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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
COLOR MUSEUMS DEMAND.
Beautiful Stuffs Being Thrown Away
Whose Remnants Will Cost Dear.


Whose Remnants Will Cost Dear.
A novel suggestion was put forward
at yesterdays international art con-
gress at the Victoria and Albert Muse
UNI by Mr.. Alexander Millar, promin-
ent manufacturer and designer, who
urged the need for systematic color
training and recommended the estab-
lishment of "color museums" This idea
he explained, had received SYM
pathetic support from many great art
lists. In every educational center and
in every school there should be col,
lections Of objects selected for their
beauty of color alone There should
be analytic color sections, showing
the color scheme apart from the &C.
cidents Of form and shadow.
The collection, continued Mr.. Millar,
need not be very costly. Why should
not beginning be made by making a
selection from the beautifully colored
textiles which appear from time to
time in shop windows? The expense
would be very small. Year by year
beautiful stuffs were being produced
and allowed to drop into oblivion. II
such a collecti I be not formed now
it might be that one hundred years
hence our museum authorities would
huy at fancy price a collection Of
imperfect fragments of the very stuffs
which could be now acquired for
nominal sum.
He spoke Of what he knew when he
said that such a collection would be
heartily welcomed by all designers
and by every one connected with arts
and industries in which color played
an important part.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
BREAKING AN OLD CUSTOM,
How Clubs system Of BIackbalIln9
Mas Rrouoht To an End

How Clubs system Of BIackbalIln9
Was Brought to an End.
An authentic story is told Of one
famous club in st. James street
where number Of ancient members
made it law to themselves to reject
every one without exception who had
offered himself as a candidate.
This practice of blackballing was
long held as an Imperative and un-
breakable rule, but was at length
evaded by a strategem. At one cleo
ton number of newcomers friends
were in attendance, but outside at
a distance from the clubhouse. No
one appeared in the committee room,
and it was generally supposed that
there would be no quorum. The NAL
contents therefore abstained from
voting
But when only few minutes OF the
legal time for balloting remained and
the servants were at the point Of re-
moving the ballot boxes an over
whelming number Of the candidates
friends rushed in and elected him be-
fore the slightest opposition could be
organized. After this the absurd sys-
tenn Of blackballing was dropped, and
the club to-day is still alive and pros
porous.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
Conan Doyle's Latest.

Conan Doyle has written book en-
titled Through the Magic DocZ'." It
is neither about crime nor te detection
of criminals, but it merely tells what
in literature Sherlock Holmes likes
and what he doesn't like. He advises
young readers to talk about what they
have recently read. Except to per-
sonal friends, this sort of talk, while
useful to the talkel, is ordinarily
about as interesting to the nearer as
the narration Of ones dreams.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
LOOKING for the Twin Sisters.

Supt. w. c. Day of public buildings
and grounds is endeavoring to secure
for the State of Texas, to be preserv-
ed as relic, two cannon known as
the Twin Sisters, which were present
ed by citizens Of Cincinnati to the
Texas army in 1885, received by Gen.
Sam Houston and used by him in the
battle of San Jacinto against the Mex
lean army under Gen. Santa Anna.
The difficulty is that he is unable 70
locate the guns. They we're last heard
of at New Orleans, where they were
stored in the United States arsen2.
with other military supplies and equip.
ment surrendered by Texas when ad-
mitted into the Union.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
Sunnestion for Dr.. Wiley.

It is no joke, but a serious and SEN
sible proposition, made by commits
sion Of the Russian duma, that the
imperial eagle hitherto placed on Ia
bells attached to bottles of vodka,
which is a state monopoly, be replaced
by a skull and bones, indicating It's
noisonous and dangerous character.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23

ST. PHILIPS EPISCOPAL MISSIO-
corner Aurora avenue and Mackubln stres-.
Sunday services: Early celebration ri Hols
Eucharist, 1880 q. IN. High celebration, ..
Holy Eucharist first and thru Sundays.
Il 100 a. m: Mathis, second AID fourth
sundays, 11O0 a. m. SunCsy school, 1921
p. =. Brotherhood Of st. Andrew, G:3O b.
N. VesDers, 1:30 q. m. Week serylcaa:
Wednesdays, Confirmation class, 800 D. N
fridays. evening prayer. 800 o. M Sstur
A. H. Lealtad, Rector, 514 Fuller St.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
A Previous Enhancement.

