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That he says, is a formulary ooncom-
liant to l~itigious doin's in these parts, and
signifies nothin' deleterious!'
Notwithstanding which / had doubts.
Pretty soon here comes the sound of
voices across the plaza, follered by the
Jedge, the dealer and the concourss from
the Bella Union. The Jedge takes his seat.
before the court to order he
enunciates, the litigators an others here
pres mt will dislrm, as provided by the
statoots Of this Territory
1T took some time to corral the hardware,
several gents objectin' to be separated
from their guns until the window was COW
cred, by reason of apprehensions. Jose
took charge of them, keepin' his own acces-
sive.
This yere,' says the ledge, is an action
Of tort, in which the plaintive contends to
have been wrongfully an outrageously de-
prived an withheld from dividends of an in
vestment on this date made an provided at
the Bella Union in an for the Territory Of
Arizony, or words to that effect. The first
witness will be Arbuckle F~essenden, alias
the Senator
THE Senator responds prompt an liberal,
an I'm free to state that his eloquence was
such that / shed tears out of sympathy for
our wrongs. 1t seemed to me that il the
Court didn't ladle out the ~jestice due us, the
Constitution would bust open like q pizened
coyote.
But when the Senator got to s~praddlin'
himself out an ~coverin' territory not strictly
inimical to the proceedings, like the cor
ruption OF the lnjun Bureau. an the revenoo
on distilled ickers, the ledge enjoined him
to set down.
Then l got up an gave my testimonial,
which was unanimously received.
Next the faro dealer covered himself
with objuragtion an unveracity, and sew
eral other witnesses was called on for their
testimonials. 1t grieved me to admit that
their opinions was disfavorable to me an
the Senator, we bein' strangers IN tharfore
suspected,
modjous chaw OF tobacker an roominates
intensely for mebbe twenty minutes.
Il was gettin' Uneasy an the Senator
was millin' some in his intellects, too. 1t
seemed SIGH a plain, undeviated case to
us that this suspension Of hostilities looked
some menacing to the rectitude Of our
contentious.
AT last the ledge opens the drawer an
exudes that same identical an opprobrious
piece of money that was the alfalfa an
Omaha OF our abashmeut.
" DO you identify this as the coin paid
you for them chips?' he asks the dealer,
who regards it with application an admits
the charge.
Very well, says the ledge. He wads
another chaw into his face, an goes to
fggerin.' Then he looks up.
THE decision of this Court is he SAYS,
that the plaintive is entitled TO damages
1.-THE Senator starts up with enthusiasm,
but ! pulls him back, for the Bench was
fggerin' again.
TI find, he proceeds, that the oonten-
lions Of the defenders that the plaintlve
had made no investment is erroneous an
not 80. The plaintive bought chips to the
extent an measure OF one cent, which at
is the equity Of one twenty-ffth part, portion
or fragment Of a white chip. He is tharfore
entitled under the law to one-two-thouS-
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AZ0UYS XW"CYAZR 0F17ooRc.

and doubtless was used by some Egyptian
lover OF luxury.
Most impressive and modern looking is
the embroidery stand inlaid with ivory
bearing the names OF Queen Til herself
and her husband, Amenhotep III. b
surfaces are tinted sky blue and are partly
covered with gilded plaster has reliefs.
The Queen probably owned the stand her.
self and used it, maybe, to make the baby
clothes Of her little boy. who made trouble
for the orthodox as Amenhotep ~.
They had no ice in Egypt then. or II they
did they had no refrigerators, 30 they kept
their provisions fresh an cool in long.
strongly built but light chests Of palmwood.
lined inside with papyrus. The specimen
recovered from the tomb Of Ioua and Tioua
had three openings for ventilation. It con-
tains a tray with papyrus flaps and has "
string fastenings. The chest was used
also for the storage Of the dresses OF the
household.
The writer who describes the treasures
in the illustrated London Neus remarks
on the wonderfully we'll preserved con-
dition of every article. He says: After such
long burial alabaster is at first curiously
fragile and then firm again n strong.
and gold leaf is so delicate that it may peel
of at a touch. Yet the alabaster and the
gold leaf-cloth, too. and veilinG-were
almost absolutely uninjured n came
glowing INC flashing and glittering into
the day as fresh and dustless as when the
tomb first had been closed"
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The Curse Of an Elastic Currency
A CompLcation in Finance With Some Account Of Justice Administered
by a Solomon Of the Arizona Desert

Just then the dealer bends over, looks
studiously at the Senator's twenty, opens
the cash drawer an keeps his hand in it
like he was feeling for the unearned Incre-
nent.
