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n width, but the majority are narrow n nj
winding. The whole city, in fact, is 9
labyrinth cut up by the new avenues
laid out by the British, with the holy
buildings and the KLalifa's government
structures in tho centre.
Guided by the Governor
was shown through the city by TIL.
Aiamcur. All the towns of the Soudan
have British official who rules them,
but under each such governor is sub
governor who must be native Egyp-
tlan This man is the real executive
/ as far as carrying out the orders of the
! government is concerned. He repre-
SCENTS the natives. and Understands all
about them and their ways. The Ma
nour, with whom I went through Om-
durham, is an ex-cayalry officer of the
army of the khedivec. EIis name is
Captain Ahmed Handy, and he fought
with the British in their wars against
The khalifa. He speaks English well,
and, as he understands both Turkish
anu Arabic, he was able to tell me III!
about the city as we went through.
came down the Blue Nile from
Khartoum In a skiff. The distance is
about five miles, but we had to tack
back and forth all the way, and the
trip took over two hours. The Mamour
met me on landing. He had a good
donkey for me, and we spent the whole
day In going through one part a-of the
and taking he photographs which now
lie before me.
8si' Queer People These.
i wish / could show you the On,dur-
man natives. They are stranger than
any have seen in my African travels
They come from all parts OF the Sou
~ T. fnrf,,
tribes. Some Of the faces are as black
as stove, some are dark brown, and
others have the color of rich Jersey
cream.
One OF the queerest men / met dur
Ing my journey was an African with
comp eXion as rosy as that Of a |
tow-headed American baby and hair
quite as white. He was water-car.
rier. dressed in a red cap and long
ends Of a pole. which rested on his
shoulder. and he was trotttng through
The; streets carrying water from one
81! the wells to his black Soudanesa
customers. His feet and hands were
bare, and they were as white as my
oWn. stopped him and made him
ift his red fez cap to see whether his
la1r was white by age, It was faxenSE
however, rather than silver, and lie
old me that his years numbered only
Twenty-Five. The Mamour talked with
lin in Arabic, and learned that he
vas q pure Soudanese, coming from one
! fthe provinces near the watershed Of
he Congo. E. il
He said that his parents were let J
lack. but that many men or his color
iyed in the region from whence he
arne, i stood him up against the mulIl
vall In the street and had two Soudan.
SO women, each hlanker than the tnk|'
fith!which this paper Is printed, stand
eside him, and then made their photo 9
'raphs, me man did not like this at .
rst, but wliengat the close / gave him !
I coin worth about 25 cents, he ga
famed TO the ground and went away J
amy, sl ,s
$. Tribal Marks. s
II am SURPRISED at how many of tllcstSs
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i Jewelry of the Sudan. Jewels are the
j savings banks OF this region, and many
i of the articles are of pure silver and
4 pure gold Some are very heavy. X
i priced rings OF silver worth. So apiece
!. and handled pair OF gold earrings
which the jeweler said were worth. 500.
The earrings We're each as big around
as coffee cup and their thickness
at the place where they are fastened
into the eur was that OF lead PEN
Icil. The man who had them for sale
WAS barefooted. He wore a long white
gown and cap of white cotton, and
MS whole dress could not have cost
more than $40. He was a black, and
he had half a dozen black boys, and
men working away in his shop. Each
smith sat on the ground before little
fanvil about eight inches high and six
inches vide, and pounded at the sis
Yer or gold object he was making.
In another shop 1 saw them making
silver anklets as thick as my thumb.
and In another they We're turning OUT
silver tilagree work as fine as any from
Genoa or Bangkok. The Mamour asked
two OF the jewelers. to bring their,,a
wills out in the sun In order that Il
might photograph them, and they kind
ily complied.
A little farther on we entered tina
Ichants We're selling red leather slippers
turned UP at the toes, and In coi,r,
not far away found merchants selling
hides and leather fresh from the tan.
neres. They We're sailing the hides
in the square. and laying them out>,in
the sun to dry.
