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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
FIGHTING FIRE ABOARD SHIP
Comment on the Destruction of the Japanese Battle
ship Mikasa. by Former United States Naval Officer

Der of his best men had been over
come by the smoke and were lying
on the upper deck in the hands of the
surgeons.
Our blue jackets were soon working
strenuOuSly at the pumps on the berth
deck, and stood near them talking to
the ordnance officer Of the ship, a
clever and hearty English lieutenant,
who had thrown off his coat to keep
cool, although the weather was far
from warm. Moreover, he was wrig
gly as an eel, and it occurred to me
that he knew the fire was more ser
ious than it had been represented tc
me.
When a midshipman came flying to
him with message that the captain
wished to see him he grabbed his coat
out Of the lee scruppers, where it was
washing about, put 1t on, streaming
with water, and dashed up the hatch
way to the quarter deck. A moment
later he shot past me down the lad
der, muttered Thank God! at last!
and disappeared below:
When he rejoined me his manner
was SO totally different from what it
had been that I asked him why he
was now so apparently contented
when he had been so nervous pre-
viously.
"Well, I fancy you would have been
nervous, too," he replied, IF you had
known you were standing over two
tons of powder, with a hot fire burning
about two yards away. The captain
only just now allowed me to flood the
magazine"
Capt. Palmer had had it impressed
on him that he would be held account
able for any unnecessary waste of the
ships stores or ammunition, and he
was reluctant to flood the magazine
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14

The astounding feature of the fire
by which the Japanese battleship
Mikasa was destroyed is the fact that
the magazines were not flooded, al
though the crew had been fighting the
flames for about an hour before the
explosion occurred.
III our navy, following the. long
established custom of the British serv-
ice, certain precautions are observed
as soon as fire is reported ina man
of-war.
1t seems incredible that the Japan
csc. who have been trained in the ira
ditions of both the American and the
British navies, should not have adopt
ed these precautions as a part Of their
fire drill.
In an American ship the instant a
fire is discovered it Isl reported to the
officer Of the deck. The latter imme-
diately orders the sounding of the fire
alarm, which is all that is necessary
to send every man to- his station for
lighting the flames. +
The instant the alarm is sounded
the orderly at the cabin calls the cap
tain and gets the keys Of the maya
zine foodcocks from the captains
room, ready to turn the mover to the
officer whose duty it is to food the
magazines in case the captain orders
him to do so.
Since all magazines and shellrooms
are below the water line the space
around the cartridges and shells is
quickly filled with water, and as long
as that condition exists an explosion
would be impossible.
1t is difficult to understand, there
fore, how the Mikasa could have been
blown up from an ignition resulting
fromsa fire in the hold. If, when the
fire was burning in near proximity to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
First Come, First Served.

A week before commencement
Jones, a senior, who was weary OF
boarding house fare, was happily en-.
gagged in DOMINIC his dinner clothes.
A smile of delighted anticipation rlay-
ed upon his features when Robbins
entered in a dinner coat. @I,< j,
Hello, Charley!" greeted Jones,
cheerily. whats up?" +. ,5....' ...-
20, nothing up said Robbins. I'm
just going around to the Clemenses to
call going to see If I cant get asked
to dinner" b,
The smile faded slowly from Jones'
features. .s~ . "a
20, l say, Charley" he expostulated,
cant you 60 somewhere else? was
1oing there. Youths Companion.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
MEN WHO DO THINGS
ARE THOSE IN DEMAND 9Y THE
. WORLD TODAY.
Deeds, Not Intentions, Are the Stand
ard Of the Judgment Of the World
Results Only Count In Making
Reputation.

