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f 1 I Sk- v f 1 X Queer Features of ' t 1. if ft W HOFFMAN FIIILIP, AMERICAN CONStTL GBNERAI (Copyright. 1907. by Frank Ok Crpntr.) ivi-irv, morocco, jan. si. Briton jovernmen and to keep the Eng J I (Special Correspondence of the lUh poete4 aa to trade and dlplomaUo at- "") uncra oam aneuia Keep me eye on Morocco. Thle country m now In a sUte of anarch, and the sultan U not able to control h . People. He Is rulina- nlv . .m.n , . ruling only a small part of the Bonutotton !h , Prt v a7d havi' ,? e,m,,lr m'r aid to have a hundred rul.re. each boea 111a own utile principality. Tn most places there la neither law nor order, and In many both Use and property are Inse- euro. The condltlena have cenw to such a point that the great powers of Europe will oon nave to atey ln. The first break waa . . - ie Algeclraa conference: but that haa been practically a failure. The 1.800 police- He haa full Information about the patterns tnen who guar the eight chief porta will of the cottons and other goods most de be totally Inefflcleat, and sooner or later aired here, and the Germana wlU be soon we must have an army here of 10,00 and making halcka, burnouses, djellabaa and upward. It would take 6,000 to guard Tan- the other dresses of these outlandish poo ler alone, and several thousand for each pie. , ,.- ue ports along the Atlantic. Korooo Bis Possibilities. Aa aoon as the powers determine to take bold of the country every nation will be ending Its trade representatives here, The Germans and. French . have already, done eo. and the English have a man at court In the person of Kald McLean, who waa brought In to reorgatnsa the sultan's rmy. and who baa grown fat off the Job. j.......... .. . How Poell Lost a Leg and ARL.T ln June. 1MB. while a fire- El man on the St. Jeeeph Grand I Island railway. George PoeU. at present county clerk of Hall county, saved th life of the ln- fant child of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Uasary of Powell. Neb., but lost a leg and barely escaped death. For this aot of heroism he has since been awarded a medal of honor of thaVyear. and he. Just reeved formai notice from tb. Carnegie Hero commission of an award of a medal and of In cash "" - - to pay off the remaining mortgage on hi. modest little cottage home In Grand Is- land. It was a bright day In June. Pell waa flrtn for a frelvht train that was nulllna' 7 ----- -- tn Ujiiau, rvrtm Oranil Inland T t w&A , , L 7T - i '"- Bearing midday when th. train approached Powell, near tne Kansan-pieoraska una, r4 The train waa heavier than usual that morning. The engine waa Just rounding a curve and had struck a down' grade when the fireman saw. soma distance ahead, a child on the traok. The whistle waa blown. The child's attention waa at tracted. But, in Its tanocenoe. It merely looked and then, as It 'somewhat alarmed, yet not knowing whloh way to turn. It tnTenZ? TTfaht traT w a?V7SI toJpZuVZlEZ 2 Mot Ttna? theuh tmf- aonl V. Zl. trlnf of cr could by no manner ot MASanaa ka ksniiolil a a snea fJL A w Ik. ... SEQBOa v " . ' ! r t . . ' ': - - : ' : - , ; ' .' . . .. ? , . . - ...... ...... ' . - V ' tY YY I y : ... ..... i - A Ha ! aUppoa4 to b m. secret Cnt of the is Ira. mm io me uermans. tney are gathering trad. lnfnm.Mn i. .it w... r a -h",:" " 7, . ' man. dressea ln full Moorish costume, who mn drM"e 10 fu" Moorl"h "tume' wh0 WM Ulk, bl "ho I found oould recite the Koran from beginning to end. He turned out in ho ilormin In th. m. ploy of the kalser-a commercial organlia- tlons, and his business is to gather dita for the pushing of Oerman goods. He haa traveled as a Moor through all the coast towns, and has gone inland from Mogador to Moroco city and from thera to F. . Trad of Twravty Mlllloat Dollars. During my stay I have had a talk with Mr. Hoffman Philip, ..our 'consul. . general, to the trade of Morocco. He has rep- resented, our country here very efficiently for the last four years and haa done what be could to push American trade. He has been hampered, however, by the lg- norance of our exporters concerning the country and people, and the disadvantage , blonde our Is. to nae his awn lancuan at the time, "he eould see bobbing up and down." A thought came to him. and there waa no time for a second thought. He Jumped out on the running board alongside the engine, and down In front of the pilot. He bad grabbed the drawbar with one hand and waa resting on one foot, when the locomotive waa upon. the