TEE OREGON SCOUT
JONES A. CHANCEY,
Publishors
UNION OREGON.
Till!: biAKLhbS bTKll'KS.
A REPORTER'S RAMBLE THROUGH A
GEORGIA CONVICT CAMP
A Ijirgit llrlck .Milking Concern llmv the
irlncrn Are Worked, l'eil iuiI Uunrii
mI The Sweat Ito for Ulniinlcilli'n 15ft
tnr Jml Than Mmiy Wore Uwd To.
Nestled in tlie vale of the ChnUnhoo
cheo is a villago of something over 200
inhabitants.
Of these. 185 arc under the ban of tlio
law, and, like tho Israelites of old, arc
.making bricks for tho mighty piles in
tho ixjpiilous cities of tho land.
From the mountains of Vett Virginia
to ".Tauipa's desert strand" .you may
find thesu bricks, and tho linger prints
upon them are made by tho clasp of tho
hands of felons.
Wearied of tho common cusscdncss of
tho nollco station, tho Nighthawk hied
him away to this villago by tho river to
spend an hour among tho starless stripes
of a Georgia convict camp.
Capt. Woodruff, tho superintendent,
was found, and allowed thu visitor
through tho works.
Tliero aro 185, about 10 per cent,
whites, and among tho number of
negroes, twenty-two women,
Everything is lifo and activity. Somo
nro engaged in hauling clay from tho
clay Holds several miles down J.ho river;
others aro manipulating tho dirt through
tho two machines that proparo it for tho
mill; a deaf.and dumb man was shovel
ing it into tho hoppur and Bovcral wero
taking out tho bricks.
Fifty bricks a minuto is tho record of
ono of these,
"A TURKISH DATII."
"Step In tliero," said Capt. Woodrufr,
"and yu can nee how it works."
Tho unsuspecting nowspaper man
stepped inside.
Slam!
Tho darkness was palpablo. Tho air
was suifocating.
"Wonder if this is a practical joke,"
thought tho prisoner, as ho gasped for
uroatli and reached out his hand in
search of something to hold on to. Tho
sweat broko out on face and hands, and
just thou tho door was raised and tho
Nighthawk scrambled out with feelings
of relief Indescribable.
"That Is what wo call a 'Turkish bath,'
mid wo give tho boys ono occasionally,"
remarked Capt. WoodruiT, with a smile.
Out of these dryers busy hands ere
trundling bricks to tho big kilns.
Seventy-two varieties of ornatiu'iiUil
and pressed brick, besides tho coniwon
grades, aro mado here, and tho beautiful
twin Corliss engines go whirling around,
rain or shine, all tho livelong day.
Tho farm attached to tho works con
eista of many acres of river bottom, and
hero nro grown hundreds of bushels of
corn, many tons of hity, barrels of sor
ghum sriup and1 vegetables innumerable.
Collards, cabbages, rutabages and
whito tuinlpa aro grown on tho rich
elopes for tho maintenance of tho con
victs. Fat pigs aro raised on tho rofuso and
ten big uddorod milch cows graze on tlio
meadows. This is tho farmer side of tho
subject, and on farms many of the hands
uro kept constantly employed.
What goes with tho crops?
Well, you see, each and every convict
is a man with an appetite. IIo may loose
Ida character, Biiorilleo his reputation and
consign his rights and franchises as a
citizen to the dlngnation bow-wows, hut
ho retains his appetite, and tlio longer ho
remains tho more robust becomes his
capacity in that lino.
Tho way thoy fatten up is frequently
proved by weighing them when they
como in and at intervals uftorwurd, The
increase shows how rapidly they grow
and thrive.
CHAINC1ANO OltUM.
Far bo It from 1110 to try and induce any
resjiectablo citizen to emigrate to Chatta
hoochee, and when I speak of its attrac
tions I do it without hopoof reward, four
of punishment or any of tho motives that
cause real estate men and boomers to
prevaricate.
Hut when 1 walked into tho kitchen
and got u suiir of tho grub that tho wom
en wero cooking, 1 tell you 1 had to choko
down a sob.
And 1 got "so hungry and stayed so
hungry that when 1 got back to ltoltou,
in thu gloaming, tho ilrst thing 1 did was
to buy a box of sardines.
Hut tills is a digression.
Somo of tho women attend to tho
cooking, and tho big bako oven turns out
loaf after loaf of corn bread, from nice
xifted meal, which, when broken into
"pones," reminds ono of the old planta
tion kitchen. A big caldron is tilled
with vegetables and wholesome bacon,
and hot ii-boiring,
Thu tin dinner pails aro washed clean
and in each is placed thu materials for a
bqtiaio meal, and thctu aro passed to thu
convicts as tliey como in from their
work. Kach ono takes his pail and car
ries it with him into tho stockade, where
ho eats us ho pleases.
