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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
NAVAL DEPARTMENT. MUSEUM

Path Worn In the Carpet to the
u, - ~ u Curios OF the War;.
A little path is being worn In the carpet
or the ante-room Of the Office Of the secre
tary OF the navy, by people who go to
gee the Dewey sword. tays the st. Louis
pondent. The room Is 30 dark and
funereal that every enc is inclined to
speak softly. and the effect il irresistibly
suggestive Of going to look at a corpse.
/ 1t Is great deal more solemn than the
average Washington funeral. The sword
Is IN a large glass case of the kind used
to cover the pretty little models of the
battleships In the navy department. and
the suggestion of a funeral is heightened
by the frequency with which people re-
mark on the elegance Of the casket.''
1t seems .sordid, but after the first
glimpse of the sword one cannot help
wondering pretty as it is, how they ever
put $500 into it. The inscription in gold
letters, '''The g1fe Of the nation to Rear
Admiral George Dewey, in memory Of
the victory at Manila bay, May /, 1893, -
runs almost the full length of the blade,
ard the handle is q cunningly contrived
eagle In gold. The scabbard is decorated
IN Toledo work in long Wreaths Of laurel,
inclosing stars, while tiny dolphins frisk
along the edge. The point Of the scab-
pard Is formed by g. couple Of heavy gold
doiphins, and the band at the top has
the letters q. d.. in diamonds surrounded
oy laurel wreath with diamond berries
The price really does seem generous, but
Dewey would be welcome to It IL It cost
ten times as much. and 1t Is to be hoped
tnat ne will soon be able to come home
and get It along with several other good
things that are waiting for him. S.
In the same room Is a Spanish nag,
which looks go fresh and clean and cheap
enat It seems as II It must have been
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
convers,ns IN suDauea ana gentle man.

S0AA' O~SAA"o 80 - esAAu 6e41tl0 man
lier. }5Errs.5i = 49, sttx
Harrington was IN the limo Of citizen.
slowly moving across the ecena In frnn+
Of the British consul He did not partic,,.
larly5 notice the form OF salutation with
Witch these ahead OF him wege presum-
ably imparting solemn dignity to their pc
pertinent. He had talked with consuls
before and he knew what to say as well
as the next man.. He was really feeling
cordial toward the British nation and its
representative just about that time and
he was, willing to say so. When in his
turn he shufaed Long In front of the re-
ce1y1ng party he paid his independent
respects to the consul, whose dainty hand
he tnfolded in a comprehensive grip and a.
shake which communicated its heartiness
up end down the slender frame of the
representative of the British empire. III
= Great Scott, Mr.. Consul" he roared,
meanwhile. IT like this. BY Judahs'
priest I do. I'm gosh almighty glad to
see you and all the rest Of go1 burned
British objects having such lot OF a
good time, by thunder" = KISS
Tho ~Bfitisha consal had to stay where
he was and try to Nook as though Capt.
HARRINGTON had not been quite SO cordial
But others in the official circle were not
80 chained to the particular spot, and
they felt a sense Of relief when the Ger
man consul turned to his neighbor and
said: : = i
/ "our British colleague has possibly
some refreshments IN his dining room.
Shall we see?" It was trifle. but It
saved the situation, 80 ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25

