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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
WHERE MOSES RESTS
THE LONELY GRAVE IN THE
LAND OF MOAB.
"And No Man Dug That Sepufchre,
and NO Man Saw 1t Fer, for the
Angel of God Upturned the Sod and
Laid the Dead Man There"

BY Nebo's lonely mountain, Ill
On this side Of Jordans wave.
In vale in the land OF Moab,. =.
There lies a lonely grave.
And no man saw 1T eer,
For the angel Of God upturned the 500
And laid the dead man there.
That was the grandest funeral
That ever passed on earth,
But no man heard the trampins
Or saw the train 30 forth;
Noiselessly as the daylight
Comes when the night is done,
Grows into the great sun.
Noiselessly as the springtime
Her crown of verdure weaves,
And all the trees on all the hills
: Open their thousand leaves.
&c. without sound of music,
Or voice of them that wept,
Silently down from the mountain crown
The great procession swept.
Perchance the bald old eagle
On gray Bethpeor's hight.
Out of his rocky eyrie
Looked on the wondrous sight.
Perchance the lion stalking
Still shuns that hallowed spot,
For beast and bird have seen and heard
That which man knoweth not.
But when the warrior dieth
His comrades in the war,
with arms TGVCTSCu dlQ I1lul1Su VI 0AAs
Follow the funeral car;
They show the banners taken,
They tell his battles won, .
And after him lead his masters steed,
While peals the minute gun.
Amid the noblest of the land
Men lay the sage to rest,
And give the bard an honored place.
With costly marble drest
In the great minister .transcept
Where lights like glories fall,
And OH inc nd
Along the emblazoned wall.
This was the bravest warrior
That ever buckled sword:
This the most gifted poet
That ever breathed a word;
And never earth's philosopher
Traced with his golden pen,
AS he wrote down for men.
And nd had ad,, he not ct. high Sih h honor
To lie in state while angels wait.
And the dark rock pines like tossing
Ger his bier to wave i,
And Gods own hand in the lonely land
In that deep grave without a name.
Whence his uncoffined clay -.
Shall break again not - wondrous
Before the judgment day,
And stand with glory wrapped around
on tie bill he 1leMeE tEed ,,
With the .Incarnate Son Of God.
O, lonely tomb in Moab's land,
o, dark Bethpeor's hill,
Speak to these curious hearts Of ours,
And bid them to be still,
God hath his mysteries Of grace
ways that we cannot tell;
He hides them deep like the quiet sleep
OF him he loved SO well.
w. C. Alexander.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
q scotchman's Ready Answer.

The Rev. Donald Sage Mackay, at
the dinner of the Silk Association of
America the other night, told a story
of a Scotch couple who lived in a con-
slant state of pickering: One night
the minister called and found them
quarreling as usual. In front Of the
fireplace lay a cat and a dog peace
fully sleeping. 80. T., n ::
you should be ashamed of your
selves he cried, indignantly; .'eyen
the dumb animals rebuke YOU" J..
och replied the Scotchman, .*tie
the cat and the dog together like me
and my wife and see how you'n find
them. New York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
SOME DOUBT ABoUT.THE sPooK.
Widow Not Sure the Spirit She Kissed
Was Her Husbands.

Widow. Not Sure the Spirit She Kissed
Was Her Husbands.
Scientists say that the hair and
nails grow after death. Some theory
of that sort is needed to explain the
experience of a widow at spiritual
istic seance.
No. said the little widow, emphat-
ically. II will never attend another
dark seance."
"Why not?: asked her friend.
Didn't you have any acquaintances
among the spooks?"
II am ii doubt about the materiali-
zations.'
"Not distinct enough?"'
"Well, it was this way: The me-
dunn said my husband was there, and
wanted to speak to me. It was too
dark to see him plainly, but thought
1 recognized the outlines of Jim, and
[ kissed him."
"Was it JIM"
"That's what I would like to
know"
what makes you doubt IT."
''rhe spook had a lovely mus
tache."
"Oh!"
Jim never had one"
And the little widow looked thought
ful-Spare Moments.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

