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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12

ed at first, had reached few weeks
ago point where she had clearly the
better of the battle She is younger
than Otero, and her fortune is greater,
therefore her chances of future popu'
larlty better. Moreover, the prestige
of her connection with the king OF
Belvium has ever been a thorn in the
side Of Otero.
But now the situation has under.
gone a sudden change. fiji
Otero has made a new and unexpect.
ed play that temporarily puts Merode
in the shade.
. The older woman is going to have a
husband.
Moreover, he is an enormously
wealthy husband, one Reno Webb an
Englishman.
And now Otero is scornfully asking
what man ever wanted to marry Me.
rode, especially a man who was fitting
IN every parucular.sa gentleman and
man of wealth and taste?
Otero will not withdraw from the
footllghts. This might give Merode a
chance 10 say that the charms Of the
older woman have waned SO that the
pubic no longer wants to see her.
Merode faces the most critical stage
/ OF the long rivalry. Otero is giving out
all details Of the magnifcence of the
new life into which she will pass, and
5l.nfFslnuating that in the future she will
only appear in public when she
pleases, and that the receipts of her
performances will be given to charity.
An act of generosity, which other
St dancers 1lie are either too poor or too sell
*flsh to perform, ! as she puts it, think.
ing meantime only of Merode.
Half a dozen suitors, who have long
vainly Wooed the beautiful Cleo, are
hoping that to get even she will like
wise take a. life partner. Paris thinks
she will
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12

ears and running thence about west,
northwest, half west --zszzia
From the under side pair of horns
sprang up in a gentle but extended
curve, making a general course of
northeast by north.
Now this picture hat of the period
was, no doubt, thing of JOY to the
woman of that day, but it caused a
notable enlargement of the preva-
lent vocabulary of profanity.
Then there was the extraordinary
French style of couture that produced
towering bulk of hair upon the head.
like piling luxuriant, fluffy Pelion
upon fair, intellectual Ossa of mar
BILE brow.
Away back in ages past a little book
made it's appearance-"Qu ippes for
Upstart Newfangled Gentlewomen."
Now, the title of the work was un-
kind, in the first place, and the ami
mostly displayed therein was certain
~ not calculated to win members of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
A Grewsome Find.

a grewsome story is related by a
correspondent Of the Boulogne Chron-
icle
H He states that in a fashionable part
OF. London a large house, over 200
years old. was recently taken on lease
by friend. The whole Of the interior
had to be remodeled. In doing some
thing to the cellars under the house
the workmen came upon "a walled-up
chamber, in which were found sew
eral skeletons chained up to the walls
by the hands, feet and neck. It was
most CHASTITY sight.
who were they? What was their
terrible story? asks the correspond
ent. 81
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
ST. PAUL MINNEAPOLIS MINI SATURDAY JANUARY ~ 1901

to slip on short skirt and pair OF
shoes without heels. This gives one
a chance toaexercise the feet. Then
there are some arm exercises which
keep down the weight of the shoulders.
These are followed by fifteen minutes
Of exercise with the waist. And, final
tly, there come Is minutes of exercise
with the feet and legs. This takes just
half an hour, after which the one who
has been exercising is welcome to go
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
NAUGHTY LA BELLE oTERO
HAS FOUND IA HUSBAND
VIII Her Gay RiuaL Cleo de Meroda, Follou Her il
Staid Mntrimony for Fear Of Being Eclipsed?

and from that time an unceasing rival
ny has existed.
= great artist pictured Otero as the
spirit Of ..Terpsichore.'' It was a
masterful piece of art, and Immediate
ly Merode felt tingling to have her
beauty reproduced. s
8 Two famous artists obliged Alfred
Grevin put her in his group, arranged
for the wax works, Behind the Scenes
at the OPERA" in company with such
celebrities as Gounod. Rose Caron,
Felix Faure and other great ones.
The sensation this picture made was
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12

nothing to what followed when few
years later the eminent sculptor, Fal-
guierre, almost raised a riot with his
life-sized nude of Merode, in pink
marble, which was exhibited at Paris
salon.
This was a notable triumph for Me
rode, which she enjoyed to the full,
and the point of it was in no sense
spoiled by the saying of Oteno's that
she, too, might be similarly presented,
but that her decency was too great for
her to consent
While Merode, though famous, was
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
Case of Apprehension.

