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The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
CRABBER GETS AN ALLIGATOR.
He Caught u In the Hackensack and IT'S
a-Feet Long. Honest I'M Jun.

Frederick Voigt of Central avenue. near
Lincoln street, Jersey City, was grabbing
in the Hackensack River at the mouth OF
Pen Horne Creek few days ago and, at
the third haul, brought UP an alligator
nearly three feet long. He managed to
get his prize into the boat, but it kicked up
such rumpus that he was compelled to hit
il blow on he head with an oar.
It kept quiet after that long enough TO
enable him 10 reach LIGHTHOUSE near the
Erie Railroad bridge. There Voigt put tho
alligator In bag and carried it home. II
yard.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
INSTRUCTIONS IN TURKEY.
THE REVOLT IN MACEDONIA IS
EXTENDING.
our European Squadron 10 sail Tonight
for Beirut, where Conditions Are
such as to Make IL Unsafe for Foreign
Resldents--squadrOn COallng AT Genoa.


for Beirut, where Conditions Are
such ms to Make II Unsafe for Foreign
Acknowledgements C0allng AT Genoa.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29.Secretary Hay
returned TO Washington this morning and
had long conference with Assistant Secre-
tary LOOMS. II is admitted by the au-
thorities that conditions in Turkey are
assuming alarming proportions and that
the revolution against the Sultan IL becom-
ing so serious as to make IL adv isable for this
country to take immediate steps to safe
guard the lives and property Of Americans.
The news from Constantinople that Vice
Consul Magelssen Is alive and unframed
will cause no change in the plans OF this
Cover nnent for the proper protection OF
American interests in Turkey, The Euro
pean squadron, under Rear Admiral Cotton.
will continue to Beirut and will remain
in the vicinity Of Turkish seaports as long
as the present serious situation continues.
The Navy Department this afternoon
announced that the cruisers Brooklyn and
San Francisco we're coaling at Genoa and
would sail Sunday night for Beirut.
Minister Leshman recommen ded yes
teTudy HioiuhiS 'hV nhiO'N"H "'o''P'
he sent to Turkey. In despatch to the
State Department he said
THE troubles in Macedonia become
worse and more extended each day, and
it seems to me advisable to keep a ship
within easy range of Turkish waters, In
order to be in position more fully TO pro-
tect American citizens should the revolu-
tions assume more alarming proportions.
The insurgents have become more ag-
gressive in E lstern Rumelia since the
visit of the Russian war vessels and the
passenger train from Europe was blown
up with dynamite this morning about fifty
miles from Constantinople, killing or wound
ing most OF the passengers.
The reports received by the Board of
Foreign Missions at Boston also indicate
that life is not safe in Harpoot and letter
received at the State Department from
the officers of the board said that they
were in possession of important Informal
ton which they would disclose to the officers
of the Department in personal inerview.
Secretary Hay has written TO the officers
of the board in Boston, saying that he will
gladly receive them any day to listen to
what they may have to say.
As an indication of tine trouble existing
at Beirut. Minister Leishman said that
the several consular officers at Beirut had
reported to their Governments that the
conditions there are such as to make it
unsafe for foreign residents.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
WAR LORDS DOG A STOW AWAY.
Handsome 81. Bernard From kalser's
Kennels Found on an oil Tank.

When the oil tank steamship Washington
reached the Standard Oil Company's plant
at Constable Hook from Hamburg yester-
day, the capita in and crew told story Of
how a handsome st Bernard. which had
been in the kennels of Emperor Will
lam had shipped to America AZ a COM
mon stowaway, The dog got aboard the
vessel at Hamburg without being noticed
10y any of tho crew and hid itself in the
hold The steamship was two days out
when the animal made its appearance on
deck. Hunger had prompted it to search
for something to eat.
Able Seaman Jack Austin said the canine
stowaway was from the Emperor ken
nels. Austin had been employed IN the
royal kennels and said he had seen the st.
Bernard there.
The animal will probably be taken back
TO Germany, although several Standard
Oil officials have asked for 1t,
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
FISHERMEN THROWN INTO BAN.
Two Held TO Overturned Boat While One
swan Ashore for Help.

