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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16

John Mitchell, ex-sergeant of the
army, scout and Indian fighter of the
early days OF Custer, Wade and Miles,
takes care of the guns in the armory
over at the University of California.
To the chosen few whom he delights
to honor he recounts stories Of the
plains which should find their way
into a book some day. The other day
be grew reminiscent.
1T was in '67,' said he, when I
was still an enlisted man and was
with my regiment out in Wyoming,
where the Sioux we're keeping every
body on the Jump. There were fifteen
Of US, under sergeant by the name
Of Brannigan, and We had been, away
from the pessha On a little scouting ex-
petition aid were returning when
this incident ohappened.
1--WE had been riding hard all day
without anything to eat, for we were
only fifteen, you know, and in that
case man don't stop to take any,
thing like a course dinner on the
plains. Well, we came up to a little
station called Cedar Creek just as
night came on, thinking to spend the
night there. We found about $50
Rappahoe bucks camping there, too.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16

She had been suffering for several
days with slight abscess, and when
she decided to haye it lanced her
young husband accompanied her to
the physicians. 55.>z. ~
you are very brave, dearest" he
said to her, as they waited for the doc
tor in the reception room.
l"Oh," said she, smiling sweetly,
ttsyou see, I'm going to take chloro.
form or gas or something. ...
.sNo! Oh, MOI" he demonstrated.
why, Jack, it won't cost 50 much
more - 1 q 5.: ..| 3. +. !. *
Darling, how unkind! But, you
know, sometimes patients die under
chloroform."
"I1l risk that. All, doctor, my hus-
band IL trying to scare me with tales
about patients who die under ch1oro-
form. Now. you don't think
.Pshav! There's no danger when.
tho doctor understands hin patients
cordifton.' exclaimed the nj ician..
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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16

Just as the popular so-called quota
lions from the Bible and Shakespeare
are commonly misquoted, so it will
be found the wise sayings of states
men have not always been preserved
in their original integrity.
For example, there is Washington's
apothegm that ITO be prepared for
war is one of the most ehectua1
means Of preserving peace This
has been condensed into the familiar
I'm time of peace prepare for war"
Then Jefferson's axiom, Vacancies
by death are few, by resignation
none," is almost invariably applied to
the ofRce-holding contingent in the
shape of the assertion Few die, and
none resign" ...@ F. ~
Two Western newspapers have as
their motto Error ceases to be dan
gerous when truth is left free to COM
bat it." This is mutilation of Presi-s
dent Jefferson's celebrated saying in
his inaugural address that Error Of
opinion may be tolerated where rea-
son is left free to combat it." The
CONNOLLY used phrase A delusion
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16
AMERICAN. SOIL
Root of Brazilian Plant Found
Valuable as Fodder for
Cattle in Gulf States.

plete separation of cream from milk
than other fodder, and more COM
plete separation of butter from the
cream in churning. When mixed with
cotton seed meal it produces firmer
butter, very important point in "a
climate of long hot summers having
no cold springs of water. It is a great
stock fattener, bullock being made
to gain up to ZIG pounds of flesh at a
cost Of less than one cent per pound
of meat added.
It fattens a hog or pig up to the ex-
act condition. demanded by markets.
the pork bringing in consequence the
highest prices. Where the roots ar
consumed by factories for starch the
waste is sold at SO and $12 ton for
feeding cattle. hogs, horses, etc., and
the demand exceeds the supply. So
far Florida factories manufacture only
starch from cassava, the while starch
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16

