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sonable hope OF success. Men who
live by robbing their fellowmen Of
their labor and liberty, have forfeited
their right to know anything of the
thoughts, feeling or purposes of those
whom they rob and plunder. They
have by the single act of slave-hold,
ing, voluntarily placed themselves
beyond the laws of justice and honor,
and have become fitted for compan
ionship with thieves and pirates the
common enemy of God and all man
kind. While it shall be considered
right to protect one's self against
thieves, burglars, robbers and assas-
sins, and to slay a wild beast in the
act OF devouring his human prey, it
can never be wrong for the imbruted
and whip-scared slaves or their
friends 10 hunt, harrass or even strike
down the trafickers in human flesh.
If any one is disposed to think less of
me on account of this sentiment, or
because may have had knowledge
of what was about to occur, and did
not assume the base and detestabls
character OF 40 informer, he is man
whose good or bad opinion of me
may be equally repugnant and despi.
cable.
Entertaining this sentiment ! mar
be asked why | did not join John
Brown, the noble old hero whose one
right hand has shaken the foundation
of the American union, and whose
ghost will haunt the bed chambers of
all the born and unborn slave holders
OF Virginia, through all their genera
tons, filling them with alarm and
CONSERVATION. Ny answer to this has
already been given, at least impiiedly
given, "The tools TO those who can
use them" Let every man WORK for
the abolition of slavery in his own
way. would help all and hinder
none. My position in regard to the
Harper's Ferry insunection may be
easily inferred from these remarks,
and | shall be glad if those papers
which have spoken Of me in connect
ion with it, would find room for this
statement.
] have no apology for keeping out
OF the way Of those gentlemanly
United States MarsbaIs, no are said
to have paid Rochester a somewhat
protracted visit lately with view of
an interview with me, A government
recognizing the validity of the bred
Scott decision at such time as this
is not likely to have very charitable
feelings towards me. And il am to
meet its representatives | prefer to dc
so at least upon equal terms. II !
have committed any offense agains;
society / have done so on the soil Of
New York and | should he nerfectlv
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18
WHEN kVROPATKIN WAS SHOT

At this time Of the Cat least techni-
CALI disgrace of Gen. Kuropatkin, it
falls distinctly apropos to hear of that
brave and able gentleman's behavior
during another war than that which
has but just come to an end in the Far
East--during the war between Russia
and Turkey in the late seventies when
Kuropatkin served with marked dis.
tinction under the redoubtable Skobe-
left. Through all of 1877 the younger
man displayed most admirable fighting
qualities. His tirelessness and ability
had gained for him the highest encomi-
ums Of his famous superior. Then, on
Christmas day, came the chance shot
which laid Kuropatkin by for a time,
incidentally showing in new light the
splendid physical bravery of the man.
Skobeleff had taken his stand on a
rock to survey the valley which
stretched away from the Lyssoi Hill,
when ball from a Turkish sharp
shooter, hidden among the brush be-
low, pierced Kuropatkin's shoulder and
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18
FAITH or THE MUSSULMAN

"A traveller in Africa writes: '.This
Is land of religion. The Mussulman's
devotion is intense, ever present and
all pervading, being not an accessory
tackled on, as it were, to his life, to
be practiced more or less surrepti-
tiously, but an essential part, where
with and wherein he lives at all times.
A Mussulman prays openly and pub
licly, in no wise afraid to be SEEN
Every man wears his string of beads
whereon he records the number of his
daily prayers. Notwithstanding it's;
to us, uninviting appearance, the
religion has made and still is making
great strides in Africa, and one can
only attribute this to the fact that
here at last is a religion of which it's
adherents are in no way ashamed. It
offers to the faithful that absolute as
surance of salvation and engenders
that blind, unhesitating faith therein
which is so comforting to the native
mind.
Seeing crowd of pilgrims bound
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18

