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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06

The taEsman-monRer was the next to
speak. He said: You must know that
4 am not ALWAYS Ia Mecca. come here
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06

tx T., 81 everybody. For that matter mat the
o.tasqhla n. report is really only about
one,slxth report. a; the remaining five
slxths are q general appendix Of miscel-
1aneous papers. the authors Of which in
1the famous French automobilist; Rear
Admlra n, Melville E Ct the United States
lam T. Herscheii. Altogether this 'ap % an
ak contains some fifty articles, many Of
them from popular as well as scientific
magazines m a and period icals. nearly all pro-
from a. comparison of the largest and
sG5 aS tie a raea 6a avgrsaa
Reader has seen "profusely illustra atege
volumes In which the illustrations corr
sisted of a frontispiece and a DECORATED
capital, but in this case the expression
embraces no less than ITO illustrations,
some Of them beautiful examples OF the
;modern art or color printing. .Know1edge,
that Is to say, Is taken in it's broadcast
sense, and modern intelligence, as repre-
tsented by the rdinarily well-inforr1ed in.
'dividual, Is credited with an interest suf-
fciently diversified to include not only
the latest, development of the submarine
%, boat ct but also the PEOPLES that once in
proYement of the ihumanirace under exist
ing conditions, the result Of a. century's
study Of meteorites, or an, essay on the
Importance of the sea in the life Of ma
I4oAS.@ OLc u Vac IiOIe QOpuldI itIIJClCSs
for example, is a study Of the national
zoo by Ernest Thompson Seton, which IS
reprinted from a leading magazine, ac
companied by all the original Illustrations
from the brush and pencil Of this famous
portrayer of animals. &
Here one may read about the newest
discoveries in astronomy; the exploration
of the atmosphere by means of kites, one
Of the most interesting recent scientific
experiments; the latest Investigations into
the x-ray; wireless telegraphy, transat-
lantic telephoning; the invention of the
telephonograph an application Of the tel
news to numerous subscribers in some
European cities; color photography; the
history and mechanics of motion pictures;
American Il "emigTant" diamonds-dia-
monds found where the nineralogist
wouldn't expect them, that is; forest de-
struction and irrigation; the traps used
by the American Indians; fre-walking in
Tahiti: the dinosaurs. or tsterrfble liz
arf1s'' oaea native to this contlnent.- or
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i of ~ vE S1urnp1u unarr Inan as u mancr
}oI national scope and Importance. and
the actual purpose for which It was
rounded has been SO thoroughly neglected
yation Of native American wild animals
pave seen. several become extinct almost
5 r. atre Il their eyes. Many others Of the
ready practically disappeared, and It
seems likely that all opportunity Of pre-
serving ser, the few examples that remain
WI, soon n. nave passed away. In the park
house, a small wooden shed that needs
no description to thousands who have
Keen It It j. 2aak g pe
and reptile houses are needed, to say
nothing Of cage for eagles. The birds
chosen as the emblem Of the nation nope
N asrlckety pen. without room for flight.
feet by pounding down upon their
the e4 seals and-sea lions IS 50 muddy that
captivity cannot even be aIlevfated by a
swim without injury to their eyes. Spec,
1mens have come in faster than the
growth OF appropriations necessary to
P3r r room !, for them, and what win be
sfderation Of future congresses. -,
.a EXsn the ss1nithgonian Itself
side Of an otherwise gratifying a nieture
1s more than q little handicapped BY lack
OF money. It's treasury has apparenf1v5
been taken for granted by the worlds
capita lists. The disadvantage is hardly
50 evident when one thinks only Of the
worn work ACCOMPLISHED and all the things
that are now going forward: but If Isl
pointed t'ifns out that the very extent Of the
held covered by its latest publication Is
good earnest of the enormous further
extension: both direct and indirect, that
SsspgIe follow We're the funds Of the insti-
tuition increased to keep pace with the
spread of scientific curiosity for which Il
SO very largely =responsible,8 not only
7 through a superb publ ication as the pres
hardly touched on even here Z. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06

