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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

up his mind to tell the first four per-
sons whom he might meet how they
could break the charm that was laid
on King Kro.
The first person who came along
the road was Percival Proud, a Squire
bound on a little walk around the
world, which was a habit of Squires in
those days. The next person to ap-
proach was Harry Quinn, a Jester
who had made so excellent a Joke
about his master, the King of Yvetot,
that the latter had thrown him out
of doors the moment he saw the point.
Then came Princess Prim, a real
Princess, walking without any par
ticular object. And last came Polly
Cinders, who was out walking with a
very particular object-that of find
ing something to eat
The old sorcerer stepped forth and
addressed them. This did not sur
prise them so much as it would sur
prise any four persons now, for at that
time sorcerers were more common
than trolley cars and not nearly as
dangerous.
King Kro," said the sorcerer, 'is
enchanted in a beautiful town. Old
Phuddlehed has built three great cir
cular walls around it, and he has SO
arranged them that, although there
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

are gates in the walls, you cannot
pass through them until you have first
traversed the full circumference of
each wall
Nov will give you a magic arrow
Throw this into the enchanted town,
and it will poise itself in the very
center, and its point will stick out be
yond the walls. Then you must spin
it according to the rules that | shall
give you, and you will find the way
into the town"
The sorcerer held ont his hand and
hastily recited the alphabet back
wards. Immediately his outstretched
palm became as big as a fiat car and
the four adventures climbed on it
In another moment they were speed
ing over mountain and river and sea
and the next moment after that, they
found themselves in front Of the cir
cular walls, where the old sorcerer
gave them their final instructions.
OF course they got in. They always
do in fairy stories. And, of course
they had lots of trouble doing it. That
always happens, too, in fairy stories.
But it will happen in this fairy story
in way different from any Of which
you ever heard. For, instead Of read
ing about it, you shall go through
the adventure yourselves.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
How
to
Break
- - wa ~
II.
Charm

letter the player who has the first
turn takes it.
Thus a merry chase goes on around
the first road on the outskirts OF the
castle and everyone is unconsciously
helping every other one.
After a player has gone the scale
Of the alphabet from "A to z, the
reaching Of Z permits his man to
move down the shaded lane into the
second road, which contains numbers
up to 70. In this second wall the play
ers must move on the numbers as they
did on the letters, from I to 20.
There remains one last circle after
these two-the inner one with Roman
figures from I to 4-the numbers Of
the players. In this circle the player
moves when the arrow indicates his
or her number For instance, PEREZ
val Proud would be ]; Princess Prirn,
,, etc.
The player who is lucky enough to
strike his or her number first, goes
into the enchanted city through the
open gates, but has not yet won the
game, for it is necessary to find the
King himself.
The face of the King is concealed
in the drawing of the city.
Five diamonds in squares of black
are shown in the small circle. These
are pitfalls laid by the sorcerer. A
player on the last road must go back
to the entrance of the second road if
he strikes one with his dial
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

Cut out the magic arrow and mount
it on cardboard. Then push a pin
through it, place a small cork or a
small spool under it for a base on
the center of the enchanted town
Next cut out the little round men,
which also should be pasted upon
cardboard if available
Each player having selected a man
and placed it in its corresponding cor
ner, the first player twirls the arrow.
If it points to the first letter Of the
alphabet or the last, the player may
enter his or her man in one of the
gates of the first wall or circle If the
arrow does not stop at either the first
or last letter of the alphabet, the next
player, and the next, and the next,
spin the wheel. and so on until for
tune favors and the arrow points to
the proper entrance letter.
Once i'll the first circle it becomes
necessary for every player to go the
scale of the alphabet from A to Z be-
fore he can turn into the second
road or circle
If player spins for B or c, or any
other letter on his move around the
circle, and does not get it, then any
other player may utilize the letter
pointed out by the dial, if it is the one
! he needs. Should two want the same
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

