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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

taught to. accomplish almost any act
that it's owner wishes.
The birds are naturally fond of play
and to combine play with instruction
is said by Edward Montague, an old
New Englander, to be the best meth
cd of training. Montague's ancestry
dates back in 1868, when Richard Mon
tague settled in Hadley, Mass, and all
OF his descendants, of whom there are
more than five hundred in the United
States, take pride in displaying the
Montague coat-of-arms.
In addition to being proud of his
ancestry, Edward Montague is ex-
tremely proud of his flock of trained
cockatoos and some of his birds,
doubtless because of his training, dis
play almost human intelligence.
= The cockato is found in immense
focks in the wild regions three hun
dred miles west of Melbourne, Aus
tralia, and there they are easily
caught in traps. There are several
species, but those with the yellow
crest are the most beautiful as we'll
as the most intelligent.
1t is a strange feature of the breed
ing of the cockatoo that the mother
bird matches her young in particular
ly torrid climate and then immedi-
ately flies away to some colder cline,
where the young bird quickly attains
its growth. Another feature of the
bird is that the crest is a barometer of
feeling. -..
When incensed, the crest is percep-
tibly raised, while when the bird
sulks, the crest is CORRESPONDENCE
lowered. Naturally the bird is of a
vicious nature and one pick from the
sharp bill is sufficient to sever the end
of finger.
Training of the birds is an interest
Ing vocation and usually extends over
q period of two years. The individu-
al bird must first be taught to per-
form and then similar instruction has
to be given to the flock. The birds
can be taught to dance, engage in
chariot races, do stunts on the hori-
Eontal bars, perform on revolving
balls and lastly to talk and swear.
The birds strangely pick up profane
words much more quickly than words
of any other type, and some cockatoos
know more profanity than anything
else.
They live to be more than one hun
dred years old, and some birds are in
captivity which have exceeded the
century mark. They do not require
any more treatment to sustain life
than a human being, and If they are
fed regularly and kept out of draughts
they contract no illness. But they dis
like extreme hot weather, and those
In captivity always grow restless
when the hot sun shines upon them.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MINI. SATURDAY JUNE 1912
DAY FOR KISSING.
Ancient Custom Is Still Observed
in English Town.
Village Of Hungerford Has Two on
ciaI "osculators,n Who Make
Their Rounds Every Hook
ney Tuesday.

London.-How would you like to be
official kisser for the village Of Hun
gerford? The town has two OF them,
and they work hard and enjoy their
labor. Hungerford is on the borders
OF Berkshire and Wiltshire.
The custom Of official kissing there
is centuries old. It happens on Hook
ney Tuesday.
Unless you have lived through Hook
ney Tuesday you can have no concep-
ton OF what 1t means. At eight o'clock
the town crier OF Hungerford, in gray
and scarlet, with brass buttons, comes
out Of the town hall and blows three
notes on the ancient horn given by
John o. Gaunt, and that is the signal
for two tutti-men to emerge from the
constable's house with slaves tipped
with flowers daffodils, primroses and
tulips, surmounted by an orange.
It is their business to go forth and
kiss the damsels Of the town, irrespec-
tive of age or beauty, according to
custom.
James Blake and Anthony Bowsher
were the tutti-men this Hockney Tues
day. Mr.. Blake is sixty years old;
Mr.. Bowsher is younger, but both OF
them kissed vigorously from eight
o'clock until seven o'clock in the eve
ming, with break for dinner.
Tradition DEGREES that they shall be
liberal with oranges and pennies.
Therefore, having kissed a maid, they
gave her an orange as solace, and
they hurled oranges among the crowd
of urchins who followed them about
all day. .....
1t was perfect orgy of kissing.
They knocked at doors, and little,
high-pitched shrieks, foated out into
the street, showing how nobly the
tutti-men were doing their duty.
Meanwhile, during these goings-on,
the Hock-Tide court had been sitting,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

