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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
ESCAPE FROM PRISON.
How Louis Napoleon Fled from the
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Prince Louis Napoleon, afterWard
Napoleon I'LL, effected his escape from
Ham in 1916 in singular manner. ne
was imprisoned for his attempts
against the French government, mace
at Boulogne in 1910. At o'clock one
morning the prince, having shaved MS
mustache and thrown blouse ana
workingman's, trousers over his own
clothes, and wearing wooden SHOES
quietly walked out of the prison, carry
ing a bookshelf over his shoulder, to
complete his disguise. He was taken
to be one of the painters then at work
in the prison and was passed by sew
eraf persons. A carriage was waiting
in the neighborhood and by 3 o'clock
in the afternoon he was at Valen-
ciennes, where he took train to
Brussels, and he arrived in LONDON,
two days later. Meanwhile in the
prison DR.. Conneau, the princes physi-
clan, had placed a dummy in the
princes bed and told the governor that
the prince was confined to his room
by Illness This satisfied the governor
until 7 o'clock in the evening, when
he insisted on seeing the prince and
discovered the fraud. By this time OF
course, the prince was over the from
tier. DR.. Conneau got off with three
months of prison. Within thirty-one
months Prince Napoleon was the first
president of a French republic, sup
planting King Louis Philippe, who
had abdicated.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
STORY OF THE GOOD BOY.
No "Honesty Is the Best Policy" for
Him Any More.

A newsboy picked up $40 bill in
front of one of the big hotels yester-
day. Another young artist OF the
brush that is black, but artistic, saw
the pickup and guessed it was money.
He made a loud plead for division.
''Halvers, or I'll squeal,'' he yelled.
ST While Red was hesitatingsan elder
ly, benevolent-looking man stepped
out of the hotel and >gaZed at the pave
ment in an inquiring manner.
Red saw the man and guessed that
It was his money. He impulsively
ran to him and inquired:
DID you lose somethin', mister?'
"Why, yes, little man, just dropped
bill. Did you see it?' he replied
with a winning smile.
This it," said the boy. extending
a grimy paw in which was gripped
the bill.
The other boy stood the picture Of
alarmed establishment.
The cid man took the bill and said:
THAT is it, little man. am glad to
have it, but it affords me greater
pleasure to know that there is such
an honest, bright boy in the loWly oc-
cupation which is your start in life.
l predict that you will be a great man
some day. Honesty is the greatest OF
virtues. Thank you, my good boy.'
Red stood very still until the old
man had entered the hotel. Then he
said things. The things he said show
ed the perfection of his training in the
slums. They were emphatic, but un-
printable, and the end of the long
sentence was IAN I fought I'd get
half of. de x and make a reppytashun
for bein' honest, and beat Swipsy out
O. de cut
And Swipsy looked at him in silent
scorn several seconds before he stalk
ed away, leaving the good boy to
mediate and-swear. - Kansas City
Journal
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
Clock Of Deceptive Value.

Judge Newburger has a clock which
is at once the Joy and the bane of his
life. It's case is of old Delft; and it is
a gem which would make an antiQuari
ans mouth water. But it's dingy ap
pearance calls forth so much adverse
comment from uncultured visitors to
his office that the judges feelings are
constantly s'riled." A man with long
whiskers CHANGED to observe it enc
day recently and exclaimed:
''Why, Jedge,"" that's measly ]ook'
in old clock. What do you keep 1t
fer? Looks like it costs six cents"
. "My friend" replied the Judge,
whatever your> other virtues may be,
you're utterly ignorant as to the value
of time."-New York World.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

birds several years ago there were
only a few of them-a little family OF
strays who had taken up residence in
the steeple of the biggest church in
America. It is a tradition of the ca
thedral that in the early morning the
archbishop would steal out in the half
light to the lawn about the church.
He was no sooner sighted than soft
flutter of wings might be heard, and
down sped pigeon right to his feet.
Then the archbishop would smile and
turn his eyes up to the steeple. The
other pigeons would peep out to Isee
what was the matter, and before the
had left he would be sur
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

