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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
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utes, Notwithstanding the fact that the
distance by the beach is more than a
mile farther than by railroad. He eX-
pressed himself as. having had the
most delightful ride of his life and
said: Nov | understand why the
automoblists are SO enthusiastic over
the beach,
C. G. Burgoyne of Daytona, who has
been interchangeable in his efforts to
make the clubs success, resigned sole
ly on account of his health. Mr.. Ed
ward NJ Steck. the well-known auto
enthusiast of Philadelphia, his success
sor has purchased a beautiful winter
home in DaytGna,> and with his family
is located here fer the season. He
owns a fine touring car and has en-
tered his eiyhty!horsepower Darrac
for the races.
Great changes have taken place here
during the past five years, and there
are more automobiles in Daytona now
than in any other town of it's popula-
ton in the world.
During the past summer the Florida
East Coast Automobile association has
erected most attra ctive and cOmmo-
dious clubhouse on the beach directly
| opposite the halfway post Of the TWEEN
! tv-mile course. The club has mem
| bership of two hundred, and among
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
Moral in Giving Aims

To the next corner turned it, and "aS
gone.
What should I do? Let the poor singer
Unhelped because of this misdeed? Not
so.
Such a conclusion even could not brook,
a coin of the same worth again loon
Wrapped it again in paper. and again
Tossed it down to the sinser-not IN yam,
This time! She saw it coming through
the air
And heard it fall upon the ground and
While she still sang. curtseyed her thanks
TO me.
Until I turned away and left her free.
And I was we'll content and glad al
For having doubly done noble part?
l was not sure. Had it been heavens
That I should twice give the sum I had
TO give but once? Perchance. unknown
to me
Both women were in equal misery,
Though not of equal merit: Then had
A twofold blessing by what had done?
These things are myste cries, but my
stOrv's moral
Seems one with which no one can justly
quarrel;
If there is suffering that you would re-
Give twice the sum" once yotr srtrans-
to give;
And do not wait for wrong to come your
way
And force your unwilling hand, for
though it may,
sake.
The chance is such as you ought not to
w. D. Howells in Harper's Weekly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
New Cure for Alcoholism

of the alcoholics that they desire sim
cerely to be cured, and that they alb
stain from all spurious liquors. during
the period of treatment This is per-
haps to ask of them colossal effort,
since their will power has generally
been destroyed; but they are obliged
to accept continual surveillance, and
it is attempted to .ameliorate their
conditions of life as much as possible.
These means succeed very well in
Russia; but, as has often been re-
marked, the French drinker is much
less tractable, and consequently the
cure of alcoholics in France is much
more difficult and much less. durable
than in Russia; with us, in fact, the
alcoholic poisons himself with es-
sences as various as they are in
furious, and it is only exceptionally
that he submits to treatment for a
long enough time to effect lasting
cure. It is none the less true that at
the present time hypnotism is almost
the sole means of cure for alcoholic
mania. Literary Digest.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

Surgeon W. H. Bucher of the navy,
stationed at Olongapo, P. l., has made
an interesting report to the navy de-
partment regarding certain peculiar
physical results of prolonged service
in the Philippines. There are certain
changes" he says, that take place
in those individuals who are COM
PEELED to live here which are worthy
of noting. Some show evidences OF
this change early, while in others it
does not appear until considerable
time has elapsed. 1t comes to all,
however, in greater or less degree. The
first symptom is loss of memory and
he necessity of using a note book to
jot down almost everything. About
the same time an Indifference, so COM
mon among the natives, makes in
roads on the foreigner, and a daily
battle against 'mananna' tendency is
necessary to keep it from interfering
with his duties. This Indifference is
not confined to himself. The dogs in
the streets move about in a stupid
state, and one is compelled to stop
frequently when driving to prevent
running over these animals that have
not concern enough for their welfare
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

