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able a Job as the average American workman
or farmer regards the DOMINIC of a dress suit.
The diplomats viewpoint will be the better ap.
preciated when It Is explained that not q few
OF these costly broadcloth uniforms are so
heavily encrusted with gold lace and other or.
,paments that they are we'll nigh stiff enough to
stand alone. 1t is a twentieth century coat OF
armor, SO to speak. In many instances high
boots are All item of the court dress and usual
nv q heavy helmet or fur turban and q long
cloak that reaches to the feet are included IN
the costume. Finally. the diplomat. OF any
standing. covers the entire front or his coat
with the g%littering insignia OF royal orders and
ieweled decorations-each several times as
large as the ordinary badge and adding In the
aggregate. considerable weight to the trappings
OF state.
with the time-consuming prelude of dressing
ont of the way. the diplomats. more Sorseousiy
CARRIED than any operate chorus. are ready LOT
the first formal function OF the day. rms Is
INC nresident's reception at the White House.
Tbe Foreigners. all OF whom have carriages OF
artomobiles (rented for this busy day. If they
a. not already possess them), must leave home
For the presidential mansion about 1890
o'clock. for they are to have the honor or De-
;nc the drst persons received by the presicsnt
~ he has greeted his cabinet, and they must
no IN their duly assigned places In the waiting
80 ore the presidential party at IL O'Clock
- descends the grand stairway and takes
Sta,,on In the Blue parlor for the reception
Sd and fast rules must be observed as to
the order In which the diplomats file past the
uros,dent, There are two divisions. First the
AMBASSADORS, each accompanied by all the
Hanhers of his staff and their wives. and then
m" u,inisters. each similarly attended. Places
- each division are assigned in accordance
,u,th the length of time each envoy has repre-
snrted bs government at Washington. That is.
s.otesmen who have beer here for years take
precedence over the newcomers
Al the head Of the line walks the ambassa'
,or who by virtue Of the most lengthy service
IN Washington Is the dean OF tue a'plomat' '
u oonnn MAYOR des Planches Of Italy. The for
a'sners are introduced to the president by the
sneretarv Of state, who has the best OF his cab
met colleagues In that he is thus temporarily
in the hmeight ,
After the white House receptsSh tne dip'o
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y cod IN this case the god Susinak.
uh,ch stood upon the acropolis. An explora.
,,nn ~ the foundations revealed the records OF
n,,aeo King of Chaldea, b. C. $500. Fortunate
w. oons,derable information as to the nature
90 =, no sacred ediRce and Its precincts Is pre-
served by an interesting monument winch
was discovered In the ruins, ,
In the center of the model are the hgures Oh
two nude men. one holding a water jar. ihese
no doubt, are the king and priest perlorniine
Tho ceremonies OF lustration, or ceremonial pu
ri6cation. which are a great feature OF the orr
entail temples and frequently mentioned In TIT
religious Inscriptions.
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ciai obligations rather than business tasks.
Moreover. the responsibilities Of this busy day
rest equally heavy upon the ENJOYS OF the Vari-
Gus foreign powers-that is. the ambassadors
and ninisters-and upon the secretaries. coun.
seiors and attaches who make up the official
STATS Of these dignitaries. Even the women
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been at work for several years on
the site of the Roman Susa. h Shu'
shnn of the Bible and later the cap
ital of the Emperors Darius and ATT
axerxes.
According to details furnished 10
the Jewish World. "A mound marking
the site of the city has been exca'
waited by NJ. dc Morgan ana ~"s
toupd 20 mark the site OF the ancient
EIamite acropolis of the city. Inc
excavations have produced most as
tonisbipg results. Here the expior-
er found superlmposed. one hoo'o
the other. the remains OF three
cities. the Oldest dating back 10 d.
C. 1000, and below these the signs
of older settlements OF prehistoric
ages. 49,.
