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TO see that he could already give the words
OF command in the Arabian tongue. Ia
turgeman, ta ala heneh!"
Ana gai. "a Sidi,'' said the new flrarC-
man, who had taken Ais place, as he en-
tered the room And presently. when he
Knew what was required, he unearthed
from beneath some litter of the camp the
mystic stone which had lain forgotten
since the day was struck down ?
Aye, lad said ], as saw il. 1T was
that held when Ali Hasan reIled me. and
IT was to that I cIung while he beat and
battered my right hand until he was driven
away. And il is that which. il / know
him, he is still in wait near here to secure.
II you value it as little as l, nest set 10
up on mud wall where he can come and
get il, and be at peace with his folly"
Not T. cried Arthur. with a proud
movement OF the head that all at once
minded me OF his mother rs it for Eng
lishmen TO give up beaten so eaSily:''
You are right, my boy / said, not
i'll pleased i spoke too hastily and am
lever corrected by you than by any other
man living. Keep it, and guard well
Your own skull. And tell me its meaning
if you can
.
thur, in his old careless way. Its q
heart scarab, dad. You know when those
old buffers Of Egyptians prepared a body
for mummyins they used sometimes to
take out the heart and pat in its place
smooth stone like this about the same
size These hieroglyphics, now, must be
the name and qualities of the gay and
festive old bounder who wore it. HAL
My Egyptian is a little rusty, but that
feather sign is "a and the Chessboard
with the drunken sailors line Of march
under it is 'men-some name beginning
with Amen; and the queer animal is
the sign of the god Set Oh can dig
it all out with the help Of pony
And there. my word for it. was that
slip of a boy I had dandled on my knees
reading off the syllahles from q stone
thousands Of years old, as If it were
yesterdays paper I almost regretted
that I was not myself more Of a scholar
as lay propped up on my pillows watch
ing him.
Then oil at once ! saw his face take
on a queer look that I did not like,
having seen it Worn by many bright
young fellow offered up like a sacrifice
10 the East. And, with a muttered ex-
cuse, which 1 cid not eaten, he left the
tent
Nor could I anywhere see The p3aEa
scarab after he had gone
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A WIZARDS PETS.
Amusing Stories of the Private Menagerie of
Herr Mann, the Magician.

Perhaps in no way was the great and
only Hermann more truly the wizard
than in his absolute power over every
kind of animal He was never known to
approach one that did not instantly rec
oGnize and loye him as friend; and SO
deyo ted was ne to pets" that he never
Travelled witho ut a retnue of dogs, birds,
monkeys, etc. Mrs. Hermann was not IA
whit behind the great magician in her
fondness for and power over animals,
and if there was room in their private
car Tor General, Sandow and Lola tMr
HenInann's Danish hound, monkey and
macawl il was only upon condition that
they remained upo good terms with
Fidget, black ana tan; Chappie, a mock
ing bird, and Rutie, a parroquet the
tie especial pets OF Mrs. Hermann.
IL is not to he wondered at, therefore,
that the magnificent Hermann manor aC
Fhitestone, l.. L., with its broad acres.
has long heen the home, not only Of
some OF the finest bred horses and dogs
in America. but OF deer goats, ganGers,
ducks. doves. monkeys, ma gpies. par
rots-in fact, every manner of living
thing. When Mr.. Hermann was al home
il was always his custom to have his
ltltAllNE A''iANN anu lbli III Ats- anu liiS
was grand hour for the dogs. as one
and all were allowed to go to his room
and assist at the function: and il was
thus, surrounded 10y d dozen OF more Of
huge hounds and st. Bernards. each ea-
gerry clamonng for a friendly word, that
this almost sHpenaturally delicate man
best enjoyed his breakfast
Some cf these great ST. Bernards, by
4
Of protection during their puppyhood,
though they have doubtless forgotten
all about il by this time Thirteen of
them were born at one htter-a quite
unusual thing and formed, of course, a
most picturesque and interesting group.
It chanoed that Mr.. Hermann's favorite
pet at this time was a brilliant macaw
that he had brought from Central Amer
lea. These birds are sometimes a shin-
me,iIg cadet blue with golden wings.
but Jnis one was a bright scarlet with
black beak that only seemed the blacker
from its striking setting of snow white
feathers THIS gorgeous bird measured
one and a half Yards from beak to tip of
tail, and in addition to its great beauty
was a very clever -talser- one day Mr..
Hermann put this beautiful macaw into
lhe lhoHheA 'dte' "ii'h iS pi"Seu Oh
top of the Kennel containing the thirteen
young St Bernards, Later in the day
the family were aghast at discovering that
Miss Lola had used her sharp bill to good
purpose, for she had bitten a great hole
IN the cage, Thereby obtaining her free
dom. Search was made for her every
where, hut all n vain.
sad at heart, Mr.. and Mrs. Hermann
s;roucd out to take look at the puppies
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ton with horse power for transportation.
Almost Incredible as 1t may now seem, it
is fact that political economists invcighcd
against the railway and the engine as con-
stitutiEg an imaginary reform, which, even
If successfully hich was very doubtful
would deprive stage drivers, teamsters,
ana iHnkeeperS OF their livelihood 1t was
in the face OF an almost universal opposi-
ton, Of the wild, unreasonable kind, that
a few men, led by the great Stephenson,
lahorod steadily onward and finally es-
tablished the railroad and locomotive as
institutions OF the land.-North American
Review.
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in every feather OF her being. Presently
the mother appeared, and the hungry and
ungrateful puppies one by one deserted
their brilliant guest, who was by 10
means pleased at the turn affairs had
taken. Now, Lola could he very vicious If
she chose, and when she marched in a
dgnified manner over TO Mrs. st. Bernard,
planted herself firmly in front of her, and
began TO wink at her in "A very wicked
way, both Mr. and Mrs. Hermann Were on
the alert to see that she didn't pick out
her rivals eyes. However, after winking
and deliherating -deliberating and winking,
she looked squarely in the eyes of the
mother dog. and in coarse, gruff voice
calculate "Hullo.'
From this time on she constituted herself
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(Copyught, 1897, 10y ] /. Heaton)
PART |.

