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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-07
NEW LIBRARY BOOKS.

The following 30 volumes viii be
placed upon the shelves of the public
library Monday morning. Nov 10, 1903
MISCELLANEOUS.
Abbott-Old Paths and Legends of
New England.
Adams & Trent History Of the
United States
Ashley Adjustment of Wages.
AustinLand of Little Rain.
observation-disclosures.
Clark Building superintendent
Curtls--Laos of North Siam
Cuyler-l1elp and Good Cheer.
Diogenes Laertius Lives and Opln-
ions of Eminent Philosophers.
Anon -Inglshnan In Paris.
Haggard- Under the Crescent and
Star.
Hart-Actual government
Ila2lltt Venetian Republic vols.
Hepburn-Contest for Sound Money.
Huart Arabic Literature.
Library of Congress Calendar of
Paul Jones MANUSCRIPTS.
Library Of Congress-Iist of Lincoln
lana,
Lugard Rise Of our East African
Empire. vols
Lynch Enlargement Of Life.
Patterson-S Story of Oratorio.
Spino2a Works 2 vols
Wood--NOrWegi an ByWays.
FICTION.
Couch-H etty Wesley.
Monsigny
Garland Hesper.
Glyn-Damsel and the Sage.
Howells-Letters Home.
Rhoades--Silver Innings.
Potter-Castle Of Twilight
Tarkington-Cherry.
Watanna-H Heart of Hyacinth.
White-Lesie Chiffon.
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@HAT is Belgium doing on the

W MHAT is Belgium doing on the
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"A Congo?
asked This question Of the
"a "a | secretary Of the Independent
EInI Congo state. as we sat to-
VI w gethcr and chatted of Africa
IN the bic government build
ing back Of the kings palace
IN Brussels. In reply the secretary
touched button and sent messenger
for about bushcl Of documents, which
he ordered to be carried to my hotel
lie then pulled down half dozen wall
maps and went over the ground with
them. laying down the projected rail-
roads, pointing out the sites OF new
factories and plantations and giving
statistics Of the millions being spent IN
river and harbor improvements lie
seemed TO know Africa as well as
know my own back yard, and he made
my head buzz with the names OF peo-
pies. towns, rivers and geographical To-
calitles. lie described the condition Of
the sixteen million natives who now
form Belgium's share Of the white
mans burden, telling me what the
government was doing to Keep them
from enslaylng and eating one another,
and In advancing them on the ROAD OF
civilization.
In this connection he spoke Of our
missionaries, who have many stations
along the Congo, and said they were
doing great good In teaching the ma
tlves trades, as well as the scriptures,
The secretary spoke very kindly OF
the United states, saying that II was
the first to recognize the Congo state
and the first OF the great nations to
make treaties with 1t, Az | started to
leave he gave me q note OF introduction
TO the curator OF the great Congo mu-
scum at Trevuren, near Brussels. and
advised me To visit 1t FOR an object les
son OF what the Congo is In this year
1908
THE MUSEUM DE CONGO.
Since then have spent a day in the
Museum de Congo, talking with ils
curator and looking over the great col
lections which Belgian explorers from
every part OF the Congo basin have
here brought together The museum Is
divided into three sections--ar artistic,
scientific and economic. The artistic
section has beautifully woven stuffs
and carvings made by the African
tribes It has many remarkable crea-
tions I'm ivory. ae wen as paintings of
the country and home life OF Belgian
artists.
In the scientific department one sees
Africa In miniature. The huts OF the
people and their villages are shown.
The money of copper and iron is dis
played, and all sorts OF woven stuffs
dresses tools and musical instruments
are to be seen. In another section are
the animals OF the Congo. from the
giraffe to the monkey, and IN the indus
trial section are the various products,
such as cotton. ramie and tobacco. The
secretary tells me that cotton planta-
lions are being set out, and that ne
groes may be brought from our south
ern states TO teach the people how TO
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II Is said that nothing Is sure except
death and taxes. but that Is not al
together true. DR.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption Is sure cure for
all lung and throat troubles. Thous.
ands can testify to that, Mrs. c. p,
NanMetre Of Shepherdtown, w Va,
says, ~ had severe case Of Bronchit-
Is and for a year tried everything
heard Of, but got no relief. One bottle
Of DIR, Kings New Discovery then cur
ed me absolutely" It's infallble for
Group, Whooping Cough Grip, Pneu-
monla and Consumption. Try II, It's
guaranteed by u. G, NJ. I. Drug store.
Trial bottles free Reg. sizes SOC, ST.
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spn, Correspondence d The D@ce Nws BY Frank q Cqrpenr

