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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20

LOS Angeles, May 20, 1909.-Dear
Mr.. WallingfOrd: I am answering
your delightful but naughty letter of
the 10th. What bad man you rep
resent yourself to be. I take it that
you are humOrist of the first magni-
tude, and say exactly the contrary of
what you mean. I believe you are a
good deal Of a saint.
eyes, indeed, California is full of
manageable ladies, Of all ages. Come
out, sometime, and will introduce you
to some of my acquaintance, Just the
dearest girls that you ever saw.
"And then, I have often heard it said
that our California atmosphere and cit
rus fruits are good for govt. But you
must excuse me for SO much levity.
fear it may seem rather bold. Yours
very truly, Carrie Lolita May"
Savannah, May 80, 19O2.-My Dear
Miss May: In reply to your letter of
the Goth, I have to- say, first, that I
shall probably respond to your delight
ful invitation so much more promptly
than you anticipated, that you will be
fairly startled by my punctuality
There is to be great gathering of
soon, as you may know. and am ar
ranging to take advantage Of the as
tonishingly low rates and visit the
Land of Gold, of flowers, Of fruit, of
wonders, of pretty girls, some mar
riageable.
If I am not disappointed, 1 shall
make such arrangements with one or
more of our southern newspapers as
Will enable me to remain on the Pacific
coast for month or two, and travel
more or less. I shall certainly arrange
to visit Los Angeles if you will per-
init me to call upon you while there,
and introduce me to some Of the dear
creatures that you mention in your
last letter. Please write to me as soon
as you receive this and say that may
call. 1t would be unkind to refuse, for
my govt is becoming more and more
imminent; and this privilege will be a
great stimulus in my efforts to force
my way across the continent and Sc
cure all incidental benefits.
Il hope to hear from you soon, and
favorably. Always yours very truly,
-"Herbert Roy Wallingford
'<Los Angeles. June 7, 1902.-My Dear
Mr.. Wallingford: How surprising, and
yet how delightful! OF course, you
may call to see me when you come to
Los Angeles. You not only may, but
you must. I command you I am MAX
ing up list of hundred pretty and
interesting girls, to whom I shall in
troduce you. We will have delightful
time.
II know it is wrong to seem so en-
thusiastic about one I never saw, hut
then, We are not strangers. We are
brother and sister in a great artistic
cause-and I feel better acquainted
with you now than ever, for the Fair
Play Magazine has just reached me,
and I have read your story It is
charming; and I am not speaking with
a bit Of levity now, believe me-
"Of course you will let ME know
when you expect to reach Los Angeles.
Always sincerely,
-"Carrie Lolita May"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20

Prince Hugo Ferritti Torlonia Of
Rome and his bride, who was Miss
Juliette Duchesnay of Quebec, left New
York on the Glascogne, Of the French
line of their way to Italy. According
to dispatches from Quebec, the day
after the marriage, the prince had an
nounced that he and the princess
would be able to get to New York and
away from it without being discovered
At the office of the French line
cabin was engaged a few days ago in
the name Of "Mr. Ferretti Torlonia,"
and this gave the clue to the report
ers, who had interviewed the prince
on his arrival here last autumn, when
he came over in company with Miss
)uchesnay and her aunt.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20

most notable was probably that set
up in the town of st. jacques, III Pa
ris, by M. Jaubert in 1890.
The olive oil barometer of Faenza
will continue to hold the record for
size until some one succeeds in using
still lighter liquid, in which case
the height of the barometric column
will, of course, be greater.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20

residents of Minnesota living in Seat
tie alone, and $4,000 or 10000 in the
State of Washington, and we hope that
the State of Minnesota will have head
quarters upon the exposition ground,
where all it's old friends can meet and
cement their friendships and CONNER
cial relations."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20

than either Of her predecessors. Fog
she is chosen by a man who has real
lied the great truth formulated by q
wise woman of the world when she
said of marrying, Expect something
and you'll be disappointed; expect
nothing and you'll be agreeably sur
prised."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20

that she is more
of a state of mind
than of a person.
For she owes her
existence as a wife
not so much to her
own charms as to
the fact that she
met at just the
right moment a
man with the mar
rying habit.
The third wife is
apt to have an
g aSier existence
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20
His Finish.

