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The Appeal., 1916-12-02
CHINESE HAVE PLAN TO
RID HOUSE OF GHOSTS.
Urge Novel Method Of Taking Haunt
From American Legation.

westinghouse legend has gone
around Peking that the American le-
cation is haunted; that the shade of an
officer who lost his life during the
Boxer massacres of white men In 1900
is in the habit Of occasionally visiting
his old quarters In the legation, greatly
to the discomfort Of the occupants.
This aroused considerable interest
among the Chinese In Peking. Their
own spooks, being daily or rather night
4ly companions, do not excite much at
tention. But a foreign ghost is quite a
new thing. A Chinese gentleman named
Hsu Maj Hsuan has taken the matter
seriously to heart and has felt moved
to write to the American minister ex-
pressing his sympathy for the af1iction
which the legation is undergoing in the
matter of a haunted room.
He says that experience has shown
In China that the way to rid house
OF ghosts is to remove the roof Of the
building, leaving the interior of the
room exposed to the sun and air for
some tens of days, after which the
roof may be restored and the ghost will
no longer frequent the place. Mr.. Hsu
said that he humbly offered this sug-
gestion, "as foreigners may not be ia
miliar with the proper method of han
ding ghosts in China
If congress, says the Tokyo Adver-
dser. is asked to appropriate sum for
the reroofing Of the legation at Peking
the American people will now under
stand what it is all about.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
FAITHFUL DOCS BARKING.
CALLS FATHER TO CHILD
Little One, Playing In Pasture,
Where It Stra Jed, Kicked
~ by Horses.

Wheatland, Wyo. &C. F. Harold's
little son, Alvin, two and half years
old, was kicked in the head by horse
the other day, his skull was fractured
and other severe wounds, seemingly
sufficient to cause death. were sus-
tanned.
The fathers attention was called to
the child by the frantic barking Of the
farm dog, and upon investigating he
found that the dog was guarding the
tnssnsible form of the little boy from
a bunch of horses in the pasture where
the little fellow had wandered in his
play.
The child's forehead was crushed
the nose broken and the eye laid open
by the flesh being all torn from it. AS
he was still alive he was rushed to a
hospital with all possible speed. The
surgeon performed a very delicate op-
Grafton, lifting the broken bones into
position and sewing the torn skin
around the eye back into place, and at
present writing the little fellow is get
ting along nicely and gives promise Of
complete recovery. ....--
That he was not instantly killed Is
probably due to the fact that the
horses hoof struck a glancing blow,
and that he lives at all Is because there
was skillful surgeon available.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
GIFTS FOR HOLY LAND
GO IN CHRISTMAS SHIP
American Collier Will Carry Relief For
War Sufferers.

New York.-America's 1916 Christ
mas ship for the relief of unfortunate
victims of the war will leave New
York Dec. 1. The American Red Cross is
cooperating with the American com.
mittee for Armenian and Syrian relief
In collecting foodstuffs and clothing to
be sent to Syria on government col
lier placed at the disposal of the latter
committee by Secretary Daniels.
The collection Of the Christmas ship
cargo is In the hands Of Albert ".
staub Of the American Red Cross re-
ceiving and distributing station at
Bush terminal, Brooklyn. Mr.. Staub
has already received countless bundles
Of old clothing, unavailable for the
cargo, as military regulations preclude
the shipment Of second hand clothing
In this cargo. He said. 1T must be
emphasized that the only clothing
America can send to the unfortunate
ones in Turkey must be new and must
be sent prepaid to the American Red
Cross, Bush terminal, Brooklyn" Mr..
Staub sent the following letter from
the war relief information and ship
ping Office:
1T Is more than significant that the
first letter to go out from the newly
organized Red Cross war relief infor-
nation office has to do with Christ
mas ship. 1t is doubly significant that
1t Is to take relief to people living so
near the Holy Land"
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
SISTERS EARN 81, 400.
Set New Agricultural Record Raising
Cabbages.

