B THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 2, 1907. Africa's Great Mohammedan White City, and Its Labyrinthine Bazaars r v. ir. THE WHITE CITT OF TUNIS. I SHOEMAKER OJ" TUNI9 AT WORK. i I i i i v.. . T. ft: "II A ' w ram ! j; V .1-5 mi 5 - IS i IN THE BAZAARS. (Copy tight, 1W7, by FVank O. Carpntr.) . yiviH. My 30. (Splal Corre j I gpondence of The Bee. Take a I ut nrwin nnn nt fhn ririIp par Vts of the Arabian NishU and fly ftcroci the Atjantio ocean and have painted the snowy marble with stripes of red, green and black. Many are In green, and some In bright yellow. Similar columns are to be found in the residence Quarters, and It Is true that a large part of Mohammedan Tunis has been built from the mint of that old Punic city. In the basars each trade ha Its own quarter. There are long streets, filled with cells, where the Arabs make nothing but shoes, and others in which the shops are devoted to weavers. In some silk thread is sold, and In others only perfums1" or groceries. There are also bazars of cop persmiths, bookselllera and tailors. over the Mediterranean to the shores of North Africa. Direct your genii to set you own besids me on the top of the Kasbah, In this snow white city of Tunis and let us travel together through this, one of the oddest populations of the oriental world. Before wo start cast your eyes over the vast expanse of buildings below you. We are high above the city and It stretches about on all sides, looking like great blocks of Ice. with here and there the whlta dome of a marabout or Mohammedan saint, and the square marble-faced towers of a mosque rising above them. That reddish-brown section of buildings lying be yond on the edge of the water, is the new French quarter, and that wide, glossy ave nue running across Lake Tunis Is the canal which has been recently built to bring the great ocean steamers right up to the- town. There are blue mountains on our right with white buildings upon them, and away off at the left over the lake we see the nowy houses of 8Idl Bou Bald and the White cathedral which marks the site where Id Carthage once stood. That was a mighty city more than twenty-five cen turies ago, but this town, above which we are standing, was founded even before Carthage, and it throve until it was sup pis n ted by Its Phoenician rival. Cosmopolitan Tnnla. The Tunis of today is rapidly growing and It Is now one of the most cosmopolitan Vowns of the world. Tt contains, with Hts suburbs, in the neighborhood of 300.000 ot'4. It has something like 0.000 Italians. ,000 Jews, far different In costume appearanoe from the Israelites of our and also thousands of Maltese. jlcillans and Spaniards. Its French are pirne what fewer than the Italians, but they include a large garrison of soldiers, dressed Mn gay uniforms, who form striking figures wherever they go. effort to diminish and stamp out tuber The most important part of the Tunisian culosls and its kindred disease pneomonie, , population Is the Mohammedan element, from which about 8.000 people die annually, j This numbers at least i00,0v and Its mem- . it Is not that Iowa Is any more subject ' bers form the chief Inhabitants of old to the ravages of the White Plague than Tunis, the great snowy town under our other states. It Is only that the deaths feet. They are orientals of the orientals from tuberculosis and pneomonla are so and they live In a orld of their own. They very muciK g-.eaU;(, tnan ffom any othtr Mn not like fh H -M nrn and trtlpmt lis nnlv i . i . . l . . . . uiku-9 uisi vne wirenuous cnoira are UK because they mn-t Their town Is shut off be made, and are being made. ' from the reat of the city by an enormous Tne vital statistics of Inwa have no wall and the French rule Is such that they been as reliable as thev should be because are allowed to have their own customs and of changes In the law as to the method of KDur of the Tailors. ' The baxar of the tailors Is not far from the kasbah. We push our way through the , white-gowned, fes-capped, turbaned Mohammedan crowd and take a look at it. We are in a covered street, about twelve feet In width, which is paved with Belgian blocks, worn smooth by the bare feet and slippers, of thousands. It Is walled