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THE gospel of history.
fit OF. TOTTEN’S NEW AND RE-
M ARK A ISLE WORK.
•ays He Hus Accomplished Complete
Harmonization— Calls It the Fifth
tiospel and Declares That the
Prophecies of Scripture Are to He
Fulfilled In Tills, the Fifth Age.
From the New York Sun.
Prof. Charles A. L. Totten, ex-army of
ficer and ex-professor of military tactics
at Yale, has just completed anew transla
tion of the Four Gospels, and he asserts
that he has done that which has not been
accomplished heretofore, viz., their com
plete harmonization. There have been sev
eral hundred •‘Harmonized Gospels" made,
•o that the idea is not anew one, but
Prof. Gotten has not joined the army of
those whose work was merely an effort to
change the authorized version, nor even to
alter the revised version. He has aimed
at interpretation quite as much as at
translation, and has not only held closely
to the literal Greek, but to the spirit of
its own Hebrew, or the Syro-Phoenictan
antecedent text. Likewise he has rein
terpreted them, with a.complete line of
references, and divided “me whole chrono
logically, so as to satisfy astronomy, his
tory, prophecy and fulfilment. Ail the
geography and genealogy involved are
likewise marshalled in the array of proof
submitted, and whatever “the previous
condition of mental servitude” of the
reader. Prof. Totten’s work will command
Attention. His translations in some in
stances are new renderings, yet are adapt
ed according to the original texts and
••yet they fit the Greek as well as the
heart, and satisfy the common sense,”
says the author.
The plan upon which the first volume of
thie interwoven harmony of Matthew and
Mark, Luke and John, is published at
present is the hyphenating of ail words
that arise out of any single Greek one
each group representing a Greek word.
For Instance, in the first verse of the first
chapter of Luke eleven Greek words are
found and eleven hyphenated English
words are their translated equivalent. The
work is to be issued finally in interlienated
Greek and English, with an accurate word
for word resultant translation down the
margin. The present volume contains the
facts of the life of Christ, harmonized and
interwoven from the Four Gospels, and
accompanying it is an index printed under
a seperate cover. The specific indexes to
the Gospels of the Four Evangelists and
their collaterals will enable the reader to
find out exactly whence their evidence is
consolidated into Totten's Interwoven
Hartnany.
The work is subdivided into parts, pe
riods, lessons, chapters, sections, para
graphs, verses end lines, and time and
piaoe are specified, with constant refer
ence everywhere to the New Testament
as at preent familiarly subdivided into
Gospels, chapters and verses. Readers
can thus verify everything for them
selves.
The work is the result of years of
study, and in it Prof. Totten says he has
established these facts, viz.: That as
tronomy is the backbone of chronology,
that chronology is the marrow' therein of
history, and that inspiration, In dealing
prophetically in the Old Testament, and
historically in the New, with the data
involved, is itself involved (as to its in
tegrity, if its claims thereto are to be
admitted as established) in the adjust
ment or harmony of all the elements (hat
enter into the demonstration. All these
things center upon the Messiah, who-e
life is detailed in the New Testament. In
rrof. Totten’s “Gospel of History” thi3
is done, not only historically, as Jesus of
Nazareth, the “Son of Man,” but proph
etically, as "after the order of Melchize
dek,” fulfilling all the prophecies on time
and in plaoe. In a word, the Four Gos-
P.els ore harmonized historically, and ad
j'jsted chronologically to the actual secu
lar and sacred history involved.
Prof. Totten calls his w'ork the Fifth
Gospel, because it is consolidated out of
the four harmonized and interw'oven. He
snys that he has discovered the key to
the absolute harmony of the whole Gospel,
and that he has succeeded in the task of
interweaving the testimony of all the
witnesses to each event, topic by topic—
by the Greek itself—and in consolidating
the whole in one fluent Gospel.
Prof. Totten, who has spent many year?
in the study of the “Identity Question.”
as it is . ailed, and who contends that the
English people represent the lost tribe
of Manasseh. while the United States are
the ‘'Brother Jonathan,” or as
serts that “Israel” is now about to in
herit in this, the Fifth Age, the “Fifth
Empire," and that the prophecies of the
Scripture are now to be fulfilled, and that
this country is the “Fifth Empire," and
is to lead the world, with its Anglo-Sax
on nrinciple of Christian liberty and pro
gress .
Prof. Totten’s “Gospel of History,” Is
certainly as remarkable as any of the
startling things he predicts for this clos
ing year of the century. Perhaps no bet
ter idea of his method of work could be
given than the prologue of "Luke, which
h* offers as an example, in the six forms
in which it appears in the six English
versions, compared with his own. They
are as follows:
Authorized Version.
King .fumes.
Forasmuch as many have taken i,n hand
to s*t forth In order a declaration of
thos*- things which are most surely be
li*\'ed among us.
