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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
ST. Paul AND MINNEAPOLIS MINI. SATURDAY 1904
TOO BUSY TO MAKE NOISE.
kindergarten Scholar Was Engaged
in Pretty Hard Task.

kindergarten Scholar Was Engaged
in Pretty Hard Task.
According to the Kansas City Star,
kindergarten teacher of that CITY
was incapacitated from work one day
recently by somewhat startling in
cident. -: I. ~. 49,. .-..
The subject of the lecture and OBJ
ject lesson was animals, birds and
then more animals.
sNow, children" said the teacher,
IT want each Of you to think OF some
animal or bird and try for moment
to be like the particular one you are
thinking about, and make the same
kind of noises they are in the habit OF
making"
Here was the command. Here the
finale:
Instantly the schoolroom became
tnenagerie. Lions roaring, dogs Dark
ing, birds singing and twittering, COWS
lowing, calves bleating, cats meow
ing, etc., all in an uproar and excite
ment-all, with one single exception
Off in remote corner little fellow
was sitting perfectly still, apparently
Indifferent and unmindful of all the
rest. The teacher observing him, ap
preached and said:
"Waldo, why are you not taking
part with the other children?'
Waving her off with a deprecatine
hand and wide, rebuking eyes, he fer
vently whispered:
"Sh-sh-sh, teacher! I'm ooster
and I'm a-layin' aig!"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
WHAT CHINESE NAMES MEAN.
GeoqraphicaI Prefixes and Suttlxe
All Have Significance.

GeooraphicaI Prefixes and Suffixes
All Have a Significance.
A few definitions of Chinese geo
graphical prefxes and suffxes may be
of service in calculating the nomen
clature of current war news. First
prefixes: Ia, as in Taku, means great
and siao, as in Siao-Ping-Thou, means
small. Pei or pc, nan, tung and 81
are respectively north, south, east and
west. Thus the Pei-Ho is the North
River, etc. Shang and hal are upper
and lower. Pal, hei and whang are
white, black and yellow. Suffixes are
more numerous and familiar. kiang
no tchuan, ula, muren and tchu each
and all mean river. Thus Yalu Kiang
AMI Lao Ho are simply Yalu River
and Lao River. Shut, kou, thsuan,
XIII, gol and ussu are unfamiliar terms,
meaning a brook or small river. HUI,
nor and ONO mean lake, as in the we'll
known Lob Nor and Kosso Col. Pc,
tse and tien mean a small lake or
swamp, or town situated near such
.a-plaee.s Hal meansssea;; thus Whang-
Hal is the Yellow Sea, Tung-Hai is
the Eastern Sea and Nan-Hai is the
Southern Sea. Tao and sometime shan
means island, but shan more often
means a mountain range. Ling is a
pass over a mountain range.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
where THE JAP IDLES.
Public Tea House Is His Club-Enter-
tainment There.

Public Tea House Is His CIub-Enter-
tainment There.
The public tea house is the Jap's
saloon, club, restaurant, cafe hotel
and theater all in one, says the Pitts
burg Dispatch. He goes there to eat,
drink, to find companionship and en-
tertainment. Tea is served in wee
cups that hold scarcely more than a
thimbleful of liquid. If he desires en-
tertainment he orders geisha girl
with his tea or sake" and she chats
with him, sings to him, dances for him
or plays cards with him at the table
between cups.
While these geisha girls are slaves,
they are not always social 0utcasts.
They are trained to be witty and vi
vacious.
But the foreigner should beware of
making presents to any Japanese girl
unless he is bent upon matrimony. To
present her with. any sort of "a gift,
even though it be only posy, will be
regarded as proposal of marriage,
and to accept the present, though not
a word of love or matrimOny be
passed, lis sign that she accepts you.
Gallant Americans have found them
selves in serious trouble and have
found it necessary to leave the coun-
try lat night to escape binding en-
gagement which they thoughtlessly in
CURED by giving maiden some trif1e.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
ABOUT THE "oLD PATRAAcKs."
Good Minister Who Got Somewhat
Out of His Depth. 49, :