Case of Apprehension.
In the course of a recent family
conversation in the presence Of the
children the subject of ground rents
had arisen. One Of the little girls inn
mediately began to ask questions and
her father in as simple words as might
be made a few explanati tons.
And, z said he, .'in 999 years from.
now this house and garden will all be-
long to Mr.. i. 2 Es
Oh, father, !" cried the child, anx-
5iously. and shall We have to mover"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
Raised the Mark.

Ralsed the Mark.
q traveller passing through small
country town noticed post on which
was marked the height to which the.
river had risen during a recent flood
DO you mean to say he asked a
native, that the river rose as high as
that in 10 ?''
Oh no, replied the native; '.sbut
the village children used to rub on
the official mark, SO the mayor or
dered it to be put higher up, SO as to
be out Of their reach. 81.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
Spider Web Nets

The natives of New Guinea employ.
extraordinary fishing nets Of SPIDERS
web to capture fish weighing up to a
pound. They fix bamboos bent in the
shape Of q landing handle in the jun
gle glades, and the spiders weave
their net all over the frame. The
method OF fishing is to watch for 4
passing fish and then to dip It out
and throw it on dry land.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
To Make Waterproof Glue.

Waterproof glue is manufactured of
gum shellac three parts and India
rubber one part by weight, these con-
stituents being dissolved in separate
vessels in ether, free from alcohol,
subject to gentle heat. When thor
oughly dissolved the two solutions
are mixed and kept for some time in
a vessel tightly sealed.
This glue resists the action Of
water, both hot and cold, as well as
most acids and alkalis II the glue
= thinned by the admixture of ether
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12

the fair sex from their allegiance to
the Dame Fashion of the period, no.
matter how much her DEGREES Jared
upon the masculine mind.
When it is said that this learned
treatment of an important subject
was doubtless without effect, it is
meant that history does not record the
ensuing sweep Of any dress reform
about that period
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
IN Danger.

e have often stood in a slaughter
house observed the feshy man from
Chicago -Ihl'g while the butchers were
! killing hogs on all sides of me-
Oh exclaimed the tender hearted
but but tactless New Haven girl, weren't
you dreadfully afraid?v
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
Wasn't Anxious.

so you are anxious to become my
son-in-law?"
No, sir, you misjudge me; / am
anxious to marry your daughter; If it
were possible to do that without be-
coming your son-in-law would gladly
have It that way
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
Made Better Time.

The bootokkeeper entered briskly,
flushed with the autumn air.
How is this, George?' said the
cashier You are earlier than usual
today 57
Yes, ! know, replied the other.
there her was the usual blockade on the
B. R. T., SO I had to walk
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12

I'VE want q man for our information
bureau" said the manager, .sbut he,
must be one who can answer all sorts
OF questions and not lose his head z /,
That's me-" replied the applicant.
Fin the father Of eight children.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
Gloria Mundi.

Speak Of me" quoth the novelist
@m mae mously as frankly as. If I
had been dead 100 years ~
# you had been dead 100 years /
shouldn't be speaking Of you at ali. :,
replied the critic, taking prompt adj
vantage OF the dispensation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
The Only Word.

Senior Partne That new stenog-
rapher spells ri6iculously.
Junior Partner-Does she! Well, if
she does, it's about the only word she
can spell, as far as my observation
goes.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
From the Back Fence.

City Boarder That old cat made an
awful noise in the back yard last
night.
Farmer GeehaW-- aas; ever since
he made meal off tn canary las win
ter he's got the idee in his head as
heow he's a natur'l born singer,
b'gosh!
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12

and applied as varnish to leather
along the seams where this has been
sewn together, it renders the joint or
seam watertight and almost impossi-
BILE to separate.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
Useful in a way,

7 = IT 1T q way. 1=.-
Why do you permit gambling
houses to flourish at any time ~
Why; answered the calculating
politician, so that we can have places
to shut up when there is occasion for
a reform demonstration .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1907-01-12
An Easy Mark

