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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24

spondent, had shut himself up in his
palace with his favorite wife, the
Shereefa. He had executed two Of
his ministers as traitors and had dis
missed the remainder, had cut off all
relations with the French garrison,
and alternately planned war upon
them and sent presents to Comman-
der Caillard, In token Of fealty. Un-
der plea of indisposition the Sultan
growing impatient; the treaty must
be signed acknowledging the French
protectorate. If Paul could present
his credentials and obtain his majes-
tvs signature the French would be
checkmated and the struggl, would
be transferred to the chan cellories
Of Madrid and Paris, while England
and Germany would instantaneously
mobilize their war-heets.
Tell him." said Paul to his in
terpreter, a shrewd old Moor whom
he had engaged at a lavish wage and
pledged to silence, tell him that
wish to speak with him upon mat.
ter concerning the Khalifate.'
Much mystified, Paul entered the
palace courtyard, passed through a
number of rooms, richly adorned
with arabesques and hung with car.
pets of brilliant hues, and emerged
into small open space with high
walls Of solid masonry, through a
bronze door which the minister
opened and Immediately closed be.
hind him. Paul found himself alone
completely shut of from access to
! the other portions of the palace-no
not alone, for there, in the center OF
J the court, confronting him with raised
trunk and cleaning tusks. was huge
bull elephant.
| Az Paul stared at this apparitior
the monster trumpeted shrilly and
rushed toward him, swinging Its
trunk like an enormous fail There
existed no doubt whatever as to its
intentions. Paul lodged agilely and
ran past the beast. which, too bulky
to turn swiftly. butted its massive
forehead against the masonry i'm
mediately behind the place which
Paul had occupied. .
"The passage TO the halls Of para
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24

Paul strayed from place to place.
marveling at the trivial mind and
curious tastes of the monarch who
had considered such rubbish a fair
equivalent for the kingdom which he
had allowed slowly to disintegrate
while he played In that house of fool
ish nothings.
A sound at the outside door dis
tracted him from his speculations and
he passed back hastily into the ante
room. just In time to give the impress
sion Of having been waiting there
to a short, fat, black-bearded man of
middle age, attired in an immaculate
white robe and turban, who strobe
fiercely In, accompanied by the cring-
ing interpreter whom Paul had left
at the palace gates. Behind them ap-
peared the Frenchwoman. She smiled
at Paul no longer but ranged herself
at the side Of the Sultan and began
speaking in passionate tones. He
listened and nodded, then spoke curt
ly to the interpreter.
What do you want?" asked the lat
ter briskly Of Paul.
"Tell him." said Paul slowly, that
will speak with him in the presence
of his council" .I-E
The woman interpreted, and the
Sultan's brov darkened He scowled
savagely at Paul. ...--. ---.., ..
"His majesty says that he will
speak with you in the presence Of his
council, as you have requested, to-
morrow morning." said the inter
prefer. "Will you have the goodness
to come this way?" -.-...
At the door half dozen soldiers
sprang from the ground. where they
had been squatting in the Moorish
fashion. Without violence, but inn
peratively, they compelled Paul to &C.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
In EnoIish Politics. Too.

well, did you discover anything in
Stump's past life that we can use
against him."
Detective-Not thing. AL he ever
did before he came here was to sell
awnings. ..-......... ..
Election Agent-Why, that's just
what we want. Well say that he has
been mixed up in some decidedly
shady transactions Tit-Bits
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
Dreams Come True.

A magician Of old waved a wand
that he might Danish disease. a ply
stefan peers through a microscope to
detect the bacillus of that disease and
plan its defeat The belief in miracles
was premature. that is all; it was
based on dreams now coming true.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
Eve,

The woman in us still prosecutes
deceit like that begun in the garden;
and our understandings are welded to
an Eve as fatal as the mother of their
miseries.-Joseph Glanvill.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
Has TEMPERAMENT.

When a girl is intense that means
her mother needn't expect much help
with the homework.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
And plenty Of It.

