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VOLUME XVII—NO. 777. ATLANTA, GA, SATURDAY MORNING, NOVMEBER 8, 1880. PRICE: *2.00 A YEAR IN ADVANCE.
THE WORLD'S DESIRE.
HwraliTe of Her Unprecedented
Material Progress.
The Story that Continues to
A STORY OF OLD GREEK AND EGYPTIAN LIFE.
BY
Astonnd and Startle the
H. RIDER HAGGARD AND ANDREW LANG.
Modern Universe.
The tour oftho English sod German
engineers lies attracted attention anew
to the marvellous mineral resources of
the Bout'. T ere were nearly 300 la the
party. Among them were many foreign
manufacturers of Iron and steel. Tbr-y
represent hundreds of millions in wealth,
and they will undoubtedly makelargein
vestments in Georgia, Alabama, Tennes
see, and Virginia. Everywhere lhay
caw evidtnets of thrift and prosperity.
MsgnSfioeDt harvests bad been gleaned
from fertile valleys, and the cot’ou crop
was fair. Taere wire no idle blast fur
naeee, and the bum and roar of planing
mills, solton factories, osr shops, ai d of
abundr d other lndustr is were heard at
•very turn. Tue heav-ns Were lighted
by tee flumes of coke ovens, and the rail
roads choked with long trains of cars
loscod with coal and Iron ore. The mag
nificent forests <>f East Kentucky, East
Tennessee, and West Virginia gave a
glimpse of a new source of wealth. Moun
tain streams wire filled with logs, to be
oaagbt in booms open the rivers below,
and stripped into lumber to the music of
thousands of circular sews.
Nor wa< this all. Scores of new towns
wore revealed. They wera found lu wild
mcantain gorges, in fertile valleys, and
apon roding plains. All was hustle ai d
activity. Male teams were grading
stseetsin primeval forests, and the rsspo'
the saw and the storkeoftlie hammer
Ware heard ts now dwellings were bi iog
erectrd. Blocks of brick buildings for
business purposes appeared upon streets
from »iisb tue slumps had not yet been
pulled, and 'eaot a and ’post-urns reared
their young within range of many an elec
trio light.
Atovery little railroad depot were huge
handbills anr ouncing sales of town lets.
The sky was filled with the smoke of far
usoes Everything was booming, and
sv-rytody seemed to re ever hardened
with wore. The scenes must have pro
sen ted marked contrasts to scenes in the
O'd World.
Traveling in the wake of these t -jurists
it was e »y to see bow thiy mart have
been impressed. Our o«riy went over
the Chesapeake end O i> r. ad. Asa
marvel of u: gleet ring It surpasses tne
Pennsylvar iu, the Baltimore and Oh'o,
and the Erie roads. I hers are ovtri“ you
tubes of tunnels beneath the Blue Rldg.
and the Aliev Han les. Twoof tbtse tun
nets are each a mile long and a thl'd is n
mile and athirt In length.—-N. Y. Sjj.
PRESIDENT’S PALACE, CITY OF MEXICO.
Tbe iron and steel magnates of Great
Britain and German.', at the close of tto
Were taken on thi S Jilea Of txtareloo*
which had been elaborately arranged far
them. B* cause they were ptacioU men,
and Iw'maiiu'hmt'^r^d products? tbe corn
“^\ti?^T.“rion7n r f,r i s 8 ho y ald r ^
Ssseafss
heat adv-ntage. P. nnsylvanla, Michigan
2d l ire Non® west were visited by “P*
Sate Barnes that afterwards unitedland
rate pari , . Tennessee, Ken
Sfekv SLd VirSSt "hire «bey w? re
of tbe wondrous min
SS wesUb of‘So South and the pr os-
tcr .Tg yiurg industrial tow. s and cities
*n*t *>* engaged In its development
Vrom lh< re tbev were transported Into
■outhsesiern Virginia and Kentucky,
-here in .qu*b> word.ifut progress
Ktattd tbtL eyes. Everywhere they
S5?:&^wkWby slr*^Jame* E
void 1 bfKrrt on entering t* is room w»s
tlie word ‘wt'conio.’ ‘^eicoft.« : ,a *
bien rli gu g iu . ur ears at every s slion
ard at every point we have passed in tU-
lmg lour tuiough the United but -
Wh.t is more, etutlemen, we lave <lt
Sat whi e ,h*t word was con iaually be
lug jet. ate a. it was reseunring wl«». ad-
dilloi a’ strei gtti, and that the weiccme
wts everywhere more fervid, as vso pro-
eeteiea b-uth/’
NOVEMBER WEATHER.
Rev. Irl Hicks Sends Out the Fol
lowing Forecast.
