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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

proof is the only resource In one of
our illustrations we show a three1tier
shelter trench and a bombproof.
These three-tier shelter trenches are
very effective. and it is quite unne-
cessary to say that they give three
times the rife power. # $
OF shelter trenches there are vari-
Gus kinds, from the hasty shelter
|, trench thrown up in a few minutes by
a skirmisher to the deep gun epaule-
ments for ARTILLERY.
The greatest care is taken in con
cealing those trenches from the enc
my, the earth thrown up in front fof.
a. parapet. being cnnningly screened
#by leaves, brushwood, grass or any
thing but the color Of the ground In
the vicinity to prevent detection. A
parapet thus screened is OF the Ut
most service to the marksman.
Another effective method used by
crack shots is rife pit. This is
simply large circular hole, with
the loose earth thrown up around con-
cealed either by turf or brushwood.
The rifles Of the marksmen are prac-
tically level with the ground, and for
q party to advance against line Of
marksmen in rifle pits would mean
humiliation.
In the same manner gun pits are
dug for field guns, their ugly black
snouts lying parallel with the ground
and almost touching i. q bomb
nrcef ganscreen can be erected IN
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

The smallest backhoned animal in
the world is fish. It was discovered
in Buhi, mountain lake in the island
of Luzon, in the Philippines. The tiny
creature has two names out of all pro-
portion to it's size. The one given it
by the natives is sinarapan, and doubt
less has some significance in the Ian
guage of the Bicols, the natives living
in the lake region. The scientific
name is mystichthys Luzonensis. and
means the smallest fish inhabiting. Lu
ZOn.
The largest of the species measures
but half an inch in length, and the
smallest not more than one-ffth Of an
inch. It would take about 5000 Of
them to weigh pound. Fortunately
for the fishmonger of Luzon, the
sinarapan is not sold by the dozen. or
even by the hundred. They are meas
ured by the quart.
Small as the fish is, it forms an i'm
portant food staple, even in country
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
Long Name, Small Fish

so rich in these products. The ap-
pearance of the native fish dealer with
his basket of sinarapan is hailed with
delight by the soldiers as we'll as the
Filipinos No net is fine enough, no
hook is small enough to catch these
fish. The natives have solved the
problem by using a finely woven cloth
as a net, and in this way gather in
thousands at one swoop. When pre-
pairing them to eat they are first
drained in a basket. Next they are
mixed with pepper and other spices,
made into cakes, and laid upon leaves
in the sun, where they soon dry Then
they are ready to be eaten.
The natives count them a great deli
cacy, and say that they possess a
flavor quite their own and very dis
tinctive. They are never cooked, as
this seems to dry up all the goodness
in them, and deprives them of their
flavor, leaving them tasteless and I'M
palatable.-London Mail.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

A matter of practical science to
which legislation must be directed
much more seriously than has yet
been done was brought before the
congress of medicine recently held at
Madrid. DR.. Brouardel, of Paris,
spoke strongly Of the dangers arising
from the addition of antiseptics to
wine, beer, cider, milk, syrups, butter,
fish, preserved fruits and other COM
modities which are in daily use as
food. 1t is well known that salicylic
acid, salicylate of soda, supplies,
borax, boric acid, formalin and va
riety Of other chemicals are employed
to make the substance in question
keep" the prctence being that they
are, used in such small quantities as
to be innocuous. To this allegation
DR.. Brouardel opposed two indisputa-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

The two nations credited with the
invention Of the alphabet are the
,Phoenicians and the Persians. But
it is not usually conceded that the
two are entitled to anything like equal
credit. The Persians, probably in the
time of Cyrus the Great, used certain
characters of the Babylonian script
for the construction of an alphabet;
but at this time the Phoenician alpha
bet had undoubtedly been in use for
some centuries, and it is more than
probable that the Persian borrowed
his idea of an alphabet from Phoe-
nician source. And that, of course,
makes all the difference.
Granted the idea of an alphabet, it
requires no great reach of construct
i've genius to supply set of alphabet
ical characters; though even here, it
may be added parenthetically, study
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

