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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-11-30

such circumstances they will mo-. only
cite, but try to kill their enemies by con-
strlctfon. 1t is certain that some varie-
lies hold Hsh by virtue of their constric.
tlve powers while waiting for the poison
to do its work ~
many are Infected with parasites and
oio ones often are covered with wonder.
III sroWths Of algac and barnacles and
olher sea forms 80 that they look like g.
patch or weed as they float along This
heips Them approach prey, in fact, even
attracts unsuspecting fish But they do
not depend on wiles for their food They
hunt like hounds, often forming a great
circle OF miles In circumference around
spot that is filled with prey, and grad
ually closing in as they devour the fish.
c1ten SUCH hunting lasts for weeks until
the last fish In that part Of the sea has
peen destroyed. 1t Is then that seamen
occasionally sight enormous schools like
that seen by Capt. Roberts Of the Osin-
gold. l.s-:
OF the fifty different Species the hydro
phfnae are the more common. Like all
the other species they have heads that
are enmparatMeIy small. with bodies that
are heavy in the forepart and laterally
compressed toward the end. finishing in
the paddle-like tall. Over the nostrils
are scales that open and shut at will.
The poison teeth are in the front of the
upper Jaw and are curved and grooved.
Behind them are fine, needle-like teeth,
and on the lower jaw are the seizing
tangs with which the prey is held
"A beautiful species is that Of the pela-
| mids. One of this family, hydrus bicolor,
has dark brown skin like velvet, SO
glossy; that the scales hardly show. Along
| the belly, sharply marked off from the
coloring of the back, is band Of vivid
lemon yellow. and the tail Is marked
/ with glowing spots and blotches of: dark
er tints. This snake occasionally Is
found along the Pacific coast of Central
America. The pelamids are the only
oceanic snakes that have thick necks.
The banded rudder snakes are beauties.
too. There are fourteen varieties OF
them. The predominating color is olive
green on the back and delicate and
shining greenish yellow on the belly.
! From fifty to seventy-five black bands
run along their entire length. s,
paturus, the fiat tails, are BLUSH or
i greenish black on the lack and bright
| sulphur yellow on the belly. They carry
from twenty-five to ffty black stripes
!, that show prominently in the water and
! make the snakes look monstrous when
! they dart along far below the surface.
They have bright yellow noses and jaws.
/ Over the nose is ceep black spot that
extends thence backward to the top OF
| the head as II 1t were cap.
The sea snakes are permeated with q
i strong f1shy smell. which remains with
/ them even after they have been pre-.
served In spirits
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-11-30

tile sailors caught a. big one, measuring
ABOUT SIX feet, and drew ton deck. None
81 them dreamed that the creature was
POISONOUS, but 1t snapped at its captors
SO hercely that luckily they feared to
'to tulcn It. until at last young gunner
seized IT. 1t turned and bit him in the
lndexE finger Of the right hand. He cut
the serpent's head or with his cutlass
instantly, and after examining the bright
BODY for awhile he gave ito one Of his
shipmates, whoN skinned 1.-THE gunner
Vent below and ate his breakfast about
half an hour later. For some. time he
Ielt no pain or discomfort from the bite.
and, indeed. did not give it a.. second
thoughti as the flesh had hardly been
broken by the fine, needle-like teeth. But
he had been on deck again less than two
hours when he suddenly became sick and
vomited. His pulse began to weaken
almost at once. and finally it BEGAN ] In, 4,
(. terHittent. Still he did not suspect that
ne was sunering from the effects Of the
bite, and therefore did not even mention
TO the surgeon who attended him that he
mad been bitten. The pupils of his eyes
neean te d1late and cold perspiration
appeared. His face assumed an express
sion OF intense anxiety, and the surgeon
became convinced from the symptoms
that the man was suffering from a yio-
lent poison. He began an investigation
and found the. snake. A native who hap
pened to come on board Identified it as
being one Of the poisonous sea snakes.
BY that time the victin"s throat had be-
come paralyzed and the edges Of the tiny
wounds were swollen and had begun to
darken. Soon the swelling extended OVER
MS entire right side, and his neck and
race became spotted and blotched with
dark purple and gray Twenty minutes
after the discolorat1on had appeared first
It had spread over his entire body. Death
ended his suffering four hours after he
had been bitten.
The next case to come under the obser..
walton of surgeons also occurred in the
port of Madras. sThe captain Of amer
Echant vessel was bitten by some unknown
creature while he was bathing. The pain
was SO light and the two small wounds
We're 50 petty. looking hardly more serious
than fly. stings, that the man believed that
he had been bitten bya small crab and
paid no further att ntion to It. He dressed
leisurely and went to the house Of i
friend for dinner. After It he played with
the children OF his host ana sang songs
FOR the company. Now and then. later in
the evening as time passed, he noticed a
prtckling, burning sensation, over his
Rhole body, but 1T felt rather pleasant
than otherwise and did not alarm him fn
the least. His friends took occasion sew
eral times to remark that he was LOOKING
particularly web. Three hours afterward
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-11-30

