The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1900-01-20
MANY OTHER ST. PAULS

gin, and in many parts its soil is too hot
for living being to walk upon with any
reasonable degree of comfort. It's vege-
| tation is scanty and consists principally
| OF potatoes, cabbage and carrots. These
| have been planted by various parties "
persons who have been shipwrecked a
J marooned there.
The island has an interesting histOrN
1t was first seen by Magelan's compan-
| ions on their tour around the world, and
| was not reported again until 1917 when
it was sighted by the Dutch ship Zeewof.
In 1896 the crew of the Dutch vessel Won
Waning landed there and were the first
| white men to set foot on the island. In
1892 Capt. Peron, a Frenchm;x, was ma
:ooned there by the crew OF his vessel
and remained there the sole i4habitant
Of the island until 1895, when he was res
:ued oy an English vessel. In June, 1871.
| the British frigate Megaera WAS wIecied
| on a reef near there and the crew laan-
! aged to escape to the island, where they
| lived for nearly six months before beng
| rescued.
The T~ench now have possescion OF the
! island. its seal catch and t5ii.llG maze
| it Of considerable value 10 the n.
There are many other islands bearing
| the name Of our own city in various parts
| Of the world. Up in the Boring stT::it IS
| an ice-covered island of that name down
! in the low archipelago is another, ana out
| in the middle Of the Atlantic about i've
| hundred miles from South America IS
another, and this one is marked oi! III
| charts dangerous.
In France there are q number OF towns
| that bear our name. One in the province
of Pvrenres-O rie ntales has several thou
sand inhabitants and is the manufacture
ing center OF the district Another IN the
province of Landes. near OAK. l. the
same to-day as it was three iuhuieH
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to feel that one has been Transported
back to the middle ages. Its streets are
narrow. the houses are OF the mtulG'al
pattern with heavily barred windows and
the town hall is a gem of medleVa! aren't
lecture Nor have the inhabitants pro-
crossed any. They wear the same Dress
as did their ancestors three centuries ago,
and their manners and customs are still
the same. Probably they still think the
Bourbons are on the throne of their be-
nighted country. There is another st.
Paul ten miles forth of Landes. which
has about six thousand inhabitants, and
another in the province Of Dionne is quite
an important Manufacturing center.
Nor are these the only places bearing
the name Of St. Paul in Europe There is
a river in Russia that has the name, but
by far the most interesting of them all is
St. PauIs bay on the island OF Malta
The bay is on the northeast coast o.
Malta about six miles northwest Of Valet
ia, and lere, tradition has it, is where
st. Paul was shipWrecked. The enterpris-
ing inhabitants of the little villages in the
ncighbOrhOCd will point out the exact spot
where he landed and traces his wander
!! ings in the vicinity for the tourist who
locks capable of paying a fee They even
have bits of the ship in which he sailed
for sale in any of the villages Enough
of ats. has probably been sold in the past.
two decades to build three ships the size
Of the one which st. Paul probably used.
There are, of course, St. Pauls innu-
merabe in the United States and Canada
but with these we have nothing to do.
Enough has been said to show that wher-
ever the citizen Of this greatest of all of
them goes he will find some place a town
or locality bearing the name of his
own native city, carried by the French
and Spanish wherever they have pushed.