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The Greatest of Frenchmen.

lishmen. DR.. RouN, the inventor OF thu
diphtheritic serum; Parmentier, the
introducer OF the potato into France.
then Anpere. the father of dynamic
electricity; Brazza, the founder Of
French West Africa; Zoia, whose place
here. thirteenth OH the list. shows con
clusively what France now thinks Of
his courageous deed as author of "J'Ac-
cuse;" Lamartine n consolng election
for those who have always regarded
the author OF The Lake as the most
seductive Frenchmen Of the nineteenth
century. and Francois Arago. the as
tronomer and physicist.
This brings us to the sixteenth place,
which is held gloriously by Nine Sarah
Bernhardt. But Immediately afterwurd
comes NJ. Waldeck- Rousseau, MacMa-
hon, the hero of the famous J'y suis,
j'y reste'; President Carnot, who GER
tainly incarnates here 81 very charac-
teristic conception of civic duty: Chew
reul, the chemist and Chateaubriand.
the most eloquently French of all the
writer's of the last century. unless eX-
coption be made for Micheet, who fig
ures twenty-thlrd on the list after De
Lesseps This is a victory which shows
how short lived is French rancor. Ten
years ago no plebiscite In France would
have given such a result. the stupen-
dous energy of the creator of the Suez
canal having been forgotten amid tho
tempest of the Panama scandals. The
next four names are jacquard, the in =
ventor OF the weaving machine; jules
Verne, President Loubet and Denfert-
Rochereau. The list Is to be continued
until we have before us 502 names.
These results constitute a lesson full OF
instruction not only for the rulers OF
France, but for foreigners curious as.
to the temperament and ideals of cons
temporary Frenchmen.'
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ErIT PARISIEN has been taking
La vote TO determine whom the aN-
erage Frenchrnan regards ms sthe
most eminent of his countrymen.
No less than 100000 expressed them
selves, The result of the contest Is
thus described by the Paris correspond
ent Of the London Times;
Only those observers who have had
this privilege of studying the evolution
OF the French mind and feeling over
AN uubroken series OF years on the spot
We're aware OF the profound transfer
nation which the republican school
system and stable republican govern
ment in general have effected in the
points of view of the presht genera
ton of Frenchmen,
The winner OF the recent contest Is
Pasteur. Victor Hugo runs him close
having received 1,227 JOB votes against
,33S.s25 for the world-renowned man
OF science. But II is characteristic that
two men OF peaceful pursuits should
precede on the list those great French
men who might have appeared at first
sight to have most contributed to that
special kind of glory known as French.
Gambetto follows Victor Hugo with
1l55,672 votes. Then come Napoleon
and Theirs with LIS, 03a and 1893. ioS
votes respectively. For the sixth place
what foreigner would have suggested
the name of LAzare Carnot? Yet a mo-
ment's reflection will reveal the reasons
for his iuxtapositlon with Theirs. The
latter has certainly been acclaimed as
the ''liberateur du territoire,'' and what,
after all, was that work OF his but a.
repetition of the Incompatible services
rendered by Carnot IN the organization
of the republican armies of the revo.
luton? With remarkable persistency.
moreover the French soul today vi
brates between the primordial patriotio
concern as 10 the defense of the Integ.
rity of French soil and It's emotion of
gratitude in. presence of the great
peaceful benefactors OF the nation IN
the fields either of science or OF art.
The order OF the names that succeed
Lazare Carnot.s is the proof of this
statement-Curle. the discoverer of
radiurn; Alexander Dumas pere, who
has charmed several generations not
only Of Frenchmen but also of Eng
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my audience with their forr,e, co,,.
inander and king, vDi'l-
IL Is said that those famed ,,.a,,,..
were at their best durInn ne , .o' !
when Benanzin waged with Ne
French ~ 1883, During that strurrie
ne caused a number of them to bc Re-
headed on charge OF cowardice on1
he tried IN every way to make thet,
perfectly fearless and indifferent ~
pain. Among the most terrlble tr,ats
OF their courage was the climbinp 10
walls or cactus bushes 16 feet hieh "a
Il roof carpeted with cactus sevcr,i
hundred feet long. These barofootcI
