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CHAPTER XXX.
_ THSOTJGH THE RED gTCA.
T"^""" HE voices of the storm f<
harmonious tones of diffe
pitch and swelled in gioi
?- accord from the faintest br
of melody to an almighty blast
stunned the senses with s tupen
harmon^'. Then the chord seem*
melt ami lose itself in the wild d
nances of the hurricane.
The tiinnpil of Israel began to
side, growing fainter, ceasing an
f the rani is nearest the sea, failing
ward tie rear, dying away like a
up and down the Jong enc?mpg
Tho people that had been on t
knees rose slowly. The bleating
the noel? quieted into stillness. C
motion ceased, and Israel held
_ breath.
The lawgiver had passed from arc
them, and those that followed him
their eyes saw that be was moving
ward t!ie sea. seemingly at the* ^
limit ol? the outer radiance and ;
going cn. First to one and thex
another it became apparent that
extent of the illuminated beach "
widenir g. Hither and thither over
multitude the intelligence ran in w
pers or by glances. Having ahoi
his neighbor, each looked again. 1
pie worn sand, shells, .barnacle cove
rocks, slowly came within the pak
the radiance, and Moses moved wit!
? Eight stalwart Hebrews, bearing
funeral ark, shrouded with a pm
pall, fringed with gold, emerged fr
. among the people "??a,"^?kmg ?~pl
in front r+ the lawgiver, walked c
fluently vown the sand toward
east
The radiance progressed step by st
? Wet roc?es entered the glow, Unes
fl- seaweed, immense drifts of debris,
brink of the ledge, the shadow bef
it, and then a sandy bottom.
A tang line of old men, two abres
the wind making the picture awesa
as it tossed their beards and gi
robes, followed the lawgiver. Af
Mt these several litters borne by yon
? men proceeded in imposing order.
Except for the raving ot the temr*
there was no sound in Israel.
A double file of camels with sump1
GUS housings moved with dignified a
unhasry tread after the Utters. By tl
time Che foremost ranks of the pi
cession were some distance ahead, t
4fc Umit of radiance just in advance a
lighting with special tenderness t
funeral ark. Here -were the bones
that noblest son of Jacob. Havi]
brought Israel into Egypt, Joseph w
leading it forth again.
Pools lighted by the ray glowed li
^ sheets of gold, darkling here and the
with" shadow; long ledges of roc
bearded with deep water growth, sps
kl ed rarely in the light; stretches
sodden sand, colored with salts of tl
waters and littered with curious fi:
life, lay between.
Where was the sea?
After the camels followed a score .
?a mules, little and trim in contrast to tl
tall snaggy, beasts ahead of thei
They were burden bearing animal
precious among Israel, for they we:
laden with the records of the tribe
much treasure in jewels and fine stuff
Incense, writing materials and su<
things as the people would need as
gk were not to be had from among the:
y or like to be found in the places 1
which they might come These passe
and their drivers with them
The next moment Kenkenes ws
caught: in the center of a: rushing wa\
ef humanity. He fought off the coi
ftemation that threatened to seize bli
and tried to care for himself, bm
reed cn the breast of the Xile at floo
could not have been more helpless B<
hind Israel were the Egyptians, anea
of it miraculous escape; the one in?
pulse of the multitude was flight Tba
any remembered Ins mate or his chi]
dren, Ms goods, his treasure or his cal
tie was a marvel.
<4|fc. The foremost ranks, moving In di
redly behind the leaders, had adopte?
their4pj.ce. Furthermore, as the ad
vance guard they had a greater sensi
of sec-urity, and before them was al
the east open for flight Xot so wit!
the hindmost. They were near th<
dreaded place from which the armj
g?k wouM descend. Ahead of them was ?
deliberate host, within them soul con
suming fear and panic. The rear rush
ed, the forward ranks walked, and th*
center, caught between, was jammed
Into a compact mass.
