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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS JANUARY 2, 1904
TAlLLEss CANS OF MANx.
Belief That They Originally Came
:,% from Cornwall. -

Belief That They Originally Came
from Cornwall. 49,. g..
1t seems probable that the tailless
Manx cats originally came from Corn
wall. They managed to survive longer
as distinct breed in the Isle Of Man
than in Cornwall, the predominance
of the common tailed cat being, OF
course, aided in the latter district by
the fact that, although remote, 1t is
part of the mainland of England,
whereas new cats could be carried to
the Isle of Man only by sea. The
Manx cat which first attracted mod
ern attention was a very different
animal from the variOusly col
ored specimens which now take prizes
at cat shows. It was always of the
color of a hare and had fur like a
hare. Like a hare, too, it always
moved it's hind legs together. Its
chief food was crabs caught on the
beach and when transported inland
from the seacoasts it very seldom, if
ever, survived long. No cat of this
kind has been seen for many years
in the Isle of Man, though there are
plenty of tailless cats, it's crossed de-
scendants, to be purchased there.
Wherever it originally came from, the
Cornish or Manx cat was more nearly
a separate species than any kind OF
show cat now existing. 1t was sea-
coast animal, with fur, color, absence
of tail and method of locomotion OBJ
viously adapted by the inheritance of
ages to it's habit Of catching crabs and
other small life behind the ebbing tide.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
MARRIAGE.

L met an auld caillach lnowed right
well on the brow O. GYMNASTICS;
The tor, O the mornin'!' l says 10 her.
''GCd save YEP she says to ME;
''An' och! if it's you,
Tell me true,
When are We goin' to marry?"
I'm here says l. Ito be married to-
WI the man to find an the money to bor-
row.
"As sure as ye're young an fair" says
she, "one day ven be ugly an ould:
says she, Ito call We in out O tho
could?
Left ter yersen,
Laid OH the shelf
Now is yer time to marry.
Irusha! don't tell me yell be married to-
morrow,
WI the man to find an the money to bor-
row.
81 may be dead ere I'm ould,' says I.
FOR nobody knows their day,
I never was feared O. the could says I,
but I'm feared to give up my way.
Good or bad,
Sorry or glad,
IT'S mine no more when marry.
So here stand !, to be married Tomorrow,
WI the man to find an the money to
borrow
The poor ould caillach went down the
hin sha1in' her finger at me,
"',ris on top O. the world we think yer
self still, an that's what it is" says
But thon was the day
Dan McIlray '..
Had me promise to marry.
So here stand L, to be married to-mor-
The man he is found. but the moneys to
borrow.
MORA O'Neill.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
How, /. "
p
Electricity
Promises
to Cure
Cancer. =

81 think that to him who makes the
discovery of cure for cancer a
statue should be erected in every capt.
tai of the world So wrote King Ed
ward of England, in 1901, and doubt
less now Emperor, William of Ger
many would add his hearty second to
this statement. The royal households
Of both countries have been thrown
into fear that the head might be dis
ease.
And it may be that some scientist
will come forward before long as a
just claimant for this statue.
Since 1892 hundreds of earnest and
devoted men have been giving their
lives to study of the disease in the
hope that this study may bring forth
the cure. Up to the present time they
have not succeeded, despite the fact
that many thousands of cases have
been dealt with. By the use of cleo
tricity, however, it is hoped to accom-
plish in the next few years what the
last two centuries have not been able
to do.
With grim persistency the doctors
work at their experiments, not dis
mayed by failure, and electricity now
plays a prominent part in the work of
alternating suffering from the disease.
The history of the electrical treat
! ment of cancer dates back but a. short
time.
I It was found that for various skin
diseases, such as ringWOrm, ulcers
and lupus, the X rays were highly
beneficial, so it was determined to
| conduct q long series of experiments
with rot only the x rays but the Fin
sen light, and high frequency vol
tage of 100000 as well. 1854.
These are now in progress. In
disereetasannoupee nents.i have cruelty
raised false hopes in the hearts 81
the dying ere now, so too much must
not be expected from the July report
OF the cancer research committee.
The eminent specialists concerned
have strained every nerve to get re-
suits.
But in an official report is found one
hopeful sentence: mo honest re-
search can be carried out for long
without the securing of some new
knowledge
The laboratories are under the direc-
ton of Alex. Foulerton, F. l.. G. S.,
! and are equipped with the latest mar
wells of electrical science.
During the high frequency treatment
the patient sits in an ordinary chair
and glass tube is held to the affected
part by the physician. The glass tube
is the medium by which 100000 volts
are conveyed to the patient. Strangely
enough 100000 volts. when the tube is
held an inch away from the hand, hurt
the patient, but when the glass tube
is held next the flesh nothing whatever
is felt Sometimes the current is CIV
en- through sheets of lead placed over
the cancerous surface.
The body of patient undergoing
high frequency treatment becomes,
under certain conditions, charged with
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
THE SOUTH AFRICAN BAOBAB.
Tree Said to Attain Age of Thou
sand Years.

