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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-21
Mh. Dooey on the Sport Of Kings By t: P Dunno

light green In color. He was crumplin' #5
up his program with wan hand an
twlstin' button on his coat with TIL
pther. AM I left him there an whit
away to find n place where me new
hat wudden't be in danger.
1T found 1t over in a corner Nv tn
coorso where tn owner Nv tn thrack
was settin' in tn shade Nv tn fence
readin til advertisements iv his new
"copper" mine. I knew him we'll. He
owns tn Temple Nv Chance where
Hogan whnes away his salary IN tn -
winter. why amt We out iookin' at tn
horses rum says I. I don't like horse
tracing says he. My wurruk Is through
| whin I've counted up tn box fhce.
Ain't ye INTERESTED In improvin' thu
breed Nv horses?' says l. No more,
| SAYS he, thin I am in improvin' TIL
| breed Nv faro boxes. l can't SEQ amy
dlffrence between thim They're only
| another way ~ honest men Gettin'
whats comm to thin. Take ye'er frind
| Hogan He thinks he's interested in TIL
| horses. But what he's raaly INTERESTED
lin is whether mo Sonng an enter
| prsin' colleague Nose Einsten will give
/ him back his ten an soma besides. Ye
didn't see amy difference In his ex-g
Ipression whin Tincan lost to-day an
| whin tn sivin spot lose last whittier.
IT'S all th' same, mo boy. Close mp
/ that there betting ring an ye'd have y
more people at wan Nv 1bsen's plays
4 thin at u race thrack. If tn yarchous
farmer down TIL State didn't support
Ibis country fairs with little pool
4 sellin' on tn throtters, I'd subdivide
i this here thracl1 an sell TIL lots to
iI5th' PATRONS " tn bucket shops. Has
Hogan lost much SO farg' Hes lodt
A tn onN bet he made says 4. He's
4 dom very well#t FIR, Hogan says hei
FL suppose We can'tston people firm
VI gambling, don't know that wud 1r
i L cud II seems to take their minds or
II tn more coarse ways iv maxim money,
. like w,rruls an business Money is ~
very pleasant thing to have an It's
. too had whin we have TO assocyttts
,Isuch a delightful household con,panynn
with gattin' m ariy NTH nlnrnin' an
Ecarryin' bod all day or sniiin' u
: dollar an y half's worth iy shoes =
two dollars. But tn money we get: be-
!, gambling has no such assnnyatons lt
t|thrips tightly an ianghinslY&np 10, Se.i
II Nc keep II around with ya III a DAY ar
a two am thin it goes back hons. tn
{ money 70 make be wurruH Is i!ks q
4 membcr in III Family. y feel 6Tespo NJ
y sible FIR IT. Va dom, like TO see IL 70
Tour nights. But tn money go fls
g3be gamblins is like a victor that r
/ fonlly goinfsto stay awhile an n at FREE
/ iauentiy asks NA out 10 haya a d r III XII
I pWell,e said Mr.. Hennessy. l'ys
i heerd IS sa!d that all iif q GaIfs PA. ~
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An they were doin' it in TIL meancst
way yo can imagine, FIR iyry wan "
these rilferers had private infroma-
tion that tn bookmakers cudden't get
hold is on account " tn confined ma
ture ~ their employment. Some Nv them
had got 1t out Nv tn morning pa-apers..
some Nv them Ind bought It f'r five
cents firm q spy on TIL thrain an
others had dhreamed it.
I'm sorry to say that Hogan was
tn worst Nv TIL lot, It's n beautiful
day says I. 1T Is that says Hogan.
I'll go home with money in me ears
he says. An lie fought his way up
to where q poor fellow ~ a thrihe
long prosecuted be our so-called civye
lization was absent-mindedly BLOWN
on n dmon ring to cool 1t off. What
are We goin' to do?' says l, 'Tincan can't
lose in tn first race says Hogan. !
got it straight firm TIL stable. But
says I, Is this right? Here ye have be
superior cunning gained private
Knowledge be means iv which We are
gGin' to deprive wan Nv ye'er fellow
llnel, Nv his little savings Is 1t just?'
says !. Is It fair? Is it hon'rable? Is
1t many?' He gave no heed TO what I
! said. hut called out: Ten on Tincan.'
TIL poor fellow looked far away an
remarked 10 "A young friend who was
: settin' alongside as he dropped Hogans
| ten On u pile iv Cortilyou's masters
| pieces on tn flure. Thirteen thou
sand to ten, Tincan. MaXey. I'm
| afraid were goin' TO have another
shower an I have no top on me
autymobill.
