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The National tribune., 1889-07-04

looks so small on the map, is over twelve
hundred miles long, and 80 wide that during
most of the voyage we have been out of sight
of land. In no place is 1t more than $50 miles
wide and it is so hot that sailors say there is
only sheet of brown paper between it and
Hades. On both sides Of it stretch great des-
erts. Not a river empties into it, and it is
estimated that % feet of its water evnporates
every year. We're it not for the flow which
constantly comes in from the Indian Ocean, it
would in 100 years be turned into an immense
block Of SALT and IL is said that its waters some
times reach temperature of over 100 degrees
above zero. To-day the sun is beating down
upon this sea with the heat Of the Shadrach,
Meshac and Abednego furnace, and a slight
breeze is all that saves us from roasting. There
are double roofs Of canvas stretched over the
ships upper deck. and at night all tho passen-
gers leave their cabins and go on deck to sleep
Our meals are eaten under great punkahs or
FANS which men pull violently to aud fro by
means of ropes, and last night we had a sand
storm from the desert, which covered the ship
with dust and which carried sand into the
port. holes Of the cabin. This storm came from
the desert of Abyssinia, and it may have swept
over the troops who are now fighting in
Saukin.
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CAMEL MARKET.

used outside of this well is condensed from the
sea water. and fresh water brings its price
Several miles from the town are some noted
tanks, made about 1000 years ago, and Of such
size that they would originally hold 10000
600 gallons. When the English took possession
of Alden these tanks we're filed with rubbish,
but they have since been cleaned, 50 that they
will hold about 100000 gallons Of water.
They are in basin in the hills, and when it
rains which Is about once year at Alden, the
water runs down into these tanks. After the
rain an auctioneer takes stand by the tanks
and sells the lot of water TO the highest bidder.
The money goes to the English Government,
and a good rain brings in as much as $4,000,
the purchasers making more than this amount
in peddling out the water to the natives of
Alden.
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The Truth Stated ia classical Terms.

~. louis HfpHbEle.I
Speaking Of prayers, the late Rev. DR.. s. II.
Cox wRs unique in his devotions. He was
specially fond OF rolling out classical quota
tions when addressing the Almighty, which he
would frequently translate, lest the Lord might
not understand Latin. Az a meeting of the
Presbyterian Genoral Assembly. one year. when
no was Moderator, he said. in the midst OF his
opening prayer:
oh. Lord Jesus Christ thon art the nc plus
ultra OF our desires, the sine qua non Of our
faith, aud tho Ultima Thule OF our hope"
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A false Alarm.
fgs,r Eo,l IF,,l.JuI

Mrs. de Pink-Il never enter that store
again, never. never was 80 insulted in my
life. ! thought I'D die Of modification.
Mr. Do Pink thotly)-Whatl Insulted {?
Who was it2 Tell me quick and I'll --"
''oh. you cant do anything my dear. 1t
was a woman who insulted me. saleswoman
She insisted on showing me cheap things and
bargains"
Mr.. De II, subsides1
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SOUTHERN ARABIk
Strange Sights and Customs of the Land
of MahOmet.

The Home or Adam, and Where he Buried EVe-A
Taste OF Arabia at Aden-Diying for NickeIs-
A Camel Ride and Camel Markets-What CAM
els are Worth-The Arabian Horse Dying Out
The Suez Canal and a Description OF the Red
SeR, Int which Moses Inycigled Pharaoh
Mecca and Its Worshlpers-MOunt Sinai, and
other Matters.
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fellows of 10 and 12, who made the morning
hdeous with their songs and their offers 70 dive
for us. "Hab-a-dive! Hab-a-dive! Hab-a-diye!"
The air was filed with these words, which they
sung out in sort of plantation melody, their
black eyes shining like jet. and their teeth
showing like ivory as they did so. Each boy
was in dugout canoe about 10 feet long aud a
foot wide, aud he padded himself about with
his hands or q little stick with a spoOn-like end
to it, His only clothing was a breech-clout
and a charm fastened about the neck. The
heads of all were woolly, but the wool was
longer than that of tho American negro, and it
made me think of that of long. fine haired
black sheep of the fat-tailed variety which
you find in North China. Some of the boys
had hair of the color of tow. and others of q
dirty ped. This was caused by the action of
the sea- water upon their hair, which had been
saturated with butter and which, salted by
the sea and roasted by the tropical sun, had
taken all tho color out of il. There were, as
have said, hundred of these little nrchins
and we stood on the deck and threw out silver
coins of the value of dime to them. The
moment a coin struck the water these boys
dived after it, and they remained under the
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Wepassed yesterday the port of Jeddah. . in Ara
bia. whence Mahometan pilgrims start on their
pilgrimage to Mecca, and where the Arabians
claim our grandmother Eve is buried. A trav-
eler on the ship tells me that Ewes tomb is 400
feet long and proportionately wide, and that it
has little mosque built over it, in which the
Mahomctans worship. The story Of tho Fall,
as told here Is that Paradise was somewhere in
the seventh Heaven, and when our first parents
were cast out Adam fell down in Ceylon and
Eve fell In Jeddah Each was rs tall as the
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Disappointed.

