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The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-03-13
The
Second National
Bank Of Elbton
no. 4162.

We receive accounts of Corpora
tons, Firms or Individuals, and will
be pleased to meet or correspond with
those who contemplate making changes
or opening new accounts.
Interest paid on Certificates of De-
post remaining months.
Safe Deposit Drawers in Fire-proof
Vault for rent at 81, So and SIS per
year, as to size.
Depositors living at distance from
the Bank can send remittances by mail
safely, which will be promptly ack-
nowledged by return mail.
Discount Day, Monday of each week.
Inquiries will be promptly answered,
and any information relative to busi-
ness cheerfully given.
VIM. t. WARBURTON, President
JAMES J. ARCHER, V.-President
/. d. DAVIS, Cashier.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1915-03-13
CHIldrop Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
Q a STo RIA

Capt. Alfred S. Muhlhausen, regi-
mental commissary of the Organized
Militia of Delaware, has resigned.
Former County Tax Collector Alb
ner Bingham, of Weverton has been
appointed an inspector of the newly
created Maryland Employers Liabil-
ity Commission at salary of 81 500
year.
For baby's Group, Willies daily cuts and
bruises, mammals throat. Yrandma's lame
ness DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil the household
remedy. 25c and SOC. advt'
The road between Aberdeen and
Perryman is being graveled.
Delaware City Council has passed a
curfew ordinance requiring children
to be off the street before $3.50 p. M
John P. Evans has been elected ex-
allied ruler of the Wilmington Elks.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30

This vicinity was visited by
two nice showers the past week.
Mrs. M. F. Richardson was in
Lawton Monday having some
dental work done.
A. B. Sperling and family Wis.,
tied at the l.. P. McCraw home
Sunday.
sid Williams sister and little
daughter, who live in st. Joe.
Mo-, are here visiting relatives.
DR.. Gamble and family took
dinner at the nome Of J. I. Dot
son last Sunday.
Nearly all the grain In this
neighborhood has been cut; ev-
cry one is waiting on a thresher
now.
Tom Sperling and wife and Miss
Besse Townley are visiting near
NARROW for q few days.
Walt Blumenshine and wife
were visitors at the Montgomery
home last Sunday,
The Mistletoe Singing class E.
lected new officers last Sunday.
Sam Montgomery was elected
President. q, H. Lambert.
leader; MRS. Hattie montgomery.
Org; and Miss Sallie Bentley.
sec. The following delegates
were elected to send to the con-
vention which meets at Fetch
er next Sunday. Sid Williams
Herman Bentley. j. T. McCraw,
T. A. Spencer. and Miss Ruth
King.
Grandpa and Grandma Myers.
and Claud Myers and wife visit.
ed near Apache Sunday.
Last Tuesday seemed to be an
unlucky day for some people in
this neighborhood. Paul Bow.
man got kicked in the mouth by
Q horse and knocked 3 teeth Out
and broke off 3. While Mrs.
Wade was driving home from
her sisters. mrs. Chas. Sperling
the team became frightened anC
ran away; they broke loose. from
the buggy and one of the horses
broke its shoulder; none Of the
family were hurt.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
SUBSCRIPTION:
An Awful Fall.

A man died rec ,ntly and went
straight way % heavens gate
whore he demanded admittance.
Saint Peter examined his cre-
dentials and then began to ques.
tien bis would be guest as fol-
lows:
Have you been a truthful
naa while on earth?"
Yes. I have always told the
truth. even to giving in my prop.
erty at its true valuation"
Have you kept the ten CON-
mandmsnts?"
Yes. every one to loving my
neighbor a. myself.
Havs you always paid your
dsbts?"
''Yss. most Of them. But I've
failed n . few little matters. y
Saint Peter then opened ths
beok and said: my friend. you
are on record here ~ having re.
fused 70 assist your fellow ad.
vertiser In supporting your home
paper" a
''Yes. I did that"
We'll, by 20 doing you have
sinnsd against the Holy Ghos,
and no chance for you to entel
here" and after stroking hi
beard Saint Peter pressed a but
ton and in stepped two angel
with shining swords. TAX,
this man" he said. TO the high
est battlements Of heaven. turi
Bic head hellward and strike hi,
heels with tightening. "-Ex.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
Local News Items
Bring your cream to e. Stone.
adv.

