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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
One of the Family.

It may interest some of our readers
to glance through this short character
istic sketch of James Seymour, born
in London in 1902, which is more
strongly impressive than many longer
memoirs. The fact that, he. displayed
fondness for drawing and painting
in boyhood, and subsequently. gained
celebrity by his skill in designing
horses is too we'll known to comment
upon. Once the proud Duke of Somer-
set employed Seymour to paint room
at his seat in Sussex with the por-
traits of his running horses. Having
admitted the artist to his table, he one
day drank to him, saying:
cousin Seymour, your health
The painter replied: my lord, I
really believe that I have the honor
OF being Of your grace's family"
This hurt the pride of the duke so
much that he rose from the table and
ordered his steward to pay Seymour
and dismiss him. Finding, however,
that no ono in England could complete
the pictures begun, he condescended to
send for his cousin. The painter re-
sponded to the message in these
words:
my lord, I will now prove that I
am Of your grace's family, for won't
:2me."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
AS 1t Should BE.

A Washington paper tells a pleasing
story Of Mr.. and Mrs. Cleveland and
some gypsy children. President and
Mrs. Cleveland were driving on the
Glenwood road on the outskirts of the
capital, where several families of gyp-
sizes had pitched their tents. A group
of ragged children belonging to the
band were playing marbles in the road
way. AS the presidents eQuipage drew
near, the driver, motioning to the chill
dren to dispense, raised his whip to
urge the horses forward. The children.
treasuring their playthings more than
their lives, shouted frantically, "Oh,
mister, please don't run over our mar
bles." This appeal would have passed
unheeded by the driver, but the presi-
dent quickly rose and ordered the
coachman to stop. The the children
were told to gather up their marbles.
All the while they. kept looking at the
occupants of the carriage with grateful
smiles on their dirty faces. Mrs. Cleve-
land returned the smiles, much to the
delight and qualification of the little
gipsies. When the marbles had been
hurriedly collected, the president drove
on, followed by the earnest shout,
you're awful good, mister" coming
from the little fellows, who had no idea
they were talking to the president of
the United States.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
MAN AND THE APE.
A Scientist Illustrates Points of Re-
semblance and Disslmilarity,


semblance and Disslmilarity.
I'm his brain structure" says lee
turer in the Philadelphia Item, man
is evidently closely allied with the ape
and the difference between man and
any OF the higher apes in this respect
is not so great as that which exists be-:
tween the apes and monkeys, taken as
a whole, and the other mammalian Or
ders. And as Huxley says, the differ
ence in weight of brain between the
highest and lowest man is far greater,
both relatively and absolutely, than
between the lowest man and highest
ape" Speaking of heredity, the scien-
list said 1t was well-known fact that
the young of all animals tend to revert
to the ancestral type. Thus" said
ne, in group of closely allied spe-
.c1es of birds-where some of the spe-
cies are solidly colored and some have
mottled plumage and spotted breasts
the young of the solidly colored species
are often conspicuously notified and
spotted. This is notably the case with
the thrushes, especially in the case of
our robin. So among mammals the
young of many species exhibit mark
lngs quite different from their parents.
Lion cubs, for example, show spots
which ally them to the leopards and
their kind. The human infant presents
many similar features, which, though
shocking to the fond parent, point,
nevertheless toward a common anthro-
pold. ancestry. Among the most re-
markable of these evanescent charac-
terlstics are the plantar burrows or
creases on the sole of the foot in new
born babies, which present a striking
similarity to the creases on the foot
or the ape. It has been further shown
That not only the plantar furrow but
also the great mobility of the toes in
young babies must have had their orr
gin in an arboreal ancestor possessing
prehensile foot. The disproportion-
ate strength of grip in the hand of
young baby and the tendency which
1t shows to cling to things further sup
ports the theory of an arboreal life on
the part OF mans archaic ancestor.
The young ape is quite human in the
relative features Of the head and face,
While the adult generates toward
more bestial character. At the same
time the adult man approaches more
toward lower type in certain fea-
lures, notably in the greater develop
ment of the brows and facial ele-
ments." In conclusion, the lecturer
stated that while his ancestors may
have had advantages in protection from
the weather by hairy covering and
a more keen sense of hearing and
smell, man had unquestioned advan-
tages in tAe development of his men,
tai faculties and the skill of his hand.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
E History on a Watch Face.