COOP GROUND, l.. l., Aug. 20.Dr. J. J.
O'Connell, DR., J. Il. Walsh ard W. j. Glynn.
all of Brooklyn, had n narrow escape from
drowning in Shnnccock Bay to-day The
three men, despite the storm, started on
before they had sailed mile the craft
was capsizcd Glynn and Walsh, who
could not swim, managed to hold to the
boat, while 0'Connell swan to shore for
assistance.
George r. Bellows, n hotel proprietor
went out for Walsh and Glynn and brought
them to shore, exhausted.
In July these three men met similar
mishap. Az that time they were in the
water several hours before they we're
rescued
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
NO AID FOR JAMAICANS.
Colonial Secretary Refuses to Sanction q
Loan OF az 1000. 900.
Special Cable Despatch to THE SUN.

Special Cable Despatch to THE SUN.
KINGSTON. Jamaica, Aug. 29-News was
received here to-day TO the effect that Colo
NAL Secretary Chamberlain has refused to
sanction an Imperial loan Of s2,OOO,OOo TO
assist the planters whose crops were ruined
by the recent hurricane. This has created
general dissatisfaction. The outlook is
very gloomy. Thousands Of people are
out of work and they have no money.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
SEVEN KILLED ON STEAMER.
Main steam Pipe on the Neckar Burst
After She Left Bremen.

Special Gable Despatch to THE SUN.
BREMEN, Aug. 29.-The North German
Lloyd line steamship Neckar, which sailed
from here for Baltimore, returned with he
main steam pipe burst
Two of her engineers and five firemen
are dead All the passengers are safe.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
STORING COAL UNDER WATER.


Special Cubic DrspGtch 10 THE sun,
LONDON, Aug 20. The manager Of the
Alexandra docks at Newport gives some
particulars in regard TO tests
of the value of coal stored under water, a
system now under consideration by the Brit
ish Admiralty -Four qualities of COL were
taken, the best Monmouthshire coal, which
could be procured fresh hewn ard which
il j. admitted is one Of the best, If not the
best, coais i'll the world for stocking purposes;
coal which had been three years under
water; coa which had been ten years under
water. and coal recovered Ivy mudmen
outsideShe mouth of the UsI River, driftage
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1903-08-30
which the Adios received, made the Syra.
cuse boat win by IL minutes 30 seconds.

Allowing literally for the time the Stand
opinion was that the Standard hardly could
have won. The captain of the Syracuse
boat also said he could have done better
had the Standard held out. The Adios
will do no more racing just now in these
waters, and will be taken home to-day
The postponed races will be sailed next
Wednesday
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-07-30
Gturd1r1ukttuu.

9 egetarier: ,Ste senieben
Sleii9?"-@ a It (etn 9eefiteat perz
aebrenb): rMber nur BON ~pflanoens
fre1enben Sbteren!"
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Qutomlobil= 2aitsue.

