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Show I I JVcbv yorfC East Side NILE 'a is the tale of young lady Tlsltor to New York, who had as Intense desire to go "slumming The great difficulty the found In the carrying out ot her plans was the absolute indifference with which her host and hostess looked upon slumming they were New Yorkers. When she hinted that a tew gaslight glimpses of the city might prove more educating There wont then." be nothin SALVATION OF EQfPT H.ver Thai FortUi.ao tfc Bara Brown Aaa4 The Nile is Egypt and Egypt 1 tb Nile, The long, turbid tide strewhe i through the desert and where itfe liielee waters touch the before-tim- e sand garden spring up and otttoi it la a constant Bat grow a luxuriant tle between the Nile, a yellow thread and the bare, brown sands for Egypt. life, a confliit continually In proves Each (all, fattened by the Abyw-nla- , rain, the .Vie, muddler than the Mis souri and mightier than the Mississippi, dashes out upon thesands end drives baik the encroaching desolation Each summertime It reteats Into Its narrow bed, and the grim dessands ajain, ert grasps the hard-wo- n Sometimes the Nile does not rise t the couflict with full vigor, and, in consequence, the (lutiii of the desert lx unloosed. the thin ears devour the fat, and there is famine, actual or theat-eneIn the land Once upon a time, notable in the last centurys relisfons call ndar, it held bai k from Its fall campaign agaimt the desert desolation. There was no rain It never rains In Egypt save a few drops eacb wljp' ttr-a- nd sulked ot slept the Nile-goThen came a strange sight In n Old In the Garni t Amr Cairo mosque s lbu where stands the gr.f marble pillar nilrai uiously transported Omara from Moca, at the Khalif prayets, the whole of the Mobamn dan priesthood, the Christian clergy of every sect and the Jewish rabbis bowed in prayer with one accord - to petition forjjie rising of the Nile. And the Almighty, to whom Moslem and Jew and Christian pray, heard and answered Wonderful Peculiaf Life and Society that is a World by Itself A Slumming Trip. Til THE but things doin The agile mans prophecy was already being fulnlled and when the music stopped there was a general "gl'.tln together." The men who had been dancing placed their partners In chairs and standing before them fanned them who vigorously. One young man could not find a seat for his partner, gently Upped her against one of the pillar and fanned her frantically with a handkerchief which he held by two of Its corners. It was evidently looked upon ss a great joke and whu another hall, young man called across the "Save your strength, Danny, sheil be side eteppln when you are dragged to your corner," the Other Half applauded uproariously. The lancers waa announced as the next dance by a pasteboard sign hung from the piano and as the seta wer calmly asked being formed R ggi bis compaion if he "might have the He did not pleasure of ihe liim-- ri wait for a response, but took the girl by the arm and led tor to a vacant y A place in one of the eeta solemn man and an icily haughty blonde made up the couple opposite her. She waa bfgtnrrtng to look upon this man with a good deal of diffidence, when suddenly in a "forward and back, he clutched her convulsively around the waist, drew her close to him and with the ease and rapidity ot a cream separator whirled her around eight times In s space that did TOO TICKLISH TO BE MEASURED. not seem to her larger than a twenty-fiv- e cent pleie When she had obAffllrtioa That Compelled M Iriahmta tained her bearings once more she to Weir Old CSotfaMe was surprised to find that the man The Bev, Dr Joseph Twicbell told 'still retained bis Immobility. a story at the dinner ot the Friendly Not long after the square dance one Sons of St. Patrkkr which won him of the amateur slumologiat's pupils the hearty applause of the four hundiscovered him and with grave courdred present tesy brought one of his friends to be "I was making my first trip about comto the Introduced slumologlst'e Dublin, said Dr. Twlchell, "and I had panion. From his manner and makea jaunting oar. While I wefit engaged up the friend evidently waa a young Into a store my Jarvis fell Into a conroan of sporting proclivities. He wore versation with another carter, who a deep red stock, a thin striped waistwas the most tattered specimen of coat affected by coaching men, a short humanity I ever saw. When we started driving again I asked my Jarvis if the other carter was a friend of d, d preter-naturall- Aa East am Bella. than a dally round of the shops and " , , l - , . r the theaters they merely laughed. then, after she had abandoned all hope, Buggies came In tor dinner ont evening. Buggies was an old upon life young man who looked and through bowed gold spectacle eoaaldered It a grave affair. Those who did not approve the manner in which be spent his time and his money declared openly that he wa a poseur; that his interest in the poor was mere- -, ly an affectation and they christened It him the "Amateur HlumologlBt," la probable that both his admirers and his critics were in a measure right. "1 am surprised," eh said to him and there was the btnt of a