"Would any of you little girls like
to go to heaven?" asked the Sunday
school teacher.
"No'm, not this summer. We're go
inc to the seashore," answered Ethel
promptly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
Steppinu Statistics.

A Swiss has taken the trouble to
year. He found the number to be g.
100000, which gives 25,74o steps a
day.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
In Leap Year.

In Leap Year.
q. Clara-Did you get on your knees,
Marguerite, when you proposed to
Fred last night? .. -
Marsuerite-Ot course not; was on
his knees at the time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23

ST. JAMES A. NJ E. CHURCH, COR.
Fuller and Jay streets. Sunday services.
11:oo a. M; 1870 p. m. Wednesday prayer
meeting, 500 p. m. Pastor visits Oh
day and Thursday. Weddings, funerals
and the sick attended on notice.
Rev. H. S. Graves. Pastor
Parsonage, Cor. Jay and Fuller
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
His Holiness Won

His Holiness Won.
A keen struggle for the possession OF
an extremely rare coin between the
pope and King Victor Emmanuel of
Italy, both numismatics, has just end.
ed in favor Of the former.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
HOTEL DWYER.

224 Washington Az. S. MINNEAPOLIS,
MINI.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23

Some Of the Senses.
Nobody likes to be patronized. i
sense Of superiority seldom goes with
superiority Of sense.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
The Only Difference.

The Only DlHeTence.
The masses and the "classes"
in England differ in this-the former
are to be bought with drink; the
latter with dinner.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23

GOPHER LODGE NO. los. l. B. P. O.
E. Of the World. meets second and
fourth Thursday in each month at Elks
Hall, No. 1875 East Third street, ST.
Paul. T. H. Lyles, E. R.; r. M. John
son, secretary, 376 Minnesota.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23
xuEIKTY pIRkE1uB-
...--,--- 80 = :. II. ]. s-f-ss5
o.. PAU
MOST woRsHIPFUL GRAND LoDes

MOST WoRSHIPFUL GRAND LoDG0
MINNESOTA, A r. AND A M.
II. 3. HOWARD, GRAND MASTER.
$50 st. Anthony Ave-, st. Paul.
JOSE H. SHERWOOD, GRAND sECY.
l3O w. Arch ST., st. Paul, MINI.
PIONEER LODGE No. 1, A, F, and A.
NJ, meets first and third Mondays Of each
month at Wagner Hall, cor. Chaeles street
and Western avenue, at 500 p. m. J. II.
Dllllngham, w. M; D. E. Be1s1ey, Secy.,
905 Marion street.
PERFECT AsHLAR LODGE NO a
F. and A. M, meets first and third
Tuesdays at Tschida Hall, cor. Lafond
and Thomas SITS, at 500 D. m. M. A.
Boiling. W. M. Jose H. Sherwood,
Secy.. 100 W. Arch st.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1909-01-23

,o PILGRIM a7 NJ, BAPTIST CHURCH, Cor.
Ing at II a. m. and 7:45 D. M. SUNDAY
school at 1890 o'clock. Wednesday 4vea.
Ing general prayer meeting. Friday even.
ing study Sunday school lesson. FuueraIs
and weddings promptly attended. Rev. "
D. Garter, Pastor, $50 st. Anthony av.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Life at the Pole.

Life at the pole is perpetual battle
with nature, in which man is often
worsted. "He was frozen to death" is
the end of many biographies. While a
man is in health they speak Of him as
stronger than DEATH" as If death were
a watchful enemy always waiting for
his chance. But life is on large scale
up there. Instead of the petty 'alterna
tions of night and day they have the
great seasonal succession, and, wheth-
er they are waiting for the long light
Of summer or the long dark of winter.
they enjoy keen delight in the pros
pect Of a change such as we can never
know in the tanner arrangements of
our climate. The long dark does not
keep them wholly inactive. We read of
expeditions after bear and hunting on
the ice by torchlight, but in the main
their winter is given up to story tell
ing, conversation and contemplation.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
C&ttinq Red Tape.

