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The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11

the lowlands and in northern Germany For prac-
tlcally all Of his drawings were engraved and pub
lished in the former country, as were most 9TH
ers of a similar nature, with the exception per-
haps of those of his pupil, Tempesta, who, living
In Rome, and evincing like fertility and indus
try, had some of his drawings engraved by Ital-
ians. AS edition after edition Of Stradanus series
were issued by the Gale brothers Of Antwerp and
eagerly bought up, the circle of hts admirers in
northern Europe grew ever wider; but there is no
evidence that his work in the spicture-book line
ever became very popular in Italy, the country OF
his adoption There his celebrated Naples fres-
Goes for Don Juan of AUSTRIA and his equally
good designs for tapestry for the Medici Grand
Duke, enjoyed far more popularity 49,:
Considering the immense difficulties of trans
portation which then still handicapped all inter
national and especially al1atransalpine intercom-
munication, it is scuIious that the formid-
able distance intervening between the city on the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
noted FLORIDA CITY.
St. Augustine Was Once an In
dian Village.
First Colony Established by Freneis
Huguenots in 1864 Was Raced by
the Spaniards and Its Inhab-
itants Killed.

St. Augustine, F1a.-Four centuries
ago an Indian town known as Seloy
stood on the site of what is now st.
Augustine. On Easter Sunday, 1922
Ponce de Leon, Spanish explorer.
landed there In search Of the "Foun-
tain of Youth" After he and his men
had foundered through the sandy
swamps of the vicinity and tramped
among the scrub palmetto, bathed in
every stream, pool and mudhole they
came across, without success, they re-
embarked and the Indian village re-
NAMED unmolested by white men for
more than fifty years.
A colony of French Huguenots land
ed at the same point in 1864, but
soon moved on to the st. Johns river.
The news of their arrival reached
Phillip II. of Spain, and upon reaIiz-
Ing the full import of the message
that colony of Protestants was set
Ting in his new world domain-he dis
patched Pedro Menendez to exterm1-
nate them.
This second group of invading
Spaniards landed at the same Indian
village On August 25, 1865, and be-
cause that was st. Augustine's day up
on the church calendar they gave the
place It's present name. st. Augustine
Is consequently the oldest permanent
settlement of Europeans within the
territory of the United States. The
Huguenot settlement was not perma-
nent for the reason that Menendez and
his men destroyed their fort and mas
sacred the inhabitants.
The first fort was built in octagonaI
form and was constructed OF the
trunks of pine trees. 1t was named
San Juan de Pinos (St. John of the
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
City Gates, St. Augustine.

Pine). An engraving of the fort shows
it was In this shape when Sir Fran
els Drake attacked St. Augustine in
1886. The fort was again attackYi
in 1865 by John Davis, freebooter and
buccaneer. The people fed to the
woods while Davis PLACED the town.
Later the fort was rebuilt and named
Fort Marion, now the property OF the
federal government and maintained
chiefly as an interesting antique.
Thousands of persons visit it annually.
In it's early life st. Augustine was
the most cosmopolitan city in the
land and all because of mixed COL
ony of Minorcans, Italians, Greeks and
natives Of southern European coun-
tries brought to the state in 1859 as
laborers for an indigo plantation
owned by English capitalists. They
settled in New Smyrna, but soon re-
belled against their English employ
ers. That probably was the first Or
gained labor strike in North Amer
lea.
Moving to st. Augustine, where
they were allotted land and given pro-
lection. the indigo plantation workers
1ntermarr1ed with the Spanish and
English residents and their descend
ants form large proportion Of the
population of the present city.
In 1921 the United States paid
Spain $5,000,O0O for the territory OF
Florida and General Andrew Jackson
became its first governor.
Indian, pirate, Spaniard, British in
vader-each in turn has scourged the
town. but after the passing of each it
has arisen better than before, changed,
but each time improved in character.
From the Indian village of Seloy,
through four centuries of battle and
change to the quaint old town with
its foreign airs, St. Augustine has be.
come fashionable winter resort.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
oMITs HYEs' AND LOSES SUIT
Girl Seeking $4,000 for Breach q
Promise Admits She Did Not
Accept Sutton.

Kansas City, Mo.-An emphatic
yes" and not a smile or a mere nod
OF the head must be given by the
maiden proposed to in order to cover
damages for breach Of promise to
marry, according to a decision in the
circuit court mere. Edna N. Cooke Of
this city sued Garnet Sparks. 373e
Broadway. horse and mule dealer.
for 410.0 900 damages, but her attorney
withdrew the case when the evidence
developed the fact that she had moi
said yes" when Sparks proposed, but
"tOok It for granted that he knew
che would marry him. s.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
Pulpit Bar to Legacy.

