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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11

AS soon as cooley ana Brltton secured
their lease they purchased gasoline en-
CINE of tWo-horse power, with pump COM
bination. Then they drove d well, strik-
ing an abundant flow of water at depth
of twenty feet. This done. they construct
work.
AS the shot is embedded in the ground
to a depth of two feet, all this earth has
to be washed over. To Edo this it is show
eled into a sluicebox six feet long, twelve
inches deep, and fifteen inches wide,
feet above the ground Water from the
pump is is turned on, and the dirt is
loosened, allowing the shot to drop to the
bottom while the dirt is washed out at
the end Of the box.
When the greater part Of the earth has
tom of the sluice. consisting of shot,
stones and other foreign substances, is
placed in a second box with wire netting
bottom. Here a second washing is given,
after which the stones are picked out and
the shot spread upon boards to dry. The
pounds each, and is taken to the foundry.
There 1t is recast into perfect shot or into
lead bars. - s8
The resurrected shot sells for $3.50 for
100 pounds, q price very little less than
virgin lead. The difference in price is due
be removed before casting. Selling at this
price, the two men are clearing $40 a
day, and some days, by working extra
hard. then net as much as $15. 49, :
8 So successful have Cooley and Britton
been that they are now looking over the
country for the location of other lead
mines of a, similar nature. All over the
country there are abandoned shooting
grounds and on several of these they
have secured leases.-New York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11
PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MIsN. OCTOBER 1907
hump, 1nump, went the pIaIe.
.tWere you sober when you fell DOWN

- ! r x T u . /. Z r. =
hump, 1nuHp, went the plate.
Were you sober when you fell down
stairs ~
Tbump, violent thump. =,
''Drunk
Two thumps.
rs it not to drink any more
The plate bounced up SO high that the
oysters slid off. Congressman Blank
locked aroInd the table as in daze and
said:
did you see that? Did you see it?''
See nothing" said the man across the
table. S
Boys said the congressman wincins
>unsteadily, tive had message from the
dead tonight Poor Harry has advised
me not to drink any more. don't want
to spoil your fun, but I'm going home.
I'm going to preach temperance harder
than ever AMI I'm going to practice it..
too. know a warning when see it,
He was out of the room before any one
could stop him. AS he closed the outside
door Jones looked a bit nervous and said !:
Perhaps I ought to have explained"
. Not a bit of it, said one of other men,
1T will do him good. He ought to stop
drinking, anyway"
They agreed that if Blank didn't men.
tion the incident &ley would not. Then
ZONES had the tablecloth raised and drew
from under Blanks plate a fat rubber
bag attached to long rubber pipe that
ended in a bulb in Jonds' hand.
Two days later all of Blanks friends
We're talking about the wonderful plate
rapring at jones' dinner, and in self-de-
Tense Jones had to explain it. Then Con-
ressman Blanks temperance friends
heard Of it, and in self-defense he had to
swear off drinking, either in public or in
private. He admits that his thirst has
become a torment, but ne saws that the
effects of the shock are such that he will
never be strong enough to drink again..
New York Sun { =
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11

must he sing the joy Of his Heart s that
him bread?
This does not appear a paradox. At
least 1t does not appear a paradox to the
merely literary aspirant; nor does it SO
and the full purse. The one, unwilling
of artistry. finds it simple enough to
supply public demand. The other, I'M
wait till he has created public demand.
AS for the man who has arrived, he does
not count. He has comprised the para
pressed by sorded necessity, he is the
man who must confront the absolute con-
trad1ctlon. He is the man who cannot
pour his artist soul into his work and
The world is strangely and coldly averse
to his exchanging the joy of his, heart
for the solace Of his stomach. And to
him IS it given to discover that what the
world prizes most it demands least, and
that what it clamors the .loudest after
1t does not prize, at all.
1t Is a way the world has, and 1t is
fury, at least 80 far as printed speech
Is concerned. The streak of yellow which
is condemned in Journalism crops out in
note. The advertisements bring the cash;
the circulation brings the advertisements;
the magazine brings the circulation;
problem: what must be printed in the
hAo6pHAAO ~ lLoI IL 11ldy Lie ClICu-
lation that brings the advertisements that
bring the cash? Wherefore the editor is
dominated by the business manager who
keeps his eye on the circulation, or. else
the editor is sufficiently capable of keep
ing his own eye on the circulation. And
the circulation must be large, in order
that the advertisements be many, in order
that the cash be much. So the editor
prints in the pages of his magazine that
which large number of people want to
read. He does not print what they ought
to read, for his function is to pander,
Critic = - -. 49,. - - -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11
: PLACER MINING FOR SHOT,

