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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-28
RARITIES AT THE zoo
PAIR OF "MoUNTAIN BEAVERS"
JUST RECEIVED.

A pair of the rarest American animals
have been received at the National Zoologi-
cal Park and are attracting much atten-
ton from naturaIsts and others interested
in the oddities of the animal world. The
new additions are known as mountain beay-
ers. although they do not belong to the
beaver family at all. They are somewhat
like woodchucks and live in the dense
woodlands between northern California ana
Washington state. They are described as
rare shy and peculiar They live in bur-
rows in the damp woods, and are rarely
ever seen, as they scamper into their holes
at the slightest noise. The pair at the Zoo
are said to be the first ever held in cap
tivity, and much trouble was experienced In
capturing them.
Another new addition to the COLLECTION at
the Zoo Is a small boar from Cuba, which
was presented by the American minister to
that country Mr.. II. @. Squiers.
The authorities of the Zoo have just COM
pleted important improvements in connec-
ton with the beaver dam. This dam was
entirely the work of the busy beavers. 1t Is
built in a small valley, and Is nine feef IN
height by seventy-five feet in length. There
was so much wash during rainy periods
that the dam became filled with sand The
authorities of the park took the matter in
hand and constructed concrete culvert.
which Is so arranged with an automatic
into Rock creek when there is a heavy flow,
but allows the regular flow from the small
creek to flow unobstructedly into the beaver
dam
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-11-28

throne of Norway, beg that you be per-
suaded that every effort looking to good
relations between our two countries will
be given a sympathetic reception on my
part"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
ELEPHANT SAVED The BABy

Lena, the biggest of the perform
ing elephants in Fairyland, now show
ing at Paterson, N. j., INDUCED both
her maternal instinct and her sense
OF humor recently in a manner which
threw large audience into panic.
A tiny girl of three, unobserved by
the crowd, had crawled beneath the
barrier and stood just within the ring.
So little was she that she was entirely
out Of range of the trainers in the
center. But as she delightfully."- clap
ped her baby hands at the marching
and counter marching of the huge
beasts the watchful Lena saw and
marked her, first, for removal from
harms way, and, second, for the nee
essary maternal discipline, which
should prevent recurrence of the
danger.
<Lena's small eyes twinkled with
amusement as, leading her fellows,
she approached the venturesome baby
for the second time The little one
looked up into her face with an en-
chanting smile, but the elephant new
er hesitated. She shot out her trunk,
wreathed it about the child's body
and in a second had whitfield her high
In the air.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

uous admiration for Tommy's bantling,
and so expressed itself Thereupon,
Tommy accuses the Herald of basing
its opinion upon "the wild vaporings
OF country editors who are not accus-
toned to attend the theatre and who
are stupidity ignorant of the first prin.
ciples Of dramatic construction. Tom
my further AYERS: 'The assertion
that I am appealing to the mob pas
sions of the South is the silliest twad-
die" He further remarks: Il have
dramatized this educated Negro, and
the sight OF him has thrown some
Southern men into tit. | knew it
would" We are grieved at being com
PEELED to say that the Leopard Spot
rhetoric did not faze the Herald nor
induce it to bring forth fruits meet
for repentance. 1t still regards Tom
my's literature as a "malign infitl.
ence" in which opinion, The Appeal
finds no difficulty in concurring. The
Appeal is not acquainted with the Dix
on literature, except with the article
in the Evening Post, but from that
single article finds no difficulty in in
ferring that it is all a rehash OF the
Cursed-be-Canaan literature of ante
bellum days. 1t hath most ancient
and fsh-like smell.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
PENANG DURING RAINY SEASON

A resident Of Penang thus describes
the rainy season there: "Our rains
have set in with all their attendant
comforts and discomforts and they
make one feel something like Robin
son Crusoe when he made up the list
OF his blessings and evils. The plant
ers are all rejoicing and are putting
out their seedlings and cuttings and
generally doing all they should do.
The bullocks are beginning to fill out
those ugly ho1loWs between their ribs
and about their TANKS, for the grass
on their limited pastures is growing
rich and rank and these patient, half
starved beasts profit by it. Our trees
have all put on new coats of brilliant
green and the whole place wears a
newly washed appearance very COM
forting after the dusty dry season, in
which our soup tastes gritty and
piece of bread and butter seems to
have had a bit of sandpaper glued on
the butter side. But even our rains
have their disadvantages.
"When come home, thoroughly wet
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
FIRsr sUBnAR1NE on REcoRD

