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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
Put Washing Before Royalty

woman" he exclaimed, aghast,
yell be late for the duke"
alexander Guthrie" said Margaret
solemnly, "ye're mayor of the town
and may have to make fool of your
self. But Mondays the day for the
wash and it's going to be done, duke
or no duke. Queen Victoria was a
sensible body, and it's likely that the
duchess Of York would think far more
of woman that did her weeks wash
at the proper time than she would it
1 We're 10 put my best gown at this
hour of the morning. Now, off with ye
to the station!"
Alexander departed in sadness, for
he knew the quality of his wifes
may" So it happened that when
Prince George and Princess May step
ped on the station Platoon at Clyde
they were greeted by chief magis'
trate whose welcome had subdued
and chastened note. But from the rear
platform of the departing train could
be seen the broad back Of Margaret
Guthrie as she stood in the back yard
hanging out the clothes of the house
hold.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
FOR THE MAN AT THE CASE.
Elaborate System Intended to Ensure
Correctness.

Elaborate System Intended to Ensure
Correctness.
Mr.. W. A. Harper, a cOrrectOr f0l
the press" in an article on "Proo1
Reading" in the Printers Register
gives a specimen of how the reading
boy deals with the productions of the
Poet Laureate in the. way of bust
ness,
Double quotes You smallcaps mus
wake an call me hurlycom call me
hur'ycom mother dearsem (sniff).
Tohyphenmorrer posill be the 'ap-
piest time of all the glad Newcaphy-
phen yearsem (gasp).
Ofcap all the glad >Newcaphyphen
year com mother com the maddest,
merriest daysem (sniff).
Forcap Hiposm to be Queen cap
opos the Maycap com mothercom,
Hiposm to be Queencap opos the May
cap full close double rule Tennyson-
italsfull.
This apparent jargon is the result
of reading by ''caps and points" so as
to insure absolute accuracy in the
minutest details of punctuation. capt.
talization, etc. Com" is the readers
contraction for comma" "sem:" for
*-sem1colon; pos. for aPostrophe,
and so on.-The Publishers Circular.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
A Cruelty Deceived Woman

From one 1 love-" His pillow also
was an ornate affair. AS soon as the
woman and her husband went to
housekeeping she placed the two pill
lows side by side on the sofa. When
they began to get dusty she packed
them away in scented tissue paper
and put them In a dark claset. Once
a week she took them out and patted
them and said, Dear Henry"
One day last week the woman re-
membered a certain poetic effusion
she had one time written to Henry.
She wished to see just how she had
worded it, so she opened the soft pill
low and looked for the letter. 1t was
not there. none of her letters were
there. Instead Of stufhng his pillow
with her loving epistles Henry, the
wretch, had used old bills and bust
ness letters and circulars, because, as
he shamelessly admitted when taxed
with his disloyalty, he didn't want to
take chances on being made to feel
like fool by having "all that tommy
rot brought up against him when he
reached the age of gray hairs and dis
cretiOn."~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

If it wasn't for the children the
woman would get a divorce. she mas
been deceived for ten years. Ihat Is
the neriod of her married life. The
courtship leading up to that nuptlal
contract covered two years. In that
time the man and woman wrote many
letters. The woman wrote 746 ana
the man us. The day before the we'd
ding the woman said:
Henry, have you kept all my. let
ters?" .tN
.Eyery one,'' said Henry.
"How sweet of you," murmured the
woman. Nov, I'll tell you what we
will do. I have made two sofa Pillows,
one for YOU and one for me. Instead
Of stuffing them with cotton or feath-
ers or sweet balsam we will fill them
with our old love letters and keep
them forever and ever. Won't that
be lovely?"
Henry said he thought it would be-
So the woman gave him his pillow
cover. 1t was very pretty, also it was
anpropriate It was made OF green
satin. embroidered in gold. 1t sala'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
Tells Of japanese Traits

