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in the German army. Incidentally, he
shared his wife's love of travel
though he did not care to go looking
for trouble, like me" laughed the coun-
tess, and together they roamed In AL
gerfa, and German southwest Africa.
or which the countess uncle. General
Won Trotha. was then governor.
There II was that l was CAPTURED
by the natives" said the countess, "be-
sides having, ah, SO many other ad-
ventures. But they We're not as bad.
these natives, as the 'Apaches' who
captured woman friend of mine and
myself as we were driving home from
dinner party in Paris on New Years
eve, and who kept us prisoners In a
horrible room all night.
You must understand that I am Just
little of what you call 'daredevil.'r
the countess kindly explained, Just as
III that fact had emerged for the firah
time in the interview, land for several
months while | was my unc1es guest.
] Travelled about with my own caravan
and only a few native boys Dress
Oh, | wore the ordinary riding dress
or a woman. and though trouble
threatened several times AZ was not
tlll we were travelling near the Kar-
ras mountains, that these Ovambos
took us prisoner.
They are expert torturers. and al
though l knew that they Intended to
preserve me for ransom I spent some
bad quarters of an hour We had beep
out for nearly six weeks when we
came on them. one evening, and at first
they seemed peaceable enough, and in
Vlted me to sit down and drink some
of the awful beer that they brew Al
most before L knew it 1 was a pris-
oher and shut up in one of their filthy
nuts or pontooks, as they call them
Fortunately, one of my BOYS e.-
capped and told my unole that / had
been captured. and the general sent a
lieutenant with an armed party who
rescued me. but 1t was three weeks
before they came, and what timel
These savages are terrible drunkards
and when they had drunk much of
their beer and sung their native songs
they We're mad for blood and time sfte,.
time had TO thank only the native
Women-who once. literally protected
me with their bodies, when spears were
aimed at me-for continuing to live
They are great, powerful men. these
Ovambos, who wear their hair in thou
sands OF little carefully oiled curls
stuck full of porcupine quilts"
The countess says that even In the
event of her success in Arabia, CIV
iization Will see nothing of her for
many years TO come. and perhaps
never again, for she is bent on further
exploration IN Persia, and, later on. in
MonRolia-trayels. which, as she has
Professionally planned them. win oc-
eupy most OF the years that lie ahead
of her. However, If she succeeds In
lifting the veil from unknown south
Arabia her fame will be world wide
and In that case It IS not likely that
she viii be permitted to efface herself
in the nomad existence which now ap-
peals so strongly to this beautiful
woman, who in spite Of riches. talents
and adultation has tired of the world
and feels a hundred" as she says.
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most impossible man of all to go with
me, as he Is the ta1lest man in the
German army, as well as one of it's
most experienced aviators. Otto attracts
attention wherever he goes, even in
Europe. and my wish above all 9TH.
ers, when | get to Arabia, is to be
inconspicuous. Yes, I shall dress as a
native woman, but / shall not pretend
to be native. In fact my great de-
sire Is to be able to make all those
with whom / come into contact be-
lieve that ! am more or less super
natural being and for this purpose 7
am going to take all sorts of little
balloons, electrical devices and other
apparently magical contrivances. have
thought quite seriously, too, of taking
an aeroplane with me, for 1 am quite
an experienced airwoman, and you can
imagine what a sensation 1T would
make among a native tribe If a woman
suddenly descended in their midst af-
ter apparently coming from the clouds.
This would not be my first exper-
fence, I must tell you, of being mis-
taken for either supernatural being
or witch, for one of these the in
'habitants of a little Italian. village
thought I and my two companions
must be. when we completed our bal
loon flight, the first that ever had been
made across the Alps in July, last. My
companions then were Captain Elber-
landt, of the Germany army. my sis
ter's fiance. and Baroness Won Ende,
and we left Innsbruck, in the Tyrol,
at in the evening, spent all night and
all the next day in the balloon and
came down at 6 of the next morning
in field near the little Italian vii
lage at Maria. All. what funl They
never had seen a balloon before and
thought we were beings of another
world dropped from the clouds and for
more than an hour we could not get
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heavens. It's figure has never been ac-
,curatoly described as the inhabitants
have only been able to obtain mere
glimpses of the Spalen it rushed by
them in mad haste and wild energy. Con-
seuuently some call it a sea-horse, some
mammoth pig. some dragon and
other a griffin. Not only is this indis
tinctness Of impression due to the swift
movement OF the creature but to an in
hibiton under penalty of bodily Injury
of seeking to gaze at it in its passage.
Any one who dares to look out of the
window when the sound of flying foot
steps IS heard at night Will invariably
awaken upon the morrow with a swollen
face and it is declared thai one bold
spirit who had the temerity to thrust
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at least most peculiar coincidence.
Basil is plant and the holy basil of India
is sacred TO Nishnu, Iosaries being made
of its wood. The ancients believed that
this plant possessed a peculiar property.
lnasmuch it was able to propagat4
scorpions and that by the smell thereof
they are bred in the brains of men. IN
George Eliot's Middlemarch we are told
that basil flourished wonderfully ON a
murdered mans brains, which is doubt
less variant Of the Hindu belief. The
basilisS was a serpent or scorpion some-
times identified with the cokatrce, and
its breath, aye. even its look was fatal.
In heraldry 1t is represented as resembling
