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PAKOTA CITY,
NEBRASKA,
THE CORSAQE BOUQUET.
A report from Paris announces that
the paBblon for unbroken IlneB In wom
en's garmenting has gono to such ox
tent that during" tho coming senson
not even so much as a bouquet will
be permitted to mar tho symmetrical
simplicity of the gown. She that
would have a show of fiowers about
her must contont herself with such ns
embroidery about tho watst-llno can
simulate Suggestion adds that slen
der girls may weave whole garlands
of silken blooms about them, but
thoso of a plumpness must be content
with a dellcato spray. Should this
edict hold sway for any considerable
period, thero will pass away from ro
manco and from dramas ono of tho
most useful as well as beautiful of
tbslr Joint properties. Hardly any
thing of a maiden's droBS has bcon'so
often remembered by lovers and de
acrlbed by novelists and poets as the
corsage bouquot. In days of old,
when real flowers wero worn, tho bou
quet was generally a gift of the ador
ing ono
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MONO the many huppy
hunting grounds In
which I novo found
mysolf during tho last
thirty years, I know of
nono which has Inter
ested mo moro than
tho Great Altai moun
tains, where, last year,
I had tho good fortuno
to Bpoml a month In
loarch of tho Ovls amnion. 1 havo
laid Interested mo, and It should be
understood that this Interest and ex
perience wero from tho sportsman's
point of vlow, quite unique, owing to
the total absence of any natlvo hunt
ors to assist, or oven to glvo tho
least clue as to where tho groat sheep
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might be found. It may bo superflu
If tho lady woro It, all was ous to add that ono Invariably has
well. If she did not, cither tho un
scrupulous duenno had stolen It or
tho end of swoet love was at hand.
Even when artificial bouquets camo In
there was a chance for love to use It
ns a token and for beauty to wear It
as a sign. It was something about
feminine dress a man could rccognlzo
at sight.
It would be difficult to find anybody
who remembers tho last fatal duel In
this country. Tho dato was May 20,
1845, nnd the place a spot on tho
shore near Gosport. Lieutenant Haw
key of tho Royal Marines, believing
Lieutenant Scton had paid too much
attention to bis wlfo at a South Sea
function, called him a villain nnd
blackguard, threatening to horBowhlp
him and attempted to kick him. Al
though dueling had been forbidden by
artlclos of war In 1844, after the hor
ror caused by the death of Colonel '
Fawcett at the hands of his brother-in-law,
Lieutenant Munro, in 1843, the
provocation In the Hnwkoy-Seton case
was such that a meeting resulted.
Seton llred and missed. Tho hammor
of Hawkey's platol being set on the
safety notch, It would not go off. At
the second discharge Seton fell. Haw
koy fled to France. London Mall.
tho Borvlceo and benefit of a second,
nnd usually very keen, pair of oyes to
assist In finding tho gamo and sub
sequently to help in tho stalk. In the
present instanco, however, it was a
caso of single blessedness with a von
gonnco. Tho reason of this nbsoluto
dearth of local ahlkails Is accounted
for by the rootod objoctlon which tho
natlvo Inhabitant of these wilds, tho
nomad Hassack, has to walking. To
his Ideas It la not tho thing to do.
Ponies nnd camels, tfguln, nro plenti
ful, and tho Hassacks of both sexes,
when on feet, shod ns they nro In a
knooboot with n grotesquely high hool,
stump along In a most uncomfortnblo
mnnnor, ns though every stop would
bring thorn down. Luckily, I hnd
hunted tho big sheep before, and was
fairly conversant with his ways,
eo ono morning soon after
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Mr. 'William A. Radford will answer
luestlons and givo advice FREE OF
COST on all subjects pertaining to the
subject of building-, for the readers of this'
paper. On account of Ills wide axpoilulico
as Editor, Author and Manufacturer, ho
Is, without doubt, the highest authority
on all these subjects. Address all Inquiries
to William A. Radford, No. 178 West
Jackson boulevard, Chicago, 111., and only
enclose two-cent stamp for reply.