with, shops which extend fifteen or twenty feet back on each side. The average shop Is not more than eight feet in width. Its floor Is about two feet above the street, and the tailors sit cross legged upon ft before tables eight Inches high, upon which they are cutting and sewing. They wear gowns and voluminous trousers. They have fet caps or turbans. Many, of them work away with their goods on their knees and their bare feet and bare calves plainly seen. Here at my light Is a shop where they are sewing upon a bur- noose of the finest white wool for some Arab gentleman, and at my left is a man making a pair of ten-dollar 'trousers for some fat Jewish lady. Others tailors are working on gorgeous Jackets and vests for both men and women. They use silk and gold-embroidered cloths. v Indeed, many of the garments are -exceedingly costly, as you may see by the richly clad customers who stand In the street outside and bar gain for clothes. At 10 o'clock In the mornfng there Is an auction of second-hand clothing In this talloi street, when gray-bearded men go about holding fine garments high over their heads. They sing out the prices and qual ity of the gooods, and beg the people to buy. I found hundreds so engaged this morning, the crowd being so great that I could hardly make my way through. Souk of the Perf nines. But let us go on to the souk of the per fumers. The work souk Is used as a term for the bazaars, and when you ask to be shown the Mohammedan business center you will tell them to take you not to the bazars, but to the souks. The Mohamma dans are fond of perfumery. Their great prophet once said that there were two things which especially delighted him one was the society of a beautiful woman, and the other was a sweet perfume. The Mohammedans have some of the best scents of the world. Tou can buy essence of Jasmine, of violet or verbena that Is worth Its weight In gold; and a quart flask of the attar of roses, sold In this souk. would cost a king's ransom. Some of the perfumery Is so valuable that the merchant measures It out drop by drop, counting the drops by means of a bit of cotton which he takes from his ear. As we enter this bazar several Arab bovs come to us and try to Induce as to pur chase at certain shops for which they are touting. We select one In which a grxy beared old Abraham In coBtly raiment Is sitting. He Is In a little pen surrounded by. bottles and boxes, with a great string of candles hanging down from a polo over his head. There Is a bench outside his shop, and we sit down and have a cup of coffee with him before he asks us to buy. The coffee Is as black as Ink, as sweet as molasses and almost as thick as chocolate. It is made of the beans pulverized by pounding them. In a mortar, and Is brought In hot from the coals. After we have drunken he begins to show fits perfumes. He takes out a cork and touches It gently to the backs of our hands. The next bottle Is tried on the wrist, and the next by pull ing up our sleeves to the elbow and press ing the cork upon the forearm. Indeed he stamps us with so many brands'that when we leave we 'are walking perfume shops and the scents are so pungent they last for hours. The Arabs use perfumery not only on their clothes and In their baths, but also in their food and drink. There Is an essence of orange flowers which Is sold here with tea, . and there are other perfumes for various foods. I have spent some time today among the shoemakers. There is a long street de voted to their shops, and there were hunv dreds of men and boys working in It when I saw It today. They were cut ting out shoes of bright yellow and red leather and sewing them Into shape. The yellow shoes were for men and the red ones for the women. They were also mak ing many shoes for children. About all the footwear of the Mohammedan world is made thus by hand, and It might be a good Idea for some bright American shoe maker to set up a factory hero and supply the trade. The Tunisian cobbler's bench Is nothing like that of the American. These cobblers cut and pound upon a section of a tree like a butcher's block raised upon legs. They do not use hammers, but pound the leather with pieces of brass so moulded that they can be easily