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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
How Do Men Break Down.

Be assured that there is no chance
OF your breaking down-although
there will be times when you will try
to fool yourself wiz his idea. This
thought Of breaking down indeed IL
one Of the illusions of mediocrity. Il
Is the excuse which every lazy man
presents to himself. It is moral astig.
matism. The great fact is that men do
not break down from overwork 80
much as is commonly supposed. An
they 60 upward in the scale Of in
creased activity, increased RESPONSE
bility only acts upon them as a natural
stimulant and carries them along. II
hard work and worry killed men 80
easily, most Of the successful business
men of America would be dead al.
ready. No! What kills men is due moro
to what they take into their stomachs
rather than what they take into their
minds.-Physical Culture.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Fuel Problem In China.

Mrs. Calvin Wright, a missionary at
Tangehowfu, tells of famine conditions
in China. She writes, according to the
Christian World: Between US and
the sea Is a field Of the tall grain we
call gaoliang, which has been almost
completely stripped of it's leaves by
the poor Of the city. trying to find
fuel for their kitchen fires. When we
cut our millet the poor came out in
families and the hired reapers seemed
to take them all for Ruths, for each
woman and child had 'handfuls Of pur-
pose and went away with baskets and
armfuls of grain. It seemed a pity to
stop them, but the memory Of 100
mouths to feed led US to send them
word to wait until the reapers were
done. SO the cleaners sat in groups
among the graves or by the roadside
and waited. When the last stalk was
cut and carried off they pounced upon
the land and raked it bare. We had
our lawn cleared of wild grass for
nothing, as the cleaners were only too
glad to pull up the roots for fuel"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Pleasure.

OF course we are entitled to It.
And we should take great pains to Sc
cure the fullest measure Of 1t. So
much may be taken for granted; the
important question Is, when and where
shall we find pleasure? Sir Walter Bag
shot gave his opinion that business is
much more amusing than pleasure.
I suppose he meant that man who is
in love with his work will get more
real fun" out of it than was ever gath
cred In so-called places Of amuse-
ment." Many Of our pleasures do little
more for US than kill time. They do
not kill care, for it comes back again
the next morning. He is wise man
who more and more learns to get his
amusement out of the serious work
he IS doing Then If he takes an occa-
sional hour or day, for sport or the
passing show" he will come back to
his real task in life to find his real en-
tertainment. What finer art than that
Of having good time in the thing
which one has to do? Immensely wiser
and more profoundly philosophical
than the practice Of planning for the
good time afterward-GeorgeC Clarke
Peck.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Who Built III?

Summing up his Interpretation of the
Amiens cathedral, the "Bible of
Amiens," Ruslzin asks:
"Who built it, shall we ask? God
and man is the first true answer. The
stars In their courses built it, and the
nations. Greek Athens labors here,
and the Roman Father Jove and
Guardian Mars. The Gaul labors here
and the Frank kingly Norman. mighty
Ostrogoth and wasted anchorite Of
1dumea. The actual man who built It
scarcely cared to tell you he did so;
nor do the historians brag of him.
Any quantity Of heraldries of knaves
and faineants you may find in what
they call their history; but this is
probably the first time you ever read
the name Of Robert Of Luzarches. I
say he scarcely cared;' we are not
sure that he cared at all. He signed
his name. nowhere, that l can hear of.
You may perhaps find some recent INF
tials cut by English remarkable visit
ors DESTROYS Of Immortality, here and
there about the edif1ce, but Robert the
builder, or at least the master Of that
building, cut his on no stone Of It."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Play at Somethinn.

