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railroad. II Is brought to the stations in
bales, and If piled up while awaiting the
cars 1t is always covered with tarpaulins
of canvas or oiled cloth. The straw is
carried over the railroad on open trucks,
but always covered, and while loading the
straw piles thus protected at night.
The most of tho cattle horses and donkeys
Of the cities eat straw instead Of hay.
How the Arabs Raise Grain.
A large part of the Tell is devoted to
grain Algeria produces over 3OOO00,0O
bushels of cereals every year. and it ex-
ports a vast deal to France The value
of the crop is something like COO.
There are about 100000 acres annually
planted to wheat and something like 3,OOO-
900 acres devoted to barley. In addition
some oats and corn are raised. The corn,
however, does not grow nearly so well as
in our country.
Wheat is by far the most important grain
crop and large part of that grown is Of
the macaroni variety. The wheat farming
is done by both the French and the ma
tives, and in the latter case in most
slovenly way. There are but few modern
agricultural implements, and 1t is only
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their work. Lots are drawn for the best
places. since the one who is farthest out
at sea gets the biggest, take And one
quaint thing about these "cavalrymen" is
that they are perpetually smoking long and
strong cigars while fishing.
At last all is ready, and at given signal
the big horses step into the foaming water
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ForIsea sticlss for P1ows.

The plows used by the natives are little
more than forked sticks with a sort of
shoe of iron shaped like a trowel, as
pillow point. This shoe is about ten inches
long and quarter of an inch thick and
It serves to turn the earth to a depth OF
two or thre inches. 1t is not as good as
a single shovel pillow by any means. Such
a plow has but one handle, and the native
does not press down upon it, but merely
steadies It with one hand as he walks be-
hind in the furrow. The tongue OF the
pillow is fastened to a stick which rests
under the bellies of the two horses form
ing the native pTow team. This stick is
fastened by breast straps to the horses,
without traces of any kind.
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Algerian Fruits.

The Tell is now producing almost every
thing that can be grown in the United
States 1t has apples, peaches and pears,
as well as figs and olives. oranges and lem
ons. The olive thrives we'll up into the
Atlas mountains and many OF the trees are
centuries old. They live so long that the
people have a saying that he who plants
an olive is laying up treasures for his chill
dren's children. The olive crop is now
worth about $5OOO.OOO a year, and 1900 tons
OF olive oil are annually exported There
are. altogether. about 100000 olive trees
OF which 6Oo0.OOO are grated. The natives
consume large quantities(of olive oil. Even
the Kabvles make 1t in a rude way and
store It in their huts for the winter. It is
used for cooking, and has largely the same
place that butter has with US.
There is an enormous number Of figs pro-
duced in Algeria, and something like 10000
600 pounds are annually exported, The
fruit is fine. although not equal to that
raised ia Smyrna Some Of the varieties
are white and others blue. The az
orchards are TO be seen everywhere. They
are as common as apples in America ana
quite as freely eaten. The natives dry
them and store them away for winter use.
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pounded earth upon which the animals are
driven around over the straw until the
grain is ground out. After that the straw
is ralxed Off and the wheat, barley or oats
is thrown into the air against the wind to
remove the cham. The straw is then
stacked and the grain put in large bags
for shipment If 1t is to be carried to mar
ket upon camels, the bags used will contain
six or eight bushels, as two such bags of
grain make load for one camel. If 1t is
to go upon donkeys or mules, each will con-
tain half as much There are no elevators
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> ALL queer ways Of fishing-
shooting with bow and arrow in
the Andaman islands, poisoning
the water in Nigeria and using
dynamite in Corea--the palm for
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work for Twenty Cents n Day.
Tho most Of the labor here is done by
the Kabyles. The Arabs and Moors are
lazy, but these white Africans, who are OF
our race. like the almighty dollar quite as
well as their American cousins and will
work for It, / see them everywhere; in the
grain fields, in the vineyards and in the
orchards and gardens.
They are employed by the French farm
ers and come down in gangs from their
homes in the Atlas mountains to aid in the
harvest, At such times they live in little
straw shachs which are built for the pur-
pose. They cook their own food on fires
out Of doors and sleep on the ground. Their
pay is from 70 to 40 cents a day, without
food, or from Sc to $40 per month. The
European farm laborers are paid from 30
20 80 cents a day, or SO a month and
found. At the time of the grape harvest
they get more
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This is most carefully saved. As soon
as the threshing is done 1t is stacked
sometimes in bales and sometimes loose
The stacks are then covered with thatch
as carefully put on as the roof of house,
and in some localities, where the soil
forms natural cement, the white out
side of the stack is plsstered. have seen
hundreds of stacks, larger than any hay
stack In our country, 50 covered. This
is done mostly in western Algeria, the
thatch being more common in the east.
great deal Of straw is carried on the
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Copyright, 1907, by Frank @. Carpent"~N
ERREGUAx. March q. - Especial
I - Correspondence Of The Bee - 40
rvsryEr,@ French are colonizing Algeria and
are rapidly increasing its value
as good farming country. 1t
is already the granary and winter fruit
garden Of the republic, and is fast be-
coming the wine cellar as we'll. The gov
eminent has colonization department,
which is now laying out new towns and
farm sites. Some of the lands are given
away and others sold at auction on long
time. There are agricultural banks for the
benefit of the farmers, and special in
ducements for settlers in low rates of
steamships and railroad transportation.
Immigrants are brought here from Mar
settles, a distarce of about 500 miles, at
81 Storage rate, and the fares for third
and fourth class are not much higher.
= European Farmers in Africa,
here are already 100000 Europeans settled
algeria More than half Of these are
ench; but there are also many Span
IDS, Italians and people from Malta,
city, and other islands of the Mediter-
anean sea- Already about one-eighth OF
he whole population Is of European origin
Siu shO OSbS AhHuS Oh the country are
being rapidly bought of the Mohammedans
by these invading Christians. The ENl-
ropean population has doubled within the
past thirty years
The cities are growing. There are French
ms all over the country and the Chris
Tan element is everywhere in control.
Perreguax. where 1 am writing, for in
stance, contains 5000 European inhabitants
and 1t has all the surroundings of a rural
city OF France. Its streets are wide and
well shaded and It has large public
garden in which the band plays several
times week. Its stores are like those Of
Franco and It has no end OF cafes and
restaurants There are scores Of other
cities Just like 1t throughout the Tell, and
many, such as Blidah, Tiemcen, Orleans
vile and others, which are more populous
and more prosperous.
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in the farming districts nor at the stations,
and all grain goes to the markets in bags.
1t is frequently hauled on great wagons
with five, six or seven mules to each wagon
and snarling dog on top to guard the
load. The driver, who is usually Arab
or Kabyle, walks. A donkey will carry
one bag of wheat at load, and thousands
of bushels are thus transported. The bag
rests on the little animals back without
being fastened and the donkey moves along
without bride or halter its Arab master
following behind.
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Wine at Two Gents n Quart.

