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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11

eXtermlnated, and other curlews great
~ reduced. . So adverse to the
snoreblrds are present conditions that
the wonder is that any escape. In
both fall and spring they are shot
along the whole route of their, migra,
ton north and south.
The accompanying illustrations pre-
sent portraits of group of birds, most
OF Which the average person probably
knows by sight, though l fear that
only a small minority have a clear
Idea of their very great economic
worth.
The jacksnipe Cor Wilson's snipe) is
one OF the shorebirds preferred to by
Mr.. McAtee), which, as a family, are
being rapidly exterminated. It de-
stroys large numbers of worms and
larvae, for which it probes with it's
long bill in the soft earth of corn and
potato Enthusiastically doing the farm
er great service-as we'll as along
the shores of ponds, lakes and
streams. 1t also feeds on grasshoppers
and other injurious insects It should
be carefully protected, especially dur
ing the breeding season.
The kildeer plover is another yalu.
able and beautiful shorebird which
is being hunted to death. It frequents
meadows and pasture lands. as we'll
as shores. and devours. great. auanti-
ties of mosquitoes, crane flies, grass
hoppers, army worms, cut worms,
caterpillars. cotton-boll weevils, clover
leaf Weevils, rice weevils, marine
worms, wire worms and crayfsh.
Doubtless everybody knows the rob-
in, perhaps the most democratic of our
birds, beloved in the northern states
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11

of which is adorned with a Sorgeous
gown. One wears a mantle upon
which are embroidered $4,000 pearls.
The massive proportions and ornate
architecture of the cathedral at
Toledo make it one of the most gor-
geous in the world. After the bright
glare of the Spanish sunlight, it is
marvellous how beautiful is the into
rioc as it comes streaming through
$50 varicolored windows. The pave.
ment is of variegatetd marble and
around the walls are twenty-three
elaborate chapels.
The greatest artists of Spain la.
bored on this cathedral for six CEN
turtles. 1t is not strange, therefore,
that it sexrites- the visitors enthrsi,
asm The choir, for example, is
decorated with probably the most
elaborate wood carving in the world.
Around pavement of white marble
rise, on three sides, two rows of seats
for the priests, one above the other
Their arms, back, feet, headpieces
and ratings are exQuisitely carved
into sacred, grotesque, NEUROLOGICAL
or historical subjects in basrelief.
Ones first impression on entering
the cathedral is most vivid and i'm
posing. Five naves divide the church.
The middle one is of great height,
and the others beside it seem to bow
their heads and kneel in token of ad-
miration and respect. Eighty-eight
pillars, each as large as a tower and
each composed of sixteen spindle
shaped columns bound together. sus-
tain the enormous mass of the build
ing
The architecture of the whole build
Ing is homogeneous and perfect,
which is very rare virtue in Gothic
architecture. The original plan. in
spite of the many years it was build
Ing, has been adhered to from one end
to the other, with the exception of a
few arrangements Of the chapels,
which, however, do not interfere with
the harmony Of the general effect.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11
ODD TURK RELIGION
Whirling Dervishes !nfIict Wounds
on Selves.
Men Of Ottoman Country Work Them.
selves into Frenzy and Then
Use Various Instruments of
Torture to Please Allah.

Constantinople.-Th religion of the
Ottoman empire is typical of it's peo-
ple-harbarous and fantastic. The
Dervishes, the regular religious order
IN Turkey, recognize no authority but
that of Allah, and, in consequence,
have been prosecuted not a little by
the jealous Sultans. Although the lay
men who profess this faith have but
to repeat one or tive short prayers
and wear the sacred cap for a few min
utes every day, those who take the
vows of poverty, abstinence from
wine, and celibacy from time to time
perform strange rites In their worship
Of Allah.
The Whirling Dervishes, after a few
preliminaries, begin to chant the Ko-
ran to weird music played on flutes
and tarboukas, which seems to intoxi-
cate them. One by one they close
their eyes, stretch their arms horizon
tally and begin to twist, slowly at
first, but gain speed until they seem,
like sleeping top, to be motionless.
All the time they never touch, al
though there may be score of more
Whirling at the same time in the GEN.
ter of the floor, never leave the spot
where they stand, and never get out
of time, always moving to the music.
This they continue until they fall ex-
hausted and are covered with a cloak
until they have recovered
The ceremonies performed by the
Howling Dervishes, another sect, are
quite as strange, and a great deal
more barbarous even than those just
mentioned, but in neither case are
the rites performed secretly; for, I'M
like other Mohammedans, the Der
wishes do not object to the christian
dog" attending their places of wor-
ship, SO long as he removes his shoes
before he enters the "tekieh," or tenn
pie.
Round the walls of the hall used by
the Howling Dervishes hang all sorts
OF cruel-looking Implements sharp
darts, nippers, chains, pinchers and
other weapons. These the devotees
use to mortify their flesh when they
have worked themselves up to state
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11
NOTED CATHEDRAL Ia SPAI,,
Statue Of Virgin in tile Toledo Wear&
Mantel on Which Are EN-
brcidered $4,000 Pearls.