The recent discoveries show that
far more than a thousand years pr'
ar 10 II. G.. 1900 the city IA occn'
MED by the Babylonians. n tnal
most of the kings OF that country SCI
nm their monuments in 1t. When the
nowerful Semitic dynasty OF Baby
ionian kings contemporary with th'
age of Abraham was overthrow. tn
EIamites regained their independ
ence and retained it until ID. c. 6as
when the city was sacked by Assur
banipai. king Of Assyria. who de
atroyed the palaces and temples.
Explorations show that the chile
feature of the ancient city. as OF q
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of the official foreign colony-the
wives and daughters of the diplomats
OF high and low degree-share In the
feverish activity OF the dawning year.
Indeed, their participation begins
weeks In advance with frequent visits
TO the dressmakers. for, one and all.
these fair foreigners must have stri'
king new gowns for the momentous
occasion.
The explanation OF this display OF
energy on the part of n class OF people
who ordinarily lead the most ~leisurely
existence imaginable is found In the
fact that New Years day Of each year
marks the opening of the official social
season at Washington. 1t is a day OF
receiving and calling and dining (ali
IN the most formal way, for every
body In national official circles from
the president down to the least tmpor.
tant public official. but the social mer.
r~y.go-round. spins at a more lively
gait for the diplomats than for any Of
the other participants in Uncle Sans
great annual dress parade. Not
only do they have to go more differ
ent places In carrying out the days
program. but they have to do more
dressing than any of the other celebri.
ties. not even excepting the high Off
GERS of the United States army and
navy, who don their full dress uni.
forms for this occasion.
Indeed, 1t is the chore Of getting
logged out In their gaudiest raimeni
that compels the diplomats to arise
somewhat earlier than usual on New
Year morning. Official etiquette pre-
scribes that each foreign representa-
tive SHAH appear in full diplomat,
uniform or court dress on this signi
,ficant occasion Now be 1t known. I
Is no slight undertaking to put Of
such garb. The average diplomat. &C
customed as he Is to fastidious dress
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camp in state OF defense, and .o9A
it iu turns to snatch a little sleep,
The Chief of Haura proved most UNI
friendly He would not send us out
any food and set a guard over us.
Fortunately we had fe" biscuits
with us, but this was practically all
we had Tor the week we were strand
ed in The desert
we were absolutely III The power
of the Arabs. and to have after '1ed
d show of force would have 'ean
fatal Every now and again he
srabs fired pot shots III lis or
amusement. but never hit u.s. .l
though they struck one tree un m
which we sat
After five anxious DAYS had pas
sed the chief of Haura sent us IL
nal letter declining to find us an es-
eort and ordering us to leave his
country within three hours The
three Of us were very weak, having
lived mainly on jam and biscuits,
and the prospect of a flight OF thirty
five miles to the coats was not a
pleasant one. We had, of course, to
discard our baggage, for our escort
deserted us.
Il tore out few written pages OF
my diary, we concealed the two chro-
Dometers about our clothes, and.
,.tt,, , .ar+oir an,oun+ of ammunition
..+..+:o.
were ~ p''i7u ~ 'o'' '''
being to get away IN the hldule Oh
the night when our guards would
nrobabIv he asIeaD. We regarded fl
.,..- n+ain tb.+ wa sbo,fd he
go ''-'''
DE ATTACKED ana nun '''i eu 'e''' e
were able to go far
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CHINESE STUDENTS COMING.
Sent by Chinese Government in Com
pliauce With an Understanding.

Washington Nov 81 orty-seyen
Chinese students are due to arrive at
San Francisco today and viii short
Iy enter various American UNIVERSE
ties and colleges. The young men
were sent by the Chinese government
in compliance with the understand
ing with the United States regarding
the disposition of the indemnity re-
mitted by this government. 4 num-
Der of Chinese officials and educa-
tors of prominence were selected as
a board which, acting with DR.. Ten
ney. the Chinese secretary of the
American Legation, conducted the
examination of more than 500 young
men who presented themselves for
examination with the view to testing
their fitness for this designation.