slowly, for the morning was misty.
The outlines of the hills were slowly
being defined by the rising sun with
q deep purple over their western
slopes. Then did I realize why art
lists 80 often paint them shrouded In
that color; and why the Psalmist
would utter the hope and the longing
Of nations, II will lift up mine eyes
to the everlasting hills whence my
hope cometh.''
Arabs, riding on their camels along
the mountain roads in the all-prevad.
ing quiet of the dawn, with the gor-
geous purple hills and the deep blue
sky for a background, passed like
phantoms, like dream-pictures one
used to imagine when stories were
told in childhood.
Since that day the whole Scripture
narrative has been wonderfully vivi-
fed; the abiding peace and beauty Of
tho hills have sense of shelterins
presence over man and beast.
About half way back to Jerusalem
We stopped to rest the horses at q
khan whore once stood tho inn of
Good Samaritan fame. Nearer to
Jerusalem we alighted at Bethany
and went down into the grave Of
LaEarus. carrying lighted candles.
Tho ruins Of the house OF Simon. the
ieper, are near by; as Is part Of ..
wall Of the house Of Martha and
Mary. Passing strange 1t seems that
Mohammedans should have the c&s,
tody Of these places, as well as Of q
few in jerusalem itself.
Yes. $50 to JerichO:" but be sms
TO come back again.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01
SCENES IN JERICHO
Writer Tells of Wonders in the
Holy Land.
Declares Arabs, Riding on Thell
camels In Quiet of Dawn, Passed
Like Phantoms Visited
Grave Of Lazarus.

Jerusalem.-We had come down
from Jerusalem the previous morning
with a correspondent, a carriage ride
of four hours, and had stopped for
luncheon at Jericho, or, more cor.
rectly speaking, at Rilia, a little to
the east of the site of the ancient
city. What memories of brilliant
events in Biblical history cling about
this spot! Jericho, the city of palm
trees; the scene of Joshua's vic.
tories; the place where the last days
OF Elijah were spent, and whence he
went forth with Elisha to cross the
waters of the Jordan, to be taken UP
to heaven in chariot of fire; the
spot where the two blind men were
healed; the place where our Lord paid
a visit to the house of Yachens. Here,
too, were the long celebrated and
beautiful groves and gardens given
to Cleopatra by Mark Antony. Jericho
now consists Of a large Russian
church, house for Russian pilgrims,
two hotels and the mud huts of
Bedouin Arabs.
AS we descended the 700 feet below
Jerusalem the heat increased until
we arrived in the tropical plain of
Jericho under binding sun. First,
we visited the pool Of Elisha, the wa.
tiers Of which he had healed; then
tramped through the ruins of the
Jericho of the Israelites, where we
saw part of the city walls around
which Joshua and his army marched
seven times. After it's capitulation
Joshua pronounced a curse on the
city, which was fulfilled. Very re-
Gently excavations have been made
here by the Germans and the AUS
TRANS.
The only sound we heard as we
rolled along the sandy soil past clus-
ters of thorn bushes was the tinkle
Of the sleighbells around the horses
necks. Straight ahead, at intervals,
we could discern a dark moving mass
on the road, and as we approached
party of Arabs would step aside,
all wrapped closely in their cloaks,
with stats in their hands. At an
other time the dark moving mass
would prove to be a caravan of
camels moving noiselessly along with
their heavy burdens. Daylight came
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

the dressmakers ask for their dresses!
Numbers Of women want to know
where to buy their dresses. and whom
they know how much they win have
to pay ut the big dressmakers they
buy them elsewhere. These are wom-
en- who dress we'll. They will not
spend more than they can afford on
dress. and everyone will agree they
are quite right.
As to the time spent on dress, It Is
dinlcult to pass an opinion on such .
matter. but one thing IL certain. and
that 10 that some women do not spend
enough. One woman, high up in tho
educational world, realized not 80 very
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01
BIRDS THAT LIVE CENTURIES
Average Life Of Australian coekatoe
Said to Be Hundred
tN Years.

4 y = =
Melbourne. Australia.-Among the
wild birds of tropical countries whose
average life is said to be close to one
hundred years are said to be the
cockatoos of Australia, a handsome
bird belonging to the same family as
the parrot, and q species of bird which
Is readily tanned and taught to do
tricks which many domesticated birds
and animals are unable to accom-
plish.
The cockatoo, particularly the. vel
low-crested bird, is one of the most
intelligent of the birds of the world
and while 1t may seem strange to
some, it is fact that by kindness and
excellent treatment q cockatoo can be
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

long ago that dress was Of Importance,
because she noticed that many of the
cleverest students missed tho best
posts In after life because they paid no
attention either to dress or carriage.
She herself had no taste for clothes,
either. but she was wise enough to 40
knowledge It, and she persuaded q
friend to undertake tho care Of her
wardrobe.
So now. twice = year, she IL thor
oughly turned out with new toilettes,
the result being that she has gained In
influence and has not lost any Of her
serious character. She has even lee
tured to her students on the subject,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01
FLOWERS OF ANCIENT EGYPT
Collection at National Museum Near
Cairo Shows Every Plant Is
Still Growing.

