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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

towards the southern limit of it's
range, the conditions which are neces-
sary to it's best growth are found be-
tween 5000 and 10000 - feet eleva-
tiCn. /
Lodgepole pine is valuable, for one
reason, because it grows on high
mountain slopes, and also on old
"burns,'' where other trees find diff
Guilty. in obtaining foothold. 1t
readily adapts itself to most diverse
soil con ditions, but thrives best where
there is considerable moisture. It's
roots accommodate themselves to the
shallow soil common in the localities
where it grows. At very early age
this tree produces cones in large guam
titles, and after it is ten years old the
seed are generally fertile. The cones
sometimes open and distribute the
seeds as soon as they are ripe, though
more commonly they remain on the
tree for years with their seed carefully
preserved beneath .zfIIe = scales, In
1nany cases squirre1s*cut off the closed
cones and hide them away in the
ground. If a fire occurs before the
seeds are eaten, it will cause the cones
to open and set them free. As rule,
however, the cones Of many seasons
remain on the trees. until fire comes
along and, by heating them, liberates
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

am tempted to ask the reader
merely to believe, because I say So,
that the destruction of disease germs
is possible
OF course I don't mean to assert
that we are yet in possession Of
knowledge sufficient for our purpose,
even supposing that mankind had set
itself on the determination of disease
microbes, says c.. w. Saleeby, M. D.,
in Harper's Weekly. For absolute
success We must know much more
than we do. In the case Of malaria
our knowledge is practically perfect.
We know the life history of the mi
crobe from the cradle to the grave,
so to speak, and therefore we can ex-
terminate it whenever the public Of
the planet gives the word. On the
other hand, we have not yet discover
ed the microbes of many diseases,
such as measles. and Whooping cough
and humps, and even a "cold in the
head" But these are mere matters
Of time. Similarly, we must recog-
nize that microbes go through mil
lions of generations when other crea-
lures go through one. At the end of
twenty-fOur hours a micrObe may nave
grandchildren with "great-great" add
ed on. Therefore they. can vary very
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
Blaine Knew the Family

stateman's mind, was SO evident that
we coveted the ready memory and
tact of the busy statesman who could
so definitely place everyone.
Yet this seemed exceptional, SO after
the man had passed on we said to the
senator, How do you remember all
that?' Did you ever know his father?"
He laughed and said: mo, never
saw him, but l had an old aunt who
lived in Poultney, VT, and several
summers ago I spent a Sunday with
her and l went to church with her.
The day was warm and had difficulty
in keeping awake. The window was
open to the little graveyard, and every
time I nodded l opened my eyes to
see on a big stone whose reflected
Wilderness made me blink: Stephen
Mason, died April &c, 1865" and be-
side it was another with, John Mason,
born IL, died IS
ut never would have done to fall
asleep; my aunt would never have for
given me, so l memorized that, and
never hear the name Mason that
don't see that big white stone and
those big letters spelling out Stephen
Mason. No, I never saw the man or
heard of him before"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
Disease and the Microbe

quickly. And we know that. certain
conditions may cause innocent mi
crobes so to vary, after a few thou
sands of generations (taking next to
no time), that they become harmful.
All this question must be invest1-
gated on even a wider scale than at
present; SO that we may be able to
kill all the microbes that are even pc.
tentially dangerous, or else modify
them so that they are dangerous only
to creatures which are dangerous to
u.s. An instance of this is already
furnished in sense, by the plague.
The microbe of mis- disease ba-
ci11us pestis-discovere ten years
ago by the great Japanese bacteriolo'
gist' Xitasato, is mainly conveyed
from place to place by rats, which die
even more readily than man of this
terrible disease. Therefore man has
declared war on the unfortunate rat.
his co.victim
AS disease gradually diminishes
upon the earth, with the disappear:
ance of its chief cause, certain great
changes will occur in human life. It's
average length will be greatly in
creased-certainly by several decades
for microbes shorten the life OF
every one of us, even when we die OF
sO-called "old age"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