Neither halt nor escape was possible
Press as the hindmost might upon thos<
^? forward, the pace was slackened in?
stead of quickened. The advance grew
slower as it extended back through th?
ranks, for each succeeding line lost a
modicnm in the length of the step til)
at the rear they were pushing hard and
barely moving. Xo wonder they sob?
bed, prayed,, panted, surged, swayed
4& and pressed. How they reviled the
snail-like leaders, not knowing that the
sturdy pace lagged In the body of the
multitude! So they hasted and pro?
gressed only inch by inch.
After the first moment of battle
against the human sea Kenkenes rec?
ognized the futility of resistance and
suffered himself to be borne along.
There was no turning back now, bad
he been so disposed. He had left
behind him his purposes unaccom?
plished.
He had receivpd no explicit promise
he had given ear to
rn reason he might
A Romance of the
Days When the
Lord Redeemed
the Children o f
Israel From the
Bondage of Egypt
By
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Bobbs-M err-ill Company
narembeen sorely afraid, much troubled
for Egypt and; all be loved therein.
But he -went with the multitude pas
sively, even contentedly. He did not
speculate how his God would fight for
him. His faith was perfect
As for sls presence with Israel, no
one hee i him. Sometimes it came
his way to be helpful. An old man lost
his feet and, becoming panic stricken,
was soothed only when the young
Egyptian put a strong arm about him
and held him till his feet touched earth
again. Children became heavy in the
arms of parents, and the little Hebrews
had no ?ear of the young man who car?
ried them awhile instead.
In the early hours of the morning,
having become so accustomed to the
roar of the wind and the sound of the
moving multitude, Kenkenes ceased to
be conscious of it Other sounds, which
hours before would have failed to reach
his ears, became distinct The crying
of tired children reached him, and he
detected even snatches of talk among
the ranks some distance away from
him. Thus a clamor of noise, second?
ary in force, grew about him. Above
it all at last came a sound that would
have made him halt if he could.
He tried to think it one of the many
voices of the storm, but the second
time he heard it he knew what it was.
Far to tho rear a trumpet call, beau
tiru! and spirited, rose upon the air.
The Egyptian army was in pursuitl
Israel heard it and, crying aloud in
its terror, swept forward as if the
trumpet call had commanded lt Ken
ken es felt a quickening of pulse, a mo?
mentary tremor, but no more.
"He T>ecame conscious finally of a
warmth penetrating his sandals. He
knew that he had been struggling up
a slope for a long time, and now he
realized that he was again on the dry,
sun heated sand of the desert The
multitude ceased to crowd, the pres?
sure about him diminished, ?the ranks
began to widen to his left and right
the leaders halted together, and, though
there was still much movement among
the body and rear of the host, peo?
ple turned to look upon their neigh?
bors.
The overhanging cloud parted from
the eastern horizon, leaving a strip of
sky softly lighted by the coming
morn, Without any preliminary dimi?
nution of Its force, the wind failed en?
tirely.
Kenkenes, with many others, looked
^back and saw that the pillar, illu?
minated, but no longer illuminating,
had halted above a solitary figure of
seemingly superhuman stature in the
morning gray standing on an emi?
nence overlooking the sea.
The arm was uplifted and out?
stretched, tense and motionless.
From his superior height Kenkenes
saw over the heads of the immense
The arm was uplifted.
concourse two Unes of foam riding like
the wind across the sea bed toward
each other. Between them was a great
body of plunging horses, overhead a
forest of flattering banners, and faint
from the commotion came shouts and
wild notes of trumpets. Then the two
lines of loam smote against each other
with a fearful rush and a muffled re?
port like the cannonading of surf. A
mountain of water pitched high into
the air and oollapsed in a vast froth,
which spread abroad over the churn?
ing, wallowing sea. The falling wind
dashed a sheet of spray over the silent
host on the eastern shore. Sharp
against the white foam dark objects
and masses sank, arose and sank
again.
At that moment the sun thrust a
broad shaft of light between the horizon
and the lifted cloud.
It discovered only the sea, raving and
stormy, and afar to the west a misty,
vacant, lifeless line of shore.
"And the waters returned and cov?
ered the chariots and the horsemen
and all the host of the Pharaoh that
came into the sea after them. There
remained not so much as one of them."
So perished Har-hat and the flower
of the Egyptian army.
?TO BE CONTINUED.]
