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They submit to the French and work for
them: but I am told that they hate them
al heart and that if France should have
a great war with any other nation they
would again break out into rebellion. This
they did in 1871. when France had its war
with Germany. At that time an army Of
these mountaineers marched on Aigiers.
They were defeated by the French, and
since then no Kabyle or other native, eX
cept in certain wild districts, is allowed
to have arms.
At Port National l found a battalion of
ZouaveS. about eight hundred strong; and
the town itself is fortified in such a way
that its guns command the many villages
on the neighboring peaks The road is so
made that guns can be easily taken over
it, and the many Kabyle towns, in view
everywhere, can be shelled. On my way to
Tizi-Ouzou l passed several regiments of
French soldiers who were on the march,
and l could easily see how an army of
them with a road like this could keep the
people in order.
l found most of the Kabyles friendly. and
the contrast between them and their broth
ers in Morocco was striking. In Morocco
every one carried a gun, and l was not
allowed TO go into the mountains unless
ACCOMPANIED by soldiers.
Through the Atlas Mountains.
Before I describe my visits to the Kabyle
villages l want to tell you something
about these mighty mountains which form
their homes. l have Travelled through the
Alps the Himalayas, the Andes and the
Rockies. Each has its own grandeur and
the same is true of these mighty African
mountains, which in many respects have
scenery SURPRISING that of any other range
of the world. The air here is as clear as
that on the high plateau of Bolivia. One
can see as far on Lake Titicaca. and
the sun is so bright that where it strikes
the fieecy white clouds 1t paints patches
of p Of q 70
low. These high Atlas peaks rise from the
plain in rugged grandeur They roll over
each other, with great canyons and gorges;
and they may be seen an hundred miles or
more away. cutting the blue sky of the
horizon. They are of as many colors as
the mountains of Colorado, anu in places
are quite as ragged and rocky. Almost
everywhere they are cultivated high above
TIE line of fertility of the hills of other
countries. Their slopes are cut UP into
patches of all shapes. soce of which
not bigger than bed quilts. About these
patches are stone walls or hedges; some
times they are marked by burrows or
bitches. Some have fruit trees growing
in them. but more often they are only
lunches of scrub, amongst which the grain
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beneath the north court Of the building and
the other adjoining, beneath the cash room
boxes are protected by heavy masonry.
thick slabs of steel, immense swinging
doors, cunningly devised time locks and in
genious burglar alarms. There are alto
gether ten vaults inside the building. One
of these, selected to illustrate what the
treasury officials regard as the ideal strong
room. is twelve feet in each OF its three di-
mansions and the lining walls are of Bes-
semer steel plate three-eighths Of an inch
thick. BY huge screws and bolts they are
fastened to framework of steel built into
heavy masonry. The GOO pigeon holes are
of steel and there is not a scrap of inflam-
Unable matter in the furnishings. There are
duplicate locks or the doors, at which is al
ways posted a guard of two men.
The great vaults are well protected
against raids. About seventy watchmen
are employed to guard them. They work In
three reiefs, p3trolng the entire building
at all hours OF the day and night. In the
office of the captain of the watch are re-
cording instruments to which each watch
man must send an automatic report once
every half hour.
The office is in continual communication
with the chief of the Washington police
force, the commandments at Fort Myer and
the Washington arsenal Instantly, at the
summons of the captain of the watch, 1000
armed men-cavalEy, artillery and police
would spring up from three points of the
compass and rush upon the building.
"A WeH-equ!ppeu dTihorS near the vaults
contains sufficient weapons to arm more
than 1000 men capable. The interior OF
the great building is hoHeycombed with
wires ting quick communication, and
should any burglar gang attempt to over
power intimidate one OF the employees the
pressure of a button would bring armed
force to the visited room in less than thirty
seconds. At o'clock each afternoon all
doors of the treasury building, save the
main entrance, are closed. BY o'clock all
employees must have left the building and
the keys to the various doors must have
been turned over to the captain of the
watch
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS.
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Canary Islands, well down the Atlantic
coast and run from southwest to north
east for a distance OF more IMAM Low
miles ending near Cape Bon. below the
Island of Sicily They are longer than
from Philadelphia to Omaha and wider than
the distance between Washington and New
York. The region altogether is more than
one-seventh the size of the United states
proper, and including the valleys 1t has
population of 100000 or more.
The Berbers of Morocco.
Fully one-half of these people made
up Of the descendants of this white race,