Almost the last work of the Belgian
astronomer, Houzeau, recently de-
ceased, was an article in which, while
arguing in favor of a decimal division
OF time, he pointed out the origin of
the double set of twelve hours repre-
sented on our watch and clock faces.
The ancient inhabitants of Mesopo-
tamia chose the number twelve as an
arithmetical base because it has four
divisors, VIZ. two, three, four and six.
while ten has only two divisors, VIZ:
two and five. They counted twelve
hours in the day and twelve in the
night, measuring the day by the prog
ress of the sun, and the night by the
progress of the stars across the skv
This system, prevailing over all 9TH
ers, has come down to us, and so our
watches bear on their faces a souvenir
of those ancient days when the sun
served for a clock-hand half of the
time, and the stars the other half.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
The X.RaYa.

A negro, familiar with chicken -coops,
who had heard Of the Illuminating
power Of the X-rays, consulted doc
tor to learn whether they could reveal
whose chicken he had eaten. Lis
tener" of the Boston Transcript tells
of boy who also had confidence in
the ability of the rays to make appar-
ent hidden things. A little thirteen
year-old boy who has been the victim
Of hip trouble and of several opera
tions, so that he at least may be par
doned for thinking and talking about
surgery, heard that small friend of
his was in danger of having to un-
dergo an operation for some trouble
in the stomach; and he said gravely
to the child's mother: well, if were
you, Mrs. D., I'd first get intimate with
Mr.. Edison, and look through his cat
hode ray into Toms stomach, and find
out what's there before I operated"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
AMERlc AssEFlRsr ELEPHANT.
Death of Jeanette,gthe Pioneer Beast of
#s-3@s This Continent. Nh.


Death of Jeanette,qthe Pioneer Beast of
.5 This Continent. s,sa
Jeanette, an elephant which most
showmen believe to have been the old
est in the United States and the first
ever Thought to America, is dead at
Peru Ind. Her age is known to have
been 116 years. She had been ten
ant of menageries in this country since
1924. The first that was known of
Jeanette in this continent was in 1928
At that time an agent of an American
menagerie was in England and there
saw the elephant, in company with a
number of others just arrived from
the Cape, as Africa is termed in Bri-
tain. She had been employed as
working elephant for some time in At
RIGA previous to her purchase by an
English official who was engaged in
gathering small herd to export to
England. At that time, it is asserted,
there was not an elephant in the Unit
ed States. The agent from America
conceived the idea that he had found
tremendous card for his menagerie.
He purchased Jeanette for $4,000. The
purchase was the talk of London. The
next thing to- do was to get Jeanette
to the United States, and that was no
trif1ing matter. The year 1923, it must
be remembered, was far in advance OF
the ocean greyhound, and the voyage
across the Atlantic for even human
being was considered an event. The
agent, however, was equal to the emer-
gency, and one June day, when clip.
per ship sailed from Liverpool she
had aboard of her, snugly slowed in
the hold, the bulky form Of the then
comparatively youthful Jeanette. De-
tail is lacking as to how Jeanette en-
joyed the voyage, but she reached New
York with but few abrasions of the
skin and a sour temper. Jeanette's
fame spread far and wide, and after
exhibiting her until he had made his
fortune her owner sold her to men
agerie.. How often she changed hands
after that even the best posted men,
agerie and circus man refuses to esti-
mate, beyond the fact that it was at
least forty times. It is certain, how
ever, that there has been no prominent
menagerie in the country in the last
half century which has not had claim
on Jeanette at one time or another.
When elephants began to be common
Jeanette's fame faded. She was prob
ably the most travelled elephant the
world ever knew. The fact that she
Tell from the pedestal of fame so many
years ago did not sour her temper, for
she was also considered a special pet
by everyone who ever had anything
to do with her.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
A Curious Advertisements.

The following curious advertisement
is copied from a recent number of a
daily paper:
Julia, my wife, has grown quite rude:
She has left me in lonesome mood;
She has left my board;
She has took my bed;
She has given away my meat and
bread;
She has left me in spite of friends and
church;
She has carried with her all my shirts.
Now We who read this paper,
Since she cut this luckless caper,
I will not pay one single fraction
For any debts of her contraction.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
ST, PAUL.

