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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20
NEW EDUCATION OF TARTAR
Phonetic System Of Teaching Reading
and Writing introduced Among
Indian Mohammodans,

Observation-Disclosures Bek Cas-
prinsky, the editor Of the Terjuman,
the oldest Tartar newspaper in Rus.
s1a, and the pioneer Of the modern
Tartar educational movement, widely
known outside Russia as having ini-
tlated about five years ago a move
ment for converting a general con-
gress OF Mohammedans to discuss the
causes Of the backwardness of Moham-
medan peoples, has returned from
Bombay, where he went to open q
modern elementary school which
should serve to introduce among In
dian Mohammedans the phonetic sys-
tem OF teaching children to read and
write. The Importance of this step
is not obvious at first sight, but the
adoption Of the phonetic system means
the adoption of new principles of in
struction generally. 1t means break
ing with the traditional Mohammedan
scholastic system. And for this rea-
son the new method" as it is called,
has become among Russian Moham-
medans a watchWord of reform and is
vigorously opposed by the adherents
Of the old school.
In it's essence the new method"
means that children. instead of be-
Ing taught to read by spelling out the
names Of the letters of the Arabic al
phabet which is, used by all MohaIn-
medans, are taught at once to asso-
ciate letters with sounds and to form
them into syllables. M. Gasprinsky
has discovered by long experience in
Russia that by the new system an
enormous amount of time is saved.
The average child can by it's means
learn to read intelligently in 40 days,
whereas under the old system six
months or a year were necessary. and
then the result was unsatisfactory.
The mullahs who have adopted the
new system in the Crimea have found
themselves compelled to fill in the
time saved by giving instruction in
other subjects, such as geography and
hygiene, otherwise the period of in
Struction would have been so short
that their slender income from the
village schools would have grown
more slender still.
The new system has already been
adopted at the Normal School for
Teachers, established at CONSTANT
nople, after the constitution. and the
teachers who are now being trained
will gradually introduce it in ele-
mentary schools all over the country,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20
Shore Line of Easter Island,

Sea on the island are enormous plat.
forms made of uncemented stones,
some of which weigh five tons. Some
OF the sea walls are 30 feet high and
200 feet long.
There is no metal on the island, and
the only tool found was a prehistoric
chisel, with which it would seem i'm
possible to execute such colossal
works. Moreover, the island, with it's
scanty water supply, could not have
supported enough people to drag the
figures from the quarry where they
We're made to the platforms. Some of
the statues weigh ESQ tons.
There is every evidence that some
great calamity overlook the island and
its inhabitants, for most of the figures
are unfinished, some of them never
even having been removed from the
quarry. A popular theory is that East
er island is the sole remains of con-
tinent which was. overwhelmed by the
sea after a great seismic disturbance
The Mana expedition, led by w.
Scoresby Routledge and accompanied
by biologists and other scientists
from the British museum, will make
excavations in an effort to solve the
mystery. i
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20
CURIOUS HOUSES IN CHINA
CeIestiaIs Build Their Homes or Pal
aces WaII-Within-WaII- Have
Beautiful Gardens.

Picking, China-It is difficult for the
occidental mind to picture the WALL
within-wal life of a Chinese home
Down narrow lane one passes
between two walls, behind which may
be novels or palaces, there is no
telling which, since the one-story
roofs beyond are invisible, says a
writer in the Century Magazine
One pulls string at gateway, the
address of some family of high de-
gree. A servant appears, leads
through another gateway, f1owery
courtyard, passageway, perhaps an
other courtyard, q little room or two,
and finally into a reception room,
with its carved wood and wainscoting
and furniture, it's porcelains and jades
and brasses, its blue-and-green-and
gold ceiling and it's window pattern
Of paper panes.
Here the hostess appears, offers her
occidental guest tea or champagne,
or both, with cakes and candied fruit
or lotus buds. Then she may lead one
through other courtyards, all with
the usual one-story rooms around
them, and into her secluded garden
of rocks and pools, of pretty paths
and bridges, of clustering trees and
flowers. -
In such palace as this each court
yard, with it's surrounding rooms, may
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20

