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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14
WAR MEDALS NOT CLAIMED

few medals were issued. The first
medal ever issued was that given to
the EliZabethan seamen who defeated
the Armada, and the earliest military
decoration was silver badge issued
by Charles I in 164S for presentation
to soldiers who had distinguished
themselves in forlorn hopes $780,. .-.,
Waterloo was the first occasion
when there was general issue of
medals, and since that time, instead
of issuing too few medals, England
has gone, perhaps to the other ex-
treme. Soldiers point out that the
same decoration Is awarded to the
man who has been fighting at the
front and carrying his life in his
hands for months, as to the man in a
regiment which has never stirred
from the base Of operations or so
much as seen the enemy.
Every effort Is made by the author
tiles to see that medals reach their
owners, and il the owner of a medal
happens to be dead, the medal is for
warded to his next Of kin. Yet there
are still large numbers unclaimed,
and according to the regulations now
in force, at the end Of ten years
time the medals will be broken up
and the silver debited to the mint.
decoration Of quite another character,
and a soldier would as soon think Of
parting with his life as with his Vic
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14
Parthenon In Danger Of collap.e.

Parthenon In Danger Of Collapse.
A shock will be given to lovers of
antiquity by the suggestion made In
the Revue des Beaux Arts that the
Parthenon is In serious danger of COL
lapse. Within the las. twnnty years
tie columns seem to have lost their
rigidity, and unless the work of
strengthening the foundations is taken
in hand disaster may follow. The
cause Of the threatened collapse is
the removal by arch@ologists of
sculptcred ruins Of an earlier temple
on the Acropolis which served as
foundations for the Parthenon, and
which have been taken to various mu-
seums for display and preservation.
No effective precautions were taken to
replace these relics by fresh masonry.
Modern Greece has no money to spare
for the necessary work of restoration
hut 1t should not be difficult for those
countries which have benefited from
the spoliation of the treasures Of Ath-
ens to raise funds to prevent the de-
struction Of one Of the wonders OF
the world.-Westminster Gazette. 4
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14

Achikar rebukes him for it he SIAN
ders the wise old man, denouncing
him to the king as a traitor. Achikar
is so stunned with horror that he is
unable to utter word in his own de-
Tense, whereupon the ruler gives or
ders to Nabusamach to put him to
death. But Nabusamach, who had
once been saved from death by Achi-
kar, kills a slave in his place and
hides the old man in secret dun
%geon: ? -
''The Egyptian Pharaoh hears of the
vizier's downfall and promptly de-
clares war on the Babylonian unless
he shall ransom himself by the per-
Torrance Of heavy task. The kings
councillors are at a loss for words of
advice. In this dire need Nabusamach
confesses that Achikar still lives and
the king may avail himself of his
counsel. The old vizier promptly res
cues the king, to the great annoyance
of the Pharaoh.
The conclusion of the tale is as
naive as it is amusing in it's oriental
viewpoint. Madam is deposed and
brought in chains before Achikar, who
has him incarcerated and fed on bread
and water. Meanwhile he daily re-
gales him with intellectual sustenance
in the shape of stories and fables
which are packed with both worldly
wisdom and spiritual edifcation. This
is especially interesting because 1t re-
calls the plan Of the ancient Sanskrit
collection of instructive tales known
as the Hitopadesa.
The wretched Madam takes the
treatment very i'll. Overcome with
anger and chagrin-and possibly en-
nui-he "swells up and bursts!
This history was widely known in
the Orient and was piously COM
mented on by the writer of the Book
of Tobias as follows:
" Behold, my son, how Nadab INA
dam dealt with Achikar, that he
brought him alive into dungeon un-
der the earth. But God recompensed
him for his sorrow. He came again
unto the light and Nadab went hence
into eternal Darkness
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14