Madrid, Spain.-Spain ~ richer in
cathedrals than any other country in
the world, and one of the grandest OF
them all is at Toledo. The Virgin
Mary is said to have special liking
for it and to have paid it frequent
visits-on one occasion actually put.
ting new robe on St. Idlefonso, one
of the archbishops. In fact the scene
is represented in sculpture and paint.
ing in all parts of the cathedral, and.
to preclude all doubt about it, the
very stone is shown on which the Vir-
gin alighted. It is incased in red
marble and over it is the inscription:
we will worship in the place where
her feet have stood"
There are several statues of the
Virgin in the Toledo cathedral, each
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11

placing polygamy-a simple repudia
ton by the husband of his wife pro.
vlded he is we'll enough off to paw the
nekyah or marriage settlement. which
he is legally bound to hand over to
her.
The woman of the poorest classes
can go out alone Custom does NOT
oblige her to wear her veil down
Should her husband, in a fit of anger
wish to divorce her, he must first, Of
all produce the Nekyah, the dowrv.
in ready money, not an easy matter
for poor man. ~. ...
The real danger to domestic happi-
ness in the great mass of Turkish
homes is the growing tendency of d.
vorce, and a divorce wholly favorable
to the man as against the woman
The payment of the modest nekyah
arranged at the time of his marriage
is simple affair, and it is seldom
enough to keep the divorced wife for
the rest of her days. She is forced to
take. refuge with her parents or to
find shelter with some of her friends.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11

Dor and very useful one, for it is re-
markedly swift and graceful on the
wing, and is expert and persistent in
catching rose beetles, May beetles,
cucumber beetles, mosquitoes, house
flies and flies that trouble horses
and cattle. One observer records
that 80 parent martins made 1875 Wis
its to their young in one day, each
visit meaning, probably, anywhere
from one to half dozen insects.
The nighthawk (also called bull
bat"j i probably one of che most
useful of birds. 1t feeds exclusively
on insects, and ranks next to the
golden-winged woodpecker (f1icker) as
feathered destroyer of ants, which
it takes when they are in the winged
stage. Potato beetles, cucumber bee
ties; leaf hoppers, bugs of various kinds
and enormous quantities of gnats and
mosquitoes are found in their stom-
achs They are entirely harmless, for
they never feed on fruit, grain, grass
or vegetables. Yet they are being
hunted for sport and are being exter-
minated.
The loggerhead (or southern) shrike
is champion pest destroyer, a large
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11
STREETS OF LONDON
Nearly All of Them Were Named
After Someone.
Each Has Meaning, but Owing to
MisspelIing, ETC., 1t Is Impossible
to Conjecture Their Original j.
Purport.

London.-Those who are most IA
mlllar with the London streets prob
ably think least about their history.
But the stranger who at rare inter-
walls, or possibly for the first time in
his life, visits the metropolis, must
often speculate as to the origin of
this or that thoroughfare, or wonder
how some of the curiously-named
streets he passes through came by
their names. Since it has always
been the custom in this country to
name the ways of towns and cities
after somebody or something, one may
be sure that every one of the names
OF London streets once had a special
meaning, though that meaning has so
much lost it's point in the course of
time, or the original spelling has been
so corrupted, that it is now in many
cases practically impossible even to
conjecture the original purport of
the place-names of the metropolis.
Many London thoroughfores, like
many country village, probably owe
their names to the existence of some
hostelry in the immediate neighbour
hood, and around which, in course of
time, other houses were built. so that
at last street was formed. Hanging
Sword alley, off Whitefriars street,
and Catherine Wheel alley, near Liv-
erpool street station, no doubt OBJ
tanned their names in this manner.
Gracechurch street, city, is said to
have had nothing whatever to do
with that particular virtue in the be-
ginning, and perhaps there is no
more of it there nowadays than there
used to be. 1t was originally spelled
"Grass-church," because of the grass
that once grew along it's edges, or on
account of the fact that vendors of
herbs dwelt there
Holborn is another corruption of
perfectly different word. Originally
it was 'Old Bourne" or "Hill Bourne"
so-called from the stream which broke
out near where Holborn Bars after
ward stood, and ran down the side of
the street to the Fleet river. From
the latter as every one may suppose,
Fleet street took it's name. And as a
final example, of tie. corruption G,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11
Made Scene Too Realistic

