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to the subject of child abandonment,
and I have learned that during the
past four or five years there have been
no more than five or six abandon
ments in any year"
The plan is to take impressions of
the fingers Of all infants born in public
institutions, especially in charity
cases, from which issue most of the
abandonments. These finger prints are
filed on cards, together with minute
descriptions Of the mothers of the in
fants. If after leaving the hospital an
infant is abandoned, a finger print is
Immediately taken and the files are
searched for the corresponding print.
If the finger print is identified, the
description of the mother is given to
the police, who starts hot upon her
trail. ,s->>.~s-.s - -, -s,y-qE
The finger-print files are kept in
some central place, the various hos
pitfalls sending in cards for every infant
born. It has been clearly demonstrate
ed that the print taken of child's fin
ger is sufficiently distinct to make out
the lines easily with the aid Of an or.
binary magnifying glass.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03

WASHINGTON.- chief industry
W today of the town of Bethlehem
In Palestine is the manufacture of ar
ticles of religious devotion and orna-
ments from mother-of-pearl, according
to the report of the American consul
there. The methods and tools used
are mostly quite primitive in charac-.
ter, as are also the buildings in which
the Workmen carry on their trade.
The principal products are carved
shells on which religious scenes are
depicted, beads and rosaries. The ma
terial known as ''pearl waste" from
which the two latter products are
made, is very largely imported from
the United States, and the American
market also is the largest purchaser
of these goods. The large carved
shells are sold mostly to, tourists in
Jerusalem and Bethlehem. and since
the demand for them is not so good
as for beads and a higher grade of
workmanship is required to produce
them, this side of the industry is los
Ing ground to the manufacture of
beads.
A bead workman's outfit is primi-
tive, consisting of files, borers and a
simple wooden device for holding the
irregularly shaped pieces Of pearl
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03
Religious Articles Made in Bethlehem

waste. This last is made of a short,
round piece of wood sawed In half
lengthwise, fastened together at one
end and encircled by loose iron ring.
The piece of pearl shell is placed be-
tween the loose wooden ends and the
ring is hammered toward it until the
grip Is tight. The workman then files
the part of shell which extends to the
desired diameter; it is reversed in the
holder, and finally rounded piece of
perhaps one to three inches in length
is secured. When number of these
pieces have been prepared they are
cut to bead size, a hole is bored in
each bead and it is rounded to the de-
sired shape. Then to give the beads a
smooth surface they are placed in
special crockery vessels with a little
water and are kept in motion in these
vessels, rubbing against the sides and
each other until they are smoothed,
but not polished.
! To give them gloss and sheen,
they are finally placed in boiling wa
ter, to which a weak solution of nitric
or muriatic acid is added, and when
removed from this they are passed
through succession of cooling wa.
ters. There are three usual shapes
those fiat on two sides, round and
oval.
These beads are strung on cords,
silk or wire, and always on the latter
in the case of rosaries. For these
last also crosses and hearts are made
of mother-of-pearl, with small metai
figure attached to the cross. Silver
crosses and hearts are used to slight
extent.
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Baby Finger Prints System Favored

IF an increase in the number of aban-
doned infants in the city should &C.
cur, 1t is more than likely that there
will be adopted by the district au-
thorities a system of finger print
Identification of all infants born in
public institutions. Such a system is
now in use in New York, and other
cities are contemplating it's adoption.
The results have proved encouraging
The system has the Endorsement of
DR.. William c. Woodward, district
health officer, and George S. Wilson,
secretary of the board of charities.
The only thing which stands in the
path of the adoption Of the finger print
Identification system in the national
capital is the small number of cases
OF abandoned children. 1t is hardly be-
lfeSed that the number would Justify
the Introduction Of the scheme, which
would entail the expenditure of rath-
er large amount f money.
"The plan is an excellent one" said
DR.. Woodward. 1T has been given an
extensive trial in New York city. Re-
ports of the experiment as made pub
lie in recent numbers of certain maya
zines show that the system is sue.
cess" -
Il am heartily in favor of the finger
print SYSTEM" said Mr. Wilson, sbut I
do not think that the small number of
abandonment cases in the city justifles
the adoption of the system. I have
been giving much consideration lately
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SATURDAY, AUGUST 3, 1912.
NEGROES AND THE CENSUS OF
1910