Sr. PAUL.
PIONEER LODGE, No. l. A. F. and A. N. meets
The tirst Monday in each month at Masonic Hall
s. W. corner Fifth and Robert streets, Master
S.H. HADLEY. W. NJ.
w. A. HILYARD, Sec, 124 Atwater.
MINNESOTA LODGE. No 2. A. F. and A. NJ. meets
on first and third Tuesdays in each month at
Masonic Hail. s. w. corner Of Fifth and Robert
streets Master Masons in good standing always
welcome.
w. T. GAssAwAY, w. NJ.
ROBT. E. ANDERSON, Sec.
WIN. II. STEVENS LODGE, No. 8, A. F. and A. M.
meets second and fourth Monday in each monthat
Masonic Hall, S. w. corner Fifth and Robert SITS.
H.. ANDREW JACKSON. W, Nj.
II. c.. VAUGHN, sEo
NJ. meets the second and fourth Tuesday in each
month At Masonic Hall. s. w. corner Fifth ant
Robert SITS. Master Masons in good standing
A 8. D. How1nD. w.M.
j. @. A. WILSON, Sec.
BETHEL CHAPTER. No. &C., R. A. NJ meets the
frat aud third Thursday in each month at Masonic
Hall, s. w. corner Of Fifth and Robert Streets
Royal Arch Masons in good standing always
welcome.
GEORGE DucKErr. H. P.
J. 8, STRONG, Sec, 64S Robert,
PILGRIM CoMMANDERY No q. K T. Meets the
second and third Thursday in each month at asy-
.um in Masonic Hall, S. w. Corner Fifth and
Robert streets: Knights Templer in good stand
SIR J. H. D111lNaHAx. &c
SIR DANIEL Rof, Sec, N. P. Il. +. Gent Bldg.
WESTERN STAR CoNsIsToRY No. 4. Meets the
fourth Tuesday in each month at Masonic Hail. $.
y. Cor. Fifth and Robert streets. Al,Ss7 Masons
in good standing are cordially invited.
ILL. j H. DILLlNGHAM, c @.
Wv. GporGF NUCErIr Sec.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
Hot Drinks for Thlrst.

It is mistake to suppose that cold
drinks are necessary to relieve thirst.
Very cold drinks, as rule, increase the
feverish condition of the mouth and
stomach, and so create thirst. Expert
ence shows it to be fact that hot
drinks relieve the thirst and "cool off"
the body when it is in an abnormally-
heated condition better than ice-colj
drinks. It is far better and safer to
avoid the use of drinks below sixty
degrees. In fact, higher temperature
is to be preferred, and those who are
much troubled with thirst will do we'll
to; try the advantages to be derived
from hot drinks, instead of cold fluids
to which they have been accustomed.
Hot drinks also have the advantage OF
aiding digestion, instead of causing de.
bility of the stomach and bowels.
- q - NJ
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1897-05-29
ARE MEN FRIENDS BETTER?

The Question Has Never Yet Been Sat-
isfactoriIy Answered..
Some women, especially those who
are popular with the lords of creation,
declare unhesitatingly that one man
friend is worth a dozen feminines, and
that a man at least is not spiteful or
treacherous, says the Philadelphia
Times. Then, again, other women,
with equal force, remind one of the
proverbial fickleness of men, and how
new face and a brighter manner
often drive completely away an old
and time-honored friendship. But this,
others will answer, relates only to a
love affair." and naturally when a little
god arrives on the scene all such cold
affairs as friendship must find lodging
elsewhere.
Probably, like all assertions either
way. the truth lies between the two ex-
tremes. Some men are particularly CAL
culated for friends. In fact, in that
capacity are loyalty and honor them
selves. They never talk of or discuss
their friends, they are only too willing
and too ready to serve woman they
really care for, and are always on hand
in trouble and sorrow with ready SYM
pathy and help. But friendship Of
this kind naturally demands much, and
no one will waste such Platonic devo-
ton without expecting an equal
amount of friendship and loyalty in re-
turn. -. .s...
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