arrangements q. were needed, as the long
trailing women's skirts would do All tIlIs
spaces having been left between the.
planks expressly for this purpose.
s Fortunat ely women IN our Pacific coast
cities do not require entreaty to cease
. wearing long, traiilng skirts, for the
good and sensible reason that from Mo-
vembe- to February and Marcn thew
wear short skirts because of peculiari-
ties OF climate Portland elressmakers
sayat that short skirts coming to the top
1 oI the boot are the correct things for
WINTER wear here Then IN summer so
nany Women wear short skirts ii bicycle
l l,.. tina they become reconciled to
dressmaking dictated by common sense
'ihe swish of wet skirts leads to cold
ch1lls among women ssof other cities in
less favored lands. 1t Is different is
this section. excen IL isolated instances.
Portland Oregonf:.fl
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-11-30

watches them swimming and coiling',
par below the surface in the. glorious
transparence Of the deep blue Indian
ocean. No man who has not seen them
can form even q conception Of their
grace and agility. When they are swim
ming at an ordinary rate Of speed they
appear to undulate all over They do not
wind through the water as does an eel
Their method Of progression reminds the
beholder rather Of the locomotion Of a
caterpillar. with the difference That it IS
far more graceful and that, as their bod
lies move and twist, colors play over them
as they do on the back and sides Of the
idolphins. But when they dash at prey at
full speed they move like an arrow, with
their heads and necks thrust straight be-
fore them. If they are swimming under
the surface, or, II they are darling along
the top Of the water. with their heads
elevated just far enough to clear the
crests OF the waves. When they are rush
ing along thus their sole means Of loco
H s, ~ their rbroad paddle-shapal tail,
which is peculiar to all the sea snakes
and forms the only striking difference be-
tween them and the ordinary terrestrial
serpent. This paddle is used like steam
er's screw and has immense power. Bent
sideways, 1t will stop the snake instantly
as II the creature had anchored suddenly.
Indeed, when doing or resting over reefs
and in the sea caves that are common In
the coral banks, they hold fast to the
rocks or bottom with these broad tails,
rnd will often sway thus for hours in
calm weather.
The horror with which they are regard
ed in all the lands that border the seas in
which they dwell has excellent reason. as
there are no cases on record of recovery
after their bite. Most of their victims are
Malay and other native fishermen and
shore dwellers, and physicians rarely get
to see the victims. Statistics are not kept
in that part OF the world, SO III is not
possible to ascertain even approximately
how many persons are killed each year.
But travellers know that there is hardy
q fishing Village that has not Its tale sof
death to. tell wheneyer.dt is visited. For
a time, scientists were inclined to the be-
lief that the deadliness OF the bite was not
due to the venom like that of land snakes
but to some property which caused blood
poison. as does the bite of many fishes
that are not poisonous In themselves.
But the case Of q sailor on the British
,warship Algerine. coming. as it naturally
did, under the careful observation OF med
zeal men, proved. that the snakes are di-
lrectly poisonous and that they carry
fangs enlarged with venom Just like the
cobra. The Algerine was lying IN front
,of Madras when school Of the brightly
icolored snakes suddenly rose almost I'M
der the keel and began to hunt fish.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-11-30
An {. 3 Who Can Cook.

10 woman has right to conspfcuorsIy
ally herself with any of the great wom-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-11-30
A sudden Inspiration.

