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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30

New York Museum of Natural History, but for
the purpose of studying elephants in their wild
surroundings Carl E. Akely is taxidermist and
is considered of the finest If not the finest in
the world. Moreover, he is a scientist and his
work has recognition in all the countries
OF the civilized world.
What Mr. Akely has been doing in the last
few months gives an illustration of what the
modern taxidermist does in order to perfect him.
sell IN MS art. When the taXidermist returns to
America with the elephants which he has killed
ne Will mount them in great group in what is
TO be knsWn as the elephant room Of the great
New York institution. He not only will prepare
the elephants for exhibition in group but he
will reproduce their African surroundings It
may be the work of years, but when it is finished
1t will be worthy The museum officials of the
country today believe that time is as nothing
when they desire to obtain the best natural
results.
A curious thing happened while Carl E. Akely
was with Theodore Roosevelt in Africa In one
of the articles which he wrote the colonel told
OF an experience which Mr.. Akely had with
wounded leopard. The encounter which the tax
1derm1st had with the leopard occurred about
fourteen years ago and Colonel Roosevelt told
the story as it had been told him, of course
putting 1t in the past tense The story was read
wrong by some and the American papers
had an account Of the desperate encounter of
Taxidermist Akely with leopard while hunting
With the Roosevelt party, and there was good
deal Of comment to the effect that it perhaps was
good thing for Mr.. Roosevelt that he was not
the one who had had this fierce fight with the
African beast ...
About fourteen years ago Mr.. Akely, who was
then connected with the Field Museum of Nat
ural History in Chicago, went to Africa with DR..
Daniel G. Elliot, who was curator Of zoology of
the institution of which Marshall Field was the
benefactor. One night in the heart of Africa Mr..
Akely was attempting to secure leopard which
was prowling around the camp trying to capture
one Of the goats with which the expedition was
supplied. Mr.. Akely shot the leopard and thought
he had killed it. He went toward it but the
beast sprang on him and bore him to earth He
had terrific fight for his life. He was terribly
lacerated, but he finally succeeded actually in
choking the leopard to death, feat which, as
may well be understood. is somewhat difficult of
performance.
In the Field Museum of Natural History in
Chicago there is on exhibition group Of Ameri-
can deer. Perhaps 1t would be better to say
four groups. They show the family life Of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30
ODD Love MAKING
Balcony Plays Star Part in Por-'
, tugal's Wooing.
Girl Lowers Cord and Draws Up Adj
nirer's Note-lf Parents Ap-
prove He Is Permitted
to Call.

L1sbon.-Marriage as in the lives OF
many, is certainly the most important
event in that Of the Portuguese
woman, and, what is more, in the
early days of courtship it is attended
with some romance, for there is less
Of business and more of romance in
the ways of the Portuguese lover.
This is how the Portuguese cavalier
conducts his affairs de occur: If he
sees pretty girl in the street with
whom he would like to become &C.
quainted, he follows her. He follows
her in the face of all difficulties
chaperons and duennas-right to her
door, and he notes the address.
Next day he comes again and If
the young lady approves Of him she
will most certainly be on the look
out, but sometimes hard fate, an an
CRY guardian or a stern parent pre-
vents her, and then the gallant youth
is kept waiting.
So if during ramble through Por-
tugal you should notice a young man
lettering at the corner of the street
or gazing intently at a house, you
must not imagine that he is medita-
ting a burglary or anything so des-
perate, but know that he is merely a
harmless and amorous youth gazing
at the windows of his lady love.
Be sure if there is a way she will
not keep him waiting long, for the
Portuguese girl is a past master in
the art of intrigue.
Soon she leans over the balcony and
smiles at him, and the happy youth,
thus encouraged, ties a note, in which
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30