THE APPEAL received this week,
Negroes and the Census of 1910" by
Thomas Jesse Jones, United States
Bureau of Education, which bristles
with interesting facts. 1t shows that
there are $4,000 farmers in the South
owning or renting farms. That farm
owners cultivate 15,7U2,579 acres that
they have acquired in less than fifty
years. The total land ownership in
the United States approximates 90,
100000 acres. The total value of land
and buildings on farms owned or rent
ed by Afro-American farmers in the
South is almost billion dollars.
Negro farmers and farm labor
ers of the South cultivate 1OO,0O0,0OO
acres. ..-
Negro farms have increased 20 per
cent, while the population has in
creased 10 per cent.
Illiteracy decreased from 4S per
cent in 1900 to 1873 per cent in 1910.
There has been a marked decrease
in the death rate in the last decade
The Afro-American population of the
United States increased at the rate of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03

I F there is one thing that wins the
heart of layman who is accorded
the privilege of shipping on board
United States navy vessel says a
writer in Leslie's, it is the showing
made by the enlisted man. He is the
lad who stands by his officers in the
coming tower, below the water line in
the torpedo room, at the highest point
of the fire control mast, or in the
depths of the sweltering fire. rooms.
The intricate modern warship sounded
the death knell Of idleness and ignor-
ance. A man to be of use in the navy
today must be ambitious, intelligent
and trustworthy in every sense One
who has not those qualifications soon
learns that he must buck up" if he
is 10 be part of the great machine of
which we are so proud.
No factor has contributed more to
the marvellous evolution of the navy
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03

One of the things said of Napoleon
Bonaparte was that he only needed
three hours sleep out of twenty-four.
This was thought to be very wonder
full The little Corporal now has a
rival for that distinction he enjoyed in
the person of one Jefferson Ferrand,
of Urbana, ILL.,, who is now claimed
to be the most Industrious man in the
world He is employed nights as fire.
man for the Urbana Electric Light Co.
and during the day is employed as
ditcher with sewer construction gangs.
For several years he has been getting
along with only three hours sleep a
day, with the exception of Sunday.
when he sleeps ten hours.
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There was once an old and ignorant
expounder-no pun intended-of the
Bible who in sermon got a little
mixed and declared that there were
only two roads, one leading to death
and destruction and the other to hell
and damnation. An interested listen
er was so struck by the statement that
he remarked, Then, in that case, I'm
going to stand still, right where 1
am This is about the position of
the Afro-American in the coming elec-
ton. To follow Roosevelt's road will
lead to death and destruction, and to
follow Wilson's road will certainly
lead to hell and damnation So the
wise ones will stay right where they
are and support President Taft, their
best friend.
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uncle" Joe Cannon showed his col
leagues in the Senate Thursday that
he still was chuck full Of fire and
birthstone when he fought for the re-
tention in the sundry civil appropria-
ton bill of Senate amendment: ap-
propriating 100000 for additional en-
ployes in the pension bureau and won,
although the chairman, Fitzgerald,
tried his best to keep it out by de-
claring it was political trick to keep
Republicans in office. When the vote
was taken 65 Democrats swung over
to the Republican side and the amend
ment was accepted by vote Of 1G5 to
81
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til she several times tainted with pain.
Still the doctors, when she told them
of her fears, laughed.
Two months ago Mrs. King declares
the frog began to croak. She distinct
ly heard it many times and her rela-
tives bear her out. That determined
her to leave the physicians of Dean
Wood severely alone and consult Getty
DOCTORS"
She did SO. She went to the Emer-
gency hospital and the frog was pump
ed out of its hiding place.
The frog lived ten minutes in tub
of water. It croaked and sang Just
like any regular frog. Then 1t died.
According to the physicians this is
the first time on record that any ami
NAL of the proportions Of a frog has
ever lived In human stomach at
least for the period Of eleven months.
It is a most remarkable case.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03
Live Frog in Stomach Nearly a Year

