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THE MONROE JOURNA VOLUME XIV. NO. 0 MONROE, N.C., TUESDAY MARCH 19, 1907. St itc Library mchoj : One Dollar a Year A Square Deal I mam! tou you bur Iir. Pleece't. fiiui.y B1.-.I1. ,r - I. all llin tuirivdi nw .m.-rnf into ilu-m aw riitl-U na thi- llll-rapr and tlwlr i.uiiiU in- atuMnl und.-rath a brine railfi oTvi. Ya . Jut anal tMt are ut!ii ! and thai the liisrrnlii-utt n irtlw-ritt Irttm Xaitir' latmratury, krln'kil fr.,ra ih m.-t taliulilo naliva BmlicMial mot (iuimI (mania; In our Asarrkan ionfr4jjhilr potent to cur n prrhrt hrmUvn to the Bl cVllrat woniNfcMiiijr.'lL Jt..t a drm. .v. I... 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Kv,-n In its ulivrati ttie- It will 5 U-ld u tliis sov.iviirn n-ni-edv il lis tt-1 i-r-vi-r,"U In. liU'liron'e Catarrh i( tin Na-.nl tuxaiiin. 11 l ll, while takinn tliu "litililcn Miiliral ii cuvrrjr" lr llio iv,-viry niiiMitutlimal ttvatmetit. Ui rU-aiea- Hie papain lively tun or llirif titm a !:ir nh i. Sair,-' t'atarih IC. iiuil y . 'I Ins tli4MiiL'h ruiirx of tn atuiaut gi-iierally cures the worst cai. In nmrti and hoarst-np-M i-sum hr bnm rhtal. tJiriat and hinir alTwlitMi-, tMrvpl rn iiiniii.n in lu advaitii-ti niain-x Hh "itulth-n Mtiical iMMTry" l a ln."l rni, iitit Ivm nlv. ttmially In tlise iittMtnatt, liamltin roUjfli-t aiwtl hi- Irriiaiioti ami ixmtft'sih'n uf tin- lith'tiial niutvu itHnihrana. 1 1m' " lk cn-ry " i not suithI fir ame nutfliH an tt)tf from KiMliIrn ilK nor mut II In -iMs'htJ to run ioniinilton In lu alvamtil ain't nonic4ll-ini will tlial-lut for all tlw oliHtinat'. i-linmli iixihn, whli-h. If ni a" k .'till, or tiadly tn-attt. l-ail utloronuntt" tkault In Hit Ijmt niilk-ln Itiat far lHtakn. Sheriff Chained Coaches to Track. iwnlimSH-ialtot'hsrioit'hMnl"l. :,Ui llocauso the comjiany would not pay two judpnents fiivt'ii ly (Juil ford Siijierior l3ourt against the Southern Railway in favor of Abe Mrndcnliall, amounting to ifl'JO, Im-piity Sht'riff V fatherly went to the depot yesterday afternoon and chained and linked a passenger coach to the track. The company otlicial then got busy and arranged to pay the amount of the judgments soon. Once before Sir. Weatlierly was about to levy upon the passen ger station and offer it for sale when the company was slow in settling judgments. When your pocket Ixiok is short on money we are short in prices to keep w ith your imekct book. We study the interest of our rustomers and follow the policy of live and let live. We bundle everything that is good for the inner man and give things to you nt prices that w ill make the mental pait of your being jump ap and be happy. Try the Kendall tirocery Company. Colorado College has just been en dowed with KM) pedigreed cats by Mayor 1 1 ill of Colorado Springs. The mayor is a cat fancier, and has do nated some of his collection, the off spring of which is to be used in the biological department for dissection and research work. Do Not Crowd the Season. The first warm days of spring bring with thcfli a desire to get out and eu jny the rxltiliratitig air and sunshine. Children that have been housed up all winter are drought out and you won der where they all rame Irum. The heavy winter clothing is thrown aside and many shed their flannels. Then a cold wave comes and people say that grip is epidemic. Colds at this season ate even more dangerous than la nit J winter, as there is much more danger of pneumonia, Take Chamberlain's Cough Kerned)', however, aud you'll have nothing to tear. It always cures and we have never known a cold to result iu pneumonia when it was used. It is pleasant and safe to take. Chil dren like it. For sale by English Drug Company. A mule went mad over in Salis bury Saturday and was shot by a policeman, but not before it had at tacked several horses and one man. Fears are entertained for the stock bitten. No doubt about the mule having hydrophobia. Tetter, Salt Rheum and Eczema These are diseases for which Cham berlain's Salve is especially valuable. It quickly allays the itching and the' smarting and soon effects a cure. Price aj cents. For sale by English Drug Company. Terence P. Doyle, a policeman, died in Baltimore last week, and Charles Howard, who was sent to the penitentiary for 20 years for shooting the policeman 15 years ago, went and placed a wreath of flowers on the dead man's bier, saying that "t was a tribute to the bravest man he ever knew. MAN FREEZES FAST TO TRIE. t Loa! fcrpuUtr. A KTRtst.K