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—PUBLISHED WEEKLY AT— HAMILTON, GEORGIA. The necessity for the artificial applica¬ tion of water is said to be far greater in California than iu the older countries of Europe. _____________ A statistician assorts that twenty Princes and Princesses of the reigning families of Europe have been treated for mental disorders. New York is agitating the proposition to establish free kindergarten schools to take the place of her present primary system of instruction. ]’ago-i'ago, the Samoan port granted to the 1 nited States for a coaling station, is the most easily defensible harbor in the Southern Pacific. John S. Scott, a South Carolina cotton planter, has been appointed by the Russian Government superintendent and instructor of a large cotton plantation owned by the Govenrmeut in one of the Southern provinces. Mackerel and halibut, it appears from the fishery reports, are deserting the waters of the New England coasts. For the year 1888 there was a falling off of about six million pounds in the catch of these two kinds of fish. In a suit for damages for loss of a son the Pennsylvania Supreme Court decided in favor of the Philadelphia Steamboat Company. The court held that a row¬ boat is not a vessel within the meaning of the navigation laws, and that a steam¬ boat is, therefore, not bound to get out of the rowboat’s way. Carden and Forest urges tho Govern¬ ment to withdraw its forest lands from sale and place them in the care of tho army. Tho Philadelphia Times indorses the suggestion, and asks the States to tako immediate stops for the preserva¬ tion of tho forests before all our great rivers shrink into shallow little streams, It is against tho law iu Mexico for any one to read a newspaper aloud; but no one cures for that, observes the New York Tribune, as few people want to read them anyhow. You can get more news in Mexico by sitting down half an hour at a popular cafe than you could get by reading a Mexican paper for a month. In Michigan University “a larger pro¬ portion or woman than of men are tak¬ ing by choice the full classical course.” President Angell reports. Men are be¬ coming scientific rather than classical, on account of tho new openings in scientific professions, while women study Greek and Latin, to meet the require¬ ments of teachers. In England, France, Germany, Bel¬ gium, Holland, Austria and Switzerland there are 221 cities having street rail¬ roads. Among these 118 are in England, 43 in Germany and 23 in France, there being no city of less than 20,000 inhabit¬ ants having such roads, while in the l nited States they are found in cities of not more than 1000 inhabitants. According to the Catholic World there are ninety colored Catholic schools iu the Southern dioceses and two colored sister¬ hoods—the Oblates, of Baltimore, and the Holy Family, of Now Orleans, which provide teachers for the schools. The number of Catholic colored churches, the World says, is not more than twenty, aud there is but ono colored Catholic priest iu the couutry. Deaths from mining explosions in Eng¬ land for 1888 were only forty-three. This is tho lowest record since 1851, when the number was first officially given. The lowest previous to 1888 was sixty five deaths in 1884. The highest record in the past thirty-eight years was in 1866. when 650 lives were lost by ex¬ plosions—360 of these leing covered by the one casualty at the Oaks Colliery. The great river of Egypt has not sent down its accustomed floods this yea^ and the people who depend on that for their food indulge only the most gloomy anticipations for the future. There will be no corn in Egypt this year, and the ancient granary i f the world must itself buy of more prosperous nations, Some believe that the grea. feeders of the Nile h:ue been cut off by growths of vegeta¬ bles choking off the passage of water. Another theory is that the large flood a fear ago left dams whfi h now obstruct the water, as was the case some years »go, and which were not cut through tntil 1880. A FRIEND. A* sang the voices in the courts above, Moved by the Lady’s shining mien and grace, “Lo, here comes one who shall increase our !ov « : ” So cried my heart when first I saw thy face. I knew thy spirit was to mine akin, Dwelling anear on some eternal shore; Time, Sorrow, Death, their filmy threads may spiP. shall They bar no shining path we explore. Enough, though here we may not meet, since , ve Once stood together on that blessed height, When, through the mists that veil eternity, Truth's flaming star burst forth upon our sight. And though our circuits lie worlds separate, We smile an 1 part, for surely, O my friend, Their lines shall intersphere or soon or late, And move to ether to the .journey's end. If now we met, perchance the hateful mask Of finite vision might obscure our eyes And dim Truth’s fixed star. No boon I ask— We have met once on hills of Paradise. —Annie Knit, in Harper, I-. HELD BY A ROPE. BY LEIGH YOUNOE. •kgypt * ia9 been called the Gift of the Nile, and everything in the land is con nected with the