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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-04
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3E;SssEk xHorTcw evening; and thai
| she Is not our mother and our father
never has been and never will be, anG
that we mean to do as we please, ani
that we have full right to levy war anl
also to do all other acts and things
And to this we pledge our lives, oul
fortunes and our sacred honor.
(Signed)
Arthur L. cambridge CHATS me)
Marjorie cambridge,
Hester B. cambridge,
Charles w. cambridge,
Gregory cambridge, his mark.
And we brought in Rex-he's mix
ture of an English mastifr and ST
berian Newfoundland we linked his
paw, and made him step on the paper
just below Gregory's name. And then
we drew a circle around it and wrote
REX, his mark" Then Mazda, the col
lie dog, had to come in, too, and pretty
soon there was a mark about the size
of dollhouse violet, just below where
Rex had printed big black carnation.
shaped thing with his lordly paw,
Spotty, the cat, was the best of all
sery carpet, and got all her four paws
in the ink, and then ran right across
the paper, so her name was in several
places. Charley (who wrote it, was
sort of mad at first-said it spoiled the
looks of the paper, and it would have
~ 1>o oil h11f fo16 III i'm
it showed how interested and enthusi-
astic Spotty was.
Then Marjorie got her sealing wax,
and took piece of red silk ribbon and
made a kind of bow out of it with long
streaming ends; and we put a seal
down in the lower left hand corner
And when it was all finished it was a
work of art. Then the question was,
What should we do with it?
Lets put it at her plate at break
FAST" suggested Hester. -
Better send it through the mall"
said Marjorie. "She won't dare to say
anything to the postman.
: pin it on her door," said Charley.
NO. l said, that won't do. The
original Declaration was read out loud
II know, cause Iasked papa. They
read it out loud, and then they rang a
big bell till it cracked. -: ..--
well, who's going to be the one to
read it," asked Charlie. =.
well draw lots" said. r. -
And we did with little pieces Of
string; and the lot fell to me- 1t al
ways happens that way-the one who
plans thing not only has to do all the
thinking, but he has to go and carry
out his own idea while the other people
stand and look on, or maybe even
make fun of him.
you'll all have to 60 with me, any
way" said. "Ill read it outside her
door at Z o'clock tomorrow morning,
and when / get through you must all
raise a mighty shout, like the people
did outside the palace OF the King at
the time OF the French Revolution, and
you must yell, Down with the tyrant-
less! or with her head and things
like that, and Gregory is to have the
servants dinner bell and ring like
mad; and then oil the rest of the day
we're going TO do just as we please,
and II she calls we won't come, no mat
ter how loud she hollers.
The rest all thought It was . bully
idea but Charley said .! 251
Hadn't we better do II after break
fast? Because It's griddle ca kes to-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-04
An Irish Heart.

Take innocence and candor and love
for every right,
And mix them up together with goodly
share of fight
And add a dash of pathos and of SYM
pathy a share,
And equal parts of faith in God and
fervor in the prayer,
And charity's sweet emblem might be
tucked in there to show j.
That hope is e'er respondent in soft,
ecstatic glow.
Then label it with courage and a sense
of wit and fun, '.t..~.
Nor be ashamed to claim it nor to stand
by what you've done;
But simply pour in humor of the brilliant,
wholesome kind,
And all the loved ingredients Of healthy,
human mind, .<
And set it on pedestal of onyx grand
and white,
And then call all the people in to witness
- while you write
This fond, and true inscription, taken
= from LIES every part; y
This is, dear friends. a common thing
it's. Just an Irish heart. - - g.
~ 49,. 49, 80 From st41e Gael.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-04
morrow morning, and we mightn't get

