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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
PUFFED UP LIKE A BALL DON.

Rock Island OlI.) Doctors Puncture
Boys Skin and Save His Life.
Rock Island, 1ll.-The body Of Fred
Lawson, eleven years old, swelled to
twice its normal size as the result of
an accident, and for time his life was
endangered.
While coasting the boy was struck
in the neck by piece of wagon wheel
rim protruding from the ground. The
bronchial tube was punctured, and in
exhaling his breath much of the air
passed through this puncture and un-
der the skin, causing the body to in
fate.
Young Lawson was at the point of
suffocation when physicians arrived.
Their first act was to puncture the
skin of the neck and allow the air to
escape. They say the boy will live.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
.LEPROSY CHECKED BY
OLD |ND|AN REMEDY
Doctor Insists Victim Is No
Longer Menace to Workmen.

Ann Arbor, Mich.-Ignorant that he
was suffering from leprosy in an ad-
vanced stage-the physician who had
sent him had not diagnosed the dis
ease-a man came to DR.. lido Vile of
the medical faculty of the University
of Michigan last July. He was a pitt
able object His body was covered
with leprous LESSONS.
DR.. Vile took the sufferer into the
university general hospital and has
treated him with chaul-moogra oil, a
remedy for leprosy that has been used
for generations in India, unsuccessful
ly in the great majority of cases.
Now his disease, which oftenest con-
dennis man to life confinement in
colony of his fellow sufferers, is ar
rested. The patient is making a splen-
did recovery, DR.. Vile says. He is
strong and walks two miles each day.
No more men shame him by calling
him "unclean." /:
BE is no more dangerous to any COM
munity now than a tuberculosis pa
tient. DR.. Vile insists. The doctor
adds:
"Work is given to tuberculosis pa
tient who is able to work. No one
questions his duty and right to support
himself and his family. Work should
be given to this man, once the most
despised and feared of humans-a
leper."
The mans name is withheld that.
unknown, he may begin life anew and
earn bread for his wife and their baby.
His entry into the hospital was affect
ing, dramatic.
It so happened that a medical con-
vention was being held here. and the
different clinics were open to the visit
ing physicians. DR.. Vile had not seen
the patient until he was wheeled into
the clinic. The doctors face went
white. Visitors leaned forward and
peered upon the mans nude body. Their
faces were tense, for they knew-they
thought him doomed.
The examination soon over, the pa
tient was wheeled out. and DR.. Vile
said, with emotion:
'"That man has a we'll advanced case
of leprosy. l must tell him, and it
will seem to him like reading his death
warrant. When his disease becomes
known it is doubtful if we can keep
him here. Even if the leprosy cannot
be arrested the man has ten years vet
before him in which he might earn a
living were it not that he will be
bounded from place to place; every
mans hand will be against him."
us he cured-will he ever be abso-
lutely cured?" DR.. Vile was asked.
IA cure is always relative" answer
ed the doctor. ''At present all the
symptoms that characterize leprosy
have disappeared in this case. He is
strong. confident, hopeful. If you ask
me whether the leprous symptoms will
reappear can no more tell you than l
can assure man healthy today that
he will be in health as good ten or f1f-
teen years hence
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
over gao new GAME
LAWS ENACTED BY us,
Agricultural Department Press
eS Campaign Of Protection.

