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New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-14


LENGTH ON THE CARPET.
looked like changeling among her
high colored brunette sisters, was in
robin egg with little reliefs of white.
Miss Mary-Bet herself was picture
of elegance in span new black silk.
Mrs. March declared it was tempting
providence to wear such thing where
Inolasses candy was so to abound, but
Miss Mary-Bet had only tossed her
head and marched off with it some
thing higher than usual.
She was rising forty, also fat and
fair. Her sharp tongue and masterful
ways had kept men rather in awe Of
her. Now that youth was past she
began to see that the world wagged
mainly for married folk, so she had
made up her mind to marry off her
nieces out of hand in spite Of their
mother
Louiza was not much of problem.
She was so kindly and sweet spirited,
w1thal SO much born economist, at
least three personable widowers were
thought to be on tenterhooks about
her, each waiting the lucky chance
that would let him speak his wish. All
of them would be at the candy pull,
and each should have his chance.
Miss Mary-Bet had cautioned LOU
liza not to be precipitate. Don't let
any man have it to throw up to you
that ySu couldn't get anybody else, y
she had said. ''You jest listen to all of
'em and say you gotter have time to
make up your mind. Then you can
take your pick. Shucks, don't tell me
you won't get it! You'd "a been mar
ried long ago il your mad had the
sense of a goose. She's kept you tied
right to her apron string and never let
anybody name courtin' that she wasn't
right there to stop the whole thing"
Mary-Bet junior was handful even
without the red frock. Her godmother
| was none too fond Of her-they were
too nearly off the same piece. The
most eligible Of the widowers had
shown symptoms Of wavering when
ever he found himself in Mary-Bet
| juniors vicinage-he was uLIer thirty.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-14
An Only Daughter
Cured of CONSUMPTION

When death was hourly expected, all
remedies having failed, and DR.. H.
James was experimenting with the
many herbs of Calcutta, be accident
ally made preparation which cured
his only child of consumption. His
child is now in this country, and en-
joying the best of health. He has
proved to the world that Consumption
can be positively and permanently
cured. The Doctor now gives this
recipe free, for two 2-cent stamps to
pay expenses. This herb also cures
Night Sweats, Nausea at the Stomach
and will break up fresh cold in
twenty-four hours. Address GRAD
DOCK & CO., 1892, Race St., Phila-
delphia, naming this paper.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-14

prevailing in this
!; because so decep-
tive. Many sudden
deaths are caused BY
it heart disease,
pneumonia, heart
failure or apoplexy
are often the result
of kidney disease. II
kidney trouble is al
lowed to advance the
kidne -pois one ed
blood will attack the
vital organs or the
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-14

NdneyS themselves break down and waste
away cell by cell.
Bladder troubles most always result from
arrangement of the kidneys and cure is
obtained quickest by a proper treatment of
the kidneys. If you are feeling badly you
can make no mistake by taking Dr. Kilner'
Swamp-Root, the great kidney, liver and
bladder remedy.
ltcorrects inability to hold urine and scald-
ing pain in passing it, and overcomes that
unpleasant necessity of being compelled to
90 often during the day, and to get up many
times during the night. The mild and the
extraordinary effect of Swamp-Root is soon
realized. 1t stands the highest for its Won
derful cures of the most distressing cases.
Swamp-Root is pleasant to take and sold
by all druggists in fifty-cent and one-dolla,
sized bottles. You may 6~E
have sample bottle Of ssa;;ss14kd41sE:SS%EE::st
this wonderful new dis :.:
covery and book that =e=ss:ssss6slss:
tells all about it, both Home Of swamn-Root
sent free by mail. Address DR.. Kilmer & Co.
Singhamton, N. Y. When writing mention
reading this generous offer in this paper.
Don't make any mistake, but re-
member the name, SWamp-ROot, DR.
Kilmer's Swamp-Root, and the ad
dress, Binghamton, N. Y, on every
bottle.
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-14

sized bottles. You may
have a sample bottle OF
this wonderful new dis
covery and a book that
tells all about it, both
New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1906-11-14
The Cause of Many
Sudden Deaths.

