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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
No Freemasonry in China

The installation Of a grand master
of the Chinese secret orders in the
United States, popularity known as the
-*Chinese Freemasons,'' has aroused
interest in the question Of the connec-
ton between the Chinese secret socie-
ties and the Masonic body, says the
Washington Star illusions to Chi
nese Freemasonry" appear periodical
ly in the newspapers, though, accord
ing to the Cyclopedia of Fraternities,
there is no such thing as Freemason-
ry among the Chinese.
The only Masonic lodges in China
are in the foreign concessions at the
seaports. Their membership is com.
posed exclusively of others than Chi
nese and they are conducted under
foreign warrants. The rites of the
Chinese secret societies bear some re-
semblance to those of the Free
masons, which accounts for the popu-
lar supposition of a connection be-
tween the two. The similarity, though
more apparent than real, is remark
able in view of the antiquity of both,
and the impossibility of either to have
been patterned after the other.
China is filed with secret societies,
most of which have for their object
the overthrow of the Using dynasty,
with pretended benevolent signifi-
canoe of the organization. The most
powerful of these societies, the Ka-
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29

the men. She had been used to horses
from her infancy, and can mount and
manage any OF the animals her father
keeps. When she went into the burn.
ing barn they were enveloped in
smoke and were pulling at their halt
ers. They all became docile under
her hands, and when taken out allow
ed other members of the family to tie
them to trees and posts.
After the fire Chief Allen cOngratu-
lated Miss Roebling highly. He said
that if she had not acted so promptly
the animals would have been smother,
ed. She said it was nothing, and
went into the house to change her
drenched dress.
Miss Roebling is a leader of the
young social set in this city. She is
an expert rover, horsewoman and
golfer, and has won many trophies.
Her father is the head Of the house
that built the first and second Brook
Ign bridges, and her uncle is Washing
ton A. Roebling the engineer who lost
his health because he would not trust
the workmen to do the work in the
air locks for the first Brooklyn bridge.
so went down himself to supcrintend
and caught the Golfer dam fever He
is an invalid to this day.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
Brave Woman Saved Horses

- Miss Emily G. Roebling, the young
head of the Roebling corporation Of
Trenton, N. j., while sitting at her
drawing-room window a few days ago
saw flames coming from her fathers
immense stable. Miss Roebling rushed
out and unaided rescued nine thor
oughbred horses, says the New York
Times. The gardener summoned the
fire department.
When the first hose carriage turned
into the yard the horses took fright
at the steep incline to the barn and
started to run away in the direction
Of the large conservatory where Mr..
Roebling raises his valuable and IA
nous orchids.
Miss Roebling, who is noted for her
daring horsemanship, grabbed the off
horse by the bride and this turned
the animals head away from the glass
house. By this time Miss Roebling
was a full.fedged volunteer member
Of the paid fire department. She as
sisted in recoupling burst length of
hose and seemed to enjoy the wetting
she got. The fire was put out with
but $500 damage.
While the fire was in progress Miss
Roebling worked as hard as any Of
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
Yielded Life for Mother

give his mother the days profits.
Then he would eat just enough food
to take the keen edge off his hunger.
Mrs. Koudos realized that the boy
was denying himself and tried to get
him to eat more, but he always in
sisted that he had enough. Mrs. Kou-
dos soon began to eat less herself, so
that Abraham would take more nour-
ishment. She could not stand this
hardship, for with a nursing baby she
needed healthful food. Soon she be-
gan to grow thin and was too weak to
seek employment.
A week ago Abraham was taken so
i'll he could not sell papers. Mrs. Kou-
dos, with no money to buy medicines,
did not know what to do. Neighbors
sent some tea and loaf of bread.
They did not know to what extremes
the little family had been driven.
Don't cry, MOTHER, he said. Il
will get we'll soon and make living
for u.s. I have only got headache"
Mrs Koudos watched. her son until
he fell asleep. Then She lay down be-
side. him and soon went to sleep, with
her baby in her arms. When she
awoke in the middle of the night the
boy was dying.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
REGULAR Trade in Titles

