be worked out
patiently and persistently along these
lines.
Continued on Second Page.
10
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
He Lost Tin.

At one Of the Kansas City hotels
where the colored walters give espe-
cially good service, but always expect
adequate remuneration for the same.
from the guests, 9 waiter was excep-
tionally ofiicious the other day in serv-
ing man from whom he expected a.
liberal. tip. When. the meal had been
served and he was standing OF at one
side, eagerly looking for an opportu--
nifty to be Of service, he said to the
guest:
Did 20 have a brothah heah last
week, sab 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
hardships of Farming.

Little Dick has been thinking for
some time that he would like to be a
farmer when he grows up. The other
evening he toddled to his fathers side
on the veranda and asked:
What do I have to do in the even.
ing when hes a farnler?''
why" said his father, you have
to sit on the porch of your farmhouse,
like. this, with your feet up on the
rail-
Dick watched his father put his feet
up and tried to do the same with his
very short and fat little legs. The
rail was so high that he had to sit
nearly on the back of his head in or
der to get his feet up, and before
many moments he slipped down and
landed or the veranda floor with a
bump.
He got up and rubbed himself. Then
he said:
: Maybe Iadon'tswaHt to be "a farmer
after all. / might change my mind
and be something else"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-28
SAW BARGAIN IN NEW LIGHT
George Washington's Judgment Of II
@ Would Have Been RAND

VouiG f7aVe seen Rapid.
! had talked With the farmer in the
seat with me for quarter of an hour
about crops and the weather when he
switched off the subject by saying:
Il think I made rather good bar.
gain uptown to-day
"ln w]lat?"
My wife wanted a pair of shoes.
anu remembered seeing a lot of sec.
cnd-hand ones when I was in town
last. So I went up town and for a
dollar got pair just exactly as good
as II had paid 50 for pair at home.
us business to save a dollar when.
ever you can, amt it?"
or course. Had you any other er.
rand uptown"
Nope; just went for the shoes. ;"
What's the fare up and back?'
"A dollar ten, .
And you've lost about a day?''
about day,
said nothing further, and after
about ten minutes had passed, during
which time the farmer seemed to be
doing some thinking, he all at once
turned and said:
Say them shoes cost me 10 cents
more than a new pair would right at
hoIne."
Exactly
And you had it figured out ten
minutes ago."
Yes
WAL, stranger, George Washing.
ton was a purity big man from all ac.
counts. but if he had been in your
place don't believe he'd have been
ten seconds in callin' me a blamed
Old fool!"-C Cleveland Plain Dealer.