and. survey visited, Newport, where
the Protector has been since the mid
die of November last, to put the craft
through an inspired schedule of COM
petition with an Imaginary sub
marine of rival order. ! H. .l,s---.,.
Ice in the bay, on that date, pre-
vented speed trials over the measur-
ed mile course and the board, being
a much engaged bods1 decided to
abandon the tests unfit weeks later.
The next day the bay vas clear and
so remained for I'VE days following,
but the board mad. turned southwark.
The army, however, was alive to
the occasion, and just asweek later,
with the thermometer below zero and
the bay again full OF ice, arrived at
Newport and actually I put the boat
through a most convincing series OF
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
SIMPLICITY OF THE POPE.
How He Once Prepared Coffee for a
Guest with His Own Hands.

How He Once Prepared Coffee for a
Guest with His Own Hands.
One morning early, a friend OF mine.
"a Venetian mol leman, called on him
a gr. Sarto had said mass and settled
down to work. His sisters had gone
out to mass, or for the household mar
keting, which they were doing at the
Rialto on Aug. 4, 1908, the day of won
ders in their simple life.
"Ias the count taken coffee?" asked
the bishop.
"Well, to tell the truth, no, because
the business was urgent, and I have
come straight from the railway sta
tion," the guest replied. .
No excuse availed, and Mgr. Sarto
rose and went. into the kitchen. So
the bishop of ducal 'Mantua and his
guest might have been seen there
talking and laughing, while monsignor
coaxed the charcoal with a black
kitchen fan, the coffee fixed in tin
pot on the range, and the count got
out cups and saucers, in order to save
his distinguished host what mental
service he could. Then they had cot.
fee together at the kitchen table,
From William J. D. Croke's "Anec-
dotes of the New Pope" in the Cen.
fury,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Omnipresence.

I met the ragged coat beside the chancel
rail.
The stained and hardened fingers clasped
in prayer,
And cheeks that seemed as pallid as the
taper frail-
The spirit called and God was there
And then heard the laughter Of a little
child,
A sunlit glimpse of golden, tunbled
- hair, ~
The plunging of a frightened steed,
mother shrieking wild! :.
The danger past, and God was there.
I saw, the lantern gleaza above the mis-
II sion door, ] : Z, a.
The little band of Christians by the
..,sf,a stair. ~
The weeping one. who ,knelt upon the
! mission floor 4
A soul awoke, and God was there.
= VICTOR A. HERMANN.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
SUBMARINE FOR THE ARMY

tests. / The result 81 that days work
was a report that recommends the i'm y !,
mediate purchase Of five submarines
OF the Lake pattern; and this recon-
mendation is, now receiving the. seri-
GUS consideration OF the military gen
eral staff. l*s *. sy =
Standing as the last bulwark against
a possible foe are the submarine de-
lenses Of our seaports. These are in
tended to effectually stop such OF the
enemy's craft as may be able to 1e ss''.
cape destruction by our. gunf1re. They
are planted in the fields, 50 to speak,
/. e., in symmetrical1y disposed groups,
and SO arranged that it would be we'll
nigh impossible for hostile ship to
pass them if the mines were in proper
working order-Robert G. Skerrett
in Boston Herald.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Wild Gardens Under Trees.

It is commonly said that it is i'm
possible to grow anything at the base
of a tree, but a fine colony of wild
flowers may be grown in such a posi-
ton, where the plants bloom freely
every year. The hepatiea, one of our
first spring wild flowers, is a plant of
the woods, and the shade is congenial.
These plants may be dug when they
are in flower, so as to get the differ
ent colors wanted. In addition to the
usual white, blue, pink and lavender
varieties there are blue and pink ones
with white margins. Many of the
plants are remarkably double sort.
It is very interesting to study the
opening and closing Of the blossoms
with reference to tho changes of wind
and weather, especially if one has a
barometer for comparison. Such a
wild garden costs nothing and, with a
little replenishing, lasts indefinitely
Country Life in America. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19

The submarine for the army is the
latest proposed adjunct to our mill
tary coast defenses. Anomalous as
this may seem, still, from the view
point of an especially appointed board
of experts, there are many Of the
soundest reasons for this novel propo-
sition. Just whether or not the navy
will take kindly to this apparent tres
pass upon it's hereditary prerogatives
is not for present discussion, but the
fact remains that the army experts
have been cunning enough to grasp
the significant possibilities Of a good
thing and to place to their credit the
official record of prior recognition. :.
For months the Lake Torpedo Boat
company has been seeking recognition
from the navy department, and on
Jan. II the naval board Of inspection
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
.ZQRREO BOAT efl87 S.
illustrations from the New York World.

