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dren have learned their lesson and sell
dom make any effort to brush away the
flies which loiter all over their bright
young features. This is not pleasant
thing to talk about, but, inasmuch as
the fly is omnipresent during a trip up
the Nile and this friendly understand
ing between the fly and the native is
constantly under the traveller s observa-
ton, description Of Egypt would be
sadly incomplete without a chapter on
the fly,
Having been a privileged class for.
generations the flies are impudent and
familiar to degree. When the white
unbeliever, with no conscientious scfu
pies against murder, comes up to the
river they swarm about him and buzz
into his ears "Welcome to our city,
Then when he begins sparring with
them and using suIphurous language
they gather about In augmented num-
bers and dodge when he strikes and
sidestep when he slaps himself and seem
to think that he is trying to teach them
some new kind Of Htago game. The
Mohanmedan fly cannot by any effort
of the imagination bri ing himself to be-
ieve that a human being would wilfully
iniure him This feeling of overconf-
dence in mankind breeds carelessness
and during the open season for tourists
many Of them are laid low. Mr.. Peas
ley said that if there was anything in
the transmig grafton theory he figured
that he had massacred a regiment of
soldiers; several boards of directors, a
high school and an insane asylum. The
mortalities during the tourist season do
not seem to lower the visible supply
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the roof, half of which Is a great sky
light, all with an artistic touch to the
decorations, form a decidedly pleas
ing effect. 1t is one of the finest ex-
change rooms in the world.
During what may be called the ses-
sion at the bourse, the room is densely
crowded, particularly on Wednesdays
and Thursdays. All business transacted
Is Of "a private nature. There being no
organization, there can, Of course, be
no record kept of prices nor anything
else. In this respect the market is OF
the most primitive nature. 1t is merely
a coming together of business men to
buy and sell, without restrictions, limi-
tations, rules or regulations.
Basis for Prices.
Having no future market in which
to hedge their purchases, the large
houses must buy relatively cheaper than
they would otherwise near as pos
sible to bedrock basis. The large
mills Of Belgium are owned by stock
companies, and the managers are not
permitted to take chances on the. mar
ket. When they cannot sell -four they
do not buy wheat. Under such condi-
tions the hazards of the grain market
are neither more nor less than those of
any other merchandising business.
Asked what constitutes the basis for
prices in the Antwerp market, large
importer sa; g
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VIXEN MARC ANTONY CANE FROM Bu,hEss re7

y 60 - 5.tz 81 =
for the weathers shark! In Egypt the
oldest .inhabitant never gets up in the.
morning and says, 81 m satisfied
we re going to have rain today, because
my rheumatic bothered me all night. =
There is no need Of looking for rings
around the moon. You never heargany
one say, cit looks little black in the
north, but I think it'll blow around,
because the wind is in the wrong di.
rection." Every morning. the sun
rolls up in silvery splendor and surveys
the same old parched landscape, with
the strip Of irrigated green, and after
leisurely and monotonous day sinks
thru golden glow into the r-stretch-
ing desert. No one is looking for rain
hoRilg for It. Whea it i is
down the mud huts, collects in pools
and makes breeding spots for microbes
and leaks thru hotel roofs, so that tour
lists have to carry umbrellas in going to
the dining room. In March Of this year
there was heavy rainfall around AS
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AIDE TELLS OF THE
MOHAMMEDAN FLY
And Other Creatures Living Along. the Nile.

that we visited one Of the greatest ba-
zaars in Egypt. We had heard about
this bazaar every day since landing.
The traveller who had been up the Nile
and who had come back to Cairo, sun
baked and full Of the patronizing airs
of the veteran, invariably said, "By the
way, when you are in Assiut you must
see the BAZAAR He might as well
have said, "When you are in Wash
ington be sure to take q look at the
washington monument.
Bazaar" has seductive, far east
ern sound, the same as mosque" It
is much luckier to shut your eyes and
think of mosque than to actually see
deserted lime kiln with an unturned
sugar bowl on top Of it. The same for
BAZAAR only 1t goes double. A
bazaar is cosey corner gone wrong.