auseefiibrt. @s banbslts iid um einen
'Mutompbilz2 aitaus, Der na9 ben Qnz
gaben bes Sberleutnants Srooit,
a la suite Der &aiierli6en S6ub=
truppe fir 9euti9zSi bpe t=Nfrita
erbaut porben lit. Gum 3ped Der
8eii9tisuns batten ii9 @ertreter bes
4riegsminiiteriums, bes 3ei6spoitz
ants unb namentlid piele Sffiaiere
Der 0ertebrsz uno S4ubtruppen einz
sefunben. Ser r9ur9" benannte, nit
5piritus betriebene Motorpasen, Elm
plumpes Sabr5eus, permOate ielbit in
benz tiefen Sanbe bes S%empelbofer
syelbes cine 2ait bon 44,O92 Yfunb
obne Sdpierigteiten f9nea fortsubez
tpegen. CUR 9efOroeruns iold' zines
@epi9tes tpiirben %penisitens 20 sneiz
fpdnnise 5ubrperte erforberli9 fem,
bic auf ebener Strabe mtnbel tens 656
SUB Haum e%innebmen piirben, pdbz
renb Der ertpGbnte Mutomobilz 2aitsug
muir eine 2dnse bon 655 SUB boi. Der
Motorpasen fotpobl tpte bic angebGngz
ten 2aftnasen paren NIT 8leibarren
in entfpre9enber S9pere bsla1tet. 0te
tolofalen, i9perbelaiteten Wasen fubz
rem &urpen tabenos, ebeni 0 purben
fpGter BEL Der Giidfahrt i6arfe gden
BON benz ganaen 3use NIT GROCER 2etaz
tistett iberpunben, unb bic 0erfu4sz
fabrten sepdbrten aqsemeine 8efriez
bisung.
Del 2aft5ug 1T 5ur 8%ef0rberuns
bon MaFensiitern beitimmt unb ion
fotpobl milttdrif9en pte audi toloniaz
len unb NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. 3peden
bienen. gs banbelt it9 in ben beutf4z
afritanif9en 8olonten febr bdufis
barum, f9nierise Steaen gu paiiiren.
Ser Motortpasen nimmt bieie auerit
alein unb siebt bann mtttelit Drabtz
feils bic Wasen na4.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-07-30
Ginstur 5M1ultd,kcit.

SD mub Sbren 9etratbsantraa
bantenb ablebnen, 9err 2eutnant!"-
rNeb, ~gndbiges SrGulein nolen alio
lebtg bleiben!"
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-07-30
6rnBtr Herriusmeierei.

Sc tern baben pir einen neuen
@erein sesriinbet." - r3u nel4em
3pede?"-rS, Der pirb uns i4on
nod einfalen."
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-07-30
9riti(fbe StuOienrei(en.
sInfid,t etnes emsIiidlem Observation-Disclosures
iber MmerifaS SduI,pejeu.

SsWI"Uk W. SVSttIWeN
dber stmeritas sd,ulweteu.
8etrG9tli9es Muf1eben bat in Gngz
lamb cine Hebe errest, bic Mlfreb 500
ielp neuli9 in Der gu 2onbon abgez
b~altenen Sabresperfammlung Der
@robbrttanntf9 en Sc enf9aften fir
9anbelsf9ub bielt. @r ipra6 bierbei
Die Mnfi9t aus, bab England in En-
aieberif9er 9tnft9t I'm cine Genera
ton btnter ben Ser. Staaten auz
riidftebe unb bab es feline Nbii9t iet,
i'm fommenben 9erbite nit elmer parz
tie BON Is big 30 f%iibrenben pdbasoz
gen na9 Mmerita gu rel len, bamit bteie
bic gnttpidlung bes S9ulpefens in
Der Union ieben tDnnten.
Mofelp fam i'm bortgen Serb tie an
ber Spite elmer bon linn oreaniitrten
unb finanaieu unterbaltenen &ommiiz
fion mad ben Ser. Staaten, INN bic
bierlGnbif9en tnbuitrte1en Metboben
gu ftubtren. Oie 20 ober mebr Mitz
slieber Der &ommiiiion paren fGmmtz
li9 gei6idte 9anbperter, bon benen
ieber einen beionberen Snbuitriespeig
reprGfentirte.
Mlfreb Mofelb 1T eesenpdrtig 48
Sabre alt. gr sing nit 10 Sabren
na9 S~ibafrtfa, mo- er in ben bortisen
Cobb unb Oiamantensruben arbeitete
unb fpdter Mitslieb Der Se Beers
COMPANY purbe. S9on i'm Otter. BON
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-07-30

