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Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1903-04-02
a Congressman's Letter.

Hon. H. w. Ogden, Congressman from
Louisiana. in a letter written a. Washing
ton, d. G., says the following Of Peruna,
the national catarrh remedy:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
STOLE LIGHT FROM WIRES.
Hotelkeeper Thought 1t Cheaper
Than Feeling Electrical Company.

}4otelkeeper Thought 1t Cheaper
Than Feeling Electrical Company.
A hotelkeeper in the City of Next
co, whose place was always brilliant
iy lighted by electric lamps, appar-
emily without regard to cost, has
recently been convicted by a local
Judge for stealing from the electric
light company the current with which
his hostelry was lighted He was
condemned to a years Imprisonment
hnd a fine, of $3370, and, as an addi-
tional. penalty, was disqualified for
all kinds of public honors, and EN-.
Payments. a. = n. -! ..---a a.
evaae r Ihag4g ltegat e8mpahg 9efhsrges
wired his house and made a connec-
ton with the company's cables, with
the intention, as he pleaded, of call
ing at the Office of the company and
explaining the matter at a later day.
He also declared that he had used
the current for "only a month" The
company had it's suspicious aroused
ard applied to the court for authority
to make an examination of the hotel
lighting system, which was granted,
with the result of revealing the fraud.
The legal point Of interest involved
in the case hinged upon the definition
of the word robbery" which the dis
trict code thus elucidates: HE COM
mits robbery who possesses himself
of a movable thing belonging to an
other, without right and without the
consent of the person entitled by law
to dispose of it."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
The CHAMPION Economist.

Albert J. Barr, proprietor OF the,
Pittsburg Post, while in New York at
tending the annual meeting of the As
ISOLATED Press, was discussing with
group of friends the queer economical
traits some men develop. II heard of a.
misery chap in Western Pennsylva-
MAJ said, Mr.. Barr, "who determined
to save on his undertaker's bill, so he-
made his own coffin and had it ready,
when he needed it." l' =
That's nothing" remarked one Of
the party. Il frequently have heard
of people making their own collins"
Z eyes," said the Smoky City journal
ist "but when the part Of this mans
house devoted to bodily cleanliness
was undergoing repairs, to keep down
the plumbers bill he lined the coffin
with zinc and used it as q bathtub for
the rest of his life. Then he was
buried in it."-New York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
Fuoacious Time.

There is a sort of revival of "Uncle
Chef" Thomas stories. The Topeka
Capital tells this one: One day Uncle
Chef" drove out to South Topeka to
sell man a horse. The man was no
judge Of horseflesh, and he knew it.
So, after looking the animal over, he
told Uncle Chef" to come out again
in about ten days. "A friend Of mine
who knows a horse when he sees it
will be here then" he said, "and III
see what he thinks" And, by the
way" he added, "how old did you say
the horse WASP" "Seven years old
comm February said Uncle Chef"
as he gathered up the reins and drove
away. In about ten days Uncle Chef"
drove out to South Topeka again. The
prospective purchasers friend was
there, and after looking the horse in
the mouth, asked his age. Twelve
years old this spring." replied Uncle
Chet,' smiling blandly. But" broke
in the man who wanted to buy the
horse, "you told me not ten days ago
that he was only seven. so did. :
sou9aked "Uncle Chet,' SO I did.
Heavens, how time does fy!"- Kansas
City Star A. s e u ~. Iss :. = -. > sss
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
FORGOT THE TAlLoR'S NAME.
Unfortunate Experience of Youth in
New York.

