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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09

The frost CLEANS thick on the window
pane.
The cart-whcels creak down the frozen
High from the chimneys, everywhere
Rise threads OF smoke to the biting air;
The barn-door creaks with a plaintivs
Where the glistening frost tints the rust
ed hinge.
The old pump cries:-a shivering, cry;
while Crunch! Crunch! Crunch!' tramp
/ the horses by. 49,.
The chore-boy shlvers as he stands
And beats his sides with his m1ttened@
while the ice forms thick on the old
AS the glistening water gushes out.
There's hoar-frost deep on the great OK
And the breath Of the oxen comes like
smoke;
The clothes hang stiff on the swaying
And the housc-dog stands with a piteous
At the closed storm door: and the milk
cows wait
With huddled bulks at the barn-yafd
gate.
The prying yGungSter 1 ma fanltea n,,ds
OF the axe that lies at the chopping-
The erstwhile strut of the barn-yard cock
AS he picks his toes from the frozen
ground.
There's snow knee-deep where the cows
There's frost, nail-thick, on the beasts
unhoused
The chore-boy stamps in the drifted'
SnC VS.
70 coax the warmth to his tingling toes,
AS he drives his fork in the sodden hay,
And the day is gray in gloomy way
There's a Crunch" and "Crunch!" as
Footsteps stalk
Down the soT,nding length of the pine
The well wheel squeaks with a frosty
note
Md The well ropes stiff with an icy coat;
With updrawn backs, and shlver chill.
AS the soap-suds splash on the frozen
Where d pail from the half-bared arms
Of the kitchen maid who gives quick
In a treble "Br-r--r-h-h!" and a grateful
Soon finds at the glow Of the kitchen
range.
The chore-boy beds his beasts: and then
Shoes back to it's perch a vagrant hen:
The sodden, snow from his feet ne knocks
Ere he piles the depths of the great
WoOd-bOX
With snowy sticks; and when tits laid
He steals a kiss from the kitchen maid.
The fields are white and the earth is
dead, .-, $500.
Tho Frost snaps time to the 'chore-boy's
tread
Stands thick like snow, on the window
pane, ,
And the cart-wheels creak down the
frozen lane.
While rise from the chimneys every
where
Thin threads Of smoke on the frosty air.
j. w. Foley in New York Times
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09

She Treasured His Scalp Lock.
81 suppose" remarked the man who
prides himself on his winning ways
with the other. sex, that in the pretty
locket you are wearing there is some
memento-some token of past love
affair.""
4, "How did you guess it?" asked the
dazzling creature beside him. Yes,
there's remembrance-a lock of my
husbands hair!"
The man of fascinating manner
looked surprised. why" said he, Il
had no idea that you were widow.
They told me, ii I mistake not, that
your husband was aliye!"
'.And so he is" responded the beau
tiful woman, "but his hair is gone"
New York Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Cow Bells.
Scarlet, purple, orange light

Scarlet, purple, orange light
Fades to palest green;
Farmhouse windows grow less bright
Where the glare has been.
Dusky lie the fields about,
And, family heard again,
Far off, thro' mist and dew,
Cow-bells down the lane,
Tinkis tinkle, clink-a-clink,
Cow-bells down the lane.
Swallows cheep on circling wings;
Winds have chilly grown;
And the cricket shrilfer sings;
Trees look strange and lone.
Nearer, clearer, past the woods.
A silvery refrain; --'
Winding slowly up the hill,
Cow-bells down the lane
Tinkle, tinkle, clink-a-clink,
Cow-bells down the lane.
Bess and Brindle, Snowflake, Jet.
Breaths like new-mown hay;
Dewey noses, trickling wet,
Barnyard wend their way.
One by one, faint, pearly stars
Watch the twilight wane,
And the put-up bars shut out
CoW-bells down the lane,
Tinkle, tinkle, clirk-a-clink,
Cow-bells down the lane.
George Cooper in New York Sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
WHAT TOMMY WOULD DO.
Meant to Change His Sleeping Hours
When Man.