When 'Tom" O'Brien, -ex-Chicagoan
and ex"gold-brick" king, died in New
Caledonia he was very long way
from home. New Caledonia is in the
tropics, far Gown in the Pacific. The
nearest land of size is Australia,
which is 900 miles distant New Cal
edonia is known throughout the world
as a great penal colony. France has
used it for storage purposes of this
kind since 1864 and especially since
the fall of the Paris commune, after
which it was made the place of exile
of thousands of Frenchmen who were
involved in the storms of that time.
Since then this Melanasian land has
become the Jail of thousands of others
condemned by the laws of their coun-
try. The greater part of the white in
habitants therefore are interesting,
but not socially select. The island
itself is described by George Griffith,
an English traveller, as paradise.
The climate is delightful, the noun
famous scenery most beautiful
New Caledonia's soil is fertile and
it's mountains full Of treasures. Ac-
cording to Mr.. Griffith, when nature
made New Caledonia she set herself
to dump down as many ores and min
erals in as small space as possible.
There is hardly mineral known to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
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science that is not represented in
greater or less quantities in that
island A mining expert once went
over from Australia to make survey
for the International Copper COM
pany and afterward he made his re-
port in person to the board in London.
He knew as much about mining as
anybody in the southern hemisphere.
but his language was that of the BUSH
A noble lord asked him of he could
give any estimate of the amount OF
copper, nickel, cobalt, iron, silver,
gold and so on that might be found
in the central chain of mountains.
This was his answer: My lord, II
you were to take out all the -- min
erals of these mountains the --
island would we'll fall to pieces.
The report was taken as satisfactory
Until 1853 New Caledonia was a
sort of no-man's land. Then both
England and France decided to annex
it and orders came to two WarshlpS TO
proceed thither at once. They started
the same day. The English captain
had heard of the reefs that surround
the island and he was cautious. The
Frenchman went ahead without re-
gard for the reefs. When the British
captain arrived he saw the tricolor
flying from hill and he was invited
to come in and lunch on Fru::ch soil.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
Life in the PHILIPPINES

to move when in danger. An express
sion is used to designate this cOndi-
ton. Philippinitis. Among the enlist
ed force that arrives many are OF I'M
stable nervous organizations, and in
the process of degeneration these peO-
pie follow the lines of least resist
ance, Alcoholism, excessive use of
tobacco and other excuses are the
usual signals CT an impoverished nerV-
Gus system, which under ordinary cir
cumsl ances would require no stimula-
ton. The drinking of vino is common
among the enlisted force, and the
train Of unfortunate symptoms follow
ing this habit has no doubt been
noted by others with longer expert
cnce than mine. While all these ills
cannot be attributed to the climate
and environments there is frequency
in their occurrence and manner
about tho way in which they are COM
mitted that is different from that seen
elsewhere 1t was wise step to cut
the cruise in these islands down to
two years. and l thoroughly believe
that observations will prove that even
two years is too long for white man
to maintain his health in this eli
roate''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

man can never build a road as hard
and smooth. Repairs. are unnecessary,
as twice each twenty-four hours 1t IS
entirely rebuilt by the tides. Immense
holes may be dug, but the next tlde
hides every trace.
Being almost level and with an aV-
erage rise and fall of only two feet
nine inches at extreme low tide, this
beach is from three hundred to hVe
hundred feet wide and can be USED
from two hours after until two hours
before high tide, thus giving an aver
age Of seven to eight hours for auto
MODELLING some part Of each day.
J. F. Hathaway, the veteran auto
list, Familiarity called the father CT the
Florida beach racing, who suggested
and organized the Florida East Coast
Automobile association, under whose
AUSPICES the OrmOnd-DaytOna beach
tournaments have developed World-
wide reputation, is located here Tor
the winter In 1900 he brought enc
of the first motor cars ever seen IN
Florida, and had many queer expert
ences' with the native crackers, who
at that time were very much opposed
to these "new-fangled machines One
whose horse he had frightened, called
his automobile a hell cart" and
threatened to shoot him if he did not
get it out of town in hurry: Behold
the Developments! This man still re-
sides here and now runs motor car
himself, at least, tries to run one. Re-
Gently on the beach something went
wrong with the reversing gear, and
the car backed into the. ocean, where
it remained until his old reliable white
horse called Rock of Ages pulled it
out. In the meantime some boys print
ed a placard, Rock Of Ages I cling
to thee" and fastened it on the'rear
of the automobile, greatly to the
amusement of the spectators.
Mr.. H. M. Flagler, Florida's liberal
benefactor, became interested in mo-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