Cairo, Egypt.-In a suburb of Cairo
stands the national museum of Egyp-
tian antiquities founded fifty years
ago by a F'renchman known as Mar
tette Bey. One department is devoted
to an interesting collection of speci-
mems OF plants which have been found
In the sepulchral monuments of that
country.
e It is remarkable, says writer in
Harper's, that, although the botanical
collection Is large and contains many
varieties, every plant Is still to be
found growing in the valley of the
Nile. Moreover, the closest examina-
ton fails to reveal the slightest diff
ference between the plants that -four
tshed fifty centuries ago and those
which the traveller sees today on the
banks of the river.
2 Flowers such as the boy Moses or
the children of Joseph picked still
bloom unchanged. There are to be
seen here blue sprays of larkspur
which loving hands laid upon the
bodies of those who died a thousand
years before Abraham and Sarah
went down into Egypt.
In the tombs of later date have
been found, together with apparently
simple ornamental flowers, such as
hollyhocks and chrysanthemums, the
various fruits, vegetables and grains
for which the land has ever been re-
nowned, such ~ figs, dates, olives.
grapes. pomegranates, onions. barley
and wheat. Around the necks and
upon the breasts Of those who died at
the time when Solomon reigned In
Jerusalem, about 1000 B. c.. were
found garlands OF celery, which does
not appear to have been used at that
time as vegetable by the Egyptians.
All these plants, when they were
prepared for the funeral ceremonies.
were subjected to great heat, by which
their form and color were preserved.
but their terminating power was de-
stroyed. Hence all the stories which
have been told Of wheat having been
raised from grains that have lain In
the wrappings Of mummies for SO CEN
turtles are untrue. Unscrupulous ma
lives have sold to credulous travellers
wheat In which modern grains have
been mixed with the ancient, but only
tie modern grains can terminate.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01
Deepest Hole In the World.

Slaughters Creek, w. Va.-What
will be the deepest hole in the world
Is being drilled by w. e. Edwards on
his oil fields. It's purpose is to de.
termine the geological character of
the EARTH The depth now is $3.50
feet. The worlds record depth ia
6.001 feet. attained In a South Ameri.
can well.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

dreaming Of it's greatness in the past" Certain
~ the silent little town shows no desire to emu
lote its former achievements. If it dreams it
dreams quietly, and not even the boisterous clang
of the bell of seemingly quite unnecessary tram
way can rouse it from its reveries. It forms a
striking contrast with Edam whose cheese fac
tories are extremely busting but strangely unpro-
ductive. Edam has huge church, which, hav-
ing once acted shelter for men and cattle dur
ing flood, is now afflicted with the cow-damp.
The town also prides itself on it's cleanliness. a
fact that makes it horribly unsympathetic Il
The Zuider Zee which lives in the art OF An
ton Mauve, is of the beaten track of the tourist
His own town Of Laren Is visited only by artists,
although it In pretty place and the environs are
for Holland, thickly wooded. Zaandam, the place
where Peter the Great worked at ship building,
pleases by it's bright green houses and staid old
windmils. In these last places the visitor feels
inclined to stay, but for Markden and its fellows
the few hours provided by the Havenstomboot-
diest are quite sufficient.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