Writing to the Richmond (Va.)
Times Dispatch, Col. Richard l.. Maui
~, son Of Commodore Matthew Fon-
tame Maury OF the Confederate navy,
describes the manufacture by his
father Of torpedoes, which, he says,
had their origin in Virginia, were de-
signed in Richmond, and were first
successfully used in the water OF the
James river. Il, ag.8.. III
Commodore Maury's trial expert
ments to explode under water were
made with minute charges Of powder
and submerged in an ordinary wash
tub Ia his chamber at the house Of his.
cousin, Robert "a. Maury, on Clay
street, Richmond, and the tank for.
actual use. with the triggers for e1-
.plosion and other mechanical applt-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
WHERE BEARS ARE PLENTIFUL
Hunters Can Secure Famous Spot Up
Il III FIJI " >$ in Alaska. .a II +

Hunters Can Secure Famous Spot Up
VI 5 FIN III " in Alaska. .s +
4 IS Senator Foster Of Washington state
has received a Macedonian cry for
help from the ravages Of the big bears
in Alaska, says the Washington Post.
If President Roosevelt ever again
wants a glorious hunt for bruin, Mr..
Foster is willing to pilot him to the
grounds where great game is plentiful.
The Alaska variety of bear is said to
weigh from 1900 to 1900 pounds.
+ "A recent letter in Mr.. Fosters mail
from Seattle tells the story: eve
shipped 800 head of cattle and 9,100
breeding ewes to, Zodiac, Alaska, last
spring, writes firm of packers from
that city. The bears have been get
ting into the bunch and have killed
4 500 to date. During the mix-up about
twelve bears were slain. About thir-
ty days ago two bears got into the
sheep and after killing twenty-one
sheep and tearing the coat off one
man the bears were killed. The
United States marshal on hearing of
this had all our men arrested for kill
ing the bears. Five of our men were
compelled to stand trial at consider
able expense to us.
''The bears are very numerous on
the island" concludes this letter, land
since they have tasted sheep the sheep
are badly scared and are continually
"piling up. Unless something is done
with the. bears they will put us out of
BUSINESS
Senator Foster is puzzled as to just
how he can help his constituents in
their plight. They assert that "a
bounty of at least SIS a head should
be placed on: bears for year or two
in order to clean them out" H.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
TO BE DECIDED LATER.
When the Boy Would Know if He Had
49,: Had Enough.

When the, Boy Would Know if He Had
:. Had Enough.
The boy, who, was visiting his indul-
:gent.7F5nnt, had eaten heartily 1.-THE
preserves. - ~ -. ~ p @~;1 -:
Don't you think you've had enough,
Willie?" she asked.
Don't know" he replied.
Don't know"
"Nope. Can't tell yet" he said.
But what do you think?'
'"Aint any use thinking at all. l
got to know. Thinking don't help any
if you think wrong"
''Well, you're the most remarkable
boy ever saw" said his aunt. when
will you know?'''
I'm half an hour"
"And how will you know?"
"Well, that's easy,"' replied the wise
boy. t'If I amt sick in half an hour
I'll be sorry I didn't take more, and if
1 am sick I'll be sorry took so much.
That's the only way to tell that
know"
His aunt admitted that it left no
room for doubt, but she tried to point
out that it was rather unsatisfactory,
to which the boy merely replied that
he wished there was better way,
but he didn't know of any.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
ances for service was made by Talbot