cultivate them. Tobacco is already
raised In many regions, and there Is
now something OF an export of II to
foreign countries.
IVORY AND RUBBER.
was much interested In the ex-
hibits Of ivory and rubber These
form the two great exports Of the Con-
go, bringing In millions Of dollars to
Belgium every year. At present about
$4,000 600 worth of rubber Is exported,
and almost a million dollars worth OF
ivory The rubber comes from lianas.
or climbing plants, and not from trees,
as on the Amazon. The plants are now
carefully cared for, and / am told
that In the upper Congo there are so
many OF them that the rubber exports
will steadily Increase. In the lower
part many plants have been destroy
ed. by the ignorance of the natives In
gathering the product.
In this museum / saw ivory tusks at
least 10 feet IN height some of which
weighed almost 200 pounds. Think OF
an animal which carries two tusks
weighing twice as much as a good sized
man, and YOU have an idea OF the big
elephants OF the Congo. stood beside
one OF the tusks and had the curator
take my photograph. | could not
reach to the top OF the tusk.
As | looked a the ivory the curator
told me that the tusks range I'm size
from few pounds up 10 two hundred
pounds. In bringing the stun from
the interior much Of It Is carried on
the shoulders OF men. tusk of 65
pounds IL load for a man. and two
hundred pound tusk requires four men
to tote IT,
LIVE AND DEAD IVORY.
Much OF the ivory IL dead ivory. that
IL, IL comes from elephants killed long
ago. In some tribes the kings have
been storing ivory from generation to
generation, some burying 1t and others
piling II up az treasure. Indeed. II is
said there Us enough ivory of this kind
In the interior Of Africa to supply the
world for 80 years to come. In some
parts OF the backwoods chiefs have
stockades Of ivory around their
dwellings.
Live ivory Is that from the freshly
killed elephant, II Is worth more than
dead ivory and Is more difficult to get.
At present the Belglans are protecting
the elephants. In some regions one
must have a license I'm order TO shoot
them, and the probability IS that In tNe
near future there Will be an ivory
monopoly just as there Is a diamond
monopoly az the present time.
Much Of the ivory now found is
brought from the Upper Congo. 1t Is
carried by river TO Stanley Pool aud
thence down around the cataracts to
NATAL by rail where II is loaded upon
the ships bound for Antwerp.
WHAT THE BELGTANS OWN.
These African territories are JAILED
THE Congo Independent State,'~ but
they may now be looked upon as
Belgian colony King Leopolds claim
to them came from his sending out
Stanley and other explorers and ex-
plotting the country lie spent some-
thing like seven million dollars i'm his
various enterprises, and when he said
that he expected to build up an inde-
M nAnuL alnL. In A frI1.n lN Nm. .LnLlIl
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j. A. Gulledge Of Nerbena. Ala. was
twice in the hospital from a severe Gaze
Of piles causing "a tumors After doe.
tors and all remedies failed. BucNens
Arnlca Salve quickly arrested luithor
Inflammation and cured him II con.
quers aches and kills pain. 25c at 2.
G. NJ |. Drug Store.
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"one Of Dr. Kings New Life Pills
each night for two weeks has put me In
my teens again" writes ~ III. Turner
OF Dempsoytown Pa They're the best
IN the world for Liver. Stomach and
Bowels Purely vegetable. Never
gripe. only 25 cents at q. c. NJ. /. Drug
Store.
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SAMPLE OF KING LEOPoDS LIVE STOCK ON TIE UPPER CON0O

