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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04

Harper, treasurer; Mrs. Mary Wattins,
conductor; Mrs. Fannie Harper.
guard; Mrs. Mary Moss, assistant
guard. Visiting sisters from St. Paul:
Sisters Myers, Davenport, Johnson
and others. The charter was present
ed to the circle by Mrs. Turner in a
neat little speech, complimenting the
ladies for the manner in which they
have conducted their circle up to the
present time, and for their neat and
cosy home in which they are perma-
nently housed.
AS all subscribers are aware that the
Minneapolis Appeal has changed hands
and opened new Office, we kindly ask
you to please call and pay your SUBJ
scription for the ensuing year. AS
you all are interested in having a rep
resentative paper, and we likewise in
terested in the welfare of the citizens
in the Northwest, we will ask you
MAAAuAJ w 01AOW yOuI pdtI1OClSu1 ny
either sending by mail or by per-
sonal call. Our motto is, Justice to all,
and we are doing our utmost to bring
our management up to all expectations
Of our subscribers and many are ben
Gifted by the social, business and per-
sonal notes that appear in our COL
umns. And it is BETTING us, if we ex-
pect to succeed in race progress that
we should be willing for the benefit of
all to support a newspaper, because a
newspaper is the voice of the people
and through it their wrongs are made
known to the world, and by it they
receive their just dues. Hoping you
will all take this to heart and be
prompt in replying. Very truly yours,
HENRY ROBERTS,
,"j- Manager.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04

speakers of the evening were Mrs.
Julia E. Lobdell, department. presi-
dent, and Sergeant Harper, who was
received with hearty applause. Prof
Grey's full orchestra furnished music
for the occasion. The exercises were
both interesting and. imposing. The
hall was handsomely decorated with
flags and bunting. Mrs. Elmira Turn
err, department secretary, oficiated in
the capacity of installing officer. The
following officers were installed:
Mrs. Sadie Sample, president; Mrs.
Lizzie Lucas, ST., vice president; Mrs.
G. A. Gibson, Jr., vice president; Mrs.
Malinda Cage, secretary; Miss Irene
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04
Great BERNARDO.

PROF. SENIOR BERNARDO, tina
voyant, has located permanently in St. Paul.
not here today and away tomorrow, like
frauds and humbuga. but here to stay. His
Ms4as sa Is honest and rsis5e.o he s'S reads s
every Incident Of your life with more than
human power; gives your own name and the
name Of the one you will marry; when, where
md how you meet, etc. guarantees to reunite
ths separated; locates lost friends or treas
9fes; causes q speedy and happy marriage
With the one you love. Il you are upsuccess-
lul in business, or in trouble. you cannot do
guide you to success and Happiness with more
than common intelligence. Now II the time
e consult reliable Palmist and Clairvoyant
1t reduced prices. Satisfaction guaranteed Or
no fec accepted Office: Il East Seventh st. :.
Rooms and &. second floor first door east Of
Watasha). Hours. 8 to 8. Call early and take
advantage If the reduced prices.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04
VAUDEVILLE.
At the Grand Opera House. St Paul

At the Grand Oper,. House. St Paul
For the coming We will occur the big
vaudeville event of the season. This
combir alton of stellar vaudevillians was
especially engaged ba Mr.. jacob Lift for
two wee ks in the Twin Cities and the
promise is made that the occasion will
present the most expensive contingent
of specially a1tists ever zen in the west.
The average Vaudeville bill contains
only ono head-liner or tt,r act, While
this occasion will offer two, of striking
The first will be the Leonidas Cats and
Dogs, the most marve lous trained sni-
mails OF the kind in ths world. These
cats and dogs were seen here last season
with the Hopkins Trans.O Oceanic Star
Spe cial Co.. and the furore they Great
ed will be long remembered. The oct
fill includes the cat that climbs to the
top of the thest-e dome and makes q
parachute imp. :
Another big feature will be the appear
ance of the Nelson fimilv of acrobats,
conceded by all 10 be tho worlds great
est acrobats. Tnere are nine in the
fanny and they. baue been featured
with prominent circuses and other at
fractions. Each eOf thevs features COM
mands alone, a salary of $500 per week.
Other acts of an expansive aud enjoy
abe nature include Et kert and Berg. in
novel musical and operate specially;
Albins, the magician: Felix and Barry.
who introduce comedy act unique and
entertaining; al and Mamie Anderson.
g colosed team Of rag-time comics; W.
=. Mills, in novel chars cter chanees; the
Columbian -Four in 1 novelmusical spec
islty; The Wonderful. Learner Sisters.
io g strong contortion set and other fea-
tnras OF decided strength. Notwi.h-
stamping tee remark able sire oRth of9tbis
attraction, there will BE no advance in
prices and owing to the popularity Of
the Leonidas DoRe aud Cats win femin-
inc thetre 9goers, there will de dai y
popular priced matinee during this en-
5RaRemet, Sunday slond excepted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04
IN MEMORIAM.