TN what condition was the Patri-
arch Job at the end Of his life?" asked
q Sunday school teacher of quiet
looking boy at the foot Of the class.
Dead, calmly replied the quiet
looking boy.-Illustrated Bits.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20
THE THIRD WIFE.

WYE ARE all familiar with the
nv witticism of the man who said
w that Boston is not place, but
a state of mind. The third wife re-.
sembles this definition to the extent
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20

am not treated as we'll by all pub
fishers as I was by the Goodman COM
pany.
But have prospects of better sue
cess sometime. Are there many mar
riageable ladies in California, I won
der? I sometimes think that my state
and this state are much too lonely for
much inspiration as a writer.
=. Il sincerely hope that you will find
time and inclination to write me again.
l enjoy your letters, better even than
those that contain checks.
with kindest regards and many
good wishes,
. Herbert Roy wallingford."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20

"ofice of the. Goodman Company,
Publishers.-New York, April 8, 1902
Mr.. Herbert Roy Wallilgford, Savan-
nah, Ga.-Dear Sir: Enclosed you
will please find check for $25, to
pay for your story, "A Deserter's De-
serts.'
''Thanking you for submitting it to
us, we are, yours very truly,
THE Goodman Company"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20
Irresistible.

Irresistible.
Belle-But you refused him so often
what was the plea with which he
finally convinced you that you loved
him?
nellie -The size of the solitaire.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20
Had Him Foul.

Had Him Foul.
She says you are fool"
call right
Are you not going to take her to
task for making such an assertion"
Nope; she has evidence in her pos
session by which she can prove her
statement"
"She has?'
Yes. proposed to her once
Houston Post
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-02-20
VICTIMS G: 1 Of
MIS S
LETTERS II
By NJ. Wyckof.

H@FF1CE of the Goodman COM
pany, publishers:
New York. April 3, 1902
Miss Carrie Lolita May Los Angeles,
CaL-Dear Madam: Enclosed. you will
please find our check for $25, to pay
for your story, Mrs. Saxby's Choice
Thanking you for submitting it to
Us. Your very truly, ySt
y - THE Goodnlaal LCnmnanv
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
Example of Careless Iraxellna.

A razor stran that followed e. w.
Stephens around the world after be.
ing lost at dozen places on the
way has just been returned to his
home. in Columbia, Mo-, from Blue
Mountain, Miss, with the usual most.
age-due stamps attached. Mr. Ste.
phens has used the strap for years.
and has carried it on all his travels
when it was not on the way from his
last hotel. The strap was lost once
in 'Hongkong. and later rejoined the
Stephens party in Calcutta. Mr.. Ste
phens got his razors in extra keen
trim and luxuriated in close shayes
until he reached the Holy Land. The
razor strap was again forgotten. this
time at Jacobs Well, near Shecham
but overlook its owner at the Sea Of
Galilee. In Cairo the strap was lost
again. but was recovered in Athens
At several European hotels it was
forgotten and made short jumps. the
hotels having forwarded it with the
mails to the addresses left by the
travellers. The strap has cost doz.
en- times its original price in post.
age.-Kansas City Star.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27

florists on the corner 1t was all /
could do to keep from breaking win
dows, and when x finally left me at
the door of the dressing room was
planning to be taken suddenly Ill and
have to go right home.
Just then caught sight Dwell,
Y. No. ! won't tell you his real name,
either, You old tease! All you need
know is that he'd have gone after the
moon If l limited for it. 1 beckoned
him to the dressing-room door and told
him to run out to the florists and gel
me bunch of sweet peas"
Didn't he have girl Of his own?''
"Wait till you hear me. There were
three girls in the dressing room, but
they hadn't seen me speaking to Y,
and one Of them-Z. you know
pounced on me. first thing. She said
shed heard lots about man that was
crazy about me at the lake and how
dreadfully I'd snubbed him, and who
was he anyway, and what did / have
against him?
Il knew she'd heard about Y, but l
was real noble. and didn't tell his
name just explained that when man
who was completely and entirely out
Of the question got serious / thought
the kindest way was to show him
there was no hope. That made her
wilder than ever to know who he
was. and at last In moment of weak
ness. Just as came buck with my
flowers. / said to her, II you must
know, he's the one
And she-she gave one squeal, and
said. 'Oh-ee! That's the man came
here with tonight"
Hat exclaimed Uncle Jim. but he
checked himself. And X-where was
hep he asked iudiciously.
That's the worsh. When Y handed
me those flowers he hadn't bought
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
MAKE THE TREATY To-N1aHr.,