Even as they delivered them unto us,
which from the beginning were eye-wit
nesses, and ministers of the word;
It seemed good to me also, having had
perfect understanding of all things from
the very first, to write unto thee in or
der. most excellent Theophilus.
Thai thou mightest know the certainty
r f those things, wherein thou hast been
Instructed.
Emphatic Dinglott.
Wilson.
Since many have undertaken to prepare
a History of those facts, which have been
fully established among us,
even as those, who w f ere from the be
ginning Eye-witnesses and Dispensers of
the word, de ivered them to us.
t seemed proper for me also, having
• curately traced all things from the first,
to write to Thee in consecutive order,
Most excellent Theophilus.
that thou mayest know the certainty of
'he Words, concerning which thou hast
• oen taught.
Revised Version.
\ njilo-A ■ncricn n.
Forasmuch 38 many have taken in hand
to draw up a narrative concerning those
matters which have been fulfilled among
us,
even as they delivered them unto us.which
m the leginning were eye-witnesses
■ti'l ministers of the word,
It seemed g od to me also, having traced
the course of all things accurately from
the first, to wr.te unto ihee in order, most
*>o client Theophilus;
that thou mightest know the certainty
concerning the things wherein thou wasti
Instructed.
Critically Emphasised.
Rotherham.
S eing, Indeed, that many took in hand
to rearrange for themselves a narrarive
•teeming the facts which have been
fIJ -ly confirmed among us,
p cord!ng as they who originally were
tnade eye-witnesses and attendants of the
* and delivered (th m to us.—
it setmed good even to me having
0 osoly-traced from-the beginning all
'hingft accurately, to w'rite to thee In or
• most excellent Theophilus.
•hat thou mightest gain full-knowledge
concerning the certainty of tho-e matters
* h eh thou wast taught by word of mouth
Current English.
Fenton.
Binre several have taken In hand to re
look mm
3i the Jit*
facts.
ing taken it for nine
months previous to
years with female
ousness, ’’writes Mrs.
Hidden Medical
arrange a narrative concerning the events
which have occured among us,
exactly as those who were eye-witnesses
and assistants of the message from the
first have delivered them to us.
I myself also decided, having critically
examined all the above, to write it chro
nologically for you, most noble Theophilus,
so that you might ascertain the certainty
container in the doctrines about which you
have been instructed.
Interlinear.
Hinds.
Forasmuch as many have taken in hand
to set forth in order a declaration of
those things which are most surely believ
ed among us,
even as they delivered them unto u.
which from the beginning were eye-wit
nesses. and ministers of the word;
it seemed good to me also, having had
perfect undesianding of all things from
the very first, to write unto thee in order,
m-‘st excellent Theophilus,
that thou mighteet know the certainty
oi mose things, wherein thou hast been
instructed.
Totten*** Word-for-YVord Translation
inasmuch-as many has-taken-it-into
their-own-hands to-draw-up-in-order a-re
cension of those things now-fully-eetab
lished among us,
so.-precisely-as those having-become
ministers of-the word and eye-witnesses
from tlie-beginning represented to-us.
hath-lt-seemed-good unto-me-myself,
having-traced-out all-things accurately
from-the-first. to-write systematically un
to-thee, Most-Excellent Theophilus.
in-order- that thou-mightesi-aseertain
for-thyself the absolute-reliability of-the
data, concerning which thou-hast-been
orally-instructed.
i
QUAINT BEER GROVES OF JAPAN.
They Are Rapidly Supplanting Re
worts Where Tea Is Served.
From the San Francisco Post.
The old romantic glories that cling to
the tea gardens of Japan are engaged in a
serious struggle for popular favor with
the new-fangled “beer groves" that are
springing up by dozens and invading the
very localities where tea has reigned su
preme for centuries.
Two miles out of the city of Kobe, along
a smooth road that forms probably the
most beautiful jinrichsha run in Japan,
you reach one of these beer groves, the
first that was established in the country*.
The surrounding district consists of a pic
turesque succession of native villas and
gardens and has long been a favorite vis
iting place for tourists on account of its
possession of a picturesque waterfall and
two of the largest tea houses in that part
of J:.pan.
Immediately across the road from the
entrance o one of these tea houses and
100 yards from the waterfall is the “home
of the foaming glass,” as they call it.
A sign board over a gate skillfully made
of gnarled trunks of trees bears the fol
lowing inscription:
“To English and Generally Foreign: The
beer of this establishment is made with
most purest spring waters that flow. It
will be satisfied to the tastes in all re
spect and our proprietors guarantee po
liteness to each and every one. Inside
within w r P present samples of this purest
truth and can be tested at all times.”
The interior, being Japanese, was, of
course, spotlessly cleon and was beauti
ful with dozens of artistic little touches
so characteristic of everything that these
quaint people do. Take an old-fashioned
German beer garden, strip it of everything
but the open-air idea and its little tables,
and then fill up the whole space with
graceful arbors covered with clematis,
paths of neat matting running in all di
rections over the ground, cunning col
ored lanterns hanging from every trellis
corner and in place of bulky, white bos
omed waiters, with heavy tread and wilt
ed collars, imagine black-eyed, demure
little women clad in the brightest colored
komonos ever printed in the Yamatara
factories, and you have some Idea of a
Japanese beer garden.