The Laysan albatross, or whitebreasted gony,
is distributed all over the island, with the pos
sible exception of the sea beach, which is espe-
cially popular with their brownbreasted, black
footed cousins In certain places, as at the ends
of the lagoon, they are or rather were, more con-
gested than in other localities. The dense colony
shown in the illustration was at the east end of
the lagoon. To the progenitors of these birds is
due the exceedingly valuable deposit of bird lime
or guano, the accumulation of ages, which has
been removed in years past and utilized as phos-
plate rock in chemical fertilizers. ...
The old birds do not mind the presence of man,
often walking up to the visitor, evidently intend
ing to welcome him among them Once in a
while individual will take hold of the visitors
finger gently pull at his shoe strings or leggins,
but once ordinary curiosity is satisfied and the
freedom of the place extended to the visitor they
take up their former occupation 90 on with
their amusements in utter disregard of everything
and everybody Friendly as they are they will
not allow themselves to be handled, avoiding
any attempt to touch their persons, evidently re-
senting such approaches as undignifed
Some years ago company of Japanese were
landed on the island to kill and cure birds for
millinery purposes. That they were rudely inter
rupted in their spoliation by the United States
revenue cutter Thetis, is truth we'll known, but
the result of their poaching is everywhere too
aDparent
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20

since Napoleon's time had been used
for the storing of military supplies,
has been thrown open to the public.
The donjon is over 100 feet in height,
and from it's summit an excellent
view OF the surrounding country can
be obtained. The walls are 10 feet
thick and there is winding stair
case of 327 steps. There are five
stories, and on clearing out the place
$4,000 muskets of the First Empire
were found on the first floor, while
above were 100000 sabres, together
with quantity of saddles and brides
of the same period.
All these things have now been re-
placed by contemporary relics illus
trating the history of the tower dur
ing 700 years. There is also data
showing the famous events in which
the structure played a part and the
equally famous prisoners confined be-
hind its massive walls.
AS far back as 1854, writes Capt.
de Fossa, in a pamphlet he has pre-
Hs~A ~ vi SAO ouOJOSI, AOuAo V11s COu-
ceived the project of building a royal
residence at Vincennes, in the wood
of which the earlier monarchs often
hunted. Philippe Auguste and his
successors improved and enlarged the
chateau, in which many of them
dwelt. It was later utilized as a state
prison, and in 174O the porcelain fac.
tory which was removed to Sevres ten
year later was established there.
Then the edifice became the quar-.
tiers of military school for brief
period, and afterward mandatory
of arms.
In 1888. at the time OF the French
Revolution, Vincennes was ranged
among the royal chateaux which were
to be sold, but did not find q pur.
chaser. Then came Napoleon, who
turned the historic castle into mill.
tary storehouse. Among the mon.
archs who have died there were Louis
VII, Philippe ", and Charles ", and
also Henry Y. Of England.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20

be the special home of one of the
sons and his wife and children; but
somewhere in the maze of walls, un-
der one of the low, tiled roofs, is the
common dining room, with the kitchen
beyond. Here the men of the family
eat together, twice a day, and after
ward the women and children. And
somewhere also there is q central
family hall, with the ancestral tablets,
which must have their tribute of In
cense at proper seasons. These are
held In such reverence that no foot
may pass above them, and therefore
two-story dwellings are unknown in
regions uncontaminated by foreign
influence.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20
UNIQUE ROPE BRIDGE
Crude Device Is Used to Cross
Tibet Stream.
Rivers Are So Wide and the Walls So
Preeiptous That Is Is Impossible
to Find Foundations for
Structures.

Lhassa, Tibet-One of the most
fascinating things met with in Tibet is
the single-rope Notwithstanding,
and yet at first sight rather alarming
To shoot swiftly across a laundering
river suspended many feet in the air
by two leather thongs from a short
wooden slider which huns over the
knotted surface of rope made of
twisted strands of bamboo, seems
more precarious than it really is, and
after the first journey one thoroughly
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY JULY 20 1912
MAY solve MYSTERY
British Yacht to Take British
Scientists to Easter Island.
Lonely Dot Of Land, Two Thousand
Miles From South American Con-
tlnent, Believed to Have
Been Continent at
Ono Time. p.

London.-The Mana, a motor aux
lliary yacht just launched at Whit
stable, is to carry an expedition to the
South seas to investigate the origin
of the gigantic prehistoric remains of
Easter island. " ...f -"
p This island. the most easterly of the
Polynesian group, is a lonely dot of
land as miles in area, 1000 miles from
the South American coast. Facing the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20
WEALTHY WOMAN is A NUN.
Mrs. Gertrude Halle Lehman Of Bos+
ton Abandons Social Position and
100000 to Enter Convent.

