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their wars with the other tribes. This Is
the condition throughout the whole empire
which Is rather an aggregation of wild pas
toral and agricultural tribes than a king
dom or empire, in our sense of the word
Each tribe cares only for itself and its own
particular country, and there Is, am told,
no such thing as regards Morocco as
whole The only binding cords among the
tribes are those of religion. They are fanat-
fcal Mohammedans who hate the Christian
and all that belongs to him. They want
nothing to do with him and resent his pres
ence here.
Speaking of the hatred of these people for
foreigners and especially of that which ex-
lists among the mountain tribes. heard the
story today Of young Spanfard who loved
not wisely but too we'll" This young man
was spending some time in the neighboring
town of Tetuan, when he happened to spy
in the market one day beautiful Berber
girl of one of the AMER tribes of the Rfh
mountains near by. AS he looked he loved
and by carefully prosecuting his attentions
from market day to market day he was
able to make the girl enter into Irritation
with him. At last his passion grew to such
an extent that he followed her to her VII
lage and there proposed marriage. The
tribe answered him by taking possession Of
almost to the skin. Each was then gagged
and securely tied to one Of two trees, one
on either side Of a birdie path at place
not far from Tetuan, and left there until
they starved to death. AS the story goes
they were so placed that their "eyes could
look love to eyes that spake again., but
as hunger came on their love turned to an
ger and they miserably persisted.
FRANK g. CARPENTER.
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low in intelligence and are terrible de-
based. These have brains which will COM
pare with our own. They are Mohamme-
dams who believe in Allah and the prophet.
They are white and they wear clothes.
Some of them are as well dressed IS any
Christian gentleman, and their clothes cost
more than ours They have gowns OF the
finest wool, undergarments of beautiful
cloth, sashes of silk, and shoes of fine yell
low leather. Their hands are soft and their
faces often handsome. There are many
red-haired and red bearded men among
them. Their features sparkle with intel
ligence and they have most of the charac-
teristics of the Caucasian race. About the
only black Africans here are those who
have been brought across the desert from
the Soudan to be sold as slaves. There are,
however, many mulattoes, the offspring of
these negroes and the Moors.
The Berbers.
The population of Morocco all told is
about ten millions. A census has never
been taken, and by some the number is es-
timated much higher. The majority of the
people are Berbers or Kabyles, and after
them come the Arabs and Jews.
The Berbers are one of the most indie
pendent races on earth. Some pople sup
pose them to have emgrated from southern
Europe ages ago. 1t is known that they
were here in the days of the Phoenecians;
and they fought again and again with the
Carthagenians and Romans. They have
been frequently conquered in battle, but it
is claimed that they have never been really
subdued They are somewhat like the
Swiss in that they have villages in the
mountains, and it would be almost impos-
sible to reach them in time of war. Most Of
the mountain tribes today are<0 this old
Berber race. and the same isstrue of the
Tuaregs or the Sahara~erigands
These Berber people have a language of
their own, and they once had their own re-
ligion. Today they are about all Mohamme-
dams and they resent the foreign invasion.
They do not like to pay taxes and not long
ago when one of the sultan's officials de-
manded the tenth of the crop of a certain
tribe. the chief replied:
eff the sultan wants taxes let him come
himself for them. We will mold them into
silver bullets and deposit them in his per-
son." That tax has not yet been COL
lected. There are about five million Of
these Berbers in Morocco.
Arabs and Jews.
As to the Arabs. these came in with the
Mohammedan invasion many centuries ago.
and they have mixed more or less with the
Berbers. There are three or four millions
of them. Some are nomadic Bedouins, liv-
ing in the GASES Of the Sahara or on the
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same size. The sultan lives in all of these
places during the year. He is now at Fez
and will probably be there for some
months. He carries his court with him:
| but leaves relative in charge of capital
when he leaves it. l understand that he
| also as a palace in each of the ports.
| have seen the one at Tangier. 1t is shab-
| by.
The chief ports of Morocco are eight in
| number. They run along the Atlantic and
Mediterranean coasts. This town of Tan
| gier is about the largest 1t has fifty or
| sixty thousand people. Tetuan, farther east
ward on the Mediterranean, covers more
space, but it has a smaller population.
! Along the Atlantic farther south are Lar
ache, Rabat, Casa Blanca, Mazagan, SAT-
| and Mogador All of these white towns
| surrounded by walls and made of box
shaped white houses of brick and stucco.
| Mogador has about $1,000 population and
| of these 10000 are Jews The Jews have
| been making a great deal of money there
| and some of them have been gradually NOV
| ing out of the Mellah and renting houses in
| the Moorish section of the town. This, L am
! told, was the cause of the rebellion which
| broke out in that quarter few months ago.
| The chief of one of the Mohammedan tribes
| nearby was called in and he drove the
! Jews back to their own quarter, telling
| them they should know their place and keep
| it. Mogador is the port for Marrakech,
| the southern capital and it formerly had a
great caravan trade with Timbuktu. The
camelS were loaded there and made their
| long march across the Sahara to the upper
Niger. The place is now shipping goat
| skins to the United States and many an
| American lady pulls on a kid shoe every
| morning made of hide from Mogador. There
| are 800 Europeans living at that port. con-
sisting of English. Germans, Italians.
| Swiss, French and Spaniards.
Magazan has 1900 inhabitants, one-thrd
| of whom are Jews Larache has 5000, of
whom 1000 are Jews, and here in Tangier
| the Jews are more in number than any
where else and they have the right to live
wherever they please, which is SO in no
| other city of Morocco.
| The walls of these Moroccan cities are en-
| tered by gates, so that the city can be closed
| tight at night. The business is largely done
| in markets, although all towns have shops
| and bazaars
Ten Thousand Straw Villages.
The cities, however. contain but a small
part of the population Of Morocco. The
masses live in villages made up of huts
of stone, chinked with mud and matched
with straw. or in movable tents. Many of
| the huts are altogether OF straw, and not a
| few Of them are Sun-dried brick. Roughly
| speaking. there are about ten million people
| housed in these ways, and that is more
than one-tenth as many as the population
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A Ringers Jug"

