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The Appeal., 1904-09-10

1t is an extraordinary story, that Of
the heartless manner in which Queen
Elizabeth, during a series of years,
played with the Duke Of Alencon, and
ultimately drove him to despair and
death. No woman but one whose heart
vanity and ambition had turned to
stone could have carried on the long
juggle as she did with the amorous
young French prince, to the amaze
ment, and often the disgust, of her
closest councillors. Swearing with
awful oaths her promise to marry
him and her eternal affection for him,
signing, languishing, and drawing him
into compromising situations by her
pretended love for him, she deceived
not only her lover, but the keenest
politicians in Europe; and yet, with
her private correspondence now be-
fore US, we see that the whole comedy
was a lie, so far as she was con-
cerned; and that in what seemed her
moments of utter self-abandonment IN
her love she was coolly calculating
how to wriggle out of her compromise
while leaving her suitor in the mire.
When at length the poor, lad was ca
joled into leaving England with the
fulfillment of his marriage still de-
ferred, the queen travelled to Grave
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
A Mistake in Hats

you're mistaken, sir-this is my hat"
he said, patronizingly.
"That's my hat" retorted the other.
"It's my hat, and mean to have it."
my dear sir, you have simply made
mistake-that is all' said the mer-
chant, who is diplomatic, above all
things. "This is my hat; there is alb
solutely no question about that Let
me explain the matter. Upon coming
in here tonight l took particular
pains to place my hat up there in
that dark corner, next to the wall. It
was out of the way, hidden from view,
there were no other hats near it.
now come out, reach up my hand, and
take my hat from precisely that same
spot, sir. You yourself saw me do it,"
THAT may all be, sir" shifted the
red.faced man; "but it's my hat, just
the same" .-.-....
"Your hat, sir? Will you kindly ex-
plain how that can be?" said the mer-
chant, icily.
II will, sir, in about three words,''
growled the other. Its mine because
you took it out of this hotel yester
day morning, and you've been wear
ing it ever since. e."-Philadelphia Led"
ger.
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
50. 40 PER YEAR. !
March of Forty Years

From less thar 10000 to $4,000
factories.
From less than 100000 to over g.
100000 factory workers.
From s400 100000 to over $4,000, 900,
900 factory wages and salaries yearly
From s2,0o0,0O0000 to over s14,oo0,-
100000 in factory products yearly.
From $47,0OO,OOO to $S2,00O,0OO worth
OF gold produced.
From a few thousand dollars to over
s7o,000,000 worth of silver produced.
From 4,S00,000 (1s60) to 100000
bales of cotton produced.
From 100000 QSe0) to nearly
$4O0, 100000 worth of cottons manu-"
factured.
From s525 to $1,000 national wealth
per capita.
From $1,250,000,00O to $2,5oO,0O0,
coo total value of farm ANIMALS.
From $2O4,0OO,O00 to s1,025, 100000
tctal imports.
From $243,0000O0 to s1,420, 100000
to $914,000,O00 public debt.
From $146,O00,000 QS66) down to
25,0OO00O annual interest charges.
From $4.12 QS66) down to 80 cents
annual interest charge per capita.
From $25,O00,000 to $7S2,000,000 gold
and silver in the treasury.
From $595,000,000 to $2,367, 900, 900
total money circula
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
Didn't Fear Sharks.

DR.. Dave Hennen, owner of the
well-known racing sloop Flosshilde
says that one afternoon, while lying
about three-quarters of mile of
New Rochelle harbor, near the Re
liance's old mooring place, he noticed
several good-sized sharks swimming
lazily about the boat. .-.
Half al hour afterward three
brawny fellows, tanned by the sun
until they had the appearance OF
Africans, swan out toward the sloop
Wnen they got within hearing dis
tance the doctor shouted to them to
look out for the sharks that had been
around there just short time before
This warning didn't seem to disturb
the swimmers in the least, for one OF
them half raised himself out of the
water, and in the most impudent way
said: ~>-J /5-E.-.- ~ = a.= .-':
"Say, young feller, if any of them
sharks come near us, 5we'll bite ''em'
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
Through Ohio in 1890