Because of my fourteen years in Egypt,
wasted no breath in swearing viciously ut
the flies as brushed them ON my face;
nor did look with such horror as would
once have felt, huI perhaps with a little
envy, at a native Toy OF five or six, lying
perfectly naked i'll tie sun and making no
movement Of discomfort as the swaTming
pests buzzed about his bare skin or even
dragged their dampened feet over his
staring eyebais. But for my more sensi-
tive nerves, was S happy as he, for the
inundation was over for the year, there
had been no breaks or bungling III my
district upon the canals of His Highness the
khedive, my report was ready TO file with
the chief engineer, and / was thin king of a
Christmas at home, the first in four years,
not as one thinks in Europe, the blood
coursing quicker at fancy's call, but idly
and dTedmily.
A queer bit of stone with heather
carvings traced upon il ] held in my
hand, as / sat in the shade OF my tent
flap, had led my idle thoughts across
all those miles OF sea and land to green
England.
Il wonder il Arthur will care for this
scarab | was thinking; ''he must be
as big as / am by this time. -Four years
ago he was nightly interested in all
that I could tell him OF ancient Egypt.
And that was little enough, poor fellow!
How disguised he was when / confessed
that, after ten years in Egypt and many
months in Cairo, L had never gone
mile out Of my way TO see the Pyramidsi''
For my concern has always been with
the land OF today and not OF yesterday.
or Arabic / know enough To direct my
men and even to write a tolerable letter
But OF the tombs and temples and the
strange characters chiseleG on them to
record the lying boasts of crowned slave
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by way OF consolation, when, to their
great surprise, there in their midst stood
Miss Lola, having the most beautiful time
in the world. she had evidently gotten
upon the most Intimate terms with her
fourlegged neighbors; one was licking her
beak, another her wing; still Others con-
tented themselves with her hack and
beautiful tail feathers; each and all doing
her homage in their own clumsy puppy
fashion; and Miss Lola, II truly feminine
creature, was enjoying all this devotion
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that little Ali knew he was as welcs-,,.c as
you are. / had naught in my hand but
fine black stone scarab 1 had picked up
for you"
Here's rum CO." nuttered Arthur,
whence / perceived that he was puzzled
Then he raised his voice, and was pleased
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drivers OF the past, knew and yet know
nothing.
Still, even my eyes We're sbrewd enough
to see that it was no ordinary pebble my
donkey's hoof had uncarthed from a clay
bank that morning. 1t was an oval bit of
black Tanis granite, rounded to an eX-
qIisite smoothness 1t was, as nearly as |
can remember, about two inches in length,
an inch and a half wide and an Hhch or
less in thickness. Across each Of the flat
tened sides were drawn lin es, and between
the lines We're cut rows Of hieroglyphic
guess, but ] saw that there were repre-
sented dog or some other beast, a metal
mirror, such as my men often dug up in
the ruins Of great cities now clothed with
wheat stalks: a bit Of board with seven
pegs in it, an eye with it's eyeball rudely
traced, and other designs less suggestive
Of any forms in nature.
1t was while / sat examining the
stone, which / purpossd adding to the
little store of such trifles / had saved
for my son, that / saw Ali, son of HaSan,
my dragoman, eying me with a strange
gaze / had never seen in his eyes be-
fore. and which made me uneasy in a
way that | could not quite explain. Twelve
years Ali Hasan had been with me, and
that he loved me like a brother i knew
then as well as ! know now. For it is
a strange thing, this life in the East,
where men live side by side for years
and never speak of that which both know
l would have trusted Ali Hasan with my
life-had done so, indeed, many time.
i would have trusted him with the little
money was saving year by year that
might one day live again in the old home.
son.
And yet my trust was to he sorely
tried, for even as j noted that look in
Ah's eyes, saw him spring suddenly
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was 10y way of thinking me more daft
than ALI.
but what was that about the keyS?'
said 1, to change the subject. And when
he had again read the passage from the
newspaper-'ButI I held no keys cried,
