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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14

about a month in the Essequibo coun-
try. He has not yet formed any def
finite plan as to just. how far up the
little known river he and his wife will
venture, but will be governed, he says,
entirely by circumstances as he finds
them when the actual journey into the
interior is begun.
IF we find a place suitable for MAX
ing our observations and study within
a comparatively short distance of the
coast" said he, 1--WE may stop there
and spend practically our whole time
in that vicinity. Again, we may go a
considerable way up the Essequibo."
Both because Of the lack of time and
because of the fact that there are
many dangerous rapids in the upper
river which would necessitate their
carrying their boats around them, Mr..
Beebe said he hoped to find a locality
adapted to his purpose further down
stream. The character Of British
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
1T IS TO LAUGH


"Of course" said the tourist, you
know all about the antdotes for snake
bite?", ... ~.
"Certainly, replied the explorer.
"Well,when snake bites you what's
the first thing you do?"
yell" -Philadelphia Press.
Dennis t. sphend tn wake-e end
at Callahan's are yeZ? An phwat do
yez call the wake end?
Terence thot's Saturday
noight frum tn tonne yez draw yure
pay till tn saloons close.-Judge.
Mr.. Mcguire (to hospital attendant)
Phwat did We say the doctors name
was?
Attendant-Dr. Fitzpatrick
Mr.. McQuire-Thot settle3 it. No
doctor wild thot cognomen will git a
chance to operate on me-not if
know it. dE
Attendant-Why not?
Mr.. McQpire-Well, We see. my name
is Patrick.-Judge.
Did you ever hear of perfect man
in your life?''
4 ''Yes--a man who had every virtue
under the sun and no vices to speak
Of
Had you any real proof Of his ex-
istence?"
well, I read it all on his tombstone"
Baltimore American.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
WANTED TO SEE CREDENTIALS
Restaurant Man Had His Own Idea
of Modern Statesmen.

1t has been more than year now
since members of congress have rid
den on railroad passes and the states
men have had time to miss them great
ly not only on account of the saving
but because the bits of pasteboard fur
nished ready Identification when need
ed Senator Beveridge, who never &C
cepted favors from the railroads, tells
story that illustrates the point.
One day prior to the passage of the
rate bill he was travelling on small
railroad in Indiana and stopped at {
railroad lunch counter and got a hur
ried bite. His check was 40 cents. He
searched his pockets and could find nc
change. He rendered a big bill, which
the lunch counter man could MOI
change. He wanted to send the money
but he was not known. He volunteered
the information that he was Senator
Beveridge, but the man smiled skep
ticaliy, and said he had known Other
men who said they were United States
senators ~and who had tried to play
the "big bill'' game.
"if you are senator show me YOU
railroad passes" he said.
But 1 never ride on passes" replied
Beveridge.
'Then you amt no SENATOR" de
clared the lunch counter man with
finality.
If the conductor had not come tc
his rescue the senator would have
been left behind.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14

ward. Thereby all the fluid is forced
through the choanoe and nostrils,
washing the throat and nose from be-
hind and expelling all the accumula-
tons that had been present, with
great force.
"This should be repeated several
times, as the first trial is not always
successful and satisfactory. It is an
act that must be learned
When properly executed the sensa-
ton, as the patient will assure you, is
that of great relief not had by any 9th.
er method. It will be wise for the
practitioner to try the method first on
himself. Even small children who are
at all clever learn the method readily
and rather enjoy it. "a
The method is not by and means a
new one, but as it seems, quite forgot.
ten. Some thirty years ago Prof. Ha.
gen of Leipsic taught it to his stu.
dents. It's well worth reviving.''
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
ST. PAUL And MINNEAPOLIS MIN. SATURDAY MARCH 1903
SOURCE OF ONE SCOOP"
How Wideawake Washington Core.
spondent Got His Story.