Thero havo been royal Journalists
as well ns royal authors. Georgo III.
contributed seven nrtlclcs to tho An
nals of Agriculture a monthly mnga
tine, edited by Arthur Young. These
wero published under tho pseudonym
of Ralph Robinson, nnd, according to
one of his biographers, "display a
most profound knqwledgo of agricul
ture." Louis XVIII. was a Journalist
of quite another typo, says tho London
Chronicle. For some years aftor his
accession to tho thrpno ho was In tho
habit of sending anonymous political
articles to various Paris dalllos. Some
of the opinions exprossed in theso
were so advanced thut tho king had
tho pleasuro of seeing them votood by
his own censor.
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A Philadelphia pollcoman lassoed
two drowning canoeists, saving them,
and then drngglng a third tosafoty by
the hair while another man helped tho
rescuer by the feet. Ho evidently
belonged to the ideal class of police
men who remedy people's troubles be
fore tho latter bnve a chanco to toll
what they aro.
Now that the senson of open win
dows is at hand, tho man who swnts
tho fly will bo tempted to trnnsfor
his energies to swatting tho backyard
?fcat and the early milkman.
A woman physician says that n ba
by's sleep must not dlsturbod. This
is eiiBy enough to arrange for; the
trick is getting it to go to Bleep in
the first place.
It is a close race botwoon the man
who writes seed catalogs and tho
man who writes up eumnW resorts.
Each Is trying to get tho furthercst
from tho truth.
dawn, I started off to search tho vnlloy, at tho
mouth of which wo were encamped. The morn
ing wnu beautifully clear, and I took mutters
Bomuwhnt onslly, as .1 had loft directions for ono
of our Mongol escort to follow mo up with tho
lunch and my pony; for, as usunl with theso
gentlemen, ho wnB late, and enjoying his onslly
earnod "twelvo" hours' ropono. Necdloss to ndd,
1 saw nothing of him nor of tho lunch that
day. Working my wny steadily up tho half
frozen stroam nt tho bottom of tho vnlloy, nftor
a whllo I mado out tho forms of two rnms at tho
head of tho nala. They nppoared to suspect noth
ing, and soon began to feed on tho new grass
BhootB. Then two finer rams camo to vlow. I
felt I was In luck, hut "thoro's many a Blip."
Scanning tho rugged ground nnd looking Tor tho
best wny to approach thorn I soon recognlzod
that It was not such nn easy matter. To follow
up tho Btroam bed, ovor tho snow and ice meant
being Been. Tho left bUIo of tho valley, n filopo
of broken rocks and shalo, was equally out of
tho question. I thoreforo resolved to try tho
rlghtslde, though not without mlnglv'jgs, on no
count of the snow ulopos and forbidding-looking
precipices. I concluded that If I succeeded in
trnckjng this right sldo that I should bo able
to work round and nbovo tho sheep. Aftor wnlt
lng for an hour, tho lino benstB mado things
soniowhnt easier for mo by feeding down aud
behind a small rocky point. During my long
watch I had been droadlng lest tho Mongol with
I tho ponies should appear and senro away tho
t h1ih..i ClHliitIlly llitx, IioWhVi.I', mill judging I
knew my Mongol, 1 atnrtod off up tho stream.
Soma Httlo wny on I mnnagrd to cross on n
snow-bridgo, oxpectlng at any moment to disap
pear through tho cqft anow. Thon followed a
! long and Btoady ascent over hugo boulders of
broken rock. Intorsnorscd with soft, wot shale.
. . ..i.i m. ... !.. ,,oro wnR whom tho local knowledge of tho mnn
A treasury omcia warns u that on tho Bpot woul(, ,mvo boon ,nvluabl for l
there is a new counterfeit 20 bill In ,md not ,,oon nb,8 up to thl() to dUcorn ,nnt
circulation. Thanks, old cLap. We'll lo roftCh the high ridge Immediately nbovo tho
be more caroful In handling our email sheep was Impracticable. A chnngo of plans was,
change. thurofore, uecoBsary. HoKHng on, I tried to ecale
tho rocks to tho right, which rocka, I am con-
! vlncod, would have dellghtod tho heart of nn Ibex
or thar. Had a hunter boon with mo, I could
havo succeeded In this clambering ascent; as It
j was, I had to work down to tho lower ground
Iuisiuii in hi uiuHu ma uuhi ui u uiui juu ncroBS mo
nnon A ln1 e inn If ttit.A.l mit In Im.il.n.