There is disease prevailing in thi.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20
TAKING A CHINESE OATH

was not going to risk the edge of his
chopper and he fetched plank of
wood upon which to have the opera
ton performed.
Then the executioner came down
with mighty whack upon the poor
complaining cock and it's career was
ended. And so with the next one.
Then the headless bodies began a
CHASTITY dance upon the place of their
execution until the muscles stiffened
and they became stark. The Chinese
will not eat fowl which has been
used for the purposes of this oath, but
a grinning Indian Waterman took pos
session of the bodies-heads and all
and no doubt reveled in unwonted
abundance of curried fowl that night.
ut was rather interesting to notice
the haste with which the parties who
had taken the oath cleared off after
ward. If, as the Chinese believe, the
gods are very touchy upon the sa-
credness of the ceremonial and quick
to punish it's infractors, the men
seemed determined not to run any
chance of summary visitation on the
spot"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20
OUTDOOR SPORTS IN ENGLAND

time and again in such events as
hammer-throwing, shotputting, hurd-
ling and sprinting, because these are
specialties demanding careful and in
telligent training for first-class
achievement. Therefore the young
Briton thinks they are not worth
learning to do very we'll, because the
work is not worth the cost, and there
is no fun in it, Of football it is espe-
cially true that the Englishman would
see no sport in style of game in
which winning form is to be gained
only by prodigious eXertion and a very
martyrdom of training. In the ordeal
OF American football are bred splen-
did qualities for manhood, and dis
cipline which none will decry. That
six feet of mighty youth should sob
his heart out after defeat is not to
his discredit and he will fight life's
battles the better for it. He takes his
sport, as he does his business, far
more seriously than the Briton, and,
with fair field, he excels him in BOTH
Yet he can learn from his cousin
across the water that play should not
be all work and that sport can -four
ish unmarried by eligibility squabbles.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20
NINE or RAINBOW WOOD

pine trees, which had been Embedded
in the peat for ages.
The limbs had rotted away and the
bark and sapwood had gone, but the
dry heart of the trees was as sound as
in life. Kindling a fire about log of
this wood Bowden found that it gave
out very brilliant hues of indigo and
green.
No sooner had he made this discov-
cry than he stopped digging muck and
went to mining rainbow wood. He
loaded schooner with cut wood and
sent it to his Boston patrons, who
paid him s22 a cord for the cargo
asked for more.
Since then Bowden has hired all the
men who are willing to work and is
digging out the trunks in his buried
forest and selling them at fancy fig
ures. The deposit of pine trees lies
between the clay subsoil and the over
growth of peat and is fully six feet in
depth.
AS the muck bed is more than a
mile in area Bowden believes he can
sell half a million cords of wood
New York Sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20
HEROES OF THE WASP
American Sailors Brave Struggle Contest Winds
and



Steward White was thrown against
stanchion by the violent lurching OF
the vessel as big wave struck her.
Two OF his. ribs were broken, but not
man could be spared, and he val
iantly remained at his pose in the bail
ing line
None Would Give Up.
Many of the SAILORS were green
men. several of the apprentices of the
naval station COMPOSING the crew.
Many were very sick, but they contin.
ued to bail. Others resorted to prayer.
With the fires out the cold water as
lit struck the deck formed thin glare
of ice. Many of the men slipped and
fell and were only saved by grasping
handrails from being swept overheard
by the angry seas which swept the
ship from stem to stern.
For thirty-two hours steadily was
the work kept up, without any mem
Der of the crew gaining a moments
rest. Food was handed to them, but
only two could eat at one time.
At the end Of that time Boatswain
Shepley, who was the life of the crew,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

most to the protecting roof with tons
of snow, chinked in with frozen earth
and debris. This brings the inmates
at all times about ten feet below the
surface. Undoubtedly the most as
tonishing and spectacular feature of
the Koryak house is the means of en-
trance. The roof is attained by seal
ing narrow split log, extending down
from the top, having holes cut in it
for the feet and hands. The interior
is reached by descending another per-
pendicular hewn stairway covered
with a slippery coating of grease and
SCOT, which none but native can sue
cessfully accomplish. The Enclosure
has a ground floor and is barren Of
anything in the shape of furniture.
Large copper vessels for cooking
seal and blubber and kettle used
for melting snow are the chief house
hold utensils. The diet is limited al
most exclusively to fish, half-cooked
seal and whale flesh, with Russian
brick tea as an occasional luxury.
Some thirty to forty of both sexes,
usually relations, inhabit one dwelling.
Small skin sleeping booths, some six
feet high by five in width, heated by
a lamp in the center, are arranged
around the walls. Invariably thick
fumes of smoke and SCOT fill the ROOM
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

