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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

Very strange to modern eyes would
be the armament of Great Brita1n>s
medieval navy. The very names OF
many of the implements of attack ana
defense sound queer: According I"
the books, in the year 1887 the Vessels
of the navy were furnished with
"espringalds," ancient spring guns
"haubergeons," coats of mail; "oacl-
nets" small helmets; bows, arrows
doublets, targets; t'pavises,' large
shields placed at the sides, and serV-
ing the double purpose OF protection
AGAINST the sea and against the enc
nv: 1ances and firing barrels AS
earlv as 1888 cannon formed part OF
the armament of ships, and about 1872
guns and gunpowder were commonly
used. Among the stores belonging to
one vessel of that time were three
iron cannon with five chambers,
hand gun and three old stone bags,
probably for shot. Another ship had
an iron cannon with two chambers and
one brass cannon with one chamber.
Among other implements OF war
used at that time were cannon
paviors" or stone shot throwers and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

We: very frequently hear Of snake
and fish stories and sometimes a pref
tv good bee story is told, says the
Huntsville (Mo:) Herald Our friend,
Bill Heflin, hardly ever relates any
thing unless he knows what he is
talking about, and all who know him
won't question his veracity one mo-
ment or doubt. the correctness of any
story Bill may tell if he claims he has
personal knowledge Of anything
connected with it.
Not long ago Mr.. Hef1in and Squire
O'Bryan were talking about bees and
the manner of swarming and Mr..
Hehin was reminded of the immense
swarm he: once saw in Missouri. 1t
was during the time Bill was down
south fighting for his country and
along about the last of that sanguin-
airy conflict, when Bill saw that the
southern boys had to surrender to SUI.
perior mbers, that he saw the big
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

A well.known professor has recently
made some interesting studies with re-
gard to the causes of fear in the in
fantile mind.
A study of fear in the youthful sub
jects was made by distributing hun
dreds of lists containing all manner OF
cases such as might excite that emo
ton. Parents, teachers and other per-
sons-even the little ones themselves
marked off such items as the latter
really feared.
After reducing all of the replies to
table, it was found the highest num-
Der feared thunderstorms, the next
highest reptiles Then followed In
order, according to the number fearing
them, strangers, darkness, fire, death,
domestic animals, disease, wild AMI
mails, water, insects, ghosts and 9th
ers.
A comparison of an equal number OF
boys and girls showed that the girls
feared 1,765 things on the list, and the
boys l,1O6 things. The girls exceeded
the boys in the fear Of everything ex-~
cept water, high places and strangers.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
Stately Ruins in Rhodesia

points Enthusiastically to some knowl-
edge of geometry and astronomy on
the part of the builders. 1t is quite
certain that even the cruder methods
at Zimbabwe of applying this knowl-
edge, which was common to the an
cient Semitic peoples, were imported
from the near east and did not origi-
nate in. southeast Africa. The right
ascension Of the sun, the heliacal ris-
ing and the meridian passages OF the
stars are believed to have been noted
at Zimbabwe. These ancient builders
were also past masters in the science
of military defense, the walls showing
that the builders were military strate-
gists of the highest order. Their gold
ornaments, finely designed and en-
graved, could not have been the WORK
of an uncivilized people, and the hum
dreds of ancient gold mines show that
they were skilled in metallurgy and
picked out rich shoots, patches and
pockets with marvellous cleverness. 1t
is estimated that from these wide
spread mines they extracted $375,000,-
900 Of gold.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