I lK GUIDE, having struck I'm
Nm affqh hia fa. with q countryman
Iv gaged in conversation with him.
IVA ms new friend, Murshid Kahn
IN, 11s oy name, was tall, swarthy fell
sacred tree talh', an. acacia which has
small round golden blossoms, whereof he he
reiated the following legend: -. ~,
went to- cG Genxnla d !, ago "a certain peasant
ef fianadan This he had been aa Won't woe fif f9
40 every winter in order to exc out his
s st;T the curing the cold weather as is
our parts. Now it CHANGED that his axe
struck against a branch of a talh' which.
n b the Of th
stream Of blood ooZed out, followed hv
cries e1 the most .pitiable he had ever heard.
n Lney seemed med in their distressful anguish,
had lost her child The axe fell from
IN me fh peasants hand and he himself sank
cred CONSCIOUSNESS It was w to look fo The
ta4h only to find it gone: He re-
turned to the city as fast as his legs
would carry him, and there he told his
story s1;o which was spread abroad among
the wood, Of the talh' has been regarded
as sacred eaa Ghildren use it in place Of
chip Of it above their beds for the space
Of forty consecutive Fridays, will bear
children in due. course. This is So"
mere the gulde Seyyld All, interrupted
thou speakest. the truth. In my country,
IN the town of Behbehan. near Shiraz, we
have a famous way of protecting bur
women folk from attacks of Aal-that
cursed ogress who comes to cut out the
liver of every mother after the birth Of
her child: First we draw four lines
round the walls of the house; then at
each of the four corners we plant a.
t''anch OF, the talh tree; and a dagger.
With an onion atop, is stuck In the ground
facing the door. This is the only possible
way Of keeping Aal out-may she be ac-
cuTsed!"
"Sarkar." said Murshid Khan, turning
to me, IT have with these two eyes Of
mine seen things beyond belief though T
believe in them myself, and many a true
he turned his face in the direction of the
harem, raised his eyes and cried: "By
the owner of this harem. and by the one
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06

W VIZ Nov. 20. 1902 !-7ernans $50
eTer p undYgs6sdy see book
and nearly 200 illustrations has just been
issued by the national government for
general distribution to the American peo-
BE- eo,r, through their congressman. 'The
t r,,In t s own Book, indeed, would be "a
truer title than the. one it bears-.An-
t nual kse a9f Of the Board Of Regents OF
though The name is not exacfly e1oo,a1t
WIN promise, yet the same volume in the
hands OF a corps of energetic book agent q
would probably find its way into the,
m nan OF ,goodly proportion Of Amert-
SWaS;hington scientific circles-marks the
beginning OF a new century for the Smith.
sonlan institution, and is the latest and
most comprehensive expression Of it's two
d a;m purpose Of increasing learning and
ddl n1g knowledge among men. The
puPoSe appes f. readers aaread
ters% the second is distinctly popular an
pealing directly to the far larger class
TECHNICAL: Science in these days is a
large field, and aside from the reports of
me various departments that have grown
up I ander the protection of the Smith
81 modern progress d'lrin E the last YEAR.
On 5ntoro anpm popular magazine ARTICLES
me aer1al experiments of Santos-Dumont
or, the epochmaking discovery of wire
!ess geography, to expert analyses of
s 81 technical subjects as recent investi-
cations into gravitation or the discussion
.! bodies smaller than atoms M ~
But what is the Smithsonian? The
name nam IS familiar enough, but-perhaps for
poses Of an institution established by the
, e,n states government and therefor
Qne IN which every citizen has, or. ought
70 nave, a personal interest, are rather
i hazy IN the minds of good many among
llS millions OF proprietors. And this de-
spite e the fact that it has made Washing
e eun the eh center Of scientific correspond
T Worid: and that the national museum al
1 washington h,5t supported by the govern
IS yearly visited by over a quarter of q
million sightseers. - - = q
III, IN l s,, James smithson. an English
tate to the United States Of America 80
f6a ct Washington. under the name Of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06