Washington.-The department of az
riculture has inaugurated a vigorous
campaign for the protection Of game
under the federal law and is aiding the
various states in carrying out their
statutes.
More than 24O new game laws were
enacted during 1915-a larger number
than in any previous year except 1911.
Forty-three states held regular legis-
lative sessions. and in all of these
states except Arizona, Georgia and Me-
braska some changes were made in the
statutes protecting game. The largest
number of new game laws passed in
any one state was sixty-one, in North
Carolina, but in California, Connecti-
cut, Maine, New Jersey, Oregon. Penn
sylvania and Wisconsin the number
reached ten or more. Several measures
were vetoed. including general game
bill in Idaho, the first bill appropriating
the hunting license fund in Pennsylva-
MIA. bill protecting bears in Califor-
MIA and three sections of the game bill
in Washington state.
A number of bills were introduced
for the purpose Of harmonizing the
state laws on migratory birds with
the federal regulations. In at least
nine states changes were made which
brought the seasons into substantial
agreement - namely. California. Con-
necticut, Maine, Michigan, New Hamp-
shire, Tennessee and West Virginia.
In Illinois the seasons for all migra-
tory birds except coot and waterfowl
and in Washington for the smaller
shore birds were made to conform with
the regulations under the federal law.
Uniformity was also secured by pro-
visions in the laws of Connecticut.
Maine, New Mexico. North Dakota,
Washington and Wisconsin. prohibit
Ing hunting between sunset and sun
rise. On the other hand, Delaware
adopted resolution opposing the mi
gratory. bird law, and Ohio and Rhode
Island, which had harmonized their
seasons In 1914, changed the seasons
on waterfowl this year.
AS a result Of the decision of the
supreme court Of the United States on
Jan. 10, 1914, sustaining the alien
hunting law Of Pennsylvania. legisla-
ton prohibiting aliens from hunting or
owning shotguns or rifles was enacted
in at least four notwithstanding
New Jersey, North Dakota and West
virginia-but certain exceptions based
on property qualifications were made
in Massachusetts and New Jersey.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
SAND SPRINGS, OKLA,
MADE FOR WIDOWS
Oil Producer Using Wealth on
Women and Children,

Sand Springs Okla.-This town was
built for widows. They compose more
than a fourth of the 5000 population.
The town was founded by Charles
Page, multimillionaireo oil producer of
His earliest recollections were of his
mothers efforts to raise her large fam.
lily unaided. and he resolved that when
he grew up he would take care of all
the widows.
When he made his fortune Page
rounded Sand Springs. He built doz-
ems of comfortable cottages in which
gas. fuel and rent were free. Facto-
RES he bought so the widows might
have employment.
He built car line to Tulsa upon
which widows ride free. There are
day nursery, free medical attendance
and a vocational school. If a widow
wants to get married Page helps her
do that. He likes grandmothers too.
There are a score of them here, with
nothing to do but knit and read and
reminisce.
Page probably has more "children"
than any other man in the world. An
orphans home in a nearby town re-
Gently went bankrupt. To provide bet
ter for the little inmates Page le-
gally adopted the whole institution and
moved it to- Sand Springs.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
Own. Wrong Land Twelve Years.

Owns Wrong Land Twelve Years.
McMinnville. Ore.-Twelve years ago
josef Heinrich bought eight acres of
school land from the state. located.
paid taxes and improved the place. N.
W. Smith, who recently purchased thir-
teen acres from the state, discovered
that Heinrich had been living on his
land and had paid taxes on another
tract one mile south similar In descrip.
ton. In the twelve years Heinrich had
built home on the Smith place. clear
ed some Of the timber and cultivated
the land. The Heinrich tract In tina
meantime has not been touched.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
EATS PORK AT EVERY MEAL.

Hoosier Farmer Says It Is Sweet Diet
and Good For Longevity.
Columbus, Ind.-Do you wish to live
long and be strong? Then eat pork
three times day, says Samuel Reyn-
olds, a farmer here, who is seventy-fve
and can carry sack of grain with the
best.
Reynolds eats pork three times every
day, and if he wishes little snack of
something between meals he eats a
piece Of pork. If he happens to need a
bite Of something before going to bed
he eats piece of pork. He never ate
an apple in his life, and he never tasted
any sort of fruit, butter or jelly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
MAD DOG CALLS POLICE.
upsets Telephone In Rampage and Cen
$ra1 noae Tho Rae$

Upsets Telephone In Rampage and Gen.
trail Does the Rest.
Danville, III. "A dog afflicted with
rabies indirectly called the police de-
partment and thus brought about it's
own destruction. Before it was killed
it overturned much Of the furniture at
the home of Louis Smith. it's owner,
and badly scared the servant.
In it's rampage it upset desk on
which the telephone rested and as the
receiver fell from the hook central
asked for the 1numberdnThe operator
heard the bowling of the dog and, be-
lieving that something was wrong,
called the police department.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
FUELLESS ENGINE
QUEST ENDS AT SO
Called by Death After Working
on 1t Seventy Years.
TAKES SECRET TO CRAVE.