procMiioii dashed into Yaleville yesterday afternoon at full gallop front the timber out id I'ut ii i ue township. First there was a four horse team hitched to a bobsled ou which was what appeared to be a very small ! but quite long saw log with the branches only partially cut on, and following this were half dozen teams driveu by the farmers who live nut in the neighborhood of the old ltrem.siue place, and whose business iu the procession seemed to be that of providing continual enthusiasm for keeping up sliced. j With great haste and uoise they .mane tneir way direct ly to the Yaleville public hospital, and a I very few minutes later, all the men being quickly admitted, disappear ed within the hospital front door. carrying the heavy log with them. Il seems that F.rringe lrave, a hired nan, who has been working for Mr. lire tusiue, had been sent by Ins employer the day before to col lect some momy several hundred dollars that was due from a man who lived several miles distant, and that wheu morning came Drave still had not returned to the Ilreiu sine place with the money, uor without it, for that matter. Mr. I'.remsiiie, fearing that his employee had decamped with the funds, started out to make search aud inquiry, aud alxmt noon aeci dentally discovered the missing man half way up a small tree out iu the deep woods and seemingly unconscious, while all alsmt the tree were discovered footprints of wolves, showing that the man must have been attacked by a large pack of these dangerous animals, and, having climbed the tree for safety, had lieeti imprisoned there by his assailants till he was overcome by the cold and was unable to get down when the morning light drove the animals away. The uuiortiumte man was iu a strange position. In order to hold himself securely iu pluce, he had been compelled to w rap his arms and legs around the trunk of the tree, lie ticiug seated on a s:iall branch ut the time when be was found by those in search of him. He was so badly fro .en that, even after ladders had Iwen obtained and they had el imbed up to where he was, be could not be unwrapped from the tree about which he was fro.en. The neighborhood is thickly set tled, and iu a very short time a large party of strong, vigorous, willing men had gathered, and steps were immediately taken to rescuo the dying man if possible. Several loads of straw were brought and heaped upon the ground on the sitle of the tree toward which it would fall when severed, and then it was cut down, although every blow struck on the trunk hurt the imprisoned man by means of the vibration so that he moaned. Then as much of the tree ns was aliso lutcly necessary was cut oil', and the remainder loaded onto a sleigh, to which a four hoisv team wits hitched, and the whole procession set oil' for town anil the hospital ou a gallop, w hieh was not slackened until the goal was reached. At the lioKintal the very best at tention was paid to the frozen man, with the result that iu a few hours he had been scientifically thawed out and will not low so much as a toe or finger by reason of his ter rible exposure. He had lost the money, however, in tleeing from the wolves, and they had probably eaten it, for it could not be found. I hound at Last. J.A. Harmon of Lieniore, W.Va., says: "At last I have found the perfect pill that never disappoints me; ami for the benefit of others atllicted with torpid liver and chronic constipation, will say: take Dr. King's New Life Tills." Guar anteed satisfactory. li."c. at Eng lish Drug Company's. A Kansas paper says that the country doctor, as a species, is dying out Today the doctors who live out of towns are the equal in every way of those from cities, and their work is fully up to the standard. The winds oi March have no terror to the user of DeWitt's Carboliied Witch llaiel Salve. It quickly heals chapped and cracked skin. Good, too, for boils and burns and undoubtedly the best relief for piles. Sold here by S. J. Welsh and C. N. Simpson, Jr. Grippe or Influenza, whichever you like to call it, is one of the most weakening diseases known. Scoff J Emulsion, which is Cod Liver Oil and Hypophosphites in easily di gested form, is the greatest strength-builder known to medical science. It is so easily digested that it sinks into the system, making new blood and new fat, and strengthening nerves and muscles. Use Scott J Emulsion after Influenza. lavMluable for Couths and Colds. ALL DRUGGISTS I 60o. AND SI.OO. How Hill Snatched riillions. The