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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
QR EKZZAN.

though Department. Of the academy
of pedagogy is to be devoted TO the
creation OF universal language.
The department qfihygiene is to in
clude questions -osasociology, 4as we'll
as strictly scientific subjects.
Under economy DR.. Eijkman groups
labor, militarism, life insurance, free
trade and protection, trusts, alcohol
ism, paternal authority, marriage,
feminism and other widely differing
subjects.
TO the southeast Of the new capital
is planned a garden city, with six
hundred model dwellings for the work.
men employed. The design of each
model street is to be by different
architect, chosen in open competition.
A great club house. to cost $4,000, is
ing and recreation.
At the end of the avenue leading
from the center of the city to the sea
the promoters propose to build a pa
vilion for the Queen of Holland as
recognition Of her interest in interna-
tionalism.
Between the garden city and the
queens summer palace, 1.-The house in
the woods is to be the mansion Of
the founder, Mr.. Carnegie There is
to be peace hotel'' facing the tenn
pie of peace, designed for the COM
fort Of the delegates to future peace
or arbitration conventions. Every
building in the model city will be sur
rounded by good sized garden, but
cafes, shops and restaurants are not
to be excluded. The grounds would
be particularly suitable for world ex-
positions.
AS to the government and the ad-
ministration of this Carnegie dream
city of the universe, the following plan
is announced: Authority shall rest in
council of curators." composed of
honorary members. Ordinary men,
bers are to be appointed for life, part
ly by the founder. The limit of COM
bined membership is twenty-five. The
council is to appoint general man.
ager and secretary. All legislative
and executive authority rests in the
general manager and the council. An
other body, to consist of delegated
members" five named by each of the
fifty-four principal nations, is to have
certain rights and voting power not
clearly defined.
With this vision of international
Utopia reduced to dollars and cents
Messrs. Eijkman and Horrix, with the
authentic backing of the home secre-
tary and other Holland authorities,
hope to show Mr.. Carnegie the widest,
most attractive road to Immortality
New York Herald.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
STORY TELLING IN MEXICO

Decameron along with stories Of his
own. The French writers Of fablieux
before and after Boccaccio used many
Of the same stories. They are In the
Roman de la Rose, and in half
dozen others.
"The padres, in the early days OF
the Spanish occupation, brought over
these French works, which were always
popular in the monasteries. They
weren't much on Boccaccio, for his IT.
reverence always queered him with
the church. But they all knew the
fablieux. The priests and friars told
these tales to their Indian acolytes,
and they besams, z ipe 81 '9a win
the national fo1Hors:
"There was one tale, not pretty
one, which I used to hear about the
campfires, and which I never could
place in Boccaccio or any other writer
whom l knew. Last year I visited
Pompeii-and there was that whole
tale told out in pictures on wall.
81 got some of my scholarly friends
to look it up. They found that particu-
lar story, or traces Of it, In Greek,
Latin and Sanskrit literature. 1t is
as old a tale as we know; and here
it is being told nightly as part OF their
own traditions by the Aztec story tell
ers of Mexico"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13

There was once poor woman
whose life had been such bitter one
that she wanted her memory taken
away. He to whom she had given the
love of her young heart had not full
flied the promises of his youth; his
weaknesses had developed into
crimes, so that he was compelled to
fee for his life; and the sons and
daughters she had borne and brought
up had repaid her care and kindness
with neglect and abuse, and at last,
one by one, had wandered far from
her fireside. So the heart of the poor
woman was broken, and she passed, a
sad and desolate soul, down the dark
valley Of the shadow of death. She
came at last to the dim river, and
asked the boatman to take her over.
"This is the river of forgetfulness,"
said the boatman. will you stop and
drink before you CROSSE"
The woman's face frightened and
her voice was full of eager longing.
eyes," she said, II will drink; l will
forget then that my hopes have fail
3D."
"You will forget that you ever
hoped" replied the boatman.
The woman drew back; then she
bent forward once more. 81 will for
get that I came to hate him So" she
said.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
CHIN BELTS NOW A FAD.