Words Seward Spoke When Arranx.
ing q "EooIs Investment.D
On the evening of Friday, March
20, Mr.. Seward sat in his parlor play
ing whist with his family when the
Russian minister was announced, says
Richard Lloyd Jones in Golfers. II
have dispatch, Mr.. Seward, from my
government by cable,' said Mr..
Stoeckl. the Russian minister. 1.-THE
emperor gives his consent to the ces-
sion. Tomorrow. If you like, will
come to the department and we can
enter upon treaty" Pushing aside
the whist table. the impatient Seward
replied with a smile of satisfaction:
why wait till to-morrow-let us
make the treaty tonight"
In these solemn midnight hours the
silent wilderness Of centuries was re.
leased and to nations pillowed ear
the low north wind whispered: Cold
When the suns rays fell upon this
parchment and the world was told
what that night had done the whole
nation coupled the name Of Seward
with the epithet Fool" The press
everywhere declared his acquisition a
barren, worthless, God-forsaken re-
gion." whose crops were "icebergs"
a country where the ground was
frozen six feet deep in summer; the
streams were glaciers; at should
be named 'Walrusia, -; the fish were
only fit for Eskimo food; 1t was
Stewards folly" and his polar bear
garden; 1t was "a FOOLS bargain;
"Oh. the shrewd Russians" ETC., ETC.,
etc.
In the half-century that has passed
since the Senate ratified that treaty
this "icicle" has produced a wealth
exceeding $3.50. O0O,o 900, or nearly 100
per cent per year on the fools" in
vestment.
Alaska's exhaustless storehouse of
precious metals was the lure that drew
the argonaut, as did California in 40
and Nevada in the winter OF so. Seat.
tie grew great from this argonautic
traflc-from swapping picks and pans
and warm WOODEN garments for bags
of fresh-washed nuggets. Its rapid
growth and perfect stability have fas-
tened upon Its people the chronic af-
Fiction of inflammatory enthusiasm.
!. s. s.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
LANDS OF BIBLE H1sroRY.

To Be Redeemed by Sir william
Willcoclss, the Noted Engineer.
Naturally fertile and once the rich
est region not only in Asia but In
all the world. Mesopotamia, owing to
neglect, is now a barren waste, F.
Alexander Powell says in Eyerybody's,
The ancient irrigation works persisted
because the country was SO torn asun-
der by internecene warfare that the
Inhabitants ceased to keep them in
repair. The scene Of the sudden de-
struction which overwhelmed the
cities of the plain is still visible. The
Tigris burst Its bonds and temporarily
engulfed great area, and from that
day to this desolation has reigned su-
preme around ancient Opis.
There comes from Egypt a modern
Moses. Willcocks by name. baronet
and an engineer Of note, who has been
intrusted by Turkey with survey
of the works for restoring the ancient
canals and irrigating channels along
the Tigris by which. the plains Of
Mesopotamia. after centuries Of wait
ing. will be restored to their old-time
luxuriance and prosperity. Sir VIII
liam Willcocks. known to fame as the
builder of the great Nile dam at AS
suan-an economic success If ever
there was one-diyides the region
which he proposes to restore into two
sections: One, Upper Chaldea, repre-
senting an area Of 1.2S0,OO0 acres of
first-class land waiting only for water
to yield at once a handsome return;
the other. Lower Chaldea, 1900, 900
acres in extent, although highly valu-
able, he considers was never as fer
tile as Upper Chaldea. its soil having
become impregnated with salt. Suffice
1t to say that the works contemplated
resemble closely those in operation to-
day in the Nile valley and present no
exceptional difficulties to the engineer
The cost is estimated at approximately
$40. 100000, from which. 1t Is calculat-
ed. there will be net income of &c.,
100000 per annum. or Is per cent on
the capital invested. Let those who
know Egypt say whether they consider
such figures too sanguine.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
R.nefielent vesuviu,,