a cockatrtee with its tail terminating in a
dragons head The name signifies in
Greek, little king. from white spot upon
its head resembling a crown. The plant
basil was supposed to be an antidote for
the bite of basilisk Yet IL is not proved
that there is any relation between the
roots of the two words.
The museum of Basil contains fine
collection of reptiles so that here again
1t seems almost impossible to avoid as
sociating the name of the city with that
of the basilisk. But the most important
display in the museum Is the prehistoric
collection of lacustrine remains, or the
relics of the lake dwellers. Here also is
to be seen the famous "Lallenkong," n
curious piece of mechanism that once
adorned the old bridge. 1t seems that
formerly there was much rivalry between
the two towns on the opposite sides or
the Rhine and to show their contempt
for their neighbors the citizens erected
this image facing the people on the other
side of the stream. Whenever the clock
struck the hour the "Lallenkonfg'' rolled
it's eyes and stuck out its tongue in deri-
sion. But the neighbors across the stream
resented the insult by erecting a rival
statue which turned It's back most con
temptuousy upon the grinning figure /
must not forget the museums probably
most interesting exhbit-fragments of the
Dance of Death, which We're taken In 1875
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the Gothic and Romanesque, and its
rounded arcades are truly wonderful in
their impfessveness. They are open and
entire streets pass under them, but the
passageway always rests in deep shadow
In moving among them I was reminded
of the shadowy conduts of the Axen-
strasse near Tells chapel, the bat-lnfested
grottos of Naples or the atramental hues
of the Cave of a Thousand Columns ar
Constantinople. In fact, there was even
q suggestion of the catacombs Sebastion
or CaliXtus. But | was fascinated not
withstanding the ever present gloom.
Here sat the great council in the fif-
teenth century. whose 500 members after
years of fruitless debating We're excom-
municated and here is the tombstone Of
the learned Erasmus.
South of the Munster is the Pfaz ter
race overlooking the Rhine and COM
manding a superb view OF the Black
forest that land whose name is inextric
ably interviewer with legend. narchen and
story of the wiered.
Here under the chestnut trees one may
sit and while away many an hour in
dreams of fancy. The city has Uttered
from earthquakes and in 1856 so violent
~ was the ground shaken that a huge
bell of silver was hurled from the chruch
tower into the Rhine. 1t is still there
and may be seen upon clear days shining
beneath the water Indeed. IL is said that
its notes may be heard at eventide when
1t Is rung by the Rhine spirits at the ap-
pointed hour of prayer. have even
faneied that its slvery notes reached the
Pfalz and added music to the whisperngs
of the chestnut leaves. The fortifica-
tions of the city have all disappeared ex-
cept a few of their gates which have
been preserved on account of their hand
some design and charming architectural
beauty. The handsomest Of these is the
Spalen-Thor. Thor means gate or tower
and connected with the word Spalen is a
most curious legend. The Spalen is said
to be a ghostly creature that puts in it's
appearance when the winds are bowling
and the clouds are swiftly scudding the
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his head far out of the window to be-
ltold the Spalen had that member so
swollen that the window frame had to
be removed before his head could again
be drawn back
TIE spalen is likewise connected with a
monument of St. Jacob in Basic which
commentaries battle of the same name
fought in 1914 for 30 days before the bait
tic the citizens were wdrne dof its APP
proach by a sudden noise high up in the
air above them; a noise of the mad
charge of mated steeds, the clash of
contending armies and the din of the
cries ef the wounded. Il was the admo-
rition Of the Spalen. TIE Swiss have al
ways been noted for their bravery in
battle and Thorwalsden's lion at Lucern
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is tribute 10 their valor. Their battle
cry las ever been Our souls to God, our
bodies to the enemy" When the battle
of St Jacob was fought Landskron was
a Swiss who espoused the side of the
French He fought with such fury that
day that at evening he found himself and
his milkwhite charger covered with
blood. As he gazed at the grass covered
with corpses and the bushes smeared
witt. human gore he patted his steed and
said with a smile of triumph, "Ah, old
fellow, you and l are battle din roses to-
day, are we not?' The horse replied with
a gentle neigh but the cruel words of the
rider had fallen upon the ears of a dying
Swiss soldier. Raising himself upon his
elbow the moribund Swiss seized a stone
covered with blood and hurled 1t at Land
skron. saying as he did so, There, eat
one of your roses, you fiend" The mis-
sill flew with unerring aim, the rider was
struck in the middle of his forehead and
fell from his horse bathed i'll his own
life-hlood and the twain died together.
The Rathaus, or city hail. is a handsome
building OF the Burgundan pointed style
and erected in 1903. 1t is battlemented
and has a quaint little spro on the ridge
OF the roof. The building, as is the case
in all Swiss cities is the center of the
market place and the scene when the
market is in full operation is one of
great interest Movable pens are erect
ed for the sheep and pigs which are Of
fered for sale and hours before the
lartering commences men ana women are
busily engaged in washing the swine un-
til they shine like newly bathed infants.
The little squeeers are then covered with
clean straw and permitted to snooze un-
til the market opens. The square is
flushed with water after the market
closes and in an hour every trace of the
mart has vanished.
In the Rathaus one sees many represen-
tatipns of the basiisk which is the heral-
die symbol of Basle. ! do not know
whether this animal has anything TO do
with the name of the city. but II not II is
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The End

