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ton. looking at mo ali the whrle as Il
TO ascertain how much really knew
or suspected. When Iihad finished he
observed:
but suppose I tell you am in
reality 40 ignorant az yourself of the
cause Of this strange mutilation?'
y returned sarcastic smile.
should answer that myself am
pot Altogether ignorant on the point!
% you will perhaps believe when 1
phow you this object, which discov1
cred under circumstances you will
hardly ask me to explain.'
And produced the slipper, which
I had brought with mo from the en-
bassy.
= When I found this slipper I add
Cd, 1t contained human foot. !;
! "And this foot, continued. with Z;
stern glance. was rendered remarkad
Bile By certain deformity-' /:
".Ahl' !;
He sprang to his feet and clutchedI
ct his beard, while he paced the room
with irregular strides. I watched him
keenly. Presently hea turned to me
with Q searching gaze. /
Feringhee, can I trust your he de-
handed firmly. If tell you every
thing, what security do you offer me
for my Hfe7'
I The honor Of Ffsachnan!' 70,
plisd With superb gesture.
rAnauw 49,
1t q enough
d ..AnA Nth those 800 N ant
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copyrighted In U. 9. and Great Brittany
KNOW where TO FIND THEM
War Authorities Keep Effective Trac';
Of All the Soldiers Under
Their Control.

1t is doubtful whether any foreign
war Office follows with an accuracy
greater than that displayed by the
United States war department the
movements of its officers The follow
Ing is an interesting case in point:
A young army officer who had seen
: service in this country and in the
East was once with small scouting
. party in Arizona. After two weeks in
the desert his squad came to the rail,
way near small station. Within ten
minutes telegram from Washington
was brought to him by the station
agent. 1t asked IL the officer wished
to be transferred to one of the new
artillery regiments then forming.
He answered by telegraph that he
would be glad to enter either of them.
Then with his squad he set off again
across the desert.
It was six days later when they
again struck the railway, this time
30 miles from the point at which they
had previously crossed It, but the Of
dcer's reply from the war department
was awaiting him. It had been tele,
graphed to every station within two
hundred miles.
A more striking instance of accu.
racy occurred after the same officers
transfer to the East. He was travel.
ing home on leave and, as the regula-
lions require, had notified the depart.
ment of the day, hour and Drobabla
route Of his journey. After he had
been on the train for eight hours at
q small station the conductor entered
with a telegram. asking II anyone Of
his name was on board. On opening
the telegram the officer found that Il
ordered him to detached duty.
Exactness Of detail could not be car.
ried much further. The war depart.
ment knew the whereabouts Of a sec
ond lieutenant even when he was tray.
cling on leave of absence.
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Peaches In England.

A long time ago someone said that
an Englishman eats peach as II he
were performing religious ceremony,
No wonder! In the London market 4
sale of dozen peaches ranks as q
Wholesale transaction. And the price!
The London Telegraph recently print
ed an article on Cheap Fruit" in
which the statement occurs that
small samples" were worth two or
three shillings a dozen, but that the
best fruit could be bought at ~ shil.
hngs dozen. Think of paying a quar-.
ter for a single peach! But there were
some shops that cut the price, and
that would sell you a peach for three
pence-six cents.-Youth's Compan.
ion.
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Beauty and Brains.

A pretty girl need not necessarily be
brainless, but somehow the combine
tion persists.
Did you young fellows ever stop to
analyze any of your conversations
with that wide-eyed little blonde who
always wears pink silk blouses? No.
OF course you didnt-you hardly knew
what you were saying yourself.
Trouble with you is that you haven't
Imagination enough to conceive of a
pretty girl who could bring up a more
interesting talk topic than her own
sweet self.
You sort of concede that a peach Of
a girl is three-Quarters mush, with q
heart of stone.
OF course there is such a thing "a
the pretty girl with brains, but she's
either married or else in love with
some cuss that doesnt appreciate hen.
Judge.
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came when ne grave1y told her thar
they did not keep chiffon.
"Why!" she gasped. you cannot
possibly mean that" I
In her eagerness she stepped closer
to the stylishly-attired man than Flea,
nor Gale says stylishly-attired won.
an should, and looked over his shout.
der at the notebook.
ooh! I see," she said, fatty, as she
moved of to ask the girl at the glove
counter about the chiffons. The man
had been looking under the s's.-Bal.
timore Star.
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Some people never learn to appreci,
ate the beauty Of silence. Perhaps Il
Is an appreciation that cannot be &C,
quire1. Perhaps 1t comes by nature,
Such people seem to believe that all
apparently human relations must ex,
press themselves in speech. They
keep up an incessant chatter and they
try to make others chatter in return.
They are among the most fatiguing in.
huences Iii the world. Often they are
tormented with personal curiosity,
They ask searching questions, and Il
they do not receive spontaneous and
full replies they become suspicious or
hurt.
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WORDS CHANGE IN MEANING
Sometimes Through the Centuries
They Became Contradictory
Two Great Examples.

