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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-04-29

CHAPTER 2S2-H F. NO: 54.
AN ACT to amend chapter 90 OF the Cen
e1ll Laws of 1908, entitled An act enti-
tied an act relating to the duties OF the e
county surveyor and the number and
conversation Of his deputies and as
sistants in counties having a population
of at least one hundred and fifty thou
sand (15O,OOO) and not over two hum
bred thousand (2OO,O0O) inha oltants.
Be it enacted by the Legislature or the
s sentH ~ I. That section / Of chapter IS
of the Laws of 1903 be and the same IS
hereby amended SO as to read as IoiloWs:
Section 1. That in every county IN the
stale which now has or that NAY, a.: here
after have, according to the last com.
pieted state or national census, az leasI
1ne hundred fifty thousand Q6O,0909, ana ana
not not over two hundred thousand {2O9O0@
inha the county surveyor s,orv sh "a re-
ceive from such county salaIy OF tWo
thousand Ave hundred 500 dollars per
annum in full payment. TOR an services ts
from the county treasury his actual trav-
cling expenses not to exceed I'VE Nssr n9 9nr
dred dollars G$5oQ9 in any one ine,rr re
ii It's :perfQrmsnae 81 his seENsse psx-1
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
SABLE ISLAND WILD HORSES
Ferocious Equines Seem to Be Only
Inhabitants of This Almost
Desert Land. :

Sable island, which lies about
50 miles to the eastward of Nova
Scotia, consists of an accumula.
ton of loose sand, forming a pair
of ridges united at two ends and
i%nclosing a shallow lake; tracts
OF grass are to be met with in
places, as well as pools of fresh
water.
The droves of wild horses, or po-
MES, and herds of seals appear to
be the chief mammalian inhabit-
ants Of the island. 1t is generally
supposed that the original stock
was landed from a Spanish wreck
early in the sixteenth century, al.
though some writer's make the in.
PRODUCTION much later.
Twenty-Five years ago the mum.
Der of ponies was estimated at
800; at the present day there are
less than 200, divided into FIVE
troops.
Not more than two-thirds OF
these are pure-bred, the remain.
der being the offspring of mares
crossed with introduced stations.
The author comments on the
striking likeness of these wild
ponies to the horses of the Parthe-
non frieze and to the now exter-
minated tarpan of Tartary. They
also seem to resemble the wild
horses of Mexico,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
A MINORITY IN AUSTRALIA.
This Country Is Only One Which Has
Destinies Shaped by Small
Band of Politicians.

Australia is the one country in
the universe that is having it's des-
TIMES shaped by a political mi
nority; the only one wherein the
spirit and principle of representa-
tive government is outraged with
impunity; it is the country whose
Wanted democracy is rapidly driv.
ing the people into two great hos
tile camps and developing a class
tyranny in most calling forms:
1t is the country of all others that
most needs population, yet it's i'm
migration laws are strict almost
to prohibition-the most drastic
appearing on the statute books of
any civilized land. But this seem.
ingly hopeless tangle did not
always exist there, says Public
Opinion. Up to the year 1890 the
Australian communities were
the most thrifty, free, contented,
least law.ridden and most easily
governed of any under the sun.
The advent of the professional
agitator Qabor-cum-politicaD, the
payment of members of parlia.
ment, and trades-unionism run
rampant brought about the
change. When the labor socialis.
tic movement assumed tangible
form, an entirely novel element
was grated on to the political
life of the country. The new idea
was fostered and doomed by an
exceedingly clever but unscrupu.
lous weekly, which boosted a wild.
err general circulation than any
other publication on the con.
tinent; political leaders of all
shades and creeds soon saw tbe
worth of it for their own special
purposes and doomed it still bipb.
err. Its development was nothing
short of phenomenal. and when
political parties began bidding
one against the other for it's sun.
port and paying for that with the
vested interests, if not the liber.
ties OF the community at large, it
was given a hall mark of political
value that has gone on steadily
growing.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
TuRNIp RELIsHEo BY DEER
These Vegetables Taste Better to
Timid Animals Than Whisky
to Indian, Says Expert.

