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tn finest soordsmen that iver'd been seen. Whin a Japanese soordsman wint into a combat he made such faces that his opponent dropped his soord an' thin he uttered bud curdlinF cry, waved his soord four hundred an fifty times over tn head iv tn victim or in tn case iv a Samuri eight hundred an ninety-siX, give whoop resimlin our English wurrud tag an clove him to tn feet. As with us, on'y tn lower class engaged in business Tn old ar rystocracy dstained to thrade, but started banks an got all tn money. Tn poor man had a splindid chance. He cud devote his life to paintin' wan rib iv a fan fir which he got two dol lars, or he cud become cab horse. An even in tn wan branch iv art that Westhren civvylization is supposed tt excel in they had us beat miles. They were tn gr-reatest liars in tn wurruld an formerly frinds iv tn Prisidint
 "All these here things I heerd firm Hogan an see in tn pa-apers. invied this wonderful nation. wisht, some times, tn Lord hadn't given me two blue an sometimes red eyes an this allSiline nose, but nose like an ear an a couple iv shoe-buttons fir eyes. 1 wanted to be Jap an belong to tn higher civvylization. Hogan had a Jap frfnd that used to come in here with him. Hogan thought he was a Prince, but he was a cook an a student in a theological siminary. They'd talk be tn
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A BROKEN FRIENDSHIP

iv tn Union iv Users with his arms around tn top iv Jap's head while tn Jap clutched Hogan affectionately about tn waist, an they sung 'Gawd Save tn Mickydoo. Dye raimimbef how we hollered with joy whin a Rooshyan Admiral put his foot through tn bottom iy man-ivwar an sunk 1t ? An how we cheered in th' theaytre to see tn cute little sojers iv tn Micky- doc mowin' down tn brutal Roosnyan moojiks with masheen guns? An fin'lly whin tn Japs had gone thousand miles into Rooshyan territory an were about busted an ayether had to stop fightin' or not have car fare home our worthy Prisidint, ye know whom mean, jumped to tn front an cried :. |. Boys stop it. It's gone far enough to satisfy tn both iv ye.' An tn angel iv peace brooded over tn earth an crowed lustily.
 Day afther day tn pa-apers come out an declared in tn column next to tn half-page ad iv tn Koppenheimer bargain sale that tn defeat iv Rooshya was judgment iy tn Lord on tn Czar If ye saw a Jap anywhere ye asked him to take a dhrink.
 Hogan talked about nawthin' else They were wonderful little people How they'd diviloped! Nawthin in tn histhry iv tn wurruld was akel to tn way they'd come up. They cud shoot straighter an oftener thin amy other nation. A Jap cud march three hun
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/ TT IT OCEAN was in here just ? 5 now" said Mr Dooley,
 "an' he tells me he was
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BY F. P. DUNNE

well worth studyin.
 An there ye ar-re, Hinnissy. Tn frindship ceminted two years ago with blood an beers is busted. l don't know whether anything will happen. Hogan thinks so, but ain't sure. Tn Prisidint has announced that rather thin see wan octoginaryan Jap pre- vinted firm larnin' his a-beeabs he will divastate San Francisco with fire, flood, dinnymite an personalities. But San Francisco has had a pretty good bump lately an wud hardly tur-rn over in its sleep fir an invasion. Out there they're ,beginnin' to talk about what nice people tn Chinese ar-re compared with our old frinds an alleys. They say that tn Japnese grow up too fast fr their childher an that 'tis no pleas ant sight to see Jap'nese pupil com bin a set iv grey whiskers an larnin': Mary had little lamb an if tn Prisl- dint wants thim to enther tn schools he'll have to load thin in a cannon an shoot thim in.
 Wed bate thim in a fight" said MT. Hennessy. "They cuddent stan up befure a gr-reat nation like urs."
 We think we're grreat an sthrong,' said MT. Dooley. But maybe we on'y look fat to thim. Anyhow, we might roll on thin. Wudden't it be tn grand thing though if they licked us an we signed threaty iv peace with thim an with tears iv humiliyation in our eyes hand thim tn Phllppeensl"
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Not Safe to Kick,