Back of a lovely cluster of idagua
creepers that covered the further end of the
trellis, where the waitresses of the resort
disappeared every few moments to fill their
orders, we could see a small shed almost
hidden in its turn with great bunches of
wisteria. Here they kept the barrels, old
Amontillado sherry casks doing new duty
fir away from their native Europe. In
litlte openings, through the trellis you
could catch glimpses of the foothills in
ttie background looking so close in the
wonderfully clear air that they seemed to
be only a few miles from the tables.
“What will you or small
glasses? No difference in the price.”
One of the partners of the establishment
asked us this, while the other stood smil
ing just behind, him. Half of the fun In
visiting a strange land is lost If vou don’t
“take a chance” once in a whil. We
ordered the largest. When they carne.
served on a lacquered tray by one *f the
barmaids, or rather garden mads, of this
etheralixed saloon, we found that they
were not glasses at all, but large blue
and while bowls on the breakfast mush
order, but with handle* on both Hl* ft
And the beer itself proved rather a sur
prise too. It looked like the pa at hind
of lager and the tast<- reminded one dimly
—very dimly—of extremely lit Me.
Truly, these enterprising proprietors
might advertise: “Not a headache in a
barrel." Strength it had none, and what
It lacked in that essential is made up in
sugar and water. The Japanese are not
an Intemperate people, but if any of them
ever get a desire to Mray from the
straight path they must have an interest
ing time trying to accomplish their aim
by patronizing home Industry.
A bumblebee couldn’t work up a decent
stupor on a hogshead of It*
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JULY .29. 1000.
REAL SEA SERPENTS.
<iOOD REASON FOR BELIEVING
THAT THEY AtH ALLY EXIST.
A Number of Authentic Cases—( am
paratively Little Is Known of the
Denizens of the Deep—Things We
Do Not Know.
From the Washington Star.
From earliest times m* n have looked on
the tea with f ellngs akin to awe. Its
vast exttnt and its resistless force, be
fore which the works of human hands
teemed so w; ak and fragile, male it a
tyve of the infinite and the eternal, with
out beginni; g or end. Across its trackless
wastes lay unknown lands peopled by
strange an 1 savage irtbes. while in its
waters lived beings unlike those of land
or river; vast, misshapen monsters, hat
had i o h ng in common with things of
eirth. but :e med to belong to another
w’oi Id.
Long before the Christian era the
Psalmist had voiced this feeling when he
said; “They that go down to the sea in
ships, that do business in great waters;
these see the works of the Lord, and His
wonders in the de p,” and doubtless the
wonders lo?t nothing in their narration
by those who saw them. The seafaring
folk magnified the terrors of their cal lng.
possibly to deter competitors as w r ell as
through superstition and ign ranee, anil
the natural features of the ocean became
personified by the poets until its gods and
goddesses, me ma'ds and sirens, demons
and monsters were as familiar ae the fa
bled deities of the land. When the Olym
pian mythology was abandoned, and
nymphs and satyrs ro longer haunted
forast or stream, the sea remained a home
for the “powers of darkness" that long
influ need c edulous sailors, and prt babiy
dla>ed ti e discovery of America.
The vessels of the middle ag-s made
voyages to Britain and the Canafy Is
lands; they ctept along the coa6*s of Af
rica and Asia wh le t h e Nors men skirted
the arctic ice sheet and reached th- west
ern continent, but in general these were
the exploits of hardy adven.urcrs who
found few followers. Beyond the pillars
of He coles the ccean was still an un
known region filled with terrors, a for
bidding waste accursed of G- and. on which
it was aliro t impious to tr.s. ass.
The voyages of Columbus and his suc
oesosrs destroyed most of these old world
notion, so that the most superstitious
old salt would laugh at them, and yet
there are some of these sailors’ tales that,
when divested of obvious absurdities, can
neither be accepted fully nor rejected to-
A Graceful Kimona Lounging Gown of Japanese Silk. The Background Is in Oriental Red, with a Quaint Floral
Pattern in Green Worked Out Upon It. The Effect Is One of Great Luxury and Elegance.
tally in the present state of knowledge.
There is a ort of “survival of the fittest”
in these stories, and the duty of science i?
to cull the true from the false and to find
the facts on which ignorance or careless
observation may have erected a marvelous
structure. u
A Long-Lived Belief.