Good Minister Who Got Somewhat
Out Of His Depth. H..
Failure of a page to do something
which Senator Cullom of Illinois had
requested caused that gentleman tc
relate the following story regarding 8.
good minister who lived near Moline,
his state: r. VT
when hear anyone say II forgot
am always reminded of how a
preacher got that word tangled up.
He was not very we'll read man and
went into his sermons in. a helter-
SHELTER fashion. On this particular
Sabbath morning the minister select
ed as his text from the first chapter
Of Matthew, second verse, and read
out: .
-..-. "'.sAbraham forget Isaac, and Isaac
forgot Jacob, and Jacob forgot Judas
and his brethren
Right from the jump the expound-
er Of the Scriptures seemed to get in
deep water, not only in his reading
of the verse, but when he made his
attempt to analyze and draw his con-
clHsions he said:
~*My friends, this passage of scrip
ture is put in this book to teach us
the shortness Of human memory; the
old and the young forget in this day
and generation, and it does appear to
me that them old patraacks were
powerful forgitful.'
II forget, myself, sometimes" added
the senator, land I cannot conscien-
tiously find very great fault with 9th
ers who do the same, always remem-
bering the words of the good old min
lister, them old patraacks were power
full forgitful.' Washington Times.
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The Faded Tin Type.

Beneath the weight of many years his
aged back was bent,
But from his gentle big blue eyes there
shone light that lent
A radiance to his old face, and as a seat
he took
He glanced about him with a smile-then
sought his pocl1etbook.
And every one who gaZed his way
Wished that his carfare they might pay
For that one CHEEKY look.
His clothes, though old and worn, were
clean and patched with loving care,
His trembling hands in home made
gloves; the Well-combed fringe of
hair
Beneath his almost furless cap-a1l told
of some one who
Loved this old man as much as when
life's partnership was new.
A moment more and he unWound
The string with which his purse was
And brought his wealth to view
and next a dime
And then he stopped-fn happy thoughts
he seemed lost for a time;
A faded tintype. that was ala sweet
Il old Woman's face, .~s .
And yet he kissed it softly ere he put it
back in place. '..s.. .-
And then we knew what made his life
So happy-just a faithful wife
Gave his old age it's grace. -
. - H.. Cincinnati Times-Star.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
AN OCEAN MONSTER
STRANGE CREATURE NATURAL
+. ENEMY or THE WHALE.
Writer in Forest and Stream Tells Of
Vindictive Attacks Made on Com
paratively Helpless Sea Giants of
the Coastto Alaska.

While operating fishery in Admir-
atty Island, Alaska, last summer my
attention and the attention OF. the
fishing crew was almost daily attract
ed to large marine creature that
would appear in the main channel OF
Seymour canal and our immediate
vicinity. There are large numbers OF
whales of the species rorqual there,
and the monster seemed to be their
natural enemy. The whales generally
travel in schools, and while at the
surface to blow one would be singled
out and attacked by the fish; and a
battle was soon in order.
1t is the nature of the rorqual to
make three blows at intervals of from
two to three minutes each, and then
sound deep and stay beneath the sur
face for thirty or forty minutes. AS
whale would come to the surface
there would appear always at the
whales right side and just about
where his head would connect with
the body a great tail or fin, Judged
by five fishermen and number of In
dams after seeing it about fifteen
times at various distances,'' to be
about twenty-four feet long, two and
one~half feet wide at the end, and
tapering down to the water, where it
seemed to be about eighteen inches in
diameter, looking very much like the
blade of the fan Of an old-fashioned
Dutch windmill.
The great club was used on the
back of the unfortunate whale in such
a manner that it was a wonder to me
that every whale attacked was not in
stantly killed. Its operator seems to
have perfect control Of it's movements,
and would bend it back till the end
would touch the water, forming a
horseshoe loop, then with sweep it
would be Strengthened and brought
over and down on the back of the
whale with whaclk that could be
heard for several miles. If the whale
was fortunate enough to submerge
itself before the blows came, the
spray would fly for a distance of a
hundred feet from the effect Of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
John w. Gates Answer.

Recently, when all Wall street was
on the qui vive over the reported set
Element Of the Pennsylvania Gould
warfare, reporter approached Johr
W. Gates with the question whethe,
he believed a settlement was likely.
"All can say replied the Western
leader, sis to tell you story which
accurately describes how feel about
it. When was in Saratoga, two years
ago, / heard of an Englishs chap who
went driving one morning in an oper
carriage. He had on, his light white
togs and looked very swell. When ht
got out in the country several miles
it started to rain. The Englishmar
did not know whether to go on or turn
back. He saw countryman ploddint
along in the distance, SO he drove vi
to him.
g Now, my man said the Britisher
scan you tell me il it is likely to stol
raining?' Tho countryman paused /;
moment, SURF Keyed the outfit in silence
and replied:
!" eWa-al, it always has.
Now = said Mr.. Gates, that Is wkk
I'll say to you"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
Iipton's Ga1Iantry.