Meant to Change His Sleeping Hours
When a Man.
Tonlmy's Discrimination to go to bed
at night is only exceeded by his re-
luctance to get up in the morning. The
regular daily routine includes driving
him to bed at p. m. and dragging
him t,lerefrom at a. m. Sleep has
no attractions for him until it actually
enfolds him in it's paralyzing embrace;
and then he sticks to the bed like g
woodtick to lwoodchuck.
The other morning after his mother
had called him seven: times, and fin
All induced kim to arise sby firmly
grasping his left ear between her
thumb and forefnger, she walled:
'"Oh, Tommy, Tommy, why do-o-o-nt
you get up when I call you? What
will become Of you when you get to
be a MANI" :
81 know" growled sleepy Tommy.
when / get to be big man I'm not
a-goin' to get up in the morning
until two o'clock in the afternoon!"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Street Arabs Who Rise.

Street Arabs Who Rise.
Newsboys and street arabs often
make admirable clerks. The way
they work into commercial houses is
astonishing. A large percentage OF
public and prosperous business men
of America began as newsboys, but
probably no one realizes how many
work their way up from the gutter to
wealth and influence. They begin as
hangers-on and are recruited from the
ranks of every class of street gamin.
Their wits have been sharpened by
contact with the sordid side of life
and by observation in the school OF
the street. They know the value OF
friends. SO they are to be found at
the door of every big house, ready at
any time to run an errand, always at
hand to pick up an umbrella or open
door. And before the people who
regularly pass in and out Of the doors
OF the place realize it one Of these
little chaps they have been accus-
toned to see is on the payroll. Some.
body has bought him a six-dollar suit
Of clothes to put him more at ease
with the people and weather and he
is on the road that. in a. surprising
number Of cases, leads IN s,Icctsss.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Life on other Planets.

Life on OI0ST VbaUSsSs
Upon the question whether life
bearing planets can exist in other
solar systems than our own the
answer Of science is clear and distinct.
1t is precisely the same which Profess
sor. Newcomb recently gave concern
ing the possible inhabitants of Mars:
sThe reader knows just as much OF
the subject as l do, and that is moth
ing at all.' Within our solar system
we can indeed form some crude esti-
mate of probabilities, beyond it moth
ing. All the amazing progress OF mod
ern science, all the revelations made
by the spectroscope or by photogra-
ply, all the advance in biology have
not brought US one step nearer an
answer to the question, lis this the
only inhabited world % We stand es-
sential1y where Whewen and Brewster
did half century ago, or we might
indeed say where Calico and Capoano
were 300 years ago. We can indeed
spin out the discussion at greater
length than our predecessors and can
introduce far greater number Of
more or less irrelevant facts, but OF
serious argument, either for or
against, we are entirely destitute
knowledge Is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
WEAKNESS.

O little feet, that such long years
Must wander on through hopes and
fears
Must ache and bleed beneath your load;
I, nearer to the wayside inn
Where toll shall cease and rest begin,
Am weary, thinking of your road.
o. little hands, that, weak or strong
Have still to serve or rule so long,
Have still so long to give or ASK
I, who so much with book and pen
Have toiled among my fellow men,
Am weary, thinking of your task. e
0. little hearts. that throb and beat
With such impatient, feverish heat, z-
Such nmitleSs and strong desires;
Mine that so long has glowed and burned,
With passion into ashes turned, -
Now covers and conceals its fires.
o, little souls, as pure and white
And crystalline as rays Of light, ~
Direct from heaven, their source divine;
Refracted through the mist of years, l.,
How red my setting sun appears,
How lurid looks this soul of mine!
-LongfelloW.
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they walk about unattended almost
without remark. The picture tells
the story at a glance. All three are
walking rapidly and all are conscious
of tie presence of the camera fiend,
and are trying to avoid the inevitable.
The Shah OF Persia is doubtless the
least photographed Of all the mon
archs. The accompanying snap shot
was taken during his visit last year
to England. The Shah actually posed
for the artist as the picture indicates.
It is only while he is abroad that he
allows any such liberties to be taken
with his royal parsonage. In Persia
q snap shot artist who approached
with camera would be arrested long
before he got within range. The story
is told of the Shah that during his
visit to England he was asked If he
had any photographers about his pal
ace. "I know but two,' he is report
ed to have said, land I shall have one
of them beheaded as soon as I get
home"
The Emperor of Austria is shown
in another picture Of the collection
as he leaves the door of one of his
palaces for drive. Here again the
artist has been very fortunate in
catching an eminently characteristic
pose. The Emperor is shown pulling
his coat about him as he walks in a
very natural manner while he regards
the photographer with good natured
tolerance.
Copyright. 1903. by The Associated
Publishers Corporation, Chicago, I'LL
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
WHAT GERMANS CALL AUTO.
1t Is Described Fully by an Express
i've Name B. ..

