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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18

of time there is always a dimunition
in the egg supply. This is due solely
to the depressing effect Of the rain
upon chicken spirits, and the wise
poultry raiser knows full we'll that to
obtain the best results from hens the
great essential is that the hens shall
be happy.
And so every wet day the master Of
Alinsawak, who happens fortunately,
to be an excellent amateur musician,
draws his old Amati out Of its coffin
like case and betakes himself to the
hen houses. The effect of the music
upon the dull and silent birds is mag
1cal. No sooner has the violinist
drawn his bow across the strings than
every hen has shaken her feathers.
cooked her head on one side and is
listening intently, her beady. eyes fixed
in wondering gratitude upon the per.
former.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18
How Emperor William Rests.

It seems that the German emperor
is In the habit Of having slight meal
every two hours. His incessant ac.
tivity makes this necessary, and his
example is followed by most of his
suite, who would otherwise be unable
to do all that is demanded Of them.
The empress also. when the en-
peror Is ION parade" has frequent re-
freshment during the day The kaiser
also keeps two hours Of the day, when
possible, to rest; from 2 to 4 o'clock
he is not to be disturbed when at
home. Otherwise he is the entire day
occupied either with business or
pleasure. He retires to rest late and
is up again the next morning at S
o'clock.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18

Ing" muttered Capt Luscombe, as he
paced the quarter deck, H.
For an hour longer the two vessels
held on the starboard track, but the
wind shifted a little more to the east
ward and the brigantine found herself
running uncomfortably close to the
Long Island shore. Suddenly she
luffed and her head sails were seen to
shake.
"shes going about!" exclaimed
Harry.
The next instant the roar OF the
sailing masters voice was heard from
the deck below
Ready about! Down with your
helm!"
Helms a-lee!" sung out the man at
the wheel.
RAISE tacks and sheets!" bawled
the master. ''Shorten the main lee
tack! Haul taut! Mainsail hauH
Man the head breeches! Let go and
haul! Right the helm! Haul taut
lifts and weather braces! Stead out
the bowlines! Mind your huff there!"
A great rafting of blocks and thun-
dering of Tapping canvas followed as
, the sloop came up to the wind and
then the steady music of the wind re-
sumed it's flow as she settled down
again on the port tack. The two yes
sells were now meeting the sea bow on,
and the Mohawk began to gain per-
ceptibly. In half an hour the gain eti-
IDENTIFY alarmed the commander of the
Ariel, for he went about again, follow.
ed, Of course, by the Mohawk.
TRY the swivel on her, Garnet"
said Capt. Luscomb.
Aye, aye, sir" was the answer.
There was a heavy report, followed
by cloud Of smoke. The next mo-
ment the maintopsail of the brigantine
was seen fluttering wildly in the wind.
TRY her again!" called the captain.
The boatswain's mate again sight.
ed the gun, and this time was more
successful. His shot cut the throat
halyards OF the Arieps mainsail and
down came the jaws of her gait.
She can't mend that in a minute!"
exclaimed Harry.
The brigantine made no attempt to
run further. She immediately nre-
pared for action. Her gun ports were
opened and her guns ran out. At the
same instant the drum on the Mahawk
beat to quarters and the men went to
their fighting stations.
Silence! Cast loose and provided,
ordered the captain.
A few minutes later the guns ware
all loaded and ready for action. Cant
Luscomb endeavored to run under the
AriePs stern, but a skillful movement
of the latter's helm brought the two
vessels to broadside. Simul-
taneously the great sheets Of fame
shot out from both ships and the air
was rent by the believing Of the guns
the crashing of timbers and the
shrieks Of the wounded. Cant Ins.
comb again brought his ship to the
wind and attempted to pass under the
Ariel's stern and rake her, but again
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18