and II we take the tribes which have left
the mountains and gone down into the low
lands and desert they will number stu
more. The Tuaregs, the fierce brigands of
the Sahara, who wear black wells night and
day and scour the desert on camels robbing
the caravans, are of Berber origin, and so
are the Biskris and others who come from
far down in the Sahara to do the heavy
work about the wharves of the Algerian
ports. There are several million Berbers in
Morocco. where they have divided up into
hundreds of tribes They live in the noun
tains and lawless and wild. The band
of Raisuli. which kidnapped Ion Perdicaris,
Is one of them, and they are the main cause
of the danger TO foreigners in that country
today.
The Oldest White Race on Record.
The Berbers are the oldest white race
upon record, and if we could trace our
own forefathers back into the dark ages
we should probably find that they are our
cousins They are supposed to have come
here from southern Europe, but, If so, it
was when Europe was savage and when
our ancestors were still eating with their
fingers and sleeping on skins in the wilds
OF the forests.
Indeed the Berbers were here when Ath-
ems was in its infancy and when Rome
was yet TO be born. There are records in
the Egyptian temples dating far back
1900 years before Christ, which speak OF
them as having rosk cheeks, blue eyes
and red hair, and we find them fighting
with the PhocniCians, the CaTthaginians,
the Romans. the Goths and the Vandals
They were conquered again and again, but
they fed to their Businesses in the Atlas
and have kept their individuality to this
day.
When the Arabs came the Berbers were
again overcome. and they adopted the Mo-
hammedan religion, but they have modified
II to suit themselves, and they have still
their own ways and customs, as they had
in the past. The kabyle women do not
veil their faces and the men satisfied
TO have but one wife. large number,
however. have intermarried with the allen
races. and there are now among them as
many brown skins as fair skins The fierce
African sun darkens the lghter-hued ka-
bylcs in the summer. and they take on the
brown, rOseate compilations of Italy, Spain
and south France.
Among the Kabyles of the Grand Atlas
have seen many of these fair-skinned
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has been planted. Each of these little
patches Is a Kabyle farm. Nearly every
family owns some land, to which 1t clingS
as its dearest possession. The men cult
can from them. and then go down into the
lowlands to work for the FRENCH farmers
to piece out their incomes.
The Woods of the Atlas.
Along the lower slopes Of the Atlas there
are many big orchards, but these are owned
mostly by the French. They are walled off
from the road by hedges of cactus, in
which dried thorn bushes have been twined,
making a barrier impossible for man or
beast. There are also olive orchards, and
almost everywhere. even to high up in the
mountains are groves of wild olive trees.
and now and then forest of the evergreen
oak whose bark furnishes our cork.
Others of the mountains, especially the
slopes facing the valley of the Tell, are COW
cred with scrubby oaks with leaves an Inch
long and of much the shape as those of a
rose bush; they are light green in color.
The trees are nothing like the grand oaks
of America. but nevertheless they bear
acorns and furnish food for numerous hogs
Many of the trees are trimmed of their
branches every year in order that the twigs
and limbs may be used for fuel. l am told
that it is against the law to cut the trees
down to the ground and that most of the
CHARCOAL ana llTeWOOu Oh Algeria are lflduc
from these switches. They are used by
the bakers. and the bread of a great part
of Algeria Is baked with them.
Sunset in the Atlas.
AS one climbs up the Atlas mountains
the views widen SO that the whole world
seems spread out below. One can see so
far that such mountains as the Alps are
dwarfed by the mighty panoramas. The
ragged hills stretch away for hundreds Of
miles on every side. and in the winter,
when the Atlas is covered with snow, the
views must be- beyond expression, mag
nificent. l saw one sunset at the very
top of the pass, which will remain in my
memory as among the most wonderful
of the cloud paintings of my life. During
the day the sirocco had been blowing Its
hot blast from the desert and the sun had
been hidden When it set the sky was full
of clouds, and 1t glded them in hundred
roseate hues. We We're high up in the
sky, with great masses OF ieecy gold above
and below u.s. The mountains took on all
tints and shades. and their sides became
patchwork of many colors, which we saw
through a thin veil of gold. On other hills
others a snow white tinged with rose pink.
purple ran around these mountain peaks,
resting below them. while there were bands
of burning copper above and below.
In the Kabyle Villages:
The most striking feature of the whole
of these Atlas scenes is the human interest
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AMONG THE KABYLES
The Oldest White Race of the
World and Its Homes.
AFRICANS WITH RED HAIR
Odd Villages on the Tops Of the Atlas
Mountains.
DONKEYs SLEEP WITH PEOPLE
Hundred-Mile Ride Through Hills Of
Grand Kabylia-Military Road
Splendid Engineering Feat.
AFRICANS WITH RED HAIR
DONKEYs SLEEP WITH PEOPLE
Copyright. 1907. by Frank G cnrpenter)

