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The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-05-12
Tho Moss Troopers,

Moss troopers was the name given
to the desperate plunderers and rob-
hers who Secreted themselves through
out the sixteenth and seventeenth cen
of Scotland. These outlaws were
largely made up of deserters and Grim
inals from the armies Of England and
the continent, and their depredatiOns
and cruelties were the terror of the re-
sion infested by them. Many severe
laws were passed against them. but
they were not fairly extirpated until
the eighteenth century.
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-05-12

A Hero and a:
Heroine
How an Author Went Into the d.
Country to Write and
Found q Model .
By MARY p. HUNTINGTON
Copyright by American Press Asso- :
citation. 1911.
Copyright by American Press Asso-
citation. 1911.

SmithsOn received ali order for some
literary work and concluded that he
could do it better in the country than
in the city. When he reached his des
tinati0n, farmhouse, spring was com
ing ON, the buds were swelling, ana
the air was tempered by balmy
warmth. Smithson's job was a story
for a magazine. The editor had q
plan Of his own and thought SmithsOn
good man to work it out. The char
acters and incidents were left to the
author
SmithsOn needed model for his
heroine. He spent the first week in
the country trying to conjure up one
in his imagination. The result was Il
failure. Such heroines compared with
those taken from life are always fail
ures. The former are composite, with
out any individuality, while the latter
are real persons.
One morning when the sun was
brightly shining Smithson was sitting
by window trying to get his ideas
into shape. They refused to take
shape. His hero was a steam man.
who moved automatically: his heroine
was a sphynx, who declined to open
either her heart or her character. The
author threw down his pen, picked
up his hat and stick and sailed forth
to gather inspirat ton.
On the road to the village be met ii
young woman who as she walked
read a letter. He inferred that she
came from the postoffice. He liked
her appearance. She was dressed
more tastefully than most country
girls who do not have city shops and
manufactures to supply them, and as
she approached Smithson, hearing his
step. she looked up at him. Though
she Immediately lowered kes eyes
there was something in that look
which caught Smithson.
There's a character" he said to
himself. Its written in her face"
Turning, he called to the young lady,
beg pardon, but am l on the right
road to the postoface?"
You are"
'1s the eastern mail in?''
cit is
''What time does 1t arrive?'
eat in the morning"
THANK you very much. Pardon me
for ha wing Gii--.:@::aS Ycw"
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n am pleased to have been Of serv-
ice to you"
The next morning at 8 he was at
the postofice. So was the girl. She
gave him nod, with bit Of a smile.
This embroidered him to join her.
Neither Of them received any letters.
Neither expected any. They had gone
to the postoffice to meet each other.
We know the mans reason: the girls
we are ignorant of. We shall learn it
later on.
green grass, the blue sky; the girl re-
marked upon the difference between
April and December. She could work
in December but not In April. and
yet April was the month when the
world was awakening from it's winter
torpor. In April she preferred to sit
in the sunshine. They compared
notes and each found that the other
was from the city. But each was too
well bred to ask the other reason
for being in the country before the
opening of that season in which the
city hegira begins. Smithson saw her
to her home. By this time they dis
covered that they were congenial. The
girl asked Smithson to come up on to
the porch. He accepted, and both sat
down on the top step.
Spring Is a lazy season, and both
Smithson and the girl were lazy. They
talked about their present surround
ings-how green the grass was. how
blue the sky, how white the clouds
Then Smithson directed her attention
to hawk soaring far up in the ether
and remarked that it was doubtless
watching barnyard. And the girl
pointed to hen gathering her chicks
under her with every show OF trepida
ton.
The morning passed with such idle
chat. and when noon came and Smith
ION. arising. sauntered away he had
received permission to call as often
as he liked. He did some work on his
story during the afternoon. and in
, the evening wrote Barrows, the mag::
zine editor. that he had found model
for his heroine and thought he should
get on very well. RarrOws replied that
he was glad to hear that SmithsOn
The Kennewick courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1905-1914, 1911-05-12

Wanted-Position as bOOkkeeper
Applicant has had business college
training and has had experience.
For Information APP l, at Holcomb's
Law Office. %
John ID. Rockefeller would 60 broke
If he could spend his entire income
trying to prepare a better medicine
than Chamberlains Colic. Cholera,
and diarrhoea Remedy tor diarrhoea,
iysentery or bowel complaints. 1t
IL simply impossible. and so says
every one that has used It, Sold by
Columbia Pharmacy.
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On Saturday May Goth at 2 clock
at the Shamrock Barn on Front st.
in Kennewi there will be Sheriffs
Sale of II head of horses, several sets
of harness, wagons, ETC.. formerly
the property Of O. d. Swanson. 1874
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CARD OF THANKS