Columbus, O.-Too much realism
has caused trouble for Roy w. Emig.
Bert Kocher, who took the part Of q
whitecapper in Emig's play, "scalp.
lock of Stony Lonesome" has sued
Emig for 500 damages. In the play
Kocher had the role of Brown coun.
ty wiretapper. After a bunch OF
make-believe Indiana university stu.
dents had tied his hands and feet they
"hazed" him. To make the scene more
realistic, they used clippers on his
hair. Kocher now says the haircut.
ting gave him cold and that he was
Inundated In the sight Of his friends.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11

names, brought about by a loose re
gard for spelling and pronunciation
one may instance the Barbican, which,
as we are assured, is an easy render
ing of the old word "burk-kenning"
watch tower.
1t is a little difficult in these days
to believe that the area about Char
ing Cross was no more than a little
village in the time of Edward I.
Opinions differ as to the first mean
ing of the word "Cross" attached to
the name Of this hamlet, but it is
probable that it had the same signifi-
cation that is to be discovered in 9TH
er cases of the kind in London and
the country
There have probably been cross.
roads here from time immemorial, but
1t is said that in the case of Charing
Cross there was more specific rea.
son. Edward I is stated to have
erected cross in memory of his
queen on the spot where the statue
OF Charles was afterward set up.
Pfccadilly, If we may believe the
usual explanation given for it's curious
name, was so called because the first
person to build a house in that
neighborhood was interested in plea.
dilloes," by which name the stiff col.
lars or ruffs formerly worn were orig
fnally known.
Abundant evidence as to the marshy
nature of the ground upon which
large part of the city of London was
originally built is still to be discov.
cred in such names as Frenchchurcb
street, Finbury and Moorfields.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11
Only the Sultan Adheres to the Old
Style Oriental lnstitution-Mod-
ern Turk Resorts to Divorce.