held in the hand; theyjare not unlike a brass paper weight. The leather work of Tunis is famous, and shoes are sold everywhere. A good pair can be bought for 75 cents. , Another street near that of the old shoe makers is devoted to the saddlers, and others to Jewelers, to the sellers of cottons and silks. There are also many bazars Tilled with old and new carpets, and many which have fine brass work and embroid ery and furniture inlatd with mother of pearl. ( Hovr the Arabs Do Business. All trading among these Mohammedans is by bargaining. There are no fixed prices, and the merchants always ask more than they expect to take. I usually offer one- half or one-third, and I am surprised to find that the dealer often comes after me and gives me the goods. This Is especially so with the Jews, who have shops in the souks. They give a commission of S or 10 per cent to the dragoman, and the first thing yodr guide does when you enter the bazars Is to lead you Into one of these shops. He pretends that he works In your Interest, but he Is really a confederate of the shopkeeper, and gets a rake-off from every sale he brings In. The first day I visited old Tunis I took- along a Maltese, named Gaouchl. to act as Interpreter. He warned me that I must expect tli mer chants to charge more than they would take, and said that when I saw him draw, his handkerchief across his lips I might know the price was too high. The first Jew shop we entered had some magnificent rugs, for each of which the man asked about 1100, but Gaouchi's handkerchief re mained In his pocket. In the next room I was shown Tunisian silk" dresses for which the man wanted $11 apiece, and still there was no sign from Gaouchl. Notwithstand ing. I found that I could have lwiiight the rug for one-fifth of the price asked, and I did buy a silk -dress for a little over $S. The Souks fairly swarm with boys and men who beg you to come Into the shops. They will say they want you not to buy. but only to see. and gesture to show what they mean. They point to their eyes and catch you by the hand, trying to drag you in. I have since learned the ords for "go away and get out" In Arabic, and I now sot-, it a 60,( twl appea vuntry, i Iowa's Battle Against the Great White Plague J nES . MOINES. la., June 1, lows' I state government and a society I of some of Its patrlotio citizens. r1 AJ beaded by ex-Governor William ' Larrabee, have united In an " k" " garnering sucn certificates berore one enter any one of the hundred old mosques. metnod w thoroughly understood. But where they go dally for prayers; he must the n,ure, yen by tf)e Stat, Board ot not vUit their schools and he who would Heth-for 1906 are thought to be fairly ittempt to go into one of their houses wlth- accurate. At least, they are not exag- out permission might be knled. and I doubt ,Pratet It anythln(t, th, nre. are too small, as would naturally result from many cases not being reported. It is unlikely that more cases would be reported than actually existed deaths and Uiatr causes 'for the year IMS Pneomonla .. Tuberculosis Violence tf the French would object. I have visited most of the great cities of the oriental world; I have traveled through India. Turkey and Egypt, and I have yet to find a section so strictly eastern as the streets of old Tunjs. They are narrow and """ -""' ' wrm y. can oucn for th, ,taU f ,owa mM M IoIlowB. inv waijn u uin Biuea, ana niners are so narrow that the fat Tunisian Jewesses have to suck In their breath In order to mm. The white houses wfelcH vail tknu Cancer streets are almost without windows, and Menlnpms'""! the few windows which exist are so high Typhoid fever.', up above the street that a field glass would iMphtheria ..... not enable one to look In. They are also revered with meshes, so small that a lead Analysis uf the Flamrea. - pencil would not go through them. The Eliminating the death due to violence, floors are kept closed, and outside the bus!- which have no place in this consideration, nsaa section there are nothing but blank there were 6,736 person died from disease white walls on both sides. Many of the during the year 1D05. The statistics for I V -" - ill . , ,!