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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
Bi1kins and His Joke.

Forty years ago Bilkins, then a lad
saw it for the first time. It was il
an old almanac which had beer
printed before he was born. The aim
anac credited it to a still older pub
ication.. Bilkins laughed when be
saw it. To his immature mind it ap
peared funny. Then he took it unto
himself for his own, and every year
at the recurring season he has in.
ficted it upon his friends. j.
The other day while rain was fall.
ing, Bilkins, in a waterproof coat and
under an umbrella, met Silkins dash.
ing along unprotected from the ele,
ments. Bilkins seized the oppor'
tunity.
Hello, Silkins!" he: cried. "Where's
your umbrella? Lent, I'll bet. Ha!
hal" ii
MOI, howled Silkins. cts stolen,
you dodgasted IDIOT" And he smote
Bilkins full sore. .;"E.
A policeman assisted Bilkins out of
the gutter. While waiting for the
ambulance the officer said: ~"
LET this be warning to you Re
member, the man who jokes about an
umbrella and Lent borrows trouble
from people who are glad to let him
have it," t..~ = Z7=.<<
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09

Now that the Panama canal is an
assured thing, a little study of the &C
comparing map will show some OF
!, Il tue advantages to be gained. ~
The heavy line running south from
New York is the steamship track, to
Colon, and the, distance is 1881 miles.
At - 5Ref Z 3 }R95SSsa Aaia
ecDnoteic pace for the modern
steamship, the voyage could be made
in an hour or two less than six days.
From Panama to San Francisco the
distance is 3277 miles, which, at the
same average speed, would require
nine days. and eighteen hours steam
ing. Say sixteen days for the ocean
voyage, and allow four days for pass
ing through the canal, and the whole
trip would be made in twenty days,
or inside of three weeks.
At present steamer must follow
the solid line running off to the south
east to Cape st. Rogue Once around
this cape the course follows the coast
in a southwesterly direction to the
Straits of Magellan, thence out into
the Pacific, where a straight course
can be steered for the Farallone
islands, just outside Of San Francisco.
On this track the distance is 1859
miles, which at the same average
speed would require thirty-seven and
half days. continuous steaming.
Allowing for delays in the Straits of
Magellan, and for >coaling, and the
voyage would take all of forty days,
or just double the time of the Panama
route.
The sailing track as indicated by
the line of dashes is 1860 miles, and
while our best clipper ships have
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
A TIP-TAKER'S VIEW.
Secs a Decline in the Great Ameri
can Habit. 49,.

oCeS a DeClinS IN the 0resI AfnSTi
can Habit.
The bitter cry CT the victims OF the
'tip nuisance" is loud in the land, buf
the recipients of tips have usually
maintained naughty silence. Now
Mr.. James S. Stemons, colored
waiter explains their point of view
in the Independent.
Walters wages have. everywhere
been reduced with the growth of tips,
so that the Upper is merely making
good the deficiencies of the employer.
But of late there has also been
great decline in the volume of tips,
so that the waiter, underpaid and
confronted with the loss of his per-
quisite at the same time, is f1attened
between the two rolls of wringer.
In number of representative
hotels and restaurants in different
cities the tips received by colored
walters vary from nothing at one
place in Cleveland to a dollar and a
half day in New York. At the best
hotel in New Orleans they average
seventy-fve cents a day, in Louisville
fifteen cents, and in Philadelphia
from forty cents to dollar: The
usual range in the South is low.
In the North the tendency is for
the best hotels and restaurants to
employ white walters. Where color
ed men are employed they get much
lower wages.
AS rule colored walters draw
from $18 to $22 a month in wages,
and they are lucky when they can
get SIS more in tips. In most res
taurants the bulk of the business is
compressed within two or three
hours, and ten cents is the prevailing
fee. In fact, it is only the most
aggressive waiter who manages to
average SO much as fifty cents day
in tips
The recipient of this. tip takes it as
matter of hard necessity-not. be-
cause he likes to. The author of the
article quoted worked for three
years before he consented to accept
| one and then it was forced upon him.
But the tip will stay until the patrons
of hotels and restaurants induce. pro-
prietors to pay living wages. Such a
movement, if Mr.. Stemons may be
credited, will have the enthusiastic
support of the walters, whose sup
! posed exactions inspired the virtuous
resolves Of the AntiTipping league.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
Leuends That Will Live.