got tight again. We breakfasted at
Webbs mill, good house and clever
folks. Had coffee, meat, etc., and paid
sixpence each. Lodged at Wickware's.
who says he is a Yankee, but is q
very disagreeable man for any coun-
try; rough and ugly and he is very
dear. I paid shilling apiece for the
doctors and my supper, upon some
tea made of mountain birch, perhaps
black BIRCH, stewed pumpkin and
sodden meat. Appetite supplies all
deficiencies.
March 16-1t took till dark to get
to Davis. We got some bread and
milk for supper and drank quart OF
cider. Mr.. Davis was originally from
Connecticut. His cider in a brown
mug seemed like home.
March 26-A very dull prospect to-
day. It rained hard in the night and
continues to rain this morning. We
stay indoors and murder time. The
doctor goes out and buys some cakes
and we get a ha1f-pint Of whisky,
which makes us a little less sad
The Appeal., 1904-09-10

A queer old fellow is Solomon Oaks;
He belongs to the good-natured order
of folks;
He sings and he whistles about the
work
That nobody ever has known him to
silirk,
And he makes you think, with his blithe
good cheer,
OF the merry blackbirds when spring is
here.
II they come to him with doleful tale
Of neighbor's faults, they always fail
To rouse attention to what they tell.
At such a time he can't hear very well:
But if they praise up a neighbor-then
He can hear as well as the best of men.
He always indorses the good things said
BY his friends of the living as well as
the dead
If he's asked what he thinks of man
gone wrong,
He'll pause, perhaps. in his cheerful
And s:' say: "1m sorry. but there must be
Some good to his credit, it seems to me-"
II haven't time to keep track says he,
"Nf the sad things and bad things that
I might see
If was to look for them; so I try
To shut my eyes as I pass them by,
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
A Pledge of >Constancy

Sweet, as the swallow finds it's nest and
the robin finds a song,
AS the worn child turns to it's mother .
breast when the way is drear and
long,
AS the eyes of age feast hungrily on
youth that is spent and sped;
AS Life shall drift like1a river on to the
Ocean of the Dead;
AS season shall follow season, and the
swing of the stars be true,
So the love in my heart shall falter not,
but always follow you.
Sweet. as the hope of Heaven springs.
unsown, in the souls of men; x
AS the seed shall burst with the germ OF
life and the grain grow ripe agai in;
AS the tide shall rise on the beaten
beach in the sweep of the restless
sea;
AS the hungering heart shall find its own
and the prisoned soul be free;
AS Heaven shall ope at the word OF
God and the promises be true,
So the love in my heart shall falter not
but always follow you.
j. W. Foley in New York Times.
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MIXED the Speeches Up

Crown" and the indignant Freder-
icksville parson added an emphatic
expression of his conviction that such
conduct "manifestly tends to draw the
people of these plantations from their
allegiance to the King" There was
talk for while Of prosecuting Henry,
but nothing came: of it.
Two years later, in 1865 and in the
ouse of burgesses at Williamsburg,
he made his speech on the stamp act
the IF this be treason, make the most
OF it," speech. August II, that year,
Pew. William Robinson, commissary
for Virginia, reported to the Bishop
OF London: HE blazed out in VIC
lent speech against the authority OF
parliament and the king, comparing
his majesty to Tarquin, a Caesar
and Charles the First, and not spar
ing insinuations that he wished an
other Cromwell would arise"
The St. Johns church speech
lMarch, ,1775l- was. the Give me lib:
erty or give me DEATH" speech.
The Appeal., 1904-09-10