In the Manchester bazaar foun0
them selling cottons of many kinds
and calicoes of gay patterns. There
were but few American goods among
them, and the chief inlportations were &
from England and Germany. saw
sewing machines in the, h4-
zaar OF the tailors, and understand
that they are generally used through e
out the Nile valley.
y During my stay III this section
bought some ostricl, feathersof a lner-
chant who sold nothing else. He had
q large stock, and his prices were fixed
My feathers cost me about So apiece.
but they are the long, white pluinss
Of the wild ostrich, and are far finer
than any from South Africa, where the
BIRDS arc reared upon farms,
In the Grain Markets.
a large part of the grain OF the
Upper Sudan comes down the Hue
and White Niles to Omdurinan, The L
grain markets are close to the river s
md they run for some distance along
I. There Is no rain here at this time
IT the year. hence there Is NO need fol Z,
or sheds. The grain IL
poured out on the hard ground In piles
md left there until sold IT you viii /
imagine several hundred lsttlo noun.
aims Of White orsred sand. With wooden
Of various sizes lying at their
eet or stuck Into their sioning Sides 4
fou may have some Idea of this Central
Afrlcan grain market. YoI must add
he tents of canvas or mat shelters,
n which the ebony merchantss stay
While waiting for their customers. sanIi Y
must make q crowd of hlask-skinrcd,8
men and women moving
"A soliinfs. NJ.
Copyrlgltt, 1907. ~ f'rank q. c,arRsis IN
sSSg tclsl ~ III ss$ Y,
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people have scars on their faces. Near
lily every other man meet has the
marks Of great gashes on his cheeks.
forehead or breast and some of tho
women. are SCARED so as to give the
idea of terrible brutallttes having been
lperpetrated upon, them. AS u rule.
however. these scars have been volun-
tarily made. They are to mark the
tribe and family to which their owners
belong. The Mamour tells me that every
tribe has its own special cut, ana that
he can tell from Just where man
comes by such marks, The cuts are Of
all shapes. Sometimes cheek will
have three parallel gashes, and at an
other time you will notice that the
cuts are crossed, while at others they
look like q Chinese puzzle.
# The dress of the people is strange
Those Of the better classes wear long
gowns, and are clad not unlike the
Egyptians. Many Of the poor are al
most naked, and the boys and girls
often so about with only q belt or
strings at the waist. The strings are
like tassels, and they fall to the middle
of the thigh Very small children wear
nothing whatever. Nj
Many of the women wear no clothing
above the waist, and they ITO have
no false rlodesty about the exposure 81
their persons. siiw, ono near the
ferry ms landed this morning. She
was a. good docking girl of eighteen, as
black as oiled ebony, as straight as a
string, and as plump MS partridge.
She WAS standing outside ynld hut |
~ rs " ~ e ~ III cpnteininE sesameI
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Icreet. then bolder than now perhnps
4 gurgled and rippled over the lodges OF
rock at Leaksyille Junction and In the
higher course Of its stream. and sug-
gested the name he gavc--Cascade. in
| time "a village grew on one or the hills
overlooking it's banks and took the
/ same name. and has had the distinction
OF being one Of the oldest places in
this portion OF Virginia. even older
than the county seat.
t-vnst Stretches Of Meadow.
Colonel Byrd made his survey in
1871. and soon afterward in hts '1Iis-
tory of the Dividing Line" made the
before mentioned description and pre-
diction for the successful settlement
OF this land trayerscd by him. Could
he stand to-day on Imperial Heights.,'
homestead owned by a Spray COM
3pany. or look from the back porch
OF Mr.. T. u. Fitzgerald,s resi-
dencc, his pen would move as readily. I
or more readily, in describing this
garden spot OF cultivation. Vast
stretches of perfectly level meadows
spread out before the eye. adorned in
green or gold with the newly grown
streams of clear. pure water give a
refreshing tone to the picture, while
the wide levels OF land are relieved
by hills. covered yet with primitive
oaks and pines. Immense herds OF cat
tie are grazing here and there: the
whirr of machinery falls upon the ear
and squads of laborers at different Il
places attract attention. and the i'm
preston is made that the Creator Is
cooperating with the skill and indus
try Of inanato make the earth yield her
increase to an hundred-fold.
Dams HILL seven miles from Dam 1,
willie. and Oak Hill and Windsor. ;
further away, are imposing home
steads and plantations deserving de- ,
but this sketch relates to
WILLOW Oaks" the home of Mr..