sneer In her voice; "that you Ni' Yorkers take So Ultle interest In In vhings that are well not conventional In the poor, tor Instance, or the slums." "I am disgusted bat not surprised," he answered quickly,, "that New York trs take tne interest they do In such things. Would you care yourself," he asked of her with something ot a challenge in the question, "to see a little ot the sunshine that comes Into HWe Mult tBoesnao ftvkwrsf If you do," bs added, eagerly, "I can how It you, "There la going to be a dance tomorrow night in which some of my my er pupils on the East Side are Interested, and they have asked me to com. Will you go?,. The question was strict challenge now, and had the young woman so desired the would not have declined It "I would advise you," he said, as be waa leaving, "to wear something-w- ell, yon know. Just something plain and simple not tbs sort you have on now. Tbs Other Half, you underrather feebly, stand." he cried "might might think we were trying to look down upon them. The next night Buggtes, with the young woman from the country town besides him, hailed a crosstown car going In the direction ot the East Itlver. It was nearly 10 o'clock before they feft the car and made their way down a street from, which the river lights occasionally revealed? was reached Tb room they finally brilliantly "lighted and cheap lags representing the nations ot the world were tacked to the walls In unIt diplomatic. groups, TO the girl seemed as If a Urge majority ot the Other Half must already be In the ball room. And whatever else it may ", And . . Irb-hme-n his. ftlhbon Clark, Aa Absent-Minde- d trousers. He apJacket and peg-to- p peared to bs quite at borne at such social affairs, and when the young woman, having apparently no alternative acceded to his request for the next waits, bis hand went Involuntarily to the side of his forehiad. During the dance he talked to her In the gay persiflage of the world as he knew It lie told her that her dancing was just like stepping on eggs and that she was beautifully galted and bitted, and -and whenaha had thanked him; he replied gallantly, "keep the change. Beer and ale were sold,at a counter In one corner of the hall and between dances there was a spirited demand for these beverages. After the dance the young lady went home to the "Other Half with a far better understanding ot the East Side of New York. The "Other Half la eminently respectable at all Us functions, and so are Its manners. court-martiale- Hara-lltonrala- t Order That He Had Given grocers for selling baking powders containing alum. The week before the Health Department of New York seized a quantity of stuff being sold for baking powder which they found was made from orders." alum mixed with ground rock, and The colonel saluted and left the tent dumped It into the river. The Health Authorities are thus Col. Inman lemenibered that the next morning the detail charged with taking effective means to prevent the the duty of hanging the spy went to introduction into our markets of Inthe tent, and when the sentry entered jurious substitutes in place of wholeIt waa found tnat there was nobody some baking powders. As alum costs only two cents a lnbiae. Is a great temptation for About ten jears afterward Col. In- pound, there who make subthose manufacturers man was Id San Francisco on business and Imitation goods, to use stitutes connected with his profession. While Alum baking powders can be dethere he chanced to meet a Mr. Hamil- it tected by the health authorities by ton, with whom lie became well ac- chemical analysis, but the ordinary quainted. Hamilton one day menhousekeeper, whose assistance In protioned that he was in the Confederate tecting the health of the people is Imarmy and the relation of war experiportant, cannot make a chemical exences began. It lame out that the Mr amination She may easl'y know the Hamilton was the Capt. Hamilton alum powders, however, from the fact whom Col Hamilton had been ordered that they are sold at frpm ten to to hang There were questions Horn twenty cents for a pound can, or Col Inman, of tourse, and the fetory of that some prize like a spoon or the esi ape of the joung soldier was glass, or pieie of crockery. or wooden ware is given with the powder as an brought out On the nieht hi fore the day on Inducement. As the people continue to realize the which he was to he executed, he said, of this subject and conafter midnight he was Ing on the Importance on having baking powsumers Insist In ni3 blanket tent, half asleep, for the clrcunii-tdnes did not warrant heavy der of established name and character, and as the health authorities condeep. He was aroused by the entrance tinue their vigorous crusades, the A candle of some one Into llic tent Is hoped, finally was limning dimly and he saw before alum danger will. It from ouf homes. be driven him a heavily built man with short stubby whiskers, wearing a blue uniC'loM rail for lit Doctor. form without any Insignia of rank on A Brooklyn clergyman, whose name his shoulders a Mat k slouch hat Is withheld out of defeience to his feelpulled down over his eyes. He recogings, tells a story on himself. Recentnized Gen, Grant