Wine at Two Cents Quart
The vineyards of the Tell are quite as i'm
portant as the grain fields. This is one of
the best wine-growlng countries Of the
world; it is now producing so many
grapes that they are a drug on the market.
Good wine can now be bought fer about
cents quart bottle, and It is cheaper than
pure water. Indeed. it is so low that the
vineyardists tell me it hardly pays to
make It.
l have never seen such grapes anywhere.
1 measured some that were served for de-
sert at the hotel here last night They
were three and half inches in circum-
ference, or more than an inch IN diameter.
They tasted as sweet as maple syrup and
their flavor was delicious. The best of tho
grapes now i'm the markets sell for about a
cent a pound
/ have seen excellent vineyards every
whore l have gone. Algeria has almost a
half million acres Scvoted to them, and
they extend from one end Of It to the other.
The wine annually made runs between
600 and 200 600 gallons. and It sells
for from s25,cO0coO to S30OO0oOO, the
most Of It going to France. The
French are careful as to the in
PRODUCTION of fruit diseases into the colo
MES, and they have stringent laws against
the importation OF trees, plants and vines,
as well as OF flowers and fresh fruit In
deed, the only vegetables now admitted are
potatoes. well cleaned.
Algeria produces all sorts Of fresh garden
stun We have green peas and beans, as
well as asparagus, celery and lettuce Rad
ishes are raised in great quantities, egg
plants and tomatoes thrive and onions and
potatoes yield two crops year Vegeta-
bles by the shipload go 10 France through
out the year, and Paris. Lyons. Marseille
and other French cities rely upon this coun-
try for their winter supplies OF fresh fruit
and garden stuff.
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Amons DC stoek Raisers.

Algeria does a great deal Of stock farm
ing. Not only In the Tell, but In the
ranges OF the Atlas mountains and on the
high plateaus upheld by them. are large
hocks Of sheep and goats, and they ara
also to be found all along the edges Of the
desert OF Sahara. There are more than
100000 cattle in the Tell. and in the
whole country more than 10000 donksys
and almost that number OF horses. The
camels are something ike 10000 ana the
CONTINUED on Fags TIysl
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Mt. 1907. by Frank @. Carpent"-N
March e. - Especial
Correspondence Of The Bee. ,--4.e
French are colonizing Algeria and
are rapidly increasing its value
as q good farming country. II
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The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
70 FORCE R[PL|ES
FROM HARTMAN
COMMISSIONERS TO
ASK COURTS TO COMPEL
RAILROAD KING TO ANSWER
THEIR QUESTIONS.