anu DOuSldS sawyer.
The young preacher received call
to Hanson and, accepted it, because it
was a small church and would give
him the time to carry on his crusade
and also study at SBoston University
two years. !
Mr.. Sawyer resolved to initiate the
methods used by Northfield evangel.
lists. They had discovered that the
ordinary man fights shy of the conven-
tional tract, and had printed the brief.
est appeals on Scolored cards.
Mr.. Sawyer got sEout similar cards.
He handed them to men who swore
on the street. He got out stickers, and
when he read / newspaper on train
put on his, stickerias he finished and
passed the paper t. the engine driver
or: fireman as he passed IN the station:
He put cardsssato papers for the hos:
pitfalls.
Friends were interested and helped
pass them out, and bought them at the
rate of $Isa thousand. The cards
were neither offensive nor priggish.
They laid stress on the uselessness of
profanity and on the. discourtesy to
persons who heard and whose feelings
might be wounded.
Il have known of but two in
stances" said DR.. Sawyer lately,
"where profane recipients of cards
have shown anything like resentment.
Usually they apologize for having
sworn, or else stink out Of sight in
short order"
The movement was no sooner under
way than there was demand for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16
GROWING CASSAVA ON NORTH

Florida prior to the war on a sma11
scale. and added it's quota to the COM
missary of the Confederates in the
field. It was not until 1898 that cas-
cava starch became an article OF
trade. The freeze-ups of 1894-95 des-
troyed so many Florida orange groves
that the distracted planters turned to
cassava1as prop for their substituted
industry of raising live stock. Cassava
soon spreads like a prairie fire, MAX
ing stock growing profitable on the
one side and the commercial profits
of cassava profitable on the other.
Cassava grows in light, rich, sandy
loan, usually underlaid with hard pan,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16
One Town in Massachusetts, Has Passed Profanity
Ordnance-President Endorses Movement, Which ~.
Has Spread to Foreign Lands Il;

yo.un g. folks in
Kensington to sign
these. The form
of the original Us
intere S t ing. 1t:
reads: : -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16

and the best yields are secured In
soils too dry for corn and other crops.
The hard pan Is useful in compelling
the roots to spread so they can be
readily hauled out. The plant is not
a soil exhauster and is easily fertil-
lied.
8 Cassava root, cut IN slices, IS now
the stock food for southern cattle. It
gives rich color to milk without
affecting the favor OF It or the butter.
1t increases the amount Of butter per
xallon Of milk. II causes : more com
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16
Plant Furnishes Starch fo1
Laundries and Sizing for
Cotton Mills.

Both the New York Botanical Gar
den and the Department of Agricul-
ture are developing special attention
at present to the cultivation of cas-
sava. the newest agricultural venture.
Cassava is a plant native to Brazil,
which is cultivated for it's glutinous
nroducts. There are more than
dozen varieties raised in Brazil, differ
ing in coloration and time OF maturity.
From the root of cassava nearly all
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16

product going to cotton manufactures
where it is used for making sizing for
various classes Of goods. For laundry
nurposes cassava makes the best Of
starches, productive Of . smoother
surface and finer gloss. 5s
All varieties Of cassaya bitter and
sweet, are being cultivated at the
United States experiment station at
Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, to determine
which kinds will be most profitable
for the inhabitants Of that island
New York Herald. So IS
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16

Signs warning against profanity be-
gan to appear in Chicago street cars
and public places several weeks ago.
Their origin was unknown, and, while
the campaign against. swearing was
not apparently carried on by any par
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16

Canadian Railroad Trackage.
For the fiscal year ended June 50.
1908. railroads in Canada report 49,
OF miles OF track, an increase Of 20s
miles over the corresponding period
ct 1905. .sssss =;
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16
The Oldest INSCRIPTIONS.

The Oldest Inscriptions.
Archaeologists maintain that GER
tain inscriptions discovered in Babylo-
MIA date back more than 5000 years.
That, however, is a question of opin.
ion. If it is true they are the oldest
of human record.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16
German Students.

r. German Students. d Il.
For the present winter course the
total number of immatriculated stu
dents at the German universities is
81 1854, OF whom 3,093 are Sforeigners.
the largest number ever recorded.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16
- ST. PAUL And MINNEAPOLIS MINI APRIL IS, 1901
"Dont Swear" Campaign Of Bay !.
State Preacher Now International

more striking literature. Then began
an amazing activity for DR.. Sawyer.
His little study in Hanson is heaped
with various forms of tracts, cards,
pledges and stickers. Yet they are
only samples; there are hundreds Of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-16