them. In less than a couple of days
it was proved beyond doubt that the
knight of the anvil was actually de-
scended from Hugh Fitzwilliam, a
mercenary who came over with Will
liam the ConquerOr.
a rule, exhibit but a languid interest
in the subject of their ancestors. On
the other hand, an individual whose
information concerning his family
goes no farther back than his own
father believes he will be a vastly
superior person if he can prove that
one OF his ancestors was viking
pirate, a Danish filibuster, a Saxon
thane. or a Norman freebooter.
The editor Of ''Dod's. Peerage'' states
that there are fifty-fye baronets, who
are accepted as such, who could not
make their claims good to their titles.
The home secretary has stated in the
House of Commons that there is no
remedy against people who assume
titles.
A rich Mr.. Jones finds that King
John or some other monarch made a
Jones a baronet during his reign. The
title expired century later. The 1914
Jones claims descent from the 18th
century Jones and annexes the title.
AS Sir 1904 Jones lives quietly in the
country few people think of question
ing the claim.-Stray Stories.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
Stories Of High Society,"

F. Leveson-Gower, long prominent
in England, has lately published vol
ume of "reminiscences, in which he
tells the story of Princess Lieven:
What the princess chiefly suffered
from was intense boredom, which
amounted almost to a disease. If no.
body called during the afternoon she
would roll on the floor from ennui.
On one occasion, when on her way
ed at the prospect Of travelling from
Calais to Paris alone that she offered
seat in her carriage to respectable
looking clergyman on board the
steamer, which he joyfully accepted.
When seated beside her he talked so
necessarily as to drive her wild. She
could only relieve her feelings by put
ting her head out of the window and
screaming out to the wind, III men
nuie-il m'ennuie!' (He fatigues
me.)"
In the sos Mr.. Leveson-Gower re-
sided in st. Petersburg. He tells this
story: "Oopposite to our house was
drawn up regiment called Paulov-
ski formed-by- the Emperor Paul, all
the men having turnedup noses, and
therefore resembling him. 1t seems it
was the fashion here to compose regi-
ments of men who have the same sort
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
Apache Knew Good Thing

~
try to make fool of me. These little
signs are all alike"
Il will give you proof I will write
on this little piece Of paper that the
butler is to give you some tobacco.
Go take it to the store and see if
do not speak the TRUTH
The Indian snatched the paper and
was off. A few moments later | saw
him slowly coming toward me, a piece
of tobacco in his hand and a look of
bewilGerment on his face. Suddenly
his expression changed to satisfaction
and he hurried forward.
did you get the tobacco?" l asked.
Eyes, but do not believe you. You
and he had an understanding before so
that you might deceive me. Now if
you Will write some more of those lit
tie signs On paper, telling the sutler to
give me much more tobacco, and if he
does, then will believe you"
But the Indians ruse failed. I did
not rise to the OccasiOn.-YOuth's
Companion.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29

of features The late emperor had re-
cruits sent to him and told them off
according to their looks. What child
ishness! There is one regiment Of
men all marked with the smallpox.
This Paulovski regimen did one thing
which amused me. Just before the
cortege came up they all blew their
noses with their fingers at the word
of command, and this was in order
that none of them might sneeze when
the emperor passed, as their doing SO
would bring him bad luck"
When Mr.. Motley, the historian,
was American minister to London he
had trouble at his first dinner party.
Mr.. Leveson-Gower says: AT that
time couples were sent in to dinner in
pairs, but nobody's place was fixed.
Unfortunately the Turkish ambassa-
dor was allotted to Lady Waldegrave,
who did not care to have him as her
neighbor. She consequently told him
that his place was at the other side
Of the table. He, with oriental polite
ness, did as she babe him, and sat
down opposite to her. This upset the
whole arrangement. The couples wan
dered aboutt the room like sheep that
were being driven out of field. Mr..
Motley, who had every merit except
a good temper, went into q passion,
and nearly died of LAUGHING"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29