real railroad evil in this country is based on the corrupt methods of so called high finance. Aa eiample of this is given Mow j by the Philadelphia correspondent of the New York World. When these enormous sums of over capi talization are put upou railroads, the people are taxed with high rates aud poor service to pay inter est od them. The correspondent says: "That James J. Hill and his as sociates in the control of the North ern Pacific acquired a profit of per rent, ou a stock altotmeut at the reorganization of the rail road is oue of the astounding state ments made by those who are in terested in demanding a probe of the Hill-Morgan financiering of the Northern 1'acibc system. Hill aud his crowd have been getting annual dividends amouuting to .V per cent on their investment of 000,000 made at the time of the reorganization. "Frauk B. Kellogg, the sjtecial couusel who is conducting the fed eral investigatiou into llarrimau's lines, is fully acquainted with the Northern I'acitic scandal, and is equipped to push the prolie. "The inquiry derives local inter est from the fact that approximate ly 4,(H)0,0(HI worth of Northern I'acitic stock is held iu aud around Philadelphia. Most of the stock is held in the northwestern States, where the greatest injury to bona tide holders has resulted from the reorganization. Millions of acres of rich timber, mineral aud wheat lands also came into the grip of the Hill-Morgan syndicate through the reorganization. "In the Harrimau inquiry before the interstate commerce commis sion, Attorneys Kellogg aud Sev erance, in the examination of Otto Kuhn, of Kuhn, Locb & Co., de voted much time to showingnhat in the reorganization of the I'uion Pacific there was inflation in the capitalization. The capital stock of old Northern Pacilic at the time of the reorganization was jS4,0(Mt, 000. In the reorganization the stock was increased to l.Vi,000, 000, and it has been voted to fur ther iucrease it to t-J.V,WK,tKi0. "Iu the reorganization one-thud of the 177,500.000 of common stock, amou n t i ng to 1 2 ", fvj.'l, 000 par val ue, was allotted to a syndicate and im mediately acquired by James J. 1 1 ill and associates of the Oreat Northern for 1,000,000. They have been getting 8 iter cent divi dends on the par value of 000,000, or fill per cent, on the in vestment. The (livitleuds for two years paid the price given by them for the stock. Their fl.ooo.ooo uvcstnieut is commanding in the market more than :W, 000,000, a profit to Mr. Hill and his friends of above R"0 per cent. "It is thought Mr. Kellogg, who is conducting the Harrimau inves tigation, is familiar with the North ern Pacific reorganization. It was he who Minnesota asking for the dismissal made affidavit to the pe tition filed in the so-called credi tors' bill against the Northern Pa cific In 1SD3. It was averrcdjn the petition that the bill wa-, filed by the plaintiffs, acting in collusion with the Northern Pacific, and that the appointment of receivers under the creditors' bill was without au thority of law aud was applied to hmder and delay, t ourt entered a decree dismissing the creditors' bill." How to Remain Young. To continue young in health and strength, do as Mrs. N. F. Itowan, McDoiiough, tia., did. one says: "Three bottles of Electric Hitters cured me of chronic liver aud stom ach trouble, complicated with such unhealthy condition of the blood that my skin turned red as flannel. I am uow practically twenty years younger than before I took Electric Hitters. I can now do all my work with ease aud assist in my bus band's store." Guaranteed at Eng lish Drug Co.'b. Price 50c. John C. Spooner, who resigned from the Senate, has become head counsel for the railroad under J. J. Hill, at a salary of if WW) per an num. As Senator ho made if5,(XK) a year. Kodol digests what you eat and quickly overcomes indigestion, which is a forerunner of dyspepsia. It is made in strict couformity to the na tional pure food and drugs law and is sold on a guarantee relief plan, bold by S. J. Welsh aud C. N. Simpson, Jr. Admiral Dewey, in a letter, says that (Sod was on the side of the Americans at Manilla, and that Amcr ica was an instrument of God in pun ishing Spain for centuries of tyranny and oppression. Little globules of sunshine that drive the clouds away. DeW itt Lit tle Early Risers will scatter the gloom of sick headache and biliousness. Tbey do Dot gripe or sicken. Recom mended and sold here by S, J. Welsh and C. N. Simpson, Jr. The 59th Congress