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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
Supreme Courts Little Suits Make Biq Problems

the basis of another suit On it's out
come will depend whether physicians
are liable for burns, by X-rays in
Photographic patients.
Over the meaning of the word "auc-
ton comes case from the Hawaiian
islands. Arrests were made there for
the alleged violation of a law requir-
ing license for sales at auction. The
sales in question were made to retail
fish dealers. The point is raised
whether this was an auction, and If
so, If there is distinction between
public and private" auctions.
Whether the government must pay
for the forage for two horses for the
late Maj Nathaniel H. Mclean of Gin
clnnati and for two servants is involv-
ed in another case. The point arises
as a result of his reinstatement in the
army. The horses and servants were
employed after he retired from the
army and before he was reinstated
by congress.
The shipment of wedding ring by
Edward H. Croninger, Cincinnati
jeweler, to Atlanta, Ca, by the Adams
Express, precipitated a case which
will determine whether express CON-
panies, since the passage of the Hep
burn rate law, may limit their liabil-
tiles for loss of articles.
Whether the back of bay win
dow may form party wall" is the
basis of dispute between Lewis E.
Smoot and the Hoyl heirs of the Dis
trict of Columbia, to come before the
court for decision.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
Postmaster General Hitchcock a Night Worker

IT took one man, from a western
L city, nearly a week to find out
something about Frank H. Hitchcock,
the postmaster-general, that many
Washlngtonians acquainted with the
inner workings of the postof1ice de-
partment knew.
This man went day after day at 9
o'clock in the morning to Mr.. Hitch
cocks office and waited patiently to
zee the acknowledgement. He be-
gan to have set ideas about the post
nlaster-general and what he consid-
ered the necessity of making cabinet
officers do more work, or at least main
tain some sort of regular office hours.
On the night of the fifth day the
man dropped into the postofice build.
ing. He did not know just why, but
he thought he might get some tip
from the Waterman. The only person
IN sight was the elevator man.
Il wantz-tos+ see-~ Mr.. Hitchcock" he
said. Can you "-.--
Have you an appointment with
him?" interrupted the elevator man,
with his hand on the lever ready to
start the car
The visitor had a brilliant idea.
YES" he quickly replied.
"All right" the elevator operator
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28

w ASH1NGTON.- From small begin.
" nings have arisen some of the
most perplexing questions to be pass
ed upon by the Supreme court this
fall and winter.
Thomas w. McComb had splendid
luck duck hunting in Tinicum town
snip, Delaware county, Pennsylvania,
year or so ago. Probably to his
surprise that days outing will bring
MIN to the Supreme court. He was
prosecuted for using an automatic
gun in the hunt In defense he at
lacked the constitutionalitya of the
pennsylvania law against the use of
that type of weapon.
Matthias Schmidinfer, Chicago
oaKer, Is said to have made his loaves
OF bread trifle to small one day and
was fined $500 for violating city or
dlnance regulating the size of loaves.
he will ask the Supreme court to de-
clare the ordinance a violation of the
Fourteenth Amendment to the Con.
stltut1on of the Uuited States.
A burn on the back of Anne Swee-
ney of the District of Columbia forms
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
Some Good Things Left for the Hungry Ones

r HERE are in the entire government
L service an army of more than AGO.
900 men and women. Of these more
than 100000 are protected by the civil
service, some by law and some by
executive order OF the remaining
100000 or SO only 1882 are direct
presidential appointees. The remain
der are appointed by the heads of de-
partments, but will, of course, be sub
ject to removal by the incoming ad-
ministration
Of the 1852 direct presidential ap-
pointments, 9,949 must be confirmed
by the senate.
In addition to this large army Of
Office holders and government employ
es, all under the executive branch of
the government, there are more than
1000 appointments under the control
of congress. Part of these the Demo
Gratis now have, but they will gain
more through the control of the Unit
ed States senate.
President Wilson's available patron
age disbursements will be much larg-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
Society Formed at Capital to Study Spanish

