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The evening world., 1911-09-16
He Was WILLING.

HERE was recently hailed into an Alsbsms
court . little Irishman TO whom I'M
tmng was . new experience. He was
no~xvei. unabashtd and wore an air Of Q man
oe,srnined not to get the worst Of IT,"
PRISONER at the bar called out the clerk
20 you wisn to challenge any Of the juryi"
Whereupon the Celt looked the mon In a..
ooa over carefully and with a skilled Eye.
wen, tell ye." he finally replied. "Oi,m
not exectly In t~raiuin'. but OF think Oi could null
corner. "-Lppincott's. :"
The evening world., 1911-09-16
Lots of Hunting.

THE talk had turned urou hunting and by
and by ono II the adult visitors, noting
'em'es rapt and eager look. remarked
chserily:
We'll. sonny. ! don't suppoe you've had ,
chance TO do much hunting YETI"
Not many kinds. but lots Of H." explsj,e,
Jamie. I've never hunted bears or lions. but Nv,
world!'--Chicsgo Record. Herald. ~
The evening world., 1911-09-16

Co. The New York World.
= EORGE'S cherry tree Is gradually
becoming a chestnut.
CUCCEsS depends largely upon your
- ability to go without something 10
eat until YOU reach the end Of the
rainbow.
A DISTINGUISHED scientist now tells
- us that the beet contains no more
blood than the turnip.
nfOGENES stole the lantern he used
- In looking for an honest man.
1T takes a genius to conduct himself in
! a way TO please the people who think
they know him.
9 ONE humorists are. in fact. but lit.
- erary BARRIERS who spend TIE time
In cutting the whiskers OF OF old jokes.
YOU should do whom you would be
l done by.
WHEN a doctor nnds that there 10 no
w change in his patient he quits cali.
Ing because ne can't afford to work for
nothing.
NOTING for some candidates for a
second term ic like turning the
other cheek.
The evening world., 1911-09-16
A Strange Sight.

A TRAVELLER who was seeing irland"
n In a mall cart berated the Irish driver for
missing a sight in q Part Of Dublin. A
few yards further and the cart came "a q sudden
stop. which almost threw tho passenger out.
Why did you stop 10 suddenlyt' ASKED the
man.
We'll. an there's 4 milestone" came the an
swer from Pat.
but what is there strange about . milestonei"
again Questioned the sizhtseer.
"Shure." spoke on, Pat, IAN 70 seldom see
two o them together. "-Philsdelphia Times.
The evening world., 1911-09-16
Just for the Fun of 1t.

Monsieur Faux Pas-Ah, 30 this Is
your leetle son. He is-what you say
IA chip of the old blockhead?-M. a. l..
why, the meat m potatoes ore quite
cold"
Yes, sir: you would have done better
to ave ordered n sandwich ut this time
Of day. but YOU particularly asked for
something hot."-London opinion.
The evening world., 1911-09-16
The Moral.

HE peristency with which children ~ In
Q fable some other moral than the one
which is intended that they shall see 10
often distressing" remarks q Philadelphis instrue.
tor Of the young. 81 had recitsd TO one little
boy the story Of the wolf and the lamb. and had
followed 1t up with the remark;
And now You see. Tommy. that the lamb
would not have been eaten by the vol had he
been good and sensible
-" Yes. ! understand said Tommy. IL the
lamb had been sood and sensible We ahonld have
had him to cat "-Lipnincotts Magazine.
The evening world., 1911-09-16
He Knew!

A LOUISVILLE baniter escorted his wife and
~ DAUGHTER to Z Lecture and then TO his
"A s1ies annoyance disappeared. He was ON
over. ~ "' "e'''ns was
Hello. there. Theodorv." sah q friend. meet.
ing the barrister and his family In the stree,
look at his wifes face. wv" "
No. be answered, lust eoing. "-Succs..
The evening world., 1911-09-16
Wise Saw.

