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hGURAi IN MAaCeGCO.
The Whole Population of the Town '.
 Descended From ReneSades.

The Whole Population of the Town ys
 Descended From Renegades.
 Agura is i small town surrounded with walls of from 40 to 50 feet in height and built of tabia, or con solidated rubble. It owes it's existence 10 Mulai lsmail, who held the throne of Maroceo from 172a.1757. One gate alone gives entrance to the place, and in this respect. as we'll as ill it's arcbi. lecture within and without. it much resembles the 'sksor" of the Sahara de. scribed in the writer's "Tafilet. D Bnt it owns one feature of curiosity which was lacking in tho desert for almost without exception t..c entire population are descendants of the renegades and Christian slaves of the time of Mulaf Ismail, with the addition of stray rene. gades who have been sent there since Probably no such cosmopolitan place exists i'll she world, for it's 300 or 400 inhabitants a1e representative of no less than 13 nationalities. Each family re. members and is proud of its origin, the Arab equivalent being applied as sur names.
 The family in whose home the writer spent the few days of his visit were Flemish, while the next door neighbor on one side Was an elderly female, whose father, an Englishman, had be. come renegade some 80 years since. and who quickly tired of it, leaving A wife and daughter, the neighbor in question. The other neighbors were the descendants of Spanish gypsies, the head of the family being "Absalam ben Mohammed el Gitano el Espanoli. '' They were particularly proud of the 'Gitano' tgypsy) part of the surname and begged me not to confound them with the ordinary Spaniards, of whom there were many descendants in Agurai. The ancestor of this gypsy family was two generations back. He had left his country, they naiyely told the writer, because he was not on good terms with his sultan, who wanted to imprison him, being afraid of his influence. Prob ably it was more of an affair of the DO lice courts than political intrigue
 The "Ulad q Alajn sons of the converts as the inhabitants of Agura. are called. iaQe entirely, except ill on2 er t@o es#5t, iest the tyre of their Eu- ropean ancestry, and through marriage, no doubt, arc IS largely Borber in ap- pearance as the wild tribes that sur. round them. They speak among them selves both Arabic and Berber, and both, euriously enough. with strong foreign accent, easily distinguishable. They are exempt from all taxation, but have to serve in the sultan army. where they perform the duties of cooks and butchers. Geographical Journal
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eoURlERs BACK NUMBERS.
No Longer Any Need to Go Through Ea.
 rope With Them.

Up to times within the memory Of living men almost no cue of means travelled through Europe without Il courier Before railroads were built aud before good guideboolls were print. ed he Haa almost indispensable. His Stfibe survives, but in greatly dimin- ished numbers. To the self reliant tray- eler he is of b3e use whatever. Indeed he is frequently,a positive incumbrance, and worse To A1ny mind one of the great pleasures of travel is ill learning to ttavel by myself There are satisfac- ton, pleasure and education iii plan ming routes, deciphering time tables, making bargains. learning by obserya. tion the lay of the land.
 The time may have been when a courier could save traveller more than his cost. Most certainly that is not the case now. On the contrary. as he gets q percentage on every purchase his party makes, which, of course, comes out of the purchaser i'll increased price, and as it is often for his interest to advise the more costly route, the more costly hotel or the more costly excursion, he eats up much more than his wages, while saving positively nothing. Bean declares that ill two weeks trip in southern Spain, which he made side by side with couple having q courier, he invariably reached the hotel first. got better rooms and saw all the sights to as good advantage yet the courier was. of his kind, an expert The fact is that travel has become so general, tourist compan;es, railroads and landlords have so we'll studied its needs, books are so plentiful. that you couldn't very well get off the track or have mishap if you tried. Herbert Luce i'll Going Ahrnad ,i
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-05
The Key of sheridan,s sueeess.

General Horace Porter, ill his Gam paigning With Grant, " in The Century, says, after describing the battle of Five Forks
 Sheridan had that day fought one of the most interesting tactical battles of tho war, admirable in conception, bril- liant ill execution, strikingly dramatic in its incidents and productive Of ex. trenely important results
 1 said to him, ''It seems to me that you have exposed yourself today in manner hardly ipstifable on the part of q commander of such an important movement. " His reply gave what seems to be the true key to his uniform sue cess on the field, 1T have never ill my life taken a command into battle and had the slightest desire to come out alive unless 1 won. <"
 Cleyerness is serviceable for every. thing, sufic!snt for nothing. -Amiel.
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What He Played.