I'VE whit UP in tn grandstand to
\ see TIL race. They're at tn post. says
/ Hogan. Where? saws l. over there,
says he po.ntin' to where Il group
/ of horses were kcltin' each other. That
wan near thu fence is Tincan. He's In
good spirits says he, lie is that
says T. How happy he seems. Look, he
thinks III race Is tn other way round
/ Now that fellow has, caught him an
LIS town him up to tn start. Aonthe,
man Is heltin' him with whip. Nov
Il he's thried to bite his JOCKEYS leg off
Now he's kickln' tn horse next t,
't5him Glory he, but he's III fine mettle
4 some crather, Did We liver think Il
aEbuyln' him an keepin' him In til
4 house41 SAYS ], Hogan made no reply
4 ,but give n low painful moan: "fleyr,
A off, Firm. thnt time on was saYin
me new hat firm tn purple parasoi /
ith lady settin' next to me. TIL mo
A menl tn race started she threw 81
4 pins an began batin me new hat
t'come on says th' lady. Come on
siycu Pinkydo, Come on you seal OF
You Finkydo' VS. she, slashsn away a
me neW hat An thin She sWoone
! away. That's all I ssan Nv tn race.
looked over at Hogan His face WA
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ny FRANK G. CARPENTER.

IrlpOi1 1907.
r HAVE just returned from Mechia.
the greatAoasis which lies on the
edge OF the Libyan desert. east OF
Il Tripolic 1t faces the Mediterra
mean and is an island of green on
the edge OF this mighty ocean of sand.
1t contains more than million date
palms, fully as many olive trees. and
vast groves of oranges and lemons.
The oasis Is cut up by roads. much
like the streets of a city. Each little
farm has walls six or eight feet high,
and everywhere are to be seen the tall
franleworks Of the wells by which the
land Is irrigated. The motive power
for raising the water is cows, camels
donkeys and women. In many places
tunnels or long inclined bitches, be-
ginning at the wells and sioping down
ward for several hundred feet. have
been dug. and in these as tracks, the
COW, donkey, camel or woman trots ZIP
and down, dragging the rope. run
ming over d wheel on the top of the
framework. which raises the water.
At the end of the rope is a huge 4ba g
of skin open at both ends. This is
dropped into the Well. and, when It
fills. the lower end is pulled up thus
forming a closed bottom, and the whole
is dragged high UP into the air. The
bottom is now released, and the water
pours out into trough. which car
ries off into reservoir. one OF
these baskets Will hold about thirty
2 gallons: and as the work goes on all
day. the supply raised Is enormous.
An Oasis Farm.
During my stay visited some Of
the gardens. They are Of aii sizes
and are beautifully kept One ! re-
member was cut UP by cement con-
duits. running along ON the top OF
the ground. SO arranged that every
+. little tract could be irrigated at Will
Under the rich orange groves beds OF
beautiful flowers were to be seen here
and there; and In most places three
crops We're growing on the same soil
Over the whole rose date palms, with
their ragged trunks, their wide.
hranched fan-like leaves quiverIng ir
the breeze and their yellow fruit shin.
Ing like gold under the sun. The tree;
below were loaded with oranges, palt
yellow lemons, flaming pomegranite.
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men were busy rescuin vast hordes Nv
spickpockets firm TIL bettn' ring. TIL
ninety bar-tenders We're wurrukin' like
TIL fire department at fire in lard
facthrN. 1t was fine.
Where ARE tn, horses?' says 7.
oh, niver mind Thin says Hogan,
Let's go an look at tn odds An
he hauled me into TIL betting ring.
Most " tn gintlemen I'd met on TIL,
tkrain an a few more We're there.
What We're they dom? Ye can't guess.
Ye niver wud imagine 1t. They We're
In tn fettin ring to take TIL money
away firm tn bookmakers. Wud We
believe i, that there shud be people so
lost TO tn beauties Nv nature an so
lackin in TIL spirit Nv sport that they
shud be usin this here great enter
prise FIR tn Improvement iv tn breed
~ horses to skin money out iv these
offorchnit publishers. But SO it was.
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on a. camel or donkey to the home Of I
tho groom. 8i
The first home of tho desert bride IS
with her husbands family; but only
when she is the first wife. If he has
other wives she goes to the common
boss of the establishments. She holds
this position for a year or so. but
after that comes down to everyday life
and does her share Of the work. She
aids In the cooking. in gathering fuel
and In weaving the cloth for tents
and the family clothing 3s8
The Ouled Nails.