You cont cash in here he murmurs,
some harsh and sarcastic.
Why not2 inquiries the Senator, reachin'
back.
"The dealer pulls his hand out Of the
dra wer an gets the drop on him before
be can extricate his gun. The other gents
went to the floor unanimous, but me an
the Senator stayed perpendicular. would
have joined the ma jority, only the dealer
had his eyes On me an the Senator at the
same time by reason Of a squint, which
the same l was always averse to in man or
woman.
What for Is the excuse for this sus-
pension Of specie payments7' complains
the Senator, whose hands was on a level
with his ears.
The reason is that you amt bought no
interest in this bank answers the wall
eyed gent with the gun.
AN without allowin his mismated optics
to wander from the perusal Of the Senator's
face an mine, he pushes the original in
vestment coward us with disapproval.
when a gent ambles in an aims to
wreck a public institution with an 1904
copper cent that's been gilded,' says the
dealer, he can't kick II he don't get no
more than his denero back
"The lookout, he leans down from his
high chair an assays the coin, subsequent
to which he regards me an the Senator
with disgustful aversion. The other gents,
some Of them, gets up an moves out of line
Of the conference.
Something tells me that the dealer has
promulgated cold facts touohin' the re-
Enumeration accruin' from them burros.
l wanted to go away somwhar, not bein'
captious as to locality, so twas quiet an
adopted to meditatin' an solitude.
But the Senator is built different, not
bein' of a contemplative temperament,
but bilious an active.
This he says, sweatin' with rancidity
an emotional disorder, this is an unheard
of outrage! Even supposin' the hypothesis
that that coin happened, u%nbeknown to
my perceptions, to be spurious is true,
what bearin' has that circumstance on my
transactions with this layout3 II it proves
to be no good l will give you two stacks
OF reds for IL, and cash in the balance, har-
monious and unmalignant. A little trihe
of $40 amt goin' to Undue me with hos
tility toward gents ] have dealln's with
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that identical piece Of money in all ite dis
repute:
HE looks at it through his glasses. more
like a cantankerous an onsocial old desert
owl than ever.
Then he sets the lamp onto the dirt
floor, an goes philanderin' round on his
hands an knees in an onhuman an disre-
spectful posture. Pretty soon he sings out
for Jose, impartin' his intentions in cultural
accents, an Jose. he makes a jackass Of
himself, too. He gets down on all fours
gropin' with his right hand an draggin'
the shotgun with the other. First to last
he never leggo Of it,.
I'VE was all that absorbed in the judicial
proceedin's that you could hear their
hands claw in the dirt, and the crick In the
Jedge's back sounded like a percussion oap
when he reached out for a fresh haul.
AT last he spots what he's been grovellin'
panied, but r~esolute. Him an jose bends
over the find, holdin' the lamp close to, an
indulging their perceptions.
OWN to an accident, says the Jedge,
the date on this coin has been abolished,
which the same was unavoidable when ]
stobbed off a section to see what it was
made Of. 1t will occasion expert testimony,
II any, to find out who's been guilty II per-
jury .
5000 in contention will be attached an
held by me in escrow.
The dealer an the lookout Of the Bella
Union is under suspicion Of perjury an
other acts, but as their functions is In pub
lie demand, l shall let them go on their own
recognition until summoned to answer.
AS for the knowledgous sharp whose
volunteer testimony has complicated this
case, he is remanded to the calaboose on
suspicion of contempt. An until he can
playin' boss with the Court an in cahoots
with the plaintives for a rakeof, he will
stay thar.
THE pla~ intives is held in bail Of 5000
each on charge Of counterfeiting an inten-
tons to get money spuriously,
In ordering their arrest / have acted
on their own testimony about examinin' the
coin, whereby they must rave knows it{
deceitful nature, an was tharfore guilty Of
bein' accessory to a m~isdemeanor. jose,
boose, whereupon the court declares itself
adjourned
"Me an the Senator was struck speeches
by this unlocked for issue of our activities,
an I could see that he was incubatin' refeo-
tons too violent an acrimonious for his
system.
jose was comm toward us when the
ledge doubled up sideways an squeaked
like a jackass rabbit does when a coyote
snateAes it from its native lair. From
had accumulated a stitch, by reason OF
which his abrupt distortions knc oks the
lamp off the table an we was Submerged in
oblivion.
