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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-12
WE law FOR THE WOLVES.


Now this is the law of the jungle, as old
and as true as the sky,
And the wolf that shall keep it may
prosper, but the wolf that shall break
it must die.
AS the creeper that girdles theA tree
trunk the law runneth forward and
For the strength of the pack is the wolf.
and the strength of the wolf IS the
pack
Wash daily from nose tip to tail tip;
And remember the night is for hunting
and forget not the day is for sleep.
The jackal may follow the tiger, but, cub,
when thy WHISPERS are grown,
Remember the wolf is a hunter-go forth
and get food of thy own.
Keep pace with the lords of the Jungle,
the tiger. the panther, the bear;
And trouble not HATH the Silent, and
mock not the bear IN his lair.
When pack meets with pack in the jun
gle, and neither will go from the trail
Lie down till the leaders have spoken; it
may be fair words shall prevail.
When We fight with a wolf of the pack
we must fight him alone and afar,
Lest others take part in the quarrel and
the pack is diminished by war.
The lair of the wolf is his refuge, and
where ne has made him a home
Not even the head wolf may enter, not
even the council may come.
The lair of the wolf is his refuge and
where he has digged it too plain,
The council shall send him a message,
and so he shall change 1t again.
If We kill before midnight be silent and
wake not the woods with your bay,
Lest We frighten the deer from the crop
and thy brothers go empty away.
Ye may kill for yourselves. and your
mates. and your cubs as they need
and We can;
But kill not for pleasure of killing. and
seven times never kill man.
If We plumber his kill from a weaker. de-
your not all IN thy pride.
Pack-right is the right of the meanest,
so leave him the head and the hide.
The kill of the pack is the meat of the
pack, We must eat where it lies;
And no one may carry away OF that meat
to his lair, or he dies.
The kill of the wolf is the meat of the
wolf He may do what he Will;
But, till he is given permission, the pack
may not eat of that kill.
From all of her year she may claim
One haunch of each killed for her litter,
and none may deny her the same.
Cub right is the right of the 'yearling.
From all of her years she may claim
Full gorge when the killer has eaten; and
none may refuse him the same.
Cave right is the right of the father, to
hunt by himself for his own;
He is freed from all calls to the pack.
He is judged by the council alone.
Because of his age and his cunning. be-
cause of his grippe and HE paw,
In all that the law Ieayeth open the word
of the head wolf is law
Now these are the laws of the jungle,
and many and mighty are they;
But the head and the hoof of the law and
the haunch and hump is-Obey!
-Rudyard Kipling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-12

At times I remembered my desire to
become a priest, but HON il was over
late to study; also, my hands were too
much soiled with the affairs of the
world.
Wearying of the struggle, went
back to my village in the mountains
and dwelt there awhile, but this also
wearied me. having nothing to do. and
turned my attention to the study and
mana cement of mines. 1t was while I
was thus employed, as a middle-aged
man. that, made the acquaintance of
James Strickland. who was destined to
accompany me to the city, Heart Of
the World.
ITO he C,on+in,,,a1N
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-12
Copyright, 1891 by H Rider Haggard.)
Written for The Salt lake Herald1
PART T
INTRODUCTION.

Within the last few years certain
English gentleman, who may be called
Jones, CHANGED to be employed as the
manager Of a mine not far from the
Usumacinto river, the upper reaches of
which divide the Mexican State of
Chiapas from the republic of Guate-
mala. Jones devoted himself, SO far as
his time would allow, TO the collection
of antiquities, and the study of such of
the ruins of pre-Aztec cities and tenn
piles as lay within his reach. Then,
CHANGING to hear that, on the further
side of the mountain, at a hacienda
called Santa Cruz, there dwelt an In
dian, Don Ignatio by name, the owner
of the hacienda, who was reported to
have more knowledge of the antiques,
their history and relics, than anybody
else In this part of Mexico, he went to
visit him.
Jones found Don Ignatio at evening
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-12
CHAPTER /.
HOW THE PLOT FAILED.

I, Ignatio, the writer Of this history.
being now a man in my SD year, was
was born in village among the noun
tains that lie between the towns of
Picharcalco and Tiapa. OF all that
district my father was the hereditary
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-12

Now this is the law of the jungle, as old
and as true as the sky,
And the wolf that shall keep it may
prosper, but the wolf that shall break
it must die.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1894-08-12

Wash daily from nose tip to tail tip;
drink deeply. but never too deep;
And remember the night is for hunting
and forget not the day is for sleep.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
Odd Eyes of Deep Sea Fish.