Among the stories that are still current
are those relating to the sea serpents,
great monsters of snake-like shape that
are said t 6 have been seen in various parts
of the world. Belief in the existence of
such beings goes back to the early Norse
writers, and in his “History of the
Northern Races,” published in Rome in
1565. the learned and pious Olaus Magnus,
Archbishop of Upsala, devotes a chapter
to them-. Acocrding to the worthy Arch
bishop. one of these serpents- was 200 feet
long, twenty feet thick, and appeared
“like a pillar” when it raised its head in
mid-air. This was truly a formidable an
imal, but one that modern naturalists
have been unable to identify, a difficulty
that is shared by many others that have
been described since the days of Olaus.
The accounts of strange sea monsters
that have been encountered from time to
time are usually so distorted and exagger
ated as to have invested th#* whole subject
with an atmosphere of doubt, and serious
observers are unwilling to report things
that they may see. because of the ridicule
that is apt to follow “seeing the sea ser
pent.”
So long as the only accounts of the won
derful creatures came from ignorant sail
ors and credulous there was
good reason for rejecting them. The ef
fects of light and shade on the heaving
waters give rise to optical delusions that
may deceive the most experienced, and
there are may things, animate and Inan
imate, that may resemble a vast serpen
tine shape when viewed from a distance.
These appearances, Joined to a prejudice
in favor of the serpent that may exist un
consciously In the mind of the spectator,
may produce false statements, in spite of
the most honest intentions. A natural
love of publicity and notoriety doubtless
underlies many of these stories and pro
duces gross exaggerations, even where the
whole account is not fabricated, but nu
merous reports have been made that can
not be dismissed in such light fashion.
Experienced seamen, sueh as captains of
ocean liners and naval officers, men of
education, familiar with all the changing
aspects of the waters, have made detailed
statements that are as worthy of cred
ence as would be official reports on any
other subject, and it is unscientific in the
extyme to refuse to believe them because
they tell of unfamiliar things.
Ant lien tic (•*.
In the London Times of Oct. 10, 1848,
appears a communication dated Ply
mouth, Oct. 7, stating that the Daedalus,
frigate, Capt. Patrick McQuhar, had just
reached that port from the East Indies.
The correspondent went on to say that
w'hile the vessel was between the Cape
of Good Hope and St. Helena the cap
tain and most of his officers saw a great
sea serpent that passed under the quarter
and remained in sight for twenty minutes.
The animal held its head about four feet
out of the water and about sixty feet of
its length stretched in a straight lane on
the surface, while a portion estimated to
be thirty or forty feet long was under
water. Its jaws were full of
teeth and opened widely enough
for a man to stand erect between
them. At the time this was seen
the ship was sailing north at eight knots.
On the day following the publication of
this letter (he admiralty called on Capt.
McQuhar for an official report, and this
formal statement appeared in the Times
on Oct. 14. By the report it seems that
on Aug. 6, ISIS, at 5 p. m.. tlie Daedalus
was In latitude 24 degrees 41 ininu os south
and longitude 9 degrees 22 minutes east
when the serpent was seen by Mr. Sar
toris, a midshipman, and by him was re
ported to Lieut. Edgar Drummond, officer
of the watch, who was walking on the
deck w'ith William Barrett, master, and
the capiain. The animal was seen by all
of them and by others on board, and the
description was the same as that given
above, except that it was said to be of a
brown color, with yellowish white about
the throat, and to have a reddish mane
Just behind the head. The captain made
several sketches of the animal, which he
inclosed with his report, and which the
admiralty permitted robe published in
the Illustrated London News of Oct. 28.
1848.
In the same number of the last named
periodical is a letter from James Hender
son of the Mary Ann of Glasgow. The
letter says that on Sept. 30, 1848, he spoke
the American brig Daphne of Boston,
Capt. Mark Frelawney, in Lisbon, and
that the mate of the Daphne reported that
cn Sept. 20 preceding, in latitude 4 degrees
11 minutes south, lognitude 10 degrees 15
minutes east, a serpent 100 feet long w*as
sighted. The description given corre
sponded closely w’ith that of the monster
seen by Capt. McQuhar, and it may have
been the same.
4 Huge Monster.
The Graphic of June 30 1877, contains a
report of a monster seen by Lieut. W. F.
Haynes of 11. M. S. Osborne, off the
northern coast of Sicily on June 2 of that
year.
It was first seen as a row’ of fins of
irregular hights and in a line some thirty
or forty feet long. It was distant from
the ship about 200 yards, “away on our
beam,’’ when first seen, and then turned
and made off. It had a broad back, fif
teen or twen y feet across, a bullet
shaped” head, probably six feet through,
supported on a narrow neck. Broad flap
pers. fifteen feet long, paddled it along by
a rotating movement, and it made about
ten and a half knots per hour. Ii was
partly out of water, and from the top of
the head to the line of immersion meas
ured some fifty feet, that was estimated
to be a third of its entire lengQi. This
report was illustrated by drawing mad#*
at the time. It is needless to multiply In
stances, and those cited are merely apec-
Imens of reports that should carry come
degree of conviction. These men saw
somethiqg uncommon. What is was is a
matter for further research. When Bruce
published his work on Abyssinia it was
greeted with incredulty and its author de
nounced in terms of unmeasured abuse,
but (h° calumniators have been made
ridiculous by further explorations in Af
rica, and their ignorant pedantry should
be a warning against refusing to believe
what Is not' a common experience. True
as this is in general, it Is particularly
true when the fauna of the sea is con
cerned. for so little is known of it.