1t is curious habit that history re-
veals. that of stripping a word of it's
original meaning and clothing 1t with
meaning radically different. We
were told in our high school days that
Slav meant originally, master" and
that when the Slavs were captured in
great numbers by the more civilized
nations Of Europe and impressed
into involuntary servitude, they gave
their once proud name to be used for.
ever to designate the condition Of
slavery. Modern etymologists are in.
clined to scout the idea that the word
Slav came from the old Bulgarian
"slava.' which signifled glory" but
In the case of another perverted word
there is no dispute. That word 10
"Mameluke."
In Turkey mameluke was a slave
boy, usually Circassian, who did
mental work in the household of the
master. About the year 1900 great
body of these slaves were sold by
Genghis Khan to the ruler of Egypt.
In 30 years they had seized the gov
eminent, assassinated the monarch
and elected one of their number to-
the throne. Their government lasted
until 1917, when they were overthrow
by Selfm l, sultan of Turkey, but they
continued to be power in the army
until the beginning of the nineteenth
century. when Mehmet Ali had them
massacred. because no ruler could
ever feel secure on his throne as long
as the cavalry wing of his army was
composed of mamelukes. Their very
name had come to signify the MASTER
full qualities that belong not to the
slave. but to the conaueror
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ment which he made to us. While the
Bey was speaking my chief glanced
et me, and read in his eyes the sus|
picion which had already formed itself
in my own mind. This sudden death
Of an inconvenient and dangerous
prisoner was an event which it was
easy to understand in an Eastern;
court. !
Evidently the grand vizier had an,
iticipated tho feeling with which this
intelligence would be received. The
secretary went on to say: !;
My master has thought it his duty
TO communicate the fullest ps,ticulars
iof this affair to the represents ives Of
the powers at once. The bod of the
late sultan is still lying in tie room
lin which it was discovered by his at,
PENDANTS. He appears to have taken
his life by means of a pair of Persian
scissors. with which he is believed til
have cut open vein in the left arm,
and then bled to death
"The ambassador rose to his feet
with severe frown. !!
This Is a remarkable story which
the grand vizier has sent you to tell
me- he said with distrust which was
not intended to be concealed. 4 trust;
for the new sultan's own sake. there
lwill be a proper investigation, which
will confirm the views the powers are
asked to take Of this affair."
. 1.-THE hey showed no resentment at
these remarks.
It is the vizier's earnest desire that
the powers should satisfy themselves
los to what has taken place., he replied.
|'He has desired me to invite you to
send representative at once to the
palace. who will be admitted to sight
of the dead body, and given every ia.
Iciity for satisfying himself as to the
facts
This sounded sufficiently correct
My chief turned to me with a look Of
inquiry, and I at once volunteered to
accompany Suleiman Bey to the Dol
mabacheh palace and make the in.
quiries which the grand vizier invited.
Accordingly, after going to my own
room for a moment, with a purpose
which you will readily understand, I
left with the hey and quickly arrived
at the scene of the imperial tragedy.
e'The streets, It Is needless to say,
were lined with people, all of them
wearing exultant and fierce looks,
which were not rendered more amiable
by the sight Of q Giaour being admit,
ted through the palace gates. How.
ever, very strong force Of troops
had been brought together by the
vizier with promptness which in 1t.
self was capable of an evil interpreta.
ton, and there was no open disorder,
I'm the palace I found members Of
the stan Of all the principal foreign
embassies, prominent among them be,
ing, Of course, the representatives Of
Russia and England. As soon as we
were all gathered, we were taken into
the presence of Mehemed Rushdi, who
received us with a great display Of
sincerity, and who appeared, moreover,
to be really affected by this sad event,
AFTER making little statement to
us, which was practically a repetition Of
what he had said already through his
messenger, he handed US over to Said
IPasha, the imperial chamberlain, who
conducted us to the apartment in
which, SO he assured us, the sultsn'a
body had been discovered
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Still Worse,