Curious Enterprise Near Omaha
Nets Workmen $40 a Day.
Probably the most unique mine in the
world Is located within two miles of
Omaha, Neb. Others have dug and washed
owners of the mine in question, which is
a placer, are mining for shot, and the
finished product is turned out in quanti-
ties to earn neat income for the work.
ers. .@ :. = =.
:, Across the Missouri is located the Oma-
IA Gun club grounds, where frequent
shoots have been held for the last
twelve years. Some time ago A. H:
Cooley, formerly superint endent of the
Barton-Nash Stone company, and Thomas
Brltton, formerly vice president Of the
Brltton Engine, company, were walking
over these grounds, and noticed that at
a certain place the earth was covered
with a layer of shot. At once the idea
came to them that here was a paying
mine It they could secure the right to
work it. and keeping their discovery
secret, they called upon the officers of the
club and proposed to lease that particular
spot for mining purposes. f.
They were laughed at, but secured the
lease. It included a tract Of ground ex-
Of 800 feet, with about 300 feet on either
side. 1t is over this tract that the shot
intended for clay and live pigeons fly.
How much of it has been buried in the
ground is a question still to be Diet ermined.
One thing, however, is certain, there is a
great quantity of it,, and the owners Of
the unique mine are taking out on an av-
erage-of 800 pounds a day In working a.
space not exceeding twelve bv fifteen feet
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11
That RaPping
at Jones;
Antics Of a Plate and Their Effect Upon One
:. i of the Guests. sgs g...s.ss: H.

g.. Q -.rT5 = = a. 2 aEIs - =
THERE ARE many advent ures with
ghosts that adorn tales and few
that point morals. Here is one of
the latter class that has the merit of
truth. The moral that is pointed has
had its effect, and Congressman Blank, at
who it was aimed, it now. to use his own
expression, Strictly on the ice wagon =
"Of course he says. Il know now the
explanation of the curious things ] saw,
but at the time suffered shock to my
nervous system that / would not undergo
again for all the money in Wall street,
and some that's floating around there
really belongs to me, for it was mine
once
y There would be danger in describing
Congressman Blank closely, for some of
his constituents are strict temperance
people and it might affect his vote when
he comes up for reelection. In a gem
3eral way, it may be said that he wears
the perpetual blush of much good fellow
ship, slightly accentuated at his nose,
with parliamentary dignity. He falls matt
uraIY INTO attitudes that suggest the
past of American craftsmanship and he
never lets his right hand know what his
left is doing in politics unless they are
both stretched out to grab the same prize.
No one could ever accuse the congress
man of public intoxication, and he held
that what he did in private concerted
only his aecomplic Ices and himself. Among
his accomplfces is q bachelor lawyer in
this city, who has frequently been am
moved by the congressman's thirst for al
cohol in private and hissobtrusiye eulogies
of cold water as Is regular drink In pub
slic. The LAWYER may sbe called Jones
People who have enjoyed the hospitality
Of his bachelor apar tInents sometimes
call him dear old Jones'
Two yvaoLS. . poz Cf,,, nj d !,
invited to a stag dinner in Jones rooms.
He 2ceaptad his first cncktail hafnra him
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11

ners with a sigh Of enjoyment that amazed
some Of the other guests, who did not
know that his preaching. and his practice
were antithetical. It prepared them for
congressman's nerves during the dinner.
Several other cocktails followed while
the men were in waiting for belated
guest, and the conversation turned on the
sudden death of a man who had frequent
ly consorted with them on similar soc-
'casions. He had fallen down flight Of
stairs after dinner and broke hts neck.
We were like brothers." said Congress
man Blank, 'thickly, 'and I always felt
that If he died first and it was possible for
spirits to communicate with us would
hear from him I don't believe that it is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11