These Moors are like no Mohammedans l have yet met. They know but little of
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, are fast losing their fear of the foreigner. As I write this 1t is impossible to go five miles east of the city without soldiers to guard one. The Berbers of that region are up in arms. The governor of Tan gier refuses to take any risks, and he will | not send an escort of soldiers with me
 to the town of Tetuan, which is only two days away. I can look out of my hotel window and see the villa of Walter E. Harris, the London Times correspondent, which is situated near here on the shore. It is not more than an hours walk rom where I am writing, but its owner does not dare to remain in it over night for
 fear that he may be kidnapped and taken
 off into the mountains and held there for
 ransom was Perdicaris. MT. Harris
 himself has already been captured, and 1t was only the fear of the English gum boat that brought about his liberation. He was taken by Ralsuli some time be-
 fore the capture of Pardicaris. and was kept twenty-three days in the mountains.
 During that time he was thirty-six hours without food. and his treatment by Rais-
 u1i was such that he will not risk being kidnapped again. He. talked with me
 about the situation In his rooms in the Cecil hotel and complained rather bitter ly of the fact that he has to live In the town and at the same time keep a large
 corps of servants to protect his property
 on the edge of Tangier As 1t is now.
 he dare only visit his home In the day. time. and that by riding along the beach. The governor of Tangier has a force of fifty soldiers watching this villa, but even with them it is unsafe after dark.
 How Robber Keeps Order.
 .'It takes a thief to catch a thief" This is an old rule. but it is one which holds good here in Morocco. At present the country west of Tangier is quiet. because the sultan has bribed Raisuli to take care of it. This same brigand. who captured an American citizen and made the sultan
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4 4 IT TT JUAN WdS III AeIS JuSt YO E7 now" said Mr Dooley,
 "an' he tells me he was
 talkin with tn Alder ban, an they both agreed were sure to lave war with tn Japs inside iy two tears They can see it eomin'. Be- tlre very long thim little brown hands icrost tn sea will hand us a crack in th' eye an thin yell see throuble."
 What's it all about?" asked MT. Jennessy.
 "Divvil thing can 1 make out iv it, : aid Mir Dooloy. Hogan says we've lot to fight fir tn supremacy iv tn Iassyfic Much fghtin' I'd do fir an fean, but haYin taken tn Philippeens, thich arre a blamed nuisance, an tn hndwich Islands, that're about as val 1able as toy balloon to horseshoer, 1e've got to grab lot iv tn sur bundin' dampness to protect thim. 'hat's wan reason why we're sure to hve war Another reason is that tn bps want to sind their little forty-five- Par-old childer to be iddycated in tn lan Francisco public schools. A third Pason why it looks like war to Hogan n tn Alderman is that they'd been hrinkin' together.
 .'Wud ye iver have thought twas pssible that amy wan in this coun- dry cud even talk iv war With thim elightful, cunning little Oryentals? ? Fhy, 'tis less thin two years since Ho- An was comin' home firm tn bankit
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was near the market, and he had his camera open at the time. There was a crowd of Mohammedans within. largely made up of men from the interior They caught sight of the camera and thought he intended to take their photographs. They rose in body and jumped for him and our dragoman, Hadj Mohammed. Both fought them back with their sticks. and after a time we made our way off.
 A Religious War.
 I expect to be travelling among the Mo- hammedans for number of months After leaving here shall be with them in Algeria and in Tunisia. There are only Mohammedans in Tripoli, and in the British Soudan I shall be in the land Of the mahdi, whose troops fought the English so bravely some years ago. I understand that there is an unsettled feeling, Just now. in the whole Moham- medan world. and that many of their saints are advocating the inauguration of a holy war. This is so not only in Morocco, but also in Egypt and in Arabia, and. if if occurs it will make the lives of Christians everywhere unsafe. At the present time of all the people in the world. more than Il per cent are Mohammedans and there are just about one-half as many Mohammedans all told as there are Christians. Christians num- Der a little over five hundred millions, ana the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS iHore tHdn one hundred and seventy-five millions. In such 6 war the Moharnmedans would fight to the death and they would rather well come martyrdom. as to be killed killing Christians would give them top seats in the gallery of heaven and a choice pick of the beautiful maidens who are supplied for every one of the faithful upon his en- trance into paradise.
 Not Safe to Kick.
 These Moors are like no Mohammedans I have vet met They know but little of
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pay a ransom of $70000 before he would let him go, has been appointed by the sultan the governor of the Tangier dis trict. His soldiers are now the only guard of Tangier itself.
 I find them in every street and they are patrolling the chief roads outside the town. I took donkeys yesterday and rode out over the hills to the villa where MT. Perdicaris lived when he was captured. l was accompanied by my son Jack and my turbaned guide, Hadj Mohammed Breck. We found sentries at every few feet and passed through an encampment of troops at the edge of the city. The soldiers wore red Fez caps and gay Mo- roccan uniforms. Most of them were bare-legged and bare-footed. They were armed with Mauser rifles and their fierce eyes looked out of their bearded faces at us without smiling. They were not at all friendly, and when they objected to being photographed did not insist
 There are soldiers like these all along the main road from here to Fez. the cap ital of Morocco. That city lies about ITO miles in the interior and the road from Tangier to 1t is one of the most travelled of all In Morocco. Nevertheless, every foreigner who goes over 1t has to take a guard, furnished by Raisuli. and to pay for his support on the way.
 RaisuIi Afraid of Assassination.
 In the meantime. Raisuli holds a pecu- liar position in Moroccan politics. He has bluffed the sultan and his officials, and has. as it were, held up the government and the army. He has made the nominal rulers of the country give up lot of hard cash. and also one of the fattest of the fat jobs. He knows that he has many enemies and that the sultan would welcome his assassination. As result he is badly frightened, and is trying to guard against accident. These Moors are wonderfully friendly with one anofh- CT. They are about the most polite peo-