Miss FaddingtonGoodnes How often I
have READ that the tenants of the large apart
nent houses are absolute strangers to one
anotheri
Well?
Miss Faddingten-And / never thought ct
organizing movement to introduce them te
che another!-Puck.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1901-11-30
An Extre,,,fat

Talking about college spirit said the first
b Hair co. Sophie Moore carries It to the
extreme, = 81
You don't say?'s remarked the other
les, she won't ever eat anything but straw
berry and vanilla when she's being treated
I to, ice cream because red and white are the
college colors. ',-Ph iladeiphia Press.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
DEMAND THEIR HEADS.
Ministers Designate Twelve Leadin
Chinese NfFenders.

Ministers Designate Twelve Leading
Chinese Offenders.
The foreign ministers, at Il meeting held
In Pekin, informed the Chinese plenipo-
tentiaries that twelve princes and high
officials, whose punishment the Chinese
government has already decrecd, deserv-
ed death The Chinese representatives
said the government would behead Yu
Hsien and Prince Shwang, but presented
many arguments why the court would
not infict capital punishment ON the 9th
ers.
Senior De Cologan, the Spanish minis
ter. who is doyep of the diplomatic corps,
read the Indictment which the ministers
had prepared. Prince Chwang was Off
cially commander-in-chief of the Boxers,
and as project Of police he was resp0n-
sible for offering Il reward Of from 30 to
80 taels for every foreigner brought to
him alive, and for Furnishing with death
Chinese who protected foreigners. Prince
Tuan was the principal instigatOr of the
Boxer movement, he persuaded the gov
eminent that the Boxers afforded the best
means of Kidding China Of foreigners. AS
president Of the Tsung- Yamcn he was
responsible for the ahti-foreign edicts,
among them being that of July ,, the car
rying out of which resulted in the mas
sacre of foreigners in Shcnsi. He order
ed the Chinese troops to attack the lCga-
tiOns, and always opposed accusation Of
hOstilities. He was ut the head Of the
party which secured the bChcading of two
members of the Tsung-li- Yamen for IA
vOring foreigners, and the author of the
ultimatum of June 10, commanding the
ministers to leave Pekin in twcnty-four
hours. lie ordered his troops to kill any
foreigner found on the streets and was
thus the principal author of the murdc.
of Baron Won Ketteler, the German min
lister. Duke Ian was one of the official
chiefs of the Boxers. He was yicc-presi-
dent of police and was responsible for
offering rewards for the killing of for
eigners. He was one Of the first to vpcD
the gates of the city to the Boxers. yin
cullen was one of the chief Boxers.
After long conversation on the sub
jet of punishment. it was decided that
the foreign ENJOYS should draw up a full
list of all accused officials, both national
and provincial, with indictments speci-
flying the guilt Of each, and a statement
of the punishment required, which would
then be presented to the Chinese pleni-
potentiaries for definite action.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
IMMUNE TO SNAKE POISON,
A Dog Who Hunts and Fights RattIers
with Impunity.

Dog Who Hunts and Fights Rattlers
with Impunity.
Dog fanciers and those who have
lived in the country with a dog for
their friend know that many Of the ca
mines of pure or mixed breed have a
native antipathy to reptiles and will at
tack a snake at every opportunity.
Other dogs are MORALLY afraid of
snakes and will flee from them in ter
rOr Few persons, however, know that
a dog can be immune against the
poison Of a snake.
That this is true is the observation of
John w. NJ Kiger, secretary to the
local board OF health, who spent some
time last summer III WoppOcoma. w.
Va. At that place he fell in with a
dOg-a small common cur, with long
shaggy hair. The dog is a born fighter,
obstinate and Dughacious. He has
been bitten so often by copperheads and
rattlesnakes that he is immune from
their poison, which is deadly to many
dogs.
This particular dog is the friend Of
sportsmen who visit the locality, and he
gayly joins them on their excursions.
His method of fighting a snake is sim
pie. The sight, smell or rattle of a
snake puts him on the aggressive. His
sharp bright eyes follow the reptiles
movements and he, circles nimbIy
around for a chance to nab his prey.
When he sees an opening there is a
sudden spring, n quick swapping of his
sharp teeth in the back or near the
back of the head, and a sharp. strong
jerk lifts the snake from the ground
and prevents its striking. Soon the bat
tie is over and the snake is dead.
A short yelD of triumph announces
the victory. and the dog is off for an
other battle if it should come his way.
Occasionally the dog miscalculates his
leap upon the snake and it eludes him.
Then before he can get away he is bit
ten. A yelp of pain escapes him when
struck by the RATHER, but he does not
give I'D until the snake is dead. Few
escape him. After the battle he ticks
his wound and no i'll effect results from
it-Cincinnati Enquirer.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
HIS COURTSHlP WAS BRIEF
Rea1-Estate Man Tried Business Meth
DDS and Met with a Rebuff.

