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How the Tonsorial Artists of the
World Ply Their Use
ful Vocation.-
BARBERS IN MANY LANDS.
The Embarrassing Position of a Red
Headed Man in Japan.
AMERICAN BAEBEES BEAT THE WOBLD.
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Shaving and Shampooing In the Backwoods
of Ada Hair Makes m Man in Japan
Japanese Shnvlng; Cnilomi Chinese
Barbers and Tbetr Trades Unions Short
Halred Girls of SInm The Sbnved
Priests of Barman The Chenpeit Ton
sorial Artists of the World.
FEOM OC TIULVXLING C0MMSSI02TEB.
HE greatest shavers in the
world are the Chinese. Every
week at least 100,000,000
almond-eyed faces must be
cleaned by the razor, ana
rirv ten davs the hair is
scraped from the scalps sur
rounding at least that num
ber of long, black Chinese
pig-tails. The barbers con
stitute one of the most im
portant parts of the Chinese
population. They have their
guilds and their trades
unions, and, some years ago
they brought the Emperor
himself to his knees. There
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barbers with the lowest rana oi
the Chinese people, and mat promoiieu
them from entering the competitive exam
inations for official rank. The barbers
struck, and demanded that this be re
:j TTnr several weeks the whole
Chinese nation went unshaved. The black
hair sprouted out to the length and stiffness
of the bristles of the Berkshire hog, and a
wail of anguish, rose from the throats of
was
the
ing his presence by an immense tuning
fork, about 10 inches long, which he sounds
against the stools from time to time. He
uses no soap, and often shaves with cold
water. Chinese women usually dress their
own hair. They paint their faces and
blacken their eyebrows, pulling out the
hairs in order to make the arch like that 01
a rainbow. . ,.
The heads of Chinese babies are oi ten
shaved, and, in Japan, you can tell a baby s
age by its hair. The fuza is shaved from
the scalp of the Japanese infant as soon as it
is born; when it grows to the age ofa cer
tain number of months a ring of hair is
allowed to remain surrounding the bald
oasis of the crown. A few months later a
little tuft is blocked out in the center of this
oasis, and a palm-tree like wisp grows upon
it. Then other little wisps are allowed to
comedown under the ear, and, at last, the
l:-: .11 nr the head. Ibis
shaving of the head makes the hair very
stiff, and the Japanese has his head covered
:.u :r 1.1. .V trin TTe looks 8S it his
head were one gigantic cowlick, and he has
this crop to the length of about one inch.
The old fashion of shaving a strip from fore
head to crown, and of wearing the hair long,
and doing it up on the edge of this bam
strip in the shape of an old lashioned. door
knocker, is being done awav with in the
cities, and you find it only in the back coun
ties, and in those who pride themselves on
belonging to the old regime.
A BED-HEADED MAN IK JAPAN.
Black or dark brown is the common color
of the hair of the East. A white-haired
Jap or a vellow-haired Chinese would get
into the dime museums, and both nations
look upon red as the color of the head of the
devil. There is a tradition in Japan that
the man who drinks too much saki, or Jap
anese brandy, acquires a redness of hair,
and I found that my red head caused much
laughter as I traveled the country. The
girls would nudge each other and whisper
"saki, saki," as they walked behind me,
and now and then a Japanese hoodlum
would point to my head and reel along as
though he were drunk. The common ap
pelhtionfor the foreigner in Japan and
China is "Bed-headed, blue-eyed, foreign
devil," and as I fitted into this description
I was, I doubt not, the seare-crow of the
children of at least two nations.
The Japanese girls are wonderfully beau
tiful, and their hair would make that of a
Washington belle tnm green with envy.
Yum-Yum soaks her locks in the perfumed
oil made from the seed of the camellia.
She has them dressed by a professional hair
dresser, at the extravagant cost of 20 cents
a time, and she does this in her pretty little
house, open at the street, so that the passer
by can, if he will, inspect the whole opera
tion. She is very modest, but she is not at
all particular as to whether her dress is
decollette or not during the operation.
"When it is done, she has her face powdered
and enameled, her eyebrows are painted,
and she has the sweetest smile that can be
now occupied by Li Hung Chang. The
Chinaman thinks that the man -with a
small head and long hair will die poor, and
that the man whose hair turns wmws ""
he is young will be haunted by bad luck.
A woman whose hair is glossy, whose face
is round and plump, may possibly become
the wife or the Emperor, and the man with
long eyebrows will live to be 100.
I did not see any barbers in Korea, and,
as the people wear their hair long, there is
probably no demand for them. The average
Korean mustache is like the old joke gotten
offon that the dude's: "It is like a baseball
game, having nine hairs on each side, and
one in the middle, for umpire." If the
Korean has any beam it is thin and strag
gling, and as as rule, his whole strength,
like that of Samson, goes into his hair. The
Dovs ot JHorea dress tneir nair um w
scfiool girls of America; they part it in the
middle, and wear it m long braids down
their backs. They are not considered men
until they are married, and it is at this time
thev are permitted to wind up their hair
into a knot on top of their head Bndputit
nnder their hats. One of the most insigni
ficant and contemptible specimens of man
hood in the far East is a Korean boy of 40,
with his hair parted in the middle, trailing
in a braid below his waist. He is kicked
around as though he were 6, because he has
as yet got no wife to make a man ot him.
A 'COWBOY ON PARIS.
Buffalo Bill Gives His Opinion of the
Gay French Metropolis.
PEOPLE WHO ENJOY THEMSELVES.
Value of an American Acquaintance In a
Foreign Country.