"Turnips taste better to deer
than whisky does to an Indian
and the animal will run as great a
risk to get the vegetable as the
red man will to get LIQUOR said
Otto Wilke, of international
Falls. at the st. Louis, TO the
| Duluth Herald. II know men
who make it their annual custom
to plant turnips in the spring in
some secluded spot in a game
country, just so they will be as
sured of easy venisOn in the fall,
or during the summer months, If
they happen to live in the woods
themselves.
"If a turnip patch is located in
any district where there are deer,
every deer within that district
will visit it several times a week,
the time of day they make their
visits depending upon the wari.
ness of'the animals and the near
ness of settlers. Even after snow
falls these visits are continued, as
long as any vegetables are left in
the ground. Until the snow gets
too deep you can e where it is
paved away night after night in
search for the succulent roots.
This being the case, one can read
lily see that a person would not
meet with much difficulty in get
ting a shot at a deer by watching
a turnip patch in a country where
the animals are to be found.
Through the more sparsely
settled districts they are actually
pests to the homesteader who has
a garden, for nothing but an eight.
foot fence will keep them from
eating the growing things and
trampling the ground all up like
a flock of sheep. 1t does not mat.
ter how near the vegetables are
to the house, the deer will get into
them just the same, the only diff,
ference being that they will come
around later in the evening, when
the darkness covers their move.
ments. They have spoiled, more
than one garden prepared at a con.
siderable expense of time and
labor"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
Vegetables and Character

A scientist, after investigating
the effect of food, particularly
vegetables, on the human char.
acter, atfirms that a diet of car.
rots ameliorates harshness of
character and reduces nervous ir.
ritability; peas create joyousness;
while turnips have a depressing
influence. Cabbage is good for
pulmonary complaints; while let,
tuce acts as a sedative upon the
human frame, owing to the opium
ii contains.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
PULLED THROUGH BY DOC"
Sachet Tablets Taken for Morphine
and Man Is in Agony for a Time
His Wife Explains.

A physician had a hurry call to
a pretty fiat where a forlorn man
was taking care OF himself as best
he could while his wife was visit.
ing in the east. The doctor ar.
rived a little after midnight to find
a pale and agitated man walking
the floor and clutching in one
trembling hand a small via
marked Morphine"
"T've taken enough to kill an
army" he gasped. 81 thought il
was quinine. For heavens sake,
do something quickw
Well, the doctor did a number
of things, and all as quickly as
possible, and the man put in a hor
rible quarter of an hour-severa]
of them, in fact, for the medical
man was one of your painstakine
and thorough kind. The man was
pronounced out of danger by
morning, and as his anxiety less.
ened his wrath increased, relates
Short Stories.
Any woman who would 60 of
and leave a bottle of poison in the
medicine chest where anybody
looking for quinine pills might
find it ought to be-he couldn't
find words to express what ought
to happen to her. The letter he
wrote that wife Of his next da,
was OF a sort to keep her hair ir
curl in the dampest weather. She
is, however, a perfectly heartless
little creature, and this is whaI
she wroie back:
"You ought to be more careful
about taking things without look
ing at the bottle. I've told yor
that before. I'm glad you callet
the doctor, for | don't know whaI
would have happened if You hat
not. l marked that bottle NOR
phine to keep the maid from tax
ing anything out of it, What yol
took were some of those sachei
tablets Flora sent me from Paris
and I'm sorry you've wasted
Them"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
DISEASES OF EYE IN FISH.
oneer AiIment Which the Aquarium
ofhcials Don't Understand
No Name for 1t.

Back in the hospital tanks" at
the aquarium, removed from the
| public. gaze are some fifty-odd fish
| suffering from a mysterious eye
complaint which has puzzled the
entire faculty of piscatorial med
icine men.
The species most affected by the
complaint are the red hind and the
squirrel fish. When a fish is at
tackled with this disease its eyes
bulge out until they are almost
free from the sockets.
In many instances the disease
proves fatal. In others, after con
v~alescence sets in, the eyes grad
ually settle back into the sockets
and resume their normal condi
ton, relates the New York Post.
ave have no name for the dis
ease said one Of the aquarium
officials. nor have we been able
to determine what causes it. If
the afflicted fish is taken in time,
and removed to the hospital tank
away from the exciting influences
OF the people passing back and
forth, it will in due course of time
recover. 1t may sound funny TO
speak of a fish having nerves, but
our experience teaches us that
this is essentially a nervous dis,
ease. When the fish is first at,
tackled with it this is manifested
by a restlessness and a continual
effort to escape from the neighbor.
hood of its companions.
Il believe that the glass fronts
of the tanks, with the continual
panorama of passing visitors,
have a great deal to do with the
case.
One curious feature of the dis,
ease is that in the hospital the pa
tient wants company, but not Of
its own kind. Look at this group
of red hind. There are Is or 20 of
them in various stages of the dis.
ease, but you will notice that they
do not associate with each other.
Each, however, as you see, has
from one to three surgeon fish or
some other species constantly in
attendance on it wherever it goes.
These other fish that we put in
with the patients are healthy and
well developed. They seem to act
on the sick fish as the trained
nurses on the human patients in a
hospital"
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
WANpERINcs OF ANIMALS.
Rats the Most Migratory-Lemmine,p
Race with Death-Journey
on Suicide Trips.