Very quaint is a description of a
journey made over American frontier
roads by Thomas Walcutt in 1890.
Walcutt had been a hospital steward
during the revolution and had received
in part payment for his services one
share in the Ohio company. The re-
turn trip from what is now the Euck-
eye state was made in March and, in
addition to foods and bad roads, some
OF the food and entertainment along
she way proved unusual. weather
raw and moist" reads one OF the en-
tries in the account. "To-day we
crossed several of the large creeks
and waters which. fall into the Ohio.
We had so much trouble in getting
carried over these streams that at
last we forded them on foot. Two OF
the streams we crossed as many as
twenty times. We walked this day
about fifteen miles. 8, ~ %
Friday, March 1--we started be-
fore sunrise and got a little OF our
road into Aorgantown road, but soon
The Appeal., 1904-09-10

youse out n: Chicago, the -: ~
youse tawkin' to 'eec..o!-~.ate the next
President, nah wife give me fine
bshby boy. l named him William Nc
Kinley Roosevelt Black Mace"
Just the shadow 9of a smile lurked
On the ex-governor's face as he dove
his long, slender hand into his pocket
and drew out comfortable roll Of a
yel!ow-greenish hue. Selecting a crisp
fve-dollar note, he9handed it to the
grinning darky, and, leaning over, in
his brusk, imperative way, said: "Wil-
liam, scratch the Black New York
Times. #
The Appeal., 1904-09-10

Shortly after the present war had
begun a number of dignitaries and.
officials gathered round Gen. Kuropat-
kin one day and asked him how things
we're going on. With malicious twin
kIe in his eye the war minister re-
Piled: Like yourselves, l know only
what is published. The war is Alex
ieff's business, not mine." When three
ministers implored the czar to- evacu-
ate Manchuria and safeguard the peace
of the world. he answered: "1 shall
keep the peace and my own counsel as
we'll" To one Of the grand dukes who,
on the day before the rupture with
Japan, vaguely limited at the possibil-
1ty Of war, the emperor said: L leave
that to me: Japan will never fight
Ny reign will be an era OF peace to
the end ss$ss.77 ss#
The following comments zee made
on the cars conduct OF public bust
The Appeal., 1904-09-10

Birmingham, England, has mint
which, in addition to turning out mil
lions of English coins, does more in
the way of supplying foreign govern
ments with coin than any other
money-making establishment in the
world.
A few days ago it shipped the first
installment of a huge Egyptian order
for 100000 plasters. The consign-
ment weighed five tons, was con-
veyed in sixty cases, and valued at
$15,0O0,000. For we'll over century
Birmingham has taken the lead in
this literal kind of money-making. AS
far back as 1897 one firm coined un-
der contract for the British govern
ment 1000 tons of copper coin, val
ued at about $4,000,o00. Among the
countries and governments which
have gone time after time to Birming-
ham for their money are India, Tunis,
Canada, Turkey, China, Hongkong,
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
ST. AyD MINNEAPOLIS MNN. SEPTEMBER To- 1904

Here are some striking statistics
showing the progress Of the United
States during the forty years from
1863 to 1903:
From $174,000,000 to $673,000,000 in
agricultural products exported.
From $41 100000 to $407,000,000 in
manufactures exported.
From $6,000,0O0 to $39,000,000 in
mining products exported.
From $9,O00,O0O to $58,000,000 in
forest products exported. -
80 From 33,00O,000 to 100000 popula-
ton.
From s17,oOO,0eO, 900 to 100000, ,oo0,-
200 total national wealth.
From 100000 to 100000 farms.
From s8,500,000,000 to $22,000,O00,-
900 total value of farm property.
From s1,500,00o,000 to $4,000, 100000
annual value of farm products.
From 100000 to 250,OO0,000 tons
OF coal produced annually.
From few thousand to over 10,-
100000 tons Of steel produced.
From 23,O00,000 to 2,900,000,000 gal
Ions OF petroleum produced.
From less than 100000 to over H.
100000 tons of pig iron produced.
From $500 to 275, 900 tons of copper
produced.
From less than $20O,000,000 to near
~ $1,100,000,000 total worth of min,
erals produced.
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Where Money Is Made
Haiti, Sarawak, Tuscany, Venezuela