Hauteur is what the barber bestows
on o man who won't have anything but
a shave.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1913-10-24
copyright. 1918. by

kUL ZANE had spent
two weeks In Paris. in
daily communication
with Jean ROsny, secre-
tary to the League of
Lost Causes. But though
he had learned many
things he had not yet
learned the identity of
the mysterious woman
at whose bidding he
had gone to Europe to
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
DOCTORS JAW BROKEN
Def Moines Man Injured when Car
Skids and Turns Turtle. ~.

DR.. Abe P. Lowrey, of the Lowrey
Drug Company of Des Moines, was
severely injured this Thursday morn
ing near the John Prime place on the
Pella Road, four miles northwest of
Oskaloosa, when the car he was driv-
ing skidded, turned completely over,
and his head was held down by the
weight of the engine. How some of
the party escaped death and more ser.
ious injury is hard to understand.
Members of the party in another
car, near at hand, together with other
people who CHANGED to be on the road
at the time, gave assistance. In
jured ones of the party were hurried,
ly brought to town and Doctors Nc.
Clean and Barnes gave what relief
they could. .. ....
Doctor Lowrey was suffering with
a broken jaw bone. His face was
badly burned from the engine, the
muscles on one side of the back are
badly wrenched and he is badly
bruised and scratched. DR.. B. F
Redman was called in to assist in
patching the man together, and found
it necessary to wire the jaw bone to.
gether.
The party left Des Moines at six
o'clock this morning enroute to Har.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31

COUNTRY CLUB NOTES.


The golf tournament Tuesday after
noon at the Country Club brought out
some good matches. X. Yer Ploeg
won the low score OF the day, travel
ing around the course in Al. II. A.
Snuffin, with a handicap of 4, carried
of the honors in the handicap match
with a score of "A. Tom Shockley
won the Blind DOGGY with a trip over
the greens In As. The prizes for the
day were soda ticket offered by the
Green e. Bentley Drug Co. for the
winner of the handicap match, anc
golf balls for the winners Of the low
score and blind DOGGY, given by the
club. The beautiful cup for the win
ner of the handicap matches goes tc
DIR. Jarvis. c. G. Sheppard, the for
mer holder of the cup, has loosenet
his claims TO this title and DR.. Jarvis
now becomes the permanent holder
of the cup. The second flight OF the
City Golf championship has been I'm
ished and the third flight is now on
Ed Mckinley came back to his oil
form and won the second flight. W
| D. Cole, winner OF the first fight, di'
not get into the finals on the secont
flight Tuesday evening was spent Il
dancing. The attendance for the al
ternoon and evenings entertainment
was fair.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
| per to visit relatives and friends for

per to visit relatives and friends for
a few days. There we're two cars. A
car driven by Doctor Press of the
Press Drug Company of Des Moines,
occupied by one of his clerks and
lady companions, was leading. DR..
Lowrey followed. In has car were
G. B. Cole of the Fair Store, of Des
Moines, who was in the front seat
with the doctor, Dave Frank, assist
ant city treasurer of Des Moines, G..
L. Porosky and one man whose name
could not be learned. DIR. Lowrey
took the lead when the car of DR..
Press stopped at the top of the hill
for water. At the bottom of the hill
culvert had been repaired or re-
newed and the dirt piled on top had
been ground to powder by traffic and
was several inches deep. When the
car struck this it skidded as the brake
was applied until it stood at right
angles with the road, and then flop
ped onto it's side and turned bottom
up before any of the occupants could
escape. .u.- g,aIGm 4Hr III .a',
One of the passengers was thrown
free of the car and managed to lit
the engine off Of Cole, who crawled
out and helped the others. AS the
victims were taken out from the car
one of the men tainted All of those
in the car were more or less bruised
and scratched up and all were badly
frightened.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31