After a long and painful Illness
borne with great patience and Chris
tian fortitude, little Ushi, the eleven
year-old daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. D.
A. Miller, was released from her SUI
ferings Feb. 81.
Leaving behind a beautiful example
which many of her seniors would be
proud to possess, all-parents, sisters,
pastor, teacher, classmates and friends
are bound to regard her as zone more
precious link in the chain that binds
our hearts to heavenly realms, cheer
fully acknowledging that her sick
room was hallowed spot made sa-
cred by her presence, from which were
taught many helpful lessons of cheer
fulness, unselfshness and Christ-like
endurance The thoughtful considera-
ton with which she ever regarded her
friends and a never-failing faithfulness
to all the duties and responsibilities
which entered her young life were
pleasing characteristics which doubt
less were the means of gaining the ad-
miration and love of the countless
friends who remain to mourn her loss.
The beautiful floral offering from S.
S. classmates and friends were touch
ing testimonial of their esteem. Rev.
Brooks conducted the funeral services.
FLORENCE LILLIAN SULLIVAN,
S, S. Teacher.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04

You recall the Western cowboy, who at,
dinner in the city, suddenly whipped out his
nents. The landlady shrieked, ''Why did you
do that?" Excuse me. ma'am, twas abit.
my dear ma'am, habit I saw the butter;
creepY Gentle child of the west-he did not
know tina some butter was strong enough to ,xsi
Seriously, habit has a strong hold upon
everyone. When one gets used to doing q
thing he continues doing it. If yon are in tho
habit of buying some particular brand OF
-four you probably keep On buying it-th>oxeh
habit. You do not realize that there may be
admission.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04
NEW MINNEAPOLIS MANAGER

Mr. Henry Roberts Succeeds Mr.. p. F.: Hale
as Manage of The Appealin Ninneapo-
lis.
Since July, 1897, Mr.. P. F. Hale has
been acting as manager. of The APP:
peal in Minneapolis, but finding that
his time will be too much occupied tc
give enough of it to the paper, his res.
ignation has been rendered and &C.
cepted. He will, however, continue to
make collections for all bills due to the
paper prior to Feb. 1, 1899, and it il
hoped all who are indebted will make
early settlements so that he may close
his accounts
Mr.. Hale has been succeeded by Mr.
Henry Roberts, well-known and
popular gentleman, who will have en-.
tire charge of the business of The APP.
peal in Minneapolis, and is authorized
to make contracts for advertisements
receipt for subscriptions, etc. He has
opened an Office in Room No. SOC
Northwestern Life Insurance Building
on Hennepin avenue, between Third
and Fourth streets, to which the pa
irons of the paper are cordially in
vited. ,- g..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-03-04

REMEMBER, IT'S NEXT rr1 = I.
DAY NIGHT AT ST. JAMES, q n ~
CHURCH THAT THE GREAT 500
ENTERTAINMENT WILL BE GIVEN
FOR TEN CENTS. DON'T MISS n
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29
Insanity in tho Lover Anim.ls.

