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The true northerner., 1898-08-03

It's claimed that for years buggy manufacturers
have secured exorbitant prices for their goods but
recently, through the combined assistance of the
farmers of Iowa Illinois and other states, SEARS
RoEBUcK Co. of Chicago have got the price os
Open Buggies down TO sI6.So; Top Buggies s22 75;
Top Surries, s43.7S and upwards, and they
shipping them in immense numbers direct to the
farmers in every state. They send an immense
Buggy Catalogue free, postpaid to any one who
asks for it, This certainly is big victory for the
farmers but severe blow TO the carriage manu-
facturers and dealers. [6otI3o7z
The true northerner., 1898-08-03
Wanted,
Pump Repairing.

All kinds of well, windmill and pump re-
pairing done on short notice. A speciality
made of putting down drive wells. Leave
all orders with H. G. Waters & Co.
200ltf G. w. DAYTON
The true northerner., 1898-08-03

Heavy black Sicilian Mohairs at 69c.
Black all wool Crepons others have pric
ed at $50, our price 95c.
Sc Dimity Cords at DC.
1215c Organdies at &c.
20c " at l5c.
ID Zephyr Ginghams at 10c.
81 Silk Velvet in staple colors 55c.
The true northerner., 1898-08-03
Teachers Examinations.

Schedule of teachers examinations for
1898 80:
At Paw Paw, August, (begining third
Thursday, for all grades.
At South Haven, October, (begining
third Thursdays for second and third
grades.
At Paw Paw, March, (begining last
Thursday; for all grades.
At Bangor, June, beginning third
Thursday; for second and third grades.
Office days-every Saturday.
WELLS G.. Brown,
Commissioner of Schools.
Millinery at Cost.
As the season is well advanced, / will
sell any goods in my millinery stock
at actual cost, to close them out. This
is chance for bargains.
60tf Mrs. GARDNER.
Notice.
| have a number of select farms, large
and small. Also some fine village prop
erty. Houses and lots at sacrifice prices.
Parties wishing buy will do well to see
me before purchasing.
f.. f.. DOWNING,
62tfl Real Estate Agent,
Paw Paw, Mich.
So Bill Lost.
On Saturday last, little girl lost 81
bill on Main street or in the post Office.
Finder can return it to the proper owner
by leaving it at the post Office. I63tl
LOST, between Paw Paw and Hartford,
by Mrs. Leona Spaulding of Hartford, a
a baby's embroidered cloak of consider
able value. Finder will please notify
Mrs. Spaulding. l63tl
The true northerner., 1898-08-03

The leading fire insurance companies
represented by h. +. PARKS.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

people have been so hard for centuries that
they have few amusements. 1t is one of
the saddeSt things imaginable that a race
of human beings has let its love of Sayety
die out because for a thousand years there
has been no opportunity to exercise it.
But their courage has not forsaken them,
though. indeed. 1t has been dormant as
long the gayety. The fellahin were
timid and very poor soldiers until recently,
but the English officers and sergeants hav@
inspired them with confidence in themselves
and they behaved sp!endidly in the great
fight at Omdurman. Colonel Prout thinks
Egyptian brigade to the attacks of the
dervishes will come to be considered one
Of the admirable and most significant
stu-'@s in military history.
GOOd-LOOking Women.
The feliahn women impress one favor
ably by their dignfied bearing and fine car
riage-the result of the ancient practice
Of carrying bundles on the head. They are
quite good looking, too, but they fade
early, like all oriental beauties; but that
doesn't matter so much as one rarely sees
more than their eyes and the lower part
of the brow in public. Their ordinary gown
is a blue cotton affair, and the veil is black
The women with the most money-as in
some other countries-dress the best, ard
such fellahin women are fond of doing
themselves up in a great bundle of black
silk until they a shapeless mass. in
which condition they waddle about the
streets.
The Delta is only a small part of the new
Egypt Proceeding up the Nile from ;ower
Egypt we get a new set of conditions. For
Evening star., 1898-11-12