Copyright 1907, by Frank G. Carrenter)
MAILLOT. Algeria.
Have you ever heard of the white race
of the Atlas mountains? Its people have
features like ours, and some of them have
blue eyes and red hair. Many have rosy
skins and compilations so fair that If
dressed in European clothes they would
not be out of place in London, Paris or New
York. Others are darker, from their adj
mixture with the Arabs and Moors, but
they are still people of their own kind,
and strong enough to impress their brand
On their offspring.
This race is scattered through the mighty
mountains of northwestern Africa. 1t is
composed of the Berbers or Kabyles, who
are numbered by millions and are found
everywhere in these hills.
The Atlas mountains begin opposite the
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Women's Club in Korea.
From the Koreon Daily News.

from the horeon Daily News.
The Korean Ladies' Club held meeting
a short time ago at which it was suggested
that changes should be attempted in the
dress of the Korean women, that the mat
ter of education should be he'd in allegiance
for a time. but that special efforts should
be made along the line OF life insurance, so
as to protect the interests of women in case
of the death of the husband.
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while serving upon the committee regularly
appointed to burn all redeemed money. In
stead of throwing all packages intrusted to
him into the furnace he would turn his back
upon his co-workers, slip package after
package into his pocket and return with
them into the redemption division. Here he
would substitute the old money for new
notes of equal amount. Such theft would
be impossible today.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-27
Locals.

Abigail Stevens is in HUI
ron this week.
Dee Stout is back in the
depot at work which makes
three men there now.
Hans Hansen southeast
of here lost a steer some
time ago and a colt recently
by lightning.
Marshal w. d. Whit
combs sister, her daughter
and two children are here
visiting at the Whitcomb
home.
+. A. Abbott who recent
bought the Justice Smith
land west of him sold
it within a week at an ad-
vance of $500.
Mr.. AdOlph Leiske, near
Howell, was found dead in
bead Thursday morning.
He has been ailing for some
time. He was quite old.
Those who have bought
mbination IL ft binders,
in Miller, are: l.. d.
Sweetland, John Douglas,
l.. +. Larbeer, Thos Croll,
J. w. Wenwrick, Henry
Seigling, w. E. Mckinney
and James Bevington.
In addition to these about
40 common binders have
been sold.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-27
North Hand.
Orient Argus

Mrs. Walter Haefs
mother, who is out from
Minn. for a visit on the
Casterline farm, had the
misfortune to fall down
stairs Saturday, dislocating
and breaking the collar
bone. DR.. Seeman set the
fracture.
Leander Anglin is putting
up a new granary 81 tt.
square with drive way and
plank floor to cost in all
$4,000. Henry Levtzow
is doing the mason work.
Mrs. Alex Pollock and
children, while out for a
short drive Friday, in some
manner let the horse run
the buggy over one of the
numerous stones that are
piled along the highway,
and thus threw all the occu-
pants to the ground, the
buggy running over Mrs.
Pollock and in the fall one
of the children had an arm
broken. DR.. Seeman of
Rockhan, was called and
set the fractured member.
Mrs. H. w. Corbett, of
Miller, and Mrs. E. Riley,
of Port Arthur, Texas,
visited friends in this To-
cality last week.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-27
Died Asleep
Lightning Kills Hardie Ste.
vens Instantly as He
Slept