Unfortunate Experience of Youth in
New York.
1T is not very often that tailors
collect cash for clothes they are un:
able to deliver" said an uptown mer-
chant, ''but singular instance Of that
sort came under my observation last
week. A young man from the West
was in here wanting to know whether
he had left $50 on deposit for clothes.
He seemed very much disappointed
when I told him he had not,
1T aappeeared {66~ nhh It cIdfhHaatk h 9a
a hurry-two or three business suits,
dress clothes, and some trousers. He
saw some patterns that he liked In
shop window, was measured, and COM
piled with the request for $50 on de-
post without a word. He got a re-
ceipt for it, Of course, and then went
down town to see some fellows he
knew from the West. They gave him
a rousing good time all day, and took
him to the theater at night.
when hs looked for that receipt in
Tie uS COuAuA AAu AACA
he started from the hotel, thinking it
would be an easy thing to find the
tailor from whom he ordered the
clothes: But he couldn't reRember
the name Of ths Arm, hof was &c sure
he Could recognize the shop unless the
same goods were in the window. The
chances are ten to one they would not
be, or, at least, not arranged in the
same manner. About all that youth
knew was that the shop was on one OF
the cross streets somewhere between
Forty-second and Twenty-third, but he
didn't remember whether it was East
CT West, He trotted around for two
or three hours telling other tailors
the same story he told us, but he
hadn't found his clothes when we babe
him goodbye. That is the funniest
case of forgetfulness I have run across
in my experience in this business. :.
New York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
PAUL MINI. SATURDAY. JBNE ~ 1908.
RIDING A BUcKlNG sTEER.
It ls Called a Harder Task Than Stick
# ina on a Ruckinu Bronco.

u II CaIieo haroer ask Tnan SLICK
ing on sueking Bronco.
s" "A bucking broncho,'''a said the re-
tired cowboy, sis generally considered
the hardest proposition to ride in this
land, but until q man has tackled a
bucking steer, he has not realized all
the possibilities OF the gentle art.
"Out in the COW country they have
just begun to learn the art. None of
the Wild West shows has got hold
of the few fellows who have mastered.
the straddle and seat, and until they
do their congresses of rough riders
will not be complete. T--3
you can. .cinch a horse up until
there is little possibility Of the sad
dies slipping, but it can not be done
on a steer, for the simple reason that
the=s skin is-so much looser and there'
is no place in which to gather up lost
motion. The horse has eighteen ribs
and a steer but thirteen. :"
when the horse bucks, as he does
when he is burdened with something
he doesn't want to carry, his rider
can get a pretty firm bridge at most
any place between the crupper and
the shoulder. When the 1teer bucks,
as he generally does wi In, ne feels
a saddle on his back, there is a rolling
motion that is for all the world like
that of vessel at sea. The steer
pitches with head and tail movement,
while a. horse stops his side swings
before they range far. -; -
''The steer riding fad had it's start
down in Texas, where the animals are
wild enough to suit even the most
exacting. cowpuncher, and it is now
being introduced further North. A
puncher's playtime is often long
enough to give him a chance for ex7
periments, and some Of the more skill
full have got it down to fine point.
But the hombre who thinks it is an
easy task to stick to wild boy who
knows enough to do the, grand buck
and pitch is down for an experience he
will carry in his book of remembrance
for long times
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
Indian Postal HumorS.

Comment, says the London Tele'
graph is made by the Civil and Mill
tary Gazette Of Lahore on the public
inconvenience of the custom house
regulation by which letters sent to
India containing dutiable articles un-
declared must be opened by the ad-
dressee, possibly in some remote up
country station, in presence of the
local postmaster, and then reported to
Bombay or Karachi for assessment of
duty before final delivery. The public,
says our contemporary, are irritated
at the delay, and at times take vigor-
GUS action by way of protest-like the
peppery up-country colonel who, re-
ceiving a back set of false teeth sent
home for repair, for lack Of which he
had been living a retired life, clapped
them into his mouth on being told
they must go back to karachi for
assessment of duty, and defied all the
departments to take them away while
he drew breath. Another case is that
of a lady who received fine ostrich
feather by post and duly opened it in
the presence of the native postmaster,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
GREAT POWER OF MAGNETS.
Force Is Applied to Many Useful Pur-
~ poses in Three Days. J.

