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HAMILTON, GEORGIA.
in our Territories aliens cannot own
more than twenty per cent, of the stock
•jl ;u.y corporation.
The tax on oleomargarine is bringing
n< .: ! - a million dollars a year into the
Federal Treasury.
Michigan capitalists within the past
few years have invested $1,000,000 in
southern timber lands.
The New York Commercial Advertiser
states that late statistics show* an unfortu¬
nate increase in the number of army de¬
serters.
A Boston company is trying to intro¬
duce wicker-work coffins. They claim
that, from a sanitary point of view, noth¬
in; can equal them.
A number of reindeer have been im¬
ported from Norway and turned out in a
forest in the north of Scotland in the
hope that they may become acclimatized.
The engineer sent to Europe by the
New York Departmrnt of Public Works
to study pavements has returned with a
report in favor of asphalt pavements,
lie says that the only perfect pavement
is asohalt.
The number of cotton mills now in the
Booth as compared with 1880 has
doubled, while the number of spindles
i :il looms has more than trebled, the
lendeney being to build mills of greater
capacity than formerly.
The effect of the destruction of trees is'
now perceived forcibly by the farmers of
Southern (’aUfornia, who find that their
effort to irrigate their lands are hindered
by t in; insufficiency of water in the rivers.
The insufficiency of water, the San Fran
ei- <•••> Cal! states, is caused by the cutting
down of the forests on the mountains.
Even the church bells in Germany go
into mourning for their sovereigns. The
old Dutch chimes in the Garrison church
at Potsdam had tlieir airs changed to
funeral strains on the death of William
1., and they have only just resumed their
usual lively tunes at the expiration of
the year's mourning for Emperor Fred¬
erick.
“Five million immigrants, men, women
and children, have been landed at Castle
Garden wharf, with their baggage,
bundles and other paraphernalia, since
1873. and not a passenger or piece of
baggage hn> been lost in all that time,”
was the remark made by Immigration
Commissioner Stevenson in the hearing
of a New York Star man the other day.
Can any other city in the wide world
match this simple statement?
A famous newspaper correspondent
lias been studying the peculiarities of
great men in this country anti in Europe.
He finds that all the greatest men of the
world have big noses. Bismarck and
Pasteur have tremendous noses, but
Gladstone stands without a rival. The
great Englishman's proboscis is big all
over. For thickness, breadth and solid¬
ity i: cannot be matched anywhere in the
world. Napoleon always selected big
nosed men for his generals. Gladstone
would have delighted him.
The amount of human blood spilled in
bringing the Paris Exposition to com¬
pletion is something enormous. The
records show that during the erection of
the buildings no less than 6350 men were
treated for injuries of one kind or an¬
other received while at work on them;
300 workmen were injured as to -their
legs. 200 were badly injured in their
eyes, 114 were scalded or badly burned,
50 had lingers cut off. The death roil
from fails foots up 24, though this is
said to be far below the actuality.
The New York World mnees that
or. the South Devonshire coast of Eng¬
ine 1 a hotel is to be erected for the ex¬
clusive use of bridal jarties. It will fill
» ion elt want. Heretofore the bride¬
groom and his bride have been obliged
to S| mud their honeymoon in the presence
of unsympathetic and perhaps mocking
people. It ill be a great relief for
newly-manic persons to realize that
somewhere there is a saug harbor for
them in which tney will be surrounded
by hearts throbbing with the same en
thusiasiu whiea agitates their own organs
of affection.
ALL. FOR YOU.
The love In my heart Is? as strong as Me hflls,
And as deep as the fathomless sea,
Yet pure as the breath of the rose that thrills
The soul of summer with glee.
Tis faithful fair as the light of the stars
That beams in the boundless blue;
No selfish mote its radiance mars, U
And, Sweetheart, ’tie all for you. %
All for you!
Strong and truo,
No time the tie can sever,
Till the angels doubt,
And the stars burn out,
I am yours, Sweetheart, forever.
The love in my heart, I know not why
Nor how it came to be,
But the bliss that is mine no gold can buy,
Since love hath come to me.
O, love, love, love! There’s nothing so sweet,
Go search the wide world through
My heart is so full of it, every beat
Cries out it is all for you.
All for you!
Strong and truo,
No time the tie can sever.
Till the angols doubt
And the stars burn out,
I am yours, Sweetheart, forever.
—isumuel M. lech, in Atlanta Constit ution.
OLD ROCK.
On the eve of their bridal day Jessie
Glenn aud John Marcus had their first
quarrel. It was not a very fierce one,
but it proved that such a thing could b.e
between them, and was not pleasant.