A0D8uAty ~ tA0 AUW0E AUlm0xDs
Darwin declared that insanity was
not peculiar to human beings, and as
serted that other animals often become
insane. According to DR.. Snelison, the
lower animals, without exception, at
times labor under decisions like those
Of insane human beings. They work
themselves into a frenzy Of insanity,
and this is applicable to birds, cats,
dogs, monkeys, cattle and horses. MI.
Richard Kearton gives instances Of
birds developing forms Of insanity.
Razor-bills, he says, are somewhat shy
birds, and yet on one occasion when
$50 Dutch hshing-boats landed at the
capital Of the Shetlands, in order to
hold their annual feast before start.
ing summer herring-catching, and the
place was literally crowded, a razor
bill came. in from ca, and began to
cut such odd capers within q dozen
yards Of the crowded esplanade az
made everybody who saw 1t wonder.
Some Of the oniookers said that they
had never seen q bird act in such q
fashion, and that at must be mad" He
also instances . form Of mental aber-
ration in . young elder duck. +
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29
DYNAMITE sPo1Ls A TORNADO.

walls of a real estate Office. 1t vent
out Of business right there and h sun
came out, the birds commenced to sing,
the grasshoppers resumed the con-
sumption of all things green, and the
population came forth. Then the good
people sang songs of gladness and
hailed the d~eliverer. He wears a civic
crown of dwarf oak leaves, because the
large variety is painfully absent from
the land.
This story may or may not be one
which sets forth all the facts. But
from the nature of such storms 1t IS
entirely plausible that a she'll dropped
into a funnel cloud would create a
counter disturbance which might de-
stroy the energy Of the storm. Doctors
blister q mans skin when his interior
economy is on fire with some localized
fever. This is called using a counter
irritant. Explosives with initial en-
ergy sufficient to counterbalance that
Of the elements in a wrestling match
could be expanded suddenly on this
same principle and effect a sudden ex-
change Of compliments. .
Dynamite Used In Oklahoma.
Dynamite was the substance used by
the Oklahoma storm arrester. In all
probability he chose this substance be-
cause 1t is better known as an agency
for the speedy transfer Of humanity to
beyond the stars when heedlessly han
died than is any other stuff made by
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29
NEW RANGE
which tho Government May Adopt for
tho NAVY.

which the Government May Adopt for
.... tho Navv.
One of the first unwelcome discov-
cries made by the officers on the Amer
lean warships at the outbreak OF the
war with Spain was that the mechan-
ical range finders with which the
Americans ships were equipped were
practically useless in an actual n
gagement. None Of the range finders
produced by inventors attempting to
overcome the evils of. the present sys-
tenn have as yet been adopted, and 1t
is not likely that the government Will
be in any hurry to adopt any. 1t IS
known, however, that many OF the Of
1cers who have witnessed the prelim-
mary tests of an instrument just de-
vised by a young engineer in the navy
have been %favorably impressed with
the simplicity, strength and accuracy
of the appliance. In its general prin-
ciple this new range finder is quite
like one now in use in the French
army, except for variations necessary
to meet the different conditions of ma
rine warfare. In the present device a
cube Of glass about two feet long Is
painted on one side with silhouettes of
objects of various shapes and sizes,
from ships to forts. This glass cube Is
mounted on a sliding scale marked OH
in yards and feet. In order to get the
range of an object it is only necessary
for the person using the instrument to
move the glass cube up or down the
scale as the case may be until the OBJ
ject to be attacked is the same size as
the corresponding figure on the glass.
The number on the sliding scale op-
posite which the glass cube stopped is
the distance of the object from the
point of observation. The elevation of
the point Of attack is then figured by
a comparison of the distance with the
dimensions of the figure on the cube to
which the point Of attack was brought
to agree. This method Of determining
range is still crude, but it is certainly
original, and many naval officers a
that it can in time unquestionably be
developed into a very ingenious and
expeditions method Of arriving at the
distance and height of the object to be
fred upon.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29
BLOWING UP A CYCLONE !!

