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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 2, 1907.
Africa's Great Mohammedan White City, and Its Labyrinthine Bazaars
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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
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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
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44
35
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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.
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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
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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 '