Tho rations aro three quarter of a
iouiid of bacon a day, bread and vege
tables, with sirup ad libitum.
If "Oliver Twist wants nioru" ho gets
it, and no complaint of hhort rations b
hoard among them.
At noon ten gallons of fresh milk aro
disienbcd among them every day. Twice
u week fresh beef and rice aro furnished;
twice a week thoy havo Hour, and those
who do extra work and make money of
their own havo whatever olsu thoy wish,
Many of them havo far better food
and more of it than they had at homo.
Atlanta Constitution,
Xuu-rrifrloital A3Ti.
Ely Young Lady Doctor, can you tell
mo what in tho most rapid way to gain
Wrong th?
Doctor (gruffly) Sit down and jwel k
pcok of ohIouu, Durllngtou Free Vnm.
THE KING'S DAUGHTER.
Whin yon was out a lady called,
A lady folnonnd fnlr,
WId swato Jiltio eye-, and ptirty mouth.
And lovely banned up lialr.
And whin she. asked cf yon was In,
Says I, "N'o, timm. shu's not:
But cf you'll lave your card wld rae,
I'll nee. It's not forjvot."
"Oh, nlvcr tnoiml," says sho: "I cams
A little now to bring
About somo poor wo're doing for
I'm dau'tlicr av tho king."
Tli In. Iiowly saints! I lost mo wits.
And curUstied down so low;
That whin the princojw left tho door,
I nlvcr saw her go.
Hut Retlln' quick nm senses back,
1 hurried down the strnto,
And, bowlu' low. says I (o her.
"l'ray won't your holghness wait?"
She looked at trio nnd smiled most swate,
Wid nil her while teeth showiu';
"No, not today: I'll como ugalu,
Tis tolmo 1 must bo goln'."
Now, though I nm n dlmmycrat,
All kings and queenses liatin',
And lein' au American.
All white folks equal ratln',
I'd lolko to know tho princess' name.
And who niolght Ito her father.
And what sho's doln' over hero
Bo far across tho wutlier.
And cf her royal holglmess wants
A maid to wait upon her,
I'll do It on these bllssed knacs.
Sum's mo name's O'Connor.
Mary L Henderson In Tho Century.
THE STUDY OF MAN.
Nature, Nut Text Honks, tlin Menus ol
Learning 1 1 11 in 1111 Nature.
When Alexander I'opo wrote "The
Proper Study of Mankind is M..n." lie
gave expression to a far reaching truth,
illustrated overy day. To understand
man in his various moods, to bo able to
control nnd guido him, Is to bo a king
anion,"; men. Self control is the first fruit
of ench study rightly carried on, and then
follows tho control of others not as an
exacting master, but as a guide and
friend. Tlio leaders in business, in poli
tics, in war, tho men who attain eminence
in tho nctlvo affairs in which largo num
bers uro associated, although they may
not havo set outtomako a study of man,
nnd may, in fact, bo unconscious of their
attainments, havo nevertheless acquired
a knowledge of themselves, which gives
them self control, nnd a knowledge of the
moods, impulses nnd weaknesses of oth
ers that enables them to take control as
leaders. Such power is not necessarily
associtited witli a high degreo of culture
in other directions, nor, on tlio other
hand, does tho possession of general in
telligence necessarily include tin's power.
Tho contrary is very frequently tho case
literary culture, arising from a close
study of hooks, depriving ono of that in
tiniato association with men which is es
sential to a knowledge of their disposi
tions, emotions and passions.
Even the books that "hold tho mirror
up to nature" present but a partial and
imperfect view of man. Tho truo student
must go to nnturo herself for instruction
It is this circumstance that sometimes
gives rise to wonderment at the success
of this mnn or the failure of that by those
who fail to consider the great value of a
study of man to thoso who would bo
guides or leaders, or who aro called upon
to manage largo bodies of men, lie who
learns by study, observation or experi
ence when to humor, when to command,
and how to play upon tho hopes, ambi
tions, cupidity or fears of others, so as to
get them to do his bidding, has mastered
tho greatest of all instruments, beside
which the play ing upon a pipe is indeed
simple. There are men of this kind who,
having special aptitudu for command,
soon learn, unconsciously it may be. how
to lead, guido or drive others. They
como to tho front in war, in politics and
in business life, and succeed oftentimes
in spiteof defects in their hdiolastic train
ing, while their better educated rivals,
lacking knowledge of men, fail alto
gether, or if they rise above tho rank's
gain only subordinate places.
Until within recent years there have
Ihhmi scarcely any attempts to make a
man a school study: nor is it to bo ex
pected that the study as now carried on
will take the placu of experience in rais
ing up managers of men. Vet it is
worth while for those who find tlioin-M-ives
deficient in this respect to formal
ly begin tlio study in their own persons
as in that of others. Self study is always
useful, for it develops unexpected weak
nesses that ma) bo corrected if thoro is
a disposition to Improve, and it at least
gives suggestions us to the weaknesses of
othurs, through which thoy may bo con
trolled or managed.
