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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
refused to see them. France was
growing impatient: the treaty must
be signed acknowledging the French
protectorate If Paul could present
his credentials and obtain his males
tvs signature the French would be
checkmated and the struggle would
be transferred to the chancellories
of Madrid and Paris, while England
and Germany would instantaneously
mobilize their war-fieets.
Tell him. said Paul to his In
terpreter, 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 a 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 off from access to
the other portions of the palace-no,
not alone, for there. in the center of
the court, confronting him with raised
trunk and cleaning tusks, was huge
bull elephant.
AS Paul stared at this apparition
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
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accomplished something Besides" she
added, "Mahmud is very angry about
something this morning, and, hard as
the journey was, the return from the
palace will perhaps prove still more
arduous."
She ushered him into a large ante
room IF you will wait here I will
summon his majesty and your inter
prefer" she said and the door clicked
behind her Paul tried it. 1t was
locked.
At that moment. in the clutches of
his enemy, who had evidently obtain
ed secret information of his arrival,
trapped in the gin into which he had
so foolishly stepped, Paul would have
given much to have the freedom of
the French camp again. Unknown
as he was, having left his tent with
out even communicating his destina-
ton to the commandant, he might die
here by any of the hundred diverse
torlGres of the cruel Moorish ruler
without his fate becoming known to
anyone outside. And he did not
doubt that Mademoiselle Guepin
would spare no effort to accomplish
her own purposes.
After waiting for half an hour in
dire perplexity he began to examine
his surroundings.
There was large hall adjoining
the room in which he sat, and Paul
strolIed into it. 1t was a small, mar
row chamber without outlet, and evil
IDENTIFY formed the Utmost portion of
the palace, for it was heaped with an
astonishing display of treasures.
There were not the gold crowns
which the circus proprietor had
imaginatively pictured, but there
were all the heaped-up rubbish &C
cumuIated by the late deposed Sui
tan, whose mechanical bent had an
gered the conservative Moors and
compelled his abdication. There were
magic lantern and Photographic ap-
paratus, guns and rifles in great va
riety, clockwork mice that, when
wound up, could be hunted by clock
work cats, toy figures that gyrated in
each others embraces-au the ex-
hibits of the children's department
of the city store at Christmas time.
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Paul strayed from place to place,
marveling at the trivial mind and
curious tastes of the monarch who
had considered such rubbish 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
1 will speak with him in the presence
of his council"
The woman interpreted, and the
Sultan's broSv 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 a dozen soldiers
sprang from the ground, where they
had been squatting in the Moorish
fashion. Without violence, but i'm
peratively, they compelled Paul to &C
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that frail, delicate, woman, and the
great beast A rogue elephant he
was, monsieur, a furious monster of
whom all stood in dread. Even
could hardly manage him. But
Mademoiselle Guepin could make him
heed her lightest word, and by rea-
son of her power over him she has
acquired the reputation of a proph-
etess among the superstitious
Moors They say" he continued,
that she is secret agent of France.
Of that l know nothing, except that
all women love to intrigue. At any
rate, if France does not make use of
that admirable woman she will not
be the France l know and love, for
with her aid Morocco is already hers"
Paul was greatly impressed by the
circus owners naive condolences.
Here was problem requiring all the
strength of his courage and the re-
sources of his brain. A treacherous
ruler, beautiful, INSCRIPTIONS wom-
an, and a rogue elephant. The ex-
element of his mission seized upon
him, and he hardly slept thence
forward, but nightly paced the desert,
bordering, and gazing out at the
wide. desolate expanse of sand and up
at the dark sky, respondent with
stars.
1t was in the guise of concession
hunter that he went to the Sultan's
palace Immediately after his arrival,
leaving his equipment in the French
camp outside the walls. French troops
were in possession of the citadel, the
city was French-but Morocco was
not yet French, and technically
France was merely his majesty's ally
against the rebellious tribes. Paul
found everything in confusion at the
palace. The Sultan morose and de-
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Zero in Various Lines of Endeavor.

Zero in Various Lines OF Endeavor-
my notion Of nothing to be when
you have become one" grimly re-
marks the Old Codger, lis golf
champion. My idea of nothing to be-
lieve is a railroad officials explanation
Of the cause of a wreck; OF nothing
to listen to is a Renaissance of the
hard winter of eighteen hundred and
something; of nobody to hold recep-
ton for is Mrs Pankhurst, and of
nothing to wrste pieces to the Speak
ing the Public Mind department about
is why there is no gas, why there are
so many holes in the pavements, why
all this foolishness about the Metro
politan franchise, and so on and so
forth, as long as Kansas City is with
out commission government. Kan
sas City Star.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-10-23
DRAINS Come True.