Still Another Idea in Eternal Quest for
Beauty.
It would seem as if the limit had
been reached in beauty culture now
that chin belts have been placed on
the market. The feminine inventor
holds that whether in the social or
business world, it is to every woman's
interest as we'll as her duty to look
her BEST
Hence she stands for the hard and
fast sentimen that with the ideal
twentieth century girl there is no ex-
cuse for defects Of either contour or
complexion
In the adoption of chin belts the pro-
verbal last word prerOgative of the
perfect sex is in no wise waived. as
the continuance is applied only during
sleeping hours. The announcement is
made that this novel style bride is a
"practical and scientific device for the
positive correction and prevention OF
double chin and lines around nose and
mouth"
BY the use of chin belts the lips are
sealed, the tongue being temporarily
cut of commission. Thus by the wearer
breathing through the nostrils and al
lowing of natural expansion of lungs,
it is alleged that snoring is prevented.
No mems sizes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13

1.-The Mexicans are great story tell
ers," said an American mining engin-
eer, who is now operating south OF the
border. 1.-THE percentage of illiteracy
is very large, and stories told by word
Of mouth take the place OF reading.
In every mining camp, every cattle
camp, the freside diversion when
work stops is listening to folk-tales.
The man who knows many of them
and tells them we'll is sure to be popu.
lar. In fact, they have professional
story tellers, half tramp, half trouba-
dour, who wander from camp to camp
amusing the poems for few pennies.
After got easy With the language
used to listen to these tales when
ever l could. l found that about a
third OF the standard stories were Boo
caccio translated into Aztec terms.
There would be different incidents,
different names, different localities,
but there were the same plots.
II asked priest, an authority on
Mexican history, how Boccaccio ever
got his start down there. He explain
ed it in this way:
"A great many of Boccaccio's tales
are only the folk tales Of the world,
picked up by him from the common
people and gathered by him into the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
When the Bur&lar Fled

Cant talk, eh?" rasped the voice.
s"Too full of emotion, guess, for l
can smell the cloves on your breath
away over here. 1t serves me right,
anyhow for marrying just a tank.
when I could have had many and
many a decent"
Great drops of perspiration had gath
cred on the affrighted burglars brow,
and, throwing discretion to the winds,
he fell over the furniture in frantic
effort to escape.
'I'll scratch yer eyes out, We brute!"
went on the fierce falsetto voice. "Now
We just turn around and see if We shut
and locked the front door; under
stand? Hurry up, now, for I want
chance to tell you how much despise
SUCH"
When the burglar reached the door
he shut it at his back and flew down
the stairway in terror. He was fam
lily man and appreciated the horrors
of a curtain lecture:
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13

The majority of people take q meal
of some kind between the hours of -
and daily, says the London Chron-
icle. With a number of persons this
meal assumes the form of a substan-
tial dinner, while with others it
amounts to nothing more than a light
luncheon In either case, however,
the repast requires to be digested, and
this necessitates some modification of
the activities Of the brain, since Meth
er that organ nor those concerned in
the processes of digestion are capable
Of good work when an attempt is
made to put forth their energies stimuli
taneously.
A tendency to drowsiness, confusion
of thought and inability to make any
great mental effort are among the re-
suits of diminished cerebral circu-
lation. These feelings are, therefore,
experienced by most persons after
a meal, and they are the more pro-
nounced in proportion to the greater
amount of digestive energy expended.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
Victory for the A&&ressor

in Europe, too far from home. He
employed against Oyama the plan OF
Peter the Great against Charles XII,
and Of Kutusof against Napoleon. It
was not new. Fabius had tried it
against Hannibal, and the Parthians
lured Crassus to destruction by it.
But the history Of warfare dis
closes that the aggressor has the adj
vantage-Alexander, Hannibal, Caes-
ar and Napoleon all took the initial
i've 1t was not Fabius, nor even Sci
pho, who beat Hannibal; it was Capua,
where he ceased the aggressive and
was buried in luxury and debauchery.
Gustavus Adolphus invariably assailed
his enemy. Let one read the brilliant
campaign of Montrose in Scotland if
he would realize the advantage of the
FIRST lick" In our own country Stone
wall Jackson and Gen. Forrest illus
trated the superiority Of aggressive
tactics.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
Givena Queer Send o t f