supply of .big-gun shells completely
gave out, so continuous search was
made for unexploded Japanese mis-
siles. These, when found, we fired
back from our guns and in some in
stances shells were found which had
been twice fired at us by the Japa
rese. The fact that such was the
case was shown by the copper gas
check bands, as our rifling is in tho
opposite direction to that of the :Japa-
nese guns, the bands showing two
marks of their twist and one OF ours"
Concerning the curious Japanese
custom of carrying song birds when
out for a walk the same author COM
mentS: Yes, it seems ridiculous to
see an oriental bearing a cage on
either hand when he goes out for a
ramble, with song birds for compan"
ions; no stick and no dog. But our
grandfathers laughed consumedly
when they saw the first umbrella
opened in London. It seems but yes
terday that I saw lovely blossoming
tree in Tokyo junk shop, kept there
solely for the owners private delec-
tatiOn"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

she deems herself happy and finds
great cause for thankfulness in what
for most people would he barren old
age devoid Of everything calculated to
make old age tolerable.
The life history of Aunt Esther is
not one which lends itself to romance.
She was born in Plymouth township,
not far ~fren~her present home, on the
first day of August, 1914. She was one
of family of eight or nine, born to
heritage of poverty. Her father is
remembered as a stirring" man, who
began life with nothing, married pre-
maturely, and worked hard to provide
for his family. In cutting timber to
build them house he was killed by
without resources and found it i'm
possible to hold her family together.
One by one they we're bound out" to
to service. and were never reunited.
At tender age Esther was thus put
to work, and remembers this period
chiefly as one of neglect and Threat
ment
Time may have mOdlned, put mas
not obliterated, the memory of the
wrongs of her youth She grew up a
willful, headstrong, undisciplined girl,
difficult to manage, no doubt, but with
a strong character and right instincts.
There is a tradition that she was
"wild' but in a community still domi-
mated by Puritan spirit and peculiar
ly intolerant of everything savoring of
individuality Of thought or action, the
term would mean less than it might
elsewhere. 1t is probable she resent
ed the severe and unsympathetic
guidance which may have been offer
ed her. and decided to conquer the
difficulties of life in her own way.
BY one kind of work or another,
mostly domestic service, she made
shift to live, and finally drifted to Ty-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
An Old Kentucky Earthquake

II thought my horse was about to
die, and would have sprung from his
back had a minute more elapsed, but
at that instant all the shrubs and
trees began to move from their very
roots, the ground rose and fell in sue
cessive burrows, like the ruff1ed wat
ers of a lake, and I became bewil-
dered in my ideas. as too plainly dis
covered that Ill this awful commotion
in nature was the result of an earth
quake The fearful CONFUSION, how
ever, lasted only a few minutes, and
the heavens again frightened as quick
w as they had become obscured: my
horse brought his feet to their natural
position, raised his head and galloped
off as if loose and frolicking without
a rider.
"Shock succeeded shock almost
every day or night for several weeks,
diminishing, however, so gradually as
to dwindle away into mere vibrations
of the earth. Strange to say, l for
one became so accustomed to the feel
ing as rather to enjoy the fears mani
tested by others. The earthquake pro-
duced more serious consequences IN
other places"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
IN THE SIERRA NEVADAS.

Best Mountain Camping in the World
to Be Found There
Stewart Edward White, author OF
"The Silent Place" and "The BlaZed
Trail" writes in the Country Calen-
dar:
TO my mind the best mountain
camping is to be found in the Sierra
Nevadas of California. This for sew
eral reasons: In the first place, the
climate is superb and an occasional
midday thunder shower represents the
summer precipitation. You need new
err carry a tent. Mosquitoes are
scarce and not very vindictive. The
main trails are good. Feed is abund-
ant. Fishing is fine. Game is easily
procured. But, above all, the scenery
is various and magnificent.
THE main system IS about eighty
miles wide From the lowest rounded
foothills OF sage-brush to the main
crest of bare granite and glittering
snow, you will find every sort and va
riety of country. Pine woods whose
like I have never seen even in Michi-
gan's best days; forests of the giant
sequoias, many miles in extent; box
canyons 1000 feet sheer in depth;
mountain meadows; glacial lakes;
streams full of trout and great un-
broken solitude all your own.
sThe main trails are. good, but in
this space of country are districts,
larger than an easteE state, almost
unexplored, and trails rough enough
to frighten a goat. You 1--we your
choice of every country you have ever
visited. l could take you to places
typical severally of Arizona, Wyom-
ing, the Black Hills, Montana-and all
within a weeks ride of one another.
You can touch every graduation be-
tween snow and desert -, II
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
More Than One Technically

