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he should die as yet; since, had he died at
that hour, Cleopatra had made her peace
with Caesar, who rather wished the death
of Antony than the ruin of Egypt.
"Art mad, Antonyl Art indeed cow
ardi" cried Charmion, "that thou wouldst
thus escape thy woes and leave thy partner
to face the sorrow out alonep
"Why not, womanl Why not' She would
not be long alone. There's Caesar to keep
her company. Octavianus loves fair
woman in his cold way and still is Cleopa-
ira fair. Come now, thou Olympus thou
hast held my hand my dealing death upon
myself, advise me of thy wisdom. Shall |,
then, submit myself to Caesar, and l. Tri-
umvir, twice Consul, and aforetime abso-
Lutte Monarch of Ill the East, endure to
follow in his triumph along those Roman
ways where myself have passed in tri-
umphln
"Nay, Sire,"I answered. 'If thou dost
yield, then art thou doomed. All last night
questioned Of the Fates concerning thee,
and this saw: When thy star draws near
to Caesars it pales and is swallowed up;
but when it passes from his radiance, then
bright and big it shines, equal in glory to
his own. All is not lost, and while some
part remains, every thing may be regained.
Egypt can yet be held, armies can still be
raised. Caesar hath Withdrawn himself
he is not yet at the gates Of Alexandria, and
perchance may be appeascd. Thy mind In
its fever hath fired thy body; thou art sick
and canst not judge Alright See here, /
have potion that shall make thee whole,
for well skilled ami in the art of medicine"
and l held out the phial.
"a potion, thou sayest, mani" he cried.
"Morc like it is a poison, aud thou MUIR
derer, sent by false Egypt, who would fain
be rid of me now that | may no more be of
service to her. The head of Antony is the
peace offering she would send to Caesar
she for whom have lost ALL Give me thy
draught. By Bacchusl / will drink 1t,
though it be the very elixir of Deathm
''Nay, noble Antony; it is no poison, and
no murderer am ]. See, / will taste it, il
thou witt" and | held forth the subtitle pc.
ton that has power to fire the veins of men.
give it me, Physician. Desperate men
are brave men. There = Why, what's this
Yours is magic drsught My sorrows
seem to roll away like thunder clouds be-
forethe southern gale, and the spring OF
Hope blooms fresh upon the desert of my
heart. Once more am antony. and once
again ] see my legions' spears a-sSarkle in
the SUP, and hear the thqnderous SHOUTS Of
welcfne as Antony-beloved AnAonyl-
rides in his pomp of war along his deep
formed linesl There's hopel there's Nope
Yet may I see the cold brows of Ca ar
that Caesar who never errs except From
policy-robbed Of their victor bays, ant
crowned with shameful dustl"
"Ay" cried Chsrmlon, there is vet ihope
II thou wilt but play the mani Omy lord
come back with US; come back to the ID lyinG
arms of Cleopatral All night she lies ilpoI
her golden bed. aud fills the hollew lark
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catch. In the body thou sayest2 then, per-
chance, know thee in a dream"
"Ay, o Queen, in dreams have we met"
"Thou art strange man who talkest
thus, but if what hear be true, one well
learned; and, indeed, do mind me of thy
counsel when thou didst bid me join my
Lord Antony in Syria, and how things befell
according to thy work Skilled must thou
be in the casting of nativities and in the
law OF augures, whereof these Alexandrian
fools have little knowledge. Once knew
such another man, one Harmachis," and
she sighed; "but long is he dead-as
would l were land at times sorrow for
him" She paused, while sank my head
upon my breast and stood silent.
"Interpret me this, Olympus. In the
battle at that accursed Actium, just as tho
fight ragged thickest and victory began to
smile upon us, q great terror seized my
heart, and thick darkness seemed to fall
before my eyes, while in my ears voice
cried FLY .fy or periShr and fed. But
from my heart the terror leapt to the heart
Of Antony, and he followed after me, and
thus was the battle lost, Say, then, what
God brought this evil thing aboutl"
"Nay, o Queen" l answered, sit was no
God-for wherein hast thou angered the
Gods of Egypti Hast thou robbed the
temples Of their faith! Hast thou betrayed
! the trust Of Egypta Having done none of
these things, how, then, can the Gods Of
Egypt be wroth with thee. Fear not, twas
naught but some natural vapor of the mind
that o'ercame thy gentle soul made sick
with the sight and sound of slaughter; and
TO- pnl1a Ant A..
go needs must that he should follow"
And as l spoke Cleopatra turned white
and trembled, glancing at me the while to
find my meaning. But well knew that the
thing was Of the avenging Gods, for, by
their will, myself had some hand therein.