A HEW LIGHT ON FEENCH 0HAEACTEE
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A JAPANESE TOILET.
millions of Chinese men. Public opinion
has its weight in China as in America, and
the Emperor came to terms. Now a barberjs
son may become Viceroy of China, and it is
not an impossibility that a barber himself
should aspire to be Minister to the United
States.
The Chinese pig-tail is a badge of servi
tude. A little more than 300 years ago the
Chinese prided themselves on their long,
black hair, which covered the whole of their
heads. "When they were conquered by the
Hanchus, who rushed in upon them from
the North, their conquerors made them
A. Japanese Shave.
shave their heads as a sign of submission.
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even the Hanchus themselves wear bald
scalps. The Chinaman has become proud
of his pig-tail. He braids false hair into
it to make it longer, and pieces it out with
black silk thread. He oils it until it shines
likepolishedjet,andhe lets this greasy,
black snake hang down upon and soil
the most delicate of yellow and sky-blue
silk gowns. He has his hair restorer just
as has the American dude, and it may be of
advantage to some of our bald headed men
to know that a fat rat diet is supposed, in
China, to be conducive to hair growing.
A TXET CHEAP SHATE.
I asked my Chinese servant, while travel
ing through to Peking as to the prices of
shaving. He told me that in the interior
you could get a shave for a cunt, and that
the prices rose according to the wealth of
the customer. "Mandarins," said he,
"often have barbers connected with their
yamens, and the swell Chinaman is shaved
in his ' own residence. Ninety-nine hun
dredths of the shaving is. however, done on
the street, and the barber's whole outfit
costs less than S3. His razor, which is in
the shape of a triangle, can be bought for
from S to 10 cents. The strop, made of cot
ton cr leather, costs about a
nickel, and his brass basin is
less than a dollar. He has two little
stools painted red, without backs, upon
wlurh his customers sit bolt upright, while
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DelOW tliem, in wuicu ms suariuK
shown by her sex in any country of the
world. The most of her beauty, how
ever, disappears with maidenhood. "When
she is married she shaves oft her
eyebrows and blackens her teeth, and this
evebrow shaving and teeth blacking is one
of the most disgusting of the old customs of
Japan. The Empress and the ladies of the
court are discouraging it, and its days are
probably numbered. It originated, I am
told, in the desire of the husband to show
that she cared nothing to make herself
attractive to others after she was married,
seeming to lose sight of the fact that she
tniffht make herself diseustine even to her
husband. It is on the same principle that
widows shave their heads in Japan, and that
,ld maids shave off their eyebrows in order
to show that they have given up all hope of
marriage. Suppose every oia maia in me
United States should put her forehead into
the hands of the barber to-morrow, think
what a havoc the ugliness produced would
cause in the families owning the eighty
thousand odd unmarried girls in Jlassachu
setts.
SHOBT-HAIBBD SIAMESE GIBLS.
Siam is the land of the short-haired girl.
All of the women of this country wear their
hair from one to two inches long, and their
locks stand up like black or gray bristles
out from their cream-colored faces. A
Siamese buttercup of 16. with her plump,
yellow cheeks, her bright, black eyes, and
her lithe, symmetrically formed frame.
loosely clad in the Siamese sarong, is a
beauty, notwithstanding that her black hair
is short, and that her teeth are reddened with
betel-nut chewing. She is as straight as an
arrow and as graceful as a gazelle, and her
hair makes you think of the saucy page boy
of the stage. ,....,
The children of Siam have their heads
shaved with the exception of alock on the
crown. This is not allowed to be touched
until they reach manhood,and the ceremony
of cutting it off is one of the greatest events
1 of the child's life. The hair-cntting of a
prince belonging to the royal lamuy costs
thousands of dollars. A great feast is given,
and the barber who does the work receives a
valuable present. He clips the locks with
golden shears, and shaves the spot with a
gilded razor. When the heir apparent to
the throne is shaved in this way the whole
nation rejoices. There is a grana :es
tival at Bangkok, in which the royal white
elephants tafce part, and feasting goes on
for days. Poorer children have this hair
cutting done at a Buddhist temple, and the
priest acts as barber. The Buddhist priests
all over the East shave their heads, and
there are 20,000 bare-pated priests in Bang
kok alone. All of the males in the king
dom are supposed at some time in their
lives to become priests, and everywhere you
go you see these bare-headed, bald-headed,
yellow-skinned anatomies stalking about,
with yellow sheets wrapped around their
otherwise naked frames.
I.ONO-HAIBED BUBMESE.
The Burmese are proud of their long
hair, and both women and men let their
locks grow as long as they wilL They are
very superstitions as to the day for washing
the head, and they consider it unlucky to
wash the head on Mondays, Fridays, or
Saturdays. They will not cut their hair on
Mondays or Fridays, nor on their birth
days, and as the birthday of the Burman
comes once a week, many of the people are
rn.trinrci to lour (Ijvs lor .bair-cuttine.
They have many superstitions in regard to
The Koreans save, the combings of their
hair, and the parings of their nails, in order
that they may be burled with them when
they die.
SHAVING IN INDIA.
In India everything runs by caste, and
the barbers rank with the washermen and
blacksmiths. A barber's son is always a
barber, and a barber's daughter is sure to
marry a barber. The Indian barber, like
the Chinaman, travels from house to house
to do his shaving. He carries all his tools
under his arm, wrapped up in a cloth, and,
when he shaves his customer, he makes him
Kniiat down on his heels and bend over his
head. He then squats down on his own
heels in front of him, and the two, without
chair or steel, do the business in the most
ttrimitivn manner. He usually Bhaves with
cold water, and he is a manicure as well as
a barber. No Hindoo shaves himself, and
few Hindoos pare their own nails. The
barber is expected to take the gray hairs
out of your head, eyebrows, and mustache,
and like his Chinese brother, he pays atten
tion to cleaning the ears and to shaving the
face, even to the corners of the eyes. A
high-priced barber in India gets from $1 25
to $2 a month per family. An ordinary
shave costs from 1 to 2 cents, and a first
class hair-cut is given for from 1 cent to a
nickel. . . . ..