It may not be wide of the mark to
tell how once on time Washington
correspondent, who, with 20 Of his
followers, was in the outer White
House office, secured what is known
to the daily writing fraternity as a
scoop" and secured it under the
very noses of his fellows. This thing
hardly can happen more than once in
a newspaper mans lifetime under
similar circumstances.
1t was in the early days of railroad
rate agitation. The whole country was
anxious to know what the president
intended to do, what bill for rate
regulation he intended to indorse and
what member of congress was to be
the lucky father of the measure which
was to hold the coun try s ilterest.eeer,
tainly for an entire session.
While the correspondents were in
the White House Office man came
out from the presidents room, passed
unchallenged by the newspaper men,
for apparently none Of them knew
him, and walked rapidly away from
the entrance in the direction of Penn.
sylvania avenue. One correspondent
did know this man by sight, but he
held his peace and his own counsel.
Before the presidents visitor had
vanished from sight, however, the cor.
respondent who knew who he was
started after him and overlook him
The correspondent was taking the one
chance in 500 that he could "land" a
story. He happened to know that the
presidents visitor was an absolutely
new member Of congress from Michi'
gan, and man who had made con.
siderable study in his home state OF
railroad problems. From him the cor.
respondent secured the story which re
suited in the SCOOP"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
Titles in Agricultural Department,

The scientific sharps of the depart
ment of agriculture take unto them
selves many high-sounding names.
Their titles are more like those Of pro-
fessors of a medical college than of
men teaching American farmers how
to raise bumper crops of corn and ruta-
bagas. .".. t.-s
There is "soil physicist" who
draws a good wad of Uncle Sans
money annually, serving also as chief
of bureau. Ditto ''pathologist and
psychologist of plants and an 'as-
sistant pathologist and psychologist" of
plants. ''Dendrologist' is frequent
title among employees of the forest
service. There are 'soil bacteriolo-
gists," "corn breeders" wheat breed
ers," cotton culturists,' "taxonomic
Investigators drug and poisonous
plant inquirers,'' a. s'chief of ocean
meteorology," ''chief of microchem-
ical laboratory" and editors" galore.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
SHE WILL VISIT WILD COUNTRY
Mrs. 6. w. Beebe Will Accompany Her Husband in Studying
Little Known Regions Of British Guiana.

For the purpose of studying at close
range the practically unknown bird
and animal life which exists in the
dense forests of tropical South Ameri-
lea, G. William Beebe, curator of birds
in the Bronx Geological Gardens, New
! York, and his wife, who is also a
naturalist and who has accompanied
her husband on previous excursions
into little known lands, have started
on a new expedition which it is ex-
Ipected will result in most important
contributions to existing scientific
knowledge.
| The thick jungle in the forest of
British Guiana, which comparatively
few white men have penetrated, will
be the objective of the two Travellers
| To reach this Mr.. and Mrs. Beebe will
be obliged to ascend for considerable
distance the Essequibo river, one of
the largest and at the same time one
of the least known of the large rivers
/ of Northern South America.
1 With the exception of one English
| man, who went up the river in 1910,
shooting right and left and collecting
! the skins of the strange animals he
met with there, no scientist has ever
| really explored the Essequibo, and it's
upper branches particularly, which
TEEN with wonderful tropical life of all
kinds, are virtually unknown. 1t is to
learn something Of these marvels of
nature, as exempli6ed in the life of the
birds, animals, and reptiles of these
dense South American forest sections,
| that Mr.. and Mrs. Beebe are about to
undertake their Journey. \
Taking passage aboard the steam
ship Korona, of the Quebec line, they
will go directly to Georgetown, the
principal city Of British Guiana, where
they will secure the permission of the
governor to go into the interior. Their
next step will be to engage a negro
cook and four South American Indian
guides familiar with the Essequibo
| jungle. These Indians are numerous in
British Guiana and, although most of
| them are in more or less of wild
state, and use poisoned arrows, they
are perfectly friendly to white men
and make very acceptable guides.
The ascent of the Essequibo will be
made by the two naturalists and ex-
plored in sort of canoe-like house or
tent boat. This they have already
practically engaged. It will be about
five feet wide and from twenty to
twenty-five feet in length. At night
| Mr.. and Mrs. Beebe will sleen aboard
this narrow craft, while their cook and
the Indians will make themselves COM
Portable ashore in hammocks. swung
from the trees. The little expedition
will also be equipped with small ca
noe for padding up into creeks and
other small streams.
| 1t is Mr.. Beebe's intention to spend
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
THE ART OF GARGLIMG.
Not the Same Thing as the Process
USualIv Followed