We take this opportunity to express
sincere thanks to friends and neigh
bors for many kindnesses rendered
us during the illness and funeral
OF our beloved husband and father,
Edgar Cox.
MRS EDGAR Cox AND CHILDREN
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-23
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We have made another great purchase. 1862
pairs Of Shoes and Slippers They will be
opened up and placed on sale next week. Friday
The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1911-06-23

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The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
The Bdzdrs Of Damascus
BY FRANK c. CARPENTER.

Copyright. 1910, by Frank G. Carpenter)
Damascus.
@OME with me for a walk through
- the bazars of this, the Oldest of all
~ the worlds cities. They are more
oriental than those of Tunis or Cairo
and more quaint than those Of CONSTANT
nople. Take the street called Straight, up
which st. Paul came to meet Ananlas. 1t
is a vaulted tunnel lighted only by
roof, which rises to height of about 100
feet Suppose you could cover lower
Broadway at the top of its third story
windows and in place of the doors and
windows OF plate glass have the walls
made up Of cave-like stores opening out
on the roadway. Let each have Its tur-
baned or fez-capped. long-gowned mer-
chant sitting on the floor at the front,
with workmen similarly dressed laboring
away in the rear, and you have some of
outlines of the picture. The bazars of
Damascus are made up of many such
vaulted streets so rooted that only dim
light comes in through the little windows
high up overhead. The shops are mere
holes in the walls, but they are packed
full of goods, and they are making all
sorts of wares. The walls between the
shops are little more than partitions of
boards, and there is hardly a business es-
tablshment which the typical bull of the
china shop could turn round in without
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losing his hide. The customers bargain
standing out In the roadway. or sitting on
the floors of the stores and hanging their
heels in the street.
Among the SaddIers and CObbIers
The business is thoroughly classified
Each trade has its own section, and you
can walk blocks which are filled with
booths containing only one kind of goods.
Take the saddle bazar. 1t Is 500 feet long
and the air is loaded with the rich smell
of leather. Harness hangs from the
walls, and inside are saddles for camels,
donkeys and horses. There are gay trap
pings for Arabian steeds, and leather
buckets in which one can carry water
with him over the desert. There are also
necklaces of blue beads to put your
horses to ward off the evil eye, and other
charms for the journey.
The harness shops are IL feet deep, each
being a little factory where two or three
saddlers sew at the back. In some places
they are making harness of wood, and
in others Of leather beautifully decorated.
little further on Is a bazar making
panners for camels and donkeys, and
not far away is a street where they han
die nothing but shoes. The cobblers are
making footgear of wood. wool and
leather. They are cutting out sandals
somewhat like the rain shoes Of Japan.
The finer ones are for the better class
women. and they are beautifully inlaid
with mother-of- pearl. Such shoes are
used at home. and when madame goes TO
the public (bathhouse. They are worn
without stockings, and cost from 40 cents
to S. pair. In another place the mer-
chants are selling shoes of red leather,
such as are used by the country people
and the poorer Damascans. They are of
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
LADIES STILL HAVE
THE DOG MANIA