pleted will be the most magnificent
Catholic cathedral in all America. No
house of worship will surpass it, un.
less 1t be the Cathedral of St. John
the Divine in New York, which is be.
Ing erected by the Episcopalians.
The beginning of this cathedral was
In the mind of Archbishop Ireland on
the evening of Holy Thursday, March
81, 1904. The next day he impaired
his idea to some of his influential
friends, and on April 81 following, the
site was purchased at a cost of $751;.
900.
Since then Archbishop Ireland has
worked continuously for the culmina-
ton of his plans. In response to his
requests for money, persons in his do
cese have subscribed $1,672, 800. OF
this sum $415,209.10 has been paid in.
Ground for the cathedral was broken
In 1906, and the corner stone was laid
June 2, 1907. The foundations are
completed and material is arriving for
the walls.
-Four years have been spent in
making the foundations for the build.
Ing, and they are calculated to be of
sufficient strength and durability to
last 10000 years.
The cathedral itself will be built in
the form of a cross, surmounted by a
dome and fanked by towers. It will
be 274 feet long, PA feet wide, and the
distance from the ground to the top of
the cross which will rise over the top
most pinnacle will be ESQ feet. The
great dome will be 12O feet wide, the
height of the facade 100 feet, and the
height of the towers $50 feet. The
building will be constructed of Mime.
sofa white granite and will be Roman
IN architecture. It is planned to have
it finished in three or four years, but
the architect says that so years from
now men will still be engaged in "put-
ting on the finishing touches" When
completed it will seat 3,40O persons.
There will be ~ chapels on the
main floor. Close estimates of it's
cost and furnishing bring the figures
to approximately s3,00O,OO0. Arch.
bishop Ireland, through his own in.
Huence, expects to obtain this sum be.
fore he ceases.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30
WINS THROUGH GRIT.
Former Deck Hand Going to
United States Senate.
Napoleon Bonaparte Broward Of FIorI-
da Who Has Been a Roustabout,
Sailor, Fiiibuster and Gov
ernor, Fighter.

Jacksonville, Fla.-One Of the most
picturesque figures in the southland
and man the story Of whose life
reads like novel is Napoleon Bona
parte Broward, ex-governor of Florida,
who recently defeated United States
Senator Taliaferro in the senatorial
primaries held in Florida. -
Mr.. Broward's is brilliant example
OF achievement rarely equaled even
In this day of self-made men. He was
born in jabjeet poverty, his parents be-
ing ignorant FLORIDA crackers" and
his schooling was practically nil, yet
he rose. to the highest Office in the
commonwealth and now he is about to
enter the United States senate. He is
a big man, mentally and physically,
and his honesty and integrity have
never been questioned. He won sue
cess in politics, as he did in civil life,
by sheer bulldog courage and peril
nacity and by keeping his word. He
stands six feet in height, weighs more
than 200 pounds and is born fighter.
Ex-Governor Broward first attracted
political notice by his project to re-,
claim the Everglades of Florida and
making them into farming lands. It
was this issue which carried him into
the Office of governor He has, too,
demonstrated that his scheme is feas-
ible by converting part of the Ever
glades into productive farms, and this
made him immensely popular.
The father Of the future senator
lived in a log house on the St. Johns
river and eked out a bare living for
his wife and children. Broward's
parents died when he was in his early
teens. When he was under 20 he
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30

he declares his undying passion, to
the cord which the fair lady has drop
ped from the balcony. The next day
the young man, buoyed with hope,
comes again, but this time he is bold.
er, for he rings at the door.
If the inquiries which the lady's
parents will doubtless have made
prove satisfactory, he is admitted to
make the acquaintance Of the young
lady and her family, and then should
he please and the lady's father be pre-
pared to give the necessary dot, we'd
ding bells will end this little romance.
Once married, the death knell Of no.
nance and all else is often sounded
for the Portuguese bride. Married
often when yet child, she has the
cares of wifehood and motherhood
thrust upon her.
For, unlike her sisters Of France,
marriage does not spell her emanci-
patton, her freedom from the cha
peron. The bride of today has no
more freedom than the maiden Of yes
terday; without husband or chaperon
she may not walk abroad. A jealous
husband will often keep her as closely
guarded as though she had taken the
veil.
The lives, therefore, Of the Portu-
guese women are often as barren and
devoid of interest as those of the
women in the far east. Certainly
among the rising generation there is
growing unrest, yearning for cul-
ture, vague idea that there is a
world somewhere beyond Portugal,
but the lives Of many are often as
hedged in as their own back gardens.
In fact, to many their house and
family, their kinlar or orange grove.
represent their whole world-the only
world they know. It is no unusual
thing to find Portuguese woman
who has been willingly incarcerated
for several years. One lady of my &C.
quaintance told me she had not been
beyond the garden for four years.
"And you are not bored?" I ex-
claimed in establishment "You do
not want to go out?"
IF should go OUT she replied in
her pretty broken English, IT rest not
till am returned; for who knows
what may happen in my absence?"
"Go out" she continued with a
shrug of her plump shoulders, "for
what for should I go out? Here /
have my children, my husband. my
home; what more can want?"
What indeed?
About the balcony a whole book
might be written.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30