Boulder, Colo.-The $4,000 will of
the late John l.. Church, wealthy cat
tleman. has been filed for probate in
the county court. This will include q
$4,000 cash bequest to his wife and
$4,000 to Mrs. A. J. Whiting, niece.
The remainder is to be divided among
grand-nieces and lgrand-nephews after
Mrs. Church's death. A peculiar pro-
vision Of the will is that the nephews
forfeit their shares If they become
ministers Of the gospel. Mr.. Church
had no deep-rooted feeling against the
clergy, but wanted the boys to fellow
business careers.
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,ng eluD at the Loo. near Apeldoorn, which Mr.
s Sse assisted by the Duke of Leeds and Mr.
STUART Wortley. had formed in the vear 1870
majority. - Ao leaeneo lts
une detail In stradanus, drawing deserves spe-
clal notice. !: e., the turned-up heads of the two
nerons at which hawks are about to ston It
SHOWS mat the artist fully believed the legend.
sane even by such late writers as Walter
seoul tnat the heron when hard pressed and
stopped at by the hawk will point his beak I'M.
Walos ana thus receive the descending enemy
y. upon us point, thereby nficting serious injury
Il not Killing him outright According to modern
experts this pretty story has no foundation in
1act. It seems extraordinary that for centuries
artists went on painting incidents which thev
never could have seen, scores if not hundreds If
pictures of what was once favorite and aristo-
cratlc sport depicting this very occurrence.
stradanus prediction for portly men and
women, as we'll as for steeds Of the carthorsa
type, and for unweldy fat spaniels and hounds
Detray his Dutch origin, and perhaps also bust
nessl1ke desire to please his principal public IN
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
ODD CHINA scene
Celestial Fishermen and Their
Crude Homes.
Most Of tho Houses Are Ono Room
Shanties Built Without Windows
Men Start for Fishing
Grounds at z A. M.

Canton, China.-Did you ever visit
q Chinese fishing village? Next to
rice, you know, the Chinaman delights
In fish, and SO, on the big rivers run
ming into the interior, these villages
abound. You find these Celestials
friendly, even to the stranger. Do not
interfere with them and they'll not
bother you, is a safe motto. You will
find the fisherman standing in the
doorway of their one-room shanties,
cur1ous-looking structures these, abso-
lutely without visible window. Houses
OF the sort are all about, all of them
implanted, but black for the weather
ing OF the frame. Some few will have
q second room to them-but this also
without window except in the very top
OF the roof. The door is extremely
narrow and as 1t stands open, permits
peep inside. Some of these houses
have aspired to cheap wall paper. AL
most all have low cot or bunk, with
blankets unfolded, against one wall,
and few chairs stand about. Gen.
eral disorder characterizes the inte-
r1or.
Soft-pedaled men go about, in loose
black trousers, of seersucker, and
sometimes coats of the same goods,
but light blue. They wear a rather
Misunderstanding vest, and the hair
is set into a queue, which Is often
curled about the head.
Women, too, hobble by, barefooted,
but the sole Of the foot resting upon
clogs. Among these very poorest
women one doesn't find the tiny foot
one so often reads about. Some few
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
INJURED CHILD WALKS 4 MILE
With Her Hand Nearly Severed, Girl
Makes Tourniquet and Seeks
Aid,

Glendale, Del.-With her hand near
" cut off as the result of an accident,
Mary Corkhill, seven-year-old child,
displayed remarkable fortitude when
she walked over mile from woods
where the accident took place and
then calmly held her hand while
physician amputated four Of the fin.
gers.
The little girl and younger brother
er were playing in the woods. when the
boy picked up an ak and accidentally
cut the girl SO that two fingers were
severed at the wrist
The child bound a string around the
arm to keep It from bleeding, walked
to her home with her brother and then
submitted to the amputation.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
ISLANDS AS CABLE STATIONS
email Strips Of Land In Pacific Ia.
habited by Chief Of Port ana
Several Others.

San Francisco, Cal.-When a sub.
marine cable breaks In mid-ocean, It
would seem to one unfamiliar with
such work that the location of the.
trouble would be rather hopeless un-
dertaking. This problem was recent
~ presented to the Commercials Pa
cihc Gable company, when its cable
from San Francisco to China, Japan
and the. Philippines refused to oper-
ate. The question was very easily SET
tied, however, by the use of delicate
electrical Instruments, which told that
the trouble existed on the coral reefs
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
Since Teacher Did Not Know.