Rev. Irl Dicks, of St. Louis, editor of
World acd Works, seeds out the follow
ing November forecast:
The storm movements central on Octo
be: 31st will be in active progress the 1st
and 21 of No snbsr. Ordinarily these
storms would clear the continent on and
next to the 31, but in the present in-
s.anceconiiuuudetora.8 uiay t.j-
EvibW‘’ ; ata ( ’-IZarcorn on :bc t-Jblnation,
vvlthtbeinooD sUst quarter added, as_
suns active aud prolm ged diatumauc-'S
up to and beyond the fractionary storms
d“e about the 5 o acd 0 n. Phenomenal
iliguis uf tbe mercury will characWize
tuo disturbaLCis of this period. V--r.v
warm days villi suildeaiy end la fre slug
weather. Heavy snow ani sleet to the
norm, with hard ratus and trop.cal storms
to ttie southward, will o < natural results
Between the #ta and tbe lOtn ab g boreal
wave will sweep southward and eastward
l °Abouilhe t 10th mercurial readings will
change lu tbe wett moving eastward s.n<l
(.rowing warmer in their progress u ti
minatiug between the 11th ami 15 h in
storms of marked energy. Batu and
snow may be counted on, storm days bo-
ini. specially o aud next to tne 12»n,
■«3onve-ir if Midcluborough, Octo
ber, 1390 ” is the modest name that »p
pears on the c-ver of the most finely
illustrated discriptive publication ever
issued by an American town company
The brief cote accoropanjire it *peaks
of It as au album. It is not ° D !ZJ**h
but si meiblng more, for the P c f ur ®®
portray t e *ie> did *^lteetu e^of .he
new id fires that are risn g *“ Middles
ness and residence q .an. rs of Middles
bona -b. toe iron furnaces, the coal ana
iron uilm a that are to supply its indns-
trial establishments with their material,
the hotels mat v>111 entertain Its evir in
iraaalDg arn, y of visitors, the c urches
wn“e ft! people worship, the banks in
whicu ituy already make their depofci ,
the sanitarium were ihe s ck
will regain health and strei gth, a.
aurroumneg a I, and from many points of
view the supe’b mountain scenery
Oumberlai.d Gap and of the lovely
slatesu in WQ lc>i Mtaoi. sborough is loca
Md. This album » ill bo mailed free to
all aDolicaats. and wbo.ver has hereto
forehead of Mlddlesboroogh’s rise and
progress with doubt b.ceu eof the m»c
velomnehs ot tub story wtil fi id la tMfe
pictu: ed pages incon woven i ale evidence
tnat Huthu g nas bteu overstated Copies
•t this souvenir may be obtained oy «d
dressing the Middiesborough lows Co.,
Middiesoorough, Ky.
Houston, Tvxaa, has outgrown its cor
porate limits, while the prosperity of the
city steadily advances, and with it the
demand for residence property. So busy
have its citis-ns been with their trader
and iodustriis that they have neglected
to provide themselves with wtiat every
oonsldersb'e place should have- one or
more pub ic parks to ie. ve as plessure
riounos aud breathing plnc-as for tee
beoplo. T iat need ia uow so apparent
that • number of public ipiri'efi citisena
have secured a largs tract (8 200 acres) of
land tmpingi g on tbe city, on wiuon
thi.y ptoposu to lay oat a splendid park v
to be surrounded by residence blocks
wltb broad ioteresliug streets, thus sip
•lying an abundance of Bites for homes,
With a park adapted to the public needs
Withlu a month these gentlemen will
have perfected and De ready to announce
U-eir plans
Baltimore is the natural commercial
and fliianolal headquarters of the South.
From the bfginning the 8au ; h has
13”h and 14 h. Expoacd northweateru
regions wi.. not miscalculate if they pre^
pare for a very cold wave to follow these
atorrus, the westerly <o Lortaweotiilj
tangents o' v. hich are apt to bring lOuches
oftho birzsrd. Cald, bright weather
will follow lip into the lateral reaction
about the 180b a' <L 19 „*V th “ *iU
quartirontuo morumg o thb 19 b win
»id the natural und.ncy to «i“rminess
on that and dates tuucniug 1U t-oid win
s''ow theuisbivt-s to ttio weota day i r uo
prfor to ttt 23 t which dale n> tue central
of tne I.st regular p- r’oit for the inoa. b.
ipk» 23J 24 h and 25 h, and days next
before and after will p.u k marked storm
nfovemenis of a decided wintry cast.
Make all such preparations ae you w._u<d
wish to have for cold uu pleasant weatntr
at this time, and see how yon “l.l con
g^atulate yourself wbeu the lime arrives
l)j not w»‘t until the storm days, iueu
v< u will bs houetd and Jcuiselves and
stock will be exposed later to tue crestof
cold f nlowli g the sioruis. Tne month
will end wiin a m- derated temperature
and reaitiouary dlstuibauoes well on
tnelr way to the At.at. tic.
ground until dead. Then they lowered
the body seen;, d < he money and as th< y
rule away the leader looked from us t»
the buzzards sailing overhead and said:
Leave it alone, buys—they'll take care ot
It.”
To Oblige the Barber.
The vintage had but one barber, and
one day he was taken sick. Just at this
time a tin peddler came along, and wlk-n
something was said ab 'at the barber’s ill
luck the ntiidl-r opened his spinuathy
bit; *t-oncri nd raid: .....
