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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
SMALL CRAFT THEIR LOOT.
Pirates Exist Within Range Of the
Guns of Gibraltar.
From the Travel Magazine

From the Travel Magazine.
Opportunities for piracy on the coast OF
Morocco are not as frequent now in the
days of steam as they were of old. when
every day brought forth noble chance,
and it is only the lack of opportunity
which keeps the Rifans from more fire.
auent depredations. How the eyes OF
these pirates must CLEAN, how their fin
gers must itch as they behold rich booty
passing by their coast which they cannot
or dare not attempt
1t is only the smaller sailing craft that
they can attack today, and to attack such
as these they must watch for a favorable
moment when other vessels arc not close
at hand. But such opportunities are rare
in these crowded waters. Should one
come the rovers stea. ont i'll little feluC-
cas- which have been hidden in hooks
along the coast and light of burden
that they can pass over bar and reef
These boats resemble the galcyS of old
and mainly propelled by oars, though
rugged with two lateen sails. The crew OF
thirty or forty men are armed with flint
lock guns, pistols and daggers. and SO can
make but short shift OF such defenselcss
small craft as fall into their clutches.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
Equal to Any Fate.
From the Spectator.


w are told. in effect, that we are not
to reckon the fleets of either the United
States or of Japan. because they are both
distant and friendly powers. In the first
place, we protest strongly against friend
ship having anything to do with the
matter. We yield to none in our friend
ship for the Americans, but the aim of
those who demand standard for ship
construction Is not to select nations that
are unfriendly, or with whom we expect
collision. and to make ourselves stronger
but to maintain an absolute and abstract
standard of invincibie sea power as far
as predominance in capital ships can
give it.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
Suicide in Papua.

From the Wide World Magazine.
Ridicule and opposition are always
very trying to a Papuan. and a sad case
OF double suicide took place in conse-
ouence Of the latter. Here is the story:
girl and young man became much
attached to each other and met regularly.
Each morning, however, the girls father
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03

the auspices of the attendants of the
Government Hospital for the Insane at
Naval Lodge Hall, 4th street and Penn
sylvania avenue southeast. The hall was
tastefully decorated with many American
flags and evergreens. The entertainment
committee was composed of William F.
Thrall and j. A. Williams. The door
committee consisted of L. l.. Clark and
N A. kemper. Many people from the
institution were present as well as friends
of the employees from che city. Music
was furnished by an orchestra led by j.
T., Suthard
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03

It pays TO read the want columns of
The Star. Hundreds of situations are
filed through tnem.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
Glidden's Auto Ran Out Camels.

Mr.. Glidden of Boston is u pioneer In
automobiling. and his machine has been
the first seen by the people OF many
strange countries. Last summer he ap
peared in it at Jerusalem, and motored
$50 miles between the holy city and
Damascus. through Samarla, Galilee and
along the valley of the Jordan. His ex-
perience was so successful as to attract
the attention of the tourist agents, and
within d short time it is expected that
the camel trains will be entirely aban-
doned and motor cars substituted.
The natives-both people and beasts
displayed a deep interest in the move
ments Of the car. The camels were indif-
ferent, and the donkeys looked at the
strange vehicle with scorn but the horses,
mules and cows seemed inclined to fear it
and often bolted. But Mr.. Glidden sue
ceeded in avoiding accidents and passed
through Syria and the Holy Land without
the slightest unpleasant episode.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
These Are the
Greatest
Bargains

in fine tailoring that we OF
fer in the entire year. Don't
miss the chance to get a fine
Suit or Overcoat to order for a
mere fraction of former prices.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
Will Save Life and Money.

The largest expenditures of treasure
and human life that have occurred in
the Ottoman empire have been necessary
to retain control of the holy shrines OF
Mecca and Medinah. The Arab rebels
have often come very near capturing
them and wrestling them from the con-
troll of the sultan, and the only way
he could send soldiers there was by
marching them over go miles of desert
or by sending them way around through
the Suez canal in ships. The latter
means of transportation have been adopt
ed as the most convenient and the least
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
Holy Land Up-to-Date.