From the Cincinnati Enquirer.
Secretary Bryan in a chautauqua ad-
dress in Chase City, Pa, said apropos OF
cruelty:
"A good example of cruelty comes to
my mind from the history of politics.
zone politician was describing at .he
club the death of a rival.
3" Yes, Jones Is dead he said, and
with a chuclSle, he held his glass up to
the light. Yes, Jones is dead. He slipped
on the parquetry floor of his library and
killed himself
THE politician gave a loud laugh. Then
he added:
3" A hardwood finish, eh?'"
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All Very Busy

From Pearson's Weekly.
What is the Sportsman family doing
now?'
The wife is writing poems that nobody
will read. the daughter is painting Air.
lures that nobody will buy. the son IL
writing plays that nobody will put on the
stage, and the husband is writing cheques
that nobody will cash."
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am beginning my expedition early In
the year. by the way, because it is at
this season that the she camels give
milk, and as we cannot tell when or
where water will be tound we must
be prepared to live on milk and dates
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them to come anywhere near us. So
you see 1 have had some experience
of the part / intend to play in Arabia.
YES I speak Arabic quite WELL
added the. countess, who speaks Eng
. lsh with charming Russian accent
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and five other languages besides. az
studied it in Paris, and perfected my
self in southern Algeria, where / was
the guest of Count Cardo, who has an
estate at Tairet, near Figgug, or JUST
on the edge of the Sahara desert
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-03

missioned by friends Of the WOman's
family. has arrived in New York to re-
veal the past of the woman, whom
many had identified as the possible
heroine of q hidden romance
According TO attorney Fulton she IS
a pitiful victim of fate. On her moth
er's side she is q descendant Of the Ran
dOlphs and Fitzhughs of Virginia Her
right name is FennelL When but 16
years of age, after q long siege Of
typhoid fever. she attempted TO brain
her fiance with a Ratchet She was
placed in the StauntOn. Va, insane
ASYLUM. where she remained until 1911
IN the meantime her parents had gone
insane. and when the young woman
was released she went to live with a
sister in Washington There she was
lured into a mock marriage with
young lawyer who later deserted her
and ran off to Chicago. He sent her
a regular monthly allowance A baby
was born. Mrs. Randolph came TO New
York in search of employment
The allowance was stopped. Driven
to desperation at the thought OF her
baby in want. Mrs. Randolph COM
mitted the crime for which she is now
facing prison.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-03
RELIEF FROM HEAT
WAVE is IN SIGHT
Death Toll I'm Eastern ard Middle
Western States is I2O-ThcrnOm-.
eters Record -Lnaver Ten Hcrature

