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A HANDY FARM DRAG.
Convenient for Hauling All Sorts OF
Root Crops from the Field to
the Storage House.

The ordinary low stone boat or drag
is convenient for many purposes, but
its use is limited because it has no great
capacity. The cut shows very handy
modification of it. 1t is made of plank
and has sides one foot high. 1t can
be used for any purpose for which the
ordinary drag is used, and in addition
It is very convenient for hauling apples,
potatoes, turnips or other root crops
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-04-05
A Regular Plague

Grocer-Ten pounds of cheese?
Yes, sir. What kind?
Hauskeep-Any old kind. 1 just
want 1t to catch mice with.
Grocer - Graciousi Ten pounds
would catch all the mice in town.
Hauskeep-Well, IL looks as il we
had 'em.-Philadelphia Press.
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IIslnunC.

The bore, though scantily admired,
Is none the less a happy elf.
he talks till everyone Is tired
And thus Is never bored himself.
Washington Star.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-04-05
Cruel EdItnr.

us there any way in which 1 can
ever reach the top OF the ladder ?"
asked the discouraged poet.
"one!" responded the great editor.
''Tell me, quick!"
Change your occupation from bard
to hod-carrier."- Chicago Daily News.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-04-05
Probably Had.

Mother-Do you think that young
man has saved anything?
ENTHUSIASTICALLY, mai He
says he has never loved before
Puck
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-04-05
Too Green for Any Use

He-I have never loved any other
woman since mother.
She-Then you need a governess, not
q wife.-Town Topics.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-04-05

They claim to be connected with
some of the best families"
by telephone?" Philadelphia
Evening Bulletin.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-04-05

II am going to fight this out to the
bitter end" said the man from College
Point as he took his regular dose of
Quinine.--N. Y. Times.
Richmond planet. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1883-1938, 1902-04-05

Mrs. Younghub--See, George, dear,
the nice rug with Admiral Dewey's
portrait in it that I've bought for
the hall.-Chicago Daily News.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21

ING a nunper., OF pms from mis- vest ne
fbflegan to stick one after the other into
the fshy part Of his arm. During the
pin-sticking process he never finched
He appeared to enjoy it.. Al .y5
q do you know what made me used to
sthat?" he continued. Years ago I was
cast ashore from wreck upon one Of
the New Hebrides islands, In the South
Pacific, and was unfortunate enough to
fall into the hands Of a lot Of torture
loving savages. They practiced on me.
They stuck small pointed wooden splin-
ters into my arms. For days they did
this. until ] became so used to it as to
feel no pain whatever. It was some time
before I succeeded in making my escape,
sut every since my experience have
done just as I am doing now and here
this wonderful sailor proceeded to stick
more pins into his arms. # lfJ b asa3
VI "A few Of. those who surrounded hin,
suggested that he would make q great
hit by hiring himself out to a museum Of
curiosities, but the man Of the sea said
nay; he much preferred to serve before
the mast. ladelphia Telegraph.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21
openina; : cash I. RerI.te 3,

. There is never much sympathy wasted
OIL MAJ. who tries to buy counterfeit
money and gets fooled, inor will anybody
weep for the victims of new hoax
which, writes a Washington correspond
cnt, was recently unearthed by the post
office department Ell
The attention of the department was
called to an advertisement which APP
reared in Il large number Of papers, offer
ing for ''the small sum of So to teach
by quick safe, sure and easily learned
method" how to open q cash register
without the aid Of key. The depart
ment at once took steps to secure the
valuable Information. .rs5 2 A.:
1t was found that the method" was
impaired by means of a small circular.
This crcular gave instructions to Sc
cure an ak weighing, Sin order to obtain
the best results in the nefghborhood Of
ten pounds. %s$z sls..f=
Then the pupil is to take his position
before the register he wishes to open, adj
vance the left foot, stand firmly, swing
the AK with both hands, and then strike
the register with ell his might, repeating
the blow until the desired result is at
tanned. The instructions close with the
warning that for successful: operation of
the quick, safe. sure and unfailing''
method it is desirable that the operator
be, alone with the register.
This recalls the "potato-bug extermi-
nator'' which was advertised some years
ago. The victims Of that swindle were
honest people in search Of legitimate in
formation. but the circular of instruc-
lions that accompanied the two small
pieces Of wood that they received for
their, half-dollar might have been writ
ten by the same person who advertised
the new method of opening cash registers
1t read: G; , l Y. .5s "A g
Catch the bug. Place him carefully
on block number one, enclosed. Smite
| him with block number two, also en-
closed Wipe blocks, and proceed as be-
fore', z, ls5 e@a :5
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21
was W.henll the
Heav ems Fell
After That Samantha Wilson Never
Said the Words Again. We s
IN. Suppose.
tkkT Ii never speak To Elvira Smith
again till the heavens fall!' Mrs.