at its last ses sion voted one billion dollars, which breaks the record. The total for both sessions of the 59th is nearly two billion, which is also the record for a Congress. Rheumatic Pains Relieved. B. F. Crocker, Esq., now 84 years of age, and for ao a yeati justice of the peace at Martiuaburg, la., says: "1 am terribly afflicted with sciatic rheu matism ia my left arm and right bip. I have used three bottles of Chamber- Iain's Pain Balm and it did me lots of good." For isle by English Drug Co. Letters From Abroad NO. 13. j, a.Iica. ; i FARMING AND FARMERS IN EGYPT. S IN EGYPT. C ...Jrthl.. I-JF a . BV.,f c Xvavv1I Farming in Egypt is "as easy as falling oil a log." If it were not there would be verv little of it done by the present tillers of the soil. The crtqis virtually make them selves. The people are very indo lent, but they are not wholly to blame for it. There is something iu the sunshine which makes oue crave ease and dislike exertion. Hut no land on earth is more suit able for a lazy man. The soil is so fertile that he can get bis food with but little effort, aud the climate is so warm that he can dispense with clothing. These favors of soil and climate the native farmer enjoys to au uncommon extent He us rally works iu the field divest ed of every thing in the way of clothing. In the remote villages the children of the peasants go stark naked even in the winter. Iu such a couditiou they chase the tourists for back sheesh, aud will not let up until they get some money. While Egypt has over 45.VOOO square miles of territory, tbeculti- vatable part is less than M,000 square miles. Practically, Egypt is the Nile valley which is walled in by the two mountain range through which the river flows. The Lybiau desert is 011 the west and the Arabian desert on the east, aud the length of the valley is about s.'fO miles, with a breadth varying from six to fifteen miles uutil the delta is reached, and then the river forks and the valley gradually widens out as the branches of the river approach the sea. The soil iu this valley is exceedingly fertile, and this fertility is renewed every year by the annual overllow, which Is caused by the heavy rains near the Equator and by the melting of the snows on the mountains of Abyssinia. Hut much of this rich laud would lie utterly worthless il it could uot be watered by irriga tiou. It does not rain here in the slimmer and the Nile must supply the water for the crops. Canals branch out from the N lie and carry the water into all parts of the coun try. Irrigation is ell'ected by dif ferent methods. The priucipal one is the water wheel, which is turned by a bullalo, camel or cow blind folded. The wheel is fitted with scoops of wood or clay. The buck ets or jars on the wheel pour the water mto a trough, from which it runs into the field. The poorer far mers use a bucket on the end of a long pole, aud the pole works on a cross piece resting ou two mud posts. The man stands in the water naked and works this crude contri vance. An Archiuiedcau screw, said to be an American invention, is also used by a few in lower Egypt It is an inclined auger- shuped pump and is operated by one man, sometimes by two men. This is uot in geucrai use, as the Oriental doia not adopt new Inven tions very readily. In northern Egypt, where vast fields are plant ed iu sugar cane, steam pumps are often seen. The dam above Asstian, the largest dam in the world, will keen the water of the Nile at the same level in all seasons aud will cause much more land to be brought under cultivation. It will afford an ample supply of water at all times. The construction or tins dam was a wonderful feat of en gineering. The plans were drawn by an American, The dam is one aud one-fourth miles long and has a dummy car track on it. This dam is one of the many improvements which England has given Egypt, and will prove of inestimable value to the couutry. Agriculture is the main source of Egypt's wealth and it is the chief occupation of most of the people. If England can se cure the adoption of modern meth ods aud infuse new life iuto the farmers, Egypt will agaiu take a place among the great nations of the world. Plant Seeds In the Hud of the River. The crops of Egypt are divided into winter and summer crops. The winter crops are sown immedi ately after the subsidence of the inundation. In southern hgypt seed time begins the middle of Oc- tolier; in the central part of the valley it tx'gins the first of Novem her, and iu the