lost for a while. In all this great
sorrow the devoted and tender par
ents have been greatly blessed by the
sympathy of their brothers and sis
tiers and also their aged parents and
neighbors. He seemed as if transtig-
ured before us, and was sweetly beau
tiful in death as he was in life. Fun
eral services were conducted by Rev.
Rosendal from End Reformed chlrCh
of Leighton. The pail bearers were
chosen from his associates. The mu-
sic was sung by the choir from the
Methodist church of Olivet. The at
tendance was very large and the ex-
pressions of sympathy were universal,
spontaneous and touching, not only
the large circle of his young associ-
society amid the numerous manifesto
tons of genuine grief. He leaves to
mourn his untimely death, a father,
mother, three sisters and two broth
ers. Funeral services from the home
Friday, July %, ah o'clock p. m. In
terment in Porterville cemetery. He
has gone from us, but is not dead,
nor has he ceased to live. His beau
tiful life has not been quenched by
death, but removed to shine more
clearly under summer skies. He has
entered the silent land, and we stand
by the gate of death that leads to life.
God calls our loved ones but we lose
not wholly what He has given. They
live on earth in thought and deed as
truly as in Heaven.-Contributed.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31

"a prominent business man and got to
talking with him. The man said, Il
understand you are TO vote on an cleo
trio light franchise in few days. If
your people only knew what was good
for the town you all would vote for
the franchise. The Mckinley inter.
ests are people who do things. They
are thorough in their work. Monte
yuma people will never regret having
given a franchise to the company.
believe that within two years Oska-
loosa and Montezuma will be hooked
up by an interurban. 1t will not hurt
your trade in Montezuma. Montezu'
ma people will stand by your people
and her business interests" Thus
he went on and on. Doc believes
that the people did wise thing when
they voted SO unanimously for the
franchise.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
.PERSONAL(

G. W. Barr, trainmaster for the M.
G. st. L., on the eastern division, was
in the city Tuesday on business.
Mrs. d. L. WATSON has departed
on a weeks visit with friends and rel
atives at What Cheer and Barnes
City.
A. J. Busby of Waterloo, one of the
managers of the Masonic opera house,
is in the city for few days look
ing after local interests.
Birmingham News: Charlie Matthias
and Rolla Wells went to Oskaloosa
and brought back an automobile for
Charlie. 1t is a fine car.
Abba News: H. H. Burdock's sis
ter, Mrs. Edwards, came last Sunday
from her home in Los Angeles, for a
visit here and in Oskaloosa.
Indianola Herald: Arthur Woods,
wife and little daughter Louise from
Oskaloosa are visiting with relatives
and friends here for ten days.
E. P. Dusenberg of Washington, H.
L. Haase of Iowa Falls, d. Everett
and ]. L. Nichols of Abba were bust
ness visitors in the city yesterday.
Miss Florence Morrison of Little
York, Ill, has returned to her home
after spending the past two weeks
with Oskaloosa and Abba relatives.
Newton Record: Elder VIM Reeves
of oskaloosa is spending a week Wis,
iting friends here. He preached al
the Baptist church Saturday and Sun
day.
Bussey Record: Leo, the three-year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. Mick
was taken to the City Hospital at Os
kaloosa Monday and had his tonsils
removed.
Mrs. J G. Hammes departed last
evening for Culver, Indiana, to visit
her son John, who is attending tbs
Culver Naval School, and for an out
ing at Lake Maxinkuckie.
Mrs. Lucy Davis, of Mt. Pleasant
who has been visiting local friends
and relatives, went to Brighton Wed
nesday TO spend few days with hel
son before returning home.
Abba News: Miss Helen Seevert
has returned to her home in Oska
loosa after visiting couple Of weeks
with Miss Belle Courtney. The girl
enjoyed a week camping at Tracy.
Anamosa Eureka: Mr.. and Mrs. Q
d. Bunker went to Searsboro recent
iy They accompanied young mai
named Lockard, an inmate Of the Re
formatory, who was permitted TO re
turn home TO attend his fathers fun
eral. The latter fell from load o
hay, breaking his neck.
OF young lazy well known in o.
kaloosa, the Abba Union says: Mis-
Hannah Carr, who has been CUES
of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jacl
Carr, will leave today for her work a
private secretary to John P. White
She is certainly one of the most CON
petent young women In the west an
all Abba is proud OF her achieve
ments.
Montezuma Republican: John Plat
was over 10 Oskaloosa Wednesday o
last week rubbering around. He me
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
ANOTHER SMOKE STACK
Second One at Power House Will
be zoo Feet High.

