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WOMAN SELLS III
! Strange and Profitable Occupa
tion of an English Girl.
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Ilrltnln Is appi inching a
bli;goi campaign on tho
northwest frontier than
has been soon In recent
years Not only are
largo sections of the
tribesmen like the Mali'
mid Wnzirls anil others exhibiting
signs or Increasing turbulence, but the
frontier territories from one end to
the other nro already full of modern
arniB and ammunition, while more la
.pouring Into them every day by every
secluded track lending through Ilalu
chlstan and the Afghan hills
In addition to this, the present
Ameer, abandoning his father's policy,
has allowed thousands of modern ri
fles manufactured In the arsenal at
Kabul to reach tho hands of his own
tribesmen, nnd the probable co-opera-itlon
of tho latter In a frontier war
ngnlnst the Indian Uaj may easily In
volve the Urltlsh government with Af
ghanistan as well.
All this, as every Indian officer
lenows, Is involved In the continuance
of tho persistent gun-running which Is
marking tho growing war fever on tho
Indian northwest frontier through the
Persian gulf. It Is not too much to
say that the peace nnd safety of India
depend upon the suppression of this
trnde, and yet, owing uhlelly to the
paucity of Hrltlsh naval resources
there, sho can do little or nothing
Muscat, at tho entrance of tho gulf,
is the chief center of this nefarious
traffic, which Is carried on by Euro-
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couNrezacr gun-running
pcans nnd, unhappily, by IlrltUh merchants. Tho
nultan, who Is under Hrltlsh protection, derives a
large revenue from It, but although negotiations
with him for Us prohibition might roqulro diplo
matic handling owing to his treaty obligations
with at least one other power, It is tho only effec
tive means of avoiding tho outpouring of blood
nnd treasure on tho Indian forntlor.
At present tho efforts of the Hrltlsh navy are
handlcnpped by tho fact that tho hydrographleal
conditions of Muscat, as Indeed of the whole lit
toral of tho gulf, do not allow preventlvo ships
to go very close to tho coast. It Is this fact which
enables tho gun-running dhows to escape tho vlgl
lanco of Hrltlsh cruisers.
Thus tho dhows which put out from Muscat
with their contraband cargoes adopt tho simple
plan of hugging tho coast within the shallow-water
limits. If they are making for Kowelt, which
Is tho center of tho gun trndo for Mesopotamia
and western Persia, they can proceed nil tho way
in comparative safety, otherwise they sail just
far enough to bo in a position to mako a dash for
.Task or porno other port on the Mnkran coast,
where their cargoes nro recolved for conveyance
by caravan cla Haluchlstan to Afghanistan and
the northwest frontlor Khnta,
Tho two most active firms engaged In this
trndo aro owned by a Haluchl and u Frenchman.
There aro nlso In Muscnt numerous small shops
engaged In tho trado, and numbors of tho agents
mo "banlaB" from India. Mysterious cargoes aro
also dropped overboard In tho dead of night Into
Bwlft-snlllng dhowB and got away to obscure
places along tho eastern coast. It will ho impos
sible to check this growing peril to England's
poaco In India without a large number of small'
draught patrol boats and an efllclont coastguard
on tho Makran coast.
"No craft," says Mr. H. Warrington Smyth, In
"Mast nnd Sail in Europo and Asia," iiaB played
a greator part in tho world's history than tho
dhow. Tho latoon yard Is as much tho emblem of
tho Faith as is tho Croscont. Tho truo baggara,
bagala, or Arab dhow, tho probable parent of all
tho lateen-rigged offspring, Is now mostly to be
mot with In tho Red sen and enstward to tho Per
sian gulf, Karachi, Hombay, along tho Malabar
coast, and down the coast of Africa to Zanzibar,
making Its voyocea with tho lair wind of Uw nion-
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tory iliiough which lite eontraliaud riiim
aro run In the foreground are the bare
rocky hllN Hiirrouiidlng MiiMcat, the cap
ital of Oman, while to the right Is tho
oiiuall bare coast of Makran. from which
gun-running mutes lend Inland to Afghan
istan. Oman Is an Independent sultan-
ate occiipjlng the southcaMcrn end of
the peninsula of
Arabia. It reaches
along the Persian
gulf, the gulf of
Oman and the
Arabian sea from
El Hasa to tho
Hadramaut region.