IBglingfon Free Press.l
Citizen lat florist's) Have you any plants
with bugs on them2
Florist-No, indeed I don't keep such
things.
Citizen tdisappontedlyi- was In hopes you
did My wife never lets me smoke in the house
except when there arc bugs on the plants.
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Sure 10 biakel Money.
lNe1n York HeAIaLn /

smartfolow-Y Yes I'll be away some weeks
Pm going to Oklahoma.
Goodfellow Okahoma2 Why you are too
late.
smartfellow-N No, I'm just in time have
three or four carloads of sandwiches which !
am going to trade for corner lots.
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Blifers (readingl-Science now recognizes
condition called "intoKcation by radiation"
Many eases Of drunkenness are cited in which
the victim had touched nothing alcoholic but
had simply been in the company Of drink ers
WhiIers-Goe WiIikin! Cut that out.
want 10 show IL 10 my wife.
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seemed 70 hesitate about beginning the attack
Soon an accession 10 the crowd, tumultnous
rabble. came pouring down Chatham street.
Thus augmented they became bolder; stones
were thrown into the windows. Then they
burst into the lower Offices and had begun
general destruction of the contents, when $50
bluecoats. under Police Officers WarlOw, De-
VOurspey, Carpenter aud Folk, Of Brooklyn,
having cleared the square, were found 10 be
entering the building.
THEN THE cowARDs RUSHED FRASTIcALLY
FOR THE DOORS
So effective was the work Of the police that
the lower part Of the city was found 10 be al
most deserted. or seemed to be very soon. Up
town, in Eighty-siKth street the mob sought
revenge in burning the Police Station aEd Post
master Wakeman's honse. This was the clos
iEg act Of the first day; then tho wild beast
sank into a surly sIumber.
Tuesday, July A.-It rained heavily during
the night, but the morning dawned smilingly,
and many, suppOsiBg the work of the authOri-
ties had been effective, opened their places Of
business. There did not seem 10 be much of a
crowd IN the lower part Of the city; but as
early as a. m. dispatch had been sent stat
ing that the mob were burning buildings in
Eighty-sxth street. and asking Gen. Sanford,
the nominal commander TO send troops Soon
such alarming reports were raised down town
that all stores aud factories were closed and
many wOTkmen were thus let into the ranks Of
the rioters.
The guards at the armories and public build
ings had been greatly strengthened. The
Times building was defended Eyth Calling
guns. Midshipnan Stephen ID. Adams, with a
detachment of marines and a hOwitzer was
stationed at the Tribune building; Col. George
Bliss, of the 4th N. Y. Art, had command of d
strong guard and battery al the Sub-Treas-
ury. Active demonstrations were sooR re-
sumed in all parts of the city by the mob. The
police patroling the East Side were assaulted In
Second avenue near Third street, aud the mob
was again routed by Inspector Carpenter.
THE SAME MOB CHARGED on THE MILITARY,
and received half dozen shots from Bragg's
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ships sailing from Europe to India, Australia
aud China stop at Alden for coal, and the Eng
lish have now taken possession of it, and have
established fort here. All southern Arabia
comes to it to trade, and 1t has absorbed the
trade of Mocha, which lies further up the Red
Sea. The most of the famed Mocha coffee Ia
now sent to Alden To be- shipped, and during my
stay drank some Mocha coffee made by an
Arabian. It was very rich and very good. The
cup was half filed with grounds, but the flavor
was delicious.
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Road Better than Pension on page s.
An Unexpected Revelation.