shipped on a lumber-laden schooner
bound for Boston. There he was paid
Off and landed in the dead of winter.
He had never seen a snowstorm be-
fore, he was thinly clad and suffered
terribly from the cold. An attack of
whooping cough laid him up and took
all his money. Nevertheless as soon
as he could crawl out he shipped on
one of the winter fishing feet bound
for the Grand Banks. He endured
hardships without complaining, did his
work with smile, and thus won the
friendship of the men of the sea. Fol-
lowing his work on the Banks he.
worked his way back to Florida as a
sailor. Next we see him as a roust-
about on steamer on the st. Johns
river. He saved his money, bought a
part interest in a steamboat and struck
out for himself. His splendid fighting
abilities were winning him notice, the
while his kindly disposition was win
ming him friends. He was elected
sheriff Of Duval county, a position he
held nine years, and in which he made
a record which attracted attention to
him from all parts of the state.
The exploit which made Broward IA
nous throughout the United States
and Cuba was his ability as a block
ade runner to Cuba, during the time
the insurgents were fighting the Span
1ards there before the Spanish-Ameri-
can war. In company with his brother
and third partner Broward built a
stout, seagoing tug for salvage and
wrecking work off the Florida coast.
He was approached by Cuban agents
and asked to run guns and munitions
into Cuba. The work was hazardous
in the extreme, but the pay was COM
mensurate with the risk and Broward
became a filibuster. In all he made
eight trips from the Florida keys to
Cuba and his perilous adventures and
narrow escapes would make a novel
in themselves. He was chased bv
Spanish gunboats, fought with sew
eral Of them and escaped capture and
death by a hairs breadth scores of
times.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30
TIT RKU

h1e NO h1ghclass museum will employ a taxi
dermist who has not lived among the wild AMI
mails and who does not know their every poise.
their stride their appearance when lying down,
wnen standing up, when asleep and when on the
broad Jump to get away from the enemy
1t requires years of this kind of study before
the taXldermist Of today is considered worthy
or his hire. When he takes dead animal in
hand to prepare it for exhibition he takes notice
OF the state of its coat whether it is spring
coat, summer coat, autumn coat or a win
ter coat. If he is to form group of animals of
the same kind he would never think for an in
slant of putting with summer coat In the
same group with wearing winter coat
IN some of the groups in the museums of the
country today, so-called family groups, the male
deer will be shown in it's winter coat while its
mate standing by wears the garb of summer. To
the eye OF the naturalist or to the eye of the
observing hunter such a condition is ludicrous
and even the layman who Is not familiar with
animals in their wild haunts becomes conscious
that there Is something wrong with the animal
family at which he is looking.
Nowadays not only is 1t the aim to mount the
animal naturally, but every vein and every
muscle must be made to appear as in life All of
this requires the utmost skill and great amount
of time
II Is the intention of, the National museum
authorities to mount many Of the larger Roose-
welt specimens in family groups. This means
that In a great many instances these groups will
be shown in their native habitats. In other
words, not only must the animals be mounted
properly but they must be given the environment
which they have in the field. This means in
some cases the actual construction of trees with
leaf, trunk and branch perfect, and it means
reproduction of rocks and ground and it may be
even water. The whole thing requires months
OF time, the greatest skill and patience, and
when the work is complete the sightseer has
before him group Of African animals appearing
just as they do in their native wilds.
From what has been said in the foregoing it
readily can be understood why it Is that it will
take long time to put the larger animals Sc
cured by the Roosevelt expedition in condition
to be viewed by the multitudes Of visitors who
come to Washington.
Carl e. Akely of Chicago engaged In the Afri.
can hunt for short time as a member of the
Roosevelt party. Mr.. Akely joined the colonel
in Africa in accordance with an arrangement
made before the former president left America
Mr.. Akey went to Africa not only for the pur-
pose Of getting some elephant specimens for the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30