The area Is about
so.nno s i a r o
miles. The region
along the coast Is
very mountainous,
rlr.lng in Its high
est peaks prob
ably to about 10.
000 feet. Hehlnd
the in o u n t a I a
chains tho coun
try gradually
passes Into the
great desert of
Arabia The most
favorable part of
the country Is In
tho central val
leys, which aro
characterized by a
temperate climate
nnd rich vegeta
tion. Tho chief
products are dates,
which constitute
tho main article
of export, and oth
er fruits. Pearls
soon, nnd unite capable of holding Its
own In tho hard weather often to be
met with In the Indlnn ocean. Not
withstanding local differences of de
tail these vessels vary very little as a
class; they aro genorally grab-built,
having a long overhung forward.
There Is great beam and rise of lloor
and a very raking transom stern.
There is generally a high poop and
fo'csle deck, tho rest of
tho vessel being practical
ly open. Tho rig consists
generally of main nnd
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mnBt Is a big Bpar stepped amidships, with a great
rake forward."
A correspondent from India writes that tho
Hrltlsh gunbonts in tho Persian gulf havo been
very active in suppressing tho traffic In rifleB and
ammunition. The arms were being landed on tho
Makran const and thenco were carried by cara
rans for sale to tho tribesmen on tho northwest
ern frontier of India, to bo used against tho Hrlt
Ish troops when tho next troublo comos. Tho
nnvy men aro reported to hnvo been very sue
cessful, and made several good hauls or rifles and
nimnunltion. To rcduco still further tho gun-runners'
chances of profit, four compnnles of tho
Fourteenth Sikhs wore sent from Ouotta to Inter
cept enravans In the neighborhood of Hobat. One
of our Illustrations depicts the entraining of some
of tho transport camels at .facobabad In Slnd, on
routo to Nushkl, whence tho column marched to
Hobat.
As a rule, when camels nro entrained they aro
loaded on open trucks, but on this occasion It was
thought advisable to make use of closed cars.
The "oouts" strongly objected to being loaded, but
with a rope behind the hocks and a steady, par
suaslvo strain on the nose rope they were event
ually hauled or pushed In. Once In tho car the
camels were made to kneel down in tho sand
which hnd been spread on tho floor, their knees
woro then tied so thnt It was Impossible for them
to straighten out their forelegs.
Tho cars woro each londed with six cnmels,
three in ench end, facing Inward. Tho space In
tho nilddlo was utilized for saddles nnd fodder for
the Journey. Two cumolmen also traveled in each
car. It may bo remarked that Hrahuls differ from
most peoplo fn that they do not notice that tho
camol has a particularly offcnslvo odor. Tho
cnmels bubbled and protested whilo being load
ed, but they soon sottlcd down and began to oat
tho foddor provided for them. It took flvo hours
to load tho llrst train of 120 camels. Only one
camol that had an unusually largo hump could
not bo pushed through the door, nnd ho wns
trussed like a chicken and carried bodily In by
about 15 tuon.
nnd mother-of pearl and fish are alBo of some com
mercial Importance. Tho chief port is Muscat. It
Is situated between two hills and looks out to sea,
ns shown In tho view of the Persian gulf accom
panying this article
Tho population of Oman Is estlmntcd at 1,500,
000, and consists of several tribes of Arab origin,
partly nomadic. The negro, element Is very nu
merous. Muscat was taken by tho Portuguese In 1G08
and remained In their hnndB until the middle of
the sovonteenth century, when the Arabs of tho
Interior secured possession of It. The imams or
sultans of Muscat afterwards mndo extonslvo con
quests In eastern Africa. Including Zanzibar, Mom
has and Qullon. Oman was at tho climax of Its
power nnd commercial prosperity in tho first half
of tho nineteenth century, when tho authority of
the Imnnis or sultans extended ovor tho Persian
territories of l.arlstan and Moglstnn, tho Islands of
Honder Abbas, pnrt of tho coast of Haluchlstan, and
tho long strip of African coastland Including Zan
zibar, Mombasa nnd Qullon, together with tho
Island of Socotra. Tho present ruling family origi
nated In Yemen and was first established In tho
Imnmato in the person of Ahmed Ibn Said In 1711.