An Easy Mark.
Howell Did that fellow who. wanted
you to invest have a sure thing, as he
claimed?
Powell Yes; i was it.JudSs.
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-16
this duplex CRATE will re duce your
fuel expenses

the frat of Bucks range but small part of
the final costhe range is ong-lived that eats up
many times its original price in fuel
"a very small saving of fuel each day, tre-
mendous saving during the lifetime of the soye-~a
saving Of many times the original cost.
this duplex CRATE fuefor it admits oxygen to
the burning fuel in such quantities that all its heating
power is exhausted and used.
and fuftherths crate may be changed-in an in
sant--so as to burn either wood or coaI---and may
be easily removed for cleaning or repairsand with
out disturbing the water back.
this is just of many why you should own
Bucks
The Paducah evening sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1906-1929, 1907-09-16
"a white enameled oven which in
sures clean, wholesome food

good health is largely dependent upon clean food
clean food cannot be prepared i'll dirty oven.
"a sanitary oven is even greater necessity than
sanitary reiger during the process of baking
chemical changes render contamination doubly easy.
why take great in the preparation of fine
cake, for instance. then bake it in oven, the
and joints of which filled with communicating hlth2
Bucks white enamel is not paint white
glass enamel. into the pcres of the from and
is practically everlasting.
Bucks are absolutely Clean--a why.you
should own one.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-16

ayes" said Mrs. Malaprop, talking
10 a friend about her daughter Emilys
wedding. I'm glad it's all over. III II
had lasted a second longer / should
have had nervous palliation or some
thingl Why, what do you suppossf
When the minister called before tho
wedding. l asked him whether II was
necessary to have two cassocks TOT tns
bride and groom to kneel on. hs
smiled and said he thought that some
thing thicker would be better, and EN-
ily laughed right out and left tne
room. Well, of course I knew ia SAID
something wrong, so l corrected my
self. 4 didn't mean cassocks,' SAID.
4 meant two Cossacks.' And what 90
you suppose he saidy
asked you whether you desired q
foreign military effectl" ventured the
guest.
mo: he said that, judging by the
present state Of affairs In Russia, ne
doubted whether he'd be able to get
them. and even If he could be doubted
whether they would be agreeable to
be knelt upon, judging by the way
they were fighting oppression. oh, l
was so mad! You can bet the next
time I won't beat around the bush.
I'll come right out and ask whether or
not we need two plllarsP'-Harpsrs
Weekly
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-16
NUMBER 81

the seed planting and the f lou
dost bend the knee and worship ~ ny
shrine" Canst thou not thank Ge De-
cause Moses had to tend sheep a. vn
in the farofr land Of the Mldlanites!
But I cannot close this sermon with
ont driving home one solemn warning
which should sink into every heart.
After this long indian exile. after MO-
ses had led the children OF Israel
through the Red sea, after be had CIV
en- to the Hebrew people the Ten Com
mandments OF Sinai. what did Moses
do? He slnned, just as so many other
men have sinned when they have come
into the temptations of their great life
work. You know the sad. sad story.
Moses sinned down by the rock OK
Meribah. and God said to bis great
iawglver, Moses, because thou hast
sInned thou canst not enter Into inc
promised land" Oh, my friends, many
of us have had our INDIAN exiles.
Many of us are today In the full swing
of our llfe's work. After God has 1T
ted us for our task shall we fall him
VIII he refuse to let us enter the prom
ised land at last because Of our faith
lessnessf II was but for moment
and under strong proyocatlon that Mo-
ses failed, but that moment excluded
him from the triumph. Let US. too.
watch and be yigilant, for God Is strict
with those who have been near him.
We may miss our earthly rest, as Mo
ses did, but may we never miss the
heavenly haven to which he went when
God buried his body and whence he
came to rejoice with our Lord In his
triumph on the Mount Of Transfgura'
ton.
copyright. 1907. by Louis Klopsch.l
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-16
tJ.e of profane LANGUAGE.

Unless something Is done to cheek
the evil Americans must soon become
known as the most foul mouthed per
sons on earth. 1t will first be neces'
sary to determine the cause OF the use
of profane language before any real
cure can be applied. One cause Is un'
doubtedly the lack of sufficient 70
cabulary to express ones thoughts or
what he conceives to be his thoushsA-
It is this faulty vocabulary that IN.
duces females to describe as "awfu
things entirely dlssociated from any
feeling of awe and as funny" that
which is merely odd. The male. win
bis greater freedom Of speech, uses an
oath to express the same idea, whleh
is not an idea, but merely futile A.
tempt to express that which is not cen.
ceiyed and which consequently sannos
be adequately expressed.-Nsw Orleans
Times Democrat.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-16
WHARF a Kinodom is Sold Daily.

