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(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
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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.
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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
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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'
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tn Ujiiau, rvrtm Oranil Inland T t w&A
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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
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mm io me uermans. tney are gathering
trad. lnfnm.Mn i. .it w... r
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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,
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."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. . . ...
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" 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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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adtju.iRiu in Hi nntcrn. in linn wn muirr L 1 1 1 1 1 1
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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
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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
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x-ou grauuauy recoverea ana late in
m summer oi vx was ame ny the use
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or crutcne. occasionally to come down-
town. Th. democrat, placed him tn nom-
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against
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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.
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position tne nram&n wtva in wnan n nuriAi
THE OMAHA. STODAY BEE: FEBRUARY 3, 1907.
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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 -.,...
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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
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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
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suu caps under them to
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cover their
amoothly shaved scalps, and thsv soma
time, pull the hood, of their gown, over
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handwM.;.' lue,r n8aa' ln ,1Ut
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" 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
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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
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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,
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- 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. ,
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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
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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
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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
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"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.
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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,
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