On the beach at Atlantic Highlands,
N. u, with sand drifted about her,
lies the first submarine boat built BY
Simon Lake, that intrepid inventor,
whose latest creation, the Protector,
I IS now in the far east, presumably in
the hands Of Russian naval officers,
says the New York Globe.
S Thousand of Jersey coast COM
muters see the plain wooden hulk
every day, but few know 1t made the
Protector possible and frightened the
wits out of the natives when they
first saw it. Children play on 1t now
and try to turn the big wooden wheels
which are hub deep in seaWeed and
heavy driftwood.
The craft is about twenty feet long
and is fitted with port holes, a con-
/ ring tower and bicycle chain and
mechanism for turning the drive
wheels. It has not been moved in
twelve years, since Lake made his
last dive in Sandy Hook bay, be-
came more ambitious and began the
construction Of a more pretentious
boat.
Baymen remember we'll when the
youth of serious mien came to the
Llace and began the construction of
"a cofin-like thing" in which he said
he was going to the bottom Of the bay
and look around a bit. They thought
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
FIRE WORSHIP AND BONFIRES

A popularity Of fire worship not
unnaturally consists in that element
being treated with the greatest re-
spect, and any act which could in any
way be considered as polluting it is
strictly forbidden. For example, a
conscientious EParsee never smokes.
Much more, then, is anything in the
way of sacrifice of a living thing ia
booed, and we must look elsewhere
for the origin Of the Bel fires which
were up till recent times a common
custom in the Orcades, in Wales, and
in other out-o-the-way parts of Great
Britain. The reader will remember
the expression passing children
Though the fire" used in the Old
Testament to describe a particularly
abominable and culpable form Of idol
airy. There seems to be little doubt
that the blameless, if rather risky,
game played by. children round these
fires may be directly referred to- that
old Phoenician institution, only in its
old form the child did not pass
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

An instant the spectators saw the
little girls futtering skirts and
caught her frightened cry; the next
one she was whirling through space.
Women shrieked with terror and
hid their eyes. The trainers dashed
to the place where the child lay, ex-
pecting to find her crushed and dead.
Instead she was as safe from harm
as though Graded in her mothers
arms. Lena, with unerring sagacity.
had tossed her upon q soft, grassy
spot, and had handled her so gently
that not a bruise was to be found
upon her. The child shed a few
alarmed tears and then promptly for
got the incident
When search was made for her
parents none could be found. The
child was apparently alone and had
wandered into the show unnoticed in
the crowd. She was taken to the
police station, where she was later
claimed by her father, Frank Spinel-
ly. The child, whose name is Josie,
hads slipped away early in the even
ing. Her parents were greatly terri
fed when they learned of her peril
New York World.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
Saturday, December 2, 1905.
"THE CLANsMAN."

It is fact well-known that Tommy
ap-Leoraldspot has written and dram
atized Il fearful and wonderful produc-
t!Qn called the Clansman in which he
attempts to idealize the old Kuklux-
hlan that existed during reconstruc-
ton days. The so-called organizes ton
: vas organized for the purpose of de-
terring Afro-Americans from exercis-
ing any political rights and was com
rosed OF best citizens Its mode of
operation was to ride through the
country at night clad in disguise for
Ire purpose Of terroriZing the Afro
Americans. Occasionally for the pur-
pose OF making the lesson more i'm
i1ressive, they hanged a leader. or
preacher as they did Uncle Jerry. as
described in Judge Tourgee's "a Fools
GRAND" The mode of operation OF
the Clansmen was. however, eventual
ly adopted by the poor whites, who
availed themselves of it to make raids
upon lchicken-coops and watermelon
and sweet potato patches, without re-
gard TO race. color. or previous condi-
ton. They swiped from white and
black with the greatest impartiality,
and soon made themselves such a nui-
saace that both white and black came
together and broke the gang of ma
raudersi up. The vile wretches went
to the mud from which they sprung.
uEwept, nnhonored and-more's the
pity-unhung. Now. the Boston Her.
aid has never conceived very siren
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02


