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-j I The al Of Joseph.
hmr ri " g :
I °t the engineer
s of the nineteenth
*# ", vill there be in exist
cental/ the year 6000. Very
end? r fear, and still less those
hi :e»' e
”7,in continue in the far-off
jto serve a useful purpose,
tftliere is at least one great
^■taking conceived engineer and which ex
jited by an
JriB g the space of 4,000 years
fas n ever ceased its office, on
jjid, the life of a fertile prov¬
ide absolutely dependes today
We refur to the Babr Joussuf—
the canal of Joseph—built, ac¬
cording to trading, by the son
t of Jacob, and which constitutes
not the least of the many bless¬
ings conferred on Egypt during
:ij [the jears of his prosperous from rule.
This canal took its rise
the Nile at Asiut, and ran par¬
allel with it for nearly 250 miles
>| creeping along under the wes*
V. Lncliffs
of the Nile Valley
kith many a bend and wind
j jug, until at length it gained an
: [eminence, as compared with the
f liver bed, which enable it to
turn westward through a nar
row pa S 3 and enter a district
winch was otherwise shut off
THfrom the fertilising floods on
iflybicU all vegetation in Egypt
P^Bdepends. i The northern end
Stood seventeen feet above low
■ Nile, while at the southern end
lit was at an equal elevation
■ with the river. Through this
named the Fayoum, endowing
it with fertility and support
ling a large population, in the
■ time of the annual flood a great
^Bpart iter, of the canal was under wa¬
and then the river’s current
I would rush in a more direct
All this, with the exceptions
that Joseph built it, can be ver¬
ified to-day, and it is not mere
|supposition or rumor. Until
eight years ago it was firmly
believed that the design has al¬
ways been limited to an irriga¬
tion scheme, larger, no doubt
than that now in operation, os
shown by the traces of aban¬
doned canals and by the slow
aggregation of waist water
which had accumulated in the
Birket el Querun, but still es
Kntic.lly the same in character.
Ifany accounts have been writ
then by Greek and Roman his¬
torians. such as Herodotus,
Strabo Mutians, and Pliny,
3 od repeated in monkish lag
ends or portrayed in the maps
of the middle ages, which agre¬
ed with the folklore of the dis
tiict. These tales explained
that the canal dug by the anc
' ei) t Isrelite served to carry the
8 ur p!us waters of the Nile into
a Q extensive lake lying south
the Eayoum aud so large
it not only modified the
de, tempering the arid
"bidsof the desert and convert
’ n 8 them into the balmy airs
w h‘ch nourshed the vines aud
l .“ e olives into a fullness and
fragrance unknown in any pai l
of _^country, the but also added
fr> the food supply of the land
sU ch inimence quantities of fish
|hat -e right the royal prerogative of
of piscary at the great
* eir was valued at $250,000 an-
M @ M A t
V U) 4
CONYERS, GA„ SATURDAY, JAN. 16, 1897
ually. This lake was said to be
450 miles around, and to be
navigated by a tljet of vessels,
and the whole circumference
was the scene of industry and
prosperity.
Lorraine Locals.
*
Rev. F - A. Ragsdale preach¬
ed interesting sermons both Sat¬
urday and Suuday last at Un¬
ion.
Mr. B- F. Cook and family,
of Atlanta, are visiting their
parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Mann.
We are sorry to note the
death of mv W. D. C; Bentley,
which occured last Tuesday
mglit.
Mr. Robt. L. Ilolingsworth,
of Smyrna, visited his best girl
here last Sunday. Come again
Bob we are always glad to see
you.
Miss Belle. White, of Henry
county, is the guest of her sister,
Mrs. J. L. Sims.
Miss Vioja C. Wilkinson, o
Henry county, is visiting ber
relatives, Mr. E. F. Cook and
family.
Mr. Frank Ilolingsworth, of
Smyrna, was over last Sunday .
We think Frank is looking out
for a girl. Come again Young
friend, but be careful what fel¬
low’s girl you look at.
Mr; Floyd Richaidson visited
his best girl last Sunday after¬
noon. „
Prof. J. D. Davis has a full
schoo 1 at Union. He is a splen¬
did teacher and is liked by all
the school.
Mr. Sol. Pucket and Miss Lu¬
la Towney were united in mar¬
riage last Sunday night, Esquire
D. C, Bowen, officiating. Boys,
hurry up and marry if you can.
The people have begun to
make some preparation for a
crop Breaking land and sow
big oats is the order of the day.
Mr.T-J.Deal is all smiles
this week Another little girl lias
come to brighten his home.
Ernest Worker.
Starved To Death.
At Massilon, O.. Mary Win¬
ters, who lives with her parents
near Orangeville, in the coun¬
try, was perniited to starve her¬
self to death. She had a dream
she said, in which she saw the
Lord decend to earth on a white
cloud. The vision commanded
her to die aud then disappeared
into space.