clergy IL a rude comrade kicks the
wearer up in the morning. Indeed, a
sturdy blow with a hammer on gun cot
ton is productive Of no mournful re-
suits. a sA
Tornadoes-which are really concen-
trated cyclones-have terrific power.
They are produced by conflicting cur
rents of air in the upper strata, miles
above the earth. The currents flow
inward and upward. Now, anything
that, will terminate the row will also
wind up the mortal affairs of the, par
ticular tornado. Dame Nature-say
the men we'll acquainted with her,
loves a diversion as well as any Irish
man of them all. Give her this diver
sion and she will accept Of the fun
to. the forgetfulness of some well-de-
fined purpose of blotting out a home
stead or two. Explosives with an in
itial energy Of $50 have been manufac-
tured. These have force enough to
disturb any atmosphere engaged in
twisting itself into an inverted cone.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29
MYSTERIOUS

Francis Rychnowski, a mechanical
engineer of Lemberg. Austria, has dis
covered a strange and very subtle mat
ter, which he has called "electroid,"
because Of certain affinity with cleo
tricity. Electroid, produced by a spe-
cial apparatus built by the inventor, is
obtained by the dissolution Of certain
matters under the influence of the
ectric current.
makes noise, and at the same time
a refreshing scent and cool breeze are
experienced. This discovery induced
Mr.. Rychnowski to make a machine
capable of refreshing the air to such
a degree that those present during the
experiment had the feeling that the
window was open, although this was
not the case. Electroid is a very subtle
matter, but it seems to be a fluid, and
it can be gathered and preserved;
while falling on a plate. it reflects in
a shape Of shining sheaves. The COM
mission appointed by the Austrian
government to investigate this dis
covery reported that, under the inf1u-
ence Of electroid. plants grow rapidly,
and the buds of flowers unclose while
one is looking at them. Electroid An
initiates microbes, and thus preserves
organic matter. These are physio-
logical influences of electroid.
= Among mechanical phenomena the
commission reported that the influence
Of electroid is not stopped even by a
brick wall and glass; that it attracts
solid bodies and makes them shine like
moonlight-it makes them move and
attract, other bodies; finally, that 1t
acts on Photographic plates and pro-
duces sharp and distinct lines, such as
were formerly possible only with a
very powerful lens. The conclusion of
the commission was that Mr.. Rych-
nowski's discovery will play a great
part IL applied to industry, as is the
IA with the discovery Of his country
man, Jan Szczepanik.-London Sketch.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29
rARANrULA HAWl<
A Wasp That Kills and Eats vlEe Eel
Tarsntula.


A Wasp That Kills and Eats Nc Female
Tar@ntu'a'
Low down on thsnRo Grande
river" said a man from 9 where
the sands are heated al lPst red hot
with the sun, there gro s4he biggest
centipedes, the biggest ettlesnakes
and biggest terantulas in the world.
II you can look at one of these taran-
tulas when he is pinned fast to a board
with the naturalist's thin steel pin, and
you are sure that he is good and dead
and can not spring at you and shoot
his poison into you, he forms an in
teresting subject to study. They are
notwithstanding, hairy things, with
eight legs and eight eyes. Their col
ors are dark brown and black. The
female tarantula is said to be a tickle
spouse and to have a summary way,
all her own, of getting rid of her con-
sort when she Is tired of him. She
COS and weds all right, ssunes the
entire care n support Of the family.
The first matrimonial jar she has she
turns to and kills her husband. Not
content with killing him, she eats him.
The female is the larger and the
stronger Of the two; they are sim
ply gigantic for spiders. have seen
those that measured six inches be-
tween the stretch of their legs. They
are the terror of man and beast. But
there is n little animal Of the insect
family that wicked Mrs.. Tarantula
stands in as much dread Of as a man
stands in dread of her, and that is a
big wasp that in Texas is known by
the name of the %tarantula hawk. The
tarantula hawk has an exceedingly
bad opinion of the tarantula. It will
fly around over the head of the taran-
tula, make a lightning-like dive down,
get a good clutch of the monster spi-
der, fly away home with him, then all
the t%arantula hawk family sit down to
sup. The tarantula hawk will not hurt
men. On the contrary, it is a blessing,
n you never hear of a western man
harming one of them. 1t is said that
these Rio Grande cattle rangers are
indebted for the tarantula hawk to an
OAU NS" Gn61ouu pIOlcSSOT, WIZ,
while down in that country in pursuit
OF his studies as a naturalist, was
stung by n Of these monster spiders
n nearly died, and would certainly
have died had it not been for the WINS
ky flask Of his guide. In that country
where rattlesnakes, tarantulas and
centipedes are SO big and SO plentiful.
no rancher leaves his house without
his whisky flask. Shortly after the
old professor lett that part Of the
country the rancher received a small
box of these tarantula hawks with in
structions what t. do with them. He
turned the big wasps loose, they in
creased and multiplied, and now they
are holding their own against their
enemy, the tarantula."-New York
Sun.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29

