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By HALL CAINE.
CHAPTER I. (Continued.)
When he was gone Gieeba went
down to the tents at the mouth of the
mines, and asked for the Captain.
A Danish gentleman who did not
; know her, and whom she did not
know, answered to that title, and then
she said that hearing that a hospital
being built she had come out
from Reykjavik to offer herself aa a
nurse if a nurse wag wanted.
"A nurse Is wanted," said the Cap
tain, "and though we had no thought
of a woman you have come in the nick
of time."
So Greeba, under some assumed
name, unknown to the contingent of
Danish officers fresh from Denmark,
who had that day taken tiie places of
the Icelandic warders, and recogniz
able In her true character by two men
only in Krisuvik Michael Sunlocks
end Red Jason, If ever they should see
ler, took up her employment as hos
pital nurse to the sick prisoners of the
Sulphur Mines.
But having attained her end, or the
first part of It, ber heart waB torn
by many conflicting feelings. Would
she meet with her husband? Would
he come to be in her own charge? Oh,
God forbid that it should ever come
to pass. Yet God grant It, too, for
that might help him to a swifter re
lease than ber dear old father could
compass. Would she see Red Jason?
Would Michael Sunlocks ever see him?
Oh! God forbid that alsi. And yet,
and yet, God grant it, after all.
Such were hopes and fears, when
the hospital shed was finished, and
she took her place within it. And
now let us see how heaven fulfilled
them.
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CHAPTER H.
THE SULPHUR MINES.
Red Jason and Michael Sunlocks
were together at last within tho nar
row stockade of a penal settlement.
These two, who had followed each
other from land to land, the one on
his errand of venegancc, the other on
Ms mission of mercy, both now nour
ishing hatred and lust of blood, were
thrown as prisoners into the Sulphur
Mines at Krisuvik. There they met,
they spoke, they lived and worked
sido by side, yet neither knew tho
other for the man he had sought so
long and never found, l'his is the
ptranee and wondrous chance that
has now to be recorded, and only to
think of it whether an accident or
God's ordinance, makes blood to tin
gle in every vein. Poor and petty are
the passions of man, and God's hand Is
over all.
The only work of Michael Sunlocks
which Jorgen Jorgensen did not un
do In the swift reprisals which fol
lowed on the restoration of bis power
was the use of tho Sulphur Mines as
a convict settlement. All he did was
to substitute Danish for Icelandic
guards, but this change was the be
ginning and end of tho great event
that followed. Tho Icelandic guards
knew Red Jason, and if Michael Sun
locks had been sent out to them they
would have known him also, and thus
ihe two men must havo soon known
each other. But the Danish warders
knew nothing of Jason, and when
they brought out Michael Sunlocks
they sent the Icelundlc guards home.
Thus Jason never heard that Michael
Sunlocks was at Sulphur Mines, and
though In a whirl of many vague Im
pressions, the distant hum of a world
far off, there floated Into his mind
the news of the fall of the republic
he could never suspect, and there was
no one to tell him, that the man whom
tie had pursued and never yet seen,
the man he hated and sought to slay,
was a convict like hlrasMf, working
dally and hourly within sight and
bound of him,
Michael Sunlocks, on his part, knew
well that Red Jason had been sent to
the Sulphur Mines; but he also knew
that he had signed Jason's pardon
and ordered his release. More than
this, he had learned that Jorgen Jor
gensen had liberated all who had been
condemned by the republic, and so he
concluded that Jason had become a
free man when he himself became n
Trlsoner. But there had been a delay
in the dispatch of Jason's pardon,
nd when the republic had fallen and
ih Danish officers bad taken the
j lace of the Icelanders, the captain of
the mines had released ine ponucm
prisoners only, and Jason, as a felon,
had been retained. The other prison
ers at the mines, some fifty In all,
knew neither Michael Sunlocks nor
Red Jason. They wero old criminals
mm remote districts, sentenced to
the Jail at Reykjavik, during tho first
rule of Jorgen Jorgcnsen, tnd sent out
to KrUuvIk In the early days of the
renuhllc.