town was twenty miles away, but
Jim stopped any one from going there
by saying:
"Gentlemen, ] was to be hung at 10
o'clock, and it's past the hour now. |
was to be hung with a rope, but you
haven't got any l demand to be set
at liberty
"Ard-and this is a technicality?"
queried the judge with blank face.
'She be, sir-two of 'em, and
stand on both Joe Thomas stole All
the rope in camp last night and hid
it, and if We hang me with anything
else it'll be Illegal
There awkward and eE1Eor-
assing silence, and then the crowd be-
can to back Jim up, ard the judge s&w
that the points were we'll taken and
said:
Jim. you've shorely got the bulge
on the crowd this time, and I'm Soin
to turn loose and AK We to drink with
us. That's plain law, jest as | give
you Then the crowd is goin to form
in line and each. one help to boost
you out of town. That's a technical
ity same as you worked on us. Cast
the prisoner loose and prepare to
drink and kick!"-Cleveland Plain
noeler
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

When first 1 tried to chronicle
The doings Of our town..
Jim Rogers of the Granville Press
Said: 'Jot the items down,
And be observant of events
That Stir your busy hive:
Is very much alive
7 scarce had bought notebook
And filled my fountain pen,
When news arrived that Mrs. COBB
Had lost a setting hen.
The place was in a ferment--
Folks knew not what to think.
Though Tommy Jenkins said he guessed
The culprit was the Chink.
Then Silas PeEg was IA ided.
And though they fourd no rum.
The chu ches made an awful fuss,
And things began TO hum.
The air was filled with runors,
Some true. but mostly fakes
But none denied that Eli Wood
Missed two fine quaghaug lakes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

son, which then had@a charcoal blast
furnace and was something Of CEN
ter of activity. At q grotesquely mis-
named hamlet called Frog City she is
said to have taught, a district school
for one or two terms. Her own educa-
ton had been very limited, and teach
ing could not have offered her sue
cessful career. BY thus doing what
ever came in her way, she managed to
support herself until she was twenty
one years old, when she married.
Her choice of husband was not
we'll considered. NGah Damon, whom
she welded after d brief courtship,
was a widower seventy-five or seven
ty-six years old, with adult children
and a record Of good service as a sol
der of the Revolution in sundry Mas
sachusetts commands. He is tradition
ally remembered as an easy-golng,
honest, imprOVident man, and not IN
clined to be industrious. 1t is said
that Esther Sumner%was misled as to
his ability and willingness to support
her, and thought he had some prop
erty, whereas he had none. Perhaps
he was an optirist by temperament.
Their marriage was celebrated on the
9Th of SEPTEMBER, 1885.
After her mothers death she did not
feel equal to continuing this proftless
and unsatisfactory enterprise, and re-
turned to Plymouth Union to take up
her residence with an old resident OF
that place, a Mrs. Snow, who had a
house but no income. In that house
she has lived for the past sixteen or
seventeen years, and there she hopes
and expects to remain for the rest of
her life. During a. period of many
years sne has been in receipt of a fed
eral pension of $S per month, and this
meager provision had to suffice in a
large degree for the needs of both old
women. Even with no charge for rent
an income of 40 cents a|day was scant
support for two, BOTH Old and too III
firm to do anything for: themselves. A
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
Just Between the Lovers

And that would be too impolite
For anything not quite
So rude, hope. AT least, ! do
Not: wish to seem so rude-to you,
Because-now stop-why can't you b
AS distant and severe with me,
AS. YOU have told me-is it so?-
You are with other girls you know?
oh. I am more tllan-now, sit there;
RI 60 and take that other chair. a..
It's too far off? Wen, II I stay.
It's horrid and-what? You will 60
AWAY and leave me when you know
How much I-no. ]. won't. Why should
let you kiss me il you're good? 81.
I'd have you know that I-now don't:
rye said 1 wouldn't. and won't.
You do not love me? don't care
Sh-some ones coming down the stair
Another3 Well-no, there's mama
- =! y New York Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
New York Lanouaue,