When I lanilot, having vainly impor
tuned Guildoiisterit to play upon the
pipe, throws it upon tho iloor, he ox
claims: "Why, look you now how un
worthy a thing you niako of me. You
would play upon mo; you would seem to
know my stops; you would pluck out the
heart of my mystery; you would sound
mo from my lowest note to tho tup of
my compass, and tliero is much music,
excellent voice in this little organ, yet
cannot you make it."
in that passage a strong figure of
speech is presented, illustrating what
may bo done by those who have mado 0
proper study of mankind. They c..u
j.lur upon humanity as skillfully as tiio
musician plays um tho pipe.
Ouildousteru lucked knowledge more
than Hamlet lacked advancement, but
thoro wero doubtless others oven in that
nay wiio could have sounded Hamlet
from his lowest note to tho top of his
compass, and have guided and controlled
nlin. At all events, tho iiulur iiistru
.lieiits represented by common men may
iKipiajeii upon, and It is llioso who have
mado tho study reooninmnded by Pope
who do play uhu thorn, and become
lenders among 111011, It is a study that
all can undertake; thu subjects uro In
numerable, and tho guide book to them
all is over present in tho btudunt's own
person. Baltimore Sun,
Tliey Mnilti u Splendid llimrtl,
Hagley Well, old man, I'll expect you
to-night.
lluiloy I'll be there.
llagloy Oh, by thu bye, If you don't
mind you might weur your now trousers,
and wo cuu havo a gauio of chew.
Judge.
Tlio Arab Dominion In Africa,
But the problem of Arab dominion is
not on tho coastnt all, but in the interior
of Africa. On tho coast the European
states can make their influence felt, but
it extends no further than a narrow strip
of land, beyond which barbarism reigns
supremo. And here wo arrive at ono of
tho most remarkable phenomena of tlio
ago in which wo live and the planet wo
inhabit. Tho aboriginal inhabitants of
Central Africa aro savages, sunk in hea
thenism, afilicted by the evils and weak
nesses of savago life, and perhaps inferior
in mental and physical vigor to tlio
stronger races of mankind.
Over them hns passed, like a tempest
from the east, a horde of men of another
and n Btronger race, which marks them
out for slavery nnd destruction. Tho
Arab invasion of Africa is characterized
in every part to which Europeans havo
penetrated by desperate valor in arms,
by an utter indifference to human life,
and, above all, by an enthusiastic and
fanatical belief in tho faith of Islam.
Tliey remind us of thoso ardent fol
lowers of tho prophet who. in tho llrst
ages of Mohammedanism, bore his blood
stained standard and his intolerant creed
from Spain to the confines of China, and
wellnigli overthrew the faith and civili
zation of the ancient world. Indeed, if
wo arc not mistaken, tliey aro tho sumo
men tlio living inheritors of tlio pas
sions, tlio valor and tlio faith of tho sol
diers of Mohammed.
Beforo tlio strength of tho Christian
states tliey aro now reluctantly compelled
to bow; but over tho unarmed and untu
tored native races of Africa they aro su
premo. Accordingly, what wo aro now
witnessing in Africa, since it has been
partially opened to our view, is an amaz
ing recrudescenco nnd fermentation of
Mohammedan power. On tlio Congo it
is not tho nativo population, but tho
bloodthirsty Arab slave dealers, who op.
poso the progress of civilization; tlio na
tives ask for protection from these for
midablo tyrants.
On the Nilo tho fierce chiefs of this
now warfaro havo mado Khartoum a
6cat of power and authority over tho
neighboring tribes, for since tho over
throw of tlio Egyptian government in
tho south thoy are masters of tho Sou
dan. Tho capturo of thut important po
sition, and tho defeat and death of tho
heroic champion of civilization who per
ished tliero, wero much greater events
than they oven seemed to bo at tho timo
they occurred; for tliey established a
power, whether it was that of tho Maltdi
or any other name, which commands tho
interior and tho river. Edinburgh Ite
viow. A Dangerous Drug.
Cocaine, ns is now well known, i3 a
very valuable but an exceedingly dan
gerous drug, and fli. uuiouriuer lias
lately published in Iho Archives do
Medecino tlio reniarkablo results of his
investigations into its uso. Cases wliero
accidents havo occurred aro very numer
ous, and there is hardly a surgeon using
cocaine who has not had occasion to wit
ness thorn. As early as in 18S7 Dr. Mat
tibon published the account of forty such
instances, and the roll of victims who
havo lost their lifo from a doso of co-
eaino lias now reached as high as nino.
In u large number of cases it has given
riso to a species of poisoning, from which
tlio patient usually recovers. Among
l'io phenomena characterizing this form
of poisoning, ono observed in a patient
of Dr. E. Bradley is worthy of mention.