- . Ona year ago the legislature, following mated at tl a day is JMO.000 for the 2,000 up Its work on the preceding session, made persons that die annually. Some one an appropriation of $50,000 for the purchase must earn a living for him. His care and of a site and the beginnings of a tubercu- the expense of doctors, nurses and medl losls sanitarium. The State Board of Con- cine estimated at J1.60 a day, is an addi trol bought the site near Iowa City on the tional $S10,0n0. Ninety per cent of the per Interurban line, and at the session of this sons die between the ages of 15 and 45, and year another $50,000 was appropriated fir the average length of life tf they con the erection of buildings. The Board of - tlnued to live would be 32 years, and tho Control let the contract for these build- value ot those additional 32 years, catl ings In April and they are to be Opened mated at a value of 11,500 each. Is an addi to the public some time in October. tional $3,000,000. Altogether, there Is a total In addition the legislature made an an- Ions to the state of $1,500,000, and the estl proprlatlon of $5,000. which Is to be used" mate is certainly low and conservative. In a campaign ot education, and with the But all this Is to be changed if the hopes $5,000 the Board of Control will have and anticipations of the Iowa Association pamphlets printed and distrlbuttd about for the Study and'Prevention of Tubercu the state and sent to all inquirers. The losls and the legislature of Iowa are ma state association will work In harmony teriallzed. It is believed that by a sys wlth the Board of Control. Sanitation and tematlc campaign of education, conducted fresh air Is to be the campaign of educa- over a period of some years, the people tlon and 1t is to be carried from one end can be educated to proper moods of living, of the state to the other and back again so that the disease will not only be many times. checked, but that h will diminish and gradually disappear from the state. Aetna! Loss to the State. S , ',,. What Is Known of the Disease. inin campaign ineiiB muio iu w. . " . ' f w than t first thought Is comure- A few things are known concerning ol oi neauri ngures on WILLIAM LARKA rTEK, ITX-GOVERNOR A. E. KEPFORD, STATE LECTURER . . . " ," -i- tnhercnlosls or consumotion t i r.. ct-i-t-,v rxmnnnn k uin in inn mwninii m Litis a - l XI l J ..J , l 1 ' . - - . v ;,...l.l'Appenflleltls Scarlet fever...,. 1.0M Whooping cough. 901 Puerperal Sept.... ' 417 Measles . 39 Smallpox , tm Total.: $ . AN'I PRrUllHA'T IIP TIIK IflWA KO. CIKTT FOR THE STI'DY AND PRE VENTION OF TUBERCULOSIS. IOWA STIC1KTT FOR AND PREVENTION OF TUBERCU LOSIS. 171 10ft 3 44 35 t It Is known tide it Is not that Iowa 'is a worse place ai it cannot oe curea uy mimv uu....... In which to live than other states In re- latermg medicines, as mosi oi me ow.-r er. who has trav- gard t tuberculosis. It Is simply that ! or ..re are cureo. it is anown . , ing the people of tuberculosis I. the worst disease In Iowa, tuberculosis Is a germ disease and that it -f tt car. Every person dying from tuberculosis, it la carried largely through he spltal or ex- The pectoratlons. A person afflicted with tuber- pounded and reported the number of cases kept in the field a lecturer, Under their care. eled about the state telllni S the dangers of the disease, a . . .1 . . . , , . j i . i . . . .a 4 1., ..tlmuittil Infarla thrpn others - f ,m r . , inev inouiu use in eruicwii iv. n - ., , . ,nw j , On this information and the showing the best methods to employ. The aasocla- state association estimate Is that 2,000 per- osi. .p.. """ 1 7 that so many more persons died from tlon is now starting In the second year sons die from tuberculosis annually In dries and the germ of the " this trouble than from any other that the with it. campaign. Rev. Aretas E. Kep- Iowa, and it If estimated that there are the air and Is thus rrled to otner per physicians or the state took up ford, who toured the state on a lecture now 8.0C0 persons afflicted in the state. ona. To eliminate this Jiablt . "W"" the work at their state convention. It course last year In the employ of the as- Mr. Kepford in his state lecture estl- n the "'aemal or pr e'""Ca was decided to organize a society and the