From the Strand.
A beer jug in a belfry is happily some
what of a rarity in these days. At the be-
ginning Of last century. however. people
were not so particular. The ringers jug at
Beccles, in Suffolk, holds six gallons, a suf-
ficiency to sustain the ten weary ringers.
though the weight Of the bells did exceed
six tons. The vessel is made Of red earth
enware and has three handles, one of which
is concealed by the neck. 1t bears the fol-
lowing inscription, in quaint spelling:
"when I am hlrd with liquor strong
Each Man drink once and then ding dong.
Drink not to much to Cloud your KnObs
Least you forget to make the BObbs.
A gift Of John Pattmap, Beccles." On the
reverse side Is the makers name-"Samuel
0tringfellow, Potter"
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edge of that desert and large number are
farmers on the rich plains of Morocco.
Arabs are also found in the cities
The Jews number something like two hun
dred thousand. They live in all cities, and
here and there In the villages. They are
the real business men Of the country. do
ing most Of the banking, and having the
chief wholesale and retail shops. Many Of
the chiefs of the large tribes have Jews to
finance them and they also lend money to
the Moorish officials. The most Of these
Jews came originally from Spain, and some
belong to families which have lived hun
dreds Of years in Morocco. AS a class they
are despised by the Moors and In the cities
are compelled to live in their own quarters.
In most places 1t is against the law for
them to live anywhere else and they are not
allowed to buy lands.
The Jews dress in their own costume,
wearing caps with little curls hanging down
each side the face and long black coats or
gowns. They are sometimes stoned by the
Moorish boys and are forced to do certain
mental work. In Europe the Jewish quarter
is known as the Ghetto. Here 1t Is called
the Mellah. which I am told means salt
and may come from one special job which
the Jews have, and that Is the picking Of
the heads Of rebels before they are fas-
tened up over the gates of the cities as a
warning to traitors.
The Cities of Morocco.
Every Moroccan city has three parts, one
belonging to the government, where the
officials live; another containing the stores
and homes Of the Moors. and the third the
quarter of these despised Jews There
are but few large towns In the country,
but all are of about the same character,
being made up Of box-like fiat-roofed
buildings and surrounded by walls. The
most important city Is Fee, which lies ITO
miles south Of here. 1t contains 1900 peo-
pie and Is the chief capital Another capt.
tai is Marrakech which contains 10000, and
third Is Aekinex, which u Of about the
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WALKING WITH A MAP.
Enjoyment for the Pedestrian When
He is Thus Equipped.