Man is judged by his deeds in this
world; by his intentions in the next
and the proverb tells us of the use
to which good Intentions are put in
the heated hereafter.
1t is one Of the vices of family life
and Of sympathetic womanhood gen.
orally that both assume intentions to
be the standard in this world as we'll.
At the moment when every effort
should be made to inculcate in the
growing child a sense of responsible
lty as a basis of character, the non
performance of some duty or the com.
mission of some fault is palliated by
the statement, "He meant to do right
Generosity and sympathy are fine
thirgs; but justice is a finer.
The world, without the home is,
taken as whole, a pretty just one.
1t, too, can make excuses If they are
necessary, but it dislikes to. In the
long run humanity has discovered for
itself that the person who has to have
excuses made for him is not the sort
of man that succeeds in the struggle
for life. In character he is cripple,
in the worlds estimation, and the
world passes him by. 1t requires per
Torrance to convince 1t.
Many years ago I was with ~ sister
and two brothers. The older boy was
capable, even then--he did things
The younger was an ingenious Trainer
of excuses. Both undertook to light
cigar in a gale of wind. The young
er failed-and caught his sister laugh
ing at his failure. II can do that just
as we'll as my brother" he said in pro
test "But your brother does It," she
replied, and there was no further ar
gument. The excuse-maker borrowed
a light from the doer of deeds.
The years have proved the earlier
fact; the older boy is a success in the
game of life, the younger a failure
He is still borrowing a light--he gen
orally has to borrow cigar first.
It may seem easier to make excuses
than to do things-it is still easier te
have excuses made for you-but it is
fatal to character. However well-in
tentioned the mother when she lets
her sympathy stand in the way OF
child's learning that duty is something
to be done, not something to be tam
pered with, she is placing herself ir
his own category by sapping her OWE
character at the same time that she
sars his.
If the child will not do thing OF
his own will, he must be taught that
there are no excuses available. TIC
shirk that duty is to teach him to shirk
in turn.
Results count in making a reputa
tion. Form is fine thing, but it is
based upon performance.
Man is judged by deeds in this
world; by intentions hereafter.-John
j. Holden in Chicago Journal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
A Revised Version.

John Alden had just concluded his
eloquent praises of Capt. Miles Stand
ish and waited anxiously for Priscil.
las answer. Coyly she regarded him
for an instant, then, blushing, she in.
CURED:
why don't you speak for yourself,
John?"
Great Scott" calculated the young
puritan, what do you suppose l am?
I amt workin' no Hoch nor Witzhoff
game-I'm runnin' straight, legiti-
mate matrimonial bureau, that's what
am. I'll go straight back to Cap.
Standish and tell him that if he wants
that female bunko-steerer at the old
man Mullins house, he'll have to get
somebody else to do the job. I'm
through
And, tanning on his hat, he rushed
forth, banging the door behind him,
while Priscilla wept bitterly.
News
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
DROVE EMPEROR FROM CAPITAL.
lIi-Used Peasant Almost Seized Crown
i .., Of Hungary.

lIi-Used Peasant Almost Seized Crown
!: L., -, Of Hungary.
George Dosza was a Seeker, or
peasant of Szekelfyfold, district of
Hungary. He was quiet, law-abid-
ing man, notable only for his great
strength and tall stature.
One day, however, an Austrian no.
BILE thought fit to decoy away
from her fathers house Dosza's only
daughter, a maiden of II. The dis
tracted parent sought the abductor far
and near, but, failing to find him,
journeyed to Vienna and laid his case
before the emperor.
The latter only laughed. Whereupon
the peasant returned to his own vii.
lage and pasted upon the door of his
little cabin a formal declaration of
war against his sovereign. A month
later he was marching on Vienna at
the head of a huge, but undisciplined
and ill-equipped army.
At first the luck was all on his side.
He defeated the regular troops in q
number of pitched battles, carried by
assault several large and strongly 1Or-
titled towns and was actually within
sight Of the capital, whence the en-
peror had already fed, when he was
betrayed into ambush through the
treachery Of guide.
The misfortune constituted the be
ginning Of the end. The bulk Of his
followers fell away from him ard were
hunted through the mountains and
woods like wild beasts. Altogether, 1t
is said, that over 10000 of them were
put to the sword.
The Jack Cade Of Hungary" hav-
ing been taken prisoner, was seated
on an iron throne. beneath which
huge fire had previously been kindled,
crowned with a red.hot iron crown,
and his flesh torn from his bones with
red-hot pincers.-EXchange.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14