!. i've Name. ~ > :.
1T seems to me that the German
language has a bit the better of the
English tongue when it comes to the
name given that useful and popular
thing, the automobile" said an obser'
want man in the New Orleans Times
Democrat, though I will admit there
is a chance for controversy on this
point. The German for automobile Is
'selbstfahrer,' meaning literally self
driver This seems to me to be q
better and more expressive name fo1
the automobile. 1t seems to me to
come nearer describing the thing than
the English word. Yet it cannot be
insisted that English combination OF
/ the: words auto and mobile Is alto.
gether unhappy. It would mean al.
most literally *self:mover.' That is
very far from being bad. There are
any worse combinations in this day
of rapid word making. Still have
strong preference for the German way
Of saying automobile. 'Ceibstfahrer
seems to me to fit the bill.
Phone is not bad either when you come
t. think of it. 'Fernsprecher' they say
in German. Here we have another
very happy combination. Literally
'fernsprecher' means 'far-speaker.'
This is what the telephone is from my
way of looking at it. Possibly it is not
so musical as the English word. Yet
there is a deal of poetry in the idea
Of 'far-speaking,' something just bit
suggestive of the echo. / do not re-
gard this combination quite as fortu
nate as the other one to which l have
referred, but it is by no means bad
at that. 1 like the other word and
think we could make no very serious
mistake if we should steal it and lncor
porate it in the English language Ii
might simplify our language to some
extent because Of the. many uses:tc
which we have put the prefix auto al
ready"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
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companies him on his journey by
yacht or rail and occupies a front
place at all important functions which
need to be photographed. This artist
is privileged to supply such photo
graphs for general use, with the con-
sent of the Emperor, and is encour-
aged in every way. 1t is said, and
the statement is probably correct,
that the German Emperor has been
photographed more times than any
other man in the world. A German
paper recently announced that over
eighteen hundred different photo.
graphs of the Emperor had been pub
lished in German papers alone in FIVE
years.
The accompanying photograph of
Emperor William has been selected
from a large collection. 1t has many
merits which are especially rare in
the photographs of royalty. The ex-
preston both of face and figure is alb
solutely unconscious and unstudied.
There has been no photographer to
pose the head or the figure into awk-
wardness. The spontaneous smile
which lights up the face is clearly not
the sort which is called forth by the
hackneyed request to "look pleasant"
The pose of the figure is equally nat
ural and life-like. Then, again, the
crowd which greets him has been
very happily caught and well repays
: careful study. The uplifter arms, the
expressions of the faces varying from
wild enthusiasm to cold scrutiny are
clearly defined. ....
An even more, faithful portrait is
the snap shot. of King Edward VII. II
shows the King walking unattended
at q race track at Paris. 1t will be
! seen that In the throng which sur
| rounds the King few recognize him
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
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Rare Diplomacy.

.... Rare Diplomacy. r. r s.
"The power of diplomatic utterance
is great thing" said Major McDowell,
clerk of the House of Representatives.
1T is always well to have an anchor
to windward in your speech.
Nov, remember a town character
up in Franklin, Pa, who was contin-
ually grating for drinks. One day
some of the boys in one of the hotels
thought they would cure him. They
fixed up a, drink of whisky that was a
wonder. They put tobacco and red
pepper and few things like that In a
glass and filed It to the brim with
whisky. :.:, X s.. IL -
Andy, the CRATER, came along and
they offered the drink to him. He
tossed it down. =s5.7 @s.
cit burned, Of course, and Andy
writed about ten minutes before he
could talk. Then one Of the tricksters
asked him, Andy. how did you like
that whisky?'
ANDY was diplomatic. Instead OF
denouncing the drink he thought there
might be others coming and he con-
tented himself with saying, It's among
the worst. - - Washington correspond
ence New York World
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Typical "Sea Doq."

Commander Stuart, in charge of the
naval recruiting station in South
street, New York, has for his chief as
sistant William Manning, boatswa;n
who has been sailor for forty-nine
years. He is now 66 years old, but
does not look so. Manning has touched
at nearly every port known to mari
ners and was with Commodore Perry
on the historic expedition to Japan for
the purpose OF opening the ports OF
that country to American traders,
nearly half century ago. Eight
times In the course Of his career he
has re-enlisted and has finally come
to the conclusion that life as a land.
lubber is not worth living.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
TOLD AGE BY HIS HORNS.

