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ponent, one day, had caddie, while he fRd
his apparatus. At a hole he called to the
caddie to go to the hole and take out the
flag. Tell yer dummie tae gang" was the
caddies weighty answer. Soon after Mr..
Farnie, without a thought. asked the cad
die if he could drive home" with cleek
shot. 'Speer at yer dummie!" was the
pointed reply. The "dummie" was soon
doomed.
Cold Day.
Fizzy Cow was curious caddie at st.
Andrews in the "fffties." At that time no
lunch money was given now to caddies
between the two rounds. Even on a cold
day their inner man was not worthy Of
consideration. One winter day when Fiz-
zy's master came out of the Union parlor
outside of glass of whisky and water-no
potaSs in those days-the caddy with
shiver remarked TO him: THE fish + the
sea'u be cauld the day" The appeal was
irresistible. One day at the Heather Hole
coming in, his master, a professor in the
university, saw in the distance a capital
golfer looking most miserable, unable to
play, and he remarked to FizZy, Mr.. B
is surely very i'll; he looks bad" AYE,
sir said Fizzy feelingly, .'ye see he's ane
O. them that has naething to dae. 1 peety
the puir craturs. It's gran thing to hae
a profession, like you an me-"
Charlie Thomson was carrying to a gen.
tleman who was wondering about the men,
bers Of a foursome just passing. They
very SSTlOuS, Sdlu Ine gentleman,
they must be playing for a big stake"
ma, ma. sir; thae chaps daurna play for
siller. If it's onything it'll be for trac'
(tract." In his occasional talk Charlie
once remarked to his employer: You see,
sir, gowf's jist a game o. meeracles. Moo.
wha wud hae thocht that you wud hae
missed yer putt O. sax inches at the Cross
Hole an that Providence wud hae glen
him sic gran drap on the right side o.
the bunker, an syne carried his ba'
STRAIGHT I wa
racle, sir-a perfec' meeracle!"
A caddie of the old school could not put
up with continual excuses. THAT bird put
me out or, "Will you always go on whis-
pering, when am puttfng?" from his mas
ter, often vocferated, rouses him; and he
gets quite out of temper with caustic hu-
NOR: IN thfnkin', sir, ye'd play a hantil
better If ye was deef."
A distinguished man who liked golf was
lame, and he wobbled little as he walked
sarcastic caddie one day said of him:
"Oh, there's Master O. takin' oot his
legs for a walk"
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public business Is done. About these the
peddlers and ntarkeemen collect, story tel
iers stand and sing out their tales. and
mere dancing Nsssomefimes held, lasting for
several days ana nights.
The Towns of sumatra.
have talked with the Dutch officials
about the towns Of Sumatra- The natives
nearly everywhere live in villages and
there are only p few cities Of any size. I
have already spoken Of Padang. This is
the capital of the west coast. It has about
5000 people. aud Of these about LOO are
europeans The province is ruled by the
Dutcn ana the town has many beautiful
Dutcn villas, somewhat like those Of Java.
Many also live in bungalows. constructed Of
WOOD and bamboo, with the floors several
1eet ABOVE the ground. Some OF the villas
are roeIeo with thatch of tapa leaves.
Inc natives live in thatched huts with
curiously pointed roofs. Their houses are
shaded by cocoanut trees. and Padang
makes you think of an immense park with
Inese curious houses scattered through it.
Inc town is close to the mountains and 1t
IS salo 10 pc very healthy. 1t is not far
from coal neids, which are connected with
it by rail.
Not far from Padang is Benkulen, which
was once the English capital Of the coun-
Try. II mas 1000 people, but is not prosper
GUS: I1li Is the Dutch capital of the
east coast. 1t Is at the mouth of a river
on Malacca strait, just little below
Penang. Here the Dutch civil and military
officials live. as well many European
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In FAR-OFF SUMATRA
One of the Richest Islands on the
Globe.
FAMOUS FOR COFFEE And TOBACCO
Natives Are WarIike and Have
Never Been Subdued.
WHERE PEPPER Is GROWN
Special Correspondence OF The Evening Star.
Copyright 1901. by Frank G. Carpenter.)

Copyright 1901. by Frank G. Carpenter)
SINGAPORE. Straits of Malacca.