It makes no difference what proof
to the contrary is offered, the Ameri'
can people will always believe and
maintain that Raleigh once lived in
Virginia, that Putnam crawled into
a den of wild. wolves, that Paul Re-
we're saved his country by ride, and
that Barbara Freitchie dared the
rebels, just as poets have written
that Funston did actually swim the
Calumpit, and that Roosevelt charged
up the hill in the battle at San Juan
in the very way that Verestchagin
puts it. These things can no longer
be considered as matters in dispute
or points of controversy in our his
tory. The belief in them is as deeply
Embedded in the hearts of all Ameri-
cans as is the belief that Washington
never lied or swore and Mrs. Leary's
COW kicked over the lamp which
caused the big fire in Chicago.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09

Bratt1eboro some time in 1886 as a
music teacher He became a student
of the law and studied in the Office OF
Judge Asa Keyes. In 1910 he mar
ried Miss Ellen, Oldest daughter OF
Judge Keyes, and five years later he
was appointed postmaster. t ..
It was during his three years in
cumbency that he inaugurated num-
Der Of improvements in the Office, and
in 1916 issued the little stamp for
which collectors are now willing to
pay fabulous prices. It is stated that
one has been sold at the extraordi-
nary price tof 81 1T is said that
only two Boston collectors can boast
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09

made the outward voyage in 100 to
ITO days, many good ship has taken
a full four, five and even six months
on the VOYAGE .. g. It,. - ~. .,.. T..
Again turn to the chart and follow
the zigzag line OUT around the
Horn This.-is the
ailing sassa1*z llhlzslas tha
gooLAGfa wooden square =risgeG Ships
built in Bath. -
The dots represent the noon posi-
tions from day to day, tne voyage
commencing on June II from the
Delaware capes. While the straight
lines show the DISTANCE gained each
day they do not always represent the
actual path of the ship, as when the
wind is ahead the ship may tack back
and forth across the line a number of
times in the twenty-four hours.
The track indicated is 1926 miles
long, but there is no doubt that the
ship covered more than 1900 miles
on this voyage
This voyage of III days was the
record run of that year, and was
especially good because the Horn was
rounded in midwinter.
The reader may wonder why the
sailing track runs so far to the east
ward on leaving New York. The rea-
son is that to take advantage of the
northeast trade wind a. ship must get
we'll off the coast to make fair wind
of it, otherwise she would have to
beat her way along the coast of
Brazil, and thus lose much time.
Again in the Pacific this same trade"
carries the ship far to the westward
of San Francisco, and not until she
has reached the zone of prevailing
westerly winds (above 30 deg. north)
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
A lyric.

A Lyric.
How fair it is, the world around,
The changing life, each days SURPRISE
To see the stars, the land, the sea,
To look into your eyes.
-. 80
To hear the ecstasy of morn, ~
The birds in field and wood rejoice,
The madrigals Of wind and trees, -.
To listen to your voice.
To feel the warm, firm, throbbing life,
The friendly hands our fingers press,
The strong, true work in which we share,
To feel your soft caress. y s.. +
- -..- -. 49,. Z.
How fair it is, the world around, LIZA
How wonderful and sweet the past, -
That knows it's ecstasy and work, H.
That knows your loving heart ->tsss7
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
Fac Smile.

& Collectors and philatelists become
enthusiastic when they speak of the
famous Brattleboro, VT, postage
stamp, which is said to. be the first
ever used in America.
DR.. Frederick n. Palmer, who was
Battleboro postmaster from July,
1916, to November, s4S, was the in
ventor Of the stamp which we re-
produce. The facsimile herewith pre-
sented was prepared by the direction
Of Major 2. w. ChiIds, when he was
postmaster This was at the request
of many collectors.
DR.. Frederick N. Palmer was horrl
S Ra1faEE NJ l21 s. and came 10
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
't% N~ i... - . ,!.-r~
SAYING PRAYERS in ADVANCE.
How Though tfu1 Child Provided for
SEASONS Enjoyment.