Itis quite customary in the East for the
families to shave their heads when they go
into mourning, and in Siam when a King
dies all the people in the country are sup
posed to cut offtheir hair so close that their
Eates are as clean as a- billiard ball. The
ead of the corpse is shaved in India, and,
while watching a body Deing cremaieu at
Benares,I saw about a half-bushel of human
hair lying on the stone steps not far from
the fire. I asked where it came from and
..? rmirlo tnid me it had inst been cut from
the heads of the friends and relatives of the
deceased. The Indian barber is a surgeon
as well as a shaver. He bores the holes In
thqjcirla' ears, and -pierces their noses for
the nose-ring. He tjften acts as a profes
sional match-maker.and his wife is a ladies'
hairdresser. She trims the nails of the
bride for weddings, and takes off the fine
clothes of the widow and dresses her in her
funeral garments. I had these Hindoo bar
bers meet me at every station in India, and
they were always within call of the hotels.
A PLEASANT EXPEEIENCE.
I shall not soon forget a Bhave and hair
.nrtintr whieb I Buffered in unner Egypt.
The execution took place in the city of
Sioot, about 300 miles above Cairo. The
seat was a plain stool. The barber was a
dirty Turk,in a red turban and a white gown,
and he nrst cnoppea ou my uir "u p"j
of sheep shears, pulling it and sawing it
at every cut. Several times he narrowly
escaped my ears, and I was trembling as
though I had the ague when he began upon
me with his razor. I had dismissed my
guide, audi did know enough Egyptian to
tell him that I could dispense with the
shaving. He used no soap, andhe wet my
beard with cold water from a polished brass
basin, ont of one side of which had been cut
a sort of half-moon hole. He fitted this
ICOKBESPOHDKSCE OI" THB DISPATCH.!
Paris, October 24. A good many Amer
;nn. nntre visited Paris this year a greater
number, I am told, than ever came over be-t
fore in a single season, it has nappeneu, "
reasons which I suppose I do not need to de
tail.that I have met most of the visitors from
my own country. Certainly the number
who havedonemetnenonortocan nasu"
great, and it sometimes seems as if I had be
come acquainted with more of my country
men in Paris that in all the time I have
spent at home. This impression is probably
accounted for by the eagerness with which a
man in a foreign country recognizes another
man who "talks United States;" so that
every acquaintance made here weighs more
than a dozen ordinary introductions at
home.
I have referred to the number of American
visitors in order properly to explain why I
venture to write anything concerning my
views of France and the French peoplej for
probably not one in twenty of my American
Visitors naa failed to ask:
"Well, Colonel, wnat ao you minis.
Paris?"
The question has been so general and evi
dently so genuine that I am led to believe
that the readers of American newspapers
would be interested in the observations of a
countryman who is American from skin to
bone, who has played his little part in the
development of our Dounaiess resources,
and who, perhaps, is more distinctly Ame
rican than the majority, because he has
passed a great part of his life on the plains
and amid scenes that can be reproduced, I
believe, in no other country on the face of
the globe.
WHAT HE THINKS OF PAEIS.
"What do I think of Paris? It is a ques
tion that strikes a man's fnnnv bone at the
6am time that it perplexes him; for it can
not he snnnosed that an answer can be given
in one word, or a dozen, and while in a
chance conversation it may be passed over
quickly, it becomes a very delicate affair to
reply fully and freelyin print It is easy
enough' to say, "Paris is pleasant and
hantifn1 " 'Rverv visitor knows that, and
every American who reads, believes it. I
take it that something more than a mere
complimentary verdict is wanted, and yet, at
the same time, I should be the last to put
mv wits together in order to pick flaws; for
the French have been very kind to me in
every particular. If there have been slight
disagreements, or misunderstanding between
myself and contractors once in a while, they
are matters of no consequence whatever.
They do not reflect discredit of any sort on
the French people, lor such misunderstand
ings are to be found everywhere. Business
is business the world over, and the methods
of making money here are much the same
as in America,
"When it comes, however, to French char
acter, I think that the attitude of the gen
eral public should be taken into account,
and, if the reader will pardon me for refer
ring somewhat to the business in which I
have been interested here, I will try to give
a candid view of the French as they have
come to mv notice. I must refer to the busi
ness which brought ma here because it has-
been in the light ot ousiness principally
that I have seen the people. That is, I can
not sneak as an ordinary tourist, I have
seen the French under especial circum.
stances, and in the light of those circum
stances t shall speak as well as I can.
The first thing, then, is this: Paris is, as
has been reported again and againj a most
beautiful city. The streets are clean, the
atmosphere ia pure, and the buildings are
well cared for. At first glance the build
ings are not so impressive as one would
have expected, for they do not tower up to
12 or 13 stories; but they are all substantial
and well kepi The main streets are broad,
more or less straight, and everything seems
to be done to keep good order and health
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of some of the reasons that lead me to like
the French.
They seem to me to be people made ex
actly for enjoying themselves. I do not
mean to say that they have no valor, or
military courage, or energy: all the world
knows the reverse is true in war matters,
and the energy of the country is wonder
fully proved by the recent exposition. On
the other hand I do not think that they
overwork. They appear to take their
pleasure as they go along, and are content
with moderate fortunes and incomes. It is
a great pity that the Governments of
Europe cannot get on peaceably together,
for if it was not for the necessity of keeping
np a standing army, I believe the French
would be the happiest people in the world.