Not the Same Thing as the Process
Usually Followed.
The proper method of gargling is
thus described by a writer in the Med
ical Record:
''The patient Cat first under the guild
ance of the physician) should sit we'll
back in a chair, take a swallow of
water in the mouth and bend the head
as far back as possible.
''Now he must protrude the tongue
from the mouth (the tip of the tongue
may be grasped with handkerchief
and in. this posture with protruding
tongue he must try to swallow the
water. The physician should control
the patients vain efforts for it is i'm
possible to swallow under such condi-
tons.
''The patient has the sensation as if
he actually had swallowed the water.
Now he must start to gargle, to ex-
hale air slowly. One can see plainly
the bubbling of the fluid in the wide
open pharynx.
after gargling thus for awhile the
patient is ordered to close the mouth
and quickly throw head and body for
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14

Guiana was SUCH the forests approach
ing close to the settlements along the
coast, he added, that he believed he
would be able to find almost if not
quite as great a variety of bird and an
imal life few hundred miles up the
river as would be found nearer the
Essequibo's source.
''Our object in making this trip into
the South American forest" said Mr..
Beebe, will be to study the birds and
animals in their living state in their
native environment. We may bring
home few live birds, but that will be
merely incidental to our main purpose,
which will be to study the habits of the
living things we shall find in this
wonderful tropical country. 49,
"Collecting has been done to death,
but comparatively little progress has
been made toward studying the life
and habits of the birds and other re.
markable living things which exist in
this part of South America
eve Shall try to get what light we
can on such problems as those of why
certain birds have certain colorings
and why the toucans have big bills, all
Of which has been question of evolu-
ton"
Mr.. Beebe declared he does not con-
slider that he will be mourning any
thing worth speaking Of in making his
expedition.
If there was any danger, wouldn't
be very likely to take my wife with
me-" said he.
The two naturalists probably will
return to New York in about two
months.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
TOO LATE
By l.. G. M. B.

$50 you won't marry me?'
II do think it's a sin,, Jack, for you
to insist, when you know this is my
first season, and 1 have looked for
ward to at least two years more of
freedom"
Every we'll, Dorothy, won't say
another word. I trust your seasons
will be bright, and 1 will endeavor to
do my best to make them so.''
ooh, Jack, you are dear! Well
not be sweethearts for some time; we'll
pretend we're only chums''
Dorothy Madden was considered the
prettiest girl in the state, tall and
slender, with laughing eyes, auburn
curls and chin and mouth that were
the envy Of all the girls around.
Col. Maddn had at one time been
prominent in politics, but after losing
his wife, his health had failed and lit
tie by little his immense fortune had
disappeared: 1t was quite blow to
the family when they found they had
only their home and a few thousands
left
Jack Churchill was the heir of his
uncle, Robert Vaughn, the Michigan
millionaire, and was much sought af-
ter.
Two gay seasons had passed. Jack
did everything to make Dorothy have
pleasant time. The many late even
ing dances, ETC., began to show on
Dorothy; she was thinner, her eyes
failed to have the brilliancy that at
one time made them so beautiful.
And Jack had never in the entire two
years mentioned marriage to her.
Col. Madden, seeing the change in
his daughter, and knowing that Jack
had not been to him to ask for Doro-
thy, supposed she was grieving. Call
ing his daughter to him one morning,
he said: ..Dorothys poes Jack seem
to be as attentive as'ever, or have you
lost your heart to another, and refused
the boy? You know, my dear, how
we're situated. Margaret is old enough
to come out. You were a year her
senior when you made your debut, and
it isn't doing her justice. You must
make up your mind to marry and give
your sister an opportunity. I cannot
keep two daughters in society,"
Father" said Dorothy, two years
ago Jack asked me to marry him; I
begged him to wait; I hated to settle
down; since then he has never mem
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
Need Miles of Garnet.