Mile. Dnval, until recently head of
the French department of Smith COL
lege, spent one summer in tiny coun-
try town in New England. She was
very much worried as the days passed
because she did not receive an ex-
pected letter from. France. Every
morning and every evening she would
inquire Of the postmaster it there
were a letter for Mile. Duval, and
each time he would shake his head
solemnly after he had shuffled
through a package of mail. After two
weeks had passed she became almost
desperate with worry, and sat down
to write a letter to France, asking
what was the trouble. She mailed her
letter that evening and asked the
usual question. AS usual, the post
master shook his head. Then "a sud
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

the house and watch you, why it is
that angel Gabriel does not float down
through the glass roof some morning
and carry you away to the fields OF
everlasting bliss
"WelI, William" said Cannon, II
have wondered about that myself at
times, but, under the rules of the
house of representatives, such action
would require unanimous consent.
and, William, somebody would be sure
to~object."
Senator Scott Of West Virginia was
making an earnest plea for an in.
crease Of pension for q man who lost
both eyes in the war. He said that
man who had had both legs amputa.
ted received 500 q month.
TT is nothing but Justice" de-
claimed Mr.. Scott. Il merely desire to
put the eyeless man on the same
plane with the legless. - Chicago In
ter Ocean.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

the same colored intruder, this time
with the remark:
Il know you now, and God knows 1
pity YOU"
Mr.. Sothern's guest was now too
surprised to talk. He sat in a col
lapsed condition until the same man
had entered three separate times. and
in an eXpressionless voice had said:
Il am as changeless as the sun. L
will carry my soul pure to heaven. :
You are the strange woman.
"You shall be as beautiful as | am
and as happy
This last remark was too much for
the mans nerves. He was barely
able to gasp:
"Sothern, what the -- does this
mean? Is this joke or an insane
asylum? Who is this fellow"
"That," said the actor, that is SIM
ply my dresser, Lewis. His duty is
to notify me Of the progress of the
play by lines. In that manner
know when my cue comes"
ooh said Mr.. Sothern's guest, wip-
ing great beads of perspiration from
his face, IT was beginning to believe
had EN-"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

mite is placed at the bottom, and
the hole is filled with stones, the
ground being carefully arranged on
TOP so as not to create suspicion. AT
the proper moment the fougass is ex-
ploded, either by electricity or by con-
tact. +
There is always reason for appre-
tension when entertainments are first
thrown up that the fresh turned soil
will not disclose the position to the
enemy, but by skilfull manipulation
the spade work may be effectively
concealed-by the spade
Indeed, for modern warfare on land
the spade is quite as necessary as any
other, military implement used ia the
field. ~, .-.,. =.
1t is the modest adjunct of big guns,
for it throws up carthworl1s to con
ceal their presence, without which
they would be useless The enga-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
Good Hit Was Wasted

as soon as things had quieted down
bit, ran up to Umpire Hunt, mean
time getting the ball and tagging Ban
non, and made the claim that B2nnon
was out. '~@>,.s -
"No, that don't co. exclaimed the
umpire. Damon touched all the
bases all right"
The Providence captain reiterated
his contention, and again Hunt de-
clared the man safe. ~.E% ..-. F.
But" protested the Providence
man, what is Flaherty doing on Sec
ona base?"
The umpire looked, and, sure
enough there was Flaherty on second
base, and the man who had batted
after him a base ahead of him-an
absurd situation. Flaherty had
thought the ball was caught, and had
stuck to his base, and Bannon, without
noticing him, in the excitement, had
run past him. There was nothing for
the umpire to do but call Bannon out.
The next time Bannon came to bat
there was nobody on base, and
bleacherite sang out in earsp]itting
tones the following timely advice:
"Now, then, Tommy, soak it, and
this time run as far as you like!"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

yoq. try kindness on the animai3 Don't
you suppose a horse can be reached
by 4 kind word, the same as human
beInge' s. H., i. s,.ss :.... +.
81 believe we're right, sor,' replied
the teamster, quick-witted Irishman,
who, with all his faults Of temper.
was not a bad man at heart; IAN if .
harse has feelin's, sor, don't ye s'pose
tn dhriver has, too? Thry q koind
word on TIA dhriver, If We phase" 1
The stern face of Mr.. Bergh relaxed
into a smile, and in the better under
standing that followed the horse for
got that it was baking and started
of in a Youths Companion.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
Didn't Know the Name

