The Oregon Scout
Jones & Chanoey.
Publishers
UNION, OREGON.
ELDEST WOMAN IN THE WORLD.
m. Heereas TVlio ling Document Showing
That Slio Was Horn In 1745.
In tlio northeastern portion of Dallas,
Tax., between Bryan and Live Oak
street., and fronting tho Houston and
Ifexna Central railway, Uvea Aunt July
ole, who has but recently grown too
wd to tako In washing. Tho cabin in
which sho lives is a rtido hovel, and yet
- K is kept as neat as a pin. It is stir-
pounucu uy a dozen nuts of tho Bamo
kind, though not bo well kept, all hud
sled together in an irregular colony.
The railway peoplo havo forced their
ight of way with barbed wire to keep
ne bordo of pickaninnies off tho track,
at In vain. They cfawl through tho
tegs of tho fenco and gather upon the
vottd in such numbers that tho cautious
engineer duds it necessary on passing
fcrough Frecdmantown to uso both bell
ad whistle.
After tho train had passed tho other
day Tho Republic man crawled through
tho wiro fenco, and with difficulty found
tho cabin of tho "Olo Furginny Aunty."
. Sho sat in a low chair and smoked a bluo
lay pipe. As sho raised her face slowly
and her wrinkled features were first
eon tho writer involuntarily asked him
elf: "Is it alive?" "When sho spoko hor
tremulous and cracked volco increased
Ills astonishment. But it was not only
live, but it smoked and talked.
"My namo is July Colo," sho said. "I
belonged to Col. Colo in Furginny, and
Jw fit de Britishers wid Gen. Washing
ton. Norfolk was my homo, sir; right
en do sea. My mammy come from do
Capo in Afriky, and my daddy went
kick dero. My mammy was named
iAicrotia, and was givo to Col. Colo by
Sea. Washington's lady, who had many
servants. I was brought to Henry
aounty, Tennesseo, and sold to Thomas
"Waters. I had groat-grandchillun den.
After I helped to settlo Tennesseo I was
old to William Itabb for Ian'. Mars
Jcf oomo to tako mo homo to Tennesseo,
but olo man Itabb wouldn't let mo go
wid him. Den I lived on Iiabb's Creole,
holow La Grange, Tex. I was took away
from my husband and two chillun in
Tennessee, and my olo man ho run away
nd followed mo till doy caught him wid
dogs right on do banks of do Mississippi
river. Yes, sir, right dur in do bed of
do river, whur do hill la and do high
trees, and right down by do boat in do
dark fur ho was iniinin' to git on do
litet wid ino, Hut doy caught 'im uud
ever saw Mm any more"
On being usked her ago tho old woman
Ittg&n to rise slowly, holding, in tho
wantitne, to tho chair for supjiort.
'I doesn't know by do ilggors, but I
knows by happening," sho said. Sho
moved to nu old trunk, which was cov
ered with rawhide with tho hair on and
tacked with big headed brass tacks,
Wtom this sho drew an old letter on bluo
naper, which sho says was "do paper
given to Mara Watcre by Mars Colo when
be was sold. Only tho lower half of tho
beet remains, tho other having evidently
been taken off by timo.and tho only leg!
Ma portion of tho writing purports to give
mo unto of Aunt July s birth. Tho only
words aro "was born Doo. 10, 1745."
The writer had hoard that sho was 145
years old, but of course ho believed noth
ing of tho kind. Tho appearance of tho
old negro and tho ovidonco produced by
her to prove hor ago were astonishing.
"Doy says I is or hundred and forty
ftve year olo, an', honey, I cpeo it is so."
"What Is your earliest remembrance,
anty? Do you remember Gen. Wash
ton?' "I never seed him," sho said, "but I
known when ho was general, uud I knows
when ho was president, too. I heord
Mars Colo say when Jo toa was flung
auten do Boston ship. I lias seed do
Tories, an' my brother was wid Mara
Colo when ho went into do war wid do
Britishers. Dat war was seven years,
and Mars Colo ho got shot in do arm. I
taacmhcn. when doy fit do French an' In
Jons, too, sir."
It took quite a while to got all this out
of tho nged creature, who is very fooblo.
Bbo had only ono wuut smoking tobacco
and that was supplied, after which tho
writer left her at her low, hairy trunk
patting away her documents. Cor. St,
Louis Republic.
I-ore for llarnM.
Onco in the horso business always in
tbe horso business might Imj put down as
proverb. I have known a good many
men to got tired of race horses and sell
at, but unless they sold out on nccount
f ago or IMlrmlty they have always
rove back to it. Look ut Will Barnes,
lie sold his stables a fow years ago and
wore ho would never own another horse.
