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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

sured Il free medical treatment, Win
medicine, for twenty weeks, (2) food
for at least twenty weeks, 60. aid in
childbirth and (4 burial expenses.
There is obligatory accident insur-
ance in Italy. There is also voluntary
insurance against sickness and dis
ability pension one must be sixty
years of age and have been insured
for twenty-five years.
In Finland there is insurance
against sickness, the cost being borne
equally by employer and employe.
There is also insurance against acct
dents in industrial establishments.
The accident fund is supported by EN-.
ployers and the~state, the workmen
contributing nothing.
A pension Of $S7 is allowed by the
government of New Zealand to the in
digent aged who have lived IN the
country uninterruptedly for twenty
five years without any legal condem-
nation Every old person who has
come to the pension age gets the en-
tire pension if he has a personal rev.
enue of $164 or less. For each $3.50
above $164 the law diminishes his pen
sion accordingly.
There is perhaps no country IN the
world where workmen are so protect
ed by the state or are so cared for as
in Germany, says Consul Haynes.
Even clerks, shop assistants and serv-
ants are compelled to insure. This
insurance is effected by pasting into a
book stamps every week. and it is the
duty of employers to see that this is
faithfully done.
In the German Empire there are
three assurances for WOrkmen, all OF
which are obligatory and under the
authority of the Imperial Insurance
Office They are accident, sickness
and old age, or infrmity. The insur-
ance is mutual and it's administration
is autonomous under state control. 1t
embraces, without distinction of ma
tionality, all persons working in Ger
many.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
FOUND IN OLD OAK
WAS" WILL Of NATHAN Wealth.
ERsRY OF NEW YORK.
Title to Much Valuable Property In
voIved in the Discovery-PIate and
Jewels Also in Receptacle Strangely
Brought to Light.

Concealed for a century and more.
the will of Nathan Weathersby lay in
the heart of a giant oak that long had
been a landmark of the old Dale place,
opposite the Lackawanna station here,
says a Lincoln Park On. J) CORE
spondent of the New York Press, until
Charles Gulickson this morning chop
ped down the tree and lay bare the
secret of 116 years. The musty tesla
ment, signed in 1889, lay among other
time-yellowed papers in battered TIN
box at the bottom of the trees hollow.
1t looked like little more than a
scrap of paper when Gulickson turned
it out of the box, yet it may be worth
hundreds of thousands OF dollars, fOr
in it Weathersby bequeathed to his
sons Charles and Andrew twelve acres
of land on Manhattan island, now sup
posed to be valuable part of Harlem
of Washington heights. Save that the
land left to the sons is in the Dor
ough's upper part, it's location is not
known, but if it is anywhere in Man.
haitian it's value logically has in
creased hundreds of times.
That the will is a serious document
and yet may be the basis of extensive
litigation is evident from the fact that
a deed to the land lay beside It when
Gulickson opened the box. In the Sec.
ond instrument it Is stated formally
that the twelve acres are at the north.
ern end of the island, and the boun.
daries of the plot are set forth in the
sti1ted legal phrases of the period, but
they are not clear when read in the
light of the modern metropolitan plat
ting system, it is said, and much diff
Guilty doubtless will be experienced in
establishing their accuracy to the sat
isfaction of the courts. Nevertheless,
laymen who have seen the deed be-
lieve it ultimately will be accepted.
Other papers were found in the box,
but they were not the whole of the
find. A dull glow at the bottom of the
hollow when the Swede's ak let the
first ray of sunlight into the cavity
betrayed the presence Of pieces of sill
yer that plainly once were the treas
ured ornaments of colonial home.
Battered, denied, furnished, the silver.
ware still showed it's fiheness under
the coating of decades. 1t included
twelve teaspoons, as many table
spoons, the same number of forks and
gold-lined tea set, consisting of
sugar bowl, spoonholder and cream
ever. A faint sparkle glinted from
gems crusted with the dust of many
years, most OF which were in heavy
gold settings.
The box lay close to the plate and
jewelry. The documents, in addition
to the will and deed. we're mostly re.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
Should Have Known Sooner.