delta it begins late in December. The subsidence of the Nile begins from south to north and causes the different seasons for sowing. Jlarely ever is the ground plowed or prepared for the seed. The planter wades about in the slush or soft mud and scatters the seed over the wet ground, aud then a wooden roller is run over it Alsnit four months then elapse U'fore harvest The w heat is cut with a sickle, carried on a camel to a hard place on the ground, there spread out, and then the grain is trodden out by oxen or buffaloes which are driven over it The straw is then tossed np in the air with wooden forks and the wind blows away the cbalT. The wheat is carried to the village and put in a mnd granary but little larger tl an a barrel. The principal winter crops of Egypt are wheat, barley, clover, and beans ( for stock ). These and kindred crops require very little work. The snmmer crops are plant ed in March and April aud are gathered iu the autumn. Among the principal summer croet are cotton, rUx, hemp, ri and sugar cane. They aUi grow vast quan tities of melons, onions, cucumbers, cablisge ami other vegetables. The growing of toliti-co is prohibited, iu order to raise revenue from the importsol tobacco. Iu upjier Eg) pt the chief crop is sugar cane, aud sugar factories are very numerous. The cane is rut ami sold iu the stalk to the nearby manufacturers. From the factories small train roads run in ditlereut directions over the couutry and the farmers carry their cane to the uearest tram line, vert- little work is necessary for this crop ami little work is what the African loves. Sugarcane is large ly eaten by the people aud is esteemed a real luxury. It is pcl died Llsiut the streets and nt sta tion., t-4 well as kept in the market. The natives ran make a square meal out of it. South Hay Have No Fears of Egyptian Cotton. The rot tou crop requires work. Hence there is very little danger of increasing the acreage. The cot ton growers of the South need have uo fea about Egypt's cotton crop. Certaiuly not uutil a different pop ulatiou moves in. 1 lie land is broken up with a clumsy thing which they call a plow. Jt is just like the pictures of plows which 1 saw iu the royal tombs at Thclics and, consequently, is the same kind used more than -I,0IHI years ago. Their other instruments of hus bandry are on a par with the plows. After the seed are 111 the ground watering the laud is the main labor. This is a pretty big task and must not he neglected. A cow or bullalo, sometimes a camel, does this work in most cases. No farmer plants much cotton, just iu patches here and there. An acre iu cotton is a pretty big crop for one farmer. They plant it, too thick iu very many instances. When the cotton opens they pick it, sack it and sell in the seetl. The cottou buyers ship it to the gins in the same sacks. Gins are scarce. The cotton stalks are cut and sold for fuel. The stalks are carried to market on camels, aud oue camel can carry the stalks from nearly au acre of land. Cotton wsts unknown in Egypt before lS-'O. Its cultivation was uot seriously undertaken until about lSHX Now the value of the cotton exported is about $i0,000, 000 per year. The bulk of it goes to England. Very little cotton is manufactured in Egypt. They could grow many times more cot tou than they do, but it is not like ly to lie doue for years yet to come. High Priced Land and Contented Farmers. If an Egyptian owns a few acres he is well to do. Land rents from f.'O to .r)0 per acre, or for one half. The land owner pays the govern ment $" per acre us taxes. Land near Cairo sells from ll,(H0 to $."i,000 per acre. The price varies according to locution and level aliove the river. Of course, it is cheaper far from the cities and on the edge of tlic desert. There is considerable dealing in real estate going on just now. The Egyptian farmer is the most contented man in the world. He does uot wish to accumulate prop erty and will uot change his meth ods or habits. He still plows a donkey and a cow, or a camel and a donkey, yoked together. He hauls everything on the back 01 the camel or the donkey. He rides the same animals. There are very few horses and 110 conveyances in the country sections. The products of their farms and all other heavy burdens are carried on camels, which lie down to be loaded and unloaded. They can carry a one horse load on a camel. The poor donkey Is also compelled to carry burdens larger and heavier tliau it is, and is too often cruelly beaten with a