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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
Farm Wait Wins Fortune in the Civ

tered the medical college of the Uni
versity of Kansas, where on graduation
she finished third in class made up
almost wholly of men students. It
was the winter of the first smallpox
epidemic in Kansas City. She was
employed by the city and cared fer
1000 smallpox patients. When she
left her position with the city in 1909
she had $4,000.
With two partners she invested it
in an 11-acre tract near Forty
third. street and the State line
This tract was plated in city lots and
marketed, and in a year she had her
$4,000 back and $4,000 more. Then
she put the $1,000 in an adjoining
tract of % acres, with the same part.
ners, and they cleared $4,000.
In the succeeding five years she
built and sold 200 houses and cleared
more than 100000. She draws her
own plans, buys her own material and
personally bosses each job she un-
dertakes, overseeing every detail of
the work.
In 1908 this young woman of 80,
who few years before had been an
ignorant country girl, without money,
friends or relatives, paid the penalty
of her success by breaking down in
health. She was in a. nervous COL
lapse and had to cease working. She
lost more than half her fortune be,
ore her health was restored.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

original house was built, was nothing
put winding woodland path, and an
Indian trail diverging from it passed
where now stands the conservatory
on the Walnut lane side of the house,
So much did the early settlers respect
this Indian right of way that it was
temporarily arched over in the en-.
largement of the building, and so re-
NAMED until long after Germantown
avenue was opened.
Apart from it's historic significance,
this fine old haphazard bit of progress
sive building, between the dates of
whose earlier and later portions runs
the span of more than two centuries,
is a favorite object for the artists
brush to capture for portrayal on
canvas. Surrounded by high picket
fence, and facing on a primly roman.
tic old garden, this veteran of auld
lang syne stands lost in an atmos-
phere of bygone reveries, waiting the
sound of strange voices which shall
say whether or not it is to remain
or go the way of so many of the long.
forgotten mansions Of old German
town.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
Find Petrified Daddy of All Lobsters

after buying many Holsters of a night,
but they do not get petrifed, of
course.
Millions OF years after this particu-
lar lobster passed away the sporty
young men OF the stone age cracked
it's descendants with their flint hatch
cts and treated the stony show girls
of that period. Indeed, some geolog-
lists claim that the term lobster" as
applied to sporty young men who do
that sort of thing has descended from
the stone age; they have been doing
so ever since.
The petrified oyster is much more
ancient than any ever found in
church stew. It also lived and breath
ed and had it's troubles and joys a0,-
100000 years ago. Prof. Sinner found
1t atop the Jura mountains in north
Switzerland. How it got there only
biologists can tell you; perhaps oys-
tiers carried alpenstocks in those days.
In the collection are relatives of
the nautilus family estimated to be
100000 years old. They were found,
too, in north Switzerland. Nowadays
the nautilus exists only at the bottom
of southern seas, so the family seems
to have come down bit in the course
of time.
But so have other families. The
learned SINNERS picked up the inter-
nal skeleton of an extinct squid; 1t is
of about the same age as the nautil11s'
ancestors, 100000 years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

President Taft on Tuesday commut-
ed to expire at once the life sentence
of Arthur Adams and Robert Sawyer,
two Negro British subjects, convicted
at Wilmington, N. G. in 1906, of muir
der on the high seas. In a confession
before his execution Henry Scott, an.
other Negro, convicted Of and hanged
for the same crime, exonerated Adams
and Sawyer.
Originally Adams and Sawyer were
sentenced to death, but this was COM
muted by President Roosevelt to life
imprisonment. The prisoners were
natives of the British West Indies, and
the British Ambassador interviewed to
secure consideration for the pleas for
executive clemency.
II do not find" said President Taft
in disposing of the case, Adams and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
SATURDAY, JANUARY 6, 1912.
HOW LONG MUST THESE
THINGS BE?