Set New Agricultural Record Raising
Cabbagss.
Greensburg, Pa. - Four Westmore-
land county young women, daughters
Of Mr.. and Mrs. G. 81. Smith, near
Ruffsdale, have established new agri-
cultural record in the yield and profits
to be derived from two acre plot Of
cabbage.
The Misses Smith. the eldest Of
whom is eighteen, now have bank
account Of 5000, with accounts due
from Pittsburgh commission men
amounting to $500, and a quarter of
their cabbage yet remains to be cut
and marketed. Buyers estimate the
value Of the entire field at about ST.
400.
Early last spring Smith turned the
two acre plot over to his daughters,
telling them to make any use Of It they
desired. The girls, after closely scan
ming the market reports for weeks, de-
cided to grow cabbages. They set about
$4,000 plants.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
MIKE HICKEY TELLS
OF HIS REFORMATION
Ex-Pickpocket, With Twenty
Years Prison Record, Talks
to 400 Men.

Mike Hickey, once a notorious pick
pocket, with record Of nineteen and
a half years behind prison bars, told
400 men at the Harlem branch Y. M.
G. A., New York, how he Strengthened
out and how other inhabitants of the
underworld could be helped to do the
same. :
Mixes career as a thief lasted until
about four years ago. when he wan
dered, fresh from Sing Sing, into the
Cremorne mission, on Thirty-second
street. It ended there. Now he is night
man at the Bowery Y. NJ. G. A. and
passes his spare time helping his old
pals from Dannemora and Sing Sing
to get their feet on the "straight and
narrow"
The trouble with the newly emerged
convict, he said, was the old story-out
into the world with $40 bill and a
wish to keep straight; job until a cop
told the boss Of his record, then no
more job; broke; one more trick to get
money to eat; caught. and back to
prison. .-..
What the convict needs is bit of
belief and encouragement when he
starts to reform, said Hickey, adding
that more and more the employers are
beginning to give this, SO that many
men with long records as criminals are
now taking their places in honest life.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
ST. PAUL AND ANNEA SATURDAY DECEMBER . lsl6
GETS s68 A WEEK WASHING.
Girl Gave Up atsnography TO Take Ia
Clothes.

Norristown, Pa.-Quitting her posi-.
tion as stenographer to go to the wash
tub, Miss Georgianna Cuthbert is MAX
Ing $68 week, and she handles only
five washes to do it, according to her
testimony in the equity action in which
she is defendant and Mrs. Marie Lus-
son, her neighbor, plaintiff.
Miss Cuthbert informed Judge SWartz
that one family alone paid her $50, an
other $12, two SO and q fifth $8 week.
She gets the business, she says, be-
cause she does not use bleach or acids
In cleansing them. s.
"None Of the clothing l handle is
soiled, only mussed," she said.
Mrs. Marie Lusson seeks to prevent
Miss Cuthbert erecting laundry in
the rear Of her lot in Ardmore, Pa.
Mrs. Lusson says that laundry there
would be undesirable, unhealthy aud
in violation of building restrictions.
In the testimony experts said a. laun-
dry would be unobjectionable; that
there would be no dirt, no noise, no
smell and, in fact, no reason why this
woman should not be permitted to pro-
ceed with the laundry.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
WANTS TO GET OUT OF JAIL.

Amandus kessler's Pies to Join Marine
Corps Likely to Go unhesdsd.
New York.-Because he is a good
porch climber. rife shooter and has
other marked accomplishments, Aman-
dus Kessler wants to get out of jail at
Easton, Pa. and become fighter for
Uncle Sam in the ranks Of the United
States marine corps, according to an
appealing letter addressed to the ma
rine recruiting station In this city.
Amandns wrote several pages II his
patriotic outburst and promised to use
bis Influence to awaken his fellow pris-
oners to the call Of the dag II the ma
rines would only come and get him out.
Although the young man claims to be
a good, healthy feller," unfortunately
his morals are not In the same flourish
ing condition, so Amandus and his pals
must languish IN prison while the ma.
rine corps remains heartless but un-
contaminated.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
PAY FARES AFTER 20 YEARS.
Charity Finally Took 81 That Railway
Official Refused TO Accant.

