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The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-16

PORT or WEST POINT, Feb. Is, 1891
ARRIVED.
Steamship Richmond. Dole New York,
passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Charlotte, Bennett, Balu-
more. passengers and general cargo.
Steamer Elm city. Marshall. W alkcFtOn,
passengers and general cargo.
SAILED.
Steamship Richmond. Dole. New York,
passengers and general cargo.
Steamship Charlotte. Bennett. Balu-
more. passengers and general cargo.
Steamer Elm city Marshall. Walkerton'
passengers and general cargo.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-16
ponr or NoRroLk. reb. Is. lsgL

PORT OF NORFOLK, Feb. Is, 1891
ARRIVED.
Schooners Eva Ferris and Hell H..
Beneli.t. New York; John W. L,ndell,
Boston: c. Wehrum. New York.
CLEARED.
Schooners George NJ. Brlnt, Providence;
Aaron Sheppard Savannah; Eva Ferris,
Wilson's Point; Helen Ii. Benedict, Bos-
ton.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-16

GRAIN AND COTTON EXCHANGE.
RICHMOND. VA, Feb. ID. 1soi.
Onerings-Wh 1f6 bushels corn
(whitel, SO Bushels; corn tmixcO. @n
bushels: oats 80 bushels; black peas.
IL bushels. 80.
sales-whest, 7f6 bushels; corn twhits,,
so bushels; black peas 10 pusheiss
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-16
CHICAGO.

CHICAGO, Ill. Feb 1.-THE wheat
market to-day was dominated by the
foreign advlces and foreign orders. New
jenkins, Of NaldOsta, Ga. cloped with
dissemination or the bearish news. Ine
Cincinnati price-current was disgouraglnS
t. holders. and encouraging to producers.
Within the last hour a nriG with foreign
connections ,nrew a large quantity OF
wheat OF The market, and prices wore
forced 10 . new leVe, quite half lower
than any previous record May opened
unchanged to Nc. lower Gnsc. to ,s'sc..
ranged between iDiac. and jS<c closing
t3sQl3,c. lower than yesterday at 5sl2c.
Corn displayed but little activity. and
fluctuations Were governed principally
by The action ~ wheat. TIE opening
was about VIII pre- prices closed last night,
advanced slightly then declined, and
the close WIS about SC. under yesterday.
oats were steady Notwithstanding the
weakness shown By wheat and corn.
Al the close the net loss Was but Is.
There was no feature 10 the market be-
y0ud some selling of long stun.
Provisions were again I'm their leglti-
mate group to-day. When hogs were
down SO was product. when hogs re-
covered their loss In value, so did pro-
visions. TIE weak feeling ana break
I'm wheat Influenced prices some shortly
befote the Clos.. There was little more
activity disl lvad. with the trade evenly
distributed over the list At the close
MAY pork was 2isc. under yesterday,
Nav lard and ribs me hanged.
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-16
MARINE INTELLIGENCE.

PORT OF RICHMOND. Feb. 10, 1894.
ARRIVED.
Schooner Bessie Brown Smith. Car
teret. " j., fertilizer William III. Curtis,
agent.
Schooner John VI. BrOwnholl, Gaatin,
Norfolk, light, TO load fertaizer.
SAILED.
Schooner Bcula-LyOn, Knowles. cur $
Wharf. general cargo, vessel, curtis X
Parker
The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-02-16

RICHMOND. VA. FEB. L., 1871.
Reported by John l.. Williams & Sons.
Bankers and Brokers, No. 1000 Main
street
sales-G.o0O Richmond city Long IS
al 1857
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02

been since. For a time, during the
Saracenic period, Morocco was a seat
of learning and industry. There we're
Moslem universities at Fee and Moroc-
co; there was an enormous trade in
leather, the manufacture of which was
unknown outside of this corner of
Africa: there was an immense business
done in ivory and furs and gums and
slaves with the vast and, until lately,
unknown interior south of the Sahara.
Twice a year caravans with thousands
of camels threaded their way through
the painless sand to the south, carry
ing to the Soudau what Morocco had
to sell, and bringing back what Moroc-
co wished to buy. Caravans of equal
size crossed the Sahara toward Egypt,
starting eight or nine months before
the great festival at Mecca, and trad
ing their way slowly to the Red Sea
and Mecca. These business expedi-
tlons, on the former scale of greatness.
are now unknown, for, although the
caravans still move, they are merely
shadows of the hosts that formerly
went through the Sahara like con-
-quering armies.
The change is due solely to depotism
and arbitrary taxation, and thus it is
that the cities of Morocco are merely
crumbling aggregations of houses, the
streets filthy lanes which serve alike
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A ROMAN ABCH NEAR. TANGIER