Are you one Of those who laugh at
those who ride hobbies? Did you ever
notice that man doesn't amount to
much who isn't little batty over
something outside Of the way he makes
living.
Look around at the unusual men
and women you know and see If all
Of them haven't sidelines in the way
Of work. These queries are due to a
story of big man who "clears his
mind" every evening by driving q
motorcar through the worst traffic in
the world. He could just as well take
easier routes, hire an expert chauffeur
or not drive at all, but the trip makes
him forget such little things as money
deals and big operations.
Use every day some portions Of
your body other than those with which
you make living, either mind or
muscle. Just because you're grown is
no reason why you should not play
Toledo Blade.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MINI. H. 1918
FOODS WITH CORN AS BASIS
Some Really Excellent Dishes That
Are Popular in Different Parts
of the World,

Maize was the chief aboriginal food
of America and is still a favorite ar
ticle of diet in Central America.
"Sarhp" was adopted by the early COL
onists of New England from the In
dams; it consisted, according to Roger
Williams, Of Indian corn beaten and
broiled and eaten hot or cold with milk
or butter" 'Hominy" was the name
given to maize after it had been boiled
with alkali, causing the skin of the
grain to peel away and leave the soft
inner portion.
"Succotash" originally meant an ear
Of maize, but was afterwards used to
describe q mixture Of corn and beans.
Hoe cake" was taken over from the
southern Indians. The Pueblo Indians
ate cruel baked on stone stoves, call
Ing 1t paper bread" -"Hulled corn or
hominy, ground into PASTE" says H.
j. Spinden in his account of the Mexi-
can dietary, furnishes dough for the
tortillas or unleavened cakes that take
the place Of bread in Mexico. Although
the ordinary tortilla is rather -soggy,
1t Is delicious when made thin. For
breakfast dish nothing can surpass the
enchilada, which is tOrilla rolled up
cigar fashion with 4 little meat, cheese
or chill pepper as a surprise In the
center. This is toasted before the fire
until it is crisp and cracking. Pinole
Is, properly speaking, a parched meal
made from maize and other seeds. The
word is applied to a variety of dishes
such as stews of maize, meat and chilli
peppers"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
TWO LEGENDS ABOUT RIVER
Both Concern Arizona Stream, but
Only One Is Really Popular
In the State.

The HasSayampa is an Arizona
river which stands for the spirit of his
native desert to the son of western
Arizona. There are two legends con-
nected with the waters of Hassay-
ampa, one subscribed to by natives and
the other by irreverent aliens. Both
parties agree that the waters of this
desert stream have powers surprising
the normal.
According to the native Of Arizona,
whosoever shall taste the waters Of
Hassayampa is thenceforward bound
to the Arizona desert by ties stronger
than bonds of steel. Drink once Of the
magic current, and you must inevitably
return to drink again. Wherever you
may wander in some quiet hour you
VIII hear the Hassayampa calling, and
whether you IRE in Cape Town or
Hongkong or Port Said. you will forth
with take ship ON the trail of another
drink. That Is why the Arizonians in
foreign states and lands frequently
band themselves into clubs called Has
sayampa.
A look at the Hassayampa itself will
convince the unprecedented stranger
that some magic power must reside
In the waters. Otherwise nobody would
want second drink.
The other legend of the Hassayampa
Is more often retailed by aliens, though
occasionally native will admit it's
prevalence and the existence of a GER
tain amount Of corroborative evidence.
This legend affirms that whatsoever
takes drink Of Hassayampa water is
thenceforward utterly and constitu-
tionally incapable Of telling the truth
on any important matter. So firmly
established did this belief become that
at one period OF Arizona history, in
stead of applying the short and ugly
term to man, they called him HAS
sayampa," which is a term certainly
long and in the opinion Of some per-
sons beautiful.-Chicago News.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Americas severe.t Winter.

A letter from John Winter to Rev.
DR.. Cotton Mather describes graph
ically the severest winter and deepest
snow ever recorded in America: ut
held the north half Of the continent in
its grip. In the Illinois country In
this winter of 1915 and It'll the snow
fell to depth Of six feet on the
praiHes and bided SO long that all
wild animal life, such as the larger
game buffalo, elk, deer and antelope
died. The buffalo and antelope never
crossed the Mississippi river, and
these two species peculiarly plains
and prairie ruminants) never came
back, but elk and deer and other large
game did. !" SSH $3.50
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
NOT so EASY TO BE BAD
One Who Tries It May Come to A.
taeh New Meaning to Biblical
Injunction.