bought quite new instead Of having been
/ taken, from the Spanish ship Santo Do
m1ngo by Lieutenant Commander Souther-
lard In scrimmage on the 10Th Of July
A card attached to the flag bearing the
marks OF the most formal authority Of
the government serves notice upon the
ubiquitous relic hunter that there is a
nne or 50, 600 or ten years Imprisonment
i TOT mutilating the flag, and vet 1t would
not astonish us any day to hear that some
enterprising tourist had cut the red lion
or the yellow castle out Of tho middle OF
1t and carried 1T away under the nose Of
Secretary Long. .raSat y ,3e ~ l. H.. eJ4.u
e Nothing is safe here from these relic
MANAGES, except, perhaps, the Washington
monument. which has no decorations Of
portable nature. Last spring one of the
heads of the beautiful bronze doors of the
capitol was barely saved by policeman
from the collecting craze Of a young man
rom Indiana, who ought to have learned
before to keep his hands from picking
and stealing" and in the last two weeks q
bronze has relief on the statue of Mar
quette In the Statuary Hall has been
seriously mutilated by some person af-
hicted with this habit of foolish thievine.
The subject Of the has relief is Marquette
preaching to the Indians, and one Of the
most striking figures on it was q. man in
from Indiana, who ought to have learned
lng while ne rested his hands on strung
DOW. The bow was stolen, and the war
rior is left in a foolish attitude, lean
ing on space, and one cannot help wonder
ing II the satisfaction to one person Of
possessing those seven inches Of bronze
Wall equal the annoyance of the thousands
who will miss it unoomfortably from tho
Picture - ..h - .,..., :, y ,. - 49,
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tever quarantine STATION immediately op-
posdte the pleasure resorts OF Mississippi
Sound, the government established a sta
ton on Chandelier Island and expended q
large amount Of money to make It perfect
ly safe; but with the first storm, the
station Immediately disappeared 1t was
decided that It could not, be built on the
island again, and the quarantine authori-
ties returned to Ship. Island, Immediately
facing the prosperous towns OF Biloxi and
Ocean Springs, to which fact the yellow
fever epddemice Of 1897 and 1898 are at
trtbuted. The, proposition, it Is RECALLED
by the New Orleans correspondent Of the
New York Sun, was strongly urged by
the people Of Mfsdsstppd and Louisiana
after these epidemics, that the a,,arar-
tine station should be returned to the
SChandeseu1S, but the answer was made
that Me was impossible there It Is true
that number Of fishermen Hive in tlds
region, or rather fish there, but it Is at
great rick, and thousands are drowned
: goo IN the single district OF Cheniere
camlnada a few years ago. The fisher
men seek the Chenieres and higher places
in their small boats, pirogues and skiffs
on the approach of the storm, but even
then they do not always escape, for the
sea sweeps over the ridges.
The Paul Jones was small yacht,
using her sails tnfrequently and depend
'AtS AioAny Oll q SIQd1l napC0a engine Tor
power. She steamed down the Mississip-
Of on pleasure trip. The members Of
the party on her were warned at Buras
the southernmOst settlement on the Mis-
assipp river, against the trip along the
Louisiana coast, but the warming was dis
egarded, and on Jan. the yacht steamed
out Pass pOutre. Had it been an ordin-
airy Yachting party this is the last that
would ever have been heard Of it.; but the
host happened to be a prominent mer-
chant Of St LOUIS the owner Of the yacht
was wealthy resident Of Louisville, and
one of the young ladies I'm the party was
daughter Of the mayor OF Indianapolis.
It was only by the Investigations conduct
ed by friends and relatives Of those on
board that the fate Of the yacht became
known 1t took a dozen expeditions to
get the fact. It was almost by accident
chat the searchers learned that the wreck
sof the Paul Jones had been seen and Wis
tied by fishermen more than a week be-
sore, and all the valuables removed. The
fishermen thought 50 little Of wrecks that
they did not deem It necessary even to
report it. But for the extraordinary
s'neas,,res taken by Measrs Jones' and
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hfgh-roller and would bet the boots off
his feet on bobtail flush without the
CULVER of an eyelid. The ship was four
:een days on the trip from Tampa to
Stboney, and during the voyage Aggie
auctuated between aff1uence and .abject
poverty. There were days when he pos
sessed practically the entire available
:ash assets of the regiment. There were
| ,ther days when he put up his jackknife
as security for a quarter to get in q
game. Now, the stan officer referred to
was a persistent enemy and prosecutor
# every man who aspired to accumulate
wealth through the agency of cards or
dice He instituted raid after raid on
the games, and one by one the gamblers
we're thrust into the guardhouse, there
to mediate on their sins. But Aggie was,
as he put it, :"cagey," and it was not
until the seventh day out that his cap.
ture and imprisonment was achieved.
Then the stafr officer folded his hands
over his plump corporation, heaved a
sigh of relief, and said: .s 80 n
SNOW I've got him. That ends the
gaming on this boat" sE.-s III z1 =se
Alas for human hopes. On the follow
ing day he visited the guardhouse to see
If his victims were properly contrite Sad
to relate, the first thing that greeted the
parsons eye in the guardhouse was a
aourishing game of stud poker, with Ag-a
gle acting as banker and dealer. Then
he gave it up. =.4t5 r - 49, y
When the Seventy-first dashed up San
Juan hill. raggedly but bravely-a COM
pany here and a fragment Of a battalion
there-the foremost man in his company
was Aggie. Up the hill swept his COM
pany, over its crest and $50 yards down
the opposite incline in support of Grimes;
Battery. Just at barbed wire fence, a!
hundred yards in advance of the line
where the American intrenchments were
located that night. Aggie got In line with
one Of the enemy's rapid-dre gums. Five
minutes later, limping painfully over the
crest Of the hill, the blood streaming
from half a dozen wounds, Aggie passed
his captain.
'F1it?" asked the captain.
They've p-p-peppered me, captain!' he
suffered with his never-failing smile, I'm
to a regular p-p-pepperbox.''
That evening at the division hospital
they patched Aggie up the best they
could, rolled him in blanket and lert
him to lie there and gaze up at the stars.
He had lfmped and crawled five miles
with the blood streaming from his
Wounds and he mus. have been weak as
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
THE SKIPPER AND THE CONSUL.