This patient was taken with facial par
alysis, from which ho did not recover for
six months. Other symptoms aro hallu
cinations, great excitement and cerebral
agitation, and, finally, Dr. Leslie Cal-
loghan 111 ono case saw the entire body
covered by a scarletiniforni rash.
Dr. Szunnian, wishing to removo a
largo wart situated at tho base of tlio
thumb of a young girl of 20, injected un
der tlio skin, close to tho wart, ono cubic
centimeter of a ono-in-ten solution of
cocaine. Tlio patient felt no pain, but as
tho little wound was being sewed to
jrether she suddenly lost color and faint
ed, her pulso became weak and slow, and
her hands and feet stillened. ater was
dashed in her face and sho recovered
consciousness, but she did not regain at
onco her sense of feeling, as she kept
asking wliero her hands were. By this
timo tho Htilli'iiing liad extended to tho
whole of her person, but these alarming
symptoms quieted down little by little,
and by half an hour's timo tliey all canio
ton happy end. 1 01s case represents tho
mildest lorui of coc.iino lMiisoiung. lo-
tween this form ami tho cases in which
death ensued como in a series of severor
forms, in which the alarming symptoms
lasted three hours to tivo or six days.rt
St. .lames Gazette.
Curious figures on llm "Surplus."
Tlio weight and bulk of the gold anil
silver coins now held in tho United
States treasury form tho subject of much
inquiry among people of a mathematical
turn i mind, ono of whom has ascer
tained that tho gold alouo weighs 001
tons of 2, 000 pounds, and that tho silver
weighs 8,000 tons. Corded along tho high
way, as wood is coided, tho gold would
make a wall 1 feet high and -1 feet thick
for a distance of 51113 feet. Tlio silver, if
similarly packed in a solid wall, would
extend 1,2 18 feet, or about five-sixths of
a mile. If packed in carts, a ton to each
cart, tho procession would be nearly 5U1
miles lung, of which distance the carts
containing gold would cover two and
ono-half miles, and tho silver ladeued
carts a fraction over 5101 inilus. St,
Louis Republic.
A Cure for Diphtheria.
The following remedy was discovered
iu Germany and is said to bo tho bust
known: At thu first indication of diph
theria iu thu throat of a child make thu
room close; then take a tin cup and pour
into it a quantity of tar and turpentine,
equal parts. Then hold tho cup over n
tiro so as to fill tho room with fumes.
Tho littlu patient, on inhaling tho fumes,
will cough up and spit out nil tho mem
branous matter, and thu diphtheria will
pass oil. Tho fumes of tho tar nnd tur
pentine loosen tho matter iu thu throat,
thus affording the relief that has kittled,
tho skill of physiciaus. New York Tel-egraui.
CLEOPATRA."
Being an Account of the Fall and
Vengeance of Harmachis, the
Royal Egyptian,
AS SET FORTH BY HIS OWN HAND.
By II. Rider Kacgakd,
A.uthor or King Solomon's Mines,"
' She," " Allan Quatormnln,"
Etc., Etc., Etc.
Illustrated by IflCnOLI.. after CATOK WOOD
V2X.X.1! and QMIFTElTnAOZIf.
Tho strength within mo began to t'iu
felt my lifo ebbing at its springs. Death
drew near to me, and his shape was SI
loncc. IIo entered at my heart, entered
with a sonso of numbing cold; but my
brain was still alive, I could yet think. I
knew that I was drawing near tho contlnes
of the dead. Nay, I was dying fast, and oh,
tho horror of it I I strovo to pray aud could
not; thero was no moro timo for prayer.
One strugglo and the stillness crept into my
I SAW THE WOULD AS IT HAD BEEN BEFORH
MAN WAS.
brain. Tho terror passol; an unfathom
able weight of sleop pressed mo down. I
was dying, I was dying, nnd then I was
dead nothingness I
Achango lifo came back to me, but be
tween tho now lifo and tho lifo that had
been was a gulf and difference. Onco moro
1 stood in tho durkness of tho shrine, but it
blinded mo no more. It was clear as tho
light of day, although it was still black. I
stood; and yet it was not I who stood, but
rather my spiritual part, for at my feet lay
my dead self. Thoro It lay, rigid and still, a
stamp of wful calm sealed upon its faco
whim I gazed on it.
And as I gazed, flllod with wonder, I was
caught up on tho "Wings of Flamo and
whirled away 1 away I faster than tlio light
ning Hash. Down I fell, through depths of
empty space, set hero and there with glit
tering crowns of stars. Down for ten
million miles and ten times ten million, till
at longfh I hovered over a place of soft, un
changing light, wherein wero Temples, Pal
aces and Abodes, such as no man over saw
in tho wildest visions of his sleep. They
wero built of Flame, and thoy wero built of
Blackness. Their spires pierced up and up;
their groat courts stretched around. Even
as I hovered they changed contiuually to
tho eye; what was flnmo becaino blackness,
what was blackness becamo flamo. Hero
was tho Hash of crystal, and tliero tho
blazo of gems shono ov-on through tho glory
that rolls around tho city which is in tlio
Placo of Death. Thoro wero trees, and
their voice as thoy rustled was tho voice of
music; thoro was ulr, aud as it blow its
breath was tho sobbing notes of song.