be free to the trade of all nations, the
other powers agreed and the United
States recognized the new country.
Leopold began his explorations about 20
years ago, and the Independent State
was founded about 10 years ago. II was
the idea that the Belglans were TO sup
press the slave trade, to put down can
nlballsm and to shoulder the sixteen
millions of savages In the country Wen
on the way TO civilization. They were to
take all the responsibility and pay all
the bills and the rest Of the world was
to have n share Of the profits.
Since that time, however, Belgium has
been spending money on the Congo
right along. II has put out bonds to
the amount OF more than thirty million
dollars, and the money has gone into
building public works, making piers
and improving the rivers. The bonds
have been so issued, however. that they
give Belgium the right 10 annex tho
Congo II she does not demand the
money for them. The result Of this Is
that Belgium practically owns the Con-
go today, and II Is a Belgian colony.
! am told that the Belglans win never
give II up, and II is as much Belgian
territory as the Philippines are United
states territory.
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about one-fourth as large as the whole
United States IL has 100000 square
miles and no one yet knows how many
people | have seen 1t estimated all thu
way from fifteen millions to thirty mil
lions and there are some who say II is
double the latter figure There are In
the country $500 Europeans, of whom
more than half are Belgians, There are
30 Americans, 9S English and large
number of Portuguese, Italians, Dutch,
Germans and men from other countries
OF Europe
The natives are negroes divided up
into many tribes some large and some
small There are tribes which number
q hundred thousand and some which
can be counted by hundreds. Each tribe
Is known by It's tattoo MARKS but they
are all negroes, and some are fine look
Ing Others, such as the pygmes, are
very small. the men averaging about
four feet In height and the women
much less. These pygmles are much
like our negritoes. They are different
from the rest Of the people In that they
have no fixed villages, living in brush
wood huts, shifting their camps from
place to place.
AMONG THE AFRICAN KINGS.
Every one of these African tribes
has its kind or chief, who has power
of life and death over his subjects. The
Belgians deal largely with the kings.
They have bought some lands of them
The majority Of the people live in VIII
lagos surrounded by high stockades.
There Is a great difference in the
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-07
BELGIAN AFRICA,

The Congo basin belonging to Bel
gium Is one OF the best slices Of Az
RIGA. II contains an enormous terri
tory extending across the greater part
OF the African continent II Is seventy
times as large as Belgium itself ana
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-07
SLAVERY AND CANNIBALIsM.

The Belgians claim that they are try
ing to put down slavery, but their enc
mics say they are forcing them to work
their plantations. There Is no doubt
but slavery is still common In the
greater part of the territory. 1t has
been so for ages, and II will take a
long time to break 1t up.
In times past slaves have been raised
not only for work, bat for food. There
are some tribes In which human flesh
is sold the slaves being fattened with
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-11-07

houses. Many are built of grass fas-
tened to a framework of bamboo.
There are no such things as chimneys
or windows. A fire Is kept burning
in the center of the hut and its smoke
gets out as II can, covering everything
with SCOT, Only the kings and queens
have beds I'm their huts; the common
people sleep on the floor.
Each village has its garden and
palm grove. The chief food products
are peanuts and mandiooa, the roots
OF the latter forming the native bread,
which is made with fermented palm
sap for yeast
Most OF the work is done by the
women. They cultivate the gardens.
make the bread and do the cooking,
Some of the men are fishers and hunt
ers. and in some tribes they have
trades being blacksmiths. tailors and
house builders. Everything however,
is of the rudest description. and most
OF the tribes are barbarous to an ex-
treme,
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A the rary
Tn New pAno Of INTERIOR ca The
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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-22
TRUSTS THE UNITED STATES.
Acting President of Colombia Views
Treaty as Safeguard Against Europe.