instead Of ringing : bell It produces
diagram of the disturbances in the
atr-that is, when there Is no noise
except that due to the action of the
ship or the sea waves, wavy line
is produced, but whenever the vibra-
lions sent out by the vibrator strike
an object and return, the wavy line
on the paper becomes very much in
creased in amplitude, 80 as to be cas-
lily observed, and the distance that the
object is from the ship can be meas
ured by the length Of the paper strip
between the giving off of the vibra-
tons and the receiving Of the echo;
therefore, the distance, can be de-
termined with a considerable degree
of nicely, and the size Of the object
may be determined by the amplitude
of the waves that return, ~.
The inventor says chat the appara-
stus for producing the atmospheric
vibrations should be-D1aced well for
ward on the mainSdeck Of the ship
or in any position where it can be
turned about from port to starboard.
It should be secured I'd: the deck very
firmly, and connected; by means of
three-inch pipe, with a high-pres-
sure boiler. A straightaway valve
should be placed In the pipe near
the boiler, and some means should
be found of preventing the accumula-
ton of water in the pipe leading to
the apparatus.
Except in foggy or stormy weather,
the apparatus would be merely orna-
mental, of course, until it were used
for communicating with other ships
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14
RESIGNS AS STAGE DRIVER
Miss Of Stockbridge, Mass Makes
Remarkable Record In %
Years Service. III.

Stockbridge, Mass.-Miss Florence
). Markham, who drives the stage and
carries the United States mail be-
tween the village Of 1nterlaken and
Stockbridge for the government, has
made remarkable record in her oc-
cupation, which she has followed since
1889.
In that time she has travelled near
ly 100000 miles.
In the winter Miss Markham has
been forced to shovel her way
through snowdrifts, and In the spring
she has repaired damage done to roads
by heavy rains, In order to make her
trip.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14

great amplitude and power they are
able to travel over great distances,
and when they come In contact with
a body the waves are reflected back
to the ship in the same manner that
sound would be reflected back, but
this echo would not be audible to the
human ear
II therefore provide an apparatus
which might be considered as an arti-
fetal ear. 1t is provided with a large
diaphragm tightly drawn over a
drum-shaped cylinder, and so ar
ranged that the atmospheric pressure
is always the same on both sides,
quite irrespective of any air blast, It
is therefore always able to vibrate
freely in response to the waves of the
echo, and it's vibrations are made to
open and close certain electrical cir
scuits which ring a series of bells of
various sizes. If, for example, the
object is very small or at very great
distance from the ship, very small
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14
MONKEY HELD UP THIS TOWN
Similar Put Police to Flight But 10
Finally Captured by Small
Boy.

Lancaster, PaA big monkey.
used by side-show fakirs, demora1ized
the police and had the western part
Of the city in an uproar, when it es-
capped from it's owner, John Gormley.
It made raid on a grocery store and
c1awed young college student who
tried to capture it.
The police were summoned, but
the monkey charged them and they
fled. Then it got into a back yard,
where it tore cat to pieces. Finally
a small! boy coaxed it into a chicken
PEI, wise i was captured.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14
PROPHECY WAS TRUE
Tragedy Rests on House Near
Grave of Slain Wooer.
Curse That Rests Over Place Near
st. Joseph, No., Had Its Ineep-
ton When Two Rival Gypsies
Fought Over Girl.

st. Joseph, Mo.-Built upon
the unmarked grave of a MUIR
dered wooer, little house
stands upon lonely knoll near Sax
ton station. seven miles east of st.
Joe, Mo-, a thing accursed and
Stunned by those who know it's his
tory. They fear the baleful infu-
ences which are said to surround it.
During the II years it has been
standing eight lives have been blotted
out by violent means, illness and i'll
fortune have followed the advent of
new tenants, the crops have failed,
while those on ,neighboring farms
prospered and a sequence of m1sfor-
tunes has logged the footsteps of
those who have braved the place and
its curse.
The curse that hangs over the place
began before the house was built. 1t
had it's inception when two young
gypsies, rivals for the hand of
daughter of the tribe, fell out over
their love affairs and fought. The
vanquished one stole up behind his
sleeping rival that night and plunged
knife into his back. Then he went
to the king of the band and confessed
what he had done.
Whatever the motive which inspired
the king-whether his heart was with
the murderer or whether he did not
want an investigation by the authori.
ties-he ordered that the body of the
slain man be taken to the knoll near
by and buried.
It was years later that Christopher
Schroers, young farmer, building the
house to shelter the wife whom he
soon proposed to take, looked down
from the roof he was shingling to sec
standing at the foot of his ladder an
aged gypsy crone. She expressed a
desire to tell his fortune.
1.-The fates are unkind," said the
gypsy dolefully, shaking her head.
You are soon to be married. You
dream of a long life ahead. You
think to gather with your children
and grandchildren about this place.
But in your hand I see naught but
trouble. Your dreams will not come
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14