Haiti, Sarawak, Tuscany, Venezuela
and Chile.
In some instances, notably in that
of China, the coins were not made in
Birmingham. AS matter of fact, no
Chinese coin has, so far as is known,
ever been made outside the Celestia:
empire. The pride and prejudice OF
the Chinese have to be humored, so
the firm sent out a complete plant
with men to operate it, and the coins
were struck in China. No fewer than
eight separate plants have been sent
out to China in this way.
For the new kingdom of Italy the
same thing was done in 1852, 1000
tons of BLANKS" being shipped to
furnish the raw material. Again, in
Marseilles, when the re-establishment
of the empire under Napoleon Ill.
rendered necessary new copper coin
age, 75O~ tons of metal were in this
way turned into money on French
soil
The Appeal., 1904-09-10

The Richmond News-Leader IN
forms the Springfield Republican that
Patrick Henrys famous argument IN
the so-called parsons cause, which so
shocked Rev. James Maury's counsel,
Peter Lyons, that he cried out, THE
gentleman has spoken treason and l
am astonished that your worships can
Eear it without emotion or any mark
OF dissatisfaction" was not made in
St. Johns church, Richmond, in ITS,
but in Hanover Court House in 1853.
Henry won his cause, and when the
court adjourned the delighted people
carried him around the court yarl on
their shoulders. Parson Maury shared
Lawyer Lyons's opinion that treason
had been spoken to the jurors. He
wrote not long afterward to Rev. John
Camm that it was plain Patrick Henry
thought "the ready road to popularity
here is to trample under foot the in
terests of religion, the rights. S.. Of II the
Church and the prerogative OF the
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
Weakness of the Gar

ness by a high Russian official: He
is ever struggling with phaatoms,
fighting with windmills, conversing
with saints or consulting the spirits
of the dead. But of the means at hand
for helping his people or letting them
help themselves he never avails him
self. Books he has long ago ceased
to read, apd sound advice he is in
capable Of listening to. His ministers
he receives with great formally and
dismisses with naughty cccdescen-
sion. They are often kept in the
dark about matters which it behooves
them to know thoroughly and early.
In his study he is generally busy
signing replies to addresses OF loyalty,
or writing comments on the various
reports presented by ministers, goy-
ernors and other officials. He is en-
couraged by his co1rtiers to believe
that all these replies and comments
are pE;celess Chicago News.
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
WERE TWINS, OF COURSE.
Little Girl Could See Nothing Else III
Uniformed Pair.

Little Girl Could See Nothing Else in
Uniformed Pair.
Sallie is four years old and an OBJ
servant young person The other Day
she was in the street car with her
mother. Presently two Sisters OF
Mercy boarded the same car.
Sallie watched them closely 1or a
while without speaking. Then she
turned to her mother. II.
Mother" she gasped, '1ook at the
funny hats those ladies have on. Wnat
for do they wear them, mother?'
"Hush,' said her mother, those are
Sisters, and they'll hear you
Again Sallie lapsed into an atten-
tive silence. But it was soon broken.
.But, mother, only one OF those
twins has got string OF pretty breads
around her waist:
; They're not twins, dearie, what
makes you think of that?' asked her
mother. IL. la <Ls.%
Sallie's eyes grew round with as
constituent. ..Why, didn't you say they
was sisters?" she asked incredulous-
ly, aand don't sisters always dress
exactly alike. ev'y bit, when they is
twins? Ia course they is twins,
mother, in course.
The Appeal., 1904-09-10

ship quivered as one of the great guns
went off, and through the acre of
smoke something went hurtling to
splash heavily in the water five hun
dred feet or so away.
THAT shell must have tumbled;'" Z"
said one of the inspection board, 'but
,swash my turret if ever saw -"
y Just then geyser leaped in air a
few yards from the target and down
the wind came the distant boom of the
far-fung shell.
The group looked blankly at the
spot where the supposed shell h: =.
splashed into the water and ther at
Evans.
"Chad"ric','s anchor" he said quiet
Which not onl, illustrates senten-
tious speech, but tAe power of 13-inch
rifles to kick" anchors a long dis
tance. when these are lashed where
they can be affected by the blast.
The Appeal., 1904-09-10