Incident of the Boyhood Of the Late
W. E. Gladstone.
John Morley, few days after the
publication of his Life of Gladstone"
told in q speech at Sheffield a story
Of Mr. Gladstone's boyhood.
"The lad," he said, was in the
country. A farmer was showing him
over his estate. The farmer would
pause before each field to describe it,
and before every COW, horse and pig
he would make a brief biographical
address.
FINALLY they came to a small field
that contained large black bull.
THAT is a fine bull there, Master
William, said the farmer. A very
fine, strong, two-year-old bull
"'Two years old?' said the boy.
"'Yes, two years, sir
How do you tell its age?
"'Why, by it's horns.'
The little boy frowned. He paused
q moment. Then his countenance
cleared.
"'Ah,' he said, by it's horns. see
Two horns-two years."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09

which is in itself a remarkable set
ting. Meanwhile the King is smiling
and in the very act of carrying his
hand to his hat. The entire pose of
the figure, the slightly jaunty angle
of the hat, the evidence. of careful
dressing and grooming all distinguish
at glance the First Gentleman Of
Europe"
In Singular contrast to this is the
remarkable snap shot of President
Loubet of France and Prince George
Of Greece. The picture was taken
just after shooting expedition at the
Presidents official summer residence.
The party is regarding the bay. The
wide trousers common among the
poorer classes in France and the I'M
assuming soft felt hat of the Presi-
dent contrast oddly with the raiment
either of the German Emperor or the
English King. The pose also very
happily catches the familiar express
sion of the French Presidents char
acter. The picture of Prince George
of Greece standing at the extreme left
of the group also catches royal per-
sonage quite unawares.
Equally unusual in every respect is
the snap shot Of the Queen of Spain,
which was taken while she was shop
ping recently in Paris. The royal
personages are even plainly dressed
and walking quite unaccompanied
along the streets. The Queen, the
mother of the present King of Spain,
is on the inside, next comes her
daughter, while the Queens sister,
the Duchess of Alba, walks next the
curb. The photographs show that
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Harriqan's Unconscious Bull.

Edward Harrigan, the Irish come
dian, is occasionally guilty of an Irish
bull, as this incident proves. He was
seated at a table in a cafe with a fell
low-actor. The friend had ordered
whisky, and the liquor was served in
a decanter holding enough for several
drinks. They sat for some time talk
ing, and when the time came for pay:
ing the bill, the friend informed the
waiter that he had had but one drink.
"What?" said Harrigan. "Only one!
1t seems to me you have had two"
mo, Ned, only one, persisted the
friend.
well, perhaps you are right" said
Harrigan. ''I'll admit didn't see you
take the first drink, although did see
you take the second. New York
Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09

doubtless ran into the tens of thou
sands.
A king of course is much bigger
game to bay than any Prince, and the
enthusiasm of the camera brlgands
will know no bounds. The anxiety 10
get a good picture of royalty OF course
depends upon more than mere curlos-
ity. Throughout Europe there is al
ways a ready market for such photo
graphs at a good price. Every reign
ing monarch of Europe, it is safe to
say, has been caught by the snap shot
artists many thousands Of times, yet
the demand for new pictures of this
kind seems never to flag. In Amer
lea, where the number of illustrated
publications is even greater than In
Europe, the demand for such pictures
is certain to exceed any possible sup
ply.
The approaching visits of several
royal personages TO the United States
during the St. Louis Exposition lends
particular interest to this unique in
dustry. In addition to King Leopold,
president Loubet of France and the
Prince of Wales have announced their
expectation of visiting the Exposit ton.
It will be interesting to contrast the
work of the snapshot fraternity at
home and abroad in this peculiarly
difficult work. Hunting for king
with snap shot camera is naturally
much more difficult than for any ordi.
nary parsonage. Royalty is so closely
guarded as 70 become an extremely
difficult target.
So we'll recognized is the demand
for such pictures in some parts Of
Europe that a special photographer is
appointed to attend to this work. The
Emperor of Germany has had@a favor
tie photographer for years who &C
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Prices Since 1910.