Briefly stated, he wishes to provide
ships with sixth sense" repre-
scented by an apparatus that will send
out vibrations and record minutely
the echoes" caused by them If they
strike against any hard object near
the ship - an iceberg, for example.
Sir Hiram got his idea of this sixth
sense from the bat, which, according
to him and other scientists, possesses
such a sense, and Is able by means OF
1t to find it's way about in the dark
with perfect ease.
The inventor explains his invention
in pamphlet just published by him
In London THE wreck of the Titantlc
was a severe and painful shock to us
ALL" he writes. II asked myself: Has
science reached the end Of It's tether?
Is there no possible means of avoid
ing such a deplorable loss Of life and
property? At the end Of four hours
1t occurred to me that ships could be
provided with what might be ap-
propriately called sixth sense, that
would detect large objects in their
Immediate vicinity without the aid
ola searchlight."
Then Sir Hiram set to work to
study the bats peculiar possession
In an endeavor to apply 1t to prevent
ing marine collisions, and soon hit
upon the idea which he now makes
public. Before describing the new
Maxim apparatus it is well to set
down what he has to say about that
which inspired it, the sixth sense of
the bat.
Every naturalist that has either
experimental on bats or writes on
the subject" he says, seems to ad-
NIT that a. the extraordinary amend
ages attached to the bats face are
organs of perception more or less
allied to the sense of feeling, but
not one of them, so far as can learn,
has ever suggested that these organs
are for the purpose of receiving the
echo from the vibrations of the wings.
think I was the first to discover this.
The inventor goes on to show that
the wings of the bat are extremely
sensitive and very we'll provided with
nerves, which is also true of the va
rious organs Of the bats face. These
nerves, he maintains, are intimately
connected with each other and with
the brain. Thus bat, flying about
in total darkness, seers out, by
means of it's wings, a series of pulsa-
tons or wave-like sound waves, but
too low to be considered a sound.
These waves, striking against all
surrounding objects, are reflected
back to their source, just as sound
and light are, and these reflections
of the vibrations, being received by
the sensitive organs on the face of
the bat, enable it to Judge the dis
lance to any object by the lapse of
time between the sending out and
the receiving of the waves.
Coming, then, to his collision-pre
venter, Sir Hiram says:
Suppose now that we construct an
apparatus that will produce atmo-
spheric vibrations of about the same
frequency as those produced by the
bat but instead Of using the infini-
tesimal amount of energy employed
by the bat, We use 200 or 3OO-horse
power--that Is, we send out waves
that have an amplitude and energy at
least 100000 times as great as those
sent out by the bat These vibra
tons, although of great energy, will
not be audible to our ears, but they
will shake up and agitate light OBJ
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14

But just as soon as darkness set in
and the captain began to suspect
that icebergs or other dangerous OBJ
jects were close at hand, it would be-
come useful. OF its operation under
such circumstances Sir Hiram says:
1T should be used constantly send
ing out the blasts in every direction.
If the sea were perfectly clear, the
blasts sent out would be recorded at
the very instant of their production,
but no echo would be returned other
than that due to the waves of the sea,
which would provide a zigzag line of
small amplitude; but if there should
happen to be an object of any con-
siderable size at distance no greater
than two or three miles, the zigzag
line on the paper would be changed.
the amplitude of the waves would be
greater and would be very noticeable.
ITO make sure, the blasts could be
repeated several times; and then, If
the result should be always the same,
it would indicate the presence Of some
object, and the length of paper be-
tween the primary blast and the echo
would indicate the distance that the
object was from the ship. It might
be SO arranged that one inch of paper
represented mile.
"The receiving instruments can be
placed anywhere on the ship where
they can be turned In the same d.
rection that the siren Is turned, and
there may be as many of them as
desirable"
Sir Hiram points out that there are
vastly more accidents to ships caused
by running ashore than by collision,
and that coast does not need to pre-
sent very bold sea front to produce
a very strong echo" on his appara-
tus. If ship provided with his ap-
paratus was approaching the coast of
Ireland. he says. the echo would be
sufficiently strong 10 show itself over
distance Of at least ten miles.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14
Boy Walked or Train.