The Scientific American srccently
called attention to the odd fact that
the man who rides a few score feet
in a New York city elevator runs a
greater risk Of injury than the man
who travels from New York to Chi
cago and back on the fastest trains.
No fewer than thirty persons were
killed, and many more hurt, in New
York elevator accidents in the first
nine months of this year. No such
proportion of those who travelled on
the fast passenger trains between the
two cities we're even hurt.
Yet the average man buys an acct
dent insurance ticket whenever he
starts on a railway journey of any
length, and never thinks of such pre-
cautions before entering the car that
lifts him to his Office. Whenever a
notable railway accident occurs he
talks for days about the great loss of
life. But he never thinks of the pro-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
Obedience a Vital Point

Our common school education does
not teach children to obey implicitly.
Pupils are coaXed into obedience.
They are marked for failures: They
are disciplined for fiat refusals, but
scarcely anything in the routine of
the school leads to the habit of in
slant, -1nfailing, immediate, unques-
tioning obedience to an order, because
it is an order. without stopping else
that can be done beside doing as one
is told.
Every business man and every en-
ployer krows that teaching this is the
first task to which he addresses him
self when a boy or girl comes from
school and begins their first work for
wages. Generally, il they come from
an American family, neither in the
school nor in the family have they
ever learned what it is to obey an
order. 1t is a fault in our national
life which writes itself in accidents
every day in the year and to which
in large measure is owing the enor-
nous proportion of fatal accidents in
this country as compared to all the
rest of the world.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

In the first half of the current year
the figures of Hartford boiler inspec
ton service covering the United States
show that there were thirty-one per
sons killed, 164 injured and property
to the value of something like 100000
destroyed in boiler explosions, says
the Philadelphia Press. Of these more
than one-half we're due to a failure to
obey orders. Many of them made mis-
takes in writing or reading orders, or
forgot them altogether. A full tenth
was due to men who simply fell asleep
in sheer neglect of their work. In all,
this made two-thirds Of these accidents
due to the personal failure Of some
man to do what he was told.
This runs through all work. The
great mass of accidents and Of disas-
tiers, fully two-thirds and often more,
are due to the fact that some man or
some woman has failed to obey or re-
member an order. 1t is success for life
to have the habit of being attentive
to an order, the capacity for remem-
bering it and the instant will to obey.
Nothing is rarer.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

The woman sang her ballad to the sky
Of. the keen night. fingng on high
The notes that tiuttered to my window
Like birds, and beat against the glass in
Until opened, and from out the gloom
Let them flock into my room, 1irelit loOm
There was no more of meaning in the
That came than in the jargoning of birds,
But in. the voice, and in the plaintive
air
There was an intimat ton Of despair
From killing sorrow, and the appealing
Or sorest need, which no man might deny
And cover from himself his own dis
grace.
&c. thoughtfully, as one does in such a
From among several coins in hand I
chose
That Of the smallest worth, and wrapped
in paper, so that it might not be lost.
Striking the frozen ground below, and
tossed
My gift down from the window at the
Of the poor singer in the wintry street.
sut she, as if she neither saw nor heard,
Rapt in her song, sang on, and never
While one. that opportunely strolled
around
The CORNER. nearest her both heard and n
STOPPED. and put out a PREDATORY, claw law
The coin within Chat somehow suddenly
sized
My own soul up to me, in an odd way),
And then deliberately, but without stay
For all my frantic shouts and signs, kept
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
Mannerisms Of an Orator

