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rhs New Order OF Chivslry OrEnMissa
by Cardinal Lavtgerte.
Cardinal Lavigerie has founded the
Ter of the Warrior Of Monks Of the Sa.
n. Instead Of meekly bowling their
dS TO receive the martyrs crown they
Il fight for their lives They will seek
attract sympathy and good will by Dc.
looping the productfveness of the oases.
IL by the creation of new ones, where
aey will form stations for the relief Of
sc sick. for the offer Of hospitality to all
,,mcrs, and for the refuge and protection
af fugitive slaves.
Their aim viii be to afford practical
demonstration of the benefits and advan.
cages of civilization, TO preach by ex.
ample the elements thereof, and TO thus
prepare the ground for conversion 20
Christianity. The headquarters Of the
order are at Biskra, on the Algerian bor.
ders of the Great Sahara Desert. and were
solemnly consecrated by Cardinal Lavi.
gerie.
Two days after pronouncing their vows,
which, instead of being taken for life are
limited to term of five years, renewable
stt MltAs AANCOl w NAAiOt NAOnAH ot&AAtcO
out for Wargla, an important oasis about
800 miles to the south OF Biskra. IL is
there that the first of the armed stations
projected by Cardinal Lavigerie is TO Ee
established. 1t is entirely surrounded
by sand, a green island in an ocean OF
fire. The second station will be at the
oasis of Mes Jonah, near the Morocco
frontier, which is traversed by all the
great slave caravans coming from the
south, and which has acquired a rscul-
iarly evil name, owing to the fact of its
being the place wl-vre lads are mutilated
20 render them fit for service as guard
ians of the various harems throughout
the Mohammedan world.
More than so pvr cent perish from loss
of blood, which is stanched in the most
primitive manner, l. e., by burying them
for the space of four and twenty hours
up to their necks in the burning hot sand.
,eaving only their heads exposed TO the
Gorturing bites of the insects and to the
>corehing rays of the sun. Ii is here
where the military training Of the War
Tior Monks will be brought into full play.
or the slave dealers ars sure to make
aard fight TO prevent the establishment
within the narrow limits of the oasis of
a fortified station, where every slave who
.s able to effect his or her escape from
their cruel hands is certain to find
refuge and protection.
The slave dealers, however, extend
their activity even to the very doors Of
iSiskra, which, as stated above, is built
al nd ot s.f hm Isa.
'eatures of the ceI>mony of the conse.
ration of the mob..s was when Cardinal
.avigerie led to tie altar little brown
girl barely 9 yealS old, who had sue.
'eeded in concealIpg herself, and in
ffecting her escape from slave caravan
passing through the desert few miles to
he south of Biskra.
A sudden movement Of the child caused
yer to drop something that she was
iolding concealed beneath the folds of her
.jebba. The venerable prelate bent down
md raised it from the ground. II was a
mall, dusky hand-the hand of the little
,irl who stood beside him, and which
heer wanton cruelty had been cut of
" her captors. Holding it aloft, and
ointing toward the great Sahara, while
vith his own hand he raised the child's
,rm, so that all present could see the
tangled stump, the Cardinal exclaimed,
a tones which seemed to ring forth as
larion
Il would to God that ali Europe could
ee this little handl May it serve to
rect your line of march. En- ayant for
,od, for France, aud for humanity -
Cunlif1e Owen, In Harper's Weekly.