land l had little money with me, and to
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glanced down at his hands and saw that
he wore the opal skull She turned 10 neT
husband and said in English that was per
feet now, though made dainty by slight
lisp: Carlos, dear, viii you see If / left
my opal-and-diamond pin on my dressing
stand? | think took il out To wear, and
forgot it. ! don't want it to get lost like
that other opal you gave me before We were
married. Im afraid they are really un-
lucky stones; don't you think so. Mr.. Lowell?
Would you mind going for it, CarlCs?''
Valera left the room.
Mr.. Lowell, take off that ring while you
are here Sue said calmly
II have never taken it off; and I'm sorry
that 1 can't do so now"
IF Mr.. Valera sees it, he will be as apt
to kill you as not. He is very jealous
Il fancy he has good reason"
Kindly keep your opinions where such
unpleasant ones properly belong-in your
own consciousness. You will be wise to
do as 1 say, and to be quick. Do you
know that the five years is up tonight?''
II doubt that sort of superstition AS
told YOU before, I'm not afraid Perhaps
you are. though? 1t is natural you should
be. l will tell you what will do III axe
the ring and put it in my pocket''-he
slipped it off and held it between his thumb
and finger-'ff you will kiss me again as
you did on that night
II Will not. You would have forgotten
that Stiffness of mine By now, if you rad
been fortunate enough TO be a gentle
man"
"Nevcr!-not all those caresscs and pro-
testations. Come, kiss me again, and III
hide the ring"
mo. MT Valera will finish hunting for
pin that isn't there in a moment more,
and if he comes back it may go i'll with
you-it certainly VIII II he sees the ring'
Then kiss me-
Il viii not Be quick 1 hear him COM
ing. QuickF'
kiss me. You'd better, for your own
sake"
No"
Then don't"
"oh, hide that ring do, for me-"
kiss me-"
We'll, kiss me, them
He put his hands on her shoulders and
bent his head. He did not see Valera step
into the French window, but he knew that
the woman pulled way from him with a
loud How dare yOu?'' and a scream, Car
los, Carlos. help met
And then he felt something sharp driven
deep between the shoulders, and as he fell
backward Sonora Valera grasped at the
ring and caught it from his hand. She put
her own hand to her throat in the ac-
cepted fashion of the conventional feint,
and as she did so dropped the jewel into
the bosom of her gown. Then she lost CON
sciousneSs.
The story she told her husband was one
OF unprovoked impertinenCe on the part of
an utter stranger, man she had never
seen before, and the story he told the
world was much the same, but slightly en-
bellished. II was not plausible, yet il
passed. IteXcused the murder without any
great difficulty, and it was something Of
a feather in the cap of the beautiful MeXi-
cantor this was in the early days.
Sonora Valera ground the opal skull to
bits with heavy stone, and kept the chips
in a locket, until one day she found an
excuse to drive to the cemetery and scat,
ter them upon Lovell's grave.
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clubomaniac No matter what you DO,
If yer art be true, and Ais art was
true to dad Right you are, gov'nor, no
Doubt
Crazy he may have been, but a rascal,
never said l, when at length ] gathered
Arthur's meaning. For the fashions of
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speech change as do the fashions of dress,
and / having for so many years spoken
little save Arabic, and learned my English
only from printed pages, found myself
almost unable TO understand the words of
an educated gentleman of today. Also,
it nettled me not little to see thai Arthur
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and get back to my tale, and at that part
of it where, after many profitless imagin-
ings, one day woke. asif from a sleep, and
saw bending over me face which knew
and yet did not know.
lis this Mr.. MacDougaIl?'' / asked,
making use Of the name Of a young Scotch
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toward me and poiSe a huge ebony club
above my head, saw it descending swiftly,
yet seemingly an eternity of time in its
fall and then l saw no more, but even
as | fell / was conscious of gripping
the strange stone firmly in my right hand,
which seemed all at once throbbing with
such pain that l was glad enough to glide
into insensihility
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Sent So for the Poor.