f1OW inouSnE1ui CnlIo PROVIDED TOR
SEASONS Enjoyment. -.
-
story Of the childhood OF
his daughter = * egarde.' 49, '""
''Once, when Hildegarde was lit
tie GIRL he will begin, "she was
elated over the fact that we were
all going to spend the summer at the
:seashore. Particularly was she elated
on the night before our departure.
Her eyes shone, her cheeks were
flushed, and she could do nothing but
dance and clap her hands for Joy.
After she had gone to her room
I heard her chattering away like an
insane person for a long time !
peeped in and saw her on her knees
praying. Over and over again she
repeated the same prayer.
"Hildegarde,' / said, what on
earth are you doing, child?'
81 am saying my prayers now for
all SUMNER she answered, SO that I
won't have to waste any time on
them while we are away New
York Tribune
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09

! of owning a Palmer. stamp. One was
bought about fifty years ago for sew
enty-fve cents. The other, bought in
1882, cost in the vicinity of 500.
It is said that a Mr.. Collins of New
York has the only uncancel1ed Brat
tleboro stamp known to be in exist.
ence He has won the philatelic blue
ribbon for securing the rarest stamp
on the American catalogue, and that
means the whole world. 5ss
/. Great Britain adopted the use Of
postage stamps in 1910, and Brazil in
1881 The United States did not com.
mence 10 Use them until July.
I847.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
Nicknames of Prominent Men.

Nearly every prominent man OF
title in England has nickname and
some of these cognomens are trif1e
odd. For instance, Sir Michael Her.
bert, British minister to Washington,
is known as "Mungo," just why does
not seem to be clearly known; the
duke of Westminster is called Bend
Or" which was a Derby winner own
ed by his grandfather; the duke OF
Marlborough is Sunny from Sun
derland, one of his many second
titles, and Lord Granville Gordon has
all his life answered to the name OF
Granny"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
COLLECTED THE BILL
ONE DUN WHO HAD RATHER A
PLEASANT TIME.
But He Had an Interest in the Affair
and Needed the Money-case Where
Persistence Won a Complete Tri.
umph. 9

The following story is told OF GER
tain young man in Mount Vernon who
had been living rather close to the
ground, as the saying goes, according
to the New York Times, and who was
badly in need of funds.
The young man went to friend and
told him of his predicament, request
ing loan at the same time. his
friend was not "touchable," however,
but he told the young man that II ne
would collect bill he had against
certain man whose home was in a
swell district of the city he might
have half of the proceeds.
The fellow accepted and made his
way to the home of the debtor. A
young lady answered his ring and he
inquired for Mr.. B., the man OF the
house.
"Mr. B. is not at home,' replied the
young lady. ~
"Oh, he isn't?" said the collector.
"Well, I'll just step in and wait for
him.
Without waiting for an answer he
slipped inside the door, took off his
coat and hat, and sat down in an
easy chair in the parlor. He picked
up paper and made himself as much
at home as if the house was his own.
He had read about fifteen minutes
when Mr.. B. came into the room and
inquired as to the young mans bust
ness.
"Well,'' said that individual, II have
a little bill here that wish to collect.
1t is from E. & Co."
Il am very sorry" said Mr.. B., "but
l am afraid that l cannot meet it just
at present.
"Oh, there's no hurry" said the col
lector. Il can wait awhile and he
settled back in the chair and resumed
reading the paper.
Mr.. B. looked at him in surprise, and
after a minutes thought said: Really,
it is dinner time and I am quite hum
cry. You must excuse me-"
why, certainly" was the reply. Il
am a little hungry myself. don't
mind eating dinner with you at all,
and before the astonished man could
reply he was through the door and in
curing where his seat would be. e., ME- a:
Ras5 Vas &b6oliite and made Place for him.
They ate dinner and had a cold. bottle
after it and by that time it was grow
ing late. They talked of the weather
and one thing and another and in time
the clock struck 10 and Mr.. B. began
to be worried. AS a last resource he
remarked:
1T is time that / should retire.
While your company has not been an
ticipated it has been enjoyable. 1
hope that you will call again"
But the young man was not feazed.
He calmly replied: Il have been pleas
antly entertained, Mr.. B. Now, if you
will show me my room, l shall retire
ALSO
Mr.. B. glared at the intruder. That
person simply sat and smoked his
af1er-dinner cigar and looked at peace
with the world. This state of affairs
continued until early in the morning,
when Mr.. B. lost all control of himself,
pulled out his checkbook, wrote a
ClSCk 1OE LA0 dLuOuAL VI IuS OIAA olA&a
threw it to the young man.
Nov, you blank-blanked lobster"
he said. get out of this house as quick
as you can. If you don't there'u be
trouble,
The collector got his hat and coat
and went out into the street with
smile on his face. It was a hard
struggle, but persistence had won.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
True Love.