heavy stick. Hut it never complains like the camel docs. The farmer still dresses as they did when Joseph was dowu here, when he dresses at all. You can't tell a man from a woman, except by the face. He lives in the open air iu the day and sleeps in his mud house in the night. The peasants huddle np together In villages, Wa wfll emnrlnee yoa that yl can lncratt jour ylclila per acre arid roo won't bav to kmp It a aa crrt, altkw. Head what Mmr. Whrrrr Ron, of tba Maa-nolia Fnill rarra, liurant, sfla., wrltm "Pnira two acres of strawberries, en which 1,000 pounds of Virrtota-Carolln Fertilizers fmr acre wnra nurd, wa eloar a rrollt of rt W pr ai-ro more than haothprltt aorraof trawhrr1ra which had only " pounds of this fortillwr." Thus double the quan tltyof thene frtilltmoo eefh ecra of any "op. and nmrethaadouhly Incroaaerouf lniaiTa.T," Ba Siira jrou buy only Vtrflnla-Caro-Una rerUllMra. VirfMeCafw(lM Cheated Ce. Rlrhmnnd, Va. A tlanta, ft. Norfolk. Ta. Sarannnh Oa. Porhan. N. C KontBonwrT. Ala, Charleatoo, S. ( htmphta. Twnn. BalllBKira. Md, BhraTeport, L VaQT -.'rw BAira mm ffodofrom & IV t f iTi-Jfi$ .tfMLJ KIIIHlllr. HIJH IV Ml Ml V'fej' The only excuse for buying anything but a Pure Grape Cream of Tartar Baking Powder is to save a few cents in price. J ROYAL costs you a few cents more per can than Alum or Phos phate of Lime powders, but ir,is worth far more than the diflcrcnccf to keep your biscuits, cakes and pastry free from thejurious etlccts of these cheapening substitutes. Continued use of Alum means permanent injury to health.- Avoid Alum AilmentsSay plainly; ROYAL BAKING POWDER made on niouuds above the over flow. These villages are very small in area and made of mud and sun dried brick. Four or live hundred people will occupv about three or four acres of land, surrounded by a mini wall. Inside the wall are the mud bouses in which the people live. The houses have no windows, no fireplaces, no floors. and the rooms about ten by ten feet. I he rool is cane, straw or palm stems, upon which the chick ens roost. The Hocks, herds, cam els, donkeys, dogs, etc., are stored away within the walls for the night. The chickens, goats, dogs, ducks, women and children occupy the rooms during the day. Hoth day and night the Hies, lleas, lice and Itedliugs are iHiarders aud manage somehow to put up with the poor fare Hltorded. 1 lie little narrow streets or alleys are very oll'eiisive to the eye and the nose. The very air iu the village is contaminated. by they do not all die by pesti lence is due to the salubrious cli mate of Egypt. The winds from the sanely deserts are pure and dry and the climate is not subject to sudden changes. It is line for peo ple who have lung trouble, catarrh or bronchal disease. The liest evi dence that Egjpt is a healthy couutry is the fact that the vil lagers are in good health under such unfavorable conditions. Their diet is scant and simple, mainly vegetable. They eat mutton, goat aud beef, but no swine. The Mo hammedans, like the Jews, have outlawed the bog. They consume much fruit. The most common fruits are dates, ligs, oranges, olives and plums. Iates and oranges are verv plentiful. Most of their veg etables they eat raw. They are especially fond of raw cucumbers ami eat them freely without incon venience or pain. Pispepsia is un known among them. Like our colored friends iu the South, they dote on melons. They grow melons in abundance. They milk their goats anil btillalocs ns well as their cows. The cows are made to do double duty: furnish milk and pump the water for irrigation. The Women Are 5laves. In the mud house is an oven ex tending across the house and made of brick and mud. Thcoveu serves a double purpose: to cook in and also to sleep on at night. There are no tables, chairs or bedsteads in the rooms. They sit, eat and sleep on the lloor or on the oven. No knives or forks are used in eat ing. Sometimes a half dozen per sons sop out the same dish at the same time. Hut notwithstanding this simplicity and poverty, the women are just likcothcr women they love to dress and are fond of ornaments. I visited one village and my dragamau let bis wife know that I was coming. She had cleaned out the kitchen, put a mat on the ground aud on it some rigs of carpet. Two chairs were the only other objects in the room, She bad on her best looks and was dressed np horribly. She had painted around the eyes, face tat tooed and her hair curiously ar ranged. She wore breastpins, ear rings four inches long