A MBAssADOR JAMES BRYCE vas TALKING
"a a. . reception IN washingtou about the
. abolitioa Of "birchtns'' Of Etou. tho IA
nous English school.
II am sled" Mr.. Bryce said. that Eton boys
will b. no longer hirdhed. an afraid that
some Of the master Of Zion have hitherto he.
lieved too stronsJ TO- tAs apothesm A pupil's
seles Times.
The evening world., 1911-09-16

THAT fellow In making money hand
over fist"
How Is ne doing ~"
climbing . circus trApezs."LDaau-
moro american.
II have often predicted that my wtfe's
hair would be nice and curly At n4Sht.'
says the boarding house philosopher.
How did I know? Why. I cav Il In the
morning papers. Toledo Blade.
The evening world., 1911-09-16
BEAT Him TO IL.

whats the matter. little boy?'
"M-maw'c zone an drowned all the
kittens"
Dear. dear! Now. that's too bad"
Yep. she p-promised-boo hoo!-'at
c'u'd do 1.-THE Pathfinder.
The evening world., 1911-09-16

cabbage comes up suddenly she'll % over ant
Just then 1t came w. and over che vsnt."-ldeas
The evening world., 1911-09-16

to kill time?
Belle-Oh, she suppresses a few birth
days now and then.-Philadelphia Rec
ord.
The evening world., 1911-09-16

want to go to tho ball game to-mor.
row.
NO; I'd rather go to the matinee,
I'm sure of a happy ending there, =
Pittsburgh Post.
The evening world., 1911-09-16

NOTING for some candidates for a
second term ic like turning the
other cheek.
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
HOW LINCOLN GOT STRENGTH |
His Father a Tremendously Powerful
Man Physically. According to
Contemporary.

Thomas Lincoln was not tall and
thin, like Abraham, says Lannon's
Life of Abraham Lincoln" but COM
paratively short and stout, standing
about 5 feet 10 inches in his shoes
His hair was dark and coarse, his
complexion brown. his face round and
full, his eyes gray, and his nose large
and prominent. He weighed at diff
ferent times, from ITO to 1885, He
was built SO tight and compact" :"
that Dennis Hanks declares he never
could find the points of separation be-
tween his ribs, though he felt for
them often. He was little stoop
shouldered, and walked with slow,
halting step. But he was sinewy and
brave, and, his habitually peaceable
disposition, once fairy overborne, was
q tremendous man in a rough and
tumble fight. He thrashed the mon
strous bully Of Breckinridge county in
three minutes, and came OF without
scratch.
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
AMALGAMATION IN AMERICA,

Despite the prejudice against ANAL.
gamation, it is. fact that wherever
two races are in constant associa-
ton, it always and inevitably occurs,
notwithstanding the most stringent
laws against it. Mr. Frederic J.
Haskins says:
NEARLY 80 per cent of the Indians
of the United States have the blood
of at least two of the great races
of mankind. There are many who
add Negro blood, and cases where
even the fourth race has been added.
This comes about when a Chinese or
Japanese marries into an Indian
family that has black white, and red
blood in it's veins. No one would
think of taking Senator Owens or
Senator Curtis for Indians, except
that those who know them declare in
the vernacular that they are "good
Indians" yet they are classed with
the 100000 Indians in this country.
While the legal Indian-the one who
has much as one-thirty-second part of
Indian blood-is increasing in num-
Der, the real, pure-blooded Indian is
decreasing rapidly"
The Appeal., 1911-02-11