Bring your cream to E. Stone.
adv.
II pays to buy your shoes at
ElRin Nero. Co. adv.
w. H. Minor was in Lawton
on business Saturday.
H. P. Rosacker visited home
folks at Sterling over Sunday.
One half gal. fruit jars Toe
dog. this week. E. Stone. adv
Miss Linda Crowford returned
Sunday from q visit at Ft. Worth.
Fresh bread and pies all the
time at ]. P Kennemur's. adv
Buy your Oxfords from z.
Stone; quite a reduction for cash.
adv
Buy your cane sugar at Elgin
Mere. Co., $3.50 per hundred.
adv.
Star brand shoes are better.
you can get them at the Old Re-
liable. Adv.
There will be preaching at the
Methodist church next Sunday
morning.
A complete line of groceries
at Elgin Nero. Co. Call and get
our prices. Adv.
T. o. Miller. J. A. West and
John Rose we're callers in Law.
ton Sunday.
Mrs. w. w. Brunskill and son
Hollis were passengers to Okla.
homa City Saturday morning. :
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
Methodist Church.

Sunday school every Sunday morn
ing at 10 o'clock.
Preaching services every first and
fourth Sunday morning at II o'clock
and every second, third and fifth Sun
day night.
Prayer meeting every Thursday
night.
Epworth League every Sunday
night.
Ladies' Aid meets every two weeks
on Thursday afternoon.
Choir practice every FRIDAY night.
ID. l.. HlNCkLEY, Pastor.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
|Elgin Barber Shop
First class work done
g Agent for
Crystal Laundry, Lawton
|A.P.Harney,Prop.|

d. E. McAnaw went to Mar
low the latter part of last week
on business.
Remember the choir practice
at the home of H. P. Wsttengel
Friday night.
What do you suppose the Old
Reliable is going to do with ali
that sugar? Adv.
Now 10 the time TO buy your
cane sugar: see E,gin:Merc. Co.,
they will make the price. Adv,
Thos. E. Bills went to Oklaho.
ma City Monday to meet his
folks on their way here from
Chicago.
J. H. Carter and wife Of Stsrl.
ing passed through Elgin Satur.
day on their return from . visit
in Missouri.
Marvin Bradley Of Sterling
went to Lswton Thursday where
he has accepted . position with
the Comanche Light Co.
]. n. Harrison came IN from
Edmond last Wednesday night
to look over the crops on Ais
farm south east oktown.
Miss Blssns Rose came IN last
Wednesday night from Edmond,
where she has been attending
the state normal. returning Sun.
day.
. .ps@,er
Harry Laws Of Cuba. Ill.,. who
10 visiting his brother in Law.
ton, was here Thursday and Wis.
tied at' the home of bic cousin.
Mrs. II. p. Wsttengsl.
Miss Minnie Miller and her
mother, who were visiting 1t
the home u the former's sister.
Mrs. D. E. MeAnaw. left last
week for Flint. Aieh.. 70 spsnd
The summer.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
Weather Forecast.

Issued by the u. 8. Weather
Bureau. Washington, D. G. for
the week beginning Wednesday.
June 80. 1915.
For the west Gulf States, In.
cluding Louisiana, Arkansas,
Oklahoma and and Texas:
A week Of fair weather with
moderately high temperatures 10
probable.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
Notice OF Sale Of
School Land Lease.

