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T was midnight. A fire

61 burned before Joshua's
tent and he sat alone beside it, gazing sadly
and thoughtfully first into the flames and
then out into the distance, The lad Eph-
rain was lying inside the tent onhis uncle's
camp bed.
The leech who accompanied the troops had
dressed the youths wound, and having
given him strengthening draught bade
him remain quiet, for he was alarmed at the
high fever that had fallen on him.
But Ephraim found not the rest the ply
sician had advised. The image of Kasana
now rose before his imagination and added
fire to his already overheated blood. Then
his thoughts flew to the advice that he
should become warrior like his uncle; and
it seemed to him reasonable, because it
promised him glory and honor, as he would
fain persuade himself, though in truth he
desired to follow it because it would bring
him nearer to her whom his soul longed for.
Then again his pride rebelled when he
thought of the insult with which she and
her father had branded those to whom he
belonged by blood and sympathy. He
clinched his fist as he remembered the ruined
house of his grandfather, whom he had al.
ways considered the worthiest of men. Nor
had he forgotten his message. Miriam had
said it over to him several times, and his
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accomplish. An interesting scheme to effect
this Is at the present moment struggling
against the vacillation of the authorities.
1t is the plan of the Marquis de Mores,
who has gone over the ground himself
with French engineers, and certainly on
paper it is an attractive one. His idea is
to supersede half the caravan route between
Canton and Yunnan aud Thibet. At present
the cost of transportation is from 8 to
4 shillings per ton per mile-I am quoting
the details he gave me himself-and the
time occupied in transit is from Canton to
Manning 30 days, and from Pakhoi to
Manning IS days. At present from Yum
nan and Thibet only opium comes back in
exchange for piece-goods. 1t has been well
known for years that Yunnan is extremely
rich in minerals, iron, silver, lead, tin, zinc,
etc., but none of these can afford the cost of
caravan transport. M. de Mores claims
that he can reduce the shillings to 8
pence and the 80 days to 10 hours. The
railway, of meter gauge, is planned
to start from a place called Tien-An,
(you will not find Ii on the map) some dis
tance on the coast north Of Haiphong
and to run about 100 miles In northwest
erly direction to point on river where
France has treaty rights OF navigation to
Lungchov, where there is French consul,
and which is 100 kilometers from the present
caravan route. Such is M. de Mores' plan
and the French Government Is said to have
agreed to 1t Professionally and promised .
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Author of "UARDA,' SCRAPS" Etc.
Now FIRST PUBLIsHED.)

thick black hair, or stroked his dark beard,
while his ewes lighted mp with wrath, it was
plain that his soul was seething and that he
stood on the threshold of some great resolve.
AS yet the lion rests, but when he springs
up his enemies must beware.
His soldiers had often compared their
bold, strong-willed leader, with his name
like hair, to the king of beasts; and now he
shook his fist, and at the same time the
muscles of his brown arm swelled as though
they would burst the gold bands that sur
rounded them, bright flames flashed from
his eyes and he was an unapproaehable and
awesome presence.
Out there in the West, whittier he turned
his gaze, lay the city Of the dead and the
ruined strangers quarters. A few hours
before he had led his troops past his fathers
dIsmantled house and on through the de-
serted town, round which the ravens were
flying.
In silence, for he was still on duty, he
had passed it by, and 1t was not until they
had halted that quarters might be found for
his troops that he learned the events of the
night before from Hornecht,' the captain Of
the archers. He had listened In silence and
without moving . muscle or asking one
word of further information, and meanwhile
the soldiers had pitched the tents; but
scarcely had he gone to rest when a lame
girl, in spite of the threat of the watch,
forced her way in and besought him, in the
name of Eliab, one of the oldest slaves Of,
his house, whose granddaughter she was, to
go with her to the old man. He had been
left behind, as feebleness and i'll health pre-
vented his wandering, and directly after the
departure of his people he and his wife had
been brought Of an ass to the little cottage
by the harbor, which had been given to the
old servant by his generous master.