John Scudder McLain Of Minneapo-
lis. in his recent book, ALASKA and
the Klondike," says of famous arctlc
CITY: Dawson has a good theater' an
athletic clubhouse for winter Sports
and athletic grounds well prepared 1or
baseball; cricket and tennis. A pecu-
liar institution is the town crler'
known as Uncle john who parades
the streets with a megaphone, an I'M
movement on a bell, and announces
the hour and place of Forthcoming
events. The long summer days simpl.
fy ABRAMS ements of this character ma
terially. The baseball crank and the
Office bow are not compelled to devise
excuses for the neglect OF their ousl-
ness in the middle of the afternoon TO
witness a baseball game. me game
does not begin until O'Clock IN tne
evening, and the theater, RECOGNIZING
it as a stiff competitor, does noS rlng
I'D its curtain until 10 o'clock. ms
means, of course, that the play is moi
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
Dawson Citizens Enjoy Life

over until 1890 or 1 o'clock in the
morning, but inasmuch as the night is
nearly as light as the day no incon-
venience is suffered on that account.
Dawson lies north of the 64th de-
gree north latitude and experiences as
wide differences of temperature, prob
ably, as are known in any Inhabited
portion of the globe. The thermome-
ter registered 80 degrees above zero
few days before our arrival and two
days of our stay were uncomfortably
hot at midday. In winter 60 or 20 be-
low is not very rare experience. 49,.
"And yet the sour doughs' (weu sea-
soned residents)," Mr.sMcLain contin-
ues,. "speak with real. enthusiasm OF
the winter climate Tt is all right
here In winter said one. except when
it moderates sometimes and the TEN.
perature rises to Is or 80 below. You
see it feels so much like spring that
our people foolishly expose themselves
and catch cold ~ =" $3.50, !,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
Old-Time Naval Equipment

"murtherers,' which were smaller and
threw any kind of shot. There were
also "basilisks," port pieces" "stock
fow1ers'' -sakers'' and 'bombards."
The bombards were Of hammered iron,
made of bars welded and bound to-
gether with iron bands. They threw
stone shot weighing between 40
pounds and 1875 pounds. A battery OF
these erected on a slip of land at the
naval battle of Chioggia (13so) be-
tween the Venetians and the Genoese
did great damage. They we're loaded
over night and were fired in the morn
ing
Froissart tells of lombard used at
one >of these ancient sieges that
might be heard five leagues off in the
daytime and ten at night. The report
of it was so loud that it seemed as II
all the devils in hell had broken
loose" Brass ordnance was first cast
in England in the year 1885. The
pieces had various names. Many OF
the different caliber we're mounted on
the same deck, which must have
caused great confusion in action In
finding for each it's proper shot.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
The Man Without Content

He felt Of their texture, he asked Of the
He hearkened to. men saying, Here's
..Yet this viii be ditto he bitterly
"rn see Something better just after I've
bought - 7SSt a :ss
He wooed a sweet maid who was finer by
Than ali Of the others she scared above
So utterly f stepped in her charms was this
He walked open-eyed into Cupid's old
He we'd 1f her. oh. now that this end din
#SE5sf might be So. e. :, "
''They lived ever after costa ticai!ee
Yet this is the middle in which he was
He saw something better just after he'd
bought. 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
Effect of "Gin Sandwich"

"No, thank you,' said the Other
man, politely. It am riding on the
water wagon just at present"
"Whatever boosted you on to it?'
was the chorus.
II had gin sandwich in Baltimore
the other day." was the response,
i..and I have not been doing much on
the drinking line since"
What sort of bread goes with the
sandwich" was the next inquiry.
'I think it's an invention peculiar
to Baltimore, and the other. sulfurous
Places he began; "at least, no other
town ever put me up against anything
like it. I, was dared into taking a
sandwich and walking back to the
hotel - :. -
s'The sandwich consists of a pint
of beer, an interval of 100 seconds,
a drink of niger another 100 Sec
onds, and second pint of beer.
Il got back to the hotel, but could
not tell you whether-I walked up the
stairs, rode in the elevator or just
simply foated." - Y ~ !.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
Something Like a Swarm

swarm of bees. Bill says one day
while marching up the Mississippi
valley with his command he saw bees
swarming out of a hole in big cliff
The hole, he says, was about three
times the size of a hogshead and the
bees filled the entire space and had
the appearance of black cloud COM
ing out of the hole. He did not know
how long the bees had been coming
out of the hole, but the swarm was
two miles wide, one and half miles
thick and twenty miles long, and that
they were two hours in passing a CIV
en- point. Bill did not 60 into particu.
lars as to how he got the dimensions
Of this great swarm OF bees, nor when
they settled, but he says the hole was
left in the cliff, for he saw it after
the bees had vacated it. This Is the
biggest bee story we ever heard and
it seems too big to be true, but Bill
declares that his ommand was not on
retreat when he saw the swarm. 80.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