Henry C. Noll and Hazel May
Noll, owners of q lease covering
the following school land, to-
wit: The South Half Is 1.2) Of
tho South West Quarter Is. w.
l.4) of Section Thirty Six 1867,
Township Two (2) North. Range
Twelve (12) West I. M. situated
In Comanche County, Oklahoma,
and the public In general will
take notice:
That, whereas, said Henry C.
Noll and Hazel May Noll on the
23rd day of April, 1918. made. ex-
eeuted and delivered their GER
tain promissory note of that date
to John D. Lenort. in the sum of
Of Twelve Hundred [$120O. 00]
Dollars, with interest thereon
from date at the rate Of ten per
cent. no per cent? per annum
payable annually, said note be-
ing due April 23rd. 1918.
That to secure the prompt and
punctual payment thereof said
Henry c. Noll and Hazel May
NOll assigned their lease, cover.
ing the above described proper
ty, to John D. Lenort: said as
signment was duly filed in the
Office of the Commissioner of the
Land Office Of the State of Okla.
homa on the Both day Of March,
1913. and given No. 4422.
That the conditions Of said
note have been broken in this,
that said Henry C. Noll and Haz.
ell May Noll have failed. neglec-
ted and refused to pay the inter.
est on said note when the same
became due and payable. there
being now due said John d. Len
ort the sum of One Hundred
Twenty ($12O. OO) Dollars inter
est. with interest thereon at the
rates:of ten percent. ITO per cent. ]
per annum from the 23rd day OF
April, 1915. until paid.
Notice Is hereby given that on
Saturday the 31st day of July,
1916. at the hour Of ten o'clock,
in the forenoon Of said day. ri
the east front door Of the Court
House situated in the City
of Lawton, Comanche County,
Oklahoma. said lease covering
the above describer property will
be sold at public outcry. to the
highest bidder for cash to salts
fy said claim of $12O 90 with in.
tcrest thereon at ten per cent
no per cent. per annun
from April %. 1915. until paid
Said premises will be sold sub
ject to q lien of $1,000. 90 with In
terest thereon at the rate of ter
per cent? 10 per cent. per an
mum. payable annually from A
pril 23rd, 1915.
Dated this oath day of June
1915.
JOHN D. LENORT.
Owner of said assignment o.
Lease.
McElhoes, Ferris & Rhinefort
Attorneys for John D. Lenort
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
Champion ads pay best.
County News.

The next county teachers ex-
animation will be held in Cawton
July 22 to "a.
John l.. Tullis, who has been
connected with the Lawton Con.
stitution for some time, has leas-
ed the Apache Review aud will
take charge July 1.
An Apache man by the name
Of Barnett and two others were
caught seining In the back wat
ers Of the Lawton city dam.
Barnett resisted arrest and was
struck over the head. fracturing
the skull and putting one eye
out.
Jake Hamon. II. 8. Simpson,
Morris Trope and r. E. Banks,
who were tried in federal court
on a charge of defrauding the
creditors of the Cache Supply
Co.. were found not guilty. II
seems that some important wit.
nesses for the government could
no be located.
Clarence Walker was fined $50
In municipal court at Lawton for
drawing q deadly weapon.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
Farm, Facts.

8Cottenseed meal fed to dairy
cows will raise the melting point
Of their butter from two to five
degrees.
Self feeders for hogs are an ac-
complished fact. The hog wise.
y balances his own ration.
There 10 no farm stock which
repays good care % quickly as
the hen. but II must be good
care.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
BRING Your CREAM TOE. STONE