Enjoyment for the Pedestrian When
He is Thus Equipped.
From the New York Sun.
"The bicycle, and later the automobile.
gave a great impulse to the sale of road
maps, but" said a man who takes his
outings afoot, useful as good maps are
to those who by such means traverse the
country, maps are as they have always
been, no less useful and desirable for the
pedestrian.
Il wouldn't dream Of walking anywhere
without map. The map is not only a
guide, but 1t is companion and friend
that tells you about the counrry as you
go along. 1t tells you not only precisely
where you are at whatever moment you
consult 1t, and the distances here and
lbre you and its features marked there
on the paper you can find a far greater
satisfaction In the walk than would be
possible without the aid Of this pocket
companion.
Aside from the help the map gives you
in getting where you want to go, halt
where you will where some inviting pros
pect attracts and open up the map.
'Only be sure that you hold it correctly
adjusted to the points of the compass, and
then the map will tell you what arm Of the
sea or what bay or lake 1t is whose waters
you see far away, to the east, or what viii
lage 1t Is whose church spire you see rising
to the north; 1t will tell you the name Of
the brook you have just crossed. and Of the
stream you'll be coming to mile further
along on the road.
with q map, in short, every feature of
the country near and far is revealed to
YOU You know not only where you stand
at the moment, but with intelligence, the
country round about as far as the eye can
reach. A region new to you, it Is all the
moro interesting because OF its novelty, but
the enjoyment you find in 1t 10 vastly broad
ened and heightened by the illuminating
knowledge you gain Of 1t from the map.
Invaluable as guide, the map is scarce
ly less to be esteemed in ita capacity OF
companion and friend for, telling you Of
what you see, It makes you. In q way. most
pleasantly acquainted where otherwise you
might be aimply passing stranger.
81 never 60 walking without map"
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The Cold Shoulder.
From Harper's Weekly.

At a reception in Washington some time
ago one Of the guests man with poor
memory for faces and. in addition, little
near-sighted, took the host aside and spoke
to him In confidential whisper.
you see that tall man standing by the
door?' he asked.
Yes"
"Well, was talking to him a while ago
about the terribly cold weather in Ne
braska last year and he yawned In my
face"
The host smiled. Don't you know who
he is?" asked he.
NO"
plorer."
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cores. pour in sufficient hot water to cover
the bottom Of the pan and bake In very
quick oven until soft, not mushy, basting
frequently with the syrup formed OF the
water and sugar. Put one of these crispy
brown apples in a pretty glass or china
saucer, pour about IL cream, plain or whip
ped. and who could ask for better? Varia-
lions in the service of baked apples are
fhaSa
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Baked Apples a La Creole.

Having cored and baked the apples with
little lemon Juice added to the water in
the pan with which they are basted, fill
the cavities when tender with jelly or
marmalade, then pour over them the liquid
they have been cooked in. Beat the whites
Of two eggs to a stiff froth, with two
tablespoonfuls sugar. pile some of tho
meringue lightly on the top Of each apple
and place In a very slow oven to color and
puff. Serve very cold
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A good many Of the folks who come to
grief should have known they were travel
ing in that direction.-Puck.
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"a "a Hrs f$$R$,

MENU FOR SUNDAY.
BREAKFAST
Oranges. Cereal.
Mince on Toast.
German Coffee Cake.
Coffee.
DINNER.
Ox-tail Soup.
Celery Picked Beets.
Chicken Pie. Mashed Potatoes.
Turnips. Cabbage Salad.
Apple Dumplings.
Coffee.
SUPPER.
Lobster a la Newburgh.
Bread and Butter.
Olives Celery.
Caramel Custard New Year Cakes.
Cocoa
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Baked Apples.

