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soever it may be, besides an
nual fees for license to carry it on.
And over and above these forms of
taxation, OF every subject is demanded
yearly sum in the form of poll tax,
for the privilege of being allowed to
exist. According to governmental
ideas IN Morocco, the only excuse
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-
certainly means the bastinado, 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, shiftless and improvident.
They have been made so by their gov
eminent They have no incentive 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 means 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 to 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 cheerfully, and
when Morocco is placed under civ
ilized government, as some day it will,
its people will become as Industrious
as Orientals are 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 the then known world, Mo-
rocco, under the name of Mauritania,
was q great province. 1t must have
had dense population, for here and
there, at frequent intervals, even in
what are now sandy deserts, are found
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Morooco,. N.turnl Adynntnges.


The eyes of the European powers are
turned to that small strip Of country
on the north western coast of Africa,
until recently ruled over by the late
lamented Muley Hassan-Morocco.
Since the Sultan saw fit, some time
since, to quit tlis land Of the living,
matters have become very complicated
In the land OF the Moors and several
Of the European countries stand ready
10 make a grab for it. England would
like to get hold Of Tangier, the prin-
cipal CITY, as it lies directly opposite
Gibraltar and would give her COM
mand of the straits between Europe
and Africa. Spain wants it for q naval
station, Italy wants it because Spain
does, while France will leave no stone
unturned to get possession OF it, as it
would give that country chance to
unite all the French African colonies
in a compact body. There the matter
stands, each country waiting for the
other to make a move.
Should any of the European powers
come into possession Of Morocco 1t will
certainly reap rich harvest, for of
all the NORTH African Countries this is
the most favored by nature. Small
and insignificant though it be on the
map, it nevertheless represents an
area Of not less than 100000 square
miles, or almost as large territory as
that of Texas. Morocco has $50 miles
OF coast line on the Mediterranean and
not less than $50 miles on the Atlantic
shore. Far from being a desert and
fiat as the prairie lands of the West
which seems to be the general impress
sion, Morocco is just the opposite
There are great stretches of sandy
plains, but the general character OF
the country is wildly mountainous, re-
sembling New Mexico perhaps more
than any other State. The mountains
are in most parts destitute of any veg
citation and present a scene OF desolation
and barrenness rather than Of pictur-
esoue grandeur. The climate inland is
fully in keep with the frowning scenery,
Cyclones and cloudbursts are not in
frequent and are fully as destructive
as the American product. These sud
den storms make the rivers alternately
floods and dry channels. Still the
country is not so destitute Of water as
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kind occurred near Tangler a few
years ago. A native peasant by the
hardest toll raised little more than
100 bushels OF wheat. AS ston as it
was garnered the Sultan's ia ather-
or came along and took fort, ushels
as the share of tho government. The
local Kad took twenty for district tax
alton, and tile sheik OF the nearest vii
lage appropriated TO- This left the poor
farmer with. but thirty of the original
100 bushels. A few days after the last
robber had paid his visit to the granary
party of horsemen passed by and
loaded ten bushels into their bags
without so much as saying thank you.
The unfortunate man lost no time in
concealing the paltry remainder of
his store, and few days later was
mercilessly bastinadoed by the orders
of the commander OF foot regiment
because he would not tell where he
had hidden it. Commerce is taxed
with almost as much severity. Every
transaction must pay q tax of q 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
taxes. Every handicraftsman must
pay tax for the privilege OF
entering on his calling, what
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is generally supposed. Abundant wa
ter may be had by digging in the nu-
merous water courses or wadis as they
are called, which cut the country in
every direction.
The soil of the plains and river val
leys is exceptionally FERTILE but owing
to the organized robbery practiced by
the government and all its officials
from the Sultan down, very little of
the land that is available for cultiva-
ton is titled at all, and none Of it as it
should be.
This fact is, no doubt, in some de-
gree due to the natural Incidence of
dwellers in tropical chimes, and partic-
ularly of those in Oriental countries.
An Oriental never walks when he can
stand still, never stands when he can
sit, and rarely sits when he can lie
down, so the persistent toll and patient
Industry which become habitual to
dwellers in temperate regions are en-
tirely foreign both to his nature and
to his inclination. But even in the
hottest countries it has been found
that, where proper incentives to in
dustry have been furnished and proper
security guaranteed, the LATEST of men
will work. No such incentives of pro-
lection are held out in Morocco, says
the St. Louis Globe-D Democrat, for if
the system of government had been
deliberately contrived so as to take
from the people all inducement to work
it could not have better answered its
purpose. The raising of the beautiful
Barbary horses is discouraged, for the
Sultan has the right at any time to
take the best of these for the use of
his army. No remuneration is paid the
defrauded owner, nor has he any notice
of the intended robbery, and the first
he knows of the intention to rob him
is the appearance of party of sol
diers, who take the horse, with as
scant show of ceremony as ever was
practiced by band of guerrillas, and
that is the last he ever sees of his stolen
property. Agriculture is discouraged
in the same way A farmer goes to
work and raises crop for the use of
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Forms OF RoIieious Muaic.