morrow. morning, and we mightn't get
any,
So we decided to start in being revo-
lutionists after breakfast instead of be-
fore. After breakfast, while we're
supposed to be upstairs making our
beds, Miss Saunders sits in the library
for about half an hour, reading the
morning papers, and that would be a
good chance to read the declaration
to her.
All through breakfast the next morn
ing we were awfully glum and nerv-
Gus. Before we got to the griddle
cakes, Isforgot and left my spoon in
my chocolate. and my arm went
against it quite accidentally, and the
whole cup got spilled on Hester, just
as she was STOPPING to pick up a piece
of toast, and went all over the back
of the guimpe of her dress. And Miss
Saunders swallowed whatever she put
in her mouth in a great hurry, and
took off her eyeglasses and pushed her
chair back from the table little and
just looked at us. All then she said,
in that awfully quiet voice that is
twice as mad as when person let's out
yell:
arthur, how often have l told you
never to leave your spoon in your cup?
This is the second time within a week
that this has occurred; you may &c. up
in your room and remain there until
I come"
4 didn't know what to do, because
if went upstairs then it would knock
our plan of reading the Declaration in
the head. And while was rolling up
my napkin as slowly as I could, trying
to think what should do, her voice
broke in: -,
"Come, Arthur, I a1u waiting"
Then put my napkin down and
stood up in my chair. Her eyes near
ly bulged out of her head at that, be-
cause of all the forbidden things in
the house, standing on any of the
chairs but the ones in the kitchen and
the playroom is about the forbiddenest.
"Why, you-you bad little boy, you!"
she gasped. Arthur, don't under.
stand."1
But just pulled the Declaration Of
independence out of my pocket and
began to read l read all the things
that she would not let us do, and was
just getting to the place where it said
we meant to do as we pleased till
mamma and papa came home. hadn't
been looking at her, because it was
as much as 4 could do to make out
Charles writing. And, besides, some
of the things, when you came to read
them out loud to the person they were
intended for, sounded pretty dreadful
particularly where it said, shes
just awful every way you can think
of" my cheeks felt kind Of hot when
1 got to those places, and let my voice
down and hurried over them as fast as
l could. She must have come behind
while was trying to make out some
of the hard words, which don't think
and the others all agreed with me
afterWards-Was quite fair advan-
tage to take. And she used to be on
the basket-ba team when she was in
college, and. she was awfully strong. It
is mo Disgrace ito be overpowered BY
such Z strong person, and carried up
stairs, and locked in your r0om-and
then to he told through the keyhole
that you are to stay there until you are
sorry. suppose that Is the way
George the Third would have treated
John Hancock II he could.
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4. WOMAN ON, IN ,(sigi1lc:yk'Y.

she Now Has More Letanltlghts Than
~ Her Ausbind
Through an opinion papafd down in
/ divorce suit by Jidkes Toney OF
louisville. KentuckianS kluding the
legislators who adoptsd the measure.
.ealize the revolutions 1Qrce of the
.satute recently adoIted.a The com
mon law is abolished. ~. T..
: It is true that under the enactment
the man and wife are stillaone, but it
is obvious that it is t1esMife who h.
the ruling authority. As t judge ex-
presses it "the gray miresA the better
horse, * 254saz. M -
If she have an estate and he nor,
he is a mere pensionei oAsher bouEty
and may be Kicked of tllS premises.
On the othershanta, II he hase property
it is mainly hers.
The Judge mentions ! wife OF wealth
who is sailing on the Mediterranean
in her yacht and wEose8 Louisville
mansion is in the Gaze OF servants,
while the husband is 1naSthe county
almshouse. H. -:7,-
Although the wife in every case is
entirely independent ef the husband
in the control Of her property, he is
responsible not only TORS her debts,
but also for any fines which may be
imposed upon her and fpr damages
in any SANDER or other legal action
against her. ~.
While the husband fls#hOt entitled
% Der personal propeftynor to her
rents, nor her earnings, nor anything
which is hers, he is nptssNen allowed
to give her a mild Blaekstnnian cflas-
tisement to keep her in good humor,"
dolefully declares the Judge, who is
obviously appalled, AMI n0rtltled by
the situation. =. ' t#ssa
For many years it hhsSheen only IN
Kentucky and some ath1F southern
states that the views Of me Old les
lament partriarchs and pt the early
church have continued iW be veneer
ated. With the sweeping6aWay OF the
common law in that sectidn@ the has-
band ceases to be anything8more than
q source Of revenue, in a legal sense
Philadelphia Record. Nh
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-04
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Three elfns who lived in fairylike
nook, -
Once read of our Fourth of July in
book, -. 49, ~'
And promptly their own quiet woodlands
- s-.. forsook. .s.,s&at.. & - -
~ To share in the fun and the noise. -
BY the light Of the moon they crept out
on the sly
And merrily sang on their way,
Asking politely of each passerby
How far they must go to meet Fourth
of July,
Till they came to the dawn of the day.
What a different song these three elfins
sang .t2. ~.
AS they limped their way homeward
that night! :
They had heard how the bells in the
steepIes go "Clang!"
'Torpedoes and crackers go "Rattlety-
bang!' . '..-
And the rockets go up out of sight
For one little elfin by chance got astride
OF a giant torpedo nearby;
On huge cannon cracker the next took
Number three to the tail of rocket was
tied, .;.-
And ali three were blown up there sky
high
On the way coming down each elfin de-
clared
He had seen quite enough of the sky,
And promised himself, if he lived to be
To ever reach home, and the damage re-
paired,
He would stay there on Fourth of July.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

