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The Appeal., 1911-01-21
USING. TELEPHONE m MINES
Miners Get Used to Racket and Seem
to Have No Trouble IN Con
verstn9 Over Wire. 81 81

With the extension of the long dis
lance telephone system as far west as
Denver it is now possible to talk from
Chicago to the bottom Of some of the
deepest mines in the Rockies.
At Idaho Springs, where the New.
house tunnel has been run under the
mountains for over three miles to
connect q network of underground
workings, there is a mine now down
$500 feet. This mine, like many
others, has its own telephone system
which is connected with the surface
telephone lines. At the bottom of the
deepest shaft, $500 feet under the
mountain, there is now telephone in
strument, and standing there in the
bowels Of the earth one can call up
Chicago.
or course telephoning in a mine
isn't quite as easy as it is in a sound
proof telephone booth, especially il
the great drills are working. Never
theless the miners get used to the
racket and seem to have no trouble
talking over the telephone, though to
others It Is almost impossible at first
few attempts. s ~
They tried talking to Chicago last
summer, when the arrival of the long
distance telephone caused almost as
big sensation in Colorado as did
the first railroads. It is common oc-
currence to talk with Denver, forty
miles away, from some of the SUBJ
terranean workings in the Rocky
mountains.
The telephone instruments in the
mines are specially constructed with
view of protecting their delicate
parts from the dampness. AT Idaho
Springs there is regular telephone
system under one of the mountains
where there are over a hundred mines.
all of them tapped by an underground
railway through which the telephone
wires run.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
KEEP NOT SILENCE.

At a consistory to be held early in
March, the Pope will deliver an i'm
portant allocution of protest at the
loss of temporal power and territorial
integrity by the Holy See. He will
solemnly reaffirm the imprescriptible
rights of the Holy See in Rome
The allocution will notify Catholic
sovereigns and heads of state not to
visit Rome during the jubilee celebra-
ton of Italian unity in 1911. The Aus
trian, Spanish and Belgian govern
ments have formally assured the Vati-
can on this point.
1t is not thought that any state dip
lomatically represented at the Vatican
will disregard the protest, which is
merely intended to guard against the
possibility of the Holy Sees silence
being interpreted as tacit consent to
the present situation.
The Afro-American ought to protest
at all times and all occasions against
the wrongs to which he is subjected
in this country. "Silence is being in
terpreted as tacit consent" to the in
justice with which he is treated.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
ONWARD CHRISTIAN SOLDIER.

The Baltimore Star of last Satur-
day has a whole page Of religious
news. The Epworth Leaguers are
organizing a mission study; the Bap-
tist Union is busy; the Women's Mis-
sionary Society has some new scheme
to convert the heather. The Broth
erhood of St. Andrew will hear an ad-
dress on "The Forward Movement"
the Presbyterians will have a confer
ence to discuss "A Vital Question for
Every Church," the Catholics are at
work along many lines and the Meth
odists are getting ready for a Mon
ster Methodist Mass Prayer Meeting" !"
While all of the alleged religious
work was going on, the city council
enacted the law practically establish
ing a Ghetto for Afro-Americans.
American Christianity as exempli-
fed in Baltimore and many other
communities is a farce pure and
simple.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
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The Appeal., 1911-01-21
HOW is IT?

A single farming county in Alabama
with a negro population of 80 per cent
of the total shows loss Of 5000 in
habitants in ten years. The negro has
abandoned the cotton farm for the coal
mine, or the iron works, or city life.
He left the farm because the white
man next him grew more cotton the
acre planted than he could produce,
and that is law inexorable and self
executing.
The Afro-American has left the farm
and gone into the mill, because on the
former the rule is to cheat him out of
the last cent, while in the latter he is
paid good wages at short intervals.
We notice that according to Southern
journals, the Afro-American gets all
the prizes for first bales and best cot
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
STONE AND MARBLE CUTTER
Motor illustrated That Has Been In
vented for Drilling and Carving
by Means Of Pulleys,


Drilling, cutting and carving of mar
bic and stone has heretofore been done
by pneumatic tools, but now. electric
power 1s largely used to do this work.
The illustration shows motor for
this purpose suspended from the CELL
ing by means of pu1leys and counter
weight. The flexible shaft with the
tool attached hangs within easy reach
of the workman and the height can
be easily vartedk tn d shop 4quipped
with pneumatic drills and cutters
large tank Of compressed air must be
kept supplied from a compressor even
when only one or a few tools are be-
Ing used, while with an electric tool
the pendant switch hanging alongside
the shaft allows the motor to be STOP
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
HIS SOUL GOES MARCHING ON.