1t is a popular fallacy that it is
much easier to be bad than good. So
firmly rooted is this error that 1t is
universally accepted. II. varley writes
in Judge. -.=
Yet 1t is very easy to demonstrate the
absurdity of 1t. Imagine yourself, for
moment, having decided to be as bad
as possible. Throw off all thought of
convention Of law, Of caring for the
opinions of others and of needing the
still. small voice within you.
Here you are then, ready to be bad.
Not Just ordinarily, pretty bad-but
bad to the nth degree.
What shall you do? Murder? That's
silly, for there is none you hate enough
and If there was the fear of eventual
~ sitting In chair not upholstered
for comfort but for speedy demise
would deter you from murder.
Rob bank? However delightful
the prospect, you can't tear open iron
bars with your bare hands nor dig
through granite with your fingernails.
Elope with your neghbor's wife?
That Is the most ridiculous Of all, for
you know your neighbor and that re-
moves any wish to endure. even for a
moment, what he suffers indefinitely.
So you stand, and mentally 70
through the whole category of badness
without finding single thing you can
do without much more trouble than
you could perform some good deed.
The worst you can picture yourself do
ing (that is feasible) is such a COM
mon peccadillo that you must despise
it for its very littleness.
So you see the difficulty Of being
Just little bad-the utter impossible
ity OF being really bad.
Then the Biblical injunction comes
to you with an entirely new meaning:
1.-The way Of the transgressor is hard"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Statues Of Great Men.

The fashion Of placing statues Of
popular heroes in parks and squares
has prevailed for long time, and is
apparently not losing any Of the popu-
lar favor, says the Ave Maria. 1t
would not be so prevalent, however, II
Rossini's plan were carried out.
The great italian composer was
waited on one day by delegation who
informed him that statue Of himself
was to be erected in white marble,
and that it would adorn the public
square of his natal city. The artist
inquired how much the statue would
cost.
Twelve thousand francs" was the
reply.
"Well." said Rossini, give me that
sum, and on state occasions I'll go and
stand on the pedestal myself, so that
instead Of a mere copy you'll have thu
original"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Power OF the Old Sono.

Consider the old song. Immediate
~ all the things that make up the
present existence fade into dim OBJ
security and for while, for the dura-
ton Of the melody at least, we live in
glory of the song and its association.
One thing has remained the same
and that is the song. The years have
made no change in the beauty or the
meaning of that. In the face Of the
constant change and activities which
mean mans existence and the worlds
progress, the song has remained the
same.
With the keen insight Of human ma
ture, authors have keen appreciative
of the power Of the haunting melody.
and have made it the theme Of their
work.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Cleaned Out.

II want you to clean my shop win
dow" said Mr.. Jenkins to Muggins, the
village champion window cleaner. "Do
you think you can do 1t while I'm
away for an hour or so?"
"Oh, yes; glad to do It," replied
Muggins. And while Mr.. Jenkins was
out he set to work with a will and
completed the Job with vengeance.
"Muggins," said Jenkins, entering
the shop and glancing at the cleaners
work with approval, you've done the
job well. Why, there isn't speck or
scratch to be seen on the whole pane.
Here's your money and an extra shif-
ling" =
'Tm glad you're satisfied with it,"
murmured Muggins pocketing the
money somewhat nervously.
"Of course I am. Why, can hardly
believe there is any glass there at all,
It looks 50 clear" ..s5.-,.g
''Well, there amt" said Muggins;
moving toward the door. "Me and the
ladder fell through the glass just after
we started."-Lontlon Tit-Bits. .-1-z.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Commercial Morals Low In Japan.

Commercial Morals Low In Japan.
China, for long centuries a highly
developed nation, has an elaborate
code Of commercial ethics. Japan, on
the other hand, which is a nation COM
paratively new to civilization, is not
so scrupulous. says a writer in Sys-
tenn. He continues:
In Japan they say a contract Is
never settled thing, whereas in
China it is absolutely binding. The
Japanese admit they have no tradi-
lions In trade, and the average Jap
anese merchant is firmly convinced
that II he orders goods today, and the
market declines before they arrive, he
does perfectly right to refuse them.
Banks in Japan recognize this trait
In Japanese character. There is no
such thing as lending money to a man
on his personal note"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Give "Overt" a Chance,