IHIHcnII ie* of Oceanic IteNrnrrli.
The practical difficulties of oceanic re
search are such that our knowledge of
the abyssmal depths can increase but
slowly, and despite the efforts of th* past
half century the spe linens in our mu
seums are “like the few stray bodies of
s'range red men that tradition reports to
have b*en washed on the shores of the old
world before the discovery of the new,
and w hich serv* and to indicate the exis enee
of unexpected realms, Inhabted by un
known races, but not to supply informa
tion about th* ir characters 1 a i's and
history.” (Edward Forbes.) At least one
half of th#* de* p s a forms known at pres
et,t are represen.ed by single specimens,
and of these some are in such condition
as to make careful study of ihem almost
Impossible The pressure of deep water is
trenvndous, and many of the beings that
live in it have a: ft bones and loose, flab
by tissues that are apt to be to-n or bad
ly mutilated by b<ing dragged In a rough
ne*. tf r ugh, i erhaps, miles of water, if
this danger be escaped the lessening of
the p as the surface h approached
pr duc#s great charges as the sjft tis
sues expand >o as to dis ort thfj animal
out of £ mblance to its original form,
even If it does not burst asunder. For
th se reasons progress is sl~w*. anl not
Infrequently a score cr more specimens
ii a\ have to be examined to determine
characters that could bo ascertained real
ly from the inspec.icn of a single indi
vidual in good condition. Errors are un
avoidable under the-e cr nmstances, and
conscientious students are painfu ly aware
of the fragmentary state of our acqunint
a ce with the fauna of the sea and k only
appy\'late how tanta izing are the crumbs
that fall from the unattainable feast of
keen ce that is spr ad beneath the waves.
Seen. Itit Never t uptared.
Many of the inhabitants of the depths
are too large, too swift, 100 wary or too
cunning to be taken by\ our nets or
dredges, but from time to time specimen*
of these are cast ashore by storms or are
found dead on the surface. One of these
that has never been captured by an explor
ing ship is the Ragalecus, or oar fish. :i
serpent-shaped. rapid-swimming form, us
ually from eighteen to twenty-four feet
long. Prof. Gunther of the British Mu
seum gives a list of forty-four that have
been seen bv naturalists, but this repre
sents only a fraction of the whole number
that have been actually stranded. It is
widely distributed and has been sighted
in every pare i.f the world. In color the
Regaleeus is silver gray with spots or
streaks of darker tint. Its head is ob
long and the cleft of he is verti
cal, not horizontal, as usual. The tin on
the back makes an elevated crest -hat is
sometimes divided into two parts, and ihe
two ventral fins expand Into blade-like
tips at their extremities*. It can be seen
at once that this fish when swimming at
the surface will present most of the fea
tures .ascribed to the “serpent." when al
lowance is made for exaggeration. One
of these animals came ashore at Hungry
bay. in Bermuda, in 1860, and, although
but seventeen feet long, it was described
as much longer by those who saw it be
fore its capture. They also said that it’
had a bead like that of an Immense horse
and a mane that was flaming red. This
latter feature was the dorsal fin and
doubtless the ventral fins were the "flap
pers” seen by from the Os
borne.
\n Absurd Mistake.
Not all of the tales of Ihe sea serpent
are so w’ell sustained as those based on
Ihe Hegalccue, and absurd mistakes have
been made by enthusiasts. In 1811 an al
leged sea serpent was seen off Glouces
ter, Mass., and ntt investigation was set
on foot by the Linnaeen Society of New
England. After n while a curiously shap
ed reptile was taken that the committee
pronounced to be the young of the mon
ster that had been seen, and gave It the
name “Scoliophis atlanticus.” The re
port was prepared by Amos Story, and
was published by the society, but it sub
sequently developed that the young sea
serpent was a common black snake with
a raohetie spine. The society could not
survive the derision with which this r®-
l*>rr was greeted and soon found an ig
nominious death.
\* is notoriously difficult to prove a
negative, and it is especially so when
little is known of the real facts. For
this reason it is Impossible to assert posi
tively that no such animal ns ihe sea ser
pent exists, although the evld n • in fa
vor of its existence is far from convinc
ing. The mere fact that it ha not been
captured is no sign that if may not Ite
found, ns there are other aquatic animals
that are known, although no specimens
are to be had.
Unknown Flatten.