into a scathing denunciation Of the
military record of Col. Fellows. This
man Fellows said Allen, Started from
home with nothing but a Bible, an
arithmetic and a halter. 1t was his
purpose to teach school, become a
preacher, or, failing in both, steal a
horse and ride back home. He finally
joined the army as an easy means of
reaching home Then Col. Fellows
arose. This man Allen he thunder
ed, tells you that he figured in many
engagements and was captured num-
Der of times. I do not deny that he
was captured, but the Yankees each
time released him, realizing that it
was an easier matter to fight him than
to feed him."
With this unique Introduction "Pri-
vate John Allen" arose, and for more
than an hour delighted his hearers
with reminiscent tales of mirthful
character.-Philadelp Record.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
Success Out Of Failure.

Col. John T. Mosley, famous Con-
federate scout in the civil war, now an
efficient special agent Of the Depart
ment of Justice, said one day in Wash
ington, apropos of success:
'The other morning I met Blank,
hurrying along in his brisk, energetic
way, the hopeful light still shining
from his eyes, and the confident smile
still playing about his firm mouth.
MY heart went out in pity to Blank
He was hard worker, very hard
worker, yet in every thing he under
took he failed. Three times in the last
ten years Blank had failed in bust
ness.
$50 I stopped the poor fellow and
shook him by the hand.
"sBlank,' said I, it is too bad. With
all your push you don't seem to sue
ceed.' -s. .-.-.s :,
Il don't, eh?' Blank replied. Have
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
Benefit in Short MAPS"

Since brain work of good quality
cannot be produced while the pro-
cesses of digestion are in active opera
ton, it is wise not to attempt it. 1t
is never prudent to thwart the bene-
ficent int entions of nature. Many per-
sons struggle against the mental and
physical lethargy that accompanies:
the earlier stages of the digestive act,
apparently under the delusion that aid
time given to the important business
OF building up and repairing by their
tissues is time wasted. So far from
this being the case we'll spent post
prandial interval tends to the preser-
walton and prolongation of life. If
tendency to drowsiness is felt sleep
should be allowed to prevail, for the
proverbial forty winks" is justified
Of science. A ten or fifteen minutes
nap after meal curiously enough will
enable many brainworker to arise
refreshed who might have spent an
hour or two in vain and mentally
confused struggle against the "drowsy
god"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
NO JOY IN FORGETEULNESS

you will forget that you ever loved
him. came the response.
The words seemed to stir faraway
memory There was long pause.
Then the woman leaned forward to
drink.
II will forget that my little ones left
my arms. will forget how wept for
them in the darkness when they did
not return at night. will forget that
they lost the right path and wandered
away. never to return to me-"
eyes," said the boatman, "you will
forget that you ever pressed them to
your bosom, forget that you ever felt
the tiny fingers wandering caressingly
over your face. You will forget the
visions you saw, the fond hopes you
cherished as you used to rock them
to sleep at night"
The woman was not STOPPING by the
river now; she had raised herself and
was walking toward the boat.
"You may row me across" she said.
81 shall not drink of the waters Of for
getfulness."
Have you ever said, dear reader, in
a moment Of despair, there is nothing
in all my past to be thankful for?"
Never say it again. Have you ever
wished that you might drink of the
waters of forgetfulness? Never wish
it again.--A. B. Curtis.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13

The best of us talk too much. 1.-THE
essence of power is reserve" said a
man who knew.
Many a reputation has been built on
silence. Many one is spoiled through
rushing prematurely and volubly into
speech.
It is safe to be silent when your
words would wound. Faithful are
the wounds Of a friend" says the old
proverb, but one wants to be mighty
sure ones friend needs the .wounding
and that we are qualified to administer
it.
Keep still when your words will dis
courage. It is infinitely better to be
dumb forever than to make one fel-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13