Charity Finally Took 81 That Railway
Official Refused to Accept.
Findlay, 0. = Philosophers for CEN
turies have attempted to analyze the
conscience of the human race and what
prompts it, but have been unsuccessful.
That such thing does really exist,
Charles F. Smith, general manager of
the Toledo, Bowling Green and South
ern railway, can now testify.
Recently he was sitting in his Office
when two men walked in and each
threw fifty cent piece on his desk, ex-
planning that twenty years ago they
had ridden from the north side to the
Tangent depot without paying fare.
That was because they were compelled
to stand most of the way. During all
this time their cohsciences, they said,
had troubled them and they got no rest
until they had returned the money
with interest.
Mr.. Smith refused to take the money,
but DR.. J. p. Baker, head of the As
sociated charities, who happened in
Smiths office at the time, confiscated
the money for that purpose.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
DREAMED ABOUT SNAKES.

Then He Woke Up to Find Three Foot
RattIer In His Room.
Altoona, Pa. = George Merits Of
Franklinville, Huntington county, toss
ed in the throes Of frightful night
mare and dreamed of rattlesnakes. In
bed with Merits was Samuel Alley Of
the same place.
When Merits came to himself he still
believed himself dreaming, for hid
eQus rattle sounded in his ears. Alley
also heard it.
The frightful whirr maintained q
steady cadence, and both men were
then aware that q rattlesnake was in
their room. Having no light handy,
the men were imprisoned in their bed
for some time.
Finally match and lantern were
procured. The snake, more than three
feet long, with seven rattles and but
ton, was coiled in the center Of the
floor. 1t was killed.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
KILL WHITE FACED IBIS.
Kansas Hunters Wers Puzzled, but Pro.
fessor Solved the Problem.

Kansas Hunters Wers Puzzled, but Pro.
fsssor Solved the Problem.
Topeka, KAMA party Of hunters
were near Stafford when long, legged
bird, which looked like a crane and
few like duck. suddenly rose and
started toward Oklahoma.
Six guns spoke at the same time.
The bird gave up the southern trip
The men did not know what they had
killed. They guessed everything from
a mud hen to a wild turkey.
George Stansfield made secret trip
to Lawrence and conferred with some
Of the professors. They labeled the
kill white faced glossy Ibis. species
of waterfowl very rare in Kansas. The
coloring Ii very delicate and changes
continually. It is one OF the snipe fam
lily. but Il unfit for food.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
SAW SIXTEEN BEARS.
Smith Killed and Got the Hides Of Four
Of Them.

Smith Killed and Got the Hides Of Four
Of Them.
Wenatchee, Wash. = The best bear
story Of the season comes from Mer-
ritt, and 81. B. Smith Is the hero.
Smith one day the other week shot 4
bear 200 yards OF. wounding 1t In q
foreleg The wounded animal came
dashing down toward him and when
within 100 feet was brought down
with an accurately aimed shot through
the heart.
Hardly had Smith fred the second
shot. according to the story, when
second black one poked its head over
log near BY. One shot finished It.
Then bears began to Jump all around.
Smith began fusilade. He emerged
with four pelts. Smith said he saw
sixteen bears In all
The Appeal., 1916-12-02