child, "--""" " wimi um ."r he" .wept off".". U rol to th. aide, where It was later picked up by a trainman and restored to the arm. of Its frantlo but grateful mother. But Poell had not bad time to secure a good footing. The Impetus given him when' he threw the child from the track caused him tm ki. .nt w - w.n. . . ... - - " i an 1. . . ..... " w tne cnua leave the traok when nd It wa. almost In th. same Instant his foot was caua-ht ln thing. His hold with the other arm was , . , . - . " wrenched ' loose. His bodv nartiaiiv f.n. but Instead of falllna to th. un n. of his clothlnr was enua-ht In a .t.m " underneath th cylinder and close to the ralla and he was dragged alongside the engine.. On over the rough tie. be wa. bumped and dragged. A bridge waa ahead r rather a trestle. Over thla. too, the to the A mom,nt UtM th traln cam t0 ,,0p nd Miaw "t hi. w Ka ki1. OffW uniQNiailiy Wmnt Ul nu rAT1lab and v.-.-, vuuu, , wa. fouaaV His left foot from a, Uule POEUi AND TC1S frrT aiVSIX Moorish Business Ways Americans Should Know A i -1 wv J i . i r .a ? -s V j. CUSTOMER FOR AMERICAN COTTONS. of the United States having no direct steamship connection with this part of the continent. We have several vessels a week which call at Gibraltar. ' over the way. but none of ihraa .tnn t Tanuiwr. " . "l! ? "K. ' orocco, out aDoui me omy ming which it I u.in direotiv from 1. coal which It 1. using directly from ue la coal olI. iM peopl9 dre ,argely ln cotton8. an(1 their good, are made of our caw ma- and their goods are made of our raw nil' terlals, which are shipped ln the bale to England and there manufactured for this trade. During some years we nay aa much aa MnAnmt - - . . . . . 1 1 i . . . . -a ..l. adtju.iRiu in Hi nntcrn. in linn wn muirr L 1 1 1 1 1 1 , .. England. "The total trade of Morocco," says our conaul general, "now amounts to something like $20,CO0,CO0 a year, and of this England gets more than half. France comes next and then Spain and Germany. The German trade Is still small, but It la rapidly gain ing.' I made a hunt through the baxara here today for American, goods, and amongst other places visited the largest fancy gro- eery store In Tangier. I told the Jew clerk to show me samples of all the American articles he had, and he brought out coal oil, corned beef, cornmeal and cocktails. The bottles of cocktails came from New - Won a Medal above the ankle was literally torn off. His right arm waa broken. It was upon this side that he had been dragged over the ties and the entire side was lacerated and bruised. He waa taken on to St. Joseph and there taken to a hospital. The attending physicians tried to save as much of the leg ss possible and amputated half way between the ankle and knee. But the ugtimenis were so Daaiy torn mat it waa iater .saTry to ampu a once more and ,hl. time Just below the knee. The frac- ture of hi. arm was reduced, but later a second operation for this member was also the Moors who have been affected by for necessary, this being performed after his elgn Influences. return some months later to Grand Island. ' Our hat maker, need ' not .end their . . x-ou grauuauy recoverea ana late in m summer oi vx was ame ny the use . or crutcne. occasionally to come down- town. Th. democrat, placed him tn nom- ' - " -..v, ...uus w against n ..,..li.nt ..nni.i.. .k- nhii - -h.v. . v In,. " l , " . " '" "k u" T" nnmin.i .1 u aauaiMvu s3vs, wheats 11 CY1U UB, UV Wttal elected and has been since conducting the office. He has secured an artificial leg and walks without the use of cane or r.mirh thmih m. A.r.t in h. iv noticeable. He received much aid from the father of the child be saved, a station aent at well. who did all he possibly eould by the .ale of the pictures oV I oell mnA th hnv anrl nntiiM hr.wlnw k. : ' K '.B" V1" position tne nram&n wtva in wnan n nuriAi THE OMAHA. STODAY BEE: FEBRUARY 3, 1907. 1 ' York, the cornmeal waa In a pasteboard package labeled Chicago, and the ooal oil In a square , can from Philadelphia, while the corned hef mram in eB in tw.v a nnuinn -.,... T.. " " - l"!r. "t0r! ' "aw canne1 lmoB from oeaiue ana pickles from Boston. All of thA .n. T theM good, came via London. . aonaon. What the MoTrYlTo No rs Do Not Will. It Is useless for our exporters to attempt to make a market in Morocco without send- Ing men here to study the people. This country Is as different from the United fltfltAM vnnl.l h. .Via . 