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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
a COLLEGE YELL.
The Wonderful Cry Evolved by Dozen

The Wonderful Cry Evolved by Dozen
Athletic Young Fellows.
Hi! Hi, vi! Hi, Vi, vi! Booma-
lacka, bow-wow! Hullabaloo! Yah,
Wah! Chick-a-go-runk! go-runk: siss
boom 'rah! Hep-hi! hey-ip! Siccum!
,Rah-zoo! Wah-hco! Bang! XII
VI, mockali-on! Buzz-saw! Boom
,rah! Hobble- gobble, razzle-dazzle!
Breke-kek-ex, ko-ax, ko-ax! Skookum,
skookum!"
This marvellous language was not the
small talk Of the debating society of an
insane asylum. nor was it a kennel Of
mad dogs broken loose. 1t was only
the joint efforts Of twelve solemn
young gentlemen to decide upon club
yell. Each man had his own howl,
and insisted on singing out with it,
while all the rest were rehearsing their
own. 1t is reported that when this
grand combination broke loose all the
small boys in town thought circus
was coming along with its calliope
(Which. OF course, they pronounced
"callie-ope'), while the two small po-
ncemen> that pretended to protect the
town Of Lakerim are reported to have
thought that gang of outlaws was at
lacking the place, and to have crawled
into the deepest ditch in town, and
pulled the ditch in after them. After
every one had yelled himself hoarse,
each Of the Twelve began yelling again
to quiet the others, and the noise was
almost greater than before At length,
however, they quieted down enough to
listen to the various candidates for the
yell. History proposed "a long Latin
quotation, and insisted on at least hav-
Ing some big words in the yell. He
and Boobies Joined forces, and COM
promised on the following gem: "Doo-
dle-um! Diddle-um! Dandle-um! The
duodecimal Dozen!" Punk. however,
said that this was beneath the dignity
OF such great men. and proposed one
which he persuaded them to try over.
1t could hardly be called short, but it
was certainly complete, and consisted
not only in spelling out the full name
Of the club, but surrounding this with
most of the well-known yells of all the
colleges. 1t went something like this:
"Breke-kek-ex, ko-ax, ko-ak! Siss
boom 'rab! Hullabaloo, ha! L-a-k-er-
I'm Athletic Club! 'Rah,
'rah, 'rah! 'Rah, 'rah, 'rah! 'Rah,
'rah, 'rah!" The Dozen started vigor-
ously to yell this out and kept together
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
A Comfortable CorDse.

When Wilson Barrett did his cone
night-only' performance of "Othello"
in Melbourne on Wednesday evening OF
last week, he questioned" with much
If and gave rise to ludicrous sit
ua.-~n. Having stif1ed Desdemona in
businesslike fashion, he came down
the stage, being first supposed to draw
the tapestry together, leaving the
smothered Miss Jeffries comfortably
corpsed on the bed. But in his enthu-
siasn he did not quite close the arras,
and while he was elocuting in the fore
ground half the audience were litter
ing at the comic sight of the beau
teous corpse in the rear sitting up and
arranging her draperies to picturesque
advantage. Having seen that thew
were correctly displayed, Maud Desde-
mona lay down and went dead again.
while Wilson Barrett continued his
ri0t.-Sydney Bulletin.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
Bribins spurxeon.

The recent autobiography Of the late
Rev. Charles H. Spurgeon contains an
account of what may be termed an
early business venture, and its indu-
ence on his character. Sturgeon was
brought up on Watts hymns; but not
altogether willingly. His grandmoth-.
er coaxed him with money to learn
them. At first she gave him a penny,
but when she saw how easily it was
earned, the old lady reduced the prize
to halfpenny and then tosa farthing.
There is no telling how low the
amount per hymn might have fallen,
but just at this time his grandfather
made discovery which seemed more
desirable to Sturgeon. He discovered
that his house was overrun with rats,
and offered his grandson shilling q
dozen for all he could kill. The oc-
cupation Of rat-killing gave him more
money than learning hymns. But, "
Mr.. Sturgeon Enthusiastically says,
81 know which employment has been
the more permanently profitable to
me-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
discover peculiar sort of charm in
the danger and in the game of life or
death.-:Leslie's Weekly. ~
SQUARE MEAL IN A CAPSULE.