A New Yorker is never discharged
from his position. Sometimes you get
a hint of what happened to him when
he sinks to the commonplace of say
ing that he was "fred." This is not
often. Along Park Row, a reporter is
never discharged. He is ''hit by the
iron ball." If you look puzzled and
press an inquiry, he will say impa-
tiently: "Oh, got mine to-day" or
Il was lofted!" or again, II hit the
ceiling" Should these expressive YER
bal shafts fail to penetrate your
opaque intelligence, he will look stead
lily at you for a moment and say: my
dear boy, / was let out was divorced
from the payroll, and the next time
the canonized bones burst their cere-
ments, I will not be on guard to see
the ghost walk" This, of course,
makes the situation plain.-Hartford
Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
The Trials Of journalism

The wave Of crime that followed
Was awful to relate,
Some ruffians. bO]der than the rest,
Broke old man JOhnsOn's gate.
The sewing circle loudly cried
That he'll had broken loose,
And all admitted that the town
Was going to the deuce!
/ kept the paper busy
With each appalling tale,
Till it scared the summer boardcrs.
And the stores began to wall
Then Deacon WILEY said he knew
The cause Of all the mess
Was what young Jones was writing
In the Granville Weekly Press.
They held public meeting.
And cheered ElDathan West
When he said the town was nursing
A viper in its breast.
They made me feel as though ! were
A wolf among the lambs
So cursed Jim Rogers and his rag,
And now I'm digging clans.
M. Fitzgerald in New York Sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

"And are you going to stop drinking
rum?"
mo, ma'am."
mot going to stop?"
II can't ma'am."
'tAnd why can't your"
Il can't stop because I never com.
menced ma'am
do you dare to stand there and tell
me that? Why, you are condemned
out of your own mouth" r..
ooh, that isn't rum that you notice,
ma am-it's very poor quality of gin
an .bitters.'' -. ~ p.
Where do you get it" @E ...ts
"Ill show you ma'am. The proprie-
tor. is a friend of mine iii see that
you get good measure" Fl
you are debased wretch"
II suppose am, ma'am-but don't
drink rum."-Cleveland Plain Dealer
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

The wedding present from King Os.
car and Queen Sophia to Prince and
Princess Gusraf Adolf was the de-
lightful villa Sofero, and, in addition.
the princess received a diadem of val
liable jewels. Valuable gifts have
come to the princely couple from all
parts of the country. @.,>a.
Expatriated Firms are returning to
their native land in large numbers to
begin life anew. Among the recent
arrivals is Georg Kuhlefeldt, former
mayor of Lovisa, who was exDed
year ago and has since lived in Stock
holm. ~ - III. ~ 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

OF course, I will not kiss you, l.
Oh, you'n kiss me If you may trS,
rn sure you've told dozen-no,
7 tell you will not permit
You-no, sir. not "teeny bit. :,
Thev,re all the same and-stop, noW-well
You promise that you'n never tell
If I-oh, don't-you ought to be
Ashamed to be so rude to me-
Tor,.re sorry? Well, I'm glad to know
You feel ashamed for acting so,a
lAnd-no, sir, no; we shall not kiss
And be good friends again., You miss
It there Pm sure you SHAH =
Not saw that am prodigal -.
Of treasure which had not thougnL
Was worth so much until you brought
It's value to my notice. Why.
Were you SO stupid? And when !,
Mieht poSs: hJv--nO. no say: j.
# you persist I'll run away; = e
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

the boy had no reason to leave home.
She said she took good care Of him.
Get down on your knees" said the
recorder to the runaway, land don't
you get up until your mother has for.
given you"
He was on his knees five minutes
before his mother said the word. Then
the recorder told him to go home and
stay there.-Naw York Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
Students Are Home.

The Norwegian student singers
reached Chrtstiana from their Ameri-
can tour on July 4. They we're re-
ceived by twenty thousand people and
conducted to the university, where the
Norwegian and American flags greet
ed them. The students sang ia. vi
Elsker" and 'The star-Spangled Ban
ner,'' in which the big crowd joined
heartily. -.- --Zl = r
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
On Your Knees, Court Said.

Fourteen-year-old Joseph Porter of
65 Willow avenue, Hoboken, was ar
raigned before Recorder Stanton re-
Gently for running away from home.
81 Just hoped freight train to go
up the road" he said. II didn't know
l had gone so far, and then was
afraid to 60 home"
His mother told the recorder that
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
Dark Graduates outnumber Light.