Their manner ot life is a perfect indica
tion of their general character, and though
I cannot help admiring it, I must say that
it would not do for me, and I think that
most Americans would come to the same
conclusion. Coffee and rolls at 9 o'clock,
breakfast at noon, coffee, in the middle of
me aiternoon ana dinner in tue evening
does not give the rapid American time
enonc-h for hi wnrt. The French.however.
find sufficient time to do what they wish to
and manage to get more fun out ot life than
we do.
Such, briefly told, are some of my im
pressions of this great country andremark
able people. I might go on and write more,
but have given your readers enough to show
them that many of the foolish things which
we hear in America concerning France and
the French are mere inventions. I have
been mingling with all classes here for six
months and I have found out their good
qualities and lost sight of the rest.
W. F. Cody.
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A STORY OF THE EXODUS.
Author of "UARDA," "SERAPIS," . Etc.
(JTOW FIRST PUBLISHED.)
THK BILE NEGROES.
The Typo Improves as tbo Traveler Ap
proacbei Iti Source
November Scrlbner.
Throughout the great area included in
the Equatorial Provinces there must be va
rieties in the physical type. The tribes are
not, however, strikingly different to a cas
ual observer. They are all finer people than
the "West coast negro whom we see in Amer
ica. The head is higher, the face less prog
nathous, the features more agreeable and
the limbs more symmetrical and muscled
well down to the extremities. The long heel
and crooked shin, which we consider char
acteristic of the true negro, do not belong to
the negro of the Upper Nile.
The type improves as we ascend the Nile.
The Baris are fine, large men, uncommonly
tall and well filled out. The women also
are tall and strong. The Madis are, how
ever, the beauties and dandies of the whole
ennntrv. One will see there really hand
some men. They are not so large as the
Baris, but very symmetrical and their feat
ures are often positively agreeable. They
take more nains in nersonal decoration than
most of their neighbors, dressing their hair
very elaborately and often punting their
bodies in fantastic patterns.
All of these people are armed with spears
and many of them carry bows and arrows as
well. Shields are by no means universal.
Such of the tribes in the immediate vicinity
of the Nile as carry no shields seemed to
dread the" shield of the Makraka warriors
from the west, who were occasional allies of
the troops of the provinces, quite as much as
they feared their fierce courage and reputed
cannibalism.
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utensils are carried, and he goes with them their hair, and this is the same in China
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his shoulders, from placo w place, announc- thick-haired man. has ever held the place
hole into my neck so that my head hnng
over the basin, like that of John the Baptist
on the charger, and then splashed the water
up over. my face with his aromatic hands,
w hen he thought I was sufficiently drowned,
he jerked my head back against his bosom,
and held it there while he scraped and sawed
and tore my beard from my 'ace. I never
knew that there were so many hairs in my
beard before, and when I got through my
cheek looked like the skin of a sheep when
its wool has been cut off by an amateur
shearer. I am not sure whether the charge
was 3 or 5 cents, but it was the dearest shave
T ever had. and as for my hair I had to have
it recut as soon as I got to Cairo. The Turk
ish barbers are about the same as the
TVmtian. and there is in reality no place in
the world where you can get so good a shave
as in America.
Shaving in Europe is cheap, but in few
countries will yon find the luxury of the
reclining chair, and as for such palaces as
the barber shops of our big cities, they are
unknown. A tonsorial parlor, like that of
the Palmer House, in Chicago, the walls of
which are lined with plate-glass mirrors,
and in the floors tiling, of which are set 500
silver dollars, would be a curiosity in
Pekin, Constantinople, Cairo, Paris or Lon
don, and we have barber shops in St- Louis,
Omaha and Kansas Gity which surpass any
thing in Europe; We beat the world on
Turkish baths, and I got a bath in Denver
a few days ago which was more palatial and
luxurious than anything I saw in the famed
city of the Sultan. I took a swim in a
marble pool as big as a city lot, and I. was
rubbed down by a while man whose skin
was like marble and whose frame was as
symmetrical as
statne of David.
Michael Augelp's famed
Ebajtk G. Cabpenteb.
Salvation On is the best liniment in
the market for both man and beast. Price
25 cents.
FEENCS GENEROSITY.
When we came here for the summer season
of 1889 there was naturally considerable
difficulty in finding a suitable location. "We
were in great. measure unknown, for the
French, it seems, do not take things for
granted. They wish to see for themselves.
I cannot help therefore expressing my pro
found gratitude to such people as the Mayor
of Neuilly, who did everything possible for
our comfort, who evidently could not do
enough. He was only one of several who
put themselves to much tronble in order
that we should get well established.
Through his and other similar acts Icame
to realize what was meant by French polite
ness. It in genuine courtesy, and while the
forms of conduct may appear extravagant to
some Americans, it seems to me that they
are genuine expressions of regard. I cannot
help feeling that the French are extremely
hospitable and generous. That is, they do
not condemn a man before he is proved
gailty. They willingly take his word for
what he is and do what they can to promote
his interests. ....