Washington. y. c., July S.-GeneraI
relief from the hot wave east of the
Rocky mountains is believed TO be in
sight The weather bureau reports The
therm Ometer lower in the middle West
The Pacific slope is not in danger Of a
heat wave, the weather bureau saws,
though thermometers are somewhat
higher west Of the rockies. Reports
received here show a total of 100 deaths
In the eastern and middle western
states.
The hot wave has extended into the
Atlantic states. The hottest section on
the map was around New York and in
New England
Five Dead in New York
New York, July 3.-Five deaths and
more than so heat prOstratiOns were Of
dcially recorded in and near Greater
New York Those overcome numbered
more than 200. The mercury stood
around 100 degrees.
Two Deaths in philadelphia.
Philadelphia, Pa, July 3.-The hottest
weather in two years was experienced
here. when the thermometer registered
90 degrees. The humidity was excess
sive. Two deaths and numerous pros
tratiOns were reported.
One Death in Washington, ID. c.
Washington, ID. c., July 3.-LOuis Z.
Patrick, 40 years old. for 80 years pri-
vaLe secretary and confidential repre-
sentative OF senator Stephenson. of Wis
consin. died last night. WashiugtOn'S
first victim of heat this year
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-03
CHIHUAHUA Smell TER
AMERICAN WOMEN SEEK SAFETY
LSLOOTED BY REBELS

Of troops there and he signs all pass
ports and fixes the prices that mer-
chants may charge for food
Americans Arrive.
Two parties OF Americans arrived In
FL Paso at 10 o'clock Thursday morn
ing after having made the trip from
Chihuahua city on two hand cars
They left Chihuahua Monday night at
g o'clock and had no mishap en- route,
nor were they bothered by federals or
rebels. although they experienced some
difficulty in getting passports to get
out Of the city. having Deen compelled
TO wait their turn IN line. One man
was forced to wait three days before
he could get to the governor to secure
his passport
In the party were: S. J. Whitcomb,
George Weber, +. II. Terrell, Forrest
Hudnall, Cody Allen, r +. Wilder and
". J. Mitchell.
Santa EulaIia Shelter Closed.
Santa EulaIia smelters and mines are
closed and all the roads out between
Chihuahua and Santa Eulalia- All Of
the horses have been taken by the reb-
els in the country surrounding Chihua-
hua and the food supply in the city is
practically exhausted The Americans
passed through two camps Of rebels en-
route to JuareZ. but did not know
whose command they were.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-03

~ EBELS attacked and looted the
~ Chihuahua smelter sunday and
~ then retired, after troops from
the city had fired upon them with ar
tillery. American women and children
moved into the city from the smelter
in fear Of another attack. Chihuahua
city Is guarded by 1000 men, but they
are isolated from the rest Of the coun-
try and unable TO move by rail IN any
direction.
OrOzcO at TOrreOn.
Pascual OrOzco, with 5000 men, IS re-
ported at TOrreOn, anxious but unable
10 move nOrthward because Of the de-
struction of railroad bridges Every
bridge between MOctezuna and Gale
COS. north of Chihuahua city, has been
destroyed. The rebels also tied ropes
to their horses, threw them over the
telegraph wires and pulled them down.
From MOcuezuma north TO Juarez, the
road is in good condition but no trains
are being operated over IL in either d.
rectiOn- There is a scarcity of 1000 IN
Chihuahua city. but it is impossible 10
get any into the place because OF the
railroads being cut
Cen MercadO. military governor OF
the state of Chihuahua is in command
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-03
MORE CHANGES MADE
IN THE TARIFF BILL
Finance Committee Would Prohibit the
Sale of Goods Made by ChiIdren3
Senate Meets Again Monday

Washington. d. c., July 3.-The SEN
ate finance committee today amended
the child labor provision Of the tariff
bill to prohibit the sale Of goods manu-
featured by children.
This the committee believes will not
be an impeachment nor result in excess
size protection. Most European coun-
tries have child LABOR regulations, some
of the Asiatic countries being lax in
such regulations.
Among rate changes were the fol
lowing;
Bananas. from cents a bunch to
Oue-teuth of a cent a pound; cotton and
wooden stockings costing less than S1.2O
dozen. 80 percent advalorem; more
than S1.2O dozen, so percent; cast iron
pipes transferred to free list; agate
buttons reduced from 25 to Is percent
automobiles divided into three classes,
as follows. Costing above $500, IS per-
cent: costing less than $500 and more
than $1,000 80 percent; costing $1,000 or
less, IS percent
Chairman Simmons left today for
North Carolina on account of the death
of a GRANDDAUGHTER Senator James, of
Kentucky. viii act as chairman until
he returns
The senate adjourned today until
Monday The house will be in session
Saturday.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-03
TITLED WOMAN OF ENGLAND
REVIEWS FIGHT FOR MILLIONS
RaIszgp .Wa;thU EEETAOINS HRDL
Lady sncI1vIiIe, on Witness Stand, Tells
Court Sir John Murray often Threat
VIII