During the administration of Ruth.
erford B. Hayes, president of the
United States, Vice President Wheeler
was guest Of honor at the New Eng
land agricultural fair at Worcester.
Upon his arrival he was brought to
the agricultural grounds in a carriage
with Senator George F. Hoar and his
brother, Judge E. R. Hoar.
In the crowd that surged about the
carriage to get sight of the vice
president there was farmer from
Sutton, who had been indulging in the
flowing bowl until he was in trim to
approach the president himself. The
farmer had great respect for Senator
Hoar, and was more interested in see
ing him that any other member of the
party. He had seen many pictures of
the senator, but never the original.
The carriage stopped near the SUIT
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collarbone; as usual, he was at the
side OF his commander The loss to
the latter seemed irremediable, while
the grief Of the file troops, when the
i'll news ran among them. was so keen
and real that some actually shed tears
as this idolized leader was laid on a
stretcher and borne away. 0
But the rugged steepness Of the
rocky hillside was too much for the
bearers. One of them slipped, and the
wounded man was rudely jerKed out
upon the ground. ''I'll go on foot. It's
impossible to be carried" he NUT
tered, his face convulsed with pain.
An orderly took him by the arm and
started 20 lead him up the slope, when
he, too, slipped and went down, the
officer falling on him. Then a rope
was tied about Kuropatkin's waist, the
ends being passed over the shoulders
of brawny Cossack, while two SOL
diers, one on each side, supported the
General-whose military career was
thus ended for time.
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for Mecca patiently. nay, with pleas
ure, enduring the worst treatment
that one could imagine meted out to
herds of driven slaves, one envies the
excess of faith that can engender such
a disposition. Though robbed, slain,
starved, herded with pestilence and
subjected to countless hardships and
annoyances, yet year after year they
come, from far and near, thousands
and tens of thousands strong, on this,
the most wonderful and far-reaching
Of latter-day pilgrimages.
"At Jeddah one sees pilgrims from
all corners of the globe-Dutch sub
jects from Java, Chinese from Pekin,
shiploads from India and farther In
dia, Russian subjects from all parts
of the great empire, French subjects
from Algiers, from Morocco, and
dusky negroes who have tramped for
months from the western shores Of
Africa-through many lands and midst
many tongues they come, all to meet
at this thronged center of the mael-
strom Of the Mussulman faith"
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LANDSCAPE IN A SAUCER

To the stay-at-homes who cannot de-
part to summer retreats there comes
a dainty garden in miniature, and a
Japanese garden at that-as perfect a
landscape as can be found in the Cat
skills, constructed by deft brown fin
gers in a shallow porcelain bowl only
six inches across.
The prices are not prohibitive for
modest specimens of Japanese minia-
ture gardening. The shops ask SO for
gardens in terra Gotta pots and the
prices range further from Sc to fancy
prices for splendid specimens in shall
low porcelain dishes, which are very
artistic in themselves. 80.
The tiny plants and dwarf shrubs
that go to make up these fairy gar
dens come from Japan, but very few
are imported in their entirety because
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ton man, and, pushing his way to the
side, he extended his hand to the man
sitting next to him, and in his most
polished manner said: Senator Hoar.
it is one of the proudest moments OF
my life to have the honor of shaking
hands with you. am one Of your
farmer constituents, and am free to
confess that I look upon you, sir, as
the ablest man in the nation
The man to whom the eloquence
was addressed smiled and said: 81
am glad to meet you, sir, but, unfor-
tunately, I am not the senator, but
his brother, Judge Hoar."
The farmer braced himself second
and then gave the hand of the Judge
another shake, as he said: "Sir, you
are darned sight smarter man"
Senator Hoar and Vice President
Wheeler and commissions about that
time, ,'-+
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18
WHAT THE MASSEUR LEARNED