Thomas Benton Fitzgerald I
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iarm driving along the public road
leading from North Carolina to Dan
4 vile, 1t Is seen at once that nature has
done much for WILLOW Oaks" the new
name for Cascade plantation. At the
right beautiful wooded knoll rises
! majestically above the little creek,
forced by farm labor to run in a pre-
scrlbed course through the pasture, and
on down through the lowgrounds into
the river. The intervening meadow.
and the blue grass cleaning under the
/ big trees OF the knoll. as a result OF
forest cultivation, give foretaste of
the extensive and enhancing view that
| greets the eye as one passes between
the massive concrete Eate-posts into
| the premises. Between this main
driveway and the placid Dan, which
skirts nobly around, the southern bor-
der of the farm, lie the rich fields of
corn. or wheat, or grass. divided into
sections by roads in perfect condition
and straight lines. This extent, by the
hundred acres. OF level land. always
yielding some crop by Its extensive c,il-
ttvation, with It's rest-places under
meath wild -spreading willow oaks, like
big umbrellas. so enraptures one as
the view Is taken in that the ascent
to the house on the top OF the hill Is
extended View of this scene given
when on the crest of this hill renders
the landscape more pleasing. There
is sense OF vastness and beauty and
satisfaction in everything and II is
no wonder that visitors make their
way. year in and year out, to get this
view, and to see this noted farm
So much for the setting nature has
beloved. supplemented by improves
ments that come from a practical mind
and Judgment unsurpassed. When
within the yard enclosures there is not
the appearance of farm at all The
granary. the mill. the blacksmith shop.
the machinist's and managers homes.
the home of the hostler and the home
OF the gardener, the servants quarters
and tenant dwellings,, besides the sta
bles and other outhouses, are all ar
ranged In streets. and veritable town I
shows UP III its garb of gray paint and |
frame construction.
Home of SpOtless White.
The homestead is conspicuous, paint
ed white, and constructed in broad.
straight lines. affording ample room
and a restful, striking appearance. 1t !
has four stories. including a spacious
basement, with ten rooms on the second (
and third floors. There are inviting |
Railways and pleasant porches. The I
house has been recently remodeled and
furnishing throughout on modern prin-
ciples having full supply OF hot and
cold water and gas. It's most attrac-
tive features are Its hand-carved wains-
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man sits with her wares piled about
her. She may have vegetables, grain
or fowls, or articles of native cloth
and other things made by the people
The women have the monopoly of the
sales here. Men may come ana buy
but they cannot peddlc anything with
in the womeu's precincts nor can they
open stands there. understand that
the women are shrewd traders. Their
markets cover several acres. and dur
Ing my stay they were thronged with
black and brown natives.
Not far from this market came into
the great square upon which the
streets OF the stores enter This square
contains ten or more acres. There arc
a number of restaurants facing 1T and
] In one corner there Is a cattle market,
| where donkeys, camels and horses are
sold. The sales are under the govern
ment. to the extent that an animal
must be sold there If a good title goes
with 1t. II the transfer is made else
/ where the terms of the Bargain may be
questioned. and therefore the traders
come.
Selling Money.
It Is strange to have shops that soil
money. do not mean stock exchanges
or banks. but real stores with money
on the counters, and stacked up in
bundles and laid away in piles on the
shelves. That is what they have in
Omdurman. There nre caravans going,
out from hero to all parts of north
central Africa, and each must have
Its own currency for the journey.
These people are not far from the
dark ages. as far as their financial
matters are concerned. Many OF the
tribes do not know what coinage
means; they use neither copper, silver
nor gold, and one of our dollars would
be worth nothing. AmonE many OF
the people brass wire and beads are
the only currency. and. strange to say,
every locality has its own style OF
beads and its favorite wire. II blue
heads are popular you can buy nothing
with red ones. and II the people want
heads of metal ills useless to offer
them glass.
In some localities cloth is used as
money, and In others salt is the me-
dium OF exchange. The salt is nodded I
or cut out of tho salt rock In sticks.
and so many sticks will buy COW or
n camel.
The owner of one OF the largest
money stores of the Sudan Is ii Syrian.
found him not far from the great
market, and he told me that he would !
DO glad to outfit me II i went intoi
the Wilds priced some OF his beads.