hood Of what Is now called Rockaway.
She had rounded to, lowered her head
sails, clewed up her square sails and
was riding to kedge anchor, while a.
boat went off from the shore Her
commander apparently had plenty of
confidence in her speed, for, although
the Mohawk must have been plainly
visible, he made no movement toward
getting under way. The sloop of war
dashed the spray aside from her blunt
bows in torrents as she plunged over
the swells off the point of the Hook.
There they go!" cried Harry in
his excitement.
1t was true. When the Mohawk was
just clear of the Romer Shoal, the
Arieps forestaysail and jib arose with
celebrity which showed that the hal
yards were we'll manned. Almost 81
simultaneously the claws of the fore
sail, foretOpsail and ,.foretopgallant
were hauled down and the maintopsail
was sheeted out. The brigantines
head fell off to port, and she started
off on an easy bovine to make an
off1ng.
The brigantine ran up to windward
only far enough to put her on the Mo-
hawks weather bow. Then she put
up her helm, overhauled her lee braces
and stood away on precisely the same
course as her pursuer. 1t was: now a
stern chase, which is proverbially a
long one
The wind began to freshen and the
sea gradually rose. Now and then as
the Mohawk swung her bows down
into one Of the shining green hollows
a dash Of spray would fly over the
weather bow.
That's the sort of thing that'll bring
us close,'' said old Tom. 1--WE can out
foot light craft like that in sea-
way"
We're gaining a little; we're 60
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18

the Ariel was brought around SO that
the two broadsides faced each other.
At this instant Harry. looking down
from the foretop, saw Philip Valence
coming on deck. The boy was evi-
IDENTIFY distracted with fear. His face
was deadly pale and his eyes were full
of terror. Apparently not knowing
what he did, Philip, with his hands
over his ears, ran wildly along the
deck toward the forecastle, sprang to
one, side to avoid a falling block,
slipped and fell through an open port
into the sea between the two vessels.
Without a seconds hesitation Harry
dropped down on the foreyard, ran cut
to the yard arm and plunged into the
ocean. At the very second that the
sloop and the brigantine loosed their
second broadsides Harry's form was
seen shooting downward through the
smoke and flame.
He's gone!' cried old Tom.
The two vessels came together, and
Capt. Luscomb's voice was heard:
Ready forward with the graphing
irons! Boarders away! Follow me-
lads!"
He sprang over the bulwarks, fol
lowed by three-score men, and in ten
minutes the fight was over The pri
vateer was beaten and captured
When order was restored Harry's &C
ton was reported to the captain. AT
once all eyes on the quarterback
searched the ocean in hopes the boy
might be still afioat.
e'What's that off ito port quarter?'
asked the captain. THAT looks like
a man clinging to a piece Of wreck.
age! Send boat at once!"
Harry was found holding Philips
head above water with his right arm
while with his left; he kept himself
and his burden afloat by embracing a
piece of the Ariel's flying jibboorn
which had been shot away. He faint.
ed as soon as he was taken into the
boat. When he recovered he found
himself in bunk in the sick bay
aboard the Mohawk, with Philip Val.
ence sitting beside him.
II want to beg your pardon" said
Philip, tearfully. TT is / who am a
coward. You are a brave fellow and
you saved my life."'
.'And I'm right glad of it, said Har
ry, holding out his hand.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18
CURIOUS HOTEL CUSTOMS.

Where Every cuss Word Costs Pen.
ny-A Drink for Church Attendants.
. A curious custom prevails at an
Edinburgh hotel. Whenever a custom
er is heard to swear he is required
to place penny in box on the bar
counter. IT is not "a matter for sur
prise that the landlord hears much
less bad language than some Of his
fellow publicans is the capital of
Scotland.
The following is a quaint idea for
providing funds for picnics and social
evenings. It is carried on with much
success at an Ashton-on- Mersey inn.
A knocking club" is connected with
the inn, and when a customer calls
for refreshment he is expected to
knock on the table or counter before
drinking. If he fails to do this he is
fined one penny. Any one who wrong.
fully accuses another of breaking this
unique rule is also fined. The money
thus obtained provides funds for many
enjoyable outings and pleasant even.
ings during the course of the year.
AT another hotel, known as the Old
Hundred, customers are allowed only
one drink. If one is not sufficient to
quench their thirst they are obliged
to go out of the hotel and take walk
before they are allowed to have an.
other.
Till recently the proprietor of an
old-time hotel in Warwickshire used to
invite all his customers to accompany
him and his wife to the service at the
parish church on Sunday mornings,
which was situated on the opposite
side of the road, the house being
closed while they were away. On
returning each customer was invited
to partake of refreshments offered by
the hospitable landlord free of charge.
Visitors to certain hotel in Aber.
deenshire who wear brown boots
must remember to keep them in their
room over night. Otherwise the boots
will be BACKED, regardless of the orr
ginal color Of the same. In one of
the rooms of a Dumfries public house
is an old armchair which is said to
have been frequently used by the poet
Burns. All who sit in this chair are
expected to treat every one who is
in the room at the time, and often
the immortal memory of the famous
Scottish national poet is, drunk.
A small hotel in Wales until quite
recently was used by the Catholics as
a place Of worship on Sundays, and
police court proceedings were held on
the premises during the week.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18
A Forest Of Stone in Australia.