organization and among those who
already have signifed their willing
ness to become corresponding mem
bers are the Princess Teresa Of Ba-
varia, Sir Clements Markham, K. C.
B.; Senior Quesada, former minister
here from Cuba; Senior Rafael Alti-
mira, Spain; Senior Jose T. Medina,
Chile; Senior J. Lafone Quevedo, Ar.
gentina, and DR.. Rafael Villavicencio,
president of the National Academy OF
History of Venezuela.
The society purposes to have fire.
quent meetings, when there will be
lectures and discussions on literary.
historical and scientific subjects, and
will issue journal both in English
and Spanish. While the Headquarters
will be here, the organization will be
international in character and mem.
bership.
Honorary members will be chosen
from time to time from people who
have attained distinction in literary,
scientific or historical work in con-
nection with Spain and the Spanish,
American republics.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
SATURDAY, DECEMBER %, 1912.

With this issue of THE APPEAL
the year Of 1912 comes to an end,
it has been quite eventful, as have
all of the 27 years of it's existence.
That it must have served it's patrons
well, is evidenced by the fact that
it is still doing business at the old
stand. Several Afro-American news
papers have suspended during the
year for lack of support In the
coming year the Afro-American peC-
pie will doubtless need the aid Of
the newspapers devoted to their in
terest, more than ever before, and
it behooves them to rally to their
support with renewed determination.
We are very thankful to our patrons
for the support given to THE AP-
PEAL during 1912 and trust we may
have a continuance of the same for
1913. We hope all may have health
and happiness, peace and prosperity;
we wish all a HAPPY NEW YEAR!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28

Some event of unusual interest has
happened each month during the year
1912, now drawing to a close, among
which might be mentioned the burn
ing Of the Equitable Insurance build
ing in New York in January; the
announcement Of the candidacy of
Roosevelt for the presidency in Febru-
airy; the announcement of the discov-
cry of the south pole by Amundsen in
March; the great Titanic disaster in
April; the death of Wilbur Wright,
the aviator, in May; the denomination
of Taft and the birth of the Bull
Moose party in June; the death of the
Mikado of Japan in July; the death
Of VIM. Booth, head of the Salvation
Army in August; the Nicaraguan re-
volt in September; the Balkan war in
October; the election Of Wilson in No
vember and the famous meeting of
the House of Governors in December.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28

er than the list which Grover Cleve.
land had at his disposal when he en-,
tered office in 1884, after the Demo.
Gratis had been out in the cold for %
long years.
In the sixteen years that have
elapsed since Cleveland retired, the
Democrats who were appointed to of.
flee by him have almost entirely been
eliminated except in Offices and posts
under, the civil service, where many
appointed under the Cleveland admin.
lstration are still holding on. Some
OF these Cleveland appointees are now
filling the highest places in the class.
flied service.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28

said, as they shot up to the fifth floor.
1 suppose you know where his office
fs?"
You bet do"
There he found several clerks work
ing busily. His request to see the
postmaster-general was taken in a
most matter of fact way, and in two
minutes he saw Mr.. Hitchcock. COM
pleted his business and left for home
on the midnight train.
The explanation is that Mr.. Hitch.
cock does much of his important work
at night, away from the usual inter-
ruption of visitors and routine mat
tiers which would bother him in the
daytime. He does not always have
clerks with him at night; often he
will drop in unexpectedly and all
alone will peg away at some puzzling
matter until nearly dawn.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28

EOR the purpose of promoting the
l international study of the Spanish
language and literature there has just
been organized here a society to be
known as the Spanish-American
Athenaeum. AT it's first meeting, held
few nights ago, the speakers includ-
ed Senior Riano, Spanish minister
here; John Barrett, director general
of the Pan-American union; Rev. Dr.
Charles W. Currier, specialist on
Spanish-American literature, and Nine
Blanche de Baralt of Cuba.
The Spanish minister and all the
Latin-American ministers here were
made honorary vice-presidents of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
LOCATION.