lao Hui, numbers more than 100000.
The Cyclopedia of Fraterrities con-
tains an account of an initiation cere
mony at Chinese lodge in Spokane,
Wash, at which four white men, Free
masons, were present by invitation.
The lodge represented benevolent
branch of the Kalao Hui. There were
references to, the Immortal three"
decentralization, four stations at
which questions were asked and an
swers returned, kneeling on crossed
swords, tea drinking, burning incense,
a traditional season CT refreshment
and signs in which the head and hands
we're unable to detect anything that
resembled the Masonry with which
they were familiar.
The same authority gives this &C.
count of the secret signs used by the
Triad society, which was at the bot
tom of the TAPPING rebellion:
S'Members always halt on entering
a house, and then proceed with the
felt foot first. When sitting they
place their toes together and spread
their heels apart They also recognize
one another by the way they place
their teacups on the table, and the
manner in which they hitch their trou-
sers. Their motto is Drive out the
Tartar"
Treason is punished by looping off
the ears of a minor offender. The
final punishment is beheading.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
MIMI, SATURDAY. JULY 20. 1905.
SHOW EVIDENCE
SURGERY
Ancients in France.

only. theory which resisted analysis
was that of medical treatment, and
careful examination of different skulls
bearing similar marks with variations
stuff ced to convince me that they were
caused by incisions or. authorizations
performed upon children or adults as
curative or preventive measures.
,""Quite by accident, I at this period
found several texts left by classical
surgeons Of the middle ages, who rec
commended that in cases of. convul-
sions, mania, epilepsy, cephalaigia,
etc., incisions and authorizations
should be made on the head, i. e., the
very operations toswhich$I had, on the
strength of my observations, attrfb-
uted the sincipital marks. was thus
able to establish the link between pre-
historic and modern surgery.
'This custom still survives among
certain primitive races. DR.. Bertholon
of Tunis has informed me that the
Arabs cut or cauterize children in this
way to prevent certain diseases. DR..
Lehman Nitsche, curator of the An
thropological Museum of La Plata, has
sent to the Paris Anthropological So
ciety texts relating to similar customs
still existing among the Guaches, the
primitive inhabitants of the Great
Canaries.
with the arcients it seemed prob
able that these operations were per-
formed as remedy against headaches,
nervous disorders excess Of humidity
in the brain, etc."
The teeth of the skulls surrounding
us seemed barred no longer in sardonic
smiles, but in agonized grimaces as
the vision of promiscuous and chastity
operations for chills and what not was
evoked with serene professional calm
by DR.. Manouvrier.
1.-THE sincipital T, which was the
most frequent operation, was far SIM
pier than trepanning. It appears to
be- caused by missions or cauteriza-
lions on the periosteum or outer lining
of the bone from which the skull de-
rives it's thickness. Where the periOs-
teum is cut, the skull stops thickening
while the development continues else
where, so that the scars appear very
bad, although the bone was not cut
through.
'"Take this skull, for instance. The
patient was operated on several times,
so that he must have had no trouble in
resisting the effects He has the sin
cipital T, and furthermore trepan-
ming to one side of it, and cauteriza-
ton a little farther away -.----.>,-.4.s,-
'Then these prehistoric surgeons
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29

Nearly 1000 Englishmen have been
ennobled by Rome since 1870. Vatican
titles, as they are called, can always
be purchased, and any individual on
payment of the sum of $4,000 is en-
titled to be addressed as your grace.
A counts title generally coGs about
$4,000, and that of baron can be
had for $4,000
Ladies, too, have bought titles for
as small sum as $3.50. Such titles
when new are generally regarded with
grave suspicion, but in the third gen.
grafton everyone has forgotten the
way the title was obtained.
Every day at Heralds' college hun.
dreds of individuals are to be found
hunting for a distinguished ancestor,
and they are willing to pay large
sums to anyone who can manufacture
\ pedigree for them. Anything from
50 cents to $4,000 can be spent in
tracing ancestors
About five years ago an Islington
blacksmith, whose weekly wage until
then had never exceeded SIS, was left
$4,000. Somebody induced him to
have his pedigree traced. One day he
called at Heralds' college, bringing
his son, a smart lad of about 10, with
him.
Together they began search and
engaged a heraldry expert to help
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
PREHISTORIC SKULLS
:~ OF SkILLEDI