Sweet as the homins pigeon wings Its
wide, unerring way,
AS the dawn streaks the East at morn
ing and the twilight follows day.
AS the breath in the stag's red nostrlis
speaks Of the wood-sequestered pool,
Where the fearful huntsmans chase be
done, by the water clear and cool:
Sweet. as the trembling needle knows
the north, and the craft cruise true
So the love in my heart shall 1alter not'
bat always follow you.
See ye the birds! They know the Spring.
and up from the Southland fly;
Soc We the grass grow green again; not
faithful more than I!
The CULVER Of sap in the trees ss1n1sra bare nmos
Of Love upstirred: as the tho4ght OF
thee the sap Of my passion. stirs: rs -.
And the blush Of the rose at tne KISS KISS Oh
spring shall follow not more true
Than the blush of my love that falters
not, but always follows you.
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
QUESTION OF The CRAB.

Bishop Gambler of Georgia is known
as one of the best story tellers in the
South. At a recent dinner given in
his honor he told this one on him"
self:
81 shall never forget my embarrass-
ment when first introduced to hard
shell crab. I came down from the
mountains of Georgia to visit some
young friends in Richmond. 1t was
crab season and l was invited to a
crab supper.
Il had never seen boiled crab
served before and had not the slight
est idea how to go at it. Finally l
was forced to confess my ignorance
on the subject and said:
"If this delicacy before me was
gopher or a 'possum I would know
what to do with it, 50 if some one will
be kind enough to tell me where to
bite in I will tackle it, -
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
To Avoid Sunstroke.

s. A wise person writes that few
hints as to how to avoid sunstroke
nay not be amiss at this season eve=
though we may have passed the trop
lea; point. -ss
Ones object must be to protect the
central nervous system from the solar
rays. Now, a hat protects the brain
but many fatal case Of sunstroke has
resulted from the fact that the spina
cord is almost as vulnerable. The
back Of the neck should be protected
IN India a. double layer Of cloth i.
often inserted along the middle line
of the jacket behind. Young women
who button their shirtTaists at the
back, take notice. a double row o1
the buttons may prevent sunstr,ka e
Boston Herald s3s .5.s
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prom;.e 81 Bio Chestnut Crop.

: ! + / Z
Il s Next fall will see the biggest
chestnut crop ever made" said H. ].
McGufin, who travels over the coun-
try inspecting the chestnut trees. He
is q hat drummer, but chestnuts are
his favorite Of all the nuts which
grow in the forest.
"My home is in New York state, and
I have travelled over it IN 9 buggy
during the past three weeks. The
chestnut trees are loaded with burrs,
and. / never saw such a fine chance
for magnificent yield Of nuts. ! !
an foolishly fond Of chestnuts, and
have been ever since my boyhood.
Every year buy large quantity, and
toward the end OF the winter it IS 3
race between me and the worms to
sac which will get the last one OF the
lot 81 ouisvillc Courier Journal.
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bers announced that a sum of money
vas still left in the treasury and sug.
gested that they use it to buy chan
delier.
But at this juncture one of the old
Inhabitants slowly arose and cleared
his throat:
I'll vote dead agin any such fool
rlan to squander money! he an
nounced firmly. For what's the use
of buying one Of them dern things
when it's likely there isn't any one in
the hull company that knows how to
play it?'"-New York Times.
The Appeal., 1904-09-10
Thorn Tree as Lawn Ornaments.