In making Investigations into the fur
seals a few years ago It was found that
the stomachs of many of the seals con
tained the bones of a small flHh that must
exist in great numbers, and ye* not a sin
gle sp c men was taken by the scientist
This fish is known only from its bones,
and doubtless many forms are in the sea
that have not given any sign* of their
, presence. The struggle for food is such
j that a dead body is rapidly devoured by
I ravenous neighbors, and the chance of
finding any r*;mains of if is very small,
so tha< an animal of even the dimensions
attributed to these monsters may remain
undiscovered. In the past gigantic ani
mals existed that have left nothing but
their footprints. The Connecticut valley
Is rich in the footprints of some great or
ganism of which no other trace remains.
If such was th#s fate of organl*ms In re
mote geological eras it may be the same
j with those of to-day.
i From whnt has been definitely ascer
tained about the fauna of th#* sea the
! probabilities are against the #*xister.ce of
1 any such monster as the sea serpent, but
j further than tljls It Is unsafe to go wlth
j out more light than can Ik* had at pres-
I ent. I is true that rolls of sea. weed,
; logs and other bits of th#- flotsam of the
j sea have been mistaken for a vast ser
pent until tnveitlgatcd. It Is also true
that a school of dolphins plunging and
diving in single file will simulate a rep
tile almost perfectly, but the*e do not
explain all of the reported phenomena.
In other cases a gigantic cuttlefish or
squid wa* the basis for the reported mor.-
rter. and some of the highest authorities
deny the possibility of there being a sea
serpen* at nil. It has been suggested
that some huge animal, partly serpent
and partly fish,such as the Ichthyosaurus,
may linger In the depths of ocean and rise
at times to the surface, but this is mere
supposition. This ocean mystery still
needs many clues before It can b<s solved.
MOIIDEH BY %HMY OF ANTS.
A Traveler** Experience With fhe
Insect* in Urn nil.
From the New Tori* Timm.
At an up-town club a few nigqts ago
several men were discussing the St. Louis
strike. Incidentally the subjeot of riots
and mobs In general wae touched upon.
“Speaking of mobs." sail one man,
"were you ever mobbed by ants?"
Everybody laughed, and incidentally
asked for the siory. The man was Wil
liam 9. Booth, who is at present manag
ing the editorial department of the Mac
millan Company. Mr. Booth lm traveled
widely and in many places W'here human
foot las scarctly ever rested.
lie does not relate his experience* of
ten, he said, because people ordinarily
won’t be 11 ve them His friends were in
sistent. however, and this is the story
about as he told it:
“The incident to which I refer," he said,
"happened in Brazil. I had gone there in
the Interest of a London house to investi
gate the Bahia passava. a valuable fibre
used largely in KnglandTor making brush
es and brqpms. I had gone to Bahia and
was quartered there in a small house W'ith
David Burke, at thai time United States
c n.sul, and another fr.end, Edward New
man. Burke, I believe, is at present very
c:o •• to David B. Hill.
“Ii was in the spring of the year, and
just alter the warm rains, which have a
qui kfiili g < fleet on veg tallon *nd all
l*\ing things. We retired one n ►hi. after
looking things over to se? that every
thing was all right, and saw no signs of
anything unusual. A little after daybreak
we were awakened by a peculiar round.
It was Ilk running water an incessant,
uninterrupted buzzing. When we walked
out a curious sight met our eyes.
“In the distance we descried two slowly
moving lines of black that looked like
thin crawling snake*. As the lines ap
proached we saw- that they were moving,
not elowly, but with rapidity. It seemed
hardly an instant until they reached us,
and the ground was carpeted with ants.
They were of all kinds and sizes. Short,
bullet-headed fellows, and long, thin ones;
red and white. and black. Nothing seemed
to atop them—lnto the house they swarm
ed. over everything, and into every nook
and cranny.
“Then we began to have uncomfortable
sensations. I stooped down and discovered
that in that short space of time they had
succeeded in making shreds of my hose
and there was a fringe at the bottom of
my trousers, where the ante had been
feasting. We rushed Into the house for
acid, but it did little or no good. The
ants continued to swarm upon us.
“Then The three of us had a short, quick
colloquy. I appealed to the American
consul for protection on the ground of
international friendship.
" Decidedly I’d like to help you, my
good English friend.’ said Burke, ‘but this
mob is too much for me.*
“We didn’t know what the beggars
would stop at. Up to that time they had
been content to feed on our clothes, and
apart from a decided creeping sensation,
we had experienced no serious complica
tions. Still, we didn’t know how soon those
ants would exhibit active cannibal ten
dencies.
Fled to the Eiifdlah Conatil.
“Alexander Stevens, at that time Eng
lish consul to B.razil, lived only a short
distance away, and I suggested that we
flee to him for protection.
“ 'I don't know,’ continued Mr. Booth,
‘what Mr. Burke s present views are on
the subject of an Anglo-American alli
ance. but he seemed heartily in favor of
one at that moment.’ So we started for
the English consul’s house—some of the
ants went with us.
When Mr. Stevens aaw us and heard
our story he burst into a flt of laughter.