1t may be necessary to resort to
vigorous measures to relieve st. Pat
rick's cathedral at New York of a
pest of birds and cats. The birds are
nesting over the entrance and in the
steeples and arches and cornices OF
the facade and under the caves along
the side Of the building in such num-
bers as to constitute serious annoy
ance to those who attend services
there. The cats, although seldom in
evidence in daylight, prowl about the
cathedral at night and disturb the
nefghborhood with Their clamor. The
birds are pigeons and sparrows. The
cats are strays.
The trouble began with the late
Archbishop Corrigan's pigeons. When
the archbishop began feeding the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
PIGEONS AND CATS PESTS OF
NEW YORK'S GREAT CATHEDRAL

his early morning rounds, discovered
that food was to be had even at the
base of New York's greatest church.
Whether he told others of his tribe or
not is not known, but it is fact that
dozens of cats haunt the dim alleys
of the church and yowl about it's dark
corners at night.
One story which will go down in
the annals of the cathedral is told by
the sexton. Not long ago an old lady
used to appear at the cathedral early
every morning. Mass begins at 6
O'Clock, but the old lady came earlier.
From paper bag hidden under her
wrap she would take pieces of meat
and buttered bread. These she would
break into bits and throw down upon
the walk, calling softly, "Puss, puss
puss!" At the sound gaunt cats would
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

rounded by a small dock OF birds,
who f1uttered and cpoed and flew
about him quite as Dough they I'M
derstood: him and Loved him. 49,
The archbishop Would not fling
down all the food fort the pigeons at
once. He loved to see them eating
and enjoying Themselves. So he
would take little bitsout of his peck
ct at a time and dust it about the
walk: Then, as the birds began to
gather, he would growSmore and more
prodigal, until finally, with a reckless
dash into his pocket, she would bring
out the last handful and fling it to the
winds. Then he would go quietly
away again.
The birds became so tame they
would come at the archbishop's call.
So rapidly did they increase that to-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
The Lowest Deep.

What is said to be the greatest ocean
depth ever discovered was sounded
only a short time ago, during the re-
cent cruise Of the Albatross in the Pa
c1fic. Prof Agassiz was in charge OF
the expedition, and near the Island of
Guam. There the beam traw1, attached
to a steel cable, was lowered to the
depth of 28,878 et-fve milesal-
most as high as Mount Everest. By
means Of thermometers attached to the
trawl it was found that the water at
this depth bore the temperature OF
only IS degrees, just little above
freezing point
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
A RaI,ade of an Old sundiaI.

Twas here at twilight, all alone,
Some slim Elizabethan sped ...
And sobbed upon your face or stone
With clinging creepers garlanded,, a.,
And bowed her pretty, golden head,
And prayed her blessed Lord recall
The faithIess lover who was fed, g.
:: Oh, dial, who outlived it all.
Here. when the second Charles was King
AZ score of drunken gallants bled,
TO win 4 little laughing thing
Z Who Wantoned with them all ana Weo
My lord, the King himself, It's said,
And ended in Bishops stall, ~.
Respectable and overfed, H. IT. r.,
Oh, dial, who outlived 1t All. @
And here among the bellies. and beaux.
Belinda and her Baron led
The laughter, with the latest mot,
Knocked at the newest marriage peoi
or tapped jewelled box instead,
nd wondered il the funds would laHs
or wagered that Queen Anne was deaa;
Oh, dial, who outlived it all.
Envoi. Fl
Dial. how many, tears were shed,
Upon your carven capital? Il
How many loves were numberea
81 Oh. dial. who outlived It all.
4 From the Pail Mall Gaxette.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

appear from every side. They would
come like a small army at the call of
the little old lady, and before they left
the food upon the walk would be
cleaned up to crumb. Then the lit
tie old lady, with hands folded meek
ly and shining eyes under her bonnet.
would trudge On up the steps and into
the church to say her prayers.
Fer long time those who must
keep the cathedral in order suffered
the old lady to administer her daily
charity and have endured the results
in silence But at last they have
been forced to tell her gently that it
must end.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
The ASS and the Ladder.