Thorn Tree as Lawn Ornaments.
More than thirty years ago an emf
nent botanist called attention to the
beauty of our native thorn trees and
their suitability for hedges and for
lawn ornaments.
Their hardness, graceful shapes,
thick foliage, and brilliant fruit clus-
ters all recommend them, while their
ability to flourish under a severe
pruning is an added virtue in the eyes
CT those who desire formal shapes.
Yet up to the present time, our thorn
trees remain the ornaments, not OF
private grounds, but of waysides and
pastures; while the only pruners to
exercise their skill upon them are the
cattle, which eagerly browse upon the
young shoots. Many a pasture con-
tains shrubs fitted to grace a public
park and worthy of considerable pill
srimage on the part of lovers OF the
beautiful.--Country Life in America.
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the might before
Easter. The chap
lain hadn't a can
die to read service
by, and an oblig-
ing private hunted
one up for him.
Then the private
started for his tent
but the chaplain
halted him, asking
if he wouldn't turn
in and help with
%h1 1;r r~;r~ Nf,,cin
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a four-year-old girl
settled my mind
on that point. I
was walking with
her, listening to
her childish pratt
tie, when we pass
ed a tightly closed
and locked church.
!. " I s'pose God
= has a key to let
Himself in,' she
remarked, looking
thoughtfully at the
barred door, but
the people have to
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YOUNGSTER WAS HONEST.

At a children's party at Buckiag-
ham palace the other day little Incl
dent occurred which furnished Queen
Alexandra, who is very fond OF chill
dren, with considerable amusement.
One of the small people present, a
three-year-old son of Lady Lurgan's,
has a passion for soldiers and was
showing his appreciation of the scar
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Sue, payable to-day" 49,. -#a,
pay Il, and produced his check book.
Hold on" cried Sue, there is one
condition. l understand that you have
the smartest carriage and pair In
Paris. stipulate that you shall send
them every day to my house to brins.
me my proofs and fetch my copy.
Though the request was rather an
odd one the editor agreed to it, and,
as the work which he thus obtained
was The Wandering Jew, he prob
~ -,esrted Of his bargain.
lie -. g. .s be was ----::g tg
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Popularity Of English Billiards.

80 PopUIdfity OF EH8'oH s5s1s'..s
John Roberts, q noted London bill
lard player, now in this country. haV.
ing nearly circled the globe, says that
in India and China particularly the
English game il played. In Java he
found the American, or French, game
mostly in vogue. English tables are
different from the American and the
game diners from that played here,
being. he says, mere scientific fnan
three-ball billiards.
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made up OF both
young and old in.
habitants. At one
of the meeting gs
of ) the company
Mr.. Hambridge
was an interested
spectator, a n d
tells the follow
ing:
wv b en- tn e
meeting W a s
about over one OF
the Younger mem.
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Aufhor Made His own Terms.

Author Made His Own Terms.
In Partisan literary circles they are
telling new story about Eugene Sue
and the queer way in which he used
to bargain over his serial rights. His
Mysteries Of Paris" had just aD-
peared and Sue was the man Of the
moment. To him went the editor OF
the Constitutional, then one OF the
leading French papers, for the pur:-
pose Of securing the rights as serial
Of whatever new work he had In
hand.
s..i shall want $eO. O.0co FOR il, II Iep..ieds
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let coated ullIlldl J
bandsmen W h O
were playing in
the garden by pick
ing daisies and
presenting them.
Pres e n t ~ the
queen chanced to
pass by and gra-
ciously asked the
small boy to give
her a daisy. The
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GAVE PASTOR HINT.

The Rev. Dr. We S. Rainsford of
st. Georges is fond of telling of the
lessons he learns from the little men,
bers of his flock.
Il was not always so keen for open
churches" he confessed recently, "but
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was not this private's strong point,
but he had a lot of respect for the
chaplain, so he halted, took station
close to the minister's elbow, and,
converting himself into candlestick,
said:
"See here, chaplain, I can't sing,
but I can hold the candle. Go ahead
with the ..serYices---I can help that
much."-New York Times.