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a Decline for the rum barrel He and the
Niger were frankly scared. They had the
nervous jumps at every little noise or I'M
expected movement; and even the natural
explanation Of these phenomena gave them
very little reinsurance. I knew that OAR
row would hurry as fast as he could back
to the valley by way of the upper hills; I
knew that he had there several sporting
rifles and I hoped greatly that he and DR..
Schermerhorn might accomplish something
before the men had recovered their wits to
the point of foreseeing his probable attack.
The uncanny cloud in the heavens, the
weird half-light and the explosions, which
now grew more frequent, had their strong
effect in spite of explanation. The men
were not really afraid to venture in quest
of the supposed treasure; but they were in
a frame of mind that dreaded the first
plunge. And time was going by.
But the fates were against US, always
in this ill-starred voyage l, watching from
my sand dune, second figure emerge
from the arroyo's mouth. 1t appeared to
stagger as though hurt; and every eight or
ten PAGES it stopped and rested in bent
over position. The murky light was too dim
for me to make out details; but after a mo-
ment rift in the veil enabled me to iden-
tify DR.. Schermerhorn carrying, with great
difficulty, the chest.
(To be Continued Tomorrow
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and almost lose his hold. The men yelled
savagely, but the assistant pulled himself
together and continued hts crawling.
The sun had been shining in our faces. I
could imagine its blurring effect on the
sights Now abruptly 1t was blotted out,
and semi-twilight fell. We all looked up,
in spite Of ourselves. An Opaque veil had
been drawn quite across the heavens,
through which we could not make out even
the shape Of the sun. 1t was like a thunder
cloud except that It's under surface instead
of being the usual gray-black was deep
earth-brown. AS we looked up, deep bel
low stirred the air, which had fallen quite
still, long forks of lightning shot horizon
tally from the direction Of the islands in
terror, and flashes of dull red were re-
Elected from the canopy Of cloud.
The men stared with their mouths open.
Undoubtedly the change had been some
time in preparation. but all had been so alb
sorbed in the affair of the doctors assist
ant that no had noticed. 1t came to
our consciousness with the suddenness of a
theatrical change. A dull roaring COM
menced, grew in volume, and then great
explosion shook the very ground under our
feet. =
ening.
What kind of has broke loose?"
muttered Pull.
The Niger fell fiat on his face, uttering
deep lamentations.
"Voodoo! Voodoov' he groaned.
A gentle shower of white fakes began,
powdering the surface of everything. Far
out to sea We could make out the sun on
the water. Gradually the roaring died
down; the lightning ceased. Comparative
peace ensued. We looked again toward the
cliff. Percy Darrow. had not for one In
slant ceased to climb He was just top
ping the edge of the bluff. Handy Solomon.
with cry of rage, seized another rifle and
emptied the magazine at him as fast as the
lever could be worked. The dust flew
wild in a half dozen places. barrow drew
himself up to the sky line, raised his hat
ironically and disappeared.
- his soul!' cried Handy Solomon. his
face livid. He threw his rifle to the beach
and danced omit in an ecstasy of rage.
What do we care" growled Thrackles,
hes no good to us. Wat I want to know
is, watts up here, anyhow"
Didn't you never see volcano go off,
you swab?" snapped Handy Solomon.
Easy with your names, mate. No, I
never did. We better get out"
Without the chest?"
"Spose we go up the gulch and get it.
then" suggested Thrackles.
But at this Handy Solomon drew back in
evident terror.
up that hole Of -" he objected. Not
1. You an Puiz CO."
They wrangled over 1t, Pull joining. Per-
dosa, shaken to the soul, crept In, and made
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XIV.
Five Hundred Yards Range.