“ ‘But what shall we do?’ we asked.
" ‘Do! he iterated.’ ‘Why, do noth
ing. The ante are merely looking for
something green lo feed on If you
weren't such awful greenhorns they
wouldn’t have come near you.*
"The fact Is such visitation* are by no
mearut unusual after the rains. The Bra
zil ants are remarkably ambitious; when
they want a thing they don't even mind
sacrificing a few million of their fellow
ants to attain Iheir end They are im
perialist*, with a vengeance.
“At the time of the year when their
oc/ming is looked* for It is customary In
Brazilian homes to protect the food by
pl< ing U in a cagelike arrangement on
top of a tall At the bottom and
abou*t half way up the poie nre pan* of
wafer. But the ants don't mind a little
thing like that. They succeed in bridging
the liquid by means of their own bodies,
gluing themselves together in a sort of
chain. That mean* death to these an Is
that enter into it. But after that the re
mainder of the horde can pass over in
safety and climb the pole easily to cap
ture the food.
“I have seen frogs ir> Brazil,” continued
Mr Booth, “that were fully nine inches
long and that sat six inches off the
ground. They are so big at times that
they can’t get through the bars of an
ordinary gate.
‘The butterflies are often as large as
a good-sized book, and the eight of a
number of them flying in the sunlight is
not easily forgotten.”
Mr. Booth’s memories of Brazil are
vivid. He had been to semi-tropical coun
tries. but he had never before oome in
contact with the rich luxuriance of the
tropies. Going, as he did, direct from
ilie gloom and gray of London, the transi
tion to the. brilliant land of light and col
or made an impression which is reflected
in his conversations.
gome firnzilliin Incidents.
Tn the course of the evening Mr. Booth
added the following:
“I was in Braz 1, shortly before the rev
olution. One day while I was in the Unit
ed States consulate a Republican leader
came in. He gave us an account of what
he all ged were the gross lnquitiea of the
conservatives and Liberals; then he calm
ly asked the loon of the American flag.
10 1-nd dignity to the Republican propa
ganda. I need hardly add that he didn’t
get it.
“Alter (he slaves were set free it was
n t an uncommon sight to s*e a half
dozen soldiers give chase to some loafing
blacks, who had no visible means of sub
sistence When the police made an arrest,
thev allowed th#ir man to walk in front
of them. Once In a while the prisoners
had pluck and legs, and bolted. All the
negroes in the place then would Join In
crowding th** police somewhat after the
1 rinclf 1 -of interference in football so
that th man might escape I saw one
negro rush down a side street and take a
he id r from the quay wail into the sea.
Toe man dsijp ared and escaped among
the hundreds of i oa's, while on every side
c ul 1 be seen lines of negroes laughing
and slapping themselves with delight.
“In the cae of another pursuit that I
witnessed the end wat* less satisfactory
for the crimii al. It was at Canavleros. A
man walked Into a shop, took the pro
pt i tor by the hand wlh affected friend
liness, and at the same instant whipped
out a knife and stabbed him.
“A dozen m* n gave pursuit. They over
to k th** fugitive and after a struggle ho
was made a prisoner. Their Idea of pun-
Ishm nt was peculiar. They took him to
the town, strapped him ba<k to hack with
his victim, and so he ramined all night,
w hile h‘s captors ua roused about him. The
next duy he was shot.”
DUMB A\IMAI.S, HARD WEATHER.
Statistics Show That the Rruten
Stand Extreme Heat Better ’limn
Cold.
From the Washington Evening Star.
It is quite generally believed that not
only is extreme hot weather more disas
trous to man than cold, but the same is
true also of animals, yet a comparison
of the records kept at the district build
ing shows that, with the exception of cal
animals far© worse in co4d wea-thor thop
they do daring the prevalence of a tem
perature such as the people of the dtatrlot
have had to contend with during the past
twelve days.
The records at th© district bulldkif shwr
that during the first twelve days of loot
January thirty-seven dead horses woe*
reported to the health department. Ow
ing the same period the attention of ilia
health officer was invited to the decease
of sixty-seven dogs, this number not In
cluding those destroyed at the pound.
The number of cats which gave tp
lives, crediting each feline with bat oo©
of the nine lives commonly attributed to
tabby, during the flrst twetv© days of
the year 1900 was Juat half a Ikuwdred, and
during the same period two cow, one
goat and one rabbit solved the great mya
ery. •
On the first of July the supervision of
collecting and removing dead animal© de
volved upon the street cleaning depart
ment, to the superintendent of which de
partment of the muidolpnifry, by the way.
all compl&into of this nature must here
after be made, the health department no
longer having charge of such matters.
The records of the street cleaning depart
ment for th© past tw r elve days show that
but thirty dead horses were reported to
this branch of the local government. Just
seven less than was reported during th©
first twelve days of last January. While
the decease of sixty-seven logs was called
to the attention of the municipality dur
ing the first ** we Iv* ■ days of January, but
fifty-five v. o reported as having de
parted. hence during the post twelve
.lays of ihis month, a decrease of twelve.