grounds by the ordnance corps, and
the statements published concerning
it's efficacy are the results Of actual
trials.
It has taken many months Of ex-
perimenting to develop the bullet.
which is exactly like the ordinary bull
let In appearance. but has an outside
covering Of lead around the armor
piercing center of steel. This lead
casing acts as lubricant In passing
the bullet through the steel and is
ripped from the steel core as the bull
let passes through a solid obstruction.
Only small number of the bullets
have been manufactured. and these
were made entirely in government
shops. Fifty ordnance and engineer
corps officers were present when
these were used in the first tests. A
three-Quarter inch steel plate about
forty feet long and twelve feet wide
was erected, and behind It were fixed
six silhouette targets in the semblance
Of soldier.
A detail Of men from the coast artil-
lery and ordnance corps did the firing.
The bullets would not pierce the steel
at 100 yards. At fifty, however, they
rfddled the steel plate and the Sill
houette targets behind it.
1t is not believed that the new bull
let will be valuable or necessary in
ordinary infantry engagements In the
open. It's worth is said to lie princi-
pally in attacks on houses. steel shell
ters and other distractions behind
which enemy troops are concealed.
Tests have been made to demonstrate
that the bullets can be fired from a
machine gun as well as rife.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02

bel, the base of the explorations. The
region to which DR.. Rice and the scien.
lists accompanying him are to give
their attention is bounded on the north
BY the Guaviare river, on the west by
the Andes, on the south by. the Ca
quota river and on the east by the Rio
Negro. The territory included in the
plan comprises parts of Brazil. Vene-
zuela and Colombia.
: DR.. Rice has mapped about 100000
square miles Of this region. He pro-
poses to make q survey of the tribu-
taries OFT Rio Negro and to COM
plete as nearly as he can the maps Of
enormous tracts yet practically unex-
plored.
So well equipped is this expedition
that it is expected that it will accom-
-pl1sh more work in the six months It
will be away than could be done in
twice that period under ordinary con.
ditions. The yacht Alberta is In her
self veritable floating citadel armed
against trouble One Of the plaques
OF tropical South America comes from
the insects. There are many flies and
mosquitoes that infict painful bites
and cause disease. To ward of the
flying pests DR.. Rice has had the AL.
berta equipped with rustproof screens
OF fine copper mesh, so that every
deck and every port hole will be pro.
tected.
There are other insects to be guarded
against, among them various kinds Of
ants. One Of the worst Of them is the
leaf cutting ant, the sauba. which will
eat up the ordinary tarletan mosquito
net as though It were so much cobweb.
In the account of one Of his previous
expeditions DR.. Rice tells how the ants
devoured not only a mosquito net, but
a pair 81. trousers and the pockets Of
his coat. The tabano or blood sucking
dy is d menace to nfe III this part Of
the Amazon basin. The chigos burrow
into the skin and cause intense suffer
Ing. With the copper mesh screens
and with other appliances for warding
OF the insects, the party expects to re-
duce the discomfort from this source
to the minimum.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
DEER ATTACKS PosTMAN.
Herd Within Three. Miles Of Pennsylva.

Herd Within Three Miles Of PennsyIva-
MIA Town.
Huntington, Pa.-Clark Smith, the
Oldest rural route agent attached to the
Huntington postofice, met with spir-
tied attack from big buck deer while
on his return trip few evenings ago
within three miles of this place.
A herd Of six does, led by large
buck, had been feeding In a mountain
meadow and were about to emerge into
the open highway just as Smith was
driving leisurely past. 81.
His horse, calico colored bronco,
seemed to have aroused the ire Of the
buck, which leaped a fence and at
tackled the bronco by rearing up and
endeavoring to strike it with it's fore
feet Mr.. Smith used his whip vigor-
ously on the deer. The bronco took
fright and finally drew itself and
driver to place Of safety.
A herd Of ten deer, including one elk,
has been seen by a farmer at the
further end Of Smiths route.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
MOSQUITOES CLOSE MILLS.
Pest Of insects compels Plants to Shut
Down.