1T is high time" he said, that
something was done about it. Ever
since the three giant Kings of the
Land of White Silence conquered the
other lands, all things have been sad
and bleak and dim
Who are these giant Kings?"
asked Winter
4 must tell you quickly" said Old
Probability, looking more puzzled
than ever. My brain gets so mixed
up, you know. Listen. Originally
the world was divided equally into
four countries-the Land of White
Silence, ruled by the three giants, De
cember, January and February; the
Land Of Whispers, where March,
April and May reigned; the Land Of
Fires, whose mOnarchs were June,
July and August; and the Land of
| Silver Smokes, where September, OC-
tOber and November were Kings.
All these Kings used to go abroad
in peace until the three giant Kings of
the Land Of White Silence conceived
the plan Of conquering the others.
1T must have been during the ensu-
ing battles that | got so mixed up,
| Sdlu the nlllG Olu HAL WIFI WQlIIlSl-
cal air. The weathers passed in such
troops then that | couldn't keep them
straight in my head.
WELL" he continued, ''in the end
the three giants won. They chained
the three Kings Of the Land Of Whis-
pers fast in their valleys with letters
of ice. They laid a charm on the
Land Of Silver Smokes so that all
things are asleep there. They so ter
ri6ed the Kings Of the Land Of Fires
that they shiver at the mere thought
of more battles and huddle close to
their roaring flames. And now the
three giants rule, and all things are
sad"
"How can we find these lands? ?"
asked the four seasons.
The old man clapped his hands. I'm
mediately gray cloud came feeting
from the north, a black crow came
tapping from the west, blue bird
came fitting from the east and but
terfy came huttering from the south.
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| The
|of
IKro

TYING KRO was born of royal
n but honest parents who had
l. - the misfortune to live at a
time when a King or a Queen
could hardly stir out of the palace
without getting into trouble with
some evilly disposed fairy or sor-
cerer. King Kro's parents, naturally.
could not oppose the prevailing fash
ions, and they soon managed to dis
please an old and mighty he-witct
named Phuddlehed.
Phuddlehed promptly laid a genuine
handmade spell on young King Kro,
which caused him to vanish.
Of course his royal parents offered
great rewards to anyone who could
undo the spell and find the young King
But enchanted Kings were so numer-
Gus in those days that it was like look
ing for needle in a haystack to seek
for any particular one, so young King
Kro stayed vanished.
However, in the course Of time. old
Phuddlehed himself got into trouble
with rival sOrcerer, and the latter
determined to avenge his grievances
by disclosing the secret Of King Kro
The rival sOrcerer thereupOn went
abroad on the highway, having made
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

the four great fighters swayed over
the frozen plains and back again until
his very heart had turned to ice.
At last he threw January and
stunned him. He struck December a
mighty blow that laid him insensible
on the ice But the biggest Of the
three giants was February, and he
seized Winter by the throat and fore
ed him slowly backward. Then it
seemed, indeed, as if it would go hard
with the young Prince from Gotthol-
me. His breath came short and his
senses swan.
Slowly he was being overborne,
when his mother, Queen Sun, came to
the rescue. She shOne on February
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till he sobbed with pain from the heat.
He began to weaken, but still he
would not yield until the heat became
so great that he streamed with water.
Then Winter gathered all of his re-
naming strength, seized February
around the girdle, lifted him high in
the air and hurled him down so VIC
lently that ever since then February
is the shortest month i'll the year But
Winter had not escaped without in
jury. He was white forever, and his
heart has remained cold, and his eyes
have remained pale TO this day
The blue bird, flying eagerly east
ward, led Spring to a beautiful land
where all the trees stood tall and
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