Many fine adjective has been
spoiled by being hooked up, in some
facile phrase, to commonplace noun.
For example, overt. Never in my life,
writes II. L. Mencken in the New York
Sun, have I encountered overt save in
front Of act. Thus Joined and poisoned,
1t Is mouthed abominably by lawyers
and newspaper editorial writer's; the
Hterate fauna Of superior type avoid
1t almost altogether. And yet it Is
fne adjective, juicy adjective, an
adjective worth knowing better. Why
not overt honesty, overt destiny, overt
love? once had an overt black eye.
Earlier In this life made overt eyes
at girl overly red-haired, and re-
member her oleaginous kiss every
time the BARRIERS brush slides across
my face. Let us appoint a committee
to get overt out Of Jail.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
6iuh'na.

We all know to what desperate
lengths some can be carried by their
desire to be important or even to
seem important, It is as. il they felt
that they could not endure making
this earthly pilgrimage without at
tracing notice to themselves. Open
ly or covertly they will try to give
their lives enhancement. They are pitt
full when they resort to pretense and
deceit. And yet even here there is a
certain imaginative appeal, longing
to change drab colors., into brighter
shades, to do for themselves what the
writer's of fiction do for characters
that entertain and charm and THRILL
Exchange. .-- s-..f
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Coconuts Make Good Mock Pearl,

S0So1OI8 MIAMI 0OOo "oCN T02rISs
The coconuts Of the Malay PENN
sula sometimes produce pearls that
are highly priced by the natives, says
the Family Herald. The stones are
not unlike the pearls Of the mollusks,
and are similar in composition to the
oyster pearls, having calcium carbon
ate and little organic matter.
The mollusk pearl comes into exist
ence by the efforts Of the oyster to dis
pose of irritating particles that have
entered the shell; but the coconut
could have no cause for producing
these concretons, which, while they
have great similarity to pearl are not
pearls. These concretions form Just
beneath the stem, and a pure white
pearl brings high price, as it is sup
posed by the natives to possess some
kind Of a charm. Cases have been
known where the coconut pearl has
been sold as a mollusk product, but
such instances are rare.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Famous Military Commander.

Napoleon regarded wellington a.
able, but lucky. He considered lilly
and Wallenstein far better generals
than Gustaf Adolf. Turenne he placed
far in advance Of Frederick the Great.
If had man like Turenne as my
second in command during my CAM
paigns," he said, II should now be mas
ter Of the world" Hannibal, accord
ing to Plutarch, sometimes ranked Al
exander, sometimes Pyrrhus as the
foremost general of all time. Scipio
he placed second. Himself he ranked
but third or fourth. Posterity has
modified his verdict to the advantage
Of his fame.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
When Sick, Go to q "VeA."

"Some Of the best medicines for peo-
pie are dog medicines" said a ply
sician.
"You see, all sorts Of remedies arc
prescribed for human complaints, and
sometimes they are beneficial. Many
people have faith In patent medicines.
which may be more or less justified.
'But dog medicine is very sure to
be good thing It wouldn't sell II it
wasn't. And what is good for a dog
is likely to be good for a human being
-supposing that he really knows what
Is the matter with him.
"A doctor who started In business
with no other equipment than a dozen
prescriptions representing irst-class
dog medicines (supposing him to be q
fair diagnostician) ought to make a
fair professional success"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
He Had Chanoed,

Mother-Why didn't you speak to
that little boy who just passed?
Tommie-I don't know him, mama.
eyes, you do know him. He's the
little boy who just moved in next door
to us. You were playing with him
yesterday"
Well, mama, If that's the same boy,
he's over-washed today"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Marching Orders.