The masseur had just returned from
Nubia, the birthplace of massage.
IT didn't learn as much as ! expect.
ed to-" he said, "but l got hold of two
movements that will eradicate wrin-
kles and remove fat in an incredible
way.
"Nubia is a queer place. They have
so little water there that they never
take baths. The 'masseh,' or knead-
ing-whence our word tmassage'--is
the baths substitute. You strip, lie
down and are covered from head to
foot with cream made of mutton fat,
musk, sandalwood powder and GER
tain plant juices. Then you are
kneaded, you are massaged. I studied
the Nubian movements thoroughly
and learned, as say, two good things
"The Nubians are handsome and
queer race. They hunt elephants with
the sword. A hunter steals upon a
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of the freight rates and customs du-
ties. There are many Japanese here
who do the work.
The beauties of these gardens can.
not be appreciated at casual glance.
They are veritable canoes that have
to be studied. Consequently, they are
now proving very popular for dining
room tables, and whole sets of them
are used at banquets.
Their charms lie in the fact that in
space only six inches across per-
feet landscape illusion is displayed
that would drive even the American
property man and scene painter wild
with envy
The illusion is attained by winding
little gravel paths that circle in and
out among the tiny plants until they
are lost in the maze of dwarf trees
New York Herald. f.
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doing elephant and slashes him in
the back Of the leg, ten inches above
the hoof. This cut sewers the artery
and the elephant bleeds to death.
"They cook meat on hot stones.
First they build a fire, then they put
big stones on it, and when the stones
are hot enough they clean them OF
ashes and embers carefully and throw
on the meat. T. his is better way
of cooking than the broil, for 1t pre-.
serves all the meat juices. But green
horns don't know what kind of stones
to use. Most kinds, heated, explode.
"The Nubians are shapely and hand
some. They never wrinkle, they new
er get fat, their skins are smooth and
fine. They impute these graces to the
"masseh'-the massage-that they
take regularly three Or four times a
week. Every masseur ought to go
to Nubia if he wants to learn his bus
mess thoroughly"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18

ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL MISSlOr
corner Aurora avenue and Mackubin stree
Sunday services: Early celebration Of Holf
Eucharist, 1880 a. m. High celebration 81
Holy Eucharist first and third Sundays.
HOO a. N. Mathis, second and fourth
sundays, 1l:UO a. M. Sunc.y school, 1880
p. NJ Brotherhood Of Sit. andrew, $3.50 o.
IN. Vespers, 40 D. M Week services:
Wednesdays, confirmation class, 500 u. N.
Fridays, evening prayer, 500 p. M Satur
DAYS. Holy Eucharist, 8 A. NJ. Rev. Everard
Daniels, Rector
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DYING IN LIES HARNESS

Only fallen horse stretched out there
on the road,
Stretched in the broken shafts and
crushed by the heavy load;
Only fallen horse, and a circle Of Won
dering eyes
Watching the 'frighted teamster goad
ing the beast to rise
Hold! for his toll Is over-no more labor
for him:
patient eyes grow dim;
See on the friendly stones how peace
fully rests the head
Thinking, if dumb beasts think, how
good it is to be dead;
After the weary journey, how restful 1t
Is to lie
With the broken shafts and the cruel
load--waiting only to die.
watchers, he died in harness-died in
the shafts and straps
Fell, ard the burden killed him; one Of
the days mishaps-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18
Lucky Ghost.

And it came to pass that the Hamlet
troupe was stranded at water tank
twenty miles from the nearest farm
house. A rowing tramp crept out of
the shadows and approaching the lead
ing man, said:
Mister, are you really Hamlet?"
eyes" replied the transformer, "but
wish was the ghost"
''Why so?"
Ghosts don't get hungry" Column
bus Dispatch.
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3uEIKfI III KETHH7 K.
MosT wooRsHlPFyL GRAND LODGE

MosT woRsHlPFUL. GRAND LODGE
MINNESOTA, "A IF. AND A M.
@ r. S. BROWN GRAND MASTER,
4O5 Century Bldg, Minneapolis, MINI.
b. R. DURANT, GRAND SECRETARY,
831 Payne Ave, st. Paul, MINI.
NJ. meets first and third Mondays of each
month at Wagner Hail. cor. Charles street
and Western avenue, at 500 p. m. F. l..
tP Z, w. M; L. F. De Lyons, Secy., $50
Temperance street.
PERFECT AsHLAR LODGE NO.4, A.
:. and a. M. meets second and fourth
street and Western ave-, at 3. m. VIM.
=. r. Chandler w. NJ, IA e. 18th st. N
3. Marshall, Secy., 554 Aurora ave.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18