Looking at the whole period OF
sixty.three years, it is found that the
hours of labor have been lessened
nearly 10 per cent; that the relative
money wages, in gold, have increased
over go per cent, and that the relative
wholesale prices, in gold, OF ninety
leading articles of consumption have
fallen over 10 per cent. The c0ndf
ton Of the wage-earner, therefore, 50
far as that condition is determined ~
wages, cost Of living, and hours Of
labor, has vastly improved since 1840a
Hon. Carroll D. Wright 81 Good
sHouseFe epirg. 3,s5 m 4! .sss
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Ria Wages to Cooks.

A skillful cook commands higher
salary than the average clergyman or
college professor. At present French
cooking is most IN demand, and
French cooks get the highest salaries.
The professional cooks are divided
into two classes chefs and seconds
The chefs receive salaries varying
from 8, 900 70 $12 GOO q rear. The
seconds receive fsen "a COO TO 81 ,5oO.r
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
The Spencer He Knew.

$50 Herbert Spencer is dead" ex~
claimed the literary editor as he
greeted the sporting reporter, whom
he met in the elevator. .....
"spencer?" said the sporting man.
doubtfully. "Oh, is hep
Lets see," he continued, musingly~
II don't seem. to remember him. I
did know George Spencer once. He
was a bricklayer, the darndest fell
low at buck and wing dance you
ever saw"
And the sporting man has yet
1ailed to understand why the literary
man laughed. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Favor New snrinofield Rife.

The officers and men who have tried
the new rifle are practically unani-
NOUS in its favor. The infantry board
and the cavalry board unanimously
recommend the adoption OF twenty
four inches as the length Of the bar
rel for all arms. Exhaustive tests of
4 cartridge for the new rife; have
proved most satisfactory
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Overwhelmingly Funny.

ExcruciatingIy Funny.
Representative Cushman of Wash
ington, who has been pronounced the
tomeliest man in the House now that
Jesse Eddy Of Minnesota has retired,
and who is also the humorist Of the
House, arrived all breathless this
morning after wild dash from Ia
coma to save his $1,000 mileage. He
vas sworn and took seat, smiling ex-
r2nsively.
Heard any new Jokes lately!"
asked Representative Tawney.
mo-" said Cushman, nothing TINT
sounded quite SO gleeful as that swear
ins-in I just got. tell you there is a
lot of humor in 81 ,200."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
Weiqhtyi Work.

The University Of Chicago has de-
livered itself Of an essay ION q Form
ula for Determining the Weight Of the
Central Nervous System OF the Frog
From the Weight and Length Of Its
Entire Body No wonder DR.. Har-
per is clamoring for the preparatory
schools to relieve the universities Of
two years of their Work ouisyille
sCouries-JournaI
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09
| WINTER PASTORAL
WHEN TIE ICE KING DISPLAYS
HIS POWER.

There's Snow knee-dee,, Where the
Cows Cnce Browsed, There's Frost,
Nail-thick. on the Beasts Unhouecd"
The Old Familiar Scenes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1904-01-09

The promised visit of King Leopold
of Belgium to America will satisfy
long felt want among the camera
tiends. It is said that during the tour
of the country made by Prince Henry
a camera clicked every fifth second.
The number of snap shots of the Ger
man Prince which have been pub
lished exceeded one thousand. In
Guiding the number of pictures, good
and bad, which were actually taken
throughout the country, ti1sesuumbsrS
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1904-01-22

36.735 trees in full bearing. The aver
age yield of raw coffee ten oro) Is ] 80
pounds per tree. The average number
of trees planted per acre is 500. The
average production of each plantation
is 5S,196 pounds Of coffee. The produce
ton per acre is S00h pounds. The av-
erage number per year of laborers and
other persons employed on each plan
tation Is As, or one for every Us acres
under cultivation, or one person for
SIS coffee trees. equivalent to one per
son for each l,309is pounds of coffee
produced and prepared. The average
annual salary paid TO each employee is
s6l36. The average cost of labor in
the cultivation, production, and prepa-
ration Of coffee is AZ cents per pound
The average value Of each coffee plan
tation, including the value Of buildings
machinery, and other utensils, is s2i.'
j5l, or 1875 per acre The average re-
turn for each plantation through tn,
sale of its entire produce of coffee il
S.. 2O4. or at the rate OF 1882 cents
/ per pound of coffee.