I, the undersigned
:.......d do hereby
resolve to use no
more profane Ian
guage of any kind.
May the Lord help
me to keep my re-.
solve. ~ 4
Signed. ..........
> Witnessed by4Rol-i
and nn,1o1oc Go 1r,x,o,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-17
IN EXILE: A STORY OF SIBERIA :: Blu ANTON TCHEK1OFF

the fire, lay closer to II. and said:
My father is i'll. When he dies my
mother and my wife are coming. They
promised me-"
What do you want with a mother
and wife?" asked wiseacre. Put that
out of your head; it's all nonsense,
brotheri It's the DEVILS doing to make
you think such thoughts. Don't listen
TO him, accursed, If he begins about
women, answer him back: Don't want
them If be comes about freedom, an
swer him back: Don't want it,. You
don't want anything. Neither father.
nor mother. nor wife, nor freedom, nor
house, nor home. You don't want any
thing. d-n them!
Wiseacre took a drink from his flask
and continued:
Il. brother. am no simple mujik. but
a sections son, and when 1 lived at free
dom in Kursk went in a frock-coat; yet
now 1 have brought myself to such a
point that 1 can sleep naked on the
earth and eat grass. And God grant
everyone such a life, I don't want any
thing and / don't fear anyone. and /
know that there is no one richer and
freer than l in the world. The first day
/ came here from Russia / persisted:
1 don't want anything. The devil took
me on also about wife, and home. and
freedom. but / answered him back: L
don't want anything / tired him out.
and now. as you see. / live well and
don't complain. If anyone bates an inch
to the devil. or listens to him even once,
he's Iost-there's no salvation for him
he sinks in the bog to the crown of his
head, and never gets out
ssDpp'f think IFS only OIlr brOt her the
stupid mujik, that gets lost The we'll
born and educated are lost also. Fifteen
years ago they sent gentleman here
from Russia. He wouldn't share some
thing with his brothers, and did some
thing dishonest with a will. Belonged,
they said, to a princes or baron's fam
ily-maybe. he was an official-who can
tell2 Well, anyway, he came. and the
first thing he did was to buy himself a
house and land in Mukhortinsk. j
want, he says. to live by my work. by
the sweat Of my brow, because he says.
I am no longer a gentleman, but con-
Wet We'll. ! said. may God help him;
he can do nothing better. He was a
young man. fussy and fond of talking;
moved his own grass, caught fish and
rode on horseback sixty versts a day.
That was the cause OF the misfortune.
From the first year he used to ride to
Guirino to the postofice. He would
stand with me in the boat and sigh:
'Akh. Semion, how long they arc send
ing me money from home You don I
want ii. VassiI Sergeyitch.' ] answered.
what good is money to you? Give mp
the old ways. forget them as If they
never were. as if you had dreamt them.
and begin To live anew. Don't pay any
attention, / said, TO the devil: nell
bring you nothing but FL. Now. you
want only money. but in a little time
you'll want something more. II you
want to be happy. don't wish for any
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-17

sound like a groan and shivered with
fear In the darkness il sounded horri-
BILE. Then slowly ! felt the floor slope.
1t tilted up. and I was on the end that
was rising. At once the solution of the
mystery flashed upon me. The whole
floor OF the room worked on central
bar and no ono could keep foothold on
its smooth surface.
Slowly I went sliding down that slip
perry slope until shot over the edge and
travelled with increasing rapidity down
a long tunnel.
Before ] knew where I was l plunged
into the water. This was the river, and
as the waters closed over my head |
realized that in this way the many peo-
pie drowned in the Garth had come by
their doom.
Down / went. but rose to the surface
again. Above me was hood Of brick
oTk. which arched some little distance
over the stream. Its lip closed down on
the water. Anyone who could not swim
or. who was taken by surprise could
easily be drowned In this death trap.
But had my wits about me. and |
could swim quite we'll
The only thing / could do was to dive
under the hood and come UP on the out
side. and this / did.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-17
The MYSTERIOUS WHITE PIGEON :: Blu FERGUS HUME