are plentiful. Their initial energies
are so great that they certainly would
alter the atmospheric conditions in the
spot where their gases are released.
Prof. Willis Moore, the present head
of the weather bureau, while not In
dorsing such experiments, has express
ed himself as believing such a plan a
scientific possibility. In the absence
Of any authenticated reports he de-
clined, when spoken to some time ago,
to go on record as for or against such
an idea. But that a counter disturb
ance could be thus created which might
react on storm seems to be a posi-
bility only to be shown to be inbound
ed after actual test.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29
Russ1A's GREED OF MONEY.

Will Require q Large Amount to Com.
plete Present Enterprises.
A great deal Of interest is aroused in
both political and financial circles by
the appeal for assistance now being
made by Russia in the London money
market. For many years to come Rus
STA will require large financial re-
sources to carry out her vast plans for
railway development in China, Persia
and Siberia. Unless London comes to
the help OF M. de Witte, the Russian
minister of finance, the building Of
these railways, which bulk so largely
in the ~scaremonger's eyes, is likely to
be postponed for an indefinite period.
It seems odd that Russia should come
to London to borrow money for the
advancement Of schemes which are
openly designed to thwart the political
and commercial interests of England
and the United States in the far East.
It is unusual, to say the least of it, to
invite prospective victims to subscribe
for the expense of their own interment.
The only ground On which the appli-
cation is to be justified is the cosmo-
politan character Of modern finance,
which knows neither country nor pa
triotism. Every shilling subscribed in
England or America for the building of
Russia's strategic lines in Asia will be
used against them. The spirit in which
that portion of the Russian govern
ment which is hostile to Anglo-Saxon
development administers the affairs of
the interior is shown in the arrest and
exile of thousands Of students. and in
the closing Of nearly all the principal
universities and colleges In Russia
Harper's Weekly.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1899-07-29

In the report Of the Hongkong Med
zeal Department for 1897, which the
London Lancet summarizes, several
pages are devoted to the Tung Wah
hospital. DR.. j. M. Atkinson, the prin-
cipal civilian medical officer of the COL
ony, considers that the existence of
this Institution, in which more than
four-ffths of the inmates are treated
by so-called Chinese methods, Is some
what anomalous in a British colony.
without discussing the expediency Of
humoring the prejudices of the Chinese
population, who outnumber the Euro
peans by twenty to one, he is Of opin-
ION that from a medical point of view
the hospital ought to be abolished, al
though he admits that it serves a use
ful purpose as an asylum for desti-
'tutes and a resting place for the dying.
The medical staff have no knowledge
OF surgical treatment and no instru-
ments; pitch-plaster is their panacea
for all surgical injuries and diseases,
and they never administer chloroform.
Once, in 1895, when DR.. Atkinson
showed them the relief which a cathe-
ter gave to a patient suffering agonies,
they smiled and seemed highly
amused, but it did not occur to them
that such knowledge would be useful.
The patients are mostly poor people Of
the artisan class, coolies, etc., all Of
whom have a dread of the foreigner
and his methods. Treatment of Euro
pean principles carried out by a China
man, DR.. Chung, may be had Ey those
who desire 1t, and it is the practice for
the head coolie to ask the patients at
the time Of admission which system
they prefer. Dr.. Atkinson considers
that the INDECENT Chinese should be
treated according to European methods
in a hospital under the direct super
vision Of the colonial surgeon in
charge, the Asiatic medical staff being
employed only a dressers, a course
for which there is a precedent in the
Taa Took Seng hospital at Singapore,
where the great majority of the pa
tients are Chinese. There were i've
ase Of datura poisoning Investigated
during 1897, all Of them being with
criminal intent. All the patients re.
covered. .