and barelegged girls climbed the cac.
tus walls and passed over the ronfs
carpeted with cactus thcrns ana ne
the story goes, then ran bacl, ,n,
showed themselves 10 the king. that,
faces wreathcd with smiles. althoueh
their feet and legs were covered VIII
blood.
one of the French officers tolls mo
that the Amagous always planned ia
take their enemy by surprise, and thai
they made forced marches at night
so as to fall upon them early in fhc
morning. They would dash in mo-,
their enemies before they We're ftlllv
awake, and then, with terrible cry,
would spring 10 the fray, This man
saws that he once saw 1000 Arnuyors
grouped around King Behanzin. ANA
that they We're as muscular as tho msle
warriors and quite as military in ap-
pearancc.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
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it's population is estimated at more than
million. its seat OF government and
chief business center. Porto Novo, has
5OO 900 inhabitants and Abomey. where
the king formerly lived. has 10000.
Since the conquest OF Dahomey the
French have turned things upside
down.. They have established schools
in all the villages. and at Porto Novo
there is an experimental farm. u1-
derstand they expect TO put out cotton
plantations, and that they are exploit
ing the country. Between 400 and 800
vessels now call there annually and the
commerce Is growing. Two railroads
have been opened up. one of these
starts at the port of kotonu and has
been pushed inland as far as Toffo, a
distance of 81 miles. II Is TO be eN-
tended 800 miles farther. telegraph
line now Joins Kotonu with Behanzins
old capital. and that seaport is also
connected with the River Niger. TIM
buktu. and the Senegal. There are Il
hundred and twenty miles of telephone
IN the colony and 1,725 miles of tele-
graph lines.
These Dahomey people are of the
same race as our negroes. Their count
try is on the Gulf of Guinea, from
where the most of the slaves were taxi
en- In early days. They are OF pure me-
gro stock, and belong to the Fan branch
of the Eve family. The people 90
about half naked and they believe in
witches and have their witch doctors
Along in about 1s90.when Behanzin was
In the height of his power. travellers
who passed through Dahomey gave vi
yd pictures of him and his army. They
say that he sprinkIed his ancestors
graves once every year with human
blood. He was so great at that time
that when his people approached him
they had TO crawl up 10 him with their
faces in the dust. The annual grave
sprinkling took place in October and 1t
lasted several weeks. The Ainazons
then acted as the executioners. and the
victims who applied the blood, We're
usually captives taken in war. When
the time for the killing took place these
unfortunate wretches were dressed in
white shirts. tied hand and foot and
placed IN baskets on the top OF Il plat
form The king first made a speech,
and then the Amazons hurled the vic
tins down into Il crowd where they
met with horrible death. / have seen
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better than the male warriors In the
wars with the French.
II IL also said that after q woman
Joined the army she was shut off from
marriage, and that the vlrginssamong
them were bound to perpetual maid
enhood except they We're desired by the
king. The Amazpns were trained TO
fcrocity. and the French say that In
the war of 1889 their recklessness was
Increased by a liberal allowance of
gin. The girls had Just enough liquor
TO make them devllish Without inter-
fering with their fighting.
THE BELLS.
These famous black women war
riors had a uniform of their own.
They Wore tips of horns OH their heads
and had sleeveless shirts of blue and
white cloth which fell TO the knees.
which made 1t easy TO distinguish
them from the half-nalSed male war
rlors. In times Of peace they also
wore bells around their necks as
warning to all men not in the army
to keep out OF their way. The other
sex was afraid of themr too, and He'd
upon their approach, as it was death
to be caught paying them special at
tenttons. The women took VOWS of
chastity upon entering the army. and
they were, in fact looked upon some
what as were the yestal virgins of
old Rome. | have heard that many of
these Amazons We're beautiful but IL
SO they must have been far different
from the African queens | saw during
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oronyriaht 1907, by Frank G. carpen-
teri