Triton, Ga.-While asleep, Paul In
man, aged twelve. walked of swift
ly moving. Atlantic coast line passen-
ger train, near Willachoche. Ca, and
did not wake up. Patrick Davis Of
Tyty. Ca, Paul's travelling COM
panion, missed the lad and search
resulted in finding him near Villa
cochee. Paul said he did not remem-
Der leaving the train but when he
woke up he was lying between two
trees about two miles from the rail-
road. He bears no bruises and 10
undisturbed over his experience.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14
BAD ROADS COST MILLIONS
Farmers Lose That Amount Yearly,
Says A. c. 1rumbo Of Mus.
koqee, Okla.

Denver, Cola. c. Trumbo of Mus.
kogee, Okla, president of the trans.
Mississippi congress, which met in
Salt Lake City, declared that the pro-
ducers Of agricultural products in
America lose annually $250,000,00O
over their European neighbors through
cost of transportation.
The solution of the problem, said
Mr. Trumbo, is In good roads, a ques-
ton which he says the forthcoming
congress Is going to make paramount
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14
Eorty.pay Faster Dies.

Lynn, Mass.-Edward Hanlon, forty.
eight years old, is dead at the home of
his son, Robert Hanlon, after fasting
40 days. during which time nothing
passed his lips but water. When taken
i'll he weighed 23O pounds and he felt
that the only way of securing perma'
nent cure was By reducing his weight.
He succeeded III taking off 100 pounds.
but the effort was fatal.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14

toria Cross But this is far from be-
ing the case with other medals, and
Rudyard Kipling tells how he has
seen soldiers wager their Indian gen.
eral service medal on the toss for the
price of a pot of beer.-Pearson's
Weekly. -.-.-.,..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-09-14
. IR HIRAM STEVENS

IN I1lItAm = L II GA\0
MAXIM famed already
as the inventor Of the
Maxim gun, cOrd1te
smokeless powder, de-
vices for aeroplanes
and other ingenious
things, now comes for
ward with a new and
startling original idea
for preventing collisions
~ ono
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-12-12

The =. T., Shepard home in the Second
ward, city Of Mineral Point, II contains seven
rooms, with three large closcts,) all In con.
dition 10 move into nj any time Tho house Is
heated with one of the best hot air furnaces In
the city; storm doors aud windows and screens
for the windows; large cistern tno summer
rains let IN; good we'll with plenty of water;
cellar with cement toorsl under whole house,
and divided for vegetables, etc; barn for three
horses, and granary. with hay loft above for
two tons Of hay; room for two cows cement
floor In samel large chicken house with coment
floor; room for two wagons or buggies; corn.
crib for 900 bushels of corn; two acres OF land,
This IL In everyway a desirable home. The
owner having purchased tho NJ. &C. parsonage,
offers It at u worry reasonable price.
A homestead in Second ward house
contains q rooms, has cellar, good cistorn; fruit
trees on the place. Pleasantly located,
The home of Harry T. Priestley in
the First ward II IL one OF the finest homes in
the city, aud In supplied with modern con.
yeniences, Mr.. and Mrs. prtostloy are about Ia
move to Galona, and the property will be sold at
n very reasonable price.
Two lots, leach 80x00 feet) situated
ON Church and Ridge streets. These arc very
desirable building lots, they arc centrally
located and convenient 20 build on.
For particulars inquire of the Mineral
Point Real Estate Agency. ut the Dem.
ocrat Office.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-12-12
ENTERED INTO REST
Andrew Remfrey.