Sin neues DteDut1er.
Molascuit sebeiBen, tpirb in Mrsenti>
MEN aus Molafes unb ben Saiern pom
3uderrobr berseiteut. &iiroli9 muir
ben in ben Ser. Staaten Mai9inerien
beiteqt, UNI nD9entlt9 $50 Spnnen
bieiss Suffers eraeugen gu tDnnen.
Sas eierne Rreu5 psr<
f9ptnbet aqmGlig aus Der beuti9en
Nrmee. Oas @roBfreua, pel9es pabz
renb bes SelDauges BON 1S70-71 nur
penisen Muserpdblten perlieben
tpuroe, 1T f9on sdnalid peri6punoen.
SIS finb audi nur nod Al %eiierne
areuae eriter &lahe porbanben.
s Der so If trGet
10 5iemli9 ieber iunse Mann cine Der
befannten Dollars ai9enubren aus
Connecticut. Ser ameritanif6e gr=
port na9 Der Manbi9urei bat nit Ger
2ieferung bon @iienbabnmaterialien
fir bic rufiii9e Resierung einen se>
tpalttsen IuH4pung senommen.
Siamanten unb anbere Gbelz
ftetne iinb allein i'm Mai b. s. in Nelp
gort fir 49, 900 straightforward
IS 1T bies mebr als iemals porber in
benz glei6en 3eitraum. Seit benz Mos
nat Mai 1901 finb fir mebr als $780,
100000 Oiamanten unb anbere Goels
iteine in Nep Yort einsefibrt porben.
&opff9meraen finb bel ben
aru6if9en 8ebuinen 10 gut pie unbez
tannt. Die 8ebuinen iinb ale f9pu9e
Gher: feds Biz iieben Oatteln in SER
laKener Butter einsenei9t, nebit elmer
tleinen Mense sroben Mebls ober bret
Bis bier Gbl0ffel seto9ten Reifes sea
niisen einem damn fiir ben ganaen
Snn-
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8umoristisches
Ori1tkrrmrtanrit.

Ser Mein lit Der b E It e, bon
benz man-am nd6iten Morgen am
peniaiten fpri6t.
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btlltges 9etm.

1900 Nder QaAb in Stearus @onntp IN et=
ner @esenb gu %perfaufen, mo MIR beuti9e
Sarmer pobnen, cine bis pier Weilen BON
Ser Stabt, Stride unb Sdule, Creamery,
Wiible unb BON eiuem Warftplab, NO Der
Nar,ner aue 9robufte sewinnbrinsenb per-
faufen fann. Ser gobeu 1T i6wer nnb bat
lebmise llnterlase. OberfId6e i6warser
9ebm uub me0enfOrmis. 9reis fur wilbes
Qanb pom SIS bis $50 BEN Gder. Mu6 cul=
tipirte Sarmen Bel mir gu f%aufeu: 100 Gder,
pom benen SIS inter Yflus nnb 30 Ider Wie=
len iinb, nit neuem Sramebans nnb Staa,
anbertbalb Weile pom ber Stabt NIT 700
Ginwobnern; 3 5000. Serner eine 100 Gder
Narm, pier Weilen Don Der Stabt, rs Mder
inter Ylus, 20 Qder @ieien, Der &eit nit
Drabtsaun umseben; Yreis $4.950. Cine
brittle Sarm, 200 Nder groB, 60 Wder unter
pfma, 20 Qder Wieien, Der Geft nit Orabtz
saun nmseben. @rober Staa, Saus nub
Srudtbans, 81 Meilen psn Der Stabt. Yreis
1880. Nebit bieien nod anbere Sarmeu su
lebr biliseu 9reiieu, feline S25 per Mder. Die
Madbaren perlansen bas Doppelte fir 9anb,
bas ribt 10 grten 8oben bat. Wer elm bill
Iiges Seim min, rpenbe ft1 an
Hesru 8Iente, Sreeport, Winn
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automobile IafDus
Gtsemartiees. fur 9emtid,:s lirisa besimmtes
Werfcbrsmittel.