my companion, much more intrepid
than I, stepped on the edge of the
crater, examining the ground and said
with admirable assurance, Here is
where we must go down. Without
giving me. time to offer the least OBJ
lection he put the knotted end of the
rope into the hands of Latour and N.Y.
self, threw the rest of the rope into
the crater and began to descend"
Thus writes the Able J. WON of Mar
Unique describing a descent he and
Franz Bertrand made into the crater
of Mount Pelee, Oct. "a of last year.
Their feat was the first of the kind
since the great eruption of May, 1902.
The able tells of the fear that seized
him when his companion slid over the
edge, and how, leaving their one at
tendant, Latour, to hold. the rope, he
himself made the dangerous trip into
the volcanoes mouth. This first de-
scent, however, was only a matter OF
thirty or forty feet, but after it there
remained a quarter of an hours hard
scrambling over sharp. rocks before
the crater's floor, far below, was
reached.
THUS we arrived" he says, 'at the
bottom Of the valley at the base of the
dome, which fills completely the ave-
nue. of communication with the inter-
ior of the earth. 1t is an error to sup
pose that there is great hole from
which lava and gases have come out.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
Turnverein in War Time

The first Turner societies in the
United States were founded in Phila-
delphia and Cincinnati in 1S41, and
shortly after, the. New York Turn
Verein had its start IN Hoboken. Two
years later ten societies were flourish
ing and these were formed into Ma
tional Turner union, says Outing.
The revolutionary spirit which
blazed fiercely in Germany in 1S4S
was rushed for the time and many
patriots Of superior education and in
teligence fled to this country as an
asylum, They were strangers in a
strange land, unable to communicate
with the native born and sOciability
was limited to intercourse with their
own countrymen. They had been
Turner's at home, using this organiza-
ton as a nursery of patriotism, in
which high ideals Of political, social
and religious progress were cherished,
together with the training of the body
for the hardships of the field and
camp.
This ideal of classic times, wisely
reincarnated in modern Germany to
serve a nations needs, was trans
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
Odd Things About Money

are being made every month and
shipped to Shanghai. The coins are
officially known as the 10-cash coins:
corresponding to our American 1-cent
pieces. One hundred of these coins
weight slightly over twenty-four
ounces and pound and half cop
per costs only 10 to 20 cents. No
great amount of power is needed to
convert the copperinto coin and plenty
of labor can be had at from 81 to So
gold a month.
According to Chinese computation,
the pound and a half of copper in
money is worth abont SLIP Mexican,
or so cents in gold. While issued at
the minis for 80 cents to one Mexi.
can dollar, so great is the demand for
these copper coins among the Chinese
that they pass current among the
people for from IS to 81 cents. A
new mint with an output of 100000
of these coins a day will start up in
Hangchau this month. The new coins
are not only driving gold cash out of
circulation, but will have to be reck-
oned with when new monetary sys.
tenn is made for the Chinese empire.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

A gentleman prominent in Cam
bridge, Mass, told this anecdote of
the late Hon. James G. Blaine one
night, not long after witnessing the
Incident:
Mr.. Blaine, said he, had a peculiar
gift for remembering names and faces,
but this was the most amusing exhi-
bition of his gift that had ever wit
messed. 1t was at a large reception in
Washington. A gentleman of rather
countrified appearance was introduced
to Mr.. Blaine as Mr.. Mason.
What" exclaimed Mr.. Blaine, "Mr.
Mason of Poultney, Vt.?'
YES" replied Mr.. Mason, delighted
at being definitely placed geographic
cally.
THE son of Stephen Mason?"
"Yes,' delighted again to be gen
ealogically placed.
:tAh, yes,' said Mr.. Blaine, ''and he
died in, let me see, in 1868, did he
not? l remember-and he was buried
in the little yard by the church. And
his father was John Mason, who
fought in the war of 1912: All, yes"
1t was all so sympathetic and so his
torically correct, and the mans pleas
ure over having a distinct place in the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
The City in the Sea
VOL. Fl. NO. 70.