poses in Three Days.
One of the practical uses of mag
net, but to those Immediately con-
cerned a highly important use, is
that in which it is sometimes en-
ployed to withdraw small pieces of
iron from such out of the way places
as the human eye. Another use of
the tractive force of magnetism on a
much larger scale was that to which
it was put by Edison in his magnetic
ore separator, in which the ore, pre-
viously crushed to a fine powder, is
dropped down a chute past the poles
of powerful electromagnetic, in pass
ing which the iron particles Of the
ore are detected to one side, while
the nonmagnetic stone dust contin-
ues undeflected down the chute. Still
another instance of the employment
Of magnetism in small way is that
in which magnetized tack hammer
is used in the manufacture of straw:
berry baskets on a large scale in con-
junction with a mechanical device
which presents the tacks, one at
time and head up, to the operative,
thereby greatly facilitating his work.
It is a far cry from lifting tack
by means of magnetism to the lifting
of massive iron and steel plates
weighing four, six and twelve tons by
this same force, which is now being
done every workday in a number of
large steel works. Electro-magnet-
ism, of course, is utilized, the form
of the magnet being Usually rectangu-
lar for this work and presenting
fiat surface to the plates lifted. The
magnets are suspended by chains
from cranes and pick up the plates
by simple contact and without the
loss of time consequent to the adjust
ment of chains and hooks in. the older
method. It is also found that the
metal plates can be lifted by the
magnets while still so hot that it
would be impossible for the men to
handle them.-Cassier's Magazine.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
warfieId an ORIGINAL Humorist.

David Warfield, the actor, was a
very promising scholar as lad when
he attended the public schools of San
Francisco. Il. -. E. ~
81 remember an examination" said
he, (which was the hardest thing /
ever had to get through. The teacher,
I understand, has kept some Of my
answers, which she says are much
more humorous than edifying. Among
a bunch that she sent me recently was
my answer to the query, What is a
synonym" It ran: All, =
"a synonym is word we use in
place of one we don't know how to
SPELL -. r.. Il. cs..s =. XIII
"Clever, wasn't it? Yet a lot of fel.
lows have appropriated that as their
own, and Belasco says other fellows
were just as bright as ! was, years
before was born. Isn't that discour.
aging. to budding genius New
York Times. Is. j ss#:g Z zss5s*
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27

doubt of the successsEof my venture
and have no fear of an accident. The
great trouble with those in the past
who have failed in their endeavors to
cross the Atlantic ID In open boat is
that their craft was not Of the right
selection. The boat}in which intend
making the trip will be. safer than a
sloop or tugboat." s. ~ Al
The management of}the boat during
sleeping time, he said, was an easy
matter. From two to three hours
sleep in twenty-four will be sufficient
on the voyage he said. 4 During that
time 1 shall drop out a sea anchor,
which will assist in keeping the boat
always with her head to the waves.
This is a most important feature of a
trip of this kind. InSmy opinion, An.
drea and others who have had much
larger boats than the Constitution
have met their end by turning broad
side when they were sleeping, and
capsizing. . 54E,s%. ,s.... ~
IL. Cheinstein, who was a playmate
of Eisenbraum's in I: Kruhnach, Ger
many, where he was born, is putting
up the capital for the undertaking. So
far he has spent about $500, and the
expenses will be considerably larger
before the completion Of the trip. He
is just as enthusiastic3and as confident
of the success of the venture as Capt.
Eisenbraum, and is ready to post a
wager that his friend will make the
trip safely. .--,# %sS .. 4:
eve have been working on the
project for the past eighteen months"
ne said. '.Tbe boat, which is what is
known as a Swampscott dory, was
built especially for the. trip.
Capt. Eisenbraum comes from q
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
Timid.


The man who is never seriously
sick was finally persuaded by anxious
friends to apply to the physician for
a prescription. He looked at the alb
breviated Latin and the signs which
indicate quantity and said:
II suppose you got this out of
book?"
Eyes, originally"
"A man had to trust to his memory
or copy it out of another book"
Certainly" 49,
"And a compositor set it up"
Z EYES,"
"And a proofreader took turn at
it, ..
Naturally"
"And now you're depending on your
recollection to get it correct"
"But, my dear sir" .- q.
"I know-you're not man to take
needless chances. But I'm too timid
to trust my physical safety to any
thing that seems so much like hearsay
evidence. ""-Washington Star. ~.}
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
The Proper Thino.