Young Man-Ah! How do, Dick Is your
sister at home?
Little Dick Which sister the homely one
what's goin' to have ALL pas money, because
she's likely TO be an old maid. or the pretty one
what amt gon' TO have Anything?
Young Man-Um 7er-both of them.
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Alden Is called tho Gibraltar Of the Indian
Ocean. | have never seen city less inviting
and more desolate. Imagine great harbor OF
sea-green water, the shores of which rise al
most abruptly into ragged mountains of brown
rock and white sand. There is not blade of
grass To be seen. There are no trees, and evea
tho cactus and the sage brush of our American
desert is missing. All is gray and brown and
dazzling white. The houses on the sides of the
hill are white, and the hnts which line this
desert mountain are Of the same brown color as
the rocks themselves 1t is q seaside city on
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These natives of Alden are Of half dozen
different races, and the $1,000 people which
make up the population come from India,
Arabia, Africa and Egypt. There are Parsee
merchants from Bombay with their tall hats
and their long, preacher-like clothes; traders
from Cairo and Constantinople in turbaus and
gowns; Bedouin Arabs on lean, gauut camels.
and woolIy-hcaded negroes from the coasts of
Africa, which are only q short sail away. These
Africans seem to be the laborers Of the city,
aud they are as harbarous as the people of the
Congo. Their faces are of ebony blackness.
Their hair Is long and woolly, aud that Of the
women hangs in long cOrkscrew curls down on
both sides of the face. The noses are inclined
TO fatuess, the lips are thick and the eyes are
bright and black. Neither sex wears clothing
10 speak OF, and the costume of the women is
a cloth about the loins which falls to the feet,
and one or moro strings of beads about the
neck. The men wear little more than breech-
cluuts, aud when they first come here from At
rica they often appear with their shields and
their bows and arrows.
The boys arc expert swimmers and divers.
The moment our ship was at anchor il was sur
rounded by about hundred little blackskinned
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"The Spring comes slowly up this way"
sings Christabel !; but it is always Summer time
in California, and the best way to reach that
enchanted land is over the Union Pacific Rail-
way, on the famous Golden Cato Special, every
Wednesday from Council Bluffs and Omaha.
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tHUHhtV = " f'AfB'I
How coud you tell that sallow-faced Miss
Watkins she looked fresh IA q roso?"
Why, meant a Marshal Mel rose, Of
course"
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UnNeicome.
Iket0 H0rk IReehIu.l

lneV sofh Heedg.l
Peddler-Beg pardon, ma'am, but am
agent for Doctor Feeders Spice Root Bitiers,
aud Pm sure if the members of your family
would try them they would soon have the
finest appetites---
Lady at Door (sevcreiy)-This. sir, is a
boarding house. a
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lcorYnrourEp HY FRANK q. CARPENTER, 1891
Special Correspondents NATIONAL TRIBUNE.
IN THE RED SEA, April, 1889.

WRITE this letter in
my cabin on the Italian
steamship Manila as il
sails out of the Red Sea
and into the Gulf Of
Suez. For ten days We
have been steaming
from Bombay to this
point, and tomorrow
we will be landed in
Egypt. 1t is over three
thousand miles from
Bombay to Suez, and
tim Ped Coo which
The National tribune., 1889-07-04

For family medicine, Ayers Sugar. Coated
Pills are unrivalled. They eradicate disease.
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tallest palm tree, and hence the immense size
of Ewes tomb. II was 200 years after the Fall
before Adam was permitted TO find Eve. He
searched for her far and wide, and finally met
her here. They lived for n long time on
mountain near Jeddah. known as Adams
Home aud when Eve died Adam saw that she
was appropriately buried. The thousands of
Mahometan pilgrims whs come from all parts
of the Mahomctan world drop. doubt not.
tear on their aud our grandmother's grave be-
fore they go on TO Mecca, aud their pilgrimages
have caused the growth Of \ town here of about
30, 900 people. The pilgrims take of their good
clothes as soon rs they get here. and they start
on their way to Mahomet's birth place clad in
two Turkish towels, one of which they spread
over their shoulders and the other of which
they twist about their hips. There is no rank
before Mahomet. and pasha and peasant must
go to worship ut Mecca in the same dress.
had hoped 10 have gone 10 Mecca, but
find that access To tho holy city is almost inn
possible, and To one who understands nothing
of the Arabic language absolutely foolhardy.
The two or three Europeans who have ever
visited the city have gone there disguised as
Arabs, and had they been found out their lives
would have been taken. The Mahometans are
fanatic as regards Mecca and Medina, aud they
would consider the killing of hereto who
dared invade these shrines as n sure passport to
Heaven, with a first choice of the best of the
houris reserved for the helest of the Mahom-
etan saints.
In the meantime ms far as can learn. and /
have met n number of Mahometaus. there is
not 80 much TO SEQ at Mecca after all, aud the
name of going there would be the greatest ad-
vantage of he trip. The town has only about
10 600 population, and 10 lies in sandy valley,
surrounded by high, rocky hills. IL was here
that Mahomet was born, and here there is
a great mosque covering more than an acre, in
which Is the famous black stone set in silver,
which the Mahometans believe fell out of Para
disc when Adam was thrust out, aud which they
call the right hand OF God upon earth. They
kiss this stone when they visit Mecca and be-
lieve that In doing so they lose their sins. Their
| theory is that the stone was originally whittier
| than snow, but that being kissed through so
| many generations the sins of the people have
turned 1t black. The real nature of tho stone.
| however shows that it is a meteoric block. and
that IL has its brother and sister stones in many
| parts Of the world.
had taste of Arabia Mt Alden. which is the
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Explained.

