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moss rose. The older women run to much
flesh and seem coarse.
The dress of the Jewish women Is much
like that Worn by the sex in our country,
save that the richer ones use gold em-
broidery for trimming. They wear silk
handkerchiefs tied about the head, half
concealing the forehead and covering most
of the hair. These Jews marry young.
Girls are often betrothed at six or eight
years, are sometimes married at ten, and
have children at fourteen. The marriage
tie is not strong and divorces are common.
In the Jewish Quarters.
In all the Moroccan cities. except Tan
gier. the Jews are still confined to their
own section, and in some they are shut
off at night from the rest of the town.
These quarters are known rs mellahs. and
they are among the most saualid parts of
every city. Their streets are narrow and
dirty. The front doors are little more
than holes in the walls. and most of the
houses contain many small rooms in
which the people are herded. The homes
OF the rich are much better.
The mellahs are governed by the Jews
themselves. They elect a council and
judiciary, and they have the right of APP
peal from the latter to the Moorish gov
eTnOr. Inc rHpDlS are ABOUT the most IN
fiuential of the Jews The people are re-
ligious and attend their synagogues re-
gularly. They do no business on Saturday
which is the Jewish Sabbath, and on that
day many Of them will not even open a
business letter. l attended one of their
synagogues here. 1t was n dark little
room, surrounded by dwellings.
The Jews now have their own schools in
Morocco and n great deal of work has
been done among them lately by the Uni
versal Jewish Alliance. This alliance is
now carrying on schools at Tangier, Tet-
uan, Mogador. Marrakech and Fee, in
which there are more than twenty-five
hundred children. They are giving the
young Jews sort of modern education,
although much OF the time Is devoted to
teaching OF Hebrew and Spanish. They
also teach French and English. geography
and other studies. In. the reorganization
of Morocco. which is bound to come about
sooner or later. these children, with their
knowledge of the modern languages and
of Arabic. as well. may form an important
factor.
Copyright 1906, by Frank G. Carpenter.)
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Johnson. Rev. and Mrs III. NJ. Bruen,
Rev. e. f. mcfarland and Rev. Walter
j. Erdman. They have impaired some-
what of an American air to their com-
pound every mission residence Is sur
rounded by fence or wall, and is called
compound) by setting out fruit trees and
flowers from the homeland so that they
have apples, and peaches, Strawberries.
etc. They exchange plants and cuttings
with their neighbor. the French priest.
From him they obtained their strawber-
ries. which proved to be bread upon tho
waters. for last year every one OF the
priests plants persisted and he was OBJ
liged to get fresh start from what hs
had given TO the Americans.
A buster lot of missionaries than these
1 have not yet seen; most Of them are
engaged chiefly in country work. itinerat-
ing for weeks at a time among the vil-
lagos. Down In Taiku visited the mis-
sion's primary school. where a hive OF
gaily dressed youngsters We're crowded
in a native house. studying their lessons
at the top of their lungs, and swaying to
and fro as they studied, In another little
native house found Mr.. Adams teaching
the beginnings of higher education to
% Korean young men--most of them. by
the way. with their hair up. In token that
they are married There is practically
no modern education in Korea except that
given by the missionaries. The latter are
spreading the desire and the opportunity
for an education throughout the country.
and many say that this will be the means
of preserving the national identity
So general Is the belief that the influence
of Christian schools, churches and litera-
ture may help Korea to find herself after
centuries of Ignorance. corruption and
oppression, that / have been told by other
than missionaries. that the Japanese gov
eminent Is backing a Buddhist propagan-
da and organizing a new native religion,
in order to counterfeit the widespread ac-
ceptance of Christianity. The missions
aries are alert to keep the churches from
being used for political purposes The
Koreans. for example, not long ago estab-l
lished more than 1000 patriotic societies.
which they called .Y. NJ. c.. AS, and
the officials of the association had to se-
cure an imperial edict correcting the.
abuse
The missionaries have thousand Pro-
testant and thousand Roman Catholic
adherents In Taiku. The church of the
former is simply q primitive native house.
enlarged again and again, until more than
500 persons can crowd into 1t for the weeks
" service. 1t looks scarcely large enough
to hold 1co American fashion. but the
Koreans sit cross-legged on the floor and
crowd closely together The women are
separated from the men by curtain,
and in church they remove the cloalr
which ordinarily conceas their faces. I
This particular church. like all others int
Korea. is entirely self-supporting. Mis- i
sion funds are here not used for the
churches but entirely for medical edu-
cational and evangelistic work Y
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Beds, Tables, Stools and Candle
BY C. A. RICHARDSON