eooiation. haa started on his second cam- mated that the economic loss to the state 'nere " l 'm'"T ?' ' Iowa Association tor the Study and Pre- palgn this year. The association further- Is $4,600,000 annually, to say nothing of the rgey to m,na, Jn . "rst ' ., ...j ..i. " , - .. ., th.t fniinw. in it. wake. He "pread of the disease. Isolation of the pa- house are rmllt over the streets, and one 19 have not boon all turned in yet. but ....... . . " . . ,. , . , - . ... ., ., ,,. ,,, .. ia. ( mn.,h. nt tlent as soon as he Is known to become .. . ,. , . , " . vr ex-Governor Wi am Larrabee as president, tematic campaign of leaflet distribution, estimates that for the last nine montns ' ...,.. . , , ...,, res through vmilted passages from one the figures will not vary greatly. Of the T . . ' . ... .. , , ... ,, .. . , . . , ... t,,,, h hei,iie t,. afflicted Is the next problem In preventing part of th. town to the other. 6.716 perrr. dying from disease in Iowa Th" Bor'et' h" d,'uted m clu" A"d " ll' ta Preaching the sim- nw;nut.,h" v" Tes -Pd. f , during 106. 3,075 died from pneumonia and U" and bk,eU "nd fr ne y"ar h" P I01 f fre"h B,r Wrk' .For the cur. of the disease that does la the Baaaara. tuberculosis, which are considered as being But let us step down Into the city and see omrwhat akin. This is considerably more for ourselves. We shall spend most of th. tn,n haIf ' H the deaths In the state time In the bazaars. They are stranger nd tne Proportion Is alarming. If the than those ot Constantinople or Cairo and w'ety "that has been organized In the Ct greater extent that the bazaars of Da- t1' to tudy the methods for preventing mascus or Fez, There Is an entrance right the diseases is successful In educating Hear the kasbah. and a three minutes' walk tna PI'le ot the state In caring for them- wlll take us out of the sun and into a to Ttly diminish or ellm- tnammoth cave, far stranger than that of lna," Uie '"rer Pr cent of these cases, it Kentucky. This Tunisian cave ia composed nve done ,a8tlng benefit to Iowa f a labyrinth of covered passageways nd """"kind that will be worthy ot. per- Quaint "Happenings of Every Day Life A Sinner's Hard Fall. Tribune, was the late Rev. W. H. White, very much surprised when OR several years the pious town chaplain of the Savoy and chaplain to the passed them to him. C5 the doctor ' not yield to medicine It Is believed that open air Is the best remedy, and this Is the gospel that will be and is being preached ever the state by the Iowa association and the 8tate Board of Health. The sanitarium ,'t Iowa City Is to be erected on that plan. It is not to be an Institution of big stone buildings with thick walls, such as the penitentiaries and Insane hospitals, it is to be a building with long wings, with lined with stores and filled with Arabs buy- PHtuatlng the memory of the authors luckless event he ha been compelled to Jng a.id selling. We shall meet all the the movmfnt having statues In Mlk about wlth th. , f to a eharacter. of the Arabian Night, and shall " ' ' A few Sunday, ago th. good people of one to tl yond measure by the spectacle of Salter nd wjualor. Th. man passed away while them doing business In the same way as In the past. The streets of the bazaar KaTort ( Two Years. f sre so roofed that they look like mighty ,cw" m Dl m",n" co- entering the sacred edifice and reverently Mr. White was offering prayer, on his be Vault, extending on and on until th. eve "umption. 'started about two year, ago by .,.." . , renl,y ..... w. v,... Z , m. a lost In following them. The roof, are I-. E. Luther Steven, of thl city, was pf stone, coated with whitewash. The ba- probably more Instrumental In getting It of Marion, O., has prayed for the speaker of the British House of Common. conversion of William Salter from the reign of Bpeaker Brand. Mr. White Death End. Hypnotic Spell, the W&VS of the vlrkMl Hatl. WaS aroused in the small hours of the Andrew E. Simpson. 