The death in Kentucky the other
day of that brilliant orator and law
yer, Col. w. G. P. Breckenridge, re-
minded me of one of his curious man.
nerisms as public speaker said
man from another state, land it was
one of those peculiar things which,
until we become accustomed to it, will
annoy and discomfort us. OF course,
in the case of the KentucSian in Ques-
ton the bad effect Of this mannerism
was soon lost. His eloquence was OF
the kind to make one forget all else
but what he was saying. You simply
heard the silvery voice of the man
and hung on the rich, well-rounded
sentences. 1t was my good fortune to
hear Col. Breckenridge on a number
of occasions. | heard him as a lee
turer. heard him as lawyer, heard
him in congress and heard him where
he always seemed to be at his best.
namely, in the rough and tumble de-
bates of a heated campaign. But no
matter what role he played, for the
time the one little popularity I have
in mind was always present, 1t was
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

in the way he stood while speaking.
AS a rule he made but few gestures.
His hands were generally hanging
locked in front of him. He had the
habit of throwing one foot out to the
fore, and his body back, SO that his
weight would seem to rest on the heel
of the hindmost foot. This was pre-
cisely the thing that annoyed me when
l first heard Col. Breckenridge. He
would throw his body back in an an
gle which seemed to threaten his bal
ance For a while I could not get
away from the idea that he was in
constant danger Of sprawling on the
floor on his back. He was apparent
ly out of plumb, if you will allow me
to put it technically. Of course, this
fear soon wore away as | became in
terested in what the speaker was say
ing, and finally l would not notice it
at ALL But when I first heard him
can assure you that this backward
leaning attitude distressed me sore
ly, and if he had fallen it would not
have surprised me in the least. New
Orleans -Times-Democrat.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
Light in Darkest Africa

twenty-five years ago there was not
a single school in Central Africa. To-
day there are nearly 10 in the Liv-
jngston1a mission alone. Twenty-Five
years ago no one in Central Africa
knew letter Of the alphabet, says
the Southern Workman. To-day there
are more than 10000 pupils in the
schools. twenty-five years ago there
was no Christian in all the country
To-day 800 native teachers preach
Christ in the villages every Sabbath
day Twenty years ago there was only
one inquirer after Christ. Last year
there were more than 5000 catechu-
mems i'm the baptism classes, and in
single day at one of the stations
more than 900 adults were received
by baptism into the church of God.
Up to 1890 slave caravans were as
numerous as ever.
To-day strong British protectorate
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
In Safety and Dan ger

portiOnately greater loss of life every
day from accidents that befall men at
home in their own houses. The re-
turned missionary who publicly com.
planned the other day that, after living
entirely unhurt for four years among
the widest savages Of Africa. he had
no sooner returned to civilization than
he met with a railway accident that
kept him in a hospital for six months
curicusly illustrated the habit Of the
human mind to dwell upon remote
dangers and ignore those near. Yet
the fact is indisputa ble-the accident
insurance companies have proved it tc
their financial loss and gain--that one
Of the most dangerous places a man
can be is in his own home, whereas one
of the safest is in a first-class railway
train at full speed, while the very
safest place on earth is aboard a first.
class steamship in the middle Of the
Manufacturing Inter Ocean.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
Under the Spell of 10.

1--WE are getting pretty we'll accus
toned the vagaries of numbers in ou1
business said the manager of a
counting machine factory the other
day, "but we have machine in the
shop now that is enough to make a
superstitious man turn gray or shoot
himself out Of hand. Here it is-No
31513.
You will notice in the first place
that the units of the number total 49,
that the last brace Of figures are 13
and that the first pair are 13 reversed
Well, it was sold on Dec. 13-here is
the record on our books to nrove it
and it was returned to us for repairs
on a Friday.
what was the matter with it? 1t
skipped the number 13. Yes, sir; it
worked perfectly in every other detail,
but it would not register the figures 10
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28
VOL. p. NO. 4.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
}PoWer in Ones Belief $