A celebrated writer, says the Wash
sington Post, mentions the duke of
Cumberland and Marshal Soult as
stout captains, but unfortunate, pos
sessing the confidence Of their superb
ors and subordinates, but generally
losing the day when they commanded.
Marshal Daun, SO long opposed to
Frederick the Great, was another I'M
fortunate general who lost battles,
but was ever a stubborn fighter and a
trusted commander.
Gen. Kouropatkin belongs to the
class of Soult and Cumberland. That
he had an army with which to occupy
Mukden stamps him as thorough
soldier, and that he saved even a part
of that army after the titanic battles
of the twelve days shows that he Is
commander of very considerable tai
ents. He was reduced to the neces-
sity of attempting traditional Rus
sian tactic, that had twice succeeded
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
An Admirable Liar.

sT admire liar" said Morgan Rob
ertson, the writer Of sea stories,
"even when his presentations strain
nv credulity. A friend of mine who
objects to efforts to pry into his per-
sonal affairs, recently limped into my
workshop.
"'What's the matter with your
foot?' I asked, more to be polite than
because I cared what was the trou.
Bile.
"Then he gained my everlasting ad-
miration by display of nerve and
mendacity I never saw equaled. An
eel stepped on it, he said. Sunday
Magazine"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13

The burglar, having used his skele-
ton keys successfully, slowly and care
fully twisted his doorknob, listened in
tently and then tiptoed into the apart
ment
A thin ray Of light from his dark
lantern showed him a path through
the mazes of furniture, but, as he NOV
ed forward, his foot struck sharply
against a chair. Drawing his revolver
he quickly determined on desperate
measures, for a sound at the other end
of the room indicated that the sleep
Ing occupant was aroused.
The intruder listened moment,
then crept silently on.
well, Archibald" rasped female
voice, Il hear ye creeping in. Ye
can't deceive me, ye old reprobate!
Amt you ashamed of coming home at
this hour OF the night-3 a. m.-ye
old reprobate!"
The burglar stood still, trembling in
his tracks, even though only woman
opposed him.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
When Silence Is Golden

low-being less able to cope with life.
Keep still when your words will in
cite to anger or discomfort. An in
credible amount of breath is used in
the evil practice of trying to make
our friends dislike their friends.
Never speak when what you have to
say is merely for the purpose of exalt-
ing yourself.
Shut your lips with q key when you
are inspired to babble incontinently Of
yoursef-your ailments, accomplish
ments, relations, loves, hatreds, hopes
and desires. It is only to the choice.
rare friend that one may speak OF
these things without becoming a fool.
philadelphia Bulletin.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
Paw of a Rose Grower.

"A god rose grower-that is, one
who can show good results" says a
we'll known florist, 'receives as much
pay as a. college professor. AS rule,
his knowledge has cost him about as
much.
"By a rose grower I mean a spe-
cialist who can produce heavy headed
beauties with strong, yard long stems.
Growing roses in pots or in the open is
another matter. It requires skill to
grow them we'll, but it requires some
thing more to show cut flowers of the
quality that has come to be considered
the first grade That is business by
itself. Good rose growers get from
1000 to $4,000 year, and some OF
them receive much more, notably a
few who cater to the New York mar
ketS'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13

BY far the most picturesque figure
at the Five O'Clock club dinner one
night recently was Congressman John
Allen Of Mississippi. When this de-
,lightful southerner entered official life
at Washington he came minus the
characteristic title of "colonel or
major" The fact that a southern
soldier, filing the high Office of con-
gresham, did not lay claim to some
military rank so amazed his colleagues
that the newcomer was Immediately
dubbed ""Private John Allen"
United States senator Tom Carter
of Montana in introducing Mr.. Allen
to the Five O'Clockites related
breezy exchange of insults" that
passed between "Private Allen" and
Col. John r. Fellows, another intrepid
soldier from Dixie land, at a banquet
they attended some years ago. when
Private John Allen arose to speak"
said Senator Carter, "he launched
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13

That fellowship Of genius, unconstrained
OF place or riches; nor its precincts
gained
OF loud alarum; for brazen gate
Thick metaled. bids the wanderer await
Until the sacred password is approved
BY Him who loveth art for art beloved.
Nor ever ringeth false upon His ear
That magic word that bids the gate
swing clear.
The moated bitches close, the drawbridge
fall.
The sentinels move harmless on the wall,
The feast be spread, the laureled wreath
be Wove,
For him who bears the signet-ring Of
Love.
Nor any soul discordant at the feast.
Not any greatest one or any least,
But all of common stature, having slipped
The cup whose golden sides have dripped
and dripped
With the rare wine of Song, whose vine
yards lie
Where the clear blue of the Farnassian
sky
Dips down to earth to lift the souls Of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
T he Chosen 0 ne S

