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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

the girls of good family who have
either not bound their feet or have
unbound them, with the hope that the
girls there educated may eventually
become teachers in other schools all
over China.
Although only just started, eighty
young ladies are already boarding at
this school, and when it finished it's
term the place was packed, chiefly
with Chinese gentlemen, to see the
results. The granddaughter of the
highest official in Shanghai recited
Mary Had Little Lamb with great
distinctness; a party of little girls
sung in chorus, Twinkle, Twinkle Lit
tie Star Then all sung a Chinese
anti foot-binding song, and there 1Mere
short piano solos. A feature of the
afternoon was vigorous speech by
Mrs. Wang, the greatest lady scholar
China boasts. Then all the scholars
showed what progress they had made
in physical drill.
'"Thus the unbinding of the feet of
the girls Of China is gradually de-
VelOping into movement for their
higher education. And when the 200,-
100000 women of China are set upon
their feet again, qualified to learn to
sew, to wash, ito clean their houses
and their children, as well as to learn
the elegant accomplishments Of Eng
fish and music, we may look for an
improvement in the whole Chinese
race"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03
Not a Policeman.

Gen. Lee, commanding the Depart
ment of Texas, tells a good story up
on himself.
Leaving his office one afternoon af-
ter closing hours, he was stopped at
the sally port by one of large num-
Der of visitors attracted to San An
tonic by the recent fair
Twill you please tell what car
take to the Springs?" asked the dam
sell
The General paused, and, with his
customary courtesy, removed his hat
before replying that he was not very
familiar with the destinations of the
various car lines.
But you ought to know said his
fair inquisitor, allowing something of
Impotence to appear in her tone.
Amt you a policeman"
The General replied sadly that "at
one time in his life he had aspira-
lions to become member of the
force, but he feared it was too late.'
The maiden's look of Impotence
gave way to one of admiration as she
contemplated the Generals figure.
And with a sigh she said: "Well, if
you amt a policeman, you sure ought
to be-"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

hair hanging like spun glass over
the forehead knows how accurate the
aim is and how effective the fire
even from those dear eyes. So it was
with the young men at their big
guns.
After the achievement was duly
celebrated and discussed, and adroit,
artful letters written to the young
women fci more hair, the boys settled
down to regulation practice at target
shooting.
Again new problem arose. Which
was the best kind of hair-blonde,
black, Titan or the kind that all
good artists rave over and can never
reproduce in colors? A western
lieutenant declared that the golden
tresses of the girl he was to marry
next June were absolutely accurate
and he believed he could hit fly
with a ffteen-inch projectile at 5000
[ yards;
Some of the gunners say that no
hair can compare with black for
this purpose.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

1t is remarkable that the success
of the greatest of world-changing in
Ventlons depends on some little
thing that child could blow away
with it's breath. But for the little
charred filament that trembles in the
oulb OF an incandescent lamp the vast
fortunes invested in dynamo plants
would be wasted. The big machines
OF hundreds of thousands of horse
power employed in illuminating the
cities of the country depend on these
very spider web loops and cork
screws that become incandescent when
the current is turned on and flood
dwellings, and palaces with splendor.
A still more startling fact appears
IN the success of the big guns of the
navy. But for the little hairlike lines
IN the telescopes that sight the guns
the marksmen could not get effective
am and the fort. Or warship could
not be demolished. Without these in
significant little threads of wire Dew
ey could not have made history on
that wonderful morning when his
fleet sailed into Manila harbor and
sank the Spanish ships
Much has been written of the ne
cessity of warships with big guns.
and unerring craftsmanship. The
successful application Of telescopic
sights to naval guns is the key to all
great naval victories. 1t is said no
individual part Of the mechanism
of the battleship has received more
attention than the perfection of the
telescope sights of the guns. At g.
OOO yards an ironclad appears scarce
~ larger than a speck on the hori-
zon 1t takes a powerful telescope
to insure accurate aim and destruct-
i've lire from the guns. The finest of
spider web wires are placed in the
center of the telescope, one horizontal
and two perpendicular, and through
the little slit thus formed the gunner
aims his projectile at the vital part of
the enemy's ship. 49,.
10 properly fasten and adjust these
little wires in the exact place where
they should go is not only tedious
but requires great patience and skill.
so as not to have them break at the
first discharge of the guns. The con-
cussion during a bombardment is
tremendous. Men are knocked over.
crockery is broken, lockers are de-
molished by the terrific discharges,
which cause, frequent breakage of
the little wires strung across each
other in the center of the telescope.
1t was during a discussion of this
subject that some bright young Off
GERS suggested substituting single
hairs pulled from mans head for
the wires which so frequently broke.
In a spirit of banter and fun search
was made for hairs of the required
length.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