V ^ ’ 1)1^3,. ^
rv. ,lO' k i'*r- "l~ ' ’ . .
No one else seemed to care ™ c ®"*
the peddler grew more 8 V™
longer he thought ofi% ftn ^ fi
posted hfl up to the bouse aud i ff-r d io
open the shop and run it »«°“P' a
da-s The barber’s wile gave him the
k*y ar.d ho soon had the carulns up and
the door open. The first man to ent-r
wea a stranger In the town who had
stopped over to do so no bu-lness with a
drogu'st. He took the chair a,,<1 V 8 ’*®')
for a qa'Ok shave. The petal- r lathered
him up and down and acr. ss. tucked uj
his sleeves and pick*' 1 up tne first raz >r
he could reach. H s first scrap broug if
blond, his second pared off anout athird
of the sirarger’s moustacl.e
“Good Lord, man, what are y°®
IngT” he shouted as he jumped out o. his
° h <MVhy, what’s the matter?”
“Matter? Do you call yourself a bar-
bar?” >f
‘•Tnen what in are you doing
k’ohJigiEga poor man who 13 sick ih
bt °You ought to be killed, and here goes
^ e knocked him over the box
stove, kicked him out of the door, and
run him around the n e borne, and
i. s:, him in a heavy growth or pta
wends. It was iatB at night ween the
c . dd’nr reapeaied, lame aud sore and
11“ bl d a ,d all he had to «ay was:
* ‘ Bi gum! if J ever try toeblig-anotuer
filler critter as long’s l live.’
PRIVATE ALLEN’S ONLY LIE.
The Punishment It Brought Broke
Him of the Habit.
At one of the recent seances in the
cloak room Private’’ John Allan of Mis
sisslppi bad the floor.
“You know I never t>M but one )lo in
my life,” said the M-ssissippian. “ Tha'
curd tue. It was bickiu 138.’’
lodging house at Ninth and Rice 8‘rtets
with tre mon*-y on mv peison. 1 d >n t
see why yen t' ink it strange that I have
S > much money.”
The man has the look of a typical
tramp.- Puilade'pnla Hi cord.
The M;m with a Patent.
Thore were only half a dozen people in
tbe (a ace car ail day long, and after d n
ner, when tbe man who had been sleep
CHAPTER XX.
PresrntJy, as she walked, Merlemu_
saw Rti the priest and the veiled woman
at his side, and she saw on the woman
go—this woman who alone of an 1
breathed wts more boaat'.fui than 1
bythoiildof wlioee stolen *>.'-sty
n a’.orc had won her love ard fo- wh
ill that
she,
she
-,„».u uku nuji nor luvc ai.uil*- whose
n, mi? due, aiiu s’ie saw on mu wuiiian o s^ko she had endured such bit or words
breast a r< d jewel that burnt and glowed 6i, e
. . . „ ... ~ could nua Dir joy nor slpop, Bwt vvere
Htlf-n dead, then, mrchance, all m^bt
nut Kr. it*. II u ** rl el,.. TIT .* *1A, . e t. L~ ...
Overcome by a Woman.
But He Lioved His Mother.
Three or four of us soldiers on duty at
Fort Leavenworth in 1867 were out on
the hills one day for a ramble, wnen a
man came from the direction of Topesa
on horseback. We saw him longenough
before he got to us, and we saw that he
got to us, and we saw that he was closely
pursued by half a dez-n mounud men.
We knew that meant business, and we
formed across tbe highway and halted
the lugittve. H;s hoiseno sooner cane
to a stop than it dropped dead with ix
bauslion. The ilder, too, was about
Dtayid out. aud ha made no resistance
as we collared him. As the pursuers
came up and dlsnaouuted, t ieir leader,
who seemed to be familiar with tne pro
gramme to bo followed, briskly ooserved:
“Now, boys, ge.a rope over the mnb ot
that tree and run nim up!”
The fugitive hud nothing to say, and in
about two mil utes he had a iinoso around
his neck awaliiug to be pu led up. hour
min tailed on to Ihe other end. and tne
leader approached the prisoner and sal J.
“It s usual to give a man a fewuiiLUtes
in whica to say nls prayers.”
•‘It’s a sure tnlng.X suppose?
“Dead sore. You’ve stolen yoor last
horse.”
“Got to go this time, eh? j
‘Bet your last dollar?’ i~*ked
“8*y, boy V’ 8ilQ tao man ’ he *«
arounl him, with a good-oy to earth j
hIm eve “come ti •'rit cii sor. I aaa pratty
wellblowoTand you’ve drawn the noose*
little too tight forooinfjrt. l «*“ * <jo no
playing—it’s too late for that. I *« gov
boor old mother over io B. J x. « »»“ ‘
frfult tnat I’ve goae U» anroog
1 I hnndrSi doll* ra nere of straight
a b _ » you to promise me
or^'me sucS* tM* g? and that I was too
“Cubs * you and Kansas nnd all
There were four pretty toogh-lcoking
characters sitting on a bench .in B ittery
Park tbe other day relating their adven
tures to each other. One had been in a
mutiny at sea; a second had been a terror
to a whole country the third in'.irnated
that ha ha-1 ones trained with a band of
pirates. The fourth was * lanky, iong
faced man wi.h a sunken ched, and
wh- n the others had fiali-htd he 8si ''-
Gentlemen, why was I run out of Chi
cago? Becftasothe papers called one a
holy terror and pat the po ice force on
t .me. You probably rememoer of the
fi police mm w bo were found dead In a
bunch? 1 had to do it.”