y TIGH up in the blue castle of
- Gottholme the four seasons
4 IL gathered one day around
their parents, King Wind and
Queen Sun. Alike beautiful and alike
young were they; and there was not
much difference between them, except
that Winter was the tallest and
strongest, Spring was most gentle Of
them all. Summer had eyes of the
deepest blue and Autumn had ruddier
hair
1T Is time" said the bearded gray
King, that We go forth to conquer
the world, See that We conquer it, not
for your own glory, but to do your
duty in it; for only he conquers truly
who conQuers to uplift."
Side BY side the four brothers
climbed down the bridges Of mist and
fog till they reached the cold and
colorless earth. And soon they reach
ed a crossroads whence four high
ways led north, south, east and west.
At the crossroads sat a wrinkled
little old man whose face wore so puz-
lied d look that the four brothers
nudged each other and smiled. He
looked more puzzled than ever when
he saw them, and asked who they
were.
They told him. He listened with
strained attention and Immediately
mixed their names up when he ad-
dressed them.
You must excuse me-" he said. Il
am Old Probability, you know, and I
was put here long ago to watch the
weathers go by. There are SO many
of them, and they are SO queer that
my brain does not seem to work SO
very we'll
The brothers told him Of their
errand and he nodded his head sagely
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

These are guides" said Old Proba-
bility. Il cannot tell you which Is
which, because my head is SO tangled
up with weather. You must choose
for yourselves"
Il will choose the gray cloud for
my guide" cried Winter.
And | will take the blue bird" said
Spring.
Summer chose the butterfly and Au-
tumn selected the black crow.
Swiftly the gray cloud flew back to-
ward the north. 1t swOoped like a
vulture, darkening the earth with its
gloomy wings. Eagerly behind it rar
Winter, not to be outstripped, swiftly
though the guide might fly. They
travelled a day and a night, and then
they reached land where there was
neither day nor night, but just dim
dead dawn.
I'VE have arrived" said. the cloud
and hung itself on the sky upside down
like bat, with its wings spread from
horizon to horizon.
Winter looked over a vast frighten-
ing land beset with toothed peaks
dead white peaks shot with pale, bale
full green. Over it all was neither
sound nor motion-neither wind MOI
wing, neither light nor dark.
Winter tore a hemlock from the
ground and beat the ice with it, shat
tering the silence of the white land
At once three mighty forms arose
among the peaks-tall and beautiful
but terrible, clad in white armor
Without word they sprang on Win
ter. He swept around him with his
tree, and threw them headlong, But
in moment they were on him again
They tossed snow over him till he
was as white as they. They grippet
him and blew into his face till his
bright, blue eyes became pale anc
cold. They wrestled with him, anc
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

That is why Summer is 50 hot and
burning now. He cannot 60 abroad
in comfort unless his father, King
Wind, sends rain clouds in his train
to cool him. And when, at times, the
clouds fail to appear, Summer burns
up the land wherever he treads, and
fame follows in his footsteps till the
land lies parChed and baked.
Lit was a beautiful land into which
the Tapping black crow led Autumn
Although all the trees and shrubs were
leahess there, it was not the hopeless
Silence; for the trees all stood as If
i'll prayer, and the shrubs all had their
arms tWined closely around baby buds
that had been put to sleep.
AS Autumn stepped gently through
the still aisles of the woods, he saw
soft, silver smokes arise. And there
before him sat the three Kings, Sep
TENDER, October and November, tall
and grave and bearded, smoking sol
EMMY and watching him silently with
wide, melancholy eyes.
They nodded when he told them Of
the deliverance Of the world; and they
made room beside them.
Long they sat and smoked, saying
nothing; but into the soul Of Autumn
stole their sOlemnity and their quiet
melancholy. And ever since then
Autumn himself is silent and
solemn and thoughtful; and when men
60 among his woods in the Land Of
Silver Smokes they say: The woods
of Autumn are sad, but more beautiful
than the lands Of all the other sea
sons
So that is how the four seasons won
the world.
And Old Probability still sits at the
crossroads puzzled by the weathers
JULIUS MULLER
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