a big circulation among the select
curious. First one and then another
classmate yielded and gave their
diaries to be published, and after a
bit she had quite a library of them.
They are big sellers The climax
came when some wag sent her diary
by mail. It had the first names of all
her set, and seemed so natural and
intimate that she printed it in purple
and silver.
when it was we'll circulated the
wag put note in a weekly paper,
telling the real author of the book.
This didn't feaze the woman much.
She just added on the title page, by
disgruntled husband, one of the
ones mentioned in previous volume,
who wanted to get even
How much are honeymoon diaries?
All the way from 50 to SIS. People
buy them thinking they are going to
be let into big secret Very often
the reading matter is inane and soft;
but idiotic sayings of intimate friends
are occasionally worth big price,"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03
BUSINESS LEAGUES,
Some Suggestions to Afro-American
Business Men.

Some Suggestions to Afro-American
Business Men:
Editor of The Appeal-Dear Sir
Through the medium of your paper
| wish to impress upon the Local Afro
American Business Leagues that are
now existing and others that may be
established, the Importance Of having
a regular meeting place. and that the
room Or rooms selected for this pur-
pose be as convenient and comfortably
furnished as possible so that they
may serve as kind Of Headquarters
for the business portion of the COM
munity
2. With equal emphasis l want to
urge that every Business League have
a regular and stated time for meeting.
These meetings should occur at least
once each month, or Oftener if pos
siEle
;. wish to urge that too much at
tention not be given to numbers Il
is more important for few substan-
tial, reliable. progressive persons in
terested in business and the estab-
lishment Of business enterprises in
each locality to come together regu-
larly than to have large and unwieldy
numbers
4. 1t is important that all bear in
mind that the meeting in Atlanta next
August is likely to be the largest and
most important gathering of the kind
we have held.
5. / wish to suggest the following
among the subjects to be discussed in
monthly meetings: (a) How to secure
and hold country trad2; az What new
business could be started with advan-
tage in the community: (c) What bust
ness should our women be encouraged
to start; (d) If bank is not in eX-
istence, would it pay to organize
one in the community; (e) The i'm
portance Of the real estate business:
f) Wood and coal business in relation
to the community; go The Importance
Of making places of business neat and
comfortable.
6. Wherever possible, ] should like
to see local Women's Business Leagues
established
Booker T. Washington, Pres.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03
LOOK UP!" THE MESSAGE

One thing denied, the anguish-stricken
heart.
Pleads in wild depth of passionate des-
pair,
Grant me but this sweet thing-I ask
no more;
And still denied chatting against it's bond,
Frets on it's life undressing and I'M
blessed;
No brightness in the sun, no music
In the sweet thrill of Natures mystic
chords,
One note is missing-all seems discord
else,
And life weary problem with no clue.
So do such restless souls grope on and
on,
Thinking that they have missed for aye
their goal,
And seeking, craving, fretting, lose the
That. l1 lending to their reach like some
fair fruit.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03
Panama Canal Excavation Comparisons