Have you ever heard Of the Ouled
Nails? They are to be found in every
oasis. and there Is a whole street
given up@to them In Biska, the so-S
called Paris Of the Sahara They are
noted for their beauty and are profess
iisiOnal entertainers, much like the
Nautch girls of India, the Ghawazi Of
Egypt, or the Geishas of Japan. Rob
fert Kitchens rather effusiveiy describes
them in"The; Garden of Allah, making
them more beautiful thanfI have found
them either IN Biskra or here. The
lSOuled Nails sing and dance for money
| in the Moorish cafes. Any one who
Twill pay for a cup OF coffee can see
them. and scores of these darlS-faced,
l:turbancd long-bearded Arabs will sit
and watch them for hours. The girls
are paid by the owners of the estab-
l4lishmeuts, but they, also collect con-
trihr;ions from the foreigners pres
lent coming to them and kneeling down
at the close Of each dance. There
.|supon the foreigner vets a silver With
i his lips and presses 1t upon the fore
5[lhead Of the dancer The coin sticks
4 an6 the girl rises and goes through
4 tic wild abandon of another dance.
4 moving head SO gently that the
5lcoln remains where it was placed.
The dnnce of the ouled Nails is the
Il wcll.known stomach dance. in que
4 throughout the Orient { consist of
a series of contortions of3theG hips and
anGomen. while the rest of Il he body
remains stationary or perhaps sways
4 3back and forth. The girls are fully
4 drcssed: there Is no exposure o PER-
4 son. and they lack the ballet tights
a of our wicked stage. Nevertheless.
4 their actions are moro demoralizing
tLan those of the worst Of our dance
Halls. Their profession is considered
A 2resncctable, and altar a time they tak e
I the money they have thus made and
A 90 home to marry their lovers.
4 Copyright, 1907, by Frank G. Carpen-
+ II, argN
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AN EPISCOPAL ADMINISTRATORS.

bishops and other missionary leaders
of the Church OF England and the
American Episcopal Church. In a con-
ference at Shanghai China, and Win
them decided to establish an automo-
Emous Chinese Episcopal Church, to
elect SO soon as possible Chinese
bishop to head 1t. and TO Withdraw
ltha Chinese field. lhis decision Is the
Ffruition of seventy years work IN
China by the american Episeopal
IGhurSh ana e fo 1Y1r years wors ~
| | has been said of DIR. Lloyd that
! he Is not II man Who GOES great THINGS;
jthat rather ia he#one who works stead
(ily ana consistently making sure and
t1ertakes. lie ia not spectacular, lie
undertook to place Episcopal mission
work upon a better basis than TINT
Eon which he found II, Is one .mea1 I
iof support was adopcd. II represents
\ what Ilr, Lloyd calls thcG''square deal
Tile cllurcn Is committed to mission
work, he helas flelnfars every
hear a proportlqnate share OF, the bur
Iden. The appoltionment plan tells
bwnat the share Of each church and
Is, lInderit The income OF
1.-THE Beard of Missions has doublad, anc
village as Ills frst. work as "a clergy.
Imam was done as missionary IN ME-
Iginia. whore peculiar type 81 Epis,
stevangeliate OF such, stock IS tht
AEnlsennal sAeretarr. Soma San he Il
'Ihomolp nthfr4 crook ~ h~ o"kWpsd
Nesr 2:it llsn hp.fl seaGl' nafsn'
.ttna ~ audience hears asnaessage g
Icharmng personality OF thu mar I'M
5lpvasaea ltSelf- XII
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1t depends almost entirely on the cara
van trade.
Another important caravan centre is
the oasis Of Chat, which lies in the
bed of a dry river, and a third is
Ghadames, in another dry river some
distance away. Chat is famous for it's
great fair, which is held once a year,
bringing together traders from ali
parts of the Sahara. In ordinary times
the town has only about four thou
sand population and the fair has to
be held on n great plain outside. Tho
city Is surrounded by walls and en-
tered only by gates. It's streets are
dark passages with houses built over
them. so that going through 1t is
like travelling through the tunnels Of
a mine.