Two women, the one a private sec
rotary aud the other the ruling power
Of the telephone exchange of a big
downtown building, went into res
taurant the other day to get their
luncheon. They had been taking their
MONDAY meal at this place for about
wear and we're surprised when the
table was set with a brand-new set of
dishes.
They examined the new ware criti-
cally and when they stepped up to the
desk to pay their. checks were ready
to give an opinion in response to the
cashiers question, How did you like
our new Dishes"
why, don't think much of them"
replied Miss H. II don't like the
COLOR
"You ought to- replied the cashier
with a smile as she handed their
money back. 1T was decided that the
first party that ate from the new
dishes should have the meal free"
"Well, why didn't you tell us that
before we ordered" they both shouted.
Gust think what we could have eaten
if we had known it was not to cost
anything?"- Press
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
The Truth About the Fable

Once upon a time fresh kid tended
sheep upon bleak hillside. He had a
peculiar habit Of yelling wolf!
Wolff" and when the other shepherds
rushed to the rescue he would give
them the merry laugh. This made
them sore.
One day he gave the same old come.
on and the shepherds, after hot-foot.
ing over, lost their tempers and clawed
him until death relieved his suffer.
ings. ".x -. +
Now" said the leader of the as
sailants, after he had cooled down and
seen what they had done, we're in a
pretty pickle. The only thing for us
to do is to swear that the wolf did
1t. We can say that we heard the
decedent give the alarm, but that we
had been joshed SO many times that
we failed to respond
Moral: A good joke often becomes
4 serious thing if allowed to go too
far.-Detroit Tribune. +%s. Is
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

1--WE often receive peculiar requests
for overdrafts," said banker the
other day. "A client whose standing
account had never exceeded $1,000 re-
quested us to grant him an overdraft
of $4,000, stating that he was not able
to offer an explanation at the present,
but assured us that at no time would
the bank be in any danger of losing, as
the overdraft would not be real.
AFTER some hesitancy we consented
but stipulated certain conditions, and
reserved the privilege Of refusing If
these conditions were not followed.
Shortly after his departure a we'll
dressed gentleman came in and hand
ed to our paying teller check for
$4,000 bearing the signature of our
client, and with it letter requesting
US to honor the check with cash. This
letter was one of the conditions we
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
Cremation Of Hindu Dead

remove the shroud from the lace,
sp]ashing water five times upon the
mouth. Others. in the meantime, are
building wooden ogre. made OF fag-
OTIS sold near by and when finished
standing three feet or more above
ground. The corpse, its dark color
showing through the dripping shroud,
is then placed on the wooden altar
and covered with fagots. This done,
all but two mount the ramparts and
watch the final ceremony. Of the
two remaining, one pours oil upon the
wood from small clay dish, while
the other goes to the frehouse above
He soon returns with a long straw
Wisp, blazing at one end. He advances
to the corpse's head, touches it with
the wisp and then circles the pyre
five times, touching the head each
time until the fifth, when he places
the blazing wisp beneath the feet and
the whole pile bursts into fame. Wien
all is consumed the ashes are raked
into the river and float away to bliss
eternal-F J. O. Alsop i'll Outing.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

fair and, incidentally, add to their ex-
chequer, for to get across Ohio, fer
riage must be paid cat steubenvville)
to evade which won Id not be possible.
AS it, was, they came near breaking
down there for lack of one cent neces-
sary to complete the toll, but SO per
cent of which they fwere able to pro-
duce to the ferryman. They had ia
vorable weather to Pittsburg, there
after it was otherwise. Illinois coun-
try people, they claim, are singularly
inhospitab1e, refusing even water to
the Wayfarer.
Between San Francisco and New
York they collected over 1000 auto
graphs on their wagon top of canvas.
Otherwise their long trip appears to
have been disappointingly uneventful,
for they tell no tales of adventures,
nor of breadth escapes.-From
the magazine Gravel" Illustrations
from Brooklyn Eagle.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

Not only was the bachelor evil
we'll recognized in ancient Rome III
the days of the early Caesars in much
the same way that it is today, but
manv other phases of the marriage
question were not unlike the problems
that are up for solution in this pres
ent year of grace. The matter OF d.
yorce was one. People had an idea
even then that it was not good for
the state, but no effective means to
check it was ever discovered. I'VE
are assured by Seneca" says the his
torian Inge, "that there were women
in Rome who counted their ages moi
by their years, but by the husbands s1ia
they had had. Juvenal tells OF one
woman who married eight husbands
in five years. Divorce was granted on N
the. slightest pretext. Many separ-
ated merely from love of change. dls-
daining to give any reason, IKE
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
Protection for the Worker