just as the remote and pagan Breton is getting
hdeously like the rest of the world as regards the
1tchlng palm. No; the folk of the Zuider Zee are
emphatcally not children, but they are not the
less interesting because they must be taken as
vastly engaging, ingenious and conscious frauds.
An exception must be made in the case of Vo.
lendam, village which, although artist-ridde all
the year round, lives quite simple and unpre-
tehtlous hfe Its fishing fleet proves it's prowess
In the North sea, and it's women are blushinp and
oashIul. The wooden houses are really homes
ana Whatever treasures and heirlooms NAV lie
wltnln are not shown to the stranger or bartered
Tor MS gold. The costume strikes one as genuine
AT any rate, the spirited little boys who are al
ways sWarm1ng about the jetty prove by their
romps and gymnastics that their faded magenta
garments and round black caps are eminentlv
practicable to play in At first one has fears for
the costume. The coats are SO breathlesslv tight
an economy which, perhaps counterbalanoes
the absurd superfuty of material in the trousers
and the caps would be at the bottom of the
Zuider Zee twenty times day were it not that
they have the tenacity Of limpets The men re-
main faithful to this artistic costume both when
stalwart, serious fshermen-at which stage the
visitor sees little Of them-and when their work
ing life is done and all that remains is to spend
the day leaning up against the lefty wall. smok.
Ing and musing. Old age is very kind to the
Dutch fisherman. His fine wrinkles twtnkling
eyes, scant hair-his whole smoke-dried and sun
dried old faee-have shrewd, distinguished
HoAA0AS"A AOoAs WHICH Is very attractive and
seen elsewhere in Holland
The women. too. improve with age In youth
they are stout and buxom lasses with sunburnt
cheeks, bright but shallow eyes, and hair tucked
away, all too neatly under their light and grace
ful winged caps In age they grow twinkling and
thoughtful, and some of them, save the costume
are Cinderellas godmother to the life. Their
gowns have not the gaiety Of tho mems habits
being generally useful black, blue or purple
broadly checked or striped. and made in tight
and awkward fashion Beauty comes with the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01
WHAT SHOULD WOMAN sPEND7
Question Receives Itself Into One Of
Income and Proper Regard for
Appearances,

The other day a woman writer was
condemning feminine vanities. espe-
cially tho one of dress. To some ex-
tent she is right In her Judgment on
feminine vanities, especially when she
condemns the woman who spends all
her days and too much Of her money
on clothes. But the average woman
does neither; In fact who are the
women who pay the enormous prices
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01
Cow inspect. Department store.

Cow Inspeets Department Store.
Norwich, Coma nne Holsteiu
COW, which was being driven through
the street here. b0lted from the herd
and entered "a department store. Go
ing ups several flights, she frightened
the women clerks In the cloak depart.
ment Into Mysteries. Finally the own.
er arrived with q rope and she was
safely escorted to the street..
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01
Guilty Man Plead. for Son.

Guilty Man Pleads for Son.
Brockton. Mass-When sentenced
to seven years In prison for counter
feiting. Patrick ]. McGrath pleaded
with the court to spare Hid son, who
Is to be tried. He said the boy acted
only under his orders.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

CURED.
Does your wife often grieve because she threw
over wealthy man in order to marry your"
She started to once but cured her Of 1t the first
rattle out OF the box"
5 Il wish you would tell me how"
Il started right In to grieving with her And
grieved harder and longer than she did"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

Schoolgirl Selects Pail Bearers.
East Sparta, O.After selecting six
schoolgirl friends, to act as pail bear
ers at her funeral, Eva Tseple. aged
seventeen, shot and killed herself,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

pie are dressed in a more gay and un-
practical fashion than elsewhere, and
their vocation in life, like child's, Is
TO make pretty and pleasing impress
sion on their observers. The cheese
making and fishing at which they
make believe to toll are, or anyhow
appear to be. as unimportant to the
general veal as the productions Of a
ch1ld's cooking stove. What they have
to do Is to look, dress and behave so
that they appeal to artists wanting
models and Americans wanting excur-
s1ons. Two-thirds of the tourists and
half the guide-books actually seem to
1mag1ne that this mode Of life has left
them quite guileless and childlike. OF
course, they are really becoming,
thanks to the tourist, the most canny
and long-sighted people in Holland,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

extravagant breaches and ceremonious
hat. If this is fact, the Havenstoom-
bootdienst of Amsterdam, which has a
very tender and not altogether disin-
terested affection in these buried cit
les of the Zuider Zee," would find it
worth while to run an excursion to
the scene of his labors. .
Marker and Volendam are not the
only buried cities in which the Haven
stoombootdienst is eager to introduce
the stranger In fact, as far as one can
discover, these places are not cities
at all. But Monnikendam, on the
strength of having fitted out a ship
which did good service against the
Standards at Hoorn, is described as
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

is, one is positively dragged into their
dwellings, introduced to all the house
hold goods, especially one, is an
American or an amateur antiquarian
to some decrepit old clock or cradle,
from which the owner vows never to
part. But she yields SO readily to
persuasion that perhaps one does not
wrong her in thinking that she sol:
aces herself for the loss with little
expedition to Amsterdam in search Of
substitute.
The Marker fishing fleet makes a
brave show, but one feelssthat really
prosperous concern would not spend
so much time in harbors However, on
weekdays the men certainly disappear
somewhere, perhaps only to make
their rare appearance the more i'm
pressive. AS is the caseSall over Hol-
land, man has the monopoly of all the
quaintest devices in dress. The Mark
ener is said to do his fishing in his
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01