unless water like Sir William Crcokas,
re, LEI t!lizer comes to be made by electric tv
@ @IheI we need not expect that the Egyptian
ooudan Will become a rich country
AS We go on south up the Nile we Gonna
unGer rain clouds until the rainfall gets
TO be abundant. The future of the country
OF me White Nile in the region about Fa-
aoout the mouth of the Sobat river plenty
OF good land lies waiting the impregna tion
OF the plow. Only an Industrious pecp'e is
lacking to make the region a garden. Saw
age ana pagan negroes inhabit the coun-
tfy: ana civilization may go there rap.diy
or 1t may wait for a century This ronn.
try Is fertile in malarial fevers as we'll as
products more valuable commercially ard
wnite men will have to be more crowded
IMAM tney are at present before thew 90
there-besides. the sea Is far awav
To the southwark lies the region Of ora.t
swamps, uninhabited for hundreds of miles
Which meets the country that is the ex-
ueiie upper Nile valley called by the Arabs
tne Land or the River of the Mountains
Hare we find considerable diversity of
surface win beautiful mountains and VAL
leys We'll timbered and we'll watered NV
TlFuie most attractive country to
LOOK at, says Col Prout emphaticaiiv
Where Gordon Ruled.
lhis Is the country of the provinces of
the equator which Gordon ruled for the
khediva. being succeeded by Col Prout
me latter was followed by Emin Pasha
who had served under him.
This country, in which Col. Prout Is nat
urally especially interested, can support
large population of breed of men who
can Withstand fever germs Englands oc-
cupancy of the whole Nile valley and es-
tablishment of permanent military posts all
along the upper valley of the mysterious
river points toward the steady openine
up of the region and the evolution of the
people into civilization. But both processes
must be very slow, and the only white
men TO profit by II will be the ubiquitous
English younger sons.
The natives have not yet learned to wear
clothes. nor have they acquired the variety
OF needs that lead 10 steady Industry. II
Is foolish to suppose that these black pa-
gans Will wear linen collars for generations
TO come The distance from deep water of
this great region of the Egyptian Souda n
and the provinces of the equator seriously
retards the work of bringing them into
close communication with more favored
countries. At present there is only a small
trade in ivory. ostrich feathers and guns
On the whola. the Yankees seem to have
won more desirable territory this year than
their English competitors
.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

conditions are changed as completely and
suddenly rs they could in a dream The
English administration lifts the crushing
burden of taxes and the fellahin may cul-
tiVate their little holdings of land and lay
by money and educate their children Just
as any model farmers do in the freest of
lands That the people of the Delta are
capable Of doing all this is shown by COM
pairing their condition in the northern part
of the country with that of the wretches
who were under the mahdis rule until
Kitchener entered khartum.
A Great improvements.
One national improvement which will add
greatly 10 the wealth of The country will be
the use Of machinery fer lifting water for
irrigation and another will be the develop
ment of q system of roads that will admit
the passage Of wheeled vehicles wider than
bicycles. The enlargement of the network
Of railroads in the Delta will also be
long stride toward the prosperity of the fel-
lah- Already the effects Of English control
have been felt beneficialiy along all these
lines.
A generation Of the system Of 'corvee"
which existed along the Nile was alone suf-
fCient to paralyZe the energies of a race
1t has been going on for centuries The
paShas have taken the people to work on
private estates OF public works without re-
Enumeration or regard for the starving fam
lily left unprCvided for.
TINS the English have of course abolished
while reducing the interest the public
Gebt through the honest collection of taxes.
Honest tax collections were something
quite as Ua-ERyptian as the European
method of trOusering, and honest judges
were specimens quite as rare.
There is going to be a great DEVELOPMENT
In the wealth OF lower Egypt. A multitude
OF Eng!isnmen viii take advantage Of the
opportunities there, but ii is doubtful If
Americans. except perhaps a few stray ad-
venturers. will seek fortune there so long
as the East-and West Indies remain unex-
plotted.
-'oug the Eellahin.
The fellahin are mostly of Arab race,
tLp-. ...-4 icing doubtless touched with
that Of the native 2; the time of the Mo
bammedan conquest Physically they are
fine people we'll grown and muscular
They are mild ami ,ractable naturally.
having had those virtues kicked into them,
as it We're. They follow Mahonet. but
breed no fanatics, anG taey are quite as
moral as persons OF equal social standing
anywhere.
A somewhat surprisi1 e thing about them
is that they apparently exist upon nothing
at all Their diet is entirely Vegeta Bile. \
feilahs wardrobe would not furnish enough
material Tor a Jersey coast bathing suit.
The houses are simple affairs of unburnt
brick-mud huts practically-and the fur
niture is neither costly nor yet common,
because there Is none The lives Of these
Evening star., 1898-11-12