The rise of tho Wahnbl power In Nedjed resulted
In considerable loss of territory. In 1850, on tho
death of Sultnn Said, his possessions woro dlvldod
between his two bons, one receiving tho African
territories and tho other Muscat, with tho Persian
possessions. These last were lost In 1875. Sultan
Thuwany, who succeeded In Muscnt, was assassi
nated In 1SG0 by his son Sellm, who reigned hut a
short time, and wnB driven out by his undo, Soyyld
Folsal Ibn Turkl. The power of tho Imam is exer
cised very llttlo beyond tho capital, Muscnt, tho
namo of which Is therefore probably bettor known
In popular imago than that of tho whole stato.
Would Cause Much Writing.
Uncoil I see It Is said that all tho Russian rail
way stations keep complnlnt books, whero passen
gers may enter various protests."
Egbort If tlmt plnn were adopted In this coun
try, I fear writer's cramp would be far more com
mon than It is now. Yonkora Statesman.
Gets $2,500 a Year From Clients Who
Regulate Their Clocks by Time
She Obtains at Earth's Lati
tudinal Center.
lmdon When Halley'n comet sc.
nil Europe gazing skyward, no society
beauty was more eagerly courted by
enterprising photographers tlmti wns
the comet by the patient astronomers
of (Sreeiiwlch, whoso photographic tele
scopes were kept searching the
heavens, to note the anlval of the
periodic xlsltor on the sensitive plate
of the camera Nor was tho vigilance
unrew.irdeu More than one distinct
Impression of the brilliant object Is
now on view at tho Royal observatory,
(iieenwlch.
Tills success ban revived Interest In
this historic Institution bv the Thames,
but few nutiddo sclentllle circles
know much ut the history and details
of the almost conventional gioup of
buildings on
That fair hill whom hoary sage'i
boast
To name the st.irs and count the
heavenly host.
Yet probably no hill In the world
has had mi strangely varied a history
or plaed so Important a part In the
nffalrs of men. The granite line across
the footpath on its summit Is the merl
dlau fiom which the longitude on
every Hrltlsh map and chnrt .s cnleu
lated. All England sots Its time by
tho mean-solar clock; and in addition
to the dally and nightly observations
of the heavens, elaborate records are
kept of diurnal changes In the tern
pernture and humidity, the direction
and force of the wind, the amount of
TERRIQLE CASE OF GRAVEL
jgilgSgMJateK
The Tower of Greenwich.
sunshine nnd rainfall, tho earth's mag
netism nnd n host of meteorological
matters forming a science of dally
Inci easing Importance and interest.
There is a largo galvano-mngnotlc
clock, fixed on tho outside wall of tho
observatory, and divided Into 21 hours.
Thoro nro still many who bellovo this
olock Is kept going by tho sun. They
do not know that tho fixed stars aro
tho real timekeepers, from which Hrlt
Ishcrs cheek their llally progress. Tho
Sidereal clock, kept within ono of tho
buildings of the observatory, Is cor
rected, by observation of tho Btars
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Woman Selling the Time.
every clear night, and overy morning
before ton o'clock tho moan solar clock
Is checked from It. Tho lattor Is
housed bolow the tlmeball on tho
towor which dominates tho hill and Is
In magnetic connection with tho clock
In the boundary wall, which has fur
nished tho correct tltno to countless
visitors to tho hill since It was placed
thero In 1852.
To this galvano-mngnotlc clock In
tho wnll comes overy Mondny a wom
an who makes $2,500 a year out of tho
nueorcst occupation In England. Sho
Bells the time to Iondon watchmakers.
Her namo Is Miss Dollovillo of
Mnldenhend. Eighty years ago tho
thon nstronomer royal suggested to
her father that If ho took tho correct
ed time on a cortlfled chronometer
every week ho could no doubt find nu
merous clients. So ho bought a fa
mous watch mndo for tho duko of Es
box, ono of the boiis of Oeorgo III.,
and soon worked up a business with
It. When ho died his widow sold tho
tlmo till sho reached tho ago of
olghty-ono, nnd thon sho hnnded tho
business ovor to her dnughtor.