1. IhKI.ih - nvu.u m muub u& tuv niBuiau Nlirhts. Drummnn whn .r..oir smni.h v.ni, h.,i.i . . , .v- people and report the kinds and patterns of oda desired. They can hire guides who win interpret for them with the Moorish merchants, and they will find many Jewish traders who speak French and Spanish. Let me tell you, for Instance of a few things which It would be ridiculous to send to Morocco. The American shoe Is popular almost iv.rinuh.M m i . i . . . i " , mum uu uuming 11 ere. xnese men want a loose slipper of aoft leather with a heel that can h hnt DV Th.tf take their shoes off, as a usual thing, wrien cnlnerv- to fartn Implements, the peo they enter their homes, and they never pl Rr" t0 poor t0 buy "nything that costs wear them Inside the churches or monmien ""h- The country is divided up Into an The black of the American shoe would ,ook out of p,ac)Si foj eyery Moorgh (M(J mBn lines a delicate pale yellow.. As to the women, they wear red slippers of soft Morocco leather, and the better classes of them have their footwear embroidered with gold and silver. In the house most of the girls go barefooted, and no one wears a French heel. Indeed, heels are worn on no shoes here, and even fine Morocco boots are heelless. AH the footwear is hand- mane, and that made In Fea la sent to different parts of the oountry. Wo Demand for Bocks or Stocklnsra. 10,000.000 Inhabitants of this country ma 0U0 have never heard of th.m .nt .!!' lure there are not 10 000 wbTSS ,n t way. Onfy the very " w"ll-ttdoCr them on upon occaaiona. anTsuch Lr.nn. . wares. inese people use turbana with .. suu caps under them to ... cover their amoothly shaved scalps, and thsv soma time, pull the hood, of their gown, over - uuuiuii, me jews wear can. nf Kii. .... . Jewi.h o " -L. ' ."r . a th handwM.;.' lue,r n8aa' ln ,1Ut A "" y " Chance fo, American Floor. At Dreent there might be a small sale fop Amerlca, "our If It were shipped here ' such packagea that it oould h by m"1 ov,lr th country. Morooco has "0me1of tna be"t wheat .oil tn the world, " " bti a tovernment like our. with lto"ry Wilson at the head of Its agrl- cultural department. It would be canmiin. with our muntr. in w with our country In the bread markets pf England. At prssent most of the Lain . " viva mu.rK.6im A a7Vl. . I i. consumed In the localities where it Is raised, and the agricultural methods are ao rude that It is high-priced, notwlthstand- Ing the low wages. Farm hands get about 10 cents a day and they board themselves. The plowing la done with a crooked stick by means of oxen, mules,, donkeys or camels. The pitchforks are crotched sticks sharpened at the ends. Shovels and spades are unknown. A Moorish plow costs about 60 cents, an ox yoke 15 cents and the rude hoe, which Is commonly employed, 12 cents The grain Is carried from many' localities on the backs of camels in long bans made of palmetto leaves. One such bag will hold ten bushel, and form a fair load for a camel. Here In Tangier the grain Is trans- ported by donkeys from one part of the town to the other In four-bushel bags Two bags are a good load for a donkey. $ Qaeer Mill, and Bakerlee The ordinary Moroccan stomach would be surprised at American flour. The broad of the country is made of meal ground at home. Every family haa ta own mill, con- elating of two rude grindstones, one on top of the other, the grain being poured through a hole In the tap stone. These stones are turned by the women of the family, and aa they are fragile. UU of th-m come off and mix with the flour, leading to broken teeth and bad digestion I wish I eould show you a Moroccan bakery. There are scores of them In every town and baking la a regular profereicn. Very few neople do any baking at home. They make their flour up Into dough fo bread and rakee and send it to the nearest oakery to be cooked. Often a baker will have hi. regulsr customer, and will send out hi. boys, little long-gowned, drk-faced Urchins, to bring In the dough. They uau- ally carry It upon boarda which rest upon their head., and a few hours later take back the baked article. The baker gt 10 per cent of the amount of dourh sent, and a loaf of that proportion I. alway. put la for hU pay. Thee bake area, look tike oarea. Tbey v .. . v's I -A'-AM? i '..'.5i----" .- . a1' if li , - NV. , '- : . 