oerore lying WouId 30 Inventor of
Minneapolis Destroyed All Charts or
Mechanical Continuance. He Had
Made In Search For Perpetual Mo.
ton Machine. I
Minneapolis, Minn.-When John La
ney, ninety-three years old, was laid to
rest in Crystal Lake cemetery sew.
enty year quest forsythe secret of per
petual motion" came to fruitless end.
So close did he think himself to the
secret at times that he trembled with
expectancy. For seventy years, despite
his disappointments, his mind aflame
with ambition, Laney worked, think
ing, experimenting.
Meanwhile this man, a Scotchman by
birth and stonemason by trade, whose
only relaxation was reading the works
Of Bacon, Shakespeare, Coleridge and
Wordsworth, smashed and DESTROYED
contrivance after contrivance when it
failed. Then with intensified energy
he concentrated on a new idea.
IL almost WORKED.
These three words tell the life story
of a man gifted in some ways beyond
his fellow men. John Laney wanted
his name to 60 down in history, but al
ways when he fancied he was at the
very edge Of accomplishment it was
only to find the something missing in a
cOntrivance that almost worked"
when I was just little girl father
used to have the kitchen table cleared
for him when supper was over" said
Mrs. Lizzie Welton, at whose home
the aged man spent his last days.
"He had groove in the table and a
round stone ball that he made himself.
He would roll this round and round,
and often mother would have to get
up late at night and beg him to stop
and rest.
"Father had a good education, most
~ self acquired. He loved the poets,
and he wrote several songs, one for
the st. George guards Of st. George,
New Brunswick, where we once lived.
He was a sculptor. alshe.'' .s-.4.
Outside the steps OF the cosy cot
tage where Mrs. Welton lives are two
pieces Of granite. One has on it fig
ures of Hiawatha and Minnehaha; the
other has on it bear and two cubs.
Inside the house, highly treasured, is a
chain five feet long, with many links
and an anchor at the end, that was cut
out with a jackknife from a solid piece
of wood. Many small mementoes re-
main.
But before he died John Laney de-
stroyed all charts or mechanical con-
trivances he had made in his search
for perpetual motion. One day he
said to his daughter:
perpetual motion will yet be found.
There is no doubt of it. When it is
found the world will be astonished not
alone by the stupendous changes that
it will bring in all industrial life, but
by the simplicity Of it. Millions will
wonder why no one ever thought Of it
before" ..
II am an old man." he would often
say. II saw the coming of the rail-
roads, the telegraph, the automobile
and the more wonderful things of
later years. l predicted back in 1850
that the world would one day see the
horseless wagon. and it is here. All,
if I could only just get the one little
missing link!'
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
GEARY's POPULAR SCHOOL.

II Boasts Seven Pairs Of Twins.
Claims Record For Oklahoma.
Geary. Okla.-The Geary school lays
claim to the unique distinction Of hav-
Ing more pairs of twins attending the
school than any other school of it's size
in the state. 3 Il
At the present time there are seven
pairs Of twins enrolled and another girl
attending who has twin brother, who
Will probably start after the new year.
This will bring the total number Of
twin pairs enrolled up to eight. These
twins are scattered all the way through
the school from the primary to the
senior class. 3
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
BOTTLE FLOATED is YEARS.
It Was Thrown, With a Note, Into the
Pacific Ocean In 1899.

It Was Thrown, With a Note, Into the
Pacific Ocean In 1899.
Hoquiam, Wash. After floating
about in the Pacific ocean for years
a bottle containing a note. probably
written and thrown overheard by one
OF the officers Of the schooner Transit.
has been found on the beach by an
Indian. Bob Wayne. near Moclips.
The note was dated Aug. 10, 1899,
and was perfectly legible, though the
writing and the paper were considera-
bly, faded. The message with the note
reads as follows:
Schooner Transit, Aug TO- 1893. Ten
days out from Honolulu, H. l., bound to
San Francisco. Weather calm and battling
wind. All is well. Latitude 80 degrees "A
minutes north, longitude 1856 degrees
minutes west. ]. PETERSON
Wayne found the bottle on the beach
after the record high tide Of the win
ter, which followed several days of a
heavy offshore blow, which brought in
heavy surf.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
SLIP BRINGS DREAM TRUE.