Shapes, changing, mysterious, wonderful,
rushed up to meet 1110 and boro 1110 down
till I seemed to stand upon another earth.
"Who comes i" cried a great voice.
"HarinnchiR," answered tho Shapes that
changed continually. "Harmachis, who
hath boon summoned from tho earth to
look upon tho faco of Her, that AVas, and
Is, aud Shall Be. Harmachis, Child of
Earth!"
"Throw back tho Gates and open wide tho
Doors I" pealed tho awful voice. "Throw
back tho Gates and open wide tlio Doors.
Seal up his lips in silence, lest his voice jar
upon thu harmonies of heaven; tako away
his sight, lest ho seo that which may not bo
seen, and let Harmachis, who hath been
summoned, pass down tho path that leads
to tho place of tho Unchanging. Pass on,
Child of Karth; but, beforo thou goest, look
up that thou mayest learn how far thou art
removed from earth."
I looked up. Beyond tho glory that
shono about tho city was black night, and
high r its bosom twinkled 0110 tiny star.
"Behold tho world that thou hast loft,"
said tho voice, "behold and troniblo."
Then my hps and oyes woro touched and
sealed with silence and with darkness, so
that 1 was dumb and blind. And tho gates
rolled back, tho doors swung wide, and 1
was bwopt into tho city that Is in tho placo
of Dnath. Swiftly 1 was swept I know not
whither, till at length I stood upon my foot.
Again the saino voice pealod:
"',?nDrnw' tho vail of blaeknoss from his
''I'ye'S'.'Wislml tho silence on his lips, that
'itrUrilluchis, Child of Karth, may see, hoar
Jam.iuiiijrstaiul, and make ndoriition at tho
surlnoof Her, that Was, and Is, and Shall
Bo."'
And my bps nnd oyos woro touched onco
more, so "that my Highland speech camo
buck.
Behold 1 I stood within a hull of blackest
marble, so lolly Unit scarce oven In tho rosy
light could my vision roach tho groat
groins of tho roof. Music wailed about its
spaces, nnd all adown Its length stood
winged spirits fashioned iu living Jlauio, and
such was tlio brightness of tholr forms that
I could not look thoreon. In its contor was
nn altar, small and square, and 1 stood bo-
1 foro tho empty altar. 1 non agaiu 1110 voice
j criod:
"OThou that hast beou, art, and shalt bo;
Thou who, huvuig many names, art yet
without u nuino; Measurer of Time; Guar
dian of tho Worlds, and tho ltaces that
dwell thoroon; Universal Mother born of
Nothingness; CreatrU uncreated; Living
Bplotulur without form, Living Form with
out Substance; Servant of tho lnvlsiblo;
Child of Law; Holder of tho Scales and
Sword of Fnto; Vessel of Life, from whom
all Lifo is, to whom it again Is gathered;
Iteeordor of Things Dono; Kxecuter of
Decrees hoar! Harmachis, tho Ksyptiau,
who by Thy will hath been summoned
from tho oarth. waits before Tlilno Altar,
with ears unstopped, with eyes unsealed,
Bad with an ojieu heart. Hoar ami de
scend 1 Dusoouu. O uany-snapeui ue
1 tceud ia Flame I Descend 111 Bouudt Db-
.l ... U.o.ll I llnux nn,l 11,i-..nil !
Tho voice ceased and there was silence.
Presently, moved thoreto by 1 know not
what, I raised my eyes from between my
hands wherewith I had covered them, and
I saw hanging over tho altar a small dark
cloud, In and out of which a tlery serpent
climbed.
Then all the Spirits clad in flamo fell upon
t&c marble floor, and with loud vole
t
adored; but what they said I could not ua
dnrstaml. Behold 1 tho dark cloud camo
down nnd rested on tho Altar, tho Serpent
Ut Uro stretched itself toward 1110; and
with its forky tonguo touched mo on tho
forehead and was gone. Frt 1 within tha
cloud a voice, sweet nnd L and clear,
spokn in hoavonly accents :
"Dep irt, yo Ministers, lcavo mo with my
servant whbm I havo summoned.'
Then liko arrows rushing from a bow tho
flame-clad Spirits leaped from tho ground
and sped nway.