1yP1Cd' F1ungerToru Cottd9es.
doing the serious business of the year.
appointing constable, a portreeve, an
ale-taster and what not, and at the end
the entire court adjourned to the Three
Swans for church warden pipes and
bowls Of smoking punch. ~,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-06-01
NT AaGx7YT aCELANIS2SR

oo4hO ways JuS
playground Of Hol-
land" Is quite a good
name for the islands
Of the Zuider Zee.
The sti IF, shining
trees, the black and
white COWS, the natty
and vividly-painted
wooden houses, might
all have trooped out
Of some very new and
splendid nurser
Nnah'a Ark Tho NM
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
THAT BRILLIANT MOON.

The inquiry OF correspondent con
ccrning the cause Of the unusual brill
fancy Of the last full moon, which
10 an interesting lunar phenomenon
which might well have commanded gen
eral public observation at the time and
which will not again be seen for many
years. II is true az our correspondent
thought that the moon on that date was
especially luminous and brilliant. II
was. In fact, the most luminous full
moon that had been observed since that
Of December 90. 1893, and II will not
be equalled again until December. 1929,
months the full moon nearest the win.
ter solstice shall occur.
The causes OF this phenomenon were
several relating 10 the positions Of the
sun, earth and moon. a. that time the
earth was nearest TO the sun-.actual
perihellon occurring only twenty-siX
hours before full mOon--and, OF course,
the moon was also nearest to the sun.
and therefore received It's light most
strongly. Moreover. the moon was AT
the point in its orbit at which II was
nearest the earth-Actual perigee being
only twelve minutes later than full
moon - and therefore reflected the
solar light upon the earth most strong
ly. Again, the moon at the winter
solstice is very far north OF the equator,
which in the Northern Hemisphere
causes it to approach our zenith and
thus to shed its rays almost perpcndic-
ularly upon the earth, giving them
their greatest Illuminating power and
minimizing the loss through atmOs-
pheric influences This last condition
is emphasized every eighteen years by
the position Of the nodes Of the moons
orbit which in that period make n
complete revolution which IS why the
full moon Of the winter solstice IS most
brilliant at such intervals.
1t may be added that these condl-
tions apply to the Northern Hemisphere
and have nothing to correspond with
them in the Southern, so that the full
moon Is more brilliant here than il Is
beyond the equator. IT may 6e that
the poets summer isles Of Eden.' II
they lie south OF the line. do see larger
consultations burning" but their mel
low moons can scarcely be as luminous
as at least one which glitters in our
northern winters
New-York tribune., 1912-01-17
PENSIONS EoR VOTERS.

TO the Editor OF The Tribune.
Sir. | notice with . great deal Of regret
the news item I'm your issue Of yesterday
regarding the Sherwood pension bill 1t
Apuears that lust before the Presidential
election there IS always a great effort TO
get the votes Of those who helped to make
this country what It is. respected by all
nations.
| wonder II the new generation ever stop
10 think how much pension was paid the
first ten years after peace was declared
The writer served I'm the 10th Army Corps
and was one OF the few who stood the
struggle for over three years, after leaving
an arm in front OF Fort Sumter, and was
paid at the rate OF s. month for some Few
years. after April Is. 1865. There were
others who served. however. and those who
are in need should be considered and paid
according to the service they rendered
Those who never faced the Confederate
lines or fired a shot should not be classed
with the volunteers OF 1861. who were not
looking for pensions or bounties.
Now, It appears that the late enlistments
are doing all the crying. and thereby stand
ing I'm the way OF the genuine old veterans.
Although the writer IS not in any way af-
fected by any OF the various bills that have
beer printed. yet he would like to see
bin giving to the disabled comrades enough
10 keep them from suffering for the few
remaining years they may live.
w. g CANON,
Late Co X. lst n. Y. Engineers
Newark n l. Jan is, 1912