Vice President Fairbanks, in address.
ing the Young Mems Christian associa.
ton Of Indianapolis on Sunday, said !:
Our safety lies in an educated citi-
zenship." 1t would have been much
more appropriate on such an occasion
as we'll as much more agreeable to the
truth to say: Our safety lies in a
yirtuous citizenship The idea that
education can preserve American in
stitutions is delusive What threat
ems us is not ignorance but dishonesty
and we find to our sorrow that rascal
ity is as common among the educated
classes as among the ignorant, even
If it takes on a different form.
We endorse the foregoing, fully,
just as it stands, but suggest that it
does not go far enough, as it evidently
refers merely to financial dishonesty.
But political dishonesty is just as
bad and even more disastrous than
bank looting or Numbering the policy
holders of an insurance company.
When men who, like German attempt
to nullify the provisions of a consti-
tuition they have sworn to support,
and resort to all kinds Of trickery and
lying to achieve success, they deserve
a place in the pillory and a brand on
the forehead. They are post-gradu-
ates in villainy and moral degenerates.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

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the man was crazy and told him so
one day, Whereupon he laughed. The
lboatmen were positive then that he
vas maniac.
Inc strange creation was finally
launched and went for a spin on the
surface. Then all of sudden it dis
appeared.
II told you so,' shouted one clam
digger close by. That fool is dying
like rat"
There was scurry of boats to the
spot where bubbles showed on the
surface. Ills dying gasp" remark.
ed one grizzled old fellow.
Dying gasp, nothing shouted an.
other. Look at them bubbles NOV
ing along. That young city chap has
got us stung. He's sneaking along
the bottom like crab and he'll sure
get these anchors you and me has
been graplin' for all summer
Then Simon Lake came to the sur
face and, lifting a hatch, smiled broad
~ at his open-mouthed audience.
tits nice down there he said.
Want to come aboard?"
The clamboats scattered like
frightened chickens and from that day
Simon Lake was regarded among the
beachcombers as ..the man who could
breathe under water just as well as
any blamed fish in the sea"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

through the flame and emerge safely
on the other side, as do the boys who
jump over the Bel fires to-day, but
was burnt to- death as sacriice-not,
however, to Baal but to Moloch. Still,
as the two deities were intimately
connected, and as accuracy as to
minor details was not a strong point
with our remote ancestors, it was nat
ural enough that the idea Of the fire
should be transferred from the "hor-
rid king to his equally repulsive ally,
Baal.
A different kind of fire, better
known to most Of us, has very mod
ern origin, the responsible cause be-
ing another king, a most unpleasant
character, but not a diabolical deity.
I refer to bonfires, the original name
Of which was "bone" fires, so called
because they were lighted by Henry
Wills agents to destroy the bones
Of saints and other relics found in
the pillaged monasteries and churches.
-"Origins of the Commonplace" in
the Grand Magazine.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

and disguised with everything, and go
to bed Immediately after dinner, the
roof commences to leak and I have to
get out and shift the bed. interview
the landlord in the morning and he
tells me roofs can't be repaired in the
rain and that in all probability as soon
as the tiles swell the roof will become
Watertight Of its own accord. That
doesn't cure either my ]umbago or
rheumatism, and when take my bath
discover we are on the Alder tam
water service and have to battle in pea
soup.
81 mention the fact to the municipal
president over a stengah at the club
and he says: My dear boy, I'm on
the same service and have been comb.
ing mud out of my hair for week
This doesn't make me feel any cleaner.
The lizards on the ceiling are waxing
fat from the insects which are driven
into the house by the rain and I no.
tice that the soup at dinner seems to
have more body in it from the same
sause. This does not improve my tenn
r1er''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

Ex-senator j. W. Helm of Michigan
is a Democrat OF the right sort. He
says:
when a mans political rights are
taken from him, his liberty soon fol-
lows. Depriving the Afro-American of
his ballot by ingenious laws has left
him naked to his enemies. Congress
should make lynchings and burnings
offenses punishable in the federal
courts, with the right to change the
venue from the southern states when
necessary.
"The notification of the fifteenth
amendment should be crushed by fed
eral legislation and if necessary by
constitutional amendment
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

Upon several occasions we have at
tempted to throw some light upon the
question What has become of the At
ro-Americans who have abandoned the
Southern plantations?' A letter from
Frank G. Carpenter throws little
light On the subject:
In RELYING the tracks of Havana
street railways not long ago, a gang
OF Cuban Negroes was employed, but
the work went so slowly that Afro-A-
mericans were brought over and put
on the work at about twice the wages
received by the Cubans. Both sets
of hands were boarded, but the Ameri-
cans cid twice as much work as the
Cubans, and they would have been
cheap at double the money. This in
crease of pay, however, caused a strike
on the part Of the Afro Cubans and the
result was that they got raise of wa
ges, although the Americans still did
the most work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
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~
Mr.. Dixon says he will stake his life
on the accuracy of ''The Clansman'
both as an historical picture and a
sound argument on the race problem.
But" says the Chicago Journal, Of
Dixon's; book:
1t not only appeals to passions of
the lowest and most incendiary kind,
but, as q general proposition, it is I'M
true. Southerners Of the old slave
holding class, who served in the Con
tederate army and afterward passed
through the horrors of reconstruction
know perfectly well that the Afro-A-
n.ericans were not the fends described
by Mr.. Dixon"
Very possibly, Tom now believes the
lies he has framed but it is not uncon1-
mon for prevaricaters to repeat the
lies until they believe them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
TALE OF CARNEGIE'S BOyHOOD