ances for service was made by Talbot
& Son, on Cary Street. sZ=. Z
"In the early summer Of 1861" says
Col. Maury, the Secretary Of the,
Navy and the Chairman OF the Naval
Committee of Congress and others
were invited to witness an explosion
in James river at Rockets. The tor
pedo was a small key Of powder,
weighted to sink, fitted with a trigger
to explode by percussion to be fired,
when IN place, by q lanyard. The Pat.
rick Henry gig was borrowed; Capt.
Maury Gas he then 'was) and the.
writer got aboard with the torpedo,
and were rowed to the middle of the
chan1el Just opposite where the
wharf of tho James River Steamboat
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
SAVAGES IN SIBERIA
kORJAkS LIVE IN ABSOLUTE
EAWLESSNESS.
Their Strength and Wealth Render
Them Immune from Consequences
Of Their MISREPRESENTATION Acts
That Are Common Among Them.

In Russian Siberia lives race Of
reindeer breeders called Korjaks.
These men, who are among the rich
est and most naughty of the peoples
of the cold north, have exceedingly
violent tempers, and their strength
and wealth make them headstrong
and Indifferent, to consequences when
they wish to revenge themselves ON
enemies.
They have a terrible and strange
method of doing this.
In the winter, the Korjaks seal the
small doorway into their huts with
ice and earth and let it freeze solid.
Then the only entrance and exit is the
hole in the roof Of the huts, which per-
mits the escape Of smoke.
Now, IL a band of Korjaks feels
itself injured in any way by another
band, the avengers creep into a vii
lage at night and Chamber softly up on
the roofs. There, with snow and hides
they close up the smoke hole and
seal it absolutely. AS result, il the
occupants have not been awakened by
the noise, they smother in their sleep.
If they do wake up and put out the
fire, there is no escape for them, for
the moment they try to climb out
through the roofs, the besiegers club
them to. DEATH.
One of the richest of the Korjaks
thus killed one of his enemies, ,slaugh-
tering the entire family, consisting of
the father, three wives and two child
rem.
This man afterward made his deed
customed to tell the story at length
with all the details. Nobody tried to
punish him for it, because he was
too powerful. He owns 5000 reindeer
and with this wealth he commands
respect from all the headmen.
These Korjaks live in great comfort,
as compared with the other inhabi-
tants of their bleak country. They
are never in danger of famine, for
their immense herds cannot be des-
troyed by even the ffercest winter, SO
that, no matter how many thousands
tof reindeer may die, there will always
be more than enough for food and for
breeding.
They have a queer way of hunting
the wild reindeer. They chase these
animals not on land, but with canoes
in the water. The hunters wait until
the herds begin to swim a river in the
summer and then paddle among them
and kill them with spears.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Claim. Ocean Record.

b The friends of the famous old ship
Glory of the Seas make strenuous OBJ
lection to the German ship Optima
being credited with having broken the
record of the passage from San Fran
cisco to Newcastle, Australia. The
Optima recently made the trip in, thir-
ty-seyen days. The Glory of the Seas
made the run in 1871 in thirty five
days. The American ship Swallow,
the. American bark Elwood Cooper.
and the British ship Alahabad each
made the run in thirty mine days. The
pace set in 1871 by the Glory Of the
Seas has never been equa1ed. The
German ship Optima holds second.
piace. sss
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
pope Plus Has Sense of Humor.

POPE PiuS has sense OF 7uSnoT'
Rome has discovered that Pope,
Plus has an abundant sense Of humor.
Recently the vatican architect, Con-
stantine Schneider, had occasion to
see the pope in order to submit some
plans AS he was retiring Plus K
smilingly said: "Mr. Schneider. do
you know that we are related?" The
architect was astonished, but Plus x
added: "Well, Schneider in German
signifies just what Sarto means in
1talian-tailor; therefore we. must
come from the same family" Once
before the pope had joked on his fam.
lily name when, remarking that tho
church in Italy was much rent by dis
sensions, he added: However, am
a good tailor and I mean to repair the
damage very quickly"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Cost 3. 81 wireless Kilograms.