Me is now in the market buying a lot of
yearlings, showing that ho means tostay
n tho business. I could name a num
ber of others who huvo done just what
Barnes has done. Thero is a fuscination
bout racing that sticks to a man through
Ufa. interview in St. Louis Globc-Dom-rot
BocIhI Opportunities Art Kqunl.
Thoro ia no good reason why tho me
h&nlo should not play tho piano or tho
banjo if ho Is bo Inclined; none why lie
abould not keep himself clean and re
spectable und go Into society ; none why
tho doors of mansions bhould not open
m wldo to him as to tho salesman In u
atoru. If tho daughters of Squlro Tinsel
look down ujwn a mechanic and emllo
upon a counter jumjer, tho former may
onsolu himself that he is no loser by tho
preference, und that ho muy have tho
money tho lutter cxcuds ujk.ii concert
tickets und carriages. Oliver Optic's
Letter.
A I'cuuilUr ihtllot Hoc.
Probably tho most extraordinary sys
tem of voting was in Hungary, where
the ballot boxes were immense casks and
the ballot ols from four to six feet
long, which tho citizen carried and de
posited for his favorite cundiduto with
seculiar urldo. Detroit News.
CLEOPATRA.
Using an Account of the Fall ana
Vengeance of Harmachis, the
Royal Egyptian,
A.B 8ET TOETE BY HIS OWN HAND.
By H. Rider Kacoahd,
Author of " King Solomon' Mines,"
" She," - Allan Quatermaln,"
Etc., Etc., Etc.
"TIs a ltd hour for sonc, O Queen I" said
Cbarmloa; but, nevertheless, sho took tier
barp and sane, and thus she sang, very
soft and low, tbo song of lb Byrlas
lieltager:
" Tsars for ray Udy dead,
Ilsllodsrsl
Salt tears and Strang tosbsd,
Orsr and o'sr.
' Oo Uart and low lament,
rars frosktr Vmb;
Wnd wttii dip ladr went,
Down through tha gloom.
" Slas f r my lad j doid,
Ttars do 1 svad,
Losflore rtmsmbered,
Uistross and frUnal
M Had ara tks songs we slnr.
Tears thal w shed;
Empty th (tfu ws brine
Gifts to the daad.
Ah I for my flowar, my love.
Hades bam taken I
Ah I for the dust above.
Scattered and shakonl
" Motbrr of blade and Bran,
Karth In tby breatt.
Lull her l-iatgautlast was
Uenlly to rest!"
Tha music of hor voice died uwnr, and in
weetaud sad It was that Iran began to
woep, und In Cleopatra's stormy eyes tho
bright tears stood. Only I wept not; my
tears wore dry,
"'TIs a heavy song of thine, Oliariuion,"
laid the Queen. "Well, as thou saldst. 'tis
a sad hour for song, and thy diree is fitted
to the hour, Bluff it o'er tun onco again
tvheu I lie dead, Charmlon. And now fare
well to music and on to tho end, Olympus,
tako yonder parchment and write what I
ihull say,"
1 took the parchment and the reed, and
thus I wrote In tho Ilqman tongue:
"l.leopatra to Octavianus. Greeting: This
Is the state of life. At length there coinos
an hour whon, rather than endure thoso
burdens that o'erwhelm us, putting off tho
body we would tuke wing into forgetfiil-
neas. Uir.snr, thou hast conquered; take
thou tho spoils of victory. But In thy tri
umph t!leopatia can not walk. When all 1
lost, then must wo co to seek the lost. Thus
In the desert of despair the brave do liar
vest resolution. Cleopatra Uth been treat
as Antony was great, nor, in the manner of
tier end, shall her fame be niinlshcd.
Slaves lire to endure their wrone; but
Primes, trending with a firmer step, pass
Ibrc-nSi tbe gates of Wr?g lso the ltnyai
dwellings of the dead. This only dolli
Egypt ask of Caesar, that he suffer bar to
He In the tomb of Antony. Farewell."
This, therefore, I wrote, and having
soaied It, Cleopatra bade me go 11 ml a uies
sender, dispatch It unto Caesar, and then
return. So I wont, and at the door of tha
tomb I culled a soldier, who was not on duty,
and, giving him money, bade him take tha
letter unto Caesar. Then I went back, and
there In the chamber stood the three wom
en in silence, Cleopatra clinging to the arm
of Iras, and Charmlon a littlo apr.rt watch
ing the twain.
"If Indeed thou art minded to mnko an
end, O Queen," I said, "short Is tho time,
for presently will Cainur send bis soi vanis
In unswer to thy letter," nnd I draw forth
the phial of white anil deadly bnuo and set
it upon the board.
She took it lu her hand and gated there
on. "How innocent It seems!" she said;
"nnd yet therein lies iny death. 'TIs
stratine."