INV name is plain John Smith, he said.
TO the gracious tombstone man, =
IT want to fix things when I'm dead
AS only a live man can. t.,T@
So listen, friend, and take these down;
I'd have them loom in state -: II =
From my modest slab. be be it gray or
n. brown, = I'LL n r.. :. g.. = , !
OR Of marble or common slate. Vi
"Just say, in all my married life
L never once got tight, 49,.
Nor did I grieve my loving wife -.
BY staying out at night, .se
And add these lines dhey're strictly true,
AS 1 ,expect>>to die0 81 &a@[f 4-xa--3s...2
Unto said wife his whole life through
He never told a lie. [l,.S =;
The tombstone man drew forth his book
And wrote the lines therein,
And said II must not overlook ri
The words that shall begin.
From what you've said, it's my surmise
(Since fibs you SO abhor1 Is X
You wish me to begin: Here lies
John Smith: A Bachelor. s l.s
4. Tom Mason &
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27

What about Capt. Eisenbraum, and
his little dory Constitution has any
thing been heard of them?"
Anything leard of them? Why, we
hear frequently that they have been
sighted by ocean liners. They will
reach the other side as, sure as you're
born" &b vi y liz ...-E:
One of the old sea captains who was
seen at the Mariners House at Boston
a day or two ago was interviewed on
the latest attempt to cross the Allan
tic in an open boat. s.e-..s- -
isn't there danger Of an accident?' -.
Danger! I'll tell you, sir, there's
no more danger to him in that seven
teen-foot craft in mid-ocean than
there is to you sitting in that chair.
She's the stanchest little boat that
was ever put together in this section,
and is capable of weathering the worst
of storms"
How about the risk of being run
down by ocean Hners?" - :
Leave 1t to Ludwig Eisenbraum to
look out for that. He knows his bust
ness. He hasn't been following the
sea for the past tventy-four years
without knowing something about
navigation. He has laid out his
plans to avert any mishaps of that
kind"
Somewhere on the big, wide ocean
the little ship is now sailing, and It'd
ings of her whereabouts are eagerly
sought after by the old salts. Capt.
Eisenbraum is well known along the
coast, and everyone is interested in
his welfare. She left before a good
breeze, and just twenty-four- hours
later she was sighted 1856 miles out to
sea. According to schedule she should
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
vine,and Family's Many Misfortunes

vineland Family's Many Misfortunes.
The extraordinary illfortune that
has followed William Cromwell and
his family of Vineland, y. j., for the
past several months has aroused the
sympathy of the entire community.
Monday the climax was apparently
reached when Mrs. Cromwell fell
down stairs and injured her spine so
badly that Mr.. Cromwell had to give
up his position to be with his family.
First Mrs. Cromwell spent nine weeks
in Philadelphia hospital; then son,
Melvin, had his collarbone broken at
school Mr.. Cromwell was then bit
ten by a mad dog, which sent him to
the Pasteur Institute at Baltimore for
several weeks. Next q daughter,
Mabel, had an arm broken at school,
and son, Oliver, received q fracture
;of the skull by being struck by train
on the Central Railroad. He had just
returned from the hospital when
Mabel was taken Ill with diphth eria..
Philadelphia Inquirer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27

seafaring family, although he was born
in the middle part of Germany His
father, Jacob Eisenbraum, who died
year ago, was an admiral in the Ger
man navy, and he also had a brother
who was in the navy. Ludwig went
into the navy when quite young, and
remained there until he was twenty
five. Then he came. to this country,
and did not return home again until
the death of his father, a year ago.
He is a naturalized American citizen,
and makes his home in Boston when
he is not on the water. ~ =
when he started presented him
with beautiful American flag ana
told him. to hoist it at whatever port
he might touch. He is fond of his
adopted country and knows that his
allegiance to Old Glory will be ap-
preciated. His first stop will be made
at Queenstown, from where he will go
to London. He will also go to Ham
burg and Berlin, and will undoubted-
" be royalty received by the people
Of his native land. He will also visit
Paris and probably Otner polnts IL
Europe. The return trip will be made
in an ocean liner"
at least score of daring navigators
have left these shores to cross the
Atlantic in small boats during the
past ten or fifteen years. Some OF
them have given up the task after
getting out on the ocean short dis:
lance and have made their way to
some other seacoast town than the
one from which they started. Stu
there are some few who have accom-.
plished the feat. Some years ago
Capt. Crepe Of New Bedford made the
trip with his wife in double ender,
something like q wha1eI,oat. Later
he became master Of = vessel and was
drowned In the West Indies.
Capt. Andrea is one OF those who
started to make the trip, and from
whom nothing has ever been leard'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
DARING SAILOR IS CROSSING
THE SEA IN AN OPEN DORY