If you will take the long corridor of
an American second-class hotel, tear
off the roof and substitute a canopy of
tattered rag carpets, cover the walls
with the imitation merchandise Of a
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Up to 1894 Belgium was large im-
porter of -four. In that year the con-
servatives came into power, and ons
of their first ACTS was to place duty
on -four, among other things, which
was practically prohibitive Since that
time the Belgian mills have largely in
creased in size and number, and now,
besides supplying the home markets.
they export something like 100000
barrels annually. The duty was hard
blow to American exporting mills, par
ticularly those of the northwest.
There is now, however, some hope
that the rule of the conservative is
drawing to close and that the liberals
will again come into power. The next
election will be on May 20. At the
last election the liberals, who are OPP
posed to a high tax on -four and other
article of food in general use, gained
nine members in the two national
bodies. This year they feel confident
of gaining as many more, which will
give them a majority. Should they
secure a majority, it is believed that
they will reduce the duty on flour one
half at least: This will permit Ameri-
can millers to again compete in the
Belgian markets when wheat prices are
on an international basis, owing to the
superiority of their -four over that Of
the Belgian mills.
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INTERIOR OF THE HoURsE, ANTWERP.

4 : =
Golfers Of wheat from. Russia, the
Danubian country and the Argentine;
offers from millers, stocks, the amount
afoat, the movement in America and
Canada, and crop conditions the world
over-these form the picture of our
market.
ssOf course, - he continued, the
BeTlin and Liverpool markets have an
influence, and New York and Chicago
are closely watched during years of
normal crops in the United States. But
American prices are not regarded as an
expression of trade opinion. There is
too much manipulation in those mar
kets. -
A dozen or so years ago there were
many big spectators in Antwerp. They
traded in the Liverpool, London and
New York markets. This has practical
|ly all ceased, however, and any grain
speculation there may be is more in the
nature Of commercial chance which
every merchant is bound to take. OF
course, when an importer buys a cargo
Of wheat in the Argentine, it is after
a manner a speculation, for he does not
know when he will sell it, to whom, nor
at what price. Yet the same might be
said Of the merchant who buys bill of
goods.
The dividing line between specula-
ton and what is called Legitimate
business is, after all, like the line be-
tween two states-it is not visible.
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and not because of any guiding intelli-
gence. One demented water buffalo
turned and ran at right angles to the
course. The last we saw Of him he
was disappearing over hill toward the
setting sun, with the native jockey rid
ing on all parts Of the upper deck, from
the horns back to the tail.
The gymkhana is intended to provide
an afternoon of undiluted nonsense, and
for. the benefit of those who find reason
tottering on her throne and who don't
care what they do as long as they enjoy
themselves shall append few sample
competitions from an Egyptian pro-
gram and suggest that they be tried in
America.
past three buckets, throwing a potato
into each bucket. Marks to be given for
pace. Best Of two runs.
Hat Trimming NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
to ride to lady with parcel containing hat
and trimmings. Lady to trim hat and
gentleman to return to the winning post
wearing hat.
Oak. Race-Competitors to drive at the
trot about one-half MILE unharness and
saddle same pony and ride 200 yards, re-
turning to the winning post.
Housekeeping Stakes-Gentleman ON
sidesaddle to ride to lady and give her
envelope containing an additional sum.
Lady to open envelope, add up this SUM
and return it to gentleman. First past
post with correct sum wins.
Needle Threading Competition-Lady
carries needle and thread 100 yards to
gentleman partner. He threads the needle
and returns it to lady. First past the
post with needle properly threaded wins.
| Egg Carrying Competition for Ladies
Each lady carries an egg in an ordinary
| teaspoon for distance Of about fifty
yards. If egg is dropped it must be re-
covered with the spoon and must not be
touched with the hands. First past ths
post with unbroken egg wins.
There are many other contests which
| tax the intellect in a similar manner,
but possibly the foregoing will be suf-
fcient to provide fairly demoralizing
8 is impossible to secure the real Levan-
tine donkey. In Egypt the donkey
takes the place Of the motor car, tha
trolley, the hanson and the bicycle.
j In size he ranges from an average goat
to full-grown st. Bernard. Ordinar-
lily he is headstrong and hard to man
age, having no bride wisdom whatever,
but he is Of tough fiber and has will
ing nature, and behind his mournful
countenance there always seems to be
lurking crafty and elusive sense Of
4 humor. The names are marvellous.