The girl, too, had been lett to look after
the infirm couple, and now the heart of the
old slave was longing to see once more the
first born of his lord, whom as child he
had carried in his arms. He had hidden
the girl tell the captain that his father had
promised that he (Joshua) would leave the
Egyptians and follow bis people. The peo-
pie of Ephraim, yea, the whole race, had
heard the news with great rejoicing. The
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when the letter is placed in the box the de-
partment's responsibility ceases. But the
clerks who distribute that class of mail
easily average 1000 an hour. The addresses
are generally legible for box letters. The
carriers have the bulk of the fun of de-
ciphering the terribly written addresses of
Pittsburg's foreign contingent There are
an average of 800 hopeless cases daily. Ny
clerk and myself manage to decipher the
bulk of these, but an average of 20 letters go
to the dead letter Office every day. We
have smattering of languages which is
very efectual in most cases. It is rarely
more than an hour before the heaviest East
ern mail is out on the streets and ready for
the recipients. In the matter of speed the
conditions have to be such in Pittsburg that
we have to excel almost any Office in the
country. am certain that in transmission
of mails either outgoing or incoming, Pitts
burg will compare favorably with any
other office in the country" WALES.
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MRS. MACKAY'S PARROT.
The Wonderful Bird Which is Owned by the
Bonanza Queen.

The wonderful Bird which Ii owned by the
Bonanza Queen.
st. Stephens Gazette.1
London.is marvelously empty, but enter
tainments are still given at Mrs. Mackay's.
1t is true that the hostess herself is not yet at
home; but grand green parrot has sat at
the open window since last Sunday, looking
on Buckingham gate, and attracting hun
dreds by its humorous conduct. Ihaves seen
and heard many parrots, but never one like
this. was returning from the park on Sum-
day when first saw it. The pavement in
front of the window was thronged and ev-
erybody was roaring with laughter, for the
bird itself was laughing so heartily that its
example was contagious. At last it said,
with intense emphasis: "WeI, declare, %
and then burst into convulsions of laughter
again in a manner really too ludicrous.
1t exchanged remarks with the spectators,
it hailed passing hansoms, and on being
asked what o'clock it was replied, Hall
past four" which was in fact correct. In
credible as it may seem, the bird on Monday
afternoon was asked the same question, and
replied accurately, "a quarter to fye." So
great has been the attraction of this gray
green bird that the police have had to keep
moving the people to prevent obstruction of
the traffic. $50 onl" cries the bird.
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A CANINE PHOTOGRAPHER.
Terrier Furnishes Valuable Assistance to
IN Amateur Artist.

A Terrier Furnishes Valuable Assistance to
m Amateur Artist.
Boston Courier.l
The latest trick in amateur photography
is to have trained dog who at a given
signal will run and pull string by means
of which the slide of an instantaneous cam
era is worked, so that his master may be
taken in group or alone as often as he
pleases. 1t is of course necessary to start
the creature at distance sufficiently great
to give the master time to re-arrange his
features after giving the word, but this is
not difficult thing to manage, and the
young man who devised the trick has been
exceedingly popular at the seaside hotel
where he has passed the summer, as all the
pretty and most of the plain young ladies in
the house were anxious to have their pictures
taken by the agency of the clever little bull
terrier which served as his assistant.
One is prepared for anything nowadays,
and it may be that it will not be long before
the dogs are seen running about with detective
cameras upon their own account. 1t would
not be bad idea to furnish a watch dog
with flash light detective camera, and
thereby he may take the picture of any vii
lain who invades the domain which he is set to
guard. The picture would be an interesting
piece of evidence in a trial for burglary, and
if it did not carry conviction it would not
iail at least of producing sensation.
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PAGES 8 TO IS.