Those made Of amber We're especially
costly,
He had one string or amber lnmps
I've In number Each bead was the
'ize Of q black walnut. and he asked
FOR the string three English pounds.
~ about fifteen American dollars. THn /,
string will be worn as n charm about *
'omn woman's bare waist, ana It mayt.
'orm tho whole wardrobe OF the mald-1
IN Who gets It, B
Among the silyers,nlths. III,
Not far from this bead money estabSh,
lishment the Mamollr and i entered the
'treet OF the silyersmlths. This con- Z
AIMS many shops In which black monh,
md boys nro busy making the bprbariei
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seed She held the sieve with both
hands high up over her head, so that
the wind might blow away the chaff
MS the seed fell to the ground. She
was almost exactly that of the famed
'Yestal Virgin" in the Corcoran Art
Gallery at Washington. "
The Business Centre of the soudon.
Omdurman Is the business centre OF
tho Soudan, Goods are sent from here
to all parts of The country. and grain,
sum arabic, ostrich tlicrsl ivory and
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native cotton are brought In, for sale.
The town has one hundred restaur-
ants. twenty coffee houses and three
hundred wells. Tt has markets of va
srious kinds, and there are long streets
OF bazaars or stores In which each
trade has ita own section. many of the
articles sold being made on the
ground. (,
Is the woman's market This consists
of n vast number Of mat tents or
shelters, under earh5pr whichi,a No
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Copyright. 1907. by Frank C. Carmen.

/
oMDURMAN.
- hll2uRHAN! The biggest native
city or the Sultan, The CAPT
tai of the Madhl and the n ma
~ ltfa. and the future great COM
mercial centre of this part sol
the world. wish could show Ii to
You as sawit while riding on donkey
back through it with it's Egyptian gov-
ernor. 1t Is one of the queerest cities
Of tho world. and che of the most inn
portant to Africa of the future. Fc,lnd-
ed by the Mahdl. or the Mohammetian
Messiah, and the scene of the most
atroctous cruelties and extravagances
of tho khalifa who succeeded him. it
once contained about 100000 OF Afri-.
can Sudanese. 1t was then great
military camp, composed OF 100000 mud
houses, and Inhabited by tribes from
AL parts Of the 100000 square miles.
comprised in the realm OF that saw
age governor. The khalifa forced the
people to come here to live that he
might have their services In time of
war, and he allowed them4to go home
only to cultivate and harvest their
crops. which they We're forced to bring
here for sale. He made Omdurman his
g. seat OF government. and he had his
own residence here inside a great wall
OF sundricd brick which inclosed about
sixty acres. and in which was al, open
air mosque of ten acres or more. Here
the. Khalifa had.3hi palace and here
he kept his 400 wives. Just outside
here he had the great battle which
ended in the destruction of himself
and tile city.
Omdurnlan In 1907. II
The omdurman Of to-day is on the
site Of the great city of the Kha1ifa,S 4
1t lies at the junction OF the White and
Blue Niles. In the bend where the White
Nile flows into the main stream. Byl
the course of the river tits about /, 500 \
miles from the Mediterranean Sea, and
in a. straight line perhaps an equal dis |
tance north of the Valley OF the Congos
1t Is far inland from the Red Sea, and, I
hundreds of miles from the source of |
the Blue Nile In the iAbyssnlan IA Ills (
The. Omdurman3o of the present Is laid /
ont ION practically the same lines as
that of the past, and it covers almost
the same gro und, although 1t has much /
fewer people. During my trip I climb ed
70 the top of5fthe old palace Of the
Nnalifa AND took look over the city.
The houses stretch along the Nile
for seven or. eight miles, with a8thicket 4
OF boats upon the shore opposite where
the Blue Nile flows In Some of the
Town sls ont the main stream and It'll
reaches out from the river in every d.
rection.% It Is q native city In every
sense Of the word. In Its, many. thous-
and houses there are not a score which
arc OF more than ono story and you
can count the houses made OF burnt
brick on your fingers. II Is q city OF Is
mud, pure and simple. The one-storyl =
mud houses have mud wa lis about them.
and the mud stores face streets paNedIN
onlyswlth mud. The vast Enclosures OF
The sllhalifa are made OF mud ibficlss.l
and the houses inside, which now TOWN
The duartersa # he IAngl EGYPTIAN sol IL
aiers and officers, are Of sunbaked dirt, !