It is about concluded that Kansans.
in response to what they say is the
challenge of Virginia, will contribute
to the national valhalla," to be COM
pany with John James ingalls,, a statue
of John Brown, of Osawatomie and of
Harpers Ferry. And why not? Brown
is as representative of Kansas as Lee
is of Virginia, and it is designed that
every State select and send it's fair
sample. =
So says the Washington Post and
THE APPEAL agrees with the senti-
ment and hopes that the thing will be
done. And it furthermore hopes that
the statues will be placed directly op-
posite each other like Jachin and Boa
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

and Representative Mccall, the chair
men Of the Library committees in
Congress, and Senator Money and
Representative Camp Clark, the two
minority leaders in Congress-.
The commission is authorized to en-
ploy the services of such artists sculp:
tors, and architects may be necessary
and to avail themselves of the serv-
ices and advice of the Commission of
Fine Arts. The bill provides an ap-
preparation of 100000 to meet the ex-
penses of the commission.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
SATURDAY, JANUARY 21, 1911.
THE LINCOLN MEMORIAL.

For the purpose of erecting a me-
mortal in honor of the memory of Alb
raham Lincoln, to cost not exceeding
$2,000,000, the Senate has passed a
bill creating a commission. clothed
with authority to secure plans and
designs .u ...
The bill was brought to the atten-
tion of the Senate by it's author, Sen
ator Cullom, of Illinois, and was pass
ed without even the formality of dis
cussion.
The Lincoln Memorial Commission
is the name of the body authorized
by Congress to select the memorial
to Lincoln. Its. membership consists
OF President Taft, Senator Wetmore
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

DR.. Emil G. Hirsch of Chicago in a
recent speech called the "Hebrew
Question" a misnOmer and said
Christianity is on trial. His words
are true and may be applied to the
so-called NEGRO Question" There is
no NEGRO Question" in America The
question is will the. white man live
up to the precepts of Christianity or
will he continue to make it a farce as
at present?
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
Use Of Precious Metals.

Few persons realize what an enor-
nous amount of the precious metals
and even precious stones, such as
diamonds, are used in the manufac-
ture of telephone apparatus. In sim
gle year one company uses upward Of
ton Of platinum for this class of ap-
paratus alone. And platinum costs 30
per cent. more than pure gold, dem
onstrating that this expensive metal
would not be used so extensively un-
less results justified it. =,
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
Storage Battery Gives Light.

the whole can be carried by strap in
the top like grip The battery. is
along the back, in the bottom, and the
light comes down from the top in 'front.'
shedding its rays over the speakers
manuscript, which is pasted together
in one long strip and passes over roll
ers being turned by a handle at the
side. With such an apparatus lec-
turer need not dread speaking in
poorly lighted hall, and those who use
it for outdoor oratory can always count
on a well-illuminted manuscript on the
darkest night. The front, it will be
understood, let's down completely
while the top Is raised only few
inches.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
ELECTRICAL
"a NO1FS M||

The famous Hoosac tunnel will be
electrified. .<
A new meter registers how long q
telephone is used.
i. Liverpool claims to be the best light
ed city in the United. Kingdom.
Germany is experimenting with glass
telephone poles, reinforced with wire.
r The telegraph companies of the Uni
ted States employ about 10000 per-
sons. -..,,
The British admiralty has developed
a system of wireless telegraphy for
submarines.
An electric motor of 10000 horse
power is being built in England for
use in steel mill.
Hardened steel dies are produced by
electrolytic etching In recently
patented German process.
A piece of red string, tied to the
positive wires in an ignition system.
will save time and trouble.
Water flowing from subterranean
streams Of unknown depth is used for
power In a novel hydroelectric plant
in Arizona.
An electric potato peeler for hotels
and restaurants refolves q container
with roughened lining, which grinds
of the skins as the potatoes are driven
against it by centrifugal force.
For telling trees with as little waste
as possible a German inventor has de-
vised q machine which cuts through
their trunks by the friction Of steel
wire. driven at high speed BY On cleo.
tric motor.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