“()f cour8« von did.’ they assented.
“Why did the Gove*no>- 01 Kaneaa set a
price on inv huad-flO 000 dead or alive?
You prob*l) : y saw toat on y mo man
Jut tf thirleen in the Sheriffs posse
returned alive? Dldn t want to do it,
bn' had to.” „ .. „
“Certainly, just our case,’ they re
P ‘“I’d like io go to St. Louis,” he conMn
n»d “hut it wouldn’t be prudent You
probably saw tne account of my stealing
a sleamboat aud running her ofi?
-Of course we saw that, replied the
tb Tue lanky man was ready to relate an
other chapter of his life, when a tame wo
man with a few pears in a basket, came
al °C® me d now,’move along, and give me
a bit of the bench.
No one moved. They hardly realized
her presence. They were busy thinslog
what desperate men they were.
“Aud that’s tne kiud of geotiUty ye
show a poor, lame woman, i«Ut” ex
claimed the indignant 'ernale, and drop
ping ner basket, she stezea tneitt one af
ter the other and fling them Inio tue
midddle of the patu. As tae last oae
went she s«t do<vn io the middle of the
beuoh, get a Dr ice for her feet, and oun-
U “Aod now let’s sa« the whole four of
y- s troi me out of tbir!”
3 They dldn’ 1 try. Humbly, meekly, and
lamblike they saua'er d away to n><l
another bench, totally ignoring the foot
that they were desperate men of Jielded
villainy.
that I had to fall ..ut *.f 'Ve ard bo^ara
separated from mv command, and, con
asqaently, from .11 oommU,ary stores on
w:iich I could draw, ,
t t|j 6 c)an;»y nai been so o.tc^raide
by both armies fat it was difficult to
get aoythti'K 1° ®*t. I w*s very nnogry
and thought I should s'a v* when I sud
denlv spied a house away from the roac
which seemed to have been missed by tee
soldiers. The family were jest slttio •
down to a good 11 inner,and at my specta.
r) quest they invited me in. I do uot- re
r 'S ,ver to have eoj >y.'d a diner no
much, and not Knowing w h ®“ *i7°^nd
,,.t anything more, I ired
ate a verv b g dinn. r In iaC". I t 00 ^ ou
about t r e da s’ rations.
. j left this hous *. and had gone abnut,
half a mile when I saw gome nice look
leg ladles go'ng towards a hospital with
a covered basket. I was sure tiny had
something for the sick soldiers, aud,
Voile I did not feti that 1 could eat auy-
thing more then. I though. I had better
makeeome provision for the uture, aa
that I might get someth!' g to take a oeg
in my Tav. refc '. I was smal. for my «ge.
‘and H rath r b.rd-lookingspecimen You
would never have supposed I woo d have
developed into the specimen of ina.iy
beauts you now pee before you- 1 ap
preached these kind hearted ladies, and
put ting on my hungritstand moat plt.tul
look s-ld: , eU me ^h«re a poor
soldier noy, who has . ot had a monf ol
f . at for three d.y*, can get sum- tuing
to keep him from starving * , . .
‘ Youshoud have seen tae * "
sympathy on their faces as they-aid,
must not let this poor bo,- starve,’ and
oucnii g their baskets, in which toy
fo piicoers of gruel, they % a “ l ° W ben
\t° “we"? iVererwasVo pinisjed for a
SW W il -V ^ri'hfv^nVh^uVht 1
" y "K te w£Ti fortunate thing for
rvelivV7?oi?;Sc^%Ston
Post.
like a hiurt of fire. Then like fire
burned the heart of Mtriamnn, for she
knew that this was Argive Helen who
stood be'ore fcer, He’en whose shape she
h»d stolen like a thlel and with tte mind
of a thief.
'Say,” she cried to Rci, who bowed be
fore her, “say, wfo Is this woman?”
Rei looked at tbe Queen with terrified
eyes snd spake in a voics of warning.
“This is that Gr.ddess who dwells in
tbe temple of Hatbor,” ho said. “Let her
pass in peace, O Q ieen.”