Volcanoes and sharks are the lat
est drafted allies of "the man with
the hoe" AS a result of xtended in.
yestigations into the results of the
1906 eruption of yesuv.us, the Italian
Experiment Station reports that the
fall of volcanic material caused a
notable increase in the fertility OF
the soil 1t hurt crops then in the
ground by reason of its crushing
weight and the excess of Injurious
salts and acids. But these harmful
elements were all highly soluble and
have already volatilized or washed
away, while the remaining ejecta
have added vast quantities of needed
potash, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen.
Far away Tasmania, whose shores
are infested with sharks in apparent.
ly uncountable numbers, has ceased
to dread the monsters and Is now
getting rich by using them as fer
tilizer in its immense apple orchards
Country Life in America.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
REFORM OR GO HUNGRY.
some REASONS for Advancing Prices
and the Only Remedy,

some ReaSons for Advancing Prices
md the Only Remedy.
j Another advance in the price OF
meat is announced, and again the ex-
plantations offered for 1t are vague and
unsatisfactory. The simplest and for
many the most plausible, theory of the
successive rises is that 1.-THE trust" is
implacably carrying out its faYorite
policy Of widening the differences be-
tween what 1t pays for live cattle and
what 1t gets for dead ones. No doubt
there is something In that, the New
York Times remarks. and few would
deny the existence of a desire to make
the difference in question as large as
the traffic will bear. There is, how
ever. limit to the publics purchasing
power. and the trust" which has
occasional CLEANS Of almost human in
telligence, would not have deliberately
made It necessary for thousands and
thousands of Its patrons to consider
the possibility of enduring the horrors
OF diet chiefly or wholly composed
OF vegetables. That wouldn't be bust
ness, and hence the trust explanation
is In all probability false. or at least
inadequate.
Still worse Is the charge that the
stock raisers, disconnected with their
profits. have in such large numbers
sought other fields Of activity that the
butchers stay their cruel hands for
lack Of victims. This may be getting
little nearer the truth, but the prob
ability is that the reason is larger
one-that the population of the coun-
try really has outgrown its customary
sources of supply, not only as regards
meat, but In the case of many other
things. including the not inexpensive
vegetables, to which the meat eater Is
asked to turn his reluctant eyes.
Our system of agriculture has hith-
erto been based on the existence Of
vast tracts of unoccupied land, from
which, as need arose, greater and
greater crops could be obtained, not by
making each acre grow more, but by
bringing more acres under cultivation.
That process Is come to It's end The
fact is that the yields of which we
have been SO proud. while enormous in
the aggregate, were disgracefully small
when considered in detail. We are
now In the period Of transition from
the period Of rude culture character
istic of a colonial era and the more
careful and productive farming of a
thickly settled land. Until readjust-
ment of methods and MARKETS has been
attained the prices of food are going
to rise steadily, and the exploiters OF
the old system. middlemen not less
than producers and consumers, are
bound to suffer Scientific agriculture
is the only and inevitable remedy, and,
as Secretary Wilson's recent report
showed. it is already in plain sight
In spots.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
SHORT METER SERMONS.
-~nooooee

l 7 e
/ Adyance.-Adyance is the watch
word of our manner of living.-Rev.
c. e. Perkins, Presbyterian, Salt Lake
City.
Moral Bats.-When men act as II
the body is more valuable than the
soul they have moral bats in their bel
fry.-Rev. C. Ross Baker. Baptist. Spo.
kane.
Purity.-You cannot come to God in
tmpurity because He is pure, and you
can only reach Him through purity
Rev j. O. Hayes. True Church. San
Jose. CAL
Righteous Path.-We may make
Gods will our own. and find the paths
of Righteousness the paths OF joy as
well.-Rev w. Q. Roselle, Baptist.
Philadelphia.
Communion with God. Before the
ever desirable. should be placed the
subjective changes which come by com.
munion with God. Rev. F. D. Leete,
Methodist. Detroit.
Jesus victories.-Jesus attained
three great victories in this world, a
victory over sin, victory over the
flesh, and victory over death.-R
Father Lowry. Roman Catholic. Lon
don. Can.
Spiritual and Physical Law.-The
law Of light and shade, of work and
rest, Of intensity and relaxation, is a
spiritual law as well as a physical
Rev. N d. Hills, Congregationalist.
Brooklyn.
One Creator.-There is one God, the
creator and sustainer Of all life. His
life is in every created thing from the
most highly developed spiritual entity
to the minutest molecule In existence.
Rev. w. P. Lyon. True Life Church,
San Jose. Cal.
The Cowardly Path.-The path Of
compromise is the path of the coward
in national or municipal politics. De-
cisions should never be deferred. Do
right, even though the skies fall, and
do 1t now.-Rey. ]. Stuart Holden, st.
Bartholomew, New York City.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
Flowers for Paula