81 came into possession Of Hebrew
library the other day." said student,
sand in several of my new BOOKS IS
the sentence, May this volume not be
damaged, neither this day nor for
ever until the ass ascends the ladder
what does that mean-'till the ass
ascends the ladder'-do you know!
eyes, / know . answer the students
preceptor. THE phrase is like that OF
tPetronius, .asinus in tegulis Ian ass
on the housetop). It signifies impos-
sibility. a thing that will never take
Mace. Books preserved, therefore,
until the ass ascends the ladder are
books forever preserved. "-Phllad 81
phia Record.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
AN OLD TIME FLOOD
BOATMEN TELLS OF EXPERT
ENCE. ON THE RIVER.
He PiIoted His Boat Over Rail Fences
and Country Roads and Tied Up
for the Night to the Top Branches
Of Trees. "

''The food which sent the Ohio river
spraWling all through the woods In
1848 was about as nigh the one that
Noah encountered as l ever saw" said
an old boatman who quit the river ten
years ago and: who spends his leisure
time about the ship store concern Of
his sons in South street in this city.
Il was captain of steamer that piled
between the upper landings of the
Ohio and Cairo.
Cairo was the big port where we
always tookton stores. 1t depended on
business as to how far up we went. In
the flood Of '4S we run about as we
pleased.
1.-The government had no charts Of
the Ohio then, and if there had been
any we would have paid no attention
to them. plotted the Tuscumbia right
over rail fences and country roads in
that flood. We hadn't many landings
to make, for there was no place to
make fast the head lines.
II distinctly remember tying. up the
Tuscumbia one night to a big tree that
stood in a waste of water extending as
far as the eye could see. The night
coming on l found we could not make
the port I wanted to make and navi-
cation by night was altogether too
risky at that high stage OF the water.
So sent out the mate and deckhands
in the yaWl with tow lines which they
made fast to a huge tree, which was
landmark on shore, near Rockport.
That was not far from the place
where Lincoln is said to have run his
fatboat All night long the Tuscumbla
tugged at her ropes and chains and
expected every minute that she
would either break EN- or pull up the
tree.
Among my passengers were sew"
eral Cumberland Presbyterian preach
ers who were bound down to Smithton
to take a boat to Nashville, where
they were going to attend the General
Assembly of their denomination. 1t
looked pretty squally, and l invited the
preachers to have a meeting in the
ladies' cabin.
EVERY UOOy GUOdIu IOOA IIOAC VI
less interest in the service except the
fellow who ran the bar. / had quite
time of it in keeping him quiet. He
said the preachersI.aft We're Interior
I ing With his business Tor ard, and That
il didn't stop the prayer meeting he'd
cut the ropes that held up to the big
tree I soon convinced him that such
| an act would be worse than the meet
ing, as in case he carried out his dia-
bolical plan everybody would go to
praying, and he would probably be in
| the lead.
"The meeting lasted nearly all night.
! The next morning we cast off, and by
cutting across fields and through the
woods we made our first landing the
next day, pretty we'll up on the side or
a bluff. We let down the smoke stacks
of the Tuscumbia in order to keep
them from getting tangled in the
branches of the trees.
81 don't think there was as great
loss of life in that flood as there has
been in the foods this year, partly oW'
ing to the fact that there were not SO
many people. But it was the greatest
flood l ever saw while l was in the
BUSINESS New York Sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
Books.
lama seemeth me,

All. Mariana seemeth me,
Like nothing else so much to be
AS a rare volume, richly bound,
In which, when opened, there is found
No knowledge, sense nor sentiment,
But litter unintelligent.
While Isabelle is like book
Made for the uses of a cook,
Which may be handled carelessly
AS never other tome should be,
Within discover her beadroll,
Collects for body, not for soul.
And Aramjnia is a tract ...- 81.
With wordy controversy packed,
Not with the things of mild report ~
Informed. but full of smart retort.
Cad! while a true man knows himself,
Such will be left upon the shelf.
But. Daphne doth the heart delight.
Like volume bound in vellum white,
Wherein may all men plainly see
Sweet wit and dainty poesy,
Wide thought of human joys and woes
And wisdom such as love bestoWs.
&C. Leech in the Era.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18

day hundreds of pigeons are nesting
in the cathedral steeple, flying about
it's roof and, occasionally, sailing in
at it's majestic windows.
Meantime, the food spread for the
pigeons attracted new tenants. Spar
rows discovered the happy feeding
grounds, and one by one they built
their nests in the crevices and cor
nices of the church. When the
pigeons had done eating, the sparrows
would hop down and pick up the
crumbs of the feast.
The climax was capped when a
stray cat, gaunt and yellow, out on
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
FIRST PIPE OF THE KIND.
Shoemaker Has the Credit Of MoIdine
the First Meerschaum.