ly he had occasion to drop into a kinThe story does not go Into details as dergarten where he is well known and to the conversation which ensued. The where the ladies in charge are always reat.'t was that the condemned spy. glad to Be& him. Why, doctor, said after there has been exacted a promise the ladies, we are so glad to see you. that he would never again assume the We would like to hate you tell the part which had so nedrly cost him his children something about the differlife, was given the countersign which ence between the Fioebel and the systems of kindergarten work. would enable him to pus? the sentries. was expected to say someThn the man in the slouch hat went The doctor thing to the pupils. He had already aw ay. mounted the platform and thought to And the man who was to have Petzilozzl? Who waa ha? himself: did him sunrloe same at the hanged I waa stumped," waa his style? What thing, and before the sun was set waa aald the doctor. "Now for a little bit W'ithin the Confederate lines New of He began, and gave diplomacy. York Journal. the youngsters a few glittering generalities; then pulling out his watch he said: My gracious, I have used up all my time." and he left in a hurry without ever referring to the strange system of juvenile instruction. But he acquainted himself with this method very soon afterward, and the next time he visits the school he will be prepared to enlighten the children. Col. Hamilton, 1 you will obey your 1 i Pet-riloz- zl where In the street It had been scattered broadcast by a local dentist who advertised the fact that he was giving to every patient who called at his office one gold tooth. This caught Lucindys eye. I happened to be passing the kitchen window and I saw Ludndy before a mirror, with her mouth wide open, aad she wag making a close inspection, ot every tooth in her head. My wife had said something about the pretty, even teeth the negro had, but I thought she had the toothache, probably No, Toothache, Lueindy? I asked. never has had bos?. she rep'ied. toothache. Jes try in to see which one o de--- e teeth Im gwinter have pulled, so I can git one of dese gold teeth, and she showed me the circular which she had picked up In the street. I told her she ought not to do it. and she seemed to be very much put out t. about it. New Orleans PUTNAM FADELESS DYES color zilk.wool or cotton perfectly at one boiling. Sold by druggists, 10c. per package. ' "" , . TIpp.U Souotor Bow oy. Senator Hawley, chalnfian of the committee on naval affairs, politely pointed out some of the Interesting decorations in his committee room to a party of elderly ladies the other afternoon. They were strangen, In Washington, and one of them, after thanking him heartily, handed him a quarter, saying that such a very obliging doorkeeper should always get a small tip for his kindness. The senator was too ourteoukfo undeceive the simple old soul. Cheap fxrnrftion Rates via the AtehUoa Topeka A Santa Fa Railway. On Judo 10th, 11th, and 12th, the following first-clapas"nger rates will bo effective via above route from Ogden and Salt Lake City, Utah, ss to Tlmes-Demo-cra- Missouri River and return $32.00 St. Louis and return 39.50 and return 44.50 Chicago The hand of officialdom cannot save Final return limit September 8th, 1902. the world. For reduced rates to other points, and information regarding excursions on other dates than nbove, apply to C. F. WARREN, Geni Agent A. T. & S. F. Ry. 411 Dooly Block, Salt Lake City, Ut. Tribe la Montana Owns Three Million Acre and an Irrigation System pot-boile- ra , pot-boil- er pot-boil- er JLSrC.t'3-- there recently erans, In the winter of 18Ct a Capt Hamilton of the Confederate aimy was tap-urc- d within the Federal liues. and there were found on his pm son papers which clearly Indicated that he had penetrated the lines for the p irpose of gaining information for Gen Lee He d was md was at once condemned to he hanged at sunrise the next day. Co! Haim. ton, who was in command of a cavalry re 'invent under Gen. Giant was charged with tie duty of furubhing the d tail whan was to execute the eentemeof the court. The night of the dav on which the court pronounced the -- er.t nee un C'apt Hamilton Col Inman went to Gen Grants tent to see him on a matter connected with the- - operat'nui against the Confederates. He had ben In the tent for some time when the orderly announced. "Col Hamilton A soldierly appearing officer enteied and saluted. Before Gen Grant had time to speak the colonel said In hard tones: General, I cannot obey the order to execute that spy morning. Gen. Grant started as if shot "Why not?" he said In sharp tones The colonel was silent. He stood with bared head dropped on his bosom. Gen. Grant again asked him why he refused to obey his order, and this time there waa a sharpness In his tone which was not there before. Col. his head and looked the commander-ln-chle- f full In the face. "General, that man is my only son. Gen. Grant looked his officer in the face for a moment Then he turned his back. The colonel remained standing and silent, uncovered and his head bowed. Then Gen. Grant wheeled arouncT and said In a harsh voice: Commander Nullified