den thought struck her. t'Have you
any uncalled for letters?'' she asked.
ooh, yes; yes, indeed!" said the
postmaster, pompously; 'sbut they
amt any of 'em yourn-" Then he
launched into little discourse on IN
called for letters and concluded with,
why, sometimes have letter for a
week before it is called for. I've got
one now I've had for two weeks, and
there amt nobody asked for it. AS
near as I can make out, it's addressed
to Mile Devil"
"It's mine," declared Mile. Duval,
but it took her fully fifteen minutes
to convince the postmaster that Mile.
was an abbreviation for mademoiselle
and that the name "Duvas'' may easily
appear to be something else, If not
written carefully.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
Poison in Daily Foods

BILE facts, determined by analysis and
experience-frst, that the preserva~
tives employed are used in far larger
quantities than the users admit, and,
secondly, that the continued consump-
ton of alimentary substances con-
tanning these antiseptic materials,
even in very small proportions, be-
comes gravely detrimental to the hui
man organism, amounting in the long
run to slow poisoning. Mans consti-
tuition has not been made for the daily
elimination of minute doses of poison
In this insidious form of mischief may
lie some of the blame for our phys
ical degeneracy. Apparently the evil
is of such sort than International
measures MAJ be necessary to check
it. Treatment of food in this manner
should not be called adulteration, hut
poisoning pure and simple.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
First Use of Alphabet

Of the development of alphabets viii
show that mankind has all along had
a characteristic propensity 10 cop3
rather than to invent
Regarding the Persian alphabet
maker, then, as copyist rather than
a true inventor, it remains to turn at.
tention to the Phoenician source
whence, as is commonly believed, the
original alphabet which became the
mother of all existing alphabet
came into being. 1t must be admit
ted at the outset that evidence for the
Phoenician origin of this alphabet is:
traditional rather than demonstrative.
The Phoenicians were the great trad
ers of antiquity; undoubtedly they
were largely responsible for the
transmission of the alphabet from one
part of the world to another, once it
had been invented.-Henry Smith VIII
liams in Harper's Magazine.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

. = j. = Z re- - Z 4 & 4 Z =
Wall street brokers' hold themselves
a million times higher in caste than
bookmakers. And they are right.
They are the creme de la creme Of
finance. Bookies are the scum. Yet
there are many bookmakers in the
street, and not few Of them are
hackers Of brokers. Some are big
operators supporting brokers by their.
commissions. There are LOO mem
bers Of the Stock Exchange, and these
represent brokerage and commission
firms whose partnerships aggregate
no less than /, 452 ablebodied men. It
Is safe to venture the assertion that
each member Of the exchange and his
partners would turn up the nose at
m income Of less than $50. 900 year.
Hence:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
He Did.

Zone day. said Representative
Clayton of Alabama, 81 started out in
the country for a village in my dis.
.trict, and walked quite a distance in
the wrong direction. Finally met q
negro driving NANCY mule hitched
to wagon. 81
:. Hi, there, Rastus!' I said; how
far is it to the hotel?'
: Well, boss, it am dis er way
said the negro; IL poor white man
wal. to walk it. it is bout TO- miles.
but Il a man like youse war ter trab.
bel it, why, It wouldn't be more'D
half mile and half q dollar behind q
real spry mule; an dat is bout az
near as can come to it. boss. Does
you think you need q lift, boss!
Clarion decided that he did.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
Brokers of Wall Street

- .
AT $4,000 each year these brokers'
clean up net about $29,0O0,0OO. There
are some 500 Stock Exchange firms:
which pay $4,000, 900 annually for the
rent, of their Offices. These firms en-
.ploy 1000 clerks and assistants, book
keepers, runners, ETC., at an average
wage OF $1,000, which makes III, 500r
900. Thus we have in three items
alone $42,500,OOO that must come out
Of the pockets of customers to keep
the great machine well oiled. That =
to say, the public pays the SUM G
$42,5O0, 900 annually for the privileeG
OF supporting in splendid style s4S4
people II order that they may have
their hands at telling which way ~.
stock vi 20 New York Prsss.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

various ways, one of which is shown
in the illustrations ~
Another way Of making gun pits
is by s'blindage,'' which consists of
a tree or something Of the kind in
front of a shelter trench that con-
ceals the position Iof the piece. -
when shelter trenches assume large
dimensions they arc known by the
name of earthworks, and in the de-
Tense of position every ingenuity OF
the soldier is brought into play.
In front of the trenches a deep
ditch is sunk, and IN this ditch may
be placed crowsss3 eet-iron balls with
three spikes arranged that at
least one spike must be perpendicu-
lar These crows feet, by the way,
are intended mainly for cavalry, but
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
A Gun Blindage.