Excavations are now being made
for the new 200 foot chimney or
stack that is to be built at the power
house of the Oskaloosa Traction &
Light Company. The foundation will
be Of concrete reinforced with twist.
ed steel bars. 1t will be about 80 feet
square and as deep as may be neces-
sary in order to reach hard pan. The
new stack will be about rs feet high
er than the present one but the one
now in use will still be used for aux.
Hilary purposes. Material is now be-
ing delivered and active work will
soon be begun.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
Postmaster Examination,

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces that on Satur-
day, Aug. %, an examination will be
held at Abba, Iowa, as result of
which II Is expected to make certifica-
tion to fill contemplated vacancy in
the position of fourth-class postmaster
at Cricket, Iowa. The compensation of
the postmaster at this Office was s2l7
for the first fiscal year.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
NAV Hau. Min. Iixes.

A coon may be Ike cat--possess-
ed Of nine llves-or the particular
coon in question may be dead. DR..
J. w. Morgan set a steel trap for the
intruder and also put two grains OF
|strychnine In some food left for him.
The coon eat the bait and also car.
ried on the trap attached TO one OF
its legs. But the coon cannot be
found.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
Dora at the Party.

Little Dora had been to party. and
in answer to his mothers inquiry as
to whether she had enjoyed herself
exclaimed, ''oh, 1t was lovely, mum.
my, but so hot that come out all In
a perforation."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES

TERRELL. - Miss Elizabeth HaW-
kins has received announcement of
the birth of a son, Albert c. Terrell,
Jr., TO Albert c. and Edith Salisbury
Terrell at their home in Grand Rap
ids, Michigan, Thursday, July "a, 1913.
Oskaloosa friends send congratula-
tons.
PARKS.-Word comes to the city
this morning of the death OF Mrs. A.
W. Parks, at her home in Walker,
Oklahoma, from the effects of the
heat. Mrs. Parks was recently oper-
ated upon in Oskaloosa for appended
tbs and not long since went to be with
a daughter, Mrs. Ray Wallace, in Wal
ter. The fatigue incident to the long
| journey and the excessive heat were
more than the weakened condition of
the patient could endure and death
came to her relief. Funeral announce
ment and particulars later.
| VAN STEENIS.-Arthur Clifford
Van Steenis, eldest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. William Van Steenis, fell asleep
in the perfect peace of death, on July
%, 1913, at 3 o'clock 2. m. Clifford
was born Is years ago, April 10. 1898
near Harvey, Iowa. He came among
us just at the time his life was un,
folding into maturity, beauty and
LONELINESS, and such was the influence
OF his unselfsh, kind, gentle and pure
life that without effort he was ad
mired by all and greatly beloved by
many, and most of all by those who
knew him best Such was the natur
alness, modesty and simplicity of his
ways, and the kind spirit manifested
toward all, under all circumstances
THAT the news of his death brings uni
yersal sorrow. All feel the world II
the better for his having lived in II
and the poorer because Of his goint
away from II SO soon. In Clifford
life there are no materials for excit
ling biography, no striking incidents
but we have the power of simple
lpure, sincere and earnest life. TIT
lglory of his life is found in what h.
was, as is the beauty Of the sun. |
Is his life that speaks to US, AM
wreathed around such a life there /
a fame more impressive than the sti
land glare of a public name. Hi
death was caused by heart failure
THAT rest he gave him, when he en-
tered that silent land. TO be Graded i
1.-THE bosom OF God, in perfect unto
with those whom we have loved an
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
Nothing Doina at Al.

Hokus-"so she, didn't return your
love, eh?" Pokus-"Return my love?
Why, she didn't even return my pres
ents."-Town Topics.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
Seine Fine Apples.