Percy Darrow, with the keenness that
always characterized his mental apprehen-
sion, had understood enough of my stran-
gled cry. He had not hesitated nor delayed
for an explanation but had turned track
and now running fast his long
legs would carry him back toward the open
ing of the ravine. My companions stood
watching him, but making no attempt
either to shoot or to follow. For moment
I could not understand this, then remem-
bered the disappearance of Perdosa My
heart jumped wildly, for the Mexican had
been gone quite long enough to have cut off
the assistants escape. l could not doubt
that he would pick off his man at close
range soon the fugitive should have
reached the entrance to the arroyo.
There can be no question that he would
have done so had not his Mexican impa-
tience betrayed him. He shot too soon
Percy Darrow stopped in his tracks. AL
though we heard the bullet sing by us, for
an instant we thought he was hit. Then
Perdosa fired second time, again without
result. barrow turned sharp to the left
and began desperately to scale the steep
cliffs.
once took part in a wild boar hunt on
ned small band at the head of a narrow
barranca, from which a single steep trail
led over the hill. We, perched on another
hill some three or four hundred yards
away, shot at the animals they toiled up
the trail. The range was long, but we had
time, for the severity of the climb forced
the boars to a foot pace.
1t was exactly like that. Percy Darrow
had two hundred feet of ascent to make.
He could go just so fast; must consume
just so much time in his snail like progress
up the face of the hill During that time
he furnished an excellent target, and the
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will be a wire rope as fine as a hair run
ming across from Solomon's Temple In
Jerusalem. to the Mount of Olives. Upon
that hair all mankind will have to walk:
The good will be upheld by angels. and Will
go on TO paradise; while the wicked will
drop into hell
Good and Bad Angels.
The Mohammedans believe in angels.
They have their Gabriel who writes down
the DEGREES of God; their Michael, who
fights the battles Of the faith, and their
Israel. who will sound the trumpet on res
direction day. There are a multitude OF
secondary angels whose business 1t Is to
watch over mankind. Every man has one
Of these angels on his right hand and an
Of his every word and action. At the
close Of each day they fly up to heaven
and put this report In the great ledgers
there to be kept for the time when man
every prayer the Mohammedan always
turns his face to the right and then to the
left, greeting the recording angels, who are
supposed to be watching him. and by his
motions suggesting that they do not forget
to put the prayer to his credit.
These people have also their Lucifer and
great hordes Of bad angels. The latter are
always trying to pry into the secrets Of
they are pelted with falling stars by the
good angels when they try to enter heaven
Predestination is belief of the Moham-
medans. They think that every event
which will take place was written down by
God at the beginning Of the world, and
that no man can change his destiny. For
this reason they are sstrong in war. the
soldier knowing that he cannot be killed
until his time comes, and that 1t is already
determined whether he Is to die in his bed
or on the field of battle. Besides he be-
lieves that II he dies fighting for the faith
he will go straight to heaven.
Heaven and He'll.
The Koran Is full of descriptions OF
heaven and hell. According to it Moham-
med went to heaven during his lifetime,
and when he came back he gave the full
story of his adventures there and how
things looked. He was called up by
Gabriel, who brought him a white steed
splendent with gems and precious stones
It had wings and, when Mohammed
mounted 1t, 1t scared with him through the
skies with the rapidity of lightning. By
and bye the gate Of the first heaven was
reached. This was Of pure silver with
sky in which the stars were suspended by
chains of gold. 1t contained mighty
rooster, SO tall that his comb reached to
the second heaven. This bird crows
every morning and all mankind is awak-
ened by him, the cocks below beginning TO
crow when he opens his mouth.
Mohammed met Adam in the first
heaven, Noah in the second and
him as the greatest Of the prophets and
Moses shed tears at the sight of him. In
the seventh heaven Mohammed was re-
ceived by Abraham and there he met the
Diety himself. At this time many of the
doctrines of the Koran were given to him,
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A Nevada Verdict.
From the Chicago News.

From the Chicago News
A Chicago lawyer tells how the most
popular man In Nevada town got into
difficulty with a disreputable tough
for long time the terror of the place
and proceeded to do him up in a man
ner entirely satisfactory to the COM
munity at large. 1t becoming necessary,
however, to vindicate the majesty of the
law, the offender was brought up FOR trial
on the charge of assault with intent. to
kill. The case soon went to the jury.
When they had been out about two
minutes they returned
We'll. gentlemen of the jury" asked
the judge in familiar. offhand way.
what have you to say?"
IF it please the court" responded the
foreman, I'VE. the jury, find that the
prisoner is not guilty of strikln' with
intent to kill, but simply to paralyze, an
he done It,"
So the prisoner was acquitted amid APP
plauSe.
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JOYS Of the Tourist in Egypt.