and com posed of many differently shaped pieces of brass, a large number of beads, chains, bracelets, auk lets, slippers but no stockings. Her husband could hardly keep bis eyes oft her, wearing a smile of evident satisfaction. She, too, was in a I happy mood and exhibited her three children with motherly pride. According to Oriental custom, cof fee was brought in and according j to good etiquette I had to dunk it, very mnch against my wishes. .The Mohammedan women are re quired to wear veils and let no man but their bnsbands see their faces. jThfi regulation is not carried out iu the villages. The Koran (which is their ltilile) ermits a man to have as many as four wives. The village men, owing to their pover ty, rarely ever have more thau oue wife at oue time, but they may have many iu a lifetime. A man may divorce a wife for any excuse, or w ithout any excuse. The men make perfect slaves of their wives. Since the English occupation the Egyptians have better schools in the cities, but in the villages the same old schools exist. There are no seats in the school room and the teacher siiiats ou the lloor or stands before his pupils. The children all study their lessous aloud. While doing so they rock their heads aud iMidies backwards aud forward. This, it is Isdieved, assists their memory. The only text book is the Koran. The farmers, or villagers, of Egvpt are all Mohammedans in re ligion, and believe that the Koran contains all that is worth kuowiug. Such a people, asa matter of course, are lanatical. Their religion is the only oue in their opinion, and they ook upon christians as "infidel dogs." They consider it a religious duty to hate christians and to pray upou them whenever opportunity oilers. Their religious pride is without bounds. Their religion, largely rulers iuto their daily life, and their character is mainly the product of their religious beliefs. false religion, oue that is particu larly bad iu nearly everything, naturally makes bad characters. They w ill lie and defraud and yet pray five tunes a day by the clock. I am speaking now of the Arab and Hedouin villagers. Iu upper and central Egypt there are many copts or christians who cultivate the soil. Their Christianity, how ever, is quite a dill'erent article from what our people know and practice. Their methods of farm ing and living in villages are like those of their neighbors, the Arabs and Hedouins. All villagers are a class to themselves, aud there- is an impassable gulf between them and the uper classes who reside in the cities. Centuries of oppression and the practice of a degrading religion have well nuh stamped out their moral faculties. The splendid re sults of English control have not reached the villagers except in the guarantee aud enforcement of their legal rights. Compulsory labor has lieen abolished aud the poorest Egyptian now enjoys protection. Hut neither England nor any other government can make them thrifty, energetic aud progressive, tiov ernmeut cauuot give them char acter. LlXOK, EliVIT. 5aved Her Son'$ Life. The happiest mother iu the little town of Ava, Mo., is Mrs. 8. ltup-jH-e. She writes: "One year ago my son was down with such seri ous lung trouble that our physician was unable to help him; when, by our druggist's advice I began giv ing him Ir. King's New discov ery, and I stsin noticed improve ment. I kept this treatment up for a few weeks w hen he was perfectly well. He has worked steadily since at, carpenter work. Dr. King's New Liiscovery saved his life." Guaranteed liest cough and cold cure by English lrug Co. 50c. ami l. Trial bottle free. William Strong of Caldwell, X.. I., has a gcxise which ho swears is 72 years old. It was given him by a man in 1871, at which time the goose was 30 years old. There are plenty of old "gooses" old as that and older. Chamberlain's Cough Remedy is buth agreeable aud tiU-ctive. Cham berlain's Cough Remedy has no supe rior for coughs, colJs and croup, and the fact that it is pleasant to take aud contaius nothing in any way injurious has made it a tavonte with mothers. Mr.W.S.relham, a merchant of Kit k ville, la., says: "For more than twen ty years Chamberlain's Cough Kemedy has been my leading remedy for all throat troubles. It is especially suc cessful iu cases of croup. 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The Monroe Journal (Monroe, N.C.)
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March 19, 1907, edition 1
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