That Sir Thomas Upton is much Of
a Chesterfield needs no confirmation,
though this story, which is added tes'
timony, shows that he happily turned
a well-worn joke and gave comfort in
defeat. Among his guests on the
Erin one day before the races were
sailed was fetching miss of seven.
teen who wished him a sweeping sue.
cess. ~,
I'm confident I've the better boat"
said he. "And yet one should not al
ways be too sure" .. =. i
''Yes," she assented coyly. There's.
many a slip between the cup and the
Lip" ,.. ~ :
IT would be amply compensated for
defeat" he replied, with a bow, iii
the slip we're slip of girl like YOU"
New York Herald. - ..cr
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
Keene's Keen Sarcasm.


i James r. Keene is a man of few
words, but can be courteous as cav
alier or as acridly sarcastic as the
late Mr.. Whistler. It is told that the
financier was cornered in his Office
one day by woman with a social
economy hobby who talked away
much of his valuable time, aggrayat-
ing her offense by punctuating her
remarks with "And I know you're a
very busy man." During a half hour
Mr.. Keene had not a single chance to
get in word, so voluble was his WIS.,
itor. But in telling of a surprise she
had experienced she said: '',.' r.
"'Why, Mr.. Keene, my heart was in
my mouth. I couldn't speak,
"Marve'lous!" exclaimed the big
operator, rising. 81 regret it was not
my pleasure to have met you then. "
He bowed her out .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
TIE FOE4Z Cl7E1R4 HDgE5E M.RERZAN
Enaz ne EZz7n7EdN E1lzz0N or A1vY fnAkkU7dzD.
lad a horse on the ranch good enough

had horse on the ranch good eno1gt
for him. \
'*The boys assured him that they
had one of the finest horses on the
plains, and, if he knew how to ride, he
was welcome to use the animal. He
was apparently insulted when ques
toned about his ability to ride, and
retorted that he could ride any kind Of
a horse. A sleepy looking bronco &C
cordingly was brought out Of the cor
raj and saddled. Though the beast
appeared half dead he was the worst
bucker in the herd.
'E's lifeless,' said the Briton
when the pony was brought to him.
''The: boys assured him the nag
would wake up after the first mile
and the Englishman swung into the
saddle. The first buck-jump placed
him on the horses neck, and after
the second he was in the atmosphere
He turned double somersault and
landed on an ant hill. When he picked
himself up one of the boys asked
what he thought of that sleepy thor
oughbred. The question made the
Englishman turn pale. , .~ =
"''E's good .'oss,' he answered
but he lopes too bloomin' Ugh"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
Why kuropatkin is Loved.

Gen. Kuropatkin's hold over men is
due to his reputation for absolute fear
1essness. Five years ago he received
the information that the great powder
magazine at st. Petersburg and that
at 'Toulon, France, were to be blown
up within twenty-four hours. The
general was in bed when he heard the
news, but he at once got up and
started for st. Petersburg without los
ing a moment. He summoned all the
staff of the magazine and went on q
round of inspection. He found every
thing in order, and as a proof of his
satisfaction ordered every one in the
magazine to take three days holiday
and to leave at once. He then col
lected new garrison and new staff
and set ring of sentries all round
the magazine. The consequence was
that nothing happened to st. Peters
burg magazine, but that at Toulon
was blown up the next day.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
MAKING GOOD ROADS
DEMAND FOR HIGHWAY I'M
PROVEMENT SPREADING.
People of the South Particularly I'm.
pressed With the Necessity for
Change in This Respectfully Far
= mers Should Be Interested In the
Subject.