! At the various stops on our way up the
/ Nile I became personally acquainted
with Raneses the Great, Rameses Tele-
graph, Rameses Telephone, Jim Corbett,
/ Whisky Straight, Lovely Sweet,
Roosevelt, Sleeping Car, Lydia Pink
ham and others equally appropriate
which I cannot now recall.
4 AS T have indicated above, our wan
behring's have carried us as far as Luxor,
Luxor (the ancient Thebes) Is the
superlative Of all that is old and amaz
ing in Egypt and therefore it calls foI
at least one separate chapter. I can
j only say ssContinued in our next. -
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rider being required to ride backward.
This enabled him to- encourage his
mount by twisting the tail. In the
donkey race for ladies several Of the
contestants fell off gracefully and were
carried to the refreshment, booth, where
they revived on tea. The affinity
race' was an interesting feature. The
contestants rode their donkeys in pairs,
a gentleman and lady holding long
ribbon between them. They, were re-
quired to gallop about 200 yards, turn
a post and return to the starting point
without letting 20 Of the ribbon. BY
far the most exciting features Of the
program were the camel and buffalo
races. These animals have associated
with the hysterical natives so long
that they have lost all their natural
horse sense and are quite daft and r.
responsible. At the word "Go!" in
stead Of running down the course they
would snort madly and start off in all
directions If any Of them finished
under the wire it was by mere chance
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copyright. by Rollin E. Smith.

a. sNTWERP, BELGIUM: = =, Ant
"a :: werp, the greatest of the con-
81 ~ tinental grain markets, owes
Importance to two things, it's location
and the state railroads.. 1t is not
natural market place, made SO by the
proximity of grain fields and mills,
neither is it an elevator center, where
central point Of the continent to which
cargoes from all the grain exporting
countries Of the world come to be IN u.
loaded and >the grain to be again DIS
tributed. From Russia, the Balkan
states, the Argentine, America and
Canada, ships Of grain are continually
headed toward Antwerp, and finally
meet in this port. Then the cargoes
are redistributed, spreading out again,
going >by barge thru the great canal
systems, or by train, to HOLLAND on the
north, thruout Belgium, into Germany
and northern France. Antwerp keeps
but little of what it receives. 1t IS,
first, an international market; and sec
ond, an international distributing
place.
AS the third port in the world in vol
ume of business and headquarters for
forty steamship lines, Antwerp has, OF
course, had some particular induce
nents to offer. Beside transportation
facilities by water and rail, which have
developed with the port, and besides
being desirable distributing point for
western Europe, the railroads, owned
and operated by the government, have
made rates inland which induced bust
ness to come to Antwerp, even much
that would by preference have gone to
Hamburg.
The Grain Importers.
In 1905 Antwerp imported over 65,-
100000 bushels Of wheat, besides many
millions Of bushels of other grains; By
far the largest part of this came from
the Argentine and Russia.
While there are many grain houses
in Antwerp, probably a dozen covers
the number that may be called the
principal importers.
These large houses have branches IL
the exporting countries for buying ant
branches for selling in the importing
countries. Likewise, some Argentine O
Russian houses, or exporters in TIN
Balkan states, have agents in Antwerp
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quickest and most modern methods. The
steamers are brought alongside the docks
and are unloaded directly on to cars, if
desired, or to barges on the other side
Of the steamer, if the grain is to 90 by
canal. The large Rhine barges hold
SIS, 900 bushels, equal to seventy car
loads. Thus Che grain finds it's way
thruout the whole Of western Europe,
often thru the devious canal systems to
where it is finally-the short haul
brought by rail.
While the grain must be unloaded as
soon as the vessel arrives in port, it is
not necessarily shipped inland at once,
altho there are no elevators. It may
be, and often is. stored in barges, which
are chartered by the importer when he
has not sold the grain previous to ar
rival. He is therefore not compelled to
sacrifice the grain if the market is not
satisfactory.