Printer Laughed, but Loses Hand Ex.
actly a. ForetoId.
Kansas City.-John w. Reed Of the
Read Printing company dreamed the
other night Of cutting off his hand in a
paper cutter in his shop. He laughed
when he told about the dream and
said he was not superstitious and had
no fear.
Next day as he passed the cutter
Reed slipped and struck the lever. His
left hand went under the blade and
was severed at the wrist.
The workmen. remembering the
dream, became confused and ten min
utes passed before a physician was
called.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
MAKES MODEL OF HIS JAIL.

Prisoner Works For Fun Wouldn't
Work For His Children.
San Francisco. = Joseph Swanson,
serving term in the county jail for
failure to provide for his children, has
proved his ability to provide for them
If he cared to try.
During three weeks in jail he model
ed wooden replica Of the building in
which he IS imprisoned with saw.
jackknife and a pot of glue. The win
dows are made of celluloid panes.
Swanson has presented his model to
Sheriff Barnet. who has placed it in
bis collection of curiosities.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
CURES BICHL0RIDE POISONING

Cincinnati Doctor Discovers Antidote
For Deadly Drug.
Observation-Disclosures at the Gin
cinnati General hospital have discover
ed an antidote for bichloride of mer-
curry. one of the most corrosive poisons
known.
Recently Miss Birdie Talbot took
four of the deadly tablets. She was
taken to the City hospital writhing in
agony. The physicians gave her copi-
Gus doses of combination Of drugs
discovered by Professor Martin Fisher
OF the medical department Of the Gin
cinnati university. The woman has
left the hospital entirely cured.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
TALK OF BABIES JARS THEM.
pinsters Form Club to Avoid Chatter
About Husbands.

Spinsters Form Club to Avoid Chatter
About Husbands.
Sabetha, Kan.-An organization of
spinsters has been formed in this town
to save them from hearing talk about
babies.
AT the women's clubs" says Miss
Georgia Hook, head of the spinsters,
"all we hear is talk of babies and hus.
bands of various kinds. Oh, you can
not realize the unintentional cruelty of
it all! What pleasure can we have in
hearing talk Of babies, babies, babies
all the time? The small town never
gives the proper chance for all girls to
marry happily. Too many of our best
young men 60 to the cities. AS a re-
sui there are more manageable young
women than young men,"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
TWO. DRINKS, TWO YEARS.

Local Option Law VioIator of Fort
Worth, Tex, Gets Limit.
Fort Worth, Tex.-Charles Pettigrew
was defendant in the first case tried
In Tarrant county under the law MAX
ing it a felony to sell liquor in local
option territory. he was convicted
and sentenced to two years. He sold
two drinks to the same man.
Pettigrew was indicted in January,
and his first trial was on an indict-
ment that carried only misdemeanor
penalty. He escaped on a technically.
The next Indictment under the felony
law also was held defective, but the
third one was sustained.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
LEG BONE PATCHES SPINE.
Altoona Boy Is Now Jubiant After Un-
usual Operation.

Altoona Boy Is Now JubiIant After Un-
usual Operation.
Altoona, Pa.-Kenneth Geist, aged
four, is perhaps the happiest child in
the United States, for recently he re-
ceived his discharge from the hospital
here.
He was admitted to the hospital on
Christmas, 1913, suffering from tuber-
culosis Of the spine. He could neither
talk nor walk, and the case was
thought hopeless.
The surgeons took a piece of bone
from his right leg and inserted it in
the place where they removed the dis.
eased vertebra. The operation was
successful, and Kenneth can run, talk
and play like other boys.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
OLD LADY DRIVES CAR.