The domestic arrangements OF the
sultan are entirely different from
those of his subjects. Most Turks
have one wife; the sultan has no
recognized sultana. Turks of high
rank marry into their own class; the
sultan forms unions with women of
slave origin. The ordinary man may
not look upon an unveiled woman ex-
cept she be his relation or servant;
the sultan has the right to talk with
any woman in the land face to face.
Turks of position model their house
holds more or less on the European
plan; the sultan's household is orien-
tai.
That does not mean that in the i'm.
perial palace you would find women
slipping sherbet or smoking narghilehs
or clad in baggy trousers. On the
contrary, you would find them smok-
ing nothing more oriental than a
cigarette, sitting on European chair
and, yes, wearing corsets! But the
code of morals is entirely different,
says the New York Sun.
The imperial harem is founded on
the old court system of the Byzantine
emperors and has an etiquette and
law of it's own. The first fact one
must grasp is that the wives or
favorites of the sultan have no i'm
portance at all. They are nobodies.
The daughter of a Circassian peasant
NAV be honored by the sultan's favor
and even bear him child, but yet
be distinguished by no other title
than the commonplace "Kadin Effen-
di.' Only the mother of the eldest
son receives the royal designation of
Sultan" her whole title being "Kha-
reki sultan"
Her dignity only results from her
being the mother Of possible heir
to the throne; that is, in the event
that the sultan has no brothers, for
the brothers have the right of prece-
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percentage Of its fo9d being harm
full rodents and destructive insects,
the latter including, grasshoppers.
crickets and moths, which it frequent
ly impales upon thornss or sharp twigs.
1t sometimes catches young birds
Though this is more Characteristic of
the northern shrike, o. butcher bird,)
but It's diet is chiefly insects and small
rodents. It is, therefore, very valu-
able to the farmer '- n.
The golden-wingea woodpecker
(also called flicker, "5"thighhole,' z etc.
is an Industrious tree protector. and
the most efficient of, allfeathered ant
eaters. It is also feeds freely upon bee
ties, grasshoppers, crickets, caterpil-
lars, and other harmful insects, as we'll
as on weed seds. Yet it is rapidly
growing rare because it is much
hunted for food 1t Should be pro-
tected everywhere and at all times.
In view Of the decrease already &C
complished in the general volume Of
bird life in America, in view of the
enormous losses annually inflicted up
on the people Of this country by the
ravages of insects, and in view of the
destruction of wild life which is now
furiously proceeding throughout Amer
lea, the Mclean bill, Which is now be-
fore congress, to provide for the fed
eral protection of all migratory birds.
becomes the most important wild life
measure that ever came before that
body. In view of the annual economic
loss that will continue as long as a
federal migratory bind bill fails to
pass, it is impossible fer anyone to put
forth one good reasons unless it be on
purely technical grounHs-against that
measure. The Weeks bill, before the
lower house of congress, is precisely
like the Mclean bilLIand it matters
not which one passesSfirst
Unless the people 81 this country
wish to shut their eyes to their own
interests, and pay outssmillions of dol
lars annually in the form Of Increased
-eest Of living due 70 assss losaes caused
by insect pests which would be
destroyed by the birds, they should
demand that federal migratory bird
bill be at once enacted into law. 1t
is Senate Bill No. 6497, and on the
senate calendar it is No 6OG We can
not afford to wait until 1914 or 1915,
and congress has full power to act
this winter.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS SATURDAY JANUARY u 1918

for his cheerful song and his hand
some appearance, glad everywhere to
be the companion and the friend Of
man when he is we'll treated, and high
~ valuable as destroyer Of harmful
grubs, worms and insects. Yet this
bird is murdered literally by the thou
sands for pot-pies by negroes and
poor whites in the southern states
above mentioned, and is more or less
hunted in other states. Mr.. e. A..
Mcllhenny, who lives on Avery Island,
La, says that during the ten days or
two weeks Of the robin season" Gin
January when the berries are ripe) at
least 10000 Of these useful and beau
tiful birds are slaughtered daily for
the pot. Every negro man and boy
who can raise gun is after them"
says Mr.. McIlhenny. . @s..
Although this" bird causes some loss
to small fruit growers, it certainly
does vastly more good than harm. 1t
Is constantly at work on lawns and
fields hunting for destructive insects,
winch 1t is exceedingly difficult to
keep In control. 1t devours many
caterpillars, including hairy species,
which lnfest the orchard, woodland
and shade trees. Forty per. cent. of
its food is insects, and 43 per cent.
wild fruit. It would pay the farmer
well to go some expense in order
to keep the robins away from his
fruit trees and berry bushes rather
thar shoot these birds which are so
useful to him in many ways. To muir
der them for pot-pies is, of course,
nothing short of barbarous.
The purple martin is also fond of
the society of man, and when not
molested by the villainous English
sparroWs-and still more villainous
men by whom it is shot for food,
chiefly in the south-it is glad to
breed in birdhouses near human habi-
tatlons. 1t males a charming neigh
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11

of religious ecstasy and delirium Fast
er and faster they move thier heads,
higher and higher rises the music, one
by one the Dervishes leave their place
and begin to leap high in the air, nod
ding all the time. Kettledrums are
beaten, the chanting becomes louder
The Dervishes form a chain, placing
their hands on each others shoulders,
then step one pace backward and one
forward with a terrific simultaneous
lurch, emitting a long-drawn howl,
like the cry of some wounded animal.
The excitement is intense, and the
Dervishes, foaming at the mouth, be-
gin to wound themselves with various
implements from the walls. They han
die redhot irons, fill their mouths with
burning charcoal, drive a spit right
Through one cheek and out the other
side, and leave it there while they con-
tinue to nod and howl. They perform
sort of wild dance with a pointed
dart in each hand, throwing them
selves upon them, until worn out
they roll over, covered with blood and
foam.
While this is going on mothers
bring their children for the priest to
stand upon, for in SO doing he is sup
posed to cure all diseases. Tiny chill
!dren undergo this ordeal, and are
forced to bear the pressure until their
ribs crack and their eyes bulge from
their livid faces. Even those of the
highest rank come to be stood upon
by the imam, or high priest, believing
that it will cure them of their i'll.
nesses.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11
|HAREMS OUT OF DATE In TURKEY