Many amusing stories are told OF
ways in which postotlice officiats. In
clmed to keep too vigorously to the
letter of their regulations, have been
thwarted. On one occasion a ninn
asked for 240 penny stamps and ten
dered payment In copper, The official
declined to receive It, whereupon the
man began buying and paying for one
stamp at time. Before he had got Il
dozen in that way the postofiice official
had surrendered. 1t must have been
the same man or :; near relative who
one Sunday went into . postollice that
was open for telegraph business only.
He handed in sixpenny telegram and
asked to be supplied with two stamps
besides. No, he could not have stamps;
telegraph business only was transact
ed. Innocently he asked If he might
have his telegram back for a moment
to add something. He added four
words to 1t and rendered the additional
twopence. The form was returned to
him with the stamps to affiX. Cross
ing out the four additional words. he
affixed the sixpenny stamp, pushed the
telegram under the counter rail and
walked out with his two stamps.
don Tatler.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Extrem. Absentmindedness.

"The Queerest case of absentminded-
ness that | have ever known Of re-
marked the night clerk Of certain ho-
tel, twas that which happened at this
hotel early yesterday morning. Two
fellow boarders. one Jones by name
and the other whose name is Brown.
occupied a room on the third floor.
"Well, Brown requested me to have
him wakened at o'clock so as to al
low him to catch the o'clock train.
He was awakened at the requested
time, and in his hurry to dress himself
he put on Jones' clothes by mistake.
He did not discover his mistake until
he reached the depot, and, would you
believe it''-here the speaker paused
"when he found out that he was wear
ing some one else's clothes he imme-
diately returned to the hotel and went
right to bed"
81 don't see any absentmindednes
about that" broke in one Of the listen
.ers.
"You don't? Why, he thought that
had awakened the wrong man."
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
An American Grammar.


Robert r. Hit. who at the time rep
resented our government in Paris as
secretary of legation, went to Egypt
in regard to matter involving the
life Of Greek American subject. He
landed in Alexandria and went to the
Hotel Europe and found the rooming
clerk busy assigning rooms to the new.
ly arrived passengers, regular poly.
glot in languages. He heard him speak
Arabic, Greek, French, Italian and
German. So when it came Mr.. Hits
turn to register he loosely said, ado
you speak Americana The clerk
promptly replied: "a leetle. Der vas
one American here lately who gave
me an American grammar" Mr.. Hit
asked to have look at the book. The
clerk promptly told one of the garcons
to get the book out of his room, and
while the book was being brought the
clerk said, "De grammar is phonetic"
When the book was brought 10 and
behold, it was copy Of Petroleum
y. Nasby's letters. d. r. Locke while
in Egypt had presented copy to the
clerk, telling him it was an American
grammar,
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
The Nature Students story.

"In my oyhood once captured a
nest of three young thrushes. l put
them In gilt cage by IN open win
dow, and their mother came and fed
them regularly with worms and grass
hoppers.'
The speaker, a nature student, sigh
ed.
''The mother" he resumed. must
have expected her little ones to be
soon liberated. She fed them. as |
said, regularly for three days on flesh
food. Then one evening at sunset she
appeared with sprig of green in her
mouth. She thrust the green In
through the gilt bars. Then. singing
sweet, sad song, she few away.
And she never came back. Her off
spring the next morning lay dead. side
by side. on the bottom of the cage.
The sprig she had brought them,
which was nearly consumed, was II
sprig Of the deadly larkspur. Free
dom or death! Death or freedom"
That is what must have been the bur
den of her farewell song"
The narrator paused, and from his
listeners low murmur arose, muir
mur perhaps of sympathy, perhaps of
angry disbelief.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
A BARNUM TRICK.
Getting His Posters Into Canada With.
out Paying DUTY.

0ettin0 his POSTERS into CANADA Withs
out Paying Duty.
One of Z. Il. Barnum's most success
ful feats of bamboozlement was played
upon the Canadian customs authori-
ties. The veteran showman's tours
were always planned far in advance,
and one winter he made up his mind
to take his great circus and menag-
erie through Canada during the sum
mer after the next This gave him
about two years In which to mature
his plans.
One important item of showman's
expenses consists of his advertising
placards, and Mr.. Barnum was always
lavish with these gaudy prints. He
was aware that the Canadian govern
ment imposed high duty on this
class of imports, and yet he wanted to
paint Canada red. yellow, blue and
green with layishness that no show
man had ever displayed in that coun-
try before.
Now. there was no printing house
to turn out the kind of work that Mr..
Barnum required either in size. color
or finish. Nevertheless his immense
posters came under the same classi-
fication as much smaller autographs
and printed colored matter did. and he
knew that the Dominion custom au-
thorities would not abate Que jot of
the full toll, but would rather rejoice
at the opportunity to mulct the foreign
er who would convey so much money
out of country.
So Barnum studied the question
awhile and finally sent on at once
great lot of circus posters of the most
gorgeous designs whereon yellow lions
and clawed striped tigers and brown
bears fought with blue APPROPRIATENESS
till gore flowed into beautiful crimson
backgrounds. No agent appeared when
the posters were detained by the Ca
madam customs officers to pay the
duty. They were accordingly held for
twelve months. then duly advertised
for sale for three months more and
finally put up at auction with lot of
other unclaimed parcels and were des-
ignated in the catalogue merely as
+colored prints"
Nobody took any interest in them
when the auctioneer called for a bid.
and finally the whole batch was knock
ed down for song to secret agent
of the circus who had been sent up by
Mr.. Barnum for that express purpose.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Seventeen Year tocusts.