M BOrneO obtained a considerable quantity Of
lV bronze cannon parts. 1t is supposed that they
took them prizes in fights with white men
of past generations, and that being ignorant Of the
Of firearms, they ruined them that the trophies
are of no use as
But they have remained immensely valuable to the
Dyak individuals who are lucky enough to one or
more for they the leading substitutes for money.
and the with piece Of bronze cannon is great
parsonage and buy pretty nearly anything that he
likes, from a to a slave
In Assam is tribe whose money consists Of skulls.
Tiger skulls represent the valuable money Mon
key skulls come in value. Buffalo skulls follow.
One Of the chiefs Of these people is known wide and
far native millionaire owing to his enormous
wealth in the queer skull money He is said to pos
sess three hundred tiger skulls alone
Like most millonares the world over, he doesn't
know what do with his wealth; for the Mishmis are
simple persons and there isn't any object in the whole
country that is worth three hundred tiger skulls
Still the rich chief is living in luxury. He buy all
the knives slaves, food and huts that he wants. and he
is much feared.
In some of the South Sea Islands the favorite coins
are made from sharks teeth; there, too, certain
shrewd natives who have far than their share
and they lead lives of mpudent but glorious ease,
in the knowledge that they put their hands into
(not their pockets, but their grass bags, and pull out
enough shark tooth money make the eyes Of lesser
persons pop from their heads.
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with shining ice links around ankles
and wrists.
Spring had no battle to fight, as
had Winter He blew his breath
on the letters around April and
May and rubbed the chains till they
began to melt and in a moment the
two arose, free and glad. But March
had fought SO hard that the three
giant Kings had put extra heavy fet-
tiers on him, SO it required long
while to remove them March was
chilled to the bone, and that is why
he is so uncertain to this day, never
quite knowing whether he is cold OF
warm.
Summer found the Land of Fires
easily Afar off he could see the red
reflection Of the flames on the sky
And when he entered the thick woods
and the fowery valleys of the land
Of the three Kings, June, July and Au-
gust, he found them covering close
to mighty burning piles.
Up he cried. Up! We have de-
livered yOu!'
But the three Kings did not stir.
They only answered, quavering:
No! We have felt the deadly cold
once and we dare not stir"
| So Summer had to stride among
the licking flames and lift the three
to their feet And in doing it, the fires
blew into his face and suffused his
eyes with ruddy glows The flames
swept at his nostrils and filled his
! BODY with consuming heat.
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1y began gather them; and after they had bagfu
they poured them gently into the campfire that they
killed before they touched the flame; and almost
the moment their legs and wings were singed
off,
They raked them away from the fire almost instant
ly, and settled down a feast l tried them myself
and found them rather tasteless. To palate they
tasted very much like the dminutive roasted sardnes
that gets in the fishing villages Of Italy.
The next morning, with the first beams OF the
there a stirring in the bushes and among the
grasses, and soon | heard sound if heavy rain
were falling dry foliage Then all at the whole
plain seemed to be covered with peculiar lo-hanging
cloud. The grasshoppers were moving on
Then | saw for the first time what it meant when
African plain is attacked by grasshOpper hordes IN
counted billions of them in front of Wherever
such cloud falls there remains not leaf a blade
OF grass, not tender twg tree the thick
Cane-like stalk Of the maize
The natives, and the white men, too turn as much
of the plague to profit possible. They gather the
grasshoppers by the bushel, dry them in the or
over fires and feed them to the Chickens pigs, goats
and even the dogs, all of which animals seem to like
them EQUALLY and thrive on them,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
Ill Kinds of Money

y II ANY years ago some tribes Of the Dyaks Of
MI Borneo obtained a considerable quantity Of
lVl bronze cannon parts. 1t is supposed that they
took them as prizes in fights with white men
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

Copyright, 1904, by T. c. Mcclure,
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
H01O Grdssh0ppers Taste

~ NE night" says Kurt Dinter, German trav-
eler. I'VE camped plain in South Africa
~ just a mighty swarm Of grasshoppers set
tied over everything My black boys prompt
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17
IRumAGN

serene, and through all the
valleys and glens there
were gentle g-urglings and
Whisperings. That was the
Land Of Whispers, and
there lay March and April
and May, the three splen-
Mid Kin0C chained fos+
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

