The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1907-04-16

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peaceful ANA 81 FIG noY. possible 40
travel alwu-t au3S here through &C.
In.A hate ~trsois stationed 81 every
large oasis and haAe camel soldier
securing the couHtTN and Telegraph
ing the least sign al aisturbance Thee
camel police are natives mounted o1
Hlehar5S- beasts which eau - 100
mites day after day without firing.
Alau& ~ the Games polio. are Tuarsg~.
Who n3d i pass better u De employed
~ tin" French than 10 rob tne
caravans tncmScIres. "a tls,N DID ia tile
past othels are Tar-his. from j car
like tribe in the eastern part u th"
Algerian sahara. Thcse troops pa
troll the country ali the vas from
TrirUli T. Morocco. riley act as
scout FOR tho French officers. and arc
rtady - tight bratcIt lu time 81
troEbIe. LARGE number - them ar
nos watching tho pass here. Thel
80 about ~ wide distances APART ana
bring ~ reports u the conditions ~
isttns ali along the desert frontier.
Mail Men on Cancel.
The French hiN established j sort
II Hlail service for tho Sdhara The
MID puStulcn ca ~ mali bags on thess
fast m.haIi-. E&.ry military statloa
rs thus served. ANA in some place.
such rs Colomb Bcchar and 4Adrug.
ttetc are post offices. where money
riders arc ISSUED AMI Il regular man
scr" ICE les given among the lUAIDl ~
ant stations are those vi Tuat. which
81 q large series Of L Sos several nun
drcd miles south Of hsIe. There arc
soldiers also II 1idilelt. q tgeii anu
at many other places.
The Foreign Legion.
Here ut Beni ounIf - 4 branch OF
tire foreign legion. made Up Of Cor
mans, SWlsS. ltalians and Americans
There are also several companies Of
military criminals WHO have been do
ported from France and sent down
from otner parts Of Algeria for pun
max ing roads. bridges and al kinds ri
hard labor. | met one last night ii
q Moorish cafe WnO told me ne WAS an
American. Ills complexion was hat
Of 4 rnulatto. but he wore the rcd
trousers. blue jacket and tall red cap
o. the Spahi. and ! took him FOR an
Arab. / was drinking coffee at one
of the tables when he sat down beside
me and began to speak English. He
It'd me thar Il. came from san Fran
cisco: that he had serve as d marine
in the French navy and had finally
tn'Iitcd into the army. lie SAID that
the food ana treatment were 50 bad
that he could not stand IL. and that
his pal was only one cen Il day. fln-
ally. he deserted and succeeded in get
fIng to the Mediterranean. Whcr. he
had hidden himself away in tn" hold
OI u 1tli!lt1 sea illtI. just as JllL
ship MAS raising anchor tue military
police came on board and discovered
him, through Il Hindoo cabin boy, Who
pointed out his hiding place lie was
then Iut in prison at the port Of
Nalnours, where the sheriff set nm to
cleaning his horses. one day he took
the best horse in the stable and rode
across into Morocco to Mclilla. There
he again tried to get off, this time on
= Spanish ship. He was again caught
however. ana shipped down here INTO
the heart Of the Sahara. lie is cN-
pcctinS L be sent on into the desert
far from Tho railroad.
The TuarcGS "a Police.
| understand that tho Tuaregs arc
doing the best work OF all the Arabs
employed by the French. They ave
been organized into companies and
have been givcn good . 4 guns
They have praca icaIly given NJ
brigaHdage, and they now sweep ovcr
the dcsert mounted on camels, aiding
the French III keeping the natives i'll
order. The French captain Who is
chicf Of the 4ATaD bureau here tells me
that they are BY no means 4 bad PEG
pic, and that their bloodtbirstiness is
largely d matter of Imagination. 1t
is true they hive been robbers in the
past. but now that they are employed
by the government they make splendid
soldiers. They are paid from tWcn-
" / - Nv CiilN -iptl uoiiGIS Il I1OilIIl- anu
this is Z fortune To them. Each man
owns his W camel n takes care OF
it and himself. but us the food for
both man and beast costs practically
nothing he considers himself rich.
Soldiers " no Wear Wells.
These guarcgS arc descendants Of
the BerDer or White race Of the Atlas
mount3ins. Who have bccn crowded
off into tho desert. They have long
bee. noted as the brigands of the Sa-
hara. They are especially distin-
guiahcd by ,he TACT mat they Wear
wells night and day. THEN wells are
black: and they Mind them about their
heads like a turban aud then pass
them over the nose and mouth and
across the forehead. so that only the
eyes can be seen. IT is said that The
veil vas originally adopted to keep
out the dust. but that it is low Il mark
Of fashion and modesty. Another
story told me is that the Tuareg men
first put on wells as a matter Of COW
ardiCe II hanc. They were sur
priscd by their enemies and were 50
frightened that they threw down their
arms aud ran. leaving their families.
~ThcTeupon The women picked up the
swords. spears ana daggers. and de-
feated the Enemy. Fro that day
until now The men. to shOW their ad-
miration for the conduct Of their
wives. have adopted the Veil. and he
Iudrcg Nomcn sui 90 Win pare races
Many of the Tuaregs live in tent vii
lagos. moving about from place to
place. They have camels and sheep,
and some of them nave gardens. As
a general thing they arc miserably
poor. and the money they receive
from the French IS far more than
most Of them made When their sole
protection was robbing the travellers
while crossing the desert.
The April McClurc's.
There is much in the April Me
Elnrn.S thAI Nnn do not want 10 miss.