and half to two pounds, and tho
geese from 20 to IS pounds.
They are then killed and plucked by
the women, the latter operation being
comple'~A before they are really dead,
ard are shipped to New York city.
Telepn .ses and TeleErapns in Ma
4 deiRa.
The last census gives Funchal q
population of $4,000 people. The city
is spread over a large area, stretch
ing up and down hill, and yet it has
10 public telephone. The postal serv-
ice is not of the best. The common
communication is bv note and mes.
senger. Several of the leading BUSH
ness houses have private telephones.
The different villages # this island
have telegraph and portal commune
cations with this city A wire con-
meets with the lighthouse at Point
St. I.ourenzo, 30 miles away, and
gives news OF approaching steamers
from the north about three hours
before their arrival. Inc local tele-
graph charges are six cents for the
first word, and one cent for each ad.
ditional ", I'd. The postal service il
triweekly, and the mails are carried
en- foot, xs5ss3T T. G JONES
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

In northern Morocco if person
is bitten by a mad dog, some of the
animals hair is burned and placed on
the wound, while the patient has to
eat raw garlic for ten days.
Quails are becoming so scarce in
Europe that France and Germany
have joined in prohibiting the killing
of the birds, and even the transport
of dead quails across their respective
territories.
Commercial travellers coming to
Sweden from other countries have
to get license which costs 100
crowns per month. The employees at
the hotels are careful not to en-
tighten them on this point, because
the informer gets part of the 100
crown fine imposed on those who
neglect to get license.
Near Bougle. Algiers, there is a
mountain inhabited by hundreds of
monkeys and thousands of rats. A
cyclone ragged on it the other day;
the monkeys were able to cling to
the trees, DuG Ine ratS were cdilleu
to the town to the great alarm OF
the superstitious inhabitants, who
regarded them as punishment from
above.
A favorite trick of Alsatian market
women is to place six or eight Adde'S
cent eggs in a small basket and to
declare that those are all the abso-
lutely fresh ones they have. The
victim buys them, thinking that if
the woman were dishonest she would
have offered more ''fresh eggs"
the market woman takes
six or more out of a larger basket
which is carefully covered over.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

any positive value to anyone? Modern
science has knack of declaring some
truth with an impressive solemnity.
But the really interesting facts it
leaves to conjecture. What would we
give to know if Mars is really inhabited,
and if there were at one time great
peoples on the moon? Those would be
of interest and importance, but mod
ern science chooses to be silent.
If we come to our own earth, we find
that there are many little things which
either battle science or are ignored by
scientists. AS civilization advances
we need more and more to have huge
buildings, either for industries or for
residence. Yet so ordinary luxury
as ventilation seems to be outside
the skill of the scientist. He can fit
up pretty buttons with bells and indi-
Gators; he can arrange wonderful
lights, making the night to rival the
day. These are the fruits of electrical
study and research, and herein mod
ern science glories. But the provision
of fresh air through passages of'huge
Dullu1uSS seems TO De OUTSIDE human
skill. Draughts in winter and sitting
heat in summer characterize our great
halls, and even judges appeal in vain
for fresh air and protest to no pur-
pose. Consequently our streets are
packed with pallid faces and illnesses
are developed which counterfeit large
~ the good influences of surgical and
medical advance.
Even in lowlier ways, science has
shortcomings. Is there thing more
clumsy than shoe? There are leath-
err stitches and nails. The twentieth
century can hit on no better system
of dealing with soles and heels. The
Roman soldier of the legion and the
American business man of to-day have
almost precisely the same footwear,
and clumsy footwear it is, knowing
but little of the shape and comfort
of the foot. The same applies to UNI
brellas, surely the most insane instru-
ment ever invented. The best UNI
brella is no better than the original
article invented 200 years ago in Queen
Anne's time 1t only keeps the hat
from getting wet. .l.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
FAILURES OF SCIENCE.
In View of nts Many Accomplish
ments Much That Is Left IN
done LIZ Overlooked.