"O, Harmachis," said the voice, "bo not
afraid. I nm Sho whom thou dost know as
Isis ot tho rjrtDtiaus: btit.k : !e lisl
strive norC.r.u to leart.r"t Is beyond thy
strength. For I nm all things, all lifo is
aiy spirit, all Nature is my raiment. I am
tho laughter of thu child, I am tho maiden's
love, I am tho mother's kiss, I am tho Child
and Servant of tho Invisiblo that is God,
that is Law, that is Fate-though myself 1
bo not God nnd Fate nnd Law. When winds
blow nnd oceans roar upon tho faco of Karth
thou hearcst my voico; when thou gazest
on tho starry Armament thou seest my
countenanco; when tho spring blooms out
In flowers, that is my smile, Harmachis.
For I am nature's self, and all her shapes
aro shapes of Mo. I breatho in all that
breathes. I wax and wane in tho changeful
moon. I grow and gather in tho tides. I
riso with tho Suns. I flash with tho lightr
ning and thunder in the storms. Nothing
is too grcnt for tho measure of my majesty,
nothing is so small that I can not lind a
homo therein. I am in thee aud thou art iu
me, O Harmachis; that which bado theo
bo bado Mo also bo.
I bowed my head I could not speak, for
I was fear-smitten.
"Faithfully hast thou served mo, O my
servant," went on tho low, sweet voice;
"greatly hast thou longed to bo brought
faco to faco with Mo here in Amcnti ; and
greatly hast thou dared to accomplish that
desiro. For it is no small thing to cast off
tho tabernaclo of the llesh, and, before tho
appointed time, if only for an' hour, put on
tho raiment of tho spirit. And greatly, O
my servant, havo I, too, desired to look on
thoo hero where I am. For tho Gods love
those who lovo them, but with u wider and
deeper lovo, and under Ono who is as far
from Mo as I am from thee, mortal, I am a
God of Gods. Thoreforo I havo caused theo
to bo brought hither, Harmachis; and
thoreforo I speak to thee, my servant, and
bid theo commune with Mo now faco to
faco, ns thou didst commune that night
upon tho Templo towers of Abouthis. For
I was there with thee, Harmachis, as I was
in ten thousand other worlds. It was I, O
Harmachis, who laid the lotus in thy hand,
giving theo tho sign which thou didst seek.
For thou art of tho kingly blood of thoso
who served Mo from &ge to age. And if
thou dost not fail thou shalt sit upon that
kingly throuo and restoro my ancient wor
ship in its purity, and sweep my temples
from their deflloments. But if thou dost
fail, then shall Isis becomo but a memory
in Kgypt."
Tho voico paused, and, gathering up my
strength, at length I spoko aloud.
"Tell mo, O Holv," I said, "shall I thee
fail?"
"Ask Mo not," answered tho voice, "that
which it is not lawful that I should answer
thee. Pcrchanco I can read that which
shall bof all theo, pcrchanco it doth not please
mo so to read. What cau it profit tho Di
vine, that hath all timo wherein to await tho
Issues, to bo eager to look upon tho blossom
that is not blown, but which, lying a seed in
tho bosom of tho earth, shall bloom in its
season ? Know, Harmachis, that I do not
Bhapo tho Future; the Future is to theo and
not to Me, for it is born of Law aud of tho
rule ordained of tho Invisible. Yet art thou
free to act therein, nnd thou shalt win or
thou shalt fail according to thy strength
and tho measure of thy heart's purity.
Ihino bo tho burden, O Harmachis, as thine
in tho event shall bo tho glory or tho shame.
Little do I reck of tho issue, I who am but
tho Minister of what is written. Now hear
mo. Always will I bo with thee, my servant,
for my luvo onco given can never bo taken
away, though by siu it may seem lost to
theo. Remember then this: If thou dost
triumph, great shall bo guerdon; if thou
dost full, heavy indeed shall bo thy punish
ment, both in tho flesh and in tho land that
thou cailost Amenti. Yet this for thy com
fort; shamo and agony shall nou ho eter
nal. For, however deep tho fall from
righteousness, if but repentance holds the
heart, thoro is a path-u stony and a cruel
path whereby tho height may bo climbed
nguin. Lot it not bo Uiy lot to follow it,
Harmachis I And now. because thou hast
lov-d 1110, my servant, and, wandering
through tho mazo of fable, wherein men
loso themselves upon tho oarth, mistaking
the substanco for tho spirit, nnd tho altar
for tho God, hast yet grasped n clew of
Truth tho Many-faced nnd because I lovo
theo and look on to tho day that, perchance,
shall como when thou shalt dwell blessed
in my light and iu tho doing of my holy
tasks because of this, I say, it Bhall bo
given to thee, O liarmachls, to look upon
tlio faco of Isis even unto tho eyes of tho
Messenger, and not dio tho death. llth.'ld"
Tho sweet voico ceased ; tho dark cloud
upon tho altar changed It grow white, it
shone, and seemed at length to tako tho
shrouded shapo of woman. Then the golden
snakes crept from its heart onco moro, and,
liko a living dlatlom, twined Itself about tho
cloudy brows.