In many countries the question OF
insurance for workingmer is consid-
cred important, and in at least dOz-
en- countries practical solution of the
question has been found and applied.
The systems, though similar, are
varied.
United States Consul Haynes, at
Rouen, France, has gathered and sent
to the Department of Labor and Com
merce the main facts concerning work
mems insurance in a dozen countries.
In Belgium the insurance against
accident and disability is obligatory
for miners Moreover, since Jan. /,
1900, the government has a national
fund for retiring pensions, which is
voluntary, and insures to each of its
members when sixty-fve years of age
pension of $3.50 annually.
The insurance of miners has also
been compulsory in Austria since
1889. The minimum insurance is, for
men, SAL, for women S20.50. 1nsur-
ance against sickness and accident is
also obligatory for those engaged in
industrial and agricultural pursuits.
But in no case can accident insurance
exceed 60 per cent Of the annual
wages
In Denmark the needy who have
reached sixty years of age receive
help in varying proportions, the state
and commune contributing equally.
For the past fifteen years work
mans insurance committee has exist
ed in Sweden, and since 1886 the Riks-
dag has put aside yearly the sum OF
$428,8O0 to cover the first expense
when the law for insurance of work
men is voted.
In Norway accident insurance for
the industrially employed workman
whose salary does not exceed 5000 a
year is compulsory
Insurance is obligatory for indus
trial employees of either six in Hun
gary, and for those engaged in COM
merce, if their wages do not exceed
$2.15 a day. All members are as
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
Won Bet on Overdraft

imposed for our safety. Still feeling
that we were taking a chance, the
teller asked what denominations he
desired. He replied and the money
was passed out to him. After holding
the currency moment in his hands
he returned it, with request for the
check, which he destroyed before lis.
ION the following day our client
thanked us for our courtesy and
waived the overdraft privilege, saying
that he had no further use for it. He
had with him a check for $4,000, which
he deposited. This he had won from
his friend on bet. He had bet that
he could negotiate an overdraft for
that amount without first explaining
that it was bet, and the nature of it,
and his friend wagered that no bank
would trust him for that AMOUNT
Kansas City Star.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
Japanese Woman's Generosity.

No japanese in the struggle before
Port Arthur ever showed more gen.
crosby and courage than did an OBJ
scure Japanese woman far from the
scenes of war. When Miss Helen
Keller was at the exposition in St.
Louis she visited the Japanese tea
house, and for few minutes shook
hands with some Of the mattresses,
little olive-skinned women who spoke
almost no English, but expressed
their interest and intelligence without
words. Many weeks after Miss KEEL
Ter had returned to Boston she heard
from an Official Of the exposition that
enc of the Japanese Mattresses had
gone to a ST.. Louis physician
and asked to have one of her eyes
taken out and given to Miss Keller.
When she told that such a gift was
impossible, she wept in bitter disap-
pointment. ~ t,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
Circumstances That Proved the AMI
NAL Reasoned.


Circumstances That Proved the AMI
NAL Reasoned.
81 see," said the St. Louis man,
"that the question of whether animals
think or not is now being much dis
cussed in the papers,
"And which side do you take?'' was
asked. .~ --.~>: ---.-,s --.s,@~ -, r
81 know they think. When l was a
boy I went after harvest apples once
and the farmers dog drove me up a
tree and kept me there for five hours. -
"But that doesn't prove that he had
thoughts
Hold on. The farmer was away
from home and didn't return until sum
down, and then he took me down out
of the tree and gave me the Wallop1ng
of my life. In the first place, the dog
knew his master was gone; in the Sec
ond, he know that he wouldn't be back
until sundown; thirdly, he knew that
if he came back and found me, I'd
get a hiding; lastly, if it wasn't all
reasoned out, why didn't he leave me
at the end of four hours to bite a
tramp who was stealing. turnips far
Their down the road? / still have one
more reason"
"And that is?'
THAT three months later, when /
met that dog on the steps of the
meeting house of a Sunday, he bolted
for home like a streak of creased
lightning. Would he have done that if
he hadn't thought I had brickbat I'M
der my jacket" -Chicago News.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