BianK. . 49, IS S
1--WE been watching your plate closely"
said the man across the table, land it
hasn't budged =,
There 1t goes again. y, said Blank. as
the plate rolled around like drunken
man Thinking that It might be an
optical delusion, the con ressnan held his
hand above his plat and the plate came
up and bumped 1T. That settled the mat
ter. g "A IS s.t
Blank was shaking like man with the
palsy. His face paIed as much as its
naturally red color would permit. Lean
ing back in his chair, with his eyes on
his. eyes on his plate, forgetfM Of every
one around him, he said q
Harry, recognize you there"
The plate bounced up and down as if in
glee, and then it thumped hard.
''Do you want to tell me something's"
Thump, thump, vent the plate.
1.-TWO thumps mean yes 2" asked the
congressman. ls Il =
-Hhe plate th,imped stwice. Every one
around the table was watching intently. :
ITO think of your ibeing reduced to
plate humping to express yourself.
Harry said the congressman. Tt adds
a new sting to ,death.''.SS
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11
CHARMS AGAINST WOUNDS.
Survival of the Ancient Belief in TIL
Potency of Spells.

Potency of Spells.
During the South African war a number
of instances have cropped up showing
that the idea still prevails that there are
wounds and death Not long ago para
the effect that a soldiers watch, with a
charm attached to it had been found on
one Of the battlefields and was being held
for a rightful claimant. Earlier in the
war a private's letter told how com
rade mad come in safety through a hot
engagement by virtue, as he thought, Of
an amulet he wore, to be mortally wound
ed in a subsequent skirmish, when, by the
merest chance, he was not wearing his
charm: A relatives letter from the front
tells the. writer of young fellow who
wore charmed ring suspended from his
neck. The Wearer had it from his sweet
heart; he PLACED the most perfect faith in
it, and, though he had been in several hot
corners, he had hitherto always come out
scathless. g, ', : - = -
Although this kind of belief is of very
ancient date, it is curious as well as in
teresting to find it still in existence in the
British army: Perhaps we ought to say
traces of IT, for it is hard to believe that
it is widely prevalent. ana yet is would
that a certain proportion of the rank i an9
file are illiterate, and come from a stra-
tum of society which is largely supersti-
tlous 1t is curious to compare our army
in this respect with the German
Those who happened to be in the faith
erland during. and Immediately after the
war. of 1901 must have been struck by
under ordinary circumstances, in the len
excited state of the public mind made its
way to ten surface, much as the mud Of
stagn;a :. Pool pc floats to the top when the
absurd to be believed. Portents and
warning were seen everywhere Black
crosses. observed for the first .tirae in
antry throughout Baden and thay cont
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11

possible, however, 80. eS.e1Es
When the guests were seated at, the
table, Johnson remarked casually that the
congressman was sitting at the place
usually reserved for the man whose death
they had been discussing. Blank shifted
uneasily and then looked at his plate 1t
suddenly rose up from the table and set
tied lack with a slight thump.
The congressman's eyes bulged His
face became purple. He looked around the
room No one else seemed to have noticed
the antics of his plate. 8 stG# 81
Shaking himself together, he gulped
down his sherry and asked the butler for
more. Just as the glass touched his lips
his plate again arose from the table.
The sherry glass smashed on the floor
and the congressman half rose from his
chair. Every one looked at him curious
ly and Jones said: 49,
What's the matter, Blank? Doesn't
that sherry suit you ~
Like a man waking from bad dream
Congressman Blank settled back in his
chair and said that hts nerves were UNI
strung. If his host didn't mind, he would
try little champagne atAonce.
Blank kept his eyes off his plate while
he swallowed two glasses Of champagne.
His color came back and he answered a
thrust from a man across the table. Then
iieS luIHeu 10 HIS @oySleTS.s8sIWO minutes
later his plate jumped about four inches
above the table and then did rattle that
suggested clog dancing
Homes, said Blank, in a thin nervous
voice, ibid you say that Harry used to
sit here ?''s
: Always, said Jones. What S the mat
/ ter with you %
Harry's spirit is here at this plate.
The other guess guyed the congressman
vigorously, but he stuck to his conclu-
sion.
Il know II. = he said, .'and he is trying to
communicate with me through this plate
Nonsense, you're nervous. Have an
other drink?',s said Jones. Sc
Blank accepted the latter suggestion
and rejected the former. He told the
other guests what he had seen. AS his
eyes dropped to the plate it rose again.
| There! Did Won see 1t 2,s exclaimed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11

