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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13

The supplication of the stone that David hurled
at Gath; =
For when bold princes sound the charge and
send their millions in,
Inc braVest men, the strongest ships, the heay.
lest guns shall win;
Yea, peace is pleasant, but its price the hl,rn.
Ing martyrs knew; ..
race outward, form on all our shores, God has
his eye IN you.
Begot of hero sires who left heroic work to do
Be worthy Of them. Drawn and SOUL Cod has
his eye on you; a.. so.
Hark not the urban. towards vail for peace
while far and near
The tempest gathers; outward face and brea ST
it with a cheer;
Clear the white decks, stand by the guns, for
manhood calls the man; -.
Hold what to hold the sacred blood of slaugh-
For peace is peace, and war is war, no hand
may yoke the two;
Face outward. bark, the drums, the drums
God has his eye on you.
Follow the Dillared cloud of war f1ame-shot
against the blue, y. -.s-
With Gods banner overhung God has his eve
on YOU. ...
God who did lead his host of old through hat
tie din and death, -
Who smote his foes with carnage blows ane
burnt them Il lis breath,
Is calling you to meet the storm, he mails
you in his might, j.
And over all the earth shall lie the harvest of
the fight; .-..- ~
Hail: Hail. o masters of the glaive, spear
men brave and true;
Hail! reapsrs of the reeking swath, God has
his eye you. ...
--Maurice Thompson in the Independent
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13

i1onu, was oWIrr! -1ne apOsIaIe pOI1I1-
ician' Che ceased to be officially a whig),
the ribald priest, the perjured lover, a
heart burning with hatred against the
images from the dunghill and the 1azar-
house (and other houses Of slender re-
pute)-such is Macaulay's Swift. His esti-
mate is true, but not the whole truth.
As for ''apostate." many politicians have
changed Sides. We believe, however, that
Swift was ready to go all lengths. "Jona-
than knows nothing of this (the restora-
tom. but he suspects it, and. by George,
Webb will take an archbishopric, and
Jonathan a-nO, damme-Jonathan will
take an archbishropric from James, I
warrant me, gladly enough" So says st.
John. after dinner, in "Esmond:" but a
letter of Swifts to Bolingbroke just after
the fatal death Of Queen Anne (Which he
later used as date), persuades US that
Jonathan did know He would have been
archbishop of York; Atterbury of Canter-
bury; and he would have been wretched.
AS to ''ribald priest look at the Tale
of a Tub" the amusing essay on the ex-
pectation Of the last day, the awful poem
IN that conclusion of human absurdities,
II damn such fools; go, go; you're bit!'
Swift's essays against freethinking are
the most amusing satire, and the best de-
served in our language. But he was "a
ribald priest AS for "a perjured lover"
think of Vanessa. But "at lovers per-
juries. Jove laughs Jove 'has been
there while Swift's own relations with
women, however explained, made him. as
the archbishop said, the most miserable
man on earth; but you must never ask
why - Mankind turns away from that
lnspeakable wretchedness, the root of
Swift's misanthropy. For it Is not only
Macaulay, but Swift himself, who de-
clars that he has "a heart burning with
ia a prof Y1Cf fha 1o1o- 1,1,,o 90 -
But then Swift expressly adds not against
individuals. That saeva indignatio was
now torment, now it awoke laughter
as of a soul in hell.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13