'Zr. ' . ''.. .' f'a) ..X BEAUTIFUL JEWESS OF TANOIEB. are found here and there along tne main streets of the cities. One steps first Into a dark cellar-like room, where the proprietor, irn..ij ..i . . . . - w uie cwunt ana oore in. laborer who has charge of the oven. mis man is none too clean. He ha a long nnd.n- v. , " " v ii tic rui inv luv&vts ut dough and places them upon the oven flcor. This Is on about the IpvoI of tha flnnr nf thai room, and the baker stands In a pit at the front of It. The ovens are long. They have a Are of twigs In one side of them, so ar- ranged that by meana of dtaughts the am.xr biiiuko Is carried away. The loaves are n.imiiv nr h. .1.. . 1... .., .v... .v.. ..... baker sells the extra loaves, which he takes 'n trade, and there are bread peddlers In svery market. They are usually women. shrouded ln white blankets, who hide their faces from the men as they sell, but never- thelees keep a sharp watch with one eye through a hole ln their head shawls for their change. American Machinery. The Morocco of today offers but few op- portunltles for the sale of American ma- ,nfinlt9 number of small holdings, and all outside the officials and chiefs and mer- cnams live rrom nana to mouth. The tax Satnrers also attempt to collect one-tentb or a" crP- Labor here la backward aa In the days of ' the mtHe ages. All over Morocco logs are awed Into boards by hand, and thresh- inK ' done uPon well pounded floors with fla"" or by treading the grain out with horses, cattle or mules. It would be lm- possible to carry a threshing machine through the country for the lack of roads, and ln many localities It would be difficult to supply the fuel to run It. Saddles and harness, such aa we have, are In no demand, and the hardware used la of the cheapest home-made variety. There T hT .T"" 1 V D ha"d- Ther ' T'." m,rr-Vlarn,nf and sewing needles. These, as well a. nails and wire, are now sent In by the Germans. Much of the Moroccan earthenware Is home-made. Borne ohlna Is Imported, and also many drinking glasses In which tea is served. - Moat of the other Mohammedan nations drink coffee. These people drink tea, and ""'"jr tuna ui n wnen navorea Wltn "nt. The way to make ft. I am told. Is to Put . good lot of sugar Into the teapot and spoonful er so of green tea, together with . . . . "me mlnt leave"- Now pour on boiling Wter ,rt th ,tuff tep- If you mak ri you wl" hav artnk for the t the same time free from the lntoxi- 5tlng PrPertle ot the mint Julep of the "t Coknel- w8uch 11luor U ml.h,A tumbler, at tea houw. all over this coun- ana tha Moor. 'drink It boiling hot sit- ting cross legged on the ground as they do ,- Thfl most of the tea used comes from nSland, London alone sending as many aa ,00 c"Bt m one Yr. In 1904 Morocoo D0Uht "t England more than $700,000 worth ot tea- ana u ""tar purchases then amountd to considerably over $2,000,000 In value- These peoplo are fond of aweets, and the,r consumption of sugar Is so great that It has almost ruined their teeth.- Thle anv one can me whenever a Moor opens hi" mouth. d- Tables, Itonla and Candlestick, 11 wU1 a ,on time before the ordinary Moroccan will want 'American furniture, Tne Porer 'sses sleep on the floor, and th'y ar " bmrl 11111 man will wrap n,u1e,f ,n M wn and lia down anywhere for a "nooxe- There are men sleeping on th ton'" out w the streets here, every nlgnt' ar" that by the hundreds. Many houses are guarded ln thla way. Spring bed. are unknown to such people a,ul thy elJoin have chairs. When they " tney do not namr tbolr dwn. but double them up under them or lean back aaln8t the wall with their long beards rt,u"a n their knees. If Uiey use a bench or oivan 11 ta ' a,t croas-Iegged upon It. Th" labu'"' re rude. "nd ars often simply low roun(1 brass pans upon legs. Some "ucn r beautifully carved. Candles are ln demand, and the Brltiah are now send- ln almo,t a quarter of a million dollars' worth of them here every year. The American drummer who comes te Morocco must expect to carry on his busi ness largely through the Jews. They are by far the best business men of the coun try, and they have the bulk of the whole sale and retail trade. There are Moorish baxara, H Is true, in all other cities, and there are Moorish commercial houses with lar8 capital In Fes, but the Jews are everywhere, and they deal with all classes, Tb(r ar buslnees men the equals of any ' their race, and although noted for sharp trading, as a rule tbey stand well, Ttl Jsws came to tld. country along bout the thirteenth century to do bust- ne. with the Moors and they bay been bare ever since. They are despised, and at MOORISH WOMAN times Ill-treated by the other races and are still , compelled to do certain mnlal things. When they first came they were required to wear black clothes