I sailed for -wo days along the coast Of
Sumatra in coming to Singapore. The is
land belongs almost entirely to the Dutch,
buc it has vast tracts still inhabited by saw
ages. and a large section which the Dutch
have been trying for years to subdue Dur
ing my conversation with the governor gen
eral Of the Dutch East Indies he referred
to this war and pointed out the province of
Achin on the map. 1t lies at the extreme
northern part Of Sumatra and is inhabited
by Malays vino are better fighters and more
rebellious than our own Tagalos.
In Achin every man is a soldier and every
village has its army ready for service in
time of war. The people have been fighting
foreigners for hundreds of years. Their
country was one of the first in this region
to be discovered by white men. Marco
Polo visited it in 1291 and about the time
Of the discovery of America another Eu-
per, aloes and silk Queen Elizabeth made
treaty with its sultan, and considerable
trading was done before the country came
into the hands Of the Dutch.
From time TO time the different foreign
nations tried to subdue the Achinese. but
they fought them one after another and at
the end Of five centuries are still uncon-
Quered- Already the Dutch have lost
about 10000 men In trying to control them
and have spent il is said more than So, ,0OO,-
900. They now have army in the field
against them, and although they possess
part Of the coast they are no nearer con-
quering them than they were a generation
ago. The country Of the Achinese IS about
as large as West Virginia. 1t contains rich
pepper districts. and has also. it is said,
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pepper trust. About the time of Queen
Elizabeth they had settlements both in In
dia and in these islands, and We're doing
most of the carrying trade of this part of
the world. They then sold their pepper at
10 cents pound, but. trustlike, as they
had the monopoly, thought they could
double the price, water their stock and still
declare big dividends. The English mer-
chants, however, objected to paying s1.50
pound. and organized the famous East In
dia Company, which drove the Dutch out
of HindooStan and gave India to England
Here in Sumatra the Dutch still own pep
per plantations. The Sultan of Achin has
his pepper districts, and in the Lampongs
there are other pepper estates which yield
well. In a good year Sumatra exports in
the neiShborhood of 10000 pounds, or
about twO-thirds of all the pepper that
tickles the palates of human kind.
Pepper for the Philippines.
have made some inquiries as to the pep
per business. and as far as 1 can learn 1t
will pay the Agricultural Department to
investigate 1t for the Philippines. Minda-
mao and the Sulu archipelago have plenty
OF land suited to the crop and the moist
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1t takes from five to eight years for them
to reach full maturity. after which they
will produce from ten to fifteen years
riess which are first green and then red.
and when ripe are yellow. They are picked
as they begin to ripen and dried on mats
in the open air. When dry they turn black:
The white pepper is made by washing and
rubbing the black berries and drying them
in the sun.
Among the Battaks.
Some Of the best pepper plantations In
Sumatra are in the land Of the Battaks.
vast tribe of semi-savages who live In the
hills south Of Achin. These people are Ma
lays intermixed with Dyaks of Borneo and
with Hindoos. They are taller than our
Filipinos darker in complexion and more
heavily haired. Many of them have boards.
In the wilder portions of the country they
are very savage, and cannibals are found.
The penalties for certain crimes are that
the guilty shall be cut in pieces and be
eaten alive. These practices, however, pre-
vail only in the back districts. Those Bat
taks who have come in contact with the
Dutch are semi-civiiZed and many of
them can read and write. They have an
alphabet of their own. and write upon palm
leaves instead of paper.
The Battaks are pagans, but I doubt
whether missionaries would be allowed by
the Dutch to go among them, as they THINK
missionary work disturbs the natives;
others believe in three deties-a creator,
a preserver and destroyer. They have
also q touch of HindooiSm. They are,
the whole, mild and peaceable, hospitable
and very courteous
The Women of Sumatra.
I have several pictures Of Battak girls
brought to Batavia by a recent traveller in
that country. 1 am surprised at their
looks. They have better forms and tea-
lures than the Javanese, and they dress
better. Young girls wear a great deal of
jewelry-every maiden carries her whole
dowry on her person. Her arms are COW
cred with bracelets from her wrists 20 her
shoulders and in her ears are buttons and
hooks of silver and gold.