Function in Samoa Where Yankee
g., Heartiness Was Embarrassing..
New York Sun: Out: In the much vexed
Kingdom OF Samoa; where International
politics and policies have engendered
much personal and individual rancor, it
Is usual to, find large part Of the resi-
dent white population of the beach at
Apia on the reverse of speaking terms
with one another. still, when it comes to
a case OF celebrating some national holi-
day, 1t Is customary for all the Eng
disappearing people to act in accord and
to turn out for American and British
festal days with impartiality< OF attend
ance and enthusiasm. III
The most pretentious of such events
In late years was tho British consurs
celebration OF the Queens diamond jubi-;
lee. There was q cruiser In port, H. b.
M 8. Lizard, about the size and por-
tentious appearance of converted ferry
boat. but it had shotguns aboard and
could at least make a noise that was, a
large lift toward the success Of the cele-i
bratton- There were religious exercises|
which all in Official life attended In full
uniform There were games Of polo and
cricket. There were exhibition drills o.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
Raisinr His Fare.

Tit-Bits: A certain board school teacher is
responsible for the following little story, which
ID not withouts1ts pathetic side. He was en-
deavoring to explain the term booking" az
applied to our railway system
Now" he was saying, 'can any Of you
tell me the name offthe Office at which rail-
way tickets are sold?'s --.- 49,.
'aThe booking Office" replied Of the
lads. -s-...
fright" responded the teacher. "a
i At this moment his eye fell on q small boy
Ct the end Of the class who was evidently pay.
ine very little attention to what was said.
''D1d you hear that T .er?'' he demanded.
'TWot, sirT' asked tina. youth, innocently.
4 ':As thought, you were not listening. We
viii suppose that your father decided to have
q days holiday and visit the seasi. What
Would he have to do before he could take
his 0ea& in the tramp
Without moments thought the youngsten
electrified his teacher by replying:"Pawn hid
toolDvs ]
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25

had been deputy marshal of Cripple
Creek, and for months before the war
he had been hot on the trail of a noted
desperate, wanted for horse stealing and
for murder. More than once the marshal
and his men had nearly run the outlaw
to earth only t. lose him at the last. And
all this. made talk throughout the region,
20 that bets were made freely on the re-
suit, and the marshaps pride; was finally
go aroused that he vowed he would never
drop pursuit until he had put a halter
around the fellows neck. - a.. -. r.
Them suddenly, the war broke out, and
things of less moment were forgotten. A
captain Of the rough riders, who knew
the .marshal's unf1inching courage and his
invitation to join his troop, and the invi-
! tatton was promptly accepted. r
SO 1t came, a few weeks later, that this
ex-cOwboy, examiner and exJhunter of
criminals found himself at Tampa in
Uncle Sans uniform. And one Of the
sought for in vain, only now he was in
soldiers clothes, rough rider, too, with
the rest Of them.
"Well," said the hunted man. coolly, as
their eyes met, you've got me at last"
How do you mean I've got you?
''Why, you have. You came for me,
didn't you? lay down."
shall. I'm here to fight under Roose-
welt, same as you are. don't know you,
except as q soldier #.4
The man stared at him, doubtful
"You mean you're not my enemy any
more?"
mo, sir; haven't got any enemies
now but Spaniards."
"And you amt goin' to give me up?''
"Not in a hundred years. There's my
hand on It., comrade.''
And through the hard days that fol-
lowed there were not two stauncher
friends in the whole island Of Cuba than
these two. whose hatred for each other
had been pitiless. And after the war,
when the marshal lay i'll at Roosevelt
hospital, 1t was the ex-outlaw who came
to his bedside to cheer him. And later
It was the marshal who used his influ-
ence with man Of position to get hon
est work for this strangely found friend,
whose gratitude was as deep as his re-
solve to lead a better life was sincere.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25