The dreamer had been atten¬
ding protracted pieetings and
was imbued with the doctrine of
“holiness” and believed in a lit¬
eral interpretation of the Scrip
tares - Miss Winters expressed
a determination to obey the
will of the Lord, and from the
date of her dream refused all
food. Many of her friends atgu
ed with her, but others approv
ed her course.
She wasted away to a mere
shadow, lapsed into unconsci¬
ousness Thursday, and, after re
maining in that condition some
time, died.
One of the things that this
country needs, and needs bad.,
is a dead set determined, debt
oavina religion that keeps a
man awake all night when'he
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VXACT COPY OF -WRAPPER.
The stingiest man in the world
resides in Lumpkin county.
He not only sued a person for
18 cents, tendered a bill for
$1,24£ to his sister for a sack of
floor and some lard used while
she and neighbors were sitting
up with the corpse of Ins father
at his house not long since, be¬
sides charging his daughter 25
cents for what she ate while vis
itingliim on this occasion-—
Dahlonega Nugiet.
Science Or The Ancients
Professor Goodman says the
thing that most impressed him
when visiting Pompeii was the
resemblance between many of
the implements of 1,800 years
ago and those of today.
looking at the iron tools group
ed together in an old factory
there, he could almost imagine
he was gazing into a modern
tool shop, except for the fact
that there was a heavy coating
of rust on the iron.
Sickles, bill-hooks l akes,
forks, aves, spades, blacksmith
tongs, hammers, soldering irons,
planes, shovels, etc, are much
like Those used today, but the
most marvelous iufetrumente
found are those for surgery,
beautifully executed, and of
design exactly similar to some
recently patented, Incredible
as it may appear, Pompiians
had wire ropes of peifect con
struction. Tbeir bronzes re
veal great skill and artistic tal¬
ent. The bronze brazier and
kitchener had. boilers at the
and taps for running off the hot
w ater.
Ewers and u ishave been
discovered with interior tubes
and furnaces precisely like the
arrangements now in vogue in
steam boilers. Metal safes had
substantial locks. Many o£ the
® J a „ most ingen _
ious, auu & j complex- *
The water supply of o m l ,et l
was distributed by means o
lead pipes laid under the streets
THAT THE
FAC-SIMILE
SIGNATURE
-OF
IS ON THE
WRAPPER
OF EVERT
BOTTLE OF
I ESSEaBi I E s
Cactoria Is pet r? la cne-sbe tottlos only. It
is not sold la balk. Doa't allow anyoao to sell
yon anything clso on tho plea or promise that it
is “just as good" and “will answer every pur¬
pose.” .sa-Sco that yon get C'-A-S-T-O-E-I-A.
Tho fas- -
13 on
every
wrapper.
iug fountains, and most of th e
hu ge houses were provided with
fountains, many of them being
of very beautiful desig n—Ex.
A STRAIGHT COURSE.
Pointed Out to Those Who Have
Cah ,-k in A ay Form.
You have g t chronic catarrh, have
you? You have had it borne dui?
And could not Hud a cure? Well
there are thousands more like y <• u
in this coua-ry. It the slightest
Vt stage of ihe catairh ! i mains ovei
during the hot weather it wifi begin
to m’ke itself felt now. If yoo
want to ready get cured this is th<
way t » do ft Get a bottle of Pe
i n na an d take a tables poof wl he
loro each ni< al and at bedtime.
Wben you have cor , t i UU ed .bis ft .
I thMy days sit iDwn and jvr;te n
ieiter to jj>-. llartmau, Columbus,
Ohio. Tr 11 him exactly your syrup
toms: L w long you have bad cita rli
wbat f ile t tin medicine has bad on
yon. He will answer jour letter
P’omptly, teUnrgyo, wild t> do
for 1 *r. IJt* will make ho ebar^o.
And if you vi Icon iuue to wtite to
nh e Doctor, following fail Lrtu ly ih
advice he wi l give you, jou 1 re
bu’o to got cured. Some cu es
tike longer thun others. Perhap
G' e v ernge length o! time it tuk < S
lo cure a genuine case cf catanb i
tbree months Some get cured
much quicker than ibis. Sruhbom
cases may require loDger treatment
1 me or trouble out lo be no *>:.) tit t
to oae t fiheted with this d-eadfui
di-ease.
Alt ptople who a’e interested in
knowing about cataoh can get an
instructively iUustraed 64-page
book od < hroo’c catarrh in all ata
j ge 3 and local 100 , ,ree of charge The
book was written by Dr. Had man
^ n] be gent f()J . a fihort lirue to
any add ess by the Pe-ru-na Ding
\j am jfactu r iDg Company, Cdumbus,
f ot ; o.
Turner Johnson, a Clayton ccun y
j negro, is a ncord breaker ia mar
K‘ ; *»> >’»' el.l
t« ins the «, of
J ™'. H «“ 7lj, " s ^. *T
w ,vd 21 Dmes, all of his wives l>e
iug dead wifh the present exception,
who is just 18 yebrs old, and is the
f »tL*e 12 children. Nothing in
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