movements of the great artery that is the life of the country. The seventeenth of-June is the “night of the drop,” and is celebrated as a fes tival. Moore in liis “Lalla Iiookh” tolls us of the power of “t he drop that down from the moon, Falls through the healing air of June.” According to Ihe ancient legends, Isis, the goddess of Egypt, weeps over the aridness of the country, aud the tear falling from her eye into the Nile causes the overflow widen brings renewed life to the land. The Cairenes spend the night beside the river, either in the open air or in houses near fhe bank, and practice all sorts of ceremonies. Each member of the family places a piece of dough on the roof; if the dough rises, happiness is in store for the fortunate one who placed it there; if not, it is an ill omen. Ten days later the river slowly begins to rise, and the Nile crier goes through the streets every morning with the latest bulletin as to the height of the water. The great festivity of the year is the Wel'a or the cutting of the dam, which takes place between the tenth aud four teenth of August. * Egypt is now no longer a vast lake during the inundation as it formerly was. The water is conducted into a net-work of canals and reservoirs, and distributed as it is needed, and engi neers are appointed to see that there is no loss nor waste. I evees are built to keep the waters within bounds, and many of the villages are connected by these, while others can only be reached by boat. When wo reached Egypt, in the middle of October, the inundation was at the highest point, higher than it had been for years. To attempt the journey to the pyramids the was, we were told, mad ness, whole face of the country be tween Uhizeh and the city being under water. But the flood would not abate for weeks, and we could not wait, and ao decided to try it. started Selecting our donkeys with including care, we out, a party of four, tho which dragoman the and the little animals, The are street cars of Egypt. doukey boy, a very bright little fellow of fourteen years, was a family man, he told us proudly, with two wives and four children, and he supported his whole establishment on the one franc a day he earned by taking care of the donkeys. On past the city out into the open we rone, congratulating ourselves that we had not heeded the advice given us. Our route lay along a high embank ment beside one of the numerous canals which encircle the city, and a more beautiful scene cannot be imagined. The water wai almost up with the banks, and in ihe sunlight glittered rushes aud with glistened, Tall reeds and waving plumes beautifully green lined the shore, and the reflection in the water gave back every leaf and twig. Then suddenly and abruptly the dyke was cut off, and before us was a sheer descent into the yellow undermined water. The force of the waves h;^L had the foundation, and it sunk. What to do next was the question. forward Yussef explore? <*ot down, and went to Finally he came back with the intelligence that there was a boat a little way back, which would take us if we were willing to go in that way. Tuming, we rode to where a curve in the embankment formed a tiny cove, and there was the boat, a long, dirtv, weather-beaten craft, with the immensely high mast and the odd-shaped Nile. sail that they use only on the Leaving our donkeys to the boy who was to take them back to the The’little city, we embarked and pushed reeled with off. the force of boat rocked and the current, but the boatmen seemed to km w their business, and piloted us safely enough, though it was ha no under easy task. The tallest trees were f water, and the smallest were wholly sub¬ merged ;aud when one least expected for the it, he was apt to run up against mud one, that noth water was so thick with inc could be seeu below the surface. Men were at work upon the embank ments strengthening them, and a busy scene the "reen terra; es rising up out of the yellow*water pre-ented. "Where the rush had swept the dykes completely connecting away they were throwing reminded the bridges. I was forcibly of ecenes at home, when the bursts its bounds and breaks through the levees. verv available force on the plantation Carrier is "set to work to strengthen the that keeps off the waters. It was all the mure striking, as the fellahin and onr Southern negroes closely resem ble each other. Our little boat with its great sail brought us finally up to the elevated plateau where the pyramids stand, and we landed, glad to be on terra firraa. No one ever forgets the view that he gets from the top of Cheops, where he ) seem9 drawback to feel the centuries and go by. which The to the pleasure chattering, awe the j the place inspires is the quarreling and the clamoring for bak shish of the swarms of Arabs that haunt i the place. Thanks, however, to the over.low, none but our own party were there, so we were left in peace to the desolation of the scene. Below us lay the waste of water with the winding line of the embankments curling from like a great green serpent, and its bosom seemed to rise the