4 member of military band at Il certain balrack came to the surgeon re- gently with long face and a plaintiye story about sore throat.
 Sore throat, eh :" said the surgeon pleasantly. Let mo see. Oh, that's not so bad. A slight irritation nothing agure. You'll be all right in q day or &two. I think you had better take no olrisk in renewing the trouble by using your throat, though, so l will reeom- .relmend you for fortnight's sick leave. '' ln Il Armed with the surgeons certificate, ae bandman obtained his two weeks " ark leave. The two weeks had just es'h ne to an end when he met the sur Alrsi U ,n on the parade ground. The band. man saluted. The surgeon recognized tho face and stopped.
 ..HoY's tho throat?" he asked pleas antly
 a.iIs,s quite well. sir, was the reply.
 "Thats good. said the surgeon. You can get back to your duty With. !, cut ffear. By the way, what instruments \ do you handle ill the hand!'
 The small drum, sir said the mu-
 sician. Chicago News,
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Usually Needs a Breadwinner.

The young fellow who worries ex- ceedingly in fear that he cannot find a wife, or rather girl whom he wants to make his wife, who is a good cook, is usually the one who after the mar. riage fails to provide the wife ill the case with anything to cook Scranton Republican
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1897-10-05

From the topof the cathedral splre III Mexico you can sec the entire city, and the most striking feature of the yiew is 'the absence of chimneys. There IS not Ailn0er~iu aQ Mexico, not a grate
 as, All u tho cook cook,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
= nomc.Gro,rn nrnerlonoe.

A man went into an icehouse to cool off.
An abrupt and impetuous hired man closed
and locked the door and went away. The
next day was Sunday and the hired man did
not come back, While the man who yearned
to cool of waited for the return of the hired
man his object was accomplished in very
thorough manner. He cooled of. The
mutlled door gave back but echoes to his
blows, and his voice could find no place to
escape and sound the alarm. When he grew
tired OF walking and swinging his arms to
keep warm the chunks of ice that were piled
around him did not offer n tempting bed.
Hunger gnawed at his vitals and refused to
be satisfied with diet of raw air. Darkness
settled down like a six months Arctic night,
and the only sound which broke the pro-
found stiffness was the man who wanted to
cool OIL trying to swear. The hired man
opened the door on Monday morning, and
the man who wanted to cool off crawled out
more dead than alive When his tongue had
thawed ont he began to abuse the hired
man. Fool" retorted the hired man.
Fool, you are lucky dog and do not know
It, Don't waste time in abusing me, your
benefactor, but go and write book Of inn
pressions on Alaska" Then the man who
wanted to cool off saw that his fortune was
made.-Chicago Record.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
EIGHTY HORSES BURNED.

Fire at Kansas City Destroys Transfer
COmpany's PrOperty-Loss, $4,000.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. S.-The barn
of the Kansas City Transfer company
on Fourth street, between Wyandotte
and Broadway, caught fire about $3.50
this morning. The origin of the fire
is unknown, although it is thought to
have been spontaneous combustion,
There were about 80 head of horses
burned and the loss will be between
$4,000 and $4,000. A general alarm
of fire was turned in after the first
alarm, and the firemen made a great
effort to save the adjoining property.
Only few of the horses in the barn
were saved the fire spread so rapidly.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
A GIGANTIC sYsTEM.
New Union Pacific WIN Represent the
Greatest Railway Mileage.

New Union Pacific WIN Represent the
Greatest Railway Mileage.
WASHINGTON, Oct 9.-When the
Union Pacific reorganization is com.
plete it will represent the largest CAPT
tali2ation and greater mileage than
any other railroad system in the United
States. The capitalization will be
upon sufficiently broad basis to pro
vide for the taking back of substan-
italy all the branches and feeders that
comprised the Union Pacific system as
1t was in its full 81 y. This means a
great amount of money. The 1900
miles of rails which will be sold on
the last day of November in Omaha
represent in mortgage indebtedness OF
one sort or another about Sl25, 0O0,-
900. Then there is the debt on the
branches and feeders, to say nothing
of capital stock of the various corpora
tions. The newly reorganized and re-
constructed company will start in bust
ness, it is understood, on n basis of
$900,000,000. When rehabilitated and
squarely on its feet the new Union Pa.
cific Railroad company will stand as the
greatest achievement in American rail
road reconstruction greater even than
the Northern Pacific or the Southern
Pacific RAILWAYS
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Mako Radical Recommendations.