skkT LII never speak to Elvira Smith
again till the heavens fall! Mrs.
Wilson declared hotly. II
well, S,mantha, IL you wait
sss till that happens you're likely
to wait a long time, : rem rked her hus-
band Laughing, and winking at Elvira
ISmith's husband. who said tapologeticaIly
I Vira didn' mean to disappoint We, Mis-
Wilson. She's kinder forgetful, and when
Mis- Lambert sent over to berry ,em. she
let the frames go, never rememberin
she'd promised 'em to YOU. 81 .2
She didn't want to rsmember! Mrs.
Lambert don't live In "a ID ss out. It s easy
for some folks to forget their poor neigh
bors = specially If they We Got rich ones to
toady to- Mrs. WilsonE cut her words
out sharply with empha sig. 4. * ".
& Mr.. Smith flushed a little, but letting
the unpleasant insinnat ionI GO, answered
mildly: ,sS5ss .= 5*5 B
Seems to me you'n Vifa's been frien's
too long to let such q little thing as that
make trouble tween We HI s53 s3
We've been friends tooslong for me to
put up with being slighted on account Of
a woman she hasn't known q year YET, s
she replied resentfully. 5ssss5t "A ,5.s ,s#s
@ia Mr. Smith was not gifted with diplo-
matte wisdom, and instead of dropping
the subject he persisted "a holding out a
further peace-offering resulting in gr eat
er irritation. SSa 81
IT know yira amt meant to slight ye
for no woman, rich or poor, an Jest as
E-<rn as Mis- T.ambert's gdone with the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21
Bacteria in Digestion.

The results Of experiments with chickens tc
determine the effect Of Intestinal bacteria upors
the process of digestion are reported by p of
schottelius in the recent number OF the Archiv
fur Hygiene, and reproduced by the Staatssa
Zettung New York; Chickens We're kept IL
cages from which all bacteria were careful /,
excluded and were supplied with food equal s
free from bacteria. They ate ravenousy an
almost continually and evidently digested .hei
food WE'LL yet not only did they not fatten
but they steadily decreased in weight an
strength. Another series OF experiments gave:
direct and positive proof that the presence o.
Intestinal bacteria is necessary to nutrition:
Chickens which had been Matched and raised
in sterilized environment. receiving onls1
:gerrn-f free food. thrived for a week and Their.
began to decline IN weight and streng III. Their:
they were divided into two groups one of
which was fed on sterilized food, the other on
food containing bacteria All Of the frs.
group died in a few days the others improyes
RAPIDLY and soon We're indistinguishable from
chickens that had run free In the poultry yard
Nine. Metchnikof has obtained analogous re-
suits with tadpoles which. fed for time with
gerrn-free food, attained an average weight OF
% milligrams (0.4 grain) and an average
length Of To- 8 nillimeters 20. 81 inch). while
other tadpoles, fed for the same period on ordi-
nary food, had an average weight Of 142 milli-
grams t2.2 grains) and an average length OF
PCS millimeters GIGS inches TRANSLATION
made for the Literary Digest. n
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21
Birds That Can Talk.

/ Prof Scott Of Princeton rays that Wild birds
sometimes Introduce variations into their
songs, and again, more rarely, initiate r.st or "
The songs OF other birds. but the barking OF
dogs. mechanical sounds, like the creaking
Of wheels, the filing ola saw, and even bun1;ln
speech. As writer in Bird Lore gives this we'll
authenticated incident: n
One morning while was standing on my,
back steps heard cheerful voice say. You
are. a pretty bird Where are you Z? 70
Fl wondered how any parrot could talkI
loudly enough to be heard at that distance for
the houses on the street behind US are not near
Presently thesyoice came aguin. clear musical
and strong: You are a pretty bird Where
are you 2, s.
waiting for time to Investigate Then cfaseff
him up There heswas IN the top of a walnut
tree, and his gorgeous attire told me irsme-
1iately hat he was rose breasted gTosheak
S. At the end Of week he was saving, Pet
y. pretty BIRD, where al you e He and his
nate stayed near us al last summer. and til 81
bring they came aga IN Ife Is making sthe
ssrne remark. sf plainly as ever bird u IL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21
THE TIL DEMON DYsENTERY.
Bacillus Discovered by work !
81 gss ROckefeIle,. .Inafi<nta m ~