T TIGH up in the blue castle off
- Gottholme the four seasons
III gathered one day around
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-04-17

Nc kRO was born of royal
but honest parents who had
the misfortune to live at a
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-03
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

z The very. best man can do is not
very much. .te ss
Some way it causes q smile when
married woman announces that she is
taking music lessons. Sa IA +
Il To be a fool is always bad enough,
but to be fool and be In love is the
most fatal Of all the combinations Of
fool. II n ss as s3+a
Remennber when yon run away from
punishment that punishment has a
great habit Of waiting around till you
come back. s,5s & =
: One Of the most pitlful sights in the
world y an iptelligent, energetic, pro-
gressiye woman married to q worthless
man who doesn't know much.
Vhen girl buys her wedding OUTFIT
she should leave her father enough.
money 70 pay for the relief expedition
~ may be compelled 10 send to her
aatsr ons-A chis0n Globe.
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-03
TERRIBLE REAR'END COLLISION
{ Another 4 |! J, !: /! !. Better J |,

Sheldon Progress Judge Palda Is
striving e keep the judiciary ont Of
politics by accepting the democratic
nomination 81 the Eighth. Paada was
appointed BY Governor White when
the district was created to gain the
support Of Major Murphy and against
the protests of the bar. Murphy was
outside the breastworks when the time
came to return the governor 9 favor
and was still there when his friend
Palda was q candidate in the republi-
can judicial convention. II Palda
comes within several hundred votes Of
election s' The Progress takes a very
incorrect long. distance view OF the
situation 81. a 81 ta !. 34 f
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-03
! FAMILIAR HOSPITALITY.
The Way Villagers In the Orient En-
r. terrain Passing Strangers.

se tertA1n Passing Strangers.
The villagers who entertain the
stranger, IN their houses naturally
enough EXPECT him to talk to them, for
thus only ,,an he give them the return
they anticipate for their hospitality.
Az q general rule they will accept no
remuneration for the food and shelter
they give, but they do expect payment
for the feed Of the animals.
I The conversation one has to carry on
with the host and the other villagers
who drop In to see and pay their re-
spects to the stranger is entertaining
and even amusing as long as one is a
novice in the country, because it is
:unsophisticated prattle, such as one
must have heard in Europe in the mid
die ages One unfailing. topic is the
rotundity Of the world. the negative
side of the question being always de-
Tended. They cannot believe that the
sun remains stationary, for why should
they disregard tile evidence Of their
own eyes, which shows them, that it
does move across the vault Of heaven?
They ask you how much tribute your
cOuntrymen pay to their padishah
(whOm we wrongly call SULTAN, whose
foot is upon the neck Of all nations, as
they firmly believe They inquire mi
nutely into your business at home and
your reasons for travel in their conn
try, etc. They handle with childlike
joy and amazement your rifle and res
svolver, your knife, pen, pencils, your
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-03
LIVELY CONVENTION
IN NELSON COUNTY

h Lakota, N. D., Oct. The republi-
can county convention today develop
ed several contests for nominations
that were not settled until the second
ballot in some instances, and the large
number Of candidates made the ton-
yention one Of the greatest enthusi-
asm. US I'D. 4 ..t fi} u & 4 sss@
!, George D. Kelly, who had the sup
port OF Attorney General Erich, his
business associate, defeated Fred A.
Kelley, who was supported by A. J..
Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1904-10-03

Gronna, by a vote Of 81 to 43, for
states attorney. The nominations
were not made: until this evening.
The ticket: -: -Es, y
Senator liver Swenson, Aneta.
Representatives L. Dahl, Ham
line; A. r. swendsid. Petersburg.
While the Gronna element lost in
the nomination for states attorney,
they succeeded in landing some other
candidates, and from start to finish
the convention was the most animal
ing ever held in Nelson county.