A great deal has been written in the past
about the Frenchman's fickleness, his love
ol display, etc I have not found this judg
ment justified by my experience. I have
been concerned here in giving an entertain
ment characteristic of certain features of
American life. "We do not parade in
scenery, no spectacle of the ordinary kind;
in fact, nothing has been done to give any
artificial effect to our performance. "We
appear in exactly the same costume in which
we rode about the plains, and every feature
of our properties, to use a theatrical term,
is of the plainest description. Do the
Frenchmen dislike it. acenstomed as they
are to seeing a wealth of splendor in their
public entertainments? Not at alL They
are deeply impressed with the plain genuine
ness of the exhibition that we give. In all
our experience I have not known a people
who came more repeatedly than the French
to see our representation. They take pains
to inform me and my associates of their ap
preciation of the homely features which we
bring into the foreground.
All this would seem to show that the
French are anything but superficial in their
observations. They care more for the plain,
rough representation of the pioneer's life
than for the randy glitter of the cirens and
the modem shows generally. Enrtherthan
that, they correctly appreciate the individ
ual features of the mid "West. They un
derstand what we are about when we en
deavor to illustrate life on the plains of
years ago, a manner of life indeed, that has
not yet entirely gone out of existence.
PLEASED 'WITH HIS EXPERIENCE.
It is easy to see that I have been im
mensely pleased with my experience here.
It cOUld not be otherwise where people are
so uniformly kind as the French have been.
It has not been merely the kindness of
patronage; the matter touches much deeper
than that. Their appreciation of the enter
tainment they have received has led them to
express themselves in more ways than at
tendance at the performance. Various of
the distinguished men bave sent me testi
monials in the shape of curious weapons,
fine pictures, etc., and an association of re
tired army officers, all members of the
Legion of Honor, elected me an honorary
member. Add to this, that more hospita-
Jble invitations are lent tome than I can
jossibly. accept, sad yon bave a fair id
One Man Gets Away With 28 Glasses With.
ont Any Great Effort.
KewYorkSnn.1
"While traveling in Germany and
Bavaria during the past summer I was much
interested in watching the people drink
beer," said Balph L. Shainwald of this
city. "In Bavaria there was a keg of beer
mthe"':platform-''toreveiy statiSfi. "Wnen
the train stopped there was a grand rush to
get at the keg. Each man carried his own
glass. After drinkiDg all he could before
the train started the beer" drinker filled his
glass to the brim and carried it into the car.
After the glass was emptied it was set upon
the window sill of the car. All along the
whole length of the train on both sides these
glasses sat on the window sills, silent me
mentoes of the bibulous tastes of the passen
gers on the train. At one station I saw the
train delayed for five minutes because the
keg was empty. A full one had to he pro
cured before the passengers would resume
their seats in the coaches.
Mr. Shainwald said that each glass con
tained a pint and that the cost was abontthe
equivalent of 2 cents. As an example of
German beer capacity in jaumen, Mr.
Shainwald said the beer was Bervedin
glasses nearly one foot tall and containing
nearly one quart. An American friend of
the traveler tacKled one of these glasses and
managed to stow it away after halt an hour's
hard work. A corpulent German sitting
near showed his contempt for this feat by
pointing to the half empty glass in front of
him, and exclaiming:
"Das ist mein acht nnd zwanzigter (28)
bier!"
SYNOPSIS OP PRECEDING CHAPTERS.
The story opens with the death of the first
born of Egypt The Egyptians, frenzied by the
great calamity thafuaa overtaken them,descend
upon the Hebrew quarter with Intent to slay
aU of that race In their midst, to whom they
attribute their troubles. One man Is found and
stoned tb death, the other houses being de
serted by their occupants. Homecht, Captain
of Pharaoh's bowmen, passeooytne rums oi
the Hebrew village, and In rescuing some cats,
held sacred by the Egyptians, discovers the un
conscious lorm ot Ephraim, a Hebrew youth,
who waS the bearer of a message from Miriam
to his uncle Joshua, a Captain in Pharaoh's
army and a warm friend of Horneclit The
latter has a widowed daughter, Kasana, -who
was compelled by her father to marry an Egypt-
Ian while loving Joshua. Joshua had just re
turned from a long campaign, and knew little
of what had transpired among his people. He
was satisfied with his positiOD.whlch was one of
honor. He has determlneowithln, himself to
stay with the Egyptians, when Ephraim deliv
era his message from Miriam, the prophetess,
callhfg upon Joshua to lead his people out of
Egypt. Joshua was still unshaken In hfs deter
mination to remain in Egypt, when he was
called to see Ellab. an aged slave, wno naa Deen
suddenly taken ill. The old man talked to
Joshua about the exodus until the latter re
solTeS to join his people in their wanderings.
CHAPTEB "VTL
OSHTJA returned
to his tent with a
bowed head. The
discord in hia soul
was resolved. He
knew now what
burden he must
take up. His
father called him
and he must obey.
And the God of
bis people! Ashe
listened to the old
" mon'a tale all he
had heard of that God in his childhood re
awakened in his soul, and he knew now
that He was another than Set, the god .of
the Asiatics in Lower Egypt; and another
than the "One," the "Sum of All," ot tte
Adepts. The prayer he had been wont to
say on going to rest, the story of the Creation
which he had never been weary of hearing,
because it so plainly showed how everything
which existed in heaven and on earth
had gradually come into being till man
came to take possession of it and enjoy it all
thehistoryof Father Abraham, of Isaac and
Jacob, Esau and his own forefather Joseph
how gladly had he hearkened to all this
as it was told him by the gentle mother who
had borne him, by his nurse and his grand
father, Eliahama, and yet he seemed long
since to have forgotten it. But under the
old slave's humble roof he could have re
neated the tale word-for word, and he now
Knew of-a surety that there was indeed one
Godt invisible, almighty, who had chosen
Israel to be nu own people ana naa prom
ised to make them a great nation. That
which the Egyptian priesthood kept secret
as the greatest mystery waa the common
possession of His people; every beggar,
every slave might lift his handsin prayer
to the one invisible .God, who
had revesiea iuiascn w jiuiuoujtj
and promised him great things.