Read Better than Pension . on pago 8.
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Read Bettor than Pension on page 5.
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An Important Discovery.

Read oRetter than Pension . on page s.
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had a taste of Arabia at Alden. which is tho
great port at the mouth of the Rcd Sea. Tho
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the verge Of the desert, and it looks as thirsty
and dry as the sands themselves. 1t is dry, too
There is only one well in the place. and this.
am told, the English bought OF its owner for
three quarters of a million dollars The water
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IA the WOtldi" Graphic Biographies. A masteFiy
work. III BBARD BROS. PHbs., Phila., Pa
Mention The National Tribune.
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hUAD GAh free Chicago scale Co, az Chicago. m
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Time may render n more satisfactory verdict
in this matter than has yet been given.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-26
au23-10t
LEGAIl
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE.

TULIA P. sTEINHART EFT AL, PLAINTIFF,
u vs.; R: 7 Royal ct al, de!endants .-sheriffs
Order of sale and decree of foreclosure and
sale.
Under and by virtue of an order of sale and
decree of foreclosure and sale, issued out of the
Superior Court of the County of Los Angeles,
State of California, on the 10th day of August,
A. D. 1889, in the above entitled action,
wherein Julia P. Steinhart, the above named
plaintiff, obtained a judgment and decree
fendant, on the 14th day of August. A. d. 1889,
for the sum of three thousand five hundred
and eighty-th dollars and thirty eight cents
($3,5 38). which said decree was, on the
10th day of August, A. d. 1889, recorded in
judgment book IL Of said Court, at page 202, l
pieces, or parcels of land, situate, lying and
being in the city and County of Los Angeles,
State of California. and bounded and described
as follows:
Lots fourteen (14) and fifteen t15). block two
(2), of the City Center Trsct'as per map of said
Miscellaneous Records of said County.
Public notice is hereby given, that on Monday,
the 9th day. of September, A. d. 1889, at IL
o'clock M. of that day, in front of the Court
House door of the County of Los Angeles, on
Spring street, will, in obedience to said order
of sale and decree of foreclosure and eale, sell
the above described property, or SO much there
with interest and costs etc., to the highest and
best bidder, for cash, gold coin, of the United
States
Dated this 10th day of August, 1889.
NJ. G. AGUIRRE,
Sheriff of Los Angeles County.
By A. M. THORNTON, Under Sheriff.
JONES d CARLTON, attorneys for plaintiff
au17 satFjt%
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-26
r.aIacai Markets.