Thus it chanced from the first that
ihoueh together within a narrow
cpace of ground Jason and Sunlocks
wero cut from all knowledge of each
ether such as might have been gleaned
from those about them. And tne ais
flpllne of the settlement kept them
liack from that knowledge by keeping
them for many months apart.
The two bouses used as workshops
and sleeping places were at opposite
fides of the stockade, one at tne norm
ih other at the south; oi.e overlook
in n hroad waste of sea, the other
ut the martin of a dark lake of
jrloomy shore, lied Jason was assign
ed to the house near the sea, Michael
Sunlocks to the house by tne lane
These houses were built of squared
Ion with earthen floors, anil wooden
benches for beds. The prisoners en
ured them at eight o'clock in the
evening, and left them at five In the
" morning, their hours of labor In the
cummer being from five a. m. to eight
ti. m. They brought two tin cans,
one tin containing their food, their
econd meal of tho day, a pound of
kloek fish, and four ounces of bread;
the other tin Intended for their refuse
of slops and victuals and dirt of other
kinds. Each house contained some
twenti-flve men and boys, and so peo-
'jled and used, they bad quickly be
come grimy and pestilential, the walls
blu'ehed with verailn stains, the floorr
CoitiMrt
Story.
encrusted with hard trodden filth that
was wet and slippery to the feet, and
the atmosphere damp and foul to the
nostrils from the sickening odors of
decayed food.
It had been a regulation from the
beginning . that the latest comer at
each of these houses should serve
three months as housekeeper, with
the duty of cleansing the horrible
place every morning after bis house
mates had left It for thelrwork. Dur
ing this time be wore the colar of
iron and the bell over his forehead,
for It was bis period of probation
and of special degradation. Thus Red
Jason served as housekeeper in the
house by the sea, while Michael Sun
locks did the same duty ia the house
by the lake. Jason went through his
work listlessly, slowly, hopelessly, but
without a murmur. Michael Sunlocks
rebelled against Its horrible necessi
t!es, for every morning his gorge rose
at the exhalations of five and twenty
unwashed human bodies, and the In
supportable odor that came' of their
filthy habits.
This state state of things went on
for some two months, during which
the two men had never m:t, and then
an accident led to a change- in the
condition of both.
The sulphur dug up from the banks
of the hot springs was packed in
sacks and strapped upon ponies, one
sack at each side of a pony and one
on its back, to be taken to Hafnafiord,
the nearest point for shipment to Den
mark. Now the sulphur was heavy,
the sacks were large, the ponies small,
and the road down from the solfataras
to the valley was rough with soft clay
and great basaltic boulders. And one
day as a line of the ponies so burdened
came down the breast of the moun
tain, driven on by a carrier who lash
ed them at every step with his long
whip of leather thonga.one little pie
bald mare, hardly bigger than a don
key, stumbled Into a deep lut and fell.
At that the Inhuman fell behind it
flogged it again, and showered curses
on It at every blow.
"Get up, get up, or I'll skin you
alive," he cried, with many a hideous
oath beside.
And at every fresh blow the little
piebald struggled to rise, but he could
not, while its terrified eycbulls stood
out from the sockets and its wide nos
trtln quivered.
"Get up, you little lazy devil, get
up," cried the brute with mo wnip,
and still his blows fell liko raindrops,
first on the mare's flanks, then on Its
upturned belly, then on 'ts head, Its
mouth, and last ot all on its eyes.
But the poor creatures load held it
down, and, struggle as it would, it
could not rise. The gang ot prisoners
on the hillside who bad Just before
burdened the ponies and sent them off,
heard this lushing and swearing, and
etopped their work to look down. But
they thought more of the carrier than
of the fallen pony, and laughed aloud
at his vain efforts to bring It to Us
feet.
Send him a hand tip, Jonas, shout
ed ono of tho fellows.
"Pick him up in your arms, old boy,"
shouted another, and at every ullly sal
ly they all roared together.