Overwise heads among the Egyptians,
who had divined His existence and over
laid His essence with the, monstrous births
of their own imaginings and their own
thoughts, had shrouded Him in a thick veil
and hidden Him from the multitude. It
was only among His chosen people that He
lived and showed forth His power in its
mighty and awful greatness.
This God was not nature, though the
initiated in the temples counfounded them;
no. the God of his fathers was enthroned on
hieh, above all created things and the visi
ble universe, above man, His last and most
breaker. What he had to do he now saw
plainly and clearly. He must quit
Pharaoh's service and declare before the
face of bis superiors that as a dutiful son he
must obey the comraa'nds of his father and
go forth to share his fortunes and the for
tunes of his people.
But he did not conceal from himself that
his demand might ba refused, that he might
be kept back dj force perhaps, if he per
sisted unmoved in his resolve, be threatened
with death, or, if it came to the worst, be
handed over to ithe executioner. But even
if this should be his doom, if his deed cost
Viim Ti a Mfa It vtrnnlA havo ?nT1A Wn9.t T7&S
right, and his comrades in arms, whose es
teem was dear to him, would still think of
him as their woxthy mate; ma lamer ana
Miriam would n,ot be wrotn wun mm; nay,
but would mourn for the faithful son, the
true man who preferred death to.treason.
Calm and elevated in spirit, he gave the
watchword to the sentry with proud com
posure and went into his tent.
Enhraim still lay sleeping and smiling as
though wrapped in sweet dreams. Joshna
lay down on a mat near him to seek strength
for the hard day before him. Hia eyes soon
closed, and after sleeping an hour he awoke
of hia own accord and called for his hand
somest raiment, bis helmet and gilt armor
which he was wont to wear only at high f es
tivak or in the King's presence.
Meanwhile Eohraim. too. awoke, gazed
at his uncle from head to foot with de
lighted curiosity as he stood before him in
stalwart manliness and shining, warlike
splendor, and cned as he started np:
'It must be a fine thing to be dressed like
that and feel oneself to he the leader ot
thousands!" ....
The elder man shrugged his shoulders and
replied:
"Obey the Lord thy God, and give no
man, whether great or small, the right to re
gard you with anything but respect, and
then you may carry your head as high as the
proudest hero in his purple robe and gilt
breastplate."
"But yon have done great things among
the Egyptians," the lad went on; "they hold
you in high esteem, even Hornecht, the
great captain, and his daughter, Kasana.''
"Do they?" said the warrior, with a smile,
and he bid his nephew to lier down and keep'
quiet, for his brow, tnongn less senousiy
burning than it had been the night before,
was still very hot.
"Do not go ont of doors," Joshna added,
"till. the leech has been to see yon, and await
my return,
ii
'And will you be long away?" asked the
i,. . f.f t his vsnitv flattered when h
... v,;. nnei drive wt. But he had not
long the pleasure of watching him. for thick fg
elnnrts or flnst soon mu mo cumwm mm i
view. The hot desert wind had risen which
so often blows In the .Nile vaney aurioe wo
spring months, and whereas aU night and ia
the morning the sky had been clearly blue:
it was now not clouded, but veiled, aa
were, with white haze. i.
The sun looked down, a motionless globe,
i:i . Mfnil tm ahoTe the heads ox men.
and the fierce heat it shed seemed to havB ,
burned up its beams, wmen to-aay we ia-
visible. The eye, protectea ny mo mm,
could look up at it unhurt, and yet iu
scorching power was as great as ever. Th-
i;i.. t. wT.?.li mmmnnlv tanned the).
iiBui, . ""- ------., 7- . . ...MS
brow in the early pan oi mo uj kubuw
like the hot breath of a raging Deast oi prey.,
It was loaded with the nne scorenmg sana
of the desert, and. the pleasure of breathing 4
.. tnA Tntr. tartnre. The ssuallv fra-'
.r, .;. r a March dav in Ezvpt was now's
an oppression both to man and beast, chok3j
ing tneir lungs, ana seeuuug, ""f
weigh on the whole frame and check its Joys
in fir. .'J
The "higher the pale and rayless orb rose
n thn t-v the denser erewtho mist, tha j
heavier and swifter rolled the sandclouds-jl
rtm 4li rteert
Enhraim still stood In front of the tentl
gazing at the spot where Pharaohii chariot i
had vanished in the dust. His knees shook.
but he attributed this to the wind sent by 1
Rot.TVnnnn at whose bio win u even the
strongest was aware of a weight about his
feet. i
Joshua was gone, but he might return Ia
a few hours, and then he would be compelled
to follow him to Succoth; then the fair
drm and hones which yesterday hadjS
brought him and whose bewitching charms
his lever had enhanced would be lost tonus )
forever. fin
In the course of the night he had quite
made up his mind to enter Pharaoh's army,'!
to the end that he might remain near Tank!
aud Kasana; out, aitnongn ne naa not mon$
than half understood Joshua's message. he
ennlil dearlv infer that ha meant to tura'i
his back on Egypt and his hign office, andViI
that he conntea on taKing. mm, juiumm, ,
with him, unless meanfthila he could maketi
good his escape. Bo then he must give -apt
his desire to see Kasana once more. But j
mis thought was more than he could en-
dure, and a voice within whispered to him '
that he had neither father nor mother and.3
ma free to act as he chose. His. guardianSe
the brother of his deceased father, in whosaf
house he had been brought up, naa aiedj
not Inner since, of an illness, and no new!
guardian had been appointed to him, as haj
was now past childhood. Be was destined!
lw anrl hv to become one of the chiefs of his?
proud tribe, and until yesterday he hadf
never wished for anything better &
when yesterday ne naa rejeeteaina
nrleat'a challenge to become a warrior under
Pharaoh with the nride ot a shepherd prince!
he had followed the impulse of hia heart j
hnt now he said to himself that he had beeal
fnnllon anil childish to reiect atEInzofJ
which he knew nothing, which had always!
and intentionally Been represeniea 10 maj
in a false and hideous light in order to ivs
?