they may be used with wire entangle-
ment or chevaux de frise for the de-
tense of trenches. n
Chevaux de frise may be made of
anything sharp broken blades or
sharp iron spikes stuck in block OF
wood and bristling outward like the
quilts in porcupine's back. A large
tree, or tree Of hardwood, stripped
of it's leaves and with all it's branches
pointed sharply toward the enemy,
makes a very effective chevaux de
frise.
= But after all it? is the spade work
that tells; and it is the spade tnat
makes the fougass or land torpedo, an
illustration of which we give. The
fougass is simply a kind of mine.
A deep hole is dug in front of the
trench, charge of guncotton or dyna-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
Invited to DucaI Wedding.

Invited to Ducai Wedding.
Recently when the Duke OF Norfolk
was married the ceremony had.
pleasant commemoration in London.
Some time ago a lady who is near
kinswoman of the duke organized two
restaurants at which the great sur
rounding population of shop girls can
obtain luncheon at cost price and
free service at the hands Of bevy
of ladies. On the dukes wedding day
the clients of the restaurant came in
as usual in their hundreds, but the
accustomed clink of coins-the music
to which these maidens march forth
refreshed toccomplete the days bust
ness-was silenced by the simple an
nouncement made to them: "The
Duke and Duchess of Norfolk beg
you to be Of the number OF their wed:
ding guests
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

The bit Of toll, set hard between the
teeth, .
Gave suddenly, and seemed to yield: as If
The iron hand that drove repented II.
Now in the name of Him who gave thee
power go.
To make me beast of burden to thy rein,
Give answer, Life" / cried. nat
freak hast thoue
Why play'st thou with me, knocking nae
'lWithal? -. 49,.
Thou masked thing that darest not show
thy face! III
know that thou art master, and I
slave; .-..-y
I know that though weary to my heart
Of thee. vet must I urge me on ana on,
A harnessed creature. dashed unto the
$50 end" rx- - - ->,gss-z So
But while flung these bitter, brawlins
into the Very ears and brain Of Life.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
TOLD OF THE STATESMEN.
Proof That Lawmakers Can at Times
. Be HUMOROUS.

Proof That Lawmakers Can at Times
Be Humorous. /.
Representative William Sulzer OF
New York was standing in the mem
ber's lobby in rapt contemplation OF
the Oil portraits Of former speakers.
Speaker Cannon came along.
Hello, William he said.
How are you, Uncle Joe?" Sulzer
effervesced. ''Unc1e Joe, you are the
best looking man ever saw
Il am glad you think so, William"
Cannon replied, without the CULVER
of an eyelash. 1. s5... :=.2
y Yes, sir, you are also the smartest
and the shrewdest and the kindest
and most successful man ever
knew
We'll" observed Cannon, ''it has
taken you long time to find that
out, William; but ! am glad you have
seen light at last"
Furthermore, Uncle Joe, contin-
ned sulzer, you are the best man I
ever knew. You are good. absolutely
good. often wonder when Sit In
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
sPEEs0E AS MIGHTY AS THE RIFLE
Who How
! as e tas How I

10
been passed without much opposition
a day or two before. Bouck came
down from Oshkosh in a rage land
hunted up the member. He asked
him Of he had not received his letter
and Why he had paid no attention to
it. The member explained the facts
and told him he had found out what
he wanted only after he had called
in the services of the entire legisla-
ture. 49, .:. "'@.
But even then he said there were
a couple Of words at the end of the
letter which no one could make out.
So he took out the letter and asked
what they were? You -- fool!
roared Bouck, that is Strictly conf
DENTAL ''-Milwaukee Sentinel.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
The Face of Death