43 years old. a lead- lost a leg early In youth as the morning from his sleep by a sick call ing South Bridge (Mass.) man who had open aides, to be covered with canvas In when, early in his ministry, he was a curate -lain unconscious inree weeas wnn a ira oi .mrni aim n.m u.n. Brighton parish. He wa. summoned trouble which physicians say they are un- patients were will De rorcea 10 live in me bad quarter of the town and wa. led ul to diagnose. Is dead. , open air. and in time Isolated cottages will DeoDle of one to tne bedside or a man wno was rapmiy - - ' . of Marlon's churches were reiolcert h-. sinking, amid surroundings of destitution uul'ul "uu lor """T". ....n... .v ....... result of worldly waywardness, aince which upon a book In which the hero is repre- enclosed. In which the patient, can warm ented a. hypnotizing himself, he lapsed themselves In winter and dress. The four Into a condition of coma simulating the rooms will have canvas sides and the pa- . . , 7 . . , , . . , . . , IlltV . WltUlllUU V. V..1..A IIIIUWLllll IWIIII Will .1... ' 1 " . "c"u ,n P'rer " " . ' hypnoUc state. Efltert. to rouse him were tients will, as far s. possible, sleep with to be shown a seat. As he stumped down knees, discovered to his astonishment that . .,. .... , .. . .. r.cti,-iu- .i.mr saars are lignted only by grated holes which have been cut" here and v there Serwral assembly In 14 passed a resolu through the roof, but the sun is so brlcht tlon Instruotlng the Stat. Board ot Con- that there Is plenty of light, and the white rol to ascertain how many person, there rof Itself shine, like the stalactites of the Wer - In low a affltoted with tuberculosis wfr-ve of Luray. Some of the passageways ,nd pulmonary disease, and to report to stumped down ... . " tK. .1.1. kl. - i ,. . Kla .alh kail hM rmmtwaA tmm started than anyone else. The Thirtieth ' ,C6 " a rur- t , hi. nao. register, of whose existence William pocket and was held tightly to the grasp was densely Ignorant by reason of the tact the dead man. that he had never before been in the - church. William fell down with a tre- Lost Teeth In HI. Throat. menaoua clatter, and to the consterna- Slnce his throat had been paralysed only doors. a few days, preventing physicians and spe cialist, from forcing even liquid nourish ment into his system, th.y say he cannot have died of starvation. J-e roofed with boards. They remind one the next general assembly Emmet T. flavli nf WestfieM. Pa. rw The board VKm m lne congregauon. his untoward covere1 a M-t of false teeth he had un Hnralif Cnstesas In China. v. 1 . ... i - .i i w.-iiurni nupuro tue uevoiion. or tne oeo- mi-i.. i.. .1 .... Tne taw reauire. a man in t-mna v. . " . 01 venice or wuuici ..1. p.. ..-... ... """.'j ....-. iui v.i.vr. u.uu.u. 111 um culosi. germ and cause It to inrive. Florence, which had shops upon them, of the state and mad. a careful estimate P' "1 he a. promptly turned over to pharynx. It was only a little plate, with10" th' 7ar" fr "? deat will be Uught that their best treat aave that the Tunisian bazaars extend for that there was a little ever 7.CO0 persons morning ne was naieo two or three teeth on it. One day Davis """" 'w " u t0 build a board ,hanty on the hack e long distance, and their shoo. ar. Ilk. thus afflicted for the year ending June 30. bt,ore Ul P"ie magistrate, and though missed .It from Its accustomed olace and mothr- but. grange to aay. a man would Teark Folk. How to Sleep. In the campaign of education th. people of the state afflicted with the dtseare will be told that close, stuffy room, are the best places' In which to cultivate the tuber- 1 ney tment nd Af nothing to be found outside the orient In MM. Of the, cases One-third ' were per- m protested 10 mat jurist that h. addition there are smaller bazaar, running sons of. foreign birth, though the people raa 10 l" enurcn wun tne nest in- off W every direction, and the whole la a of foreleo birth are but about cn.-sixth of el"" ne wa. nnea anu -osi. tor di aort of a business Rnumnmi'i k.... 1- . k . . ,1 .n n 1. . . , . turblrig religious worshln. Now Mr. Hulter .i. k.iin.i a ...k. . .-....ui - - iu .