The following extracts are taken from
the advertisement of German publisher:
"A gentleman does not use eau de cologne
and read greasy volumes from a circula-
ting library. A gentleman does not Dor
row good works when he is. in a position
to buy. A gentleman does not talk about
the latest literature when he is acuuaint-
ed only with what is said of it by the
reviewers: A gentleman does not cut
washed his hands. A gentleman does not
buy only six-penny cheap editions" These
are interesting additions to the many def
1nitions of much-abused word.-London
Chronicle
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11
The Lady at the Luncheon Table
What She Does and What She Judge

aencaIe oruer. Up HOE ray your rzrrIrv
fork upon the cloth; and-almost unneces-
sarya to state-do not try to talk when eat
Ing! ~. "a
These few simple rules, fully rehearsed
and digested, will Insure a nice appear
ance for any girl at any luncheon table.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11
IN MEDITATION.

Who hides a sin is like a hunter who
Once warmed a frozen adder with his
breath, r ...--# .,-.-
And when he placed it next his heart, it
flew a-,--,s + - ~. -.
With poisoned fangs and stung that heart
to death. H.. r~-.
rare, III .-..-" ~
A leaf was shut to mark a favorite pass
age there
That one small leaf the. priceless page
z. ~ did all corrode ~ ~ ~
As years rolled ont was left forgotten
there: sad bode e.. .---s
OF how one secret sin may eat the price,
less soul, s.Ess ~ ~.
And then-eternal dole! ...Sy T.. 81
John Bowie O'Reilly
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-10-11
Again the Literary Aspirant.
The literary aspirant these days. OF

The LITERARY asptrant these days, OF
rather the literary artist-aspirant, with
active belly and empty purse, finds him
Being an aspirant, he is conclusively a
man who has not arrived, and a. man
who has not arrived has no pull on pop
he must eat. Being an artist, possessing
the true artist soul, his delight is to
pour out In printed speech the joy Of
MS heart, And this paradox he faces and
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-24
The Feeding of Hogs.

From Farmers Review: Last week
in travelling through our county was
struck by the way the farmers hogs
were roofing up lots and pastures. At
Cedar Hill Farm with over sixty hogs
OF all ages, there cannot be found a
spot that has been rooted up by the
hogs. When a hog is inclined to root
he shows very plainly that he lacks
some food element to make him
healthy and contented. A hog must
have a balanced ration just as much
as steer, COW or horse. | do not
think there is farm animal that pays
such quick and good returns as a hog
that has his everyday food and care
well balanced. The brood SOW gives
US larger, healthier filters; the shoates
develop into fine hogs quicker, and
the whole transaction is one of pleas
ure and satisfaction to the breeder and
feeder. One of the chief sources OF
profit we derive from our cows is In
the large amount of skim milk we
have for the hogs. To increase the
milk quantity we are paying our neigh
bors 8 cents per gallon for their milk
that returns pounds of butter fat
per 100 pounds of milk, we keeping
the skim milk. With this milk, plen.
ty of rape pasture and gluten feed
with a limited amount of corn. we are
making pork at price that leaves US
a good profit.-"Buff Jersey" Warren
County, Illinois.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-24
Students on Stock Farms,