10, death has reared himself throne
In a strange city lying alone 4.
Far down within the dim west,
Where the good and the bad and the
worst and the best
Have gone to their eternal rest:
Their shrines and palaces and towers
(Time eaten towers that tremble not
Resemble nothing that is ours
Around, by lifting winds forgot,
Resignedly beneath the sky
The melancholy waters lie.
No rays from the holy heaven come down
On the long night time OF that town;
But light from out the lurid sea
Streams up the turrets silently,
Cleans up the pinnacles far and free;
Up don1es, up spires, up kingly, halls,
Up fanes. up Babylon-like walls,
Up shadoWy longforgOtten bowers
OF sculptured ivy and stone flowers.
Up many and many a marvellous shrine
Whose wreathed frlezes INTERVENE
= The yiol, the violet, and the vine.
Resignedly beneath the sky
The melancholy waters lie. So.
So blend the turrets and shadows there >.
That all seem pendulous in air.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

The lodgepole pine, which is known
in the Sierras of California as tama-
rack pine and in Colorado and Mon
tana is sometimes called white pine,
jack pine, piryon, and scrub pine,
bears the common name of ''lodgepole"
from the fact that the Indians used its
long slender trunks as supports for
their wigwan1s or lodges. It's geo.
graphical range is along the Rocky
mountains from Alaska to New Mex.
leo and westward to the Pacific coast.
In the United States it is found in
merchantable quantity and dimensions
On the spurs and eastern slopes of the
Rocky mountains throughout southern
Montana, Wyoming and Colorado, in
the Bitter Root mountains of Idaho,
the Ulintah range of Utah and in the
Big Horn mountains of Wyoming. The
Bureau of Forestry is studying the spe-
cies throughout this range of it's best
commercial distribution.
II Lodgepole pine grows at all alti-
tudes between 5000 and 10000 feet
above sea level. In the Gallatin
mountains of Montana and in the
mountainous country south and east of
Yellowstone Park it reaches it's largest
size at elevations between 4,500 and
5000 feet. In Colorado, however,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

In a cultivated garden the plant is
useful for the border, where it re-
mains natty and crisp looking until
the coming of frost.
The violet, if preferred, can be
used in the dream corner as border
plant, although, owing to its habit OF
spreading, it is somewhat difficult to
keep it within prescribed limits.
Dreaming of it was held by the an
clients to signify successful advance
ment in life. 1t was, moreover, the
one loved flower Of Napoleon, Daisies
should find a place in every romantic
garden, as they are deemed specially
lucky to dream of during their season
of bloom.
Dandelions should not be allowed to
lift their heads in the dream corner of
a garden. To dream of them denotes
misfortune. In fact, yellow flowers
of every sort should be kept strictly
away from this corner, as the color
in cream lore is credited with 1nc1ud-
ing jealousy to minsle with love- -,
Neither should white flowers pre-
dominate in such a corner, since
dreaming of them means death.
Yarrow, or milfoil, may be planted
here, as by plucking it dreams of the
living are induced. The laurel and
lilies should also find place here in
abundance. Pink and red roses, to
which the greatest luck attaches in
dreams, may be used unstintingly to
enliven the garden. A white rose
bush, however, should it be dreamed
of as putting forth over early in the
season, is sign Of dire misfortune.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
The City Sleeps

Y'he city sleeps and dreams, and dreams
are sweet
How dark and still the street!
At peace, the citizens all silent lie;
There is no FESTIVE eye;
The breath is calm, no hurried feet 60 by,
Night falls and rest is sweet.
The strife and struggle Of the garish day.
The world of work and play,
The turmoil and the fighting-an is past,
Nor loves nor hates OutlaSt
The wondrous shadow of the truce that's
cast
When; night puts all away
AS if the citizen were only boys
Grown tired of tasks and toys,
And seeking loving mothers knee, that
there,
With bedtime kiss and prayer.
They might forget the daylisht's little
care
And surfeiting of joys.
O peaceful stars, compassioning, watch
full eyes,
Make low the lu1labieS
That in vast unison the planets sing;
Let them wake not, nor bring
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
The knowledge Was Mutual

of the townspeople, and, nudging Mr..
Nye, he looked up with a most vacant
expression, and, thrusting his head to
one side, as the deaf sometimes do,
he said, almost in La whisper: "Ha?"
Again came the query, in louder
tone: Il say! isn't your name Mr..
Riley? James Whitcomb Riley?"
Mr.. Riley now put his hand up be-
hind his ear, the better to catch the
sound, and with still more stupid
expression on his face he asked pain
fully, ~'Hey?"
Once more the question was repeat
ed by the old farmer who was fast
losing his temper. This time Mr..
Riley seemed to hear, and slowly nod
ding his head up and down, he assent
ed, MINI"
"Wall!" exclaimed the farmer, in
a tone of great Importance, and loud
enough to be heard all through the
car, II knew yer grandfather"
"Yes?" replied Mr.. Riley, slightly
concerned, and, with eyebrows raised,
added slowly, $50 did l."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