A ninghamton woman has beaten ;lUn on ,;ijm,r'ed d8 f h' ,
The Doston man whoso wlfo throw
a pall of water on him while he slept
has awakened to the fact that mar
ried life is not always a happy dream.
tho record for gaining equal rights
with men. She was recently sent to
Jail for whipping her husband.
uuhi wmen tno snoop uau disappeared, to my
disgust I discovered two rnms standing on tho
top, staring straight down nt mo. Sinking slowly
to tho ground, I sat motionless, Ono ram thon
moved bohlnd tho rldgo, nnd tho other, having
been Joined by a third, followed suit. Tho Inst
thoop carried n flno head, and was very whlto
evidently an old ono. Ab they had moved off
slowly, I hoped that I might find them feeding.
Those Cornell professors who named ' nml l)0 Btl11 nu, to Ket on tornm; but they took
Why is it that tho youngster who
looks upon a bathtub with fear and
trembling will splash around a swim
mln' hole all day?
the seven modern wonders never will
bo popular in Detroit, They failed to
mention Ty Cobb.
Olrla have no liborty in upholsterod
cages, says a femalo agitator. Poor
Uilngs, by all moans place them in
xeed hampers.
Lightning knockod off an Ohio man's
hat the other day but failed to injure
him. Solid ivory, it seems, is a nonconductor.
no chnncos, and when I got to tho top of tho
rldgo there was not a sign of them. I was Just
about to retire when I saw n grand eight Sov
erul thousand feet abovo mo wero my five rams,
stalking quietly away along tho top of n stony
rldgn. Tho lendor, who. was tho largest nnd
whitest, had thick, massive horns, and they all,
with ono exception, would havo mado n fine
trophy. I congratulated myself on thus getting
a second chance, nnd watched thera as thoy went
"stlltlly" along, In the way they movo when
scared. At length tho procession stopped, and
thoy lay down onjtue steep sldo of the slope, from
whence thoy commanded tho whole of tho valley.
Off I wont again, over huge, Bharp boulders of
broken rock; but I was soon held up on' coming
to n large open patch of deep snow. Thoro was
nothing for It but to wait pntlently and mako my
' solf ns comfortnblo and warm ns possible among
tho boulders,
After an hour or bo, about 1:80 p. m., thoy
rose, strotched themselves, scanned tho wholo
country-side, and again moved slowly off, away
to tho north. They wero evidently in n nervous
mood. Following them, nfter a whllo vl crossed
tho snow patch, ploughing through the snow,
which In places was up to my middle, and fol
lowing lu the deep tracks of tho hord.
It was stiff work, and was followed by a still
stlffor climb to tho top of a rnzor-bneked rldgo.
This I descended, the rnmn still In view. The
ground horo was qulto open; but wild sheep
unlly look for dangor from below, and I remained
unnoticed. Thoy finally disappeared slowly
round tho slope of a high rounded hill, about
eight hundred yards ahead. I quickly started off
to gain the crest of this hill, hoping to Intercept
the gamo, but was doomed to further" disappoint
ment. Tlieie wau not a Blgn of them. My
aneroid here registered eleven thousand feet, and
we hnd reached the highest part of tho downs. A
cold wind was now blowing, mists camo rolling
up out of tho valloys and it looked like snow.
Taking up a couple of holes In my belt uud a
pull at my. flask, I followed along tho north 'fnco
of tho mountain. Avoiding the patches of soft
enow, in which I noticed tho marks of sheep's
hoofs, suddenly on tho oppoalto sldo, nnd some
way below, I brw my five old friends, ovldently
bent on shitting their quarters still further to
tho west. Thoy must have got my wind. CloudB
occasionally hid me from tho aheep, bo, under
cover of these, I determined to make a dash
back for less opn ground, and to move down
nnd try to got In a shot. I had now been steadily
on tho movo for over twelve hours, nnd had
worked back towards tho open valley, though
away from tho camp. My hurried movo failed.
Now thnt tho oxcltomont of the stalk was ovor, I
vented deep anathemas on the Mongol's head for
not. having brought up the ponies. When within
n mllo or so of camp I wnB mot by our whole
retinue, who had turned out to conduct mo In.
Search pnrtlos hnd gono out, thinking I was lost.