The leering incensed the carrier,
and ho brought down his whip tho
fiercer and quicker at every fresh blow
until the whizzing of tho lash sang
In the air, and the hills echojd with
the thuds on tho pony's body. Then
the little creaturj made one final, fran
tic effort, and plunging with its ut
most strength It uad half risen to its
forelegs when one of tho sacks slid
from its place and got under Its hind
Itgs, whereupon the canvas gave way,
the sulphur fell out, and the poor lit
tle brute slipped afresh and fell
again, flat, full length, and with awful
force and weight, dashing its neaa
against a stone. At Bight of this mis
adventure tho prisoners above laugh
ed once more, and tho carrier leaped
from his own saddle and kicked the
fallen piebald In tho mouth.
Now this had occurred within the
spaco or a stones tnrow irom me
house which Red Jason lived in ana
e'eaned. and hearing tho commotion
as he worked within ho had come out
to learn the cause of It. Seeing ev
erything In ono quick glance, ho push
ed along as fast as he could for the
leg-fettera that bound him, and came
upon the carrier as he was stamping
the life out of the pony with kicks
on its palpitating sides. At the next
moment he had laid tho fellow on his
back, and then, stepping up to the
piebald, he put his arms about It to
lift it to Its feet. Meanwhile the
prisoners above had stopped their
laughing, and were looking on with
eyes of wonder at ". Jason's mighty
strength.
"God! Is It possible he is trying to
lift, a horse to Its feet?" cried one.
"What? And three sacks of sul
phur as well?" cried another.
"Never," cried a third; and all held
tbclr breath.
Jason did not stop to remove the
sacks. He wound his great arms first
under the little beast's neck, and
raised it to its forefeet, and then
squaring his broad flanks above his
legs that held the ground like the
hoofs of an ox, he made one silent,
slow, tremendous upward movement,
and In an Instant the piebold was on
Its feet, affrighted, trembling, with
startled eyeballs and panting nostrils,
but secure and safe, and with Its load
squared and righted on Its back.
"Lord bless us!" cried tho convicts,
"the man has tho strength f Sam
son."
And at that moment ore of the
warders came hurrying up to th
place. "What's this;' said the warder,
looking at the carrier on the ground,
who was groaning In some little
Mood that was flowing from the back
of his head.
At that qnentlon the carrier only
moaned the louder, thinking to ex
clto the more commiseration, and Ja
son said not a word. But the prison
ers on the hillside very eagerly shout
ed an explanation; whereupon the
carrier, a prisoner who bad been In
dulged, straightway lost bis prlrOfms
aa punishment for his lit use of the
property of the government; and Ja
snn, as a man whose great muscles
were thrown away on the paltry work
of prison cleaning, was bet to delv
ing sulphur on the banks of the hot
Fprlnjs.
Now this change for the better to
the condlton of Red Jason led to a
change for the worse in that of Mi
chael Sunlocks, for when Jason was
relieved of his housekeeping and of the
iron collar and bell that bad been the
badge of it, Sunlocks, as a malcontent,
was ordered to clean Jason's house a I
well as his own. But so bad a change
led to the great event in the lives of
both, the meeting of these men face
lo face, and the way of it was this:
One day, the winter being then fully
come, the mornings dark, and some
new fallen snow lying deep over the
warm ground of the stockade, Michael
Sunlocks had been set to clearing
away from the front of the log house
on the south before Jajon and his
housemates had come out of it. His
bodily strength had failed him greatly
by this time, his face was pale, his
large eyes were swollen and blood
shot, and under the heavy labor of
that day his tall, slight figure stoop
ed. But a warder stood over him
leaning on a musket and urging him
on with words that wero harder to
him than his hard work. His bell
rang as be stooped, and rang again
as he rose, and at every thrust of the
spade It rang, so that when Jason
and his gang came out of the sicken
ing house, be heard It. And hearing
the bell, be remembered that he him
self had worn it, and, wondering who
had succeeded in the vile office where
of he had been relieved, ho turned to
look upon the man who sas clearing
the snow.
(To be continued.)
GERMANY'S NEW OIL ENGINE.
It Operate Without the Ce of Boiler
Furnace or Chimney.
Great things are expected of the
Diesel engine, the latest thing in Ger
man engineering, the first working of
which in England a London Express
representative was permitted to see at
Guldebrldge, near Manchester, recent
ly. Economy In fuel and space is the
chief merit of the Diesel, commending
it to makers of automobiles and small
marine craft as an engine with a fu
ture. Its claim to originality lies In
the fact that It works with crude oil,
without smell or dirt, perfectly con
suming all the products of the combus
tion. Unlike other oil engines, it re
quires no Ignition point. Compressed
air from cylinders starts the Diesel.