These students were first examined
in Chinese and then in English, and
those who passed these first tests
were examined in mathematics and
elementary science. Only At finally
passed.
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ATTEMPTED TO
PENETRATE DESERT
Cnief~ Conspired 10 loot Is of Al
Their BeIongings-Short of Food
and tbe Arabs Would Not GIVE
Them Amy.


5ndon. Nov 5.-Navs mas just
reached London Of the unfortunate
animation OF an English exploring
ez iuon which attempted to pen
e the deserts OF Southern Ara
biz which are absolutely unknown
to white men. and which are known
as the Dwelling OF the Void. Like
all previous expeditions. the effort to
investigate the mysterious region en-
de- i'm failure. The members OF the
party. headed by G. W Bury, for
tunateIy escaped with their lives, but
their hardships resulted in adding
but little to the knowledge of Ara
bia The following account OF the
al, anture is given py the leader:
region is absolutely unknown
IT, lodern geograpbers. none Of
whom has succeeded ia penetrating
It's mysteries. We We're anxious to
reach the buried cities IN the nte-
rior. although the principal OBJECT OF
the Journey was to make natural ms
co-y collections
When we arrived of the Htele
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she WOuldn'ty'y cried Polly Her
eyes were flashing; her face was SCAR.
let. The pride Of hundreds Of years Of
ancestry was quivering with indigna-
ton. IT can ride as wen as I ever
could, and I'll do it too. IN do It to-
morrow" -. =: I.
tomorrow 2" echoed Barker. What
do you mean by. thatT',. 4 -.
II mean that I can't 60 into that
ring tonight" she declared, land, l
won't" 5%.,, .-sa, q - Ia -
She was desperate. now and trading
apon a strength beyond her own.
: He looked at her with momentary In
decision. She was a good rider, the
best since her mother, as he had often
told her. He could see this meant an
issue. He felt she would be on her
mettle tomorrow, as. far as her work
was concerned, II he let, her alone
tonight. a.. ~ s: .'-srs
"Al1 right" he said suIlenly. 'You
can stay off tonight. I got the crowd
in there anyway, and 1 got their
money. HI let Eloise do turn on
Barbarian, but tomorrow you'd better
show me your old act" III.
"I'n show your she cried. ,"pn
show your 49,. d. u
"Wel1, see that you do" He crossed
into the ring. =.
Polly stood where Barker had left
her, white and tense. Jim came toward
her from the direction Of the wagons.
He glanced at her uneasily. whats
he been a-sayin' to your" r.
HE says I |can't ride any more"
Her lips closed tightly. She stared
straight ahead of her. HE says was
no good to the people that took me ~
and I'm no use here" ::
cts not sov' Numbered Jim.
mo, It's not!' she cried. '1'll show
him. Jim! I'll show him-tomorrowr'
She turned toward the dressing tent.
Jim caught her firmly by the wrist.
"Watt, Poll! You amt ever goin'
into the ring a-feelin' that way" Her
eyes met his defiantly:
"What's the difference? What's the
diherenceT' She wrenched her wrist
quickly from him and ran into the
dressing tent, laughing Historically.
can I brung her back to it." num-
bled Jim as he turned to give orders
to the property. men. T.. .>.v =
Most Of the FIRST half props were
loaded, and some Of the men were
asleep under the wagons. The lot was
clear. Suddenly he felt some one ap.
preaching from the back Of the In
closure. He turned and found himself
| face to face with the stern, solitary
| figure of the pastor, wrapped in his
long black cloak. =: The moonlight
slipped through rift in the clouds
and fell into circle around them.
what made you come here?', was
all Jim said. =.
II heard that Miss Polly didn't ride
today. I was afraid she might be ILL.,
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to OWN YOUn'

ne. e. was peeping through the curtains
which had fallen behind her and was
getting his first glimpse Of the great
sawdust world beyond when one 81
the clowns dashed from the dressing
tent on bis way to the ring. 4s5
@ The clown. was late. He saw the
limp coattails of the deacon, who was
ee-Quarters ~ the tent Here was
IS chance 70 make q Funny entrance.