not epidemic all the year around,
and probably the only lea-on they are
not i, due to the fact that the Moroc-
can constitution is strong and the Mo-
roccan nose hai no conscience Anato-
mists Nave noe as yet disco cred any
important difference between the nose
of Morocco and the no e of any other
country. but some difference must exist,
Tor it eam impoe IDLE that any human
No e, properly fitted out with smelling
APPARATUS. should be able to endure the
smells of a Morocco street.
" BitasomehOw Or ether the nose of
Morocco bears the strain. and the peo-
ple are as healthy as dirty savages
ever are. More than that, they are
gCol-looking, and n any of the women
are beauties. In the north they are
yelled in compliance with the law as
laid down in the Koran. but in the
south I'm parts of the empire they are
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02
MID FRUIT TREES AND ROSES.
The Poet OF the Sierras Lives Simply and
Close to Nature.

The Poet OF the Sierras Lives Simply and
Close to Nature.
Near the summit of the green hills
which half inclOse the city of Oak
land, on an eminence from which one
may look across the bay, with its
ferry-boats shutting to and fro, upon
the Golden Gate Of San Francisco,
and thence beyond where the white
sails shine upon the waters OF the
Pacifc-there, in a garden spot Of
Nature. lives Joaquin Miller, the
quaint and simple poet of the Sierras.
Hamlin Garland, the poet and au-
thor, has recently visited Miller, and
tells US many interesting things Con
corning the poet and his peculiar,;iyet
beautiful. habits OF life. His HOME
consists of IA series of four cottages,
in VIII ch he lives with his 'agei
mother and brothers. The cottages
stand in the center Of a terraced
fruit farm. with iOSos growing all
about them. and the eye of the EOet
ever rests upon fruit trees, flowers,
the mountains on one side and the
valley and the waters on the other.
A'Ath oNi'S'NS III IICCuOul
IN living; he thinksmost families live
too close together, and SO, instead OF
one large house, he has built four lit
tie ones. In one lives his mother,
where all dine together. In another
he himself sleeps and writes; the
third is for his brothers, and the
fourth for his guests. The doors of
his cottage are never shut, and the
air in the rooms is as pure as that of
the woods. The walls are covered
autograph letters, newspaper scraps,
and prints of the faces Of his friends.
A saddle hangs in the corner, bear
skins and wOlfSkins cover the chairs
and lie on the floor as rugs.
Miller loves the woods and mount
aims. He was born in Indiana woods,
when a child made the overland
journey through the Rockies and his
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02

for the privilege Of being allowed to
exist. According TO governmental
ideas in Morocco, the only excuse a
man has for living is that he may con-
tribute to the Sultan's excheQuer, and
whatever else he does or does not do,
he attends to this with reasonable
prOmptitude, for he knows that ex-
cuses are of no avail: a failure to pay
certainly means the b%astinado, applied
at once: possibly Imprisonment for an
uncertain length OF time: in some cases
having his head cut off by the expert
enced eXecutioner of the court. who
never gets out of practice through
lack of work.
Thus it is that the people Of Morocco
are lazy, shiitless and improvident.
They have been made SO by their gov
eminent. They have no int entive to
labor, for labor seems to be useless:
they do not care to be put to the
trouble of providing for the future only
to see the they, collect unscru-
pulously appropriated by a savage
soldiery. So they pass their time as
pleasantly as they can, do as. little
work as may be necessary to satisfy
hunger and the ever-greedy taxgath-
erer, and employ themselves. in LISTEN
ing t, the street story-tellers, in watch
ing the snake-charmers, in smoking, in
sleeping, in anything, in short, but
work. Under proper conditions they
would would work cheerfuly, and
when Morocco is placed under a civ
ili2ed government. as some day it will,
its people will become as industrious
"a. Orientals arr capable of being, and
Morocco will again, as it once was, be
an important productive country.
That, however, was long before the
days of Mohammed and Islam. When
the iron rule of Rome governed the
whole of tie then known world, Mo
rocco. under the am Of s.IMauritania,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02
No Way Ont of 1t.