Tree Said to Attain Age of Thou
sand Years.
Most of the timber: of the South At
rican interior consists of various kinds
of thorny acacia, one of the handsom-
est of which is the spreading giraffe
acacia, or kameel-doorn. Here and
there is to be seen the gigantic bao-
bah, invariably called by the colonists
the cream of tartar" tree. These
enormous trees are found in the low
veldt. Their timber-if timber it can
be called-consists of soft. spongy
growth, quite useless to any one. The
bark, however, is used by the natives
for making a kind of strong cord,
which is effected after submitting it's
fibers to due soaking and a heavy
pounding. No harm is done to the
tree by this stripping of the bark; in
deed, the baobab seems to defy time
and all other kinds of enemies. 1t is
one of the most long-lived vegetables
in the work! d. and MellagraWn sneeii]3
men%is estimated by scientists to at
tain to the age of at least 1000 years.
A fair-sized baobab will measure at a
height of three feet from the ground
as much as eighty-five or ninety-feet
in circumference. The roots some
times extend forty or fifty yards from
the trunk.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
4F
Silence.

Inaudible move day and night,
And noiseless grows the flower;
Silent are pulsing wings of light,
- And yoiceless fleets the hour.
The moon utters no word when she
Walks through the heavens bare;
The stars forever silent flee,
And songless CLEAN through air.
The deepest love is voiceless, too:
Heart sorrow makes no moan:
How still the zephyrs when they WOO!
How calm the rose full blown!
The bird winging the evenir Sky
Flies onward without song;
The crowding years as they pass by
Flow on in mutest throng.
The fishes glide through liquid deep
And never speak word:
The angels round about US sweep,
And vet no voice is heard. -.
The highest thoughts no utterance find.
The, hottest hope is dumb; .s.-.
In silence grows the immortal mind,
And. speeches., deep joys come.
Rapt alteration has no tongue, =
No words has hottest prayer; Il.
The Hottest mountain peaks among
Is stiffness everywhere. g,
with sweetest music silence blends
! And silent praise is best; - -
IN silence life begins and ends:
God cannot be expressed. NJ
Bishop spalding.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
The Autumn of Life.

Some lives are like the autumn leaves
That flutter softly to and fro
In every breeze that family grieves-
The leaves CLEAN richest as they go.
In one swift burst of regal hues
They blaze with crimson and with gols
md none of their perfection lose
When, whitening, they drop their hold.
The leaves, at last, when all is done,
Show US anew the days of June
The golden glory of the sun
And softened lustre of the moon,
The red that riots in the dawn
Is mingled with the restful brown
That tints the leaves ere they have gone,
While they are slowly swayfng down.
Some lives are like the autumn leaves;
The rose-hued memory of youth
In all their acts a pattern weaves
With the most precious gold of truth;
And they grow fair, and fairer still
Like autumn leaves their beauty CLOVIS
These lives are perfect at the close:
w. D. Nesbit
With newer charm and grace, until
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
a tremendous amount sof electric fluid.
A knuekle brought VS. VS. ! the coat at

a tremendous amount sof electric fluid.
A knuckle brought the coat
sleeve results in a bill spark. &
The patients boots burst into
q forest avn ia
'hEnd be held near it. IA lGeisler glass
tube CLOVIS with a soft green and vio~
let radiance when held a foot or so
from the body. The sensation OF hold
ing the open palms in proximity to
the "charged" person can best be
realized as resembling the heat given
forth from a glowing fire with milo
electric shocks taking the place Of
warmth.
The Finsen light is an arc light Of
1000 candle power, given through a
lens. This is placed as near the
wound as the specialists deem neces-
sery.
x rays have undoubtedly checked
the growth of cancer, and pain has
been alieviated. Say the patient is
suffering from a growth in the face.
FIe enters dark room, sits in chair,
the physician manipulates for a mo-
ment or two couple of long pointers,
there is cracking sound as the con-
nection is made, continuous stream Of
electric sparks passes from one point
to the other, a switch is jerked, and
suddenly large and powerful green
light shines within an inch or so Of
the sufferers face.
1t is then seen that the green light
is suspended from a tripod in the CEN
ter of the room. This is connected by
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
The Canny Scot.