Besides the opera there is only one
department. of music In which Schu-
bert has not In some Of his efforts
reached the highest summit OF mu-
steal achievement. His sacred COM
positions, although very beautiful
from purely musical point Of view,
usually lack the true ecclesastlc at
mosphere-a remark which may be
applied, in general way TO Hayden,
and Mozart, too To my mind, the
three composers who have been most
successful in revealing the inmost
spirit OF religious music are Pales-
tina, in which Roman Catholic mu-
sic attains its climax; Bach, who en-
bodies the Protestant spirit, and
Wagner who has struck the true
eccleslastic chord in the Pilgrims
Chorus OF "TannehaeuseE" and es-
peclally In the drst and third acts
of "ParsiGal" Compared with these
three masters, other composers ap-
pear to have made too many cOnces-
sions TO worldly and purely musical
factors-of course, not without ex-
captions One OF these exceptions is
Moart's Requiem" especially the
"Dles Irae," which moves us as few
compositions do, and attunes the
soul to reverence and worship. Such
exceptions may also be found among
Schuberts sacred compositions. "Mi-
rains Song OF Victory" is a wonder
full work, as are some OF his masses
II the Psalms, too, he has achieved
great things, especially the one for
female voices In A fiat major, which
is celestial without worldly admix-
lures, 1t must not be forgotten,
too, that the notions as to what is
truly sacred in music may differ
somewhat among nations and indi-
viduals, like the sense Of humor, -
The Century
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OF camels threaded their way through
the painless sand to the south, carry
ing to the Soudan 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 Sen
and Mecca. These business expedi-
tlon5, 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 1t is
that the cities OF Morocco are merely
crumbling aggregations of houses, the
streets filthy lanes which serve alike
a. passageways for the people and
sewers for all manner Of refuse from
the houses. The tales OF travellers who
return from Morocco disagree in many
particulars as to the people and their
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 aud few other vile diseases
are not epidemic all the year around,
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A ROMAN ARcH NEAR TANGIER

groups of ruins, the remains of the
cities and temples and shriues built by
the conquerors Of the world, and there
stretch across many OF its plains long
lines of columns, built when the Ca-
sars ruled, marking the line of some
ancient aqueduct which brought water
to the cities that have now crumbled
into dust. From the ports of Morocco
now filled with sand went forth
carg es of wheat, which kept quiet
the turbulent populace of Rome. From
Morocco came the best horses used on
the European post routes and in the
cavalry which hung on the wings Of
the legion Morocco was then no doubt
rich and prosperous, which is
more than it or its people have ever
been since. For a time, during the
Saracenic period, Morocco was seat
of learning and industry. There were
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 iE ivory and furs and gums and
slaves with the vast and. until lately,
unknown interior south OF the Sahara.
Twice year caravans with thousands
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Twas Not a Cabbage.

Before the eccentric George @.
Min became a tragedian he was a
circuit clergyman in Iowa, and was
the pet Of the women Of his circuit.
When he appeared as a star over the
same circuit his feminine admirers
We'd with each other as to which
could present him with the largest
and handsomest bouquet, writes
Marie Adair, in the Chicago Inter
Ocean,
In Iowa City he appeared as Rich
ard III. A lady sat in box with the
most monstrous bouquet the florist
could furnish. Frank Tannehill, ST.,
assumed the parts of Buckingham
and the dead king. Instead Of using
super, as is customary, to lie upon
the bier, Mr., Min insisted that Mr..
Tannehill should lie there in his robes.
AS the funeral pageant crossed the
stage, this lady, not being q great
frequenter Of the theater, regarded
this as the most fitting time to pre-
sent the bouquet.
AS the cortege reached the center
of the stage, the well-meaning wom-
an arose from her seat in the box,
and with all her strength hurled a
bouquet to the stage, 1t struck Mr..
Tannehill in the face with such force
that he decided 1t was a cabbage,
and regarded the situation as too
hazardous to permit his longer pos
ing on the bier. He sprang to the
stage and quickly made his exit.
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Underground RaiIroad.