Here is a travel story somewhat diff
fering from the parlor-car variety: A
SOC of ex-Treasurer Harmon Of Vir-
ginia, with but three cents cash capt.
tai, but millions in love of excite
ment, adventure and nature, be-
thought himself, when in San Fran
cisco, to take a stroll across the con-
tinent. He induced friend-like
himself, an educated man-to accom-
pany him, and in three weeks they
reached Los Angeles. Five weeks
more brought them to Albuquerque
IN. NJ, where they decided to walk
the rest of the distance by proxy, as
they had earned a few dollars and
could buy rickety covered cart and
a span of three donkeys, one of which
gave birth to colt, thus the wagon
entered New York as four-in-hand.
That, however, was after a two
months pause in St. Louis, SO that the
travellers might take in the Worlds
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
Died of improvements

A good, poor German of Saxonville
recently sent his sick wife to the
birmingham hospital. For many days
he wended his weary way there to
find out how she was getting along.
He was told each day that she was
improving. Though he called daily
for three weeks he regularly got the
same answer-"improving." At last q
telephone message informed him that
she was dead - F. E@s@7: II 3, =
He was seen going along with head
bent with grief, and when one of his
neighbors asked what his wife died of
he answered: died of improve
ments.'' $. ...<st
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
Sunshine in 1.-The Boy

He chews my editorials till they're in an
awful fix
And yet, although his mission seems
mostly to destroy,
The sunshine's come among us with tho
coming Of 1.-The boy
His taste. fear, is most depraved, and
vitiated, too;
He'll eat most anything from pins to q
-ar. discarded shoe;
And though hate to tell it-yet must the
tale be told 1. = ...'
Once l caught him at the scuttle, eating
r up our winters coal. " ~.,E
Yet we wouldn't swap the rascal for all
, Rockefeller's oil ar ~ Z.
There's laughter for the troubles. and
~ there's smiling for the toll. t@.. l..
And duty turns to pleasure, and tasks
.a3 they seem a joy, ~ sfE". nil .
AS we think of the home coming, and niaA
meeting with .'the boy p
ee.. Lagrange tGa) GEaphie
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

The room is in disorder and the things
: are scattered round.
Mixed up with blocks and playthings the
The hooks are off the table, and the
poker's on the floor
And view a scene Of ravage as I open
wide the door. =
But in corner smiling up with saucy
7 see the inspiration of all this bedlamry,
And. with his hand a-waving, he toddles
= up-my JOY. t@...i :. &1.->. e..
Our fiery bedroom buccaneer, our icono-
: = clast-"the boy. h. 81.
When you are very sleepy he is very wide,
Z: awake, z3tsa
And he bursts into your slumbers like an
infantile earthquake; fz.s.&
He pulls your hair and tweaks Your nose
a In most familiar style, - q. (
Full knowing that his kiss will these in-i
He tries to cay my watch up when I show
:. hinnb how It ticks, Z go a F5llys3.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

ceipts,s but one of them was a mort
gage on another parcel of land in Man.
haitian. By whom the documents and
treasure could have been placed in the
tree is beyond the conjecture of the
Oldest dweller in this region. The
tree is so old that it was a veteran
when Linco In Parks grandsires were
boys.
Charles Dale owns the pronertv m
which the tree stood. The land once
belonged to a wealthy old family
named Harris. The Harris homestead
is fine old house, even today.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20
Welcoming a fkentuckian.

welcoming a kentuckian.
Ex-Cong ressman Asher G. Caruth of
Kentucky tells this story of an expert
ence he once had on visit to little
Ohio town: -.
Il went up there on legal business, -
he says, "and, knowing that I should
have to stay all night proceeded di-
rectly to the only. hotel. The land
lord stood behind tile desk and re-
garded me with kindly air as I reg
istered.. 1t seems that he was a little
hard Of hearing, fact of which I was
not aware. AS I jabbed the pen back
into the dish of birdshot said:
"'Can you direct me to the bank?'
HE looked at me blank1y for a Sec
ond, then, swinging the register
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

around, he glanced down swiftly,
caught the louisville after my name,
and an expression of complete under
standing lighting up his eountenance,
he said:
"'Certainly, sir. You will find the
bar right through that door at the
left "-Harper's Weekly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

the level Of the ordinary roadway,
and is then raised to the rails on the
bridge, 81 feet above the estuary of
the Mersey. The great height is to
allow the passage of ships on the
Manchester ship canal, crossed by
the bridge at the Chester end.-Illus-
trated London News
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