dence as the elder male descendants.
will have transitory Importance on
account Of the influence which she
may exercise over the sultan.
Royal princesses are considered in
ferior to the mother of the sultan, who
is the real queen of the little world
of the harem, has absolute authority,
large staff Of officials and the su-
preme title of 'Valide sultan" Thus
1t happens that a woman of slave
birth may, if she be the mother of an
heir to the throne, eventually become
the highest woman of the land.
Every royal princess has her daira,
or separate apartments, slaves, SER
wants and SO on, the management of
| the household being given over to her
kalfas, or ladies in waiting-that is to
say, Turkish women of good birth
who have remained unmarried.
Royal princesses rarely take a hus-
band of their own rank. They are
generally married by the sultan to
the sons of men Of wealth and posi-
ton, such as pashas, officers of state.
high civil officials and the like. a
policy which is founded on a verv
practical reason, namely, that the ar
rangement makes the existence Of .
hereditary aristocracy impossible.
One Of the paradoxes in Turkev ts
that the poorer a Turkish woman ia
the greater her freedom. The rich
woman canont move step unaccom-
panied. She sees Constantinople ONLY
from the windows of her closed
brougham or through ga veil thick
enough to act as a mask. She NAV
dress as exquisitetly as manneoutn
in a Paris dressmaker's showroom.
but she must not display so much as
an inch of embroidery in public.
When her husband wants to take a
second wife, or grows tired of her
and wishes to divorce her, he has
both the opportunity and the means
If he is rich man. It is not chic
among Turks of any education to take
a second wife; but divorce is re-
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Thousands for Pot-Pies
In the South
with the result that the damage they
do is mounting up, year by year.
1t is perfectly apparent that here
is situation which demands immedi-
ate action, and that this action should
bring about the vigilant protection for
all time, and in all parts of the coun,
try, Of all 1nsectivorous birds Many
Of the most useful of these birds are
already on the tobogganslide to
ward determination, as the result of
stupid state legislation, or the lax en-.
forcement of such laws as have been
enacted. TO be explicit:
There are seven states in which the
robin is being legally killed by the
tens Of thousands annually as game!
These states are Louisiana, Mississip.
pi Florida South Carolina, North Car
DINA, Tennessee and Maryland.
The black bird is legalized game"
and suffers the same fate in four
states-Lousiana, South Carolina,
Tennessee and Pennsylvania-andt the
District Of Columbia besides.
Doves are slaughtered by the whole
sale in 26 states, much to the loss Of
the farmers, for this bird is a great
eater of weed seeds.
Cranes, which are also very useful
birds, are much hunted for food and
for sport in Colorado, Nebraska,
North Dakota and Oklahoma
Of the sixty-odd species of shore
birds Il. e., snipe, curlews, plover,
sandpipers and the like), at least 80
feed on noXous insects; yet all Of
these birds are rapidly disappearing.
According to Mr.. W. L. McAtee of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1913-01-11
Sued for Preventino Marr;.,e

Nashville.-Father T. c., Abbot: Of
st. Patricks church has been sued for
$4,000 by Miss Bessie Etherly, TWEEN.
" years old, Protestant, on the
charge that he prevented her marriage
TO ). J. Walsh, a Catholic Walsh pro.
cured a license, but Miss Etherly
charges that Father Abbott refused
to perform the ceremony and person.
ally carried the license back to the
clerk of court telling him not to is.
sue another. Walsh has since refused
to disobey the order OF the prelate.
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Day on Which Women Rule.

Candlemas day is not celebrated in
Holland much more than in ENGLAND
but its place is taken by festival un-
known in this country. Slipper day in
the Netherlands is the one day in the
year in which the Dutch woman
claims superiority over her husband
On that day she rules him to her
hearts content, and he generally
obeys good humoredly enough. That
is, unless she is one of those ladies
not unknown in Holland or in any
other country who aspire to complete
rule over their unhappy partners
throughout the year Philadelphia In
quirer.