Aftor n hearty meal of our standing dish Has
Buck mutton I Boon turned In, nnd thus termi
nated one of tho hnrdcBt and most pleasant dnys
which havo fallen to my lot, nnd certainly one
that I am never llkoly to forgot.
The next few days I spent looking for those fine
old rnms ugaln, but without success, fyr those
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sheep, when thoroughly scared, travel manj
miles, and successfully hide themselves.
Leaving camp at 4:80 one morning, shortly be
fore dawn, the two hunters and I had not been
long at work when tho Kalmuk pulled up short,
but too late, for we had been seen first by a
flock of nine rams, who were taking their early
feed on tho sldo of a steep ravine. Off they went,
towards higher ground, but In no great haoto.
Riding up to the ridge along which they had dis
appeared, we dismounted, and soon viewed them
again. They wero somo distance off, feeding on
nn open slope, which nppenred to he secure from
attack; but thero was one weak spot. After
scanning the hord and noticing three or four
good heads among them, I Btarted off with Husein
to stalk. A warm Job It proved, up that steep,
loose shale slope, aud tho pace was perforce
slow. At length we made the crest, and took It
easy to study the situation. The wind, though
light, was shifty, but all seemed -well, for the
herd wero busy feeding. They were what ap
peared to be nbout one hundred and fifty yards
off, but on a slope somewhat below us. The dlf
tnculty wub to select the finest head, for to raise
one's Belt more than enough to Just peep over
would have soon ended matters. Under such cir
cumstances ono is always apt to bo deceived as
to which head is going1 to beat previous recordsl
The question, however, was brought to an abrupt
conclusion by the herd getting their heads up
and beginning to look suspicious. In another
second they would havo been off, so, taking a
quick aim, I fired at tho chest of what looked liko
the largest, as he stood head towards me. A rush
and a stampede ensued across the soft face of
the steep slope below us. .The animals wero so
bunched up thnt It was impossible to pick out the
largest, and the result of my three shots was to
bowl over a moderate-sized ono only. The herd
then disappeared at racing speed, and when next
seen they wero in the big valley a long way bo
low. We despended and cut up the dead sheep.
ThiB finished, nnd tho old Kalmuk carrying tho
hend over his shoulders, we rode off round the
slopes niter tho herd, eventually pulling up and
dismounting nt the end of a long spur. Here,
whllo on the look-out, we suddenly Baw the herd,
now only seven in number, come bolting back
towards us, evidently disturbed in their flight
by my fellow-sportsman, who JuBt then appeared
onthe top of the mountain. The oves looked
like charging straight at us, but swerved off and
made up the mountain, except one, who, over
como by fright or curiosity, forgot his usual cun
ning nnd stopped to havo a look at mo. I heard
tho "clop" of the bullet as It struck, and he
Jumped completely round, then disappeared round
n amnll spur a short distance off. Feeling quite
elated at euch good fortune, I followed up, ex
pecting to And the sheep lying dead. Imagine
my disappointment he hnd vanished. There was
no tlrao to bo lost, bo, Btarting the Kalmuk off
In pursuit over the shoulder of the mountain,
Husein nnd I took up the blood tracks. Twice
during this latter proceeding I heard tho report
of the Kalmuk's blunderbuss, and momentarily
expected to soo him return smiling; thus, think
ing all was right, we returned to where the
ponies had been left They also had nil three
vanished, leaving portions of tho flret dead
shnop'c carcacs scattered about the mountain
Bide. It was some time before we hod nil col
lected again and the Kalmuk roturned, having, I
understood, had a great chase after the wounded
rnm nnd marked it down in a nala, not far from
where wo had Btarted the day's work. Loading
up tho ponies, away we went again, searching
fruitlessly for a long time among the numerous
nalns. Things looked bad. It was getting late,
and wo were Just nbout to abandon the search
till the morrow, when, ns good luck would havo
It, the old Kalmuk stopped nnd pointed below as
ho did bo. I was off my pony In a second, and,
peering ovor, saw the fine old rnm, only .lust able
to stand and looking very sick, nbout fltty feet
below. One shot In tho shoulder finished him.