But the people of the Holy Land and
the descendants of Ishmael are becoming
blasc about such things; they are famil
lar with trolley ears, steam engines, mod
ern plumbing and water works, and the
tomb of Mahomet is now lighted with
electric light. like the tons,s of The
PharaohS ut ThebeS and Memphis.
The first automobile ever seen in the
Holy Land was brought there last sum
mer by Mr. Glidden of Boston, and within
the last few weeks two French machines
have been brought into the country. one
by It Damascus tourist agent and the
other by a rich Syrian of Beirut for his
private use. Already the Damascus auto
mobile has made a successful trip to the
famous ruins OF Palmyra. And it is said
to be the first wheeled vehicle that has
ever crossed the ancient realms OF Queen
Ienobia since the departure Of the Roman
legions in their chariots OF war. 1t is to
/ be used hereafter for such journeys and
although it is not so picturesque. IL Is Il
great Improvement upon camel, so far
as speed is concerned.
The greatest difficulty in visiting the
valleys of the Euphrates and the Tigris-
the ruins of Babylon, NineVeh and other
ancient cities-has been the lack of water
but an automobile can carry sufficient
supply to last several days. and the SUR
face of the desert is SO firm that broad
wheels can pass most anywhere.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
Railway Now in Operation.

The railway from Damascus to Medinah.
where the Prophet Mahomet is buried in
magnificent tomb, is now in operation,
two trains a week running each way
across the sandy desert and making the
distance OF 600 miles in about forty-eight
hours. The first train passed down the
line in September, and the idle dream
of Abdul Hamid became a living reality
in the form of one of the greatest engi-
neering achievements of the age and the
most important factor in oriental politics.
1t is now possible to visit the sacred
cities of four religions-those of Jehovah.
Christ. Mahomet and Buddha--in a rail-
way car, and the Sultan OF Turkey can
throw his troops into the stronsho,ds of
his rebellious subjects in Arabia without
the long delays, the difficulties and eS-
pense which have hitherto prevented
active military movements.
Although the principal object of the
railway was to make the pilgrimages
of the faithful to Mecca less difficult and
expensive, the underlying motive was to
provide means of transportation for
troops. The Wahabite sect of Islam
which is very strong in Arabia, has never
acknowledged the kaliphate of the pres
ent sultan, whose dynasty obtained power
and authority in the church by conquest
and not by inheritance. What they won
by the sword they have been compelled
to keep by the sword at an enormous cost
of lives and money, for the military eX-
petitions that have been sent from Con-
stantinopla to Arabia at an enormous cost
have failed to subdue the rebellious tribes
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03
FAR EAST UP-T0-DATE
Golf Links Laid Out on the
Mountains of Lebanon.
ATHLETICS ABOLISH CASTE
Glidden Auto Has Toured Through
the Holy Land.
RAILWAY RUNS TO MEDINA
Road Is Triumph of Engineering
Honestly and Quickly Achieved.
Ancient Line of Commerce.
RAILWAY RUNS TO MEDINA
BIZ WILLIAM f. CURTIS.
Special Correspondence of The Star and the
Chicago Record Herald.