The collecting of rainbow wood is
comparatively new industry in Maine.
Though the jewellers along the sea-
board have known for years that drift
wood picked up from the salt water
gave out iridescent tints when burned
in open CRATES, they attached no value
TO the coloring Of the flames until the
summer visitors came down east and
changed the picking of driftwood from
an occupation akin to idleness into a
profitable calling.
For five years the whole coast line
of Penobscot bay has been secured in
quest of wood, and when the supply
grew scarce and the prices advanced
from SO to S25 a cord, a Boston chem
list grew rich by inventing a powder
which when burned with dry wood
yielded colors nearly as bright as the
genuine wood from the sea.
This fall Emery Bowden, a farmer,
who sold considerable driftwood in
former years, went to the salt mea-
dows at the foot of his field and began
10 dig a supply of muck. When he
had eXcavated a hole about ten feet
deep he came to flooring of great
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

Waldenar Jochelson, the Russian
scientist, who has recently returned to
the United States from Siberia, where
ne spent two years as head of the
jesup expedition, tells many interest
Ing things Of the maritime Koryaks,
living in scattered villages along the
shores south of the Behring and Okh-
DISK seas. A striking and characteris-
tlce phase of Koryak life, according
TO Mr.. Jochelson, is their peculiar
hour-glass-like houses. These are re-
markable subterranean habitations,
having a fetid atmosphere almost I'M
bearable to the white traveller. From
distance one of the houses has the
appearance of some huge invert-
ed funnel arising out Of a snow
bank. The craterlike top, besides
forming roof, is used as a
general storing place for food and
all sorts of articles. 1t slopes down
ward to an aperture in the center,
which serves as smoke hole, venti-
lator and passageway below. A num-
Der of logs arranged in a circuit sup
port the framework of the roof, the
lower end of which rests on a second
airy pile of timbers, forming the slant
ing walls of the interior.
For nearly nine months the whole
house is banked and covered up al
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

In the Straits Times of Singapore
appears a description of the way Chi
namen took an oath before giving tes-
timony in a lawsuit. "At 2 O'clock
it says, "all the parties were on the
ground behind the courthouse with d
large company of spectators in attend
ance. 1t had lain with the plaintiff to
provide the fowls and he certainly
had not followed the old scriptural
behest that the sacrificial lamb should
be the sweetest of the flock or the
dove the whitest and plumpest in the
brood. Two meager cockerels, whose
original color may have been white
but was now drab gray, foundered
on the ground with their legs tied and
beside them lay joss sticks and little
candles and murderouslooking
chopper. The interpreter having gone
through the preliminaries, one of the
Cinnamon fixed the joss sticks in the
ground and set them afire. Then in
businesslike way he took up the chop
per and one of the birds and was pre-
pairing to cut off it's head upon loose
brick. But the owner of the weapon
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

good spirits and he was the hero of
the hour.
What the Boatswain Says.
Boatswain's Mate August B. Biel,
who fastened the hammocks to the rig
ging during the heavy gale to help
steady the ship, said:
Il have been knocking about the sea
for about twenty years now, but that
is the worst experience that I ever
have encountered. We didn't care so
much about the weather as we did for
the water which was pouring into the
boat from some leak.
THE little ship was fast filing up
and we were afraid that at any mo-
ment one of the plates would give way
and we would go to the bottom.
1T was a fearful experience, but
none of the boys lost their nerve and
all worked with will. They realized
that it was a question of life or DEATH
I am glad we pulled through all right
and l don't want to meet an expert
ence like that again.
This is the second time that Boats
vain Sweeney has proven himself a
hero. He was an officer on the ILL
fated auxiliary cruiser Yosemite,
which foundered of Guam in the Phil
ippines few. years ago. On that &C.
casion he distinguished himself by
displaying great GOODNESS and bravery
Oil Thrown Overheard.
He said: Eve had a very tough
time of it, but the boys showed re-
markable courage and we pulled
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