roundIngs were soon disturbed by mat
ter sordid and commonplace enough
PreSto there was a gentle and respectful
touch on my shoulder. + turned about
and the Italian from the Casino address,
ed me quite vigorously, using the French
monosyllables heading this sketch: shrug-
ging his shoulders. jerking his head, rails
ing his eyebrows, throwing his arms, all
in the well-known regulation French
style. He had formerly lived in Paris,
engaged in his present business, and had
learned that an Italian when duly excited
Man IL he will only use monosyllables
extended his right hand with counter
felt small gold coin, representing five
francs, lying in his open palm.
He declared with all sorts of srmaces
and gesticulations that the tall Americana
had given him the counterfeit gold piece
at the Casino some fifteen minutes before
in payment for wine and cake. Crawford
and the Englishman insisted that | must
not have scene, but give the waiter good
money at once, which fully intended do
Ing. and In a spirit of fun only hesitated
Il minute or more in order to see how en-
cited he would become, | really wanted
him to get beyond the monosylable stage
Crawford was highly amused. and en-
ioyed the excited waiter With the pan-
tomine performance more than did. But
our titled English friend was very indig-
nant. In fact. Mortified His monocle
actually fell from his eye The next
evening he declined to walk with us, We
saw him stroling along, with only his
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coin in circulation. and many rich jewelers.
freely use the precious metal In their
costly wares; there Is only small quar-
tity of gold coin, for tho most part passed
on guileless travellers, and the quality Of
this is nnfavorably known as Non Bon!
Non Bon!!
A few days later after leaving lovely
Florence was in old-tme Leghorn.
There l became the purchaser of a fine
Leghorn hat. l was charged twenty-five
francs for a twenty-frarc hat. My travel
Ing conscience and experience told ME it
was quite the correct thing to pay the
shopman twenty good francs along With
the same five francs that We're mon Bon
This being truthful narrative. must
state that I lost my new hat out of a rail-
way car window, after owning 1t only
two feeting, bright. sunny days. (No
moral attached to this)
Those of us who have been restless at
home. and have encouraged a penchant
for roaming abroad. thus adding to our
human experience beyond our own bor-
ders, have found the common instincts
of our race about the same In all lands,
We often meet and see much that is
good, and some thai is Non Bon, Non
Bon!".
Only about n year ago / received a sort
Of reminiscent letter from Crawford, lie
mentioned this amusing incident, happen
ing as it did IN beautiful Florence on the
banks of thee old Arno--the counterfeit
gold coin and the excited waters mon
Bon! Non Bon.".
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closely folded umbrella and his insepara-
BILE monocle.
The SAME evening of the incident, and
as sort of contrasting companion pic
ture to this mon Bon" episode We eX-
perienced most interesting, delightful,
memorable, and unexpected incident when
all the noise of the bathers in the old
Arno was hushed for the nonce, while the
silvery notes OF the great tenor Mario.
then at the height of his fame in tho
operate world, rang out clearly, sweetly.
charmingly in the quiet air, meath n
glorious moon; n most appreciative aud
fence gathered on the banks of the classic
old river heartily cheered the great singer
whose gifted voice had so often entranced
many thousands. 1t was a free concert,
all natural and unexpected, and the SUI
perb tenor was at his best enjoying his
bath, and his own Incompatible notes so
music 1t will be wrong to charge me
with an ungallant spirit when assert
that the superb, the grand voice OF a male
singer be 1t high or low, tenor or soprano,
bass or bassoprofundo, ever charms and
thrills me far more than the female voice;
even counting from Adelaide Patti down
ward.
In the old days, or during the fifteenth
and sixteenth centuries, Florence WAS,
with the exception Of Rome and Venice, the
richest In art and commercial wealth OF
all the Italian cities, To-day she has an
Inherited wealth in art and history eN-
ceeding all excepting Ronlei she is about
third on fourth class In commercial stand
ing There is still plenty OF good gold
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arc sawed into boards by hand and
thrashing is done upon well-pounded floors
with fails or by treading the grain out
with horses. cattle or mules. II would be
impossible 20 carry a thrashing machine
through the country for the lack of roads,
and in many localities it would be difficult
TO supply the fuel to run it.
Saddles and harness, such as we have,
are in no demand. and the hardware used
is OF the cheapest homemade variety.
There are some sewing machines in use,
but the favorite ones are those run by
hand. There is some sale for mirrors,
darnng needles and sewing needles.
These. as we'll as nails and wire, are now
sent in by the Germans. Much of the
Morocco earthenware is home made. Some
china is imported. and also many of the
drinking glasses in which tea is served.
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A Left-Handed Clock.