The new thought in planting gar
dens is to make them representative
of some special phase of plant life. At
Georgian Court, Lakewood, N. j., Mr..
George Gould has formal Italian
garden wherein intermingle clipped
evergreens and statuary; by the side
of Biltmore House Mr.. George Wander
bilthas garden of wallfowers show
ing only such blossoms and fruits as
grow best when trained over the sur
rounding high wall; Mrs. o. H. P. Bel
mont enjoys garden exclusively OF
such Wild flowers as are suffering from
overpicking.
The possessor of a garden of roman
tic plants sis, however, still to be
found. Yet such a garden would
bring together a large number of
plants and gay flowers throughout
the blooming season.
Before planting garden of roman
tic plants it would first be necessary
to recall the flowers which have from
time 1mmemOTial been associated with
certain rites and superstitions. Dream
plants, plants renowned as love
charms, those associated with
witches. and others related to be the
companions of fairies might be used
in groups in the four corners Of a
garden Of romance. n
J OF plants conspicuous in dream lore
there is the mystic clover, which por-
tends happiness in marriage and great
PROSPERITY. On the Continent the
lover having found four leaf clover
puts it under his pillow at night, hop
ing then to dream OF hip lady love.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

planted to the United States by the
fortunes of war. The Turner societies
aroused some antagonism, based on
the specions claim that they were an
attempt to- create a state Within a
state and to keep the Germans apart
from the life around them. This con-
tention was magnifcently shattered a
little more than a decade after the
first Turner's were organized in this
country. When the civil war began,
these German citizens of the United
States volunteered in such numbers
that in New York Turner regiment
was enlisted and sent to the front
under COL Max Weber. The Ninth
Ohio was another regiment of Turner's
from Cincinnati, and in Philadelphia
and st. Louis Turner's filled the ranks
of regiments which did not have the
distinctive name.
Gen. Seigel commanded several
thousand Turner's in his forces and
was their idol, for he had been a
leader of the Turnerbund in his own
land and was one of the fighting re-
volutionary commanders who led his
army into Switzerland and there dis
banded it after the cause was lost.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

During the motor boat races said
an American, there was great as
semblage of celebrities at Monte
Carlo.
Sir Alfred Harmsworth, the Eng,
lish publisher, lunched one day at
Monte Carlo on Russian dishes at. the
famous Citro's.- He had come from
Marseilles in a new ninety-horse-power
automobile, and Giro was now explain
ing to him his Russian dishes, new.
city that Monte Carlo had welcomed
heartily. ,er
"sir Alfred helped himself to Rus.
sian dish that looked like black velvet.
"'This is good he said, but have
you any, kvass?' h. >-=.-...7. - - -. -.
sKvass? Indeed, yes said Giro.
'I'll have some kvass, then,'H said
Sir Alfred. Some kvass, with plenty
of Caucasus cabbage in it,
"But when the pale kvass came it
was too thick with the aromatic cab.
bage Of the Caucasus. It was neces.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
1910 PER YEAR.

Too soon the pitiless, mad dawn on wing
That, cleaning, stirs the skies!
And thou. pale moon, pass on with silent
tread
Tnou'st seen the world to bed.
Do ye. mild winds, snuff out her little
With big Clouds soft and white, 49,.
AS she upon the sleeping world shuts
tight
The door, her "good night said.
And We black rivers, rolling'to the sea.
Roll on most quietly,
Lest We may wake the city, lying still,
Unconscious of the i'll
Or good the morrow may bring forth to
fill
Its cup-blest mystery!
And, last. o Father of the world, look
With pity. not with frown.
And guard the city, proud and rich and
great,
Forgot is it's estate;
In childlike innocence, imma culate,
It sleeps-Thy Peace its CROWN
CHARLES milford Robinson, in the Out
l0ok
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
Just Wanted to Learn