Standlng ON the Is lifa's palace, one
san follow many of the streets wilhI8
his eye Some Sof them ulc ar Erealii5
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i. Tribal Marks. b
g am " 'prisrt y y how lnpry &c these
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ONll)ORNAN Queer Features Of Lite and Business the Capital

width. but the majority are narrow and
winding. The whole city, in fact, is a
labyrinth cut up by the new avenues
laid out by the British, with the holy
buildings and the KLalifa's government
structures in tho centre.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-04
GOOD SHOW SLATED FOR
TUESDAY AT CHELSEA

Boston. Nov. a.-Another show has
been arranged for the members of the
WinniSimmet Athletic club, for cleo
be sides the returns of the election.
which Will he announced from the ring
between the rounds.
The main event. between Dick Nelson
and Rouse OBrien will determine
whether Rouse is a better man than
Billy Glover. The latter clashed in New
York three times with Nelson in 10
each affair Glover had all the worst of
things.
A star preliminary match is that e.
tween Joe Nelson of Chelsea, who is to
meet Pat Duffy of East Boston. Pat
has been a prime favorite AT the BOS-
ton Athletic Association bouts in the
past through his vigorous style of box
irS and his friends say that he will
sure ly make good against Nelson Tues
day night.
Great things are expected Of Billy
Harlow of CharleStown, who has been
under the guidance of Honey Melody
for sorlr time. He will clash with John
ny Fitzgerald.
Babe Brace. the Vermont boxer. who
slugsed his way into popularity in
be on the boards. He is to oppose the
champion of Sicily. Kid Lewis of the
West End.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-11-04
PAcKY MCFARLAND
NOT AFTER JOE CANS

Chicago. H.. Nov. Down East they
have an idea that Packey Mcfarland.
the Chicago lightweight. is making eyes
at the title held by Joe Gans-not the
title he tried to hand over to George
Memsic after he thrashed the latter out
in Los Angeles. but the real one that
Cans will carry until he is beaten.
The fight writer's have no idea that
Cans is going to remain on the retired
list for any great length of time. They
figure that Joe will sigh very soon for
a touch of the old excitement Of the
scrap, and figure that the length Of
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:BRON 70: kENT'S HILL 10.
Seminary Boys Beaten After a Fine
flight For Champi onsh;p.

Hebron. Me. Nov. i-Hebron Acad-
envy won the annual championship
game from Kent'@ Hill at this place
Saturday 10y the score of l. to 10
The teams We're more evenly match
ed than usual and their fortunes We're
more evenly divided. Each scored two
touchdowns. but Hebron was success
full in The goa! kicking and thereby
won the victory. Several hundred
students aud Alumni representing
both institutions We're present. b.
sides a large gathering of country
folks and people from South Paris
Norway and Mechanic Falls. A fast
clean game was played.
kent's Hill kicked off To Hebron's
3o-yard line Hebron failed to make
her distance and k"nt's Hill. getting
the ball kicked back to Hebron. EA
steady gains Walsh was put across tho
line for a touch down. Wilson Kick ID
goal.
Hebron kicked OF To kentS Iiill'S -
ward line BY steady lire play the bal
was brought to the 2G-yard line wher,
it was given to ColHorl on a FORWARD
pass. BY good doda ing. assisted hy {;
skilful interference Colcord scored {;
touchdown. Butterfieid missed he goal
Hebron kicke off and kent's Hill wa.
early held for downs. Hebron made
steady gains until she reached the y
yard line where Walsh was given tn
ball on DELAYED pass. He scored {
touchdown. Wilson kicked the goal
kent'S Hill kicked off to Hehron's 81
yard line The half was soon over viii
The ball in HebrOn's possession.
Hard and fast playing characterized
the second half. Kent's Hill Kicked Of
to Hebron's 30-yard line. Hebron fail
ed to make her distance and lost III
ball.
KentS Hill worked the ball tn He
bron'S one-yard line where Hebron held
ON the first play Hebron punted ant
kpnt's Hill returned the ball 10 the -
ward line.
on the first down Colcord of Kent
| Hill made one of the pret'iest run
seen here for a long time, taxing tE
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