&c grabbed the unsuspe Ing little man
rom Che rear. The terrified deacoa
struck out blindly Ii All direct Hons, lhis
back arms and legs moving IKE cen-
stdped's but the clown Held him firmly
.by the baek and thrust him heAd forss
most Into the tent
trong returned inan atelyII
9
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sshan't mite. Ssuh IS going %
yos Ray % III Gay. good.
" md t3oa - ~, but II yloou do
care Tor me- Polly. d ne was pleading
nov 6 J'ssss'rs z,, happ lhsss WON'T
VOW come lack to me- Won't gou.
Polly z 4.
she dared not lpestt his eyes nor yet
e send him ave- stood lz7ese-
iuts q 8 d Thss 10 e Deacon eronS an
swsrsd for -. sS. $3.50
80 you'rs here, - yun7 z 81 s
s. Deaeon Strong. I'm here, = an
Jwsked The pastor III ha turned to
meet the accusing eyss sof he deacon.
G las for you, n1iss, e continued Strong,
with an insolent nod toward Poly, 81
might have known how you'd keep
your part Of the bargain.s b
~ =. .&s.Z - 3 =
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sHERIFFrs EXECUTION sAIE.

sHERIFF..s EXECUTION SALE. "a
Under and by virtue tof an Execution
issued out of and under the seal OF the
District Court OF the State of Mime
District and County Of St. Louis, upon
a Judgment duty rendered In the Mu-
nicdpal Court OF the City OF Duluth.
St Louis County. Minnesota, on the
p md day Of June; 1893: r. an seton
was Plaintiff and Charles E. French
Defendant in favor Of said Plaintiff
and against said Defendant for the
s,lmaof Eighty-seyen and 64-It0 Doll
lars 8 transcript OF which said judg-
day Of. June 1909. duly filed and dock
eted IN the office or the Clerk Of said
District Court Ia and for st. Louis
County. Minnesota. which said Exacu-
tion has to me as Sherin Of said st.
Louis county, been dYly directed and
sell at Public Auction to the highest
cash bidder, at. the front door~of the
Court House. IN the City Of Duluth, In
safd County OF st. Louis. on Saturday,
ens Sln In the n fhae dag
ali right, title&and interest that above
named Judgment debtor had in and to
the real estate hereinafter. described
on the End day Of June, 1909, that be-
ing the date Of rendition Of said judg:-
said Judgment debtor may have since
that day acquired. The description OF
the property being as follows. to-wft:
West half Of northwest quarter Of Sec
tion Stwenty-ndne (2e). southeast quar-
ter Of northeast quarter and northeast
quarter Of southeast quarter OF Section
thirty 600, all In Township fifty seven
(S7) north. Range thirteen 1tla) West.
In ST. Louis County, Minnesota. accord
ing to the government survey thereof.
Dated Duluth. Mlhn,, July 3rd. 1903
%~'.A -. <WM. J. BATES, -
~ Sheriff ct. Louis County. MINI.
BY s. L. PIERCE, Deputy. Is s.%. j.. -.
~ .,..,. * s 8: E WHIIE. -
Labor World, July 10. II. ID, 81, Aug. 4
: Il 1909. 1 -. So = :. :. = -. :.
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whats that to you r.

whats that to you r !. ~. 3sss /: : :5;s..f
'"she isn't mr. Douglas demanded
anxiously, oblivious to the erunnsss
IN the big fellows voice. s ~ .3s .5 x ,
She's all right" Jim answered
shortly as he shifted uneasily from
one foot to the other and avoided. the
pastors burning gaze. ! !. .z= . sS .55.:
And she's happy, she's ,contentt' s2''
''spre. s2s.z .4 4;z e. d HI n 5 zssS s*ss.
I'm glad. said Douglas duly. He
tried to, think OF some way to prolong
their tall. I've never heard from
her. you know 81 Ut. 3.