Oil and air are then admitted to the
cylinder, when the compression of the
air by the return stroke so raises the
temperature that the oil flashes and
the forward stroke Is delivered. The ex
haust Is perfectly clean and free from
Diesel Is that no boilers, furnaces or
chimneys are required. Great economy
of space and fuel Is effected, as It can
be used with any kind of liquid fuel or
furnaca gas the waste product of
blast furnaces. Hopes are entertained
that ihe Diesel will be used on a very
large scale, those who are Introducing
it to England claiming for it the abil
ity to run a vessel as large as the
Oceanic. Already an order has been
placed by the French government for
an engine of this type, to be used In
a submarine boat. If the Diesel frees
the streets from the smell of the motor
car and yacht decks and ladies' dresses
from the cinders of a steamer funnel,
the German inventor will have a claim
on the gratitude of mankind. If, as
goems likely, It will encourage the es
tablishment of small plants in rural
dtcstricts, where gas is not obtainable
and coal Is dear. It may do much more
than this for Industrial England.
A MARRIED MEN'S LEAGUE.
Aa Orgaaltatloa ot Benedict I Found
ed la Colorado.
The first exclusively married men's
organization ever founded In Colorado
filed articles of Incorporation with tho
secretary of state today, says the Den
ver Post. It Is known as the Supreme
Order Married Men's league of Amer
ica, and none but benedicts In good
standing are allowed to Join. Widow
era, both grass and sod, are bnrred,
and a man who has never enjoyed con
nublal bliss could not get in evsn If
he had powerful Influences and aTl the
money In the world back of him. Tho
married men's leaguo originated m St
Louis, and was Incorporated firs'; un
der the laws of Missouri, where It is
said to have a membership of many
thousands. In Colorado it hopes to
secure a large membership also. Tho
objects of the order, as stated in tho
papers, are to unite fraternally married
white men under the age of 55 and ol
good moral character and reprttablj
occupation, to encourage their social
and mental culture, and to render ma
terlal aid to members and thoe de
pending upon them for support. . By
Its good work among the married men
the order expects to encourage matri
mony among their single brethren. The
order has also an Insurance banch,
which grants $4,000 to a wife upon the
death of her husband. J. W. Boul
ware. U. G. Osborne and Thomas G.
Moore are the Incorporators of the or
der. They are all Mlssourlans.
Mineral In the I.nl of Orange.
Florida Is rich In minerals. In ad
dltlon to phosphate, of which the world
already knows, she has Immense d
posits of clays of every kind kaolin,
ochres fire and aluminum clays, gyp
sum nd Fuller's earth of great extent
i and finest quality. Sho has stone ex
ccllent for building purposes and a soft
magueslan limestone that produces
cement In every respect equal to the
best Imported. Iron of high grade and
value Is known to exist In several lo
calltles; so also ore Indications of
petroleum, nntur.il gas and soft roal
and asphalt to he found In several por
tlons of the state; and yet with one
or two caption the fl-M. containing
these ore. are undeveloped.-,
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Shu,
Dr. Y, Garnault has lately read a pa
per before the acadeniie des Sciences
dealing with the therapeutic action of
light, and mentioning a number of
cases in which he has used this treat
ment with success. ,
In 1893 he observed that a workman
afflicted with rheumatism was com
pletely cured after, having remained for
48 hours in the vicinity of a very in
tense arc light used for an electric
fountain.
Since (hen it has been observed that
in works where electric soldering is
carried on, this being accompanied by
great luminous Intensity, the work
men cease to be affected with gout or
rheumatism.
In the present experiments Dr. Gar
nault uses apparatus which has been
specially constructed for the purpose
by M. Trouve. The experiments were
confined to the effects of local action
of light, and there seems to be no
doubt that the results are due to the
light radiations and not to other
causes.