The fable of the country mouse
and the town mouse has its foun.
dation in fact. Mice occasionally
migrate in large numbers when
food grows scarce, and travel con.
siderable distances to fresh
houses. Farmers in a part Of
Perthshire had a good reason to
become aware of this fact when.
a couple OF years ago, vast swarms
of the mice invaded their corn.
fields at harvest time, says Lon.
don Answers.
But the mouse only travels
when it has to. The rat, ON the
contrary, seems to take a yearly
outing, in very much the same
fashion as do human beings. Rats
are the most migratory crea.
lures in the world. Whole troops
of rats leave the towns at the end
of summer and spend a month or
two in the country, apparently in
order to enjoy the change of food
which the country affords at that
thine of the year in the wav of
fresh fruit and grain. Before the
cold weather sets in they are all
back in their old quarters.
Renders migrate with the
same regularity as swallows.
They move south when the winter
sets in, but as soon as ever the
snow begins to melt they travel
steadily north, sometimes for as
much as a thousand miles.
To end a holiday by deliberate
suicide is so strange a phenom.
enon that for a long time natural.
lists looked upon the stories of the
migration of the Jennings as an
improbable fiction. Yet the facts
are beyond dispute. AT irregular
intervals these rat-like creatures
start for their homes in the fast.
nesses of northern Scandinavia
in huge droves, numbering tens of
thousands, and travel steadily
southwark. Death pursues them
in a hundred forms. Hawks and
other birds of prey hover above
them. Foxes, wolves and man
decimate them. Thousands are
drowned in rivers. Yet the rest
struggle on until they reach the
sea. They do not stop. They
plunge in, swim out and struggle
on, until at last their strength
fails and they drown. Not one
ever returns from this journey of
death,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
French and English Warships

Certainly our battleships lose
something by comparison when
floating alongside such warships
as the Duncan. They ride too light
in the water, and justify the ex.
clamation of the English e
wolves: What a fine target"
But as for the French crews, they
have won the esteem Of our new
friends, who, in naval matters, are
the best judges.-Paris Les An
males.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
Safe in One Respect.

One advantage that a man who
is unable to write his name holds
is that he never has to listen to
the reading Of his silly letters in
a breach of promise suit.-Chi.
cago Sun.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
Dangerous Declaration.

An old bachelor says that boss.
ing is not a woman's province.
No married man would dare say
such a thing.-Chicago Daily
News.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
The Real Requirement,

"There's no use in my joining
your sewing circle" said the new
resident. Il really can't sew
at all"
"Oh, yes, but you can talkw per-
sisted the caller with the invita-.
tion.-Detroit Free Press.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13

In the early morning some one
reported a strong odor of gas in
one of the corridors, and a hasty
investigation located it in No.
They broke open the door and
let the gas out of the room. Some
one said:
THAT country jay has blown out
the gas, of c~ourse,m
But the young clerk, with
blanched face and unsteady voice,
said, softly:
"Hush, he is deadw-N. o.
Times Democrat.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13

he suddenly remembered what 4
very few wears had passed since BE-
himself had been a'green country
lad, with just such clothes and
just such a zest for everything.
There are good bills at some of
the theaters this week" he an.
swefed, pleasantly. II will show
YOU the papers tomorrow. and
you can read all about them. ]
haven't seen anything myself. |
don't have time"
Il know you must be kept awful
busy tending TO such a big place
as this" said the boy, with re.
spectful admiration in voice and
eyes.
When, a little later. he went up
to his room, be sat a long time ar
ranging aud rearranging his plans
for the few days of his stay.
There was so much to do, so much
to gee. He went over his money
with gloating pleasure, putting
aside the different sums for their
several uses. the amount for his
return ticket, three dollars for
three more nights at the hotel, and
then he had twenty dollars left.
Twenty dollars! Surely he ought
to live well and see everything
there was to see with that much.
And get something real nice for
mother-he wouldn't forget that.
He went to bed at length, but he
was not IA bit sleepy, though he
had not slept much the night be
fore. from sheer excitement-but
it was late and there was so much
TO do tomorrow. He wished he
could go to sleep, he so wanted it
to be morning, but he could not.
What a strange odor there was in
the room; he had not noticed il at
first, and he felt queer, somehow.
He felt so tired and so sleepy
he would
see - everything - tomorrow.
Those beautiful ladies he saw 20
ing out of the hotel, with yellow
hair, all curlcd and frizzly, and
dresses that rustled like corn.
Shucks, and white gloves on their
hands; such little tiny hands. He
wondered if his mother ever saw
any ladies like them. Poor
mother, her hands were rough and
hard, but-there! that colt has
jumped out of the pasture again,
andsomebOdy'slef bars down,
and that blamed old cows in the
turnip patch! Yes, he was going
TO ride in one of those nice cars
the very first thing. jim said it
felt like you were flying. And he
was going to get some oyschers,
and s0me--s0me-yes, the thea
ter's the thing. Jim said it beat
the-oh, how funny he felt! He
must get up-oh!-there's the
horn blowing for breakfast-he
must get up! He must get out in
the air-the air! He was so tired
and to-morrow-yes, he mustn't
forget to buy some books-in the
ctty-they are cheap in the city.
And some-to-morrow-in the
city-to-morrow, the-city!
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
Hated to Sneud