That fell from Heaven back to Heaven
again.
And in that din and clamor I await
The message that He sends who guards
the gate
TO bid me come within or bid me lay
My dreams aside and diligently stray
BY field and stream and under the blue
sky,
Seeking the truth afar with eager eye.
Through many a sleepless night and
weary day
To serve with patience, suffer, learn, and
pray,
Until l gain the Secret and the gate
Shall be flung wide and those great souls
await
To welcome me, who, like me, unafraid.
Untiring, patient, at the altar laid
Their offerings once and once and once
again,
And once hundred times, and more; tin
then
They learned that Patience was the word
that babe
The gate swing wide and waiting soulx
be glad!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
PLAQUE in India,

The plague situation in India is be
coming worse year by year; an Eng
lish journal calls it one of the great
catastrophies of modern times. In
January, as well as in February, the
deaths exceeded 100000, and for the
first fortnight in March the mortality
was nearly 10000.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
PAUL. EDRRzK;

MT I made a success of my several
failures?'
And he hurried off to make, as he
informed me, another fat deposit in
his wife's name."-Kansas City Jour-
nal
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
The Delusion Of Ghosts

Sometimes when I got to do errands at
night
An tn moon Is all dark an" tn amt any
light,
An TIL wind. when it blows. make
shivery sound, ~
An everything seems awful still all
around;
Sometimes when a hoot-owl goes, woo
oo-oo-oo!
MY legs feel so funny; I'm all goose
flesh. too.
An. maybe I'm startled when hear it
call.
But I amt a bit scairt; I'm thes' nerv-
Gus, that's all.
Onct me an Joe Simpson wuz walkin'
one night
A. past tn old graveyard, an saw some
thin white.
EFT looked like a ghost, standin' right In
tn road,
An my, Joe wuz scairt! 'Cuz he said 'et
he knowed
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13
Over the TeIepnosie.

over the eiepnoFe.
A prominent United States army
officer was discussing army methods,
and referred to the common use Of
the telephone in modern warfare and
maneuvers.
1.-THE telephone is a great institu-
tion," he said, "but I am afraid that
the famous fighters of the past would
not have appreciated it. never use
one that do not think of the descrip-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-13

1t wuz surely a ghost; an I wisseld'
becuz
When you wissel you scare EN-; an all
that it wuz
Wuz a great big white COW: an it thes'
walked away,
An I wuzn't no more scairt n If it wuE
day!
'Cuz I don't b'lieve in ghosts, an I'd
thes' as lieve go
A. past any graveyard an walk awful
slow,
An wissel, an sit on tn top of tn fence.
'Cuz tn amt any ghosts If you got any
sense.
An when we saw that big white thing
by tn road
EFT Joe was so scairt Of. I wuzn't
knowed
All tn time it's no ghost. wuz nervous
becuZ
I knowed what 1t wuzn't, but not what
it WIZ!
j. W. Foley.
ton, of the instrument given by an
irascible army officer of my acquaint-
ance:
"sThe first. thing I d. he says,
after picking up the receiver is to
stand in front of a hole in the wall and
yell, "Hello!" I get no answer, and
repeat the call. About the third time
I leave off the last syllable aad the
fourth time I put the last syllable
first "-Harper's Weekly.
The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1905-02-17
Dale.

Marie Dale.
Leading Lady of
Adams Comedi-
ans, and u. Faith
Adams, the most
popular comedian
that plays the west
will begin a two
nights engage
ment in Diackfoot
Tonight
at the opera house
presenting
"0ut of the Fold"
Mr.. Adams is sup
ported by the
strongest company
he ever brought.
west and his plays
are all new-great
specialties, beauti-
full scenery and
! magnificent calci-
um and slectrial
effects will be used
A matinee will be
given TOMOR-
ROW afternoon at
cheap prices. Mr..
Adams will be re-
membered here as
the manager and
comedian of the
JOLLY DELLA
PRINGLE COM
PAN Y.