At noon Mr.. Lincoln's work was
Interrupted. The president Of the
United States was announced. Mr..
cessor to the capitol. The route of
the procession was the historic one
over which almost every president
since Jefferson had travelled to take
his oath of Office; but the scene Mr..
Lincoln looked upon as his carriage
rolled up the avenue was different
from that upon which one looks to-
day. No great blocks lined the
streets; instead, the buildings were
low, and there were numerous vacant
spaces. Instead of asphalt, the car
riage passed over cobblestones. Nor
did the present stately and beautiful
approach to the capitol exist. The
west front rose abrupt and stiff from
an unkept lawn. The great building
itself was still uncompleted, and high
above his head Mr.. Lincoln could see
the swinging arm of an enormous
crane rising from the unfinished dome.
But, as he drove that morning from
Wizards to the capitol, the president
elect saw far more significant sights
than these. Closed about his carriage,
$50 thickly," complained the newspa-
pers, "as to hide it from view." was a
protecting guard
Arm In arm with Mr. Buchanan,
Mr.. Lincoln passed through the long
tunnel erected for his protection, en-
tered the capitol, and passed into the
senate chamber, filled to overf1owing
with senators, members of the diplo-
matte corps, and visitors. The con-
trast between the two men as they
entered struck every observer. "Mr.
Buchanan was so withered and bowed
with age" wrote George w. Julian of
Indiana, who was among the spec
tators, that in contrast with the tow
ering form of Mr.. Lincoln he seemed
little more than half a man."
A few moments delay and the move
ment from the senate towards the
east front began, the justices of the
Supreme court, in cap and gown,
leading the procession. AS soon as the
large company was seated on the plat
form erected on the east portico of the
capitol, Mr.. Lincoln arose and advanc-
ed to the front, where he was intro
duced by his friend, Senator Baker of
| Oregon.
There was a moments pause after
the introduction, as he vainly looked
for a spot where he might place his
high silk hat. Douglas, who was seat
ed just behind him, stepped forward
quickly and took the hat which Mr..
Lincoln held helplessly in his hand.
IF I can't be president" he whis-
pered, smilingly to Mrs. Brown,
cousin of Mrs. Lincoln, II at least can
hold his hat
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
Photouraphs by Wire.

An invention which is attracting
considerable attention at the electri-
cal show in Madison Square Garden is
Prof. Korn's photo-telegraphic ma
chine, which sends photograph by
wire, and has never been exhibited
here before In public. The instru-
ment is installed at the east end of
the south aisle of the exposition, and
its workings are explained by an at
tendant. 1t is privately owned by a
correspondence school, and is not on
sale.
A photograph of President Taft, sent
by wire from Washington to New
York, and several other pictures thus
transmitted, show various degrees Of
definition and clearness. Prof. Korn
is German electrician. The instru-
ment consists of two long wooden
cameras, either Of which may be
used to receive or transmit a photo
graph. 1t preserves all the halftones,
and, carefully operated, secures sharp
ness of outline almost equal to the
copy.
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY II, 1911.
CAPITAL CAUCASIAN
CHRISTIANITY.

The Washington Herald, in recent
issue, has a long-winded editorial on
the goodness of the people of the
Capital City and among other things
says that the lives of the residents
are in keeping with the highest ten
cts of Christianity.
This may be true in some respects,
but when the color-line is reached
the Caucasians of Washington do not
follow the tenets of the meek and
lowly Nazarene. In no city in the
United States is there more bitter
race hatred, and there is less reason
for it than in many other places.
While there are many bad Afro
Americans, the percentage of intelli-
gence, refinement and wealth is large,
but this seems to infuriate the alleged
Caucasian Christians and cause them
to hate their Afro-American brethren
The Appeal., 1911-02-11

without any war, but the people of
Europe thought differently and there
fore withheld their sympathy from our
cause. Had they realized what the
South was really fighting for they
would have given us assistance and we
would have defeated the North.''
THE APPEAL is surprised that a
man of Senator Blackburn's reputed in
telligence would have the temerity to
make such statement. The people
of Europe were better prepared to
render unbiased judgment in the mat
ter than the partisans on either side
here in the United States and they
came to the conclusion that the South
was fighting to perpetuate hideous
moral wrong and gave their moral sup
port to the North.
Senator Blackburn's talk is another
evidence of the organized effort of the
South to pervert the facts of history.
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
the more bitterly.