Curious Birds come next, and he must
see them, even if he has to come back
to the bald eagle and condor. and the
d1frerent sized owls, by and by. S He won
have fans that told. others nave e1 V vefHn
APRONS; 8. crowns 1appe.s. armor, and what
not. he toucan has such All absurd bill.
The black swimmers fiat bill is set the
wrong way. "A queer paradise bird fseS
one tail where It should be-, besides tr
very long tails that are half saw and h
feather. and that start from behind :.
ears Then there is . row Of little Ia .=
parrakeets that sleep with, their heads
hanging down. The child wonders why
the blood doeSn' Z run to their heads. and
how the umbrella bird can see through
the thick tangle of his head covering Az
most all the curious birds have funny att
tachments. sometimes they don't seem to
A als1rs1fa except np the poor apteryx from
should have. because he is left over from
some undeve1oped age. with paltry, half
formed IcIl feathers. and no wings at all. The
and sorry--and the card tells us She is
often killed by dogs, because ne cannot
fly He is SO different from his fine neigh
sions is always humorous, and who seems
always about to make merry with the
Whole queer lot va RE
.. With all these matters Of interest to.
make us feel proud of our leading se1en-s
another Is SHED Few
IS nfR 5 a hGW 1fIaa s
the condition is most obvious in the
crowded rooms Of the museum itself and
me lle lneadequafe recommendations which
the e national park provides for many Of
the animals in the zoo. The national n1l1-s
scum OF the whole United States, for ex-
ample ampae, y mas az average of but seven
of each specimen, while the American slrb,
museum s.ils of Natural History In New York
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other comments. sets 1tseIr TO me task or
amusing and Interesting the very young
est minds In the A B Cs Of science. The
cases are arranged = says the author, Al,
bert BigeloW Paine, IN an account that;
originally appeared in st. Nicholas. but
now adapted, with exclusively colored1
pictures. to the uses Of the Smithsonian
report-just as a child would wish them
and he will begin. perhaps. with those on
the left as he enters-the cases of the
birds. AT the first OF these he will linger
Within are the s"largesti and smallest birds
of prey" He win look at the great cons
dor OF the Andes, and the bald eagle and
then at the tiny sparrow hawk; and he
Will wonder why these are SO big and that
SO s1Ittle. and If the bald eagle could whip
the condor in a fair fight. He thinks It
likely, because the condor has blunt
.claWs-so blunt, the card says, that he
cannot carry off the big animals he some
times kills. The condor is bigger that the
bald eagle. hut he is not SO good looking
and the child does not like him. He likes
much better, the largest owl, the great
eagle owl. who lives in the vast trackless
woods Of Northern Europe and Asia-a
monarch of the far, dim stiffness: and If
the child is q. little girl. she adores the
smallest of his race, the tiny elf owl.
who might we'll be a real sprite to dart
fro1a the leafyi dewy tangle OF evening
The small. observer passes ON. some
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collection of specimens that the sum OF
81, 900, considered in 1896 hardly adequate
to care for 5,13O specimens, did like duty
in 1901 for 2O,925 The number OF speci-
mems has increased five times while the
amount Of money appropriated has not
even doubled Perhaps the reason is that
primarily a place to which school chill
dren may be taken by their teachers on
!? half holidays for mere amusement, or be-
cause the very position Of the museum as
put it somewhat out Of the financial run
ming in an age when scientific -institu-
lions are so often the object of private
benevolence. ,s..; eza
report, the lack OF American dollars is
affecting the National Geological Park,
especially in handicapping it in it's pri-
our, native animals. The criticism is
often made that the national park has
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06

WenI TOT me increase and diffusion 81
knoWledge among men This fortune
f honnted - to o. between half million and
sum IN the period before the war, but the
lruSt was accepted by congress only after
auegI9 Should or s1 SaRftH Ho 9f t the
united States government accept the I'M
nreedeaaenFsd positien Of. Of guardian to
an s. e 90 sksst Of e high
smithson fund for the : benefit Of Science nee
the, whole world over. The possible
activities q the nsitut5en are
they are called. forms perhaps the; best
connecting, link in the world between
capital seeking g wise avenue Of hsnevol.
encetand science handle appel: By lack of
special Investigations. Even, where the
Gaanet seen eea
: ton is In itself a guarantee of wise sug-
gest1on ana ADVICE, whether to the donor or
to the scientist himself. "The relations Of
the general government to the Snithson-
ian.' to quote, apropos of this point, from
its latest volume, ''are most extraordi-
United States solemnly bound Itself to the the
bT min 311 of a truIt Proba bly, never
guardian The trust IS obviously Of a
very different kind from others with
which the American public is more gem
First of all, therefore, the Smithsonian.
exists to increase learning and diffuse
knowledge. One of these two abstract
propositions has taken concrete form in
financial assistance to scientific investi-
Il gators. the second has been attained by
general diffusion Of scientific literature,
Z both technical and popular, on so stupend-5
Gus a scale that, We're the packing boxes
used In sending Exchanges, of publica-5
!. tlons--1ts own and those Of other scientific
5SssrssS-1izations-frorn the United States to
To- IN countries during a single year
Pr p one on top of another, they would
f ~ column that would now tower five
q rs high as the Washington monu-
( sSlt5 the Smithsonian has naturally be-
Il come associated with other work OF a
more strictly national character, provided
by national appropriations and intrusted
Il by the government to its ward as the
y body best situated to carry it to a suc-
cessful conclusion. In this way it has be-
4 come Identified with the important task
( OF studying the aborigires Of our own
continent. through the bureau Of eth
nology. and wit the nanaEernentI of the
48 great astrophyslcal Observat ory the ma
tional museum and the national geologic
n al garden at Washington. q.
Reports are not ordinarily very excit-
Ing reading, vet it is hardly necessary to
4 say that all these interests broilght to-
gether in g single volume make an excep-
tionai pu bEcat ion--the more so at period
when scientific progress. taking such
transports alton. lighting and communica-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06
Odd Ar bic
l Legends.
STORIES HEARD In NJ FaG4
BY AN ENGLISH TOURIST.