Learned olympus she said, not an.
swering my words; my Lord Antony is
sick and crazed with grief. Like some poor
hunted slave he hides himself in yonder sea,
grit tower and shuns mankind-yea, cen
me he shuns, who, for his sake, enduros so
many woes. Now, this is my bidding to
thee. Tomorrow, at the coming OF the
| light do thou, led by Charnion, my waiting
lady, take boat ana row thee to the Tower
and there crave entry, saying that We bring
tidings from the army. Then will he cause
you to be let in, and thou, Charmion, must
break this heavy news that Canidius bears !;
| for Canidius himself l dare not send And
when his grief is past do thou, Olympus,
soothe his fevered frame with thy draughts
Of value, and his soul with honeyed words,
and draw him back to me, and all will yet
be well. Do thou this and thou shalt have
| gifts more than thou canst count, for l am
yet a Queen and yet can pay back those who
serve my will"
"Fear not, o Queen" answered, "this
thing shall be done, and no reward ask |
who have come hither to do thy bidding to
the end.n
So went and, summoning Atoua made
ready a certain potion.
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thrown open in the door, and an aged
eunuch, looking forth, roughly asked our
business.
Our business is with the Lord Antony"
said CharmiOn.
"Thea it is no business, for Antony, my
master, sees neither man or womau.n
yet will he see US, for we bring tidings
Go tell him that the Lady Charmion brings
tidings from the army
The man went, and presently returned.
"The Lord Antony would know if the It'd
ings be good or i'll, for, ii i'll, then will he
none of it, for with evil tidings hath he been
overfed of late"
"Why-why, tits both good and i'll. Open,
slave, | will make answer to thy masterw
and she slipped a purse of gold through the
bars.
"Well, WELL" he grumbled as he took the
purse, ''the times arc hard, aud likely to be
harder; for when tine lions down who will
feed the jackall Give thy news thyself, and
if it do but draw the noble Antony out of
this hall of Gr--=5, / care not what 1t be.
Now, the palace door is open, and there's
he road the banqueting chamberi'
We passed on, to find ourselves in a mar
row passage, and, leaving the eunuch to
bar the door, advanced till we came to a
curtain. Through this we went, and found
ourselves in vaulted chamber, ill-lighted
from the roof On the further side Of this
rude chamber was bed of rugs, and there
on crouched the figure Of a man, his face hid
in the folds Of his toga.
Most noble Antony" said Charmion,
-rawing near. 'pnwrap thy face and heark-
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CHAPTER XVIII.

OF THE DRAWING FORTH OF ANTONY FROM
THE TIMoNIUM BACK TO CLEOPATRA; OF
THE FEAST MADE BY CLEOPATRA; AND OF
THE MANNER'oF DEATH OF EUDOsIUs THE
STEWARD.
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'OW. must /, Har.
machis, make speed
with this, my task,
setting down that
which is permitted
as shortly as may
be, and leaving mucl
untold. For Of this
a m / warned, tha'
Doom draws on ant
my days are well-nigt
|. After the drawing
h Of Antony from The
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CHAPTER xxx.

THE LEARNED OLYMPUS At MEMFI: POISON.
INGs; SPEECH OF ANTONY TO HIS CAPTAINS
PASSING OF ISIS FROM THE LAND OF KHEM
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''dHN RE IT was yet dawn
came Charmion once
M again, a n d W G
~ walked to the pri-
IN vate harbor of the
j smV palace. There, TAX
s ing boat, we rowed to
? theisland mountwhere-
on stands the Timonium, a
tower, strong,
small and round. And
having landed, we twain
came to the door and
knocked thereon, till at
length a gratin q was
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I; CLEOPATRA.
Being an Account OF the Fall and
Vengeance Of Harmachis, the
Royal Egyptian,
AS SET FORTH BY HIS OWN HAND
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD,

Author OF liking Solomon's Mines"
"she," "Allan Ouaternaain,"
Etc, ETC.. Etc.