Recently a founding home in New
York sent So babies to Texas, where
they were adopted by Southern fam
lilies. The managers of the foundl-
ings' home have done those babies
great wrong. They will be brought
up in the. South, where. as !: they
grow : larger physically, their souls
will become dwarfed by their mar
row, provincial environment.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
Novel STAGE Effect.

said to have been the idea of an ac-
tress Of Charlottenburg. Miniature
lamps carried as personal decoration
In fancy dances have had pleasing
appearance, but this German per-
former has sought something more
sensational by covering her costume
with stripes Of finely divided metal.
and bringing each stripe into the cir
cult Of small electric current Of high
voltage and high rate. Of oscillation.
On.a darkeued stage. the figure ap-.
pears II q wild and startling garb Of
ribbons Of lightning.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
Substitute far Platinum.

A substitute for platinum in electric
light bulks is much: to be desired.
This metal is very rare and costly.
and even the minute pieces in the ESQ
million electric lamps manufactured
yearly have total value of more than
$50O.000. The proposition to use iron
wire in its place has now been made
by DR.. H. J. s. Sand, of Nottingham
University College. Hitherto only
platinum wire. has been satisfactorily
sealed into the bases Of the bulbs on
a commercial scale, but DR.. Sand
claims method OF sealing iron wire
vacuum-tight into glass. and has made
a successful demonstration of his
process.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
THE ] .
ELECTRICAL,
WORLD !.
QUITE HANDY FOR LECTURER
Portable Reading Box Equipped With
Storage Battery, Electric Light
and Manuscript Rollers.

. The lecturer and the stump speaker
who uses manuscript will hail with JOY
the invention Of two Californians. This
Is portable reading box equipped with
a storage battery and electric light and
rollers for the manuscript. The front
and side of the box are hinged and
open when it is to be used for lectur-
Ing. At other times they fasten, and
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
STRIKING Electrical Sion.

Al very striking electrical sign has
been set up in Denver, says Scientific
American. The sign represents sky
rocket shooting from the ground to a
height of $50 feet, where is explodes
into hundreds of sparks that fall in a
shower to the ground. This effect is
produced by successfully Illuminating
a string of lamps running up the side
of the building to the top of tall
framework on the roof. Over 1000
lamps are used to produce the effect.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
Stimulating Vegetable Growth.

A farmer in Texas has decided to
experiment with the use of electric
light for stimulating vegetable growth,
says Scientific American. He has ar
ranged to procure power from a
neighboring plant by which he will
supply net work of tungsten lamps,
placed $50 feet apart all over the
fields. These will be illuminated all
night, and it is expected that they will
increase the growth of the crops. .
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

the inscription placed under the cuts
of Dr.. Charles Bentley and Hon.
Richard T. Greener were transposed
inadvertently. They are both great
men and both fine looking ones, so
honors are about even on that score.
However, we humbly beg pardon for
the accident.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA. GEORGIA

AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim of this school is to do prac.
tlcal work in helping men towards sue.
cess in the ministry. Its course of study
Is broad and practical; it's ideas are high:
its work is thoro. Ugh; its methods ars
fresh. systematic. clear and simple
COURSE OF STUDY
Inc regular course Of study octup;e>
tnree years, and covers the lines OF work
;nstr IN tme several departments of theological
instruction usually pursued in the ieaG.
ing theological seminaries of he county,
EXPENSES AND AID.
M aultlon and room rent are free Tns
niste1 dt,ehents for students are p!ainiv fnr,
,3n51n aished Good board can be had for seve .ur
steam per month. Buildings heated by
,,;f4nd Add from loans without interest ann
no +o,d vi trends, are granted to deserv.
grace ef e. gifts and energy, need be cienrivaS vaS
in this is se1,;nat saav;antages now opened t. him
address vi 1o' 'ner particulars
REV. ,. w. e. BOWEN, d. u,
eS. CANNON Theological Seminary
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