a. Harsh CONDEMNED IN MISSOURI AND CON. FISCATED IN NEW YORK. Judge Clarke ot St. Louis has convicted and fined heavily a number of Crow Indians Wealthy pot-boil- er - CoL George Inman, a civil engineer, who was an engineer 4a the Union army with Grant In front of Petersburg as colonel of engineers, In 184-186now engaged on some public work near Blchmond, told this story of U. S. Grant to a group of Confederate vet- hi rs !! Qranf 1 A Jodgo ot Art. The seller of came Into the office of the shrewd broker with the lr of one who U about to sacrifice a priceless treasure. It waa seascape; e troubled sea beat upon guilt purple rocks, and Starrs of Foathara. There wag e storm of white feathers wheeled In wild circles above the fashtp. The seller of in the business district of Kansas City miliar looked upon the treasure the other day. The downy feathers, like snowflakes, were borne upon the long and yearningly. It could be seen that e grievous struggle between art wind, whirling around corners, twistend appetite was raging within him. eddies in behind and In billboards ing How much do you want for it?' dealleys, piling up in banka in the (heller of curbstones and buildings, and manded the shrewd broker. "One hunman; clinging to electric wires until they dred dollars," said the Its giving It away. "Give you three were festooned In long strings of white that looked like real snow. The for It. said the ahrewd broker. "Id man. "That feathers came from the factory of the yours, said the follow across the way only' offered me Kansas City Feather company, and 75 cents, but he ain't no Judge of art" there were about half a car load of New York Post them altogether. The feathers esan the accident from factory by caped Col K orally for a Baaaor. to the machinery. It will not be perA remarkable novelty It waa alive mitted to happen again, for the feathdistinguished a baxaar recently Laid ers that were lost were the best goose la Gotham by aristocratic dames, feathers and were worth to the comby smart belles. pany about tS. This remarkable feature waa a cat table. Lire cats and kittens of kigh far Ufa. A Bails o bull which xwas brought to town degree were sold at fabulous prlcea oa e steamboat to be slaughtered and Tabby end Tom of no pedigree pretensions were shuffled off for rabroke away from Its custodians yes. to chased was the rivers tional sums ot cash. terday and Cat baskets, blankets, collars, edge. Plunging Into the Icy waters ot the cat nrd-rob- e ot the Ohio it started down the stream and other article salable accessories of the were and swam a distance ot four miles to the foot ot Blennerhasset Island end table. Innovation la the awell This hauar found lta way Into the stable where ot an English fxs)j. It belonged, It was brought back on la an adaptation sod . CftLIahlea,are-sight-s e steamboat, and escaped the second Ion. Dog London bazaar. a In time, swimming the river to the Ohio side, a mile below here, where It waa Youth la froth, but as It attain, aca this morning. Baltimore captured is salted with the tears of d;ttp. It Sun. polntmen' l-- 'Story of Shure, an he Is, yer honor; my best friend was the answer. isnt he a bit ragged? I asked. "Shure, an he aint nawthin elie. "Ts it because hes so poor? "Naw, yer honor, hes plenty lot ' money. W'by, doesn't he buy some decent J ' clothes, then?' 'Why, yer honor. I'll tell yer, he's that ticklish there aint a tailor is "Negroec are fooling about gold Dublin that can measure him, se TSk teeth," said a citizen who lives in the has to wear what he has on. "New old French Quarter, and recently I York Tribnne. have had thla fact rather forcibly Impressed on my mind. Some time ago Wild Animals In Captivity, Once a keeper, by secrecy ani much 1 had a negro woman working tor me, one day she wae telling me about guile, saw a lioness teaching her cage-bor- n and cuba two squealing, furry In- a negro who had a gold tooth, and refanta the ancient lore of the Jungle, marked that she had tried to get him which no beast ever forgets. How to to give It to her. It Bounded so ridicuWhy, boss, she leap from the brush upon a buck's lous that I laughed. back at the exact angle to break that said, that niggers teeth la bettern back at a single blow through a pH mine. He Jes had do gold slipped on of straw, says Everybody's Magazine. the outside, for he done took It off and And It was a fact, How to follow a blood trail to where Showed It to me. the quarry lay through sawdust The too. It was just a thin and shiny covprixe was a bit of raw beef, bnt the ering for the outer part of one of his cuba did not care. They had never front teeth, and he used It because he known never would have known the believed it added to the sweetness of fierce joy of the hunt and the kill, the his smile lust of clean, hot blood in the tree We have a new servant at our desert Not for them the knowledge Louse, a negro woman, and she is afof what It meant to snd a challenge flicted with the same mad idea that rolling across the desolate plain be- there is nothing to equal a gold tooth neath the stars, to hear the answer When it comes to winning favors pealing forth in distant thunder from among the members of her