Paula sat straight up In the porch
hammock. her hands clasping Its edge.
her toes tapping the floor. The au'
tumn wind. blowing from behind her.
was doing things to her gold-colored
crown. A fringe Of ,ringlets stood out
like glorified sun-bonnet brim all
round her rosebud face. Uncle Jim
removed the cigar from his lips and
looked at her.
He was not flesh and blood uncle.
Paula had adopted him six years
earlier when he came home from col
lege with her big brother, and he had
been her mentor ever since. 1t had
occurred to Jim frequently of late
that he was growing young for the
part.
ut was such mess. Uncle Jim!"
Paula was remarking with emphasis.
SIT was like taking friendships and
tossing them into the lake. I won't
tell you real names. Call them x,
Y. r.
What! So many?"
well, one was girl. But X Is a
Z man and had promised him to go
to a dance. It's no time OF year for
dancing. anyway. Perfectly ridiculous!
When / came to dress remembered
T that awful spot ON the front OF my
gown-and not another thing ready
to wear! It came from pinning on a
bunch OF violets when they were wet
and I've had to have flowers to cover
the place ever since.
Billy tried to help me out like a
good brother. He proposed to lie in
wait for x and let me know the min
ute he got here whether he had
brought flowers or not. II he hadn't.
he was to be punished by having to
walt while Billy dashed out through
the alley after sweet peas"
BILLY has great head" said Uncle
Jim. with a caressing smile mot for
Billy.
TOO great! Just as was ready,
Billy shot up stairs and told me x
had arrived with purple box. the
4 kind violets come in. l wondered why
! he didn't send them up. but when I'd
waited as long as could i wrapped
my pretty cape around me and went
down. There was the purple box on
the hall bench, but X apparently had
forgotten all about 1t. He threw open
the front door and started to usher
me outl
II see you believe It was funny. II
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1909-10-27
N~e~~oe~o~~
The ship Subsidy scheme.

The Ship Subsidy Scheme.
Mr.. Taft's measure OF friendship for
the working, withdrawing body Of
the American people was pretty we'll
established by his Endorsement OF the
Aldrich-Boutell tariff iniquity.
A few days ago he furnished still
more evidence of his attitude toward
the money kings by promising to tax
the plain people $1O,00O,OOO to replant
forests laid waste by greedy lumber
barons in haste to garner vast un-
earned profits through their tariff
privilege. He made his proposition
clear beyond doubt by announcing that
he would urge Congress to provide a
ship subsidy of at least $8,0000O0 a
year for the upbuilding of an Ameri-
can merchant marine.
The American people pay special
: tax to enable the steel trust to de-
stroy our once great shipbuilding in
dustry by charging the American ship
builder more for raw material than his
British competitor pays for the same
material from the same mills Mr.
Taft coolly demands that the Ameri-
can taxpayer furnish another special
tax of $s.000.000 year to restore the
lshipbuilding industry.
Why not equalize matters at the ex-
pense of the steel trust by the very
simple process of reducing the tariff
on their products to point where
American shipbuilders can save that
100000 year by low costs?
Mr.. Taft's fair promises before cleo
tion and his unfair performances since
March 4 are in unfortunate contrast.
His vast consideration for the work
ers OF the nation during the campaign
seems to have dwindled most amazing
ly Every single one OF his statements
OF policy since Inauguration has en-
bodied proposal to increase the bur-
den Of the middle classes.
Citizen Taft and President Taft ap-
pear as adversely disposed as the cele-
brated DR.. Jekyll and, Mr.. Hyde.
Which, as we have before mentioned
IN these columns, is a mystery that
has manifested itself in connection
with many men as soon as they were
Installed In the White House.-Chi-
cago Journal.