navy yard at Newport, received orders
to go in search of the brig Henry
Smith, which was reported in distress
off Nantucket.
Mishap was in store for the gunboat
before it got to sea. With only one
boiler in working order it put out and
the first hard luck was struck when
the craft grounded off the training sta
ton.
Stuck to Her Task.
1t was soon pulled off, however, and
put to sea to aid the distressed vessel
It was blowing hard and the sea was
running high, but in spite of this the
little ship stuck her nose into the sea
and by o'clock was off No-Man's-
Land.
The engines we're slowed down so
as to reach Nantucket by daylight
During the night the wind increased
to a gale while the seas dashed them
selves into fury, so the gunboat was
headed for shore to gain a shelter of
safety.
A course west by north was taken,
and after running along about fifteen
minutes, word was sent up from the
fireroOm that the ship was taking wa
ter. The bilge pumps were put to
work, but they were useless in the
emergency and would not carry the
water off,
Resorted to Hand Railing.
All hands were called Immediately
and Boatswain Sheplcy was placed in
charge of the men, and armed with
buckets the crew began bailing.
Steadily thew worked hour after
hour against great odds, the water all
the while gradually gaining on them
and threatening to swamp them be-
fore many more hours had elapsed.
Higher and higher rose the water
in the fireroom, washing out the fires
in the lower furnaces, the men stand
ing knee deep in the water which had
now become almost boiling and from
which a thick steam arose, choking
the workers.
After heroically laboring in this
manner for over an hour, the men
were 1OTC6u " give up the struggle
and were ordered to the engine room,
after closing all sluice valves. The
water tight doors to the fireroom were
opened and the bucket brigade began
taking the water out that way.
Left in Darkness.
At O'Clock Sunday morning the
water had risen to the height of three
feet in all the compartments. The
fires were put out and the dynamo
failed, leaving the men in darkness.
Lanterns were then hastily procured,
by the dull light of which the men
continued at the arduous task
The wind had increased to over sew
enty miles an hour, while the sea was
breaking over the boat with thun-
derous roar. The Wasp was being
tossed about like a cookie shell. The
sailors feared that at any moment it
would be broken in pieces by the an
CRY waves.
It was at this time that Hospital
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

Oxford and Cambridge football is
never afire with the flaming spirit of
sacrifice and daring which our college
game inspires in it's champions, writes
Ralph D. Paine in the Century. Foot
, ball in the English student life is
simply one feature of outdoor play,
which draws it's thousands also to the
cricket fields and river. The Ameri-
can youth prefers his kind Of football,
Just as he would scorn the notion of
substituting the placid and tedious
rivalry Of cricket for the swift crisis
compressed with nine sharp innings
Of baseball. From his standpoint,
something vital is missing from sport
where players can find cheerfulness
in defeat and where onlookers arouse
to no more enthusiasm than at a mat
inee. When an American crew is
training for q Henley invasion, or a
track team dares try conclusions with
the flower of Oxford and Cambridge,
it would be rank disloyalty not to
strain every effort, at whatever sacri-
fee, to be as fit as possible.
On the other hand, English athletes
have allowed the visitors to beat them
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20
ELEGy or CITY BACKYARD

with no apologies to anybody, except
the cat.)
The curfew tolls the midnight from the
tower; -
The air stirs softly from its breath
ing sleep,
Then sinks again to rest; the mystic
OF Silence hath the world within its
keep.
Save that, from yonder whitewashed
The Tomcat doth unto the moon com
plain,
Pouring his whole wild soul in one i'm
Unearthly and repose- destroying strain.
Sleep, gentle sleep! tired natures sweet
Ooh, heavenD-
How shall 1 WOO thee, charm thee to
mine eyes?
Is that cat? / think there must be
Or eight, with lungs of most unusual
Sleep, gentle (blank and blazesD-
@ where's my gun?
My pantaloons? Where did Law my
socks?
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