Buy your fruit jars Of E.
Stone. adv
It pays 10 buy yosr shoes at
Elgin Nero. Co. adv.
P. R. Bennett went to Lswton
on business Tuesday.
w. ]. Greer was a business .
caller in Lawton Monday.
Harold Crosby of Lawton Wis.
tied friends here Sunday.
C. E. Price of Cache visited
here and at Sterling Sunday.
Buy your cane sugar at Elgin
Nero. Co., Sc. 80 per hundred.
adv.
Buy your -four. shorts, and
mill run bran from E. Stone; he
makes the price. adv
A complete line Of groceries at
Elgin Mere. Co. Call and get
our prices. Adv.
M. P. Hartman and wife Of
near Sterling were business cal
lers here Monday.
Willie Lasley took sick sudden
ly Saturday but has been improv-
ing slowly this week.
The young folks enjoyed q
social at the home of James
Hagle Saturday night.
Beets for canning 80 cents per
bushel: Rhubarb 8 cents per
pound. w. G. Sorrels. Adv.
Mrs. H. P. Rosacker of Sterl-
ing came over Tuesday morning
to assist In the Elgin Nero. Co.
Byron Vaughn and family and
j. H. Hansen and wife made q
trip to Lawton Saturday even.
ing.
Raymond Hartman 10 moving
today into the house of Mrs. ].
E. Shacklett in the south part of
town.
Mrs. Thos. e. Bifis an d
daughter. Miss Ethel. are ex-
pected today from Chicago to
make Elgin their home. The
former lady 10 a sister of E. II.
Buckley; her husband has been
here for some time.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
Wednesday Elsin Markets

l will take your subscription
to any paper or magazine
published, at regular sub.
scription prices and send
them in without any extra ex
pense. H. p. Wettengel.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
Sunday Services.

Rev. 8. c. Peyton. who has
moved from Chickasha to Fleteh.
Or. will preach at the Baptist
church In ElgiR next Sunday
morning and evening.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30
Attention, Yeomen.

All Yeomsn please remember
the regular monthly meeting
next Tuesday evening; special
business on hand.
T. o. Miller, Foreman.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30

Another Downpour.
Another heavy rain fell this
morning and the ground ID we'll
soaked.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30

Subscribe for the FARMERS
CHAMPION and Get al the local
news.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30

Klondyks, the French Coach
stallion. will make season Of 1915
In Elgin, Okla. 5000 to insure
colt to stand and suck.
T. o. Miller. Owner.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30

ELGIN CITY OFFICERo.
w. w. Brunskill, Chairman.
DR.. l.. H. Hilsmeyer.
C. F. Brandon.
II Y Ch;rk
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30

The CHAMPION 3 months. 2ss
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30

LODGE2.
N. W. A. Camp No. 1880. meets
Arst Saturday night Of each month.
s. Stone, Consul; R. C. Choens, Clerk.
Eastern Star. meets second and
fourth Tuesday nights Of each nonth.
Mrs. Mamie Coffin, Worthy Matron;
L c. Coffin. Secretary. 29sr
Ysoaan. nss>s Afst Tuesday night
Of each month. T. o. Miller, FeeS.
man; Mrs. e. Stone. Correspondent.
Il. r. 4 A. n, meets second and
Sessth Saturday nights d each msntA.
]. M. Kinds. Master; W. d. Pughs
Clerk. Y.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30

Harry Laws Of Cuba. Ill.,. who
is visiting his brother In Law.
ton, was here Thursday and Wis.
tied at the home Of Bic cousin,
Mrs. H. p. Wsttengsl.
Farmers' champion. (Elgin, Okla.) 1912-1922, 1915-06-30

Miss Blssna Rose came IN last
Wednesday night from Edmond,
where she has been attending
the state normal. returning Sun.
day.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