for the operation. Tie operation of
wearing away the bone lasted at least
one hour and perhapsItwo, and must
have been ,frightful. 1T was accom-
panied by external and internal hem
orrhages and the definite destruction
Of important vessels.
First, ribbon of flesh more than
three inches in length had to be cut
in the scalp. Then IN order to lay
bare the bone more than half of the
temporal muscle had ITO be severed.
Then the skull itself vas attacked by
scraping until a sectith would be re-
moved. to be replaced afterward so
skillfully that it. knitted with the sur
rounding edges and thespatient lived"
"And without anaesthetics?''
"Antiseptics," interRpsed DR.. Man
ouvrier, ARE necessAated by the
overcrowding of our iEmodern cities.
There are to-day in Central France
regions where certain Separations can
be successfully performed without an
tiseptics, sometimes without; common
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
Kettle Would Come Handy

around it to keep the cattle out. Well,
do you know, that by fall that cabbage
had grown so fast that it touched the
fence on all four sides, and it took a
40-mule team to haul it away"
us it possible?" asked one of the
drummers. "That almost equals ket-
tie I'm having made"
What about your kettle?" asked
Jim.
I'm having big brass kettle
built" replied the travelling man, land
do you know, it is so large that the
men hammering on one side of the
kettle cannot hear the men pounding
on the other side"
"Honest?" asked Jim. And what in
the world are you going to do with a
kettle of that size?"
II was thinking said the drummer,
that I would make you a present of
it to cook your cabbage in"
Jim" thought home would be q
pleasant place about that time.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
Pins That Are Hard to Get.

I. A new chapter is about to be added
to the history of pins The young
man who looks after his own ward.
robe is going to write it. It will
treat of the very small pins used to
fasten ribbon and other things that
come put up in bolts.
Il want some Of those pins the worst
way said the young man, 'but / can.
not find any. I have been in every big
store in town and half the little ones
looking for them. 1T has been hope.
less quest They are not in the mar
ket. Where can I get them?' 1 ask
the clerk in desperation. They can
not tell. $500. ~.'-.
but there are such things insist.
E Somebody makes them. have seen
them ~ 81.
=. :" SO have T. the clerk admits, but
only in ribbon and skirt binding
According to that will have to buy
about twenty bolts Of baby ribbon to
get as many small pins as I need.
That will make pretty stiff price to
pay for them, so, If anybody with a
/ little regard for q lone mans pocket.
book will volunteer some information
on the subject / shall be eternally
Obliged. !"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
mr. Imcv5>1xM <x~x~

cleanliness, whereas in Paris the same
operations are generally fatal, though
all antiseptic precautions are taken.
The reason is that where the air is
pure and the life healthy. there are
few microbes, whereas these swarm
wherever humanity gathers together
in small space"
"But why should such horribly
painful operation be attempted"
We have no way OF knowing that.
Perhaps the. reason was a wound in
the portion of the skull which the ire
panner removed, and which might
have caused cerebral disturbances.
Nowadays trepanning is resorted to
when a splinter of bone weighs on
the brain. Since they knew the oper-
alton in prehistoric times, they may
have known the reasons also Never
theless, we are led to believe that
they trepanned too much. To-day
there is perhaps one case of trepan-
ming for million men. Among skulls
of the neolithic period. found in the
Paris region, one skull from every
twenty-five, at a rough calculation, is
in some way operated on" -.. r..
Then there were different forms of
operations?" =, Tx. - r.@c
"Certain1y," answered. Dr.. Manou-
vrier opening another case in his lab
oratory and taking out a skull marked
with curious T on the summit.
There was a simpler operation
which was far more frequent and
which was the: first to attract my at
tention. These marks were certainly
made on. the living subject by the
hand Of man. On account Of their
form and their position named them
the sincipitai t. and sought several
hypothesis to explain them. It APP
peared possible that these marks
might have been caused By peculiar
and weighty form of headdress, or
else branding to mark prisoners, or as
sign Of mourning, or religion. The
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29