Andrew Carnegie told several good
Scotch stories the other night. One
ran thus:
A Scotchman and an Englishman
went to see Douglas" and after Nor.
vars great speech, the Scotchman
asked his companion:
What do We think of your Willie
Shakespeare the noo?"
WELL" was the answer, you have
claimed Chaucer, Milton, Spencer,
Wordsworth, Byron and most of the
others; I suppose you'll be claiming
Shakespeare as Scotch
= "Weel," said the Scot, yell allow
there's prima facie case for that;
yell allow he had intellect enough"
Another told of the theological dis.
putes of some shepherds, who could
not agree on the characteristics of
Paradise, until finally one old fellow
said: j, ..a's. :.-..4t \ .~~:@. .-yf
/ 20, ay-that's easy-it maun be
just like the Hielan's New York
Tribune. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Somewhat Twisted.

The average American In the Phil.
:ppines makes sorry work Of the Span
ish language; but the Spaniards also
dave difficulty in mastering English.
"a Detroit woman opened q Manila
paper the other day and saw the fol
lowing advertisement OF a prominent
Spanish dry-goods no use that caters
to American trade: {:
55s Importing house recei wing By all
mails from Europe. The ighest now
elites ii weavings of silks land linen.
Hats, and all sorts of dorning for
ladies and children a complete as
ssortment q an kinds of gooqs Ger Een-
uemen.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Marx Twain Missed the Boat.

The success achieved by Mark
Twain during. his boating days on the
mississippi river was due not only to
the fact that he was ski1ful pilot,
but that he was an earnest one, as
well. During a talk over old times
at Mr.. Clemens summer home, Quar-
ry Farm, Elmira, N. y, recently. q
guest who knew Mr.. Clemens in
those days told the others how the
genial humorist once missed his boat.
Instead of inventing an excuse, as
many OF his companions did, he re-.
ported Is his superior officer as fol-
lows: sass
& boat left ass arrived at
the landing at and could not
III. So i n S9.s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Success is Like a Distant lltll~

Success is like a far.off nil,
serenely wreathed IN mellow maze;
II looms there. dim and distant. still
When. after many trying days ,,,
With waning hopes and shattered VIII,
We lift our weary heads ana sa~e'
And like the far-off bill that through
The softening haze shows gentle slopes
The clouds oft hide it from his view
That in the darkened valley grones;
The road winds much In lea6ng to
The hight wherein he sets ms hopes-
The hill that looms before rs, far
Away across the misty ;ty, space &c nov
Shows not a gap nor nf re- e Il, 10 mar
But wien we reach. it many a scar
And cleft it's rough sleeps interlace.
Success is like the hill we see
Far off, where mighty, rivers spring,
And few that reach It =, wait ut h foE free
IF will not come to us tits we e..
That have to do the travelling. -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Pick RESPONSIBLE Jurors.

. Judges Rechtel and Shay of Potts
vile, Pa, have become tired OF the
uniuue-in some cases even absurd
yerdicts returned by juries in the
Schuylkill county court. With ), a
view of preventing further mis-
carriages of justice, they have
icined with the jury commission
arc IN selecting names to be put in the
wheel for next year. Two thousand
citizens are selected for jury duty,
and the judges picked out nearly 100
names. selecting only those who in
their best Judgment are likely to see
tnat exact justice is done in all cases.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02

wires with the battery at the side.
The patient does not finch, but from
the smile sof satisfaction on the doc
tors face it's evident that the X
are doing good work: 4, b..
Quite recently a cablegram from
Australia announced the glad tidings
that case of cancer in Queensland
had been cured by the use of molasses.
Whether this report is true or not
remains to be proved. However, the
Middlesex hospital authorities, who
are the pioneers of cancer research
in Great Britain, have accepted the
offer of some molasses for expert
mental purposes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Disposinu of London's Sewage.