Gin Invertebrates Experiment nit
einem Acknowledging purbe bieier
Sage auf benz Sempelbofer Selbe BEL
Berlin ppr einem gelaoenen publifum
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gub", Der ptelfa9 befann,

= r9ub", Der utelfa@ befannte
Greiber unb Nbrtdter iast: rS6 baz
be Coles peterinarii9e garboliialbe
fir Sdnitte. S@rammen, Weben unb
&i1e sebrau6t, unb iie lit ein uertb;
uoles Mittel. ste tbut ales, mas
DON ibr anseSeben lit, unb fetn Stau
loute bapor iein. Scots unb $1.OO
Ranuen. @arantirt BON M. Molttor.
Der Nordstern. [volume] (St. Cloud, Minn.) 1874-1931, 1903-07-30

90 Sabren tonnte er ii9 als mebrfader
Miaiondr bonn @ef9dft auriidaieben.
Mofelb tpibmet fi9 ieitbem benz Stus
blum nationalzOtonomtfder unb fo5ias
ler Grasen; feline immenien Mtttel
felt ct in ben Dffentliden Dienit.
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GruuH.

vWarum rau9ft 9u ben gan5en
Sag bonn friiben Morsen Biz gum ipd=
ten Nbenb, 9enrp9"-rWeil bas bic
etnaise 3ett 1T, bic t9 babe, benin bonn
Mbenb big gum Mprgen f9ldfe t9."
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Dir huuutrud1r.

,Wie peit biit gu benin nit ber Be-
arbeitung Oeiner Pretsaufgabe?"-
80, i'd babe idon Elm gang famoies
mntfnl"
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Notwithstanding.

uWarum benfit Ou MIR INNER
glei9 bas @9le9tefte BON ben Menz
f9en9 vWeil es bic einaise MDsli9~
felt lit, einmal ansenebm enttdui9t gu
tperben."
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DER Duutnffelheln

profefor (bet elmer ftiirmiz
f9en @sene): rMber Nmalie, pte
tannit Ou mir nur Elm 10 unnifenz
i9aftli9es Bud an ben &opf perfen?1
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Eutuler Drurkfehlrr.

(2lus benz prosramm elmer bOberen
S09teri9ule.) 1. &lahe: Seuti9.
SranaOiif9, gnslii9, Geographic unc
Qeiratbsfunoe.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
THE MONOGRAM" AND
 no MILES AN HOUR

| can not be safely coupled. Hence the accommodation on each train could not be increased or diminished, as on an or dinary railways to meet variations in demand
 On an ordinary railway to pass from one line of rails to another is simple; on the mono-rail a transfer can only be ef- fected by making a length of track to swing open, and every one acquainted with the workings of swing bridges knows that the process is slow, tedious and expensive.
 A body moving at 110 miles an hour represents an immense amount of ener- gy. Says the Saturday Review, from which this account is condensed "If it's motion could suddenly be directed up ward instead of forward 1t would before coming to rest from the ground to a height considerably greater than that of the top of St. Paul's; and the ques- tlon of bralling becomes one of no small difficulty.
 Tt is intended to fit the carriages with the Westinghouse brake, acting on all wheels on the bearing rail, but even ac- cording to the estimate of the promot- CTS a space of more than tnree-quarters of mile will be required in which to effect a stop, and in bad weather it would probably be necessary to allow at least a mile"
 Experiments have been made, but up to the present there has been no actual commercial experience with high speed electric railways on the mono-rail sys- tenn; but small steam line, giving the usual service of light railway, was built about fifteen years ago at Bally- bunion, fin the west of Ireland and has worked satisfactorily enough.
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09