Take One With Drink of Water and
You Are Provided With Soup.
The samples Of various things de-
vised for the comfort of soldiers and
the models of implements to be used
in warfare received by the president
would, If placed on exhibition, eclipse
the sights in the national museum,
says the Army and Navy Journal. The
secretary of the navy also is deluged
with all sorts Of contrivances and de-
vices, as well as samples of improved
methods in cooking and clothing. In
one of the rooms of the navy depart
ment are shown some of these Sup
plies and they are most interesting to
see. One man has actually 'bouillon
capsules that you swallow at one bolt.
then drink some water, and 10 and be-
hold! your stomach is full of SOUP.
Another genius has sent to the de-
partment specimen bottles of prepared
castor oil,to be used in connection with
the edibles. A benevolent old gentle
man of Pennsylvania sent recipe
there are sixteen pages of it-for pre-
parlng all kinds of food for soldiers
sans tooth. In the war department
the same story is told. One bright
genius has put up specially prepared
PACKAGES Of paris green and wants
Secretary Alger to require every SOL
dier to carry one in his knapsack. The
idea is that all the bugs in Cuba will
thus be kept at bay-as if the troops
were tomato plants. Some of the pat.
ent medicine men have evolved vel
low pills, which are warranted a sure
cure for yellow fever Then there are
patent splints for setting broken limbs.
which almost dispense with a doctor.
and filters on wheels. This last in
vention is the work Of well-known
artist-Mr. Remington. It is nothing
more nor less than the ordinary BIZ
cycle wheel. carrying the framework
for cot, upon which the wounded is
placed and pushed to the hospital. An
other curious invention offered the
government is an apparatus for peer-
ing into the depths Of the ocean to
hunt for cables and keep sharp look
out for submerged mines and torpe-
does. The invention is called an
"aQuascope."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
Incidence q Foe to Health.


Sir James Crichton Browne recently
gave utterance. at Selkirk, to some
opinions on the dangers to health in
volved in Incidence. He did not know,
he declared, any surer way of induc-
ing premature mental decay than for
a man of active habits to retire and DO
nothing when just past the zenith of
life, and, on the other hand, he did not
know any surer way of enjoying what
is termed a "green old age" than to
keep on working at something till the
close. The medical profession, re-
marks DR.. Browne, adapting itself to
the needs Of the times, has felt it in
cumbent upon it during the last de-
cade to insist mainly on the evils of
misuse of the brain-that is, the ex-
cessive strain not seldom imposed on
it in the fierce struggles after wealth
and more especially the overpressure
in the name Of education, but is now
not less keenly alive to the correlative
evils Of the disuse of the brain.-New
York Home Journal. .~s.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
WHISTLES AS HE FIGHTS.
There Il Absolutely Nothing Indicative
Of Fear In tho Yankee Tar.

There IL Absolutely Nothing indicative
Of Fear In tho Yankee Tar.
A half-naked man, sticking his head
out Of the forward elght-inch gun tur-
ret on the Brooklyn to get a breath OF
fresh air, said to me as couple Of big
shells wh1stled over our heads and
struck in the water beyond, "Funny
song they sing, sir" and then disap-
peared. In the two hot engagements
IN which have watched the fighters
closely, have never seen anything
Indicative of fear. True. everybody
mas curious sensation as the first few
smells OF the enemy whistle overhead,
and when one strikes, with it's fright
iul explosion, you look around anx-
lousiy for an instant. If the smoke is
cleared from your ship you will see a
pun OF smoke from battery ashore.
lnen, Just as you have, forgotten the
smoke, about three seconds later, you
near a sound like a swarm of bees
nummlng over your head. Pretty soon
smells began to come faster and fas-
Ter. They drop in the water on both
SIDES, of you. One hits the military
mast and the debris of steel and rope
and wood comes tumbling about you.
you look up wonderingly, but give 1t
merely an instant's thought. Then
your mind reverts to- the terrible roar
OF your own guns, and then comes
the single idea of keeping outside the
raolus OF fire, not Of the enemy's guns.
out those on your own ship, equally
dangerous to your safety, the preserva-
tlon OF your ear drums and your life.
stood by Commodore Schleys side,
with Flag Lieutenant Sears, during the
TWO 1lrst commandments Of Santiago,
and We all found ourselves absolutely
1orgettul of peril, watching the shots
from different turrets and telling the
gunners whether to depress or raise the
muzzle OF the gun. We kept accurate
~ the times of the movements, of OPP
enlng fire, of good shots, of silenced
batteries, and Of cease firing" The
balls whistle about you with nasty
whine, as if they deplored not being
able to hit you, but half the time the
roar OF the fusilade of your own ships
browns the complaint of the enemy's
missiles. You experience at first a
feeling of enjoyment not unmixed with
terror. Then YOU grow animated and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
preclated ana respected America. :::e
was always full Of kindness for any OF
us who had shown him the slightest
attention n
Fashion In Speech.

