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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. 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