From the New York World.
 A railway speed of 110 miles an hour. not for an occasional burst for limited distance but upon a regular schedule be- tween two great cities, is promised by the managers of the new .'mono-raii" line between Manchester and Liverpool, England.
 The distance is thrty-four and one- half miles, the line happens to coincide pretty closely with that of the first steam railroad in England of any importance, and it has the advantage of level and almost absolutely. straight right of way.
 The "mono-rail'' theory Is not un- known in this country. Remains of a line of this sort may be neen near Coney Island, and at Patchogue l.. l., but both these attempts were failures In the Liverpool line the track Is laid at some height above the surface; is formed of triangular frames placed at intervals of about yard at right an gles to the route, and across the tops of these frames Is laid the main rail. The carriages are built saddle-shaped, with their driving and carrying wheels run ming on the main rail and their bodies hanging pannier fashion on either side.
 Two guiding rails are laid along both sides of the frames, one about two feet above the other. The carriages are fitted on each side with horizontal wheels which run along these guiding rails and have fanges on their under sides to pre- vent the carriages rising or swinging off the track, and where electricity is the motive power used two further rails are laid along the ground for supplying the current to the motors.
 There will be no double track through out and as far as possible the course will be straight. On leaving the termi- nus at either end the line will fall for short distance on a severe gradient, so that trains starting may gain speed quickly and trains arriving may be stopped abruptly-a principle familiar in the tube railways in London
 No attempt will be made to serve any. places on the way by intermediate sta tions, and the whole distance will be covered in twenty minutes. There will be no trains; single carriages will be despatched in each direction at intervals of ten minutes. Station buildings will be erected, and the carriages on arriv- ing will be run on to a turn-table to be transferred to the other track for the return journey.
 The ''mono-rair' has obvious merit and defects. For towns not too far apart, with a steady flow of business or pleasure traffic unencumbered by lug gage. the mono-rail would be ideal. But the system is inelastic. The promoters admit that. at the rate of speed at which 1t is proposed to run. carriages
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09

taken prisoner and he'1 for ten months. His new book treats of his exciting ex- periences as q sailor on ships of various nations before the Spanish war, including a ship of Dalmatia, the eldest of the mar time nations of Christian Europe.
 The people of the United States have gained the reputation Of being the great est fiction readers in the world, but now they seem to be moving on to higher things. The great mass of people which the stupendons advertising campaigns car ried out in the last half dozen years by publishers added to the reading public, ' is ready for another step-has already graduated in fact from fiction to q much more earnest and diseerning-literary If you wll-knd of reading
 T am encouraged" said a well-known critic of New York literary journal. in private conversation recently. "when I see the success that more thoughtful books are meeting with today. l have been disgusted In recent years by the enormous popularity of swash- -bucklng historical novels, and novels that succeed only by a spacious elegerness, a fragrant sensationalism, and In many cases by a pure indecency. Recently. I was told by the publishers of the book that Charles Wagner's essays on the art of living, 'The 0lHlDie IlIef Hdu sDlu Zo,uVu copies III little over q year. Certainly a large num- Der for book with a more or less serious purpose. Wagners new book. The Bet ter Way" a volume similar in purpose to the first, l was informed was running rapidly through editions and had now sold more than a great many fiction books considered by the publishers as among the successes of the season believe that the American people are turning to more soDd literature and I for one am glad of it.'
 When Joseph Conrad. the author of Youth writes a story, he writes from the model Everything that he has so far put on paper has been at least based upon q personal experience. The three stories in "Youth:" Youth" Heart of Darkness" and The End of the Tether." are. as 1t were. bits cut from his own life almost autobiosraphical When a young boy. just after he had taken up the life of q sailor. he shipped on a rattletrap of boat, running between London and Aus
The Birmingham age-herald., 1903-08-09
"HE THAT WORKS EASILY WORKS SUCCESSFULLY" CLEAN HOUSE WITH
 SAP POL 10

tralian ports. Out of the incidents of that voyage, and glamour of romano which his youthful hunger for experience threw over all the dirty work and peril ana hardship, grew the story Youth" In the eastern seas he worked for many years on both sailing and steam vessels, and it was during that time he met with the type of man whom he made into the hero of "The End of the Tether," the stead fast, faithful captain of the steamer "So- fala." The experiences which chrystalized into the wierd o-d powerful story of tho African jungle. "The Heart of Darkness.' he deliberately went out to seek. In 1891 he went to the Belgian Congo. ostensibly to command river steamer, but in real ity, prompted by his curiosity to see what life actually was in that Heart of Dark. ness" He returned stricken with fever, the first days Illness since he was a boy of sixteen. How vivid an impression he brought back, only those who have read "The Heart of Darkness can imagine.