During Wednesday nights
terrific thunder storm Har-
die Stevens, southwest of
here, was killed by light
ming while in his bed. The
lightning came in at the
of the house, doing some
damage to the building. 1t
proceeded on to the lower
part of the house, severely
shocking a woman who
slept or a bed of feathers.
1t set fire in the room,
which was eXtiEguished
without much damage.
A small boy who slept in
another bed in Hardie's
room was not hurt by the
lightning.
Deceased was 26 years
old, a member of the A. O.
q. w. lodge, having a
$1,000 policy in favor of his
brother Orrin.
He was young man well liked by
all who knew him-a quiet, straight
forward gentlemanly fellow.
The bereaved parents and
other relatives have the
sympathy of all in their
great grief.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-27
Improve Ranch
Thos. Bevington is Putting
New Life into the Old
Escher Farm

Thos. Bevington, of Sioux
City, who now owns the
Escher ranch four miles
northwest of here, is pre-
pairing to operate it as a
horse ranch. He is hav ing
the big barn remodled into
a horse barn, making 20 box
stalls. He has 80 thorough
bred mares now. Several
thousand dollars in improve
ments will be made on the
barn. John Seely and his
crew of men are doing the
work. Large granaries are
also being built.
Forty COWS and 200 hogs
are also a part of the stock
on the ranch.
Investigations are being
made with a view of putt
ing in an electric plant to
light the house and barn,
the artesian well to furnish
power to make the electric
ity.
James Bevington, a broth
er of the owner, will run the
ranch. He has eight boys
in his family.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-27
Editorial Notes.

Some of the prominent
stalwart papers are now
urging Gov. Crawford to
accept another term as
governor. This shows that
they have been attacking
him simply to get him out
of Kittredge's way for the
senate.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-27

Senator Kittredge, it is
said, is showing the effect
of his mixing with the
people at the Chautauquas.
The tired feeling is proba-
bly, caused by the people
having given him the
shake.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-27
Miller Attorney Travelling.
Austin, Texas, Statesman.

HuoSiiii lCA'oj oIuIColHdH'
Judge j. Fl. Cole, of Mil
ler, S. d., is spending a few
days in the city with Prof.
j. w. Blattner, principal
of the school for the deaf.
He is a University class
mate of the latter. From
here he goes to San Antonio
and Galveston with his
friend, Lynn Milan, of
Dallas, and then the two
will take in points of inter-
est in California.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-27
Awful Cutting
Keen Edged Sickles March
to Army of Grain Fields
for Slaughter

An area larger than some
Of the eastern states, of
which this town is the trade
center, is today hearing the
noise of the harvesters as
they begin to cut occasional
ripe fields of barley, oats,
rye, and winter wheat, al
though the wonderful crop
of spring wheat that is be-
ginning to turn will not be
molested before next week.
Old settlers say that they
never saw such crops here
before in 25 years resi-
dence.
Dozens of combination
headers and binders are 60
ing out from here, Rec
Heights, and St. Lawrence
to gather the crop, while
common binders by the
score are being sold.
The question Of help is a
serious one.
The Miller sun. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 190?-19??, 1907-07-27

There will be a big pac-
ing race at Highmore,
Thursday, August I, be-
tween Mark Hanna of
Highmore and Dolly Mix
of Miller. Purse $500.
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Happy Holiday Event.

Last Friday evening the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. John Howse was
astir with a gathering of the youth
of the town, giving voice to the
merriment of the season. In answer
to written invitations issued a few
days previous, two score or more
young people gathered at the ap-
pointed hour to enjoy the hospi-
tafity of Mr.. and Mrs. Howse and
their popular daughter, Pearlee.
From 7:3O till $50 Mrs. Burnett
led in various merry games, in
which all took part: some calmly
learning their future; others re-
auctantly, how to be the cheerful
object of a joke. Then, each boy,
having found the girl that could
answer correctly his conundrum,
escorted her to the dining-rosm,
where delicious chocolate and cake
were served. Out on the lawn, in
the cool, bracing air, many games,
,atl.S- than mental, were played
with vim. And when the time
came to say adiOs" the departing
guests gave assurance that the
evening had been one of I'M
interrupted enjoyment. Misses
Ethel Neale, Amy Wise, Isabel
Pierce, Alice Wood, Iona Bill
lingsly, Lucy Tate, Irma Shoe
maker, Claribel Lawton, Sylvia
Armstrong, Bessie Cooke, Una
Hudson, Mrs. Burnett, Mrs.
Walker; Masters Alexander Kowal-
ski, Gurdon Foster, Billie Tate,
Rexford Shoemaker, Joe Holloway,
Louis Kowalski, jr,, Fay Shoe
maker, Arthur Wood, Prof. Flow,
and Mr.. Walker. were the guests
of the occasion.
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CIVIL SERVICE EXAMINATION
To Be Held Jan. IS To Secure Eligible.
for Position of Guard In immigration
Service.