Boston.-Mrs. Gertrude Halle Ian.
man, widow of William Camp Ian.
man, has abandoned society and is
now at the convent Of the Sisters of
Mercy at Hookset, N. H. Her sister
hood name is Mary Gertrude. Mrs.
Lanman, who inherited $1,000,000
from her father, went to Hookset, fol-
lowing nervous breakdown in New
York, where she was engaged in slum
work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20
Wisconsin Goods" Must Keep House.

Wisconsin Goods" Must Keep House.
Madison, Wis.-The University OF
Wisconsin "co-eds" in the home eco.
nomics course will have chance to
wrestle with the real cost of living
problem. By new requirement, each
Of them must In turn take charge Of
the new practice cottage under actu.
al housekeeping conditions.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20

the plover, the curlew and the turn
stone, do not breed on the island at
all. Nevertheless, the island was liter
ally covered from center to sea with
breeding birds, mating birds, and
young half-grown fedglings of dozen
or more species. -
With such an astonishing popula-
ton, numbering perhaps twice the in
habitants of Greater New York, it was
situation would reveal method in
their distribution. Generally speaking,
the various species were grouped in
more or less well defined colonies. AS
a rule, these colonies had settled on
certain localities that seemed to suit
their fancy or convenience. There is a
constant coming and going at Laysan,
so that the visitor arriving there at
different seasons of the year would
find different species predominating in
the bird population, while other spe-
cies that at another season would be
equally as abundant might not be
found there at all. But visit this isl
and or any one of the chain when you
will, enough interesting material for
volume on birds can be gathered in
an hour or two on shore.
One Of the many curious birds of the
island, the albatross, of which there
are two species, is of the most general
interest. This is due in part to their
splendid size and part to their unusual
domestic habits .@'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20
D0NlOM OF WNCEMMES, OPEN
Famous Twelfth Century Castle
Is Now Ready for
Tourists.

Paris.-Through the efforts of Capt.
de Fossa, the famous donjon, or keep
of the Chateau de Vincennes, which
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20

N the leeward chain of islands OF
the Hawaiian group the Pacific
possesses not only one of the
great natural wonders of the
western world, but a cruising,
camping, fishing and outing park
reservation that is in every
sense unique.
Few even of the best informed
people in the Hawaiian Islands,
or out of them for that matter,
appreciate this impOrtant nos
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-07-20

session at its real worth. This, however, is not
so dlfhcult to understand it might at first seem,
since hardly in thousand of the limited
number who have desired to make the journey
among them has ever been permitted to visit
these floating bits Of coral sand that apparently
bob aimlessly about, adrift on the bosom of the
great wide ocean. Few indeed have first hand
knowledge of what these possessions really are
and know Of the fascination they and their in
habitants possess as objects of natural interest
Then too the idea Of utilizing the distant islands
In any way that would suggest natural park is
so novel and out Of the ordinary that it has not
yet taken root in the mind of the man in the
street.
Though all put together the exposed drv land
and reefs of the reservation would hardly have an
area of ten miles square it literally teens with
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22
A Good Road To Salem

County Road Supervisor, VIM. j. Cas-
per, alter grading the road between Hem
by Creek and the Lower Canal Bridge,
has put oyster shells OH it. He is now
putting shells on the road between the
Bridge and the fork of the road leading to
the Upper Canal Bridge. After that is
completed he says that he intends to put
shells OIL the road from the Penns Grove
Borough line to S. M. Justices corner.
The strip of road across Henby Creek
causeway to the Lower Fenns Neck line
was the worst in the county before he
graded it. After grading, it was a good
dirt road before the shells were put on.
As soon as the shells get crushed there
will be a very good road between Penns
Grove and Salem, made ..of oyster shells
nearly all the way. 1t has been needed
for a long time.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22
A New Industry for Penns Grove

The Public Utility Commissioners of
the State OF New Jersey, on Tuesday,
granted its approval of the ordinance
passed by the Borough Council, authoriz-
ing the Penns Grove Electric Light, Heat
& Power Co. to erect its plant. In grant
ing their approval, the Commissioners
stated: "The Board now, after investica-
ton and hearing, determines that the
privilege or franchise granted by said or
dinance is necessary and proper for tie
public convenience, and properly COLI
serves the public interests, and, in accord
ance with such determination approves
the same"
At the same time the application of the
company for approval of the proposed is
sue OF its capital stock and bonds was
considered and approved. The Company
has met with success in the sale OF it's
stock. Nearly all having been sold,
which fact shows that our people appre-
ciate the value of this new enterprise.
The engineers expect to complete the
plant and deliver ice and supply electric
current by April LIST, 1918.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22
PEDRICKTOWN PENCILLINGS
Interesting Items From Oldmans
Township :