The bridge, connecting Lancashire
with Cheshire, detour of about thir-
teen miles round by Warrington. A
lattice-work bridge is hung between
two high towers, and along this runs
the transporter-a car for the convey
ance of vehicles and foot-passengers.
The car receives it's complement at
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-05-20

DOG THOUGHT IT ALL OUT.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-08-13

To the HnnorableThomasP .Hawley,
Judge of the District Court of the
United States. for the District of Ne
vada: w. B. Yiyrick, bankrup, Of
Churchill county. Nevada, in said dis
trict, respectfully represents that on
the 18th day of June. 1904, he was
duly adjudged bankrupt under the
acts of Congress relating to bank
ruptcy; that he has duly surrendered
all his property, and has fully COM
piled with all the requirements of said
acts and Of the orders of the court
touching his bankruptcy, Wherefore.
he prays that he may be decreed by
the court to have a full discharge
from all debts provable against his es-
tate under said bankrupt acts, except
such debts as are excepted by law
from such discharge.
Dated July sixth, 1905.
w. B. WIYRICK, Bankrupt.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-08-13

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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-08-13
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Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-08-13
Cattle and Horses.

The City Marshal gives warning
that all loose stock found on the
streets from this time on will be en-
pounded. A strict attention to this
parties owning stock will take warn
city ordinance will be enforced and
ing. Empounding fines will be impos-
ed in every case.
VIM. Kinney.
Marshal.
Morning appeal. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1877-1906, 1905-08-13
THE SPORT OF KINGS.


Except in some especially favored
states or especially unfavored states
according ITO your point of view, "the
sport of kings" horse racing, is in its
decadence An Ohio track was clos
ed the other day because, in the ab-
sence of pool selling there was no at
tendance Governor Polk, by his act
ivity against the bookmakers at the
St. Louis track caused a suspension
of the sport of kings in that city,
Because there was no opportunity to
bet to win or lose money the public
refused to patronize the races.
1t is a pretty generally recognized
fact that if you make it impossible
to gamble on a horse race you destroy
public interest in the sport. Gambling
and horse racing are as inseperable as
whiskey and intoxication. 1t is posi-
BILE to be interested in horse racing
without betting on it and it is posi-
Bile to drink whiskey without becom-
ng intoxicated but the most devoted
lovers of the sport of kings" usually
bet on the races, even as the confirm
ed drinker of whiskey is far more Of
ten that not at least an occasional
drunkard
Some of the wealthiest men in the
United States are patrons of the turf.
They own great strings of splendid
racers. They offer large purses ITO be
raced for and they give prizes &c
breeders of fast animals. These gen.
tlemen could well afford to be in horse
racing for pure love of the sport;
they could afford to make large ar
nual sacrifices for their own pleasure
and the pleasure of the public. But
do they? In every account of great
eastern race meetings you find stories
of the large wagers made by wealthy
patrons of the turf.
Apparently they are just as eager to
gamble-and win-as if they were de-
pendent upon their winnings for sup
port. Is the ten-dollar-a-week clerk
who goes out to the race tracks own
ed and operated by milloinaires to be
blamed if, lured by the visions of
wealth he bets his money on the
sport of kings?" Would the clerk go
if he knew he could not bet his mon
ey and too often, the money of his
employer? Not cent. Recent
events have sufficiently demonstrated
that
Until the gambling feature has been
entirely eliminated from horse rae
ing. until the public can be induced
to go and see horse races as it goes
to see a base ball game-for the love
of sport-horse racing has no just
claim to the title, '4the sport of kings,
Though there are many honest, ear
nest men who like it for it's own sake,
horse racing is more the sport OF the
gambler, the tout, the spendthrift,
the bunco steerer, than it is tho
sport of kings" if by that title it is
meant that horse racing is the highest
TYNE of snort