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pie on earth. When two of them meet. each kisses the hands and head of the other. They embrace and go through more lip business than our own dear la dies at home. I am told that Raisuli has discontinued all such greetings, and that, for fear he may be entertaining Judas whose kiss may be accompanied by a heart thrust of a dagger or the drawing of a knife about the throat.
 Indeed, the way Raisuli is now handling his callers is somewhat like that of Rus sell Sage. after he was almost blown up with dynamite MT. Sage made his vis- itors talk to him through little window like that for general letter delivery in a post office. Raisuli makes all strangers stand at the door while they talk and he remains at the other end of the room.
 War of the Tribes.
 He is now at war with the tribes on the other side of Tangier, and the fight ing goes on right in the city itself. These rival Berbers sometimes pepper one an- other across the market space. and at such times foreigners are advised to keep out of the way. As Raisuli now holds Tanger this condition makes 1t difficult for the tribes of the eastern mountains to do their buying and selling here, which Is their chief marketing place. They have been hard up for supplies and only yesterday they sent in their women. knowing Raisuli would not attack them on account of their sex. The women brought in their wares upon donkeys, and expected to carry back food Raisuli g galantry. however, did not extend to the beasts of burden, so he captured the donkeys. and sent the girls. old and young, home weeping and wailing. The result of this will be a truce sooner or later. but there may be a pitched battle before that occurs.
 As 1t is now every traveller carries a gun. and every native who goes about the country has his rifle and knife.
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tooyright, 1906, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
 Tangier. January.
 AM in the wild and turbulent land of m Morocco-a country which contains
 fen million Mohammedans and six u thousand Christians. Five thou and of the Christians live here in Tan fer. but there are ten Mohammedans to Lerv one of them, and the man who tould laugh or sheer at the prophet In
 nublic place would be in danger of Aath. The town is surrounded by walls Ind guarded by soldiers. The country h,tside is filled with bandits and brig hds. Rumors of a holy war against the lhristjans are now current; and it is said hat in the oasis of Taflet. from where he family of the sultan comes, the troops Ire preparing to invade Algeria and daughter the French
 The Algeciras conference, so far from Attling things. has stirred up the people, md the force of twenty-five hundred po- jcemen under foreign officers, which it rovided for the eight ports of Morocco, insufficient. There is already trouble k many of the ports. Since I landed one f. the mountain tribes has besieged Mo tador. on the Atlantic. and has assaulted he French Jews there. A reign of ter Ior exists in Merrakech. the southern apital of the sultan. and his majesty annot control any part of his dominions jutside of Fez.
 Brigands of the North.
 Right here in Tangier, within short 7;.,,rna ,1f tlo Qualifications of f.;nr,ft,r and just over the way from Spain and Sonth France, the country is full of wild -nd warning tribes. the most of whom
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see armed men everywhere, both in town and out; and I am told that the natives themselves look upon life as of little ac- count. They are always fighting with one another. Families have feuds which last from generation to generation and there are feuds between the tribes, which lead to the burning of villages and whole sale slaughter. The only rule is that of the stronger, and the whole country is fast approaching state of anarchy.
 Dangerous for Christians.
 Indeed, the conditions here make me think of what Colonel Petit said to me during our war with Spain when landed at Zamboanga in the Philippines to see something of the Moros there. had called at the military headquarters and had asked the commander if 1t would be safe for me to go through the Moro villages Colonel Petit replied:
 'I think so. my boy. but I would advise you to first tie your head on with a string"
 It is about the same here One~is safe enough If he does not get Into the wrong combinations; and there are plenty of wrong ones. These Mohammedans are more fanatcal than our Moros They call all Christians dogs, and the ordinary Moor does not want that species of the human canine in his church, his school or his home. Foreigners dare not enter the mosques of Morocco. A Frenchman tried 1t at Fez not long ago and was shot at the door.
 1t is against the law of the Koran to have one's picture taken, and 1 find it dangerous to use the camera. These Mo- hammedans scowi whenever they see one pointed at them. and many of them would fight rather than be photographed Just yesterday. for instance, my son Jack husky young fellow of twenty one, who is making this trip with mc tried to enter a fondak. or Mohammedan hotel and stable combined. The place
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the Christian world. and they think themselves far superior to us. In many other Moslem countries the people are serYile and they bow down to the Chris tian An Englishman thinks nothing of kicking a Mohammedan East Indian out or ms way and the Frenchman does much the same in Algeria I should not like to risk kicking the bare legs of one or these Moors or even of looking at his yelled women as they pass through the streets have been in Santa Sophia the famed mosque of Constantinople. when ten thousand Mohammedans were pray Ing there, during one night in Ramazan l have watched the holy dervishes go through their antics in the alabaster mosque in Cairo. and have put my hands on the sacred rock which tried to go up with Mohammed during one of his trans lations to heaven and which now stands in the mosque of Omar In jerusalem. In none of those places was molested, but dare not enter the mosques here
 A Religious People.
 At the same time one cannot help re- spectlng these Moors for the way they observe their religion. They read their Korans in their stores while at their bus lness, and when the time comes for prayer they drop everything else and att tend to that l am awakened every Dy iIt lOuu NhiIt 0L biio muezzin on the tower Of a mosque near my hotel calling the people to get up and worship. He says in Arabic:
 Prayer is better than sleep Come to prayer, Come to prayer
 And adds to it. God is great. and Mo- hammed is His prophet" This cry is heard five times day all over Tangier, and at such times one sees the men pre- pairing for their devotons. Many go {, the mosques, carrying prayer rugs under >---~--~-------~--~~----~
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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20