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OUR MURDER RECORD.
Xegroes and Italians Contribute Four
sevenths of the Homicides.
Everybody knows that this country
iias a very bad murder record. At
present v^e are having about 9.000
murders a year, which is from eight
:o 25 times as many, in proportion to
population, as such countries as Eng?
land, France, Germany and Japan
have. Why ail this unauthorized kill?
ing? For many reasons, which help
LO an understanding, even though
they do not excuse. We' have about
9,000,000 negroes and a great many
newly imported foreigners, some of
whom are very impulsive with wea?
pons. The negroes kill pretty freely,
Out of 7,386 persons charged with
homicide in this country in 1890, 2,-,
739 were negroes and | 1,213 were
foreign-born whites. These two
groups, comprising one-fourth of the |
population, did four-sevenths of the
murders. That lett 3,165 murders
to be distributed among about 45,
000.000 people, which is not so very
badT. It will probably be found, when
the census bulletin pomes out. that
the ratios of 1890 were maintained in
1900. .
f In recent years we have, had a large
immigration of Italians, including, it
would seem, a good many that are not
desirable. The Italians are very
useful here, and the good ones are
very welcome. Eut average Italians,
good as they are, do not help much
in keeping down the murder ratio.
They have very obstinate ideas on
that subject. We read that only one
European country has ever had a
worse murder record than ours, and
that is Italy. We read, too, that" there
was very lately dying at Fordham'
Hospital. New York, an Italian who
had been kicked nearly to death tfey
some of his countrmen. Amputation
was urged upon him to save hisv life,
but he declined, saying: "If I live to
go out, I shall kill my assailants and
then I will die in the electric chair. I
might as weel die now. One may ad?
mire his reasoning and sympathize
with his feelings, but Italians of his
sort do not help our murder statistic?.
-^-Harper's Weekly.
i -^ ?
The Leg-Crossing Habit.
Says Dr. Josef Garzouska, of Buda?
pest, now in this country:
'Tn no country of the Continent can
women be seen sitting in public with
their legs crpssed. I have observed it
in New York, and here in Philadel?
phia it is also the custom. No wonder
your women are nervous. Such po?
sitions as they assume while sitting is
to my mind sufficient cause to under?
mine their nerves and health. In
Hugary the women sit up straight
and erect. They do not lean against
things. They do not like rocking
chairs. The American women seem
io like nothing but easy lounging
chairs."
Says Dr. Alice Sea.brook, of the
Woman's Hospital, Philadelphia:
"*T deplore the fact that a foreigner
can come over here and make such a
violent criticism of us which is true.
We all cross our legs. It is comfort?
able, and we don't stop to consider the
injury that it works nor the appear?
ance we make. In past generations
in this country $ the women sat as
straight on their chairs as the doc?
tor says the women of Austria do
now. I personally remember the time
when'I was not allowed to sit in a
rocking chair. Observe the elderly
women that one sees right here in
Philadelphia. The great majority of
them pit straight, not even resting
against the back of a straightback
cbair. And that it the correct way to
sit. It indicates poise, and physical
poise means, as a rule, mental poise."
* "Regular as the Sun"
is an expression as old as the race.
No doubt the rising and setting of the
sun is the most regular performance
in the universe, unless it is the action
of the liver and bowels when regulated
..."th Dr. iKng's New Life Pills. Guar
m.teed by Sibert, Druggist. 25c.
The city council of Anderson is go?
ing to pass a curfew ordinance. All
boys under the age of 14 years are
t" he kept off the streets after 10 p.
i ,
m.
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"Health Coffee" at our store. If real
coffee disturbs your stomach, your
heart or kidneys, then try ' his clever
coffee im'ration. Dr. S^ioop has
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coffee in fl? vor and taste, ?et it has
not a sing1?? grain of real coffee in it.
Dr. Shoop's Health Coffee imitation is
made from pure toasted grains or
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Moses.
Miss Flora McIntyre, sophomore, in
Berkeley university, California, pays
her board and tuition fees by the sale
of queen bees she raises.