To +oiled through the market in search
Tho crafty and worldly wise huckster-z
He looked on the lettuce with snail-wary
He ogled the rhubarb and yearned for a
He eazed at the chickens laid out in a
They'd been in cold-storage since long,
.rrbin if look pretty good he distressful-
~ thought; a..
'But I'll see something better just aIter
I've bought.
Twas true. And when later he sought
- for a suit Il ~. - saa., =
OF gummer-w weight clothing his stock TO
He looked at the plaids and he looked at
IS the browns, t,sLs, s
He called on the talors, he tI1eo n na'a1llOs
me-dOWns; 80 ss5 @5:ssA
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
Another Meanest Man..

II have heard a great deal about
mean men," said the man with the
black cigar, "but the meanest man ]
ever. heard of lives in the town where
I was born. He is a real estate agent,
and as grasping as Scrooge before
the Christmas ghosts: He had an
old house at the east end of. the town
that was ready to@fall to pieces any
moment. The walls actually, did
huge out one day. When he collected
that months rent he calmly told the
lessee of the house that the rent
would be 81 more month thereafter.
The astonished woman pointed at the
bullying walls and said: ..
Z. More rent! and with those bullying
wa1ls?' - - z
".Certainly, madam. You have more
room in the house now; consequently,
more rent must be paid ="
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
Guile Of Kansas Farmer

II have lovely daughter, and the peach
1911 erino miss s%4 ~ e.E.aE-1. =. =
On the man who works the hardest will
Eestow hug and kiss"
The men wired in like n1admeD; some
tainted from the heat; ~,
Some worked their hands to splinters, but
they put away the wheat.
They worked all day, and didn't pause to
E@G eat their waiting dinner,
And at the end Bill sluggins was ac-
claimed an easy winner. #
The farmer led him to the house; along
"a went all the crew; EY OH IVA #&&@
And then brought out his daughter. who
f1S had reached the age If two \
5s-t3sssE 80 Es. @Es4# - AZ . ~ q Y ~ wv
They say that, tired as siuggins was. tho.
~ fight was mighty warm; 5B2 ~ 553
However that may be, just now an orphan
owns the farm. " I'M
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12

The Kansas fields were full Of wheat
awaiting to be shorn;a ,g<t = NJ Z,
The farmer he was full Of grief, and part
q ~ full OF corn. III i
A score OF harvest hands ne watched go
toiling in the sun; . ;,
Some came from Eastern colleges; all
x strangers, every one. st; Z, 2% ::9- =. ri
,rhe farmer watched his new hired help
mixed I'D with all his wheat;
.'Tfey call 'em hands. he muttered, but
they're more like tenderfeet.
.1rhe rain may come and spoil my crop:
- some plan5I must devise "a. az
pensive prize, !" . 55
A thought then struck the farmer, and he
staggered from the blow,
Then called the hands around him and he
thusly let her go: d.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-08-12
why Rome Howled.

Nero had been OF his feed Tor sew
eral days and not even tossing
Christians to the geological specimens
served to pacify his scholer: After ex-
animation Of the imperial person Nero
asked the medical man for his yer.
3 dict. 'Jaundice,' said the NJ D.,
=..eand, Iregret to say bad case"
.Ah, z muttered Nero, The yellow
peril already z
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
World Meeting of Friends.

RICHMOND, Ind, July 31.-Promi-
nent Friends from all parts of the
country and Canada are gathered here
for the Friends International Educa-
tional conference which will be in ses-
sion at Earlham college during the re-
mainder of the week. Governor Han
ley will deliver an address of well
come at the initial session this evening.
During the week educational topics
will be discussed by prominent college
men, including President A Rosenber-
ger of Penn college, President Charles
F. Tobbatts of Whittier college, Presi-
dent Robert L. Kelly of Earlham col
lege, Professor Royal J. Davis Of Gull
ford college, Professor Elwood Parisho
of the University of South Dakota, and
William G. Dennis of Columbia univer-
sity.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Independent Order Of foresters.