a sick kitten. But as the evening wore
on tremulous tenor voice lifted itself
N that place Of pain and death and began
to sing familiar songs The voice was
weak but sweet and 1t sang on and on
And many poor shattered human being
whose life went out in that Cuban clear
ing that night imagined, as he listened in
his delirium to the strains OF :'The Old;
Folks at Home: that he. was with his
mother and sisters; and thus believing,
uleu. = IA ~ !tIss5t ~ = -.
AS the night wore on AN Irishman OF
the regulars, who had suffered an ampu-
tation, lifted himself on his elbow and,
peering through the moonlight and
shadows toward where Aggie sang, said
aloud: s-e,. ~
God bless that plucky little divil, who-
ever he be. He has made me pain aisy
to me, this night - '5
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
.Fcrtu..e Favors the Brave.

e. Louis Globe-Delnocrat: III many di.
:ections! fortune Is lavishing her favors
on the United States. Not only are we
lighting successfully war which will re-
suit in, great triumph for civilization.
bit the crop reports are among the most
favorable ever received at this time Of
the year. The wheat yield will be tho
argest in t.,a country's history. That Of
1892 was GIL 100000 bushels, which was
i0O.0CJ,CC0 greater than the crop Of any
other year in this country before or since.
In 1898 the wheat yield of the United
States Is placed at figures ranging from
G25. 600. 900 bushels to eco OOO, 600. The in
dications are that thu corn crop will
equal or exceed last :+ear's unexampled
yield, which was 2, H., 900. 900 bushels. In
only three years, before 1s97-in 1890. 1897
and 1SG6-did the corn crop of this coun-
try pass TIE 2,0OOOOO.0OO mark. This
means good times for the farmer and
usually when the farmer prospers the
,~su., Try prOSperA. ssI.9S ..-r. SHY
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25

bluejackets and marines by day and
fireworks by night. A most remarkable
band happened to be stranded in Apia at
the time, and 1t played what was sup
posed to be music whenever it was not
being violently suppressed by it's victims.
The eliminating glory of the three days
jubilee was the levee of her Britannia
majesty's consul at Matauta on. the last
day. The tableau was set with aiken
eye to general effect, for the consul would
have made a. good stage manager for
drawingroom comedy II he lad gone into
that line: Of business. He stood on the
steps IF the veranda of the consulate in a
shade Of stephanotis and allamanda,
which kept of the, glare of the noon sun.
He was supported by the majesty of King
Maltetoa in his one uniform with the in
convenient sword, and by the officers of
the cruiser, by the diplomatic and treaty
officials in the strict order of rank. A few
persons with pretenstons to position had
been honored with invitations to seats on
the veranda, or In default Of such invita-
ton had unanswered themselves into the
reserved circle. But the general populace,
British subjects and American citizens.
were strung out in line along roped path
ways through the compound to prevent
them from struggling out Of the line of
march, which was designed to lead them
solemnly past the dapper little consul in
his silver-laced uniform as the personal
representative of all that was British.
OF course, when one Is in the world where
things happen and there are real people
walking about, It does seem a most an
surd thing to find any pleasure in pranc-
ing gravely up to the front view of a
1eatly-groomed man in uniform and bow
ing to him with the utmost circumstance.
But out in Samoa It struck people as be-
ing almost the real thing, and they did It
for the most part without cracking q
smile. rz#,t
Not entirely, however. There was in
the line of citizens afoot q large, slab
sided stevedore from way down East
from Sacarapra, to be more precise.
Capt. Harrington had left his home in
Portland many year ago. had seen the
chance Of the sea, and had settled down
to stevedoring in the port Of Apia COM
bined with small plantation Of the slope
of Mount Caea. He had a vocabulary
which would do credit to the mate Of g.
weste IN ocean packet. He was for his
own part blissfully unconscious Of these
sogrewhat prominent apecularities. Others
might be well aware that he was shouting
he really thought he was
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
THE PEssIAfIsT.