Special Correspondence of the Washing
ton Post.
In an interview had with General
Raefel Reyes. first vice-president of
the republic of Colombia. who is reported
to have come to Cuba recently to meet
j. Pierpont Morgan. for an important
conference relative to the offer of Andrew
Carnegie to head big syndicate of An
glo-American capitalists anxious to fur
Their the immediate construction of the
great 1ntercontinental reilway. General
Reyes, who was about to sail for thS
Isthmus of Panama on his way to BIS
gotta to assume the executive chair, saio
in relation to the Herran-Hay treaty:
we Colombians have had dealings
with the United States before. and we
know from experience not only that We
can afford to trust the Washington gov
eminent, but that we hold the isthmus
of Panama today thanks to the protection
rendered us by the Americans under the
treaty of 1S47 by which they undertook
to assure, protect, defend. and guarantee
Colombian sovereignty there But for
this treaty Panama might have been
French soil today. and but for this the
Italian government might have seized
and held the isthmus a few years ago
when she sent a fleet to press the cele-
brated Cerutti claim. 1t has been our
ldtl dIntitultntt our SdleBudTu against
European greed and power. And the
clauses in the new treaty, celebrated at
Washington, which some would suspi-
ciously regard as an encroachment upon
our sovereignty, in my opinion are our
best guarantee. Whatever the American
government may be authorized to do
there in an executive or administrative
capacity, it will do as the agent and in
the name Of the Colombian republic and
under the Colombian flag. Not only is the
treaty a guarantee of our own independ-
ence, but 1t Is the best and clearest re-
assertion of the Monroe doctrine, assur-
ing the states of Central and South Amer
lea against absorption by European pow
er whatsoever
In a talk with President Palma while
here, General Reyes advised the Cuban
executive to take pattern after Dfaz OF
Mexico. maintain a strong government
centralized as far as possible, and trust
the United States
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-22

Within these United States of ours, in
one of its fairest southern states, fan
ned by the breath of the Mexican gulf,
lies a city teeming with romance, legends
and history; cid enough 10 have its
legends and traditions handed down from
Eeneration to generation; quaint and pic
turesque enough to satisfy the most skep-
teal artist or poet, and large enough TO
boast thirteenth place In population
among the many cities in Uncle Sans
domain. This is the Crescent City
New Orleans.
The city is divided in half by Canal
street, the Broadway" of New Orleans.
The French or Creoles make up the lower
half of the town; and the Americans the
upper On the lower side begged Canal
street, one finds himself distinctly in a
French town, breathing a French atmos-
phere being confronted by French signs,
numbers and cafes and hearing the
French language spoken almost exclusive
". The houses are quaint and old, show
ing a peculiar and ancient style of archi-
lecture. Queer little balconies protrude
right out over the heads of pedestrians,
truly representing the one upon which
the fair Juliet reclined as she whispered
tender words and tossed her loye-kissed
roses to Romeo.
Antique Shops.
Antique shops abound filled with old
paintings and handsomely carved furni-
ture, black with age, much of 1t brought
from France years and years ago. New
Orleans has often been called the Paris
of America, and indeed, with its pleas
ure-loving people, gorgeous ever chang
ing panorama OF gaiety and French GUS
toms II does wear a Partisan aspect. The
French people or Creoles are born of one
foreign and one American parent. Per-
haps the mother is French or Spanish
and the father an American. Sometimes
both parents are foreign. Young Creole
women are proud indeed to trace their
ancestry back TO the beautiful "Filles-a-
la-casette" or casket girls who We're sent
over by the King of France to provide
wives for the lonely young colonists of
Louisiana Most of the young colonists
were French Canadians. Others were
Spanish officers sent over by the govern
ment
one can stand on Canal street and OBJ
serve the Creole women as they pass, and
from their faces discern whether they be
of French or Spanish parentage. The ma
tority have jet black hair and eyes.
though there are blonde Creole maidens
too. Those with the sparkling merry eyes,
and a saucy, chic" style of dress, are
almost invariably French. While the wo-
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-22
Parental Strategy.

From Judge.
1T must be a task for you to wash the
hands and faces of your nine children
every day." we say In a sympathetic tone
to the mother Of the lively brood
Indeed" she answers, Il do not have
TO wash them
But they always look so Clean
IT know In the winter time l tell them
they must not play In the snow, and in
the summer their father threatens to
whip them If they go swimming"
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-22
Last Week
For Pictures

Only seven more days for you
to get one of Prof. Leonard's S.
Crayon Portraits for 75c. Re
member you are dealing direct
With the artist. Prof. Leonard Is
noted for his faithful reproduction
of small photos andretalning the
likeness, which is the essential
point in an enlarged portrait.
Bring those old pictures that are
fast fading away and get one of
Prof Leonard's Crayons that will
last a life time.
SHOWERS FURNITURE CO.
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Inopportune.

From The King.
Time. a. m He has just proposed
passionately.
She-Oh. please don't ask me just now;
I'm so frightfuly hungry.
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-22
DANCING SCHOOL.