Since Teacher Did Not Know
It was In the primary class OF q graded school
in western city, and the day was the 2zd Of
February
Nov, who can tell me whose birthday this 1s!.
asked the teacher.
little girl arose timidly.
Well. Margaret. you may tell us. said the
teacher
Mine" was the unexpectsd rsply-Eyerybody,s
Magazine ~ -- IS. S.. s
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
Chinese XIII 5000.

Calcutta.-The latest version Of the
lighting between the Chinese and II.
betans, which comes from Gyangze, II
that Lhasa - besieged and Is burning.
Two thousand Chinese with Maxim
guns moved down 5000 Tibetans, IN.
eluding many women and children.
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ture of elephant-hunting it's
amusing details, such as
the long file of natives
carrying off loads of
dismembered elephant ON
their heads and shoulders,
are curious enough. The
picture Of the bear-hunt is
more true to life, though we
may express some doubt
whether horses could be
got to charge bears in the
way Stradanus pictures.
Our last drawing repre-
sents the Florentine artists
Ideas of RECOMMENDING. It
tells It's tale fairly plainly,
though, of course, the Incl
dents it represents are far
too crowded together. It
was considered the noblest
of all hawking, and though
1t Is not so long ago that
more than two hundred
heronries existed in the
British Isles-some of them
comprising as many as q
hundred nests with four or
i've eggs in each-the sport
is now extinct. Mr.. Harting
tells us that in the last cen
tury Mr.. Edward G. New
come of Norfolk, who was
the last English falconer
who kept heron hawks che
died in 1870, killed in two
seasons with his two ia,
nous hawks, Sultan and De
Ruyter, which he had i'm
ported from Holland, no
fewer than one hundred and
eleven herons. This shows
that the royal sport became
extinct in England not in
consequence of any dearth
OF herons. In the Neither
lands 1t is still kept up,
though the celebrated Hawk
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11

Elsa and Salvador Castrillo, the
children Of the new minister from Mic.
aragua. They were born in Nicaragua
and are spending their first winter
away from home. They are attending
one of Washington's exclusive private
schools.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11

and the receipts from the lecture were $14763
On the other hand Alexander Graham Bell used to
lecture for SIS night in schoolhouses and the
struggling inventor was glad enough Of the Fee
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11

what PROOF have we that
these crude tracings were not
drawn with trembling hand
after a horror-struck retreat
TO his cave, when his senses,
which then were still as keen
as those Of the hawk, the far.
seeming deer, or the acutely-
nearing wolverine, warned
him of the approach of his
relentless foe? Indeed, have
we not evidence supporting
such doubts in the shape of a
stone hammer found embed
ded in the skull of a Megace-
ros hibernicus? Had that
blow been dealt by a hunter
to an animal already down in
order to dispatch it, the prec-
lous flint tool, which to pro-
duce had cost such infinite
labor, would not have been
left where Professor Wau-
choppe found it untold ages
later. What more likely
than that the blow was in
u1Cted as a dosnoroto ,.I -
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
Poet Given Reception.

San Salvador. Manuel Ugarte, the
Argentine poet and lecturer, Is being
accorded en- enthusiastic receptions
here.
The Appeal. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. ;) 1889-19??, 1912-05-11
ST. PAUL NEAPoLB. MINI. SATURDAY MAY Il 1912
SEQRT nW DrdQuip8S


HE recent discoveries of prehistoric designs in
cave In the south of France confirm the assertion
MADE by medieval writer's that sport formed
inc subjects OF the earliest designs, the disciples
4 - u Nimrod can rightly claim to have given the
nrst impulse to art Unfortunately for U.S. the old
~ sAinclad sportsman artist who covered the walls
, Oh Ms Perigord cave with outline drawings Of
mammoth, the giant bear and
aeeLnereoy securing for himself undying fame as the
t archaic Oh all artists and endowng underground
81 WIN the distinction of being the of
failed to depict his own form divine in CON
o.ioh with the trong mammoth the shambling bear
the spfr1t OF selfenacement which this omission
eVnces refreshing absence the personal element
more convlnc1ngy than could library of volumes
,S, nite VISTA OF ages ntervenes between that flint
cave man and the modern, self-assertive pressthe
~ sportsman But stay! Are judging this
peonooiog1cal selfobiteration quite justly?
eooytes failure to leave single indication as to the
@ position OF man and beast really the gen
ulnlaence! What evidence have that of
Age had already emerged from that prmeval
onuelon when man was still the hunted instead
HOW DO we know that the huge Elephas priigen-
or tne formidable Ursus speloeus portrayed that Peri
soto Louvre was not hunting him. the pigmy
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
PRAIRI. FIRES
IN TWO STATES
LOSS OF LIFE FEARED IN Me-
RRASkA AND SOUTH
DAKOTA.