and misery has been drawn down until
there is scarcely a family which has
not lost a father, a brother, or a son.
AS l walk through the market l see a
bent old mother confiding her misery
to an equally miserable young widow.
h saddest are the young widows,
with n OF two little children. Each
day I see two or three more young
women in mourning. The whole town
seems sad, inexpressibly sad. A bat
talon of chasseurs was made up al
most entirely of men from Pont-a-
Mousson. Two-thirds of this battalion
have been lost.
Southern Soldiers Criticized.
h French soldier from the south
of France is said usually to be less
courageous than his brother from the
north and east. This has been shown
many times, l am told, in the battles of
August, September, October and No
vember.
At Morhange, in the early days of
the war, the French advanced against
a superior force of Germans, unsup-
ported by artillery. There was a com.
plete German victory, and every
French officer was made prisoner or
killed. The remnant of the French
army fed in disorder for so kilometers.
1t is asserted hat the rout was caused
by the failure of the southern soldiers
to stand up to the fight.
In the early part of September the
Germans swarmed out of Metz and
hurled three army corps against the
French force that had been ordered to
protect the Grown" of Nancy. The
French troops were composed of two
army corps, the Twentieth and an.
other. The Twentieth corps is com.
posed of soldiers recruited from the
north and east, and other corps of
men from the south, from the Midi"
A series of unfortunate events
brought the Germans up to the Bots
de Champenoux, in front of the pla-
e of Armance. Taere is a rumor
n a the commandaat of a fort was
derelict in his duty and failed to de-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
Swiss ENGLISH.

A pamphlet describing the attrac,
lions a Swiss hotel offers to tourists,
has the following allurements:
THE modernst hotel in the place,
directly lain at the p~ort-railway sta
ton"
Favorable staying for those who
seek recover and quietness. An I'M
rivaled s~tand-quarter for the many
charming excursions"
Built on a plateau of old Romans
with antic buildings overlooking the
most different panoramas that is"
Electric Illumination offers. a fair
full aspect"
One hundred beds in the center of
business and Notwithstanding, situated
very quietly in the middle of the Balm
hofstrasse."
Seventy friendly, noble fitted
rooms. Rich electric light and sight
full balconies"
"Carbonic acid baths, odoriferous
baths and baths recommended by ply
sicians. Two approved physicians
and one female physician on the
place."
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
Privileges of Manx Woman

Manx women, too, have special
privileges, says the London Chronicle.
Every female adult, widow or spinster.
In the Isle of Man, whether she be
owner, occupier, ar ledger, has a vote
for the house of keys elections.
Every widow enjoys half of her hus-
bands personal estate, and has a life
interest in his real estate, and she
cannot be deprived of this by will;
whilst her written consent must be OBJ
tanned to all transfers and deeds az
fecting her husbands property. On
the other hand, no married woman
a legally own in her W eAght
either money or property in the Isle of
Man; have no separate estate un-
less specially protected before mar
rage, and can make no will without
the leave OF her husband.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

child, except the direction of the
streets and one lump of hard brick
work, which is, alas, fast dropping into
the Tigris. But the date gardens be-
tween Old and New Basra have a spe-
cial interest of their own, for it was
from between the roots of a date palm
at BasTa that Jehovah gathered
the clay with which he fashioned
Adam in the Garden of Eden. For
this reason tho devout Mohammedan
will never abuse his date trees, how
ever much they fail him, for the com
mand in the Koran runs: Respect the
date palms, for they are your aunts."
Gibbon mentioned THE Christians
of st. John of Basra." These are the
~Sebacans, a strange race that live in
the E%uphrates' bed, and, besides dairy
farming, carr a livelihood by making
the n remaining mystery of metal
work in the world. They execute beau
tiful Niello designs in silver, gold and
black, and would die rather than sur
render the secret of the workmanship.
They are a quiet folk, if only because
thew believe that st. John the Baptist
was the real Messiah. and worship on
ly him-and the Pole Star. They keep
their ~metallurgy, but certain tenets
are admitted by them which link them
not only with Christianity and Gnos-
ticism, but with Islam and Zoroastrian-
ism.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
ROSES LURE GOAT FROM CANS
Row Results, Police Called In, and
Angora Is Ordered to Keep
Off the Lawn.