seems to be an
impression in the coun-
try at large, If! one may
ju 6 9 by inquiries
which are made Of the
officials Of the National
museum, that when yis..
itors come to Washing
ton they will see spread
before them In the mu-
seum's rooms the tro-
phies of the chase
which Theodore Roose-
welt conducted in A.
RIGA. This is a mista-
ken impression, and
those who contemplate
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30
This Baby a "strono Man. ,,

Pembroke Center, Mass.-This town
has marvel in bayhood in Thomas
H. Bates. Jr., aged ten months and
weighs 20 pounds. Young Bates has
shown phenomenal strength. He de-
lights in trapeze, swinging numberless
times in succession. His biggest
weight feat is lifting two flatirons
weighing 10 pounds. With the assist
ance Of an iron through which the
fatirons are hung on young Bates per-
forms this feat, a wonderful achieve
ment for his age.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30
ST. PAUL AND MINNEAPOLIS MIMI 80
FOR 100000 CATHEDRAL
Archbishop IreIand's Life Dream |:
Slowly Approaching Consumma-
ton in st, Paul. r.

st. Paul, Mimi Slowly rising upon
the crest Of hill on fashionable Sum.
nit avenue. st. Paul, Mimi, is a
$3'OOO,000 cathedral, the consumma,
ton Of one Of the dreams of Archbish.
op Ireland. Stone by stone and block
by block. the great gray granite struc.
ture is taking form, and when com.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30
ORIGINATOR OF "SUNNY Jim"
New York Society Girl Who Drew
the Funny Page Character,
Beauty.

New York-Among the leaders of
New Yorks Four Hundred who are
famed as beauties may be mentioned
Miss Dorothy Fcken. Vivacious and
cultured, her personality charms all
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30

he declares his undying passion, to
the cord which the fair lady has drop
ped from the balcony. The next day
the young man, buoyed with hope,
comes again, but this time he is bold
er, for he rings at the door.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30


the near future must make up their minds that
While they may get glimpses of the Roosevelt
collection it will be long time before the quarry
will be mounted and presented to public view
SO as to show it to the best advantage
OF course 1t must be understood that by far
the greater number Of specimens of animal life
which Theodore Roosevelt and his fellow hunters
obtained are those Of small species of the natural
history kingdom. For every elephant obtained
for instance, there at least fifty mice, and
Tor every lion there are at least fifty specimens
OF the jewellers of the field like the rabbits, the
squirrels, the foxes and other animals which
have their interest to the scientists, but which
do not make brave showing when on mu-
scum view as that of the greater wild beasts.
1t Is the intention of the National museum
authorities eventually to mount and to put on
exhibition In family groups the great mammals
which the East African expedition secured and
sent to Washington. Now the mounting of an
elephant, lion. leopard, an antelope or a rhi-
noceros or any Of the other big creatures Of the
Wild is an entirely different thing from the work
OF years ago. No man nowadays properly speaks
of stuffed" animals. They are no longer stuffed.
The DID, unsightly specimens are being cast out
OF the museums of the country Taxidermy has
been lefted from the plane Of the trades and put
on the plane Of the arts
In the old days it used to be the custom to
take deer and to wire it and fill it with various
kinds Of "stuf1ng;" to put in glass eyes and to
treat 1t with arsenic and then to stand it on
It's four legs in glass case. All this sort Of
thing has been done away with as being unwor-
thy The advanced = taxid ermist- teday-ap--
proaches his work just as the sculptor or the
painter approaches his. The animal family that
Is to be mounted today Is studied carefully in
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30