ATLANTIC CITY, N. j., July 81
This is Foresters' week in Atlantic
City, the occasion being the triennial
meeting Of the supreme court of the
Independent Order Of Foresters, one
of the strongest of fraternal benefit
organizations. The sessions were
opened in the assembly hall of the no.
tel Rudolf today with DR.. Oronhyatak-
ha, of Toronto, presiding. The roll
call by Secretary John A. McGillivray
showed an attendance of delegates
from Ireland, England, Wales, Scot
land, Norway, Sweden and Canada The
sessions will continue for one week
and will be devoted to business relat-
ing to the affairs of the order, re-
view of it's progress during the last
three years and an outline of it's plans
for the future.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
FEDERAL COURT TO SAVE
HIS NECK.
Judge Hanford Issues Writ Of Ha-
beas Corpus Directing Sheriff to
Show Cause.

In an effort to escape from death
on the gallows for the murder of aged
Matthew Murphy while assisting in
the hold-up of Lou Conway's saloon
in Seattle last September, kid" White
has secured an order from Judge Han
ford compelling the sheriff to appear
before the court to show what legal
cause he has for holding White. The
petition for the writ of habeas cor
which the supreme court at Olympia
was asked but refused to issue writ
of habeas corpus. White is under a
sentence of death upon conviction of
murder in the first degree, but the date
of execution has never been fixed.
The grounds upon which the dis
charge of White upon a writ of ha-
beas corpus is asked are that no
warrant was ever sworn out for his
arrest and that he was informed
against in the superior court without
first having been given a preliminary
nearing. Prosecuting Attorney Mack
intosh treats the attempt Of White to
secure his liberty upon a writ of ha-
beas corpus as a huge joke.
Judge Hanford set August Z as the
date upon which the sheriff should
make his return. Whites time for
perfecting an appeal has already
elapsed.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
JUTE MILL At THE PENITENTIARY
WILL BE RUN BY
ELECTRICITY.
Gas and Electric Com
pany Will Furnish the Power
Contract Been Awarded.

Electricity is to be substituted for
steam to operate the jute mill at the
state penitentiary at Walla Walla, says
the Tacoma Ledger. The state board
change 1t is expected that about sixty
days will be required before the neces-
sary machinery is on the ground and
the connections made. The board ex-
poets that the change from steam to
electricity will effect a saving of %
to 35 per cent. for the state in the cost
Of operating the plant.
Thursday representatives Of the
state board met at Seattle with I. w.
Anderson, representing the Northwest
ern Gas & Electric company of Walla
Walla, and an agreement was entered
into and a contract will be signed
whereby this company will furnish the
power for the plant. The company
guarantees in it's agreement to effect
a saving to the state.
The board of control has had the
matter under consideration for about
three months. Actual tests have been
made and the board is satisfied be-
yond doubt that it can effect big
saving. The present steam plant is
pretty we'll worn out and to repair it
hoc
customary for the jute mill to shut
down from six weeks to two months
each summer for repairs to the plant.
The substitution of electricity will
avoid this shut down and the change
from steam to electricity can be made
at a much less cost, it is said, than the
steam plant can be repaired, added to
which is the reduced cost of operation
by electricity.
Careful examinations have been
made and we are satisfied that the
change from steam to electricity will
be very advantageous" said James H.
Davis of the state board Of control at
Tacoma. The present population of
the penitentiary is 500, in round num-
bers. There are seventy looms in
the jute mill. The output has been
seventy five to eighty yards of bur-
lap per loom per day. Superintendent
KEGS has increased this since ne has
been in until 1922 yards per loom is
the lowest output.
This is equal to about 100000 bags
per year and we could have sold 4,000,-
600 bags this year if we had had them.
The state law requires us to sell to
consumers. We are not allowed to
sell to jobbers at all and we must sell
at about cost. We are selling the bags
at $685. per hundred, the actual cost
being about 1923 per hundred"
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
NO REPAIRS MADE
The Bennington Was Known to be
Unsafe.