"Aye, Queen, nnd the death of ten other
folk. No need to tako so Ions; a draught"
"I fear," alio gasped. "How know 1
that It will slay outright! I havu seen s
many die by poison nnd scarce ono hath
died outright. And some I ah, I cm uot
think on them I"
"Koar not," I said, "I am a master of my
craft. Or, if thou dost fear, cast this poison
forth and live. In Home mayost thou still
Olid happiness; aye, in Home, where thou
snail walk lu Cnssar's triumph, while tho
latiKhtor of tho hard-eyed Latin women
shall chluio down tho musio of thy golden
cnattis,"
"Nay, 1 will die. Oh, If one would but
show the path,"
Then did Iras loose her hand and step for-
waru. "uiva me the uramrht, I'hysicmn,"
biio num. -i ko to maun ready lor my
IJUOflU."
"Tii well," 1 answered: "on thr own
head bo It I" and I poured from tho phial
into a nine golden gobleu
Hho raised It, and low she curtsied to
Cleopatra, thejt, contlut; forward, kissed
her on the brow, and Charmlon she alan
Utsseo. This aouo, tarryitig not and mak
ing uo prayer (for Iras was a Grek), ahe
dtank, and, puttlua; her hand to her head,
last ntly fell down and died.
"Thou eeest," I said, breaking; In upon
tho silence, "It la awlft."
"Aye, Olympus; thins is a waster drug!
Como now, I thirst; till aie the bowl, lest
Iras weary iu waitlug nt the a;atrs"
Hoi poured afresh Into the goblet; but
this time, maklut: pretense to rime tbe cup, 1
ittlied a I' e water, for I was not minded
that she should die beforo she knew me.
Then did the royal Cleopatra, takiuir tha
goblet In her baud, turn her lovely eyes U
heaven and cry aloud:
"O ye Uode of Eiry pt I who hare deserted
me, to you no longer will I pray, for deaf
are your ears unto my orylur, and blind
your eyes unto my griffs I Therefore I
mako entreaty to that cue friend whom tho
Qods.deparlluir. leavo tu helulust man. ()
Hoyal Death I sweep hither on thy cloudy
pinions, whose shadow cirules all tho earth,
aud.'ive ma earl Thou Kin of Klucsl
who, with au equal baud, brtut;est the fort
unate head to on pillow with Uie slave, and
by thy I y breath dost waft tbo bubble ul
our Ufa far from these fields of Earth,
draw near and sarel I Mo mo where
winds blow uot and waters eeaso to roll!
Hide uie where Cottar's legion cau not
march Take me to a new dominion aud
cniwu me Queeu of Bleep) lam m labor
of a Soul I See, It stands new Uoru upon the
dffl of Umo Now, now, go, Ureathl Come,
Death I Come, Autonyl" Aud, with one
Blanco to heaven, she drank and cast the
goblet to tho vrouud.
Then at last came tbe moment of my
pent-up vengeance, and of the vengeance
etttffrpl's outraged Umls, uud of the fall
Ing ot the curse of Menka-ra.
"What is this I ' she cried. "I Krow cold,
but 1 die not. Thou dark physician, thou
has betrayed in I"
"rence, Clooputral Presently shall thou
dlo uud kuow tha fury uf tho Gods! flu
tuntof AritAo-iti Aalaa Unl It i fluuhedl
Look upon uie, worn unl Look upun tlui
uiajrreij. face, thU twisted .fgrinlut lU'ti'J!
mass of sorrow I Look look Tf'Ao am r1""
Hhe stared upon mo wildly.
"Oh I ohl" she shrieked, throwing up
her arms; "at last I know thee I Hy the
Gods thou art Uarmachlsl liarmucliis
risen from tho dead !"
"Aye, Ilnrmacbis risen from tho dead to
drag theo down to death and aRony eternal I
See thou, Cleopatra: J have ruined thco ns
thou didst ruin me I I, working in tho dark,
and hciped of tho angry Gods, havo beon
tby secret spring of woel I tilled thy heart
with fear at Actitnn, I held tho Kgyptian
from thy uid, I sapped tho strength et
Antony, I showed tho portent of the Gods
mi to tby captains! Uy iny band at length
thou diest, for 1 am the Instrument of
Vengeance I Hum do I pay thee back for
ruin, treachery for treachery, dath for
death! Como hither, Charmlon, partner of
ray plots, who betrayed me, but, repenting,
art tho sharer of my triumph, como watch
this fallen wanton die 1"
Cleopatra heard, and sank bacK upon the
golden bed, groaning: "And thou, too,
a riiti'iTTu'iit so she sat, then her Imperial
spirit burnt up glorious beforo she died.
Hho staggered from tho bed, and, with
trms outstretched, she cursed mo.