AOWhfS1Ip
Nov. 20-Harry Cushner is spending
sometime among relatives in ShamOkin,
| Pa.
Mrs. John Bowler who has suffered
intensely for several weeks with a felon
on the thumb went to Jefferson hospital,
| Philadelphia, OIL Monday for treatment.
/ Mrs. Ella Morrison is spending the
week with relatives in Philadelphia and
Camden.
Walter Cunard Is OH an extended bust
ness trip through Kentucky.
Mrs. Thos. Holton spent part of last
week with Mrs. S. r. Blocksom in Phila-
delphia.
Bourroughs Perry left last week for
HallandaIe, Florida, where he will re.
main all winter.
OrvilIe Parker, teller of Pedricktown
National Bank, has accepted a position
with the Corn Exchange National Bank
in Philadelphia.
On Saturday evening, Nov. 23d, the
young people OF the M. E. Church will
give a, drama in Red Mems hall entitled,
%"Tompkins Hired Man." This is a play
OF jolly farm life and will be enjoyed by
all who see it. Admission 20c, reserved
seats, Soc; children, 15c.
Carl Green is having his buildings
painted.
Clarence Doughten has sold the farm
OH which the canning factory is located
to f. Il. Sparks, and Hamilton Pedrick.
He bought the Benz. Weatherby farm
near Centre Square.
Hubert Shoemaker, wife and daughter,
of Philadelphia, were week end guests
with Mr.. and Mrs. Frelan Sparks.
Mrs, Frelan G. Sparks has been made
the Salem County Flower Show held an
nually in Salem.
Union services will be held in the Bap-
fist Church Oh Thanksgiving morning.
Rev. q. E. Archer, pastor OF the M. f.
Church, will preach.
Edward Raine has moved to Whining
ton. Samuel Snyder followed Raine and
Kelsy CLARK moved into 2. z. Sweeten's
house vacated by snyder.
A Leap Year Box Social will be held
by the home Grange i'll their lodge rooms
Oh Wednesday evening preceding
Thanksgiving.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Titus and Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert Carney, of Paulsboro,
visited Frelan Titus aud family on Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Hunt entertained
on Sunday Samuel Hunt and wife, of
Penns Grove, and Harold LippincoLt and
wife, of Collingswood.
Mrs. Martha Longacre, of S~wedesboro,
spent Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Holton.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Jordan entertain
ed on Sunday Frank Titus and family, of
Swedesboro.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thos. Weatherdy and
daughter, of Swedesboro, weoe guests on
Saturday with Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Hamp.
ton.
VIM. Burk left on Thursday on a bust
ness trip to Montreal.
Mrs. Charles Munyan returned home
last Monday from Coopar Hospital, much
benefited.
Master Francis Haskell left on Thurs
day to be treated for tuberculosis in a
sanitarium i'll Pennsylvania.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22
Fishing Dispute Goes to Supreme
Court

The Iong-stapding question of bounda-
ny line between New Jersey and Della
ware in the waters of Delaware Bay will
go to the United States Court for a deci-
sion thru the medium of a Judgment
entered by Acknowledgement Wilson
against Charles Matson and Harry Boil
wei, soldiers of the United States army,
who were convicted of violating the fish
and game laws OF this State while fishing
in the waters of Delaware Bay.
The soldiers were a part of troops quar-
tered at Fort Mott, neal Salem. These
defendants were fishing in the middle of
the river, on what New Jersey claims to
be New Jersey territory. Counsel for
the men allege that the boundary line
between New Jersey and Delaware is to
the east Of the middle of the river and of
the place where the defendants are
charged with having violated the New
Jersey laws,
This case will throw the matter into
the Federal courts, and the Attorney
General hopes that it will for all time set.
tie the disputed boundary line question.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22
PERSONAL MENTION and SOCIAL NOTES
The Whereabouts And DOings of
Good People You Know