LOCATION.
In the Black Belt of Alabama where the
blacks Outnunber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY.
Over $500 students, more than 100 in
structors.
COURSE OF STUDY.
English education combined with in
dustrial training; IS industries in constant
operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Property consisting of 1850 acres of
land. 103 buildings almost wholly built
with student labor. is valued at $780, 900.
and no mortgage.
NEEDS.
$50 annually for the education of each
student; ($200 enables one to finish the
course; $1,000 creates permanent scholar
ship. Students pay their own board in
cash and labor.) Money in any, amount
for current expenses and building.
Besides the work done by graduates as
class room and industrial leaders,
thousands are reached through the Tus-
kegee Negro Conference.
Tuskegee is 40 miles east of Mont
gomery and 1876 miles west of Atlanta, on
the Western Railroad of Alabama
Tuskegee is a quiet, beautiful old
Southern town, and is an ideal place for
study. The climate is at all times mild
excellent winter resort.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28

Well, sgrayan BALI
We hear
and December
hour glass the door, he demands
once more he starts II to warn"
cowbe
Father
Il this your
twelve months swiftly
numbered
the rule OF this that damaged
Inc all
bendou of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
BRINGING in THE
new YEARS WATER

Perhaps in no part of the British
Isles Is the New Year heralded with
more quaint and curious customs than
In Pembrokeshire. That picturesque
county abounds with strange customs
and rare superstitions, and if you are
a lover of the curious and picturesque
customs of bygone days, the day Of
days to be in Pembrokeshire is on
January 1.
You will very probably be awakened
by the strains Of some musical instru-
INDEPENDENTLY concertina or &C.
Gordon, but mouth-organ will do
and the singing of children's voices
Of the following words
Rise up a New Years morning,
The cocks are all a-crowing;
And If you think it is too soon,
Rise up and look at the stars and moon:
If you are enthusiastic enough to
descend you will find a group Of boys
of all ages on your doorstep, armed
with little cups or mugs Of cold water
and sprigs of box, clamoring for
the New Years water" to be taken
in. If you accede to their request, the
sprigs of box are dipped into the New
Years water" and a tiny shower
sprinkled over your face.
This is supposed to bring great good
luck to you and your household, but
three things must be carefully OBJ
served-the bearers Of good luck must
come inside your door, every member
of the household must go through this
ordeal by water to ensure luck to him.
self, or herself, and the bringers of
the luck must be rewarded in man
ner suitable to your position. The
well-to-do give small silver, and per-
haps refreshments; others coppers;
and some of the poorest sweets, Or
anges, nuts, cake, etc.
Every good Pembrokeshire house
wife lays in store of small coins and
for the early visits of the youth of her
town or village, and many deny them
selves to do this. To assert that the
bringing Of the New Years water"
does not bring good luck would be re-
garded as rank blasphemy.
Needless to say, the boys look for
ward to this red-letter day for months,
and find it no hardship to rise before
the lark on that day. Boys well bless
ed with relatives and friends living in
the district reap rich harvest, as
these friends will refuse to open their
wi ,@;,
lar favorites, for many troops peram-
bulate the streets on the morning of
this day. p.
Girls are considered very unlucky to
enter your house first on New Years
Day, and dark persons are preferred
to those Of fair complexion as luck
br1ngers. To avoid anything so ter
rible as the entry of girl or wonl-
an or fair person first on New Years
Day, the doors are kept locked, and
when a knock is heard the caller is
either inspected from a window or
some other coign of vantage, or in
terrogated through the closed door.
This all may appear very absurd in
print, but If you pay visit to Tenby
or some other place in '.the premier
county Of Wales" you will enter into
the spirit of the thing. and feel the de-
light of hearing the familiar greeting.
"A Happy New Year" accompanied
BY tiny Jet OF icy water on your
face.
a
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
CANNON THEOL OGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA.