lE GUIDE, having struck I'm
I a &C hia fsn with a countryman
gSa3ged in conversation with him.
Iva Ihls NJ W friend, Murshid Kahn
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06

!, q sister, ~ name Javaner Khanum tMiss
Jewels, who became jinnj, innsbruck,
when she was ten years old. She had
been of an equal mind until one day she
went into a field in Hamadan, where a
pears that she split the mix by acct
! It, and ,thenceforWard her mind was trou-
bled;s she was jinni. Now we people Of
Hamadan accounted ourselves lucky in
| That there lived among us a pious mulla
| were a matter Of wonder and alteration.
AS a jinn-gi, or jinn-trapper, he was un+
Eiyasd Him thsrefore sail sailed LIN IN that
| When he came he brought with him hia
famous tas-a bowl used for ablutions-
and a long white sheet. Having led the
tas, he ordered my sister. to sit down bel
side it and to gaze into the water. Then
be threw the sheet the child and the
wand he held in his right hand. Where
upon, as we noticed to our terror, there
arose a mighty stir beneath the sheet, as
though a host were fighting there. On a
signal from MulIa Ali the tumult ceased
and all was in hush.
Suddenly. the good priest, calling my.
Ulster BY her meme me said: W Vnia DO 90
Ali, see him seated Sioriously on a:
throne. studded with precious gems, and!
women, are kneeling before him: It is
the king Of the Jinnis. And what do
you hear? Be attentive!' said the priest
|terror-stricken voice, is prostrating her.
g GEL, before nis majesty and this is what
be punished-spilled a bowl of milk a.
month ago, and hurt my toes. and have
been lame ever since Though my friends
have cast a spell over her, L must re-
9E' your ma 5ssty TO increase her pun
=displeasure Of our king. On, Oh, on!
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the latest adventures OF INC 1uunur1nr
boat. In q word, the whole world is
drawn upon for material that shall in
terest and instruct. 4" @'yga-@ =. +,
One of the most delightful articles in the
volume is about the .tChildren's Room, -
where DR.. S. p. Langley, the secretary
voted part of the space at his command
to the sole pleasure of the small fry who
are still long way from the ballot hog
Here the institution. forgetting for a
spending with learned societies in Europe,
: sia-- o zad- a rioa- to- say nothing Of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1902-12-06
The Prophetic Bumn.

Phrenologist Enthusiastically why,
sir. your bump Of veneratIon is tho
Greatest have ever seen; such a bump
should make you a bishop e, Delighted
subJect-B egorra, an is that SO. wei.
I'll get Paddy Nolan to give me another
1lasel< IL. the same place, and I'll he a
archbishop at once. Tit-Bits.
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Acute Annie.

Fanny Now when am asked to sing
never say, Oh I can Y but I always
ut down at the piano
Annfe-And let the audiences hnd 1t out
Tor themselves? Tit Btu
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&THE PEOPLES OWN BOOK.

1he Most Universally Interesting
Regents 81 the Smithsonian Institution. ii 81 $
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-03
MINNEAPOLIS INTERESTED
= , :" y = IL. .-r
In: Organization st .. National In
dustria1 Art Ieapue.