A magician of old waved wand
that he might Danish disease, a ply
stefan paers through microscope to
detect the bacillus of that disease and
plan it's defeat. The belief in miracles
was premature, that is all; it was
based on dreams now coming true.
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The Objection.

PATIENCE hear that MontresG pO-
lice authorities are in favor of the pro-
posal to add several police women to
the force.
Patrice-The trouble is that none or
'em want to be plain-clothes women.
| SuDDOSo
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New Brooms.

Representative Dillon said in Yank-
ton aprcvRe Of an administrative mu-
nicipal charge, of which he did not APP
prove: "They declare that a. new
broom sweeps clean, but some of these
new brooms that seem to sweep clean
are in reality only throwing dust in
our eyes,"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-10-23

female troubles and
bearing down pains
that / could not
stand on my feet
long enough TODD my
work. The doctor
said 7 would have to
undergo an opera
ton, but my husband
wanted me to try
Lydia E. Pinkham's
V eg e table Com
pound first. / took
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-10-23

The woman in us still prosecutes a
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
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-10-23
Has Temperament

When girl is intense that means
her mother needn't expect much help
with the homework.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-10-23
And Plenty OF Ii.

Hauteur is what the barber bestows
on a man who won't have anything but
a shave.
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MRS. MANGES
ESCAPES
OPERATION
How She Was Saved From
Surgeons Knife by Lydia
E. Pinkham's Vegeta.
bic Compound.

Mogadore, Ohio. The first two years
! was married suffered so much from
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Copyright. 1913, by w. G. Chapman.)

AUL LANE 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
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
COLD SNAP HURTS CROPS.
Reports from Every Section of coun-
try Show Low Temperatures.

Washington Reports Received at
the Weather Bureau from all sections
of the country show low temperatures.
In many places heavy frosts have
killed crops. Thousands of dollars of
damage TO vegetation was done in
New York and New England, Snow
fell in Montreal and thin eoatings of
ice formed in Middletown. n. Y.
Even the Gulf and Western States
report cold snaps In some places, fol-
lowed by rain. Heavy frosts were ex-
perienced in Ohio. Pennsylvania.
Michigan, Wisconsin and other States
throughout the eastern and central
sections.
Ruined crops were numerous In New
York State; Broome, Orange and Che
mung counties were the heaviest
losers All vegetation was destroy ed
In many places The great cranberry
bogs Of Long Island and Cape Cod.
Mass. were threatened. To save them
the growers flooded the boys With
warm water
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
STATES CAN FIX
THEIR R. R. RATES
Government Can Intervene Only
by Specific Enactments
SUPREME COURT so DECIDES
state Commissions Retain Power
When Schedules Are Not confiscs-
tory-Problem Up to Congress
20 Cases Depend on Principle.

Washington This long awaited de.
cision in the Minnesota rate case has
been handed down by the Supreme
Court The court unanimously de-
cided in favor Of the States and
against federal control.
The railroads thus lost their fight
on the big principle involved in the
case unless they can get new legisla.
ton from Congress. They had hoped
through this litigation to shake of
most Of the burdensome rates which
the authorities of many States have
fixed for intrastate traffic and to es
tablish the control Of the Interstate
Commerce Commission in all cases
where there is conflict between its
authority and the authority Of the
State officials.
The effect Of the decision Is to sus-
tain the power of the State railroad
commissions and State Legislature to
fix two cent passenger or other rates
on business exclusively within the
States. provided, always that the rates
are not coniscatory. No longer Will
il be possible for the railroads to at
tack State rates on the ground that
they have been fixed without author
ity IN law.
The railroads in the future will have
10 rest their fight against State rates
solely on the ground that they consti-
tute violation OF their constitutional
rights in that they amount to confisca.
ito.
The Supreme Court in this import
ant decision holds clearly, however,
that Congress has the power to over
ride State authorities as regards the
fixing of rates which affect interstate
business whenever the national legis-
lature shall elect to exercise such au-
thority.
In its decision in the Minnesota
rate case the Supreme Court holds -
T. That the Constitution gives Con-
gress an authority to secure the free
dom of interstate commercial inter-
course from State control and TO pro-
vide effective regulation.
q That commerce confined within
one State and not affecting other
States is reserved to that State.
3. That even without action by Con-
gress the commerce clause of the Con-
stitution necessarily excludes States
from direct control of subjects which
should be prescribed by a single au-
thority
4 That there remains to the States
the exercise OF the power appropriate
to their territorial jurisdiction in max
ing suitable provision for local needs.
More than forty cases before the
court denended on this decision.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
General