Tho progressive storekeeper nowadays
attracts attention by the novelty OF the
signs and other advertising matter he
puts outside his place of business One of
the most unusual exhibits OF this char
acter is shown by a Market street firm.
which has its sign Supported" as the
heraldists would say, by clock at either
side. Both clocks are actuated by elec-i
tricity. and the dial on the right hand
OF the sign is very commonplace look
ing timepiece. But the other one has q
dial so constructed that the hands move
in the opposite direction. The clock keeps
accurate time. although there is some-
thing startling in seeing the figures I, III.
III. etc. on the left-hand side Of tha
dial, where tho XI. X, TX. etc. are ordi-
narily found,-Philadelphia Ledger. Il
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How the Jews Monopolize the
TraIn,

The American drummer who comes to
Morocco must expect to carry on his bust
ness largely through the Jews. TheyIare
by far the best business men of the coun-
try. and they have the bulk OF the whole
sale and retail trade. There are Moorish
bazaars. 1t Is true, in all of the cities. and
there are Moorish commercial houses with
large capital in Fee, but the Jews are
everywhere. and they deal with all classes
They are as business men equals of any
of their race, and although noted for
sharp trading, as rule they stand we'll.
The Jews came to this country along
about the thirteenth century to do bust
ness with the Moors and they have been
here ever since. They are desp!sed and at
times ill-treated by the other races and
are still compelled to do certain mental
things. When they first came they We're
required to wear black clothes and shoes
and they had to go on foot as they passed
through the cities. To-day they wear black
skull caps. black slippers and long black
coats. belted in at the waist. In the Ber-
Der districts the Jews have curls hanging
down in front of their ears, but otherwise
they dress like the Berbers.
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For Father-in-Law.

Billson-Whose pocketbook Is that YOU
are advertising for? 81
Iimson--Mine. of course,
Get out 'Containlng roll OF bank
notes and large number of checks. Flnd-l
er can keep money If he will return pap-i
ers,' Get out You don't see a roll OF banls
notes or check once q year, Mo. MA
Bertha Bullions father takes the paper {
advertised the loss in. and he'll SEQ thaSs
advertisement.
''Humph' Where did You get the moneys
to pay for that big ad?''
Bertha lent II to me. bless the dart~,
lipG.''-Tit- Bits
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every night. and that by the hundreds.
Many houses are guarded in this way.
Spring beds are unknown to such people
and they seldom have chairs. When they
sit they do not hang their legs down. but
double them up under them or lean back
against the wall with their long boards
resting on their knees. If they use bench
or divan it is to sit cross-legged upon 1t.
The tables are rude, and are often simply
low round brass pans upon legs. Some
such are beautifully carved. Candles are
in demand and the British are now send
ing almost a quarter of a million dollars
worth of them hero every year.
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How He Qualified.

Mark Twain tells about physician
friend of his who not long ago had to
engage new chauffeur. A big, strap
as to his technical ability. his size
and strength appearing wholly salts
factory. What is the. first thing you
do when you find thatsyou carbureter
Is out of order?" asked the doctor.
a"Well, I tell ye,'' replied the applicant.
81 honestly don't never have any trou-
BILE with It. I never gets out OF order,
amt been sick one day for the last
two YEARS."
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No Demand for Socks or
Stockings.