IMKSfes'"--- - w Hsf
KPHBAIM FALLS FAtEnXKO ET THE DE3ZET.
THE HEATHEN AND THE' GBIP.
A Chinaman Who Thonsbt the Cable Bond's
String Bad Broken.
Chicago Tribune. 1
Luther Laflin Mills, one of the counsel for
the prosecution in the Cronin case, finds
time in the midst of bis arduous duties to
tell a good story.
"I was going to my home in Lake View,
one afternoon," he said at lunch the other
day, "and had taken one of the limits cable
trains. I was Bitting on the 'front end ot
the car the grip end I believe it is called
when my attention was attracted by a
Chinaman with his basket of laundry. The
gripman seemed to be much amused at the
Mongolian's smile and happy unconscious
ness of care. Somewhere In the vicinity of
Lincoln Park the Celestial indicated in the
UBual way that he wanted to leave the car.
The conductor had come forward just at that
moment, and the gripman said to him. 'See
thathaythun. He wants to git off. Watch
me trow him.' The train slackened its
speed, and the Chinaman picked up his
basket and was disembarking when the
gripman gave the train a sudden lurch
which threw the Chinaman over his basket.
He fell on his feet, however, unharmed, and
turning around with the grin still on his
face, asked. 'What le le matterl Stling
bloke agin?'
"He had heard of the repeated accidents
to the cable, or the strine. as he called it.
and he supposed he had been the victim of
one of them.
iflF U
Joshua Return With a New Xtsolve.
Iiassoed.
isTCLJ'l
Hall Boy What's all this yelling about ?
Mr. Bromley You'll find out if you don't
git an ax ,an''Iet me loose. I hitched this
rope on m'self afore I went t' sleep so's to be
sure; aa'l happened t' turn over two 'r three
twee in ur nignti tiwgt.
perfect work, created in His own image; and
all creatures were subject to His wilL He,
the King of Kines. ruled all that had life
with just severity; and although He hid
Himself from the sieht of man who was
His image, and was beyond man's appre
hension, yet was He a living, thinking and
active Being, even as men were, save that
His term of life was. eternity, His mind
was omniscience, His realm wasinfinity.
And this God bad instituted Himself the
leader of His people. There was no captain
who could dare to defy His power. If
Miriam were not deceived by the spirit of
prophecy,-and if He had indeed called
Joshua to be His sword.how could he resist
or what higher place could he fill on earth?
And his people? The rabble crowd ot
whom he had thought with scorn.how trans
figured they seemed by the power of the
Most High now that he had heard old
Eliab's talel Now he only longed to lead
them; and on hU way back to the camp he
stayed his steps on a sandy knoll from
-1..... 1,0 onnin1 see the limitless waters
gleaming under the lights of the lamps of
heaven, ana ior me ma "" --- ---&
years, uplifted his arms and eyes to the God
whom he had found again.
He began with a simpiq prayer wujcu u
mother had taught him; but then he cried to
the Lord as a mighty counselor, and be
sought Him with. fervent entreaty to show
him the way in which he should walk with
out being disobedient to hisfather, orbreak
ing the oath he had sworn to the King, or
becoming a traitor in the eyes oi those to
whom he owed so mnch.
"Thy people glorify Thee as the God of
truth, punishing those who break their
oath 1" he cried. "How canst Thou bid me
to be faithless, and be false to the pledge I
have given? All I am or can do is Thine, O
Lord, and I am ready to give my blood and
my life for my brethren. But rather than
cast me into dishonor and perjury let me die
and give the task Thou hast chosen me, Thy
servant, to do, to a free man bound by no
Thus he prayed, and he fell as thongh he
clasped in his arms a friend whom he had
accounted as lost. 4.ueu uo uuu uu m
silence through the diminishing, darkness,
and as the gray dawn stole up, the high tide
of passion ebbed in his soul, and the clear
headed warrior could think calmly.
He had vowed to do nothing against the
!ll nf h! father or his God. but ha was U0
ties resolved flT to be a trailer 'and oath
boy.
At this Joshua paused in thought, looked
kindly in his lace, and then gravely replied:
"The man who serves a master never
knows how long he may be detained."
Then, changing his tone, he added less em
phatically : "To-day, this morning, I may
perhaps get through mv business quickly
and return in a tew noun, u it snoma not
be so, if I should not be with yon by this
evening, or early to-morrow morning,
then" and he laid lis hand on the, boy's
shoulder "then make your way home as
fast as you can. If when you reach Suo
coth the people have gone on before you,
look in the hollow sycamore before the
house of Aminadab, and yon will find a let
ter which will tell you whither they have
gone; and ,when you come np with thesa
greet my father and my grandfather Eliah
ama, and likewise Miriam, and tell them
and all the people that Joshua will ever
be mindful of the commands ot God and of
his father. Henceforth he will be, called
Joshna by all men Joshua, and not Hoses.
Tell this to Miriam first of all. Finally,
say to them that if I stay behind, if lam
not allowed to follow them, as I fain would
do, it is that the Most High hath dealt
otherwise with me, and hath broken the
sword which He had chosen before he had
used it. Do you understand me, boy ?"