minarets and domes of the distant city, while over all the tall columns of the Mosque of Mehemet Ali kept ward. At our brooding feet crouched the sleepless Sphynx over the scene as she has done f or fifty centuries. We explored the Tomb of Numbers, and the temple in ruins, lunched at the pavilion built for the Prince of Wales, sunned ourselves in the sand as we watched the granite monster, and wished a genius was there to unseal those tightly closed lips, and disclose the things that those eyes had seen. Then tired as the shadows were lengthen ing, and worn-out we returned to the boat. Whether the current was stronger than in the morning, or whether the crew were tried I cannot tell, but cer tainly the boat did net obev the helm, but drifted at the mercy of the wind, and rocked from side to side. The great danger was,of course,in running though against sho a bumped snag, but providentally, the boat did many times, not strike heavily, and we drifted on in the right direction, for she seemed to be en tirely out of the control of the boatmen, The situation was perilous in the ex treme, night was coming on, there we were, miles from any chance of succor, wholly at the mercy of fhe current, and liable at any moment to be overturned. I At last we drifted toward one of the bridges which had been thrown over sucked the canal, into and immediately poured we were with | the current that tre mentions force through the opening, Just as we went under, the sail which they had been trying to take in fell with a crash, and swept one of the boatmen into the water. | With a shriek he threw up his hands, and went down like lead. Every effort was made to keep in the middle of the ; culvert, which was twelve feet across, : and in that we succeeded. The bridge was about fifteen feet high, and .just as we ru-hed along, the top of the mast caught on one of the timbers of the bridge, and held fast. Back and forth rocked the boat in the rush of waters, but the hold of the ropes never relaxed. From side to side we were tossed with a dizzy, sickening motion, I just escaping each time being dashed against the rocks which formed the side of the capsized. bridge, and expected every instant to be I have heard of the Eastern indiffer ence to death, but it certainly was not manifested there, for the Arabs shrieked with fear, aud called upon Allah to de liver them. The boat was half-full of water, and it took all of our efforts at bailing to keep her from filling; but the men were of and no use, they sat down in the water rocked from side to side, bemoaning their fate, till the Captain, losing pa tience,administered some kicks to them, telling them to go to work aud stop their howling. One of them slyly took out his pen knife, aud approaching the rope was just about to cut it, wheu called I, seeing what he was about to do, to him to drop the knife. The fellow got closer, and had just touched the rope when I pulled a revolver from my pocket shoot saying: “If you touch that rope, I'll you.” The outstretched arm dropped as if paralyzed, and the knife fell in the water. Our one chance of life, and it was but a slender one. lay in the holding out of the rope. There were men working on the road above us, we knew, and if we could only attract their attention, it might be well wish us yet. But, of course, the chances were that the rope would wear away, and then the almost certainty was we should be dashed to pieces. Half-mad with fear, of the one men jumped into the water to try and gain the embankment. He was a tall, power ful man and a magnificent swimmer, but the water tossed him about like a piece of cork. We saw with horror his red fez go up and down on the waves, until his upturned, agonized face drifted by us, and he sank to rise no more. Horror stricken we sat silently thinking that the next moment such might be the fate of the rest of us, particularly as I thought I saw signs oi the fraying of the rope where it worked against the mast. We tired off two or three shots in rapid succession, and then shouted at the top of our voices, but no answer came, save the rush of the waters. One of our party rose and threw off his coat. “ What is that for ?” I asked. “I am going to try to swim to shore ; I believe 1 can do it.” “ With Abdallah’s fate before your eyes ?” I returned, “ A es,” he said,^ “ I will try it, and not be killed here. ’ *' It would be suicide.” I replied, aga’n taking out my levolver, “ and I will fire if you make a motiou to leave the boat, We will take our chances here.” “ But what chance have we here ? ” “ Very little, but none in the way you are trying.” dropped back in Silently he his seat, Aloud exclamation from the captain ' startled every one, and we looked up to where hs finger pointed. the There shin ing through a crevice in flooring of the bridge was a round, bead-like eye looking down upon ua, and presently, finding a larger rissure, a coal-black face beamed upon upon us. Never was apparition more welcome, In a few words the captain explained the the situation we were in, and told man that a couple of English noblemen