IL % folks don't get much time to
write. z Tim turned away ana be,xah.
kering With one the Wagons.
DOUGLAS = 4! had nm and down ~
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CHAPTER XIV.

~lHE "leap of DEATH implements
were being carried from the
Ill ring, and Jim turned away to
- superfntend their loading.
= Performers again rushed by each
other on their way to and from the
main tent.
Polly stood In the center of the lot.
fruwning and anxious. The mere men
ton Of the pastors name had made It
seem impossible for her to ride to-
night. For hours she had been whfp-
ping herself up to the point of doing
It, and now her courage failed her.
She followed Barker as he came from
the ring.
Mr.. Barker, pleasel'
& He turned upon her sharply.
"Well, what is it now7'
y Il want to ask you to let me of
again tonight" She spoke in a short,
jerky, desperate way.
''Whatr' he shrieked. t'Not 20 into
the ring, with all them people inside
what's paid their money because they
knowed your" 3
Inars .1l!' she cried. II can'tl
|can't!' w.: .~-r =
You're 4gettin' too tony!" Barker
sneered. 'sDhat's the trouble with you.
u You amt been good for nothin' since
you was at that parsons house. You
didn't stay there, and you're no use
here. First thing you know your be
out an round = ~ 5.s ,ss#'
s'OutY =: : ~. III.
5. Sure. You don't think I'm goin' to
s Mead my bin with q dead one.' do
ron r s 80 r. !. ~, .'...'. :.
y am not o dead one,'%'"' she answer.
1 ed excitedly. I'm the best rider
you've had since mother died. You've
{ said SO yourself,' sEt ! Z, s< .IF.f.@
THAT was afore you got in With
them church era ls. You talk about
your q mo 9 BY, shed be ashamed
OVID yau.',, BEE
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front ST the tents again ana again..
fighting against = desire to DO the very
thing that he was doing, but to no
purpose, and now that he was here Il
seemed Impossible that be should 80.
away 90 unsatisfled. He crossed to Jim
and came determinedly 10 the point So
Cant see her, Jim r. ss = -
5'It'a agin the rules" He did not turn.
4 There was another pause; then Doug
las started slowly out of the lot. 81
d WAT 80 minute, called Jim, 80
though the words had been wrung from
him. The pastor came back with 4
question ii his eyes. -sss zs.. ..: 81, g
II lied to you, -. III. & H.
"She's not well, then p - s,..
F .~.Oh, yes shes well enough. It amt
that; it's about her being happy" =s
'.she isn't r. There was note Of
unconscious exultation III his voice.
mo. She amt happy here, an she
was happy with you:' ~ Il. +
',.Then why did she leave mel ..
II don't know" : She wasn't goin' to
do It at first, somethin' must a. hap
pened afterwards, somethin' that you
an me didn't knew about" - j..
Eve will know about 1t, Jim. Where
is she?' His quick eye searched the
lot. His voice had regained its old
command. IS he felt that he could con-
quer worlds. = :. 50 !. : szsS5. ':~ T.
''You can't do no good that way an
swered Jim. "She don't want to see
you again. ., {. g.. -, :,s:,E
"Why notT' .< -..." e..'. .
II don't know, but she told me she'd
ruin away If I ever even talked to you
about her" '@}s''"''
"You needn't talk, Jim. I'll talk for
myself. Where is she?" ,s}"-
"'She'n be comm out soon. You can
wait around out here with me. I'll let
you know In time" He led the way
through narrow passage between the
wagons. ~ .'''
|: Jim and Douglas had barely left the
lot when Deacon Elverson's small,
round head slipped cautiously around
the corner Of the dressing tent. The
little deacon glanced exultantly about
him. He was monarch Of all he sur
veyed. It was very thrilling to stand
here on this forbidden ground smelling
the saWdust, gazing at the big red wag-
ons, studying the. unprotected circus
I properties and listening to the tighten
ing tempo Of the band. e-...--><
did you see him?" shouted Strong,
who had followed closely upon Elver-
sons heels. -. r.1
The little deacon started. Strong was
certainly a disturbing factor at times.