A lamp of 50-candle power provided
with a slivered parabolic reflector was
applied In eight cases of muscular or
articular rheumatism of average grav
ity and several years' standing.and in
all these cases a very marked improve
ment was obtained at the end of three
to twelve operations, and not fol
lowed by a relapse.
Chronic catarrh of the nose may be
also treated with success by the ap
plication of light accompanied by vi
bratory massage.
The treatment was also applied in
cases of deafness, accompanied or not
by humming noises in the ear; the ap
paratus used consisted of two 10-volt
lamps provided with reflectors and ap
plied to each ear by a curved spring
passing around the head; In some cases
the action of heat was eliminated by
placing alum screens in front of the
lamps.
In three such cases a marked dimin
ution of the humming noises and an
improvement of the hearing; other
cases without the use of the alum
screen were also successful.
The most complete observation was
made upon a person 30 years of age
who. had undergone, the year before,
an operation in which the tympanum
and small bones of one ear had been
removed; on the operated side the In
tensity of the humming noises had
been greatly reduced, but on the other
they were very marked; these were
made to disappear by a series ol appli
cations of light.
They reappeared after a severe coici
contracted by the patient, but were
again made to disappear by a second
treatment.
In twelve cases of deafness the ap
plication of light brought about good
results. Dr. Garnault has also used
the treatment in other cases, and 13
convinced that the luminous rays may
be used in certain affections as a local
agent to great advantage, and that the
results obtained are certainly due to
Its specific action Scientific Ameri
can. " '
COAL TAB FIIOUICT8.
That a coal-tar product should find
a demand among pharmacists, farmers,
as well as in surgery and dyeing, is
remarkable, but such is the case with
naphthaline, one of the latest manu
factures from coal tar. A German
chemist has discovered that one of the
most striking characteristics of naph
thaline Is the fact that it is not Inju
rious to man and the higher animals,
whether breathed as gas or used in
tubstance externally or internally,
while It has a very different action on
the lower organisms, both animal and
vegetable, such as fungi, Insects, etc.,
for they are not able to endure the ac
tion of the gua for any length of time.
These, however, are the very proper
ties that a good antiseptic ought to
possess. It is now used ss a protec
tion against moths by fur dealers and
others, and Is also useful In ridding
houses ot other Insect pests. For de
stroying that minute insect known as
phylloxera, so troublesome to grape
vines, it has been found exceedingly
useful. That a sweetening agent
should come from coal tar will be a
surprise to many, but such is really
the case. By a novel treatment of one
of the components of coal tar a com
pound may be obtained possessing
very similar sweetening properties to
the best cane or beetroot sugar. This
saccharine presents the appearance of
a white powder and crystallizes from
Its aqueous solution In thick short
prisms soluble In warm water. Sac
charine forms salts, all of which pos
sess a very sweet taste, and physicians
are looking to this product as a Biib
stanco by means of which diabetic
persons may enjoy food which has
hitherto "hot been safe for them. Light
from the gas In the making of coal
tar Is a refuso and a species of sugar
obtained f.-om that refuso are prob
ably such a combination of "sweet
ness and light" as never was dreamt
of by tho sweet singer who has given
us thnt term.
M'RE FOR KAR DIHKANE .
Medicated vapors have already been
used In the treatment of diseases of the
throat and nasal passages.and also fur
lung troubles, but It has remained for
Michael Pollch of California, to apply
(his treatment of disease to the car.
It would seem that no betlaor method
U he '"""' twv11 mMnn
h. Interior o the he. d as he ap-
PJICHIIUII Ul ll"l'till iui '".in i'-Hwnu
ENCC
not at all pleasant to the patient, and
salVes do not penetrate to the depth
desired. In applying this form of
treatment a sheet of fabric is rolled
into conical shape, the fabric having
been previously saturated with the de
sired medicament and allowed to dry
In order that when the small end of
the cone Is inserted In the ear and the
Urge end ignited the medicated gases
produced by the combustion will pass
upward through the tube into the ear
to treat the disease. When the gases
USE OF MEDICATED VAPORS.
become too much heated to be comfort
able It will Indicate the approach of
the flames and the appliance can be
withdrawn. The inventor claims that
the device may be reversed and held
with the small end down with equally
good results, the smoke and gases
passing through the small end in what
ever position the tube is held.