MARS LODGE, NO. 22o2, MEETS
second and fourth Tuesday in each month
at Odd Fellows Hall, 221 West University.
corner Harrington avenue. Entrance on
Darlington. Daniel Roy, N. G.; Thos. r.
Hickman, P. S., 422 st. Anthony ave-
nue..
PAST GRAND MASTERS COUNCIL,
NO; 1913, 6. U. Q. of o. F. meets the Sec
ond and fourth Friday in each month at
Odd Fellows Hall, 221 W. University.
corner Harrington. Entrance on Earring
ton VIM. R. Morris, W. G. NJ; Thos. E.
hickman, G. s., No. 422 st. Anthony ave
nue..
ST: PAUL PATRIARCHY NO. III,
meets nee second Monday in each month at
Odd Fellows Hall, 221 w. University,
cor corner harrington. Entrance on Far
[lngton avenue. Thos. r. Hickman
&acting) r. V. P; w. r. Morris, P. M. y.
=; Geo. B. Lowe, W., P. r., 17Sk Wab-
asha.
HOUSEHOLD OF RUTH, No. 55s G.
=: Q: of 0. F. meets second and fourth
Monday in each month at Odd Fellows
Hall, N. W: Cor. University and Earring
ron AYES. Entrance on harrington Mrs
Alice Franklin, M. N G.; Mrs. Ida NJ.
Johnson, W. R., No. GIG Marion ST.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18

One Of the passing wonders marking the
city road
A toiler dying in harness, needless Of
call or goad. s.
Passers, crowding the pathway, staying
your steps awhile, 49,
What is the symbol? Only death-why
should we cease to smile
At death for beast OF burdenf Ga.
through the busy street
That Is ever and ever echoing the tread
Of the hurrying feet.
What was the sign? A symbol to touch
the tireless will?
Does He who, taught in parallels speak
in parallels still?
The seed on the rock is wasted-on heed
less hearts OF men
That gather and sow and grasp and
lose-labor and sleep-and then
Then for the prize!--A crowd in the street
- of ever-echoing tread
The toiler. crushed by the heavy load, Is
there in his harness-dead!
--.Iohn Bowie OReilly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18

PILGRIM BAPTIST CHURCH, Cor,
Eth and Cedar. Sunday services: Preach
ing ct IL q. m. aud 7:45 D. NJ Sunday
school at 1890 o'clock. Wednesday wen
ing general prayer meeting. Friday even.
Ing study Sunday school lesson. Funerals
d. Carter. Pastor. $50 Elfelt St.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18

ST: JAMES A: M. E. CHURCH, COR.
EULER and Jay streets. Sunday services,
HOO a. M; 1880 p. m. Wednesday PRAYER
meeting, 500 p. m. Pastor visits on Mon
day and Tuesday; at home Wednesday and
Thursday. Weddings, funerals and the
SICK attended on notice, Rev. r. Seymour,
Pastor. Parsonage, Cor Jay and Fuller.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18
Long-FeIt Want.

Customer want a book that will
do for hot-weather reading.
Bookseller--All right, sir. Here is
a ghost story that is warranted to
make your blood run cold Columbus
Dispatch.
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UNITED BROTHERS OF FRIEND

VVI 70 bRU HERS OF FRTEND-
SHIP.
= NORTH STAR LODGE NO. 1873, U. &.
r. meets first and third Tuesday in each
Brothers in good standing always wei
come: ). r. White w. NJ. J. @. Adams.
w. Sec'y, 40 p. Fourth street.
BIDDLE CIRCLE, LADIES OF G. A.
r. meets first and third Tuesdays of each
month in Supreme Court room, old cap
ltol building. Mrs. M. j. Leavitt, Pres,
Mr.. J. r. White, Secy., Phoenix BLDG
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-11-18

Had Been a Train Caller.
Diner Give me a plate O pork and
beans. and hurry 'em up.
Waiter shouting Chicago & Bos-.
ton express! Cleveland leader.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-15
Satisfaction.

Biquon, the Paris restaurateur,
acquired large fortune, and his
wife carried on the business after
his death. 1t is of this time that
the story is told of poor journalist
who was seen in the restaurant eat
ing small plate of strawberries at
season when the fruit was so ex-
pensive as to be an extravaganza
even for the rich. An acquaintance
saw the wretched penny liner and
smiled significantly. eyes," said
the journalist, 81 know / shall have
to pay 10 francs for these, but the
sight of that woman at the counter,
who is worth two millions, pick
ing over strawberries for me, who
haven't got 3 louis in the world,
gives me such an amount of salts
faction that the berries are worth
IL"
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-15
LOOK PLEASANT.
Your Employees and Your Business
Will Both BE Better For II.