My wet clInging clothes held me
down. drew me into the depths. but
struck out despairingIy and rose to the
surface to draw in the cold night air.
was outside. floating on the river be-
low the tower. and the moonlight
showed me the smooth walls OF the
house rising above me.
/ swan with the strength of despair,
and managed to. lay hold of some
bushes that grew near the verge of the
lawn. 1 dragged myself up and finally
flung myself fun length on the grass.
Then I tainted.
When I recovered my senses I was
lying. dripping and aching. in the moon
light. With great effort / staggered TO
my feet and walked slowly up the lawn
through the gardens. and. seeing the
terrace before me. 1 mounted the steps.
At the open window of the ubrary
halted. Mr.. Liffey's voice sounded rich
and clear He was talking to Mr. Ire
garth and Maud
4 fear she has drowned herself" the
villain was saying She came here,
raving that she loved you. Arthur. that
she could not live without you. I tried
10 quiet her. but could not. She rushed
away. saying that without you death
was better than life. I have been search
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-17

got gray-haired and bent. and his face
turned yellow like a consumptive's. He
could not speak without tears coming
into his eyes. Eight years he wasted
sending in petitions Then he grew live
ly again: he had got a new consolation
lhe daughter. you see. was growing up.
de dotted on her. And to tell the truth.
she wasn't bad-looking; pretty. black
| proved. and high-spirited. Every Sun
day he rode with her to the church at
Guirino. They would stand side by side
in the boat. she laughing. and he never
lifting nis eyes from her. Yes he said,
Serlion, even in Siberia people live, and
are happy. See what a daughter I've
got you might go n thousand versts,
"a never see another like her The
diINgn tar, as j said, was really good
looking But wait a while. I used to
So y to myself. the girl is young, the
blood flows in her veins, she wants TO
live; and what is life here? Anyway.
brother. she began to grieve. Pined and
declined. dwindled away got I'll. and
, now can't stand on her legs. Consump-
ton. There's your Siberian happiness,
That's the way people live in Siberia
He spends his time driving
about to doctors and bringing them
home. Once let him hear there's a doc
tor or a magic curer within two or
three hundred versts. and after him he
must go. It's terrible to
think of the amount of money he
spends; he might as well drink t.
She'll die all the same.
nothing'll save her, and then he'll be
lost altogether Whether he hangs HIM
self from grief or runs of to Russia
it's all the same. If he runs away
they'll catch him. then he'll have a
trial and penal servitude. and the rest
of IT.
1T was very well for him. said the
Tartar shuddering with the cold.
What was well?"
wife and daughter. What
ever he suffers. whatever punishment
he'll have at any rate he saw them
You say you don't want anything
But to have nothing is bad. His wife
lived with him three years. God granted
him that To have nothing is bad. but
three years is good. You don't under
stand
Trembling with cold finding with diff
ficulty the proper Russian words. the
Tartar began to beg that God might
save him from dying in strange land
and being buried in the cold earth. II
his wife were to come to him. even for
one day. even for one hour. for such hap
piness he would consent to undergo the
most frightful fortunes, and thank God
for them. Better one days happiness
than nothing.
And he again told the story OF how he
had left at home a handsome and clever
wife Then. putting both his hands "a
] his head. he began to cry and to AS
1 sure Semion that he was guilty of moth
ing. and was suffering in vain. His two
| brothers and his uncle had stolen a
/ PEASANTS horse. and beaten the old man
! half to death. But society had treated
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1904-01-17
QUEER THINGS m THE CHEMISTRY DIVISION
OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE OFFICE