people Of leisure waste it on fashionable
or sporting labors Again, we can now
visit each other easily, so that, it any
good letters are eXtant in our generation
they probably pass between men and
women who, for some other reason than
intervening space, cannot meet. Fitzger-
aid was the last letter writer, because he
hated locomotion. ''Society journals do,
roughly, the work of Walpole and OF
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu. A recently
published volume contains letters from
Gray, Lady Mary, Swift, Johnson, Gibbon,
Charles Lamb, Fitzgerald and Cowper. OF
these Mr.. Bailey, perhaps, thinks Cowper
the chief, an opinion held by excellent
judges, but not easily accepted. CoWper
may. in his day. write like Miss Austen
but he has little but trivia.ties to write
about. His description of a canvassing
politician is worthy of Miss Austen, al
NEST. He is easy, unaffected, gently
witty; unlike Pope, he has not the print
ers devil in his eye, but he is rather
tame. Gray is a letter writer FOR the
scholar, the lover Of nature and the re-
cluse, the moralist and the critic. But
Lady Mary is for the lover of society and
poltice. Nothing can be more entertain
ing than the letters of this born Whig to
her sister, the exiled duchess of Mar. To
her she gives all the gossip about 80
phia,' the witty, worthless duke of Whar-
ton about her own unfeeling ballads on
ladies of quality Ohey say little for her
heart or her decency), about maids of
honor and their pranks; about forty as
the fashionable age" for women; about
her awful scrape with the Frenchman and
the South sea investment Here we find
Lady Mary frankly exhibiting herself in
real natural fright, Then there are her
relations with the pope and her travels;
and every thought CT a woman who was a
toast among wits and wit among toasts.
She left her mantle 20 her granddaug liter,
Lady Louisa Stuart who knew the secret
itattle about Marlborough and Ccngreve
from a sure hand and lived to see the eX-
Inhibition of 1851. When, if ever, the choice
of Lady Louisa's letters publish d Ga
thing probably we shall have a treat in
deed A woman of masculine intelligence
and courage (Witness her Introduction of
lnoculati tom, an observant, affe ctionata
highly Independent lady of wit and of
;readng, Lady Mary is the paragon of her
sex in letter writing, but Lady Louisa
comes near her
The endless charm of Swifts letters les
I'm his mystery. What manner of man, au
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13
SHARP, Milwaukee Gynsics.

Some clever Romanys have outwi1teC
the city authorities of Milwaukee, That
city has an ordinance prohibiting fortune
telling. For some time the rowing bands
of gypsies have settled just over the CITY
line, and there the women of the bands
have waited for the credulous who wished
to peep into the future. But the dollars
came slowly this way, and the wits OF the
gyDsieS were taxed to overcome The OBJ
stacle of transportation. They solved me
problem by engaging a room in the city
and installing there Il long-,liStunce ttle-
phone, which was connected with one
in the gypsy camp outside the city limits.
Word was quietly passed around. and
soon there was steady stream of patron
age. The police learned a. the scheme.
but reasoned that they had no evidence
on which to base complaint Of violation
of the ordinance. The fortune teller is
beyond the pale Of the law, and it is not
her voice that speaks at the receiving
end of the telephone, but metallic re-
production of it. Moreover. says the New
York, Evening Post, only the fool at the
city end Of the telephone wire Knows tho
nature of the communication sent.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13

nave by careful experiment been made out
which enable us to know hom many parts
of seconds a fust should be adjusted to
burn in order that when the shell is fired
at a given range the fuse should cause
1t to explode at a given height over the
enemy, and a given distance in front of
him. Thus a shell with percussion fuse
always bursts on striking with sufficient
momentum. A shell with a properly reg
ulated time fuse always explodes in
air. In all our shells we use both so that
If the fuse does not burst in air, it does
on striking. We have heard good deal
OF the Beers firing with plugged SHE'LL"
A plugged SHELF is our modern substi-
tute for the old "solid shot" Sometimes,
not often, it is desirable, in preference to
bursting a shell, to make it strike as a
SOLID whole. Then we take out the burst
Ing composition and, in order that the
shell may be even and heavy as before,
plug it with some material that will not
burst it.
The Northumberland is a special in
Ventlon, which essentially consists in it's
simplest form in the firing off mechanic
infantry bullet The ''quick-fring' gun
with which our artillery has recently been
armed is somewhat misnamed. It ought
rather to be called 1.-The gun with a recoil-
checking carriage"
IN our modern infantry weapons the
AiAHI SlSe1I ClldIlSc lldC IOllOWoQ r1fllng
was that all our rifles were made to be
loaded at the muzzle. The ordinary
breech loading rifled small arm was the
weapon used by both the French and Ger
mans in their great war of 1870. There
were differences between the weapons
used, but both were in this respect alike.
Since then invention has gone on rapidly
BY some means other all nations now
supply their men with a magazine for
rapid firing. This is either fixed to the
breech or detachable
The form we now employ is the Lee.
Entleld.' The difference between this and
the Lee-Metford is very small. 1t takes
the same bullet. The Beers use the
Mauser. The chief distinction between
the two is this-that while the Lee-En-
held has a magazine which is inserted
underneath the body through the trigger
guard and secured by catch, and is
provided with what is called a 'cut-off'
to prevent the cartridges from firing, so
that 1T can be used as a simple breech
loader for single firing till the magazine
which contains ten cartridges, is ordered
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13
JOIN BULL WONDER