Patience-What's become Of that
young man who used to call ON you?
Patrice-You mean the one papa
didn't like? ~
That's the one
"Oh, he's gone to be SOLDIER
What's he know about being SOL
der, I'd like to know o.
"oh. papa showed him how to
march,
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Accommodating Fish.

waiter 7" .~ = ri. ~
'sYas, sab" '-:.-- -
''That fish isn't fresh" -5 .
"Oh, vas, sab. Dat fish am fresh,
sah."
swell, it's been long time out Of
the water" -. $,
"Oh, no, sab. seed dat hsh 4.
crawlin' out OBJ de water only an hour
ago, sah."
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
He's Some Help,

Belle-Her husband is very good at
figures, you know. .,--S.-- .-. 49,. ~
Beulah-Really?
"Oh, yes. He's in a bank" 3
"Think OF tl1at!" g. -,
"She always takes him to her knit
ting club" ~ -.
what can he do at a knitting
club?'' e...s - = i .....-.~- -. =.
He counts the stitches so she can
talk" -. s..sse 81.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
POWERS REQUIRED By WAR
Quality Of seIf-Reliancs the First
Requisite Of the Really Great
Commander.

War Is wont to be associated with
the physical rather than the INTEL
lectual or moral qualities, says Col.
Theo A. Dodge In the Forum. The
Idea of youth and strength and ardor
Is coupled with the military profess
sion. Alexander at the Granicus,
Scipio at Zama. Napoleon in 'O6. Nc
Clellan in 80, represent to the popular
fancy the typical soldier. But war,
from the standpoint of the captain. is
primarily an intellectual process. The
successful conduct of a campaign re-
quires, first, exceptional mental pow
ers; next, msral qualities of high
order; and last, physique to with
stand the drain Of unremitting mental
and nervous tension. The gladlatorial
courage which prompted the little
Roman legionary to close in upon the
burly Teuton with the sword, or the
prize-fighting pluck which carried the
guards through the day at Waterloo,
are not as essential to the captain as
the moral force which on the broad
strategic field helps him to push his
own scheme home despite the threat
ening maneuvers of his opponent,
which on the narrower field of battle
enables him to risk the lives Of thou
sands Of his men upon the result of a
calculation, or to watch with equipoise
the compromising movements Of his
adversary, or to hold back his battal-
Ions for the supreme moment, are not
as essential as that self-reliance
which prompts him to great under
takings and sustains him through their
performance
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
A U&ef,1I AIehand

"Why in the world does his wife call
him Picket Fence?'
Well, she says he's easy to see
through
"And, then, he's very useful around
the house,"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1918-05-11
Another Matter.

sHow do you propose to support my
daughter, young mani"
But I'm only proposing to marry
her, sir.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-20
local authority.

local authority
We earnestly solicit the generous
aid of the entire community in the
performance of this civic duty, that
is of vital Importance to each and
all of US.
Our funds now on hand consist
of S1S8.25. The above amount rep
resents the net gain from sundry
Ice Pools that were very efficiently
conducted by Mr.. Woodbury. Abbey,
assisted by number of our public
spirited business firms, and around
this nucleus we hope to gather a
sum of sufficient magnitude to meet
any emergency that may arise.
Very respectfully submitted,
GEO. w. PENNINGTON,
Secretary.
The Nenana daily news. (Nenana, Alaska) 1918-1921, 1918-05-20
SNOW IN HILLS
GIVES PROMISE
OF HIGH WATER
Totatlanika Logger Says Enough
Snow Is Left on Highlands to
Give Trouble.

! In the opinion of Austin Oars
logging contractor, who has a camp
well up the Totatlanika, there is
still enough snow on the ground
throughout the Tanana valley to
keep the streams wei. supplied with
water during the early summer. A
few real warm days, he says, might
easily cause another general over
flow along the Tanana, should the
thaw come before the water drops
materially.
Oars has a contract to deliver
half a million feet of logs to the
Commission, and large number of
the logs were banked, ready to roll
into the water when the flood came.
The water did not rise sufficient,
on the Totatlanika, however, to
cause any damage, the flooded areas
being confined chiefly to the low
lands along the Tanana The great
est drawback at the Oars camp has
been the deep snow, much of which
is still on the ground near the log
ging camp.
The high water almost flooded
the Fred Keil fox farm, above Ne
mana. The roadhouse celler filled
with water, but before any further
damage resulted the water dropped.
The Keil place is we'll up from the
river and not in any danger from
overflows ordinarily.
The Oars outfit will begin driving
early next month. The logs will be
doomed at the mouth of the To-
tatlanika and RATED from that point
to the Commission mill at Nenana.
The contract will not be finished
until well along in the summer.