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;
its work is thorough; its methods are
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
niShed. Good board can be had for sever
dollars per month. Buildings heated by
steam.
Az from LOANS without interest and
gifts Of friends, are granted to deserving
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
THE PRESIDENT,
Cannon Theological Seminary,
Atlanta, Georgia.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28

Thirteen proved to be very unlucky
for Sam McVey on last Thursday, as
he was knocked out in the thirteenth
round. of prize fight, by Sam Lang
ford, at Sidney, Australia. But on the
other hand thirteen was quite lucky
for Langford, who won in the thir-
teenth round. AS a matter of fact
there is nothing in the idea that 10
is either unlucky or lucky.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
Eiurnln 3nstttufp
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI

Founded by the Soldiers of the cd and 65th
Regiments Of the u. S. Colored Infantry.
Supported by the State of Missouri. Has
Normal, Collegiate, Agricultural Mechanical and
Industrial Courses Buildings and equipment
unsurpassed Thirty teachers representing the
best schools Of the country Students from ell
sections of the country. For catalogue and fur.
Their information address
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN,
President
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
5ha111 Mufuprai111

This institution Of learning. established IN 1865.
has industrial departments for both young r,cn
and young women, we'll as college, normal and
preparatory departments. There are also Schools
of Law, Medicine. Pharmacy and Theology
The facilities have recently been Increased
Other improvements arc being planned tasr will
be completed within, the next two years.
Applications should be made several aontas or
year in advance, for it has become impossible
daring the last few years 10 receive a.. w.o apply
The present enrolment is over 500.
The academic year begins on the Thursday
nearest the first day Of October and continues to1
thirty-two consecutive weeks. The charges are
moderate. Catalogues furnished upon application
Address THE PRESIDENT
Shaw University, Ra:c.sa, Il. <.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
Steering Committee.

Registry Clerk-tIt is necessary for
me to ask the mother of the bride il
she has nothing to say before I pro-
coed with the ceremony" Voice of
Mother Tin background AL l have
to say is that II l hadn't had good
deal to say already they never would
have landed here"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
Whistler,s House

Whistler wrote jestingly over his
door: Except the Lord build the
house, they labor in vain that build 1t.
p. w. Goodwin, F. S. A., built this
one. Famous Houses and Literary
Shrlnes OF London by A. St. John
Adcock.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
Club Rates.

my wife and myself are trying to
get up list of club magazines. By
taking three you get discount"
''How are you making out?"
well, we can get one that 1 don't
want and one that she doesn't want
and one that neither of us wants TO,
1925"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
Meaninn Of Lowe

You must first find out the mean
Ing Of love and then see that you do
what love bids you, but the essentia,
thing is that you must find out that
meaning for yourself Tolstoy.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
At First Glance. !.

A man usually Identifies the woman
who interests him with the mood in
which he first saw her, even with the
clothes she happened to be wear
ing. Tamsie, by Rosamund Ma
pier.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28
The New Year.

Each New Year is leaf Of our loves
rose;
1t falls, but quick another rose-leaf
grows.
So is the flower from year to year the
same,
But richer, for the dead leaves feed It's
flame.
.l f.yld.-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-12-28

It would take q lot of courage to do
1t, but doubtless your bald-headed
friend would appreciate a present Of a.
wig.
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ENVIRONMENT "A Splendid Intellectual Atmosphere
Noted for Honest Thorough
Offers
High School, Grammar School andIn dustr
Good
very reasonable. Opportunity for Self-he1p.
opens 7, fornati
w. Tenn
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TUSKEGEE
Normal and Industrial Institute
TUSkEGEE, ALABAMA.
GncOrpOrated.)

GncOrporated)
Organized July i, 1881, by the State
Legislature as The Tuskegee State Nor
NAL School. Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER r. WASHINGTON, Principal,
WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer
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Washington Conservatory of
Music and School Of Expression
COZ STREET, WASHINGTON, D. c.
LARGE AND COMPETENT FACULTY
DEPARTMENTS

LFAHsiE. z1IVD NOlTlF IEIF1 F[t([Li!
DEPARTMENTS
Piano. Voice and Violin Piano Tuning Theory Analy-
sis. Harmony, Counterpoin:. Fusue Vocal Expression,
Wind instruments, History Of Music. Methods
Scholarships Awarded Artists Heeitals
HARRIET GIBBSMARSHALL, President
GEORGE WILLIAM COCK, Treasurer
ABBY WILLIAMS, Secretary.
LEWIS G. GREGORY, Financial SecTetary.
ANNIE E. GRINAGE.
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THE APPEAL
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PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ADAMS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
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ST. PAUL OFFICE
J. @. ADAMS, Manager.
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MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE
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