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onouirh whilo
nltor four hours'
u cueer wont up as is ion
boonnio a cry of dlsmny ns tho men
fiwr T.Mnir iiriiifrn rn pi nvnr nx- run Tnmmr
flood, and In loss than a mlnuto tlio top
- . . - - -n-- - . . - -'n -
turned down stream, and tho trco was
soon out of sight around a bend in tho
ilver.
Hero was indeed a dlleranin. Tho 80
(hungry mon Hncw that n fow miles away
thero was food in plenty. But thoy did
mot daro to tiro their guns for fear of
'alarming tho natlvos and driving them
oway instond of securing their aid. Thero
was nothing to do except to send small
Ipnrtlos up and down tho rlvor in search of
In native bridge. Fivo mon woro dispatch
ed in both directions. In nn hour ona
iiarty returned with the report that thoy
had encountered a swamp which thoy
could not cross. Tho fato of tho expedi
tion now depended upon the success of
fthp other party. Jlorgen was at his wits'
lend, for ho know not what to do if no
means of crossing tho river wero found.
Ketent to tho coast was impossible, and
some of tho mon would certainly perish if
tho party woro delayed for boveral days on
this inhospitable river bank. Fortunately
ho such crisis occurred, for just as tho
iparty woro beginning to despair ono of
'Morgon's faithful followors burst through
pio bush and gladdened every heart with
(tho ory:
"Wo havo found n bridge. "
J A hearty cheer went up, and everybody
forgot his hunger as ho shoulderod his
jload and foil into lino. Through tho
brush thoy strugglod up stroam, and at
last thoy reached ono of thoso suspension
bridges mniio by twisting together the
lloug, tough stems of climbing plants that
joro occasionally found in troplcol west
Africa. It was a flimsy construction, like
kill thoso affairs, and the men looked at it
(dubiously. Tho sun was sotting as tho
first throo mon passed over with thoir
loads. As tho socond detachraont was
grossing sorao of tho wlthos forming tho
floor broko, two men dropped through,
land their loads woro lost. The broken
bridgu was hastily repaired, and just as
darkness fell the last man roached tho
other side. It was impossible to go far
. ther, and here tho foodless men tamped
lor tho night.'
I Uy daybreak thoy woro on tho march.
Tho mon woro so weak that somo of thorn
woro continually falling under thoir loads.
They (had to flounder through n wide
marsh in which they sank to their hips.
It was noon before they emerged from tho
'gloomy forest and onco moro saw tho bluo
sky, but a moro joyous sight by far was
tho scores of flourishing gardons of tho
(Yaunde tribe. Tho starving mon spent
several days roouporatlng in this garden
spot before they resumed their march.
I A fow weeks later Lieutenant Morgan
stood on tho banks of tho Mbam river,
whoso upper courso ho was tho first white
man to see. Tho only sign of llfo as ho
"reached tho now found rlvor was two na
tives in canoes on tho farther shoro, who
quickly disappeared in an inlet when thoy
jsaw him. Hour oftor hour the party lln
gored on tho shoro, seeking In vain tocom
jmunicato with tho natives. Canoos must
'bo obtained somo way or other. At last
latter night had fallen Lieutenant Margon
balled for volunteers to swim across tho
Irlver and look for canoes. It was not an
inviting undertaking, and somo tlmo
olapsod before- two mon came forward to
risk their lives in tho sorvico of ulL Wood
on floats woro given to thom to buoy them
up on their journey of a quarter of a mllo,
and then thoy disappeared lu tho darkness.
! ' This was anothor vory anxious tlmo for
the leader, and ho passed a sleepless night
,in his tent. Just as day was faintly
.breaking he heard tho dipping of paddles,
pis faithfuls had arrived with two co
boos, and thoy urged him to send thom
Jmok with a party to a place where flvo
more canoos might bo obtained. An hour
later seven great canoes woro in camp,
land to tho astonishment of the natlvos tho
jwhlto expedition camo over to thoir coun
try in the borrowed boats, whioh woro re
stored to thojr owners, with plonty of pay
for their use. Now York Sun.
I She Objected.
I "You stole that kiss," said Miss North
side toproaqhf uliy after tho theft had boon
accomplished.
