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The Lucky Horseshoe.

2YD HY Is the horseshoe considered luckyf That question has puzzled W people for ages and has only lately been answered. The idea began among primitive races, owing to their cult of the new moon, and their consequent as- scciation of the crescent or horseshoe shape with the idea of recovery and good fortune. Interesting examples of the use of the symbols to which magical power was attached. have been collected among the prehistoric people of Europe. The horses shoe. handed down from the aia- clients, is one of the most prominent sym bols of the present interpretations age.
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the long term of school. The party was to take place in the evening of February twenty second.
 There never wns happier boy than Georgie King the day preceding the party His costume came home-it had been made by his fathers tailor-and was a duplicate of suit worn by the Great Washington when he was youth of 16. Georgie had made a tireless search through the reference library to find n
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-19

every little guest was to be sent home. The supper had taken exactly one hour. And the dance should be enjoyed from till the hour set for Home, Sweet Home." That gave an hour for social conversation, recitations and music, be- tween supper and dancing.
 The evening wore long and the merry young folks were deep in the pleasure
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of his appearance in the costume. and kept it on till his father came home to supper. MT. King paid his son many fine compliments when the happy young ster walked about the room showing off,"
 If only might do something" com plained Georgie. "I ought to become hero-in these clothes"
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of dancing when something happened. Overhead in the dining-ro room a temporary chandelier had been swung on which rested a dozen waxen candles of various bright tints. While an old fashioned qual- rille was in progress one of the blazing
 candles fell from this chandelier. It
 struck against the sheer pink frock of
The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-02-19
HIDDEN PRovERB.
FIND GEoRGEN

HIDDEN PROvERB.
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 l. We are never too old to learn
 2. Always burn your bridges behind you. 3. The world will not weep with you 4. A candle gives dim light.
 Q. Go at an even gait.
 6. It is well to be both watchful and patient
 '. Every walking stick has two ends.
 zIGZAG PUZZLE.
 This zigzag contains seven words of four letters each. If the words are rightly guessed and written one below another their zigzag letters, beginning with the upper left-hand letter and end ing with the lower left-hand letter. will spell professional men whose services are often required in every home The cross- words are :: 1. Loose dry soil 9 A place where ships put into shore. 8. fasten- ing. A. A place where hay is kept. 5. A small grassy spot 6. To make supplica. tion. to the Creator. z. Words set to music
 ANSWERS ITO LAST WEEKS PUZZLES. CHARADE--Whfp-poor -,ctl. 1. Whip. 2. Poor. 8. VIII
 PRIMAL ACR0STJC-Acrosttc. Cross. cords: 1. Andes. ?. CIode. 8. Ro0ds, 1. Oceon. 5. Socks. 6. Trade T. IdlerI & Cdndy.
 BEHEA DINGS AND CURTAILINGE- 1. BriJe-fi6. 2. Scribe-crfb.
 REBUS-Skdtin0 6 inc for rosy cheeks these scfnter ddys. i ZIGZAG PUZZLE = History. Cross. tcords: l. Hcdd. ?. Nile. 8. Ftst. 1. 6oot 6. Poor. 6. Bran. [. YGle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
GRANDFATHER CLAUSE VOID.

Judge John H. Cotteral of the United
States District Court at Oklahoma
City, Okla.,. has overruled the demur-
rer of defendants in the case of the
United States against four election
officers, holding the grandfather
clause" amendment to the state con-
stitution invalid, because it is in VIC
lation of the Fifteenth amendment to
the Federal Constitution.
The power to grant the right to
vote, the Court held, was not given to
the Federal Government, but the
Fifteenth Amendment decreed that the
right to vote should not be denied any
person because of race, color or pre-
vious condition of servitude"
To make the subsection of certain
individuals to the educational test
dependent on their condition before
1865 would make it dependent on their
race and color, the Court held.
The grandfather clause exempts
from the educational test" those
whose ancestors were entitled to vote
on January /, 1866, or were residents
of foreign country Under this clause
Afro-Americans were denied the right
to vote.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
CIVILIZATION CAME FROM
= .. AFRICA.