investigations made possible by a grant from
the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research.
naye Carried On y, far to
Of the University OF Pennsylvania IN saving
that the statement could now be made that
EMERY In temperate as: we'll as IN tronicai
Chimes, and that the disease is Identical eyarv-
where. II, the April number OF the Alumni
Register Prof. Flexner compares this disease
with the great plaques Of the world, and shows
that no other cause of invalidation and death
could be compared with that OF dysentcry in
our armies in Cuba, Porto Rico and the Phil
ippines "a 22s8 So -
lin our times the great pIagues,,, says the
writer, with one or two exceptions, have not
era and bubonic plague seem fixed to the East
and have made only unfnnportant excursions
into Western lands within the last half cen-
tury.t The. rayages OF yellow fever are chiefly
limited to the West Indies and the Spanish
Main, while the other plaques mentioned are
confined to the East: but dysentery. likewise
nlague, has the widest of distributions and
is never entirely absent from Western nations,
appearing now and again IN epidemic waves OF
considerable severity Although generally It
appears in scattered FORM and In force in
public and penal Institutions as the follower
of armies 1t has done the greatest mischief
During the War of the Rebellion It claimed
of the army. Its Importance cannot be better
EXPRESSED than In the words OF Prof Osler.
who says: .Dysentery is one of the four great
epidemic diseases of the world. In the troYics
# destroys more lives than cholera, and it has
been more fatal to armies than powder and
shot . In temperate climates 1T prevails con
stant1y in a mild or sporadic form, breaking
out, however, from time to time into severe
epIden,ics, In which It may attack whole COM
munities and cause high mortality. It tends
especially to appear In institutions for paupers
and the insane, and In prisons and refor1na-s
tories. In the tropics dysentery is constantly
present and constitutes the most common dis
lease. From the tropics IT has been imported.
into temperate climates, and the danger which
I has existed IN the past has now been greatly
increased on account OF the greater frequency
/ Of communication and Of invasions by Euro
/ pean armies
The recent discoveries of the SPECIFIC cause
OF dysentery and the work done BY the Rookie
Teller commission last summer in the patho-
logical laboratory of the University OF Penn
sylvanfa, which proves that there Is no essen
tiaI difference between the constitutional and
general outbreaks Of the disease. and that all
tare caused by a common bacillus. make the
prospect OF successfully combating dysentery5
very 1brfgh The demon OF dysentery. 9, con-
Lc1udes Dr.. FIexner,sss.i is no. longer Pigment
I of the nagination but bacillus so common
Place in appearance that IT sxcites5 wonder
only irtue4 Of Its disease and death9dealfng
Ipsopensiti ties - New York Tribunes Il
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21