a magazine, the captain failed to or
der it flooded, his neglect of such an
elementary precaution would imply an
almost unbelievable negligence.
had an experience in fire aboard
a man-of-war once that leads ME to
believe the failure to flood the Mika'
sa's magazine may have been due to
the captains lack of judgment.
In November, 1868, while serving
as watch officer aboard the United
States. steamship Frolic, flagship OF
the European station commanded by
Commodore A. M. Pennock, relieved
the deck in the harbor' of Gibraltar at
4 o'clock in the afternoon At anchor
about mile away, with. no steam up,
was the British ironclad Pallas, a
large and formidable. armored ship,
commanded by Capt. Palmer, r. N.
After turning over the deck to me
the officer whom relieved said:
"The Englishman has been exercis.
ing at f1re-quarters ever since 8 bells"
(2:30 o'clock). g.. II y=.@
It is customary aboard men-of-war
to take notice of everything that is
going on in the harbor, and so T took
a look at the Pallas through a strong
pair Of glasses. She was a s1oop-rfg-
red vessel, carrying about 300 men.
Presently peculiar object was round.
ed up her mizzen-roya1 s masthead d.
When the stops were broken" It did
not flutter out like a signal, although
"a fairly fresh breeze was blowing, and
it looked like dirty blanket. Almost
simultaneously i saw pun OF smoke
come out of her after ports, and sent
word to the captain and commodore
that the Pa11as was on fire.
Having received wOrdAt to send assist.
ance to the burning ship, 1.got another
officer to relieve me in charge OF the g
deck of the Frolic and went with three
boat loads of men aboard the Pallas-
Can't Palmer expressed hearty salts.
faction at our coming. Half OF the
ships company were ashore on liberty,
and the other half, after working two
hours, we're very tired, while 9 NUM-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
Downright Extravaoant.

!, Old Hannah Dayne was of the New
England type Of thriftiness that could
give Mary p. Wilkins, old woman
pointers when it comes to putting
money in the savings bank on an in
come Of a dollar month. Old Han
nah's income had never been much
more than this until she was IS years
old, when she fell heir to $4,000 in
spot cash and gilt-edge securities.
can now I'm goin' to be downright
extravagant for once in my life" said
Hannah. "All my born days I've want
ed all the pep'mint drops could eat,
an amt ever had 'em.: Now I'm go
In to buy a hull pound an eat 'em all
down at once. Exceptin' for that /
amt goin' to waste no money foolish
ness. Judge. ssz
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14

because he was afraid the ruined pow.
der would be charged up against him
by the admiralty.
The fire was burning in a breadroom
just below the wardroom, and it could
be reached only by cutting holes in
the wardroom floor and filling the
breadcoom with water This would
have worked all right but for the fact
that the breadroom bulkheads were
not water tight; and, after reaching a
certain hight, the water ran out as
fast as it was poured in. Meanwhile
the fire was smoldering in the ceiling
of the room, which was lined with very
'inflammable Georgia pine boards.
Finally one of the Frolic's coal heav.
ers told me the only way to put the
fire out was to chop the hole in the
deck big enough to let man drop
into the breadroom and turn the hose
up against the ceiling. It was a plaus
ible plan, but already about forty men
had been rendered unconscious by the
smoke where we were, and it seemed
doubtful whether a man could live in
the breadroom. ,,.s- '..
''Rig whip over the hole,,'' said the
coal HEAVIER, pay out about six feet OF
hose into the hole and keep a strong
stream going through its nozzle. Then
drop me down with wet; handker.
chief over my face; and 5yanlz me out
at the end Of a minute. I'll bet have
the fire out in short order. ~
The English lieutenant to whom
suggested this plan replied: 80.
81 ''Why, of course. What blank fools
we've been not to do it before. Your
man is entitled to the credit Of the
sch enc and he shall go down, If he
wants to-: but I will alternate with
him. e ;, Z, Fl.
So a Yankee coal HEAVIER and an
English lieutenant were whipped ur
and down in the dense smoke that
poured from the enlarged cutting
through the floor, one relieving the
other at the business end Of the hose
And in Il few minutes the fire was out
Joseph L. Stickney, in Chicago Post
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14

u.s. Browns President Lost Point.
President Nicho las Brown, for whom
Brown university was named, was
fond of quizzing small boys. One day
while walking in the streets of Provi-
dence he came upon little fellow
who attracted his notice.
How. do you do, my boy?'' said the
president. what is your name?"
MY name is Harry, sir" replied the
child. :: * - N#4s< e 81.
Harry, is it," returned President
Brown. "And did you know the evil
one is often called Old Harry"
why, no, sir" answered the boy.
II thought he was called Old Nick"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
Argument.

No use talking, no use preaching
When a man Is set.
Let the upshot be his teaching;
That's the best he'll get.
Argument will never change him,
Though you talk all day: {
Opposition will estrange him. T.
Let him have his way. .r.i -. =
When a woman takes a notion
Talks more foolish still,
1t will make no slight coEnnnotion
If you cross her will. -.
She will have. you need not doubt 1t
More than you to say.
Your consent? She'll do without 1t,
Let her have her way.
When you get to educating 3. &
People in lump "".r -
Speechifying and debating ''
- Well, you're just chump.
When our errors you've corrected
Temper we display
Keep the path that you've selected,
Let us have. our way. 49,. '
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
Conditional Pietv.