And Ephraim bowed his head and said:
"You mean that death alone can keep you
from obeying the call of God and your fath
er's commands."
"That was my meaning," replied Ms
uncle. "And If they ask yon why I have
not stolen away from Pharaoh and escaped
from his power, answer that Joshna would
fain enter on bis office as a true man un
stained by perjury, or, if it bs God's will,
die true. Now rehearse the message."
Ephraim obeyed; and his uncle's words
must have sunk deep into hia soul, lor he
neither forgot nor altered a single word; but
he had no sooner ended his task of repe
tition than he seized Joshua's hand with
vehement urgency and implored him to tell
him whether he had indeed any fear for hia
At this the warrior clasped him In a lov
ing embrace and assured him that he hoped
that he had given him thia message only to
be forgotten.
"Perhaps," be added, "they may try to
keep me by force, but by God's help I shall
soon be back with yon again, and we will,
ride forth together to Succoth."
He turned and went out without heeding
his nephew's questions, for he heard the
sound of wheels without, and two chariots
with, fine horses came rapidly up to the tent
and stoppea in iron 01 mo cuuautc
CHAPTER VIII.
Joshua was well acquainted with the men
who stenned out of the chariots; they were
the head chamberlain and one of the King's
chief scribes, and they had come tabid him
to the "High Gate," as the palace of the
Pharaohs was called. No hesitancy or
escape was possible, and he got lntotne
second chariot with the scribe, surprised In
deed, but not uneasy. Both officials wore
mourning robes, and instead of a white
ostrich plume, the insignia of office, a black
plume fixed on tne orow. xne norses, too,
and the runners were decked with badges of
the deepest woe. And yet the King's mes
senger seemed to be oheerful rather than de
jected, for the noble bird which .they were
charted to bring into Pharaoh's presence
had come- out at their call, and they had
feared to find the nest deserted.
Thn inntr.limbed bavs of royal breed car
ried the light vehicles with the swiftness of
the wind across the nneven, sandy way and
the smocth high road beyond, toward the
palace. . , , , ,
Ephraim, with youthful lnquisibveuess,
had gone oat of the teat to see the unwonted
seena that met his eyes. The soldiers were
well pleased that Pharaoh should have teat
his own ohariots to fcteh tWr oejtai, s4
taeh him more closely to his own 1
The Esrvntians. he had always beeaFteWn
were his enemies ana oppressors; aaaissrwa
deliehtfnl on the contrary, had everrtMtra
seemed in the first house of an BgjBeiissl
warring whmh ia had hftnnened to e&ttfrJsMfl
And Kasanal What would ae tftiacev
him if he Quitted Tanis without 1 wetCef J
greeting or leave-taking? Would itaetiM
a nernetnai vexation ana regret 10 bisbjbm
he mast dwell in her memory as aclwsrT
neasant shenherd7 Indeed, it would b eG
ually dishonest not to restore the oeeilyTflSM
menu wmen sne naa lent mm. unumu
mttsPHfl
Joshua Departs on. His Mission.
nmMinntKa traiiir the Hebrews. tee.Ta
the holiest duty ofa noble heart He wqMl
be a hateini wretcn an nis xuo iok u "i
not go to see her once more. n
rinlv he mnst make haste, for- wheail
Joshua should return he mast fisdkkal
r.nclir In net onL P.
TTb heron forthwith to strap the mmi
an his feet, but he did it but slowly. aE
could not understand what it was tbtTJe
everything so difficult to him to-day. lUBfl
TTr crossed the- cams Qnimpeded-iSlTlM
Pylons and obelisks in front ot the teefpk
mbnvceA him the wav. thoneh thev seemed e
quiver in the sand-filled air, and he pP
ently came out on the broad road whit&lei
to the town marketplace. A panting Sgv?;
tian, whose ass was carrying' the winej smimt
to tne camp, airecwu uuiiuuun ;.,!
The path was deep- ia dnst andJJaM
,.M4liimM howpnt. The sanlave.
head poured a flood of fira down oa hislbs
headrand his wound again began to Jhihe?
k. ,ii,l filled M ktm and month', 'a&
stung his face and bare limbs. Hewae
overpowered by thirst and mora thaaoae
he was forced to stop, for his feetWt
strangely heavy. At last he reached a wwij
dug for wayfarers by a pious EgvpUail
although it was graced with the imaga H
god and Miriam had taught him that it WM
an abomination to turn from the waytsi
snch-imiret. he drank nevertheless, drsatk
aeain. and thouzht that he had neverTeapl
InvM? nfh a, refreshing draUsht;
'LZ. . ,.7r7 .1-1 1.J- .
Ma trat over nis iear 01 iosiue uu
as he had done yesterday, and, though1
feet still draff ed. he walked on briiklv.tfl
the tempting goal. But presentiygUf
strength again tailed him, the 1
xtreamed from his brow, and tM M ftl
throbbing andhammering.mthecutom'ijM
head and he felt as it his skull was eig
crushed in an iron fillet. How hi? niuaMyJ
keen sight was failing, tor the thissjnj
tried to see seemed to aoat in oaneiag MM,
the. horizon roccea oeiore nis eyes; ass 1
denlv he felt as though the hard mtoi
had tnrnd to a bozbeneath his feet. &ll
all this troubled hia little, for his feMfJ
had never glowed so brightly
in him. The things he tMj
rose before him with BMrvelosaviv
Ima?s after image steed bewnf
cp eyei oi Ui hbJ,s4 m at kill
s"v