Atlanta.-Red roses and their ap.
peal to the appetite of an angora
goat have kicked up a neighborhood
row which the police have been called
in to arbitrate.
The roses bud on the lawn of John
Cunningham's home, No. 33 Colquitt
avenue The goat, the property of a
neighbor, is supposed to browse in a
nearby. pasture; but, according to Mr..
Cunningham, this is mere supposition.
He complains that for the past three
weeks the goat has wandered off the
farm and, lured by crimson buds, has
wrought havoc on the Cunningham
lawn. He declares the goat has de-
veloped an appetite for the flowers
which results in the mastication of six
or sever roses a day.
Mr.. Cunningham could stand it no
longer. The police station was called
and an officer who investigated issued
orders that hereafter the goat must
confine his meals to his W grass
and tin cans.
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

being now a good four miles inland.
Old Basra, now called Zotbeir, was in
those days-for Sindbad is not an en-
tirely fictitious character-on the sea
or, at least, or the salt tide that ebbed
and flowed along the Khor Abdulla,
then the chief mouth of the Euphrates.
The most conspicuous buildings in
Basra are the British consulate, a
sturdy, verandaed house, that, proper
ly sandbagged, could give a good &C.
count of itself against mere rifle-fire,
and the Lynch offices, almost next
door. A little farther upstream is the
Ashar, a creek that extends for some
distance southwark from the river. 1t
is crowded with boats of all sizes,
from n % to bungalows, and on the
southeastern side is a kind of prom
enade between the creek and a row Of
tu~mble-down houses which represent
the Piccadilly of Basra.
Where Adam Was Created.
Away in old Basra there is not
much to see except the minaret of
Bash-Ayyan, which is, perhaps, $50
years old, and has a picturesque court
yard. Nothing, unfortunately, recalls
the Basra of Sindbad any nor than
modern Bagdad represents the Bag
dad of the good Caliph Harun-al-Ras-
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20
WAR BRINGS WHISKER CRAZE
Fashions of cnImean War Days Re.
appear In London-Style In
Mustaches.

London.-It looks as though there
would be a revival of the hirsute fash
ion of the days of the Crimean war.
There is some ~disquiet in correct mil
itary circles over the tendency of some
subalterns to acquire short side wills
kers after the pattern of buffers on the
stage. This is regarded as an in.
sidious feeler toward the full. blown
side whiskers of Crimean days.
The very suggestion has caused
Frank Richardson to burst out into at
least six abusive synonyms. The mus
tache cultivated recently by the mill
tary has been for some time of the
toothbrush or bristle variety. The
new fashion. Of which the London
streets just now offer many distress
ing examples. is to a~bbreviate the
toothbrush on the upper lip until 1t
The Kansas City sun. (Kansas City, Mo.) 1908-1924, 1915-02-20

W M AAHAN Nv DlAAiDh lOANNb 10Y
WAE tured Basra, just below the
WV mouths of the Tigris and
the E%uphrates, they secured
control of a most interest
ing piece of country. This is the spot
where God is popularity supposed to
have created Adam, and moreover,
Basra is the city from which Sindbad
the Sailor set forth on the wonderful
voyages that are related in the Ara
bian Nights.
From a political point of view Basra
Is important because the Germans in
tended to end their Bagdad railroad
there. 1t is the center of the worlds
date trade.
Basra is on the Shaft Ul-Arab, an es-
tuary formed of the combined waters
of the Tigris, Euphrates and Karun
rivers. The Shaft empties into the
Persian gulf.
The British already controlled Fac,
a cable station on the gulf. From here
the expedition proceeded up the west
ern or Turkish bank of the Shaft.
Beautiful date palms line the water
way.
Was Garden of Eden.
The bank on the eastern side forms
n edge of Adagan island, traditional
ly the site of the Garden of Eden, but
now boasting principally the ~refineries
of the Anglo-Persian Oil company. The
oil runs down $50 miles from the
Bakhtiari mountains of Persia, where
crude petroleum gushes from the
ground in abundance.
Another site on the way to Basra is
the home of the powerful sheikh OF
Mohammera. The British steamers al
ways fire a salute when passing, be,
cause the sheikh once came to the
rescue of a British boat attacked by
pirates near his home.
Basra itself is on the southern side
of the river. 1t is entirely modern
the old city of Basra from which Sind
bad the Sailor made his seven voyages