A diagram which wildly sets forth
comparisons showing the difference
between a sea level canal and one
constructed through the Culebra cut
at Panama, is published in the Engi-
neering News. The Offices of the
Engineering News are in the st. Paul
building, one of Manhattan,s most
familiar skyscrapers, and this has
been brought into the diagram for il
Illustrative purposes.
The huge excavation across the
Culebra cut will be the largest fur
row on the earth's surface ever made
by human agency.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

Ungathered turns to poisonous decayi
On, to to- such yearning ones God calls
From this imperfect life fain would
wean
The craving soul to rest in Me, to trust
Which knoweth all. and marks thy
hearts deep need;
do not seek to make thee care the less.
But to resign thy care to Me, to trust
In Joyless days-hereafter thou shalt
Thus in the full surrender of thy will
calm peace, ike holy twilight, shall de-
Yelling thine inmost soul from all but
God,
And flowers thy hands may never gather
Shall bloom for thee in fadeless srag-
rance sweet
In that fair country these dark hills shut
out :
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

The outline of the Great Northern
steamship Minnesota is shown, and
it will be noted tends to dwarf the
canal excavation. The steam shovel
and the locomotive on opposite sides
OF the canal give better comparative
idea of its size. A man can more
readily imagine himself near the TOD
of the St. Paul building, at a height
OF ESQ feet. The view from there
gives fair idea of how deep the
canal will seem before the water is
turned in.
By the diagram an idea of the mag.
nitude of the work may be had.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

The maximum original elevation of
the ground surface at Culebra was
$40 feet above sea level, but the dia-
gram in the upper cross-section shows
the cut necessary for lock canal with
an elevation of about IS feet above
sea level. This was the level which
the 1sthmian Canal commission rec
commended in 1901, and is about the
level on which the canal will be con-
structed according to present plans.
The lower cross-section shows the cut
it would be necessary to make to con-
struct sea-level canal of the same
dimensions.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03
WASHINGTON
The City of Magnificent Dis
tanCeS
A Collection cf Events Occurring Among
the People of The Capital of This Great
and Glorious Nation and Condensed for
the Hasty Perusal of our Many Readesr

Illinois Regiment of Chicago was the
guest OF honor at a dinner party given
by Mr.. Charles J. Pickett, at his beauti-
full home COG Spruce Street, lie Droit
Park, last evening. Beside the hon
ored guest and host, a number of Il
linois and Washington people were
present
Monday was Mckinley day at the
Capitol. The birthday of the martyr
President was remembered by a very
large number OF senators and repre-
sentatives by the wearing of red car
nations as boutonnieres. When the
Senate assembled the Vice President
had red carnatiOn in his buttonhoIe.
as did a very large number of others
ON the floor. Among those who were
in the chamber shortly after the Sen
ate was called to order wearing red
carnations were Senators Scott, Dick.
Pratt. McCumber, Warner, Daniel. Till
man, LaFollette, Gamble, Beveridse.
Knox and Hopkins
Tulio Larrinaga, resident commits
sioner of Porto Rico, accompanied by
Robert H. Todd. mayor Of San Juan.
and Francisco Buso, called on Presi-
dent Roosevelt recently to present
memorial, asking that more liberal
form Of government be adopted for the
government Of the Territory.
unique method of expressing their
esteem for DR.. Gordon. the retiring
president OF Howard University, has
been taken by five African Students
Pela Penicll, John R. Sabo, Arthur E.
Makanya, Joel D. Nyangi, and Albert
Soudezi.
The present to be given the profess
sor is a cane OF yellow mahogany, i'm
ported from Africa. with handle carv-
ed from the hoof of the zaba. a species
OF deer, and ferule chiseled from the
tusk Of AL African sea lion. The cane
was made in the wilds of Africa by
heather and sent to this country by
missionary at the request of the five
young men. 1t has been two months
in the passage. D. n. w.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03
Had Last Word, as Usual.

They had had another quarrel
II won't say marriage is failure"
he began, "for some"-he sneered
violently-s'some are more fortunate
in what they get than others
1 She laughed the gay, hard laugh
which annoyed him most.
"You are right, DEAR" she said.
You for instance, got me, but T.
got only yOu.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03
Martin Luther's Wedding Ring.