The seventeen year locusts are some
times called Pharaoh's locusts because
they make sound that resembles the
repeating over and over Of that historic
name. The notes or songs are not what
might be termed vocal, as they are pro-
duced by the rapid vibrations Of two
very thin films that cover small cav
ity at the base Of the abdomen. In
some localities the sound produced is
somewhat different from that heard in
other sections. Along streams, espe-
cially along the Ohio river, the notes
are more bass. while on the highlands
and especially in the mountain regions
the sounds produced are more shrill.-
Omaha World II erald.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Telling the Age of a Fish.

The age of fish can be determined
with accuracy by inspection Of the oto-
liths. or bony concretions which are
found in the auditory apparatus.
These otoliths increase in size during
the entire life of the fish. each year
adding two layers, light colored layer
formed in summer and dark layer
formed in autumn and winter. The
alternate layers are sharply contrasted
and very distinct. SO that there is no
difficulty in counting them. The num-
ber Of pairs Of layers is equal to the
number of years the fish has lived
Scientific American.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Bored No More,

"Yes," said the famous M. p, 81
used to be pestered to death by a
bore. My secretary was good natur-
ed, obliging chap, and he could never
find it in his heart to turn the bore
away. Just as sure as l was in the
bore was certain to be admitted.
"One day. after an hours martyr
dom at the mans hands, determined
to end that persecution. So l called
my secretary and said to him mys-
teriously:
"'Parton, do you know what makes
Smith come here so regularlyT
"'No, SIR said Parton, 4 can't say
do
~'Well, Parton said I, 4 don't mind
telling you in confidence that he's after
your job
"From that day." concluded the NJ.
p, II saw no more of the bore."-Lon.
don Scraps.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
THE CROCODILE.
Terror of the Stealth of the cannins
Brute's Approach.

One of the reasons given by old writ
ers for the crocodile being wcrshiped
in Egypt was the somewhat cryptic
one that it Laid threescore eggs and
lived for threescore years." but from
twenty to thirty is the common num-
ber Of eggs found in clutch" In
the reptiles easy code of ethics. how
ever, its parental responsibilities end
with the act of oviposition, for, hav-
ing covered the eggs with layer Of
sand. it leaves the sun to do the rest
(whence doubtless Shakespeare's your
mud and the operation of your snn'o
and leaves it also to the ichneumon to
do its worst. In some places it seems
that water tortoises, too. eat croco-
dies eggs, but the ichneumon is the
real desolator of crocodile homes,
scratching up the nests and eating or
breaking the entire sitting at a meal.
Crocodiles' eggs. however. are absurd
ly small. mother twenty feet long
being content with an egg no larger
than that of a goose. and the newly
hatched young. hardly more formida-
BILE than a common newt. are preyed
upon by birds. which little later the
rapidly growing crocodile would like
nothing better than to get within its
reach as well as doubtless by many
other things, including old crocodiles
themselves.
The real horror Of the members Of
the crocodile tribe lies in their usual
noiselessness. "They swim with great
silence, making scarcely even ripple
on the water" says M. du Chaillu. and
the terror Of the stealth Of their ap-
proach is well conveyed in Rudyard
Kipling's cripple Song"
''Wait, ali, wait" the ripple saith.
Maiden. wait, for / am Death''
London Times
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

Little Molly's father can't quite see
where Molly got her information. One
day when her unmarried aunt was Wis
iting at their house Molly became i'm
pressed with her aunt's solitary state
-"Haven't you any husband, Aunt Mol
iy?" she asked. Aunt Molly's pretend
ed grief over the fact that she was
husbandleMi was so real to Molly that
she undertook the task of consolation.
"Never Mid. dear Aunt Molly. hus-
bands scold."-Delineator
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
Friday, December 10th. 1909,