BosToN, Oct. "a majority report
by Gov. Wolcott's special taxation com
mission recommends five per cent.
inheritance tax with exemption for
estates less than $4,000 and S., 900 val
uation abatement to $4,000, the reve-
nue. to be distributed among the mu-
inequalities; tax on house rents over
$500; no tax on stocks, bonds and other
intangible personality; assumption of
county expenses by the state and state
revenue appropriation on the corpor-
ate excess
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
sPAIN's ANSWER DEFIANT.
Reply to the Note of the United States Has
Been Formulated.

Reply to the Note of the United States Has
Been Formulated.
MADRID, Oct. s..-A cabinet council,
at which the queen regent presided,
was held here yesterday. When the
ministers separated the premier, Sa-
gasta, announced to the newspaper
men that no final decision had been
taken in regard to the reply which
Spain will make to the note of the
United States. The impartial, how
ever, says it learns thai the reply
Of Spain will settle Spanish sus-
capabilities in making clear to Presi-
dent Mckinley the resolute attitude
which Spain maintains in regard to
Cuba. According to Ell Heraldo, SPANS
reply to the United States will point
out that if American interests suffer
by reason of the war in Cuba, they
the Americans are themselves to
blame for it, inasmuch as the insurrec-
ton is assisted from the United States.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
FIRE RAPIDLY SPREADING.
Flames Devastating Property and Taking
Human Life In Manitoba.

Flames Devastating Property and Taking
Human Life in Manitoba.
WINNIPEG, Man, Oct. s.-The forest
fires that have been raging in Mani
toba, close to the boundary line, for
the past three days, have broken out
more furiously than ever Ten or 19
persons are reported to have been
burned to death, and the fire is rapidly
spreading over the boundary line into
Dakota. Hundreds of thousands of
dollars worth of timber has been de-
stroyed, and considerable grain, as
well as some farm buildings. The
flames are driving hundreds of wolves
and coyotes out in the open country,
and large focks of geese and ducks
have been seen flying over the burning
forests
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Four-Handed Duel in Georgia.

ATLANTA, Ca, Oct. S-A special from
Moultrie, Ga. says: The result of a
four-handed duel fought on country
road a few miles from town is the
death of Henry Neismith, the wound
ing of his son Nathan and an upheaval
in usually peaceful community, which
has sent mob of determined men and
bloodhounds after those who did the
shooting, Henry Harris and his son
Robert. 1t is believed that they were
both wounded.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
End of a Life OF Charity.

PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 9.--Sister Con
zaga, the oldest sister of charity in the
United States and for so years the su.
perioress of st. Joseph's asylum, this
city, died yesterday. Sister Gonzaga
was born near Emmetsburg, Md, in
1912. Her name was Agnes Grace, and
the members of the family are still
well known in that section of the
country,
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
DRINKING AND oARousINo.
A Bloody Conflict Results, and Three MeI
Are Killed.

A Bloody Conflict Results, and Three Men
Are Killed.
AUGUSTA, Ark, Oct. 9.-News of a
bloody fight in which about dozen
men participated was received here
from Deview, a small place in Wood
ruff county, yesterday. Four men
were seriously wounded, three of whom
are not expected to live. The wounded
are: e. j. Douglass, Frank Williams,
George Bowers and T.. w. Wilson.
Douglass may recover, but the others
are in a dangerous condition. Several
other men were badly bruised. The
riot occurred at Charles Lipman's
place, where the men were drinking
and carousing. A slight alteration
arose between two of the jewellers,
which soon involved everybody in the
place, and free-for-all fight ensued,
in which knives, clubs, brass knuckles,
lead pipes and cotton balances were
used with terrible effect. The fight
ragged fercely for over 80 minutes.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
SENSATION AT JACKSONVILLE.
Physician Stepfather and Lover Ac.
cused of Numbering Nora Harris.