Nordy-Titewadd is in a terri
BILE fix. He took in a counterfeit
$50 bill.
Butts-Well, if it was good
enough to fool him he can pass it.
Yes; but hardly without buy
ing something. louisville Cour.
ier-Journal.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
olxmnian Stamns.

The Greek government will com
memorate the Olympic games next
year by a series of special postage
stamps.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
All She Needed

Paying Teller can't cash this
check, madam, until you are iden.
titled.
Mrs. Brighton mean | hava
tc identify myself?
yes, ma'am."
Glow simple. Have YOU q
looking glass;" Philadedlpbil
Ledger.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1905-10-13
HIS CITY TRIP.
BY VIRGINIA L. BoEsALL.

AT last his dream WAS 10 come
true. The desire Of his heart was
10 be- gratihed. lie was g0iss to
The city.
All his life from the time when
hc used ia sprawl, lizard like, Hat
upon the floor with an old gcOgra.
ply spread out before him, porting
over pictures Of cities and noun.
taiuS and seas, he had lOngrd to
20 somewhere to see places and
things. And as he grew the de.
sire grew with him. He was al
ways a studious boy, and learned
in the ill-cquippcd country
srhonls, dcyOuring everything IN
the way Of reading matter that
came within his rcach-borr0w
ing every book, magazine and pa
per in the "scttlcmrDt.' digest
ing their contents Thoroughly,
IN a.. ,,,,. d~.o,,ring drnoms
of all the wonderful places they
,.l ,.I r. uhi,b IA,
might see some day. And ncwspa.
rcrs-hoN eagerly did he read CIV.
H. ia .,., Tho, ,yor,
t;.. ul.. a.. ,,,,.J,uy tL.ou,b
..li.L h.. ..uLala,I. i,to tb. ornot
,.n1,, tu.I u.,rId outg;d. which
Io ,,rncIy hor,d to enter som,
d,, uiy father an pnrduratpd
gmaII farmrr took fine connty
manor and Ilomc and Farm. and
thouobt thrm oll sufficient lint or.
~r,sfnnoIly he pot stray rnuirs Of
somn If the hig city d3ilips. and
those lac rcad with eager. pathetic
aqidiiy. their very advertisements
fascinating in their suggestive
possibilities. Not that his ambi.
tiou was bounded by the city-h his
dreams carried him to far more
distant flights. even to lands be
yond The seas, but that was the al
lining focus of his earliest desires,
the place he wanted to gee first.
There would be time enough to
think of the other marvellous
places in the world, after he had
seen the city.
So when he was 20. and had
graduated with aII fine honors nos
sihlc at the small country "orad
envy" II was drcjdcd that he
sbouId hovn his FIRST Iook NJ thn
great world the coming winter, An
soon IA the crops were gathered
and fhn years mopav in hand
And oh how hard ho worLod
throngh ali tho drnom ellod d,,s
thot were bringing him nearey
and ,oaror "a fl. limo nat orI,.
ot bis own share If tho firm l.,
'hor hut ot every oxtro "ioh" that
would hriug him an cxtra doIlor
that hc m;ght havo some snondir,
money to Ia with ;nst a, ha
~ ' W Nv wv ~ oN III
pleosnd And whor a. lornth tho
cyontr,I aay dovr,a Aha 1ar -
DAYS. the dav Of his denarturc h,
thoncht his ARRANGEMENTS wor.,
very completo indeed and fnit
very comfortable and satisfied in
thr midst Of his excitement He
had n new suit of clothes 9 now
]trlcscope containing vorious now
,rticlas oF ,nn,rot and morh,s,e
ttcient for all reasonable enjoy.
mcnt, he thought. 1t was, in
truth, a pitifully small amount,
but to his happy young eyes it rep.
resented innumcrablc pleasures
and beautiful things.
Now, don't you 60 and get took
in with one O them gold bricks YOU
was readin' about. in the papers,
said his father, jokingly. jest
tell 'em YOU amt iuvestin' your
The Washington times., 1905-09-14