If the Caucasians of this country
held to the sentiment, let the punish
ment fit the crime" without regard to
the color or nationality of the alleged
criminal, there might be less crime.
But when white men know that out of
over 1000 murders committed by them
during 1911 less than 200 were con-
victed and punished, they feel reason
ably secure in killing when they feel
like doing so. lila.
A crime committed by black man
is, in reality, not particle more helm
ous thar the same crime would be if
committed by a white man; and, as it
is-fa common principle in law that
every man is presumed to be innocent
until proven guilty before a jury of his
peers, that principle should apply to
II mankind alike. Hence, when a
OBJ of white men take upon them
Ives the responsibility of taking the
OF man whose GREATEST
IME, in their eyes, is his wearing
black skin, they not only violate
before mentioned principle of law.
themselves become particeps Grim.
n murder. We do not condone
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
Racers E we Historic Old Mansion

pHlLADELPHIA.-Through the re-.
L cent death Of Miss Jane r. Haines,
after a lifetime spent within its RAM
bling, tradition-haunted halls, Wyck,
the ancestral Haines mansion, at Ger
mantown avenue and Walnut lane. is
threatened with possible destruction,
should the historic ground on which
it stands be sold.
Under its weather-beaten caves re-
pose perhaps, more sturdy mementos
OF Philadelphia's history than in any
other private manse Of the many for
which the city is famous. Flooring
upon which the blood of British and
American soldiers mingled during the
battle of Germantown, is stored for
keepsake in its cobwebbed. old attic.
The Chair in which Lafayette sat
when he Visited Germantown in 1924,
and when he was given reception at
WICK, is still to be found in the midst
Of the silent quaintness of the now
untenanted old homestead.
The nucleus for the old structure
was first built in 1898, by one Dirck
Jansen, whose daughter married one
Caspar Wistar; through the marriage
OF Wistars daughter to Reuben
Hlaines in 1850, and by subsequent in
shssritance through direct kinship,
SNis.,s 4s1--1i>e$s came into possession of
Me long, white, notwithstanding
Old structure, which took it's name
from from an old English residence belong
ing to the family.
The Germantown road, when the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
Aged Newsie Leaves Hoard to Church

CT. LOUIS.-Lawrence Ring, for
- years familiar character in the
vicinity Of Third and Chestnut, streets,
where he sold papers, died at the City
Hospital of apoplexy. Recently his
will was filed for. probate, and after
that tales of fortunes deposited in va
rious banks were heard.
Larry" lived. the life of recluse.
His. home was single room in the
antiquated structure at North Third
street. There he came of an evening,
cooked his modest supper, smoked his
pipe and pored for hours over the
news Of the world. He was believed
to be about Is years old.
He was veteran of the civil war
and a pensioner. He was on the YES
sci which was blown up at Fort Fish
or. OF this it was his greatest pride
to tell. Often he declared that Ad-
miral George Dewey, the hero of Ma
Mia, had been his captain. But he
never told anyone he had bank ac-
count
In his will he leaves to the pastor
Of the old cathedral on Walnut street
$50 for masses for the repose Of his
soul and the rest to the church fund.
He named the Mississippi Valley
Trust Company executor. Just what
the rest will amount to no one
knows. However, his deposit at the
trust company was but 500. He also
had q safety Ian0sft hoy in hfs name
at that institution. which has not
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

If only, one-half of what has been
published about Nine. Lima Cavalieri's
personal charms, to say nothing Of her
charming voice, is true, there must be
something radically wrong with her
or with Robert Winthrop Chanler, her
husband, from whom she has just se-
cured divorce, that would cause
Chanler to say: IF Cavalieri comes
in by the door, I will Jump out by the.
window" He was on the top floor Of
sky-scraper hotel when he made the
threat. There are some other folks
in the world who would try to jump up
to the same window if they thought
they could thus get near enough to the
great opera singer to hand her a red
apple.
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

"Nothing but death can keep me out
of the fight now"
President Taft is reported to have
made this statement to White House
callers today, and to have added that
ne had no objection to the statement
being made public.
1t undoubtedly was intended to set
at rest all reports that Mr.. Taft might
Withdraw from the race for the Re-
publican nomination for President in
favor of Col. Theodore Roosevelt.
The President is said to be thor
oughly aroused to the gravity of the
situation in the Republican party anc
determined to let his attitude be gen
orally understood He has declared
that under no circumstances will he
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
been opened as the key could not be

been opened as the key could not be
found.
Father Eugene Coyle, pastor of the
old cathedral said Ring had been a
regular attendant at early mass Sun.
days as long as he could remember,
An Italian grocer at Third and Chest.
nut streets said Ring was well to do
and said the old man had told of a
saving of $4,000.
His room was modestly furnished
and orderly, but there was nothing OF
value to be seen. Ring had been sick
a week, and was taken to the City
Hospital few nights ago, friends hay.
ing telephohed the dispensary that he
was unconscious.
It is said by some Ring had no rela.
tives; others declare he visited some
of his kin at Rochester, N. Y, three
months ago, and had stated the trip
cost him $50,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