JACKSONVILLE, III, Oct. 8.-Nora
Harris, who died September II, as the
reported result of a buggy accident,
and whose body was disinterred by
the coroner's jury, was murdered, ac-
cording to the verdict of that body.
DR.. Fritz Skinner is the man charged
with causing her death by criminal
operation. Her stepfather and Will
liam Hobson, her lover, are declared
in the verdict to have been accesso-
ries. Warrants are out for the arrest
Of the three men, but they have disap-
peared.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
WAS A BIG SUCCESS.
The Carnival Parade at Kansas City Headed
by Figure of Uncle Sam.

II
by Figure of Uncle Sam.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct s.--Like all
large, unwieldly bodies, the carnival
parade yesterday was late in getting
under way. When, however, the clear
notes of the polished instrument Of
Bugler Sykes, the pride Of the Third
regiment" sounded out at Thirteenth
and Bro Galway, the cavalcade of police
at the head of the parade moved slow
ly north on Broadway, and the Parade
of All Nations had started on its Jour-
ney.
And such parade it was! 1t was u
moving panorama of scenes in the his
tory of nations. 1t was a wordless
story of progress and enlightenment
1t was an intelligent recital of the
foundation and upbuilding of great
nation. 1t was u wonderful insight
into the heterogeneous character of
American citizenship. There were
pleasing glimpses of life and customs
in other countries. The soldiers OF
the Rhine marched with the brave
men from Sweden, whose forefathers
shouldered their guns beneath the
snow-capped peaks of Sulitelma. The
wind that caressed the flag of England
rippled in the folds of the banner of
the Flowery kingdom.
AS was eminently fitting in an all
nations parade, Uncle Sam was at the
fore. Seven feet eight inches tall, as
straight as a string and as majestic as
a prince, this Uncle Sam walked
proudly along at the head of the pa
rade in the wonderful suit of clothes
made for him when the nation was
young and its fate trembled in the
scales of destiny. There were thou
sands of features to the parade, all of
which were worthy of description, for
each represented the thoughts, the
genius and the expenditure of some
body who was interested in pleasing
the public
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
A GIGANTIC swINDLER.

Emmett c. Gibson, Under Arrest In New
York, Accused of Smooth Work.
NEW YORK, Oct. S.-The police say
that Emmett c. Gibson, also known as
George A. Sherin, who is now pris-
oner at police headquarters, is the
most accomplished bogus check and
hotel swindler in the country. Gibson,
according to the police, has succeeded,
by means of forgery, bogus checks and
dealings in stocks and bonds and ply
ing his wiles upon first-class hotel
keepers during the last four years, in
getting and spending in the neighbor-
hood of $500, 600.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Team Record Broken.

GLENs FALLS, N. Y, Oct. 9-At the
mile track of the Northern Horse
breeders association here yesterday
John R. Gentry and Robert j. broke
the pacing team record, going the mile
in faultless style in 2:Os. This was
done after the pair had been sent a
mile in 2:11, and before the close of
the days sport Gentry with running
mate paced mile in 2:03%.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
BAD FOR LuETcERT.
Two of His Main Witnesses Impeached by
the States witnesses.


the States Witnesses.
CHICAGO, Oct. s.-Yesterday was n
very bad day for the defense in the
Luetgert murder trial. The evidence
OF two of their chief witnesses was
almost entirely destroyed Mary
Siemmering and William Charles, Luet-
gert's business partner, were the suf-
ferers, Witness after witness came on
the stand and swore that when Mary
Siemmering had denied that she had
admitted improper relations with Luet-
CERT she had not told the truth.
They said she had admitted it
and in the most unequivocal
manner, Most of these wit
nesses were members of the grand
jury, which had indicted Luetgert,
and their evidence was crushing.
Prominent business men who had deal
ings with Charles and bankers with
whom he had done business swore that
he could not be believed under oath,
and told of shady business transactions
with which he had been connected.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Smoked While on tho scafrold.