Judge Bellinger, of the United
States district court of Oregon, ha:
decided, in the case Of IA Chinese
woman, who desired to land to join
her husband whom she had never
seen, that a betrothal at the age OF
two years, and a marriage six months
ago, by sewing together two cards
on which the particulars of the en-
engagement had been written. was u
valid marriage according to the laws
Of China, and must be recognized by
the United States. In rendering
this decision Judge Bellinger said he
was aware Of the danger OF impOsi-
ton in such cases, but added that
such danger exists in all cases where
Chinese are landed and must con-
tinue to exist until exclusion is made
absolute.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02
Followed the Band.

Hans Won Bulow, the famous leader
and composer. who died a short time
ago, was an eccentric member of a
profession in which eccentricity is
common. While walking the streets
of Vienna M day he came across a
regimental band on its way to the
castle.
Won Bulow ran to the middle of
the street and joined the small boys
about the drummer. Following the
band, he kept bowling to the surprised
drummer, %applauding him at almost
every beat.
That is rhythm. Excellent. That's
the way l like to hear it," he
continued to calculate, to the sur
prise of all and the delight of the
small boys.
People in the streets recognized the
famous pianist and joined the process
sion, so that the band had n of the
largest audiences to which it had
ever played. Won Bulow listened at
tentively to the end of the piece, and
then made a deep low before the
drummer and his instrument.
Thank you" he said; that was
refreshing. That rut my nerves in
good condition again"
When the drummer learned who
his strange admirer was, he was the
proudest mar in the regiment.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02
came along and took forty bushe,s

OF came along and took forty bushels
as tne snare OF the government, The
iocal kadi took twenty for district toxl
a.lon, n the sheik OF the nearest vii.
iage appropriated 10. This left the MOO.
lapmer with bat thirty of the ORIGINAL
lo1 bushels. A few days after the last
roooer had paid his visit to the granarv
a party of horsemen passed bv and
loaae0 ten bushels into their baos
Without SO much as saying thank Won
n unfortunate man lost no time in
concealing the paltry remainder Of
ms store, and a few DAYS later was
mercllessly bastinadoed by the orders
Oh tne commander of a foot regiment
because he would not tell where he
a hldden it. Commerce is taxed
with almost as much severity. Every
transaction must pay a tax of 3. per
cent, usually borne. by the buyer.
Day by day the Sultan's men make the
rounds OF the shops in Tangier, Moroc-
CO. Fee and other towns. investigate
the business OF the day and demand the
axes. Every handicraftsman must
pay a tax for the privilege of
entering on his calling. what
soever it may be, besides an.
nual fees for license to carry it on
ana over and above these forms of
taxation, OF every subject is demanded
ayearly sum in the form of poll tax,
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02

generally supposed. Abundant wa
NAY be had 10y digging in the IL
pVjs water courses or wadis, as they
cal L.. which cut the country in
r. direction.
|he soil of the plains and river val
!, exceptionally fertile, bat owing
|Ae organized robbery practiced by
government and all its officials
me sultan down. very little of
.ahd mat Is available for cultiva-
lAled at all. and none of it as it
r.d be,
s TACT is. no doubt, in some de-
Cue to the natural Incidence of
E.ef, IN tropical climes. and partic-
u those in Oriental countries.
rental never walks when he can
'aIll' never stands when he can
tA0 rarely sits when he can lie
"tne persistent toll AID patient
aF} which become habitual to
eEs II temperate regions r. eng
'oFeIgn bDth TO his nature and
inclination. But even in the
countries it has been found
"Aere proper incentives to IN
nave been furnished and proper
guaranteed. the lazie,t of men
,o'h' NO such incentives of pro-
are held out in Morocco. says
louis Globe-DemCcrat. for if
ZEN OF government had been
t'e!y contrived so As to take
%e people all inducement to wo-k
EOt nave better answered its
Il raising of the beautiful
) horses is discouraged, for the
LAS the right at any time. TO
oe,t OF these for the use Of
NO remuneration is paid The
NV owner, nor has. he any notice
~. "a robbery. and the first
'"s ol the intention to rob him
appearance of a party Of sol
.Ino take the horse. with as
Eiradi 3 Nv OF ceremony as ever Was
81 " d band of guerrillas, and
Er,~ 'as' ne ever sees of his stolen
agriculture is DISCOURAGED
an9 "e way. A farmer goes to
raises a CT p for the use OF
Gnu family. and, in all pro6a-
( sooh as IL is harvested a band
.ahs cavalry comes along
n PIRATE the whole under the
ocor AeS, a pitiable case Of this
s go near Tangier a few
IS, w., a native peasant by the
|Qsbel raised a little more than
rms o. wheat. AS sOon as it
''eo The Sultan's tax-gather.
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was a great province; IT haPs
had a den:e population, for here and
there, at frequent inter'a's, e IN
what are now-sandy deserts,ia are ie9 he
groups'oi runs, a ar'd shrines bnilt by
the conouerors of the world. ard there
stretch across many OF its plains long
Zines Of columns, .Aui4t when the c.
sars ruled, marking the line OF some
ancient aqueduct which brought water hteG
to the cities that have now crumoleu
into dust. From the ports OF Morocco,
now now 81 g wG ,sisA x sitfsii KEPT t asiet
rhnIent populace of Rome. From
Morccco came the best horses used on
mo Mo' furop peMS post routes and in the ,
c% cav a Which hung on the wings Of
she legion: Morocco was then mh no doubt is
rich ard prosperous, whlch IS
more than it or its people nave e'es
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,,.r,cco's Natural Advantages.