When Miss Hollo vlllo visits Croon
wlch ot tho beginning of every week
her chronometer Is corrected mid she
Is given nn official certificate. Prom
thnt her 50 customers correct tholi
watches nnd clocks.
Baker City, Ore., Man Suffered 25
Years.
Charloa Kurz, 1C1S Center St., Hakor
City, Oro, says: "For 25 years I suf
fered ngony from grnvol. So Intense
wns the pnln when tho stones wore
pnsslng, thnt I had to
llo on my back nnd
brnco my feet, ofton
being forced to
Bcrentn. On ono oc
casion two BtonoB be
emtio lodged nnd I
could not pass the
urine for two days. I
Hpent hundreds of dol
lars without relief. At last I began
taking Donn'it Kidney Pills. They am
the only remedy that wards off thoso
attacks "
Remember the nnnio Donn's. For
sale by nil dealers. 50 cents a box.
Foster Mllburn Co., Huffalo, N. Y.
Sign of Recovery.
"If when the devil Is sick a monk
he will be," said Rose Stuhl Bagoly,
"then tho devil gets well In double
ipilck time. Witness that young Mlvll
with the ladles,' my kid cousin. Last
winter he was III, so HI ho didn't havo
any sense of humor loft nor any sense
either. 1 was staying at the namo ho
tel, and when I went In to look nftor
him he virtuously remarked that bin
loom was no place for a 'Chorus Lady'
and promptly shooed mo out. (A few
years ago I spanked that kid.) Thon
ho got Kcarcil mid sent for a doctor
and the doctor sent for a trained
nurse. For sovernl dnys I got bulle
tins of Ills progress from the cham
bermaid. Tho fourth morning sho sot
my mind completely at rest.
" "Sure, ma'am,' said Maggie, 'an' I
think he do bo gettln along very woll.
The nurse was slttlu' on hla lap thin
nornln'!' "
Where Millions Are Entombed.
The catacombs at Homo wero tho
burial places of the early Christians.
They aro about 530 miles in extent and
pro said to have contained 0,000,000
bodies. During the persecutions of tho
Christians under Nero and other Ro
man emperors the catacomba woro
used for hiding places. Under Diode
t lun the catacombs wero crowded with
thoso for whom thero was no safety
In tho face of tho day. Tho art ot tho
catacombs Is unique nnd most inter
estlng. Simple designs nro etched In
the slabs which seal tho tombs. Now
and then aro small chapels whoso
paintings are to bo found. All aro
Hiblo Illustrations, so that tho cata
combs may bo said to bo a pictorial
Hlble In effccL Tho Christian Herald.
He Had No Eye for Color.
Thero camo to tho homo of a negro
In TcunoBBoo nu addition to tho fam
ily In tho shapo of triplets. Tho proud
father hailed the first man who camo
along tho road and asked him In to
bcc them. The man, who wns an Irish
man, seemed greatly Interested In tho
Infants as ho looked them over, lying
In n row before him.
"What does yo' think?" asked tho
parent.
"Waul" pointing to tho ono In tho
middle "I think I'd savo that ono."
Everybody's Magazine.
Bores Barred.
A reporter asked Mr. Roosovolt at
the Outlook office how ho got through
so much work, mid at tho snmo time
saw bo ninny people. "I shun horos,"
wns tho reply. "I don't wasto n inln
utg of my tlmo on bores. Do you per
cctvo that I havo only Just ono chair
In this room? You see, my hunting
experiences havo shown mo that great
bores uro always of small caliber." .
To harbor fretful and discontented
thoughts Ib to do yourself moro injury
than it Is In tho power of your groat
est enemy to do you. Mason.
Woman's inhumanity to man mnko.i
countieBs divorce lnwyora happy.
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Cut Out
Breakfast
Cooking
Easy to start the day
cool and comfortable if
Post -Toasties
are i in the v pantry "ready
to serve , right from the
package No cooking
required; just add some
cream and a little. sugar.'
Especially pleasing
these summer I mornings
with berries, or. fresh!
fruit.
One can "'feel cool Tin t
hot wcatherion proper!
food.
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