B-hd, b-lud, shall greet the rising moon
And phantom walls alright the crow
ing cocks!
Peace, base disturber! wouldst thou res,
In peace?
Horrors!.crescendo doth my prayer
evoke!
Now look you, Thomas, if you do no,
I'll send you straightway to the sau-
sage folk!
Be steady, arm! be true, my trusty.-
The. serenade hath ceased, the frac-
tured air
Reknits its sutures; peace again doth
Her laurels on the fence and pin them
EPITAPH.
Here rests his head upon the backyard
pave
A Cat, to all the neighbors known too
Good was he-but he sang! No power
may save
His speeded spirit from the pits Of
the place where singing cats and
other nocturnal musicians go when
they get shot.
Love in Los Angeles Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20
American Sailors b,

A story of exposure and hardship,
with the heroic efforts of the crew to
keep af1oat more thrilling than that
which has afforded the theme for
many novels of tales of the sea, is the
tale of the officers and seamen of the
little gunboat Wasp.
For over fifty-two hours this frail
little craft was tossed and buffeted
about during the terrific storm which
swept along the eastern coast recent
ly.
With water pouring into the COM
partments, extinguishing the fires un-
der the boilers, and with the heavy
seas breaking over them, pouring
down the matches and companionways,
until nearly six feet of water was be-
low decks, the crew heroically stuck
to their posts.
Sent to Help Brig.
Loud are the praises of the men for
Second Officer Shepley, who was ev-
erywhere, lending encouragement to
the men.
1t was on Saturday afternoon, Dec.
16, that the Wasp, while lying at the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20

arrived at the conclusion that other
means had to be resorted to in order
to keep the ship afoat Great white
bags, which the sailors pack their
clothes in, were sent for, and a whip
was rugged up to haul them on deck
when they had been filed with wa
ter.
Turn of the Battle.
The tide of battle then changed in
favor Of the sailors, and they worked
with redoubled energy. Gradually the
water in the freroom was decreased
until after few hours fires were
again started in the upper furnaces.
Not enough steam could be raised
to propel the ship and she still lay in
the trough of the sea at it's mercy. al
though the danger had been somewhat
lessened by the gain on the water in
the hold.
The men were now allowed to rest,
the; crew being placed in squads and
given one-half an hours sleep.
By Monday noon the storm had
greatly abated, and the sails were set
fore and aft, while the mems ham
mocks were spread in the rigging to
steady the ship.
In this manner the ship was able to
make about two knots an hour and
managed to creep into port in badly
crippled condition, late Tuesday after
noon.
The long absence of the Wasp had
caused great uneasiness at the navy
yard, and its appearance as it slowly
wendell its way up the harbor was
hailed with cheer from the crowd,
which had gathered on the quay to
greet it.
Seven of the crew were taken to the
Naval hospital, suffering from bruises
and exposure, while nearly all the
rest Of the members required medical
treatment.
Praise Their Officers.
When reporters greeted the crew
soon after their arrival in port they
were one and all loud in their praises
OF the bravery and GOODNESS displayed
by the officers.
It was told how an oiler by the name
OF Black, kept the spirits of the men
keyed up by singing when the out
look for their safety was the darkest.
When the danger was greatest he
sang all the louder.
HIS lusty singing kept the men in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1906-01-20
Lord odo RusseII's Reminder

Lord odo Russell, while calling on
Prince Bismarck during the sitting of
the Berlin conference, asked him how
he managed to rid himself of that
class Of importunate visitors whom he
could not well refuse to see but whose
room he found preferable to their
company.
obi" replied the chancellor. 81
have very simple method; my wife
knows them pretty well, and when
she sees they are with me she general
~ contrives to come in and call ms
a.ay upon some pretext or another"
He had scarcely finished speaking
when the princess put her head in at
the door and said:
My dear, you must come and take
your medicine; you ought to have had
it an hour aao!"