The Darlington Democrat of Dec. 5.
contained the following announcement
of the death of Mr.. Andrew Remfrey
The people of Darlington were pain
fully shocked to hear of the sudden de-
mise of Mr.. Andrew Remfrey, which
occurred at his residence in this CITY on
Friday morning, Nov 20. A few
weeks previous Mr.. Remfrey met with
a serious accident in which he sus.
tanned a fracture of one of his lower
limbs but was apparently in good
health otherwise and getting along
nicely and we all believed AND earnest.
ly hoped that he would soon be we'll.
The funeral services were held at the
residence at p. IN. on Sunday and
were conducted by Rev. j. r. Fretts of
the NJ. E. church and were attended by
many Borrowing friends and relatives
and representatives of the Woodmen
and Masonic fraternities, to both of
which orders Mr.. Remfrey belonged,
lnterment was made in the Union
Grove cemetery. Mr.. Remfrey though
of English descent was native son of
Wisconsin. He first saw the light of
day on Jan. s, 1855 at Mineral Point
and was consequently pioneer of the
lead district which fourished there Mt
that time. AT the age 25 he was united
in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Schaum
berg of Mineral Point on April 7, 1880
and the following year removed to Will
low Springs where he engaged in farm
ing until Nov. 1910, when he moved to
Darlington. where he has since resided
Mr.. Remfrey is survived by his
widow Mrs. Elizabeth Remfrey, four
daug hters, Mrs. Frank McQuaid, Mrs.
Frank Sauer, and Misses Catherine and
Olive Remfrey and, son Alois all of
whom have the sympathy of the com
munity in their hour of trial.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-12-12
Honor Them Highly.

New York Evening Post; Ameri
cans are eager to think we'll of thei,
ex- presidents and to treat them we'll
But they know no better way to dc
this than to welcome them back intt
the general body of citizenship, 1t is a
great honor to have occupied the pre-
sidency. But to lay down that honor
with simple dignity, and then in I'M
affected simplicity to take up the bur
dens of life and of civic duty, rs one
democrat among his fellows, this. too,
is high distinction. In pursuing and
attaining it, ex.preSidents can find
room and verge enough; and pensions OF
pedestals would seen cheap and tawdry
by comparison.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-12-12
Drives Off a Terror.

The chief executor of death in the
winter and spring months is pneumonia. Its
advance agents are colds and grip. In any at
tack by one of these maladies no time shou Id be
lost in taking the best medicine obtainable to
drive it off Countless thousands have found
this to be Dr. Kings New Discovery MY
husband believes it has kept him from having
pneumonia three or four times" writes Mrs.
George W. Place, Jacksonville. Vt, land for
coughs, colds and Group we have never found
its equal" Guaranteed for all bronchial affec-
tons. Price 80 cts. and 90. Trial bottl free
at Prideaux & Bliss
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-12-12
The Fresh Air Cure.

Cassville Index; The country is
afflicted just now with a large number
of pessimists who believe that the dem
ocratic party is going to make failure
OF its effort to administer government
and who rather hope that it WILL so
that in four years they may come
before the people and say, Il told you
So 1t will be better for these men if
they will sleep with their windows
open. What they need is fresh air.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-12-12
Preeminent In Coal Production.

Austria Hungary is the fourth
largest coal producing country in the
world, yet three states of the United
States are larger producers. Austria
Hungary mined 90 900 900 tons of Goa
in 1910, but this was less than one.
fourth of Pennsylvania production
for 1911, and West Virginia produced
nearly go. 1000, 900 and Illinois SO $50 ,00C
tons. Two counties alone in Pennsyl
vania. Fayette and Westmoreland. pro-
duced more than $4,000, 900 short ton,
of bituminous coal, and two others
Lackawanna and Luzerne, produced
more than 81 900, 900 long tons of an
thracite.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1912-12-12
NATURES w AIMING
Mineral Point People Must Recog-
nize and Heed Ii.

Kidney ills -mySteriously,
But nature generally warns you,
Notice the kidney secretions,
See if the color is unnatural
If there are settings and sediment.
Passages frequent, scanty, painful.
Its time to fear serious kidney trou
BILE.
Its time to use Doan's Kidney Pills.
Doau's have done great work in this
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