Eyes, IL saw him.
"WellT' 1922 IT,; ;
"He-he- didn't see her. :, -
'''What did he do?'' Strong was be-
side himself with 1mpatience.
+ "He-he just talked to the big un
! and went out that way" Elverson
nodded toward the wagons.
IT. guess he amt gone far" sneered
Strong. "He come over to this lot to
see her, and he amt goin' to give up
till he, does It. You wait here. RI
take a look round. He went quickly
in the direction Of the wagons. j.. *. !
! Blverson needed no second invitati
to walt. He was congratulating him;
/ self upon his good fortune when. he all
but coHided with a flying apparition
| vanishing In the direction Of the main
tent, Sophisticated eyes would have
seen only. rather stout acrobat clad
In pink tights, but: Elverson was moi
sophisticated, and he .teetered after thu
) fitting angel, even unto the forbidden
PORTALS of the big ton.
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''Was that It, Poll?'' he urged.
5 II don't know" She stared into space
''Was it?'
II guess It was" she said after a
long time.
= II knowed it!' he cried. II was
fool to "a brung. you back! You don't
belong with US no more"
ooh, don't, Jim! Don't! Don't make
me feel I'm in the way here toov' =
"Here too?" He looked at her In as
was you, Poll?"
Eyes, Jim.'' She saw his look of un-
belief and continued hurriedly: "Oh,
tried not to be! I tried so hard. He
used to read me verses out of a Bible
= about my way being his way and my
people his people, but it isn't so, Jim.
Your way Is the way you are born, and
your people are the people you are
born with, and you can't change It,
Jim, no matter how hard you try
"You was changin' it," he answered
savagely. "You was gettin' jes' like
them people. 1t was me what took you
away an spoiled it all. You oughtn't
to "a come. What made you after you
said you wouldn't7''
She did not answer. Strange things
We're going through the mind Of the
slow :witted Jim. He braced himself
for difficult question.
Twill you answer me somethin'
straight?" he. asked.
"Why, Of course she said as she
met his gaze.
"Do you love the parson, Pou7''
She started.
"Is that it?'''
Her lids luttered and closed; she
caught her breath quickly, her lips
apart, then looked far into the dis
lance.
eyes, Jim, I'm afraid that's it." The
little figure dropped, and she stood be-
fore him with lowered eyes, unarmed.
Jim looked at her helplessly, then
shook his big, stupid head.
"Ain't that h-l?"
It seemed such short time to Jim
since he had picked her up, a cooling
babe, at her dead mothers SIDE He
watched the tender, averted face.
Things had turned out so differently
from what he had planned
AN he don't care about you-Hke
thatT' he asked after pause.
mo, not in that way" She was anx-
ious to defend the pastor from even the
thought Of such thing, ..He was
good and kind always, but he didn't
care that way. He's not like that" :.
II guess I'll have a talk with him. -
said Jim, and he turned to go. ,r .
"Talk!' she cried.
He stopped and looked at her In
establishment. 1t was the first time
that he. had ever heard that sharp note
in her voice. Her tiny figure was
: stiffened with decision. Her eyes were
blazing.
IF you ever dare to speak to him
about me, you'll never see me again."
Jim was perplexed.
x mean it, Jim. I've made nv
choice, and I've come back to you. II
you ever try to FIX up things between
him and me, I'll run away-realy and
truly away-and you'll never, never get
me back"
he shufHed awkwardly to her side
and reached alphabetically for the lit.
tie clinched fist He held it in his bic
rough hand, toying nervously with the
tiny fingers.
II wouldn't do nothin' that you
wasn't a-wantfn', Poll. I was Just
a-tryin' to help you, only II neve,
seem to know how
She turned to him with tear dimmed
eyes and rested her hands on his great
broad shoulders. and he saw the place
where he dwelt in her heart.