I'VE came away through the window,
which was plumb ruined. 1t was three,
miles to the Mexican line, but we showed
the landscape behind us with our mocoasins.
about seventeen miles further, to be on the
safe side, as you might say.
NO. We didn't go back thar. an !
don't know how the case was settled in
the end. havin' lost interest in il. But asl
said at the b%eginnin', thism matter Of coinage
is too involuted for a gent OF my acquisi-
tons, an I shore don't want 40 more to
do with an elastic currency.
Nov you'd better roll into your blankets,
for we're due TO put out for Lizard Tank
come sun-up.'
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THE RHGGHGE 2R4IHR5HDY 70SZ4RT
ZION THE TOME.

the mummies had been brought down
into the tomb, alabaster vases, a honey
pitcher, seventy-two sealed jars filed with
real provisions for the use of the dead,
a gilded chariot, an embroidery stand, ala
baster jars containing mummifed ~viscera +,
surmounted with exquisitely wrought metal
heads, and plaster vases with make believe
provisions for the spirits Of the departed,
The plunderer Of ages ago had broken
into the sledgesand taken out the mummies
and stripped them of everything of in
trinsic value with whichthey were bedecked.
leaving only a gold plate covering the hole
from which the heart of one of the mum
mics had been taken by the embalmers.
An examination of the hieroglyphics
on the mummy cases showed that they
had contained the bodies, lying on the floor
nearby, Of Ioua and Tioua, father and
mother of Queen Til, or Teye. a beautiful
girl not Of royal blood whose charms capti-
waited Amenhotep Ill. of the eighteenth
dynasty. 1t is surmised that Til, who was
heterodox, and whose son, Amenhotep ",
tried to set aside the national religion and
substitute for it the worship of the sun,
wanted royal burial for her parents. The
people protested and she placed the bodies
in the tomb secretly with all the funeral
offerings to await Il time when she might
publicly celebrate the ~obsequies. The time
never came, but the robber did, and then
the Egyptologists.
When the treasures were brought up
into the light a wasp flew into the honey
jar, which still contained fluid honey,
and sampled it. The faces Of tho Ioia
and Tiaoua. although somewhat shrunken,
retain their individuality. The strong face
of the man seems smiling grimly and the
expression of the woman Is calm and dis
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Moro than 5000 years ago the skilled
artisans Of Egypt we're fashioning for
royalty the same forms Of furniture that
the cabinet makers of France we're turning
out for the nobility of the time of Louis
XVI The French believed, perhaps, that
they were o~riginators, when in reality
they were unconsciously merely reviving
the antique.
Apparently the classic mind of all ages,
left to itself and without models, instinct
lively selects the classic forms The latest
and finest illustration of this was revealed
In an ancient tomb uncovered recently in
the Valley Of the Kings, near the tombs Of
Rameees Ill and Rameses XII. The ex-
cavation, undertaken by Theodore NJ.
Davis for the benefit Of the museum at
Cairo, was in charge Of CASTOR Camille
Charles Maspero. the famous French Egyp-
Ttologist and director Of excavations in
Egypt An account Of the exploration of
the tomb, with pictures of its treasures,
10 published in The Illustrated London Neus.
Some of the most notable of the pictures are
here reproduced.
A fight of fifteen steps hewn from rock
was brought to light early in February.
Down these steps the explorers went to a
val otoSuiB thc ehFduce 10 u elanunR
corridor leading TO the unknown tomb.
a break was found In the wall and through
u q boy was sent. He discovered just on
the inside of the wall a partly gilded chariot
yoke, q scarab and a slender, long, green
STAFF With gliding near the top. This indi-
Gated to the explorers that the tomb had
been entered by a robber who was a con-
'~betnporary Of the persons whose mummies
l.
vault. Clippings from the %neighboring
|tombs Of Rameses Ill. and XII. had been
found on the steps of the unknown tomb,
and this led the explorers to believe that it
had been undisturbed through 5000 years.
The robber had found that things he left
Iat the entrance to the corridor were merely
|gilded and had left them. 1t was rightly
.conjectured thai he had stolen nearly every
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papyrus. At the bottom of the flight they
came UP against a wall plastered with mud
and sealed with the priestly seal. Behind
this was the tomb chamber.