A LIVE frog that crawled and clawed
"a and croaked, lived for nearly, a
year in the stomach of Mrs. L. v.
King of Dean Wood, suburb of
Washington. 4 /
After, clawing away at the lining
Of the woman's stomach until it was
raw with pain, almost strangling her
as it climbed into her throat, and
fairly reducing her to a living skeleton
it was finally extricated by physicians
of the Emergency. hospital. They used
a large pump.
The frog is now preserved in alco-
hol. 1t is weak, colorless, wrinkled,
shapeless specimen which bears a
faint resemblance to the normal frog.
It's legs are long and scranny and thin
as toothpicks. It measures, all told,
about seven inches.
Just as 1t was breaking out of the
egg, the tadpole was swallowed by
Mrs. King in we'll water last August.
Weeks passed before the woman real
lied there was some living animal in
her stomach. She consulted doctors,
but they laughed at her.
Last spring the frog, now reaching
to It's full growth, began to climb into
her throat and nearly suffocated her.
It clawed away at the membrane I'M
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03

A very romantic wedding took place
in Marshalltown, Iowa, this week,
when George M. Minkler, aged II, and
Mrs. Huldah A. Davis, aged Is, both
inmates of the Soldiers Home, were
united in wedlock. The groom had
been married four times and the bride
three. They took a six months fur
Tough" Immediately after the wedding.
Evidently they do not believe mar
riage is failure.
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L1.3 per cent from 1900 to 1910.

lib per cent from 1900 to 1910.
Kentucky, Tennessee and Maryland
have lost in Afro-American population.
Georgia contains the largest Negro
population. 1,176,987.
Virginia has the largest proportion
of Afro-American farmers who own
their farms, the proportion being 81
per cent.
The pamphlet shows many other
things concerning the Southern farm,
ers, quite interesting but of less
striking Importance than the facts
mentioned.
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&han1 Mntupra1tu

his-institution of learning, established in 1865.
has industrial departments for both young men
preparatory departments. There are also Schools
Of Law, Medicine, Pharmacy and Theology.
Other improvements are being planned that will
be completed within the next two years.
Applications should be made several months or
year in advance, for it has become impossible
during the last few years to receive all 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 acc
moderate. Catalogues furnished upon application.
Address THE PRESIDENT
Shaw University. Raleigh, N. c.
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SOUNDS THE KEYNOTE.

Upon the solid rock of the
rights of the individual as grant
ed by the Constitution, the Re-
publican party builds it's struc-
ture of optimism. The Demo-
cratic party, on the other hand,
in the opening sentence of its
address to the electorate, be-
trays it's occasional quality by
denying the right Of Congress, a
right again and again confirmed
by the Supreme Court, to estab-
Iish protective duties for the ben
eft of American industries. 1t de-
cIares as false the vital issue of
the constitutional liberties of the
individual. Such liberties are
now assaulted by those who advo-
cate the overthrow of the indie.
penaence of the judiciary. 1t
would leave the Individual de-
fense!ess in the protection of
those rights declared inaIienabie
under the Constitution.-Charles
D. Hilles, chairman of the Re-
publican national committee.
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What seems to have been the i'm

What seems to have been the imme-
diate punishment for the infraction of
Gods law: Thou shalt not take the
name of the Lord thy God in vain,'
took place in Galena, ILL.,, this week.
AS Thomas Johnson, the aged Afro,
American sexton of the South Presby-
terrain church of that city, started tc
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03

climb the belfry stairs, he jocularly
and sacriligeously remarked: I'm
going up to meet God" A few mo-
ments later the old man lost his foot
ing, his weak hands failed him, he fell
thirty feet and sustained injuries that
are expected to prove fatal. Does it
not look like a Judgment?
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CANNON THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY
ATLANTA. GEORGIA

AIMS AND METHODS.
The aim Of this school is to do prac-
teal work in helping men towards suc-
cess in the ministry. Its course of study
IS broad and practical; it's ideas are high;
ITS work is thorough; it's 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 senlinaries 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.
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Einrnln :9natttntr
JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI

JEFFERSON CITY, MISSOURI
Founded by the Soldiers Of the ed and 65th
Regiments Of tho o. 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.
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A strenuous effort was made at the
Democratic National convention to
have a plank inserted in the platform
DISTINGUISHING the Afro-Americans,
and yet there will be some boneheads
who will vote the Democratic rlcKet at
the coming election.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03