Some girls have high back combs plated
with gold, and some have sarongs of silk
interviewer with gold threads and deco
rated with small coins 1t is not uncommon
for woman to cover the whole upp2r part
of her person with silver dollars, beginning
with row at the neck and running in
concentric rows down to the depths of a
very decoette dress. 1 am told that some
of the women wear silver nail protectors,
such are used by the Chinese, and that
many have gold belts and gold and silver
buckles to fasten their sarongs
Marriage is largely a case of courtship
and love in many parts of Sumatra. Still
the daughters have to be bought by their
husbands from the parents. This purchase
is secret, but it is necessary, nevertheless,
and is always insisted upon unless the
girl is old and tough and the prospective
husband has little. Then he may be taken
into the family of his bride with no pay
ment whatever. In the latter case, how
ever, the ceremony is different from the
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Omega everything ought good for
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Within the last year several inquiries
have been made into charges Of corrupt
acts on the part OF members Of British city
councils. One Of the most important Of
these took place at Manchester, and such
inquiries lately have been going on at
Leeds and at Huddersheld. On the whole,
few charges have been proved, and their
investigation has evidenced a watchful and
assuring jealousy for high standard Of
public purity. The most interesting feature
Of the results Is the fact that the actual
lapses have In most, II not all cases con-
sisted not in improper efforts to I'LL public
offices. but In participation. direct or ind1-
rect. In the execution of public contracts.
Nor has the objection been that the partict-
patton was unfair, but that II was impolitio
as well as unlawful
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much gold and silver. Its people are Mo-
hammedans and they use the Arabic char
acters in writing. They are said to be
treacherous, but Of late years on account
of the wars no one has been able TO travel
among them.
An Unknown Island.
The greater part OF Sumatra is prac-
tlcally unknown, and still 1t is one of
the richest islands of the far east. 1t has
enormous tracts of fertile soil. and it pro-
duces pepper. coffee and rice in vast guam
titles II is the largest island of the world,
with the exceptions of Borneo, New Guinea
and perhaps Greenland. 1t Is longer than
from New York to Chicago, and in one
place as wide as from Washington to AL
bany. Its area is four times that of Ohio
Plus that OF Massachusetts. 1t is a land of
mountains ard plains. Along the west coast
there are peaks from two to three miles in
height, while on the east opposite this
town OF Singa pore there is a vast plain,
much OF which is under water during a
part OF the year. This Is especially so of the
l-ampongs, the province nearest Java. The
word LampOngs means bobbing In the
water. Here you can travel $50 miles over
lands almost perfectly level, and then by
going thirty miles further reach the tops
OF peaks which are TWO miles above the
sea
The very best Of our Java coffee comes
from Sumatra- This statement I made in
my cof1ee letter on Java, and the informa-
tiOn came 10 me from the coffee exporters
at 4SeANSif-Si mere - a Town called PddanR
about the center of the west coast of Su.
matra, which is surrounded by coffee plan
tations, and there are other regions in
which the berry grows well. 1t is culti-
waited in the mountainous districts, the
Arabian plant being used The exports are
large. and the most of them go to the
United States. The methods OF cultivation
are about the same as in Java.
The best tobacco lands are on the north
side OF the island. Much Is raised about
Dill. on the Straits of Malacca- The Leaf
Is especially valuable for wrappers. the
best OF the product going to Europe, and
thence to Cuba, where, It Is used for
the finest of the Havana cigars. The ex-
ports OF tobacco amount to about $4,000 600
Evening star., 1901-12-14
The Coming Pope,

From the London Spectator.
The pope has in recent years ALWAYS been
an Italian. and probably always will he
an American pope, for example, would be
like housemaid in room full of china
always wanting to dust, and breaking
something every minute out of pure zeal-
but there is no reason in the theory of the
election why he should not be a sanity
negro from Baltimore. But the final rea-
son Is the loss OF energy and cohesiveness
which would be suffered by the church
Every profession needs to hearten II some
grand prize, and probably, as every suck
ing barrister dreams of the woods cjx ao
every priest dreams of his Ordination Of
that far distant but shining tiara. II is
well for the Roman system that It shouid
be so, for otherwise the medieval danger,
the splitting up of their one and indfyfsi-
BILE church into national fragments
might be revived in greater force. Whether
that would be good for the world or had
1t Is not for heretics to discuss, but II GER
tainly would, for one result, impair the CO..
herence Of the Latin races. We venture to
predict that the next conclave will not be
guided by any recommendation from Leo
XIII, but will select with extreme rapfdity
qualified, has made the fewest foes, After
all, the cardinals are the picked men Of
their profession, and just as likely to
choose we'll from their point of view as
the English statesmen Of cabinet rank
The latter choose the premiers, and for the
most part choose men who can do the
work. We can recall in English history
ferior premiers, and both of them were se-
lected by royalty rather than co-optated.