Pest Of insects compels Plants to Shut
Down.
Connell, Tex.-The gulf coast region
OF east Texas and the western part Of
Louisiana have been afflicted with the
worst scourge Of mosquitoes ever
known.
Several large lumber mills were
forced to close down on account of the
pest. Men and animals were tortured
by the bites Of the insects. Cattle and
horses were attacked by veritable
hordes Of mosquitoes, and the animals
huddled together in groups in an effort
to protect themselves as much as pos
sible from the bites.
!. On the farms smudge fires were kept,
burning constantly to drive away the
pests, but these efforts seemed to be
of little avail.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
NEWEST BULLET.
Claimed It Pierces the Thickest
Kind of Armor.
LEAD COVERING DOES IT.

Fired From Regulation Army Rifle, Il
Will Penetrate Three Quarter Inch
Steel Plate and Other Objects Beyond.
Gould Go Through Thirty Men In
h Row.
New York.-A new bullet, capable Of
piercing armor as thick as that which
covers the famous British tanks or
that used in making trenches on the
Semme bomb and bullet proof, has
been invented and tested by the ord
nance corps of the United States
army. The bullet is Of only 30 cali
ber; but, fired from the regulation
army rifle, it will penetrate a three
quarter inch steel plate and other OBJ
jects beyond.
It is said that the bullet would be
able to pierce from twenty to thirty
men In row. 1t has been tested
severely at the Sandy Hook proving
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
EXPLORING BRAZIL
Wife Of Dr.. Rice With Party on
Trip to Amazon.
WIDOW OF TITANIC VICTIM.


New York. The people Of the great
forest are again to see DR.. A. Hamil-
ton Rice. With Ms. Rice he left here
on the yacht Alberta for the river Of
the Amazons to complete his explora-
tions In the northwestern part Of the
basin Of the mightiest stream in all
the world.
Mrs. Rice, who was formerly Mrs.
George D.. Widener of Philadelphia, is
herself interested In science and will
help in the work Of the expedition.
She has been directing until recently
the building and equipping Of the great
library at Harvard university which is
a memorial to Mr.. Widener, who was
lost on the steamship Titanic.
The yacht will stop first at Barbados
and then 60 up the Amazon to Manaos,
Brazil, $50 miles from the coast, and
then into the Rio Negro to Santa Isa-
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
SAYS He BURIED GOLD.
Old Man on Way to English Workhouss
Tells Of Il.

Old Man on Way to English Workhouss
Tells Of Il.
Corning, Cal.-Mrs. T. L. Barkle of
Newlyn, England, in letter to her
son, the Rev. T! J. Barkle of this city.
states an old man named Kempe, who
came from California less than dozen
years ago, was found on the verge Of
starvation and taken to the workhouse.
Among the old mans effects was found
nearly $1,000. This was ali made in
California, and on the way to the
workhouse Kempe said he had buried
about $1,000 In California in hole
five feet deep, but never could find It.
Little is known Of Kempe except that
he was a miner In California and re-
turned to England eleven or twelve
years ago.
Somewhere in the mining district Of
California bag containing $1,000 Is
buried.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02

MING ELEVATOR.
ings, every penny Of it. It's unusual
for even male elevator operators to
run their own automobiles.
II have always wanted to run an
automobile, and after I learned to
manage one it was my ambition to own
one. I simply decided I could own
one II set to work to do it. Now I
own one, and it wasn't very hard work
to save for it either. But don't see
why you or anybody else should be so
concerned about it or wonder at it.
Anyhow, 1t doesn't interest anybody"
This was the snappy though not un-
kindly reply which the busy little ele-
vator girl made to the reporters In
quiry.
Don't you think it IS rather a re-
markable achievement for a young wo-
man who Is earning her way?" asked
the reporter, who never could under
stand how anybody ever managed to
save any money, no matter how much
or how little he made.
NOs uOu Luluk IL IS SO remark
able," said Miss ,Smithson. II think
any young girl with little grit and
determination can do that. It isn't SO
hard to save part of what you make
If you simply try" --
"Well. how did you do it, Miss Smith
son?''
II just made up my mind to save as
much money as could as soon as
began to earn wages. I didn't begin to
save money just for this automobile.
I first began to save for emergency
for a rainy day, as they say. II 4
should say it wasn't hard work that
wouldn't be true. It was hard at first.
had to sacrifice some things that
liked and wanted, but were not abso.
lutely necessary. just didn't buy
some things that other girls do and
that only please for a little while.
Then I watched prices on things, and.
while decided to buy the best of ev-
erything had to buy, thought twice
before bought" =
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
lonu Trin of aihIa.