the First Meerschaum.
. It is related that a shoemaker
named Kavol Kowates, an ,inhabitant
CT Pesth, Hungary, being one of ma
ture's handicraftsmen, had an intui-
tive genius for - carving wood and
other material. This brought him in
contact with Count Andrassy, with
whom he became great favorite. The
count on his return from mission to
Turkey brought with him piece of
whitish clay which had been present
ed to him as curiosity on account of
it's extraordinary light specific gray
ity. It struck the shoemaker that, be-
ing. porous, it must be. well adapted
for pipes, as it would absorb the nico-
tine. The experiment was tried and
Kavo1 cut pipe for the count and one
for himself. This first meerschaum
pipe, made and smoked by Kavol
Kowates, has been preserved in the
museum at Pesth. !
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
BRUIN HAS A HEART
CAPABLE OF STRONG FEELINGS
OF AFFECTION
At Least, Here Is Story Which Goes
to Prove lt-Bear Cub Always Kept
Friendly Feeling for His 6ene-
factor.

Its funny how people IKE bear
stories," said man who was showing
a friend around the bear pits at the
Geological Park, in the Bronx. '"Only
the other day stranger was here and
he showed me newspaper that con-
tanned a story from Gloucester, Mass.
of two OF the crew of fishing
schooner who had bumped into an ice
berg while they. were in their dory,
and how polar bear showed up and
growled at them, and then drifted
away with the iceberg.
s"The stranger asked me if thought
it was true. l don't see anything
strange about it, although I am not
so well up On polar bears, as am on
land bears. l suppose polar bears like
to peregrinate, and this one that was
seen by the Gloucester fishermen was
probably making a voyage sfor his
health.
"A good many years ago l was IN
lumber camp in Minnesota. Becoming
tired CT the long and dreary winter,
concluded to go South The Missis-
point, and as l was hardy and had
plenty of time, started on my journey
on skates.
"After | had been out several days
I encountered brown bear that was
just emerging from it's cubhood. 1t
seemed to be friendly and ! tossed 1t
some Ct the prcyender from my bag.
1T evidently appreciated this, for it
made no effort to leave me. 1t fol
lowed me al day, and when l went
\ ashore in the evening to pass the
night, it would have followed me ii
lad net escaped from it by strategy.
when l went on the ice next morn
where it had spent the night, but it
Joined me- as | have stated, in my
journey.
"A day or two later I found as
Travelled farther South that the ice was
becoming unsafe, and left the river to
resume my journey by land, in a leis-
urely way The bear stuck to me.
1t had become very affectiOnate. Then
it occurred to me to turn into it a
source of revenue.
81 adopted it and taught it various
tricks, lingering in the vicinity where
I had quit the ice, for more than a
week. When l went out to forage |
secured the bear to a tree. On my re-
turn it always greeted me as fondly
as a. dog would have done.
"Then l started with it giving bear
shows in the various towns. When l
got to Keokuk l found bigger show
than mine in town, and as. was get
ting tired Of the business, l sold my
pet to the manager and resumed my
journey like a white man.
Some years after that wEile l was
in Colorado l went to a show and IN
passing the animals l saw bear
which looked familiar. spoke to it
and it recognized me. It cut up such
capers that I persuaded the keeper to
let me go into the cage, and when
got there that bear was so affect1on-
ately demonstratiye that I was posi-
tive of it's identity.
When quit the cage it moaned, and
not long after l ran across the show
man again and the keeper told me
my bear died of a broken heart soon
after l had left it. I am convinced
that bears can love, ard anything that
can love never forgets." -New York
Sun.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
RATHER A BROAD HINT.
STAGE Coach Driver Explains Why He
Slammed the Door.

STAGE Coach Driver Explains why ne
Slammed the Door. ~.
Cyrus. Townsend Brady says that
during his missionary life in the West
he had occasion one day to ride in
full stage coach up a steep hill. The
driver, where the ascent was sheerest,
got out and walked, and as ne walked
he would frequently open the door OF
the coach and then shut it again with
a. slam. This the passengers found
annoying. ~ - r
Look here, driver one of them
said why do you kick up such an
internal noise with that door?'' ~.
ITO hearten up my horses, the
driver answered. Every time they
hear this door close they think that
one of you, taking pity on them, mas
cot out, and that makes them imagine
that their load is lighter.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
Mae Point BUILDINGS.

During the next few years $6,500, 900
will be spent in new buildings at the
Military Academy at West Point,
which viii make that institution equal.
in its architectural features, dormitory
conyeniences. lecturerooms, laborator-
les and other buildings to any OF the
great universities of the world. i
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
Parkhurst rs Plain Spoken.