?Those who have stomach trouble,
no matter how slight, should give
every possible help to the digestive
organs, so that the food may be di?
gested with the least effort. This may
be done by taking something that
contains natural digestive properties
-something like Kodol for indiges?
tion and dyspepsia, Kodol is a
perparation of vegetable acids and con?
tains the very same juices found in a
healthy stomach. It digests what you
eat Sold by all druggists.
WESTERN UNION WON IN 1SS3.
'?Mit the Telegraph Business Was
Crippled for Bays.
New York, Aug. 17.-While the
conditions in the telegraph business
have greatly changed since the last
great strike of operators, the cause
leading tc the troubles which now ex?
ist are, in the main, the same as those
which precipitated the walk-out
which took place just after noon July
1$, 1SS3, on orders of John Campbell,
master workman of the Brotherhood
of Telegraphers, affiliated with the
Knights of Labor. The next day the
linemen struck.
Campbell's or^er to strike followed
weeks of treating with the companies.
There were several small companies
beside the Western Union then doing
/business in New York and the east,
in which recognition of the union, ex?
tra compensation for Sunday work,
eight hours work for day men and
seven for night workers, and 15
per cent increase in wages were de?
manded.
For these demands 9,000 operators,
acording to the figures given to a
senate . investigating committee by
Campbell, struck, and a great majori?
ty remained out until August 17, when
the leaders of the brotherhood advis?
ed the operators that it was useless
to continue the strike, and that all
who wished should apply for their
old positions at once. This decision
was precipitated by heavy desertions
from the ranks in the preceding days,
when it became apparent that the
Western Union had won and that
those who would'get their places back
must apply while there were any po?
sitions left.
For many days during that strike
the telegraph busines^if the country
was badly crippled. The Western Un?
ion closed every branch office in the
city except those in the stock and
produce exchanges, the Fifth Avenue
Hotel and one in Harlem, and the
money order business was suspended.
Other cities had similar troubles,
while smaller places where the ope?
rators and managers w^re non-union
and refused to quit were closed be?
cause the men were sent into New j
York and other important centers co
work wires. Commercial interests for
a while suffered severely. The com?
mercial exchanges to a large extent
sympathizing with the men, used
every effort to secure che arbitration
of the troubles. Throughout the
Western Union company refused to
arbitrate.
For several days after July 19 the
company had difficulty in handling
business, but it gradually recruited a
force of operators until the service
was rapidly assuming its normal state,
when th* brotherhod leaders saw the
futility of further efforts and sent
I their foll owers back to work. Of those
who went on strike many were re?
fused re-employment and those who
were taken back were compelled to
sign a promise not to engage in fur?
ther strikes. Most of the leaders were
among those who .were forced to
seek employment with private enter?
prises.
Master Workman Campbell, in ex?
plaining the defeat' of the operate ri
and linemen, said it was not through
lack of money, but because the West?
ern Union had the greater staying
power.
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CANAL WORKMEN LAID OFF.
Lack of Funds Checking Construc?
tion of Big Ditch.
Panama, Aug. 23.-Lack of funds
is checking canal work. Four thou?
sand men have b^n laid off on the
new line of the Panama Railroad, and
it is staled that the department of
municipal engineers has been order?
ed to lay off 1,000 more. A reduction
of the clerical force is also looked for.
The excavation for August will show
a big increase over July.
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*To improve the appetite and
strengthen the digestion try a few doses
of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver
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Mich., says: "They restored my ap?
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a bloated feeling and caused a pleas?
ant and satisfactory movement of the
bowels." Price, 25 cents. Samples
free. DoLorme's Pharmacy.
Commender Robert E. Peary has
purchased of her Damariscotta own
ers the ancient pinkey schooner Mary
and will have her restored in an ef?
fort to perpetuate this vanishing style
of craft. She is the second oldest mer?
chant vessel under the American flag,
having been built at Fo'-^mouth in
1811.
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ness man of Bluff, Mo., that Buck
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surest healing salve ever applied to
a sore, burn or wound, or to a case
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BASEBALL AND SALARY.
Futuro of Professional Baseball in
thc South Hangs on Reduction in
Expenses.