Nothing to do but work, II
Nothing to eat but food,
Nothing to wear but clothes
To keep one from going nude.
Nothing to breathe but air.
Quick a. q Hash It's gone;
Nowhere to fall but on, :
Nowhere to stand but on.
Nothing to comb but hair,
Nowhere to sleep but IN bed;
Nothing to weep but tears,
Nothing to bury hut dead,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25

Nothing to sing but songs,
All, we'll, alas alack!
Nowhere to go but out,
Nowhere to come but back. -
Nothing to see but sights, = e.tt - lr- -.
Nothing to quench but THIRST;
Nothing to have but what we've go<I
Thus through life we are cursed. -
Nothing to strike but q gait;s.S 60 ~
Everything moves that goes; s5r'sj -
Nothing at all but common sense ~ ~
Can ever Withstand thsee WOES,
~ Ben Kinl.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25

Row . u. 0. Marshal Found His Man
in Roosevelt'sl Regiment !,
T.: 1csliefs Weekly: Varied are the expe-
| Fences these ladies have who 20 about
among the soldiers, and strange are the
tales they hear. It 10 from Miss Florence
Day, who haS been untiring in her devo-
ton 70 the Camp" Walworth work, that
have remarkable story told her by a
certain rough rider, whose name may as
veal 60 unmentioned. This man II seems
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
The Congo Climate.

or the $500 white laborers who built tho
Congo railway 900 succumbed to the climate
in two years. OF 1000 black laborers all BIZ
$500 dad or deserted.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
TWO PHASES OF THE CHARACTER
OF PRIVATE AGGIE. -

Aules He Would Break and strate-
gems by Which He Continued to
Avoid the Consequences-Wit
That Put Officers to Confusion-
His Conduct in the Charge at San
Juan hill-shot to Pieces, He De-
lighted Fellow Patients With His
Songs. 5ae- .4 .s..... =.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25
DESOLATE REGION WHERR THE
PAUL JONES WAS LOST

Part of the Gulf Coast Which Is
:. Neither Land Nor Water-A Lady,
rinthe of Floating Islands, Mud,
volcanoes and Qu1cksands-W wild
Inhabitants of the Locality-some'
: Previous Wrecks-One Lost in the
Wilderness Has No Chance to
Escape. &1.:5 ~ ~ 81 t4rs.A3
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1899-02-25

Labor is theSgreat producer Of wealth. It moves
al other classes-D, Mai Webster.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-29
Orpheun Theater.

Last night the Orpheum program
surpassed anything yet presented. At s
o'clock there was nothing left in the
house but standing room The new
artists opene up big Their acts are
clever. besides being new and novel.
Travelle, the great shadowist and
fantaisist, surprised the audience with
his clever performance His shadow
pantomimeS are wonderful and his
whole act interesting and up to date.
Armstrong and O'Neil introduced a
new and original turn. MIR. Armstrong
gave a grand exhibition of bag-punch-
ing and scientific boxing His partner
is an up-to-date Irish comedian, and
when it comes to the scratch can hold
his own with the gloves Their act
will be big feature in the house. j..
w. Winton closed his engagement last
night with a grand performance. He
has been a big favorite and a strong
feature. Ring up for your seats early
for tonight. Phone $40
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1899-09-29
SEAMAN'S CLUB.
Successful Entertainment
Last Night.
About One Hundred and Fifty Seamen
Some Of the Volunteers.

The semi-monthly meeting ana en-
tertainment of the Seaman's Club last
night was. as is customary, complete
success. The hall was filed 10 reple-
ton, fully $50 seafaring men being
present, besides many others interest
ed in the good work.
Last nights entertainment was
somewhat different to the previous
ones in that those who furnished it
were mostly seafaring men: in short.
innovation, if such it may be termed,
was a success.
\ solo on the piano by J. Richard
son. violin solo by Miss Kinney, a
song by Miss Hitchcock, recitation
by Miss NJ. Laughlin, and a reading
from David Harum" by Mrs. w. w.
Hall We're among the contributions TO
the program Of those interested in the
club. Of the numbers contributed by
seafaring men there may be men
toned song and chorus by William
Ramsay of the Helen Brewer. reci-
tatiOn by NJ. Cook, a waterfront steve
dOfe, song ana uance Dy M. Mooney,
able seaman; Irish song and dance By
NJ. Monaghan of the ship Yosemite
song by Eaton, able seaman; song by
William Campbell, able seaman of the
Helen Brewer: song by II. Warning,
able seaman OF the Annie Johnson !:
song by James Mcdonald stevedore ::
song by Fitzpatrick, able seaman of
the Obed Baxter; and a song by J e.
Phelan, stevedore.
The assorted music on an assortment
of about seven different instruments
furnished by Mr.. Singerland. a mem
Der Of one of the batteries of the
Sixth Artillery, was much appreciated
and was one of the principal features
of a highly interesting entertainment