Martin Luther's wedding ring was
discovered in 1929 in a secondhand
shop in Geneva by Nine. Michael Gil
rod. and is now at Waldenberg. It is
made ofSsilvert gilt, and is believed to
have bee,, designed by the celebrated
painter and goldsmith, Lucas Gran
ach, and probably was wrought with
his own hands, for he was one of the
three men selected by Luther as Wit
.nesses OF his marriage. The design
is complicated and includes the sew
eral symbols of the Passion.
In the center is figure Of the
crncifed Savior; on one side is the
spear with which His side was pierced
and on the. other side the ladder used
at the crBeifxion There is a leaf Of
hyssop, the dice with which the sol
diers cast lots for His garments, three
nails, a crown Of fhorns and ether
symbols connected with the last act of
the Atonement, SO grouped as to form
a cross with a tiny ruby at the joint.
which represents crop of blood. It
is ilse-i5eii u. ..aas..1-::sssa Lnthefo
Csthe1:nan Eeren. 8 June. 1859.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03
Dr.. Washington's Denial.

Booker T. Washington, yesterday.
when shown the statement published
recently to the effect that he had al
vised the President to remove all Afro
American ofice-holders in the South
from Office. said: Il nave given no
such advice; the statement is false
New York World.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

Col. John R. Marshall, of the Eighth
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

M. Dubois referred to the south and
the demand for Cinnamon to supplaDt
Afro-American labor, which remark
provoked disclaimers from Mr.. Clay
and Mr.. Tillman. The latter said the
south had conditions bad enough now,
without further mixing them up.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

President Roosevelt has given posi-
tive assurance to the friends of Gen
John S. Clarkson of Iowa that the lat
ter will be nominated for a second
term as surveyor Of the port of New
York. The story was published that
Gen. ClarksOn would not get another
term. His friends Immediately became
alarmed and took the matter up with
the President. who left no doubt as
to hiS intentions. The President spoke
well Of Gen Clarkson and gave the
promise that he should not be disturb
cd where he is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

The people Of South Carolina insist
upon supplying Speaker Cannon with
wearing apparel. The latest contribu-
ton from that state to the speakers
wardrobe is pair of white yarn socks.
They are the gift of the ''Kowie Cour-
Ter force of Marshall, S. c." The
socks are made of the same material
as the galluses that were presented
to the speaker some time ago. With
his new homespun suit, which also
came from South Carolina. and his
ga]iuses and his new socks the speak
Ell is walking advertisement of the
Industries of the state
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-02-03

The resolution of Mr.. Tillman asking
the committee on immigration to in
vestigate the facts Of the Chinese boy
colt Of American goods was laid before
the Senate Monday.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
stBASTOPoL IS IN FLAMES
SENSATIONAL RUMORS SAY SAIL
ORS HAVE MUTlNlED AND
FIRED TOWN.

ST. Petersburg, March %. - Most
sensational reports are current that
the execution of Former Lieut..
Schmidt. which has made a deep inn
preston throughout Russia, has
been followed by an extensive mutiny
of sailors at Sebastopol, the massa-
ere of their officers and firing by the
fortress upon the city. The truth of
the story is doubted, this being the
psychological moment" for the APP
pearance of such wild reports. No
press dispatches confirming the story
have been received, but if the report
should prove to be true the absence
of these might be accounted for by
the imposition of a censorship.
The alleged news came in the form
of two cipher kilograms to a promi-
nent member of the Social Revolu-
tionary party, such as the revolution
aries have sometimes been able to
transmit through accOmplices in the
telegraph offices when the public, and
even the government, has been unable
to communicate AS translated and
displayed at the offices of Radical
newspapers the kilograms say that
the sailors, Infatuated by the refusal
of Emperor Nicholas to pardon Lieut..
Schmidt and their sailors, seized and
imprisoned the majority of their Off
GERS. The dispatches add that the
city of Sebastopol is in flames.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
Foreign Notes.