The eyes of deep sea fish are very
varied. Some have neither eyes nor
sight. Others have greatly enlarged
eyeballs, so as to catch the least
glimpse of light. Their eyes tend
either to disappear or to be unusually
efficient, but since no ray of sunlight
can penetrate to any great depth, and
as it is probably quite dark beyond
depth Of some 200 fathoms, of what
use can eyes be?
Chambers Journal says that fish
have been captured at depth of near
ly 5000 fathoms, where there must be
not only absolute stiffness but also to-
tai darkness, except for the fact that
some of these deep sea creatures are
phosphorescent, and therefore lumin-
GUS. This fact was ascertained in the
Challenger expedition. Since then
Mr.. Alcock, of the Indian marine sur
vey, has found that some deep sea
crustaceans have a similar power, one
large prawn quite lighting up buck
etful of water in which it was placed.
Fish with large eyes have, therefore,
q better chance of finding food and
mates, but they cannot wholly depend
upon sight, since some have quite aban-
doned all attempts TO see.
Some, again, have luminous organs
on their head or body or tail, which
are under their control, SO that they
can actually throw light at pleasure
on their prey or extinguish it at times
of danger. Thus the angler, among
others, attracts its prey by means of
these colored lures or phospoorescent
lights, 1t has been well said that
these "vast profounds of the deep
have become sort of almshouse or
asylum, whereunto autiquated forms
have retired, and amid the changeless
environment have dwelt for ages unal-
tered"
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06

hung with artificial flowers made of
silk. These were the court fans, and
different flowers were appropriated by
different great families, SO that n fan
answered the purpose of mmorinl
bearings. Sometimes these beautiful
court fans were made of ivory and
partly l0cquered, thus becoming great
works of art, Folding fans also served
the purpose of ensigns in war, and an
enormous fan, mita ogi, giant fan, was
carried in professions in honor of the
sun goddess.
Children and dolls have fans of their
own, as exquisite as they are tiny.
Dancers and jugglers carry peculiar
fans there is tea fan, rikin, used at
the ancient tea ceremony, a solemn
feast among the japanese. This is
not for the undignifed purpose of fan
ming, but for handing little cakes.
The ogi fan is vulgarised nowadays by
being covered with European adyer-
tisements, and till newspapers found
their way into Japan it was the only
gazette. 1t was also used as a medium
for caricatures, chiefly of Western
manners. 1.-THE Spectator.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
Shopping in Turkey.

Though the Turks cannot be called
lazy, yet they like to take their time.
Patience, they say, belongs to God;
hurry, to the devil. Nowhere is this
so well illustrated as in the manner OF
shopping in Turkey. This was brought
particularly to our notice when we
visited the Sivas bazaars, to examine
some inlaid silverware, for which the
place is celebrated. The customer
stands il the street inspecting the ar
ticles ON exhibition; the merchant sits
on his heels on the booth floor. If the
customer is of some position in life,
he climbs up and sits down on O level
with the merchant. If he is a foreign
er, the merchant is quite deferential.
A merchant is not merchant at all,
but host entertaining a guest. Coffee
is served; then q cigarette rolled up
aud handed to the 'guest, " while the
various social and other local topics
are freely discussed. After coffee and
smoking the question of purchase is
gradually approached not abruptly,
as that would involve loss of dignity !;
but eircumspectly, as if the buying of
anything were mere afterthought.
Maybe, after half an hour, the Gus
toner asks the price in an of-hand
way, as though he were not particu-
larly interested. The merchant replies,
ooh, whatever your highness pleases, "
or 81 shall be proud if your highness
will do me the honor to accept it as a
gift" This means nothing whatever,
and is merely the introduction to the
haggling which is sure to follow. The
seller, with silken manners and bra3en
countenance, will always name price
four timeJ MS large as it should be.
Then the real business begins. The
buyer offers one half or one fourth OF
what he finally expects to pay; and q
war of words, in clustering tone,
leads up to the close of this everyday
farce Century.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
The Fans Of Japan.

The japanese uchiwa, or fiat fan, at
home and in history is a very much
more interesting object than the mod
ern specimen of its kind in an English
room. One of its most curious varie-
ties is the iron war fan, invented in
the eleventh century far the use of
military commanders, either for di-
rection and signalling, or MS a shield
for defense. These war fans were made
of leather and iron, one side being
vanished with red lacquer, with the
emblem of Buddha and some other
native device.
The water fans are made of bamboo
and thinly lNcquered, so that they
may be dipped in water to secure ex-
ira GOODNESS while tanning. To harden
these fans they are dipped in shibr
Juice, which also acts as dye, turning
red when exposed to the air. Another
kind of uchiwa is the revolving fla
fan, which whirls round its stick an(
can be rolled up. Another strong fla
paper fan is used as bellows to blow
| the charcoal fire in the kitchen.
Among the folding fans, or ogi, th'
hi wood fans are the most beautiful
they are painted with flowers and tie
with white silk. Anciently they wer
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
His Name on a Turtle.