in the porch of King Solomon's Tenn
pie. The first real encounter of the
civil war was between Brown and Lee
in the Harper's Ferry arsenal and each
represented the principle of his Sec
ton: Lee fighting to make slaves of
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
M0rriStoWnNorma
FOUNDED IN 1aa1

r0urteen teachers. elegant and COM
modlous buildings. Climate unsur-
PaSsGd; naTafdrv Departments; College Pre-
Sshorthand, Typewriting and Industria!
FIFTY DOLLARS IN ADVANCE.
VII pay for board, room, light. fuel
tuition and incidentals for the entire
ytearr Roard 5000 per month; tuition
SS.oO per term. Thorough work done
to the president ''' o"'''
Rev. Judson S. Hill. u. d..
MorriStOwn. Tenn
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

It is very discouraging to know that
nearly fifty years after Lineoln's proc
lamation there is an Afro-American
in the country so vile that he advo-
Gates the segregation of his race.
Such being deserves the execration
of all decent p ople.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

The Persian government has raised
us voice to appeal to the whole world
for justice against Great Britain and
Russia. All over the world people
are protesting against injustice and
wrongs. The Afro-Amerlcan in the
South is satisfied with his jim-crow
condition, at least he is not making
any protest.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
Little Device Looking Much Like Tape
Measure Affords Convenient, Self.
Supported Light.
"Flexilyte," looking very much like
tape measure enclosed in a leather
case, Is the name of the device shown

which takes the place Of an exten-
sion cord and light, says Popular
Electricity. r. p Provided with an attach
ment plug, 15feet OF cord, a crank on
one side of7-the case for winding up
the cord and a standard socket in the
center on the other side, the equip
ment affords a convenient, selt-sup-
ported light and an enclosure for the
unused cord,..
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

Charles V. Richey, Washington
Afro-American, has invented a device
which prevents the use of the phone
by non-subscribers, but does not in
terfere with incoming calls or mes
sages to be received. 1t will prob
ably put the inventor into the million
aire class
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
TILLOTS0N COLLECT

aus IN. TEXAS.
The Oldest and Best School In Texas
~ Colo'e et Students. Faculty nOstI,
graduates ol veil known colleges in tn
''orth. Reputation, unsurpassed. Manua
training part OF the regular course
Music a sDeciai feature Of the school.
Srecial advantages for earnest students,
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
SAMUEL HUSTON COLI EGE.
A CHRISTIAN SCHOOL.

H"1e HuU TXDtT1enCed FNCUI1y.
Progressive in all departments hes,
Methods Of Instruction. Health Of stud
ents carefully looked after STUDENTS
taught to do manual labor as well
as think. For ca ia loeue and other in.
formation. write to the. president
u. s. LOVINGGOOD.
Austin Texas
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
BRAINERD INSTITUTE
CHESTER. =. g..

" CHESTER, 5. c. N =
"A .nornlai and .industrial schuuI with q
sraueu course OF study. designed to give
= tnoroush, symmetrical and eomplete
isate Engelsh, education and lavs soid fonn.-
oatlon fer success: aid usefulness in eVerx
vocation or hfe Board and boarding hnii
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
AVERY COLLEGE,
TRADES SCHOOL:

AN 6GHENY. "a
A Practical, Literary and INDUS, ria.
Trades School for Afro-American 3oys
7nu Girls Unusual advantages for 'rlc
and separate building. Address
Joseph o. Mahoney. Principal;
Allegheny. Pa.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
SCOTIA SEMINARY
CONCORD. N. T..