A. W. cofin, Of South Eleventh St..
brought a basket Of choice eating APP
pies to the Herald Office yesterday
and presented them to the "force."
They were OF the Red Astragua varie.
ty and anyone Of the Herald employees
can testify that they were mighty
fine."
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31
THE MILLS OF JUSTICE
Troubles Of People Srfted Through
!. .s. Court Hoppers. EtGsI

An Oskaloosa citizen. whose. name
Is withheld by the police, was arrest.
ed Tuesday night on complaint from
MS home and fined yesterday by
Mayor Sewers for disorderly con
duct. According to the story told the
police the man had been out of town
for several days and just arrived
home on the evening he was arrested.
When he went to his home he found
his wife, another woman and two men
sitting in the front yard. He demand
ed an explanation and It seems that
10 satisfactory one was Forthcoming.
At least, he went into the house and
came back shortly with a shotgun
under his arm. Just what he intend.
ed to do with the gun does not APP
pear, but the company" became
frightened and notified the police. He
was accordingly locked up and ar
raigned yesterday before the mayor
and found guilty. Original notice
was served on him in Jail Of a suit for
divorce instituted by his wife in the
district court.
The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1913-07-31

A stranger passing through the city
enroute from his home In Kirksville,
Mo-, to Canada, was robbed of his
pocket-book' and all his money while
on the train within the city limits
Tuesday evening and Is detained In
the city until more funds reach him
According to his story, he was
asleep in the car passing through Os-
kaloosa and was awakened by feeling
someone reaching in the pocket
where his ticket was deposited. When
he stirred, the thief moved off toward
the end of the car and was we'll out
of reach when his victim fully awak-
Iened and received full possession OF
jail his faculties. The latter instinc-
lively reached for his pocket.book as
soon as he was wide awake and II
was gone He Immediately proceeded
to give chase and the culprit jumped
of the train in the yards with his
victim in close pursuit The thief
made his escape, however, among the
cars and left the other man stranded
here without funds. He reported his
loss to. the police and he is being
cared for by them until money reach
les him from his brother.
Evening star., 1913-10-19
Manuscript Collections of the National Library Be Made Accessible

the library ranks among the three
greatest manuscript collections OF the
world. Its papers and letters now
surpass in extent and value those OF
any other library or government or
Europe excepting perhaps the British
Museum in London and the Blbl1o-
theque Rationale in Paris The work
so far has been i'm active operation Tor
only about five years, and the collec-
tions are increa sing so rapidly that our
division of manuscripts will have more
of such material than any other SINH
lar collection in the world.
Indeed | despair of giving you ade-
quate conception of the enormous amount
of material and of the admirable way
in which it is being made accessible to
the student and author The correspond
ence private papers and other docu-
ments already in hand are actually num-
bered by millions. There are more than
one hundred thousand letters of the
Washington correspondence, there are
thirty or forty thousand of the private
papers and letters of Andrew Jackson.
and there are other papers OF almost
every President from the time OF George
Washington down to the late civil war.
There are thousands of unpublished
letters of American statesmen and poll
ticians, including the complete papers OF
Alexander Hamilton, Duff Green, Salmon
p Chase and Edwin NJ stanton The
papers of John Sherman are here ana
those of Gideon Welles, as well as those
of Gen Sherman and Gen Mcclellan.
There are also naval papers, papers re-
lating TO our commercial history and up
ward OF 1G0000 folos of transcripts or
documents relating to American colonial
history There is scientific correspondence
and literary correspondence, the latter
including letters of the two Browninss.
Marion Crawford Mark Twain and
James Whitcomb Riley.
The greater part of the material is new.
and as | shall show. further on in my
talk with Mr. Gaillard Hunt. who is in
charge of this collection. much of 1t will
throw new light upon history. anu
the most Of it has never been published.
But first let me give you some idea OF
the uscript division of the National
/ Library IT is in the northwest pavilion
on the second floor of the building. 1t
consists of a circular reading roorc about
100 feet in diameter. book stacks running
off from it containing the hundreds of
great volumes bound in red morocco, in
which these priceless letters and papers
are so carefully pasted. The reading room
is i'm the shape of a dome, with circu-
lar mahogany desk in the center, about
which those who handle the manuscripts