TO be used. the Mauser on the o1ner
hand, has magazine which, though not
absolutely fixed. is only intended to be
taken off for cleaning It does not need
a "cut-of" to use as a single loader.
The magazine contains five cartridges, but
whereas" the cartridges for the Lee-En-
field have when the magazine is charged
to be each put in separately, the maya
zine Of the Mauser is filed at once by
a set of five cartridges held in
a slip which falls off when the
cartridges have been inserted in
the magazine. Thus if each weapon
were at the beginning of fight empty,
the Mauser would permit of more rapid
fire because it could be loaded five
cartridges at a time while the Lee-En-
field would take cartridge by cartridge as
long to load as a. single breech loader.
On the other hand, the times when a cry
rapid discharge Of fire is desirable. are
not numerous, and for these the Lee.
Enfield has ten cartridges ready against
the Mauser's five.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13
A BALLAD OFlHARVEST TIME

An age has ripenea, harvest time and reanino
song are due; 'e
NOW, mowers all, the grain nmst fan Goa h,e
his eye on you; -
Reap, reap! your blades are cold ar6 Lo.x 49,,
straw is tall and fine ''@
And from the shining stubble rifle , ,,,,,,-
flood of Wine
Lay wide the sWath, leave rot e+io1, in s+o+o
ly pride to wave, '''>
Now, NOW for golden store to fill the o,r,ar ,
the grave; ~
And I will sing the harvest song thor o11 +i,,.
reapers knew, }
Bearing the burden and refrain: C,od.bas nc
eye yea.
The ways Of Death are MANY. and the DAVIS r.,
Life are few; ! -
II am the God of battles comes .ba awful
voice to you;
And all you have bought was with blood of him
who rules above;
Eternal wisdom forged the steel that Glow, III,
Lamb of love; 1
Full sacred the glaive and spear d;vina tn.
warrior soll;
Inc prophet saint acrpss his dream heard Ar
mageddon roll;
Ana care you need tho cravan's creed o l.eople
brave and true!
race outward form On all our shores, God has
his eye you. 4
NE lowering nations grind their swords and
call for corps and crew;
race outward, form on all our shores, God has
his eye on you; +
i1ls e>:' l-c!lEes 10 near the prayer meet for
hi= d.v Of u,roth
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13
THE MONKEYS OF AMBER.
An Old Indian City Given CD
Monks and NIanl1eUs

WY Up TO
.l Monks and Monkeys.
MS Clara Erskine Clement describes
In the st. Nicholas visit to the ancient
city OF Amber, in India, which is inhab-
tied only by few priests and thousands
OF monkeys. Elephants from the stables
of the maharajah of Jeypore conveyed
her party. The hill on which the old city
stands is surrounded by other high hills
crowned with towers and ramparts and
covered whit trees. The great castle
fortress stands out boldly. The old
zenana, or women's apartments-an ex-
tensive block Of buildings, surrounded by
a COURTS the only place which is in
habited. This is a well populated and
lively quarter, since a tribe of langour
or hoonoomaun monkeys have taken pos
session, and dwell here in comfort and
freedom. The Hindus religiously refrain
from hurting or killing any ANIMAL and
the monkeys, having no fear, are mon
archs of all they choose to take.
The hoonoomaun, or langour, is the
sacred monkey, and the largest found in
India. Its height is from two and a half
to four feet; its body is .singularly slender
and supple; its face is black and smooth
except for long, white whiskers; the hail
on the body is gray on the back and
white under the stomach; its tail is long
and bare, with a single tuft of hair or
the end The Hindus have iegen..
which explains its very black face. 1t
says that, aSas ago. Iosasemaun. he
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13


K1H5 OF the rnon1zeys, went to assist Rama
IN the conquest Of Ceylon. The demon
king of the island had carried off Lita,
the wife of Rama, and he was determined
to rescue her. AS they came near to the
Island Hoonoomaun easily leaped over the
straits, so skillful a jumper was he, and,
finding Lita, he was comforting her with
the news that her husband was approach
ing, when Ravana, the demong king, APP
peared and made Hoonoomaun prisoner.
After setting fire to the monkeys long
tall ne gave him his freedom, that he
might return to Rama Hoonoomaun sue
ceeded in blowing out the fire at the end
Of his tail, but in so doing he blackened
his face and singed his hair in a most
unbecomlng fashion. The loss of his
beauty SO saddened the poor beast that
1 Rama MADE all The monkeys of his kind
kalamoukh, or black-faced, which thau
remain to this dayt
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13
A Mother seal.