"Oh, for ono hour of life I" sho erieu;
"ono shot t hour, that therein might I make
theu dlo lu such a fashion as thou canst uot
dream, thou und that fatso paramour of
thine, who betrayed both mo nnd thee! And
thou didst love ino I Ah, Uirre I have thee
still I Wee, thou subtle, plotting priest!"
tnd with bott hands she rout back tba
royal robes from her bosom; "See, on tbi
fair breast onco, night by night, was thy
head pillowed, and thou didst sleep wrunoed
In these same urms. Now, put away their
memory )' thou canl! 1 read it in thine
eyes that mayst thou not! No "torture
which I bear can, in its sum, draw
nigh to tho rage of that drop aouI
of thlno, rent with longings, never,
never to bo reached! Harmachis,
thou sbivo of slavps, from thy
triumph depths I snatch a deeper triumph;
ind conquered, yot I conquer! I spit upon
thee, I defy thee, and dying, doom theo to
tho torment of thy deathless love I O An
tony! Iconic, my Antony! 1 come to thlno
Dwn dear arms I Soon I shall find thee, and
wrapped in a love undying and divine, to
gether will wolloat through ull tho depths
of space, und lips to Hps and eyes to eyes
drink of desires grown more sweet with
every draught I Or If I And theo not, then
shall Isinklupcacodowu the poppied ways of
Bleep; and for mo tho breast of Night,
whereon I shall bo softly cradled, shall yet
seem thy bosom. Antony' Oh, I dlel
Come, Antony, and give mo peaeal"
Even in my fury I quailed beneath her
scorn, for homo Hew the arrows of her
winged words. Alas! and alas! it was tritt.
Iho shaft of my vengeance fell upon my
own head; never had I loved her as I loved
her now. My soul was rent with jealous
tot'ture, nnd thus I swore sho should not
dlo.
"I'oaeo!" I.cnod; "what peace is thero
for theo 1 Ohl yo Holy Three, hear now
my prayer. Osiris, loosen Thou tho bonds
of Hell, uud send forth those whom I shall
summon! Como, I'toloiny, poisoned of thy
sister Cleopatra; como, Arsinoe, mur
dered In tho sanctuary by thy sister
sun i.ooKr.1); sin: saw tub awfui. suaj-es.
Cleopatra; comoSepa, tortured to death of
Cleopatra; come, Divluo Mouka-rn, whoso
body Cleopatra tore, and whoso curse
for greed sho braved; come one, como all
who have died at tho hands of Cleopatra!
Hush from the breast of Nout, und groot
hor who murdered you I Hy tho link of mys
tic union, by the symbol uf the Life, Spirits,
I summon you I"
I spoke, while Charmlon, uffriKUted, clung
to my robe, and tho dying Cleopatra, rest
lug on tier hands, swung slowly to uud fro,
guzing with vacant eyes.
Then tho unswer came. The casement
burst usuuder, and on UltteniiK' wings that
(jreat Hat entered which lust I had seen
haiiKing to the eunuch's chin lu the womb
of tho pyramid Her. Thrleo it circled round,
onco It hovered o'er detid Iras, then it Hew
to where the dying woman stood. To her It
Hew, on her breast it settled, clinging to
that emerald which was dragged from tho
dead heart of Menka-ra. Thriuo tbo black
Horror screamed aloud, thrice It beat its
bony wings, and lo it was gone. Theu
suddenly within that chamber sprang up
tho H ai pes of Death Thero was Arsinoe,
tho beautiful, even us sho had shrunk be
neath tho butcher's unlfo. Thoro was young
Ptolemy, his features twisted by tho ikh
soned cup. There was tho majesty of Men
ka ra, crowned with the tinutis crown; thero
was grave Sopa, his ilesli ull torn by the
torturer's hooks; there were thoso poisoned
slaves; uud there wero others without num
ber, shadowy mid dreadful to behold I who,
thronging that narrow chamber, stood slleut
ly fixing their k'lassy eyes upon tho face of
her who slow them I
"liuholdl Cleopatra ' I said, "llthnhl thy
fwaee, unddW"
"Aye I" said Charmlon. "Behold and
die! thou who didst rob me of lulno honor
and Egypt of hor king!"
Hho looked, ahe saw the awful Shapes.
Hor Bplrlt, hurrying from the flesh, mayhap
could hear words to which my ears were
deaf. Then her face sank in with terror,
her great eyes grew pale, and, shrieking,
Cleopatra fell and died; passing with that
dread company to bur appointed place.
Thus, then, did I feed my soul with ven
geauce, fultllllng the justice of the Gods,
aud yot know' myself empty ot nil joy there
in, For though that thlntr wo worship doth
bring us ruin, und Love being more pitiless
than Death, we in turn do pay ull our sor
row back; yet must wo worship on, yet
stretch out our uruis toward our lost De
sire, and KUir our heart's blood upon
tho shrluo of our discrowned God.
For Love is of tho Spirit and knows Hot
Death.
CHAPTER XXXII.