A communication to The Farmers
Review from the Iowa Agricultural
college says: The department of ami
NAL husbandry of the Iowa AgriCul-
tural college has succeeded in placing
large number of its students on
prominent stock farms during the
summer vacation. These positions are
beneficial to the student in two ways.
First and most important, it affords
them an excellent opportunity of IA
miliarizing themselves with the meth
DDS Of stock farming in vogue on the
most successful stock farms on the
continent. Secondly. they receive a
liberal compensation for their services,
which aids them in defraying their
expenses during the school year. Ex-
perlence gained in this way serves the
student an excellent purpose in after
life, whether he decides to return to
manage the home farm, to pursue ag-
ricultural instruction work or to as
sumo the responsibility of managing a
stock farm. During the past few
months the department has received q
great many requests for competent
men to manage stock farms. Some OF
these positions have been filed, but
so far the demand has been greater
than the supply. In the future, how
ever, the college should be in a po-
sition to supply men exceptionally
we'll qualified for this line of work.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-24
Reseedina the Plains.

The reseeding Of the plains grasses
while important, is no light task This
cattle and sheep herder on wild lands
cares nothing about the future. Find
ing good feed, he continues to overpas.
ture and overrun, until the earth is
tramped solid and the plants virtually
eaten down to the roots, and thep
seeks pastures new, going ON with the
work of destruction over and over
again. The soil. also, produces less
and less, until at length the land be-
comes bare desert, and the i'll effects
OF this savage procedure is felt hun
dreds and hundreds of miles away. In
the summer the parched and heated
earth gives rise to cyclones and ST.
moon winds that scorch and witheI
vegetation even to the Mississippi riv-
er and eastward 1t will take more
years to again cover the plains with
grass than it has taken the reckless
squatter herds to feed it off. In fact.
1t never can be done. unless stock can
be kept off the seeded ground for
three years, or at least so carefully
pastured the second and third year as
to leave the ground fairly covered with
foliage. Periam in Inter
Ocean.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-24
When Butter Went Down.

When the price of butter went
down at the opening of the pasturage
season certain New York firm imag-
ined that it had singly and alone been
the cause OF the sudden decline in but
ter prices throughout the country. The
firm in question sells butterine. They
attempted to stay the passage Of the
oleomargarine bill by advertising in
some New York papers, calling the at
tention Of people to the matter. Di-
rectly after the advertisement appear
ed the spring pasture season opened
and butter fell from 33 to % cents.
The firm then came out in long let
ter in publication declaring that
their advertisement had so frightened
the butter makers that they had put
down the price as mentioned. The ad-
vertisemeat cost the firm $3.50 and
they claim to have saved to the people
of the United States through 1t the
enormous sum of 100000 The mod
esty of the firm in question is remark
able.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-24
Osts for Horses.

Horses nurtured on oats show mettle
that cannot be reached by the use OF
any other feeding stuff. Then, too,
there is no grain so safe for horse
feeding, the animal rarely being seri-
ously injured IL by accident or other
wise the groom deals out an over-sup-
ply. This safety is due in no small
measure to the presence of the oat
hull, which causes given weight of
grain to possess considerable volume,
because of which there is less liability
of mistake in measuring out the ra.
ton further, the digestive tract can
not hold a quantity Of oat grains suf-
ficient to produce serious disorders.
Unless the horse is hard pressed for
time or has poor teeth, oats should be
fed in the whole condition. Musty oats
should be avoided. Horsemen general
ly agree that new oats should not be
used. though Bensingault. conducting
extensive experiments with army
horses, arrived at the conclusion that
new oats do not possess the injurious
qualities attributed to them.-Feeds
and Feeding.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1902-07-24
Chicago Milkmen Prosecuted.

The Illinois state dairy and food
commissioner has brought about 100
suits against Chicago milkmen for the
breaking Of the state law relative to
signs and names on wagons, selling
skim milk for whole milk and for wa
tering milk. Much of the milk being
sold for the use of children in the
poorer quarters was found to be wa
tered. Some OF the cases are due to
the use Of formaldehyde in the milk,
but these cases are not reported nu-
merous. The best part OF the prose-
cutions consists in the publication in
the daily papers of the names Of TIE
men being prosecuted and the charges
against them. Thus in the list printed
last week we find that there are
charges against II for selling adulter-
ated milk. charges against ten for hay
ing no labels on their cans of skim
milk and also for selling adulterated
milk, and against nine for selling skim
milk contrary to law and violating the
label law. The other prosecutions are
for the violation of the label law.