Two Scotch fishermen, jamie and
Sandy, belated and befogged on a
rough water, were in some trepidation
lest they should never get ashore
again. At last jamie said:
SANDY, I'm steering, and l think
you'd better put up bit of prayer"
Il don't know how said Sandy.
eff We don't, I'll chuck We over
board" said Jamie.
Sandy began: "Oh, Lord, I never
asked anything of Ye for fifteen years,
and if Yell only get us safe back I'll
never trouble We again, and--'
"Whisht, Sandy!" said jamie, "the
boats touched shore; don't be behold.
en- to anybody."-New York World
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
OrioIn Of Shoe Throwing.

Shoemaking was a distinct trade as
far back as 1000 B. c., and reference
is made in scripture to different SYM
bolical usages in connection with
sandals or shoes.
The delivery of shoe was used as
a testimony in transferring a posses
sion. A man plucked off his shoe and
gave it to his neighbor, and this was
" testimony In Israeli
The throwing of a shoe on property
was a symbol of new ownership, as
lover Eodom will cast out my shoe. -
From these ancient practices came
the old custom in England and Scot
land of throwing an old shoe after a
bride on her departure to new home.
to signify that the parents gave UP all
control over their daughter.
In. Turkey it is the bridegroom who
is pelted by the wedding guests with
slippers.-Stray Stories. "
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
Never Had Driven a Solicit.

The manager of the Doemup laun-
dry had advertised for man.
. EARLY next morning mild-eyed
Young chap appeared and referred to
the advertisement. s. .&
sYou think you can fill the bill, do
you?,' asked the proprietor
."I dunno, boss. I've druv a laundry
wagon but I never druv one o them
other things" 81 -. ~. ..s
.eWhat other things?"
And the applicant handed him a
Clipping Of the ad, which read:
s 'eWanted-A man to drive laundry
wagon and solicit. Baltimore Amer
lean.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
-. Marse Bill.

"dTSS olH'
Yer nebber met Marse Testy Bill?
Yer nebber hyearn him cuss?
Yer nebber hyearn de nectar spill
When he stahts in ter fuss
De gals dat cyarnt an nebber Will
Perzac'ly size up nah Marse Bill!
Yer nebber watched him argify
Wild reason an wild rime. &c.. 49,
Err cocktail shinin' FUN each eye
'Soquentially sublime?
Nor hyearn de roun' worl. damned wid
FUR sho'! Yer nebber seen Marse Bill.
Yer nebber felt de ham he lends
To dem he truly loves? H. .@E.
An whilst he winks an meks pretends
be stony face, an'.shoves !.
His feeIinss In his boots. he still
Cyarnt hide de heart OBJ NAH Marse Bill
Yer nebber? Marse. All greets fur yourse;
Done nvass yer by, den please ter 'scuse
Ne While All shouts dat Cord
Mus felt right lonesome tn :n
George Carey In New York Sun. !
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
One Of Them.

There were three men sitting to-
gether on seat of the open car, and
after they had talked politics for ten
minuts one of them Observed:
Excuse me, but here is my card
The .other two scanned it and saw
that he was DR.. So-and-So, and then
the second man produced his card. 1t
showed that he was Undertaken So
and-So. Then the two looked at the
third man, who made no move to pro.
duce card, but who presently said:
well, s'pose sOrter belong to
the profession myself"
"Druggist?"
r "No. l see to the grave.digging
part" :. s.;,a:,'-.'-.>> b.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
Sawyer's Description of His House.

Some years ago a church conven-
ton was being held in Calais, Me-,
and the church members were to en-
terrain the visitors. "A visiting divine
was notified that he would be hOspit-
ably cared for with Lemuel T. Saw.
yer. Not knowing where Mr.. Saw
yer lived, he was directed to the har-
ness store of Sawyer & Halliday. AS
it happened, when he went in he met
Mr.. Sawyer and, without knowing
him, asked if he could direct him to
Lemuel T. Sawyer's residence.
Mr. Sawyer replied: ooh, yes; go
down Main street until you come to
Church avenue; turn to the right, go
up the avenue, and you can't miss it;
you can't miss it, as it has a brick
underpinning and two mortgages on
it."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
London Has Fierce Gorilla,