Shortly after his marriage last year
he and his; wife left one of the sea.
shore resorts in a small boat for the
purpose of going to England. Neither
of them have been heard from since,
and no trace of their boat has been
found. ....k>S. .,r,-t ~ ~
Capt. Blackburn of Gloucester and
Capt. Perry of Swampscott have made
the trip across the Atlantic, but they
used much larger boats than the one
in which Capt. Eisenbraum is sailing,
Boston Journal # '.5s- s ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27

now be in the gulf stream, we'll on her
way to the other side. It is expected
that the trip of 5000 miles will be
made In IS days, and with favorable
weather, the doughty skipper can
cover the, distance in much less time.
No man on the Atlantic coast is
better fitted to make such a hazard
GUS trip than Capt. Eisenbraum: He
has demonstrated his ability as a sail
or in two navies. He was born in Ger
many thirty-four years ago, and when
q mere lad took to the sea. When but
nineteen years of age he. was COM
missioned as an officer in the naval
service of the Kaiser, and for six
years he made a fine record. He
thought, however, that. a brighter fu.
ture awaited him in America, SO he
resigned his position in order that he
might become citizen of the Repub-
lic..s ~ = =. ~ - ~, A..
Coming to Boston nine years ago,
he went into the merchant marine
service, and soon demonstrated to the
Yankee tars that he was man to be
reckoned with. He demonstrated his
ability as navigator on two or three
stormy cruises, and on one occasion
saved the lives of ships crew dur.
ing storm of the African coast. Ri
For 4 number Of seasons past Capt.
Eisenbraum has been an ofhcer on one
or another OF the racing yachts, and he
"a thoroughly familiar with most OF
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
Larqest ef oxershot Wheels..


The largest overshot water wheel
still in existence is said to be that at
the Great Laxey mine, on the Isle OF
Man. ". f} FL 81 !.
According to q description in LON
don Engineering this wheel Is " feat
in diameter and capable Of developing
about 200 horse power It has for
many years driven the pumps for.
draining the mine, but in the extension
OF the workings q greater quantity Of
water was met than. the pumps; could
handle, and the mine has been flooded.
to total depth OF about lOQot feet.
"a temporary steam pumping plant fs
now to be installed to unWater the
mine and later q permanent electrical
pumpsng plant will be- installed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
Nye Knew the Place.

State Senator Shirley Of Maine was
reminded the other day Of his first
meeting with the late ''Bill' Nye. The
conversation naturally turning to the
State Of Maine, Nye remarked that
he was born at the town Of Shirley, If
the Senator's state, adding that doub
less the town had been named for on
OF the senator's ancestors.
ST replied" said the senator, that
didn't know that there was such
town IN Maine as Shirley"
81 didn't know It either, said Nye
until was born there. IN New Yorl
Times. 81.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27

leaving it to him to settle If it was
dutiaule or not. After anxious turning
over of leaves to find correct classifi.
cation that official decided: Madam,
it is rags and bones; it il not liable for
customs"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
Accounted For.

.fOf late years" said the pessimist,
Il have spent nearly all my time in
solitary meditation. = 81 81 b
THAT, !" rejoined the optimist, may
account for the poor opinion you have.
of mankind = 5 i 4. S.. 3 n & n III
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27
/. w, 4 Both Way,, I

Shelf 1t wasn't for the old bache-
lors there would be no f}rts.
He--If it wasn't for ths nirts there
would be no old bachelors /.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-06-27

They gave him a harp with goiden
A slittering robe and pair of wings, .
And he said as he entered the Realms OF
We'll, this beats cucumbers, anyway!'
And SO the Scriptures had come to pass,
The last shall be first and the first shall
be last" =sss<. ~ sS-'..