JE#t E0DuAOu A Speech
We are certainly getting Anglicized.
The good old Americanisms by which
an American could always be distin-
guished from an Englishman Of any
dialect are apparently giving way,
though slowly. Almost all American
women, in this section Of the country
at least, if they have any desire to be
considered in fashion wear gowns
instead of dresses" our docks" are
becoming "wharves," in some parts OF
the country they talk Of "shunting",
railway trains and cars, and CRACKERS
are made by the Biscuit Trust" and
are sometimes labeled biscuits" Now
we learn. that the government is fur
nishing "tinned beef to the army. The
goods van," the booking office" and
the "tramway" will doubtless be along
n due time as part Of the Anglo-Am-
erlcan Observation-Disclosures Eagle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
THE RED FLAG.
A Danger Signal Was Hoisted Over the
Melon Patch E....

"A Danger Signal Was Hoisted Over the
Melon Patch.
A man was out driving one after
noon and went beyond the limits OF
Westport, says the Kansas City Star.
He was jogging along the road taking
things easy, more interested in his fair
companion than in the landscape. Sud-
denly he pulled his horse in. Down
the road he saw a red flag fastened to
pole stuck in the fence post. He
stared at it silently for some minutes.
What is it," asked his companion
uneasily. II can't make out. Perhaps
it's a rifle range. Maybe they're blast
Ing. Anyhow, it's danger signal"
ne replied. He drove forward eau
tlously, stopping now and then to look
at the red flag. There being no Wis
IDLE evidences of danger, he proceed
er, and saw, hitched to the fence post
by a long roco>. the meanest mule in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
ktGtY In a Mail Rau

The officials of the Oakland postof-
fee were startled this morning to dis
cover a small kitten in registered
mail pouch from San Francisco. Be-
sides the feline there were number
Of heavy packages in the pouch. When
1t was opened by the postoffice en-
ployes, who were attracted by a new
ing inside, the kitten jumped out in a
playful manner, much to the amuse-
ment Of those present. It is believed
the kitten crawled into the pouch
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
Deep Bore in Silesia.

. A boring has just been made at Ry-
bintz, in Silesia, in which the earth's
crust has been penetrated to the depth
of 2,210 yards: This is the greatest
depth thus far attained. The boring
was made for scientific purposes. No
unusual features, however, presented
themselves, except that the thermo-
meter indicated at that depth the pref
ty high temperature of $50 degrees
Fahrenheit.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
Trouble Enough.

Trouble Enough.
"CaWn't go with you this mawning,
Reggie "Deah me, what's the
mattah?" "Mattah enough, assure
you. My man, don't you know, is 60
ing to take a two days vacation. It
WEAKLY bweaks me all ."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05
WHY He Kent Than.

American Bride-"Those curtains
look pretty old, dear" English Noble
man-"Ahem!-yes. They are-aw-
the-aw-shades Of my departed ances-
tors New York World.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1898-11-05

The music OF a marriage procession al
ways reminds me Of soldiers entering
upon battle.-Heine.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-25

Glad am through with it," laughed
the travelling man VINO has for years
been selling diamonds by sample or d.
rectly from the stock which he carried
about his person.
I've been followed for hundreds of
miles and kept on the alert for twenty
four hours day, but the biggest scare
| ever had was In that lower part of
Illinois known as Egypt In hurrylng
to catch train 1 had placed n book Of
the sparklers in my oVercoat pocket
and forgot all about them until
reached the hotel at my next stopping
place. They We're gone. and felt
worse than any man who has lost his
all through speculation. for / was the
victim of my own carclcssness. re-
called taking OF my overcoat and sit
ting in the same seat for some time
with man who looked and talked like
a countryman. But you can never
tell. 1 have a habit Of drawing such
people out, more for my own entertain
ment than anything else, and | re-
called his having told me where he
lived, but he might have been foollng
me.
81 telegraphed the house that / was
sick. for ] was, and then went in
search of the old farmer. | was sur
prised to find him, and still more sur
prised to have him hand me the book
of diamonds as soon as / had been
made welcome.
Didn't ever cackalate TO see you
ag'in, he said heartily; but ] reckon
you was takln' them there shiny stones
home fur the kids. er they mightcr
been some kind of a Keepsake. | wa.
Jest goin' to keep 'em II few months
and then 'stribute 'em round 'mong
the nelghbor children II you hadn't
showed up. They air purity. but they
hain't no use but to look at
"Wlen 1 Slipppd n 800 hill into his
hand on parting he looked as though
he thought | was crazy, and said II |
ever needed the money to let him
know
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-25
EYENTS IN THE WEST.
CALIFORNIA GETS A GOOD DRENCHING