Angelo Mosso, a famous Italian
author, has written a book on ''The
Dawn of Mediterranean Civilization .
in which he gives the Aryan theory
a hard blow. .... a..
Civilization didn't come from the
East, he says, backing up what Prof.
Sergi Of the University OF Rome and
his followers have declared from time
to time. Eve found out things for
ourselves and Africa supplied the rest
of our knowledge T. 1885, ...a
Not even in Egypt does the new
school admit any great Asiatic in
f1uence. Before the Pharaohs came
that is, before 5000 B. C.-the customs
and beliefs Of the dynastic periods
were we'll started.
Mosso says natura1ists are agreed
in admitting the preponderating in.
fluence of Africa upon the population
of Europe From Africa man pro-
badly passed to: Europe, and in the
Stone Age had increased so as to
form considerable population. Ger.
tain scientists have for years declared
that the fair races have always dom
mated their darker brethren and civi
lization came through them alone, sc
THE APPEAL may be pardoned fol
expressing great satisfaction at the
fall of the ARYAN theory;
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
THE MISSISSIPPI "UPLlFT."

Declaring Mississippi to have been
leader in all the gerat movements
for the uplift of humanity, Representa-
tive E.. S. Gambler, Jr., of the First
Mississippi district in an address be-
fore a large audience of Mississippians
at Washington, D. c., recently, rev.
viewed the history of the state and
praised the "uplift" movement.
Representative Gambler did not
touch on national political questions
but praised Mississippi for being the
first to enact legislation which in
effect eliminates the Afro-American
electorate. He also praised the many
laws enacted by his home state for the
purpose Of keeping the Negro in his
place." .........
Mr.. Gambler failed to refer to the
"uplift movement" most popular il
Mississippi, that is the "uplift" of 6
black man with one end of a rope
around his neck, the other end be;ns
pulled by mob of the best citizens.
In this 'uplift" of the down trodder
race, Mississippi has an unenviable
record, and in the number of mol
murders leads all states in the Union
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 1911.
THE HUMAN INTELLECT HAS
CEASED TO GROW. ....

Neville Champerlain, and English
psychologist, after some years of
study concludes that the human in
tellect has ceased to grow Mr.
Chamberlain means that the brain
capacity of the highest type of eau
casian of today is no higher than that
of the cultured Greeks of $500 years
ago, for instance.
Mr.. Chamberlain calls attention to
the fact that the Japanese, Chinese,
Babus of India and Bushmen of Aus
tralia were regarded as peoples of in
ferior intelligence half century ago
on account of their crude civilization
and moral codes. Now students from
those countries in European univer-
sites compete successfully with the
descendants of q line of men who
have been in touch with what we re,
gard as high civilization.
Mr.. Chamberlain might have also
called attention to the Afro-American
students, whose parents were slaves
less than fifty years ago. They have
shown the same mental capacity as
the Caucasians and in many instances
have outstripped their white fellow
students and carried of the honors in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
VILE CAUCASIANS.

Two men and woman, all mem
bers Of the superior race of Wash
ington, D. G. were recently sentenced
to short terms in the penitentiary for
attempting to extort $1,000, by means
of the badger game" from a rich He
brew, who had been lured to the wo-
mans apartments, and had been pho
tographed while with her. The pic
lures shown were the most obscene
and the testimony of the details of the
case was the vilest ever given in the
Capital City and are a sad reflection
on the degeneracy of the Caucasian
American. The slums of Washington
have never produced Negroes so de-
graded as these superior" whites, and
yet these badgers" got Off with two
years each, while a black man was
sentenced to fifteen years for snatch
ing q white woman's pocketbook.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
the great universities of the countr

CASTE CHRISTIANITY IN AFRICA.
The alleged Christians in South
Africa, who have proved to be ex-
perts in drawing the color line polit-
ically, have introduced it into the
church as the following will show:
Zone of the clauses of the Dutch
Reformed Churches Bill provides that
in the United Church colored mem
bers of the Cape Church today will
not be entitled to membership of the
United Church in neighboring Prov
ince. On this vital clause, which at
the outset Mr.. Louw, who is in charge
of the Bill, declared to be an absolute
essential to the Union of the Churches
in the various Provinces, issue was
joined, and a most memorable and
dramatic debate resulted. Broadly,
the supporters of the clause, promi-
nent among whom was the Prime Min
lister, defended it on the ground that
it followed the principle laid down in
the Act of Union. The clause was
denounced with passionate earnest
ness in notably eloquent speeches by
Mr.. Merriman, Mr.. Quinn, Mr.. Theo.
Schriener, and Sir George Farrar.
The clause was defended in a rather
notable speech by General Hertzog.
The clause was carried on division
by 81 votes to q.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
!. NATIONAL BUSINESS LEAGUE.