My life has been full of disappoint-
ments!" said the lark and horse-faced
man. Il have never been able to
achieve r,y cherished ambitions or OBJ
tain the things l most earnestly de-
sired. Ar-r-r-r-r!"
HUH" returned the man on whose
brow sat despair like brooding hen
on her nest. Il an worse off than
that! My rich uncle left me his big.
gest motor car and nothing for it's up-
keep!"-Kansas City Star.
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Two Types Of Mind.

Much CT the pharisaism and prig.
gishness on the subject of education
arises from the fact that the world
Is divided into two camps as regards
knowledge; those who believe that the
astronomer alone knows the stars, and
those who believe that he knows them
best who sleeps in the open beneath
them. In reality neither type Of mind
y complete without the other.
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ONE ON THE FLooRwALkER
Presumably He Knew Duties Of HE
Position, But He Was Not Pro.
fielent In Spelling.

The worst thing about the following
10 that 1t is true. and what's more,
that 1t happened in one Of Pittsburgh
stores.
The girl, stylishly attired, stepped
mp to the still more stylishly.attired
noorwalker and inquired where she
would ind the chiffon. The floorwalk.
Or consulted 9 notebook. Her surprise
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A4A0AAtSA
As my eyes travelled slowly over the
object on the divan, they were sudden1
" arrested by an extraordinary fea.
ture.
II have said that the lower part Of
the body was covered by an embroid,
cred cloth. You will easily picture I'd
yourself the folds which this drapery
would naturally have assumed in rest;
ling on the body's upturned feet. What
I now perceived was the dreadful and
startling fact that the cloth in this
place rested upon only one point. in;
stead Of two.
Il waited to make sure that no one
was observing me. Then l stepped
swiftly to the side Of the divan, and
pressed my hand upon the place. Nv
terrible suspicion proved to be correct!
The corpse which lay before me had
been deprived Of Q foot!
I rejoined my companions. who
were now leaving the apartment. and
etrove to Danish from my face all siena
OF the emotion caused to me by the
discovery which I had just made. Re.
burning to the presence of the grand
vizier. the various representatives Of
the powers expressed their satisfaction
with the explanations they had re-,
cetved, and prepared to depart to their
various embassies. I waited till the
past one had gone out, and then re,
quested the favor Of few minutes.
private conversation with the vizier.
"Mehemed readilyoyielded to my re-;
quest, thinking no doubt that I desired
to urge upon him some point in COM
nection with the interest of France:
and little suspecting Of what secret
knowledge I had become possessed.
"As soon as we were alone, I fixed
my eyes upon his. and said:
"'Before I make my report to nv
ambassador. there Is question which
am compelled to ask your excellency
to clear up. Can you explain to me
how. If Abdul-Aziz voluntarily took his
own life. he came to lose his left foot?'
mot all the skill which Orientals
possess in concealing their emotions
enabled him to disguise from me the
terror with which I inspired him by
this question. He turned pale. and his
eyes literally protruded from their
sockets.
Nevertheless he began By apoounA,
Ing to deny everything.
"You have made an assertion which
takes me by SURPRISE he said, speak.
Ing with an effort. On what grounds
do you state that SO horrible q thing
has happened?'
"'Pasha,' I replied sternly, this is
not the tone to adopt towards one who
approaches you as q friend. HAD I
wished to do you an injury. should
have blurted out my discovery in the
presence of the gentlemen who have
Just left; they would have verified the
tact for themselves. and the scandal
would have become public property. IA
1t is, provided that you take me fully
into your confidence. may be able to
propose a bargain to you. will en-!
gage to keep the affair secret from
every living soul, merely asking in re!
turn that you will use your influence
on behalf of French interests in the
questions which are now under discuss
sion between the powers
J. He heard me out with great atteu4
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"Our desire. of course, was to keen
Russia strong, to act as a restraint on
Prussia; and in this task found MY
self pitted against your celebrated
minister, Lord Beaconsfield. He was
Q great man. let me tell you. who sue,