In Albany, in Australia, is to be
seen stone forest-in other words,
petrified trees. The trees are of
gray stone. 1t is suggested as an ex-
PLANTATION of the strange phenomenon
that in the depths Of past ages the
forest was in full vegetation, and then
through some upheaval >of the earth
1t was buried in sand. Little by lit.
tie water acting on the sand pene-
trated the branches and solidified.
The wood gradually disappeared un-
der the layer of stone and in time took
its form. Then in succeeding years
the winds again carried away the
sand, and the forest appeared anew.
but of stone.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18
S2.4O PER YEAR.

Is n 3 E j. s
lar date. The trap nests are built IN
tiers two deep, and completely sur
round the big sunshiny room. Now,
every nest is identically alike every
other inside but nevertheless most
of the hens have prejudices in favor
of soma particular nest, and though
others may be vacant these hens will
wait patiently until their favorite
berth is vacated. Indeed it is not an
unusual thing to see more than 100
hens crowding around and waiting for
vacancies.
In this same house there was also
to be seen a most unusual phenome-
non in natural history, this being moth
ing more nor less than a Sitting"
rooster.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18

"a fght!" exclaimed Philip. turn
ing pale.
Yes, a fight! That's our business.
you know Come aft and Til let the
captain know you're aboard"
AS soon as Capt. Luscamb saw Phil
ip he ordered him to go below and
sent a man to conduct him to place
below the water line, where he would
be out of range Of shot. The scene
was now one to make sailors eye
dance The breeze was from the
south and had sufficient force to turn.
UP fine showing Of white caps across
the sea. The brigantine was off the
Long Island shore, in the neighbor-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18
Harry's face was pale as he walked
I'D to young Yalence and said:

Harry's face was pale as he walked
up to young Valence and said:
How dare you insult me like that?"
"T'm not afraid of your bluster,"
said Philip.
At that moment Harry's gaze, pass
ing over Philips shoulder, fell upon
something that caused him to start.
The boat recall was flying at the Mo-
hawks main yardarm
Il must co. said Harry.
II thought you would" said Philip,
tauntingly.
"Do you really have to so back ?a
asked George, who was much dis
tressed by the scene.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18
Brazil Owns Railroads.

In Brazil the federal government
owns and operates 1,2S7 miles of rail-
road lines. It also owns four lines
of 734 miles al told, and leases them to
private companies. State govern
ments own 10 miles. Under private
ownership and operation are some
thing like 5000 miles.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18
Had 4 Reiapse.

Gentleman Lodger-1 say, Mrs. Nap.
per, don't care for your bacon this
morning. It doesn't seem fresh.
Mrs. Napper-Very strange, sir.
TIE shopman said It was only cured
last week.
Gentleman Lodger-Well, it must
have had 4 relapse.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18

And finally, and perhaps the most
remarkable of all the many remarka-
BILE practices and customs at Aim
sawak, are the rainy day concerts
held there. On rainy days, as any one
knows who has observed the ways OF
poultry, chickens are never SO lively
as they are accustomed to being on
bright sunshiny days and where rainy
weather is protracted for any length
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18

Sometimes a man can tell what a
woman means by what she doesn't
say-that is, If she leaves anything
unsaid. s.ss SCH
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18
British Steel Exports.

Exports Of iron and steel from the
United Kingdom for the first three
months Of the current calendar year
show decline compared with the cor.
responding months Of last year Of
279,Ooo tons in volume and Of 1896,
251 in value.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1908-07-18

The man who doesn't bring a story.
of where he has been to his wife, and
something in his pockets for the chill
dren, is unsatisfactory In two rela-.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
MAKE sAPPH1REs NOW.