It is common to talk about the won
derful strides made by modern science,
but looking at the matter from an
other point it is really astonishing
how many things most desirable for
human welfare remain to be done,
states the Chicago American.
Modern science is always being
praised. Sermons and pamphlets and
MAGAZINE articles vie with each other
to laud it to the skies. 1t is said to
have achieved so much. We care hidden
to look at it's achievements and to
wonder. There is the telephone, the
telegraph, the electric light, the Roent-
gen ray, the steam engine, the huge
steamer, and the thousand and one
other discoveries of the day. We
think that life is revolutionized from
that which our fathers lived, and that
we have reason for great pride, AID,
indeed for thankfulness. .-
But there is something to be said
on the other hand. Modern science
has worried and hurried us; it has
driven us into a state which is ever at
fever point; it has huddled us together
in towns where there is scarce breath
ing space, and has not yet succeeded
in bringing the air to us; it has made
us more comfortable in our everyday
life, relieving us of exertions and lay
ing luxuries around us, but it has rob-
bed US of romance. So far, though
modern science has been our benefac-
tor it has demanded it's toll, and we
have paid it,, and the glamour of its
smile we have forgotten the tribute
it has exacted. So that we lSlt rarely
think of the shortcomings of modern
science.
We are so eager-eyed in viewing it's
accomplishments that we do not see
it's failures. The world which lies at
its feet seems to us to be SO vast that
we forget the greater world which
holds it in scorn. And there is such
greater world. The telephone, the
electric light, the steam engine form,
after all, but small portion Of the
world in which we live. Modern
science has affected our actual living
life, so to speak, much less than we are
apt to imagine. In eating, drinking,
sleeping, love-making, quarreling-
we differ but little from our ancestors
of many centuries past. Look at the
wonders of astronomy, says the disci-
pie. Let us look at them. Calico de-
clared the modern scientific basis of
the solar system; Newton announced
the law of gravitation. Since then
how meager have been the results in
astronomy. To discover planet and
name it is not an achievement which
has any striking Importance for hui
mainly at large. Similarly is the dis
covery OF argon in the atmosphere of
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
AMERICAN PATE DE Fo1s GRAs
sin Town Where the Goose Liv.
u ers Are Produced. -

erA Are Produced. So
Persons who read of the tortures in
aicted upon geese in France and Ger
many, where the celebrated pate de
fois gras is made, are seldom aware
that in one place in our own country
the same methods are used to ,fatten
geese for the Hebraic population in
New York. In Watertown, Wis, says
the New York Herald, there is set
Element of Dohemians where the wom-
en- pursue this work as the chief in
dustry of the place. The geese are
nailed by their web feet to the floors
OF wooden cages set in dark, warm
rooms. E#8S
They are then fed with all they can
possibly eat and 1hen appetite fails
they are crammed with noodles made
OF dough of corn and buckwheat
and forced down their threats with a
stick.s Every two hours this forced
feeding is applied and in a few weeks
the bodies of the tortured fowls are
distended like pumpkins. the liver
alone frequently weighing from one
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
One AlvantaEe.

An amusing story is told Of man
condemned to death recently in
France who was asked, according to
custom, what he would prefer for his
last meal. He chose mussels, which.
though his favorite dish, always, he
said, caused him terrible lndiges.
ton. .sThis time, however" he add.
ed grimly, 'they will not have the
chance.-N Y. Tribune.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17


Spain that the Anne declaring
of the Indians towards the whites The
formed for the determination of the whites
and Neuse The April 49,
friendly Indian this broke from the remainder of the
atenedd
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
DISABLING A LOCOMOTIVE.
Piece of Soap Dropped Into the Water
Tank Makes 1t ImpoAAible to
Get Up Steam.