were there, and he must hasten. Like an arrow the fellow flew away to where a posse of men were mending the road, and they hastened back; but how to get at us was the difficulty. Rope after was flung in vain; we were too far under to catch it. At last they tied a a heavy stone to the rope, and allowed to drift under with the current. It came nearer and nearer. We held our breath with anxiety, fearing lest some eddy should draw it away from us; but as it came reached past, one of us, holding to the mast, out and caught it. A prayer hearts, of thanksgiving while shout went testified up from our a to our rescuers that the rope had caught; to make it fast to the mast, and cut the other, which was now almost frayed in two, was the work of a moment, and slowly we were drawn from around our danger ous position, and towed to a point where we could land and climb up the embankment. The engineer is held responsible for his the safety of travelers, as it was business to keep the road in order, and when he heard that some of the boat’s passengers had been killed, he came to us in consternation and distress,to know how many and who they were. When he heard thaLone was an Egyp tian soldier and the other a boatman, “Bismillah,” he cried, turning on his heel, “I thought they might have been Franks.” So little is native life counted among them. — Youth's Companion. A Terrapin’s Beseeching Eye. David Burnham, living in a near-by town in New.iersey, is exceedingly fond of terrapin stew, but he does not think much of the savory “diamond back” in any other form. Nevertheless, a pet ter rapin that some months ago almost miraculously escaped the pot wanders around the plot of ground on whicn his house stanas and sleeps in his kitchen every night. invited Las October Mr. Burnham some friends to supper, served to cele brate the fifth anniversary ol his wed ding. For six dqllars he purchased terrapin, in- in Fulton Market a five pound with his tending to regale his friends favorite dish. He left orders that the terrapin should be sent by e press to his house, and supposed that it would understood be de¬ livered in a condition better by the cook than the butcher. But the little creature was by no means in the soup yet, and wheD it was laid down lor a moment with its ight side uppermost in the kitchen it proved that it was keenly alive to the situation by waddling at its highest rate of speed toward the door. It was then turned on its back, and the cook was invited to slaughter it. Bu this she emphatically refused to do, and as the ether servants shared her objec tions Mr. Burnham nerved himself to do the butchers work himself. Armed with the family carving knife he en tered the kitchen wheu the rest of the household had retired for the night. floor He says that he knelt down upon the and was about to slit the terrapin’s throat when the succulent creature, lying on its diamond back, gazed at his face with such a human, beseeching expression knife in its mild, bulging eyes that the dropped from his hand, and he deter mined to spare its life, The terrapin has shown itself grateful, the but not demonstratively so, lor mercy extended to it. When Mr. Burn ham approaches its usual resting place, under a great chestnut tree, it croak3 cheerfully, and slowly moves to meet him. It will take a piece of bruised and softened meat, a small fish, or even a piece of water-soaked bread from his hand, but its appetite is not large, and it sleeps most of the time. It is growing fat rapidly, and swells beyond its shell with a posterior and an anterior plethora—at least so Air. Burnham says, and he has studied Dr. Johnson’s mode of expression pretty closely. It does not fear the cold, being warmly clad .—New York Times. The Australasian Wool Product. The wool-producing colonies is industry which of the Australasian one is steadily growing in importance. The total number of sheep in the whole of these colonies on the 31st of March, 1888, was i><\4(52,038. Of this number almost one-half were found in New South Wales. The totals for each colony are as follows : New South Wales, 46, 965,152; New Zealand, lo,235,561; Queensland, 12,1)20,158; Victoria, 10,- 628,085; South Australia, 7,25!,008; West Australia, 1,00 ',044; Tasmania, 1,547,242. The total of 96,462,038 com - pares with a total of 18,888,710 in 1885. For purposes of comparison, we may give the number of the sheep in some other countries. For Argentine Republic the figures iu 1885 were 15,000,000; in European Russia, excluding Poland, there were in 1883 estimated to be 43,- 724,736 sheep; in the i nited States in 1S37 the number was ’4,759,315; and in 18So in the I'nited Kingdom there were 23,955,240 sheep .—Boston Cultivator. Monument to the Hambletonian Sire. The National Association of Trotting Horse Breeders proposes to erect a bronze statue of the great Hamb!etonian,to cost not less than $3000, as a memorial to the progenitor of one of the fastest strains of American trotting horses, The ommittee in charge ot the work is composed of J. 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