asked how money was taken out. The
method Of making out a check was
explained, and ST made out one for
$1,000. The cashier was surprised at
the sudden withdrawal, but paid 1t
without remark. ST took his money
and walked down to a group Of men
and displayed it. The group entered
into a warm but low-voiced discussion.
In ten or fifteen minutes ST walked
into the bank again, and told the
cashier that he wanted to deposit a
thousand dollars. ......
*'Why, sir, what is the matter with
your asked the clerk. you deposit
ed thousand about an hour ago, and
took it out before it had got cold, and
now you want to put it back again"
well, my friend" said 81, me and
tho boys just wanted to find out how
the thing worked. ~ Youths Compan-
ion. "%sf tT~ i s,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

The desire of some of the illiterate
to claim acquaintanceship with noted
men is illustrated by an amusing story
told of James WhitcOmb Riley. Ac-
companied by Bill Nye, he was travel
ing through the town where he was
born, and while he was seated in the
train he was pointed out by a group
of the villagers who we're standing on
the platform of the railroad station.
An old farmer who overheard the
name of the we'll known author step
ped up to the group and, pointing to
the car window with his finger, in
quired, "Is that there Mr.. R:ley?" and
added, "Wall, 1 knew that feller's
grandfather, and I'm goin', in to have
a talk with him."
as the train was to be delayed for
some minutes at the station, the farm
er boldly entered the car and, stand
ing behind Mr.. Riley, he drawled,
Say, aren't you James Whitcomb
Riley?"
Mr.. Riley suspected that he was to
he treated to an interview with one
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24
Was Out of Proportion

sary to send it back for a little more
sour soup.
ST remind myself said Sir Alfred
smiling, of an old man who sat at a
table next to mine in Sweetings the
other day. -
*This old man ordered ale and lob.
ster.
".And, waiter,' he Said, see that
you put a good head the a1e-'
Yes, sir, a good head, SIR said the
waiter, and in little while he return
ed with a mug of ale that foamed like
a geyser. - :s
There was, too much foam alto
gether. With spoon the old man
ladled it off. Thereupon the waiter
took the nearly empty glass again to
refill it. . III +.
""sYou told me, you know, SIR he
said,. that you wanted a good head
on it, i. ). G5E
But said the xold man, Il didn't
know it1would have such a very short
neck - :s,5.. fs5..s Is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

, To dream of it when withered indi
Gates failure in love.
The box; which happily has returned
to fashions favor for bordering paths
may well be used in romantic gar
den, since it means long life, while
arguing we'll for love affairs.
No distinct line need be drawn be
tween the dream plants of a roman
tic garden and those which fill the
love charm corner, many being asso
ciated with both ideas.
The thistle. while one Of the mos
lucky of dream omens, has also beer
used by rustic maidens for testing the
affection Of possible lovers. Cutting
the points from three or four downy
heads, the maiden assigns to each a
name, Then on the morrow the one
which has put forth a sprout is be
lieved to bear the name of him she
will marry. =,
In this love charm part of the gar
den the pansy may claim place as the
border plant. Oberon, in a Midsum
mer's Night Dream, told Puck to pu1
over the eyes of Titania a pansy, sc
that when on awakening she might fal
in love with the first object she espied
The Crocus is also among the early
spreg flowers reputed to inspire love
T An acre could readily be planted as
a garden of romance, so abundantly
has legendary lore been transmitted
by flowers. Indeed, such one
wherein each plant tells its own story
might prove to many refreshing in this
day, when most gardens have tone
Of terse rea1ity.-New York Herald.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-06-24

Down in remote section of south
western state is a little town which
no railroad approaches nearer than
thirty-two miles. The news OF the
world is worn out and probably de-
MED by the time it reaches there, and
the little town makes no news for
itself. There has been, however, at
least one event in the annals of the
place. That was when new bank
was started. It was only branch
bank, but that did not dim its ~luster
or~nove1ty in the eyes of the citizens.
, The first deposition was "Si'g Fox.
ST was man of means, but had trust
ed for the safety of his money to MS
yarn sock and his gun. Now he felt
that as the leading citizen of the town
he ought to encourage the new enter
prise. He put in thousand dollars
as soon as the bank opened. s
An hour later he, came back and