ever, there was another god, and this was
not the God of his fathers. but the god who
was confessed by all those Egyptians who
had received initiation, though he remained
hidden from the people, who we're not able
to comprehend him. It was not only the
adopts that knew him, but also most Of
those who were placed in high positions in
the service of the State and in the army
whether they were ministers Of the divinity
or not. Everyone, however, knew what
was meant when they spoke simply Of The
God, the ''Sum Of All, !" the Creator OF
HIMSELF" or of the "Great One" Hymns
praised him, epitaphs which everyone could
read spoke of this, the only god
who revealed himself in the world,
who was co-existent and co-equal with
the universe, imminent in all creation,
not merely as life exists in the body Of man,
but as being himself the sum total Of created
things, the universe itself in its perennial
growth, decay and resurrection, himself
obeying the laws he had laid down. His
essence, dwelling in every part Of himself,
dwelt likewise in man; and look where he
might, mortal could perceive the presence
and action of the one. Without him moth
ing could be conceived Of, and thus he was
one, like the God Of his fathers Without
him nothing could come into being nor any
event happen on earth. Thus, like the God
of Israel, He was almighty. Joshua had
long been wont to think Of these gods az
essentially the same, and differing only in
name. He who worshiped one he deemed
was the servant of the other; and 30 the cap
tain Of the host could, with clear con-
science, have stood before hisIparent and
told him that he had been as faithful to the
God Of his people as he had been as q war
rior in the service of the King.
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JOSHUA MED1rAr1Ne BEFORE HIS TENT.

grandfather would give him more news, for
she herself had been nearly out Of her mind
with trouble and anxiety. He would de-
serve the richest blessings if he would only
go with her.
The warrior perceived from the first that
he must fulfill this wish, but he had post
poned the visit to the old man until the
next morning. The messenger, though in
haste, managed to inform him of several
things that she had seen or heard Of from
others.
At last she was gone. He made up the
fire, and as long ss the flames blazed
brightly he looked with q dark and
thoughtful gaze toward the West. It was not
until they had consumed the fuel and only
fickered feeble and blue over the charred
wood that be fixed his eyes on the embers
and the flying sparks, and the longer he did
so the deeper and more insurmountable did
he feel the discord in his soul, which only
yesterday had been set on q single and
glorious aim.
For year and half be had been far
from home fighting against Libyan rebels,
and for fully ten months he had not heard
word from his people. A few weeks since
he had been ordered home, and his heart
uVas Hisu ivy nuu AVPSiuAuesss onu uoy
man of 80, had felt boy again a. he drew
nearer and nearer to Tanis, the city Of
Rameses, famed for its obelisks-
In a few hours he would once more be-
hold his beloved and worthy father, who
had only after deep consideration and dis
cussion with his mother-now long since de-
parted in peace-allowed him to follow his
own inclinations and devote himself to mill
tarv service and Pharaoh's armv This VERY
day be had hoped to surprise him with the
news that he had been promoted above other
and older captains Of the Egyptian race.
The neglect which Nun had feared for his
son had, through the power Of his presence,
his valor, and. as he modestly added, his
good luck, been turned to advancement;
and yet he had not ceased to be Hebrew.
When he had felt the need of acknowledge
ing god with sacrifice and prayer he had
worshiped Set into whose sanctuary his own
father had lee him as q child, and whom, at
that time, all the Semitic race in
Goshen had worshiped. For him, how.
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nous delta of the Red river is or may be a
vast rice field, but after the splendid crops of
last year nobody doubts this. Before many
years the chief rice supply of the Far
East may come from Tongking. And
in countless other parts of the coun-
try, all the travellers have told us,
show moist low-lying land equally suited
for rice cultivation. Already experiments
have shown that wheat will grow admirably
on the dry uplands. Its grain is smaller
and browner and much heavier than in
Europe, the cost of cultivation is not more,
while the selling price is at present 80 per
cent higher. Oleaginous grain is already
grown in considerable quantity by the ma
tives, who extract the oil by curious pro-
cess of their own. A large concession of
land has just been taken up to be planted
with sugar cane, and there is no doubt that
many other agricultural products need only
intelligent introduction.
OPENING UP THE COUNTRY.