- r w. . ..v. - - ... . - - ... ... . name of anv female relative The mOBt ulJrn' wimcr wim .uinmrr, a.iu e .11 which t looe myself again and again In try- The Board of Control waa given an ap- that never sgalu wi I he enter a Into the stomach and he was fed la that m0nUiueitlon of "How', your wife'" the 'resh lr they cn- The open air treat ing to find my way out. proprlatton of but fl.MO and waa authorised church or pay heed to ii. prayers of manner. A throat specialist concluded u neveari china, and would be con- rnent- thelr re told' tno 1"t rttort. and ' to put case, under Its observation In order churchgoers. v that there must be some foreign substance sld(re(j a troM an(j mot unpardonable In- Practically the only one know a to science Old'Carthnae la Teals. to make a careful study of th. treatment in the pharynx, and, after treating the aut even itween most intimate friends. 'l lhl" time. Before I go on with my description of "d was authorised to print and distribute Crook to the End. tissue, to reduc. the .welling located a Chinese "gentlemen" never mention look 11 wa Prt of the report of the Board the basara, let us look at their construe- circulars Informing th public of methods Rv- tr. Cnadwick, bishop of Derry hard substancts. -jr soesk to members of th6 alr mi t Control to th legislaturs that it la not h. was un.bl. to locate It After waiting for the death of hi. wife. Two "om U on ,helr tarm aPar m th ia 1,? iT UP ordered a new set. in converUon " " 'v n" he rm. and Uv. - Soon hi. throat wa. .wollen that he wo(jld neyer tb(nk eTen 2entionln, th. and .leep In that .hanty with th. .ide. Rt. Rev. Dr. Chadwick, bishop of Derry hard substance. tlon. Th. pillar, and atone, of old Carth- of treatment and car. of person, afflicted and Raphoe, in a speech at the synod of H. reduced th. Inflammation, got hold except those of their own family. In order necessary to go out of Iowa for the treat age bsve been everywhere used. At the with tuberculosis. It did not carry out all the Irish Protestant church, referred to the of the hard substance and brought out to prevent the embarrassing chance meet- ment of tuberculosis and that the climate idea of each little aliop ar. marble col- the Instruction, because ot the limited ap- story of a pickpocket having been found the missing aectlon of Mr. Davis' false ngs with the women-the visitor always of tnlg 'tate Is quite as good as that of i rafts, some of which have been beautiful proprlatton. The Information was gained dead with the watch of the clergyman who plate and handed It to l.lm. The opera- heralds his approach by coughing as he others; that a change of cliinat. Is not so capitals. Tbexe ar. hundreds yes. I van- from 2.4K out of the 1MJ physicians of the came to attend him In his .hand. The tlon gave the patient instantaneous reHef. nears the house, 'thus giving the objection- much needed In the treatment of tubercu ture. thousands of these column, her. to stare, or a little over two-third, of th. clergyman in whose experience thia atrange Mr. Davis had neglected to tell the phy- able but "eternal feminine." Unia to es- losis as fresh open air, and lota of It, ba a. aod. atxum. to aay, taa Arab fhyaiclana an.wcr.4 th queaitona pro-' Incident occurred, relate Ui. New Imi slcUa about th. mlwirg teeth and waa cap. so up Led wltb aauiUry UyIas. ' repeat them In that language and In French, German and English whenever one of these pest, becomes over persistent. A 4rent 4sratlnn Trnst. Many of these bazars are now run by corporations.' and there Is a great semi religious trust company tliut owns and rents out a large part of the sliop. This Is called the Habous. I think thut th. Bey of Tunis is connected with It. and also many of the sheiks. This Institution has been In existence for n long time and lis funds amount to many millions. It has had great -sums dedicated to It with the understanding that the Interest from thein is to go to certain rellttious or charitable purposes. One rich Mohammedan, for In stance, left his money to the Haltnua In order that it might supply free drinking water to a certain locality. That was a long lime ago, and the water still flows. Men aometlmes leave fortunes to this trust with instructions that It Is to handle them in llie interest of their wives and children, and. In short. It does much the same busi ness as our American trust companies. The Habous has buildings all over Tunis, and-owns extensive tracts of land outside the city. It possesses so, much property that the French authorities are afraid of It, and they would like to