Gha-dam- es--I hesitate to write the
word, 1t sounds SO much like swear.
| ing-is another oasis centre of about
the same character as Chat. It has
been a trading place since the days
| of the Romans. and the caravans of
1 the Fezzan, Tuat, Timbuktu. and Lake
SGhad all pass through it. Ghademes Is
| twice as big as Chat. 1t is sur
rounded by a wall three miles in
4 length. but the people live in only one
corner of the Enclosure. The houses
/ are box-shaped and are SO laid out
that the women can walk from one to
!. another on the roofs, which are re-
/ served for their use.
4 Captured by the Americans.
/, Some of the most interesting parts
i of this region are along the NIediter-
ranean Sea-. Here in Tripoli we have
4 10000 people Farther eastward. in
Barka. is the town of Benghazi. which
was a thriving city in the days of the
1 Phoenicians and Romans Sand still
II further east is Derna the only place
4 on the African continent ever occupied
& by Americans. 1t was captured by
4 our fleet in 1916, and the ruins of a
battery which was Their erected On the
\ heights are still to be seen. / am
told there are other tracts along this
Mediterranean coast which. might be
cultivated. If properly handled, ani
4 that the ruins of many Roman settle
ments still exist there i t is through
Ethat region that the khedive expects tt
build his railroad from Alexandria II
. Tripoli.
The Products of the snlarn.
The products of the desert are much
\ larger than are generally supposed
J, The caravans which are now coming
here bring quantities of ostrich feath
4 ers and also cotton, dates. tobacco ant
!, grain. as We'll as the IVORY and gnlt
4 dust of the Sondan. The output of til,
: oases themselves is greater than tina
! of any similar area on earth. AS ia
j have already said these desert island
!, comprise altogether tract abou
twice as big as the State of Virginia
!, and they produce almost every kin,
5 fof grain. Outside OF them there ar
| vast tracts which are used for TIL
! grazing of millions of camels. shee]
) and goats, as well as horses and cat
III tie. And of late years a new GRO
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las been found which is bringing for

mas been found which is brin ging for
tunes into the Sahara.
This last is alta grass. z 1t grows
wild along the edges of the desert
and upon the plateaus where there is
only slight rainfall a few years
ago this crop went to waste, but now
the Arabs are gathering 1t and 1t Is
brought in from everywhere by car
and caravan. / saw it stacked up
along the railroad in the deserts OF
Algeria and Tunisa; the trains We're
loaded with 1t, and there were noun
ta!ns of IT on the wharves Of every
port I visited.
Here in Tripoli the alta grass is
brought in upon camels It is picked
by the Bedouins, Arabs and Berbers,
every blade OF 1t being pulled from
the ground. 1t Is packed in bags
about four feet wide and eight feet
IN length. Two OF these bags are
slung over the hump Of a camel, end
are thus carried for miles over the
desert. When the grass arrives at
Tripoli it Is weighed upon steel-yards
/! and paid for at about ten dollars n.
ton. 1t Is then baled UP like hay
and shipped on the steamers to Eng
| land, where 1t Is used for making tho
best Of book and writing papers.
| Some of the great newspaper COM
4 panies of England have put up fac-
/ tories IN Algeria for the handling of
/ alta grass; and 1t is said that its
value was originally discovered by
/ the Lloyds of Lloyds' Register. It
4 inakes a much better paper than wood
pulp; but it is more costly, and there
lis no possibility that 1t will displace
| the latter.
The Merchants of the Sahara.
/ A large part of the caravan business
at the ports is handled by Greeks and
| Italians. The alto grass Is brought
4 by Italians. who act for the English,
shipping the stuff to Liverpool and
i London. and bringing back hardware
A and Manchester cottons. The date
4 exports also are in the hands Of
A Italians: although the bringing OF the
dates here is largely through native
b trbes,4who make g. Speciality of mer.
chandising.
Have you ever heard of the Moza
i bites? They are sometimes called thu
Jews of the Sahara. The Arabs say
that while 1t takes five of their peopl.
to beat a Jew at a bargain. 1t requires
at least five Jews to get the better Of
ono Mozabite. Indeed, many believe
i that the Mozabites are of the old Car.
ri thaginians. who We're driven down int;
81 the desert and settled there. Car
| lthage was founded by Jews. and /
[! was ruled by Queen d lido the Jewess
], At any rate, the Mozabites are superlo
t to the Jews in their trading ability
and they have monopolized certain
$ kinds Of trade in the desert.