SAN DIEGO, July 31-From the
navy department, unofficially but au-
thentically, comes the rumor that the
causes of the Bennington disaster will
be traced back to the highest sources.
Things that have made appearances
unfavorable to Captain Young, his
friends say, are allowed to go unex-
planned only because of his intense 10y
atty to the navy.
TT will be shown" said a friend of
Captain Young, that the department
of the navy had adequate information
The failure to remedy the trouble is
in accordance with the general policy
of allowing the old SHIPS to go to
pieces instead Of spending a few dol
lars in repairs, in order to build up
a new navy. Of course they nave not
contemplated getting rid Of the old
ships in any such manner as this, but
the officers in charge of the vessels
have known that their lives were be-
ing risked, and rather than make re-
port on the condition from time to
time, have held it the duty Of loyal
members of the navy to accept condi-
tions as they found them and stay by
the ships
The appointment of Secretary Bona
parte. it is said, was made with a
strong hope that he would be able to
break up the ring which has secured
control of naval affairs at Washington.
Neither Secretary Moody nor Morton
was able to accomplish desired reforms
in the face of organized opposition.
If these conditions prove to be true,
the result of the investigations mere
may have a wide bearing. Several gun
boats and cruisers may have to DE
thoroughly overhauled before they can
be manned safely. The responsibility
for this disaster, however will be SO
divided that no individual will suffer
direct consequences. There is rumor
of a petition to President Roosevelt
that he give the matter careful atten-
ton in the fear that the inquiry may
extend to sucn high sources that 1t
will be checked.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
SUPREME COURT DECIDES A SPO-
KANE CASE INVOLVING BELLS
AND WHISTLES.
Property Owners Cannot Recover I'm.
less Damages is Physical or Neg
Igence Is Shown.

A far reaching opinion dealing with
the right of property owners to re-
cover damages on account of the ring
ing of bells, sounding Of whistles and
other noises incident to the running
of trains, or because of smoke, fumes
or SCOT emitted by the locomotive, has
been handed down by the supreme
court at Olympia.
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In effect the opinion of the court is
that the right of recovery does not
exist except where the damages to the
property is physical, or unless the
noise and smoke result from negli-
gence on the part of the railway
company.
The opinion is of interest also to
the owners of factories or Industries
as the opinion will apply to them as
we'll as to the railway companies.
Case From Spokane.
and while directly only involving a
judgment of s1,545 on the result of
this case hinged 100 or more other
damage suits threatened by Spokane
property owners.
The case is entitled A. L. Smith,
respondent, VS.. st. Paul, Minneapolis
& Manitoba Railway company, ap-
pellant.
Smith owns two lots facing on
Bridge avenue, a street sixty feet in
width, having an east and west course.
sixty three and half feet to the south.
Smith sought damages on the ground
that mis- property was damaged by
the ringing of bells, sounding Of
whistles, and other noises incident to
the running Of trains, together with
SNAKE, fumes, SCOT and cinders from
the locomotive and Earring of earth
by passing trains and the excavations
in cross streets. The right Of recovery
was based on section 16, article 1 of
the state constitution which provides
that mo private property shall be
taken or damaged for public or private
use without just compensation having
been first made or paid into court for
the owner
The plaintiff recovered damages In
the sum of $1,545. The case attract
ed wide attention because the judg-
ment was based upon the full conten-
tons of the plaintiff. 1t became noted
as the Spokane smoke CASE
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31
Lou Dillon VS.. Major DeImar.

CLEVELAND, Ohio, July 31.-The
opening of the grand circuit meeting
at the Glennville track today give
promise of one of the best harness
meetings ever seen in this part of
the country. The track has under
gone some notable improvements since
last year and the stables are filled
with fast horses. Keen interest is
manifested in the match race be-
which is to be one Of the notable feat
ures Of the week.
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-07-31

Follow the crowd to the Portland
Restaurant.