The elaundered' bills are said to be
winning SAVIOR with Treasury officials
Samuel Gompers. labor leader, I'M
1erwent an operation for mastoiditis
~ Atlantic City.
James NJ. Thompson. a retired bust
ness man Of Hartford. Conn, left an
estate of $1.43S.9S0.
More than 500 lumber workers in
Duluth. Mimi, are on strike for a 10
per cent wage increase.
Mrs Woodrow Wilson distributed
fiowers from the White House Conser-
vatory, among various hospitals.
hearing on the alleged baseball
trust will be given before the House
Rules Committee within week. ac-
cording to Representative Gallagher,
OF Illinois
Mrs. Jere Knode Cooke obtained a
divorce in Hartford, Conn., and paved
the way for Cooke, former clergyman,
eventually to wed Floretta Whaley,
with whom he eloped in 1907.
For denouncing the Paterson police
tor their conduct in the silk strike,
Alexander Scott, editor OF socialist
paper there. was sentenced to serve
one to fifteen years in prison under a
law against preaching hostility to the
government"
The Dunkards ir session at Warsaw,
ind. voted that members of that
church must refrain from use OF to-
baeeo IN any form.
columbus. ohio. school children
killed 4 sec flies in swatting contest
Lexington. Mass. celebrated the
200th anniversary OF its Incorporation.
The court house in Elizabeth, N. j..
was packed to hear the poison pen
ease when Mrs. Pollard was arraigned
Confederate veterans presented TO
the state of Indiana a bust of Colonel
Richard Dale owen, u Union soldier,
because he was kind 10 Confederate
prisoners.
The government began suit against
the kodak companies, saying they con
stitnte monopoly.
The Senate Finance Committee es-
timaied the total revenue from the
Underwood Tariff bill at sSA7 zoe, 600.
Former members of Congress ad,
united TO the Senate topby hNestisa'
zion committee that they had been ac-
tive at Washington representing the
interests
Mayor Bennett, OF Asbury Park, n
J. refused To close the beach on sun
DAYS in answer to protest by four
pastors.
Frank Mclean, editor OF the Union
City (PaD Times, was killed when
his automobile was struck by freight
train near Erie. Pa.
The International Association OF
Masters OF Dancing OF the United
Gtates and Canada propose 20 place
ban ON the turkey trot
The Department OF Commences re
port shows that ls9 steam sail and
unrigged vessels were built in the
United States during May.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
BUMPER CROP OF WHEAT.

Government Forecast Says 1t May
Come Close to 1901 Record.
Washington.--A bumper wheat crop.
sufficient TO mill more than 160, 500, 900
barrels of flour. and which may reach
the proportions of the record wheat
harvest of 1901 If conditions from
now on are exceptionally favorable,
was forecast by the Department of
Agriculture in its June crop report.
Government experts estimated this
years harvest would be $4,000. 900
bushels, OF which 492, 100000 bushels
VIII be winter wheat-a record for
this crop-and 252 ,O00, 600 bushels viii
be spring wheat The third largest
acreage ever planted and favorable
growing conditions account for the
prospect for an abundant yield.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
First Use of Stage Money.

Stage money. that is, money of no
value off the stage. is first said to
have boon used by David Garrick in
the eighteenth century. The money
is said - have been made by the
wealthy actor-manager so as to look
actually like real money There was
little money, even of this counterfeit
kind, used in the days of Shakespeare.
because of the scarcity of any kind Of
money, particularly among actors.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13

Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt will go to
Italy to attend her sister, Miss Carow,
vho is H.
United States Ambassador Herrick
gave a dinner In honor Of the explorer
Teary at Paris.
Prince Albert Frederick George, son
Of King George. OF England viewed
Niagara Falls.
The French Academy has awarded
its grand prize Of 10000 francs, to
ROLAND. author OF Jean Ghristophe.'
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
What Interests the World Chron-
icIed by Telegraph and Cable.
GLANCE AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Washington Looms Large as Center
Of lnterest-Leeislsture Busy in
Many states-The Lights and
Shadows Of the News.
Washington