The Anglo-Australn Bank and the
firm OF Siemens Il Halske have sub
mitted to the Board of Trade de-
tailed plan for Vienna underground
railway 1t Is intended TO be an
electric narrow-gauge railway with
double rails, and should begin at the
Danube Canal pass under the Cen
trail City to where 1t touches the
western suburbs, continue under the
Maria Lilferstrasse to the western
terminus and thence to the out
skirts Of the town to Schonbrunn
and Penzlng. Between seventeen
and eighteen minutes would be the
time for getting from one end TO the
other. The railroad would run
directly under the pavement, with
out touching the foundations Of the
houses. A single carriage, to be
started at short enteryals, is meant to
convey forty passengers Ia ordinary
times while In the morning and
evening, and Sundays aud fete days
two cars might be added. The bank
would begin to build the under
ground electric railway at seven
points at once and would complete
IL in a year from the day when the
concession is granted. The Niennese,
who have no means Of COM
munication in the central part Of the
CITY, wish this undertaking every
atocora ondon TimaQ
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In the Rough.

Once upon time number OF the
foremost literary society people of
Chicago weie assembled for the pur-
pose Of carrying out program OF es-
says, readings, and chats upon liter
airy topics. Among the party was q
young Engllshman (and this Is a true
story who had accompanied friend
to the 'literary" The guests not
being favorable impressed with the
young mans appearance, treated him
with a cold indifference, and though
he felt 1t keenly, he quietly seated
himself In corner and listened. An
essay was read upon English society
and customs, and at its conclusion a
discussion commenced. Finally one
of The guests, rather sneeringlY asked
the stranger HE opinion, saying II
believe you're English, !" The stranger
saw his opportunity and, though as.
Stunning an extreme modesty, he be-
gan to talk Gradually each guest
grew closer and closer, and all were
intent upon listening. The rough
diamond began to gllsten, and for
nearly two hours he held his au-
dience spellbound Those who had
simply greeted him with glance de-
sired his company at their homes.
They forgot his rough coat aud un.
prepossesslng manners He lecame
the lion of the hour 1t simply
shows that it does not pay to spurn
men because they do not wear broad
cloth and patent leather pumps"
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FIELD THE DAooIrs AT BAY.
The Plucly Act OF nm American Allsalon-
arYa wife In Burmah.

Among the arrivals at the Occi-
dental the other day says the San
francisco Examiner, was j. H. Case,
a missionary of the American Bap-
list Board In UPPER Burmah, who was
accompanied by her two children and
Miss Ma Mo Bwin Burmese girl OF
ab0lt lS years, and has had many g.
markable, as we'll as very dangerous
experiences. She related some OF
them, while the native girl arrayed
In the queer costume of the country
whence they came, sat near by and
gravely accumulated the story by sun
dry bows. The children meanwhile
climbed on her lap and talked in the
strange language which they had
learned in upper Rurmah.
cat the time | had my most dan
gerous experience" said Mrs, Case,
1--WE were living In the outskirts Of
Mylngan, d town of 1000 people,
seventy miles below Mandelay, the
capital city of King Theebaw. NJ.
merous bands Of Dacolts we're travel.
ing about committing crimes, rob-
berries, and numbering the people,
The Dacoits are really marauders;
that is the meaning OF the word
dacolt The natives are composed OF
many different people, as for in
stance, the Karens, the Chins the
Kochlns, the Shans. and the Bur
mese, They are all, however, Of
Mongolian origin. The people in
clined to rob would get DO, or Gen.
eral, and set out They then moved
about in many bands, especially in
the district in which we were sltu-
ated, and they robbed and killed
people right and left My husband
was away, and for several nights l
walked the porch we had In front Of
our house with a revolver in my
hand, not knowing what moment the
Dacoits might come, had no one
with me but the native girl and a ma
tive man. All this time the different
bands were going about killing,
manning, and robblnU. II the vic.
tim resisted he was attacked, aud
maybe he would be anyway. If they
got very angry at those who resisted
they would cut their arms off at a
blow, or cut them Off piece by piece
with their hatchets Sometimes a
mans arm was cut in half a dozen
or more pieces, There were many
other instances Of great cruelty.
Luckily for us we were not attacked,
though we hardly know how we es-
capped. King Theebaw, as has since
been learned was cognizant Of the
work OF the Dacolts and even en-,
Outraged them, while he received a
good share of the profits But the
British Government has taken him In
hand. He has been deposed and sent
to India, along with his retinues,
where he is now receiving several
Thousand dollars year. Things are,
therefore, changed In upper Burmah,
1t is peaceable and free from anything
OF that kind.
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A waome Necl1Iaoe.