Chicago Record Herald
NEW YORK, December &c, 1908.
Golf links have recently been laid out
in the mountains Of Lebanon between
the villages of Fuz ell Gharb and Shem-
ian by Mr. G. bic Ravndal. the Amerl-
can consul at Beirut, and are constantly
used by the professors Of the American
can consul at Beirut, and are constantly
there While the balls bound over the
sacred SOIL the druses, in their pic
turesque garments-the greatest aristoc-
racy in all the world, who can trace their
pedigrees back to Abraham and the flood
stand around and watch the madness
of the Yankees.
Foot Ball Levels All Men.
Foot ball, base ball, tennis, track races
and other athletic sports have been
played by the students of the American
College at Beirut for many years, and
the venerable eX-prcsident, DR.. Bliss,
believes they have been the most power
full influence in promoting the doctrine
of human equality among the various
races who attend that institution. Al
most every tribe and nation In the east
is represented there from the Bosphorus
to Calcutta and from the Euphrates to
the head waters OF the Nile--men Of all
ranks, religions, castles and tongues-and
they find their level on the foot ball
field. where Il prince is likely to be
tackled by a peasant, and on the base
ball diamond, where the son Of pasha
can be caught out at first base as well
as the son of licorice grower.
When the scions of the aristocracy
and the Bedouin sheiks from the deserts
of Arabia first appear at the college
they look with surprise and contempt
upon what they consider silly and use
less exertionS, and one proud prince who
witnessed a base ball game for the frs.
time asked the pitcher. nobleman Of
high degree, why he did not have his
servants throw the ball for him. But
they soon catch on to The spirit of th'
game abandon their habits and forget
their rank in the excitement and pleas
ure they enjoy
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03

expensive, but few Of the soldiers sent
to Mecca and Medinah or to suppress the
Wahabite rebellions have ever returned.
Regiment after regiment. brigade after
brigade has been sacrificed to the climate
and to the cruelty of the rebeliouS Arab
sheikhs. Now. however, the railway to
Medinah being finished. garrisons of
troops can be sent there without peril
and in a very short space of time com
pared with the former means of trans
portation. 1t is intended to extend the
track to Mecca, Il distance of sixty miles,
and il will probably be completed during
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1909-01-03

We reserve absolutely nothing The Ell
tire stock OF Winter Suitings must go at once
No sweatshop work-al work done in Our owl
workrooms. Every garment tried on in TIL
basting. Absolute satisfaction guaranteed o
money refunded.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12

does not remedy the fault of damp
ness nearly so effectually as would a
similar expenditure spent In raising
the floor and surrounding ground by
grading. All things considered, the
dirt floor is the most suitable.
The object of ventileting chicken
house is to supply a reasonable
amount of fresh air. and, equally i'm
portant, to keep the house dry. Ven
open cupolas. Direct drafts of air
are injurious, and ventilation by such
means is always the greatest when
the least needed. A thorough scheme
of ventilation is by system of pipes
that removes the foul air from near
the floor, while the corresponding
fresh air is forced to enter at the top
of the room.
Make all roosts on the same level
The ladder arrangement Is nuisance
and offers no advantage. Arrange the
roosts so that they may be readily
removed for cleaning. Do not fill the
chicken house full of roosts. Put In
only enough to accommodate the hens
and let these be on one side of the
house. The floor, under the roosts
should be separated from the feedinf
floor by a board set on edge. or, bet.
ter still, tight roost platform ma,
be built under the perches. BY thi.
latter scheme the entire floor of tn,
house is available as scratchin,
floor.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12
SWALLOWING THE FARM

My homeless man with the chro-
matte nose, while you are stirring up
the sugar in a Decent glass of gin
let me give you a fact to wash down
with it. You may say you have longed
for years for the free, independent life
of the farmer but have never been
able to get money enough together to
buy farm. But that is just where
you are mistaken. For some years
you have been drinking a good i'm
proved farm at the rate of 100 square
feet gulp. If you doubt this state
ment, figure it out yourself An acre
of land contains 43,560 square feet.
Estimating, for convenience, the land
at S43.56 an acre, you will see that it
brings the land to just mill per
square foot. Now pour down the fiery
dose and imagine you are swallowing
strawberry patch. Call in five OF
your friends and have them help you
gulp down that 50O-foot garden. &C
on a prolonged spree some day and
see how long it requires to swallow
enough pasture land to feed a COW
Put down that glass of gin; there is
dirt in it-100 feet of good, rich dirt
worth s43.56 per acre.-Robert j. Bur.
dette.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12
FOR GOOD BUTTER MAKING