CTILIZATION OF SEWAGK.
The utilization of Sewage is a most
important question, but apart from the
chemical and agricultural uses to
which it Is now put, there is yet to
be solved the problem of utilizing the
waste with which every river to a less
or greater degree is polluted. This Is
one of the things that they seem to
manage better in France, for In a most
Interesting article which appeared a
few months ago in the "Leisure Hour"
It was pointed out how the floating de
bris of the Seine has for years been
a source. of profitable manufacture in
obtaining from it greases and other
products of commercial value.
The utilization of animal waste pre
sents an extensive field. In the large
pig-killing establishments in this coun
try, and in some in England and Ire
land, there is literally nothing lost
save the squeal. Whether horse flesh
will ever become In this country an
article of food it is difficult to say,
but an organization In Paris known
as the Society for Promoting the Use
of Horse Flesh claims to have pro
vided Paris, between 1866 and 1881,
with 67,809,460 pounds of meat. With
us the worn-out and dead horses come
out from factory yards, tho flesh as
oil for soapmakers and leather dress
ers, and the bones as oil, fat, glue and
manure, to say nothing of the 'large
quantities sold for cat's meat. The
manufactures of butterine and oleo
margarine as substitutes for butter are
now products from animal and vege
table waste. ;i '
MUSICAL BAND.
Perhaps the most interesting experi
ence of musical sands Is that recorded
by Klnglake in his Journey across the
desert. He says: "As I dropped my
head under the sun's fierce fire and
closed my eyes against the glare that
surrounded me I slowly fell asleep for
how many minutes or moments I can
not tell but after awhile I was gently
awakened by a peal of church bells
my native bells the Innocent bells of
Marlen, that never before sent their
music beyond the Blagdon hills.
"My first idea naturally was that I
still remained fast under the power of
a dream. I roused myself and drew
aside the silk that covered my eyes
and plunged my bare face Into the light.
Then, at least I was well enough
awakened, but still those old Marlen
bells rang on, not ringing for Joy, but
properly, prosily, steadily, merrily
ringing for church. After awhile the
sound died away slowly."
Klnglake thought he had been the
victim of a hallucination, but It is
probable that he heard actual musical
sounds, either issuing from the rocks
beneath the sand or caused by the
friction of the particles of sand over
which the travelers were walking, as
in the case of a curious mountain
which Darwin visited In Guiana. It Is
called by the natives El Bramador, or
the Bellower, because of the sound
given forth when the sand covering Is
put In motion. Chamber's Journal.
CI'LMNtiS AND SCRAPINGS.
In the great cotton plantations of
the Southern states cottonseed was
for generations thrown away, but It is
now a recognized commercial com
modity for the blending of lubricating
and cooking oil in the mixing of feed
cakes for cattle. Oil ropes, after they
have been picked by prisoners, are
served up again as material for caulk
ing ships. The. refuse from candle
works comes out aa glycerine, and that
of soap works as manure. Some of the
most delicately scented perfumery
comes out of waste rubbish. Uso has
been found for tbo refuse of tanneries
and curriers' shops. Much of tho ma
terial formerly wasted In these trades
Is now used for making the soles of
boots and shoes. The leather cuttings
and scrapings are cleaned, dampened,
compressed and dried, the refuse In
this process being In. turn manufac
tured Into what Is known as leather
board. Waste paper is converted into
a great variety of useful thJngs, Into
palls, cups and even Into car wheels
mid building.
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FASCINATED BY ELEPHANT.
Hasten Welch t,000 of TteBt W fella
Tbef Take a Drlab.