John Neubert of the Teton, while
chopping ice near the shore for wa
tering place for the cattle, struck
through the ice and the bit of the axe
was embedded in the mud at the bot
tom of the stream, which was very
shallow at that point. Mr.. Neubert
thought he felt something moving
when the axe struck in the mud, and,
pursuing his investigations further,
he pulled out good-sized mud turtle
bearing on its shell, 81. N, 1857"
and ~. N, 1871"
Mr.. Neubert remembers having put
the first initials on q turtle at the
mouth of Milk river in 1857, and the
latter initials in 1871 upon the turtle
when he found it twenty-three years
ago on q sand bar in the Missouri at
Devereaux bottom, just above Fort
Benton. The turtle meandered up
and down through two decades until
it finally brought up at the ranch of
its old acquaintance.
Mr.. Neubert again put an inscrip-
ton on its shell, which read: "Hon.
j. N, pub. admir-, 1894" and return
ed it to the river. Where he finds it
again only time can tell.-[Montana
River Press.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06

requiring no food or attention, only
warm quarters. When they wake up
in the spring they develop a vigorous
appetite, and are fed principally on
hard-shell crabs, which they devour
with great greed. After q few days
feeding they learn to come to the feed
ing place with the eagerness Of chick
ems in barnyard.
At the close of last season the
Messrs. Riggin had 3, 800 young terra
pin on hand, which were carried safely
through the winter. The warm days
of early spring caused their owners to
remove them from the winter quarters
sooner than usual, and the cold wave
proved very disastrous, killing about
six hundred of them, which means a
loss, at the present valuation, OF 81, 200.
In purchasing stock terrapin those OF
five inches cost $13 q dozen; six inch
es, $34'a dozen, and seven to nine IN
ches, $50 a. dozen. They sell at from
$50 to $50 dozen.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
HOrSe.hair Snakes.

The so-called hair snake is only
worm, and its scientific name is Cor
dius aquaticus. The name of the genus
is from the old name "Gordian Knot, "
because the worms twist themselves
into knots rather difficult to olsen
tangle. The specific name aquaticus
refers to water, because they are u.s.
ually found in water when fully
grown. OF course they are not trans
formed hairs, for nature is not doing
that kind of business in these days OF
scientific research. These hair worms
lay their eggs in damp or wet places,
and when they hatch the young Larvae
hunt about for crickets, grasshoppers,
ground beetles, or similar large in
sects and when an opportunity pre-
sents enter these their victims and
feed on the contents of their bodies,
but do not kill their host, although
they may keep them in rather feeble
condition just as internal worms do
horses, dogs, and other large animals.
Late in summer and when these hair
snakes or worms have reached matur-
ity, they are on the alert for a good
opportunity for leaving their victims
and if the latter happen to fall into {
pond, water trough, or even be caught
out in a heavy shower, the worms
hear the splash and then come out
We have often gathered beetles, crick
cts, and similar insects, and, by throw
ing them into a vessel of water, beer
enabled to witness the escape of thes
hair snakes from their bodies o
course, those who are ever anxious t.
believe in miraculous productions vii
still cling to the idea that hairs turi
into hair snakes. 49, New York Sun.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
TerrapIn Farming.

Messrs. Alb. Riggin & Co. have just
completed another diamond back ter
rapin inclosure on the Annamessex
River, adjoining Crisfeld, says the
Baltimore American. The Enclosure
is formed by driving sixteen-foot
boards in the mud to the depth of six
feet. or to the hard bottom, making a
secure pen for the terrapin. About
two acres of muddy bottom are fenced
in, with knobs exposed here and there,
interspersed with salt water, which is
constantly renewed by the ebbing and
flowing of the tide. There are also
artificial banks of sand in which the
terrapin deposit their eggs, leaving
them to be Matched by the heat of the
sun. Eggs are usually deposited from
June to the middle of August, and
soon hatch in the warm summer sun.
A grown terrapin will lay twelve eggs
at a time, and lay twice during the
season. Terrapin require about three
years to become full counts"
During the winter the terrapin pillow
deeply into the mud and lie dormant
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
BY No Means Civil.

$50 you were in the courtroom"
said the hostess to the guest from the
country.
eyes. I was; and I never shall for
get it to my dying day."
"There was a civil suit in progress,
believer"
Indeed it wasn't. You iist should
hev heard how them lawyers talked to
the witnesses! ~ American Indus
tries.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
THE SHAFTS TOUR.
Persia's Potentate VIII Visit
Europe This Summer,
Good Results From Previous
Trips to the Continent.

