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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.