fri? ' * ^^^^^^^ IT LM| Copyright. 1904. t 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 er -3> 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.] WARNING. ?If you have kidney and bladder trouble and do not use Foley's Kidney Cure, you will have only yourself to blame for results, as it positively cures all forms of kidney and bladder dis? eases. Sibert's Drug Store. 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. 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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. *Don'T ??cept a cough cure that you may 1 told is just as good as Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup, be? cause it .is?<*t just as good-there is quite a difference. Kennedy's Laxa? tive Cough Syrup acts gently upon the bowels and clears the whole system of coughs and colds. It promptly re? lieves inliammation of the throat and allays irritation. Sold by all drug? gists. 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. For an Impaired Appetite. *To improve the appetite and strengthen the digestion try a few doses of Chamberlain's Stomach and Liver Tablets. Mr. J. H. Seitz, of Detroit. Mich., says: "They restored my ap? petite wr en impaired, relieved me of 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. * "E\ 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. ?Dewitt's, Little Early Risers don't sicken or gripe. Small pills, easy to take. Sold by all druggists. 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. YOUR LIVER is your best friend or your worst enemy. Active it's your friend. 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