Apples carefully baked are among the
most delicate of desserts. Core and peel
tart cooking apples. and set them nearly
touching each other In a shallow baking
pan. Mix together six teaSpoonfuls of
sugar and q teaspoonful Of grated lemon
rind or cinnamon as preferred. FIJI the
cavities caused by the removal Of the
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Framing Post Cards.

Picture frames are among the things that
can be picked up very reasonably now al
any Of the large department stores. They
have pictures in them. to be sure, but these
can be easily taken out and some of the
truly artistic colored or black and white
post cards of home or foreign scenes put
in their places.
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You can know nothing, however, about
the situation until you consider the people.
These Moors are not like our negroes.
whose ancestors came from below here
across the Sahara in the lands bordering
the Gulf of Guinea. Those people are black
as your boots. and as barbarous as any
tribes on the face Of the earth. They are
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907, 1907-08-19
France and Morocco.

Unless The Hague teaches the ma
tious TO divide up the earth without ap-
peallng to the sword there will soon be
war due over Morocco, and France
will not be on the outside. Slowly but
surely France Is swallowing that rich
prize by means Of pacific penetra-
ton" The empire Is covered with
French scientific missions, and for
every scientist mobbed by natives
slice Of territory is occupied by French
soldiers, ito maintain order" Strange
It win be II France is allowed to pick
up 1900 miles Of coast line on the
Mediterranean and the Atlantic, with
100000 square miles Of fertile land IT,
Ing at EuFOpe's door. without burning
powder.
Germany fought to despOil France of
Alsace- Lorraine and to take the duchles
from Denmark. England had to fight
two wars In order to bring the Trans
wal and the Orange Free State per-
ntanently under the British flag. Rus
Gin laid her claws upon Manchurla, but
was called to answer with the sword.
u the great nations Of Europe had no
Interest in the fate Of Morocco beyond
d sentimental one France would have
absorbed the country long ago. For If
" years the French have been working
10 extend their influence over the whole
Of northern Africa. Morocco Is the key
10 full development Of French enter
prise along the southern shore Of the
Mediterranean, and all Europe recog-
nlaes It. An acute crisis will come
when It transplres that France must
nght to hang on or else let go for good.
And to let so means to sink the labors
and sacrifices and Danish the dreams
OF half q century.
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Work For The Hnrue. Mavhe.

This country is now involved in two
disputes wherein international treaty
rights appear to conflict with local
rights. The case of the Japanese in
the public schools of San Francisco is
well known. That may be arranged
without reaching the dignity Of an in
ternational episode to date from in fu-
ture cases.
The case of the Newfoundland fish
cries, however, is of deep moment be-
cause actual and permanent CONNER
cial interests are involved. This matter
was temporarily arranged, but the
opening Of the herring season of 1907
finds 1t still unsettled. The Newfound-
landers claim the right to legislate To-
cally for the fisheries so long as they
do not discriminate against Americans.
They say that the treaty rights of the
Americans In the fishing grounds go
no further than to protect against dis
elimination. Apparently the British
government has recognized the sound
ness Of this contention. The American
fishermen assert that the laws of New
foundland operate against profitable
fishing with the outfit necessary for
them to carry on business so far from
their market. The Observation-Disclosures
have offered to refer the matter to The
Hague. AS the case has been handled
1t Ii distinctly one of state rights
against treaty rights, and a decision
upon 1t by the court of arbitration
would be held to establish a precedent.
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Purity In the MIX Pan.