"Oh, vn." replied Mr. Van Braara
cheerfully, "111 return HI", .
i "I won't agegpt lt Do youBuppose.I
jwould lay'myself-opon tothe ohargoof ro
bolvlng stolon goods" Pittsburg Ohrom
Hole-Telegraph.
.. r,A3L,.-X-
us jus non-
rounu hvr iTCCTrso tho ends or tho
knot stick up behind his head like a mulo's
ears, takes his knifo in ono hand and tho
fork In tho othor, casts a determined look
around him, and thon knifo and fork be
gin to play baok and forth from his pinto
to his mouth, and tho only wonder Is that
thoy don't clash on tho way. Boston
Courier.
A FAMOUS LIBRARY.
It Hundreds of Unique Volumes Aro
Mnile Entirely or Wood.
In a rotircd stroct of Cassel stands an
old fashioned, roomy houso, tho depository
of tho Natural History museum of Hesse.
Tho most unique and Interesting of tho
various collections is tho so called "Holz
blbllothok," or library of wood, consist
ing of GIG volumes in folio, octavo and
duodecimo, made from treos growing in
Wilholmshlro park and roprcsontlng ISO
genora and 441 species.
On tho back of each volumo is n red
morocco shield bearing the common and
sclcutlilo namo of tho tree and tho class
and species to which it belongs according
to Llnnauts, specimens of tho moss and
lichen peculiar to it, a bit of nho rind or
bark, and If it is resinous a drop or two of
tho rosin. Tho upper edge shows tho young
wood cut crosswlso to exhibit tho rings
and pith, whilo tho under edgo Is of old
wood cut In tho somomannor to illustrate
the changes which tako place In tho tox
turo as tho tree gains in ago nnd size.
Tho top cover Is of unripe wood in tho
rough; tho front edgo shows tho polished
grain and also the fungi to which tho
treo Is lloblo when in tho stages of decay
or disease Attached to tho front edgo Is
a cublo Inch of mature wood, on which is
noted its specific woight when the sap Is
flowing in tho early spring, again in mid
summer and still again when thoroughly
dry. Under this is glvon tho dogroo of
heat ohtalnablo from a cubic inch of dry
wood in a cubic foot of space, that given
out by tho sumo quantity when it becomes
n glowing coal, its dimini.shid sizo and
weight when charred, and tho proportios
of the tree, together with a description of
tho soil in which it flourishes best.
Tho interior of tho book or box contains
a completo history of tho treo, especially
of tho organs of nourishment and fructifi
cation. Thero are capsulos, with seeds;
the germ bud, with rootless and first loaves;
u branch, with leaves In various stoges of
development; the flower from tho tiny
bud to tho perfect blossom; tho' fruit from
tho embryo to its full maturity, and last
of all a skeletonized leaf. Now York
Journal.
America's Unlearned A B C.
Our holidays In this country aro prnotl-
cally limited to two tlia Fourth of July in
summer and Christmas day in winter
writes Edward W. Bok in an earnest plea
for moro rest and recreation for the people
of this nation in Tho Ladles' Home Jour
nal. Whilo other holidays aro more or less
generally observed, as conditions make it
possible, "tho Fourth" and Christmas aro
essentially tho groat leisure days of the
Amorlcan peoplo, when evory ono who can
takes a holiday. It is a fact to bo deplored
that as a nation we have not moro hull
days that aro really observed, but this is
because as a peoplo wo have yot to learn
how to rest. That wo will learn the les
son Is unquestionable. Our national
health will drlvous to it. even if our judg
ment temporarily halts. The comfort of
real living is something of which wo in
Amorlca as yet do not know tho simple A
B C. Somo day wa will wako up, ceaso
thlB everlasting strife for the dollar,' be
content with what we have rather than
reach out for more, take things a little
easier, and we shall be a happior and a
healthior peoplo, but until wo do roach
this point wo should wisely enjoy tho fow
holidays wo choose to recognize.
The Dear, Worn Hand.
Few things aro capable of touching ono
with a doepor sense of pathos than tho
shrunken, bluo 7elnod hand of one who is
near and dear. Nothing brings a sharper
pang of foreboding and a harder lump In
tho throat than the flrst tlmo It strikes us
that tho gontle hand that soothed our
childish pains and grlofs and has gladly
worn away Its softnoss and beauty In our
Eorvlco is thin and withered,, with purple
veins that stand out llko whipcords when
It Has at rest. Such a hand ought to look
moro beautiful to thoso for whom It has
tolled, whoso suffering It has charmed
away, than tho fqlrost hand ovor modelod
by a sculptor. Philadelphia Press.