A broker sneered at the recent story
Of Andrew Carnegie's reputed declara-
ton that his epitaph was to be That's
id white of Andy"
Mr.. Carnegie is a wise man, not
fool, said the broker. 1T is true that
he has done in his time odd and re-
markable things. All those things,
though, had a wise purpose behind
them. The purpose of such an epitaph
as That's id white of Andy could
only be to evoke ridicule.
81 once visited Dunfernline, Mr.. Car
negie's birthplace. They told me there
a story about him that illustrated the
tenacity and perseverance of his child
hood-h1s bulldog determination to
ride down every obstacle and reach his
end.
Il seems that at the little Dunfer-
line school the T'asfei. called Andrew
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

An exchange says: THE drift of
the Afro-American northward is at
tested by census and other figures
What Coco the question mean to the
Afro-American and what does it mean
to the Northern cities?"
Well. it means several things. One
is that persistent efforts have been
made to attract Afro-American do
mestics from the South Another is
that strenuous efforts have been made
to draw Afro-American strike-break-
ers from the South. Still another is
that the Afro-American is disguised
with anaconda mortgages, Jim Crow
cars, Granddaddy clauses, lynchings,
'snd with all the rest of the Southern
deviltry and barbarism.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

"The whole trend in legislation in
the south in recent years is to virtual
ly restore slavery. The. south proposes
to confine the Afro-American to the
cotton field and to mental service.
Already in Mississippi the cry goes up
against any education for the Negro
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
Only Half Done.

Only Half Done.
One Of the newly rich, John Johnson
by name, to establish sort of literary
character, had bought a lot of books,
among them copy Of rare old die
tionary. It was somewhat out of re-
pair and he took it to the binders.
When finished he noticed that the
words .Johnson's Dictionary had
been stamped on the back. He fell
into furious passion and demanded
Of the man:
why didn't you put the full name
on-'John Johnson's Dictionary?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

President Roosevelt is writing a let
ter to be read at the Jewish Thanks
giving ceremony to be held at Carne-
sic hall, New York City. He was
invited to attend and expressed a
great desire to Go SO, but told the COM
mittee that he thought it was the duty
of every husband and father to spend
Thanksgiving with his family.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02
uAMM0A THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

AIMS AND METHODS
. The aim of this school is to do prac-
teal work in helping men towards sue
cess in the ministry. Its course of study
is broad and practical; its ideas are high;
It's work is thorough; it's methods are
mesh, systematic, clear and simple.
COURSE OF STUDY
The regular course of study occupies
three years. and covers the lines Of work
IN the several departments of theological;
instruction usually pursued in the lead
ing theological seminaries of the country.
EXPENSES AND AID
, Tuition and room rent are free. The
apartments for students are plainly fur
nished. Good board can be had for
seven. dollars per month. Buildings heat
ed by steam.
Aid from loans without interest, and
gifts of friends, are granted to deserv-
ing students who do their utmost in the
line of self-help. No young man with
grace, gifts, and energy need be deprived
of the advantages now opened to him
in this Seminary For further particulars.
address
L.G. Atkinson, D. D.,
Pres. Cannon Theological Seminary,
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.
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INSTITUTE:

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A normal and industrial school with a
English education, and lay solid foun-
dalton for success and usefulness in every
vocation of life. Board and boarding haEi
graded course Of study. designed to give
Il thorough, symmetrical and complete
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-12-02

: Treat each man according to :
his worth as man. Distrust
) all who would have any one
class placed before any other.
; Other republics have fallen be-
, cause the INSCRIPTIONS have
: substituted loyalty to class for
5 loyalty TO the people as a whole.
, President Roosevelt's speech
: al Little Rock, Ark.
,4,A@n&%9@1e,@.a $&ts<>nH~4ee,
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