The people of the South appear to
be greatly aroused on the question OF
highway improvement. The roads OF
the South are, on the whole, sworse than
those of any other section. There are
several reasons for this, among which
may be mentioned unfavOrable Gil
matte conditions and scarcity of road
building matrials. To these may be
added the fact that the South has
hardly as yet fully recovered from the
devastating effects of the civil war,
and the population and wealth per
capita are less in proportion to the
mileage of roads than in most North
ern states.
But the public-spirited citizens OF
the South are enthusiastic advocates
of better roads Notwithstanding these
obstacles. In many counties of North
Carolina, Tennessee and Texas, bonds
have been issued and many miles of
first-class roads constructed.
If there is anything worse than a
clay road it is one of sand. But ap-
parently by accident it was discovered
a few years ago that sand and clay
thoroughly mixed in proper proportion
make an excellent road. AS a result
Of this discovery a large mileage of
sand-clay roads has been constructed
in other states. Two advantages of
this kind of road are cheapness Of con-
struction and abundance of material.
In many coast counties in the South
shells are used for making roads, and
they prove an excellent substitute for
and Louisiana may be found some
stretches of shell road that are as fine
as any in the country.
1t is a matter of surprise to some
that the sentiment for national aid to
road improvement should be SO strong
in the South. The strength of that
sentiment is shown by the fact that
the pioneer advocates of that plan in
both Houses of Congress are from the
Representative Brownlow of
Tennessee and Senator Latimer of
South Carolina. The Legislature of
Tennessee was the first to memorial
ize Congress to- make an appropriation
for road The fact is
that the South has been aroused by
stern necessity. The farmers of the
South want the help of the govern
ment in improving their roads because
they need it badly, and because, like
farmers in all sections, they think
they are entitled to a larger share in
the direct benefits of government ap-
preparations than they have hereto
fore received.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
THE SONGLESS POET
WEAK SOUL THAT FALTERED IN
ITS MISSION.
81 Must Feed MY Soul on the Songs
of the Past, Ere Dare to Sing Ny
Own''-Lesson for All Who Would
Evade Their Duty.

''The world grows DID," said the Angel
And faints in it's despair; =
Il win cheer it's age with the spirit OF
viii send poet there.
Il will smite it's gloom with the Joy OF
song
And make it glad again" -.
Then babe was born In poor mans
And a poet had come to men.
And he wandered away from his mothers
And played in his fathers field;
And the Angel Of souls he waited long
10 see his soul revealed.
And there came day when the careless
youth
Heard the Voice of wondrous tone.
the world
And spoke to his heart alone.
Then the Angel of souls bent toward the
And listened and listened again
With hungry ear for the wise, strong
OF the songs of the poet of men.
But the poet he said, Il am foolish and
My words are weak and few; 81
[ will learn the songs of the wise old
bards
W..
But the Voice within cried, "speak to
The words I give to say;
voice -
But the poet answered, May"
II will IL Learn a n he said, "of the bards OF
Who trod the young earth's sod
When the earth was nearer the heaven
than now
And the prophets talked with God"
Think not said the Voice, that tho
The souls of the bards of yore
Now leaves the world to his underlings
And visits his earth no more"
But my words are weak the poet said
Il dare not speak alone;
1 must feed my soul on the songs of the
past
Ere dare to sing my own.
I will learn of the mighty bards of tho
OF the ages far and dim
And the awful tones of the Voice within,
Spake never again to him.
But he filled his soul with the bards OF
They thrilled him DER and Ger;
For poet came no more.
He died: and the song that was I'm him
died,
Unreached his starry goals,
And his soul that had failed Of its .mishty
work res- -, "~~~A-> >"-.r''s@'a -
Went up to the Angel of souls.
And the soul stood naked before that gaze
or fierce consuming ire;
And the scorn in the look of the Angel
Of souls
Burned into it's depths like fire.
Fer bard shall sing as God made thee
to sing,
The earth in grief and tears
Must bide its time," said the Angel Of
souls,
And wait for a Thousand years."
Sam Walter Foss.
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strike, making a report as loud as

strike, making a report as loud as a
yachts signal gun.
What seemed most remarkable to me
was that no matter which way the at
tackled whale went, or how fast (the
usual speed is about fourteen knots),
that great club would follow right
along by it's side and deliver those tre-
mendous blows at intervals of about
four or five seconds. + would always
get in from three to five blows at
each of the three times the whale
would come to the surface to blow.
The whale would generally rid itself
Of the enemy when it took it's deep
sound, especially if the water was
forty fathoms or more deep. During
the day the attack. was always off
shore, but at night the whale would
be attacked in the bay and within 400
yards of the fishery. 's@ - r.
: do not know Of any whales being
killed, but there we're Several that had
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
love are in great part the art of bear
ing with other peoples shortcomings.