IIARMION un
clasped my urm, to
which sho had clung
lu terror,
"Thy vengeance,
thou dark Harma
chis," she said, la a
hoarse voire, "is a
thing hideous to be
hold I O lost Egypt,
wtth all thy sins thou
wast indeed a quoen. Come,
aid me, prince; let us stretch
tin poor clay upon the bed
mm
EiKRSr;Tf and deck ft royally, so that it
I may give its dumb audience
to the messongcrs of Caesar as becomes the
lastof Egypt's queens."
I spoko no word In answer, for my heart
was very heavy, and now that all was done,
I was weary. Together, then, wo lifted up
tho body nnd laid it on tho golden bed.
Charmion placed the urseus crown upon
the Ivory brow, nnd combed tho night-dark
hair that showed never a thread of Mlver,
and for tho last time shut thoso eyes where
in had shono nil the changing glories of the
sea. Sho folded tho ehlil hands upon tho
breast wbeneo passion's breath had fled,
and straightened tho bent knees beneath
tho broidered rebe, and by tho head set
flowers, and there at length Cleopatra lay,
moro splendid now in her cold majesty of
death than in her richest hour of breathing
beauty. Wo drew back nnd looked on her,
and on dead Iras at her feet.
"It is done," q,uoih Chaxralon; "wo are
avenged; and now, Harmachis, dost follow
by this same road!" nnd sho nodded to
wards the phial on tbo board.
"Nay. Charmlon. I fly I fly to n heavier
death. Not thus cosily may I end my space
of earthly penance."
"So bo It, Hamachls, und I, Harmachis
I fly also, but with swifter wlnps My game
Is pla.vcd. I, ton, have made atonement.
Oil I what a bitter fate is mine, to have
brought misery on all I love, and, in tho end,
to dlo unloved. To theo I havo atoned; to
xnv angered Gods Z have Atoned; ana new
I go tb And a way whereby I may atone to
Cleopatra in that Hell where she is, and
which I must share, for sho loved mo well,
Harmachis; and, now that sho is dead,
methinks that, after thee, I loved her best
of all. So of her cup and the cup of Iras
I will surely drjnk."
And sho took tho phial, aud with a steady
band poured that which was left of the
poison Into tho goblet.
"Bethink thee, Charmlon, I said; "yot
mayst thou llvo for many years, hiding
theso sorrows beneath tho withered days."
"Yet I may, but I 'will not I To live the
prey of so many memories, tho fount of an
undying shame that night by night, as I
Ho sleepless, shall well afresh from my sor
row-stricken heart to live, torn by a love I
can not lose. To stand alone, liko some
storm-twisted tree, and sighine day by
day to tho winds of heaven. Gaze upon the
desert of my life, while I wait tho lingering
lightning's stroke Nay, that will not I;
Harmachis, I had died long since, but I lived
on to servo thee now no moro thou needest
me, nnd I go i,. faro theo well! forever
f theo well; r not ugum shall I look
up.ni thy face, and whero I go thou goest
uot; for thou dost not lovo mo who still
dost lovo that queenly woman thou hast
hounded to the death. Her thou shalt novor
win, and thee I shall never win,
and this Is the bitter end of fate. Seo,
Harmachis! I nsk ono boon beforo I go,
and for all timo become naught to thco but
a memory of shame; tell mo that thou dost
forgive mo so far as thine is to forgive, nnd,
In tokon thereof, kiss me with no lover's
kiss, but kiss mo on the brow, and bid me
pass in peuco."
And she drew near to mo with arms out
stretched, nnd pitiful, trembling Hps, and
gazed iiiion my face.
"Charmlon," 1 answered, "wo aro freetoact
for good or evil, and yot methinks there is a
fato above our fate, that, blowing from
strango shores, compels our littlo sails of
purpose, sot them as ws will, and drives us
to destruction. I forgive thee, Charmlon,
as I trust in turn to bo forgiven, and by this
kiss, the first nnd the last, I seal our peace."
And with my lips 1 touched her brow.
Sho spoko no more; only for n littlo while
she stood gazing on me with sad eyes, then
she lifted the goblet, and said: "Hoyal Har
machis, in this deadly cup I plcdgo thee;
would that I had drunk of it ere ever I
looked upon thy face, Pharaoh, who, thy
sins outworn, yet shall rule in perfect
poaco o'er worlds I may not tread, who yet
shall sway a kingllor scepter than that I
robbed theo of, forever faro thoo well."
Sho drank, cast down tto cup and for a
moment stood with tho wido eyes of one
who looks for death. Then bo came, and
Charmlon, tho Egyptian, fell prone upon
the floor, dead; and for a momont I stood
alono with the dead.