From Leslie's Weekly.
Donkey riding in Luxor is one of the joys
OF the tourists for the best animals in all
Egypt are to be found here, and visit to
the native shops, and later a gallop along
the banks of the Nile by twilight, is
UNIQUE pleasure which remains long in the
memory. Donkeys are hired by the day or
by the hour and the price by the day Is
only two shillings, with small backsheesh
for the donkey boy who runs constantly be-
hind. These donkey boys are marvels in
the matter Of endurance. 1t is fully twelve
miles TO the Tombs of the Kings and re-
turn, yet the donkey boys keep close behind
all the way, whether one galops or trots,
and in addition they carry lunch baskets,
cameras. or any other paraphernalia that
the tourist may wish to have along. The
far better than those found in Cairo. Upon
the arrival of train or steamer small
army Of these guides rush UP with cards,
eNtOlling their yirutes and stating their eN-
perienCe. rustworthiness, etc. One rather
clever at reading faces picks out the Amer
leans at once and tells them that he was
dragoman to Bishop Potter, who made the
Nile trip last year. Another, and a very
good one-Mohammed Abdalla-claims at
tention because he helped George AIDE to
find the temples and tombs. Both had
was interesting to note the names and adj
dresses from across the Atlantic. Some of
the dragomans speak several languages in
a quaint fashion. although quite well
enough TO make themselves understood,
and they are welcomed by the stranger who
has. outside of the hotels, heard nothing
but Arabic spoken.
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loose sandstone showed where each shot
struck.
A significant indication was that the men
did not take the trouble to get nearer for
which maneuver they would have had time
in plenty, but distributed themselves leis-
urely for a shooting match.
First shot" claimed Handy Solomon.
and without delay fired off-hand. A puff of
dust showed to the right. Nerve no good,
he commented; 'jerked her just as I
pulled"
Pull fired from the knee. The dust this
time puffed below.
Thought she'd carry up at that dis
lance" he muttered.
The Niger, too, missed, and Thrackles
grinned triumphantly.
II get a show" said he.
He spread his massive legs apart, drew a
deep breath and raised his weapon. 1t lay
in his grasp steady log, and l saw
that Percy Darrow's fate was In the hands
of that dangerous class of natural marks
man that possesses no nerves. But for the
second time my teeth saved his life. The
trigger guard slipped against Thrackles'
lacerated hand almost at the instant of dis
charge. He missed; and the bullet went
wide.
Darrow had climbed matter Of twenty
feet.
Now the seamen distributed themselves
for more leisurely and accurate marksman-
ship. Handy Solomon lay fat on his stom-
ach, resting the rifle muzzle across the top
of sand dune. Pull sat down, an elbow
on either knee for the greater steadiness.
The Niger knelt; but Thrackles remained
on his feet. No rest could be steadier than
the stone-like rigidity of his thick arms.
The firing now became miscellaneous. No
one paid any attention to any one else.
Each discovered what 1 could have told
them, that even the human figure at five
hundred yards is small mark for strange
rifle. The constant correction of elevation,
however brought the puffs of dust always
closer, and l could not but realize that the
doctrine of chances must bring home some
of the bullets. l soon discovered by way
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they pray in their shops or out in the fields;
and in going through the bazaars one often
observes the merchants studying theirkoran.
Nearly every turbaned and gowned man I
meet carries a rosary on which he counts
his prayers. as he goes over his beads; and
five times every day I hear the shrill cry
of the mueZzin or Mohammedan priest as
he stands the minaret of mosque
high over the city, and calls the people to
come to prayers.
The hours Of prayer begin at daybreak.
The second call is at midday. and the third
at about o'clock. There Is fourth cali
at sunset. and a fifth along in the evening.
The call Is in Arabic, and the words. trans
lated, are somewhat like these:
Allah is great. l testify that there is no no
prophet Of Allah Come to prayer! Come
to worship! Allah is great! There is no
God but Allahp'
Another call is
Prayer Is better than sleep! Come to
prayer! Come to prayer!
AS these calls ring out, one sees the Mo-
hammedan men on their way to the
under their arms. and others go without
them, relying on the mating or carpets
which are usually on the mosque floors to
protect their clothing. They take off their
generally lay down in front Of them as they
pray.
5 In every mosque there is a fountain or
washing place; and the Koran REQUIRES that
He cleans his feet, hands. face and other
parts Of his body, and he goes through the
motions Of doing SO, whether he has water
or not. 1t is often impossible to get water
in the Sahara, and at such times the faith
full use sand
AS they pray. the Mohammedans always
face Mecca. They have their fixed motions
Of praying. They begin by raising their
hands to the lobes Of the ears; they next
hold them a little below the girdle, and
then bow their heads over. After this they
get down on their knees, and bump their
heads on the floor, and then sit up and
pray, muttering the words laid down in the
one of the shortest and most common.
which takes much the place Of the Lords
Prayer with US, is as follows
"In the name Of God, merciful and gra-
cious. Praise be to God, the Lord of crea-
lures, the merciful and gracious, the Prince
of the day of judgment. We serve Thee,
and we pray Thee for help! Lead us in the
right way of those to whom Thou hast
shown mercy, and who go not astray.
Amen"
What the Mohammedans Believe.
The Mohammedans believe in one God and
in an infinite number of prophets. They
have altogether more than 200, 600 prophets,
and the greatest of them all are Adam,
Noah, Abraham, Jesus and Mohammed 1t
rather surprised me to know that they be-
lieved in Jesus, but I am told that they
consider Him one Of the best Of their
prophets, although the greatest of all is
Mohammed, who is to be also the last.
They believe in future state, and that
Christ will unite with Mohammed, on the
day of judgment, in sending mankind to
heaven or hell. On the judgment day there
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They Have Their Fixed Notions Of Praying.