r.o yves of the European powers are
iud 10 that small strip Of country
VA .bn north western coast of Africa,
Oh recenty ruled over by the late
HhIiI ted Nluley Hsssan-MorOcco.
!aue, the Sultan saw fit, some time
Si''' ~ anti tlis land of the living,
l,ors have become very complicated
MAJ land of the Nloors and several
n .t ho Tnropean countries stand ready
O. aake Il crab for it. England would
! Ike TO get hold of Tangler, the prin-
,Me city. as it lies directly opposite
Grtihraltar and would give her com
,nrd of the straits between Europe
nrT Africa. Spain wants 1t for anavai
an.tIn italy wants it because Spain
ia. l while France will leave no stone
lp.nrned to get possession OF it. a. it
"n"il Give that. country a chance to
S.;.o an the French African colonies
!" ~" .o,nnact body. There the matter
.r each country waiting for the
o,her to make a move.
cTlnld any of the European powers
.o,e into possession OF Morocco it will
a,r.ginly G a rich harvest. for of
n tTo North African ,untries this is
h. most favored by nature. Small
.nd in:jcnifcant though it be on the
~an i, nevertheless represents an
."es Of not less than 26v, 100 Square
mlosfor almost a. large a territory as
Ia, O, Texa. Morocco has $50 miles
Il coast line on the Mediterranean and
fr 'e,, than 80 miles or the Atlantic
[Soro Far from being a desert and
Ia, A. the prairie lands of the West,
which leems TO be the general impress
(inp. Morocco is just the oppo lite.
Tbere are great stretches of sandy
klar. but the general character OF
he country is wildly mountainous, re-
embline New Mexico perhaps more
nan any other State. The mountains
Ire in most parts destitute of any veg
tqtjon ana present a scene of deso!atiOn
Ind barrenness rather than of pictur-
I, ne grandeur. The climate inland is
Div in keep with the frowning scenery.
welcomes and cloudbursts are not in
feQuent and are fully as destructive
the american product. These sud-
En- storms make the rivers alternately
ccds and dry channels. Still the
kantry Is not so destitute OF water as
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02
History OF

At one of the annual dinners of the
New England society. of New York,
at which Mr.. Blaine and the late
Governor Van Zandt, of Rhode ISL
and, were both guests, a little good
natured chaff was INDUCED in as to
the relative influence of the Holland.
erS and Yankees in the settlement
and development of New York. 81
can give YOU the history of New York
in a sentence" said Van Zandt, in
whose veins coursed both Dutch and
Yankee b'oo]. "Thc Dutch settled
New York. aud the Yankees settled
the Dutch"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02