Isaac keenan,, colored man under
life sentence in the Baltimore peniten-
tiary, sent 50 TO the city marshal to be
used in aiding tie distressed poor of the
CITY.
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have always rather prided myself on
Iylack ofimagnation, but Ali Hasan' sclub
seemed to have let as much nonsense into
my head as the sense it knocked out, for
here was in my sleep, which lasted for
know not how long, thinking and bahbling
about Rameses, and Halithor, and Anubis
and other old Egyptian kings and gods,
about whom, IN my ight mind, 1 had never
cared tuppence. For when the scientific
men had said to me that the old kings We're
at least good engineers and skilled in stone
working, had always replied that it was
not good engineering to waste material and
labor, and that arednaughtf for them, be-
ing but a plain engineer.
must ask pardon for talking shop again
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The Morning aud Sunday Times,
35 cents per month.
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To be concluded.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12

pouy vV Jurn genuiy with 1Cs welgnJ upon
the right foot, raising the left heel slight
ly of the ground, a perfectly natural mo-
tion. She should keep the head of hel
club perfectly steady and let her upward
and downward swing be practically one
motion.
When the summer girl has learned all
these things carefully, she may be taught
to swim, provided she docs not know how.
The method Is worthy of q moments no.
tice, however, because IL teaches one how
to swim without entering the water. This
is the way 1t is done: Take clair with
out back and place padded cushion on
the top. On this tho pupil balances herself
on her stomach. Then the instructress
shows her how to work her hands, and
when they are all right her feet, and when
the hands and feet can do their part she
makes them both work together In proper
time. The pupil stretches out straight,
from finger tips to toes, palms downward.
At the word one the hands are quickly
turned outward, while the arms ART
brought around square with the shoulders.
At two the elbows are close to the sides,
and the hands are brought together be-
tween the chin and breast.
At the word three the hands are sent
front to the full length Of the arm with
energy and not In q purely passive way.
The legs should be carried we'll up under
tho body and outward as much as possible
at every stroke. The toes should be point
cd upward toward the shins before each
kick. The object Of turning the toes up
Is to get all the advantage possible from
them. as IL Is in the stroke that the power
II applied with the fat of the soles. The
feet ought to be turned out till the toes are
In line with the elbows Just before the
kick. After vigorous kick turn the toes
downward and close the legs with snap,
again bringing the soles In use. Az the
heels meet, the strain which was put upon
the foot to turn the toes down Is taken of
and must be put on again after the next
kick Is made.
Whom the hands and feet can each do
their separate parts, they should be made
to work together In this fashion: As the
hands and arms supply the power, the legs
are being brought up for the kick, all at
the word one. The kick II made as the
hands meet the chest, and the sweep with
tho soles continues the rhythm az the
hands are brought TO the front In the re.
covery. While the arms are working the
legs are recovering, and vice versa. A
half second ought to elapse before the
hands are parted.-New York Herald.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12


The senate computations of the equiv
alents for Dingley bill rates on wooler
goods only need to be stated. They
make opposing argument unnecessary
In the mere reading. For example, tht
rate is 56 per cent on second class wool
$50 per cent on garnetted waste, 32t
per cent on shoddy, III per cent on
woolen cloths valued at not more thar
80 cents per pound, 1877 per cent Oh
blankets more than three yards il
length and valued at not more than 5(
cents per pound, 21S per cent on shawls
valued at not exceeding 40 cents pei
pound, 151 per cent on knit fabrics val
ued at not exceeding 40 cents pei
pound, 257 per cent on hats of wool val
ued at not more than 80 cents pei
pound, 419 per cent on felts Of the
same value, LAT per cent on plushes
valued at not over 40 cents per pound,
and Ga per cent ON the aggregate Of
woolen carpets.
The people Of the United States could
better afford to buy every sheep in the
country and to put every shepherd on
the pension list than to submit them
selves to such shameless plundering -
Philadelphia Record.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12

Jnose VINO are dependent upon fruit cuI
ture by the proposed tax Of two cents
a pound on sugar. This increases
by from 80 to 70 per cent the article
which would make up from 40 to 75
per cent of the total weight Of the jams,
etc., the export Of which might insure
living prices for the surplus fruits, but
which is now practically prohibited.
And this is "a government of the
people, by the people and for the peo.
ple." Who are 1.-THE peopleS"
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12