The average Londcner is probably
unaware that nearly 500 miles of sew
ers are situated beneath his feet, and
this includes only the large sewers,
several of them so large that num-
Der OF boats could float down them
abreast, says a British paper. And
some idea of the enormous cost OF
draining London may be gathered
from the fact that the drainage work
and machinery alone cost $40 ,OO0,-
00O
A thousand men are employed all
the year round in keeping London
properly drained, and the stupendous
total of 100000 900 tons of sewage is
chemically treated every IL months
and taken away in sludge vessels to
the north.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Not Ready for That.
The Crane.

Once upon time there was spend
thrift of the name Of Jones, who solil
oquized in this wise: -. '>@5-@ -
what fool have been! If had
all the money, for instance, that have
spent for beer and cigars could have
a good bank account instead of being
on my uppers and trying to borrow
money from my friends. I wish had
it," = =..s.sgj >s &
Some one touched his arm
He turned, and there stood his fairy
sgodmother.
You shall have your wish, my son, .
she said, ION one ditionthat you
never touch beer or tobacco again, in
any form, SO long as you live
Jones hesitated and was lost.
Il don't want it bad enough for
that, he said. Il. 81. s.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
FOOLED cY KI3 CvtN TRICK
ECKER Rushed to See E2cidsr: He lilac
Invented.

ECKER Rushed to See E2ciasr: He Hao
Invented.
Strangers in New York always no
tice and comment on the chfidlike cur
iosity Of the crowds on Broadway
New Workers will stop and look at any
thing, from the hosting of a safe to
the uplifting OF fallen horse, and
they chase fire engines like boys.
An incident of this sort is related by
one Of the older bankers. When RUFUS
Hatch was in his prime there was a
little restaurant down town where the
men of finance took luncheon. Hatch
was in a hurry. There seemed to be
no chance. So he said to the man in
charge, loud enQl1g Oh TO be heard al
over the small room: Terrible ae
cident down at the Battery =.
WHAT" asked the manager.
"Full.rigged ship has just gone down
in the channel, with lot of people on
board"
There was an immediate rush fol
the door. Tables were deserted, and
the men who were eating ran pell-mel]
down Broadway. Hatch sat down and
ate quiet luncheon. Then he paid
his check and went out. The street
was full of people running toward the
Battery.
whats the matter?" asked Hatch
"Ship gone down with lot Of people
on board!" gasped the runner.
"Gracious!" shouted Hatch. Is
that so? / must see that" and he
too, ran down the street, hoaxed by his
own hoax.-Philadelph Post.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Crime in London.

- In 1902 London had less felonies
than in 1901. Not single murder
was left unsolved. There were twenty
cases of homicide. Sixteen of the per-
petrators were arrested and four COM
mitted suicide. The total number Of
persons arrested was 112,205, an in.
crease of 2,671. The chief causes were
drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
The magistrates summarily convicted
$1,000. while 3,0S7 were tried and con.
yicted at sessions. An interesting fact
is that 1,722 identifcations were made
by finger points.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
A Mar Office Anecdote.

This story is tolL 20 us as true, An
admiralty clerk was giving luncheon
to a brother official from the war OF
fee. BLACK coffee?" asked the ad.-
miralty clerk. Good heavens, mol"
cried the other. why, il We're to-
drink a drop of coffee at this hour or
the day L shouldn't get a wink or
sleep all the weary afternoon" LON
don Globe. # is, j w. g.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
How She Received the Proposal.

j. L. Harbour, in his position as one
Of the editors Of The Youths Conn
panion, handles many manuscripts
from aspiring young authors which apl
peal strongly to his sense Of humori
He says that the gem in one such
manuscript is the rejection Of g pro1
posal which the author described III
these words She refused the man
scornful1y and disda ain fully and slap:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Queer "Smokes."


In the Philippines the use of to-
bacco is universal. The native child
acquires the tobacco habit as soon as
it is able to walk. In the northern
provinces especially it is no uncom-
mon sight to see child five or six
|; years old putting vigorously at a big
cigar. The women smoke fully as
much as the men, and commonly
smoke cigars where the men use
cigarettes In the northern parts Of
Luzon immense cigars, often couple
Of feet long and as thick as the wrist,
are used. Such q cigar is suspended
from a rafter Of the house by q
string, and smoked during the day by
all the members Of the family as de-
sired. 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Told Nv the Teeth.

The best teeth are those that are
even and not too small, hut rather
regular and Of creamy wilderness.
Blue-white teeth denote weak mental
powers, and teeth that are very dark
usually tell Of q poor state Of physt-
cal health. But the Fean1- white teeth
of medium size set regularly III the
mouth III nice even ROW. are the
hest teeth 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
Teaches journalism.