The following were the wholesale prices to
jobbers Saturday. -
GnAIN-Barley, 6o9e5c.; corn, eoc@$1 CO.
GRAN sgRs1fay BAssLs7 n oo@s 90 per ton; alfalfa,
Sc. 0o(07. 90; oat 81 o0@7 so; wheat, $4,000
9'2V; 9'Pyoup-ros Angeles xxx extra family
patent roller $4. 75 Capitol Mills family pat
ent roller, S4. IS; Grown, $5 90; Sperry,s fam
iiy, SIS. a5; bran $1s GO; shorts $99 co. 90;
rolled barley, soc. oil cake meal 21Sc
PoULTRY.Hens, No. l, per doz,s $5 90; old, DID,
,oosters ySr1ng 5oSsers So h,odrS S
50 O0@2 so; turkeys. per lb 15916c.; ducks, eR
large, per doz SO 90; ducks, small, $4.oo(g
CaEEsE-Eastern, 1890, per lb.; large Cali
toraia, 9@10c.; small, 1885,; small Bib. hand
PSo:rAroEs-New, all varieties, 5o@eoc. per
EeGs-Fresh ranch quoted at 23@24c. per
doz. "
roll, do. 371@@4Oc; fair roll, do. 35c; firkin,
ONIoSs-Yeliow Danvers, soc. per GENITAL
Apples, 81. .oo@1.25 per box; Bartlett Pears,
$1.50 per box; Plums, 75c.@$i;GO per box
Cantaloupes, 6O075c. per doz.; Watermelons
$1.00@1.25 per doz. .;Sweetwater grapes $l'oo
CITRUS FRuITs-California Lemons. So. 500
$50 per box; Mexican Lines, SS@1O.Oo per
box; Bananas, So 5094. 90 per bunch.
cucumbers. Use. per box green corn, 75c. per
sack; green peppers, DC. per 10 tomatoes, ooc.
per box; summer squash 6Oc. per box; CAB
bage, 5O@65c. per GENITAL; Garlic, &C. per lb.
HoNEY-All grades of extracted, 4@6c. per
h.. comb, 11@13c.
DRIED FRUiT-Apples, sun-dried, sacks, per
ID. &C.; Apples sun,dried, boSes per 10. hc;
HUNTS D 10c APreSss c
evaporated 2lb. cartoon, per lb 14c Black
berries, sun.dried, boxes, per b. 10c. Peaches.
fancy evaporated, peeled, 14Qto Ice. peaches,
fancy evaporated. Hunts 15(g17c. peaches.
peeled, 12913c.; peaches, sun dried unpeeled,
91c.; Plums, pitted, Hunts, 13c. pitteda ether
brands, 12c Cherries, fancy, evaporated, l4c;
Cherries, good. evaporated, 12c.
RAIsINs-3-Crown London layers, per box.
Sultana. seedless, $1.50; sultana, 2.Crown,
81 50 3-Crown Loose Muscatels $1.75; =
Grown Loose Muscatels $3.50;
FIGs-Smyrna, 5 to 15-lb. boxes 14gl5c
Smyrna, 80 ID baskets, very very fine r. lTgi3e I;
PRovIs1oNs-Eas hams, 14s4015c per ID ;
plain Eastern bacon, 11A(G14c orange bacon,
lIAc. Lilly hams. 1424c Lilly bacon l4Ae.
BIB. tins, 1865; 5-lb tins. 10.4o; 1olb tins,
SYRUP Palace drips, barrels, 45c: do half
Sa n So tess sa dfp sl
2711c. half barrels, soc: :; 5 gal kegs, 81 e;
SuGAR-Patent cube, 1885, crushed, 10. 30
extra powdered, So. 55 fine crushed 50 81; idry
sTtTa e. So goden 81 s
FRESH MEATs-Beef, first quality, 419(g512c;
per lb.; Veal. large, 798c. per lb.; small, S(g
&c. per h.; Lamb, spring, 899c. per lb; Nut
hogs. on foot. stock, 5z@6c. per ID; dressed
S(19c.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-26
NOTICE OF STREET WORK.
SEWER.

NOTICE is HEREBY GIVEN THAT ON MON
~ day, the 18th day of August. A. D. 1882 the
Council of the City of Los Angeles did at 8
regular meeting, adopt en- ordinance of its in
tention to construct public sewer on AnI
street, In the city of Los Angeles. from the
present sewer in Main street to point 17O fee
according to plans and specifications or
file in the Office of the City Clerk for construct
ing sewers, to which said ordinance, No. 800
reference is hereby made for further particu
lars.
w. (. MORFORD,
Street Superintendent.
Dated this 18th day of August 1889. au22-6t
Los Angeles daily herald., 1889-08-26
OFFICE Al.
ORDINANCE NO. 3l9.
New Series.)

In Ordinance declaring the expediency of and
intention to re grade the following streets
Temple street, between Grand avenue and
Custer avenue; Grand avenue, from point
S5 feet south OF the south line of Temple
street to the south line of Temple street;
Bunker Hill avenue, from point Ill feet
TO Pearl street; Hope street, from Coui t.
house street to Temple street; Flower street.
from Temple street to a point 502 feet
north of the north line of Coui thouse street;
Pearl street, from Temple street to Boston
street; Beaudry steet, from Temple street
to the north line OF Court street; SO as to
conform to the grades OF said stI eets as now
established, and to assess the cost OF the re, re;
grading of said streets, together with all
damages caused to privste property by Iea-
son of said regarding, and all costs and ex-
penses of the same upon distsict to be
benefited by such improvement, and dehn-
ing that district.