‘ In peace she shall pass incit ed,” an
swered Meriamun. “What saldest thou,
old dotard? That Goddetsl Nay, no G. d
dess have we here, bat an evil-workiug
witch who hath brought woes unnum
bered upon Ktam. Because of her, me“
die month by month till the Hathor are
full of her slain. Becanse of her it wee
that curse upon curee fell on the land—
the curse of water turned to blood, of
hall, and of tenible darkness, are, snd
the curse of the death of the firstborn,
amor g whom my own son died. And
then hast dare d, Rel, to bring this witch
here to my palace halls! By Amen, if I
bad not loved thee always thy life should
pay the price. And thon,” and she
stretched her hand toward the Helen,
“thon hast dared to come. It Is well, no
more ahalt thon bring evil open Kh6m
Hearken slave,” and she turned to Kurri
the Sldonia*.-: “Draw 1 hat knife of thin,
and p'nnge it to the hilt in the breast o
yonder women. Sushaltthon wiafree
dom, and all tby goods shall be given
Lr.ee again.”
T^euforlbo first time Helen °pakc.
“I charge thet, Lady,” she said in slos,
soft tones, “bid not thy servant do this
deed, fi r though I have little will to
bring evil upon men, yet 1 may not
lightly be affronted.”
No* Kurri hung back doubtfully fin
geni.g nls deggtr.
lOf'K” 10
Togeteven be had stolen tue patinffiiffi
ruu away. Ho bad it with him In a va
lise. T'lafc was all he said just then, but
ater on he confided to mo tui faot toat
at a town about thirty miles away thls
wicked partner of his might R 0 ' isl * >l > ^
ou hand to b >ard tue train a: d attempt
to w est tue treasur from h}® ^P‘ u ^
Ua wanted my advica, wd • 1 ®
take charged the valise. Ha ' h ‘““^
mewitu great etfusiveuees, »nd as we
approached tDo to.vn he shu» himself In
to the smoking compartment.
As the tram drew up l ^
quamtance on the platform, and wnlle
we were talking a posse was huruiati.e
train fwr inv ir.end. Lbey tiidn 6 noa
him, as us had cropped off and 8tr “® s
out for the count y. | ~d il
ciuuatl. taking his valise aloeg acd al
though l was there four he' a ^ n t
show up. I arranged to leave it with
t-.e landlord, and it was carrleo to the
offl-jo, to b» opened by a “tdaiesomo
cloik Iusonad of a patent it contained
wedges, drills, a braes, fuse, and otuei
neat’iiitle d^vicss tor Huccssstal-y
“n “; urglar’s job, and it co t ms two
days of tus naidsst kind of talk to satis
ry ths cn ef oi Fo.ica that l wasu t m it^
1 had ridden o or one hundred m,Je ,
with a fun- fisuged ourgiar, aud one n.d
Jia-le ni* m>rk, and 1 must say ho
a better taiker a-.d more of a gentleman
taau any Governor I ever met.
Kyli Got the Chickens.
A Case of Mind Cure.
H »re *•»-f-
b sffietf a J n"ofd Udy to make her will
H Vvcdce was quits ,aiut and she seemed
t0 .oTad iVant to give *he farm to
m/sons, Har,^ Z d J*m®tt just put that
-JSaT said I, you esn t do that, Mrs
Norton; the farm isn t years to give
* “Tue farm isn’t tnlnsr’she said In a
•“^Ai^mtTat*!".‘‘run •« ? cin’on
sOTwrwff 1 wts;
J V^J y 1 Mr* e NorVin-ro h .V y hu»7Ind-
o-ave voi “life estate in all bis property,
OBS
V1 !7udV 0 Se7V’dU JoHn Normn l. to
have this farm whether I Wl.l or no?
“Just so ’ (g die,” said the old
w^r MSSf^ddecffiedly rlhging,
" “AVdtoVayfng she threw her feet over
th« front of the bed, set up, gathered a
hVifket and coverlid aboa« her, straight
b a J rer gaunt form.walked across the
ened up tergauui .o . before the
alive today.”
A Tramp witb $1,400.
From the beginning the Sou' h has | “Cues you «£“ rl “ bQt i ca n t go
looked to Baltimore as its * ueiness capi-1 { h ® 1 rJV p0u r old motuert Make
taiand clearing house. But for some „„„„ h*vs. Make it accident or
railroad manipulation, terrible in its
oons> quences, and tbe indifference aud
ext mice conservatism on tbe p»rtof Bil-
eimore buBin-ss men, thisc”v wou’duow
have nearer 1 000 000 than 600 000 people
“ thB result of its loentlfioaiion with the
■snih. Latterly Baltimore has experl-
w gwaksnlng aad is now reaching
out toward the South. Business men and
ba <kers a.e moving for closer relations
aud c •pitalists are seeking Investments
ia tms favored section. Among the banns
ttio National Bank o'C iunu rc-a has ta
kuu tha iutti-itlve, by inaugurating here
a policy which has enabled Now Y 'rk
balks to 3.cure a largo suaroof doutaern
bu-lnei s TasBani of Com fierce an
! uounces that It will pay interest on dally
' balances of outside banks. This will re
' m „ v< , an inequality as between Baltimore
! Ba d New York whion Southern bankers
I curseyua an aeiy | have heretofore assigned as a reason lot
nqgfsfsa
Tne worshipue
Homan Catnulic
it ey'sv “oye^Mih® it accident
star ness! but don t tell her just how
tt ww Sae’s o d and gray aud fiaeb e,
Ind it would break her heart. You Vo
f “oiised me, aud if 1 ou go hack on >our
word 111 uaunt you to your graver! Now
I curse,on all del, yoo-^oA
at St. Bonifacios’
Ciurcr, on N.rrls
“ on, ;“ «eTe Jxcited on Saturday even
the discover, of a sleeping man
in® the *o*ganloft. * He was put out, but
»“ Hfierwarel returned, when he
m y rre l.d W On being searched at the
ration h< use *1.000 in Eugltan gold was
found about his persun. W-eu he was
asked where he got the money ho pu.ied
out f400 morain Bank of E ig aud notes,
and ioid Lhe following story:
“i lived on a farm in Eoglsnd^My
mother dying a short time .go, I sold tue
farm and come over here one week ago.