The top of the wall was broken and
through the opening and the rock ceiling
the explorers squeezed Themselves.
Their lighted candles showed in the cool
and dustless air, into which no human
being had come in many centuries, two
large chairs, a glided coffin cover. the
mummy whose head the coffin oover had
concealed, lying on the floor, partly incased
in gilded open work another mummy
in a silverod case, two sledges in which
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Il don't make no pretensions to sdbe this
question of free silver. It's too ramifed
IAN ~introverted for the average gents eluci-
dalton. An since them bitter an dele
FERROUS episodes happened to me an the
Senator at Tempe in 'ss, I'm free to prop
agate my aversion to an elastic currency
Sufferin' Smith threw an armful Of gnarled
and thorny mesquite upon the fire, beyond
the radiance of which the coyotes yapped
lmerrily under t = desert moon.
How was that?" inquired the tenderfoot.
reaching for a brand to light his pipe.
Sufferin' Smith stretched his lank form
on the dry sand, whichhe had first cleared
Of burrs.
sThe genesis of what you might call an
unwritten section of financial hist'ry dates
back to a certain game OF bank at Tempe"
he began. 'Me an the Senator had been
out on the desert with views touchin' the
lost Pegieg mine which was not realized.
swhen our grub played out, we pulled
our freight, disposin' of our burros to a
couple Of gents we met who had the came
fever we was convalescin' from. Sc we
wea YES into Tempe with the double eagle
they gave us, which the senator regards
with some contempt, he bein' manager of
the syndikit.
. 'Thar's only one way to invest this
says the Senator, whose Judgment was
prompt but somewhat cratic, and that's in
chips
"That seemed logical to me, so we went
romancin' over to the Bella Union, which
was the only financial resort in the camp.
sThe Senator shoves the twenty over to
the dealer, rromiscuous, an cts two stacks
Of whites an a stack of reds The table
was crowded with gents clamorin' for action
on their money, so the dealer lets the Sena-
tors contribute n lay, While he goes or
with the deal.
Everything @ me ouc way. Open or
!, ooppered, across or cornerwise, it shore
seemed like the Senator couldn't lose. He
! didn't wait for case cards, but the bank
didn't get ever a split, an when the deal
clos d, an he called the turf for the limit,
he had a out all the chips out Of the rack
an the bank goin' south.
Shall I cash in. or bust this temptation
TO the wide open2' he asks me,
casual like during the shuttle.
Il amt graspin', my experience bein'
that 1t pays in the long run TO quit while
things ars comm our way.
" Cash in | says.
AN te Senator proceeds to organize his
securities, which might call for two thou
and.
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lightly built and covered with low reliefs
Of thinly gilded plaster.
NJ. Maspero said that was probably the
original Louis XVI. model. Another chair,
also pictured here, NJ. Maspero said, as
suredly is a fine sample of the Empire style.
On the outside Of the left arm are figures
gilded with Nubian gold Of the god Bes.
On the inside maidservants are carrying
gold rings. Inside of the back is Queen
Tits daughter, Set-Ammon, twice repre-
scented on a throne, with a female slave
bringing her the offering of a golden collar.
The legs Of the chair are in imitation of
those Of the OK and the seat is interlaoed
palm fibre. This chair is very substantial
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tinotly feminine, with a suggestion Of
benevolence.
The three beds. solid as when they were
stored away, are splendid specimens Of
workmanship. Their bottoms are braided
fax. One of them, depicted by the cuts,
was not a mere model, but evidently had
been taken from household furniture in
actual use. The angle of the gilded corners
at the { OF Of the bed shows that its curve
is intentional. The carvings on the head
and foot Of the bed are of gilded ivory
and represent The god Bes and the hippo
potamus goddess Taurt. The chair with
the gazelle on the side apparently is only
a model for the use of the dead. 1t Is
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bit Of iewelry and gold that had been put
away with the cofined mummies.