Lady Burton, the widow of the
famous translator and traveller, lives
10 Baker Street, London. Perhaps
the most interesting of the relics
with which the house is stored is
grcwsome necklace OF human bones
given by the King Of Dahomey to
Sir Richard Burton when he made
him Brlgadler General Of his corps
of amazons. The necklace was de-
signed to be a present to the new
commanders fayorite squaw. Lady
Burton is said to have viewed her
husbands appointment with Jealousy
at first, but when she personally in
spected the female warriors all such
feelings instantly vanished
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southern parts of the empire they are
much less particular, and the tourists
often speak of their beauty. 1t is not
a civilized beauty, but the loveliness
of the desert; beauty adorned with
strings Of silver coins; a beauty best
set off by the soft colors which predomi-
nate in Oriental fabrics; a beauty which
has nothing of the intellectual about
1t, but is purely sensuous. They are
the earthly prototypes Of the houris,
which every true believer expects 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, to speak the truth,
are far iercer in appearance than in
reality, and though armed with flint
locks seven feet long and half dozen
pistols, which cannot hit anything,
they will rarely attack civilized trav-
elers, save in overwhelming numbers,
and even then with caution, for expert
ence has taught them the immense
superiority OF the rife 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 Govern
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History ofGotham.

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, 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. II
can give you the history Of New York
in sentence" said Van Zandt, in
whose veins coursed both Dutch and
Yankee blood. "The Dutch settled
New York, and the Yankees settled
the Dutch"
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A Surgeons TerribIo Mistake.


"A few years ago." said Charles ].
Patterson, Of Philadelphia, al learned
the secret of the life of man who
had passed more than a quarter of a
century with scarcely smile He
had been a physician and surgeon.
and on one occasion had to remove
an injured eye in order to save the
other eye, and prevent total blind.
ness. The night before the opera
tion he had been drinking heavily
with some friends, and, although the
following morning he was sober, his
hand was unsteady and his nerves
unstrung.
After administering chloroform he
made a fatal and horrible blunder,
removing the well eye by mistake,
and thus consigning his patient to
perpetual blindness. The moment
he discovered his error he turned the
man over to a competent surgeon,
decided everything he possessed to
him, and hurried from the neighbour
hood like convicted thief. The re-
mainder Of his life was one constant
round of remorse, and he rapidly
developed into a confirmed nissan
thrope, The secret Of his life was
known to a number Of people, but
when it was finally revealed to me 1t
explained mystery, and made me
respect the man, for however grave
was his original blunder, which in
some respects was, Of course, worse
than crime, his repentance was OF
the most genuine character New
York Recorder.
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mont is still in tho dark ages II has
remained so from the fact that Chris
tendon has not been abe to come to
mn agreement as to the disposal Of its
territory. When an understanding is
reached, Morocco will be placed under
q stable form OF government thai 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 resources 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-
BILE and reas enable 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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Bouvard, one of the most learned
as we'll as brusque physicians ct his
times, was one day called to attend
the Archbishop of Rheims, who was
suffering from violent collie. II am
coming" said Bouvard, who, how
ever, did not stir. "For the love Of
God, sir" said the messenger, do
not wait any longer. Monseigneur Is
suffering the tortureS Of the damned
-" "What!" exclaimed Bouvard,
already"
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and probably the only reason they are
not is due to the fact that the Moroc-
can constitution is strong and the Mo-
roccan nose has no conscience. Anato-
mists have not as yet discovered any
important difference between the nose
of Morocco and the nose of any other
country, but some difference must exist,
for it seems impossible that any human
nose, properly fitted out with smelling
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poor mans college, or whether IL I'd
that life Is growing more complex
and that the price Of a collegiate ed-I
Ication Ahas risen proportiOnately at
all other institutions is IA question we
are not fully prepared to answer.
That Yale is by degrees giving up
some Of her boosted democracy and
that IL Is getting harder for q poor
fellow to yet his dues than 1t once
was is certain. Kate Fields Wash
inpton