A powder to be shaken into the shoes. At
this season your feet. feel swollen and hot
md get tired easily. II you have smarting
feet or tight shoes,try Aliens FootEase. IL
cools the feet and makes walking easy.
Cares and prevents swollen and sweating
feet, blisfers and callous spots. Relieves
corns and bunions of all pain and gives rest
and comfort. Try II today. Sold by all
druggists and shoe stores for 25c. Trial
package FREE.- Address Allen 9. olmssed,
lie Roy.E. Y.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12

SUGAR TRUST PKOtlIo.

xohr n. x,tt w.,,.- M.L.. so,r. r.t,.
mates and Scores the Trust.
Ex-Congressman John De Witt War
ner is one of the best posted men in thii
country ON sugar tariffs. When in con.
gress, he carried the house for free suQ.
ar. In a recently published statement
he estimates the net protection to the
trust given by the Aldrich schedule al
from 85 cents to &1.14 on every 100
pounds of refined sugar.
Without attempting to give his arou
ment as to each of the wavs in which
the trust would be protected we oivs
his summary Of trust profits as follows
sr,.c,e. s,esr.n+,., .o ,on.o ~,
Thirty-iive per cent ad yalorem
differehtial. .......................o o14@ 021
Counteryaiiing Ssa. duty, say. @osS o.~
ner | rs,nt ad yaIorem s For snec,sc y. 70
duties In low grades. :. .......... ooO@ o.ls
m4., mo-,U
Tn ahe vast majority q, ca.es howsvsr ~.
actual result is between Is and 60 cents per i0
pounds net protection to the trust, and 1t il
,mPracaicaIie E sh, 50 70 combine circumstance a.
for any nv considerable amount [ '' '" ''""
As an ;.or, >, ..,;~ ..x..;.u A.. "a.
a. sohad,,,o = ;aoai s.o... .asn .sn ..: s.o sus
e.. stand,,o;nt Snnasi. 80 .Lo .L p.o'o.o ".:s1.
rsod hr ,poor GA .;sh =. 'no .1.".. ono o.-....
eYtsnt anS tar -. ,..;as ~ 81 .Ia-ase..
falls most ha.v;11 ~ ~ w. Un oa.. s.1.o. =. LUZ
no-t;on - | .ho;. .h;I;.s ~ WIG po. - pr
prodnct;on .nd d,s.r;hr.;S | " pay -. M
ied hv a oorcorn .nh;a. - :. 90 so. ..".. 49,,
gre.tcs. - our ,naan 49, $50 = - onO uS .Is s
meanest os our mr. Great ~ oros 1' 1 '"'
's =. =" "a -. Aocs onos' 49,,
ono art;",a ~ tS..a .snu,s nesivle S % snas On 'n,.
than ona.th;rJ | - u o,r .as.T 80 ,os.o~ .e:r s o
t;or snJ ,tha. o - ~o. .osa s,s sssiu - 80.
dened NV = tav - ,no.a % .Isv c Soo 10 900 cc
0oo that ',s.i,sa. [ Lee .s.m .an go o'oco' oco
600 for mo treasrrv .sd ~ 80 s'vS., 49,,
Soo ooo oon o. sha 80 ~ ..au. v'o S1.
bine' wb;la tho Same "rs,.h;Ha [ s :. assss,aa NJ
10 net an sdd;tionai S,n 600 onn noo n - -. tSs
opportunitv given - ~ i,nror. =. ,,.s.s,,,
dutv rates raw inca. 49, .,h;oS 4,
can male reSnes ~ 10 .o,S :. :. rnas,
the enhanced nr,re s.suras a. - -.
nroro.ed A,a~irh s.sss~, M.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12

Cascarcts Candy Cathartic, the most won
derful medical discovery Of the age, pleas
ant and refreshing 70 the TASTE, act gently
and positively on Kidneys, liver and bowels,
cleansing tho entire eystcm, dfspcl colds,
and biliousness. Please buy and try n box
Of q. g. q. to-day; 10, %, 80 cents. Bold and
guaranteed 70 cure by a1l druggists.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12

Ths. Penalty of Wea1th.
ooldby-Ay Doctor ssys my case
puxles him. - q, 4,
Friend -Thsss wAsA you ~ for -,
Ing wealthy rvwn Topss< ..uun6n.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12

Reportr-What slnil I cay of this
man who drank himAeaf 70 death?
City Editor-Sag That hD died q nat
ura1 death, Of courvs--N. Y. Truth.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-12

Connot Convtct Sugar Kings.
In these days IL is harder to convict q
Sugar trust king than il is for camel
to 60 through tho eye Of q Cleopatrian
needle. Baltimore Herald.