The house Of representatives is q
pretty expensive problem when il
comes to carpeting. 1t is series oil
semicircular platforms about -four
feet in width. Try to figure out ar
easy, inexpensive way of carpeting
these terraces. If you succeed you
will be welcomed with enthusiasm by
the chief clerk
1t is the chief clerk, by the way
who provides the soap, towels, brooms
rugs, in fact all the new things which
the foreman has to keep in repair
When the chairman Of a committee
falls off his chair, as one did the
other day, breaks the caster, smashes
the frame and shivers a plate glass
fire screen, it is probable that the
clerk and the foreman have to patch
it up between them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14

toned it, but I will try to look my
do" -
While Dorothy and her father were
talking in the library, Margaret was
in the summer house-but not alone!
Sweetheart, though you haven't
made your formal debut, you can mar
you'll have just as nice time as any
of the debutantes.
It was Jack who was pleading, and
the girl he wanted this time was not
Dorothy, but her younger sister.
''Well, Jack, DEAR" said Margaret,
"guess you're right. Dad hasn't the
money to keep us both in society, and
Dorothy won't marry. Come, we'll go
to the house and tell them the news -
There was quite contrast between
the sisters; Dorothy, tall and fair,
Margaret, petite and dark, with large
gray eyes and the beautiful Madden
mouth.
Dorothy had just finished her talk
with her father, when the door sud
denly opened and Jack and Margaret,
hand in hand, stood in the doorway.
Father, Col. Madden called both
of them, Twelve come to tell you,'
were going to be married.
Col. Madden tried to hide his sur
prise, for he had thought it was Doro-
thy, not his little Margaret, whom
Jack wanted.
Margaret said her father, "you
couldn't have looked the world over
and have pleased me better. jack
he continued, "you can have her, but
remember, she is nothing but a child
Dorothy in the meanwhile was try
ing to control her feelings, it seemed
as if her heart would break, for she
loved Jack dearly.
"We're to be married on my birth
day. said Margaret, which is two
months from to-day.
81 am glad you have appointed an
early date said Dorothy, "for my adj
vice to you is not to be foolish, like
was, and wait until it is too late"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
Conveniences in the Capitol.

The capitol at Washington contains
book stores, drug stores, barber
shops, restaurants, baths, hardware
store, post Offices, machine shop, car
penter shop, banks, libraries, black
smith shop, boiler rooms, police sta
ton, telephone, telegraph and mes
senger service, plumbers and cleo
tricians, storerooms, repair shops
stenographers, physicians, preachers
and even bier upon which ones cot
fin might lie in state. This sounds
rather comprehensive, but it il
actually true.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
PECULIAR CANDLES IN CHINA.

on sacrificial affairs, in large lanterns,
ETC., The candles are of a peculiar
Chinese shape, about fye-eighths Of
an inch at the. top, tapering to less
than half an inch at the bottom, from
which the straw wick projects. The
hole in the straw gives an opportunity
to stick these on small wire spike
which projects from the center of all
Chinese candlesticks, and which holds
the candle in an upright position
Consular Reports. B,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
An Ant Pupil.

A small boy. who lives in an i'm
portant railway center had been ac-
customed to visiting the station and
making friends with the railway SER
wants. He persuaded his aunt to play
train with him the other day. He ar
ranged the chairs in a line and then
said
"You be engineer and I'll be the
guard. Lend me your watch and get
up on to the engine" He then hur-
ried down the platform, watch in
hand.
'tPull out you red-headed, pie-fac u
OWL" he shouted at the astonished
young woman.
@Why, Willie!' she exclaimed in
amazement.
That's right, chew the rag he re-
torted. sePull out. We are five minutes
late already"
That boy is not allowed to fratern-
ize with railway men any more.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14

The Chinese people are great users
Of candles, or, rather, what used to
be known in America as "tallow dips"
These are an inferior quality Of candles
which are locally manufactured, with
a wick consisting of straw soaked in
some inflammable material, the straw
projecting from the lower end Of the
candle for a distance Of two or three
inches. The actual candle is not more
than four or five inches in length,
though larger ones are made for use
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14
Never Burnt Before.