The Union Pacific Railroad COM
pany lately discovered that it was be-
ing made the victim of union men
masquerading in the guise of strike
breakers. They secured employment
as machinists in the railroad shops
affected by the strike and took ad-
vantage of the opportunities thus
afforded to disable the company's
engines, says the Chicago Inter
Ocean.
ITO the man who knows his bust
ness" said an engineer, ut is not
difficult to turn the trick. Notwith-
standing the fact that an engine is
powerful-looking monster, there
are many places about it where the
removal of a little burr of the size
of the end of your finger will put it
out of order, and an expert will be
puzzled for hours to discover the rea-
son.
"Half bar of soap will kill a
locomotive. A packet of washing
compound will do it just as effective
ly. Either one dropped into the
water tank will be sufficient to turn
the water into suds, and you couldn't
get up steam to save your life.
another easy bit of mischief that
is being practiced in this strike is to
slide up to a locomotive when she is
at the station and place bolt on the
under piston guide. The first revolu-
ton brushes it against the cylinder,
between it and the knuckle of the
piston. The trouble is, however, that
it won't crush, but tears out the
whole side.
There is small valve used to per-
nit the escape of air when the
brakes are released. It is no difficult
job, especially at night, to put a lit
tie plug in this valve, The air is not
strong enough to eject it, and as a
result the set wheels slide along un-
til they are fat-footed."
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

and he kept them open only long
enough to make sure that he was in
the dark.
The pressure on his lungs became
intolerable, and he let out some of
the air in them, Immediately wishing
he had tried to save it a few seconds
longer. He opened his yes, saw no
sign of light in the black mass above
him, and struck out again, fear
clutching at his heart as he felt how
ineffective had been his stroke, and
realized that repetition of even such
weak effort was beyond his power
until he might breathe again. Then
he felt himself trying to laugh at
the remarks those fellows in the
boat would make about him when
they got ashore, and he wondered
half-stupidly if this was the begin
ming of the delirium that comes to
the swimmer who has made his fight
and lost. @
A sort of frenzy seized him, and
he struggled wildly to reach the sur
face. Only for second. "Yoc
haven't got me yeti" savagely de-
faint the words seemed to form
themselves and to find some strange
method of utterance. He lay without
movement, strange lights flashing
before his eyes, great roaring fill
in. his ears, an unreasonable weight
depressing his chest.
lie floated slowly to the surface,
SO nearly unconscious thst he hard
ly knew enough to be glad when he
felt the sunshine on his face. His
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17

Teacher-Master jerks, where does
yenison come from?
Willie jerks (amid much prompt.
inG)-Venice!-N.Y Y. Herald,
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1903-01-17
A Habitual Offender

Jaggles-I understand he's golf en-
thusiast. Has he broken any records :?
Waggles-No. He never broke any
thing but the Sabbath.-N. Y. Times.
The free press. (Southern Pines, N.C.) 1898-19??, 1903-06-19
Letter to ordway & Go.
SOUTHERN PINES, N. c.

Dear Sirs You know all about
shoes. How many customers have
YOU who know anything about
'em
You have bought and sold shoes
for years, and have learned what
you know by your customers
liking one sort, and not liking
another. They find out by wear
ing EN-.
So with paint; but we 60 deep
er. We are l49 years old IN the
business and we make, not buy
we make good deal Of pant.
We paint a good share OF the
railroad and steamer property IN
the United States, and may as
we'll paint the private property.
Yours as we'll as anybody else's.
Devoe Lead and Zine is your
paint. Costs half as much as
mixed paint Or lead and oil be
cause it takes fewer gallons and
wears twice as long.
Beck Bros. & Co., Williams
port, Pa, write:
Mr. Ezra Rathmell had used IL
gallons of a well-knoWn mixed
paint for his house he reprinted
it this year with Devoe Lead and
Zinc; bought II gallons and had 5
gallons left. Yours truly,
F. w. DEvoE q Co.,
New York.