and I was able to see 1t only by bribing
the officials The hair was half an inch
long and it was bright red in color.
The mosque Of the barber Of kairouan
through a vestibule lined with tiles and
lacelike carvings. The minaret is faced
with tiles and the court Is surrounded by
arcades of white marble columns. The
BARRIERS tomb is covered with black velvet
and there ostrich eggs and other offer
lngs given by the pilgrims hanging above 1t.
The grand mosque. another Mohammed-
an shrine. is situated just inside the
my card. 1t is one of the largest mosques
of North Africa. and is imposing and
beautiful. The building is of rectangular
shape, with tall minaret at one side
This mosque has arcades upheld by
marble pillars running around court
OF more than an acre, with an I'M
mense hall at one end. Ihe latter
has ceiling of many arches. up
and porphyry. The walls are decorated
with Moorish plaster work, so carved that
1t looks like lace. and also by mosa1cs OF
marble and Iapis lazuli. The pulpit is of
carved with texts from the Koran Many
of the columns of this building were
brought here from the ruins of Carthage.
which city was taken by stdi Okba just be-
fore he built Kairouan.
The Mohammedans.
This is a good place to learn something
about the Mohammedans and their rehgion.
In North America and Europe, where one
.a.s on,y cbr,s+ians n ia hard tn believe
80. ~. A,,,,, o. .,u,,o,. ,uho
'hdt there are hiiiiioiis upoii io "o
look upon US as hereucs ana tnlnK we are
on the straight road to hades Every man
~. h.r. co,.,dars ma already damned
anS For The mast three months I have been
tro,,.I;a. arnonS neonIe who In their souls
Iii ~ !. rhrist,an doe and feel that thew
s "a, 49, snra nassnort To heaven II
49,. Ia ~ 20 ont ~ tho wav have
snes 49, ~ ~ ssrrss which renresent the
e,o,o,. d,'-,s;ons ~ the worid ana oh
lensious Wv aua tha, nno'tonth NJ ali the
selsS 'iia' - 80 ohanon,ad.na uere
peopie On eai. = re,,na n',-nhsrs.
Is the aceouiiI IA Ao"A0 NM ~.
Total world population o00
Monammeoans ho0 900 90
Confuciana .. 300 COO COO
R Rrs6msss' 1ai'SSSo 600
Jews. 10 o' 00o w
MI, 800 +hot - oil, tho neon,e On This
b,e round globe could be collected together
into one place one person in every three
would be Christian, either Protestant.
Catholic or Greek. One in every five would
be Confucian, Chinaman with yellow
face and almond eyes; and one in every
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National Training.

From the London Spectator.
What we desire to see established is
system of universal, and therefore COM
pulsory military training for the whole of
our male population before they reach the
age of twenty one. We hold that the man
who has had, not military training OF the
continental kind. which means confinement
for couple of years IN barracks, but COM
pulsory military training OF the kind we
desire will be in every way better citi-
zen, and that even If he is never called
upon to make any direct use of his military
training, the state whole will have
gained. and not lost, by having given him
such training.
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London's Charm,
rom English Illustrated.

