in his head was intolerable. It seemed impossible to get
out of reach of those maddening drops, and 'wherever they fell,' says
the student, 'they seemed like a sharp iron boring into the skull.'

But the worst was yet to come. When the poor fellow tried to crawl out
of the log, he was unable to do so! The opening by which he had so
foolishly entered had been only just large enough to admit his body, and
the wood, shrunken by the long drought, had in the rain swelled to such
an extent that he was now caught, as he says, 'like a rat in a trap.'

Throughout the night the wretched victim shrieked, struggled, pushed,
kicked, and wriggled in vain. He could not raise his hands to tear at
the wood.

Happily, he was discovered the next morning through the good services of
a sagacious dog, which led a search-party to the spot.

Even then, however, his sufferings were not at an end. Before he could
get out of his prison, it was found necessary to cut away a part of the
log with an axe.

A PAGE FROM AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK.

Count Ensenberg, who was formerly the Hessian Ambassador in Paris, was a
collector of autographs, and there was one page of his autograph book of
which he was specially proud.

This page contained the writing of three celebrated men--Guizot, Thiers,
and Bismarck. Guizot had written: 'During a long life I have learned to
forgive much and forget nothing.' Thiers, for many years Guizot's most
bitter political opponent, wrote under this: 'A little forgetfullness is
a great help to reconciliation.' Some years later Bismarck closed the
page with the words: 'For my part, I have seen it best to forget much,
and to let others forgive me.'

MARVELS OF MAN'S MAKING.

VII.--THE NILE DAM AT ASSUAN.

[Illustration]

The waters of the River Nile have been put into harness and made
manageable for the benefit of Egypt. The mighty stream, swelling to a
flood and overflowing once a year, was wont to bring fertility, in its
own way, to the fields on either bank. But too soon these refreshing
waters sank away, and too soon the short harvest was followed by a
period of drought. It was a case of having more than enough water at one
season and not enough at another, and it was plain to see that if the
supply could only be regulated, the bare, parched plains of Egypt would
have abundant crops more than once a year.

The best way to accomplish this would be to get control of the flood
waters, and to keep some o