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and for household purposes was OBJ
tanned from cisterns which were filled
from roof and street, or from wells
into which the sewage of a whole
neighborhood slowly but surely fill
tered. Time after time did cholera
ravage the whole tenement district,
carrying off it's victims by thousands,
while typhoid, typhus and other malig
nant fevers were almost equally de-
structive. In despair at the condition
of affairs, the Government at last I'M
dertook in earnest the amelioration of
the state Of the people in the tenement
districts, and at first constructed sew
ers. But these only made matters
worse, for the engineering was bad,
the fall insufficient, and every high
tide carried back into the sewers the
refuse that could not find an exit.
Cholera became more frequent and
deadly. Naples became plague spot
for Italy and center of interest to all
Europe as being the place whence dis
ease was scattered broadcast. The
neglected pauper Of the city on the
beautiful bay was having his revenge.
Society had ignored him, but the dis
eases he bred could work destruction
to society. In despair, the Italian Gov
eminent finally determined to clear
out the heart of Naples, to pull down
the tenements and replace them with
healthy houses.
With more zeal than discretion the
work was begun, but it succeeded only
In shifting the evil, for the wretched
population had to be evicted in order
to tear down the buildings In which
they lived. All sorts OF refugees were
taken advantage Of by the poor Great
ures thus unceremoniouly thrust out
Grottoes which had formerly been
used as wine cellars catacombs, caves,
any and every place where human
being could find shelter, were utilized.
In one cave two hundred people took
refuge and paid rent The cholera
broke out among them and carried off
nearly every inmate. In the cata-
combs 500 or 600 found room with the
dead of 1900 years ago, and most were
soon numbered with them. The pesti-
lence at last claimed those who slept In
the cellars, along the quays.
A worse state of things ensued. The
houses erected proved too expensive;
the people for whom they were intend
ed could not pay the rents demanded,
the buildings were taken up by people
Of more means, and the hordes of the
tenements were driven to lower
depths. Thus the matter now stands,
the Government having done all it can,
and the condition of the tenement pop
ulation not being in the least improved
These are the people from whom the
lowest orders of tenement jewellers In
this country are recruited. They are
not criminals, although criminals are
sometimes of their number; they are
simply unfortunates whom ages of
misery have removed almost beyond
the reach of helping hand. They are
to be pitied rather than blamed, for in
their native land the conditions are all
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ton Of the row; a cheap CONN Is car
ried out, and the troubles of one tene-
ment dweller are at an end.
Much has been written OF the tene-
ments OF New York. but 1t should be
fully understood that the tenement
there, as elsewhere on the Western
continent, Is the home Of the poorest
class of non-English foreigners, who
have impaired to this country the man
ner and habits of life with which they
are most familiar In their native
lands. Germans are seldom found In
these quarters. There is a strong love
of the home imbued In the Teutonic
character, and no sooner does a Ger
man come to this country than he at
once strains every nerve to pay for
house. How he lives he does not seem
to care until the house is paid for; that
Is the main point, and until that has
been accomplished he never feels easy.
The tenement is no place for him. But
to the lowest classes of Russian, Po-
lish, Bohemian and Italian laborers the
tenement Is natural place of abode.
1t represents as much comfort as most
of them have been accustomed to all
their lives; its squalor and dirt and
noise have no terrors for them, for in
some respects the tenement of this
country is a marked improvement over
the tenement Of Europe.
The Investigations made by commit
tees of Parliament have resulted, Ill
rectly or indirectly, in a very decided
Improvement in the condition of the
tenement districts Of London, better
houses being provided at rentals not
much in excess Of what were formerly
demanded, but there Is still room for
Improvement 1t may seem strange
to many that East London should be
so congested, but it should not be for
gotten that In countries like England
there is absolutely no opportunity for
the poor to purchase a home. In most
American cities property in the sub
urbs is comparatively cheap, and rapid
transit enables man to live miles
from his work, but not so in England.
The cheapest suburban property Is far
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The Market Price of Wives.

In the earliest times OF purchase,
woman was bartered for useful goods,
or for services rendered to her father.
In this latter way Jacob purchased
Rachel and her sister Leah. The price
Of q bride in British Columbia and Van
couver Island varies from twenty to
fifty pounds worth of articles. In
Oregon, an Indian gives for her, horses,
or buffalo robes; in California, she'll
money or horses; In Africa, cattle.
A poor Damara will sell daughter
for COW; richer Kaffir expects from
three to thirty. With the Banyai, If
nothing be given, her family claim her
children. In Uganda, where no mar
riage recently existed, she may be OBJ
tanned for half n dozen needles, or a
coat, or a pair of shoes. An ordinary
price is n box of percussion caps. In
other parts, goat or Il couple of buck
skins will buy girl.