And waited, quivering, for the kissing
whip, ~
Behold, a. wonder did befall; for 10,
The too familiar harness lo0sed, and
down
From every gall and smart dropped 81
lenGy;
-, stood, =
And drew the mask from of my drivers
brUWS. $780,.
Then all the sons of morning sang to me
Within uay soul, for, as my soul doth
g. live, - -, .s..c~.,,, r. =:
The face saw was the dear face OF
Death. L.. 49, =: IL < -, -.
Oh. binding beautiful it is to sect i.
Half angel and half lover, and all mine.
And heavenly sweet the commune that
~ we have, = F.. -.,.E - =:
Drawn. arm to arm and heart to heart
One traVeler-aiengs a shining: road; s :.
God in the burning bush beside the way.
Elizabeth Stuart Phelps in the Feb
ruary Century. \ = =. \ IL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

If at this moment one could wander
at large over the Russian; position
above the Yalu river, there would
doubtless be astonishing evidence on
all sides of the power Of the spade in
defensive works. Entertainments
would be everywhere. I'LL
In modern warfare the spade is as
mighty as the rifle, and woe be to the
army that cannot handle both with
equal ease. !, -. r.
F. 1t is because Of the effectiveness of
ehrapnel, and because of the long
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
Japan'S Way.

Japan of late has attracted many
Indian students to her schools and is
showing a desire to cultivate good
feeling between the two countries. An
Indo-Japan club established at Toxic
has been reorganized as the Undo
Japan Association" It's object is to
encourage good relations between
Jaran and India in the matters of lit
erature, religion and business. Japan
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

neers and sappers of great army
have enormous responsibilities de-
volving upon them: Unfortunately,
besides having almost all the hard
and dangerous work 20 do, they all
too seldom receive any Of the. glory
that should be attendant upon e
Boston Globe. IT.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

has the ambition to become the cen
ter of a pan-Asiatic movement OF
progress and learning and has already
gone far in that direction. Chinese
and Indian students are being attract.
ed to her universities and are warmly
welcomed, and the establishment OF
clubs and associations will help con.
siderably toward developing her in.
f1uence and power.-From the Eng
1ishlnan, Calcutta, India.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09

II it's necessary to lie in a mans
favor do It while he is alive instead
OF hiring marble-cutter to do It af-.
I tor he % doed.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-04-09
Reruh and a Balky Horse.

,~-.s.. eergh and BaIky Horse.
There is one story about the late
Henry Bergh which, it is believed, is
now for the first time in print While
walking about, the streets of New
York city one morning, he saw a
teamster whipping balky horse.
'"stop that, you brute!" he ex
claimed, cor I'll have you locked up
inside of five minutes! Why don't
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-11
SENTINEL ENLARGED.

Subscribers and patrons of The
Sentinel have noticed the change in
the size of the paper since few days
ago. The paper has been increased
from a six to seven column folio to
accommodate the largely increased
advertising patronage of the past
year.
As column paper, every inch
of available advertising space was
taken and the paper greatly crowded.
As 2 column paper nearly six
columns have been added admitting of
an increase in advertising, as well as
news matter.
1t is verv gratifying to the owners
of The Sentinel that its circulation
is steadily on the increase. Very
little has ever been said by US regard
ing our circulation, doubtless not so
much as we should have. but we have
advanced on the theory that the pub
lie would recognize the monthly in
crease and added patronage itself,
these matters usually speaking for
themselves
In another month a new Mergen-
thaler type setting machine of the
latest model. will be added to our
equipment so that we will bs able to
afford our readers the very best posi-
BILE service.
We hope to still continue TO merit
the public's approval of our news
paper efforts. which have been for the
city's best interests for a continuous
period of nearly eleven years.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-11

The city council, before it grants
any franchise for an el lsctrio railway.
should feel reasonably certain that
it is not a mere scheme of speculation.
If Mr.. Smith can make it plain to
the minds nf the council that he has
financial backing other than ON paper
TO build the road in and through this
city, his prayer for franchise should
receive due consideration and the
measure sought for be granted.
The daily sentinel., 1904-11-11

\ brewery is public institution
employing much labor and entitled
to as much consideration as any other
manufacturing institution. 1t does
not argue that because such an enter.
prise is located in the city that any
more or less beer will be drunken or
that its influence will be in aid of
intemperance. It will give employ
ment to force of working mea and
its product will doubtless be largely
sold elsewhere If not manufactured
here an equal product would be shipped
to the city. as it is today.