Will you direct me to Farmer
SINNERS house = asked the new
" arrived summer boarder.
| will eff you want me to, re-
piled the station lounger.
1 shall have to ask you for ex-
p1icit directions because I've
never been there before
Gosh! | know that, seem ye're
50 sot on goin' there now. Tie
Catholic Standard and Times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-03-14

There is something wrong with a
woman who isn't jealous Of somebody
or something.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-07
Malaga Suuibs.

Mr.. and Mrs. J T. Jones of Wenat-
| chez were renewing old acquain5-
ances between trains Wednesday.
DR.. L. Miller of Sunnyslope came
down Thursday night to hear the de-
bate.
Willis Daniels came down from
Lake Chelan to visit his old friends.
Judge j. B. Palmer and Rev. A. i.
Adams of Wenatchee were among the
audience Thursday evening listening
to the debate.
Harry Buchols is fighting his old
enemy, rheumatism.
The debate between F. D. Wagner
and S. 0. Pool that is in session at
the Malaga school house is very in
teresting and draws full house ev-
cry evening. The debate will con-
t1nue week longer.
The business meeting called for
Saturday night, March Z, mentioned
in Mondays World, has been DOS
poned Indefinitely.
Mrs. j. C.. Corcoran returned home
Friday morning from a three months
visit with friends ana relatives in the
east.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-07

Editor Labouchere of London Truth
thinks that President Roosevelt will he
his own successor and offers the fol-
lowing comment:
Were an American should be against
this on general principles No matter
what Il mans abilities may be- it is ID 2
TO suppose that there can only be one man
in the United States who is fit to be its
president. History has shown that the
best kings are more dangerous to self
government than the worst And what is
true Of kings is equally applicable to re
publican presidents, and probably even
more so, for they have more power than
most constitutional kegs President
Washington lid 20 wiser and more patri.
otIc tEing than ii refusing to he president
third time.
Mr.. LabCuchere argues the advantage
of term Of seven or ten years with
the prOvis0 that there shall be no sec
ond term and adds
The great danger to a republic is that
one of its citizens should be 50 popular
that under republican forms he becomes
10 al! lntents and purposes 4 sovereign
once practically president for life the
idea Is encouraged that il would be better
TO accept his son his successor instead
or leaving this to a popular election Soon
loyalty to the family of the ruler is incul-
Gated as a patriotic virtue, and the de-
votion to the sovereign replaces devotino
20 the country.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-07
VIII Consider Grain Rates

WaIIa WaIIa, VI lreh The meet
ing OF the representatives Of ne
Formers union and the railroad off,
Gals to consider he lowering % the
tT~isnt rate on grl'2 baga, which
Uos pos. poned from last month, viii
b. held here on Saturday. f. Il.
Miller, OF the Oregon Railroad &
Navigation company, aad Henry Mil
Ter OF the Northern Pacific freight
departments, will meet with six of
the members Of the farmers organi-
zatlol. The present ra- is So cents
a hundred pounds IN carload lots.
and the farmers want this cut in two.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1908-03-07
GIDDY WIDOW
CAME TO GRIEF
Mrs. Hanbury Was Known in Der
kelley as 1.-The College
Widow"

San Francisco, March 6.-Nrs. F.
Hamburg, the vivacious wife of David
Hamburg, millionaire, took the stand
today in her own defense in the IL
,o,se suit instituted by her husband
During cross-examination she COZ
lapsed completely and went into hys-
terics. AS the examination proceed
ed and the names of her many ad-
nlrers were dragged in, she began
weeping audibly. As c. NJ. Fickert,
her husbands attorney, pressed in
quiry on this point, she cried out:
Il hate you; ] hate you,' then lost
control of herself. 1t was several
hours before she could resume.
During the afternoon Mrs Han
bury testified that the two detectives
that her husband had employed to
shadow her introduced themselves,
4at once acknowledging their mission,
land told her that she was too attrac-
tive to be spied upon. AS a result,
the detectives and Mrs. Hanbury
spent many an evening out at Mr..