Our Dumb Animals tells this story: Ernest
Whitehead captured a young seal near Ana
capa island, CAL, recently and took him on
board his ship. AS the vessel started the
mother seal was noticed swimming about
bowling piteously. The little captive barked
responsively. After reaching the wharf at
Santa Barbara the captive was tied up in a
jute sack and left loose on the deck Soon
after coming to anchors the seal responded to
its mothers call by casting itself overheard
all tied up as twas in the sack. The
mother seized the sack and with her sharp
teeth tore it open. She had followed the
sloop eighty miles,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13

Fncts About Their Ravnges Among
Rafl-oad Builders in East Africa.

Facts About Their Ravages Among
RatI-oad Builders in East Africa.
New York Sun.
Some further facts have been received
about the man-eating lions which made
such panic among 1900 Indian coolies
working on the Uganda railroad a few
months ago. 1t appears that the first
time the laborers knew anything about
lions that make a business Of killing men
to eat was one day when one Of the
brutes, in broad daylight as the laborers
were strung along the line with shovels
in hand, suddenly sprang in among them,
crushed one poor fellows skull with a
terrible blow Of his paw and manned an
other so badly that he could not get
away. OF course all the Mortified work.
men took to their heels and raised the
alarm at the camp a mile away. The
district engineer and his assistant at once
went to the spot, but the lion had dis
appeared, leaving all of the two bodies he
could not eat at one meal
After that an armed guard was kept
along the line Of work, but it made little
difference to the animals that were de-
termined to have men to eat. They would
spring like a fash out of the Jungle seize
a man and bear him off beyond pursuit
Two days after the first man was killed
another man was taken, and the next
day another disappeared, and within a
fortnight eleven men had been seized, all
from one camp. The third week brought
the list of victims up to fifteen. The six
teenth victim was one Of the coolie over
seers, huge man, standing over six feet
and weighing more than 200 pounds He
was the first man 10 reach the work line
in the morning, and just as he was giving
some instructions Ion sprang upon him
and dealt him terrible bIoW on the
head, crushing the skull: Then he cooI!y
began to eat his prey, while the shivering
Indians stood about 300 feet away, feel
ing that they were safe, now that the lion
had got his man. Somehow it didn't oc-
cur to them to shoot till the brute had
half finished his meal, and then they
blazed away in a terrific volley and end
ed the animals career then and there.
It was not till txenty-eight coolies had
been killed that the Urge force Of work.
men went on strike. They declined to do
another bit of work till all the man
eaters had been cleared out of the sur
rounding country. Work was suspended
till a party of hunters had laid low the
last Of these formidable foes of men,
and since then no further casualties of
the sort have been reported.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13

Harrison, Former
Speaker Reed and Our Own In.
imitable Chaunccy Have Lost
Cook, Too, Was DispoiIed on One
Occasion Numerous Methodist
Ministers Robbed-The Prince of
Wales Failed to Prosecute Fa-
nous French Pickpoclxet.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13
NHEIR MEANING EXPLAINED BY a
QUALIFIED EXPEIsT.

CreusOt and krupp Guns and Max
Observation-Disclosures Use of ShraR-
mel, Case Shot and Skells-Difer-
ence Between the Lee Enfield and
Mauser Rif4es-A Collection of
in View oG the South African
War.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13
Faith and Cyclone.

rr;-ago Frening Post: Faith said The
nan in clerical garb, will move mountains.
s.Great mackerel!, exclaimed the Kansas man,
its worse th@.a e. ~.s4-sS, -. -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13
LOST ART OF LETTER WRITING.
OF Some ofsthe Masters
of EpfstOlary Style

Chicago Chronicle: 1t IS haaknsyed.
complaint that the art OF letter writing is
extinct cod old. - g dess Tor
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13

What an admirable thing is this. that
God puts his shoulder to our burden, and
entertain: our care for us, that we may the
more quietly intend his seryice.-George
Herbert.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-13

Thine ears are set wide open evermore,
Before we knock Thou CONTEST to the door.
Thou art more prest to hear sinner cry
sI5JH no 55qL OF qmII0 OF Y3Inb 81 on uB1I,
George Gsas60lna.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06
Regiments Coming from Cuba.