When everything was complete. and the
old couple installed in their chateau, was
invited up from New York to a state dinner
"a sort Of housewarming The other guests
were some really very smart people of the
neighborhood. This formal dinner was at
o'clock in the afternoon. The curtains were
drawn, the gas lighted. and the old gentle
man and his son appeared in evening dress.
Just as we sat down to dinner a piano ar
rived. 1t came from New York with a
careful diagram showing the exact spot it
was to be set up on in the music room.
While the meal was in progress the piano
was put in place. and when dinner was over
we were invited-to look at it! The old
lady said she didn't play: the old gentle
man said he didn't, and in this extremity
even the architect failed them-I didn't
play. So we all walked around the piano
looked at it from different points of view,
lifted up the ;op and admired the pretty
cherubs floating among lovely clouds paint
ed there, and agreed it was very fine
piano-to look at. When we grew tired
standing, we sat down and looked at it,
and the son of the family, huge. hulking
clod straddled the piano stool. which stood
some distance from the piano. bent for
ward, his chin outreaching till his ugly rcd
face almost rested on the keyboard. spread
his immense coarse hands on the keys and
-bing! bang, bung,
HE Smote the ivory with the palms of his
great paws. and the wonderful instrument
was wakened into life. We had heard the
piano at last Profane? Yes, but let me
tell you the sequel.
Home, Sweet Home.
after the smart guests had gone I sat
with the old gentleman in the hall smoking
when to our mutual astonishment the piano
sounded. We both started, and listening
heard played with exquisite feeling. with
infinite sweetness and pathos, the familiar
strains of Home Sweet Home We went
alone, amid all the magnificence there
seated at the grand piano. the little old
lady was playing. The old gentleman un-
derstood well as l, but made heroic
effort to be brave about it. Well ma :
he exclaimed: tuned her up at last, have
you? Pretty nice, amt it? Pretty fine
piany?'
"'Yes' the old lady faltered 'but'-and
she burst into tears-'Oh, pa it amt like
our old organ
''If these people had come to me as they
would have gone to a physician, and SAID
1 have pain-that is, a great deal of
moncy-What can you do for me?' | could
have given them what they needed in the
way of a home. But no; they would have
what they wanted, and they made a mis-
take, just as countless others do. The
broad result of this is to make a display of
money the dominant characteristic of
American architecture, and the architect is
lot to bame'
But can nothing be done about it?"
asked.
on. yes; we must educate, appropriate
elevate and wait-above everything else
the future of art in this country depends
on waiting
Thus the architect replied which may be
well enough for art, but Id like to know
now about women who must live in shoddy
houses while were waiting That is the
great problem of American architecture
from the point of view of
PAULINE PRY.
Evening star., 1898-11-12

100000 Arabs of the upper Nile It OMEN
ed up to commerce and development the
most fertile land on the globe-the fields
Ih&t the Nile floods No American living
or dead. has known this wonderful land
as Colonel II. G. Prout, now editor of the
railway Gazette. Few people are aware
OF the tact that an American commanded
the khediFe's forces in the Soudan. Colonel
Prout served the khedive for nearly five
years, beginning as an engineer and dur
ing that time he had unequaled opportuni-
" 10 study the people and the resources
OF the new Egypt that has just been won
from the followers of the matdi
oh pelnS questioned regarding the nature
OF the country and its probable future,
Colonel Prout replied by giving most in
teresttng and comprehensive description of
the new Egypt, which we give to our read
ers almost in his own words
TIE large population of Egypt proper is
concentrated in the Delta-the country be-
tween Cairo and the Mediterranean ex-
tending a short way up the Nile This is
the most fertile spot on EARTH and should
De considered apart from the rest of Egypt
Delta of the Nile.
The Delta is not all overfowed bv the
Nile IN high tide" as is popularity sup
posed The spreading out of the Nile wa
tiers is very thoroughly controlled by a
~S-->N1'A VI ~ rNeS--Oi ltSee5 as we call them
along the Mississippi. The water which at
nlsh tide is above the level of the adjacent
land is controlled by an elaborate system
OF canals and bitches
All through the season of cultivation as
the level of the Nile falls this water is
raised by the peasants hands. Man has
probably never instituted a system of labor
ihdt involved greater waste OF energy
than this Egyptian irrigation. i7rom it the
primitive condition Of the people NAV be
furmised. The fellahin plural for felIah or
peasant nave had all their vitality squeeZ-
ed out by generations of taskmasters in
lhe form of conQuerors or native chiefs
But We have at the Delta all the elements
I"r great prosperity-industriou thrifty
People, good climate and extraordinarily
rich land.
Up to the present the fellahin have been
SO badly governed that they never accu-
muiated savings or had any initiative TO
90 more than feed themselves. Now their
Evening star., 1898-11-12