I crept to tho sldo of Cleopatra, and, now
that nono were leftto see, I sat down ou
tho bed and laid her head upon my knee,
as onco beforo it had boon laid ; in that
night of sacrilego beneath tho everlasting
pyramid. Then I kissed hor oblll brow and
went from tho house of death "avenged,
but sorely smitten with despair."
"Physician," said tho officer of tho guard
as I wout through tho gatos, ''what passes i
yonder lu the monument! Methought I
heard the sounds of death." i
"Naught passes; nil hath passed," I made
reply, and went; and us I went in tho dark
ness I hoard the sound of voices and the
running uf tho feotof Caesar's messengers
Flying swiftly to my house, I found Atoua I
waning at mo gates, nno urew me into a ,
quiet chamber uud closed tho doors.
"lsttdondl" sho asked, and turned hor
wrinkled face to ml no, while tho lamplight
streamed white upon hor snowy hair.
"Nay, whyisk I kuow that It is done."
"Ay, It Is dono and well done, old-wife;
all aro doad; Cleopatru, Iras, Charmion all
savo myself."
Tho aged woman drew up her bent form
and cried: "Now lot mo go In peaeo, for I
havo seen my desire uiou thy foes and the
foes of Khem-la, la! not In vnlu hate I
lived ou beyond the years of man. I have
seon my desire U!on thy enemies I have
gathered tho dews of death, und thy foe
hath drunk thereof. Kallen is tho brow of
prldol Thnshamo of Khetn is lovul with
the dust I Ah would that I might have
seen that wanton dlo!"
"Cease, woman, cease! Tho dead sre
gathered to tho dead. Osiris holds them
fast, and everlasting silence seals their
Hps. Pursue not the fallen great with In
sults. Up lot us fly to Abouthls, that all
may bo accomplished."
"Fly thou, Harmachis I Harmachis,
fly I but I fly not. To this end only I havo
lingered ou tho earth. Now I untie the
knot of life nnd let my spirit free I Faro
thee well, prineo, tho pilgrimage is done I
Harmachis, from a bubo havo I loved thee,
and lovo thee vet I But no more iu this
world may 1 share thy griefs. I am spent.
Osltis, tako thou my spirit 1" And her
trembling kuees gave way, aud she sank to
the ground.
I ran to her sldo and looked upon her.
She was already dead, und I was alone upon
the earth without n friend to comfort me.
Then I turned aud wont, uo man hinder
ing mo, for all was confusion in the city, aud
departed from Alexandria iu a vessel I had
made ready. On tho eighth day I landed,
and, In the carrying out of my purpose
traveled on fast across tho fields to
the holy shrlnos of Abouthls. And here,
as I knew tbo worship of the gods
had been lately set up again, la the temple
of tho divine Sethi (foe Charmlon had
caused Cleopatru to repent of her decree of
vengeance ar.d to restore the lauds that she
had soiled, though the treasure she re
stored not), and tho temple having been
purified, now, at tho season of the feast ot
I sis, all the high priests of the ancient tem
ples of Egypt wore gathered together to
celebtato tho coming home of the gods into
their holy place,
(TO UK CONTINUED.
LENT.
O, Jack, this Is no time for nonsensel
Tis tli m-flMin for fasting and prayer.
You're praying, to mo, ou your knees now!
Well, you should be ashamed to bo thcrel
I vow that you're worse than a pagan
When you swenr, as you do, that a shrine
Is built In your heart to a goddess,
Aud the name of that goddess Is nilnel
What's tbntf So, I nni not retiming;
Not n bit; for the heartaches my eyes
Have given you' That Isn't tho reason
1 appear In a penitent's guise.
t know that there's nothing bo fetching
As a prayer txk and plain gown of grayT
I kno that I'm never so pretty
As when. eve.s dosed, I'm posing to proyt
O, Jack, now jou're'downrlght Insulting!
I declare if I'd dreamed that gray gown
Would please you, I'd never havo bought it;
I'd hae gotten that new shade of brown I
But hark I There Uie bells rlnc for vespers
O, Jack, do. lor Koodness sake, ro
Tbo fact Is, wo'vo Rot a new rector,
And a layman like you has no hIkjw
Wetllrted aud danced through the gay time.
And I might, hod 1 thought you'd n cent,
Have given you my heart: but Jut now. Jack,
Don't you bee that 1 couldn't? It's Leutl
Boston Olobo.
Disappointed Lovers I'orm Society.
A society of disupointed lovers boa
been formed at Wilmington, Del. A
dozen well known young men, including
n lawyer, several politicians and a mer
chant, met in -a hotel, where the nature
of tho organization was explained. It is
designed as a mutual consolation society,
and any man to bo eligible to member
ship must havo been engaged and tho en
gagement must have been broken by tho
lair one. The constitution requires every
man to slum female society at ull times,
and a violation of the rules is punished
by expulsion. The men appended their
names to the constitution and related
their experiences in tho courting line.