Real Estate Man Tried Business Meth
DDS and Met with a Rebuff.
One day last week little South Side
widow called upon a real-estate man
who has charge of some of her proper
ty. They engaged in some earnest con-
versatiOn relating to business matters.
The widows telephone rang the next
morning, and the real-estate man said
that another call at his office would be
necessary. In the course of the second
visit jest or two interrupted the talk
on rentals and taxes. The widow has a
gay little laugh, and it sounded like
music to the weary ears of the man.
He asked if he might not bring certain
facts which he would CLEAN during the
next twenty-fOur hours to her person
ally. In other words, he wanted to call,
and, being gOOd-natured body, the
widow said he might. He went, he
saw, and he proposed.
And this is how he did it, the widow
explained afterward Il certainly am
in love with you" he said. when you
came into the office l said to myself,
My, but she's a fine piece of furniture.
She would be an ornament to my
house Now I am going to go at this
matter right, and what I've got to say
III say quick. You suit me. Your clubs
and societies must go, for must be all.
l want to marry you tomorrow. any
time after 10 a. m. will suit me. What
do you say? Here's my hand. Is it a
go?"
The astonished woman replied: Why,
don't know you"
"Oh, that's all right; don't let little
thing like that stand in the way" the
man said You just come down TO my
office tomorrow morning. III take you
over TO the bank, then III introduce you
to some of my friends. That's no trou-
BILE. Will you be there?"
: why. the very idea said she. mo. -
Then he was very indignant and felt
he wasn't appreciated
That's like a woman" he growled.
Never knows when she's got a good
thing Chicago Inter Ocean.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12

there is made over to him interest-bear-
ing bonds based on his own plants and
on those which in the future will be COM
bined with them. The steel interests,
Rockefeller, Morgan ct al, have made
peace with Mr.. Carnegie and protected
themselves from future competition from
rival whose millions they could not
hope to fight against.
1t means that the steel industry of
America, all the great raw material steel
companies, including the Carnegie, Fed
erll Steel and National Steel companies,
all the great finished product concerns,
such as the American Steel Hoop, the
American Steel and Wire, The American
Sheet Steel, the American lin Plate, the
American Bridge, Steel Pressed Car and
the National Tube companies, will be op-
Grated under one directory. Each cOrpO-
ration will maintain a separate corporate
existence but all will be operated by
the one master hand, representing the
combined wealth Of the RockefellerS,
Carnegie, Morgan and the scores of lesser
millionaires. The manufacture of billets,
the raw product, for the use of the diff
ferent finished steel manufacturing com
panies will be apportioned among the 81
gantic trusts various plants.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
Satisfied with the Choir.

When Lord Alverstone, the new Lord
Chief Justice of England, was Sir
Richard Webster. Attorney General
and Tory member for the Isle of
Wight, he used to sing pretty regularly
in the supplied choir of Kensington
parish church. One of his constituents,
who did not know him by sight.
thought he would like 10 see his men,
Der in this uncommon position for a
great lawyer. So. when next in Lon
don. he attended morning service one
Sunday. and asked a verger which of
the choir was Sir Richard Webster.
We'll" replied the official. that's
the vicar. those are the curates, ans
I'm the verger; and so long as the
choir gives satisfaction it is not my
business TO inquire into the anteeed-
ents of any of them, man or boy
London NJ. A 2.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
CARNEGIE SELLS MS STOCK.
Controlling Interest in His Company
Bought by ]. p. Morgan.