has nothing of the intellectual about
1t, but is purely s%enslOus. They are
the earthly prototypes of the hours,
which every true believer exp:c cts to
have as his personal attendants when
the gates of paradise have closed be.
hind him. They do not seem fit com
paniOns for the tierce-looking. warlike
men. but the latter, 10 speak the truth,
are far tiercer in appearance than in
reality. and though armed with flint
locks seven feet long and half a GOzen
pistols. which cannot hit anything,
they will rarely attack civilized trav-
elers. ~ in overwhelming numbers,
and even then with caution. for expert
ence has taught them the immense
superiority o. the rifle and revolver
over their own inefficient weapons.
Although lying in sight of Europe
and at the doors of European com.
merce, Morocco, owing to its Go:ern-
ment, is still in the dark e 1t has
remained so from the fact that Chris
tendon has not been able to come to
an agreement as to the disposal of its
territory. When an understanding is
reached, Morocco will be placed under
a stable form OF government that will
enable the people to resume something
OF their ancient industry and regain
something of their ancient prosperity.
The forests, the mines, the agricul-
tural of the country, are
only now becoming known to outsiders.
and as soon as stability in the form of
government is assured, and an equita-
bic and reasonable taxation estab-
lished. some European power-most
probably England-will have a PROV
ince that in its value will equal South
Africa and rival Egypt.
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oOyhOOd was spent in the forests of
Oregon. His belief is that if Christ
we're to return to this earth He would
not live in a great house in the oar
If a city, attended by servants-it
would be impossible for Him. He
would live near to Nature, would
serve Himself to be served by thO>e
who loved Him. Miller believes that
the n positive law Of God to man
was this: in the sweat Of thy face
shalt thou eat bread" He believes
that if this law were absolutely car
ried out, all inequality, all grinding
toll, all the hurry and bitterness and
insecurity of life here on earth would
vanish.
lie is an indefatigable worker. He
took this piece Of land when it was
nothing but barren hillside, incredi-
bly, sterile and rocky. With the
work of his own hands he led the
water down from the canyon. He
has terraced the hillsides, built stone
walls, followed out trout ponds and
planted orchards Of olives and wal
nut trees. His habit is to drive
away at his writing in the forenoon,
while in the afternoon he works with
the nan to whom he has given Il
for assistance in the other work about
the orchard. Thus it will be seer
he has much the same idea expressed
by TOlstOi as he walks behind his
Russian harrow.
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NapOleOnic Relic.

A German newspaper states that
the original sketch of the letter of
Napoleon l. which he wrote in 1915
to the Prince Regent, demanding per-
mission to make mis- home in Eng
land, is to-day in the hands of a resi-
dent of Strasburg. 1t is entirely in
the EmperOr's W hand, full or
erasures and alterations, and belongs
to "a descendant OF the courier of Gen
eral Gourgaud, who made the clean
CODY of it for transmission.
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Past Help.

BOuvard. n Of the most learned
as we'll as bruslue physicians of his
times, was one day called to attend
the Archbi, shop of Rheims, who was
suffering from violent collie. Il am
coming" said Bouvard, who, how
ever. did not stir. "FOr the love of
God, sir" said the messenger, dc
not wait any longer. MOnseigneur is
suffering the tortures Of the damned
-" "What!." exclaimed %I}ouvard,
already"
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02
Laughs, Like Love, at Locks.

John Willis, a Washington Grim.
inal, has won the title of "The Wiz
ard of the Cells" among the rolice
officials Of that city. He is said to
be able to unlock the door Of almost
any cell in some mysterious manner
without the use of instruments.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02

The first aerial voyage was made
Sept. Is, 1888, by a sheep, a cock and
u duck to a height of 1900 feet. The
first human traveller through the air
was NJ Francois Pilatre de ROzier,
who mounted the following month in
a balloon
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02

much less particular. and the tourists
often speak of their beauty. 1t is not
a civilized beauty. but the loveliness
OF the desert: a beauty adorned with
strings of silver coins: a beauty best
set of by the soft colors which predomi-
hate in Oriental fabrics: a beauty which
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02
Manchester's Water Supply.

Atacost of$l2, 500, 900 Manchester,
England, is just completing a system
of water supply by which Thiermere,
one of the English lakes in Cumber-
land County, ninety-five miles away,
has been damned and water supplied
to the city Of the best quality in
quantities sufficient for all probable
needs
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02

a. passageways for the people and
sewer for all name of refuse from
the houses. The tales OF travellers who
return from Morocco disagree in many
particulars as to the. people and their
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02

ways, but in regard to the vileness of
the smells emanating from a street in
Tangier or any other city in Morocco,
there is practical unity. The wonder
is that plague, cholera, yellow fever,
smallpox and a few other vile diseases
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-08-02
NrLEYHASSAN'SLAN
.ome1H,NG ABOUT MOROCCO
AND ITS PEOPLE.

corntry for Which England, France
.,ain Are Now Contending-I.no-
and Idieness OF the Population
ri,borateiy Bad Government.