NORFOLK. Neb., Nov. 25.--Hun'
-dreds of square miels in northwest
ern Nebraska and Southern south
Dakota lie in barren waste tonight,
following one of the most disastrous
prairie fires that ever swept these
western. plains Reports tonight IN
dicate the flames are Under control
Scores of farm houses and barns,
the latter stored with feed. and thcus.
snds of stacks of hay have teen
burned. Much live stock has perish.
I'd. Although no loss of human life
as been reported. yet Il is feared
many persons have perished.
One Ere started in the Pine Ridge
indian reservation. swept scuthward
'nto Nebraska, fqr time endenser'
re Creotston. Another in Tripr
,ornty, soufh Dakota. imperiled Win.
ner.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
MANY SALES MAURY
COUNTY REAL .tSTATE
DURING PAST WEEK
HANNAWAY FARM ON DUCK Rlv.
Err PURCHASED BY WILLARD
A. CURTIS.
LEE KANNON PLACE IS SOLD
Evidence Accumulates That Dirt In
This Section Is Growing In De-
nand-House and Lot in Columbia
Is Also Conveyed.

That real estate, especially farm
property, is in very active demand in
Maury county is abundantly attested
by the large number of deals that are
being made every week by the city's
(enterprising real estate firms and in
addition many are made privately
without the Intervention of an agent.
There is hardly day passes that a
deal of consequence in Maury county
dirt is not closed And that the time
for big bargains In Maury county land
is thing CT the past is evidently
true for all the lands sold bring
prices that show the real merit Of To-
cal real estate.
Within the past week Thomas &
Hayes have closed four deals and
have another that lacks only the for
NAL execution Of the deed to put 1t
through. This firm has sold the Han
naway farm on Duck river about one
and a half miles from the city and
near the Ashton Mills, to Willard A..
Curtis. The farm contains 800 acres
and the consideration was $4,000 or
about $50 an acre.
Through the same firm the farm of
Lee Kannon in the Glendale section
has also been sold, George and j. A.
Harris, of Williamsport, being the
purchasers. The farm contains 100
acres and was sold for $4,000.
Messrs. Thomas and Hayes also
closed deal for the John Maybarry
house and lot III West End The
buyer was w. A. Southall and the
consideration was $3.50.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
CURRENT ON
GAIIATIN LINE
FIRST CARS WILL BE IN OPERA
TioN ON CHRISTMAS
DAY.

NASHVILLE, Nov. 25.-At 7:24
o'clock Sunday evening, the current
on the high transmission line of the
Nashville to Gallatin interurban was
turned nat Hendersonville, the sta
tion half way between Nashville and
Gallatin, and an instant later Presi
dent H. H. Mayberry, at Nashville,
was assured by telephone that every
thing was working nicely The cur
rent was turned on for the purpose Of
testing the sub-station between Nash
vile and Hendersonville, all Of Ehich
were later reported to be In good con-
dition and operating satisfactorily
The track of the new interurban
has been laid from Nashville to Hen
dersonville and within the next thir-
ty days the track will be completed
to Gallatin. By Christmas the cars
of the new line will be carrying pas
sengers from Summers progressive
capital to Nashville.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
SPECIAL SALES
WELL ATTENDED
PEOPLE SHOW APPRECIATION
OF EFFORTS TO GIVE THEM
REAL THANKSGIVING.

Thanksgiving sales at Anderson
Bros. G Fosters and the Maury Dry
Goods Company which opened on last
Saturday have received a most graft
flying patronage from the bargain
seekers of city and county. Every
day since the sales began have seen
large numbers crowding the stores
and the sales have been numerous
and in the aggregate quite substan
tial. The people haye shown their
confidence in an appreciation of the
efforts Of these firms to give them sr
unusual opportunity for Thanksgiving
at this time.
THE srecial sale # ladies' factwel
1t EvsDs. Parker & Mo6re's foctmil
Emery emporium hos also attraotet
wrch attention ard favorable rom
rent end large numbers have ersilet
themselves cf the exceptional bar
~s'rs o~ered.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
CONTINUE CHAPGE
OF CONSPIRACY
POSSIBLE THAT GRAND JURY
WILL CONSIDER SEVENTH
HOMICIDE FOR TERM.