,ceeded in obtaining for himself q
European vogue second only to that Of
Bismarck. But of my labors in this
direction I must not speak.
To return to the night which I
have already referred to: had saun'
tered out from the embassy quite late,
and after walking through the streets
of Pera for an hour, I was seized by an
impulse to cross over the Golden Horn
and explore old STEAMBOAT. It was per-
haps q rash proceeding at such time,
but had accustomed myself to these
nocturnal rambles, in which, for great
or safety, ! wore q Mohammedan cos,
tune.
Doubtless, you have read those de,
lightful Arabian Nights and can fig
,ure to yourself the enchantment Of
wandering through an Eastern city In
the silent hours, when the moonlight
falls softly on the tapering minarets,
and on the high walls of mysterieui
gardens in which yelled beauties re,
cline. beside marble fountains, and
listen to the songs Of divine birds.
Il made my way. as have told you.
into the Turkish quarter. Avoiding the
region Of the bazaars. which at this
hour were closed, I turned my steps
dnto that in which the pashas have
their superb residences, a region In,
tersected at long intervals by narrow
and solitary lanes, running between
blank walls, with here and there a lit,
tie postern gate artfully introduced
beneath the ivy. was saunterinR
slowly down one Of these lanes when
! perceived in front Of me, ct q point
where the shadow of tall lick fell
across the white surface of the road,
group Of those dogs which infest
Constantinople. They were quarreling
over some object which lay on the
roadway in the center Of the black
patch of shadow. Save for the pres.
ence of the dogs the whole neighbour
hood appeared to be absolutely de,
serted. \
Il advanced toward the spot, en-.
deavoring to make out the nature Of
the object which had attracted these
carnivorous brutes. AS got nearer
! perceived it to be a slipper Of the
pattern usually worn in Turkey. MY
curiosity was now strongly reused. I
stepped into the midst of the growing
ours, and drove them OF with few
blows Of stick which carried. Then
7 stopped down to pick up this mys'
FERROUS object.
mo sooner had my hand touched
It than started back with q veritable
thrill Of horror. The slipper contained
= human foot!
! my first impulse on making this ter
fible discovery was to turn and ~
from the place. But dreadful fascE
nation. which could not overcome,
rooted me to the spot, and even conf
PEELED me to make closer examinat
ton. ! stopped down, peering in the
dim light. and asking myself with q
beating heart how this severed foot
had come to be exposed there on that
lonely path. as II It were the damnins
evidence Of some strange crime.
AS gazed at it thus, / became
aware that the foot had for some time
ceased to bleed. It had been cut of |
ct the ankle. and the dry blood was
beginning to CONCEAL over the severed
y =
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I "A secret intuition warned me to
restrain them. and to let that yelled
figure 60 in safety. Filled with vague
forebodings. led the way inside, and
as soon as the door was closed and
locked. I made them tell me what had
taken place.
ut appears that Immediately after
my own departure the head eunuch, on
whom had 80 blindly relied. had gone
out by the postern gate alone. At the
end Of an hour he returned, letting
himself in with the key with which he
was intrusted. Behind him entered q
muf1ed-up stranger, who paused to
give some directions to body of men
outside.
Hardly was he we'll within the
door when the slaves whom had post.
ed, carried away by their zeal. rushed
forward to take him. He turned to
fee. and would have escaped entirely
had not some one In the confusion
pushed the door to in time to catch
him by the left foot.
! "'His friends outside began fran,
tically attacking the door to release
him, and then 1t was that one of the
slaves. fearing that the intruder would
get clear away, gave . sudden blow
with his sword and cut clean through
the ankle with one stroke. Thereupon
the wounded man had been dragged Of
IN the manner had witnessed.
"'In proof Of their story the men
held up the stu bleeding foot I'm.
PEELED by the dread which had taken
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-03-06
Alceine Oulliber VS. w. j. Warren
No. 1921.

Twenty-Sixth Judicial District Cour.
Parish of st. Tammany, State
Of Louisiana.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-03-06
PROCLAMATION.
State of Louisiana, Parish of st
Ea1amany, Tcw1. of Gov.
ington.
: Notice of Election.