Now suddenly tho vapors burst and
molted, and with my eyes I saw that Glory,
at tho vory thought of which my spirit
faints. But what I saw it is not lawful to
utter. For, though 1 havo been bidden to
write what I havo written of this matter,
pcrchanco that a record may remain, thore
ou havo I been warned ay, oven now, nftor
these many years. I saw, nnd what 1 saw
can not bo imagined; for thoro aroGlorios
and thoro aro shapes which aro boyond tho
reach of man's Imagination. I saw then,
with tho memory of that bight stamped for
ever on my heart, my spirit failed in and I
sank down beforo tho Glory.
And as I fell, it soomed that tho groat ball
burst open and crumbW into llakos of nro
around 1110. Then thoro was a sound as tho
sound of worlds rushing down tho cataracts
of Time and I know no morel
CHAPTER VII.
or tub AWAKiNa or Haumacius; or tub
cehi:monv ins cnnw.Ni.Nu as iuiauaoii
OKTlli; Vri'Ell AND THE UIWEII I.ANll, AM)
or the ormti.Nas xi.in" to tub ru aiiaoii.
"NNifi AMAIN I wc
& Ml Bna ''
P i't length up
one, to
stretchod
length upon thu
s one flooring of tho
" !y Placo of Isis
that ib at Abouthis. By
mo st tho old Prlostof
tho Mysteries, and in his
hand w is a lamp. Ho bent
over ra nnd gazed earnostly
upon my faco.
'It is day the day of tby
now birth and thou hast lived
to see it, O Harmachis I" he
said at length. "I give thanks.
Arise. Hoyal Harmachis nay,
tell me naught of that which has fall
en thee. Arise, beloved of the Holy
Mother. Come forth, thou who bait passed
the fire and learned what Ilea behind tho
darkness. Come forth, O eeivly born I"
1 f- 1
1 FZ
I rose, nnd walking faintly, went with
him, nnd passing out of the darkness of the,
Sh-tnes, camo onco moro into the puro light
of tho morning, tilled with thought and
wcider. And then I went to my own
chamber nnd slept; nor did any dreams
como to trouble me. But no man. not oven
my father, asked mo aught of what I saw
upon that droad night, or after what fashion
I had c .mmuned with the Goddess.
After all theso things which havo been
written, for a space I applied nrysoir to tn
worship of tho Mother Isis, and to tho fur
ther stud v of tho outward forms of the mys
teries wiieroto I now hold tho key. More
over. I was Instructed in matters polit.c,
for mnny great men of our following camo
seeretlv to seo mo from all quarters of
Egypt,"nnd told mo much of the hatred ot
tho tieoplo toward Cleopatra, tho Queen, and
of other things. At last tho hour drew
nich: it was three months and ten days
6 ' . . . , - T loft tl,..
from tUo nignt, wuen, ior unuui;, ..."
fi.,ut, nnii vet. living with our life, was
gathered to the breustof Isis, on which it
was agreed that with duo and customary
formality, although in utter secrecy, I
should bo called to the throne of tho Upper
mid Lower Land. So it camo to pass that,
as tho solemn time drew nigh, great men of
the partv of Egypt gathered to tho number
of thirtv-seven from every nome, and each
great city of their nome, coming together nt
Abouthis. In every guise thoy came-somo
as priests, somo as pilgrims to the Shrine,
and sr.. as bec3rF.lmcrou,l:n was
my uncle, Bepa, who, tho'u'g"liu ciad htm-
self as a traveling uocior, uau wuuuuuu
keep his loud voico from betraying him.
Indeed, I myself know him thereby, meet
ing him as I walked in thought upon the
banks of tho canal, notwithstanding that it
was ausk and that tho great cape, which,
after tho fashion of such doctors, ho had
thrown about his head, half hid his laco.
"A pest on thee!" ho cried, when I greeted
him by his name. "Can not a man ceaso to
bo himself even for an houri Didst thou
but know tho pains that it has cost me to
learn to play this part and now thou read
est who I am even iu tho dark 1"
And then, still talking iu his loud voice,,
ho told mo how he had traveled hither on
foot, tho better to escape tho spies who ply
to and fro u(?ontho river. But ho said he
should return by tho water, or tako an
other guise; for sinco ho had como as a
doctor ho had been forced to play a doctor's
part, knowing but littloof the arts of med
icine; and, as ho greatly feared, many
there were between On and Abouthis who
had suffered therefrom. In Ancient Egypt
an uuskiltf ul or negligent physician was lia
ble to very heavy penalties. Ed. J And ho J
laughed loudly nnd embraced mo, forget
ting his part. For ho was too wholo at
heart to bo an actor and oilier than him
self, and would have entered Abouthis with
me holding my baud, had I not chid him for
his folly.
At length all wero gathered.