and shoes and they had to go on foot as they passed through the cities. Today they wear blank skull caps, black slippers, and . long black coats, belted In at the waist. In the Ber ber districts the Jews have curls hanging down ln front of -their ears, but otherwise thv dress like the Berbers. About the onJy women's faces one sees In this country are those of the Jewees. The Moors and the Berbers hide their beauty behind the cotton sheets or woolen blank ets, which they drape about their beads when they go out. The younger Jewesses are often good looking. They have fine 'dark eyes and Ivory white akin a, with cheeka tinged with the hue of a dark moss rose. The older women run to much flesh and seem coarse. The dress of the Jewish women Is much like that worn by the sex !n our country, save that the richer ones use gold em. broidery for trimming. They wear silk handkerchiefs tied about the head, half con cealing the forehead and covering most of the hair. These Jews marry youn. Girls are often betrothed at 6 or 8 years, are sometimes married at 10 and have children at 14. The niarrlage tie is not strong and divorces are common. ! the Jewish Quarters. In all the Moroccan cities except Tangier the Jews are still confined to their own sec tion, and ln some they are shut off at night from the rest of the town. These Prominent Nebraska Doctor :HOSE who were ao fortunate as to be present at the graduation exercises of the trained nurses at the Omaha General hospital will recognize the ahova ai th nm-tnU of Dr. Francis A. Longr, president of. the State Medical association, who delivered the address of the evening." Dr. Long was born near Kreldersvllle, Northampton county, Pennsylvania, Feb ruary 18, isi9. and came to Iowa with his parents In early manhood, where he finished the first two yeara of a high school course. He then engaged In teaching and by the meana obtained from this source worked his way through a medical course, graduating from the medical department of the Iowa State University In 188J. He located in Madison. Neb., the same year, being then 23 years of age, and haa con tinued ln practice at that place aver ainoa. 9. A. LON M IX. 'iSfc 'I. .' QRINEINa ME At quarters are known aa mellahw, and the?) arc am&ng the most squalid parts of every;, city. Their streets are narrow and dirty. The front doors are little more than hole In the walls, and most of the houses con' tain many small rooms. In which the peo ple are herded. The homes of the rich ax much better. The mellahs are governed by the Jews themselves. They elect a council and aj Judiciary, and they have the right of appeal from the latter to the Moorish governor The rabbis are about the most Influential of the Jews. , The people are religious and attend their synagogues regularly. They do no business on Saturday, whloh Is th . Jewish Sabbath, and on that day manqr of them will not even open a business letter I attended one of their synagogues here. 1 was a dark little room, surrounded by; dwellings. ' The Jowa now have their own schools lit Morocco and a great deal of work has been done among them lately by the Universal Jewish alliance. This alliance is now car rying on schools at Tangier, Tetuan, Mo gador, Marrakeeh and Fes, ln which there are more than 2,600 children. They are glv ing the young Jews a sort of modern edu cation, although much of the time la dew voted to teaching of Hebrew and Spanish. They also teach French and English, geog raphy and other studies. In the reorganla tatlon of Morocco, which Is bound to coma about sooner or later, these children, with) their knowledge of the modern languages and of Arabic, as well, may term an lnv portant factor. FRANK O. CARPENTER. He haa always been Interested tn madioal society work and for twenty yeara haa been a member of th 'state Medical asso ciation, of which organization he la at thla time president. Dr. Long I. essentially a aelf mads man, "a plodding country aooror" a. be calLa himself, who by patlenoe and pereerveranco has attained a prominent place In the pro feeslon. mm evldenoed by the offlolal position he now hold., and haa accumulated oon alderabla property in his homo county, con Isting valuable farm lands, bank stocks, and a nice home. Dr. Long waa marrietS to Miss Maggie Miller at West Point, Nebs, and the family consists of three interesting! daughters, Frances Louise, aaieno teaohe in the high school of North Platte, Harriet, a Junior at the University oC Nebraska mnA Margaret at tuxoa. MADiBOH, I