and large amount Of deception In the
handling of Battling Nelson
The announcement OF Nolan occurred
In Harry CorbetTs resort II appears
that Harry COrbett was the stake
holder of a wager OF S100. made by No
Ian with Horace Egbert, the manager
OF the Nelson betting, that his man
would be the favo-ite in the pools over
Britt Immediately after Graney's call
ing all bets of Nolan warned Corbett
not to pay Egbert the money. Egbert
Insisted on the payment and Corbett
was drawn into the quarrel. Shortly
after O'Clock last evening Nelson went
into Corbett's resort to get his mail
and it was then that Cerbett proceeded
10 tell the new champion what he
thought of his manager.
Puts Nelson Wise.
m your friend, Bat said Corbett.
and | want to tell you that you are
IN wrong with that fellow Nolan. He Is
| no good. and III tell you why
Then Corbett laid before the wonder
ing Nelson a tale that made the Dane
really grogSy- Corbett told Nelson that
| ne had stood by Nolan through thick
and thin for years past. but from now
on he Is through with the finicky man
ager.
The Washington times., 1905-09-14
TODAY'S GAMES.
ST. MARTIN RUBBED
1T IN ON FIFTH

Fifth Baptist team. champions OF Sec
tion Il, of the Church League was
beaten by st. Martins. of the Marquette
League. at American League Park last
evening, by S to f.
1t was all Hillary from the start. the
Georgetown boy holding the heavy hit
ters of the Church League to three scat
tered hits. striking out eight batsmen
A sensational one-hand catch by Third
Baseman Lombody in the second in
ming. was the feature. B. Wood, in left.
grabbed low one in the first which
looked good for the circuit.
The Washington times., 1905-09-14
Dirty Mess
Nolan W elckes.

Nolan. whose peculiar" attitude and
statements Immediately prior to and
since the Admission Day September 81
fight at Coima, has set the sporting
world Ggog. is now accused of .'welch-
ing on a bet because OF Referee
Graney's decision. and is further charg-
ed by no less a parsonage in the sport
ing world than Harry Corbett of being
guilty Of crooked work of all kinds IN
connection with various sporting events
The Washington times., 1905-09-14
Personal Comment on Men and
Things in the Field of Sports

peated with the University of Kansas
In isSy In 1900 he made Leland Stan
Iord University the champion of the
Pacific coast. Since 1901 he has been
at Michigan University. In these four
years the Wolverine eleven has never
met defeat. and the wonderful ofYense
Is shown by the fact that they have
scored 2.346 points in the four years. an
average of 56h points per game; aver
age per year. 5S63z points.
Chauncey Bishop. who played such a
sensational game at end for Columbia
In 1908, has decided TO re-enter the
Gotham University and try for the
team Bishop is one of the very few
1irst-class ends that Columbia has ever
had
A letter from J. c. Roraback, the Yale
center of last season. has put an end
TO the gossip that there was a chance
for him to return and play another sea-
SON ROraback says that he has gone
into the law office OF his father. Judge
Roraback, and is ready for his life
work. An effort Will be made TO get him
in New Haven occasionally this fall to
coach the center men. He was one Of
the most scientific centers IN the Eas;
last season
The Washington times., 1905-09-14

Earned runs-St. Martin, 2. First base
by errors-St. Martin. s: Fifth Baptist
3 Left on bases-St Martin. 5; Fifth
Baptist g. First base on balIs-Of Hill
Harry, l. Struck out-By Hillary s;
by Spicer. >. Three-base hits-B Cal
legher. 2. Two-base hits. Wood Sac
rlfce hit O'Brian- Stolen bases-R
Schaffer (2D, Dugan (2), T.. Elicit. B.
Wood. S. Wood. Spicer Double play
Il. Gallagher Cllnassistedl Hit by
pitcher-By Hillary, = Cmpire-Ship-
ley Time of game hour and 20 min
utes- Attendance, go
The Washington times., 1905-09-14

The worlds championship series prob
ably will begin October IL The city in
which they are 20 begin is to be de-
termined by lot II has been suggested
that In case New York and Philadel-
phia are the contending teams. games
be alternated daily between the two
cities.