London, February 4.-(Special.)-A
scene witnessed at the Horticultural Hall,
Westminster, where a special Pekingese
chow was organized the other day by
Lady Ebury and other well-known la
dies, leaves no shadow of doubt that
society ladies are still obsessed with the
dog mania. 1t is scandalous to think that
the practice of housing the animals in
such luxurious style is allowed to exist.
The cages were embellished with silk
or satin curtains in various tints, and
the dogs themselves were ensconced In
the daintist cushions, Even the hardest
hearted sinner would have been inclined
to shed a tear at the sight of the fair
owners who, seated in front of the cages,
either fed their pets with tit-bits or
brushed and combed them prior to the
Judging. The question which arises from
this state of affairs is rs Fido going to
usurp the place of the child in the home
of such women" or Has poverty to re-
main rampant among the slums while
poodles and bull dogs are wheeled about
in prams and cuddled and kissed by
women whose motherly instinct has died
out?" The show which was got up for
the benefit OF Our Dumb Friends league.
was attended by many fashionable poo
pie. There were a large number of en-
tries, and the selling prices ranged from
$40 to $1,000.
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mands that he do not rob her children
of bread. 1t may be an hour before the
bargain is made.
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This like the warehouse establish
ment, is under one roof. 1t is COM
posed of scores of silversmith shops or
booths scattered over a large room of
more than an acre. Each merchant has
his own little quarter. He sits behind
q desk or counter, in which are his
wares, and has rude old-fashioned
safe at the rear. At the right and left,
or still further back. are his mechanics.
men who are working in silver and
gold, making all sorts of jewelry Each
has a little anvil before him and a
miniature furnace with a blow pipe, by
ich he melts and shapes the metal to
the desired form. The workmen wear
gowns and fez caps. and the pounding
can be heard everywhere. ! asked some
of the merchants to show us their
wares They brought out heavy chains
of silver and gold, rings set with dia-
monds and pears. and some ma gnificent
pigeonblood rubies. There are millions
of dollars worth of jewelry under this
roof.
The customers are both men and wom-
en-. the former in gowns and turbans and
the latter In great black sheets with wells
over their faces. We stop and watch
the buying and selling. There is woman
looking at a bracelet OF gold. The jew
eler weighs it on rude little scales and
then adds the cost of the labor. Never
the less the woman Is not satisfied with
the price. She calls him a thief, and de-
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is not for you. Put 1t down! Put it
down! We do not sell our holy book to the
Christians.''
Thereupon, as / saw he was growing
angry, l dropped 1t, saying:
I'VE Christians are glad to give or sell
our Bibles to anyone, and as for your
Korans, I can buy them by the ton in
New York and London" The Moslems
here are noted for their hatred of Chris
tians, and one of the bloodiest massacres
of modern times occurred in Damascus
about so years ago. The people are no
better today, and they are almost as ig-
norant as they we're then. The chief
books sold are religious. There are also
some story books and copies of the Ara
bian Nights either in parts or as
whole.
The Great Mohammedan Stomach
During our trip through the bazars
we find the Mohammedan stomach
everywhere In evidence These people
like good food, and they eat, 1t seems
to me, from morning till night. Ped
dlers carrying candy, lemonade and
cakes march through the streets crying
their wares; bread men sit on the side
walks, and there are shops which sell
nothing but pretzels The most COM
mon bread is flat, round cake as thick
as the buckwheats which We use for
breakfast. and foot or more in diam
eter These cakes are white or brown
in color. They are SO pliable that they
can be doubled up without breaking.
They are often, used to pick the meats
out of stew. The orientals do not use
forks for eating. and they claim that
their own hands are much cleaner. They
have a saying that everyone knows
whether he has washed his own hands,
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05

but no one knows who washed the
forks" Another kind of bread Is like
gigantic shoe sole without the heel,
and another Is a round biscuit about
an inch thick.
But here comes a man selling candy.
Take a bite of it and your mouth will
flow water like the rivers which feed
this city and make fertile it's plains.
Damascus Is noted for it's sweetmeats.
and it's candies are shipped far and
wide over the world. The sweets are
sold in the bazars. some of the mer-
chants having large shops. There is
one dear old turbaned sheik who has a
cell in the candy bazaar. where you can
buy nuts and fruits fit for the queen
of the fairies. His sugared almonds
are the Joy of the tourist. and his
Turkish delight a soft, sweet, trans
parent paste, with pistachios and other
small nuts scattered through 1t, Is u
dish for the gods.
Begging for Custom
Stop a moment and listen to the cries
pref them for us. Here Is a man selling
IVA rezzak," or, God send me GUS
toner and follows by showing cake
and saying, 'All this for 2 cents" An
other coming behind cries out, in Arabic:
buy my bread and the good God will
nourish you.'' and a third says: MY
cakes are food for the swallows and the
delight of tender and delicate girls
Here comes a lemonade man. He has
Il big glass Jar slung to bis back with
neck SO shaped that he can tilt its
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mands that he do not rob her children
of bread. 1t may be an hour before the
bargain is made.
What to Buy In Damascus
I am frequently asked what one can
buy In these Oriental cities which Is
worth while taking home. Damascus is
a good shopping place for the tourist. 1t
is somewhat off the line of travel, and
one can pick up Oriental things COM
paratively cheap. I have bought several
rugs which have come here by caravan
from Bokhara. and two of them are at
least a hundred years old. l will not
give the prices except to say that they
are much below those at which they
could be bought in New York, and the
merchant has agreed to pay the duties
upon them and to deliver them to my
house In Washington.
Among the many other things sold are
silk .shawls for the head, such as are
used by the Bedouins, and table covers
of red or black wooden cloth embroidered
with silk. The shawls may be bought
from So to s. apiece and the tablecloths
cost from IS to SIS.
A great many Americans take home
brass ware from Damascus. and not a
few purchase swords inlaid with silver,
and the Damascus blades for which the
city has been noted for ages. Some of
these swords are limitations imported
from Solingen, Germany. and other
Oriental wares come from Manchester,
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gigantic sausages waddling along. They
peep out through their wells as they ex-
anime the goods and will bargain an hour
in buying a needle. l am told they some
times raise their wells to entice the mer-
chants to lower their prices, but If so I
have not seen them, and. l have been
my head on l had best turn my eyes in
another direction.
The Louise Market
There is one Damascus bazaar in which
l walk carefully, and as far as possible
keep in midstreet. 1t is called the Louise
market, and you may know why when
1 tell you 1t Is devoted to secondhand
Clothes. The bazaar is just back OF the
citadel and not far from Straight street.
1t Is filled with customers and dealers
from morning until evening. and auction
GERS walk back and forth through It..
each carrying a garment which he holds
up asking for bids. He praises his wares
and tells the crowd that the things will
be sold for song
FnnaticaI Booksellers
| spent short time in the booksellers
bazaar, but my guide, Shammas, dragged
me away, fearing that W.T. might be In
suited and mobbed. The dealers are such
rigid Mohammedans that they do not
wish to even sell to the Christians. The
shops are near the gate of the Great
Mosque. and among their wares are many
copies OF the Koran, the Mohammedan
Bible. l picked up one and asked the
merchant the price He scrowled and an
gritty exclaimed, Put 1t down. That book
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05