They have seven cities. far dow
below Algiers in the middle OF Thu
Sahara, at just where the caravan
e tracks cross. They are engaged II
, commerce there. and also in Algiers
} lin Tunis and in nearly every trading
centre Of North Africa. These mel
} stay away from home only for tw'
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" city dumps. AS hung airily to a
pair iv blue suspinders in front "
me while patrician behind me used
me back FIR desk to mark his pro-
gram. heerd tn flow iv light an
careless conversation. He'll win IL
they haven't poisoned him. i lose
eighty on him last time If I don't get
1T back to-day there'll be new face
at tn cashiers window Hello Mike,
whin did We get out?' An SO on. "A
typical light-hearted holiday crowd
says I, putin me watch In me boot.
.sWhin we arrived at TIL thrack ]
felt me heart beatin' fast IT We niver
saw a race-thrack, Hinnissy, we can
hardly imagine what 1t looks like. How
can / describe it to We beyond sayin'
that it is something like coal yard
Picture. if We will miles on miles, "
stately boord fence, some iv it taste
fully painted brown an some Nv It
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tastefully not painted at al. Outside
are tn handsome stables, or We might
say. sheds. where TIL equine heroes
ar-re nourished FIR their thriles IL
sped an endurance. 1t was me hap
piness to see tn nursry iv tn mighty
Running Yet who wud've won TIL
Blithers If he hadn't got despondent
about TIL odds.
Inside tn scene was even more
fascinatin'. a gentle breeze blew
acrost TIL swamp in tn middle iv tn
coorse firm tn adjacent switch yard.
Th' sun was reflected in thousand
mud puddles on TIL coorse. The grand
stand was filled with happy people
yellin': Set down there Why don't
I'VE look where ye'er goin'?' I'll knock
ye'er block off, DO, If ye're not careful.
What dye hear?' 'To-morrah honest
Ye can take me watch If ye don't be-
lieve me- An enormous foorce " polls
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Copyright, 1907 by II. II. Mcclure &
Cos
Have We liver beensto a horse race?'
Mr.. Hennessy asked.
"Wanst," saidMr. Dooley. IAN wapst,
only. But mind ye ] know about
racin'. I've got TO- I'd lose q great
deal in thrade If I wasn't expert in
ivry branch " human knowledge.
They talk about colledse professors
hein' undherpaid. But how about us
retail liquor dealers? y colledge pro-
fissor spills careless thoughts out his
head to mere childher that don't care
to fight back. Ye niver heerd "
misinformed graduate returnin' afther
five years to whack his professor In tn
eye because he'd been taught that a
man can make a fortune writin' pothry
f'r TIL pa apers. But my, classes orre
composed ~ able-bodied men, NANNY
Nv thin far advanced in dhrink, an
I've got to know what I'm talltin'
about. an that's hard. an I've got to
know what they're tallin' about an
that's almost impossible.
so I've followed TIL racin' news an
know about tn performances " tn
kings and queens iv TIL turf. In tn
spring / r'read: "Forty thousand peo-
Pile yisterdah acclaimed tn gr-reat
Gumdhrop. mighty son iv worthy
sire, King Nv gth' turf Hats off to
Gumdhrop., Wearin' binders an a
b muzzle to keep him firm jumpin' over
tn fence or atm tn starter an mer-
cilessly dashed be that peerles Jockey
little Billy Film. TIL monarch w tn
sport iv kings be q supreme burst
4 of speed vanquished tn gallantStuflI.
an TIL sturdy Pckled- be-night an
even compelled TIL hitherto invincible
Maud Fl. Schmittschmitt to bow her
lovely head In defeat. Afther tn race
TIL proud owner Nv tn mighty son ~
a worthy sire. A. Biff, former prince
~ wire tappers, rayfused three mil
lion dollars Fl this mighty son iv#a
worthy sire
cat wanst me attention lis centered
on Gumdhropi l talk a good dea
about him to wayfarin' spoortin' mel
who come in here FIR drink and know,
ledge. i watch the pn-arers close fl
TIL day whini I'll see: Mighty throne
cheers peerless aGumdhrop to victhry,
Instead ~ that see: tGumdhrop, Of
badly. got poor ride, was knocket
out Nv his sthride at TIL turn an llat
no speed Th next week It's: Gum
dhrop, off we'll WAS badly handled.
Thin:1Compny too fast RI Gumdhrop.
Ant finaliS:&sGlue FWurrks Elimination
Thrile; f'r horses that We're betthe
& dead; thirty dollars added selling
Gumdhrop ran like tn dog he is an
finished absolutely last An th'ntx
4 winter run acrost this item In til
papers: III 5s 81;
Hill "a, "''Few ~ th' NANNY spootin. mel
who pass through a tn Y union deep