CONCORD, n. c..
This we'll known school. established
tor the higher education of girls viii
open for the next term October ]
every effort will be made to provide
Tor the comfort. health and thorough
instruction of students. Expense for
board, light fuel. washing. S45. for
term OF eight months. Address,
Rev. ID. j. Satterheld. ID. H.,
Concord. N. e
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

The Republican platform,
adopted at Chicago, explicitly de-
nands Justice for all men with
out regard to race or color, and
Just AN explicitly declares tor the
enforcement. and without reser-
walton. in letter. and spirit of
the thirteenth, fourteenth and
fifteenth amendments to the Con-
stitutiOn. IL needless to state
that stand with my party
sgmarely ON that plank In the
platform, and believe that equal
Justice to all men and the fair
and impartial enforcement of
these amendments are in keeping
with the real Anne rican spirit Of
fair play.-HOn. VIM. Fl. Taft's 4
speech accepting Republication
nomination for Presidency.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

ped when the tool is not in use. Fos.
ter & Hoslet, Chicago, who make this
device, state that 400 blows minute
may be struck and that the vibration
SO common in pneumatic tools is
greatly reduced. ssss as-<E tf<s-.,sis-
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
THE MAN WHO DaREs

honor the man who in the con-
seientious discharge Of his duty dares
te stand alone; the world, with ignor-
ant, into'eTant judgment, may con-
denim, the countenances of relatives
may be averted, and the hearts Of
friends grow cold, but the sense of
duty done shall be sweeter than the
applause Of che world, the counten-
ances Of relatives or the hearts Of
friends.-charles Summer.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
LOCATION

LOCATION
In the Black Belt of Alabama where tia
blacks outrumber the whites three to one
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY
Enrollneut last year 1253; males, ss2:
;fslnales, 371: Average attendance. 1,1os.--
88.
COURSE OF STUDY
English education combined With industrial.
:sairing; zs industries in constant operations.
VALUE OF PROPERTY
Property consisting of 2.267 acres of land.
Vbu!1dings almost wholly built with student
aoor, Is valued at $350000, and no mortgage.
$50 oannral1y for the education of each stu.
s4t;' ($200 enables ore to finish the course;
- ZOO creates permanent scholarship. Students
!, ,ay their own board in cash and labor.)
!. ..Hney in any amount for current expenses
i!d building.
Besides the work done by graduates as class
%fssfa and industrial leaders, thousands "a
.cached through the Tuskegee Negro Confer.
svce, ~ .:--..a... :. .s
:Nuskegee is 10 miles east of Montgomery au5
- miles west of Atlanta. on the Western T:.*:.
]s:as:. s. Alabama. -. -. ..:
|Nskegee is quiet, beautiful Old Sc':!t*"..;..
S, and is an ideal place for study. ".t
is at all times mild s,,c :.7,t.s.,.'
S2g the place an exccz1c1ss W.. :S;s' :s
The Appeal., 1911-01-21

ST. PAUL OFFICE
No. 236 UNION BLOCK, 4TH & CEDAR
j. q. ADAMS, Manager.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
THE APPEAL
A National Afro-American Newspaper

PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ADAMS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
~ e. 4th St., St. Paul, ninn.
The Appeal., 1911-01-21
TuSkEGEE
Aornal and Industrial Ilstiiaij(,;;
- TUSKEGEE ALABAMA.

(1NcoRPoRArED)
organized July 4, 1881, by the State Lce,a
:ature as The Tusltegee State Norma; Sckanl
Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER r. WASHINGTON, PRINCIPAL,
WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer.
The Prescott daily news., 1911-06-10
WOMAN AND THREE KILLED
Prisoner in Charge os Three Officers Meets Death With Her Gus
 todians in Collision.

Bluefeld, w. Va. June g. 'our per sons are dead and one probably fatally injured as the result of being struck by Norfolk & Western train.
 Mrs. Martha Noel James Payne, the town constable; John Ashworth and Edward Jones were killed and Charles Oades, a negro, was injured seriously.
 Martha Noel and Charles Oades had just been tried on serious charge in a justice of the peaces office, and both were found guilty.
 They were turned over to Constable Payne, who started for his residence, where he was to keep the prisoners over night. Ashworth and Jones were helping Payne take the prisoners to his residence when they were struck.