Mays Landing. N. lit win take
hfty years Of travelling. during which
time 100000 miles viii be covered, for
g travelling Bible" now In the lodge
quarters Of r. o. s. OF "A. camp. No.
lO6, to fulfill it's mission. The Bible Is
to be taken from one camp to another.
IN each county until every county In
the state has been covered. then 1t win
80 to every camp In each county, re-
msihing three weeks with each.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
Secret Annual GIFT For LIZ. Savers.

Secret Annual Gift For Life Savers.
Washington.-The mysterious annual
$1,000 gift to the life saving service
from two New York women whose
names always have been surrounded
with secrecy arrived here. The two
sisters. who for twenty years have
been paying an unknown debt Of graft
tude to the service. now have given
$4,000 Since the last contribution
was made one of the sisters has died
but the survivor sent $500 for her.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
A 800 Every Day.

Baltimore, Md.-Mitchell Lingo of
Trinity, near Federalsburg. says he has
the champion egg layer In q two-year-
old hen. The hen has laid in the same
spot in the barn III year. and Lineo,:
backed by of1cials Of that town, stafes.
flat she laid 3fs6 esgs last year.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
FINDS HIDDEN ROOMS
IN HOUSE OF MYSTERY
Carpenter Work on Old Place Re-
veaIs Apartments None
Knew About,

Chicago.-At 1924 Ellis Park is an old
three story frame building that was
home when Ellis park was a woodland.
For the last eight or nine years, In a
remodeled form, it has been an apart
ment building. 49,.
A few days ago a carpenter, tearing
away old planking to build a porch,
broke through wall and made discov-
cries which made 1924 Ellis Park a
house Of mystery.
Between the second and third floors
he found hidden apartment, of which
not even John Chamales, new owner of
the building, knew. Carefully Frank
Wilder, the carpenter, entered through
the hole he had made in the wall.
He found a complete set of rooms
running from the front to the rear of
the building. The walls and ceiling
were unfinished. There were no win
dows and no visible means of exit.
There was small table in one corner
with few dishes on it and an old cop
per lamp. Rust covered, but with a
frying pan Of ancient days still on it,
there was stove. Some straw in
corner seemed to indicate where the
mysterious occupant Of the mystery
chamber had slept.
A piece of wire between. two walls
served as a hanger for an old coat.
Over everything was thick layer Of
dust.
In hunting for an exit Wilder came
upon panel In the wall fastened with
a hinge, two big iron hooks and a bar
that fitted into iron clasps. It opened
upon the staircase and so matched the
paneling that it was invisible from the
outside.
The Appeal., 1916-12-02
HONOR SCHOOL JANIToR.
Veteran Held That Post In the Build
inu For Years. n

Veteran Held That Post In the Build
ing For Years. =
Indianapolis, Ind. -shortridge high
school Of this city each year renders
tribute to the memory Of some man or
woman who has helped In the upbuild-
ing Of the institution.
This year the alumni, after discuss
ing the names of several men who had
risen to q place Of high esteem In the
world. chose to honor James Biddy,
for twenty-five years janitor of the In
stitution.
A tablet recounting his faithful la
bors and telling Of the cheer he impart-
ed to Ibis boys and girls during a
quarter Of century has been placed n
a conspicuous place in the halls.