No one could have attended the
class day of Columbia College, New
York, without being struck by the
prevalence of dark young men. Out
of 12O or so there we're two with hair
of fiery red and three with faxen locks
five bonds in all. The rest were
either decidedly dark, looking in their
black gowns like young priests in
Rome, or were darki:~a brown Of hair
and eyes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

Mrs, Esther Summer Damon the Only
Person Now Drawing Federal
Pension for Her Husbands Ser
vices to the CoIonies-She Is, OF
Course, Vermonter, and Still
Retains All Her Faculties and
Clear Memory.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15

What most Christians need is not
more assurance of faith but more as
sets. = r.. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-15
He Drew the Line.

"And are you going to stop drinking
rim 7D
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-02
ACCIDENT DELAYS
FERRY SERVICE.
No Vehicle Carried Between Man
haitian and Staten Island for
Nearly Two Days.

NEW YORK, Dec. 2:-One of the
big boats of the municipal ferry
bumped into the bridge at the st.
George terminal Wednesday night
with full speed on and broke the
bridge chains, with the result that
the bridge was partly out of commits
sion nearly two days. Thursday and
until half-past two o'clock yesterday
afternoon no horses or wagons were
carried on the boats, as the bridge
would not sustain any heavy weight.
Much confusion resulted.
Trucks and wagons waiting to
cross the river extended over half a
mile from the ferry up South street
and around in %Stuyvesant place. The
line started to form about mignight
Wednesday, shortly after the acct
dent, and continued to grow, many
persons on the island not having
heard of the delay. Some of the driv-
ers returned to the factories or sta
bles whence they had come, but many
of them waited near the ferry for the
necessary repairs to be made, feeding
and watering their horses where they
stood. Manufacturers and merchants
besides consumers, on Staten Island,
were also inc%onvenienced yesterday
morning because goods from Manhat-
tan could not be delivered.
Another complaint in regard to the
ferry service is made by drivers of
trucks and wagons, who say that
they do not dare leave their teams
during the trip, because goods are
stolen from the wagons. This is es-
pecially rue of the drivers of milk
and bakers wagons on the early
morning boats. Formerly they
blanketed their horses and went into
a cabin to keep warm. Some of the
complaints have been directed
against boatmen, several of whom
have been discharged as a result. A
passenger reported that he had seen
six members of one boats crew pill
fer from wagons. An investigation
resulted in all six being discharged.
1t is also said that the boats are cold
and are not kept as clean as they
should be.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-02
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.

Sealed bids and proposals for the
grading of kirkland place will be re-
ceived by the council of the City of
Perth Amboy, in the council chamb-
er, at city hall, at $3.50 p. m. on the
eighteenth CT December, 1905. Bid
ders are requested to furnish a lump
sum bid for the work.
A certified check for 500 must
accompany each bid and the success
full bidder must furnish a bond of
5000.
The excavated material must be
placed where the street commission
er directs.
Sixty working days will be allow
ed to complete the work, during
which time the street must be kept
open to the public.
Council reserve right to reject any
or all bids.
WILLIAM FULLERTON,
Street Commissioners.
II-29- St. 11-29-12-2S6-9-1S-16
Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-02
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS.
Scaled Dds and proposals viii !

Sealed bids and proposals will be
received by the Board of Aldermen
in the council chamber, in the city
hall, Perth Amboy, N. j., at $50
o'clock p. M, on the fourth day of
December, 1905, for the construction
of q trestle approach to a bridge to
be placed over the Raritan North
Shore Railroad, and a twenty-five
foot length of trestle to be erected
south of the railroad to connect the
proposed briuge or the Central Rail
road Company with the. proposed
800 foot extension of the bridge to
be built by the freeholders.
All work to be in strict accordance
with the general and detail plans
made by Forrest L. Smith and now
on Ale at the office Of William Full
lerton, street commissioner.
Estimates will be requested for
using all new material that will
stand inspection of the street COM
mittee, the street commissioner and
the city engineer. The work or said
approach to be completed at the ex-
piration of sixty working days from
the date of award of contract.
A certified check for $500 must
accompany each bid.
A bond in the sum of $4,000 will
be required of the successful bidder.
The council reserve the right to
reject any or all bids.
WILLIAM FULLERTON,
Street Commissioner.
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