the energy thai have made raw common
wealths great n other parts OF the nation
Real property. which mas survived the
fltful and oftames fatal incipiemt stages
OF real value, - now upon bedrock and at
low water mark IN price. Any move what
soever must be an upward one. The peo-
pie or the state. driven by the anexorabis
task mas1sr OF stern necessity, have
learned 10 practice the art of economy IN
public and private expenditure, and TO
eschew all forms OF exaggeration and ex-
travagance which at one time marked
their estimate Of the heritage nature has
given them. Today. with a determination
worthy of their race. and a confidence
born or d correct knowledge and under
standing OF their advantages and oppor-
tusAties, they have set about building IN
the right way the new empire state OF the
Pacific Northwest.
Although capital cannot be coerced, it
can be made ASHAMED OF Itself for its own
timidisy. and this Is one OF the tasks that
the good people OF Washington have set
themselves 70 do.
In tae matter OF social and educational
advantages the state stands well up with
many OF the older connlonw tins of the
East. It's schools are the best. It's churches
liberal and progressive, while its homes
compare eavorably with those 70 be found
upon the banks OF tho Charles, thu Hud-
son and the Scauylkiii
de PAUw."
"a. A. Smith, Port Angeles wash1
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
MILLIONS OF ACRES.
OF Government Lands That Arc Sur
vsyed and All Ready for
Homesfeads.

Millions OF acres OF waving pines. signing
20 be cut up snto log cabins and barns ana
beautiful homes in rhe natural progress or
farm life. and vast areas OF flower pam
gled prairie that are tsred OF the nonorony
Of primitive existence and pine 10 os
rickled and furrowed and brought 10 a life
OF ever-changing usefulness. are 10 Do had
IN every county OF the state for the asking.
OF timber lands. rich bottoms and uplancs
and prairtes, and OF arid wastes waiting
for the man 20 como 10 Turp on the water
that shall make them fruitful, and Of coal
lands end mountain tracts N which the
precious metals ara hidden, 698.N7 acres
were surveyed under the direction or sur
veyor General ". p. Watson last year.
This included 500. 900 acres in the northern
portion OF the Colvilie Indian reservation,
which was thrown open 10 mineral entry
last February and now swarsns with pros
pectorS. Half Of this new land is in Ste
vens and half IN Okanogsn county. Tho
number Of mining claims recorded IN these
two counties last year was $500, good
part of which were located on the reser-
walton lands so recently thrown open for
settlement.
The Last Years Surveys.
The total of the surveyed lands az the
close of the last fiscal year was 24ss2,oSe
acres, al of which are now ready for en-
try under the several acts OF congress, as
homesteads. timber and mineral lands and
so on. These millions OF acres offer wide
range of choice 10 the man seeking farm,
and he must have an exceedingly finnieky
disposition who could not find here exact
ly the conditions ne desired.
And even this Is little more than one
half OF Uncle Sans domain IN this state.
Tnere are yet i9. S52.5 sol acres remaining 10
be surveyed. The amount paid for the
surveys accepted by the commissioner OF
public lands last year was $40 $50. and con-
tracts have been made for other surveys
amounting 20 s4s, 07s
The state Land Grant.
In addition to the Millions OF acres of
government land. the state has 622, 600
acres granted by The government under
the enabling act, of which selections have
been made and approved by the secretary
Of the interior of 43S, 9lS acres, OF an aver
age value of trifie over $40 per acre. The
following table shows the several land
grants made TO the state, the number of
acres selected, With their value. up TO
November /, 1896:
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03

What ths ssasa needs Is not only more
farmers bat also more men engaged IN
other industries who wfl create a hone
market for farm products. N9nafscsur
ing would Immediately increase the pcpo-
latton and stimulate agriculture. IN TACT
mach OF the developments In sgrtcniture
at the present time is due &c the develop
meat OF other o. the statss resources
TIE lumber and fish industries have
grown already 10 enormous proportions
in few years. but there does not begin
10 bs as much capital invested In either
as could command large profitable re-
turns Ths same is 10 be said or the COL
Eieriss and as 20 the immense iron de-
posts little or nothing has been done.
The same n regard 20 the clsys found
here, which viii permit OF any kind O
pottery, from the conmorest 70 the finest
porcelain, being successfully carried on
here without the importation OF any mate
rial-whicn can scarcely be said o. any
other state in ire country.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
STATE IMMIGRATION.
Work Accomplished by state and
Counties I'm Drawing Attention
10 iNnnhfmnfan's Ahxanfm1r~.