The United States Civil Service
Commission announces an exami-
nation on January Is, 1908, and
the places mentioned below in the
State of Texas and Territory Of
Arizona, to secure eligibles from
which to make certihcation to fill
vacancies in the position Of Watch
man or Guard in the immigration
Service on the southern border of
the United States, as they may oc-
cur. Employment is temporary and
intermittent in character and will
be at the rate of about $500 day.
Texas: FL Paso, Laredo, Eagle
Pass, San Antonio, Brownsville.
ARIZONA: Nogales, and Tucson.
The examination will consist of
the subjects mentioned below,
weighted as indicated:
subjects Weights.
/. Spelling (twenty simple
words in ordinary use) IA
2. Arithmetic (simple tests in
addition, satisfaction, null
tiplication and division of
whole numbers and of U. S.
.norev IA
3. Letter writing "a letter of
not less than 100 words on
some subject of general in-
terest. Competitors may Sc
lect either of two subjects
given IA
4. The handwriting of the COM
petitor in the subject of copy
ing from plain copy will be
considered with special re-
ference to the elements of
legibility, rapidity, neatness,
general appearance, etc. IA
S. Copying from plain copy
Ga simple test in copying &C
curately few printed lines
in the competitors handwrit-
ing) --------- IA
s. Experience and practical
fitness Grated on application. 80
Total 100
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-30
Hotel Arrivals.

At the Miller:-P. w. Reed and
wife, Waterstone, S. D.; L. NJ.
Ellis, Harrington; Embry Owen,
CITY; H. c. Tandy, City; H. w.
Brant, San Benito; M. H. and H.
L. Reese, San Antonio, Mrs.
Everson, City; D. c. Lorimer, La
Lonita; c. G. Crull, St. Louis;
w. ]. Rutledge, Dallas; A. E.
Kalkhurst, San Antonio; w. w.
Bugbee, ElDorado, Kans; Jno.
M. Platt, Santa Maria; L. de Roise
and wife, Mrs. Will Carter and
son, Clifton, H.; w. L. Freeman,
San Benito; R. T. Bill, Coldwater.
Miss; Frank w. Tanning, Rock.
ford. Ill; E. L. Caldwell, Corpu:
Christi; A. D. Fuller, St. Louis
Mrs. H. NJ. Hood, Beaumont
Miss E. L. Sterrett Minneapolis; B
Willcut, wife and child, Topeka
Kans.; w. A. Dutch, Indianapolis
w. D. Smith and wife, Kings
vile; I. Church, Kingsville;; J. J
Wolfe. City; L. w. Ellis City
.. w. Holt, La Lonita; Mrs. w
A. RutIedge. and son, City; c
Downing, City; J. P. Withers
Llano Grande; H. A. Paine; E
c. Hendricks. Hidalgo; c. 7
Phillips, Raymondville; H. H
Paint, E. E. Gilmore, Houston
II. A. Whitney and wife, Elgin
H.; w. B. Goode, Refugio; D
Tarey, Cooper; E B. Raymond
Raymondvilie.
At the Rio Grande:-Geo. W
Zones, Ames, Iowa; Mrs. JAc
Ducke, San Benito; c. T. Napier
Victoria; G. w. jones' San Benitc
D. T. Baldwin. Harlingen; J.. ]
Augustine, Joplin, Mo-; Andrel
Hanson, Mercedes; J. D. Peterson
Scandia, Il ms.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-30

Dr. Alexander Grossan the eminent Hair and scalp
after discovered an bo
Lutte remedy for this unsightly Disagreement
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-30

THE bullets fred into Browns
vile houses on the night of Aug.
-, 1907. did have anthony in
them, and ordnance bureau also
finds anthony in the army bullets.
What have you to say now, Mr..
Foraker?
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-30

THE old year.will pass in its
checks" tomorrow night at twelve
o'clock.
The Brownsville daily herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1897-1910, 1907-12-30

THERE is something doing all
the time on the Lower Rio Grande
these days.