.....t,, too7 hv Frank G.. Carpen-
NVi'' teri
.,i, ono before this
n bilAh AIS ,I. a.,
X letter Is published inc oeo'V We
patches win have announced tho
~ .u "a uch,nvin tho famous
-.
king OF lpAhpiue!' MitosV army va F'''
gons sont cold thrills of terror down
tha hncke of thn hest soIdicrs of France
LA 80, 20 ,.o,,.s ,co re ro,,,h,
ul''' "poV' - ''"'
battle after battlo WIN the Ffeneh anu
caused them no end of trouble. HIS
wars with them cost millions and at
one u'lM .ne ci,'.'ppi Ui ILL., NJ
80 sno ''',iV -. - ~ ~, ,,at,.
'ouo'vo' W w. La, t,.c,,,. 1t,i,.
ueaeS 49, t'ta'y -, -. 80,
10 nieaN 'nvin' .a''u e., ,,t,,
tiley W. ~ " 1 ,,1, i''' ,i,,,t ,,.gs
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pns ~ 80 ~, s..t,,.,,' ,,,,d ,,rs,,o,,i
hvin w hin's h' ~ !,'ttt hi,
ca nis MINUS uny
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NV, t,ip'1 ,.,,o,,t,Ir,,, e. tSr,nco
qu"' - = ~ ~, ssiii1 u,ar. IN,
-, ~ 49, aha,,t ,,ith bis FAVOR.
~ w y, - -, ~, a,,ss ora 4, was
i..,, ,,., ,-s..,.. ,..,N ,t,Yt bn NpVg
W. -. L., .ti,,l,,',s ~ thte ,,Ince
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ihe V'use ~, VI , t',I ',,a ~. ~ *
uue 70 '1s ,5' "''u ~ ~. .,,,,,-
o,sal'o n,,'.,,a ri.ha,,x,, hs,a,nS terrfbtv
s,oi ,,d o,,e,.,, n1,,,, trnt,oy there
after sent him into iits of fear that the
volcanic disturbances might extend 70
i,.s io ~ ~ tHre,,cb resreJ no would
,,s,,a ,o,.ro,, "a algerio and kent under
s,,r,,siilance here at Blidah. abou, "a
LIE, go, AIrle,s
BEHANEIN'S PRISON IN ALGERIA.
r,t,d,h il n,,i,,ay,, stetion with bar-
~ t,.,,a IA ., ,rset fort On M,
,"-st,,i. - ,h.' ,,i,s ,,,o,,rtnine nnn1
NJ He o,,,,,, st,,d ~ I'M.
taar,a,, "a ,.aI,.,, ma its s,,rrou,,dinys
- SCI, ttat II ,yoi,ld have heen tlse.
80. ca. t,,o ti,o ia hnva tried 10 esre p,.
~, 10 ~, -, S,IIa ,,,,side me civ
-,,.,ts ~ 10 ,s,a aIx,ove a,,rro,,nded
Ne,'si ~, 80 ,,,,iaa ~, Etns very well
IL, ~ Sr'' ,5,at !, u,es usnlees for him m
.i,,,,r, ~ r,,ai,lne bis Sva,y ar In tho sen,
ana aiso Hal The ono miles OF desert
pi,,,., ,A's" III, a,,d Dsyotnav ,vero ma
, us.meS" NJ E,ron ' sni',iers y, cameis
WIN H., Nfo.ti,,ic,,o No had made ali
,...,,,,i, 80 GOA bcj,a,,io,. ar hs
500 So,es :" nlI p, 10 20 bscts to his avn
ne,,,,,rs, 10 cn, t1u,,eJ n nalse s,,eh
,,,.',,,,ss,, tsro ana n Ia believed that
AZ, nee +,,,s. ~ his death was bls
I,a,,,es;eltness ~, he lana ~ Inc ANA
.an
KING BEHANZIN'S LAST INTER-
VIEW.
49,, -. ,., -, a.,
~, ,,,'na,aS ,,,o,,.ia,,. s,.tth +hts
10 ,a,,,,, .r,'.' ,.,',,,, w.,
, ~ ~. NE 49,, a. ~ LIN, rs toa
~ ~, .,s',o,, o,,a 10 e.. Jo,or
-, ,,,,,n,, 20 th.t ,a,,,, ,nnItes 10 he
> .o,.,, LIS, - III III,
49,, sa.,,anns ~, 80 |
u ', W 'uIsn ,,a ~ h"S
y !, llls s l,.a',y ', Sn9 az us
ilheS olesl sns,i pen , ~ N ps 1911
upon the human lesi, VI tuo NauVtsiat,
race. Al any rate. saw and 'alhSu
WITH the King III ms pIlsoh VIVA WIFI
out the Walls. me audience TOOK place
several weeks since MY way TO the
VIVA was over a road Fenced i'll ny 4
high walls, above which the green |
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no NOT BIZ IMPOSED uroN.