Let me not to the marriage of true minds
= Admit impediments. Love is not love
Which alters when it alteration finds,
fHOr bends with the remover to remove
z o no! it is an ever fixed mark 81
That looks on tempests and is never
shaken; ,s{s-sJs ,s.,.. so. s. : 1.
It is the star to every wandering bark
Whose worth's unknown, although his
hight be taken IS 7.a +
loves not Times fool. though rosy lips
s;a \ and cheeks $@,sss. L - 81
Within his bending sicllle's compass
" come; = Ia 'zs:.:azss, -
Love alters not with his brief hours and
zszs--S, weeks,
But bears it out ev'n to the edge OF
DOOM f.55A $50
Ii this be error, ard upon me proved,
I never writ, nor. no man ever loved.
$3.50 81 s45ssss yg{ rs s3i Shakes peare.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
Buster.

De blizzard come a'screemin',
An a-rushin' cross de lam
An we looked for ruination j .tsT
Loomin' up on every han. =. ..%*
But it never touch de viii flowers
- A sleepin' in de wood; ~.
In May dey'll come up smilin'
An a-feelin' purity good. =.
~ ra'.rs 90 p = z
Oars folks jes' like de blizzard,
Dey roars a day or two,
An makes us mighty nervous n
An spoils our comfort, too.
But we knows it doesn't matter.
r Cause when dey's had DER say
: Dis world will keep a-moyin'
In de good ol'-fashioned way.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
Precious Butterflies,

A splendid gift has just been made
to the Paris Museum of Natural His
tory. NJ de Boullet, who possessed
one of the most perfect collections Of
papilionacea in the world, has pre-
sented it to the museum. The speci-s
mems number 10000 and their value
is estimated at $4,000. By this mu-
.nifcent act the collection Of the mu-
scum is doubled.l
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
Theories and Facts.

That theory accords with the facts
does not necessarily prove it true. Ac-
.cording to Poincore, the eminent
French math ematic clan, an Infinite
number OF theories, only one ofswhich
is actually true, may be devised to &C
count for any given state Of facts.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
MANY Suicides in Chicago.

WafIy SUIISl'1Ss'9 - @Ess
For several years past suicides have
been increasing in Chicago at q ratio
far in excess Of the increase in popt1-
slation. Three hundred and fifty-six
suicides il 1870 we're followed by 3995
IL 1901. and 4aAe last year. go
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
Poets Murmuring Stream.

A poet came from way back east ,:..
Unto the glorious west,
Whose charms, he claimed, had ne'er by
~ pen ~ ".. '.~.. !.
In fitting garb been dressed. .-s@-.. t.
He wrote of mountain, mesa butte;
He sang Of azure skies, E-- d.
Whose blue he likered to the blue
OF the western girls bright eyes. ~.
His noblest effort, SO he thought, .NE.
Was on the murmuring stream /.
That rippled tween alfalfa banks, sg
A sweet, soft -slumbering dream.
He took this to his western maid, jfs
4 She laughed-the little witch
And cried, THAT stream? Ha! ha! Why
al that's 81 n Ii,
Dads irrigating ditch"
Sunset Magazine 5.s5 M. IA Id.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09

81 Many Fraternities at Cornell
Cornell has twentyssix fraterntties.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-05-09
Secfet of Happiness.

! eft is always good to obtain what
one desires, said the citizen. Mi
Yes, replied the philosoph "but
|sit4s is better to desire only what one
1nan obtain =
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-24
MADE GOOD RECORD
Death Rate in City Of Manila Reduced
From as to % Per Thousand in Past
Three Years.