Friday, December 10th, 1909,
AT 100 o'clock D. M, all the following de-
scribed real estate to-wit:
All those two certain pieces or lots of land
lying and being situated In the borough Of
s. Jkesvilie, county OF Jefferson and state OF
pennsylvania, bounded and described as
follows:
Grant street and an alley; thence south
seventy egrees east one hundred and fifty
feet TO post ut an alley; thence north
seventy degrees and forty-six minutes east
fifty feet to "a post; thence north seventy
three degrees west one hundred and fifty
feet TO post on Grant street; thence south
feet to a post, plac, Of beginning, containing
seven thousand FIVE hundred square feet,
and being lot No. 80 Of town plot Of Sykes
vile, made from land Of j. B. Sykes.
SECOND. Beginning Mt u post on Grant
street and at corner of lot No. SO; thence
north sixteen degrees and fOrty-six minutes
east along said Grant street ten feet to post
on lot No. 20; thence south seventy-three de-
grees east thu ough said lot No. 70 one hund-
red and fifty feet to a post on an alley;
thence south sixteen degrees forty six min
utes west along said alley ten feet o post
At corner OF lot No 69;, thence north seventy
three degrees west along line of lot No. 80
one hundred an fifty feet to post the
pdaes of fifteen h,ncs. hHns
OF land conveyed to, Giuseppe Mazza by
Luttia Mansfield and J. b. Sykes, by deeds
dated august 3rd l9O3 and January 1O, 1908,
recorded In Deed Books Nols. lel, page ls1,
and page 313, respectively, and same land
conveyed by A. W. Sykes TO said Giuseppe
Mazza by deed dated October sth, 1908, re-
corded in Deed Book Vol. l2l, page 80.
Having thereon erected dwelling house
containing six rooms; Il good barn; chicken
park and necessary Outbuildings; all In good
repair and good well OF water with pump.
Excepting and reserying all coal and coal
rights, and all minerals, oil and gas as fully
as same have been excepted and reserved
from conveyances for said land by prior
owners.
Seized and taken in execution and to be
sold as the property OF Guiseppi Mazza at
the suit of Antonio Cristiano.
FL. Fa., No. As, Mcdonald
The following must be strictly complied
with when property is stricken down:
|. When the plaintiff or other lien credit
ors become the purchaser, the cost on the
writs must be paid, and a list Of liens, includ-
Ing mortgage searches on the property sold,
together with such lein creditors receipt for
the amount OF the proceeds of the sale or
such proportion thereof as he may claim
must be furnished to the sheriff.
*See Purdon's digest, 9th, Ed, page 446.
tSmiths form, Page 1884.
2. All bids must be paid In full.
All sales not settled Immediately will be
continued until two o'clock D. m., OF day of
sale at which time all property not settled for
will again be put up and sold at the expense
and risk OF the person to whom first Sold All
writs staid after being advertised the cost of
advertising must be. paid.
November is, 1909. Sheriff
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
An ADVANTAGE.

A well known Scottish clergyman
got into conversation in railway car
riage with workingman, who inform
ed him that he had been a coupler on
a railway for several years. "Oh," said
the minister. 81 can beat that! l have
been coupler for over twenty years"
"Aye." replied the workman, "but
can uncouple, and you cannar'
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
"The Fault of the Dutch"

It was to Sir Charles Bagot, minis
ter at The Hague, that Canning in the
course Of tariff dispute with Falk,
the Dutch premier. addressed his ia
nous dispatch in verse, which. as we
have seen it wrongly quoted on sew
eral occasions. we venture to append:
In matters Of commerce the fault of the
Dutch
With equal advantage the French are
content,
So we'll clap on Dutch bottoms at twenty
per cent
Twenty per cent
Twenty per cent.
Nous frapperons Falk with twenty per
cent.
links With the Past"
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24

And they cost no more than
common clothes--$10 to SIS. They
are the ONLY guaranteed pure
avooi clothes at these prices in
America.
If every man in this town knew
how good these wonderful clothes
are, we would have to double the
size of our store. You can find out
how good they are today.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1909-11-24
ClOthCraft
An-WOOl Clothes

will wear out in time. But until
their last day, they will hoH their
snap and their style.
They are skiJhiy and honestly
made out of nothing but pure lvooi
cloth. That's why they last long
and look well as long as they last.
Each suit carries Signed Guaran-
tee that insnrss you against disap-
pointment.