jewelers. Dfscuss Partisan Products
Which Defy Acid Tests.
Importers of precious stones in the
Maiden lane district are now discussing
a new kind of sapphire, according to
the New York Times. Samples began
to reach this city from Paris about two
weeks ago. Some experts maintain
that the stone is scientific or recon.
structed sapphire to be ranked with
the scientific ruby. The ruby Is the
only precious stone that can be made
In the laboratory on paying basis,
unless the claim for thr new sapphire
is sustained. Hydrofuoric acid has no
effect on the new sapphires. This is
the test commonly used at present by
retail jewelers.. The imitation, how
ever, has a specific gravity considera-
bly, lower than that of the real SAP.
phires, which is 307. The imitation
Is softer than the real sapphire. An.
other difference is that. while the nat
ural stone refracts different colors brill
liantly from different surfaces, the imi-
tations do this only slightly or not at
all. al
Sapphires and rubies are the same
In their constituents except as to the
coloring. Cobalt gives the red color
to the artificial ruby, and the expert
mentors have been trying to get blue
stones by using chrome. But the proc
ess which produced rubles has failed to
yield .sapphires. The Partisan manu-
facturers have refused to say how the
new limitations are made.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

not disagreeable. Annie was by nature
cheerful and sociable. This disposition
drew around her many friends of her
own sex, and as result Of their COM
panionship, many Of the opposite sex
as we'll. Among the latter there We're
number who had come to regard her
husband as a nonentity, owing to his
apparent Indifference. and to these she
had become the center of attraction.
But this seeming Indifference on the
part of Mr.. kennoid was simulated for
the sake Of avoiding breach between
himself and his wife, which, he felt,
could never be healed. Annie was
sweet-tempered and submissive, yield
Ing without question to his slightest
wish; but doubt of her loyalty and
faithfulness to him,-he did not feel
SO sure that she would remain the
same Annle,-the same sweet-tempered
and submissive +little girl" under such
an Implication rs this.
.. -
"Your shawl, Annie,-I am going to
teAiASs ~ 1oh JuSl 1itlle White. dn
going to gather some nuts, and to:
night, at the cozy fireplace, we'll have
a feast"
Beatrice Folsom snatched up Annie's
shawl, and throwing 1t over her head,
she hurried from the house.
The squirrels were nutting, too; but
with them 1t was a more serious mat
ter than it was with Beatrice. They
were storing up their winters supply
In the hollow trunks of trees, and in
such other places which would not be
inaccessible when the snow lay deep
upon the ground. The time for hunt
Ing them being favorable one, Mr..
Kennoid had also been lured out into
the grounds. Fate must have been I'M
usually active in his behalf, for an
other had been moved to seek the
woods. and this person was Harry
Maude, Annie's most ardent and de-
voted admirer. The shawl Beatrice
wore attracted him to her side the mo-
ment he discovered her; he had mis-
taken her for Annie. for he knew the
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

League points to these conditions that
1t has recently brought about:
Georgia became prohibition State.
simultaneously with the coming Of the
new year. In North Carolina more
than 95 per cent of the territory has
barred liquor. In South Carolina near
~ one-half of the counties have done
the same. A movement for State prohl-
bition has been started. In Virginia
and West Virginia considerably more
than half the territory is dry"
In Florida liquor is prohibited in
three-fourths of the State. Tennessee
Is prohibition except the three cities OF
Memphis, Chattanooga and Nashville.
Ninety per cent of the territory in Mis-.
slssippi Is prohibition, and 1t Ia expect
ed that the coming Legislature will en-
act absolute prohibition for the whole
State. Louisiana allows saloons In only
one-thlrd Of the State. In Arkansas
flfty-eight of the seventy-fve counties
have gone dry" In Texas liquor is
sold now In only Al counties. Flfty-one
other counties partially prohibit 1t, out
Of total of 243 counties. After April
i, 1908, Tennessee allows the sale of
liquor In only four counties. At the
last session Of the Alabama Leglsla-
ture the Antl-Saloon League caused the
passage of prohlbitory-att for the en-
tire State. 1t VIII take effect Jan. J.,
1909. In Kentucky, the home of Bour-
bon ryes, 81 per cent of the territory
has gone dry" Not less than 1,5OO,-
600 Of Kentucky's population Of $780,
600 now live in "dry" counties. Mary
land is the only Southern State which
has not lately taken decided step for
prohibition. Nearly half OF Its coun-
ties, however, forbid the sale of liquor
under local option. Part of Delaware
has declared against liquor selling.
Oklahoma, by Its recently adopted CON
stitution, prohibits the sale of liquor.
Missouri's local option law has made
fourteen out Of Its 115 counties dry"
Local option by villages and cities has
been brought about In Nebraska. Out
of 1000. 400 villages and cities have
declared for no license. South Dakota
has been made one-thlrd "dry." North
Dakota is wholly "dry." Minnesota
has 123 dry" towns and is Increasing
the list. si1ty-f1ve of Iowa's ninety
counties are dry" Wisconsin has $50
towns where liquor selling is prohibit
ed. A prohibition wave Is rolling
through Illinois, where the Antl-Saloon
League is making a terrific fight
against liquor selling. Eight counties
have already gone dry"
In Ohio lao out of 1876 townships
forbid liquor selling, as also do go per
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
AN MIGRATE SOLDIER.
HIS Cownrdly Action Was tho Maxi
ing of NobIeman.