Miss Crowther, the largest and
flercest gorilla ever captured, has Just
arrived at the London geological gar,
dens. She is five feet six inches IN
height, measures forty-two inches
around the chest and possesses great
strength. Occasionally she has flts
of rage, but usually she is very shy
and hides her face from visitors with
her hands.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-10-14
subway Parior Car.

subway ParIors Car. .
The first parlor car has made its
appearance ON the New York subway,
being intended for tie directorate and
stan.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-09-22
Notice Of Mortgage Sale BY Advertisement.

llNotice is hereby given that that certain mort
gage, executed and delivered by William
II. Cameron and Katie N. Cameron, his wife.
t',S to " E. Cook dated
record in the office Of the Register Of Deeds Of
the County of Mclean and State of North Da.
recorded in Book BIZ, Of Mortgages, at page "A,
sgd an fsssass By wr isia to
a: Thorpe, dated the Soth. day of June
Register of Deeds for said County and State on
the 9Th. day Of July 1908, and recorded in book
hs s d a End p ssrpsd
instrument in writing to w. =. Cooke. dated
the 18th. day of March 1906, and filed for record
in the office of said Register of Deeds for said
County and State on the 18th: day Of May 1907,
page A, will be foreclosed by sale of the
cribed, at the front door Of the Court House in
the Village of Washburn, in the County of Nc
Lean and State of North Dakota, at the hour
October 1905. to satisfy the amount due upon
said mortgage on the day Of sale.
The premises described in said mortgage and
which will be sold to satisfy. the same, are
those certain premises sitpste1 in the County
described as follows, to,wit: The northeast
quarter of section thirty-three 1881, in township
one hundred forty-nine (f40) north, of range
seventy eight (7s), west containing one hundred
sixty acres, more or less according to the Gov
eminent survey thereof. ~.
There will be due on such mortgage on the
day of sale the sum Of Seven Hundred Seventy
one and 65-1OO, ($77165) dollars, and the costs
of foreclosure and sale.
Mortgage and Assignee.
Hanchett L. Wartner, Attorneys for Mortgagee,
Harvey, North Dakota. 9.22
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-09-22
CONTEST NOTICE.

Department of the IQterior, United States
Land Office, Bismarck, n. D., August %, 1905.
a sufficient contest affidavit having been filed
against homestead entry No. 2ls4S, made JuiySo,
1909 for 81 sWat Of section % and SN SEX 81
Itch, contestee inwhich it is alleged that said
claimant has wholly. abandoned said tract;
that he has changed his residence therefr0m for
mo- more than sir months since making said entry;
BY said party as required by law, and that such
default now exists. Further, that the said al
legged absence from the said land is not due
to his employment in the army. navy or marine
corps Of the United States in time Of war, said
parties are hereby notified to appear. respond
and offer evidence touching said allegation
Krist Kjelstrnp, q notary public at his office In
Underwood. North Dakota, and that final hear
ingwill be held att o clock'p. m. on November Is,
1921 1. before the Register and Receiver Of the
The said contestant having, in q proper affi.
davit filed August 18th, 1905, set forth facts that
show that, after due diligence. personal service
Of this NOTICE cannot be made it is hereby or
dered and directed that such notice be given by
due and proper publication.
9-s. M. II. JEWELL, Register.
The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1905-09-22
slaisdell and Bird. Attorneys.
Contest NOTICE,

Department. of the Interior, United States
Land Office, Bismarck, N. D., August %, 1905:
a sufficient contest. affidavit having been filed
in this office BY Halvor Knutsons contestant;
e. 1903 for 81 sWA 1sec. 9, N. NV tsec. -,
contestee, in which It is alleged that the said
claimant has wholly, abandoned said tract;
for more than six months since making said
thst tract j. not settled upon and
and that such default now exists. Further that
the said alleged absence from the said land was
not due to his employment in the U. s.. army,
navy or marine corps In time of war; said par;
offer evidence touching said allegation at 10
o'clockA. N. on October 10th, 1906, before James
T. McCulloch, q U. s. Commissioner at his office
in WashbuTn, n. OAK, and that final hearing allg
1905, before the Register and Receiver at the
United States Land Office in Bismarck, n. D.
( The said contestant having, in q proper afa-
davit filed August %, 1906 set forth facts which
show that after due diligence personal service
Of this notice cannot be made, It is hereby or
dered and directed that such notice be given by
due and proper publication.
.9S. n. II. JEWELL, Register.