| the more bitterly. >E..
The Caucasian hypocrisy has been
strikingly shown on several occasions
within the past year. In one fashion
able street, there is a block contain
| ing many fine residences. Among
them, however, are a few shacks oc-
cupied by low-grade Afro-Americans,
but the aristocratic whites and lowly
blacks have lived in harmony for
many years.
Last year a wealthy Afro-American,
with an income of about $4,000 per
! annum, purchased one of the fine
houses and moved into it. The gentle
man is man of the highest charac-
ter, his wife is lady of refinement,
a graduate of one of the leading
American universities and also a
graduate of famous German conser-
vatory of music, in fact the entire
family is infinitely superior in every
respect to any white family in the
block, but the Caucasian Christians
became indignant at what they called
Negro INVASION" and began to
move away one by one and now they
| have all gone, many who owned their
own home having sacrificed them to
get away from Afro-American Chris
tians.
And by the way, it was committee
of Washington Christians which de-
creed that no Americans should
be permitted to take part in the Sum-
day school parade in that city last
year.
Few Caucasian Christians live up to
the highest tenets of Christianity
when the color-line is reached
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
WHY WAR WAS NOT ENDED
humorous Story Current Among Civil
War Soldiers Poked Fun at
State Of Arkansas.

The soldiers at Helena, in Arkan-
sas, used to amuse the inhabitants of
that place, on their first arrival. nv
telling them yarns, of which the fol-
lowing is sample:
Some time ago jeff Davis got tired
of the war, and invited President Lin
coin to meet him on neutral ground
to discuss terms of peace. Thev met
accordingly, and after a talk con-
cluded to settle the war by DIVIDING
the territory and stopping the fight
ing. The north TOOK the northern
states and the south the. gulf and
seaboard states. Lincoln took Texas
and Missouri, and Davis Kentucky
and Tennessee, SO that all were mar.
celed of excepting Arkansas. Lincoln
didn't want it-Jeff wouldn't have If
neither would consent to take it, and
on that they split; and tie wa- aaa
gone on ever since.''
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
Uses Bed for "Wireless."

Robert A. Morton of Brooklyn, a
senior at. Harvard College and stu.
dent of wireless telegraphy, has used
a common iron bedstead as the
"aerial' for transmission and recep-
tion of wireless messages.
The bedstead is not on the roof, as
one might believe, but reposes in it's
rightful place in the bedroom of the
eXperimenter. 5@
With windows and doors and all
other openings to the outer world
closed, the messages come and go by
medium only of the bedstead, proving
Morton's contention that an aerial on
a roof is not a necessity, and that
wireless messages will piece anything
but steel. = r.
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
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which is adjustable to high and low
water pressure. The motor has no
springs inside and has no gear, so
there is no danger of children being
injured around this machine, as they
are around some types. Small as the
apparatus is, it is extremely powerful
and will pull rub-board dasher as
easily as it will prong-dolly, which
is the technical name for the plunger
that pounds up and down in the tub
and churns up the clothes. Another
feature of this machine is that the
plunger can be raised and lowered by
handle, If for any reason it is not
practicable to use the electric power.
1t does not take up much room and
Is attractively made.
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
ELECTRICITY IS GREAT AID.
Used In Connection with ultra-RapId
cinematograph Of Marcy Instl-
tute Of Paris.

The ultra-rapid cinematograph Of NJ.
Bull, with which the Marcy Institute
of Paris has been making stereoscopic
views of flying insects and breaking
bubbles, takes pictures with exposures
at the rate of 1000 per second, the
sensitive film being driven at the av-
erage speed of 130 feet per second.
The usual stop Of the film at each ex-
posure is impossible at this speed.
but sharp image on the moving film
is given by the electric spark not
exceeding 100000 of second. The
two long strips of film are wound on
a reel or wheel 1874 inches in diam
eter, inclosed in light-proof case.
The reel is driven by an electric mo-
tor and tifty-four strips of copper
around it's axis make and break the
primary circuit of an induction coil
ffty-four times at each turn, each in
terrupt1on causing the secondary of
the coil to flash across pair of spark
gaps arranged at a short distance in
front. A series of quartz and Iceland
spar lenses transmits the light rays
to the aperture or ground glass of
the film case. Special devices are
necessary to bring a flying insect
within the field of view, and in one
form the insect moves a light mica
door in escaping from a glass tube,
thus making contact starting the shut
ter mechanism as flight is begun to-
ward the nearest window. The pic
lures made being shown by the ordi-
nary cinematograph at the rate of
fifteen or less per second, instead of
1,50o and 1000, the rapid motions
photographed are easily seen.
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
clock Keeps Perfect Time.