Winnipeg Is where they do things.
This is really the place where the from
tier was abolished by the real estate
reglcldes. A kingdom is sold daily In
Winnipeg. An army is marched In by
rail to occupy it overnight. The yards
of the Canadian Pacific railway alone
In Winnipeg have over 12o miles OF
trackage. and they need II. The immi-
grants come by battalion-Engllshmen
in caps, Scotchmen in bonnets, Breton
French in blue coats, Germans
Swedes, Norweglans, Austrians, Men,
nonites. Gallclans-all manner OF fur'
tie folk and wild. There are fifteen
known languages in the Winnipeg
schools and a lot too late to CLASSIFY.
When you see a stranger, you cannot
fell whether or not he Is within the
range of human speech. You bitterly
reflect only that he Is one Of those VINO
have wiped out the old frontier, lost
II forever to those who love the will
derness-Emerson Hough In outing
Magazine.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-16
Spider That Changes Color Of Eyes.

Spider That Changes Color OF Eyes.
NJ. w. Strickland Of Singapore recent
" had a strange experience while SIT
ting in a garden at Buitenzorg. Java.
watching a captive spider remarkable
for the possession Of a pair OF eyes
which glow like gig lamps amid
cluster of smaller eyes, be was amazed
TO note that the gig lamps slowly
changed In color from brown to grass
green ana Uack uSuIu " Uio"n'
ther as II to increase bis asfonish'
ment. the creature proceeded to change
the color Of its eyes alternately. there
by exercising a most uncanny faseina'
tIon over the mere man. There was
something so diabollcally deliberate 10
these changes as to make 1t seem that
the actor took a genuine pride IN tns
performance. So far as Is known. tnis
change In the color Of the eyes occurs
only In certain species OF ducks ana
then only under the influence OF rear
while in the spider It would appear al
most to be voluntary.-Westminstsr
Gazette.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-16
EIeetricity and the Hair.

III wanted to be an inventor" aaid
the manager Of a telephone exchange,
"I should certainly look into the sneet
Of electricity and light on the hair.
We rarely have girl operator whose
hair Is not abundant and beautiful II
may be due to the free electricity III
the air around a switchboard. or IL
may be that the hair. Ike tree. has
its growth stimulated by the electric
light. but the fact is undoubted. ana
It is certsinly worth investigating
New York Post .>.,.-.-
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1907-02-16

prompt atleh'ioN ~
WARNER AMES,
--Attorney-at-Law,"
Oa;ces: Accomac c. H. and OnancocR'
At Accomac &. H. every "Wednesday
and Friday. .
Will practice in all the courts OF
Aceomac and Northampton counties'
JOHN f. NOTTINGHAM, JR,
-ATTORNEY-AT-LAw,-
Franktown, Va
proctices in all the courts on the
Eastern Shore of Virginia.
Will he at Eastville and Accomsc !. "
n first day of every court and at East
Vile every Wednesday.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
The Erons.

Proceeding with my studies of ma.
ture | could not help but be struck
with the idiocy of the frogs. They
were much alarmed by my approach,
and leaped frantically, but instead of
leaping away from me they leaped
toward me, many of them, and even
against me.
There was one frog especially, who,
in the most fatuous manner hurled
himself against my legs repeatedly.
why are you such a fool?" | asked,
at length.
THAT is easily answered" replied
the frog, with admirable courtesy.
You are perhaps not aware of what
is nevertheless a fact, that American
frogs, with the exception of few old
families in New Jersey, are descended
from the frog who would a-wooing go,
whether his mother would let him or
no. In other words, our idiocy is
hereditary"
Is IL not singular?-Life.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17