/ The National Negro Business
League will hold its Twelfth Annua!
Meeting at Little Rock Arkansas
! Wednesday. Thursday and Friday
August 10th, 18th and 18th, 1911
| Those intending to be present should
! notify W. NJ. Alexander, Chairman
Committee on Homes, 5041s w. 9th
Street, Little Rock, as early as pos,
sible
Governor George w. Donaghey, of
Arkansas, is manifesting great inter
est in this coming meeting, and has
assured the Local League Of his en-
tire willingness to do everything pos
sible toward making the meeting a
success. Governor Donagley, the
Little Rock Chamber of Commerce,
and the most important white citizens
of Little Rock joined with the Local
League of Little Rock in inviting the
National Organization to Little Rock
!. The annual meetings of the National
Negro Business League are yearly in
creasing in value and helpfulness to
the race. They bring progressive
colored men and women together
from every section of the country,
anu oAOlu q CAdAC0 W DSCOu10 DC
quainted and exchange ideas with
each other. W..
Hon. J. E.. Bush, member of the
Executive Committee Of the National
organization, is the leading spirit in
all Of the activities now being made
for the coming meeting, and is especi-
ally anxious to have Northern mem
bers of the League present in large
numbers ''It is no further from New
York to Little Rock than it is from
Little Rock to New York, and Ar
kansas has always been largely re-
presented at every meeting Of the
National Organization Mr. Bush
assures the Northern members that
the progress which the colored people
of Arkansas have made will fully
warrant their coming South in large
numbers. .u -
The railroads have already con-
sented to make an attractive rate for
this coming meeting. and delegates
are especially urged to give attention
to the matter of arranging for Pull
man or tourist car parties. r.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, aPresi-
dent, Tuskegee Institute, Ala
J. c.. -, NAPIER, Chairman, Executive
Committee, Washington, d. C.
EMMETT J. SCOTT, Corresponding
Secretary, Tuskegee Institute, Ala.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
AMERICA VS.. INDIA.

DR.. George A. Dorsey, who is travel
ing IN India, writes:
America says all India is full Of
holy men, stammering gospels in
strange tongues, shaken and con
sumed in the fires of their own zeal,
dreamers, babblers, Missionaries"
And India replies: "The west is
chaos; mountebanks and methodists,
criminals, gamblers and graduates,
populists and poets; whites, blacks
and red skins Christians, Unitarians
and atheists; shams and delusions;
reckless of life, impatient, restless,
worried, mad. and everybody talking
through his hat and nose. I,
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
: WORLDS CONGRESS OF RACES.
Fifty Countries to be Represented al

Fifty Countries to be Represented at
Gathering in London.
The first Universal Races Congress,
which promises to be one of the most
influential gatherings yet held in Lon
don, will take place from July 26 to
20, under the presidency of Lord Wear
dale, at the Imperial Institute.
Among those supporting the. con-
gress are representatives of so coun-
tries, over Is presidents of parlia-
ments, the majority of members of the
Permanent Court of Arbitration, and
of the delegates to the second Hague
Conference, twelve British governors
and eight British premiers, over 40
colonial bishops, 100 professors Of in.
ternational law, the leading anthro.
biologists and sociologists, the officers
and the majority of the council of the
nterparliamentary Union, and other
distinguished persons.
The object of the congress is "te
discuss in the light of modern knowl
edge and modern conscience the gen
eral relations subsisting between the
peoples of the West and those of the
East, between the so-called white and
the so-called colored peoples, with {
view to encouraging between them {
fuller understanding, the most friend
ly feelings, and heartier co-Qpera
ton"
The congress will be truly an as
semblage of all the races of the world
and it is noteworthy that each rae
is represented by a paper from a dis
| tinguished member of the people con
cerned. The honorary general secre
tary is Gustav Spiller, sc South HUI
Park northwest. .:- r.s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA.QE0RGLA

fANo AMI NEtt1ODo.
The aim Of this school is to do prac.
tical work in helping men towards sue
cess in the ministry. It's course Of study
is broad and practical; it's ideas are hkeh:
its work is thorough; it's methods arc
fresh. 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
h1 lS Good board can be had for seven
aodiars per month. Buildings heated by
Aid from loans without interest. and
E11ts or friends, are granted to deserv-
ing students who do their utmost in the
grace, gifts and energy. need be deprived
OF the advantages now opened t. him
address l0' Nv o'"'
REV. j. w. e. BOWEN, d. d.
Pres. Cannon Theological Seminary
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