To keep his mother from starving,
l3-year-old Abraham Koudos denied
himself food for a week and himself
died of starvation. The New York
World tells the story.
Mrs. Koudos is nearly famished.
She sat nursing infant in the
Wretched room in which her son died,
srief-stricken at her loss. Her cheeks
are so thin that the outline of her
teeth can be seen through them, and
her eyes are sunken in her head She
has had little more than a crust Of
bread for a week.
Mrs. Koudos had searched in vain
Tor work to do; then Abraham started
IN to sell newspapers for living.
you will never be in want now,
MOTHER" said he, "for I shall take
care of you. l will earn a living for
you and baby Pearl, just as father
would have DONE"
Abraham was not success as a
newsboy The business was new to
aim, and he did not know where to
go to sell his papers,. He made some
30 cents day, however, and with this
be bought food for his mother. He
ate nc luncheon during the day and
hurried home early in the evening to
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
ALL, Love the Enthusiast

Enthusiasm in life is the great gen.
orator of sunshine. Without liv
ing interest in the busy world and
that sympathy of feeling which con-
meets us with every other living be-
ing, we cannot infuse any warmth
into our manners, or bring others into
sympathy with us, says the New Or
leans Times. Helen Keller, whose
sunshiny soul is as sensitive to i'm
pressions as a delicate flower is to
atmosphere, in her STORY Of My
Life" writes: ''The touch Of hand
may seem an impertinence, while that
of another is like benediction. l
have met people so empty of JOY that
when l clasped their frosty finger tips
it seemed as if I were shaking hands
with northeast storm. Others there
are whose fingers have sunbeams in
them: their grasp warns my heart"
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29

love 1t, love 1t, and who shall dare
TO blame me for loving that red porch
chair? ....
It isn't a graceful affair. but it's size
Has made it thing shall always prize;
Some day it will probably tumble apart.
But at present its solidness gladdens my
= - heart 81. .Ca-c- Is. -.
Would you know the cause? Last night
ar sat there H.. ~ -. = -
with her on my knees, in that red porch
chair. IT. ~. H. -.
No little brother fingered near ~ :: 4
The shaded porch, with listening ear;
She sweetly bent her head to give nj
The kiss that made me glad to live; -
Her parents were both asleep inside, r
And now and then she feebly tried : -
TO make me believe it wasn't fair - NM
For us both to occupy one chair. @l E
I glibly cleared her qualms away
And stayed as long as Z dared to stay; Al
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29
The Red Porch Chair

She spoke Of her weight, but.I bravely
+ smiled ~.,t
And vowed she weighed no more than
child, I.".
And we sat and sighed while the mo-
ments sped .t5#-
Till my legs got numb and my feet
~ seemed dead. ...'
But it's wonderful what man can bear
When he holds girl in a red porch chair.
IT'S past, It's past, and 1 think Of it
Well, I can't find words to explain just
-" how, Z, - z. ssF< s. liz .T4,'sa. e."
Twas there that we sat till nearly died,
Although there were, other porch chairs
Oh, say it is folly and deem me weak,
But tonight again I shall feel her cheek
Pressed against my own as hold her
& there 81 ss ID
In that glorious little old red porch chair.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1905-07-29

James Butler, one of the earliest set
tiers of Alfred, Me-, and a mechanic
Of some note, had the reputation OF be-
ing one of the most skilled prevarica-
tors of his time in the state. The Of
fee Of an old tavern, now known as
the Central House, was his lounging
place, where for years afterward his
stories we're famous. Only once. was
ue Worsted in a story.
1t was blustery day in March. A
crowd of drummers were seated
around the old fireplace in the office,
shopping stories, when in strolled
Jim" He filed his pipe, listened for
a while, then said:
Boys, you ought to have seen the
cabbage l raised last summer. 1t was
a dandy I put the seed in the ground
as soon as the snow was gone, and this
one grew and grew, and before it was
two weeks old it was as large as an
ordinary cabbage. I had just an acre
If land in that lot. and I built fence