From English Illustrated.
One of Londons most engrossing charms
is that 1t is epitome OF the whole world
the cosmos in little. Whatever one may
be in search of or whatever one may wish
to have definite information about, he can
find it. If he will, in London.
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What the Mohammedans Believe.

of comfort that only Thrackles and Handy
Solomon really understood firearms; and of
those two Thrackles alone had had much
experience at long range. He told aft
erward he had hunted otter.
About halfway up the cliff Thrackles fired
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Miss Smathers-"How did you happen to
look so smiling In these pictures?"
Mrs Patts-"The photographer took them
before he told me the price. "-Detroit Free
Press
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The mole is one of the greediest Of the
animal kingdom. 1t will die of starvation il
deprived OF food for twenty-four hours.
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The Religion of the Prophet.

There is no doubt but that the Mohamme-
dams believe in their religion. They teach
charity and brotherly love. They preach
against .avarice and the lending of money at
interest, and they do not drink intoxicating
drinks. Their faith is quite as strong as
ours and they practice 1t more religiously.
I see men at their prayers here every day;
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men reduced gradually ii every d.
life. from aff1uence to humbIeness
but TO see handsomely dressed ana
opulent gentleman, changed from,
this high position to that 81 ! nor
shivering ragged bepoar as nn;c1xIv
as the wings Of thought g not Z (
| everyday occurrence IN this coined :
this Transformation scene. II Is said
has excited great interest ii ali cit
| les where the plav has been present
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THE MAN ON THE BOX"

| BY all odds the most social and
dramatic event of the season will b.
the appearance of Max Figman al
the Grand Theatre Feb. 27th., sup
ported by splendid company in the
great New York comedy success,
"The Man on the Box" dramatized
| by Grace Livingston Furniss from
| Harold McGarth's book Of the same
name which had tremdous vogue.
/ Mr. Figman lie one of the most prom
| inent members of the American dra-
matte profession and altho' he has
not been long as star, has been
| identified with many of the greatest
successes of the New York City
stage and has never yet scored per-
sonal favor. His experience has
been bread and varied starting with
comic opera and musical comedy,
devolping into comedy, serious and
psychological dramas. He is an ar
fist in every sense Of the word and
strong disciple OF the modern school
of art He unites with a magnetic
personality and splendid method
of expression and delivery and pos
esses 70 a marked degree the quality
most adnGred BY the public-seren-
ity. His past ACHIEVEMENTS long ago
entitled him 10 star but he has mod
estly withheld until he found TIL.
proper vehicle and most satisfactory
auspices. He IS now under the man
agement OF Mr.. John Cort for term
of years and Will be supplied with
a new play by a successful aathor ev-
cry season Mr. Figman brings with
him an excellent company and a per-
feet production. Among the players
are the charming actress Helen Hol-
mes. Miss Beatrice Mcclure, Miss
Clara Louise Chapmen, Miss Ceta
Woodland Bennett and Mesrs. Nor
gan Wallace. Wilson Forbes, John c.
Brownell. Frank Fl Ranger. George
Centre, Ernest P Orr, Reginald
Fife, Marshall Franklin, Edward
johnson and John Pearson.
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explorers. etc, who have confribut.
ed pages to English history.
The Garter Inn derived its name
from the order Of the Garter. al
order supposed to have its origin Ia
Windsor Castle. Ainsworth rescribes
its origin thus: In 1914 Edward III.
instituted the order Of the Garter,
The origin of this illustrious order
has been much disputed. by some
writers it has been ascribed to Occur
de Lion, who is said to have girded
leathern band around the legs Of
his bravest knights in Palestine.
The FIRST installation of the order
took place on ST. Georges day, 1884,
when Edward and twenty-five of his
most chivalrous champions march
ed in solemn procession, bare-headed
to ST. Georges Chapel where mass
was performed by the Bishop nof
Windsor. ~ ~
This celebrated old inn is repro
duced by Louis James in aThe Merry
Wives of Windsor" at the Grand
February 16tA.
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sTbe Merrv Wives of Windsor"

The Garter Inn of Windsor is one
of the oldest and most famous inns
in all England. for it was not only
the lounging place for sons of the
brightest literary lights Of the Eliza
bethian period, but it housed upon
many occasions, statesmen, warriors