In the circuit court this morning
the case of the State against Bishop
and Rambo, charged with conspir-
acy in restraint of trade, in that they
are charged with attempting to con
troll the prices Of poultry in this sec,
tion, was called, and continued until
the next term, on account of the in.
ability of the attorneys in the case
to be present, the court of appeals
demanding their attention.
Immediately following the disposi-
tion of this case the case Of Richard
Cockrell, charged with violating the
liquor laws, was taken up.
The grand jury had a number OF
witnesses from the Harlan mines, In
quiring into the shooting of the negro
woman there Saturday night, which
shooting was said to have been done
in an attempt of one man to shoot an
other. The doctors say the woman
cannot live, and should this prove
true, 1t will be the seventh homicide
to be considered at the present term
Of court, two of them having taken
place since the convening of court.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
CURE FOR THE
CAR SHORTAGE
RAILROADS WILL BE PENALsZEp
WHO DO NOT RETURN THE
EQUIPMENT.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 25.-The car
shortage problem will be dealt with
Immediately by a committee OF the
American Railway Association The
interstate commerce commission
which has undertaken to break up
the practice Of railroads having un-
warranted use of the equipment OF
other lines, was advised today that
the American Railway Association
had appointed Fairfax Harrison. pres
ident of thc Mcnon Railroad; Z. H
Ashton, of the Chicago & Nortwest-
ern, and t. e. Clarke. of the iAela,
ware, Lackawanna & Western Rail
road, to enforce the rules governing
the interchange of cars. The ccm
mittee is empowered to enforce pen
alties on railroads that do not re-
turn equipment promptly.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
CUMBERLAND
UNIVERSITY
COURSE IN AGRICULTURE AND
SURVEYING ADDED TO CUR
RIcULUM.

LEBANON. Tenn, Nov. 26.-The
faculty and trustees of Cumberland
University have decided to add to
their curriculum special course in
agriculture, also a practical course in
iand surveying. beginning Dec. and
continuing until March, 1913, three
months. The agricultural course viii
be in charge of Prof H. A. Hill, pro
fessor of biology and agriculture in
the university, who has made thor
ongh study Of agriculture from sci
'ntidc standpoint and he has Rad
ractical experience in connection
with many Of the subjects.
The COURSE IN land surveying win
he under the direction of Prof w. H.
Sfape. professor Of mathematics and
engineering. who he's had many years
N teaching these subjects as well as
practical experience as a civil engi.
neer.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
WAKEFIELD OPENS
BOWLING A EY
FITTED IN HANDSOME STYLE
AND WILL BE CONDUCTED
IN HIGH CLASS WAY.

This evening at o'clock J. p
Wakefield will open his new bowling
alley on the west side of the square
in the building recently occupied by
the Pastime Theatre.
1t has been fitted up in the hest
possible style by the Brunswick
Balke-C -Collander people, the premier
manufacturers of bowling alley goods
and will be conducted in a high-c!ass
way. No loud, boisterous or prefane
language will be allowed, and all
games will be conducted without any
questionable conduct. No boys un.
der seventeen years of age win be al
lowed In, the alley.
The Columbia herald. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 18??-1935, 1912-11-29
PRESIDENT TAFT
TO PRACTICE Law.
WILL PROBABLY FORM A PART.
NERSHiP WITH HIS
SON.

NEW YORK, Nov. 25.-President
William Howard Taft will become
plain William H, Taft, attorney-at.
law, Cincinnati, O., when he steps
from the presidential chair next
spring. The President will return
to his home town and there take up
the practice of law, which he left
many years ago to enter official life
Although the President will not en-
ter into a partnership with anyone
and he so stated to group OF friends
here this afternoon, 1t is believed that
his son will be a partner in the Pres.
ident's law firm.
Robert Taft will leave Yale next
June, and it is known that he is to
take up the practice of law. The
young mans friends at Yale aud his
acquaintances in New York believe
he will enter his fathers office, and
this is in a measure confirmed by
some of the Presidents friends. who
say this was the statement made in
Cincinnati on election night. The
President was appointed internal rev.
enue collector for the Port OF Gin
cinnati early in the SOS by President
Arthur and has held executive posi-
tions for the greater part Of the time
since.