many hundreds of miles-until we nearly
reach Khartum-the Nile flows through h
deserts of rocks and gravel. Here and there
are small areas which aggregate a con-
siderable but comparatively insignificant
amount of land that can be irrigated.
The great middle region, embraced in
what is known as upper Egypt and the
province of Dongola and the regions of
Berber. can support only a small popula-
ton. When We reach khartum we come
into the country of periodical but scant
rain. This country could be profitabIy irri-
gated. but nothing has been done except
by the childish system of hand pumps
along the banks of the Nile. The country
known as the Delta of Senaar between
the Blue Nile and the White, is caiable of
bearing all the semi-tropical products and
some day coffee, cotton and maize will
flourish there.
Not So Inviting.
The ether parts of this reclaimed coun-
try are not particularly inviting to the
emigrant. The rainfall amounts to very
few inches. and even with most careful
system of collection and storage the needs
of large population could not be supplied
Evening star., 1898-11-12

men, young, middle
a & e d a n d elderly,
whose circumstances
compel them to earn
livelihoods for them
selves, and often for
others dependent up
on them, are no less
energetic than wo-
men similarly sit
uated in great cities
where the struggle
for existence | s
vastly m ore keen
Evening star., 1898-11-12
Airy.
From Puck.

From Puck.
First Quick-Luneh Waitress-'tThat new
red-headed girl puts on great airs, doesn't
she. Liz?'
Second Quick-Lunch Waitress-''Yes! In
stead of saying. Beans and, she says,
Beans, etcetera!"
Evening star., 1898-11-12
FUTURE OF EGYPT
English Domination Means Much for
the Natives.
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PROGRESS
Valley of the Nile is Real Garden
Spot.
NOW OPEN TO THE WORLD
GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR PROGRESS
wv YHILE TIL

; H1LE THE UNITED
States has been en-
gagged in securing
Spanish colonies for
the use of the Anglo
Saxon race. England
has added a new
country to the civil
lied world.
The battle of ON
durmdn was the final
performance in the
emancipation from a
hundred centuries of
DarbariSm of Soma
Evening star., 1898-11-12

1t pays to read the want columns of The
star Hundreds of situations are hlled
through them.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
A HousewarminE Dinner.

and draw diagrams of where every chair.
rug, every piece Of bric-a-brac was to be
placed.
Evening star., 1898-11-12
MAKE GOOD INCOMES
Washington Women Who Have
Adopted Novel Occupations.
CLEVER HEADS and DEPf FINGERS
Are Not Obliged to Ask favors of
Any One.
VALUE OF BRIGHT IDEAS
VALUE OF BRIGHT IDEAS
Written for The Evening Star.

w YAsHINGToN wo-
Evening star., 1898-11-12

$50 chateau 1t was, and as the building
went on 1t was pitiful to see the old couples
bewilderment amid the grandeur they had
brought upon themselves. The plan includ-
ed breakfast room and dining room. The
old gentleman struggled with this in silence
for time. and finally came to me one day
and asked. what the dickens do want
with a breakfast room? Amt that big din
ing room good enough for me and Martha
to eat our breakfast in? I explained to
him had thought they might find the big
dining room too big at times, and that they
and luncheon IN the smaller room. Then
the old lady's boudoir caused him great
deal Of misgiving as, in fact, did all the de-
tail OF his chateau. When the house was
finished, had to order all the furnishings
Evening star., 1898-11-12

widow got nothing from his estate She
then took TO the umbrella meuding occupa-
tion IN order TO support her chii6ren and
she has stuck bravely TO II ever since.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-25
SNAP SHOTS AT HOME NEWS