Boston Journal.
Thousands of Kngllsli lirldegrooins.
In England last year there were no
ess than !!G'J bridegrooms above 70 years
of age, and of theso one took a 'girl of 17
another one of 10 and four others kept
under 21 Hetween (50 and 70 years of
age 2,08-1 men married. Threo of them
took girls under 18 and twenty-seven
others were content with partners who
had not reached their majority As
many as 4,370 males whoso ages ranged
between 50 and 00 were also brought to
the altar, and here again a score of tho
wives were m their teens. A hundred
wero not moro than Bl and U-lo were
under 25. Manchester Courier.
Death Italo Among Old Sold lent.
How rapidly tho death rato among the
old soldiers is increasing is shown by the
reports now being received nt the ofHoe
of Col. Gray, adjutant of tho depart
ment of Wisconsin, G, A. II. Thus far
1G0 out of 2W iHjsts have reported, and
tho death list number l.'tl. whereas the
total number of deaths reported bv Wis
cousin iiosts lust year was 129. Tins
made a death rate of 11 per 1,000, but if
tho 100 posts yet to be heard from show
the same proportionate mortality as those
that have already reported tho rato for
18811 will not be far from 20 per 1.000.
Chicago Ledger.
An ICIephnnt's Venerable Age.
Tho j'oumals of Coylon have recently
mentioned the denth of an elephant that
was well known on the island, and had
been seen by several generations of En
glislmien. He was called Sello, and had
belonged to the lastof tho kingsof Kandy
Ho was one of the hundred elenhants
Unit wds taken by the English govern
ment in 1815. when tho Kandyan dynasty
was overthrown. At this eoch tho ele
phant was said to bo 15 years old. If
a .
this is correct, he died a natural death
nt tho age of 89 years. Boston Budget.
A I'ouder That Should He Popular.
A London beautilier Ikib invented a
new face powder, warranted not to rub
oil. Powder pulTs need no longer bo
carried aliout in mysterious pockets, as
tins powder remains just tho same for
finite twelve hours. Tbo band or ni-m
that is burnished with it leaves no mark
0 a b,.- ,;o . . This omrl.t in !,.
a great relief to tho minds of senti
O""
mental young couples. A face powder
that tells no tales is as great a loon in its
way rum gunpowder that makes no noise
New York Commercial Advertiser
Where Cheek Are Handled.
Thero are clearing houses in all the
principal cities of tho United States, doing
a yearly business amounting to over
52,000.000.000, wh'ile tho total amount
done by English clearing houses is aUmt
88.000,000,000. As showing what an
uinoutit of money is represented by the
Now York clearing house, tho amount ol
money handed through that institution
during the jwst year was over $J3,000.
000,000, while the London clearing house
did over a billion of dollars less business
New York Letter.
Sight After Thirty Yearn.
A remarkable case of return of sight in
3iio eye is rejorted from Watorbury
Conn. Tho lucky person is a John Mo
Donald, uged 71. He had been totally
blind for 80 years, having been rendered
so by sand unintentionally thrown iu his
eyes by a friend. Uo is unable to ac
count for his now good fortuuo, and phy
sicians are also In a quandary to provide
an explanation. Philadelphia Ledger
Tho Antarctic expedition, advocated
so warmly by tho Australians, will start
probably during the summer of 1891 un
der the direction of IVofessor Nordenski
old. Tho exjienses will bo shared by the
Australian Geographical society, the
Victoria Boynl society and Baron Oscar
Dickson, of Gothenburg, who has done
so much already for polar exploration.
Dr. Know, the German physician wlto
discovered nntipyrine, is said to have
made moro than a million dollars from
the sales of the drug to suircrers from
IhtTgrip.
It is reported from St, Petersburg that
the Hussion physician. Dr. Hapchinskl.
has discovered that diphtheria ia easily
curable by inoculation of erysipelas.
Heiresses in the Market.
It is characteristic of tho present day
that a German paper should contain nn
Advertisement offering to supply rich
American women to needy Gorninns of
position. Tho advertisement may bo and
probably is a mere swindle; but that such
a thing should bo ndverliscd ta in itself
significant. Tho advertiser appeals to
Germans having titles or ollit-ial jiositions
aud this includes practically tho re
spectable male population of Gcnnuny-
to write to him in order to 1k put into
communication with American heiresses
with fortunes up to four millions. All is
to be private, photographs are to Im? inter
changed, and tho whole thing is strictly
"honorable."