The date of the marriage of King Al
fonso and Princess Ena has been set
for June 2.
In accordance with decision taken
in October, Emperor William has or
dered the German force in China to re
turn to Germany.
Archbishop O'Brien, Of the Roman
Catholic diocese of Nova Scotia,
Prince Edwards Island and Bermuda,
died suddenly at Halifax.
An incipient Carlist movement is re-
ported to have broken out in Catalonia,
Spain. The authorities have taken
step sto suppress the outbreak.
High tides and floods, due to gale
which prevailed throughout England,
and notably on the east coast, caused
considerable damage to sea walls,
promenades and piers.
DR.. Manuel Quintana, president of
the Argentina Republic, died of ca
tarrhal pneumonia, aged seventy-one
years. He was regarded as one Of the
ablest lawyers of his country.
The correspondent of the London
Tribune at Hongkong says that Capt.
Ward, commanding a detachment OF
forty artillerymen, will proceed to Pc
kin at the end Of the month to guard
the British legation.
The London Standards Berlin cor
respondent says that Emperor Will
lam, during the summer intends to
gazette his brother, Prince Henry of
Prussia, as commander-in-chief of the
entire active fleet on active service.
Former Premier Balfour returned to
the house of commons and assumed
the leadership of the opposition. He
was heartily welcomed on all sides.
The Irish members saluted Mr.. Bal
four with the cry of welcome, little
stranger"
Costa Gerakaris was sentenced to
death for the assassination of Premier
Delyannis of Greece, and Mitsea, the
proprietor of a gambling house at Ath-
ems, and the agitator of the assassina-
ton, was condemned to eight years at
penal servitude. The murder was in
stigated by the proprietors of gambling
houses which had been closed through
the premier's efforts.
Father Gapon has been arrested at
St, Petersburg on the eve of the in
quiry demanded by him into the
charge that his labor organization was
subsidized by the government. 1t is
intimated that Gapon arranged the ar
rest because he feared revelations and
desired to throw dust in the eyes of
his followers by giving himself the
appearance of being prosecuted by the
government.
The Ladysmith news and Ingram news. [volume] (Ladysmith, Wis.) 1905-1906, 1906-03-24
SEVERAL LIVES MAY BE LOST
Property Loss About Half a Million
Miners Have Close Call.

Property Loss About Half Million
Miners Have Close Call.
Ouray, Colo, March 20. = A mann
moth snowslide in the Mount Sneffels
district, six miles south of here, last
night wrecked the Camp Bird mine
mill, tram house, boarding house and
reading room. William Cressey is
known to have been killed and it is
feared that other lives were lost. A
number of men, it is reported, were
seriously injured. The property loss
is estimated at from 100000 to $780,
600.
. The Camp Bird bunk house, adjOin,
ing the reading room, which was
wrecked, narrowly escaped being en-
quilted and crushed. There were be-
tween 200 and $50 miners and mill
employees in this building when the
slide came down. The residence of
General Manager Cox also escaped
destruction
BY Narrow Margin.
The slide had largely spent its force
before reaching the assay shops and
general Offices of the Camp Bird mine.
This avalanche, which moves annual
ly and is called the United States
slide, was larger this year than ever
before. 1t started moving last even
ing at Z o'clock, following it's usual
course. AS a rule it spends its force
by the time it reaches the gulch, but
last night it continued on to the
Camp Bird mill, crushing it like an
eggshell. This large mill, being in
the direct path Of the avalanche,
checked it's terrific force, otherwise it
would probably have reached and de-
stroyed the bunk house.
The destruction of the provision
house at the Camp Bird mine cuts off
the food supply. The ESQ men en-
ployed in the mine, fearing other
slides may come, have taken refuge
in the tunnel. Preparations are being
made to rescue the men or get food
to them before the snow makes it i'm
possible to reach them.