Besides, it was a terrible time for such a
thing. It began by Jessie asldng John
what he was going to do with Rock, a
big black dog be was very fond of.
“Do with him!” said John. “Why,
just what I always have—spoil him, I
suppose,”
“You don’t mean to keep him, do
you?” said Jessie. “You’ll sell him.”
“Sell Rock!” cried John. “Why, it
would seem like selling your baby or
your grandfather. He’s l>eon my friend
fo:r years—slept under my bed, followed
me to work, shared my lunch, Why, I
had him when I was a poor, motherless
boy. Dad used to kick us out together.
Many’s the time when he’d been drink¬
ing, and we’d cuddle up together for
wttrmth in some area. Now I’m com¬
fortable, 1 shan’t kick Rock out. No,
indeed. I couldn’t.”
“I hate dogs,” said Jessie.
“Well, you’ve got to learn to love Old
Rock,” said John, laughing. “Love me,
love my dog, in this case; so you’ve got
to, you see.”
“I’ve got to?” cried Jessie, indig¬
nantly. “Ordering me like that already,
when I refused Sam Williams for your
sake, as well you know, John.”
“Well,” said John, “I always sup¬
posed that was because you liked me
best, not out of self-sacrifice.”
“At least,” said Jessie, “he didn’t
kvep a dog of that sort, and he was on
hfs knees to me almost. Oh, dear! I
dbn’t think you care about me, Johu. I
read a novel the other day, and in it the
young man roasted a favorite falcon for
lff-s lady-love’s dinner, and never minded
it at. all, ho was so devoted to her.”
“If I was to roast Old Rock, he’d be
too much dinner for a regiment,” said
John, “and I’ll bet you wouldn’t take a
bite of him. Do you want mo to show
my affection for you by carrying him to
the sausage-makers and having him put
up into bologniesfor winter use?”
This was not gallant, and naturally
Jessie was displeased, as one may pre¬
sume. They wore not fashionable peo¬
ple. She was an honest, pretty, little
factory-girl. He a young plumber. But
they have been very much in love %vith
each other. This was a dash of cold wa¬
ter to both. They felt the impropriety
of a squabble at this time, and parted
with a kiss, as usual; but the thought
rankled in each mind.
Jessie thought of it as she made ready
for her wedding, and as her friends
looked at her new things. She had a
pretty floor not far off, ready furnished
for her, and things were all very nice, in
a plain way. But what happiness could
she expect if he was so cross about a lit¬
tle thing? And then to have ugly, black
Rock, with his muddy feet, his way of
snoring aloud and showing his tongue in
gapes, always lying about. It was not a
pleasant thought for the day before a
wedding.
Meanwhile, the day wore on; the
guests came. The bride was dressed.
The minister arrived with his old wife.
Everybody had come but the bridegroom
and his best man.
The bridesmaids left the room and
whisp red in the little passage. The
clock hands pointed to the hour for the
ceremony. John had not come. Jessie
tried to sit still, to smile, to laugh and
talk, but she kept saying to herself:
“What keeps him? Could he really
have been angry? Could it be possible
that he meant to break with her in this
dreadful manner just about Old Rock?”
She listened_the bell rang. Had he
come? No! It was only the best man,
alone. He reported that he had waited
for John, and that ho had not been home
to supper, llis wedding suit was spread
on his bed, but there was no sign of
"
John.
“I didn’t know but he might be here,”
said the young there.* man, looking " about. But
Jolm was not
In her own room the bride wept, and
women came aud went t-rving to comfort
her. They lingered late. Eleven, still
twelve, one o’clock saw the minister
sitting in the great chair in the parlor,
ready to marry John if he came, but
though the bride's friends flew about the
city and inquired e-orywhew, £fc >«*
no news of the mis ii. bridegroom.
That he bad lc*. v* jr- wrath
Jessie’s explanation 1 *r* and it
was she who at la— . ibai t ... -
had better go home, for that she would
not marry John if he came on his bended
knees to ask pardon. missing had
Meanwhile the bridegroom
gone to work as usual, expecting, as it
was Saturday, to get off earlier than usual,
and had been pleased that he finished his
work at four o’clock; Imt coming iu,
eager to ask leave to go home, he
all in a commotion. A gas pipe had
burst in a public building, where
was danger of leaving it unrepaired very
long, and only one other man was in the
place—Sam Williams, his old rival. proprie¬
“You two must go,” sand the
tor, waving his hands about. “I know
it is hard, John; but Sam can bring the
furnace and tools in, and you can get
straight home. You have time, and you
shall be paid for overwork, both of you,
and FI! send a present to the bride on
Monday. This is a necessary job, or I’d
let yon off.”