The Minnesota rate case decision.
issued by the Supreme Court was
regarded as a victory for neither the
State nor the railroads.
The problem OF a remedy for the
farin lobby remains unsolVed, but
there Is move to keep ex-members
from using the floor as paid agents
Professor William II Taft arrived
81 Washington for short visit.
The Mexican Minister Of Foreign
Affairs has protested against the anti
alien Law recently passed by Arizona.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
Sporting

The American team won the Davis
Cup tennis play at New York.
The cid timers who were passed
along by managers as being near the
passe point who are hitting well up
among the elect are King and Leach
American lawn tennis players
scored two points toward the recovery
OF the Davis international challenge
cup. as Maurice EMcLoughlin and X.
Norris Williams swept the Australians
from the first OF the singles matches
on the turf courts in New York.
The German team defeated the
French team in the contest for the
Dwight f. Davis international tennis
trophy at Wiesbaden.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
Worth of Man of Force,

There is always room for a man of
force. and he. in turn. makes room
for many. Society is a troop of think
ers and the best heads among them
take the best places. A feeble man
can see the farms that are fenced and
titled and the houses that are built.
A strong man sees the possible houses
and farms. His clear eye makes es-
tates as fast as the sun breeds clouds.
Emerson
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
Look to Truth for PROGRESS.

Progress by precedent is like a
course yesterday, or like a lost hunt
er guiding himself by his own foot
steps; the result being, in both cases,
that the only progress is in circle.
The past has its use, which is mostly
for warning. To get on humanity
must not look to the past, not to the
present. not to the future. but to truth,
which is "the same yesterday. today
and forever"
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
gpITApA CUTTERS QUIT.
Stone Workers Strike fer Moro
Wages and Less Work.

Brooklyn, n Y.-Stonecutters and
vault uilders in the district OF she
Evergreens, Cypress Hills, Salem
Fields. Union Fields, Calvary and Mt,
Zion cemeteries In Brooklyn and
Queens have gone on strike for more
pay and Saturday half holidays. and
for the time being no tomhstones are
being prepared
Samuel Cocroft OF the Evergreens
Cemetery said strike would fail
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
Good Form.

Ellen Is rounding out her sixtieth
year, but she has never learned to
read or write. When she was a girl.
schools in Ireland were almost as
scarce as snakes, and so the duty OF
telling the old folks at home that
Ellen is still alive devolves upon her
mistress. The task is carried out faith
fully each month, and at Ellens die
tation the letters always end with:
please excuse the writing. -Har.
per's Weekly.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
Oldest Flower.

The rose is the Oldest flower OF
which there is any record. SO great
IS the antiquity of the rose that all
eccount OF its origin has been lost In
Egypt the rose is depleted on a num-
ber OF monuments believed TO date
from 5000 TO $500 b. C.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
Live Stock.

BEENES. Medium TO prime steers At
ss50 per 90 lbs. oxen at s.. 50as7 bulls
III S. a s.. 80, including distillery fed at
81 S. So COWS at 81 s6.e0. Dressed
at lie, a l3c.
CALVES Common to choice Veals
sold at SIS % a SlL4e per loe lbs: eulls
at So so a IS
SHEEP AND LAMBS,-Common to
prime sheep sold at 81 a s5,T5 per loo
spring lambs at 81 1925. Dressed nut
ton At Sc isc. dressed lambs At Use
a tSiac.. hogs, dressed, Ice. dressed
sspring lambs at lee. a lSc
HOGS. Pull steady and all weights
sold at So 10 per 100 lbs, roughS at Sl,7S
= IS
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
sedentarx Sorrows.

First Hen-What ridioulously gid.
by creature that young Miss Dorking
SIS. Second Hen-oh, she's young yet.
Wait till she has known the sorrow Of
sitting for three weeks on a china
egg end two door knobs-she'n sober
down tlep.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
Shad Fishers Arressed.

Windsor.-Galle Protectors &. Lynn
Pease az Thompsonville and Albert
Goddard OF this place arrested Harry
c. Mack and Charles Sipple while
hshing for shad. The men are &C
cused Of fishing with q small mesh
net
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
Gu, Glass Factory Burns.

Millvine. The cut glass factory OF
Webster & Briggman. was totally de-
strove6 by Ore The factory officials
incline 10 the theory tina. the nre
vas OF incendisrv origin. The loss 10
about $4,000 covered by Insurance.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13

Another Triumph for Cement.
BY using finely powdered ingredi-
ents, articles are now made OF cement
which have the quality of the finest
porcelain.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13

The difference between truts and
gossip is that one is true and thu ets
er merely tive 10 liie.-Puck.
Putnam patriot., 1913-06-13
THE MARKETS


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