Passing to Asia, we find her price Is
sometimes five to fifteen roubles, or at
others n carload of wood or hay. A
princess may be purchased for three
thousand roubles. In Tartary, wom-
an can be purchased for few pounds
Of butter, or where rich man
gives twenty small oxen, poor man
may succeed with a pig. In Fiji her
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BOUND TO HAVE THE BOUNTY.
Sugar Growers of the Country File
Suits Against the United states.

Sugar Growers of the Country File
Suits Against the United States.
The controversy between the sugar
growers of the country and the United
States Government growing out of the
repeal of the sugar bounty clause in the
Mckinley bill by the new tariff act and
the subsequent refusal of the Treasury
Department to pay bounties upon sugar
grown in the present year, reached the
first stage in its progress to definite
legal settlement Saturday. j. Fairchild
Murray, an attorney of New York, has
filed in the court of claims three suits.
identical in character, and all seeking to
recover from the Government sums of
money alleged TO be legally due complain
ants as n bounty upon sugar raised 10y
them in the year 1894. The Chino Val
ley Beet Sugar Company of New Jersey,
Sues for SIS. III the Norfolk Beet Sugar
Company. of New Jersey. for $3,093, and
the Oxford Beet Sugar Company, for
S11,1S2. The complaints are based upon
the allegation that the United States by
an act Of Congress granting n bounty of
one-half cent per pound upon all sugar
grown in the 'nitcd States and the Ter
ritorics entered into legal contract with
complainants. IS well as other sugar
growers, and led them by it's terms to
undertake the cultivation of beets and
other plants from which sugar is obtain
ed. but which could not have been profita-
bly, pursued without the benefits of such
contract. The claim is further made
that the crops of compliments were
growing and the sugar resulting from
them in process of manufacture long be-
fore the passage 10y Congress of the mea-
sure repeating the provisions of the act
granting bounty, and the Government
has no right to withhold the payment of
bounties alleged To be due. The cases
will probably he pushed to an early hear
ing in the court of claims and will then
be taken TO the United States Court for
final settlement. 1t is understood the
suits are brought as test cases. and will
be vigorously contested. as an amount
reaching some 81 100000 is at stake in
the controversy.
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thing, Inhabited by Americans, nor do
the better classes OF foreign people
find an abode In the quarters where
many families live under the same
roof. AS a general thing, these hives
Of humanity are given up to foreign
ers whose lack of education and ig-
norance OF the language prevent them
from obtaining any but the most Sc
we're description of manual labor. They
are not criminals, though it is unfor-
tunately true that very narrow line
OF demarkation sometimes separates
the tenement population from that OF
the slums. They are Woodworking
men and women, but lack the faculty
OF getting along" and no matter how
steadily and arduously they toll, they
find themselves always confronted
with the same problem-that OF pro-
viding food and clothing and Of paying
the rent Never for an hour does the
battle cease until some day the under
t.kers wagon backs up at the front
entrance amid the assembled popula-
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THE TENEMENT DISTRICT OF NAPLES

above the means of even many OF the
middle classes, while rapid transit In
the way and to the extent known In
this country does not exist. The la
borer Is compelled to live within walk
ing distance of his employment, and
hence the tenements of London and
other large cities OF Great Britain are
full, and must remain so for q long
time to come.
1t Is not, however, in Great Britain,
nor yet In France or Germany, where
one must look for the worst features of
the tenement The tenement districts
of New York, London or Paris are so
far superior to those Of the Italian cit
les as to be quite endurable by compar-
ison, and of all the cities of Italy not
one is so bad in this respect as Naples
For a whole generation Naples has
been regarded as the home Of the typi-
cal tenement. Until few years ago
the tenement districts OF Naples were
believed to contain more poverty and
misery to the acre than any other sec
ton of the earth's surface. The tene-
ments were all built on low ground,
only few feet above the level Of the
sea, and southeast wind often
brought the waters of the bay into the
streets and cellars. Most Of the land
was made ground" that is, it was
composed of the refuse of ages upon
ages, the filth of centuries being grad
ually accumulated and with each gen
Grafton pushed little further into the
bay, so that underneath the founda-
tons Of the houses lay q solid mass Of
disease. The houses that were built
in the district were worthy of the soil
When they were put UP even tradition
does not state, but not a few were
known to date from the fifteenth cent
ury, at time when sanitary building
was no more understood than the fu-
ture Of electricity. Scores, and In
some cases hundreds, Of years of con-
slant habitation rendered them indie
scribably foul, while the determine
ton of their owners to get the last
possible penny out of them with no
expenditure for repairs left them In
condition unfit for the use of domestic
animals. Rooms, passages, porches,
cellars. all were crowded to excess,
even the streets had their population,
which, during the summer season,
found no Inconvenience from an open
air residence. Nothing could exceed
the sQualor Of these Neapolitan tene-
ments. At one time five thousand per-
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MATTER Or PENSION APPEALS.