Achievement is less matter of nat
ural ability and external circumstance
than of the habitual mental attitude.
Success, happiness and accomplish
ment of all kinds are born of conf
dence, buoyancy and faith. Discon-
tent, self-distrust and hesitancy are all
cankers, eating into every part of life
and destroying force and perfection
at every point.
There is peculiar potency in be-
lief in ones own power. This need
have no element of egotism in it, only
a steadfast trust in ones self. Yet,
even childish self-conceit is better
than weak depreciation of self and the
palsied muscle resulting. To believe
in one's-own success, to think and act
always with confident assurance that
it is possible to do anything and all
things that one desires to do-such an
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

has made slave raiding impossible.
and this much is certain that if Chris
tianity had not entered Nysalaland
there would be no British administra
ton there to-day, and Central Africa
would still be a land Of darkness, OF
spoliation and Of blood
Each week volunteer cvangelists
go out two by two from the mission
No pay is given them, but few beads
are usually furnished to enable them
to buy food at the distant stations. TO
reach these the evangelists have
to leave on Saturday afternoon, de-
scend some $500 feet to the lake shore
and walk five to ten miles along
rough broken paths to their destina.
tons. They return on Monday in
time for afternoon to descend some
1900 feet to the lake less than forty.
four village services are held in
daw.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

That alcoholism in Russia is widely
treated with success by hypnotism is
asserted by the writer of note in
Cosmos. The method has ~been
adopted in government institutions,
but it is believed that the peculiar
adaptability Of the Russians to this
mode of treatment is largely RESPONSE
BILE for it's good effects. Says the
writer:
'The cure of alcoholism by means
of hypnotism is the order of the day:
Recently DR.. Legrain communicated
to the Society of Hypnology and ~Psy-
chology some very interesting infor-
nation regarding the treatment of al
coholics by hypnotism in Russia. In
the cities of st. Petersburg, Moscow,
Jaroslav, Kieff, Saratoff and Astrak-
han there have been established for
several years, under government au-
spices, dispensaries to which the suf-
ferers resort by hundreds, and where
hypnotism is the principal, if, not the
sole, therapeutic agent. It is required
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

attitude buoys up the spirit, sends
the currents Of energy and skill pubs
ing through the body and makes the
maximum Of accomplishment possible.
There is nothing Of this nature that
will make hard work unnecessary. But
hard work, viyitied by the electric
current of faith and triumphant con-
fidence, will be multiplied in effect
as if by magic.
The human mechanism in all its in
tricacies and potercies is operated by
a mental and spiritual dynamo the es-
sence of which is faith, confidence
and love.
Why let life be operated at the
minimum when deliberate. persistent
effort can awaken the forces which
will make each one the full man or
woman he or she was meant to be-
Rocky Mountain News.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

Consular Clerk Murphy Of Frank
fort sends to the state department the
measures for preventing the spread
of consumption" recommended by the
city authorities.
Every consumptive and every per-
son who coughs should take care that
it is received in spittoons or similar
vessels containing water or, still bet
ter, chloride of lime or salt, water.
Such liquids prevent freezing and
also the drinking of the water by ami
mails. ~ T.,
These cuspidors should be two
inches high and eight to ten inches
In diameter They should have
smooth, slightly curved edges and
should be made of smooth glass,
,elain, china or enameled iron.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-01-28

somes in. Once the caller says "good
Il l.ssl. Col Duyal recognizes him
it he has met him more than once be.
fore
"Glad to see you, Mr.. Blank he
says. Take a seat"
But you haven't seen mel" pro-
tests MI. Blank.
The other day George w. Plunkitt
and friend went into the office while
Col. Duval's back was turned. The
friend prides himself on his ability as
mimic. He makes occasional ap-
pearances at entertainments in Plum
kits district. Motioning the recently
routed state senator to be SILENT the
mimic said:
We'll, Colonel. how does it happen
you are at work instead of at foot,
ball game
Great Scott. Plunkitt!" retorted the
Colonel, did you let your brogue get
away from you with everything else in
the election landslide ?"-New York
Times.