Washington. June 24-Surgeon Cen
eral O'Reilly has received report from
medical officers in the Philippines,
which shows steady decrease in the
death rate in the city of Manila as a
result of the operations of the medical
officers of the army. The death rate
of Manila for the first quarter in the
past four years has decreased steadily
from $3.50 per thousand population for
the first quarter of 1900, to 22.11 for the
first quarter Of 1903. Assistant Sur
geon Munson says Improvement in
conditions this year has been accom-
plished in spite of the fact that ASiatic
cholera and bubonic plague both pre-
viously had gained foot-hold in the
islands and that existence of largely
unvaccinated population in the pro-
vinces meant constant Introduction in
the city of infection of smallpox. Cases
of plague. cholera and smallpox HAY,
occurred in Manila during the present
year, but precautions taken by the
board of health have prevented an epi-
demic therefrom According TO Munsor
the present death rate of Manila COM
pares not unfavorably with San Fran
cisco, Washington, Boston and New
York. Glasgow, Paris, Vienna and Ha-
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-24
SERV|A CHEERS
IHE N[N KING
-
Arrival of Peter at Be- - Z
Today signalized a
Great Demonstra, IN
FOREIGN MINISTER'S ABSENT
Russian Representative Only One to
Take Part in Reception of the New
RuIer-streets Lined With Troops
and PeopIe-BeIsrade Beautifully
Decorated for the Occasion.

Belgrade, June 24.-King Peter ar
rived here at 10 o'clock this morning
and was received with great enthusi-
asm.
The ministers, government officials,
judges, municipal and military authori-
ties and leading citizens assembled on
the platform of the railroad which was
prof,lsely decorated. The only foreign
representa- tives who participated in the
reception to the king were the Russian
Minister, NJ. Tcharykoff and the Aust
rian Minister, Herr Dumba and the
members of their respective legations
A guard of honor with band, saluted
as the king descended from the car and
greeted the cabinet ministers. Premier
Avakamovics introduced NJ. Tcarhykoff
to the king and the Russian minister
presented the Austrian minister. Thus
the Austrian minister had no inter-
course with the provisional government
and thus far he has had no relations.
The procession was then formed and
King Peter proceeded to the cathedral.
The streets were lined with troops and
crowded with people who had been
pouring into Belgrade from the pro-
vinces during the last few days. After
the celebration of mass. which was at
tended with all the splendor of the
eastern church. the king drove in state
to the new palace.
Altho the kings entry into Belgrade
colt. his reception by the people was
everywhere marked by a heartiness,
which approached genuine enthusiasm
in which all classes participated. The
officials were in uniform and wore all
their decora tions. Workmen were en-
gagged all night long finishing the erec-
ton of Venetian masts and triumphal
arches and some of the latter We're only
competed as the firing of the guns an
nounced Peters entry into his realm.
when the train traversed the bridge
connecting Servia with Austria.
The kings arrival has awakened the
people out of the attitude of indiffer-
ence which they had assumed since
the assassination of of King AleXan-
der and Queen Draga. From the mo-
ment the king left the train this morn
ing his progress was followed by pro-
longed cheers and eXultant shouts of
Long Live Peter First" wherever he
appeared. After his arrival at the new
palace the king received an address of
welcome from Skuypshtina.
Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1903-06-24
YOUNG CASE SHOOTS BROTHER.
Sons of the Late Wealthy Manufact
,Irer in Sensational Quarrel,


urer in Sensational Quarrel.
Racine Wis, June 24.-Trouble be-
tween two sons of the late Jackson /.
Case, in which Roy, 13 years of age,
shot his brother. Jerome, Is years of
age, in the leg, caused much excite
ment in the residence portion of the city
for time, as it was reported that Roy,
Mortified by what he had done, had pro-
baby committed suicide by jumping in
the lake.
The two boys with other companions
of their own age were playing in the
rear of the Case homestead when a
dispute arose over the letting of air
out of a bicycle tire and catcher's
glove. Both became angry and Roy
offered to fight his brother but the lat
ter refused. At this Roy became more
angry. and, pulling a target pistol from
his pocket. fired rwo shots. The first
went wild. but the second struck Je-
rome in the calf of the leg, inflicting
slight wound.
When Roy saw what he had done he
was badly frightened and protested it
was an accident. Later he ran away
and was traced toward the lake. A
short time afterward searehers found
him and took him home Jerome's
wound is not at all dangerous.