claim to be uncolored. When an inter
nal revenue officer in the field comes
across wha- he considers a deception.
an attempt at evasion on the part OF
manufacturers, he takes a sample OF
the suspicious product and sends It to
the labor atory for analysis
Various are the materials used by the
makers OF oleomargarine for coloring
Annotto. analine colors. yellow dyes,
palm oil. and even the yolk Of duck
eggs are employed to give the proper
golden tint. Palm oil has become very
popular since the enactment OF the law.
because it is very difficult TO detect, and
even when 1t is detected the question as
to whether or not ii is taxable as col
orfng matter IS a debatable one that is
now before the Commissioner Of Inter
nal Revenue DR.. Champion and his as
sistants have been working hard over
an analysis that will disclose the pres
ence Of palm oil In oleomargarine, and
think their experiments have met with
success, although they have not YET
been called into court TO give expert
testimony to that effect The other
methods OF coloring are easily detected.
and. under ordinary conditions. a sam
pie Of oleomarga-ine sent from the field
is returned in three days. There have
been so many calls for chemical exami-
nations In the past few months. how
ever, that DR.. Champion has got behind
in the work and now 1t takes longer.
Then there are the liquor tests II very
frequently happens that a liquor dealer
Will substitute comparatively raw whis-
KY. colored with caramel. for that sup
posed 10 be four or FIVE years old Since
whisky is Considered not Mt to drink
until 1t has been out of the still for
at least three years. the dire results
that follow the indulgence In raw stuff
which has been "doctored" is easily
imagined Newly distilled whisky is as
clear as water and of about the SANE
color, each year that IL remains in wood
adding deeper amber TO its appear
ance: DIR. Champion has samples OF
whisky OF various ages. from few
months up to ten years and more. and
when a sample OF suspected l4G:sor Is
sent 20 him he analyses IL and soon
6nds out the date Of its distilling-
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she would call back: in the next room
lay his old mother. What ter
rible things are dreams!' Where
do they come from? The Tartar
smiled and opened his eyes. What river
was this? The voiga?
1t began TO snow
"Ahoy"' came a voice from the other
side. "boatmanr
The Tartar shook himself. and went to
awaken his companions. Dragging on
their sheepskin coats on the way.
swearing in voices hoarse from sleep.
the ferrymen appeared on the bank
After sleep. the river, with its piercing
breeze, evidently seemed to them
nightmare. They tumbled laziIy into
the boat. The Tartar and three ferry
men took up the long. wide-bladed oars
which looked in the darkness Ike the
claws OF a crab. Semion threw himself
or his stomach across the helm. On
the opposite bank the shouting con-
tinued. and twice revolver shots were
heard. The stranger evidently thought
that the ferrymen were asleep or had
gone into the village 10 the kabak
You'll get across in time. said
Wiseacre7 in the tone OF a man who is
convinced that In. this world there is
no need for hurry. It's all the same
in the end. QUIZ gain nothing BY max
ing noise"
The heavy. awkward barge parted
from the bank, cleaving path through
the willows: only the slew movement
OF the willows backward showed that
Il was moving ut all. The ferrymen
slowly raised their oars in time Wise
acre lay across the helm on his stomach.
and describing n bow in the air. swung
slowly from one side TO the other III
the dim light II seemed as II the men
were sitting on some iong-clawed ante
diluvian animal floating with II into the
cold desolate land that is sometimes
seen in nightmares.
The willows soon were passed and the
open water reached. On the other
bank the creak and measured dipping
of the oars was already audible, and
.Iies of quicker. quicker came back
across the water. Ten minutes more
and the barge struck heavily against the
landing stage.
1T keeps on falling. II keeps on fall
ing. grumbled Semion. rubbing the
snow from his face. Where it all
comes from God only knows"
On the bank stood a fragile old man
OF low stature in short foxskin coat
and white lambskin cap. He stood i'm
movable at some distance from his
horses: his face had a gloomy concen-
trated expression. as IL he were trying
10 remember something. and were angry
with his disobedient memory. When
Senion approached him. and smiling,
took off HIS cap. he began:
IT am going in great haste to Anasta-
sevka Ny daughter is worse. In Anas-
taveska. I am told. q new doctor has
been appointed
The ferryman dragged the cart on the
barge and started back The man.
whom SCr-i0n called Nassili Sergeyitch.
stood all the time imInovaole. tightly