The Moors do not want stockings. OF
the 100000 inhabitants of this country
95c0,0Oo have never heard of them, and /
venture there are not 1000 women in the
whole empire who clothe their legs in that
way. Only the very well-to-do put them
on upon occasions. and such persons are
the Aioors who have been affected by
foreign influences.
Our hat makers need not send their
wares. These people use turbans. with
skull caps under them to cover their
smoothly shaved scalps, and they some
times pull the hoods of their gowns over
their heads in addition. The Jews wear
caps of black felt which At close. and the
Jewish women wrap their heads in silk
handkerchiefs.
Little Chance for American Flour
AT present there might be a small sale
for American flour II II were shipped here
in such packages that 1t could be carried
by mules over the country. Morocco has
some of the best wheat soil OF the world.
and II 1t had a government like ours with
Secretary Wilson at the head of It's agri-
cultural department, 1t would be competing
with our country In the bread markets Of
England. At present most OF the grain Is
consumed In the localities where 1t Is
raised, ana the AGRICULTURAL methods are
so rude that 1t Is high-priced. notwith-
standing the low wages Farm hands get
about ten cents day and they board
themselves. The blowing is done with a
crooked stick by means of oxen. mules.
donkeys or camels. The pitchforks are
crotched sticks. sharpened at the ends.
Shovels and spades are unknown. A Moor
ish plow costs about fifty cents, an OK
yoke fifteen cents. and the rude hoe which
is commonly employed twelve cents. The
grain is carried from many localities on
the backs OF camels in long bags made of
palmetto leaves. One such bag will hold
ten bushels and forms a fair load for a
camel. Here in Tangier the grain is
transported by donkeys from one part OF
the town to the other in. four bushel bags.
Two bags are good load for donkey.
Queer Mills and Bakeries.
The ordinary Moroccan stomach would
be surprised at American flour. The bread
of the country is made of meal ground at
home. Every family has Its own mill,
consisting OF two rude grindstones one on
top of the other. the grain being poured
through a hole in the top stone. These
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CREATING
A new KOREA
Continued from Third Page

with 100000 population, and 200 mission
aries, has nearly, if not quite, as many
Protestant converts as Japan, with 45,-
100000 population and more than 500 mis-
sionaries.
The little colony of nlne Americans
here-including ono unmarried woman,
Miss Cameron who lives alone in little
house overrun with rats and MICE of
which she is afraid .-consists of Rev. and
Mrs. j. z. Adams, DR.. and Mrs. w. o.
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turing Europe. 1t could do nothing here.
These men want a loose slipper of soft
leather with heel that can be bent over.
They take their shoes off, as usual thing,
when they enter their homes. and they
never wear them inside the churches or
mosques. The black of the American shoe
would look out of place. for every Moorish
gentleman likes a delicate pale yellow. AS
to the women. they wear red slippers of
soft Morocco leather. and the better class
es of them have thIr footwear embroider-
ed with gold and silver. In the house
most of the girls go barefooted. and no
one wears a French heel. Indeed. heels
are worn on no shoes here, and even fine
Morocco boots are heelless. All the foot
wear is handsomea and that made in Fee
Is sent to different parts of the country.
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Mint Juleps Made of Tea.

Most of the other Mohammedan nations
drink coffee. These people drink tea, and
are especially fond of it when favored with
mint. The way to make 1t, am told, is
to put a good lot of sugar into the teapot
and a spoonful or so of green tea, together
with some mint leaves. Now pour on boil
ing water and let the stuff steep. If you
make it right you will have a drink for
the gods, and at the same time free from
the intoxicating properties of the mint
julep Of the Kentucky colonel. Such liquor
is furnished in tumblers at tea houses all
over this country, and the Moors drink 1t
boiling hot. sitting cross-legged on the
ground as they do so. The most of the tea
used comes from England, London alone
sending G,s many as twenty thousand
chests in one year. In 1904 Morocco bought
of England more than seven hundred
thousand dollars worth of tea, and its
sugar purchases then amounted to con-
siderably over two million dollars In value
These people are fond of sweets, and their
consumption of sugar is so great that 1t
has almost ruined their teeth. This any
one can see whenever a Moor opens his
mouth.
Beds, Tables, Stools and Candle
sticks.
1t will be long time before the ordinary
Moroccan will want American furniture.
The poorer classes sleep on the floor, and
they are so hardy that a man will wrap
himself in his gown and lie down any
where for a snooze, There are men sleep
ing on the stones out in the streets here
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A Trade OF Twenty Million
Dollars.