Light blue felt hats are the very latest
on business.
The Modocs are rehearsing for their
trip to Cincinnati.
a bridge Will be built across the Kan
sas river at Lecompton-
a. NJ Reynolds has moved into his new
home at 12S1 Mulvane avenue.
s,raef rng - dh2mp5Lon4 tbuiiding on jackson
An addition-iS being built to the rear
of the building at 81 Kansas avenue.
John Jones. the colored politician, has
ENLISTED a company of colored volunteers
Small boys and stray firecrackers are
already announcing the approach of the
Fourth of July.
Colonel G. w Balm will hold service at
the Methodist Episcopal church tomorrow
at O'Clock p
Special services will be held on the lawn
in front of the Westminster church every
evening next week
Emancipation day celebration in. Topeka
this year Will be at Garfield park under
the auspices of Jackson's band.
Mr. P. I. Bonebrake says that next year
he will advocate the admission of ladies'
TO the Commercial club banquet.
John MarshalFs new march, The Olym-
pia. VIII be played at the band concert at
Garfield park tomorrow afternoon.
The majority of the members of the To-
peka Woodmen lodges will picnic at the
Cunningham Grove near Dover on July 4
r. w Stockwell- aged 2S years. of Oak
land has been issued a marriage license
TO wed Emma Magison, aged 20 years, OF
Topeka
A marriage license has been issued to
James D. Alexander, aged 26 years. and
Jessie NJ Duff, aged 20 years. both of To-
peka-
Captain w. H Norris. auditor OF state.
who is now at Hot Springs for the bene-
fit of his health, is reported to be i'm
proving.
The Ga. R reunion grounds il this
Dewey" Major Anderson has already
christened them.
Probate Judge Dolman says. ne is tired
their young children and attempting to
have them sent TO reformatories.
Nathan Sawyer. a teacher. in the Mon
roe school, VIII Reynolds and Dick Turpin
being organized in Topeka.
Justice of the Peace McCiintock is al
the preliminary hearing of John Collins.
He is also allowed fees in issuing papers.
Police Matron Thorpe today sent a
Young girl to her home in Missouri who
but who has decided to go home and be
good.
A year ago last evening, Topeka's fam
Gus hail storm occurred The storm
broke between $50 and O'Clock and the
fall of hailstones as big as oranges con-
tinued for fifteen minutes
A young lady from the country attired
in light blue dress drove triumphantly
into town yesterday on top of load of
hay. With a white parasol, she looked
like the little lady that rides the ele-
phant."
1t has been decided in Topeka that. it
is not proper for a man to remove his
but if he removes coat, vest and suspend
ers he is much dressed as u woman in
shirt waist.
Colonel Geo. w. Bair of Lexington. KY.
will be in the city over Sunday and will
be the guest of James A TrOutmaR. Colo
mel Balm will deliver a temperance lecture
at Hamilton hall Sunday afternoon a 4
o'clock and will speak in the First NJ. E.
church in the evening.
The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-25
TOMMY MARTIN APPEARS.
He Brings a Bunch of Flowers to the
Governor

After protracted absence Tommy
Martin, the governors newsboy visited
the executive office today. He had
with him his dog Curly and in MS
right hand he carried a large bunch Of
nasturtiums. He walked into the pres
ence of Governor Leedy without anv
snow of shyness and placed the flowers
in his hand.
Then the real object of the visit of
IomTny Martin became apparent He
wondered II Governor Leedy would not
like to see his dog perform. The gov
ernor said he would and then Tommy
stopped down and put the obedient an
fmal through his performance. He
SAT on his hind legs, he rolled over and
Performed other equally wonderful
feats, all of which had been often r.
hearsed for the star appearance.
When the repertoire had been COM
pleted Tommy shook hands with the
governor and marched out of the room
with his dog at his heels
The Topeka state journal., 1898-06-25
MONTIJO MOURNS.
Says Madrid Caused His Defeat
News From the Orient

San Francisco, June 25.-The steam
ship Peru which arrived yesterday from
Hong Kong and Yokohama via Homo
lulu, brought the following oriental ad-
vices:
1t is stated that the japanese govern
ment is about to order a battleship of
over Ii, 900 tons from an English ship
maker.
A Nagasaki telegram states that the
British government has assembled Is
warships and torpedo boats at Chez
Foo.
a correspondent of the China Mail
has interviewed Admiral MontijO, who
was defeated by Dewey at Manila. The
admiral, who was wounded in the leg
during the fight. said:
THE responsibility of my defeat lies
with the government at Madrid. There
were no proper vessels here. Ever
since 1 assumed command of the navy
station here 1 have been asking the
nothing came. L constructed some tor
Dedoes for myself but we did not have
proper material and they were very
bad. 1 knew from the first that my
squadron was being completely de-
stroyed. 1 knew the Americans had
men of war, whereas my ships were
incapa BILE of fighting with any chance
of success"
The plague is said to be rapidly de-
creasing in Hong Kong and from Bonn
bay and Calcutta comes similar re-