His Cowardly Action Was the Maxi
ing of NobIeman.
Here is story Of the battlefield.
There was war between the Swedes
and the Danes. One day a great bat.
tie was fought, and the Swedes were
beaten and driven from the field. A
soldier Of the Danes who had been
slightly wounded was sitting on the
ground. He was about to take drink
from flask. All at once he heard
some one say:
"Oh, sir. give me a drink, for am
dying~
1t was a wounded Swede who spoke.
He was lying on the ground only a
little way off. The Dane went to him
at once. He kneit down by the side of
his fallen foe and pressed the flask to
his lips. Drink" said he, "for thy
need Is greater than mine"
Hardly had he spoken these words
when the Swede raised himself on his
elbow. He pulled pistol from his
pocket and shot ,at the man who would
have befriended him. The bullet graz
ed the Danes shoulder, but did not do
him much harm.
.sAh, you rascal" he cried. II was
going to befrlend you, and you repay
me by trying to XII me. Now l will
punish you. l would have given you
all the water. but now you shall have
ONLY half" And with that he drank
the half Of it and then gave the rest
to the Swede.
When the king of the Danes heard
about this be sent for the soldier and
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05
HOME IoNeNas.

You ask If / long to 60 home,
To revisit the land of my birth;
To revisit once more the old haunts as
of yore
And partake of the Joy and the mirth
mat were mine by the score ere l left
Erin's shore
a wanderer over the earth.
Yes, long for the day to 20 home
To the land Of my birth by the Lee;
What Joy will abide in my heart as 1
glide
Der the crest Of the calm summer sea,
When the bleak ocean wide will no longer
divide
The friends of my boyhood from me.
I am longing to see the old haunts
Which your memory has treasured SO
well,
The gardens and bowers, where we tended
the flowers,
And the paths through the old wooded
dell.
What joy will be ours by the iyy-clad
towers
:. When sweet tales of the past ". Jan
49, tell!
I am longirs - saii DER the blue,
The friends Of my childhood to greet;
The kind ones, and true, and the sweet
ones like you,
And the dear ones with pleasure to
meet.
All, earth to my view, has of pleasures
but few
That can equal in Joy such a treat.
Utica Globe.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1908-02-05

shawl. Mr.. Kennoid, espying her at
distance, had also been deceived by
It, but before he could reach her side
Harry Mau4e had Joined her, and turn
Ing to hedgerow, he silently stole
away. Seeking spot where a dense
growth of rose and blackberry bushes
rendered his position doubly secure
from observation. he seated himself.
heart-sore and disconsolate, on the
trunk Of n fallen tree. Maude and
Beatrice In the meantime started on
an aimless ramble through the
grounds.
Their course being DETECTED by the
hedge, they paralleled 1t, and the de-
tested voice Of Harry Maude finally
reached Mr.. Kennoid's ears. Then the
voice of his companion, which to his
great relief, was not AnnIe's but the
voice of Beatrice Folsom. There was
a tinge Of resentment in 1t, and as
they drew nearer, he distinguished
their conversation.
THE old fossil certainly has cham
PAou IL Sou-
Don't you call him an old fossil,
Mr.. Maude. Not to me. Remember
that am his guest, that l am partak-
ing of his hospitality; and please don't
forget, besides, the respect that is due
d gentleman. AS to Annle.-don't you
deceive yourself in believing that any
man will ever succeed in supplantlng
Mr.. Kennoid in her affections"
Harry Maude laughed. AFFECTIONS
Don't be absurd, Beatrice; cut that
out"
Miss Folsom, II you please"
Miss Folsom, then, If you insist on
having 1t that way.-Don't mention
that werd ln the same breath With