Again, consider the question of opening
up Southern China. Garnier's hopes of the
Red river route were baseless, but what the
river has failed to do the railway NAV easily
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widow had since shown him, had brought
him much joy in times Of peace. Before
her marriage he had thought Of her a.
growing up to be his wife; but her union
with another and her fathers repeated
declaration that he would never give his
daughter TO wife to foreigner had wounded
his pride and cooled his ard0r. Then he
had met Miriam, and she had inspired him
with fervent desire to call her his own
And yet though, as be marched homsVard
the thought Of seeing Kasans once more had
been pleasing to him. He was well eontent
that be no longer wished to marry her. for it
must have led to much vexation. The
Egyptians and Hebrews alike deemed It an
abomination to eat at each others table, or
to use the same seats or knives, and though
a. q fellov-soldier he was accepted Is one
Of themselves, and had often heard the
young widows father speak kindly Of his
people, still "the strangers" were hateful i'm
the sight of Hornecht and bis household
In Miriam he had found the noblest help
mate. Would that Kasana might make an
other happy. Henceforth she could be no
more to him than delightful child, from
whom We look for nothing bu the pleasure
of her sweet presence. He had learned TO ask
nothing other beyond glad smile, always at
his service. OF Miriam he demanded herself,
In all her lofty beauty, for he had long
enough endured the loneliness Of camp
life, and now that no mothers arms were
open TO the homecomer, he felt the emptiness
OF his single state. He longed once more to
feel glad in times Of peace, when be laid
down his arms after perils and priyations OF
every kind. Il was bis duty TO take wife
home to dwell un6er his fathers ROOF, and 10
y Il 4 - i u. L
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,,anr grant, etc. If 1t is carried out, other
naes Will connect the harbor at Tien-An
ana with Hanoi, and then strike still fur
,ner North. Whether this line is built,
however, and it is but trifing thing of 100
niles, "a the principal objection to it being
mat 1t looks too simple. I am convinced
mat railway communication with Southern
onl ma via Tongking is practicable scheme.
finally, as regards its minerals, the
wealth Of Tongking is not open to doubt.
Two years ago the Government engineer
sent out on special mission by the French
Admiralty and Colonial Office to report
upon the coalfelds Of Tongking, gave list
OF other mines worked by the natives, III In
al, and among them 80 gold mines, 13 silver
mines, 20 iron mines, copper mines and 6
zinc mines. Here I can begin to speak
from my own knowledge
UNLIMITED WEALTH IN SIGHT.
On the concession of the Societe FIR an
eaise des Charbonnages du Tonkin, at q
place called Campha, have seen "boul-
oer stream" of remarkably pure antimony.
o,oOO yards long, with an average thickness
OF ~ feet, and have stood on solid block
OF pure oxide of antimony weighing 16 tons.
In the same concession I saw a vein OF oxide
OF cobalt measuring 100 yards by 900 by one
yard. And from little further north have
seen remarkable specimens of copper ore.
Infinitely more important, however,
than all these, are the coal fields
stretching all along the east coast of
Iongking. For years the existence of these
was well known and many times the COM
manders OF French gunboats, who had been
struck by the multitude of outcrops, sent
nome reports calling attention to them and
10 the enormous advantages which would
accrue to France if they could be success
fqllV worked. At last the company I have
already mentioned was formed two years
ago TO work a concession obtained by NJ.