Mr.. and Mrs. Warren n. Smith were
over Sunday visitors at Wm. Shuster's.
Mrs. Martha Robbins, OF Sharptown, is
spending a few days with Mrs. Tillie and
Miss Nina Smith.
VIM. Z. Garrison. of Columbia, Pa,
was in town renewing old a%quaintances
over Tuesday night.
Mrs. Isaac Holman spent Wednesday
and Thursday in Philadelphia with hen
son, /. Leban Homan.
Earle Shape, of Conway Hall, Carlisle,
Pa, spent Sunday with his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Shape.
John Denny, of Philadelphia, was in
Penns Grove over Tuesday night to re-
new old acquaintance.
Mrs. Hannah j. Summerill was an
over Sunday visitor with DR.. and Mrs. j.
Ii. Spruance in Wilmington.
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles tanning spe mt
from Friday until Monday with his aunt,
Mrs. Jere Chambers, at Cape May.
Misses Aleste and Jessie Gentieu, of
Wilmington, spent Sunday with their
brother and wife, Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Gentieu.
NIL. dilQ MIS-. JOHu r. Leap Spcib HUH
Saturday until Monday with relatives i'll
Bridgeton.
Miss Martie Barnart, OF Atlantic City,
is spending sometime with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Barnart.
Stephen KiIle and wife, of Camden,
spent Sunday at the home of thei r son
Fred E. Kille.
Fred Kllle has purchased the lot adj
joining his property on North Broad
Street, of +. r. Hammitt.
Jere Cream, Jr., who has been emp 10y
ed in the ticket receivers office at Union
Station, Pittsburg, for the past six years.
has been transferred to Baltimore, Md.
Harold higgins, W no has a position in
the chemical department of tile navy
yard, Philadelphia, is OH a ten-dsys trip
to Winter Haven, Fla.
Former Senator and Mrs. Jas. Strimple,
OF Drexei Hill, West Philadelphia, were
IN Penns Grove last Saturday calling on
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Corson,
who are in poor health.
George T. Barnhill, Elwood Beale and
Mrs. H. Brown, of Wilmington; and
Horace Beale, of Sharon Hill, Pa, spent
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Hick-
man.
1.-The Pink Lady," the biggest hit of
the season, which is being played at the
Forrest theatre. Philadelphia, to capacity
houses was attended by the members OF
the San Soucia Sewing Circle on Wednes-
day afternoon. They returned home on
the evening train after having a most en-
jOyable afternoon.
Oliver Adams, having been transferred
to the black powder works on the Brandy
wine, has moved to Wilmington. Frank
Straughn followed him i'll Lois Justices
house OH South Broad Street and George
Myers followed %Straughn in the Henry
Patten house at the Cove.
Mr.. and Mrs. J.. P. Higgins, of Penns
Grove; and his sister, Mrs. Fred Weise,
Of Glenside, Pa left OH Wednesday for
Winter Haven, Fla, where he will over
see his grape fruit grove during the
winter. They will entertain on Thanks
giving day their son Harold and son j.
Adelnert and bride who took a trip to
Tampa.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22
Go.
New Models in Top
Coats

Our Garment line is always kept fresh
and distinctive by the continued additions of
new models. AS fast as we sell we renew with
other models. What is sold one day is re-
placed the next. This is accomplished by our
active selling which, this season, excels any,
thing that we have ever experienced. Those
who have seen coats in this end in the larger
markets tell us that no line that they have
seen will compare in variety, style and quality
with those we show, emphasizing all this by
buying here.
This week we selected in New York a
number of new models in the very popular
Chinchillas, Boucles, Pebble Cheviots. Mon
tagnacs, Wide Vale Diagonals and Polo
Cloths, which go or sale tomorrow in sizes for
Women, Misses, Girls and Children. To Sc
cure all that is best in your new coat and to
be sure that you are securing something ex-
elusive and distinctive dom fail to see our
line.
Prices range from $40 each to SOS with
every in-between price.
The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22
FIagsed Train With Shirt

Tearing his shirt from his back an Ohio
tagged a train and saved it from a
wreck, but ID. 1. Aston, Raleigh, N. c.,
once prevented a wreck with Electric Bit
tiers. 81 was in a terrible plight when 1
began to use Them" be writes my stom-
ach, head, back and kidneys were all bad
ly affected and my liver was in condition.
but four bottles of Electric Bitters made
me feel like a new man." A trial will
convince you OF their matclless merit for
any stomach, liver or kidney trouble.
Price so cents at Johnson's Drug Store. ad