Washington, March 1o.-ChaiIman
Knapp of the Interstate commerce
commission said tonight that 50 FAR
as the commission is concerned, the
taking OF testimony in the lnYesiiga-
ion of the Hartman lines is ciosed
hu that tae comWiss on mas un1er
consideration the advlsibility OF ask
ing the United States circuit court
fo- the southern district Of New YORK
20 conuel Nj hartman - ansKeI
certain questions which he did rot do
O the sati.ia-tion Of the commission
when he was ON the witness stand u
New York.
Pending such action, Mr. Ha'rl
mans counsel asked - be neari b.
fore the commission April 1. Nhicr
-eare.t was granted and that date
was recently fixed for the argument
Chairman Knapp explained tonign
that he commission alone has lh'
mower to conclude the testimony =
the case aud that T. viii rese-Ye IN.
rieht. if il sees ft. 10 reopen the cas-
at any tine.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
CHOIR OF 300 SINGS
AS PLATFORM BURN;
BIC PANIC AVERTED
CONGREGATION or 1000 ESCAPES
INJURY QUIETLY LEFT BURN.
ING BUILDING AND NO ONE
WAS INJURED.

Aberdeen, S. d, March While
revival services were in progress In
the Auditorium tonight, fire started
below a platform on which 900 mem.
bers Of the choir and the preachers
were sitting. The place was packed
with people, fully 1900 being present.
When smoke was noticed. several
walked out and Rev. X. r. Johnson.
ltader Of the revival, at once began
singing. The choir took up the re-
frain and the ministers went among
the congregation advising them TO
leave quietly Some of the more ex.
citable people made their exit from
windows but in ten minutes the i'm
mense hall was empty.
Before the choir and evangelist left
the platform the rear portion of It
was in flames Firemen fought the
f.e for an hour subduing it after
most of the platform had been burned.
No, an aciden occurred.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
Concluded on Second Page1
ROOSEVELT SON
OUT OF DANGER
MARKED IMPROVEMENT IN AR
CHEFS CONDITION coNTlN-
uEs-oRERDEo DlPhTHERiA
LEAVES PATIENT VERY WEAK

Washington. March lo-Narkcd i'm
movement was shown today in he
condition of Archie Roosevelt. waa IS
in Ui5h dipatheria. No Official b1.'e-
uns we're issued today but Surge'l
General R.Ney this ey ming expressed
he o0irion that Archie vas pract.cai-
s. out of danger o far as The dlPh-
hrria is concerned. hut said he dis
as- has left him in someshat
seak med condition. he added. heS-
ever. that IL no complications set u
.he boy should be well in two "
three weeks
50 cratify ne vas the improvement
oday that fhe president and DR.. f m
bert felt that they could safely leave
the lad in the care " others and they
vent away from the White Hlus-
.rioe. FIRST 70 RepresEn atiFe Long
to-h.- -a iAerce where hey tool
luncheon With Mr.. aad Mrs. Long
" .rth returning 10 the Wait Ho1sf
at 3 o'clock and an h0ar later they
aent our for a long walk
% was fell by the physiciaus that
1wine 10 me cpntianei Improvement
that daily bulletins wtil be .ispsns9l
vth frOm neW on
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
STRIKE STOPS ALL
LOUISVILLE CARS
NEARLY A THOUSAND cOkDUC-
TORS AND MoToRMEN QUIT
WORK SUNDAY.
COMPANY is HOPEFUL
That Cars Can Be Operated Today
But Union Men Think Differ
ently-Autos and Goat Carts
We're in Use Yesterday.