love are in great part the art of bear
ing with other peoples shortcomings.
Every offender, whatever the Of
Tense, is in the eyes of the law entitled
to a fair trial, and no one should be
condemned unheard. The exercise OF
a modicum of common sense and JUS
tice would nip most quarrels, whether
between lovers or others, in the bud.
Someone has wisely said that scarce
ly a novel was ever, written which
could have run to the end if the hero
and heroine had been fully frank with
one another. Most discussions are
founded upon misunderstanding.
Much may be forgiven to those who
love much by those who return such
affection. Nor is it sufficient to for
give without forgetting the offense.
The slate should be wiped clean, and
the transgression be as though it had
never been. 70 ia. s>ers,G
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
Intelligence and Brain Weight.

The intelligence of man is stated
to be in direct proportion to the
weight of his brain. M. Mathiega, an
anthropologist Of Prague, has been
conducting experiments into the mat
ter. Having first ascertained that the
male brain weighs on an average 1,400
grammes and the female brain 1000
grammes. between the ages of twenty
and sixty, he has gathered the follow
ing statistics, based on the study OF
the brains of 235 persons, differing
widely in their occupation and intel
lectual culture. The weights of the
brains of the different people are cal
culated in gramnles. Day laborers,
1,4OO; workmen and unskilled labor
ers, 1,433; porters, guardians and
watchers, 1,436; mechanics, 1,450;l
business men, 1,466; physicians and
professors, 1,500.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
Sword for. Brave Missourian.

Lieut.. Arthur L. Willard of the
navy is to be given fine sword when
he visits his home in Kirksville, Mo-,
next summer. The sword will be given
him for gallant service rendered dur.
ing the Spanish-American war. It
cost 5000 and was paid for by the
state. On the scabbard is engraved:
Presented to Lieut.. Arthur Lee vii.
lard, U. S. Navy, by the state Of Mis-.
souri,, in recognition of his bravery
in planting the first American flag on
Cuban soil at Diana, Cardenas bay,
May II, 1893"
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Mr.. Kioke, in room in the Bank Of
England. Sir Halliday Mccartney ex-
planned that instead Of paying further
annual instalments Of the war indem-
nifty the Chinese government was pre-
pared to make a single payment Of
the outstanding balance, and he took
from his pocket check for the en-
tire amount Ell, O08, s57 16s. 3d.,
which he handed across the table to
the Japaness representatives
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
a New Riley story.

Here is new and true James Whit
comb Riley story: s 81
Mr.. Riley, at dinner in Indianapo.
lis, told an anecdote in which he
sdwelt upon how scared ia certain per-
son was. Looking directly at the man
who sat opposite him, he said:
Why, he turned as white as your
shirt. z Il &. 55.s iS
Then, bending forward with . very
intent gaze, he added
Whiter. = s53
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great holes and sores on their backs.
Questioning the Indians about it, I
was told that there was only one, that
it had been there for many years, and
that it once attacked an Indian canoe
and with one strokes of the great club
smashed the canoe into splinters, kill
ing and drowning several Of it's occu-
pants.-Forest and Stream. -.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
HAVE NO BASIS FOR TITLES.
High-Sounding Names Of British Peers
Without Significance.

G1ISI'0OuUOutA NdIuVo " oSIkIou TSCJo
Without Significance.
Curious as it is that the Duke of
Devonshire should derive his title
from a county with which neither he
nor his ancestors have ever had the
remotest connection, he is far from
singular in this respect among his
brother peers. Taking the dukes of
England alone, it is sufficient to say
that Manchester, Richmond, Newcas-
tie, Marlborough and Fife have no
connection at all, either territorial or
residential, with the place titularly
associated with them. More singular
still, there are Scottish peers, even
representative peers for Scotland in
Parliament-for example, Viscount
Falkland-who are Of purely English
descent and own not a single acre
north of the Tweed; while there are
Irish peers, such as Viscount Valentia,
quite unconnected with Ireland, and
sitting in the House of Commons for
English constituencies. i
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-30
Love and Money.

When Love dies. alack!
The whole world puts on black;
The light Of day
Turns to lead gray;
The roses sicken and fade. .:
The song Of the birds is still,
Music is hushed and afraid,
And all that was good is ill; 4
The heart is a broken thing;
The blood runs pale and cold;
s OF this bereft <s
There is nothing left
But the greed and gain Of gold.
William j. hampton