Work the salt into the butter thor
oughly, but do not work 1T long enough
to break the grain and make the butter
salvy.
An English authority on butter MAX
ing claims that adding one pound OF
salt to every gallon of cream imme-
diately after 1t Is taken off the milk
aids in ripening the cream and gives
from is to 20 per cent more butter
than from cream that has no salt in 1t
The buttermilk Is. of course, useless
as it cannot be fed to stock when !
contains so much salt, but Its loss Il
more than made up by the large guam.
tity and better quality of butter. 1t is
claimed. Has anybody tried 1t ovel
here:
To prevent the taste Of turnips ir
the butter from cows fed on them, G
western creamery practices the fol
lowing method: Put the cream into {
vessel and place in hot water at 20t
degrees When the cream reaches {
temperature of LAS or $50 degrees, Sc
the cream dish in cold water to cool 1t
Experiments seem to show that thu
longer the interval between milking thu
poorer the milk The milk is impover
ished by the absorption Of the fat
after it is secreted.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12

Many different styles of chicken
houses prove equally successful in the
hands of poultrymen, SO that it is
unwise to recommend the universal
adoption of any one form. If the
following points are given careful
study any farmer should be able to
build successful chicken house, suit
able to his wants and purse.
The house must be planned for the
hens comfort first and then the
owner may add such embellishments
as may please his fancy. The hen
needs, first of all, floor space, place
to eat and scratch. The more floor
space the hen has the better, but the
space above should not be too great,
so as to maintain the proper temper
allure from the animal heat of the
hens. All things considered, a house
just high enough for a man to walk
erectly and floor space of about
five square feet per hen would be
advisable.
Floors are commonly constructed of
earth, boards or cement. Cement
floors are perfectly sanitary and easy
to keep clean. The objections to their
common use is the first cost of good
cement floors. Cheaply constructed
floors will not last. Board floors are
very common and are preferred by
many poultrymep. but if close to the
ground they harbor rats, while II open
underneath they make the house cold
Covering wet ground by board floor
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12
MAKING COUNTRY BUTTER
1t Is Decided Waste of Time
to Make Any but the Very
Best Product.

1t is not profitable under any con-
ditlons to make country butter" If
you cannot make good product and
place it on the market so as to COM
mand the price of good butter, don't
make any. If you have the ability to
make good article, secure the price
to which its quality entities it by put
ting in up in neat, clean, attractive
packages, with your brand upon it.
If you sell through grocer, see that
he does not ruin the flavor of your
butter by putting it in an insanitary
ice box or that he does not inoculate
it with rancid butter or other bacteria
infected articles before it reaches the
consumer. otherwise your reputation as
a butter maker is ruined.
If you have ten or more cows or five
genuine dairy cows, it will pay you to
use separator Your cream will be
in better condition and the milk will
be fresh and sweet for feeding calves
or pigs. Unless you have an abundance
of pure, cool well water conveniently
located to cool the milk and keep the
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12
sHEEPFoLD WISDOM

The ewes and lambs should be kept
separate from the rest of the flock
until the youngsters are weaned.
Many farmers think this is unneces-
sary, but our experience is that both
lambs and ewes prosper better IL they
are not subjected to annoyance by the
rams, wethers and barren ewes OF the
general flock.
The lamb knows its mother by her
voice only, but she knows her Off
spring by smell. This is why eve
can be forced to accept her own Off
spring by holding her or combining her
head in a stanchion while the lamb
suckles After day or two the lamb
knows it's mothers voice and she be-
comes accustomed to the smell of her
lamb and no further trouble follows.
This ability of the lamb to distin-
guish it's mothers voice, even in
large flock, is quite remarkable. We
have seen a lamb go direct to Its
mother when called, although there
were hundreds of lambs and ewes
kbleating vigorously at the same time.
!, After the lamb is a week or SO Ole
1t seldom IL ever makes mistake IL
it's mothers voice.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12
MEAT MEAL OFTEN RANCID