/ Louisville, KY, March l0--WAh
the exception Of the suburban line
Ienlering the city and few cars car
irylng United States mail and from
the postofflce substatlons. NOT a
. street car moved in Louisvill t1Gay
The strike Of the union employees Of
| the Louisv.l,es Railway company
which ffas been pending for over a
week and which was declared yes
terday became effective at 5 O'Clock
his morning when the "owl" cars
which had been In operation during
the night ceased running and noae
Of the union men showed up at the
barns to begin their days work
Although .thete were left nearly
200. employees out Of total OF 100
.Mho We're not members Of the mi
at The time the strike was called, a1d
part Of these showed up for work. the
company made not the slightest at
tempt to. run passenger cars today.
Only the postal cars bearing the
signs United S. ates Mails" were
operated and this beIag Sunday.
sufficient force to man them was ap-
parently secured without difficulty
The men operating them were not
molested in any way The details Of
police at the barns hal nothing o do.
Pickets. We're active In an inc n
spbcuous way and tonight the leade :
annourc ced that over a fourth ol the
remaining non-union employees had
Joined the union
Company Promises Cars To-day.
The company officials tonight TO
MED that they had ordered profes-
sional strike breakers from other
cities. They stated that counting the
numher of individual applications on
lie since the strike doomed up and
main lines tomorrow
They intiniated that about one half
the usual number Of cars would be
operated promising full resumption
before the end o' he week. The
union officials deny that he company
vii! be able to operate onetenth q
its cars
The demands on which the strike is
based are.
A ten hour work day, with y cents
an hour pay; fo.ty-fye m aules Tor
meals; pay for extra work t. begin
when repor for duty is made time
ana half for overtime; subsequent
Employees TO be allowed to Join the
fnion. and a board of arbitration.
Auto and Goat Carts Used.
The inconvenience to the general
public was not greatly apparent 20
day although the crowds in h brsi
ness sections and the attendance at
churches and Sunday theatres
seomed. Is anything, greater tAan
usual. An sorts OF vehicles from de-
livery wagons to automob les were
carrying passengers at fares ranging
from 10 to - cents. Two yoi rs
were doing business with Shetland
concluded on Second Page.l
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
LINER HAS ROUGH
TIME IN SQUALLS
FRENCH STEAMER LA sAVoiE
ARRIVES AT NEW YORK AZ
TER SEVERE EXPERIENCE
STRUCK BY A FIFTY FOOT
WAVE.

New York. March l0.-The freheh
Iine steamer La Savoie from HaFre'
March 2 carry ng more than l,'V'
passengers. arrived her today aiteI
rerhaps ne no. severe experience OF
the transatlantic liners that have re
Gently p rted rough wea her al Sc
The steamer ran into a series ol
r5les which increased in violence IN
IN Thursday when a monster wave
went the main deck and forced zap
tain Tourni to bring his tremtlin9
craft to She drifted for hours before
the voyage could safely be resumed.
This wave which measured. the ON
oars say about - feet In heish b
l,rck over the ship fom he forward
mort side IN moment tons Of Waier
flooded the vessel shat ering heavy
oak deor wlich opened into The cor
rfsor outside the smoking saloon
Many cabins and staterooms were
flooded
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
THOUSANDS CHEER
AS FIVE WOMEN BULL
FiCH TIERS ARE GOREO

FL Paso Texas March 10,--All five
OF the women bull fighters whose fare
wei appearances in the ring was the
attraction at the Juarez Plaza Del
Torres this aft rnc on were injured by
being gored or tossed by the bulls
Only one however, Seno,ita Herrera.
was seriously hurt but her injuries
were not fatal Five thousand per-
sons witness d the con; ;est ana cheer.
ed the exciting features.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
BURGLAR AND VICTIM
SlAY EACH OTHER IN
DESPERATE GUN DUEL

Columbia, S. C., March l0.-C q.
Green. aged As. a me nant Of Shan.
don. suburb of this CITY, was way
laid and killed last night by Edward
Marshall. who was himself killed by
Green. The feet of the mon were
less than a foot apart, showing that
they had died facing each other
At Green's righ hand was a re-
volver with four empty chambers
Near Marshalls right hand was a six
shooter. with five chambers empty
Under his body was a leather slung
shot. and near his head two burglar
masks.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
EuLoGlzE JOHN p, ALTGELo.

Chicago, March l0,-Memorial ser.
vices for Former Governor John T.
Altgeld we're held in the Garricls
theater here this afternoon, under the
auspices of the John F. Altgeld Mem
orial Association. Congressman Char
les A. Towe, Of New York, delivered
the chief eulogy to Altgeld.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
JEROME IS READY
TO ATTACK THAW
SPENDS SUNDAY WITH EXPERTS
LAYING PLANS TO CONVICT
YOUNG MILLIONAIRE.
DEFENSE ALSO ACTIVE
Yesterday, Delmas Sending His Seno
grapher to See Defendant in the
Tombs What Prosecutor
viii Attempt to Prove.