TO-. of the Board Reviewed I'm a Re-
port Made TO Secretary Smith.

yTo.~. of the Board Reviewed I'm "a Re-
port Made TO secretary Smith.
The work Of the Board of Pension
appe1ls during the fiscal year ending
June 30. 1893, is fully reviewed in re-
port made by the assistant secretary Of
the interior, John Nj. Reynolds. TO Secre-
tary Smith. In summarizing the admin
istration of the Office, Reynolds says:
Upon taking charge of the Office of as
sstant secretary in April, 1S93, found
1860 appeals pending on the docket with
the work of the board of appeals more
than two years behind. In eighteen and
one-half months. with 3,S47 additional APP
pcals entered during that time, current
appeals are being decided. and tardy JUS
tice no longer follows the appeal TO the de-
partment by any deserving soldier, widow
o. orphan. Thus 10000 cases were con-
sidered on appeal and finally ruled upon.
n greater number Of them was never be-
fore disposed of in the same length of
time and more than double the number
considered in any period under my pred
ccessor" The small balance of arrears
is said TO consist almost entirely Of claims
undergoing further investigation in the
pension bureau and others which, for
final decision. await the determination of
legal questions that will be decisive of ALL
The subcommittee of the House on
pensions met Saturday, and after listen
ing for an hour TO Commissioner Loeb
ren's explanation Of the requirements OF
his Office, virtually decided to report a
bill providing for the appropriations rec
commended by the commissioner in his
estimate, except in one item of fees for
examining surgeons The original esti-
mate was that 81 100000 would be re-
quired to pay these fees, but Lochren
told the committee he thought 100000
would be sufficient. and that figure was
decided upon. Pension appropriations as
decided upon by the subcommittee WILL
therefore, be: For pensions. 140.000,00Q;
for surgeons fees, SS00000; for clerk
hire at pension agencies, $4,000; miscel-
laneous, $131 $40.
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Sharks from the Wires.

Almost the entire business portion of
Marion. y. c.. was burned The loss
is estimated nj $12J.OOO.
Professor Jean Victor Duruy. the
French historian and an ex-minister of
public instruction. is dead.
Three citizens of Brookside. Ala. were
probably fatally shot by moonshiners,
who took them for officers.
Officers tried to arrest Claude Moss AT a
church near Carrollton, Miss. and killed
him when he resisted arrest
Two men entered the Erie station Il.
Bloomfield. y. j., and after binding the
agent robbed the cash drawer.
Seven business houses and one dwell
ing were destroyed at Swayzee, Ind 1t
is feared n woman lost her life.
Robert f.. Harvey, the noted forger,
who escaped from Jail at Bel Air, Md,
was captured in Lansing, Mich.
a railway construction gang attempted
to lay tracks on Delaware. Ohio. street,
but repented on being placed in Jail.
Fire caused 10y a defective fue de-
stroyed n block Of dwellings in Kansas
City. The loss will reach 100000.
Japanese loss in the assault on Port Ar
thur was but $50 i'm killed and wounded.
Many valuable stores were captured.
According 10 Superintendent Stump of
the Immigration Bureau, more foreigners
are leaving the country than are coming
in.
Trading on the Chicago Stock Tx
change last week was the largest in its
history nearly G0,000 shares changing
hands
Isaac Taylor and wife and Miss Kid
well were run down and killed on "A bridge
at South Branch, Nd, while on their way
TO church.
Chicago Russan-Americans in mass
meeting pettionod the Gar TO grant his
people freedom OF speech and religion and
the right of assemblage.
Three fires broke out at about the same
time in GAINESVILLE. Ohio, and led to the
impression that n systematic attempt was
being made TO destroy the town.
In his annual report the Postmaster
General recommends the extension of the
free-delivery system, quickening of rail-
way transportation, and revision Of the
law as to secondclass matter.