It shows the extraordinary vitality of these fine
animals that, though bndty wounded, he had been
able to keep going for so long. My shot had Just
missed the middle of his chest, and hnd caught
him near tho point of the right shoulder nnd
raked along his ribs. His boms measured fifty
inches.
Sometimes it is necessary to build
a house to fit a narrow lot. As a
general thing lots aro deep enough lo
hold almost any kind of a house. Few
lots In American cities aro less than
ono hundred feet from front to back,
but because of expensive stroet im
provements they aro often squeezed
sideways until houses got to bo very
close neighbors. It is unfortunate
that it is bo but wo have to take
conditions ns we find them and make
tho best of it. Sometimes these nar
row lots aro in very desirable neigh
borhoods, convenient for transporta
tion and convenient for othor reasons
nnd by building a house to fit tho lot
such property may be mado very com
fortablo and attractive.
This design shows n houso only
eighteen feet wide, but tho length Is
thirty-eight feet six inches, exclusive
of tho front porch. Such a shapo nee
essarlly requires that one room shall
follow another, sometimes with a very
long dark narrow hall, but this plan
avoids that difficulty by putting a
room at tho back end of tho hall nnd
by connecting the kitchen with the
dining-room by way of tho pantry.
Then tho upper part of tho house Is
laid out with a bedroom In each end
and a bathroom opposlto the upper
hallway in tho center. This arrange
ment requires that the bathroom shall
be lighted by a dormer window, the
design of which 1b very neat and at
tractive. It adds a great deal to the
appearance of tho house becnupe It Is
ornamental as well aa useful. Such
attachments mako up the difference
between a common chenp looking
house and a satisfactory, useful, orna
mental habitation that is at once very
pleasing and Interesting.
So-called cottago houses with one
gable end towards the street aro bb
common as house flies In the cheaper
sections of some cities. You may
and contained modern menns of heat
ing and with plumbing connections
bo the different members of tho fam
ily could keep th,.'rne',lves clnn.
A great deal depends on the plan
as well as tho convenience and tho
outsldo appearance. It Is an art that
seems difficult to acquire, tho build
ing of small arttBtlc, comfortable
houses, but It 1b an art well worth
studying.
Such houses should be a great deal
more common than thoy nro. It
would prevent families who like U
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live nicely from crowding Into flat
buildings where thoy have neither
light nor sufficient air. This Is an
other excuse for narrow lotB. A fifty
foot lot would hold two Buch houses
and mako comfortable living quarters
for two families Instead of ono.
IN TENEMENTS OF CARACAS
Portion of South American City That
Has Witnessed Many
Vicissitudes.
In the struggling, shabby out
skirts of tho old part of Caracas one
may still trace the necessities of tho
BtronuouB days when a man's houso
had literally to be his castle, and no
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count them by tho hundreds and they
ore all practically alike; cliep tene
ment looKing affairs, each house try
ing to look as near liko Its neighbor
as possible, without any attempt at
Individual ornamentation. The front
yard is usually baro of grass and
thero Is a broken board walk at the
side. Genorally ,such houses are
boxod In with some kind of a wooden
fenco that shows signs of weather
wear and the dilapidated breakage
caused by children nt play.
A neat design like this costs very
little more, but what a difference In
appearance. The shape of the root
and tho corresponding root over tho
front porch with the proper placing
of windows mako the difference In
the outside uppuuiuncu. The colors
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mere legal theory could protect It
against the lack of physical Invulner
ability. One may still see ih Hiphw.
eled angles of defense, tho entrants
and re-entrants, sometimes a notched
wall, nnd occasionally an overhnnging
macmcoiauon. mrougn the floor of
which hot oil, water or molten lead
could be trickled on the heads of the
invaders.
Often there aro loopholes, now plas
tered up with sunbaked mud, whllo
here and thero the faded, stained walls
Bhow tho gouging spatter of some bul
let, the souvenir of a stray revolution
or perhaps merely tho remnnnt of
some brief but conflicting lovo affair.
Tho once gay red-tiled roofs are black
ened and askew with ago, and wisps
of desiccated rduro sprout from be
tween tho cracks; ranks of Bhabby,
rusty-black buzzards Rather on thn
avails, scrutinizing in solemn vigilance
the clattering slatterns about the patio
well-curb, nursing their charcoal fires
or beating clothes, whllo their plump
and naked babies shuffle "together con
tentedly in the dirt. It is the tenement-house
district, the Whlte-chapel
of Caracas. Charles Johnson Post, in
tho Century Magazine.