We shall have no Butte or Addinetou on tha
throne of Hildebrand.
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a year. One company-the Dill Mats
chappij-has paid a dividend of 10 per cent
per aunum for twenty-five years. This is
the leading tobacco company of Sumatra.
The Land of Pepper.
1t is along this same coast that pepper
is found Sumatra raises more pepper than
any other island of the world and 1t has
been raising it for centuries. 1t was the
trade in spices which brought the Dutch
to the far east, and large part of their
first pepper shipments were from Sumatra,
although they got some from India. They.
lost India through the over-charges of the
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families will often live in one house. II a
daughter gets married a new addition Is
and brings up her children. The various
additions can be recognized by the prongs
which extend up from the roof, and You
see sometimes half dozen houses SO
joined together.
In some villages there are houses some
what like the club houses Of New Guinea.
In the Lampongs even small places have
their town halls, where the men, women
and children meet toGsthsr and Whexe all
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warm climate there is just right for It.
The pepper grows upon bushes which rise
to a height of from twenty to thirty feet
The plants are set out from cuttings so
near together that one acre will bear 2, 500
plants. In Sumatra, where wages are per-
maps little lower than In the Philippines,
it costs only $50 to bring an acre of pepper
plants into bearing, and after that 1t is
said the pepper from them can be annually
sold for about $4OO So you see the profits
are enormous The plants begin to bear at
three years In some regions. and In some
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must be brought to do so through the inter-
vention Of her old-time lord and master"
the man and husband. But Il has been ar
gued by people whose perspicuity has been
brought TO bear on the subject that the
strongest objections to the uncorseted figure
come from man-the ordinary, average man.
When he shall become convinced that a
trig waist and confined hips are not neces-
sary 10 a woman's good appearance there IL
a possibility that the corset will be done
AWAY will b
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What would man do without womanr'
exclaimed the moralist.
"Well." replied the thoughtful and OBJ
servant child. ''he'd have a pretty hard
time, for he wouldn't have anybody 10
blame for everything. Chicago Post
Arizona republican., 1901-01-30

scalps. The more lions killed the more there seem to be and Mir. Oldfeld could see the finish of his county, If the thing Is permitted to go on Maricopa, which lies almost outside the lion belt, has paid out great deal of money for scalps, and so has every other county. The resolution was adopted.
 Mir. Gibbons of Apache offered ~es- olution changing the manner of a.. sessing wandering nocks of sheep and goats. The assessment and collection of taxes is made in the county in which the owner of the stock lives. At the time of the assessments he makes a statement to the owner of the number of months he kept his stock in any other county. When the taxes are col lected a pro rata share Is sent to that county. It is complained that the stockmen, naturally biased in favor of his own county, makes his statt ment favor it. Mr. Gibbons resolution re- ouires the migratory stockman to ob- tain certificate from the county into which he moves at the time he moves, so that a tab may be kept on him at that end also. This resolution was adopted.
Arizona republican., 1901-01-30

A BUSINESS REMOVAL-The only business change which occurred in Phoenix yesterday was the removal of C. R. French X Co. to, the room next to Davidson's cash store.
 THE MESA FREE PRESS.-F. T.. Pomeroy and Harry D. Haines have leased the Mesa Free Press. They will issue a weekly as usual beginning next Monday. They will issue also 4-page' local daily. Mir Haines was formerly with the Salt Lake Tribune.
 RESULT OF ADVERTISING Billy Cook yesterday received a letter from the Arizona Lion Meat Company. Ltd of San Francisco, in which the direc- tors of the company want to arrange with Mir. Cook for weekly supplies It is stated that MT. Cook was brought Lo their notice by his advertisement in The Republican not long since. Among the directors of the company are Her man Stuhr and William Stuhr.