WASHINGTON, D. c., July 5.--As q
result of recent consultations OF the
secretary OF war with Lieutenant Cen
eral Miles. commanding the army. and
Major General Wood, commanding the
sued for the return to the United States
from Cuba us soon rs possible OF the
Second, Fifth and Eighth regiments of
infantry. These regiments are scatter.
cd over the island and probably will not
be able 10 start home for week or ten
days. They will be brought to the port
OF New York and their future stations
viii be determined before they reach
that port, .s-.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06
RECONCILIATION IMPOSSIBLE.
Dowager Empress Appears to be in

Dowager Empress Appears to be in
Sympathy With the Uprising.
|, BERLIN, July IA dispatch from
Canton dated Tuesday, July s. gives
the glst OF two cdicts OF the dowaser
empress dealing with the boxers, the
attack of the foreign powers on China
and the latter's position, The edicta
declare that reconciliation with the
Christians against whom the whole
nation, including the princes, military
officials lltcratcurs and MOBILES were
united and IRE now stamping out is
quite impossible. 1t is asserted that
the powers began the fight by the at
tack on Taku, saying that any at
tempt TO suppress the people would be
dangerous and adding:
Therefore It seems expedient Mt pre-
sent to utilize the anti-foreign move
mcnt."
One cdict AYERS that the dowager
empress IS ready to protect the threat
cned legations at ,Pektns, but It re-
mains to be seen" says the
Gowager empress, whether the for
eigners or Chinese are the stronger.
IN any case the governor should Mi
madiately enroll troops for the defense
of their districts as they VIII be held
responsible for loss of treachery."
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06
Millions Given AWAY.

It Is certainly gratifying to the pub
Tic 10 Know OF one concern In the hand
who ara not afraid to be generous to
the needy and suffering. The proprie-
tors of Dr. Kings New Discovery TOR
Consumption, Coughs and Colds have
given away over ten million trial bot,
Ties OF this great medicine: ana have
the satisfaction OF knowing II has abso.
mtely cured thousands Of hopeless
cases. Asthma. Bronchitis. ioarseness
and all diseases or the Throat, Chest
ana Lungs IRE suroly cured by it. Cali
1t Logan Drug Co., drugglstS, and rot
free trial bottle. Regular size, toe
and 81. Every bottle guaranteed or price
refunded. .--. 80 a
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06
Rev. Retain Resigns.

Special Dispatch to the lntelligencer. Il
PARkERSBuEG, w. Va. July g.
Rev. f. 5. Retain. pastor Of the Baptist
church, whose resignation was prom
ised about two weeks ago. and who
postponed banding II In because he
wouldn't please the gang" rendered the
much-tnlkcd Of paper last night, and
asked that 1t be accepted unanimously
There was but. little comment and his
request was granted within very few
moments.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06
Marqunttc. on Lake snnerlor

Is one OF the most charming summer re.
norts reached yin the Chicago. AIilwau-
kcc Il ST. Paul Railway.
It's hPalthful location, beautiful Sccn-
cry, good hotels and complete hnmun-
ity from hay fever, mike summon
oniinS nj Marquette, Mich, verylattrac-
tive from the standpoint of health, rest
and comfort Psi
For n copy Of "Thn Lake Superior
Country" containing n dcscri,tIon OF
Marquette and the copper country. nd
dress, With four % Ccnts IN stamps 10
nay postage. Geo. II. Ncactord, General
Passenger Agent, Chicago. III.
Ii Guinness men and ,noychnpts
consult their best interests they will
advertise in the Intcliigenccr.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06
MADE y OR MARRIED MAR !.
Will be Much Of the History Of This
,s Republic by Action
of DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION.

Words Of W. D. Oldham in Placing
I William j. Bryan in Nomination:
for, Prcsidency--outlines the Policy.
Which He Claims VIII Lead His
Party to victory-The Spread Eagle
Speech Of tho Dry. 54{
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06
X==ZE=ZNlA KURE

ate the rnrebit. How shall ever be
able 10 explain 1t to him?"
You needn't,try,r Mrs. Darlington
answered. "Tll explain Tito him when
he comes out Of the woods. Dear old
fellow. I'm so GLAD he doesn't know
anything about this. He mlshtn't be-
having. q good TING ~ allif he did,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06

or nearly five hundred treatlses,
mostly on medicine, alleged TO have
been written by Gaten less than one
hundred accepted MS genuine are now
known. a hitherto unknown Grea.i
text on the lossenins Of obesity has just
been published by Dr.. KalNeisch, OF
Fr!bourg. Among the rccommcnda-
tons are to cat birds which are found
In arid mountains and fish which frc-
qucnt rocky shores, and to avoid vcse-
tables which arc round
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1900-07-06

The disappearance Of consumption
within sixty years is recorded as a pre-
diction of Sir James Crichton Browne.
This is to be largely result Of more
open air and sunlight in cities.