Mrs. J. A. Stanley Of Pocatello, Ida.
swallowed q dose of carbolic acid by
mistake Thursday which came nearly
proving fatoie She was formerly a Miss
Flint OF ogden, Utah.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-25

In Massachusetts but GSS.6sO mar
riages have taken place in the past
forty years. Yet there are 2,250,000 peo-
pie in the state. 1.-THE mean age for men
to marry" says the official statlsticinn.
lis 20 years" If 1t Is n mean age, asks
an exchange. why proclaim it in a pub
lie document?
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-25
Saturday,

125 Boys strictly all-wool Refers and
lsnee-pants Dress Suits. double seat
and knee. In pretty plaids and checks
and some worsteds; regular $3.50 and
IS Suits. ages to l6; special sale price,
$2.o5
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-25

dlcatlons are that more rain Isl coming.
This storm insures crops from Mcreed
northward to the state lino. The sum
mer faliow has been Kept in good con
dition and the wintcr-sown grain is
barely up. II win require but little
more rain To guarantee good crops ON
all summer fallowed land north or
Stockton
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-28
Who Is Doing What.

There are nearly twenty-three mil.
lion OF people In the United States
that are doing something. OF the
whole number Of working people the
females form 1922 per cent. Divided
by classes the working people of the
country are as follows: Agriculture
fisheries and mining, 9.013,336; profes'
sional. 944,333; domestic and personal
service, 4,360.577; trade and transport
alton, 3,326,122; manufacturing ant
mechanical industries, 5.091 ,293. Con
siderably more than four-fifths OF thu
illiterate male population of the coun'
try and over one-fourth of the illiterate
female population are working. Ovel
80 per cent Of the workingmen are
married, over q per cent single, ovel
3 per cent widowed. and one-Quartel
OF one per cent divorced. In manu-
factures and mechanics the carpenters
and joiners, numbering 611,4S2, max,
up the greatest element, with dress
makers and milliners following viii
499.690. There are little over 1000.
GOO bookkeepers. clerks and salesmen
690,65S merchants and dealers, 5.2S1.
557 farmers, planters and overseers
and 3,O04.06l agricultural laborers
349.592 miners, and only little owe
10000 fishermen and oystermen. Pro
fessors and teachers. aggregating SAT,
344. form the most numerous of tn
professional classes. Physician an,
surgeons, 104,805, come next; thei
lawyers, $3.50; clergymen, S8,203
government officials. 1904; musicians
ETC., 62.155; engineers and surveyors
1929; artists and art teachers, 22,496
journalists, 21.S49; and actors. e.72S
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-28
Tom Paine's bridge.

A piece OF cable recently found In q
historic dwelling at the Falls Of
Schuylkill recalls the first suspension
bridge Of a single arch ever attempted
in this country. The idea originated
with Thomas Paine, "the great COM
moner of mankind" while he was
spending the summer OF 1886 at the
hotel near the falls of Schuykill The
idea was suggested to him oy the
mechanism Of spider web, and he be-
gan to work upon plans for an iron
bridge to span the river at that point.
To lay his model before the French
Academy OF Science, Paine went to
France in 1887, but that country was
already on the road to revolution, and
had no time for the study of bridges
In England Paine forgot his scientific
mission and became absorbed In polit-
ical affairs. which ended with his i'm
prisonment and gave to the world "The
Rights Of Man." but lost to It for many
years advanced scientific bridge build
ing.-f niladelphia Record.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-28
NEWS IN BRIEF.