John did not grumble, though he felt
irritated. He hurried off as fast as he
could, followed by Williams. The men
did not like each other, and Williams
was still jealous.
They spoke very little. Old Rock fol¬
lowed at John’s heels and crouched out¬
side the building, when ho was locked
out, as usual.
The men’s work took them down into
the cellar, and iato some great vaults
there. They worked without any more
talk than was necessary, and at last
job was done.
Williams had tested the leak at his
part of the work and was about to call
to John, whose light shone at the other
end of the dark cellar, when suddenly the
light went out. There was a crash, a
cry. Williams did not know what had
happened, but judged that a great beam
that had been lifted out of place had fal¬
len. He waited; there was silence. And
now having^the opportunity, asserted the itself. demon¬ He
iac spirit of revenge
would not have planned to kill his rival,
but he thought with joy that some bad
accident had happened to him. lie
thought, too, that it was not his work,
and that he was not called upon to alter
it. If Jolm was dead Jessie would be
free again. Then he said to himself,
with Satan’s sophistry:
“How do I know anything has hap¬
pened? John has gone home, banging
the door after him. That’s all. A fine
way to go off and leave a fellow,” he said
aloud; anil gathered up the furnace and
bag of tools and went his -way locking all
the doors behind him, and leaving the
keys with the person who had charge of
them, saying that his mate had gone off
without a good-bye, leaving him alone in
the cellar.
“Queer I never saw him,” said the old
man; but Sam did not relent. He took a
night train out of town to spend Sunday
at his mother’s- in the country and be out
of the way of questions.
And this is how John did not come to
his own wedding. He lay in the cellar
hardly conscious, unable to lift the beam
from his leg, and in a sort-of dream, think¬
ing of his Jessie and seeming to hear Old
Rock’s voice somewhere.
} The poor girl arose wretched, and
quite sure that John had jilted her. She
never thought of any accident. As she
sat at her late breakfast, trying not to
show her grief and shame, and wondering
how she should go home and face the
girls, something pushed at the door.
The mother opened it, and the dog she
hated so, Old Rock himself, walked in.
lie looked forlorn and hungry, his coat
covered with mud, his eyes red, his ap¬
pearance miserably hideous, his manners,
too, had altered for the worse, for in¬
stead of galloping playfully about, striv¬
ing to lick Jessie’s face and wagging his
tail, as usual, he sat down on his hind
legs and began at once to deliver a series
of those piteous howls with which his
species arc supposed by the superstituous
to celebrate the departure of an immortal
soul from this vale of tears.
At this, a sudden revulsion took place
in Jessie’s feelings, and with a w r ild
scream she uttered her conviction that
John was dead, aud that the dog knew
it.
In this the family coincided to an indi¬
vidual. Then the dog began to pull at
Jessie’s flounces.
“We have had our doubts, wo have
had our doubts,” groaned the father,
“John's not a man to jilt a girl that way,
quarrel or no quarrel.”
“And the dog just says it plain as
words.” sobbed the mother. “W hen my
grandfather was drowned his dog came
home just like that. Oh, po«r John!
You’ll never see him no more, child,
never no more!”
Meanwhile, the dog pulled and howled
harder than ever.
“Silence, there,” cried the old grand
mother, from the cosy comer, where she
was breaking her bread into a bowl of
coffee. “Mebbe the parted sperit came
along with the dog. The creeter is
going to lead you to the body. Stop
your cryin’, an’ go. Follow him. He
knows better than you, for John's along
of him. Go. ’
With her blood curdling in her veins,
Jessie obeyed. She tied on her hat, and
buttoned herself into a sacque, and went
down the stairs and out into the streets,
with the Sabbath stillness upon them. It
was not easy to keep pace with Old Rock
along the pavements; but she did so,
ami at last stopped with him before a
great, empty-looking public building.
Here the dog burrowed at a grating, and
began to howl again-
It-w- 4 ». r. ore imtt Je»4e ernudr m.
She burst into-bftfter i -an*. and wx»
obliged to fit «a ' trail andr
hide her fat in : tr >:• L
-TsJ edowtt there, K< she-sobbed.
And Rock- a tilth his
queer, hushy tail.