She Felt Hurt.
Mrs. Wlbblo I found my cook in tho
kitchen today crying because sho hud
broken ono of my choicest pitchers.
Mrs. Wabble Was f he so sorry f.' 1 .
' Mrs. Wibblo Oh, ye's'l It fell on'her
foot. New York Sun; , , , i , , . ' ,
" '',.(
rs. xno result wns
or treaty of 18G0, in
which tho ubsolute neutrality of tho
pnssago across tho isthmus was suppos
ed to bo guaranteed. Thou England cun
ningly bogau to work on tho Nicaru.':uan
nation itsolf.
The Managuun treaty hotwocu Nica
ragua and England was signed in 18G;i.
In that treaty Groat Britain apparently
agreed to givo up her solf assumed pro
tectorate m tho Mosqnito strip and to
acknowledge tho authority of Nicaragua
over it. But tho ngrcemout had a loop
holo that would onablo tho British to
practically reassnmo their protoctorato
whonover in thoir judgment it was ad
visable. Tho diplomacy of Contral
American statesmen was rot equal to
porooiving tho cunningly devised snaro
laid for them in tho treaty. Tho long
nud short of it is that latoly Groat
Britain has been endeavoring to tako on
herself again tho protoctorato of tho
Mosquito mougrols. That was what
brought about the recent troubles bo
tween tho Mosquitoes and Nicaragua.
Although England pledged horself by
tho treaty rjf 1850 witli this country not
to attempt to increase her Contral Amer
ican territory, but to confine herself
strictly within tho Belize, sho has nev
ertheless aunoxed largo outlying dis
tricts and several islands that aro be
yond doubt Central American territory.
It is hor colonial polioy the world over.
Sinco England has violatod openly the
Clayton-Bulwer treaty, it only remains
for tho Unitod States to go after her
down thore ond protect its own inter
ests. Now, what ia it tho blessed businoss
of England in any shapo or form about
tho Mosquito Indians? In 1800 sho ac
knowledged thoy bolonged to Nicaragua.
Sho is putting her fingers slyly into tho
stato affairs of both Nioaragna and
Honduras. Tho nttitndo of England
toward Nicaragua nt tho presont mo
ment has tho appearanoo of n menaco to
tho integrity of tho Monroe doctrino on
this continout.
Tho completion of tho Nicaragua ca
nal under tho auspices and control of
tho Unitod States will do away for nil
timo with Europoau interference of any
kind in Contral American affairs. Tho
Unitod Statos doe3 not want any Cen
tral or South Amorican territory for her
self, but it is hor business and her duty
to boo that no Europoan country gots
suoh torritory. And she will soo to it.
Now lot ns hear no moro of filibustering
in congress against the Nicaragua ca
nal. It ia likely that horseless carriages
will soon become comparatively com
mon. They can bo propollod by eithor
steam or oloctricity. A machiuo somo
what of tho bioyolo pattern, driven by
olectricity, would bo feasible certainly.
Paris has at present a fad for oarriagos
propelled without horses. Whcthor any
thing reasonable and useful will come
of it is uncertain. Thero was latoly a
race of horsoloss vohiolos from Paris to
Rouen, which a steam carriage, belong
ing to Count do Dion, won by travoling
17 miles an hour. It would not mat
ter so much whothor wo had horsoloss
oarriagos if wo could only got horsoloss
trucks and oxpress wagons. Those lingo
vehiclos, thundering along witli tho
reins hold by ignorant, rockloss drivors,
aro a perpetual dangor to locomotion in
tho stroots of a oity. The drivors some
timos tako a brutal delight in seoiug
how oloso thoy can come- to a pedestrian
without actually knooking him down,
They daro not do that, but thoy take
their revenge for this deprivation by
frightening him as noarly to doath as
possible.
It took Senator Faulkner a considera
ble timo to make up his mind about the
late elootion. When at length ho was
ready to make publlo iiis uttorauco as
to tho cause of its going as it did, ho
lummed up his conclusions as follows:
"Wo woro badjy liokod." ,
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