Havana Tho Cuban general. jose
Martel, has issued proclamation adj
dressed to the people Of Cuba demand
ing "Cuba FOR the Cubans" The pro-
clamation ends by urging all Cubans
TO resist the landing of American
troops by force. 1t is highly infam-
matory document, but fnds few TO
justify it.
Springfield, In.--The Terrence land
title act is upheld in decision rem
dcred by tho Illinois supreme court.
The case decided is that Of the People
va Sinons.
Bozeman, Mont. Snow fell to
depth of eight inches within tho last
twenty-four hours, delaying threshing
for some time, II Is tho first heavy
snow storm Of the season.
Lincoln, Neb.-Snow Is falling
nearly oil over Nebraska. In Central
and Western Nebraska it is growing
very cold, the temperature being the
lowest thus far this fall.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-28
DARE NOT ARREST AMERICANS.
Cuban Police DO Not Want TO Undertake
tho Job at Any Price.

Cuban Police DO Not Want TO Undertake
tho Job at Any Price.
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, Oct. 20.--General
Wood, military governor Of the de.
partment Of Santiago, though satisfied
with the workings Of the Cuban com.
mittce OF fifty recommending appoint
ments and Offering suggestions for as.
sistance in the work Of civil admins
tration, has decided to simplify this
feature by appointing eight Of the
most prominent members Of the COM
niittec as permanent council to the
governor. This council will meet Gen.
cral Wood thrice week TO consult as
to improvements in the province, and
the other members may 60 to different
points to consider local applications
for Office. The members Of the council
will receive salaries, though the
amount has not yet been decided upon.
One Of the first matters to be con-
adhered by General Wood and the
advisory council will probably be the
reorganization Of the police force of
the province. General Wood intending
to enlarge II. His idea is TO make the
entire police force ono semi-military
organization, in command Of an in
spector general, with tho rank OF
lieutenant colonel, having headquar-
ters at Santiago.
There will be four inspectors, with
the rank of major, with headquarters
at Santiago, Guantanamo. Manzanillo
and IIolguln, aud sub-inspectors, with
the rank of captain, at important
places. Smaller places will have licu-
tenants. The whole service will he
thoroughly drilled. The mounted po-
lice will De armed with carbines and
revolvers, and foot constabulary with
machetes and revolvers. General Wood
believes that In less than six months
he will have q complete and well
| drilled body Of men. There will be
reduction In the number Of police at
Santiago, but General Wood contem-
plates adding twelve American patrol
men for districts specially frequsntsd
by soldiers, teamsters and Americans
generally. Apparently no men Of the
present force dare to arrest an Ameri-
can, even when the police outnumber
the offenders seven to one
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-28
SAIL UNDER AMERICAS FLAG.
Virst Of the Northern Pacific stea amsrs
Transforrsd From British Registry.

Vlrst OF the Northern Pacific Steamer
Transferred From British Registry.
TACOMA, Wash, Oct. 90. The steam
ship Tacoma of the Northern Pacific
Steamship company was formally
transferred from British to American
registry yesterday. Five thousand
people on the ocean dock listened to
the speeches on the occasion. All the
other vessels of the line are TO be
transferred.
Permission TO assume American reg
lister was granted by Congress last
July, but the English government for
bade the transfer az IL might be con.
strued as a breach OF neutrality. With
tho signing Of the protocol all objec-
tion ceased. 1t IL believed in shipping
circles that the Northern Pacific
Steamship company is preparing its
vessels for the Manila trade when the
Philippine islands shall be annexed.
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-28
lIiasouri Girl Kliiad.

SrRINSFIELD, Mo-, Oct. 20. Miss
Eredia Duffner. 10 years Of age. was
shot and instantly killed last Saturday
at her home in Dallas county, near the
Dada county line. by hired man
named Powell. The family were away
at the time, and Powell claims that he
picked up revolver from table and
the weapon accidentally discharged,
striking the girl In the head, passing
through her brain. She was the
daughter of Charles Duffncr, the
farmer who was murdered by robbers
five weeks ago la his yard after lac had
killed one Of the men
The Red Cloud chief., 1898-10-28
Left Nothing to Charity.

New YoRK, Oct. 90 Tho will of tho
late DIR, John Hall, pastor of tho Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian church. bc-
queaths nothing to charity. A number
Of small bequests are made to rela.
tives. All his real estate in Kansas
goes to his son, Robert William; all
his real estate in Chicago to his son.
Thomas q. The rest of the estate 10
divided among the fvc children and
the widow.
The will discriminates against ono
Of the sons, Bolton Hall, who Is q So
cialist and has interested himself ex-
tcnsively In labor matters. He is TO
receive only as a life interest the in
come from certain part Of the per-
sonal property after the death OF the
testator's widow. bolton Hall Is re-
puted to be wealthy, having married
rich woman