The most accurate timekeeper in
the world is said to be the electric
clock in the basement Of the Berlin
observatory. It is inclosed in an air
tight glass cylinder, and has frequent
ly run for periods of two or three
months with an average daily devia-
ton of only fifteen one-thousandths
of second. Yet astronomers are not
satisfied even with this, and efforts
are continually being made to secure
ideal conditions for a clock by keep
ing it not only in an air-tight case,
but in an underground vault where
changes neither Of temperature nor of
lbarometric pressure shall ever affect
it-Harper's Weekly.
The Appeal., 1911-02-11

M%N "A bhEAh OIL MafCQ 4, 1851,
HMM says Miss Tarbell, found
the city of Washington
SGW astir. The senate, which
CNN had met at 7 o'clock the
night before, was still in
session; scores of persons who had
come to see the Inauguration of the
first Republican president, and who
had been unable to find other bed
than the floor, were walking the
streets; the morning trains were
bringing new crowds. Added to the
stir of those who had not slept
through the night were sounds un-
usual In Washington-the clatter of
cavalry, the tramp of soldiers.
All this morning hustle of the city
must have reached the ears of the
president-elect at his rooms at Will
lard's hotel. where from an early hour
he had been at work. An amendment
to the constitution of the United
States had passed the senate in the
all night session, and as it concerned
the subject Of his inaugural, he must
incorporate reference to it in the ad-
dress. Then he had not replied to the
note he had receivd two days before
from Mr.. Seward, asking to be releas-
ed from his promise to accept the
portfolio of state. He could wait no
longer.
Il can't Afford" he said to Mr.. Mic.
olay, his secretary, ito let Seward
take the first trick
And he dispatched the following let
ter:
my Dear Sir-Your note of the End
instant, asking to withdraw your &C.
ceptance of my invitation to take
charge of the state department, was
duly received. 1t is the subject of
the most painful solicitude to me, and
I feel constrained to beg that you will
countermand the withdrawal. The
public interest, think, demands that
you should; and my personal feelings
are deeply interested in the same di.
rection. Please consider and answer
by 9 a. m. tomorrow. Your obedient
servant. A. LINCOLN"
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
ELECTRICAL
"A NOIFS y

A tiny electric device is used to
test the action of the heart
The River Jordan is to be utilized
for irrigation and electrical power.
A large German electric power sta.
ton is relying wholly upon peat for
fuel.
OF the 22,334 miles of telegraph
lines in Chile the government owns
1858 miles.
Syria is soon to have its first tele-
phone system, linking the towns in
the Lebanon mountains. .t
An electric railroad tunnel under
the sea to connect Sweden and Den
mark has been proposed.
The beech is less often struck by
lightning than any other tree; 54 oaks
are struck for one beech.
In the canal zone it is the custom to
keep electric lights burning inside pi-
amos to prevent the wires rusting.
A pulsating vacuum pump, oper-
ated by an electric motor, is nov
eltv in the line of milking machines.
Not only are aluminium wires for
the transmission of electricity cheap
er than copper, but they shed water
more readily and thus are less liable
to damage by sleet storms.
Fresh peaches are to be exported
from the Delaware and Georgia or
chards to England as the result of
successful experiments made with the
nroduct of the Canadian orchards.
The German postal authorities are
experimenting with an electric sub
terranean railway system for trans
portation of mail from the railway
stations to the postofices, small loco.
motives and cars being used.
The Appeal., 1911-02-11
M0 ar2DIMyx 1.c. circuit:
Transformer on Bell Circuit.

but it was this particular application
which made the hit. 1t was something
the people needed and it sold like ''hot
cakes" Pretty soon there were lot
of manufacturers putting out these lit
tie transformers.
But there are thousands of bells still
unrung by the alternating current, so
there is room, no doubt, for a new
conner in the feld-the K-B low volt
age transformer The drawing shows
the scheme of connecting it up to the
circuit. It may also be- used to oper-
ate fan motors, toy motors, low-volt-
age lamps and Christmas tree lighting
outfits.