The Bourse and the Market.
The Antwerp grain market is unique,
when compared with American markets,
in that there is no trade organization !;
no grain exchange with a membership
fee 1t is an open and free market.
Neither are there any official quotations
or prices, for there is no one to say
w
future" "term' or option market
here. It is a cash market, trading in
the actual grain by men who have it
to sell or want it to sell again or to
grind. The only feature resembling an
organization is an arbitration commit
tee.
The members of the grain trade, or
representatives of the various grain
houses OF. mills, meet at Che bourse
every business day at 20 clock, remain
ing until g. This meeting is for the
conclusion Of business that may have
been begun in the morning. It affords
buyers and sellers an opportunity to
get together to close contracts after
canvassing the situation during the
forenoon. Then. too, out-of-town mil
lers and grain buyers come to the
Bonrse for the purpose of meeting the
| sellers.
During the forenoon the statesmen Of
! the importing houses are busy calling or
! telephoning to the buyers. Of course,
/ some business is concluded in this way,
I but as a rule the buyers, after getting
meeting at the bourse to make their
| purchase.
! Bourse Owned by the City.
The bourse is owned by the city and
anyone may transact business here on
| payment of small sum annually Ex-
/! cepting from 2 until 3 o. clock the doors
i are open. Between and the en-
frances are guarded by policemen and
1 it costs every one who has not an an
I nual membership ticket, / franc to
i enter. Members Of different trades meet
at the bourse at this hour, but half the
large exchange room is occupied by the
grain trade.
The exchange room. which is practi-
cally the whole. of the bourse, is beau
& tiful chamber. The galleries on the
four sides. and columns extending to
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earth seem dank and waterlogged. We
asked truthful Hassim, our guide at
Assiut, If there had been any rainfall
lately. He said that about five years
ago there had been light shower, and
during one of the Ptolemy administra-
tions there had been a regular old
drencher. The Ptolemy family occu-
pied the throne about 1000 years ago.
At home, take it in the dog days, If
we have no rain for two weeks and the
crick dries up, all the local apostles of
gloom and advance agents Of adversely
postofiee and begin pronouneing fune-
raj orations over the corn crop. Four
teen days without rain and the whole
country is on the toboggan, headed
straight for bankruptcy. Yet here in
Egypt, where they haven t experienced
really a wet rain for twenty centuries,
the people go about cheerfully, and
there is no complaint regarding Provi-
dence. " =
| Rut what an MISUNDERSTANDING hangont
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tufted fly brush while looking at the
races.
The luxor Sporting club is not as
dangerous as it sounds. The presiding
judge of the races was minister of the
gospel and the receipts were given to
local charities. A gymkhana is the
last resort Of a colony shut off from the
metropolitan forms Of amusement, and
yet it can be made the source of much
hilarious fun. Nothing could have
been more frivolous than the program
at Luxor, and yet the British specta-
tors seldom gave way to mirth.. Doubt
less they were laughing. inwardly;;
Several ponderous committees had
charge of the arrangements and at
tended to them with due solemnity.
i. !. !.
First there was race between native
water carriers, distance about. 300
yards, and each contestant carrying a
goatskin filled with water. Then
there was donkey boys race, each
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while the mills of Germany or northern
France have their buyers here. -.
Do Not Like American Inspection.

Some of the importers, while having
connections in the United States, are
becoming less and less reconciled to the
grain inspection at export points. The!
head of one Of the large. houses here
told me that he should be compelled to
quit doing business in America unless
there was, change. During the last
winter he had had lots Of No. hard
winter wheat, SO graded, which were
poorer than No. should be. Again,
he had lot Of No. 3 that was better
dress. no matter what the shipment may:
be. Yet it is not the system of inspecss
tion and certificates that is complained
of, but the abuse of it. I have nowhere
heard any such complaints Of Canadian
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and 10-cent store, kick up a choking
dust, turn loose twenty or thirty. ripe
odors and then have $50 coffee-eolored
lunatics all begin talking at the same
time. you will have rather tame imi-
tation of the genuine oriental bazaar
as made famous in song and story. The
crude articles sold in these bazaars, if
displayed in the windows Of a depart
ment store in America, would attract no
attention whatever, but the tourist, as
soon as he has had a touch Of the
Egyptian sun, seems to become easy and
irresponsible, and he wants to bargain
for everything in sight. It is kind
of temporary mania, known as curiosis,
and is closely allied to the widely prev
alent souveniria,a OF postcard fever,
which attacks even the young and limo.