 NEW CORPORATIONS S.-Articles If incorporation of the La Fiesta Gold Mining company were filed in the office of the county recorder. The incorpo- rators are J. F. Bartholomew. c. w. Fowler and r. C. Truman. The same incorporators filed articles of the Twsn Lake Mining company. Articles were a so filed of the Eastern Star Oil c0nl- pany whose incorporators are P. ". Schermerhorn, D. M. Schermerhorn, R.. D. Robinson, C. II. Ritchie and w. &. Morton. The capital stock is $2,OOOOOO. Y GAVE HIMSELF UP-Sheriff Munds came down from Prescott yesterday morning and returned home last night with a man by the name of Frank Lee, who is wanted for some irregularities s in the vicinity of Castle Creek. Cattle stealing has been going on whereabouts for some time and it is charged that Lee has had something to do with dis posing of the hides of stolen cattle. He learned that a warrant was out for his arrest and came in Sunday evening and gave himself up to the sheriff.
 c. w. TOMBSTONE CANED.-At- torney c. w. Johnstone was made hap" py yesterday by a client who fully ap- preciates his services. The client came in, paid his bill and left. returning in about five minutes Wth a handsome gold-headed cane, which he asked the youthful lawyer to accept as further token of his regard. It is a beautiful black stick. in fact one that will give it's owner entra at the court of St. James. if he can ever get across the Atlantic ocean. Eddie, the seventh is better one, but he wih have. to show it to prove it.
 "A SMALL FTRE.--The fire depart ment answered an alarm yesterday that proved to be more of a scare than anything else. A pile of waste caught fire near the gas and electric plant on south First avenue and made quite a blaze for a few minutes but it soon burned itself out and there was nothing close by to
Arizona republican., 1901-01-30
There Is Danger in Delaying.

Kilroy's New Palestine Room S16, Fleming Block,) offers 40 acres (more or less) of the choicest land in the city of Phoenix. The property is on Center street, 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 9th. 9th and Eth avenues and is the only tract in, or to Phoenix possessing all modern. first-class equipments viz: perfect SANITARY, as we'll as, STORM SEW ERAGE-which alone Is worth thou sands of dollars to the land site-is laid off in city blocks and lots; aven- ues and streets graded and within five minutes ride on your wheel from the city's business center. The purchaser has it still optional to retain it as laid out into city property or throw it into alfalfa farms, as with it goes a water share in the SALT RIVER VALLEY CANAL Che street value of which alone is $3,S00 cash). Price per acre for next TEN DAYS $950o. Look it over carefully, it is veritable gold mine. Office hours a. m. to p. m.
Arizona republican., 1901-01-30

which it could spread hence no dam age.
 SAME OLD GAME.-Last Friday night J. s. Green, or a man giving that name presented cheek to A. Me Camley at the Anheuser saloon, for s75, drawn on the Phoenix National bank, and asked him to cash it. MT. McCamley questioned him sufficiently to satisfy himself and then cashed it.. In fact no suspicion was aroused as the man had money at the eime and his manner was business like. Yesterday MT. McCamley learned that no one of that name had an account in the Phoe nix National bank or ever had. The wires were Immediately put to work and last night word came from Pres colt about 7:30 o'clock that the man wanted was In jail. Sheriff Stout left on the II o'clock train to bring him back.
 THE LAST DAY.-.January 31st is positively the fast day of grace for those who have not paid their taxes. It is getting so late that a further eX tension of time by the council is i'm possible and delinpuents should gov ern themselves accordingly.
 FOUR CARS.-J. k. Norton shipped four cars of catyle to Los Angeles on last nights NJ. X P. x s. R. V. train.
 YOOT PONG FREE.-Yoot Fong, the Chinese girl was yesterday given her liberty. She was arrested on sus- picion of being unlawfully in this country, and the case was referred to Commissioner Johnstone for investiga- ton. He reported to the districu court that he believed she was lawfully here and the district court sustained his opinion whsreuPon she was discharged.
Arizona republican., 1901-01-30
THE SUPERVISORS
Two Needed Changes of the Law
 Agreed Upon.

The conference of supervisors was re- sumed yesterday morning. Though great many measures for the better and more economical management of counties were discussed, only two sub jects took form. One was a resolution by Mir Oldfield of Gila, recommending the reduction of the bounty on lion scalps from $20 to $l0 Gila county is one of the centers of the lion hunting industry and within the last year that county has expended $5,O0O for