Withdraw his name from consideration
by the Chicago convention next June,
and has asserted that his position with
respect to the nomination has not
changed in ally particular since he first
entered the White House.
Mr.. Taft has, told friends and party
leaders from the first that if he should
De called upon to stand for reelection
ne would be glad to do so; that he felt
under obligations to the party for hay
ing made him President and was will
ing to abide it's decision in the con-
vention. He adheres to this position,
according to announcement today, and
will not quit the race until the nomi-
mating ballots are cast ut Chicago.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

Sawyer fire from fault, and I do not
think that their conviction! in so far
as it has led to the present impris-
onment, is an injustice; but do think
that the confession of Scott and the
other circumstances are enough\to re-
lieve them from active completely in
the murders and to justify their now
being freed'' "A i
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA, GEORGIA..

AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim Of this school is to do pr;,cE
tlcal work in helping men towards su.A
cess IN the ministry. It's course of study
is broad and practical; it's ideas are high.
ITS work is thorough: it's methods r&
1resh. systematic clear and simple
COURSE OF STUDY.
Inc regular course of study occupies,
!lfee years, and covers the lines of WOrlA
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 seven
dollars per month Buildings heated by
steam.
A from loans without interest, and
slfts OF friends, are granted to deserving
students who do their utmost in the line
OF self-help. No young man with grace.
Slfts, 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??, 1912-01-06
Einrnln 9natitntr
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI

Founded by the Soldiers of the ed and 65th
Regiments Of the q. 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 all
sections of the country. For catalogue and fur.
Their information address
" BENJAMIN FRANKLIN ALLEN,
President
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

judge in Oklahoma refused to or
der an investigation of the recent mob
murder in that barbarous state and
justified the lynching. What can be
expected from such barbarians?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

Washington Conservatory OF
Music and School of Expression
COZ T STREET, WAsHlNGToN, d. c.
LARGE AND COMPETENT FACULTY
DEPARTMENTS
Piano, Voice and Violin Piano Tuning, Theory Analy
sis. Harmony, Counterpart Fugue, Vocal Ez preston,
Wind instruments. History Of Music, Methods.
Scholarships Awarded Artists necisafs
HARRIET IBBs.MARSHALL, prosident
GEORGE WILLIAM COOK, Treasurer.
ABBY WILLIAMS, Secretary.
LEWIS Q. GREGORY, Financial Secretary.
ANNIE E. GRINAGE.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
5han1 Nu;uprHttr

This-institution Of learning established in 1855,
has; industrial departments for both young men
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.
be completed within the next two years.
Applications should be made several months or
a year in advance, for it has become impossible
during the last few years to receive sll who apply
The present enrolment is over 500.
The academic year begins on the Thursday
nearest the first day of October and continues for
thirty'two consecutive weeks. The charges are
moderate Catalogues furnished upon application.
Address THE PRESIDENT
Shaw University, Raleigh. N. c.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

President Daniel Howard, the new
chief executive of Liberia, was inau-
gurated January 1. 1t was a gala af-
fair, and Monrovia was full of life and
color.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
TUSKEGEE
Normal and Industrial Institute
TUSkEGEE, ALABAMA.

(Incorporated)
Organized July 4, 1881, by the State
Legislat ure as The Tuskegee State Nor
NAL School Exempt from taxation.
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principa,.
WARREN LOGAN. Treasurer
LOCATION.
In the Black Belt of Alabama where the
blacks Outnumber the whites three to one.
ENROLMENT AND FACULTY.
81 2yer, 1900 students, more than 100 in
COURSE OF STUDY.
English education combined with in
dustrial training; % industries in constant
operation.
VALUE OF PROPERTY.
Property consisting of 1850 acres Of
land. l03 buildings almost wholly built
with student labor. is valued at 81, $50, 900.
and no mortgage
NEEDS.
$50 annually for the education of each
student; ($2OO enables one to finish the
snip. Students pay their own board in
cash and labor.) Money in any amount
for current expenses and building
BE BESIDES esot the work done by graduates as
thousands are reached through the Tus-
kegee Negro Conference.
Tuslegee 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??, 1912-01-06

The increasing popularity of Presi-
dent Taft is shown in the fact that
5000 persons greeted him on New
Years day. Last year only 5000 were
on hand
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

The new year starts out cold, but it
certainly will warm up before the 4th
Of July, especially in political circles.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
AVERY COLLEGE
TRAINING SCHOOL