On Frida, night 1 slept »t a fiftetn oent
‘You Northern forks don’t begin to
know the Southern nigger aa be is,’’ ob
served the Colonel as he iightei a fresh
Cigar and leaned back id his chair.
•No?”
“They are not vlcliai, but they are
without moral <b igatiun. Goa found
him, he’s a thief from head to heel; I nev
er saw an nontst nigger ytt.
‘ Thai's.very aWtepiog, Colonel.”
“But it’s truth. I’ll defy you to ^fied
me an honest nigger in all Georgia.
“l auould say teat gray-haired darky
ov.r ou tue cotton b ties could be trusted
to watch a gold mli-e.”
• You would, eh? Heah, bay, come
k**Wuat’s wanted Kurnel Peabody?’
asked the old matt, as u* came over wi.h
hi a hat in fc is baud.
• S ay, Ep i, I “ant you to do me a little
favor this oveniug.”
“Sar-in.”
“i’ll pay you for doiDgit.
“Brets you soul sab.”
“I want you to steel me • couple of
young chickens and wing ’em to the store
at 7 o’clock.”
“8teal em fur sash?
“Ye I'll eive fo a dollar.”
•Ail right, Mara Peabody, I’ll bev em
deie b, seben o’clock If I'm aiive.
VVhat do you tntnk of the nigger now?
asked the Colonel as the old man moved
* “1 ou astonished.” . . ,
“Woll, you bs on hand at 7 o clock to
Be the caickens. He’ll have em here.
So he did. He came to the back door
of the store wltn a Ccuple of pudeta in s
bag, and as he handed them over he
••*1*9 got ’em for yon, Kernel, an de, is
as fat aa bn-ter Don’t reckon you 11 neb
her say ntffi >' ’bout it* eh?
“Not*word. Eph. Here's?°“
I had no argument to make that even
Ing. Tnere were the nigger, the ntlA
eui. and the the dollar. What could 1
say? Next morning I went down to the
Colonel’s offioe, and I had scarcely step
ptd inside wne. he called out:
F What do you think of the nigger,
n< Anj thing new happened?” think
“I should say sol Wm re do you think
o!d Eph stole those chickens?
-But I have?*The infernal rascal stole
’em from my own coop, aud three or four
more witn ’em! ’
i-11 utau, Luuij, t; .-reliance, afi rc'gbt
yet be well and the Wande rer et b- h*rs;
for when the best is gone men turned
tbwi to the oett-r.
"Close the gates and bar tbeiu!’’ she
ernd to th*. men, who cow str-arr-ed back
into the hall, aud tin y ran to do her b d-
dinr:; so that before Helen r ached the
palace doors they had been shut, a'.d the
aatts of brorze beyond had c.'a*'td like
ihe shields of men.
how Helen drew near the coors.
“8tay yon wlici-1” cried the Queen to
those who guarded them, an 1 ic wonder
they poised their spears to bar the way
of Helen. But she only lifted her veU
and looked upon them. Then 'heirarma
tell from their hand* and they stood
amazed at the sight of beau y.
“Open, X beseech you,” raid the Helen,
gently, and stra'gbtway they opened the
doors and she paesed through, followed
by those who guarded them, by the Queen,
arid by Rel. But one man there was who
eld cut see her beauty, acd he strove iu
vain to hold back the doors and clasp
Halt n as she passed.
Now she drew near to the gates.
“Shoot the witch! ’ cried Meriamun the
Queen. “Ifstepaes tbe gates, by my
royal woid I swear that ye snail die every
man of yon. Shoot her with arrows.”
Then three men drew their bows might
ily. But the string of the how of one
burst and tbe bow was shattered, and the
arrow of the second slipped as he drew
it, and parsing downward pfiretd his
foot. And the shaft of tbe third swerved
ere it struck the breast of Helen and sank
iDto the heart of thet soldier who was
uext to the Queen, so that he fell down
dead; it was tbe same man who had
striven to hold to the doors and clasp the
Helen.
Then Helen turned and spoke:
“Bid not Iby guard to Bbcot again,
Meriamun, lest the arrow find toy ueeri:
fo •, know this, no xau may harm me,
and once more she lifted r.er veil, and
speaking to those at tho gates said:
“Open, j btsetci vou, and tat the Hathor
pass.”