BaVler-Chaufour. and large number of its
shares were taken up in Hong Kong. At
this time the venture was looked upon as
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And there was something else which had
made his heart beat faster and more gladly
as he saw from afar the pylons and obelisks
OF Tanis, for in his endless march across the
silent desert and in many lonely camp-tent
the image had haunted his vision Of 3
maiden OF his own people, whom he bad
first known as . strange child stirred by
wondrous thoughts, and whom he had seen
again as q woman grown, unapproachabls
in her dignity and severe beauty, not long
before he had last led his host to the Libyau
war. She had come from Succoth to Tanis
to his mothers burial; her image had been
deeply stamped on his heart, and his-he
dared to hope-on hers She had now be-
come prophecies, hearing the voice OF
God. While the other daughters Of Israel
were strictly secluded. she had asserted her
freedom, even among men, and, in spite OF
her hatred for the Egyptians, and ior his
place among them, she hnd not concealed
from Joshua that 70 part from him asgrief
and that she would never cease to think OF
him. His wife, when he should wed, must
be as strong and grave As himself, and
Miriam was both, and cast another and
brighter image, Of which he once had loved
to dream, quite into the shade
He was fond Of children, and swecter child
than Kasana be had never seen, either in
Egypt or in distant lands. The sympathy
with which this fair daughter OF his COM
rade-in-srms had watched his achievements
and his fortunes, and the modest, tender
affection which the much-eourted young
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exact sack out of 152 into which it ought to
60. The men rarely make mistakes, even
when throwing thousands of articles daily.
The average of errors amount to five or six
per month. There are three turns which
make use of IA men. These IA men throw
an average of 10000 pieces of mail every
day in their lives, the aggregate weight OF
which is 30 tons day, and out of the vast
number handled in month only make an
average of five or six errors. Most of those
are the result of sacks being too full, with no
time TO pack the contents compactly. The
speed has to be great, and at 2 in the even
ing, when in the throes of making up the
biggest mail Of the day, the air is really
white with flying mail matter.
IT TAKES STUDY.
One of the Oldest employees, in speaking
OF the e1actlons of this branch of the SER
vice, said: No one can hope to become
really a distributor unless by devoting
from three to four hours of hard study to the
work every day at home Civil service
questions are not much good in this. Meu
have to know every postofice and the coun-
ty it is in in State to be rated 100 on that
State. I know one man who has studied
Ohio four years, and at the last examination
made only 30 per cent The examinations
are monthly and cannot be got around by
any pretext The crack distributor must
know 90 per cent of the postofices in six or
seven States, although he may be rarely
called on to work over two or three States,
Ohio and Pennsylvania have q man
apiece, but he cannot dawdle around.
he is at concert pitch all the time
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States mail, viz, speed, accuracy and pre-
cision. The machinery which secures this
result is complicated, the men who are the
prime agents in the work are dextrous and
skilled by years of practice so that they be-
come almost automatic in their operations,
and the different things which may be termed
labor and time-saving accessories of the
Postofice Department are all at high pitch
of perfection.
Especially is this the case in the PIttsburg
postofhce, long held up as model for other
cities, and demanding high need of praise
from those who know what postofice efici-
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in, the work of canceling is at high pres
LIGHTNING DISTRIBUTION.

Then the letters go to the distributors.
These quick-eyed chaps have got them
selves up to such pitch of accuracy of eve
and aim that their work is little short of
marvellous. In eight hours work on an
ordinary day of the week past,
one distributor, working in front of
a mail rack containing 200 pigeon
holes-one for every postofice in Pennsyl-
vania-deciphered the addresses of 10, ,153
letters, and the bulk of his work was done
in three hours. In treatment of matter
mailed in Pittsburg for elsewhere. it NAV be
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men schemed and fought and died. To-day
it is known to have been indeed the ''base-
less fabric of vision" The Red river has
been explored to the Chinese frontier and
found to be unsuited to serious navigation
for the greater part of its length, to be both
shallow and full of rapids. The future
of Tongking. therefore, if it has one, must
lie in another direction than that which in
spired its conquest. But has it future
this 200, 900 square miles of varied country,
which has cost France $4,000 men and un-
known millions of francs, will it some day
give back these lives and this treasure
hundredfold, or is it destined to drag on in
misgovernment and amid political rancours
for few years, till evacuation closes the
shameful chapter? That depends. But for
my own part do not see how anybody who
has had opportunities Of closely observing
Tongking in different parts can doubt the
possibility of future perhaps even beyond
that which GARNER dreamed.
To begin with, the most striking super
fetal feature of Tongking is its fertility.
Wherever have seen it, the land has been
green with trees and sin verdure clad" or
covered with luxurisnt crops. The enor-