Use artificial gas tor light and heat
lott
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20

Richmond aerie of Eagles viii meet
tonight
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20

Display of millinery. Thursday, Aus
tins. Westcott Hotel 1927
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20
DOUBT IS EXPRESSED
ABOUT A FRANCHISE
Evident That the Hamilton &
Richmond Company Has
No CinCh on Such.
OBJECT TO USE OF PIKE.
THERE is ALSO A SUSPICION
AMONG THE COUNTY COMMITS
SiONERS THAT THE PROMOT-
ERS ARE NOT SINCERE.

No decision has yet been reached by
the granting of a franchise TO the pro-
moters of the Hamilton Il Richmond
traction company, but it is an assured
fact that the commissioners will turn
down" the applicants.
Commissioner Dynes states that he
is opposed to granting the franchise
principally on account of the fact that
the promoters of the road plan to place
their tracks on the Hamilton and Rich
mond pike. Mr.. Dynes says this is
grant the franchise.
Commissioner Clark is also known to
be against granting the franchise.
Commissioner Wiley has made no
statement as to how he stands in the
matter, but it is thought he is also
against granting a franchise.
Mr.. Dynes' Reasons.
Mr. Dynes states that when the pro-
moters of the Hamilton & Richmond
traction company first applied for
franchise three or four years ago, he
opposed granting it, but the two other
commissioners favored it. SO the fran
chise was granted. He is as much
opposed to the proposed route today as
he was then. Mr.. Dynes is of the
opinion that this county has had
enough experience in the past with
granting franchises to roads operating
on highways, and he will oppose from
now on, granting of franchises to roads
which do not own their own rights of
way.
1t also seems to be the opinion of the
commissioners that the promoters of
the Hamilton < Richmond traction
company are not sincere about building
the road, and it seems to be the i'm
preston that a franchise to this road
through the county might be used for
commercial purposes. The commits
sioners all favor the road that is to
be built by Cincinnati Richmond.
Hamilton and Oxford capital and when
application is made for a franchise
there is no doubt but that it will be
granted.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20