Then Jessie went to work. A police¬
man, kindly disposedan eld roan, with a
bunch of key ;, much talk a disclosure of
the fact that plumbers were down cellar
late Saturday afternoon, led at last to a
descentinio the cellar, where OM Rock,
in a state of delight past all bounds, led
to the spot where John lay, with a
broken leg and a bruised arm, but con¬
scious and not-fatally injured; and when
she was sure of this, Jessie took Old
Rock’s head in both her hands, and.
kissed it fondly over and over again.
“You told me I’d have to love him,
and it’s come true; and he’s saved your
life, and he’s brought us together, and as
long as he lives he shall be as dear to me
as he is to you. There, how 1”
It was some time before they werf mar¬
ried, but there was no more quarreling;,
and Jessie and John are a very happy
couple. It is reported of Old R-ock that
the first time he met Sam 'Williams he
bit him; and that, Jessie declares, is a
proof that Sam knew all about John'6 be¬
ing in the cellar,though he swears he did
not .—New York Ledge*'.
Wonderful Egypt.
The Egyptians, writes Frank G. Car¬
penter, should be tha richest instead oi
the poorest people Xu the world. What a
wonderful country they have? It is a
valley of guano in the midst of a desert.
The land is as blAek as your hat and it
now teems with crops as green as Kansas
in June. It produces from two to three
crops every year, and its soil gives out
through the ages bounteous crops with
no other fertilizer than this water of the
Nile. Egypt is the gift of the Nile and
a wonderful Khedive gift it is. The country
under the to-day is the narrowest
kingdom of the world. Extending be¬
tween eight and nine hundred miles above
Cairo its cultivable soil is nowhere more
than nine miles wide, and below here it
spreads out ia a great, greeu fan, the
ribs of which are each a lit¬
tle more than 100 miles long and
the top of which does not measure much
more than the ribs. This fan is the
famed Delta of the Nile, and with this
long narrow valley above it it makes the
Egypt of to-day. On the sides of tills
valley are great tracts of desert of sand
of a glaring yellow silver, more sterile
than the plains of Colorado or the alkali
plains of the Rockies. The Egyptian
desert is absolutely bare. The rich fields
of Egypt come to its edge on either side and
and you can step from the greenest of grass
on to thedriest of sand,and standing on the
green with your face toward the desert,
as far as the eye cau reach, see nothing
but the bleak, bare sand.
The whole of the soil of Egypt has
been brought down from the mountains
of Abyssinia by the Nile. It is nowhere
more than fifty feet deep and its average
depth is about thirty-five feet. Under
this soil is found the sand. The Nile
waters it as well as fertilizes it, for there
ia no rain to speak of in Egypt, The
country is flat. Here at Cairo you
can see for miles in every direction, and
standing on the great Pyramid, the
valley of the Nile is spread out below
you in a great patchwork of different
shades of green. There are no fences and
faiv trees, here and there a grove of tall
palm raise their fanlike heads high up in
the clear blue atmosphere, and near them
you see a village of mud huts made of
the same sun-dried sticks that Pharaoh
ground out of the children of Israel.
This great plain is cut up by canals,roads
run here and there through it, and along
these move caravans of camels, of
Egyptians in gowns upon donkeys and
of droves of donkeys laden with grass
or grain. There are cattle and sheep by
the thousand upon the field and their
fat sides glisten under the tropical sun as
they munch the sweetest and juciest of
clover. The air just now is as pure as
that of Denver. All nature seems to smile
and the only poor thing upon the scene
is man.
A Comet Splitting Into Fragments.
Professor Edward S. Holder, directoi
of the Lick Observatory at Saa Francisco,
furnishes interesting facts in regard to
comet discovered by Barnard last
September. He says the comet has now
lost all of its tail, and continued: “The
comet was subject to much strain and
stress in passing that part of its orbit
nearest the sun and it is now showing
the effect of these forces in the following
way: Its body is evidently becoming dis
integrated and fragments are seen to be
streaming behind the comet in the form
of a tail, directed not from but toward
the sun. This mass of matter was meas
ured by Barnard on July 16, and his
measures show that its least possible
length is 430,000 miles and its least
possible diameter is 144,000 miles, so that
fragments which have already broken
off from this comet amount to at least
seventy quadrillion cubic miles. The
comet itself, which is 165,000,000 miles
from the earth, is still fairly bright, and
were it not for the fragments which are
seen to follow it would seem to be in
perfectly normal condition. As it is, we
know it must have lost an immense quan
titv of original substance. This is an in
teresting case to astronomers, as it shows
the effect of the enormous forces to which
every comet is subject at the time of its
perihelion passage,while the phenomenon
forms an interesting commentary on the
test that comets, even the stoutest of
them, must be short-lived things. '—
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