The Shah of Persia will visit Europe
for the fourth time this summer. In
some respects his last visit was not
wholly gratifying to the Shah, though
its effects are said to have been salu-
tary. Just before he left TeherGn a
number of soldiers, whose pay was
long in arrears, crowded around his
majesty's carriage to present petit
ton. The police undertook to dis
perse the crowd, there was slight
scutfie and two or three stones hit the
royal carriage The police arrested
dozen soldiers, and at the Shah's com
mand they were brought before him.
He was terribly incensed at the indig-
nifty his throne had suffered, and al
though it was not shown that the SOL
diers had thrown the stones or were
guilty of intentional disrepect, their
sovereign, without hearing word
from them, sentenced the poor fellows
to immediate death, and they were
thereupon strangled in his presence.
The shocking story reached Europe
in advance of the Shah, and every
Court he visited made it very plain to
his Oriental majesty that the western
world was not pleased with such dis
plays of despotic power Mr., Benja-
min, then American minister at Tehe-
ran, says that the indignation so gen.
orally expressed in Europe had an eS-
cellent and abiding affect upon the
Shah's character. After his return
home his subjects were not afflicted by
the Shah with similar displays of bar
barism.
Persia and her sovereign have been,
without doubt, considerably influenced
by constantly increased contact with
western civilization.
The Shah is said to be far more hui
name than any of his predecessors,
The keepers of the royal stables no
longer lose their heads if the Shah's
horses fail to win in the races.
The Shah has the reputation, on
the whole, of ruling his people merci-
fully, and, though they suffer many
wrongs at the hands of greedy and
corrupt agents of his power, there is
no doubt that the Shah personally has
the affection and the respect of his
subjects.
The purpose of his coming journey
is said to be to visit the chief indus
trial centers of Europe. 1t is known
that the Shah favors the Introduction
into Persia of railroads and other
fruits of western civilization. The
homes of the wealthy throughout Per.
sia already abound with rich furnish.
ings, transported at great cost from
Europe. When powerful and intel
ligent ruler like the Shah of Persia
who is furthermore very DESTROYS tC
promote the material advancement O
his country, visits Europe to study it
industrial systems and enterprises, thu
fact is significant and gratifying. 1
is not unlikely to have far greater
result in promoting civilization
and trade than the prolonged
efforts of many missionaries and com
mercial agents.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1894-07-06
A QUEER BUSINESS.
New Method Of Fattening Hogs
in California,
Horses Slaughtered for Feeding
Purposes.

The enterprising methods of the
California rancher who makes busi-
ness of raising hogs, have long been
a subject of favorable comment in this
and other states, but if the latest
scheme devised by them for fattening
their stock for market will meet with
public favor, is question. This
scheme consists in buying up old
horses, which have outliwed their use
fulness, may be bought for "a song,
Strengthening them and then feeding
then the carcasses to the hogs.
Several weeks ago the agent for a
leading hog-raiser in Fresno county
appeared in this city and Oakland and
began the purchase of every disabled
horse he could find In this he was
very successful, and in a short time
herd of over 800 horses I'D been Sc
cured at a cost of less than 500 to the
purchaser. 1t is surprising fact
that many of these horses were pur-
chased for 81 apiece, and few brought
over SO.
This appears to be due to the fact
that, owing to the high price of feed,
the maintenance of these ANIMALS was
considered Improbable by their own
ers, who were glad to dispose of them
at any price. This herd of horses,
which resembled in many respects q
walking boneyard, was driven to Fresno
county and each animal promptly shot.
The carcasses were then hacked to
pieces and thrown pell nell to the
hogs.
Inquiry at the pound developed the
fact that the officials there had heard
of this new and startling enterprise,
but up to date no application for ami
mails had been made to them. All
horses impounded at the pound which
are not redeemed by their owners are
sent to the fertilizing works, and there
converted into glue, soap and other ar
ticles of domestic value. Horses thus
used have fixed value of from So to
$12, according to the degree of preser-
walton.
This is something over which we
have no control" said Secretary Hol-
brook of the Humane Society yester-
day. II have heard of the purchase
of old, WORKOUT horses for this pur-
pose all over the State, but as the
question of cruelty in connection with
the enterprise has never arisen, no &C
ton has been taken OF course some
thing must be done with WORKOUT
horses after they become a burden
some expense, but it is highly objec,
tionable to feed their carcasses to
hogs, which are subsequently shipped
to this market. Lovers of pork may
now make up their minds as to the
sort of delicacy they enjoy daily
It is business that should be stopped
by local legislation"
Several cases have developed in thu
outskirts of the city where horse
have been slain, cooked in watts ant
subsequently placed in duck ant
chicken ranches for fowl to peck at.
This is regarded as legitimate, anC
thus far no person in authority
has inteposed to stop what may at bes
be designated as peculiar and oh
jectionable practice, -[San Francisc,
Chronicle.