Display of millinery Thursday, at
Sharkey's, South Seventh street.
1926
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20

No definite action has been taken
in reference to Pingree garden work
in Richmond this season.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20

Mrs. ]. V. Sappenfield. who died
Monday at East Germantown, was
known in Richmond.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20

A complete line of Easter millinery
on display at Lora holders, 80 North
Sth street, Thursday, March 21st
Open Thursday evening 19-3t
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20
HAVE LEFT FOR CANADA
Wayne County People viii Be
Engaged Near Calgary.
HAVE BOUGHT MUCH LAND.

3. r. Wissler of this city, and W. H.
Doney. of Cambridge City. who own
farms adjoining near Calgary. Alberta.
Canada, left Tuesday for that place in
company with several others. The in
terests of the two men will be pooled
and new buildings and houses erected
on their farms. Mr.. Wissler and Mr.
Dony will remain in Canada until the
work is completed and then will return
home.
Others who accompanied the party
were Charles Hockett and son. Alexan-
der Mcintosh of Cambridge City. and
Ray Howells and Frank Wissler, of
this city Wilbur y. Kuth and fam
lily will go later and probably will re-
main permanently.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1907-03-20

NJ. F. Johnston, president of the Rich
mond Art Association to artists and
owners of art productions requesting
| them to send work to the Muncie Art
| Association, which holds it's exhibit
May 1927 and the Richmond Art AS
ISOLATION, which holds its exhibit
June 1925 Lists for the catalogue
must reach Mrs. Johnston by April 20.
Display of millinery Thursday, at
Sharkey's, South Seventh street.
1926
No definite action has been taken
in reference to Pingree garden work
in Richmond this season.
A complete line of Easter millinery
on display at Lora holders, 80 North
Sth street, Thursday, March 21st.
Open Thursday evening. 19-3t
Great display of Spring Millinery,
at Miss Porter's in the Wescott block,
Main street. Opening Thursday.
Mrs. c. L. Wolfer, East Main street,
.. u.
E. Webb, of Evanston, H., for a few
weeks
AS a prize in the post-season series
of polo games to be played in Indiana,
the famous Horlick cup will be of
fered This was once held by Rich
mond
A fine display of Easter hats Thurs
day at Mrs. r. R. Van SAINTS, 81 North
Eighth street. colt
A full and complete line OF new
Easter and spring millinery now ready
for our opening Thursday, at Toms &
Tinneys, 91S Main street.
Millinery opening at Porter's. Wes-
colt block, Thursday afternoon and
evening.
Announcement to the public. of the
beautiful creations for spring at Miss
Porter's Millinery store. Opening
Thursday Wescott hotel block
With the New Phillips presenting
VauOeV1Ife Dill every AFTERNOON ana
night the Theatorium in operation ev-
cry afternoon and night and a number
of attractions ar the Gennett there
would appear to be no lack of amuse-
ment this week.
You are invited to attend our spring
and Easter opening o. millinery. at
Miss Porter's in the Wescott block
Mrs. NJ. T. Hartley, of Franklin, O.,
and Mrs. Will Earhart. spent today
as guests OF Mr.. and Mrs. r P Lind
say, at Beechwood farm, south Of Mil
ton.
Attend the opening at Miss PoTter's
Millinery store, Thursday
A display and opening Of spring
and Easter millinery Thursday. at
Miss Porter's, Wescott Hotel block
Given away. hot biscuits and coffee.
at the electric display at Craighead
Plumbing and Electric Co, Successor
TO Zosler & Craighead. Display takes
place at > TO ard 10 D. N.
TTae arffdcJat pss for HDh$ apA heat