Whereas, the Honorable w. H.
kentzel, A. r. Smith and A. G. Me-
Cormack. duly elected Aldermen of
the town council of the town OF Cow
ington, Louisiana, having resigned on
the I'd day Of March, 1915, and said
designations having been accepted By.
the Mayor and town council of the
town of Covington;
Therefore I, r. T. Lacroix, Mayor
of the said town of Covington, do
hereby declare that three vacancies
exist in the town council Of the town
of Covington, and by authority in
vested in me by the laws of the State
of Louisiana, and the charter CT the
town of Covington, do hereby give
notice that an election will be held
in the town Of Covington at the
courthouse for. the purpose Of elect
ing three members Of the town coun-
Gil Of the town of Coyingfon, to fill
the unexpired terms of the said Hons.
w. II. Kentzel, a. r. Smith and A. C..
Mccormack, resigned, on the 25fh
day of March, 1915. Said polls shall
be open from 10 o'clock a.. M, enc
close at O'Clock p. M, of said day,
and said election shall be held under
the supervision of the Mayor and
two Aldermen Of the town council 81
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TOWN COUNCIL.
CONTINUED from page y

power to try all offenses against the
laws, ordinances and regulations Of
the Town Council, and to impose
such fines and imprisonment as the
Council may have fixed for the breach
of their regulations; and all fines
shah be paid into the hands of the
treasurer. It shall likewise be the
duty Of the Mayor to preside at the
meetings. Of the Town Council, to
sign all warrants approved by the
Council to draw money from the
treasury; he shall sign all laws and
ordinances passed by the council; and
see the same carried into effect; he
shall likewise sign all licenses, and
the commissions for such subordinate
offices as the council shall appoint.
The Mayor and Council shall be the
judges of the qualifications Of their
own members and shall have full
power to remove from ONCE the May
or or any member of the Town Coun-
CT, or any Office or officers for cause,
upon q vote of three-fourths of the
whole number of members elected;
provided, however, that neither the
Mayor nor any member of the Town
Council, or officer. shall be removed
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-03-06

Comprising 1.-THE one-story frame
building and three acres of land; also
large lot of ground ON Cousin street
near Robert.
In the matter of Jacob Levy, Bank
rupt, No. 1874, United States Dis
trict Court for the Eastern District
of Louisiana.
VIII be sold at public auction on
Monday, April, 5, 1915. at IL O'Clock,
M. ut the front door Of the court
house, Covington. St. Tammany par
ish, La, by virtue of an order OF the
Hon. VIM. A. Bell, Referee in Bank
ruptcy, dated March /, 1915, for &C
count Of tht above named bank
ruptcy. the following described real
estate:
l. All that certain piece or parcel
Of land, lying and being situated IN
the parish Of st. Tammany. State OF
Louisiana, in the town Of Slidell, and
more fully designated AZ lot No. 3 in
square No. 10 Of the said town OF
Slidell. Said lot measures sixty feet
front on Cousin street, by>a depth OF
one hundred and twenty feet be-
tween parallel lines going south to-
wards Robert greet according to
map and survey made Of said town
OF slidell by J. J. Brakefeld. sur
veyor.
This lot Is well drained and In one
OF the best sections OF Slidell.
2. All that certain piece or par
Gel Of land lying and being situated
In the parish of st. Tammany, State
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1915-03-06
coed to sell to the last and highest
bidder. at the front door Of the cou1c,
house in the town of Coyington, La,

bidder. at the front door OF the cou-'
house in the town of Covington, La.
Saturday, March co.. 1915,
the following described property to
wit:
Two certain tracts Of land situated
in the parish of st. Tammany, State
of Louisiana, and mere fully describ-
ed, as follows, to-wit:
1. One undivided one-eighth In
terest in and to the following de-
scrbied property to-wit: Two hun
dred and three (203) acres, more or
less, situated in section or headlight
No. AZ, township Z south, range II
east, acquired by the mortagor By
Inheritance from his deceased moth
er, Mrs Arthemise Maille Warren,
and from Jules B. Maille, and known
as the Mai1le Property.
2. an undivided one-ffth inter
est of undivided one-half in and tc
the following described property sit
uated in the parish Of st. Tammany,
State OF Louisiana, and containing
two hundred and twenty (220) acres
situated in section Il, township 6
south, range fourteen east, and more
particularly described as bounded on
the west and south by public lands,
east by West Pearl River, and north
by Jacob Levy land, and being the
same property acquired by inheri
lance from Jules B. Maille, as per
judgment recorded in c. o. B. -,
page .
Terms Of sale-Cash, without an
praisement.
T. E. BREWSTER,
feb13-6t Sheriff.