IL you are an employer do not 60
about your place of business as
though you thought life were
wretched, miserable grind. Show
yourself master of the situation, not
its slave. Rise above the petty an
noyances which destroy peace and
harmony. Make up your mind that
you are too large to be overcome by
trihes. Resolve that you will be
larger than your business, that you
will overtop it with your manliness
and cheerfulness.
To say nothing of its being your
duty TO make the lives of those who
are helping you to carry on your
business as pleasant and as full of
sunshine as possible, it is the best
possible policy for you to pursue.
You know very well that horse
that is prodded and fretted and
urged all the time b. means of whip
and spur and rein will not travel
nearly so far without becoming ex-
hausted as one that is urged forward
by gentleness and kind treatment.
In their susceptibility to kindness
men and women are in nowise diff
ferent from the lower animals. You
cannot expect your employees to re-
main buoyant, cheerful, alert and
unwearied under the goad of scowls
and the lash of a bitter tongue. En-
ergy is only another name for en-
thusiasm, and how can you expect
those who work for you to be enthu-
siastic or energetic in your service
when surrounded by an atmosphere
Of 'despondency and gloom, when
they expect yolley of curses and
criticism every time you pass?
Many a man who could have been
success sleeps in failures grave
today because of his gloomy, mean,
contemplate disposition and man
ner. He poisoned the atmosphere
about him by venting his spleen,
dyspepsia and bile on every one in
his vicinity. TIe not only minimized
the value of his own efforts, but he
also paralyzed the powers, the ini-
tiative, helpful faculties and sug-
gestive ideas of all those who worked
for him.-O. S. Marden in Success
Magazine.
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The Conductor Scored.

Some tims: ago several travelling
men were sitting together in car
on train which daily makes a
round trip over certain division OF
the Boston and Maine railroad. One
Of the number, the Boston Herald
says, had not only monopolized the
conversation, but from time to time
had poked fun at the quiet con-
ductor.
AS the train approached the Hav-
erhill station the travelling man
turned to the conductor, who stood
near by, and shouted boisterously:
"Say, George, what made them
locate the station so far away from
the village ?"
81 don't know" the conductor
gravely replied, "unless they thought
it would be more convenient to have
it down here near the railroad"
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TWO sides to the Medal.

Everybody knows the woman who
says society is such bore. Few of
us know her intimately, for, in point
Of fact, she does not go about much.
] ran across &her at a friends house
the other day and marked her Ian
guild air. The hostess was indiscreet
enoughrto refer to it, and even the
teaeups shuddered with horror at
the woman's reply.
eyes" said she, paying calls is
80 tiresome."
"Oh," responded the hostess, "but
think how much more tiresome it is
to receive them"
And the teacups scored one for
The hostess.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-15

Ruddha,a Iooth.

Nearly half a billion people wor-
ship o tooth which is supposed to
have belonged to the set owned and
operated by Buddha. Years ago
in fact, something like twenty-five
centuries ago-the molar was alleg-
ed to have been rescued from the
ashes of the funeral pyrc of the god.
It's career since that time has been
varied. From India the tooth was
taken to .Ceylon, then it was seized
by the Malabars and later by the
Portuguese and kept in Goa. Here
the revered tooth was burned. AS it
was u marriage dover with the
princes of the royal house, the orig
inal relic had to be replaced, so that
the molar which rests among gor-
geous surroundings and to which a
special temple has been dedicated is
said to be that of wild boar or ape.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1905-06-15
A Correct Diaanosls.

An exchange tells of an old col
ored woman who called in doctor
to prescribe for her husband. The
following is the conversation be-
tween the woman and the doctor:
"What did. you say was the trou-
BILE with my husbands" said the wo-
man.
II said," replied the doctor, "that
the most annoying symptom seems
to be water brash, or pyrosis, as we
doctors call it. He must be more
careful regarding the food he eats"
"Dat am just what the matter
with him-pierosis," said she. "He's
the biggest han for pie you ebber
see. He eats most three pieces ebery
meal. 1t surely am pierosis he am
suffering with"