who come under its influence. She is
the daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. Ed
wards Ffcken, prominen: New York
ers. Now that Vice-President Sher-
man is famed the length and breadth
OF the country as Sunny JIM" Miss
Ficken is brought into especial promi-
hence for the simple reason that she
is responsible for the original Sunny
jim, probably the most noted dis
peller Of the blues who ever appeared
on paper. This young society woman
is recognized as clever artist and
her work has often been exhibited.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30

Cheating croquet'' is the fashion,
able game nowadays, only you must
not let It be observed by the other
players.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1910-07-30

The world owes gratitude to litter
airy people that they generally flock
together like sewing society.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-07
NEGRO IS CHAMPION MANY DIE IN WRECK
Passenger Train Hits Freight at Mid
dletoWn, Ohio-Nineteen Killed
and Many Injured.

Middletown. Ohio.-Nineteen per-
sons were killed outright, three prob
ably fatally hurt and a half dozen
more or less seriously hurt in head
on collision between a freight and a
passenger train on the Cincinnati,
Hamilton e Dayton railway here. OF
the killed. eighteen were passengers.
the other victim being a member of
the passenger train crew.
The trains were the Cincinnati sec
ton of the Twentieth century limited
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
& st. Louis railroad (Big Four) and
the second section of a freight train
on the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton
railway. The latter was attempting to
make siding to give the passenger
train a clear track when the flyer trav-
cling at a rate of fifty miles an hour
flashed around curve and crashed
into it.
The Big Four train had been de-
toured 10 avoid a blockade track on
that road at Genoa. few miles south
of here, caused by freight wreck
earlier in the day. In addition to its
regular crew it carried a pilot, en-
gineer of the Cincinnati. Hamilton &
Dayton road who was practically in
charge of the train.
A misunderstanding of orders was
the cause of the disaster.
The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-07-07
Johnson Proves Superiority by Knock
ing Out Jeffries in Fifteenth
Round of Great Battle

Reno. Nev.-John Arthur Johnson, a
Texas negro, the son OF an American
slave, is the first and undisputed
heavy weight champion of the world.
James ]. Jeffries, of California, win
ner of twenty-five championship fights.
the man who never was brought to his
knees before by a blow passed into
history as a broken idol. He met ut
ter defeat at the hands of the black
champion. The end came in the
fifteenth round.
While Jeffries was not actually
counted out, he was saved only from
this browning humiliation by his
friends pleading with Johnson not to
hit the fallen man again, and the towel
was brought into the ring from his
corner. At the end of the fifteenth
round, Referee Tex Richard raised the
black arm, and the great crowd filed
out, glum and silent. Jeffries was
dragged TO his corner, bleeding from
nose and mouth and dozen cuts on
the face He had a black, closed eye
and swollen features, and he had his
head in his hands dazed incoherent.
Johnson walked out of the ring with
out mark on his body, except slight
cut on the lip. which was the opening
of wound received in training.
1t was the greatest demonstration
the ring has ever seen of the failure of
a fighter TO come back after years
of retirement The youth and science
of the black man made Jeffries look
like a green man. Jeffries was like
log. Johnson was like a'black panther
beautiful i'm his alertness and strength.
After the third round Johnson treat
ed his opponent almost as joke. He
smiled and blocked playfully, warding
off the bearlike rushes of Jeffries with
a marvellous science, now tucking
blow under his arm, again plucking it
out of the air as man stops a base
ball. Out of the sea of opinions and
arguments that both bolstered up this
fight and made it the talk of the world
these pinnacles of fact have been cast
up.
The fight was on the square. OF
that there was no doubt after the first
round There was on evidence of the
famous yellow streak" on the part of
Johnson.
The end was swift and terrible. II
looked as though Johnson had been
holding himself under cover all the
rest of the time and now that he had
measured Jeffries in all his weakness
he had determined to stop ii quickly.