one of me most important puhi.c move
mems Of size past year was the formation
OF an associate 70 bring the advantages
os the state 20 the attention of Eastern
home seekers. and 90 coasidar means 20 IN
duce immigration. II was me d.rect result
Of a convention Of representatives, from
every state along che northern ter from
Wisconsin 20 che Pacific coast. which was
held In S. Paul the preceding Noveu-
Der and formed the Northwest tmnlgf a.
ton Assoc. alton. IN pursuance Of reso-
luton OF this convention, Gov. NcGraw
appointed delegates from each county IN
his state 20 state convention TO Be held
IN seaftte This convention took place
January e and a strong permanent organ
izatlon resulted. called the Washington
State ImmiRTatton Association.
There we're 90 delegates az this conveu-
ton an4 they elected the following state
committee:
Adams county. clinton stsser RltxvHe:
Cnehalss. p. r. B.iss. E.ma: Clailam, n J.
Carrxan. Port Angeles: Clarke, +. G.
Crawford. Vancouver. Douglas r. ".
Starr. Watervfiie. GarGsid. s. @. Cosgrove.
Pomerov. Island, =. J. NJ. H0som, Coupe
vile: Jefferson. Joseph a K~ln Port
Townsend kgrF. q. l.. Webb, Seattle. Kilt
sap. Joseph Pitt. sidney: Kitritas J. T.
srrnstraug. Etensburg: Lewis r n.
S uapson. Cenfrslla: Lincoln. G. q. May.
Tpavsn port: OcaEoaau. I. MaeLssn. che
san Fails. Pacific. Fl J. sr. South
Bend Pierce. F. J. Wight. Tacoma: san
Juan. e NJ Tucker. Friday Harb3r. Sxag-
p n 6. Couuer, la ConaAr. Saono=n Ish.
= J. CAL Everett Spokane n. Bolster,
Spokane. Thurstnn Mitchell Harris. pwra-
ria. waEa Wagls " =. Tiger Wala
waua: whateoaa. A. = Cole. Whateorn:
yVnstusaa. Harry coruTsil. Co.fax. Yak
IRA r r. Bens9u %6rth YAKIMA
This COMMITTEES IA turn elected he fol-
lozIag IS ths executive committee:
~ l. Weas. Seattle; r. Bolster. 500
fane. g. :. = xAt. Tacoma: a s. Cole,
Whaseon F. - Crawford y2aeouvsr.
T. F. Beaso7. North Yakima. Harry Corn
wa1s ColGax.
George F. Ea,on. % Tacoma. wno had
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1897-01-03
THE OLYMPIC MOUNTAINS.
wan sisnt-buttrsssed. that with stsr,

wsn. gisnt-butirsssed. that with stern
command
Fedeest from strife tho corner uttermost
or this bread land. at thine eternal post
Thou stanacst a type OF life. Up from
the strand.
Rising. in dark and hopeless lines. though
grand,
Thy lower bresdths outstrstch. Thy for
esrs most
Seem temhs. Thy glens allure. to swell
. deaths hos-.
Thy cliffs speak WEAKNESS 10 a hapiess
hand.
Yet from thy higher reaches nsht doth
riffs
TIE purple shades below; thy soul. all
fair.
Released. upsprinEs from darkness: ROBBED
tn white
To heavens own purity thou asplrest to
Thy llfe who shan attain III who de-
clare
TIE unssarched mystery beyond that
GeiwhtF
-Thonaz Rochester Shepard.
February. 1927.
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THANKS FROM THE WINNER.

Port Angeles. Wash. Dec. I., 1896
James ID. Hoge. Jr.. Manager Post-fntelli-
geneer Publishing Company. Seattle.
Wash.
Dear STR: Please accept herewith my
thanks for your kind favor OF rhe 10th IN
slant announcing result OF your prize
contest for best article on "The State OF
Washington" containing check for SIS.
tire amount Of FIRST prize. and bearing your
congratulations. Trusting that the POST
InteEisencer's New Year may be as pros
porous as it's weli-known enterprise war
rants. have the honor TO remain,
Yours very truly,
SMITH