The charge Of transmitting wireless
messages from ship to ship. at sea is
sixpence word, with the address and
signature free. From ship to shore
the rate on the American side is 81
for ten words and twelve cents for
each additional word, wit no charge
for address and signature. On the
English side the charge for a mar
.conigram' from liner Is six shillings
sfor twelve words and sixpence for
each additional word, the signature
iAad address being charged hr.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Berlin University Students.

The number of students at the Uni
versity of Berlin is higher just now
than at any time since it's foundation
in 1910. There are 1903 matriculated
students, of whom 331 belong to the
theological, 1865 to the juridical, g.
414 to the philosophical, and 1,193 to
the medical faculties, respectively. OF
foreigners, no fewer than 1884 are
registered, being nearly one-sixth OF
the students.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Fine SabIes for Bride,

One of the most unique gifts ever
received by a bride-to-be, says the
London Express, is the sables which
Baron de Forest has given Miss Ethel
Gerard. They are of wonderful soft
ness and are black as coal, without
any suggestion Of brown. They are
said to be the finest in England.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
A Eour.Hundred.paY Clock.

A clock which will be joy to the
forgetful housewife is known as the
four-hundred:day birthday clock. 1t
is the latest thing in the clock line. It
is foreign novelty, mounted in brass
and set in, a glass case. Ono winding
suffices to keep the. pendulum moving
for thirteen months and five days,
without further thought.
Instead Of the orthodox swinging
pendulum, the works look like cog
wheels, which turn first to the right,
then to the left, and so on. y
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Gain in Exnort.

The value Of the exports of the
whole country in 1903 was IS per cent
greater than in 1888 but the gain in
New York was only 81 per cent, and
the gain at New Orleans was 60 per
cent, at Galveston $50 per cent and
at Mobile 1922 per cent. :
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
SUFFRAGE IA Austria.

Adult suffrage was tried for the
first time il :ne commonwealth Of
Australia in the federal elections held.
upon December 16, 1908. Tho total
number Of voters registered was Il.
100000. Of whom in round numbers
100000 were women.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Trustees Distribute Fortune.

The entire fortune of Moses B.
Clements of Portland, Me-, amounting
to about 100000, has been left to
trustees, who have been directed to-
distribute it ito benefit society, relieve
distress, charitable and benevolent
associations, objects and individual"
The matter of distribution is left en-
tirely to the discretion Of the execu-,,
tors, the only restriction being that
they shall have disposed Of the entire
estate in the manner indicated within
ten years. &SI { sssa' =, -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
Electrical Manufactures.

During 1903 the United States pro.
duced $234,50O,000 worth of electrical
apparatus and machines used in con-
nection with electric plants and work
ings.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
/ AnnIes n Padded Barrels.

Each fruit grower OF New York will
he furnished with a padded barrel by
the state commission to the worlds
fair. The barrel will be packed by the
grower and shipped to. the fair ct state
expense. 81 lSiss d
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-03-19
| Fain Would Linqer Vet.

A little while (my life is almost setD
fam air l., would pause along the down.
Musing an hour in this sad sunset ray,
While. Sweet! our eyes with tender tears
are wet:
A little while fain would inger yet.
All for loves sake, for love that can
Though fervid youth be dead, with
youths desire,
And hope has faded to a vague regret
A little while 1 fain would linger yet
A little while I fain would linger here: ::
Behold! who knows what strange, mys-
FERROUS bars
'rw d3ta, SOULS st5 g. that love, may rise in
Nor can love deem the face Of death is
fair;
A little while still would linger here.
A little while I yearn to hold thee fast.
Hand locked in hand, and loyal heart
90 Ri plying (, Christi 9'1 those woeful words,
So ere the darkness fall, the light be past.
A little while fain would hold thee
A ]it tTs' while. when light and twilight
Behind, our broken years; before, the
Weird wonder of the last unfathomed
A little while still would clasp thee,
Sweet;
A little WHILE when night and twilight
meet.
A little while I fain would linger. here;
Behold! who knows what soul-dividing
bars
Earths faithful loves may part in other
stars? d. = ,.,,. ...-
Nor can love deem the face of death is
fair:
A little while still would linger here.
=. = Paul Hamilton Hayne.