*Tv.w their weapons fell from their
bands and they look d upon her beauty,
and they, too, made haste to open the
tatt-s. The great gates clang-d upon
heir sockets and rolled back. Sue passed
rhrougo ti em, and all who were there
follow.d after tier But when they 1 ook-
d, lo ! she bad iningfid *itn tne people
o went to and fro aud was go as.
uup.a.u ,. , ( J£r jsa/vitrtamun grew white with rage,
’.’V aWo>.»Jja 'icre j i .‘*3, she whom eta hit .4 had e- cap- *f
TC- But as ite came BuV&f•’geWff.i'fc '***»*-**»
«j,l so that her ejes fell upon hi.- Bit »i.™" n
V* 'Vil lon* Of it, O, Queen,” he said
“as 111 eatne to yonder Biuonian aud to
“-arsBsjsarJhiS
U, Tneu the Queen turned on bint madly.
“ Hearken Lhou, lteij e e eaid, speak
thus again, aud though I have loved thee
»nd tuou hast been the chi f of tae
servants of Pharaoh, this I s wo^r that
ti.ou a bait die the brs., A're=dy the
count is lor e bttwoen toee aud me for It
wss thou wfo die st brihK yon ^sursed
witch to my palace. Now th. u b<-st
heard, aud of this “Q sure, as 1 have
spokeu, so I will do. Git thte g me—get
tree fr'- m my sight, I aay.lest 1 stay thee
now. 1 take b»fi« thy honors, i
tnte of tby * fficts, 1 gather tby wealth
into my treasury. Qj forth* beggar, and
let me S'.e ’.by face no _aorel ,
Thou Re! held nls peace aud lie I, for it
was better to stand before * iioneis
rob”*d of ntr wedps than before Mer.a-
muu in her rape. T.reieou the ga es were
shut again, ai d the C -pt dn oi .oe sate®
»a- dragged before tne p.aca v.'hcre t e
Queen st -od, aud asking no mercy acd
u-ain" little need, for 8 ill his soul was
fill d with the beauty of Helen as a cap
with wine, re suttered de».J, ior -‘ ls
head was straightway smitten from him.
K.i, watchiug :rom star, groaned aloud,
rhen turnsd and left tue pataoe, out tne
Q men called to the solaters to stay on.
Uion ss she call d there » cry M
woe nitaout the pai'CS gai.«8 Men
looked each on each. Again tho cry r-.se,
aud a voice without called:
•Paaruoh ls come sgal;! t h&rsoh .s
come agalul” ana t here rose a Be>Ui-d of
knocking at the gates.
Now Mertamuu thought no more of
slaving the meu fur that while, bet bade
then open tae gates. They opened and
a man entered clad in raiment etalned
with travel. His eyes Wore wild, his hair
was dlshtvelh d, aad scarce could tais
face bo known for the f-oe of Paa.a-h
Meneptaa, It was so marred with grief
“paara'oh looked on the Queen - he
looted upon the dead who lay at her feet,
th “ w'uair ho c rle1,“more dead. Is there
then no end to death and the number of
his slain. Nay, here-he doth work but
feubly. Perci are* his arc* grows weary.
Come, vht n are thy dead, Qaesti? Bring
f^rth thy dead! ’ . „ . . ..
“Wuat oath chanced, Meneptah, that
thou speak* st thus madly?” asked the
O ysseus Jf Ithaca could work sa=!i » I hath*passed here a’-d^hese acd
s:?*4s*ffr.ss^«S3
P Ay, 1 will spsak, Qtsen. I have a
* * a. .— II I'miMI I ti
WOHJ-
r»feP Vtril SO liUtib ««* v “ _ • *"
eves and the brightness of their beauty
w„s revealJd iO him, and when ho saw
her lovellues he stopped sucdrtily es out
who Is trautfixoa of a speer. Tnen mad-
n*ss came upuu him, aud, with a cry, he
arted tue kiu'e, ana, P-uuglug it not loto
hoi heart, but into his own, foil Com..
dC lhIs, th m, was tho miserable end c!
Kurri tho S.dunian, slain by the sight oi
seeat, Lady.” said Helen, turn
log iroui the dead Bidouian, - no man
“Fur » moment the Queen stood »don
iHhed while Rtt, the priest, muttered
prayers to the protecting Gods, l’uen
8t, “Begoue thou living curse, bsgom!