Professor F'aulkner's school is open for
beginners at Turn Yerein hall, 2O211k First
avenue, Tuesdays and Thursdays. Glass
soiree every Tuesday night. a...a..
Apron ball April IA. A prize will be
given to the lady wearing prettiest apron
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1903-03-22

In the spring the system undergoes a
complete change and requires medicine.
DR.. Burkharts Vegetable Compound Is
the best disease preventive 1t cures Ca
tarrh. rheumatism Liver, Stomach and
Kidney Diseases, Palpitation of the
Heart Stiffness of Limbs, Headache,
Constipation, Neuralgia, Nervousness,
etc. AL Druggists.
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Field and Garden Seeds.
]. III. McCary Co.
The Springfield herald., 1903-11-20
H,odranees Of the Militia.

The adjutant general in his report
states that there is an inexplicable
opposition on the part of employers
to permitting their employees who are
members OF the National Guard to
leave their work to participate In
drills, encappments and target prac-
tice, as well as in responding to calls
for service from the state for the sup
preston of disturbances.
Business and professional men
connected with the organized militia
of some of the states" the adjutant
general adds, feel that they can not
afford to waste their time In riots or
labor troubles, while they would be
perfectly willing to respond in case
of war. In some cities of Virginia,
Georgia and Louisiana the newspapers
have prejudiced the minds of the MI
litiamen by their distorted views. The
fear is expressed in some southern
communities that under the Presi-
dents orders, white national guards
men might be compelled to serve un-
der colored commander, and still
others believe that they are state
troops and should not be ordered for
duty outside the state. All these ex-
amples, however, are to be regarded
as sporadic rather than contagious,
and as the intent of the law becomes
better understood, with perhaps some
further legislation, 1t is believed that
all opposition will be confined to such
irreconcilable elements as are not to
be satisfied with anything less than
the abolition of all agencies that make
for the preservation of law and or
der"
The Springfield herald., 1903-11-20
Militia Force Not reliable.

Regarding the dependable strength
of the militia in time of national peril.
Acting Adjutant General Hall, in his
report states that although the obli-
CATION OF officers and men of the mill
Tia to respond promptly to sudden
call of the President has been on the
statute books more than 100 years.
and the neglect to SO respond is pun
ishable by such penalties as court
martial may direct, experience has
shown that this obligation is theory
rather than fact. Without going
farther back than the late war with
Spain, the proportion of the member
ship of militia organizations who have
actually responded to calls OF the Pres
ident has borne very small proper
ton to those actually borne on the
company rolls"
Eliminating the men unfit for mill
tia and those unable to go to the front
for logical reasons, the report says
that only about thirty Of the original
company is fair estimate OF the mum
ber of men in each company that were
finally received into the service of the
United States.
The adjutant general comments at
length on the opposition developed in
some quarters to the militia law.
which, he says. is less on the whole
than was anticipated. He says it Is
true that certain radical leaders OF
the labor unions regard the militia as
a menace to their purposes. although
it is doubtful, he adds. If this enmity
extends to any considerable portion Of
their membership.
The Springfield herald., 1903-11-20
NORTHERN MINERS
WILL NOT RESUME

Denver. Nov. ia Louisville, Colo
special to the News last night says:
The official count of the votes cast by
the miners of the various camps in
northern Colorado on the proposition
to return to work on an eight-hour day
pending a settlement in the other dis
tricts of the state shows that the prop
osition was rejected by majority OF
six votes.
The result of the vote announced un-
officially last night as four majority in
favor of the proposition proved to be
a mistake. Consequently the mines of
the Northern Coal Company will not
resume tomorrow morning.
The district board. consisting of
Charles Bellingsworth of Erie, Joseph
Hurd of Lafayette. William Jopling and
f. M. Oberding of Louisville. C. s.
Aschmann of Superior and Joe Venilla
and Joe Killhoffer of Marshall,
there being two representatives from
Marshall as there are two unions Zone
Italian and one English-speaking) met
here to-day and canvassed the vote.
They announced that the proposition
was defeated and that there would be
no work tomorrow, but refused to
make public the vote. 1t has leaked
out that there is majority of six votes
in favor of rejecting the proposition.
The mistake occurred in the counting
of the votes last night at the various
unions and 1t took but a few votes to
change the decision.