NORTH SIDE, PITTSBURGH, PA.
"A Practical Literary and Industrial
Trades School for Afro American BOYS
ana Girls. Unusual advantages for Girls
and Il separate building. Address
Joseph D. Mahoney, Principal.
Box. 154 North Side, Pittsburgh Pa.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
Her Preference

Her Preference.
Consistency, THOU art jewel. but
the average womah would rather have
a diamond. Washington Post.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06

Beautiful Situation, Mora, .,d
EnVOnmen-A Intellectual spiritual
Noted for Honest
in
School, 0'~e~' A'oAA",
ne: eectc lights good drainage
pr S
'>- ~ W. 'A~o1><AN]AoAN Knoxville.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-01-06
THE APPEAL
ANationaI Afro-American Newspaper
PUBLISHED WEEKLY BY
ADAMS BROS. EDITORS AND PUBLISHERS
40 f. 4th Street, St. Paul, MINI.

ST. PAUL OFFICE
J. q. ADAMS, Manager.
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Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-17

Ladies' Suits, Coats and Skirts
made to measure.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-17
Conversational Church Notes.

The mid-week service will be held
this evening in the vesery at 1870.
The theme to be considered is 1.-The
Shepherd and the Flock" You will
find this a helpful service If it is so you
can attend.
The Sunday morning service will be
held at the usual hour. There will
be good music by the choir. and the
pastor will preach upon "The Bless
ings of Divine Worship" It is hoped
there will be a large attendance.
e The Sunday school sessions are
proving very interesting. and the
slight authorizations in some of the
opening exercises, make them es.
pecially adapted to the summer
months. There are classes for al
ages and a hearty welcome awaits
all who can join.
The Sunday evening service has
been merged with the c. E. meeting
which is now held at seven o'clock.
Last week the meeting was very
interesting and there was a gooc
attendance. The topic for this week
is "Christian Common Sense" and it i:
believed many will come together tt
consider it. ) >--.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-17
How a Play Is Written.

When Eugene Walter writes a play
the tools necessary to the process are
one large room, one outfit of furniture
and one exceptionally rapid stenog-
rapher. Mr.. Walter and the stenog-
rapher enter the room. The door is
locked, and work is begun by placing
the furniture as it Is to be placed on
the stage-in other words, by setting
the scene. Then the young dramatist
begins to act. He is all the charac-
tiers in his play. He rushes about the
apartments, quarreling with himself,
making love to himself now standing
here as one person and then racing to
the opposite end of the apartment to
be another. All the time he is speak
ing the words that come into his mind
as natural under the circumstances,
and the stenographer is taking them
down at top speed At the end of an
hour or two an act Is finished, an in
visible curtain Is rung down, and, If
the amanuensis hasn't tainted, as two
did in one day of labor on paid in
Full" the stage is set for the next
act-Channing Pollock in The Foot
lights. 81 !. ...-Au-~.-.-.1--.-.-.-
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1912-07-17
Orleans News Page
News and Views from this
Hustling Village
AddltioNaA Orleans Nevos On Page 6
additional Orleans News On Page

Mrs. w. T. Findlay and daughter
Olive of East Charleston visited Mrs.
G. w. Magoon last week
Mr.. and Mrs. R. A. Bean are spend.
ing week in Lebanon. N. H., as
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. G. l..
Shaeffer.
Mrs. Felix Pelow. who was tax en-
to Brightlook hospital for an opera.
tion last week, is getting along as
we'll as could be hoped.
Mrs. M. C.. Green of Cambridge.
Mass. Mrs. r. H. Jenness and Miss
Ada Jenness of Dorchester, Mass,
are visiting at G.. R. Twombly's.
Mrs. Bernie Lumbra was brought
home from Brightlook hospital Sunday
night and is improving. but the bad
fracture will take many weeks for
recovery.
Misses Theda Wellman and Minnie
Stannard are spending a vacation OF
two weeks at Winthrop Beach, Mass,
Rye North Beach. N. H., and at other
places in New Hampshire.
Maynard Skinner and family started
by auto yesterday morning for Bing.
ham, Me-. where they will make
their home. They took the route by
way of Island Pond. Dixville Notch
and Rangeley Lakes. and were &C
companied on the trip by Mr.. anc
Mrs. C. Z. Abbott of st. Johnsbury
H. R. Smith, the painter. narrowly
escaped a serious accident while al
work on J. B. Winget's house Monday
forenoon. He was painting in the
gable on the south side of the house
when the ladder on which he was
standing slipped. throwing him to the
ground. 1t is thought that no bone:
were broken, but Mr.. Smith received
severe injuries which will disable
him for some time.