Wherefore art f.ou came here to work
more woe lu tils house of Woe anc
^“t^ar not,” answered the Helen,
• presently 1 will oegoteand trouble thee
no more/ Thou asaest *yhy 1 am com*
hither. I came to seek him who was my
Love, and whom Dut last night I BJ ouid
avo Wed, but whom the Goes have
brought to nurm unspeakacle, ujjs
seus = of Ithaca, Cdyseus, Laertes 8 son
For this cause I Came, aud Ipiave stayeo
to look upuu the taco of her Whose be»u
ty bad power to c rive the thoug't of me
Ir- mtne heart of Odysmua, aud onu =
him. woo of ail men was tae greatest
h ro aud the fororno t left alive ti d j a
castard ceed aud make hm mighty name
a 'jwuidand asciru. Kjo<v6>S thoi,
Merla nuu.tcat i Huh tie ma’-tarmr .ugo^
biute i* alt tLiufeS e*hb Dc iaiBo, yet is tuis
tiuo that among women tue fairest are
the most strong. Thou art fair.indeed,
Meriamun, cut judge if tuou art more
fair than Argire Helen? ’ And Bhe drew
the veil from ner faco so that the sp-* 3 *
dor of her beauty suoue out np 'u ihe
Grteu’s dark loveliness Tuns for a
wutle they s ood taou facing each, and
to R i it seemed as ti ough the sp rits of
Heath andLi'e lcokedouu on another as
though tho Darkness and the Daylight
stood in woman’s shape before hum
‘l'huu art fair, indeed, ’said the Qreen,
• but in this, Witch, has toy beauty railed,
to hold uiai thou Wuu dst wed from the
most shameless .*lu. Little n etalnks c an
that man have loved tuee who cregt up
on mo like a th el to sna .cn my honor
from m i a.
Now Helen bethought her of wbat
Rel had said, that Meriamun loved tho
Wanderer, and snespoke again:
“Now It comes into my heart, Rgyp
tian, that true and la se are mixed l a this
tale oi thine. Hard it is to believe that
O ysseus of Ithaca could work such a
Shendun, Va., claims to be the first
new town In the South to have a street
railway in operation before any lots are
offered for sale, the Grottoes Co^, which
is bui dl -g the town, having recantly
complete®* line three miles in length,
whica gives access to the Shenandoah
Valley Railway station from all par la of
the town.
Jaep theo to his heart. Moreover, I
re* d In thine eye* that thou thi serf deal
love tbe manWrom thounamest dastard.
Nay, hold tby peace, look not so wildly
ou me whom tucu caust not harm, hut
h “ fc WueVher thy tale be true or false I
know io , who use no magic and learn
those things only that tue Guda reveal to
me But this at tbe least is true that
Odjsstus whom I should have wed has
looked on theo with eyes of love, even in
tbat hour when I waited to be made his
•ire. Therefore the love that but two
days agone bloomed in my heart, dies
25 witoers, or if H die. not. at• »®“‘ *
east it from me and tread its flowers be
neath my leet. Fur this doom the G-ds
have laid upon me, Who am oiall woman
tne*most h.p ess, to live belwd out
loveltsa through many years, ““L** !
last tolove and be betrayed. And now I
gif hence back to my Temple Surlne^but.
tear not, Meriamun, not fur long shall l
trouble thee or Knem, and men shall die
j. j-*. hACAQiB of my bviuiyj <or I ibtll
nrsseiitly pass hence whither the Gods
KUTiDfc and this I say totnee-deal g nA
v'vTith that man who has betrayea my
’.‘an for whatever he did was done for
ioveofthee! It is no mean thing t u have
the heart of Odysseus of Itnaca, out
ef tae hand of Argive Hoien. Faro thee
wel| h Meriamnu, wuo wouldst have Biaiu
’ May the Go3s grain thee belter days
“d more joy than is g veu to Helen, a ho
would lcoi upou ihy lace no more.
Thus sUe spake, and, letting her veil
fall, turned to go. For a w bile the Queen
stood, shamed to si.ence by these gentle
wo res that fell like dew upon tae fir sol
her ha e. Bat tre Helen had passed tbe
lennth of a spear her fury burned up
WhstTshould aba let this woman
merry toe to teU.' Tuou tayest tn-ttthe
Hathor had passed here aud tbess mark
t 1 ® n» Well. 1 can cap ihy tale.
He whom\he Apur* named J tave i hath
yonder by the sea of weeds, and
there^lle many, like to mark his foot-
rt f.Thy hostl Where Is thy host? ’ orted
the Queen- ‘ At the Last some *re_le t._
tivLa oaeen, *11 *®*r
rwSfwSi-KWsU”
ln*the ?slt sands, aud Osiris numbers
them in the hosts’ of hell. Hearken! I
came upon the tribes of tne Apura by th*
hanks o ' the sea of weeds. I oame at eve,
but I might not fall upon them because
of a veil of darkness that spread between
my armies and the hosts of thej Apura.
AH nijbt loug through the veil of dark
ness and through the shrieking of a great
gale I heard a reuni as of the passing of
? mighty people—the clangor of their
arms, the voices of captains, th* stomp
of beasts, and ths grinding of whe ®J 8 ’
The mcming cane, and lol oefore me the
waters oftho ssa were built up as » wall
on the right hand and the left, ““d be
tween the walls of water was dry land,
and the Apur* passed between the walls.
Tnen I c lod to my captains to *r'aa ■“*
follow swiftly, and they did my bil< * ln *;
But tho chariot wheels drew neavlly to
,h. «o B d so that before all my host haa
entered betwtarf the water. th. Apur.
had nsssed the ssa. Tnen of a •udden,
aa '■** of all I parsed down lnto to* path
THE WONDERFUL SOUTH.