RaI-Egp .VFa:shU ElEETAOINSHHD
Lady SucI1viile, on Witness Stand, Tells
Court Sir John Murray Often Threat
ened to Revoke His VIII.
London, Eng, July 3--'Ihe fi6ht
for millions" the suit in which the
relatives of the late John Murray Scott
are endeavOring to have his viii pro-
nounced invalid on account Of alleged
Influence by which he left the. bulk
OF his fortune of S5,OO0,0OO to lady
SackviIle, was resumed today in the
probate. divorce and admiralty court
Lady Sackville returned to the wit
ness stanG and under direct examina-
ton BY sir Edward Carson, her cOun-
sci resumed her account Of her friend
shin with the barOnet. She said IL
was in the spring Of 1900 while she
ana the barCnet were driving together
that sir John first told her of his IN
CcTtior to leave her 100000
Lady SaCkviue swOre she never saw
the viii ard did not know it had been
made until much later when sir John
spoke of lrvoEing it. The witness said
she and her family were referred 10 Dy
tho SCOTS as the lOcusts,' although
to her face they were charming.
She said Scott threatened TO revoke
his viii On the slightest provOcauon- .
Cng when she could not lunch with
him he SAID; very well, 1 Will 90 and
change my VIII
AfJcrward, however, he said: You
little rascal YOU know / would never
d. thar"
Under cross examination lady Sack
viIlc said she and her husband had
about $4,000 q year.
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-03
FIRECRACKERS KEEP
FIRENEEN ON THE RUN
Series Of BIazes Occurs Before the
Fourth OF July Ceiebrators
Get Fairly Started.

There viii be no Friday holday i r.
dav for the firemen if the record for
fires beginning Wednesday afternoon
holds out From all indications, boys
with firecrackers are going to Keep the
ffremen on the run. The celeoranIs
started a 500 blaze Wednesday AFTER
noon and. while several fires occurring
after that have been attributed TO un-
known causes, the little tlrecracAer Is
uartIv blamed for them After the two
fires Wednesday afternoon, at 80
o'clock that night an alarm came IN 1or
a FIRE al Hotel Dieu. Here no blaze
could be located At $50 o'clock a real
fire broke out on the upper veranda OF
the building at 206 South FL Paso street
A spark ignited some papers and the
veranda started blazing There was
ONLY slight damage done here me
CriEin OF the fire. il is believed, was
due to smokers in one of the upper
stories Of the building throwing light
ed cigaret out of the window.
At 1885 o'clock Thursday morning
fire of unknown origin began shoulder
ing under the floor of the building at
H2 south EI PasO street The only
damage resulting here was the taxing
up Of the door TO get TO the fire
El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1913-07-03
QUITS TRAIN FOR
A SWITCH ENGINE
Man on Way to Switzerland Acts
QucerIy and Is Taken TO City Jalis
Thinks He Is Pursued.

Man on Way to Switzerland Acts
QucerIy and Is Taken TO City JaIls
Thinks He Is Pursued.
With sufficient money derived from
the sale of cheese he had made in the
ImueriaI VALLEY. Calf. to carry him
back to the old country, p. PrestOni
was an arrival Wednesday afternoon
on the Southern Pacific passenger train
from Los Angeles. Calf Apparently ne
was in hurry TO continue the jour
nev and the train stopping at the
union station did not suit him Pres
toni jumped from the passenger train
and Boarded one Of the G. H. switch
engines going east The switch crew
held him on the engine until it
reached the Oregon street crossing
There they took him of and phoned fer
the police. PrestOni started the cry
that there was some one after him to
kill him and he kept this up after he
until his arrival at the police station
Early Thursday morning he woke the
other inmates of the jail with the same
cry
The man had a ticket to New York
and $50 in money. He said that herWas
anxious to get back TO the valleys Of
Switzerland FrestOni said that he did
not know how long he had been in
this country but he had been here long
enough to make enough cheese to re-
turn to his home. This he said he was
going to do, if the man after him did
not kin him before he sailed from New
York Thursday between means and
grOans. he continued to assert that
persons were after him TO kill him He
did not know why