It was night when tho gates of tho Tem
ple were shut. None wero left within them,
savo only tho thirty-seven, my fath r, the
High Priest Amenemhat; that aged Priest-v-who
had led 1110 to tho Shrino of Isis; tbJr
old wife, Atoua, who, according to ancient
custom, was to prepare mo for the anoint
ing; nnd somo live other priests, sworn to
secrecy by that oath which none may break.
They gathered iu tho second hall of the
great Temple, but I remained alone, clad in
my white robe, in tho passage whore nro
tho names of six-and-seventy ancient Kings,
who wero beforo tho day of tho divine Sethi.
Thoro 1 rested in darkness, till at length
my father, Amenemhat, camo, bearing a
lamp, nnd, bowing low boforo me, led me by
tho hand forth into tho great hall. Here
and thero between its mighty pillars lights
were set that dimly showed tho sculptured
images upon tho walls, and dimly fell upon
tho long lino of tho seven-and-thirty Lords,
Priests and Princes, who, seated upon carv
en chairs, awaited my coming in silence.
Beforo them, facing away from tho seven
Sanctuaries, w.n set a throne, around which
stood tho Priests holding tlio sacred im
ages and banners. As I camo into tho dim
and hoiy place tho Dignitaries rose and
bowed boforo me, speaking no word, whilo
my father led 1110 to tho steps of tho throne,,
and in alow voico bado 1110 stand boforo ifef
And then ho spake:
"Lords, Priests and Princes of the ancient
orders of tho land of Khem nobles from
tho Upper and tlio Lower Country, here
gathered in answer to my summons, hear
mo. I present unto you, with such scant
formality as tho occasion can afford, tho
Prince Harmachis, by right and truo de
scent of blood tho descendant and heir of
tho ancient Pnaraohs of our most unhappy
land. Piiest is hoof tlio inmost circle of
tho Mysteries of tho Divine Isis, Master of
tho Mysteries, Hereditary Priest of tho Pyr
amids which aro by Memll, Instructed iif
tho Solemn Kites of tho Holy Osiris. L?
thero any among you who hath aught to
urge against tho truo lino of his blood!"
Ho paused, and my Undo Sepa, rising
from his chnir, spoko; "Wo havo mado ex
amination of tho records and thero is none,
O Amenemhat. Ho is of tho Royal blood,
his doscent is truo."
"Is thoro any among you," went on my
father, "who can duny that this Hoyal Har
machis, by sanctions of tho very Uo'ds, hath
been gathered to Isis, been shown tho waf
of tlio Osiris, been admitted to bo the
Hereditary High Priest of tho Pyramius
which uro by Mcmfi, and of tho Temples of
the Pyramids t"
Then rose that old Priost who had been
myguido in thu sanctuary of the Moiherand
mndo answer: "There is none, O Amenem
hat; of my own knowledge know I these
things "
Onco more my father spuko: "Is thero
any among you who hath uught to urge
ugainst tins Itoyal iiurmachis, in that by
wickedness of heart or lifo, by uncleanness
or falsity, it is not lit or meet thut wo
should crown him Lord of all the Lands?"
'1 hen rose an agod Prince of Memtl ucfl
mado answer: "Wo havo inquired of tht'sL
matters; thero Is none. O Amenemhat!''
'It is well," said my father; thennauL'ht.i
is wanting in the Princo Harmachis, soedei
of lokt nobf, the Oslrian. Lot the womaulfl
Atoua stand forth and toll to this conmanvl
those things that camo to pass when, nt thoj
nour 01 ner uoatn, sno who was my wifq
prophesied over this Prince, being UP.dl
with tho spirit of the Hathors. " f
thereon old Atoua crept forward froiaj
thubhaduw of the columns and earnestly
iuiu wuf umigs mm, nave noen written.
"Ye have heard," said my father; "do yoj
bohevo that tuu woman who was my wifej
spuuo Willi IUO U1YIIIU voico I"
'Wo do," they answered.
Thon my Uncle Sepa rose nnd spako:
"Koyni Harmachis, thou ban hear.!
Know now that we are gathered hero to-J
crown meo iving or tho Upper and the
Jower Joinus tby holy father. AmenomJ
hat, ronouui-ing all his rutht on thv hehu.f.l
Wo are met, not, iudeed, in such pomp audi
ceremony as is due to the occasion Vv r than
which wo do must bo dune in scent, lest
our lives una the causo that is more dear toj
us man 1110 should pay tho forfeit-but yetl
uu Dun uigniiy ana observance of the a-
ancient rites as our circumstances mly T
rnmmnnil T . t . .
""s"i . uuer learning, my n.na l
consent thereto, then mount tby throne, ojf
Pharaoh, and swear tho oath I 4f
"Long hath Khem
h i r ( n ml t . t . W
mailed heel of the Greek, and trembled at?
uuun ui iuo juiman s spear, long eaai.i
mo aaciem worsn ID ol It Uoda been dei.1