MONROE, La, Oct. 9.-Pat Paine, the
wife murderer, was hanged privately
at $3.50 o'clock yesterday afternoon in
the Jail yard here. He asserted his in
nocence to the last, was perfectly cool
and collected and drank glass of egg
nog and smoked a cigar on the scat
fold. Paine was theosophist and
claimed to be in constant communica-
ton with his murdered wife.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

DENVER, Col, Oct s.-Through the
efforts of Italian Consul Cuneo, five
innocent men serving life sentence
in the Canyon City penitentiary have
been set free. All are Italians. They
were given life sentence in Walsen-
burg in 1897 for the murder of an
italian named Russo. The real MUIR
derer bribed an interpreter to convict
the men by the payment of $175.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
ALIsI FOR JENNINGS.
The Oklahoma Politician Not Implicated
In the Chickasha Hold-Up.

me Oklahoma Politician Not Implicated
In the Chickasha Hold-Up.
KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. s. Both
the cattle inspectors at the Kansas
City yards say that AL Jennings, the
Oklahoma lawyer and politician, who
has been mentioned in several dis
patches as the leader of the Chicago,
Rock Island e. Pacific train robbery
near Chickasha, 1. T., last Saturday,
was here with car load of cattle for
the Monday morning market. Some of
Mr.. jennings friends at the stock
yards joked him about the report 1t
is highly improbable, if not impossi-
Bile, that Mr.. Jennings could have par
ticipated in the robbery, bought cat
tie and brought them here in the short
time between the ChiclSasha affair and
his appearance in Kansas City.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
TRUSTED AN EXPREssMAN.
A st. Louis Woman Robbed of S12, 900 in a
Very Smooth Way.

ST. Louis, Oct S.-The police are
searching for an expressman who is
believed to have stolen a trunk con-
tanning $4,000 worth of diamonds and
jewelry, $4,000 worth of negotiable
paper, and 81, 900 in $50 gold pieces. 1t
is the property of Mrs. Mary McNeff,
widow of wealthy merchant. Mrs.
McNeff decided to visit friend in an
other part of the city, and had her
trunk taken by an expressman, who
went away and never showed up at
his destination with it.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

ENGLISH, Ind, Oct. 9.-The stables
of DR.. w. T. Frady, near Marietta,
were destroyed by fire last night with
all their contents, including 43 horses,
which were in Frady's care for train
ing. Besides these there were eight OF
his own horses, valued at more than
$500. The total loss is SEE, 1000.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
KIlled lad the Union Depot

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, Oct. S.-Andrew
T. Brennon, aged So, was killed in the
switch yards near the Union depot
last night by being run over by train.
1t is supposed that two trains, Wa
bash and a Missouri Pacific, ran over
him, and it is not known which pro-
duced the fatal results.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Try Grnin-Ol Try Grnin-OI

Ask your grocer to-day to show you a
package of GRAIN.O, the new food drink
that takes the place of coffee. The children
may drink it without injury as well as the
adult. All who try it like it. GRAIN-0
has that rich seal brown of Mocha or Java
but it is made from pure grains, and the
most delicate stomachs receive it without
distress. IA the price of coffee. l5c and
20 cts. per package. Sold by all grocers.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14

FULTON, Ill, Oct. 7.-Among the in-
dictments returned by the grand jury
of Whiteside county was one against
j. G.. Johnson, head attorney of the
Modern Woodmen of America, on a
charge of riot. He was accused of hav-
ing organized party in Rock Island
August 10 which came to secure the
head Office of the Modern Woodmen of
A v,o-;co
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
Typotheto Elects Officers.

NASHVILLE, Tenn, Oct Q. - The
United Typothtae of America elected
the following officers: President, N. L.
Burdick, of Milwaukee; secretary, j..
S. Cushing, of Boston; treasurer, r. R.
Dennelly, of Chicago. Frank Hudson,
of Kansas City, was elected one of the
vice presidents. Milwaukee was Sc
lected as the next place of meeting.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1897-10-14
NO FIGHTING THERE.
Canada VIII Not Tolerate Any Contest by
American PugllistA.


BUFFALO, N. Y, Oct. cit is not
probable that the McCoy-Creedon fight,
or any other finish fight, will be
brought off in any section of Canada
For some time party of New Workers
have been endcavoring to secure
in Montreal letters patent for
the formation of the Canadian
Athletic association, its object be-
ing to give exhibitions of an athletic
character, including boxing. Such
letters were issued last week by the
lieutenant governor in council, but be-
fore signing the papers the clause re-
lating to boxing exhibitions was
stricken out, and any attempt to bring
off fight under this character will be
severely punished.