DR.. C. III. Parkhurst is widely noted
for the plain way he has of stating
facts. Id a recent Sunday discourse
he referred to those who are in the
habit of dropping. nickel in the plate
after listening to the eloquence and
logic Of some particularly distin-
guished divine as showing s cents
worth 81 evangelical responsiveness"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
He Was Bald, indeed.

He was evidently a countryman, for
when he took seat in the cheap
restaurant he looked around with rus.
tic curiosity. His wondering gaze fell
on the head of the man that was fear
fully and wonderfully bald. Look,
mother" he said excitedly to his wife.
."Thar Amt hair enough on that mans
head to spile pound Of butter" -
New York Press.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
His Fatal Error.

SheI smell smoke!
He.Yes, Of course. That's just
my miserable luck. "
why, what do you mean y.
Oh, nothing only I'll never,
buy another suit Of clothes at a fire
sale .
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1903-07-18
He Waited For the Finish.

He Waited FOT tne F'HIs17'
Z Before man is married." said the
humorous lecturer, ''he is only half
a man. -, ~ ~ H.. ., ~
..There,,'' said the maid Of uncertain
age as she nudged her escort, did
you hear that?" s@. -.
"And after marriage" continued the
lecturer, "he loses his identity en-
tirely.'' Ii. H.
YES answered the escort afore-
said, II heart that.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-03
SETBACK FOR POLICE.
In Attempt to Connect Miss Richard
son With Purchase Of Poison.

Concord. y. H., Jan. 1.-The rcOrtS Of
Chief Of Police Sackett ot Rr'"re,
Mass, to trace the purchaser of hall
an ounce OF arsenic 1T Greeu'1 drll.
store In I.ittleton, y. H., on Sept. ~,
1901, brought him to this city last night,
Won &. Whret. II drug clerk IN Green =
store at the time OF the alleged sale.
when shown the poison register told
The chief that the Iilials Y. G.. W"
which appear on the entry of tho sal"
and opposite the mnme of "lticlnrdsor'
the supposed purchaser, were not IN his
writing, He also told Chief SHcke't
that he had no recollection or making
the sale. and furthermore never knew
Miss Catherine Richardson.
chief Snckett arrived from Little
ton. where he had secured the register
earlier in the day. last night and hunted
M Wheel, who has II store here. Wheet
examined the book very carefully. and
then told the chief that willie the III
itials were his. the writing was diff
ferent. He told Sackett ut the tim"
the sale was made Green had alSo In
his employ Mt the store Harold Allrici,
III years old who was not supposed to
sell any poison.
After their interview last night
neither Sackctt nor " hcet woiliu give
any opinion as to VINO could lav" writ
ten the initials.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1903-01-03
HARTWELl FOUND DEAD.
Perished in Field Not More Than Han
a Mile From His Home.

Iittleton, Mass, Jan. 1.-The body OF
Seth T.. Hartw ell, til" aged Iittleton
citizen Who disappcled from his home
here on Christmas day, was found yes
tel1lay AFTERNOON in field not far from
his home Tie body was discovered
al about 3 O'Clock by Constable Reed,
and in accordance with an arrangement
hy the sprcimrn the fact was promptly
nlnde known TO the community by the
ringing OF the church bells.
The coroner decided that death was
due to exposure to the storm of Christ.
mas night, and that an autopsy would
not To needed. The body was taken to
his home to await the disposition of
relatives.
Hartweil, who WAS Il years Of a@r
persons who cared for his home on
Christmas forenoon. Wien Ii" was not
located as the day passed, aud Il snow
storm having set in. systematic search
wa? made. but no trace WAS found,
The severity of the Storm during the
evening caused those who were tryiuG
to find the man to give up the effort
and II was believed that lie had wander.
ed away and prrishrd in the snow.
Some. however. thought thnt he might
have gone to Boston 10y train ~ team
and there was Il report that he had
been seen in that city.
Constable Reed did lot accept this
view and daily since Christmas he has
prosecuted search about the territory
near Ildrtwells house. Ieste nIny, in
tine corner of Il field where Il board
fence had barred his progress, Reed
found the body. The spot was rot more
than half Il mile from where the man
had lived. hut was in a locality which
showed that lIartwel! must have
been bewil,lercd and had walked
about until he fell from exhaustion.
md death followed.