During my stay | have had talk with
MIR. Hoffman Philip, our consui-general,
as to the trade of Morocco. He has rep
resented our country here very efficiently
for the past four years, and has done
what he could to push American trade. He
has been hampered. however. by the ig-
norance of our exporters concerning the
country and people, and the disadvantage
of the United States having no direct
steamship connection with this part of the
continent We have several vessels a
week which call at Gibraltar, over the
way, but none OF these stop at Tangier.
We are buying large amount of goat
skins of Morocco. but about the only
thing which she is using directly from us
Is coal Oil. Her people dress largely in
cottons. and their goods are made of our
raw materials. which are shipped In the
bale to England and there manufactured
for this trade
During some years we pay as much as a
half million dollars to Morocco. In 1905
We bought from her about four hundred
and fifty thousand dollars worth OF goat
skins, and We take some of her WOOL and
fruits. which go Via England.
Tho total trade of Morocco says our
consu-general. nov amounts to some
thing like twenty million dollars a year,
and of this England gets more than half,
France comes next. and then Spain and
Germany. The German trade Is stu small,
but it Is rapidly gaining.
Coal Oil, Canned Beef, Corn Meal
and Cocktails.
made a hunt through the bazaars here
to-day for American goods, and amongst
other places visited the largest fancy
grocery store In Tangier. told the Jew
clerk to show me samples of all the Ameri-
can articles he had. and he brought out
coal oil. corned beef, cornmeal and COCK
tails, The bottles came from New York,
the cornmeal was In a pasteboard pack
age labeled Chicago and the coal oil IN a
square can from, Philadelphia while the
corned beef was In q flat tin box from n
packing house in Kansas City. AT another
store | saw canned salmon from Seattle
and pickles from Boston. All of these
goods came via London.
What the Moors Do Not Want.
1t is useless for our exporters to attempt
to make market in Morocco without
sending men here to study the people,
This country Is as different from the
United States as would he the lands Of
the Arabian Nights, Drummers who speak
Spanish or French should be sent to travel
among the people and report the kinds
and patterns of goods desired. They can
hire guides who will interpret for them
with the Moorish merchants. and they
will find many Jewish traders who speas
French and Spanish,
Let me toll you, for instance, of a few
lhings which 1t would be ridiculous to sen |
to Morocco. The American shoe 4 S popr-
lar almost everywhere. and 1t Is fist cap
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The Iewesses Of Morocco.

About the only women's faces one sees
in this country are those of the Jewesses.
The Moors and the Berbers hide their
beauty behind the cotton sheets or wooden
blankets. which they drape about their
heads when they go out. The younger
Jewesses are often good-looking. They
have fine dark eyes and ivory white skins,
with cheeks tinged with the hue of n dark
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Morocco's Big Possibilities.

As soon as the powers determ'ne to take
hold OF the country every nation Will be
serding It's trade representatives ':cre. the
Germans and French havo already done
SO. and the English have man at court
in thu person OF Kali Mclean. who was
brought In TO reorganize the sultan's
army. and who has grown fat OFF the job.
He is supposed to be a secret agent of the
British government and to keep the Eng
lish posted as to trade and diplomatic af-
fairs.
AS to the Germans. they are gathering
trade information in all sorts OF ways
met here a white-faced, blond-bearded
man. dressed in full Moorish costume, who
was talking Arabic and who found could
recite the Koran from beginning to end.
He turned out to be German In the en-
ploy of some of the kaiser's commercial
organizations, and his business is to
gather data for the pushing of German
goods. He has Travelled as a Moor through
all the coast towns, and has gone inland
from Mogador to Morocco City and from
there TO Fee He has full information
about the patterns OF the cottons and
other goods most desired here, and the
Germans Will be soon making hacks, bur-
houses. dtellabas and the other dresses OF
these outlandIsh people