the reers for their food preferrinR to eat the
canned goods furnished from the stores OF the
German traders. seldom does the Samoan have
fish as a part OF his repast. White men carry
on the ancient and honorable art OF securing
the deep ocean for toothsome fishes. and there
us one license granted by the German governor,
permitting the white ncensee to use Dynamite
When a Samoan has fish for his dinner it is
generally secured from the foreign dynamiter
The Samoans have no musical instruments
and no songs such as the people of the Ha-5
swatian islands are accustomed to- but use the
gourd filled with beans for their dancing. They
chant as Hawaiians do In their meles. When
ever they work at anything. as for instance
Mcmahon found them at work building q
church, they broke into q chant and worked
faithfully. He went out rowing with a party
of natives, and during the eight or nine hours
they spent upon the water his companions
chanted continuously with the exception Of
about an hour, keeping time to the strokes Of
the paddles. s53 fsssgs7s
Mr.. Mcmahon says that business in Ap,a
since annexation has been poor because the
place depended for Its support upon the steam
ers which formerly called there, and which stop
now only at Page Page, the American port in;
Samoa. The storekeepers have not. the in-5
comes they formerly had. The people are now
going in for cacao The land question is yet
unsettled: Leases are only given for short pes
RODS. There are only about 100000 acres
available for cultivation and az this area at
least one half will have to beSleft with the
natives for raising their own foodstuffs. It is
Mr.. Mcmahon, s opinion that Only about A
lease or sale In the German POSSESSIONS
s OF the American possessions there seems to-
be very little land Liable for cuItivation- The
land is rich and the eacad grows profusely
From what he learned, the growers believe that
the yield Will be twice as great as formerly
the yield being about nine pounds per tree, the
average perstree in other countries being about.
three pounds. l sttaEss
The labor question lis also ,bothering the Sa-3
moan planters. The ssamoaiis viii not work.
They prefer TO keep their hair looking nice ae-
#cording to Samoan standards. by smearing lime
of coral over their raven locks, thereby giving
sit4 a sunburned appearance. They grow their
own taro and a ttend to other minor details Of
gardening but work for other man they WI
not 49, {. Es ~
was the desire of ii OF the chiefs whom he
meet to take In ashing Not thai they did the
washing themselves, for that duty was turned
over to the women The ceremony of al proach-
ing the strangerto secure his dirty linen con-
sisted in smooth tai the diving Of kawaS ito
erilsx, ending with request for the aforesaid
linen. Pacific CcTnnercial7 Advertiser ss
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21
EAPOLIs. MINl. SAT URDA Y.JUNE 81, 1902

her to entertain hard feelings agaInet.,1r
well tried friend. fS But now she nurseds
her sense Of injury, and when. the morn orr
ing Of the picnic arriy red, 81 she was IN a
state Of great irritation OF mind. and 81 B,
most felt that her husband and children
were taking sides against her, because at
her own earnest urging they were all gol
ing as usual. Y She would not have con-
sented to any Of them staying at ONE
with her, yet she felt that they ought not
to want TO go without her. 81 ssssH
Come, now, S'manthy, Mr.. Wilson
said, coaxingly, you'd better change your.
mind and 60 along, things,ll all get
Strengthened out II you will. Sides, what II
you do here, alone all day Is 9s1S III.
y ST II do well enough. And as for going
YOU ought to know me better by this time,
John Wilson, than to think I'd go where
Elvira Smith is after what's happened. n I
said, L never speak to her till the heav-s
ems fall and / generally stick to what i
say re 5+i:s. 81
The children were ready, and baskets
packed at an early hour, and Mrs. Vilson
set herself to chnrning under the willow
trees at the back of the house,
ST don't want togsee EN-, = she NUT
tered. M III VI 5: . 5s
But she could not help hearing them as
the several loads came rollicking down the
road, In fine spirits. The annual mid
summer gathering was attended by all
from far and near; the interchange OF
IDEAS and experiences being eagerly
looked forward to by the farmers and
their wives. s #sGzf ;G 4, 81 IS .5 81 ~
Mrs Wilson turned her back and used
the churn dash vigorously. hoping that no
one would attempt to change her de-
cision; but presently a little form came
flying around the house, and an eager
voice cried as small arms cIasped her
skirts, "Oh, aunt 'Manthy. Uncle John
says you amt going! Do come, we want
you tor 4
b, It was hard to refuse the pleading Of
her small namesake and favorite, but she
answered gently, No, Manthy, auntie
is not going. Here, let me pin this pretty
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HEALTHY ONE ?'