The Baptist church was filled to over
flowing Sunday night to hear capt Jack
Crawford. the poet scout. ard there was
also large audience IN the opera house
On Monday evening. He is unique char
acter; his father and mother were Scotch
ard Irish and he WAS born in the north Of
Ireland. Capt Jack has seen a lot Of the
western world IN its woody days and
mas done things and knows how TO tell
about It, Keeping lis audience listening
Some people call him great bragg
certain it is that there is only one Cspt,
Jack Crawford in the world, ard although
ne may say a. good many things with
lig ~ in il and some things that are
question able in a church audience, yet
here is vein OF good things and good
thoughts running ali through his lectures
some people say he talks Ike dime
aoMl Of the wi d Bil' sort and tie
goudn>r-want their young boys to get the
ever and emulate his example as cow
b and Indian fighter
Capt Jacks poetic effusions take IL
ne entire scope OF the sublime and ridlcu-
Gus, with the sublime predominatng. He
an write it "all right, all right and the
muse seems TO take him in unexpected
llaces and in spots where one wouldn't
hink the muse would work bit His
poem on the Grand Canyon. Yosemite, IS
gem. We shall always be pleased to
i've Capt Jack the glad hand The Bsp-
st people, under whose auspices he came,
nade some money over and above ex-
enses.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17

The T. Frank Ireland Co which suffer
e1 SO severe loss some time ago as a
result Of the big fire which practically
ruined all Of their stock and damaged
their building very bacly is fast getting its
fine store building in shape again, large
force Of men being at work IN yerous
ways to repair the damage cone True to
lis traditions. the firm still adneros TO the
old and familiar name. The Yellow
Front" and its motto. We Never Sleep. Z
If any one doubts the fact that it IS TIE
Yellow Front, they have only to glance
at the brilliant yellow with which il has
been painted and they will admit that II
is yellow enough for any practical purposes
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17

We heard one Of our young men maxi
ing sport Of religion in front Of store the
other day. His mustache had just began
. sprout and jndging from his talk his
nsntal faculties were not as well develop
d as his mustaohe. During our byiei
stay upon earth we have seen just sue
young men cold in death. We have seer
me ATHEIST at rest in his caskat but before
being consigned to their last resting plact
they have all been carried through thu
doors of church and had prayers sac
over them This young man could SCOT
at religion in strength and beauty Of
ealth, but if the dark angel should get
fter HIM he would lnstinctlyelv regre.
what he said and look in the future witt
faar and trembling. While one stands
before the open door Of eternity bis desire
u scott at religion vanishes. We admit
there are bad men in the church, but even
these black sheept be in flock might be
blaoker outside. No young man, or ole
one either, should condemn the noble eff
forts of the army Of Christian men ano
women are making towards lettering the
condition Of things and whether we at
tend church or not few Of us would de-
sire to live 10 a community where there
was no church.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
The w. II. Q. ased

The ladies' Of the Relief Corps serveo
one Of the finest banquets to the old vet
Grams and their friends at the reunion last
week that was ever served in the G. A.
r. hall, and they cleared good sum, tie
receipts being nearly $50.
Under the management Of their presi-
dent, Mrs. G. w, Fish, the Corps is in a
more prosperous condition than ever be-
fore. The Corps inspector, Mrs. Louise
Elliot Of Stanton, will be present Oct. so,
with other ladies from there, and full
attendance is desired at that time and al.
50 at the regular meeting on Saturday
for rehearsal.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
The Home People.

Most of us might and ought to find
In our own.household much more than
we look for. II is necessary for those
who would live happily together that
they should try to show their best to
one another.
They SHOULD try to show the best
Of their minds. All things should be
in common. Every pleasant pleasant
experience. whether it be of books or
of life. ought to be shared.
Existence is maintained at a much
lower level of happiness than il should
be, simply because those who are
bound by the closest natural ties do
not know how to make each other
happy ,grudge the time that should
ne given to the arranging of the soul.
-Ciaudius Cleas.
Belding banner. (Belding, Mich.) 1889-1918, 1907-10-17
Sees in His Windpipe.

Lexington, Ky.-B. f. Ferrill, a
farmer living near Danville, narrowly
escaped death after he had sucked a
mouthful OF bees into his windpipe
while removing honey from a beehive
He was using a large wooden pipe
blowing smoke into the beehive to
keep the bees from singing him.
While inhaling through the pipe he
accidentally sucked in several bees.
choking almost to death
Ferrill coughed up the bees, but not
until after they had stung him in his
mouth and windpipe. Medical attention
vas necessary to reduce the swelling
in his throat and save his life.