race. A the ends of the earth, to know them- few days ago she brought a handbill selves the masters of their world. home whlch.he had picked up (some Later on In life, the blood and the soul that was fn them would teach them what they had mibsed and lost, as Instinct teaches all wild things even unto the third and fourth generation ot them that are born in bondage. wltyd-drlv- The Hwklu of "the Other Half." have been It waa without doubt cosmopolitan. Surely there was at least one patriot for each flag on the walla. Whta they had found chairs e man la an evening suit that obvtwusiy waa need to working In night and day shifts, darted through the throng with agile and elaborate grace and stood bowing before them. "They alnt really got together yet," -he said, apologetically waving at the earns time to the men leaning against the windows and the girls in the chairs. The men were smoking cigars end the girls were for the most part looking at their neighbors Jewels. "Ye use wait till they gits warmed up. JJciA How the Greest . "The Crow Indians. said J. E. Edwards, who Is government agent for that tribe, in talking with a Washington Time reporter at the Ebbitt. "have a magnificent reservation of over 3,000,000 acres of land in Montana. I think It Is about the best reservation in the United States. They want to sell 1,150,000 acres, and there la a prospect of auch legislation being enacted by the present congress. "There are about ,2,000 of the Crows. They eama nearer maintaining the purity of their Indian blood than any other tribe. At the same time their Consumpnumber are decreasing. tion has dona lta tell work among It them, and its ravages continue. seems strange that they should be auch easy victims to this disease, considering the robust original stock and But it la their active outdoor life. true that there la no community, nor race. In the world where the mortality is so groat from tuberculosis as among d Crows, It is largely these to their Imprudence think, due, many ia personal exposure and neglect of simple rules of health. "They have about $700,000 Invested In Irrigation facilities, and are about the most Industrious Indians in the country, .raising large crops of irheai and hay. The older ones retain many of the primitive ways of the aborigines, hut the rising generation is copying the civilization of the - whites." full-bloo- A Glodatooo SUropodo. It is real! very hard for any of us to that the worlds great men of Land were once boys, and often mischievous g and boys at that Children are always delighted to hear of some frolic indulged in by some great man when he was a boy, and so they will surely appreciate the following: Next door to Mr. Gladstones home when he waa a little boy lived a lady who gave large evening receptions, and during the evening there would be many coachmen and footmen waitGladstone and his ing outside. brother would go on the top floor of their houBe, armed with squirt guns, with which they squirted the coachmen and footmen waiting in the street below. Henry Chaplin said the way In which the venerable statesman chuckled at the recollection of these youthful escapades was most amusing. He 8id that Mr. Gladstone became quite convulsed when he proceeded to tell him how delightful ha and-h- is brother were to hear the servants expressing their wonder as to where the rain came from. fun-lovin- Lot Vro.li la Spain. Spain has been having a bad time with frost and snow this winter. The snow has been thick on the streets of Madrid and six inches deep In the Buen Retiro Park. The orange trees and sugar cane in the south have been , seriously damaged. Plao'a Cure tor Consumption U an Infallible medicine for eoughs and eolda. N. W. Bant; ax Ooeaa Grove. N. J.. Feb. IT, 1900. Strike Aplut Boer Sellere. A curious strike la In progress at Rokewood, near Ballarat, Victoria, where, la consequence of the refusal el the local publicans to reduce the price ot beer from pence to 4 pence per pint, each resident has signed a pledge to do without beer until Melbourne prices are charged. se A WEEK AHD EXPEITSKT to mra with rly to Introduce our Poultry foods, bend.tp, Jarellelifg Co.,Depa.D,ParaoaaKaa. Float Troao Prolrtao. Ia aome of the Western prairies trees ere now being planted for shade, protection and beauty, in areas of various slses up to hundreds of acres. Foalt of tho Wlae. the only reason why Apparently Starrtogo of Coirlrto left ef Atlantie City theres anything Marriages between convicts continue because the wind happened to he la he to permitted In the Andaman Isfavorable to the saving of a portion ot lands. Last year the superintendent it. city that Is hnllt of wood Is a received sixty-eigapplications for greet tinder box that cannot be hid. ' such unions. Of these, four free and thirty-tw- o convicts , were sanctioned Will Bind? Iirfictl Method and the balance (thirty-two- ) were reDr. William M. Thompeon has Just fused. sailed from New York for London te i make a tour of the principal hospl-tal- a la the eld country for the pur-po- et It waa the brotherhood of man rather of studying the .ateat advances than the sisterhood of the saints that la surgical methods Christ revealed. ht |