Dy j. Morgan
Within a week of the unparalleled
transaction which brought the Southern
Pacific properties into the control of the
Union Pacific interests-a deal which
challenged the attention of the whole in
dustrial world-comes the authentic re-
port of the conclusion of the negotiations
between Mr.. Carnegie and j. Pierponr
Morgan for the purchase by the latter
and his associates of the formers con-
trolling interest in the stock of the pow
erful Carnegie company. The list of prop
critics owned by the Carnegie company is
a long one. 1t comprises blast furnaces
at several places, steel works, rolling
mills and bridge works.
The deal far surpasses the great trans
action by which the Southern Pacific has
just been bought over by the Union Pa
cific interests. Mr.. Carnegie held be-
tween 50 and 81 per cent of the $160,000,-
900 of stock of the Carnegie company.
This is now in the absolute control of the
syndicate headed by j. Pierpont Morgan,
with tho Rockefellers as partners. While
this stock is not listed on any exchange
in the country, its valuation is $1,000 4
share, the par value being $1,000. At
this rate, Mr.. Carnegie has received in
the neighborhood of $100,000000 for his
share, which, it is authoritatively stated,
has been absolutely disposed of by him.
The completion of this deal does not
mean by any means that the price is to
be paid over to Mr.. Carnegie in cash
Such 4 payment would demoralize the
money markets of the world, would re-
quire seventy freight cars to carry the
glittering gold or its equivalent in value,
that this thrifty ScOtchman has made
since he first landed in America a poor
boy 1t only means that Mr.. Carnegie
signs the papers completing the sale and
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
Where Creameries Prosper.

Creameries cannot prosper unless in
a community where good cows abound,
and good dairymen are as necessary as
good cows, says the Texas Farm and
Ranch. None but good dairymen have
good cows, and good COWS have none
but good dairymen. There is another
necessity without which creameries
cannot prosper, but it is rarely included
in good dairymen"-this is good farm
or dairy papers. Where creameries ex-
list, it is good policy for each contribu-
ting dairyman, as we'll as the creamery
management, to encourage by every
legitimate means the circulation of
such papers in the community. 1t re-
quires intelligence to make the butter
factories go.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
Cabbage for Cows.

A report received at the Department
of Agriculture discusses the feeding
of cabbages and cabbage leaves to
mich COWS. Cabbages are usually con-
demned as COW feed owing to their al
legged effect on the favor Of the milk.
A test made showed that the milk of
cows fed on cabbages directly after
milking was untainted. In a report
of the New Zealand Department of
Agriculture it is stated that forty tons
to fifty tons of cabbages per acre have
been grown at the experimental farm
and fed to cows with most satisfactory
results. Up to twenty pounds was Civ
en- to each COW night and morning. with
the result that the increase Of butter
averaged one pound per COW.
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
New Farming Implement.

Benjamin f. Brown, of Wellington,
Ark, has designed the apparatus
shown in the picture for use in destroy
ing insects and noxiouS weeds and also
for burning stulnps of trees. 1t CON
sists Of irebox, which burns either
coal or wood, with a rotary fan to ere
ate intense heat by forcing the draught
The furnace is mounted on a two
wheeled carriage. which makes 1t easy
to transport it from place to place, and
arrangement is made for adjusting the
size of the mouth through which the
fiery draught is emitted and also for
revolving the fan by hand when the
machine is standing still, as when
burning stump. When utilized for
destroying weeds or burning stubble
the hood is adjusted close to the ground
and the machine propelled at a rapid
rate when the gearing puts the fan in
motion and drives a fierce heat through
the opening in front, which cuts a
Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1901-02-12
News OF Minor Noe

Porto Rican Legislature has passed a
revenue bill.
Another big oil well opened in Starr
County, Texas
Several negroes, Texar&ana, Ark, are
going TO Liberia.
John English was killed By John Hun.
ter, Dallas, Texas.
Girl ushers are employed at the Park
Theater, Philadelphia.
Beers captured twenty-five police at
harrisburg, Cape Colony.
Little Rock, Ark, is trying to locate
locomotive factory that will employ
5000 men.
Bates County, Mo, is to vote on a
proposition to issue bonds to build a $780,
900 court house Feb. %.
The contract has beer let for a 21-story
building in Pittsburs. Pa, at a cost of
between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000.
A movement has been started to erect
at the Missouri State University a tablet
in memory of students Of the institution
who were victims Of the Spanish-Ameri-
can war.
n A new bridge is about to be built across
the BospOrus. bearing the name of the
Sultan. Abdul Hamid. 1t will be con.
structed Of granite and metal by the Bos-
porus Railway Company, which designs
a junction between the railways Of Eu.
rope, ami the Transasiatic Railway Of
Bagdad. nov being built by the Germans
The narrowest dividing line Of sea has
been chosen for the paint Of connection
\ military bridge erected by Corinthiar
long before the CHRISTIAN era, once span
ned these GOO yards of water at the sans
spot. and over il, in Jl3 B. G.. marched
King Darius and his 100000 Persian
braves during his campaign against tbs
Scythians