When the boy brought out his finds the
rumor spread that a vast quantity of gold,
silver and precious stones had been dis
covered in the tomb and a multitude OF
natives gathered at the entrance, Native
guards and an Englishman and two Ameri-
cans who helped guard the guards stood
watch over the tomb until the next morn
ing. Mr.. Davis and NJ. Maspero then entered
the long corridor. They found it bare. They
went on and descended a second staircase
OF seventeen steps, on one Of which they
found a bunch OF onions and a roll Of
The Washington times., 1906-07-19
To Arraign Ice Men
Before Judge Gould

Samuel A Kimberley, general man
sger OF the American Ice Company:
George F. Hoover, superintendent OF
routes OF the same corporation; Arthur
A. Chaplin. president Of the Sacks
Chaplin Manufacturing Company, and
Samuel CT Redman, secretary-treasurer
Of that company. all Of whom were re-
Gently jndlcted in the local courts for
violation Of the Sherman antitrust
law, will be arraigned tomorrow before
Justice Gould, Of the Supreme Court
Of the District. presiding IN Criminal
Court No. /.
Indictments were also returned
against the American Ice Company and
the Chapin-Sacks Manufacturing Com
pany, and IL is probable Messrs. Kim
berly and Chpin viii be clled upon 10
plead to hte charge agains the corpor-
atiOns they represent
The indictments 10 which hesgrs.
Kimberley, Hoover, Chaplin, and Red
man will DO called upon 20 plead were
returned by the local grand jury week
ago today, and charged that they had
entered into an unlawful combination
in restraint of trade.
other persons against whom iudict-
ments have been reported by the grand
jury recently will also be arraigned.
The Washington times., 1906-07-19
CUBAN'S EXECUTION
CAUSES BIG SUIT
Mans Estate Wants Dam
ages for Alleged Muir
der of Son.
CAPTURED BY SPANlARDS
Young Narcisso Lopez Said to Have
Been Killed When He Declared
American Citizenship.

The alleged murder Of NarcissO LO-
peg. a Cuban-American. by Spanish sol
diers in Cuba. April II, 1895, will play
a prominent part in the hearing OF suits
which Lopez's father is prosecuting
against the United States Government
IN the Court Of Claims.
The matter came up before Justice
Gould today IN the Supreme Court Of
the District on the petition Of Attorney
Fred Beall who asked TO be appointed
administraOr Of the estate OF Manuel
Felipe Lopez. the father OF Narcisso
Lopez, for the purpose Of prosecuting
the claims.
II Is stated that prior to the death OF
the elder Lopez, December 5, 1870, he
had begun two suits in the Court OF
Claims, one for 5000 damages Tor the
destruction Of his sons property by
Spanish soldiers. and another for $lO0.-
900 as damages accrued on account Of
the alleged murder Of his SON.
II is stated that young Lopez was
captured by Spanish soldiers in COM
mand OF Colonel EOla, a Spanish Of
ficer In the district OF Sagua La
Grande, April II. 1895 The young man
stated 10 Colonel Eola that he was an
American citizen and showed mis- citi-
zenship papers. II is said that Colonel
EOla replied 10 him, You are the
very kind Of person ] am looking for -
and ordered him TO be shot. After
young Lopez was killed IL is said the
soldiers cut his throat. cut out his
heart and otherwise mutilated his body
The Washington times., 1906-07-19
''WHEELS WITHIN WHEELS"
CLOSES COLUMBIA SEASON

Guy Standing and the Columbia Thea
ter company viii next Monday evening
commence the thirteenth and finaI week
OF their very successful summer season
az the Columbia theater with the pre-
sentatlon OF r. Q. Cartons smart and
vlvaclOus comedy, Wheels Within
Wheels The organization viii then
round out its third solid month OF en-
tCrtainmeut and break all local stock
records both as to length OF the engage
ment and the capacity OF the houses
All of the favOrites OF the organization
including popular John Mason, will be
seen in the final week Of the season. Mr..
Mason will give a delightful rendition
or the role or Lord Eric Chantrell, which
ne created in this country when the com
edy was originally produced al the Mad
lson Square TheaJer. in New York. by
Charles and Daniel FrOhman, on De
cember II, 1893
Wheels Within Wheels has a nlot OF
10th comic and dramatic interest and is
written IN that brilliant style which has
made T. G. Carton one OF the hest
known modern English playwrights. He
lL was who gave US Lord and Lady
Algy. and the beautiful Liberty Hail. .
which were both revived by Mr. stand
ms and his associates at the Columbia
1AeaJer during the earlier part OF their
present engagement
The comedy tells an interesting story
or up-to-date people In modern London
society and introduces q character quite
new 10 the stage-a real London
bounder blatant, self-confident and
a most cOllassal bore. The sale of seats
began at the box office this morning