Poultry meats in the dried form are
made from hotel scraps, broken down
animals, slaughter-h house refuse, fer-
tilizer tankage, etc. In every case.
nearly, there is chance that the ma
terials become tainted before cooking,
with resulting high flavor If no worse.
In addition to this 1t is the case that
various brands differ so much in quail
ity that 1t is necessary to be familiar
with the brand or to have accurate in
formation respecting it or one cannot
feed 1T intelligently.
One popular brand claims guar
anteed analysis of 40 per cent. sent
samples of another which did not guar
antee any analysis to our experiment
station and it was reported to carry
so per cent of protein. The brands
differ widely in fat content also. There
is one brand of dry poultry meat on
the market which is supposed to be
composed of liver only. One would ex-
pect 1t to be high in protein. do not
think that this is claimed for 1t, how
ever Theoretically it ought to fur
nish the very best of poultry meat
but it is very hard to distinguish from
dirt when ground, and this is true OF
some other brands as to the finer por-
ton. Often, too, there is wool or hail
mixed with the meat, and this mus
be detrimental.
Poultry keepers are rather keen fo1
hazlets, which are never in large sup
ply In our locality In these they ge
liver, with other meat and some waste
The largest poultry farm ever visited
used hazlets. boiling them and miXinl
the mash with the hot liquid In Whicl
they were boiled. The Australian con
test people used boiled liver twice
week and no other meat.
This Is not heavy feeding, appar
emily, yet they got results so good tina
thirty-five out of 600 were lost "fror
excessive laying" and If I understan
the language of the report the hea
deaths also had this trouble as basis
One may get deodorized bloodmes
and avoid the fat, bone and stron
odor objections to the ordinary mea
but this is so very concentrated the
many think it unwise to use its.
| Valentine.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12
VEGETABLE TRANSATLANTIC
Much Care and Attention Is Re-
CURED to Compensate for
the Shock In Moving.
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Moving plants from one locality to an
other is more or less of violent OPP
Grafton. BY the process the plant is
deprived of quite a number of it's reed
ing roots and for time is cut on from
its water supply; consequently 1t Is
necessary to exercise considerable care
with the plant until it again becomes
established in the soil. To help
insure this an abundant supply OF
moisture In the soil at all times Is es-
sential to keep the plant from whiting
and incite it to take hold of the soil
quickly. In sections where irrigation is
practiced the transplanted plants
should be irrigated Immediately after
setting, and frequently afterward until
danger of their drying out is passed
This can be told by the plants freshen-
ing UP and starting new leaves. 1t IL
also very essential in setting the plants
out to firm the soil well around the
roots. This Is very important ant
| should not be neglected. Many plant:
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1909-06-12
KEROSENE VERY USEFUL

Every day almost we are finding out
new uses for simple things-and few
furnish better material than kerosene.
The latest is that it will clean clock
perfectly. place a piece of cotton
saturated with kerosene in the bottom
of clock and shut it up four days."
time the cotton will be black with dirt
and the work DONE" A clock which
had been silent for number of years
and defied the attempts of the best
machinist of the family was given the
test. So skeptical were we that it was
forgotten until week had elapsed.
The cotton was not much soiled-
which only decreased our faith. But
the clock was wound, started, and has
gone merrily every since.
A neighbor claimed that she cleaned
one of the small clocks which have no
way of opening up the works by soak
ing 1t in kerosene. Whether the fumes
of the kerosene would be equally sue
cessful with watch and yet not in
jure 1t in any way is yet to be seen
If machine of any sort has become
gummed and needs cleaning. Kerosene
will do the work quickly and thorough
ly. lubricating oil should be added
after the dirt is removed.
To remove machine grease from the
hands, wash in kerosene and then II
soap and warm water. Kerosene i,
excellent for cleaning wash basins. BATH
tubs, etc. 1t will cut grease ever,
time. but should be pe~a -,ea~inoly ar
Daint.-B. L. P.