frames she'll send 'em right over tps w.
SIS ..she needn't trouble herself IS Mrs. IL
son retorted. '.I'm not obliged to wait
on anybody can set frames OF Mrs.
Green at the corners, but I'm done with
Elvira Smith! rs IL never speak to her
again till the heavens fall!' !.
well, I'm real sorry Mr.. Smith said.
from the doorway, She was 1ottin On
you folks gofn to the pfcnte3Wtth us same
as we've always done. I. u s,
.sYou can go with the Lamberts. m
not a-goir' - but at this the children
raised q clamor and sinterrnpted 1 ne,
Isl mantIy don't Ike Mrs, s8ssz Lambert 8
taking such a notion to your wife. = ME-.
Wilson explained as Smith clambered into
his wagon; that's what makes her SO
.techy guess it'll wear on before the
picnic = q II. ,.sE
But 1t did not. Mr.. w ilson strove N
vain to smooth over matt ana N II VAN
Mrs Smith sent a humble apology
What's done is done!" she sald, ana no
can't forget IT. 4 s.,
gwen but, smanthy,' Z her husband re-
monstrated, there's lots OF other Things
e you ought TO remember, too the marc
places that Elyira Smiths nelped a u "
through. Times like when little Dora osts :
died an when we all had the fever-an,5
when ss@ zf#
Il do remember them, she broke IN
s.eve.y one OF them! AID times thatEl.ve
done the same Tor her, too, when there
was no other woman nj h to help either
OF u.s. and she wiped her eyes on her e
anron. ana gazed retrospectively yout
across the broad expanses Of prairie.
dotted here and there with the homes I OF
the settlers.
Most OF them lived in sod houses or
shacks, but some of them had been abe
to put up more pretentious buildings; ana Il
in one of the best and largest lived the
Lanrberts, newcomers the year before,
who had means enough to I've IN what
appeared affluence to the simple folks
aroHnd them The Wilson's and Smiths
and led on By the hope of finding some
thing better ,','s had Tered on and on,
finally locating near sIna st eaIi1 6 So
far IN advance of fine ID fislx Of hsettl ersl
that they were, q ritual Nv g lone for sears
have believed 50 trivial a mat er as this
{ nj frames could have railseds
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An Enormous t.un.

The big sixteen-inch gun which has been in
the course OF construction at the Watervliek
arsenal, Troy. N. r., will be sent to the Sandy
Hook proving grounds In few weeks All
that Is required to make the gun ready for
proving is the breeching. and this will be COM
pleted soon The first test OF this gun Will be
eagerly awaited by the artillery experts Of the
world. q 8ls $50 $500.
4 It is confidently predicted that no arrnor will
be able to Withstand the missile 1t will hurI
It will require LOCO pounds of powder for a
shot. and Will throw 1000 pound projectile
The gun is to be mounted on a disappearing
carriage at Fort Hamilton. New York harbor
The length of the gun is 40 feet 20 inches:
diameter Of breech, 5 feet: of muzzle, 2 feet
a inches; OF bore, 10 inches. 81 The gun Will
weigh 100000 pounds. The protectiIe to be
used in. the gun will be 8 feet A inches in
length. Il
It is believed the gun will throw a shot about
twenty-one miles. The firing table for this
gun shows that the extreme range is obtain
able with muzzle velocity OF 1900 feet
second, the necessary angle Of elevation Tor
the piece being forty degrees, and in order 10
throw twenty-one miles the shell will reach
maximum elevation OF *, 518 feet
This Is enormously greater than the maxi
mum range hitherto obtained by any gun.
The record at present stands to the credit Of
the Krupp 9.45-inch gun, which was Aired on
the Meppen range in the presence OF the en-
iperors of Germany on April Is, 1882. The meas-I
uref range was. found to be twenty and one
half miles and the greatest height reached by
the shell in its flight was 21,45s feet.-Wash-
ingtOn Star. st 81 20 ts5 ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-06-21
The Use of Insects as Food.

M Dagin. French entomologist. has recent
~ written an article In which he recommends
certain insects as an article Of diet He
speaks with authority, having not only read
through the whole literature Of insect-eatin
but having himself tasted several hundred of
species raw. boiled fried, broiled, roasted and
mashed. He has even eaten spiders, but does
not recommend them. Cockroaches, however,
he says, form a most delicious soup. Pounded
in mt rtar, put through Sieve AMI poured
into water or beef stock, Dagin says they
make puree preferable to bisque.s Wilfred
de Fonvielie, the French scientist, prefers
cockroaches In the larval state The perfect
insect may be shelled and eaten like a shrimp
Thec caterpillars are q light food and essy
of SNsestfon; not only African and Ameri ean
natives like them, but they are also appreciated
by Frenchnnen. NJ. de Lande,. the astronomer
dined every Sunday with the zoologist Qua
tremere dIsJonvalle. and Nine. d'Isjonvalle
used to collect caterpillars and serve them to
the guest. The locust is much eaten by the
Bedouins. and may be enjoyed fried dried in
the sun. ground into -four, boiled In milk, or
fried and served with rice. The Jesuit father
Cambon thinks that locust flour might become
popular in Europe as condiment. The precise
opinions which are expressed by travellers rs
To locusts differ considerably. Anicis sail that
they taste like shrinps; Niebuhr, like sardnes.
and Livingstone, like caviare-another illustra-
ton Of the differences of palatal appreciation.
Medical Times and Hospital Gazette