Robert Koehler director Of the Mime
apolis School Of Fine Arts, left last night
for Chicago to attend q meeting called
to perfect the organization of National
Industrial 1rcIIal Art League, for which an .ex-
listing aChicago> organization for the pro-
motion Of the arts and crafts movement
will serve as the, nucleus. Tomorrow
afternoon at the Auditorium hotel, the
Chicago organization will give a luncheon
in honor Of Archbishop Ireland and the
other delegates to the meeting. Among
the speakers at an informal program Of
toasts. to be presided over by Frank o.
Lowden will be Mrs. Condo Hamlin St.
Paul; Eric Pape, director Of the Pape art
school Of Boston; Douglass Volk, Art
Students League, New York; Senator J.
H. Stout, Menominie, Wis; Ralph
Fletcher Seymour and Mr.. Koehler The
evening program will be presided over by
Frank Vanderlip and will include ad-
dresses by Archbishop Ireland; William
Partridge, sculptor, Washington; William
Goodyear, director Brooklyn Institute;
George e. Adams; Prof. G. E. Ansley
Ames, Iowa; Gilbert Hubbard.
The organization in its present form has
for officers: Frank o, Lowden, president
DR.. Emil Hirsch, vice president; Oscar L.
Triggs, secretary; Newton A. Partridge
treasurer, and E. P. ;Rosenthal, manager
directors, Herbert ST. Stone, Charles F
Browne, w. r. Harper, James Eckles
George Vincent, Honore Palmer, Hamlr
Garland, Wallace Hickman and Mrs
Warren Springer.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-03

against an 100000 assessment, which
would be 100000 over his voluntary re-
turn and 100000 over his assessment of
last year. '.~ - y. ' - TN
State Auditor Dunn said that, by mis-
take in not entering $40 900 of real estate,
the state board actually reduced sthe gas
company last year SO. 600. This made the
resolution void, ana the company paid
on its assessment as made by the county
board. He would be consistent. The
board refused a while before to put an
other company up to one-third the value
Of it's capital stock, and he would not
make any argument in favor Of putting
any one at more than SO per cent of the
value Of it's stocks. He proposed an
amendment fixing the assessment at $780,
900, adding to Mr.. Leving's proposition
Of 100000 the $4,000 which was added
last year and on which he did not pay
taxes. e. ....s-.slE,
that as he wanted to be fair and con-
sistent. -. -.
Mr.. McKibben suggested that If a COM
pany could pay on q mortgage OF 81, $780,
900, that must represent something of the
value of the property, The, $500, 900 OF
capital stock had paid g. per cent for the
last eight years., , and that, figuring on
that alone, the company should pay no
more now than eight years ago 20
President Sprague said that in five years
the electric company had been trebled
and the street 1ailway quadrupled, but
the gas company was not even. doubled
Mr.. Dunn withdrew his amendment and
the committee report was adopted fixing
the assessment at 100000.
Street Railway Figures.
The report of the franchise committee
submitted this afternoon, recommends an
increase Of 100000 in the Minneapolis
Street Railway company's assessment
making the total $3,105,O65. An increase
of 100000 is recommended for the st.
Paul city railway company, bringing the
assessment to $2,356,557. This makes the
total for the twin city system $5,572,951.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-10-03
CITY NEWS
WEATHER NOW AND THEN
Maximum Temperature To-day Sc
Degrees; Year Ago As Degrees.

Recovered by Police-In September SILL
stolen to the police. and in the same Pc
riod S7,1S7.2O worth Of property was re-
covered. This record is a remarkably
good one-as sood, in fact, as any month
In the history of the department.
Helps City Bonds-The action Of Sec
rotary of the Treasury Shaw in agreeing
to accept other than government bonds as
security for deposits of government money
made in national depOSitaries will place
Minneapolis bonds in the approved list,
also those Of St. Paul. The new ruling
will induce competition and raise the pre-
MUM when bonds are offered in public
market.
The Rostrum Was Moved-The social
lists have been made to move their travel
ing rostrum. 1t had stood for days before
the city clerks office at the city hall, and
City Clerk Lydiard did not like to see 1t
there. He ordered those In charge to
move on" but they would not move.
Captain GetChell was appealed to and told
the socialists that they must either move
or submit to arrest and they moved.
Artist Asked to Trave-G. w. Manor
was arraigned in police court this morn
Ing charged with vagrancy. He told
Judge Dickinson that he made his living
by drawing freeh hand portraits Of men.
and that the last money he had earned
was by drawing a picture Of Alderman
Peter Mccoy Of the ninth ward. Manor
said he had not seen snow fall for three
winters, and expressed a desire to go
south. The court gave him until o'clock
to start.