Our tents were barely pitched when
rre saw an enormous bull elephant
emerge from the papyrus and come
gliding across the open country to
reach the welcome shade of the trees
In a gorge to our right. Then two more
big elephants appeared and followed
majestically in bis wake. They had
not gone far when the fall of papyrus
behind them shuddered, staggered and
collapsed, while a ceaseless stream of
elephants, big and little, stately and
skittish, burst upon our astonished
gaze. On they came, a herd of fully
200, the bulls in front straggling along
in twos and three, then a solid pha
lanx of cows, out of which from time
to time little fellows not more than
three feet high ran bewildered, then,
steadied by the shrill trumpet of their
mammas, scurried back. The mass
seemed to glide over the country like
an avalanche, raising a great trailing
cloud of red dust that dimmed the out
lines and gave the impression of some
hateful tide soaking up the land. Great
clumps of bushes, acres of elephant
grass, loomed up in front, swayed and
were no more. On it swept, this won
drous mass of life, nearer and nearer,
till great ivories glinted white in the
red-gray wave; and yet never a sound
except the screech of a circling kite,
and the occasional ludicrous trumpet
ing of an anxious mamma. Our camp
was too high, and the motion of the
elephant Is peculiarly noiseless. As
we watched, another herd of thirty
emerged from the papyrus, then an
other herd, and yet another 100 strong,
till the whole valley seemed to be
streaked with elephants. Ye gods! it
was a wonderful sight, and, to us, re
clining at ease in our chairs and puf
fing at our pipes, it seemed somehow
unreal. All my life I had longed to
Bee the Africa of Gordon.Cummlng and
Oswell, and there it was! I waa calm
ly lounging on a chair and watching
something between 2,000 and 1,500 ele
phants strolling about at my feet. The
whole herd passed to water at a small
swamp; then, Just as they emerged
from their stifling struggle with the
vegetation, streamed out once more
across the plain. Everybody's Magazine.
THE LIMITATION OF WEALTH.
Fallacies of the Popular Idea of Pre
venting Lara Accumulation.
Among the topics discussed now and
then by superficial economists Is a law
placing a limit upon the acquirements
of wealth. No one man, it Is said,
ought to be allowed to accumulate over
$1,000,000. The only approach to a
limitation law which we have in this
country is the inheritance tax of New
York state, and that is not very radi
cal. It has remained for the French --
Chamber of Deputies to go to the ex
treme and pass a bill which, should it
become a law, would mean that the
French government could appropriate
to itself no less than 64 per cent of v.
every inheritance and gift in case they
exceeded 1,000,000 francs. It is not ex
pected that the measure will pass the
French senate, where the conservative
element is stronger. The first effect
of such a law as that proposed would
be to cause the possessors of large for
tunes In France to place their money
bevond the reach of the French tax
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gatnerer. ine oniy way mat wcanu
can be limited is through the opera
tion of the natural laws of trade and
commeree, or through a change In the
workings of an Industrial system. The
co-operative or profit sharing plan Is
one method which tends to prevent
the accumulation of a disproportionate
share of the earnings of great business
enterprises. This plan has been intro
duced, in a large number of manufac
turing concerns in this country and
its workings are said to be highly sat
isfactory. LesliesWeekly
America Through EnglUh Eyri.
The real causes of America's success
may be summed up in the words a
tariff, securing the home market and
enabling foreign countries to be used
as a dumping ground for American
surplus productions, and great alert
ness ot mind. Americans have the
insight to scrap their machinery when
it goes out of date, and to use every
labor Ef.ving contrivance. The trf.do
unions do not limit output and frown
on the machine tool. But with us
methods, machinery and organization,
which are so conservative that they
are ten years behind the times, find
favor. In this world of change and
progress and nltHew cpmpetitjjn Jt Is
not weTl to ue behind the times a'
fact which England is slowly discov
ering. London Daily Mail. , f'
No Love In Hratlien Hornet.
In all stories and sketches of life
In heathen and non-Christian lands
there is no feature more dark and des
pressing than the testimony given to
the lack of love and Joy In the homes
of the people. Whether It be In the
harems of the Turks, the rule huts of
the African savages or the houses of
the Hindus and the Chinese It Is much
the same women are met with a curia
at tbelr birth as Inferior and unwel
come things and doomed to a life of
slavery and desolation. Leslie's
Weekly.
Another I'naie for Wonder.
A Connecticut Journal accepts with
becoming gratitude what was meant to
be a complimentary allusion to Itself
by a State contemporary which spoke
of one of Its "editorials" aa "wonder
fully fair," but It somewhat plain
tively adds: "We have no desire or
ambition to be anything but fair, and
would prefer to have our contemporary
do Its pondering when it thinks this
journal unfair."
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