The untitled heiress has been so much
on thu hunt for nobles that the trans
actions have, as it were, passed into the
market, nnd tho fortunes of rich young
ladies aro quoted upon thu matrimonial
exchange. Thero is nothing now in the
situation. Since the days when tho world
thought only of marrying and giving in
marriage until the Hood oiino there has
always been a marriage market; but it
has been left to our own days to make
tho thing into a matter of advertisement
and quotations. It is tho low water mark
of tho vulgarization of the institution of
matrimony; and, rightly or wrongly, the
proceeding has lately identified itself par
.leularly with American women of for
"iiio. NolxKlycan mistake the tendency
nf the hint ten years in tho matrimonial
uarket. It has been an openly avowed
barter of money for titles; and it has per
haps done nioi" than uiiylhing elsu to
vulgarize tho marriage ceremony. Lon
don Globe.
No (iiini. No Art.
Detroit hasan art school, the" principal
beneficiaries being a class of young wo
men, lite conuttcior oi the. school is
Professor John Ward Dunsmoro, from
England. Kecenlly Professor Dunsmoro
issued an order that all pupils must bo
punctual in attendance, or submita writ
ten excuse for their absence. This wor
ried the young ladies, but they boro the
wrong in dignified silence. Moro re
cently Diinsmoro issued another law. No
pupil should bo allowed to chow gum
during t ho sessions.
This assault, upon the free Ivorn .Amer
ican's dearest l'ud was too much, and an
indignation meeting was held. The boss
gum chewer of tho class was made presi
dent, and she declared that tho object of
the meeting was to protest against British
tyranny. By a unanimous vote the
young ladies decided that Professor
Dunsmore must go or they would desert
the school in a body. Tho directorsof the
Museum of Arts have not less than $200,
000 iu vested in tho enterprise, and haven
long time contract with Professor Duns
uore. The action of the young women
places them in au unpleasant predica
ment. If tho professor is retained the
class will desert. If ho bo removed he
will upjieal to the courts to enforce pay
ment of his stihiry during tho timo for
which he was employed. St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
Ir -louting In Camilla.
Perhaps there has not Iwen for a long
timo a winter -o favorablo to ice boat
ing as tho last, and there was quite a
boom in ice yachting, esj-ecially on Lake
St. Louis." Six meinbers of tho Valois
Boat club went out for a fast trial trip,
and although the wind way not blowing
a gale, it was a good still" broeie from
the northwest. The clubowns two boats
ono a Hudson river model, tho other a
new purchase last year in Toronto. The
latter was used, being somewhat faster.
Tho luk e was like glass, and it took but
two tacks to reaih I.eauharnois, thir
teen miles distance. Here they were
met. by three local loats, aud a trial of
siwod ensued which ended in tho com
plete discomfiture of the locals.
Tho boat was pointed homewards at
4:."0 to a minute, and in fifteen minutes
later the crew wero standing on the ice
at tho Point Claire boat house, after hav
ing a slow start out of Beuttharnois bay
and two stops on tho road down. It was
cue of tho most pleasant and fastest sails
ver had by tho loys, und it is bafe to
say the inilo a minute would have been
easily, dono had thero been no stops.
Montreal Star.
A ltltf llnllxt Story.
Ono of our nrominent ranchers lrt
been laid up for several weeks with a
very sore foot, caused by what appeared
to bo a hugo carbuncle on tho'lieel. Mon
day afternoon tho swelling broke nnd an
;ld tune bullet cmnnred from tho f..str.
tie was a -soldier iu tho rebellion and
was shot in tho flesh v uart of Hn Imr !,.
tween tho hip and knee, at tho battle of
Antictam.
Tho bullet was never extracted, nml lu.
has suffered moro or less pain at various
lines ever since, tho sensation uppar
ntly workintr down tho limb ns tb nW.
silo slowly worked its way toward the
nirface. Two yearn ago his knee was so
lamo that ho was unable to walk for
somo months, and tho lameness was
caused by tho bullet i 11 itS n.-lK-i-lir,, liv
tho joint. Ho is now rapidly regaining
goou neaitn, aim lias bad the relio of the
hot times mado into a watch charm.
indlcy Iferald.
An Knitter Kgg Cimtlnu 94,000.
A Parisian firm has mnd..
Mrir for a wealth v SnanMi l:ulv nt n rvnt.
of 1,000. It is a most ingenious piece of
mecnamsm, unu is made entirely of pure
white enamel. It is provided with doora
and slides, tho inside being engraved
with Easter gospels. The oieiiing of a
.-wr sets u tiny oiru Binging nnu n mu
.leal apparatus troimr. wln'cli !n mtwW..
f playing twelve airs. Paris Letter.
Mercantile IVouble In China.
The Foochow (China. Rob
losses incurred by ten men during this
season aro computed at $30,000,000, and
failures of other traders havo amounted
o more than half that sum. Chicago
'Jail.
The Wnrld'a T.deCrapli Lines.
According to a recent ofTlcial return
mo length of tho telegraph lines on tho
Globe is nt preaent about 000,000 miles, or
Xfl times its circumference ut the equ.-t-tor.
London Standard.
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