have a safety valve created which shall prevent It money from being turned to Improper uses. The Habous officers pretend that they desire nothing so much as an Investigation, but when the French made their' Inquiries last year they could learn nothing. Just now, when .there is talk about a holy war throughout the Mohammedan world, the French feel that the Habous might be come dangerous, as Its wealllh could fur nish a war fund for the Arabs. During my wanderings through Tunis I have seen many of the shops owned by thia corporation, and today I went into th. building containing it. offices. It is within a stone's throw of the bazars on the Hue d'Bgllse, In the very heart of the old city. It consists of many large rooms surround ing a court walled with marble, and it ha. bo many clerks that It looks like a gov ernment department. French Tunis In striking contrast with the Arab parts of this city Is the new aectlon, In which the French have thulr residences and chief bus iness houses. This Is outside the walls of old Tunis, extending from them down to the harbor. Alout fifteen years ago the ground there was a swamp, and as it waa thought, fit for nothing. It now contains the finest buildings in Tunis and Is worth hundreds of dollars per front foot. There are large hotels, banks and stores upon It. It has wide and well-paved streets, and were it not for the Arabs, Jews and veiled women In the crowds which parade It you might think it a part of Parts, Lyons or Marseilles. French Tunis Is growing rapidly. It al ready goes far out Into the country, one' of Its best avenues reaching to the Belve dere or municipal perk. This Is lined with fine houses, and there are other good resl dence streets. The main business thoroughfares of th. French city are the Avenue de France and the Avenue de la Murine. They cont.in the chief banks, shops and cafes, and also the Casino and the principal hotels. Monte Carlo of Africa French Tunis prides Itself on being an up-to-date town. It haa electric lights and trolley lines, which now go clear around the old city and reach to some parts of It. Interior as well. It haa several largo banks, two or three department stores and a great many restaurants and cafes. , The Casino Is devoted to vaudeville shows, witJ a gambling attachment; and during the win ter it becomes a little Monte Carlo, pa tronized by rich natives and tourists. Thia establishments has seats for something Ilk. 1,000 spectators. Its audience room con sists of a pit and boxes, and the people can hove coffee, beer or wine served while the actors are playing. At the right of the audience room Is a large parlor, ia which several roulette tables are kept going both durlrg and between the acts, and on the left there are rooms for private gambling and public places for rouge et mur. I visited the gambling rooma during the intermissions last night and saw crowds about the tables. The stakes at roulette were from a franc upward, and the tables were well covered with silver. The rouge et nolr rooms were deserted, but I understand they are well patronized In the winter, when many tourists are here. Tunis ha. also a summer theater at the Belvedere Park, and the military band, give frequent concert, at -the public squares. A On the Btaa-e of Old ('rlbage One of the most interesting theatrical representation. In thl. part ot the world wa. the acting of a play containing Phoenician character, and scene. In a ruined theater which ha. been recently ex- cavated on th. site of old Carthage. This ' occurred laat year, and another play of a . similar nature Is now being written for a ' well known actress of Farts, whose hus band Is famous as the translator of a new eleven-volume French edition of the "Arabian Nights." This play will be brought to Tunis and will be acted out In th. open, In the. .am. surroundings and vpon th. same site where the plays of Carthage were acted when it was the capital of Africa and a rival of Imperial Rome. The play of last year has since been taken to Pari, and successfully put ' upon the stage there. The heroine of II, t hew play take, the part of a beautifuf woman whose statue waa found In the ruin, and is now in th. museum ot ' Carthage. FfULKK Q. CAKP&NTQU '