The future of professional baseball
in this part of the south will depend
upon the observance of a salary limit.
If those who control the affairs of
the South Atlantic league are helpless
to enforce their own by-laws and if
local managements cannot be found
to live faithfully to the obligations of
the league, professional baseball will
die.
Whatever salary limit is fixed upon
must be no higher than the weakest
city in the league can pay without
embarrassment. If Columbia can af?
ford nothing better than a $1,500 a
month team and Charleston enters
a $2,000 team, the Columbia team will
drop behind in the pennant race and
the people of Columbia will become I
lukewarm in its support.
The season is not yet over and the
Columbia team is barely able to re?
main in the field. The Macon team
has been compelled to sell one of its
best men in order to obtain money to
meet expenses. Deficits must be met, <
in all likelihood, in two or three other
cities, and even in Charleston, where
the attendance on the games has been
the best, it was necessary to appeal to
the people to make a special contri?
bution on "Directors' Day." These
conditions cannot continue from year
to year. Enthusiastic directors who
have generously and gamely put up
their money will tire at the last. Base?
ball may g|> hang.
In a great city new people attend
I the games each afternoon. In a small
city, the atendance must be, made
up practically of the same people ev?
ery day. Consequently, in a small city
it is absolutely necessary that interest
in the games shall not flag, but this,
it will do unless the people are satis?
fied that heir team is not outclassed
and that it is in the race on fair
terms with the teams of the larger
cities. A salary limit rigidly enforced
and not evaded by outside contribu
tions of money to players is the only
conceivable method of equalizing the
cities in the league. Charleston and
Savannah can afford to pay more for
baseball than Columbia and Macon
can afford, but if the latter teams are
to be retained in a league with them
the two larger cities must content
themselves to take their chances with
players of the same grade as measur?
ed in money.-News and Courier.
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The \Vrorld Drying Up.
From the St. Paul Pioneer'Press.
We are\o die of thirst. Compara?
tively few persons know the sufferings
involved in a thirst for .which there is
no help at hand. The consuming
thirst, more than the pain of any
wound, makes the battlefield a hell.
Yet death by thirst is the doom fore?
cast for 'the race by grim scientists.
Geologists find that the fresh water
supply of the globe is afiling. They
have data which point to the gradual
withdrawal of the streams and other
bodies of water from the surface.
Both in Africa and Central Asia,
and, indeed, iii all the great levels,
the water beds are drying up. A great
number of lakes, well known in the
historical age, have entirely disap?
peared. For example. Lake Chiroua.
in Africa, has vanished within the
past 20 years., as has also Lake Xgamj,
discovered by Livingstone. Lake
Tchad is more than half dried up.
For centuries bodies of water in Cen?
tral Asia have been evaporating and
the deserts extending Where 2,000
years ago great cities stood in East
Turkestan, there are found only vast
and depressing stretches of sand. The
River Tarim, once a principal Asiatic
route, is almost gone, and Lob-Nor.
1 formerly four times the area of Lake
'leneva, is now but a shallow marsh.
The same sad conditions are noted in
European Russia. Novgorod, the most
pushing city in the Czar's distracted
realm, was surrounded, by water in
theMiddue Ages. While we may be
sure that the fate whichi the geolog?
ists suggest for humanity is very far
away, the facts recited to show the
drying up process are convincing
proofs Of the need of preserving our
forests with more care.
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Torpid it's your enemy, and itt
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Weak
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heart disease, not organic, are not only
traceable to, but are the direct result of indi?
gestion. All food taken into the stomach
which fails of perfect digestion ferments and
swells the stomach, puffing it up against th?
heart. This interferes with the action ot
the heart, and in the course of time that
delicate but vital organ becomes diseased.
Mr. D. Kauble. of Nevada. 0 , says: I had stomadt
trouble and ?as in a bad state as 1 had heart trocfai?
with iL 1 took Kodol Dyspepsia Cure for abo.4 fear
months and it cured me,
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Indigestion
Stomach trouble is but a symptom ot and ac*,
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they are symptoms qply of a certain sped**
Nerve sickness-nothing else.
It was this fact that first correctly led Dr. Shoo?
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