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GrdedT1 Black Wives and his Numerous Ihhdn
his Amazon Warriors 1e o" they
Freiow the Trained
The Changes In Made Conquest
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HOW KING BENJAMIN. WAS
GUARDED.

AS | went down the steps upon leay-
ing, ! saw the French white guard
Watching me, and | was told that his
majesty was never alone for a moment.
II he drove out with his wives a soldier
or policeman went with them to pre-
vent any possible attempt At escape.
His captivity was. In fact, always be-
fore him. and he WAS warned again
and again that he would surely be re-
captured II he attempted to- run away.
and that although there were in Algeria
many Sudanese negroes as black as
himself. there was none like Behanzin
He was warned that the news OF his
loss would put the army. the police and
the spies on the search and at the same
time his guards kept him always in
sight.
outside this surveillance tho king was
fairly well treated by his French cap
tors. He had all his expenses paid by
the government. His villa was free, his
French cooks cost him nothing and his
provisions and his scanty clothing were
supplied without charge. He had in ad-
dtion to all this an allowance of money
of $4,000 francs year. which means
about $500 OF our money, or Just about
$40 a day. This certainly ought to have
suiiced to Keep him In tobacco and to
have furnished now and then new ear
plug for each of his wives.
DAHoMEY UNDER THE FRENCH.
Everything goes by contrast. how
ever, and this allowance was as nothing
10 this negro king who once numbered
his assets by millions of francs and his
subjects by hundreds of thousands. His
kingdom, ny 1t now is under the French,
is bigger than the state OF Illinois; and
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French had outnumbered and overpow
cred them and that now he was only
captive in the hands OF his enemies.
told him that was ii journalist, and
that l would tell the American people
that I had spoken with him, and that
could carry greeting from him TO
them If he wished. He replied: Ami
tous amis." Friends. We are all
friends" He then reached out from
under the cape his naked black arm,
again exposing his skin TO the waist.
and shook hands with me as l said
goodbye.
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Eft PARISIEN has been taking
La vote to determine whom the aN-
| erage T'renchnan regards as 1.-THE
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EXCHANGE OF GREETINGS
Emperor William of Germany Meets
Gar Of Russia Amid Boom
ing of Guns.

Swinemulde, Aug. 3.-Emperor William
put to sea on board the imperial yacht
Hohenzollern today and met Emperor
Nicholas of Russia. who had come down
from Kronstadt upon the STANDARD the
Russian imperial yacht. Returning to
SWinemuide. the emperOTs reviewed the
German fleet, salute in honor of En-
perOT Nicholas being fired. Emperor Mich
Olas lunched on board the HOhenZOllern,
returning later to the STANDARD.
The German emperor paid his return
call to the Russian sovereign on board
the STANDARD this afternoon The two SOW
ereigns had long talk Pince Won Bue-
low, the German imperial chancellor. and
NJ. IswOlsky, the Russian foreign minis
ter, took part in the conversation.
In the evening a dinner was given on
board the HOhenzollern, Emperor NichO-
las being seated between Emperor Viii
liam and Chancellor Won Buelow. The
table was decorated with numerous trO-
plies which the German emperor s
yachts have won in the various regattas.
A report was in circulation that the Ko-
rean situation and the Anglo Russian
agreement were among the principal SUD-
jects discussed in the course Of the even
ing. but this report entirely lacks con-
fiTmatiOn.
Emperor William conferred decorations
upon many Russian officials.
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SOAKED IN COFFEE
Until Too Stiff to Bend Over.

When 1 drank coffee I often had
sick headaches, nervousness and bill
iousness much of the time, but when I
went TO visit friend l got in the Ia hit
Of drinking Postum.
Il gave up coffee entirely and the
result has been that I have been en-
tirely relieved of all my stomach and
nervous trouble.
MY mother was just the same way.
We all drink Postum now and. with
out coffee in the house for . years. we
are all well.
"A neighbOr of mine, a great coffee
drinker, was troubled with pains in her
side for years and was an invalid. She
was not able to do her work and could
not even mend clothes or do anything
at all where she would have to bend
forward. II she tried to do a little
hard work she would get such pains
that she would have to lie down for
the rest of the day.
AT last I persuaded her TO stop
drinking coffee and try Postum Food
Coffee, and she did so, and has used
Postum ever since; the result has been
that she can now do her work, can sit
for a whole day and mend and can sew
on the machine, and she never feels
the least bit of pain in her side; in
fact, she has got WELL and 1t shows
coffee was the cause of the whole trou-
BILE.
II could also tell you about several
other neighbOrs who have been cured
by quitting coffee and using Postum
in its place" There's a Reason. -
Look in pkg. for the famous little book.
''The Road to MELVILLE"
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IS WANTED
Philippine Assembly, Like the Rus
sian DOuma, Is Against the
Powers that Be.