Used in Place of Bread
Varied Substitutes for the Staff of Ulfo
That Are Utilized by Many
Peasants,
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In various parts of tho world tho
nanrnr classes consume Httlo or no
We refuse to be surprised at tho ' bread. linked loaves of bread aro
claim that Jam can be made out of practically unknown In portions of
pinHcb. Perfume te wade out of ' southern Austria nnd Italy nnd
petroleum. throughout tho agricultural districts of
Itoumtiuio.
AustrlanB aver that, In tho village of
Obcrstclrmark, not very far from Vi
enna, bread Is novor seen. The ntnplo
food is sterz, a kind of porridge mado
from ground bocchnutB, taken ut break
mentioned, but In Carlnthla nnd other
parts of tho Tyrol.
Northern Italy affords a substitute
for bread In tho form of polenta,
which Is a kind of porrldgo made of
bollod grain. Polenta Is not, however,
allowod to "granulnto" like Scotch
porridge or tho Austrian storz. It Is
Instead boiled Into a solid pudding,
which Is cut up and portioned out
It is eaten cold as
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fn8t, with fresh or curdled milk; at
dinner with broth or fried lard, aud ut . with n Btrlng
Biippcr with milk. This dish Is also often as It Is hot, and Is In every
called "holden," nnd Is substituted for sense mnny an Italian's dally bread,
brend not only In tho Austrian district ' Thoro Is n variation of polenta
called mamallgn, the favorite food of
tho poorer classes in Roumanln. Ma
mallga resembles polenta Inasmuch as
It is made of boiled grain, but it is
unlike the former In one respect the
grains are not permitted to settle Into
a solid mass, but are kept distinct
after tho fashion of oatmeal porridge.
A woman ls sometimes fugitive, ir
rational, lndetermlnnble, Illogical and
contradictory, A great deal of for
bearanco ought to be shovrn her.
Henri Frcderlo Amlsl-
Flrat Floor Plan.
used In painting of course have a
good deal to do with the final finish.
A good combination of light shado of
paint for the body with darker trim
I mlngs carefully chosen to properly
i match show to great advantago In
I tho flnlBh of one of theso houses.
! It costs a little moro whon building
l a porch roof to glvo It so much pro
. Jectlon, but you havo got to do some
thing out of the ordinary or when
the house Is don you nro not satis
fied with It.
Every house should be built with
modern improvements whether the
house is large or small. More atten
tion Is being paid to bathrooms with
hot and cold water connection than
ever before Tho time will soon come
when a houso won't rent or sell unless
It has what are generally termed mod
ern Improvements. I have known
mall houseB to rent for eight or ton
dollars a month and I havo known
houses thnt cost very Httlo moro to
rftit for doublo that amount simply
becauso they wero built attractively
Tho Kaiser's Joke.
During the German maneuvers re
cently a company of dragoons was told
off to represent a convoy of wagons.
Tho kaiser, riding ovor the field of bnti
tie and soelng a drogoon lying on tho
ground, Bald to him:
"Well, what are you lying down
there for?" "I nm representing a
wngon, your majesty," replied the sol
dier. "Are you?" Bald the kaiser.
"Well, got up and go and Join tho
others I" "That Is Impossible, your
majesty," said tho Boldler. "because
I have lost ono of my wheels." Tho
emperor burst out laughing and, giv
ing tho man two shillings, observed,
"Hero's something for you to got tho
other wheels oiled with." Paris Ma.
tin.
Morocco.
Morocco has a population of some
8,000,000, composed largely of "Arab
Btock. Tho country Is poor In nat.
urnl resources, being largely desert,
though scattered about the territory
aro fertile spots of great beauty.
Tho natives aro hardy and by nnturo
great lovers of personal Independ
ence. Their religion Is, of course,
Mohammedanism, but a Mohamme
danism that has greatly deteriorated
from that of tho days of the Arab
glory in Spain and Damascus. It Is
doubtful If the while man ever estab
lishes his power over tho wide, wild.
Inhospitable region of tho Interior.
Tho lnducemouts for him to do bo
are too few.
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