New York, March l9.--Delphin M
Demas, senior counsel for Harry X
Thaw communicated with his ellen
today through his connl ntial steno
Erapher who was admitted to the
Tombs ea,ly in the day, The youns
woman said that she had come from
Mr.. Delmas who was spending tht
day at Atlantic City and after being
identified by Warden Flynn was es
corted to tn second tier where She
talked for some time with ThaW out
side the gate.
In the Afternoon Dan O'Reilly, Of
Thaw's counsel called upon Thaw
Leaving, the attorney @aid he had
found the prisoner in 'pr tty' good
splrits.' Thaw today attended .the
chapel service. He had .n0thing to
say to newspaper men beyond 1.-The
message hat he had be .n,>warued BY
counsel that he shouFd have nothing
further lo say and hat. his attorneys
would have to do. the talking.
District Attorney, Jerome remained
at his home and'was again in. confec,
cnce with the aliehisJs. for the state
When asked as to the preparation, be.
ing made for.rebuttal which will open
tomortow. Nj Gar~an sal dthat moth.
ing could be made public
II is said that Mr' Jerome is, fran
iug the questions. which he will ask
his witnesses 50 that their examina.
ii II can be run OF in quick order and
tina a Hypothetical quest on is in.
course of preparation which will be
put to the experts whom Mr.. Jerome.
viii call to The stand This question
viii embrace the facts already
brought out in evidence, and will also
inn,dde the testimony which Mr. Ja,.
rome wtn bring 0ut II MS cdSe Ut
rebuttal.
Jerome Charged Front.
Those who have observed MT Je-
rome's methods during the last few
DAYS of the trial have come to the
belief that any move by the district
attorney looking 10 the apointm MT 81
a commission in lunacy for ThaW IS
remote For time il looked as II all
the effo.ts of Mr. Jerome, were di'
cted to prove that Thaw's condition.
rs admitted by the defense was IN
durable.
When on the first day of the cross
examination of Or. Wagner the prose
cntor t1ok a new track il became
main that his plan then was to prove
= sane mental condition at the time o,
the commits ION Of the act. lie went
hard after / le expert as TO whether
or not Thaw did not show both be.
fore and Immediately after the shcot'
ing on the Madison Sqaate Roof Gar
a that he was capable OF reaaoniN
processes. The move was a big sur
prise to the defense and to the spec
fators. The opinion becam general
that he thought il was time To shar2
on the other edge OF the blade.
There will probably be more thar
me witness called in rabuttal 10 sup
plement whatever the district attor
uey has drawn from the wifnease'
Tor the prosecution in support OF tins
contention that Thaw was in his righ
eenses AZ tn time of the killing.
Concluded on Second Page)
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
OIL TRUST READY
TO PLEAD GUILTY
ROCKEFELLER COMPANY SAID
TO BE PANIC STRICKEN OVER
FEAR or CONVICTION.
AFRAID OF BIG FINES
Which They Fear viii Follow t
Cases Are ntested-WiIlinq
to Make Surrender to Sc
cure Minimum Penalty.

Chicago, March 10.--J A. Moffett
president. of the Standard Oil com.
pany Of Indiana, now on trial here On
a charge Of having received rebates,
denied tonight that the representa-,
tiyes of the oil company had suggest
ed to he federal authorities that the
company might be willing to plead
guilty. Moffett said; ANY such
stat, ment is without truth. The
Standard o company is rot frighten
ed at any prospects of conviction
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11

ADVERTISING CAN De so utilized
as to regulate business just as the
moon regulates the tides. Public con-
fIdenee once gained the rest Is easy.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11

sELLlh0 REAL ESTATE IL ae
easy as selling piano or cow II the
Peoples Column Of The Bulletin Is
used
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
indictments Are Scattered.

(coacluied on Thir PageJ
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11

CONCLUDED on Second Page-J
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11
gust Havs Shabby Guarters.

Thn r. there g the matter Of perma
rent homes for the cOnsuia es abroa T
Wz ought Of course. 20 own some
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1907-03-11

(cOncluded on Third Page)
The Black Hills union and western stock review. [volume] (Rapid City, S.D.) 1904-19??, 1907-10-04
Niarricd at Hot Springs.

Friends Of George Walker, who is
we'll known to most Rapid Cityans,
noticed him hurrying for the passen-
gar train last Friday evening, logged
out in his "go-to-meetin'" clothes,
and inquiry developed the fact that
George was headed for Hot Springs
and the hymeneal altar. The knot
tai made Mr.. Walker and Miss Ester
Dearduff of the Springs, man and wife
being tied Saturday morning. The
Tho happy couple r spending the
week at Sylvan Lake and will reach
Tapid this morning. From various
sources we learn that they will have
to do some fast lodging to escape the
rice, old shoes and kindred objects
~ a-rectfon Which Mr.. Walkers adj
mirers have stored UP to greet him
Upon his arrival.