One often reads of the failures of
would-be suicides to accomplish their
desires. That there need not be any
failures has been demonstrated by a
young woman in Paris, France, who
jumped from the topmost to the Sec
ond platform of the Eiffel tower, dis
lance of 525 feet, and was crushed be-
yond all recognition.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-08-03

Washington Conservatory Of
Music and School of Expression
eo2 T STREET, WASHINGTON, D. c.
LARGE AND COMPETENT FACULTY
DEPARTMENTS
Piano. Voice and Violin. Piano Tuning. Theory Analy-
sis. Harmony. Counterpart. Fugue. Vocal Expression,
Wind instruments. History Of Music. Methods.
Scholarships Awarded Artists Recitals
HARRIET GIBBS.MARSHALL, President.
GEORGE WILLIAM COOK, Treasurer.
ABBY WILLIAMS, Secretary.
LEWIS G. GREGORY, Financial Secretary
ANNIE E. GRINAGE.
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AVERY COLLEGE
TRAINING SCHOOL

NORTH SIDE, PITTSBURGH, PA.
A Practical Literary and Industrial
Trades School for Afro American Boys
and Girls. Unusual advantages for Girls
and a separate building. Address
Joseph D. Mahoney, Principal.
Box. 1874 North Side. Pittsburgh Pa.
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TUSKEGEE
Normal and Industrial Institute
TUSkEGEE, ALABAMA,

Incorporated.)
Organized July 4, 1881, by the State
Legislature as The Tuskegee State Nor
NAL School. Exempt from taxation
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON, Principal
WARREN LOGAN, Treasurer.
LOCATION.
In the Black Belt of Alabama where the
blacks outnumber 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; % 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 81, csc, 900,
and no mortgage.
$50 annually for the education of each
STUDENT; ($200 enables one to finish the
course; $1,000 creates permanent scholar
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 lS6 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.
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8 Building. Boys HALL Stone Hall.
ATLANTA UNIVERSITY.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY

WILBUR p. THIRKIELD. President,
Washington d. G.
Inc Arts and ScienceaKE11Y MILLER NJ,
Inc me AAeademy-GEoReE j. CUMMINGS, A. NJ Dean.
Inc Commercial Conege-GEoRGE Al NJ. Dean.
echoo OF Manual Arts and Applied Science
PROFESSIONAL SCHOOLS
The School of Theoogy-1sAAc CLARK, D. D., Dean
The School of Medicine: Pharmaceutc,
-. Coileges-EDwARD O. BA1LocH, D.
ING ocnoo OF LaW-bENJ F. LEIGHTON D.. Dean
For Catalogue Special Iean ~
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Mans Limitations Defined.
No man, however good he may be,
understands girls; neither does he
understand women.
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Lace Workers Of Smyrna.
Girls and women of Smyrna make
great quantities Of lace. The work ia
mostly done in their own homes.
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Beautiful Location The Rest Moral and s;
Environment "A Splendid Intellectual Atmosphere p
Noted for Honest
Offers full
High School, land
Good water
very reasonable for "~F~-~~
Opens formato
= 1~I"oAOSNA H. W. F1eONANAdAN. Knoxville Tenn
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THE APPEAL
Additional Afro-American Newspaper

ST. PAUL OFFICE
J. q. ADAMS. Manager.
No. 236 Union Block, 40 E. 4th St,
The Washington herald., 1912-01-04
HUSBAND WINNER
In THIS PROCESS
1t Takes Habeas Corpus to
Free Mr.. Thorpe.

At q special session Of the Corporation
Court at Alexandria. Va, held last night,
Judge L. c, Barley sustained the petition
for habeas corpus proceedings instituted
by W. II. Thorpe and entered an order
to the effect that Thorpe was illegally
detained, and he was at once discharged.
The case was brought TO a head in the
afternoon when Margaret Thorpe, from
whom the defendant some time ago OBJ
tanned a decree OF divorce. Instituted pro-
ceedings in the United States Court In
Washington on a charge OF nonsupport
A deputy United States marshal, through
the local United States Court for the
Eastern district OF virginia, OF which
r. p. W Garnett Is the clerk. served
the papers on Thorpe for his arrest.
The question OF jurisdiction between
the State and United States courts is
one which probably will eventually he
the point for a legal battle. Fulton &
Wampler represented Thorpe.