DR.. A. Koch, the professor OF Journal
ism at the University of Heidelberg
not only lectures on his subjects, bun
makes his pupils write editorials, re-.
ports. book reviews and criticisms on
entertainments. N L 5s W.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02
WHEN UMBRELLAS WERE NEW.
"Joe" Chamberlain Tells Good Stor.
on Green Farmer.

Joe" chamberlain Tells Gooo STORY
on Green Farmer.
Joseph Chamberlain, in one of his
recent tariff reform speeches, told a
new umbrella story. Mr.. Chamberlain
wished to point out that ignorance
was to blame for much of the censure
that had been attached to his tariff
reform scheme. He said:
why, my friends, many of my op,
ponents are as ignorant of my PROPOSE
ton as was a certain farmer, many
years ago, of the umbrella.
This farmer had made a journey OF
some twenty miles on foot to small
town. AS he was about to set Off for
home again a hard rain came up, and
his host loaned him an umbrella
a novelty at the time-opening it him
self so as to save his friend all possible
trouble.
"A week later the farmer took the
umbrella back. The weather was
bright and fine, but he held the instru-
ment open overshis head. 49, $3.50. -
sS 7.''ss.T his. contrivances' he grlmhled is
more trouble than it's worth. There
wasn't a doorway in the village
could get it through, and I had to
tether it all the week in a field.
p, The Bulk That Won't Come Off.
She frankly confessed to the young
man who poses the patrons of fash
ionable photograph gallery uptown
that she was too stout, and that she
did not want that discouraging fact
apparent in her photographs. She
asked him to devise some side posi-
ton so that her hips, in a three-quar-
ter length, should appear about half
their actual size. He promised; but
when he got his head under the cloth
and peered through the lens the task
did not seem so easy as he had ex'
pected.
"You have too many skirts on, mad
ame," he said. Better take them off.
One will do. There is no danger OF
your taking cold here.'
She flushed. 3D.. -
II have only one skirt on" she an
swered. "Go on with your work"
But what's all that around here"
persisted the photographer, making a
wide sweep with his hands around
and below the hips. whats all
that?'
That's me, young man." snapped
the woman. "that's what that is. Just
me. And if you can tell me any way
to take that off just wish you'd do
it. If not, go on and get your photo
graph before make up my mind to
20 somewhere else.-New York Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-02

Municipal -Tran,way Profitc.
The London city council now 2, akess
So 69 600 4 year from saTilway eet:s
ir,Y, from ~ EaflaIs
/. III siffss ~
Holbrook argus., 1904-04-09

13 ]. McKclvey fuel to
 county.... 300 Total for quarter. r...........$ .$212.35 The foregoing statement is hereby approved.
 L. E. DIvELBEss, Chairman Attest:
 A. F Nc ALLIsTER Clerk. It is hereby ordered that the monthly allowances as indigent to Aneceita Abeyta be revoked. The following salaries to Coun- ty Officers for the quarter ending March 31st, 1904. are ordered paid, and the following Expense fund warrants ordered drawn for same:
 EXPENSE FUND WARRANTS. No. Amt. 1 F. M. Buck Treasurer$312.5O 2 T.F. Moran Dist Atty 312.5O 8 C. I. Houck Sheriff &
 Assessor r.................... 375.OO 4 A. F. McAllister Ike.
 corder...... ............. 312.5O 5 J. C. Lathrop Janitor
 & Jailer II days....... 27.5O $ L.D. Divelbess Janitor
 & Jailer 2 mo. 19 day 197.5O 7 F, J. Wattron Pro-
 bate Tudge................ 15O.OO 8 w. B. Woods Clerk
 of Dist Court. 62.5O 9 w. S. Norveil Report
 CT Dist Court. 4O.OO 10 G. P. Sampson Supt.
 of Public Health. 75.OO II L: E. Divelbess Super
 visor..... ....... 175.OO 12 R. C. Cresswell Super
 visor 175.OO 13 F F. Flickenger Sup
 ervisor. 175.OO Total salary account $239O.OO The following demands acted upon and passed by the County Board of Health, being audited by the Board of Supervisors are found correct and approved and Expense fund warrants ordered drawn for same, showing as fol. lows:
 EXPENSE FUND WARRANTS, No. Amt.