But in the matter of cats the records evi
dence a most remarkable fact, as no less
than 240 of these animals have been re
ported to the street cleaning department
as having left this for a more or lesa
congenial climate, as the case may be,
during the past twelve days. Two hogs
are reported <o have departed during th©
same period, the same number of calve*,
one 'possum end two rabbits.
Of course, neither the records for th©
first twelve days of the year nor those
for the past pamo number of days make
mention of such dead animals as were re
moved by the contractor who is said to
derive a profit, by converting their bodies
into certain materials. But it is under
stood that his business Is concerned al
most entirely with animals of the hors©
kind, and M is not believed that his rec
ords would materially differ from those
of the municipality.
From this statement It Is expected that
it will be argued that despite the fact
that it is popularly supposed that th©
dog is more likely to be attacked by
rabies In hot weather and by other dan
gerous maladies, he enjoys better health
in summer than he does in winter. With
cats it would appeor that pussy ts much
more likely to succumb to hot than to
cold weather. In this connection it Is
pointed out that the greater number of
deaths of horses in cold weather is prob
ably due to the fact that it is much more
difficult for poor people to care for their
horses in winter than it is In summer.
BLACK
VELVET
RIBBONS,
TRIMMING AND BELTING
Wll>Tllh, AT
The BEEHIVE
St. Julian and
Whitaker Streets.
•FECIAL. .NOTICES.
ESPECIAL INDUCEMENT!! AT HAlllti
A I'FLE’S It KPOMTO-H Y.
I offer to the public for fifteen daya m
high grade work, two fine extension top
Carriages, 3 open Carriages, 6 Phaetons, 5
Runabouts, 3 Pneumatic Runaboutn, 4
Handsome Traps, 20 Open and Top B|rlng
Delivery Wagons at factory cost, with
freight added. This is no humbug. Call
and examine for yourself and you will
make no mistake. A full and corwplete
line of Harness at cost.
Mark Apple Carriage. Repository, .**3o
Broughton street, west, use only the Kedly
ftpringfield Rubber Tire, the heat on tha
market. Phone 778.
KNIGHT’S PHARMACY
SELLS IT FOR LESS.
Borated Talcum 5o
Roach Salt 100
Bryan's Chill Tonflc 25c.
Insect Powder, P. D. Sc Co.’s 400
Palmer's Toilet Water 600
4711 Soap ifcc
Fever Thermometier 600
K. R. C. (Cures Hheumatism) SI.OO
Celery and Cocoa 750
Beef, Iron and Wine 750
Fountain Syrlries, Bulb Syringes guar
anteed. Good good*, courteous treat
ment and one price to all.
Mail orders solicited.
KNIGHTS PHARMACY,
Ga. Phone 610. Bell Phone 531).
TO niIILDKHS.
Get Our Prices on CHANDELIERS a nd
BRACKET*, and save 40 per cent.
We are not In any Trust or Com/binA
tion. Our discounts are 40 and 10 per cent,
from list. No extra charge for oxidiz
ing.
ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANY,
Phone 02, 112 Drnytoo Street.
Ul V ONLY Till: BEST GINGER ALB.
The best la this Wheoler Brand of Bel
fast Ginger Ale, made by Wheeler Sc Cos.,
of Belfast, Ireland, from the celebrated
Crotnac oprui/.a of that city. These
springs are the property of Wheeler 4k
Cos., hence no other Ginger Ale manufac
turer in irela/nd ha* those waters but
themselves. Uhe Wheeler Ginger Ale la
made from pure Jamaica Ginger Root and
not from Red Popper, as others are; one
Is deleterious—the other is a tonic.
For Healthfullness and Purity the cele
brated Wheeler brand of Belfast Ginger
Ale I* the best.
IJPPMAN BROTHERS,
Sole Southern Agents, Savannah, Ga.
YOUR I'RBSCRimOM
will be filled at Park Avenue Pharmacy
while yo wait. We fill them at any hour
day or night. The only live drug ators
In southern section of Savannah.
PARK AJVBNUB PHARMACY,
J. L. Bra nan. Proprietor ,
Comer Park avenue and Barnard St.
So-Phone 1146.
CORNED REEF.
Plenty extra Corned Beef, made espec
ially for my trade, by me.
, M. 8. GARDNER,
Phones W 5. Wayne and Whitaker.
P. S.—Everything choice In meate.
Spring Umb Spring Chicken, Spring
Vegetables and Fruits.
FANCY AND It I -PRESSED BRICK.
We manufacture and sell all kinds of
fancy and re-preseed brick, paving and
building bricks Our common brick are
the best for building purposes, being larger
than other kilns make, and cheaper. See
•ample* and price*.
SAVANNAH BUILDING SUPPLY Ct
Coogrcie and Drayton utreeto*
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