.
Holmes: vice presidents, Rev. D. e.
Wiseman, James G. Napier, G. w.
Atkinson, q. w Bass, "a. w Snow;
secretary, James Waters; treasurer,
Mrs. Alma j. Scott Tuesday night
their was a banquet at Minor Hall at
which plates were set for more than
$50. A number of short and brilliant
tcasts were responded to-
On June 2, President leaves Wash
sington for Chicago. He will spend
the night of8the Sd in that city, return
ing to Washington the next morning.
He will deliver an address upon re
ciprocity at Orchestra Hall The.
Hamilton Club, a Republican organiza-
ton will invite the President while
he is in Chicago to lay the corner
stone for their new club house some
time next August.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

AS Mr.. Gambler is a member of the
Baptist church and was at one time
the moderator Of the Fishomingo
Baptist Association is it not queer that
he did not tell the whole truth and
enumerate all Of the things which have
made Mississippi famous or Infamous?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

Prof. D. Webster Davis delivered a
lecture Tuesday evening at Shiloh
Baptist Church on Fits and Misfts.'
He was introduced by Hon. W. H.
Lewis, assistant attorney general
The proceeds will be used to purchase
an oil painting Of John Mercer Lang:
ston, which will be presented to
Howard University The students OF
the National Baptist Training School
furnished the music.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
TILLOTSON COLLEGE,

AUSTIN. TEXAS. ~
The Oldest and Best School in Texas
for Colored Students Faculty mostly
graduates OF web known colleges in the
North. Reputation unsurpassed. A1anua.
training part Of tive regular course
Music a special feature OF the scnool.
srecja1 advantages for earnest students
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
MorristoWnN ormaIC College

r. PcCN0A0 ~ 1851.
Fourteen teachers elegant and conn.
modious buildings. Climate unSur-
passed. Departments: College Pre-
;paratory Normal. English. Music,
Training. - -
FIFTY DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
Will pay for board. room. light. fuel.
tuition and incidentaIs for the entire
year: Board $500 per month: tuition
500 per. term. Thorough work done
in each department Send for circular
to the president. Il ....-1-- -
Rev. Judson s. Hill. ID. d..
Morristown, Tenn
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
LOCATION

LOCATION
In the Black Belt of Alabama where tia
blacks outnumber the whites three TO one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrolment last year 1888; males, 1872:
tenales, 81. Average attendance. 1,105--
Instructors, 88. -.
COURSE OF STUDY d.
English education combined With industrial
:eairing; Is industries IN constant operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY
Property consisting of 2.267 acres of land.
20 buildings almost wholly built with student
s5or, is valued at $3500OO. and no mortgage.
NEEDS
$50 annually for the education of each stu
i.snt; ($200 enables ore to finish the course:
Ea,0O0crestes permanent scholarship. Students
gay their own board in cash and labor. }
f.-oney in any amount for current expenses
I'D building. 80 a
Besides the work done By graduates as class
COON and industrial leaders, thousands >r0
reached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer
euce.
:Easkegee is 20 miles east of Montgomery an$,
80 miles west of Atlanta, on the Western Es..a'
aosM o. Alabama. Gs ..I 3.
Sssaskegee is quiet, beautifuf old Scfs.sbss.s,
Band is an ideal place for study. TIE -
rs 10 at all times mild end t::t1tns'., ~.
&g tbs place an ezccaieus Vs;asss'' is..;-:S
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

Secretary of the Treasury Franklin
.MacVeagh has returned to the city
from the West where he has made
several speeches endorsing the central
reserve association plan of the none
tary commission. ...@. e..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
BRAINERD INSTITUTE

A normal and Industrial school with q
graded course Of study. designed tc give
2 thorough. symmetrical and comr!ete
English education and Law a solid foun-
cation fer success and usefulness in every
vocation Of life. Board and boarding halt
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

The Mertens Orchard Company
owns an orchard of $4,000 acres which
is being planted with apples. They
have in their employ in this mammoth
orchard about 500 men, the majority
being Afro-Americans.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

Lord Percy, son of the Duke OF
Northumberland, an attache Of the
British Embassy. at Washington, is
the guest of Dr. Booker T. Washington
at Tuskegee. He is studying the
methods of education employed there
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1911-06-03

Hon. Whitefeld Mckinley, collec-
tor of the Port of Washington has re-
turned from his trip to Tuskegee, we'll
pleased with what he saw there.