cent. se+tes go. 1@1.sr... 4
|. - +. "a = .:.~:S-'@:-s@s
The intelligent reader may have
noticed that now and then I have re-
ferred to the dust Of Egypt. Egypt
makes all the other dusty spots on
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S%4z.r! %r'o.t ly,-es&egt
When we started up the river a ped
,dler came to the boat and offered us
some small fly brooms. They are very
much like the brush used by the ap-
prentice in a blacksmith shop to pro-
.tect the horse that is being shod.
The brush part is made Of split palm
leaves or horse hair and the handle is
decorated with beadwork. The idea Of
a person sitting about and whisking
himself with this ornamental buster
struck us as being most unusual, not to
say idiotic. Before we had travelled
far upthe Nile we had Joined the grand
army Of whiskers. The. fly broom is
essential. lJ5is needed every eight sec
onds. At Luxor we went out to see a
gymkhana under the auspices of the
Luxor Sporting club and every one Of
the 200 spectators sat there YEARLY
slapping himself about the head with a
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THE ANTWERP GRAIN MARKET is
UNLIKE ANY OTHER IN THE WORLD
dbyth No
Meetn Whereas Made-Belgian
FlourM Be dSoon. .=s@ Il

the principle Of which is the
same. t>s.e..r .-t -. 4.s3zf
! A large part Of the grain business Of
Antwerp is done on London contracts.
Cargoes Distributed.
: Cargoes of grain are usually sold be-
fore they arrive, and they are divided
among many, buyers. An importer buys
a. cargo say, at :Buenos Aires or the
Black sea. AS it requires about four
weeks for it. to arrive, he has that
length Of time in which to dispose of it.
It is desirable to sell it before arrival
to save charges, for there are no leleva-
tors at Antwerp, tho there are two
large "silos or warehouses.
ST When a cargo of grain arrives at Ant
5 ,iistribution and no more perfect facil-
titles for distribution for imports of any
kind can be imagined. Yet the actual
unloading Of grain is not done by the
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or in any way discourage the surviving
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R0llin ?. Smith.
The Rich Hill tribune. (Rich Hill, Mo.) 1903-1911, 1906-10-25
WILLOW

Wei, wen we have held our
breath for three weeks thinking
someone would surely ask where
is Willow Grove: but as they did
not. here we are anyway.
Misses Letha Mudd and Lois
Delametey visited at L. Ayers.
Sunday.
VIM. Robertson, Of Reayley. is
hauling in his wheat this week
Mr.. Robertson has first class
wheat this year.
Mrs. Earl Howard is entertain
Ing her cousin, Mrs. Grimes OF
the Indian Ty. this week.
Mrs. Champion, of Metz visited
her sister, Mrs Earl Howard,
Sunday.
Jos. Donaldson and wife were
IA hlch Hall, Sunday.
Albert King and family Of Fon.
tana, haS are visiting az Frank
Kings
Reayley has a few mild cases
of scsrletina but no serious ones.
Our daughter, Iona. has de.
cided teaching to be her vocation
after an. She has only one pa.
pill this time however Although
we are very lonely without her.
we are sure she win be quite
happy in her new home
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NOTICE..

Notice Is hereby given, Thatletters
test6aentary upon the estate Of n.
r. wh0cheil, deceased. have been
granted 20 the undersigned, by thg
Rates County Probate Court. ia
Rates County, Missouri, bearing
date the 18th day 81 October, 1905
All persons having claims against
said estate are required "a exhibit
them 60 me for allowance, within
one year from the date oi said bet.
ters, or they may be precluded from
any heneht ot such estate; and Il
said claims be not exhibited Within
two years from the date 10 the pub.
LEGATION OF this notice they viii b
ioVvcr barred
PREnE 4. WINCNELI.
Execatrtx,