Having for his text the pure milk
campaign. Samuel Hopkins Adams In
McClure's Magazine lays stress upon
the plan for insurlng the purity of
milk at its fountain head. Where this
has been carried out decreased death
rate among children has resulted. Mr..
Adams believes that the plan Of re-
quiring milk to be pure and germ free
to start with Is better than any system
OF killing all or some Of the germs by
sterilization. He notes the demand that
all milk shipped to or offered for sale
In New York be pasteurIzed and ac-
knowledges that unquestionably this
would do away with the original dan
ger Of active infections and in an
emergency might be necessary. But
as a general and permanent principle
he believes 1t to be wrong and harm
full. He says:
Youug children do not thrive upon pas
teuriE0d milk. and 1t 10 to this class Of
the community that milk is vitality necas-
pathogenie bacilli disease Rerms), fer
mcnts proper TO the milk are destroyed,
thus decreasing its nutritive qualities FL
nally, the pasteurizing Of all milk means
the tearing down of all that has been
built up In the way of improved dairy
conditions, since the flthiest supply may
be admitted after treatment by the germ
killing process. No one wants to eat de-
caycd meat, even though 1t be deodorized
and treated with bactericidal processes.
Similarly, the public OF q great city
should not have the gates thrown open
to filthy milk. no matter how protected
against specific infections.
The expense Of keeping milk cattle
well and clean and guarding against
all forms Of impurities In handling,
transporting and serving is- greater
than where sterilization is resorted to,
but the writer argues that the more
costly method Is more economical when
the whole public welfare Is considered.
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The Day Of the Dime novel.


Lincoln was reader of dime novels.
we are told by writer in the Atlantic
Monthly, who argues that "the taste
and tone Of the life and the generation
which grew up with these tales were
improved by them" To say merely
that Lincoln read them does not prove
much, for he was a persistent reader
and man to appreciate the price. But
his college trained secretary of state,
Seward, also patronlzed the famous
Beadle series, "the first and best Of
their order" 1t was the price which
made dime novels popular, but that
was not the sole reason of their hold
upon readers. Beadle's aim was to
revolutionize the price Of good litera-
ture, but he was forced to compete
with fairly good standard.
Paper editions of novels by the best
American and English writer's sold for
30 cents and 81 when the dime novel
came. Cloth editions were 81 and up
ward. But the sensational dime novel
OF today would not have made head
way at that time. Young folks who
read fiction looked for literary merit
and a clean and instructive motive.
They generally found it in Beadle's
and were consoled thereby for the
scarcity and high cost of Cooper's tales.
If there has been degeneracy in the
dime novel, as some literary censors
claim, it is probably not proof of a
lower moral standard among readers.
The modern newspaper presents clean
and instructive fiction at next to no
price at all. This comes before the
reading class Of every community.
People who seek mere excitement from
the printed page find their level in the
impossible detective and cowboy tales
which have succeeded the old order of
dime novel in the trade. What was
worthy. Of perpetuatlng in the Beadle
books 10 now found in the newspaper
serial, or 1t may be in the $3.50 bound
volume.
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CITY HALL BoNDs.

s. A. VarDam advances some new
ideas In another column with which
we do not agree. He suggests that
1t would be best to put up q cheaper
building than Is proposed for a city
hall and later join with the coanty in
the erection Of a court house and city
hail combined. There woulo be
many objections to this, and we have
first TO ''catch the rabbit"
In a combined building thele
would be a continual clash between
city and county authorities over the
rights and privileges OF each. This
would be q NEST undesirable feature
of the combination aside from the
fact that we must make fight to &C.
cure the county seat, and while we
have no doubt about meeting with
success, noon can predict the result
to certainty at this time.
II the present location IL not the
most desirable for city building,
vote the bonds and then petition the
council to look around and see II q
change Of location can be made to
ADVANTAGE. II 50 sell the present lot
and make the change.
Even though we may not agree
With the views Of others IL is an ad
vantage to have their views put be.
fore the people through the columns
OF the Press, because information and
points Of valns are brought ont by
such discussions in print. We invite
a discussion OF all public matters In
these columns, because the Press be-
lieves in the people aid wishes them
to be heard.
The city attorney expects to secure
q legal desd FRI the Odd Fellows
tomorrow evening for the city lot,
which will end q contest In the inter
est Of the people aud possibly save
muce annoyance, II not litigation,
In the future over the title TO the
city lot.
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President Roosevelt seems to have
overlooked the all important fact In
bis socalled trust peFssOntiOns. The
trust magnAtes care very little about
the Ones imposed on them, because
they can compel the people tn pay
the same BY slight increase 10 the
price Of their products. Antitrust
prosecutions, to be effective, should
be followed by imprisonment In case
Of 0onvictlon. There IL nothing aC-
oomphshed by fines.