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goatskin, camelskin or cowhide, and are
without heels. The leather is not very
we'll tanned, the shoes being kept on the
lasts until sold.
The average shoe shop is about Is
feet wide, 10 feet deep and II feet in
height. The stock Is hung to wooden
nails driven into the walls, both In and
outside The shop. The men customers
stand In the street, and try on the wares
without the assistance of the merchant.
The women examine the shoe through
the eye-slits of their wells, and guess at
the sizes.
A very odd boot Is that worn by the
Bedouins. 1t is of goatskin, dyed yellow
or red and 1t has heels of camelhidc
with an iron strip running round them.
1t reaches half way to the knee. 1t re-
tails at about 81 a pair. None of the
shoes are made by machinery. and most
of them are sewed rather than peggcd
Hats Blocked-One Cent
How would you like to have your hat
blocked. ironed and brushed for a cent?
That Is what you can do In Damascus.
The hat bazaar has scores Of stores for
the purpose. The most common cap Is
the red fez a round felt bowl which fits
tight around the head without rim or
brirl. 1t is about Ave inches high, and
must be pressed every few days to keep
1t In shape. The halter has zinc-coyered
table In which are several small holes
flied with fires of burning charcoal. He
has brass frames or blocks, over which
the caps will just At, and shells of metal
which may be clamped upon them to
mold the caps into form. After this the
frame is laid over one OF the fires and
In a moment the heat gives 1t the latest
and most fashionable shape.
Other bazars are devoted to the SELL
ing of silks and others to the finest Of
cloths The richer Mohammedans have
their long robes made of the best possible
stuffs. and they delight in fine garments.
The women shop in these bazars. They
20 ouf~so wrapped up in black sheets
tied In at the waist that they look like
The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1911-02-05
A Daring Chorus Girl


Little Miss sOmena Is the highest-sala-
ried chorus girl in the theatrical profess
sion, not excepting any of the beauties
known as show girls. With every new
accomplishment OF daring her salary
jumps up. Her Work Is SO. dangerous to
life and limb that she has no rivals.
A couple of seasons ago the Hippodromc
staged Jungle scene, with monkeys
skipping from branch to branch of the
high trees which formed part of the stage
setting Miss Omena was the star mon
key. When the flying canaries were
part of the entertainment. she was the
canary which few far over the heads OF
the audience almost to the first balcony,
scattering flowers in her flight. This fly
ing is not as simple as 1t appears In
less one takes posture of perfect ball
ance before the feet leave solid founda-
ton, the performer will spin like a top
on the wire, which Is attached only to
small space between her shoulders. It
takes from six to eight weeks to become
an expert in flying At the present Tina
Miss Omena Is distinguishing herself as
the agile passenger in atfoundering yacht
She is Rescued by life-savers in the storm
scene,
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and are made for this trade. Indeed, ons
must keep his eye open If he would buy
genuine curios in any part of the world.