EstherviIIe (la.) County Claims to Have
Oldest Woman Auto Enthusiast.
Estherville, Ia Estherville now
claims to have the oldest lady auto
mobile enthusiast in the state, If not
in the whole country.
Mrs. M. e. Jehu. aged seventy-three,
proprietress Of the Baskerville green
houses, recently purchased car and
after a few lessons from demonstra-
tor took charge of the car and expects
to drive It regularly.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
BOY A FlNANCIER.
Lad Fourteen Years Old Makes Money
Out of Sheep.

wv VI 0uSSHs
Ipswich, S. D.-Gerald Pershin, four
teen years Of age, gives promise Of be-
Ing one of the financiers of the coun-
try.
On Sept. 5, 1914, the boy went to
M. A. Slocum, a friend, and toll him
that he had chance to buy twenty
five old ewes from Robert Jones at a
bargain. Mr.. Slocum went with the
boy to the bank and signed a note
with him, thereby enabling the boy to
get the funds.
The other day the boy entered the
bank. paid over $500, his note with
interest, and remarked that he had
cleaned up $1108O clean profit on his
sheep during the year. He had sold
$2S worth of wool and had sold his
original purchase and their increase.
less five sheep the coyotes had killed,
for $1664O. 49,.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
WOMAN KILLS EAGLE,

Pulaski County Resident Wins Record
by Not Using Gun.
Rolla. Mo.-Mrs. J. H. Arthur, who
lives near Laquey, Pulaski county,
probably enjoys the distinction Of be-
ing the only woman in Missouri to kill
an eagle without the aid of a gun.
Recently she heard a noise in the
chicken yard and saw a large eagle
sWoop down on the flock. A watch
dog rushed upon the eagle and knocked
it to the ground. Mrs. Arthur grabbed
a long piece Of wagon tire and struck
it with all her might, breaking it's neck
and right wing. The eagle measured
six feet four inches from tip to tip.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
Left All to EMPLOYEE.

Sioux City, lathe good and faith
full servant of ancient days found
modern example here when Charles
Grubel, twenty-five years old, clerk,
received nearly all of the $4,000 es-
tate left by Otto Mowitz, a grocer for
whom Grubel had worked six years.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
Owl Cause. Auto Smash.

Peru, Ind.-Marion Dillman took a
party Of friends automobiling, and
when near Chill an owl struck him In
the face. Dillman let go Of the steer
ing wheel. and the car ran down an
embankment and against a fence. None
Of the occupants was hurt. but Dill
mans face was scratched BY the owls
claws.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
It's Hummer.

Pine Grove. Ark.-Katherine Lucy
boasts Of being the possessor Of the
only brindle Bosco tomcat in these
parts. a few days; ago tabty brought
In black snake thirty-nine inches
long. ~
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
BABE TRAVELS IN BASKET.

Young Father Makes Long Journey
With MotherIess Child.
Eagle. AriZ.-With clothes basket
as a cradle for his month-old mother
less babe R. E. Hiatt made the journey
from Eagle to Sidney. Ia, to place the
infant in the care Of its grandmother.
Mrs. Hiatt died just month ago fol-
lowing the birth of twins, one Of which
died at birth.
A woman on the train volunteered to
assist the young father, and the infant
reached its destination safely.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
LOST GIRL CRAWLS MILES.
Thrown by Runaway, She Is Loft Grip
pied In Desert.

Needles, Cal. - Lost in the desert,
forced to crawl for miles on her hands
and knees during the night and finally
rescued by railroad engineer as she
lay unconscious on the tracks, were
the adventures that befel Miss Louise
M. Pearson, twenty-five, Of Oakland,
in the Mohave desert.
Miss Pearson left Ludlow on horse
back to locate mine in Old Dad
mountains. Ten miles out her horse
threw her. Her ankle was so severely
sprained she could not walk, and the
horse, carrying food supplies, raced
away.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1916-01-22
She achevved,n He Said.

She "ChoWod,V He SAID.
Huntington, w. Va.-Francis M. Ed
CELL got divorce because, his wife, &C.
cording to his petition. persisted in
chewing tobacco in bed. He also got
the custody Of the four children.