Manila Aug. 3.-The election returns
are still incomplete, but sufficient re
turns are in the assure a safe MAORI
ty for the Nationalist. 1t is estimated
that over 90 per cent of those that re-
Sistered voted. The leaders already
are discussing the policy to be fol
lowed and the demands that will be
made of the assembly. They want in
dependence freedom to carry arms,
jury trials, and demand readjUstment
of the native members Of the Philip
pine commission so as to give the
Nationalist representation on the
commission. Guerrero will probably be
elected one of the delegates to the
United States. The other delegate has
not yet been named. Osmena of Cebu,
who is regarded as a strong conserva-
tive, viii probably be the speaker OF
the assembly. Indications are that the
Nationalists will fight
the Gomez faction for control of the
party. The leaders declare that Go
mez was elected by the American ne
gro vote, and not by the Filipinos
They assert that 80 per cent of the
vote for Gomez was cast by the ne
gToes. GOmeZ's majority is "a, but mis-
election will be contested. The latter
has called upon his followers to sup
port the American government.
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AMERICAN FORK NOTES.

American Fork. Aug. "a daughter to
Mrs. Frank Blood. a boy to Mr.. and Mrs
Lot Robinson, and q girl to Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Buckwalter was the result Of the
StOrk'S visits to American Fork the past
week. All concerned doing nicely.
Emmett Robinson Of this city. who Is
working at Bingham Canyon at the Ga
lena mine, met with 2 serious accident
the other day. He was thrown and
dragged by a horse, and had one of his
legs broken between the knee and ankle.
His wrist was badly sprained and two
cuts were inflicted on his left side He
was taken to the Bingham hospital where
his wounds were properly dressed, and
at last reports, he was improving nicely.
Mrs. Randolph Bjergesen of Salt Lake
City. formerly Miss Esther Cunningham
OF this city, was operated upon Saturday
at the Latter-day Saints hospital for an
pendicitis. Dr.. w. r. Cafderwood. who
was formerly Mrs. Bjergesen's school
teacher performed the operation. At the
last reports she was getting along favor
ably.
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Situation Precarious-

Tangier, Aug. 3.-The situation at Casa
blanca continues serious. Several vessels
arrived here today, the Constantine car
rylng 20 Jewish and number of French
refugees, and another steamer with 400
persons on board, including many Euro
peans. All those remaining here report
the situation as most alarming the town
stu being in the power of the natives
All the Europeans at Casablanca have
been taken aboard the steamers anchored
in the harbOr. There have been numer-
Gus sklrmisnes between the guards and
tr1besmen. and a number Of MOOrS have
been killed. The French cruiser Galilee
arrived at CasablanCa on Wednesday
morning and is awaiting renfOrcements
from Algeria before making landing
90 many conflicting reports from Yari-
Gus sources are reaching here that il is
difficult at this time to give an exact
statement Of the situation at Casa blanca.
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PROVO NEWS NOTES.

Provo, Aug. 3-Joseph S. Smith, who
has lived in San Demanding for two
years, has returned to Provo to live
A son has been born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Ivern Pyne; all well.
A marriage license has been issued to
Andrew j. Stewart and Mary E Stewart,
both of Benjamin.
The Utah county teachers examination
for August will be held in Brigham
Young university on the Sth, 9th and 10th.
and a meeting of the school trustees of
Utah county has been called by Super
intendent Eggertsen. also in the univer-
sity building. for August 10.
Free scholarships in the State university
have been distributed to the following
Utah county graduates of the common
schools: Hortense Crook, PaysOn; Milan
R Straw, Springville: Dora Coffman,
Springville; Henry bernstein, Benjamin.