«>»1W . W A S H IN G T O N COUNTY m THE LO NG, HARD HILL* Yh^y we re standing iu the snnligh* O f the Hummer time of life; She was still without a husband, He was waiting fur u wife. 'And her i-heeks were rieh and rosy And her lips were luscious red. So he pressed iter dimpled lingers As he looked at her and said. As they stood there in the heather Where the road had crossed live rill; “ May we not fare together Up this lung, hard hill?” Now her hand began to tremble And her e.ves were full of tears A s she trained them on the road that Wound away among the years; But she hail no voice to answer Him; she could not understand, - “ For the future lay before her _ Like a far-off fairy land. There was sunlight ou the heather, - There was music in the rill, A s they went away together I'p the long, hard hill. Oftentimes the way was sunny, - Other times 'twas full of lures. But the love that hud come to them •» Was the true love that endures, Though the bonny brow is wrinkled. Though the raven lock lie gray, Y et the toad might have been rougher Hud she gone the other way. Now the frost is on the heather And the snow is on the rill. And they're coasting down the short side O f the long, hard hill. *~Cy W arm sn, iu New York Sun. LOYAL TO COUNTRY. One warm morning iu the spring of 1780 Mrs. Slocuuih was sitting on the Broad piazza about her home on a large plantation in South Carolina. H er hus­ band ami many o f his neighbors were w ith Sumter, fighting for the strug- Kliug colonies, hut ou tills lieantiful morning there were almost no signs o f w ar to be seen. As yet this plantation had not been molested, and as Mrs. Slocumb glanced at her little child playing near her, or spoke to her sister, who was her companion, or addressed a word to the servants, there was no alarm manifest. Hut In u moment the entire scene w as changed. "T h ere come some soldiers,” said her slater, pointing toward an officer and twenty tampers, who turned out o f the highw ay and entered the yard. Mrs ttloeumb made no reply, al­ though her face became pale, ami there was a tightening o f the lips as she watched the men. Her fears were not allayed w hen she became satisfied that the lender was none other than the hated Col Tarleton. That short, thick­ set body, dressed in a gorgeous scarlet uniform, the florid face and cruel ex­ pression, proclaimed the approaehlng «U lcer only too well. But the mistress g a ve no sign o f fea r as she arose t,o lis­ ten to the words o f the leader, who soon ■drew his horse to a halt before her. Knlslng his cap and bowing to his horse's neck, he said: “ Have I the pleasure o f addressing the mistress of this plantation?” " I t Is my husband’s.” "A n d is he here?” “ H e is not." “ He Is no rebel, Is be?” “ No, sir. He Is a soldier In the army o f Ills country mid lighting her invad­ e r»." •'He must !>e a reltel and no friend of tils country if he tights against his king." “ Only slaves have masters here." re­ plied the undaunted woman. Tarleton '» face tluslied, but he made no reply, HUd. turning to one o f his «-ompanlons, gave orders for u camp to I k * made iu the orchard near by. Soon the 1,1(10 men in his command iiatl pitched their tents, and the peaceful plantation took on the garb o f war. Returning to the piazza and again bow ing low the British colonel said: •‘Necessity compels his m ajesty's troops to occupy your place for h time, and I w ill have to make my quarters In your bouse; that la. If it will not lx* too great an Inconvenience to you.” “ My fam ily consists at present of on ly myself, my child and sister, be­ sides the servants, anti we must obey your orders.” In less than an hour the entire place waa transformed. The white tents covered the lawn, horses were tied to "HO* ON, m assa ! tbe high rail feuces, soldiers In bright uniforms were moving here and there. B efore entering tbe bouse the British colonel called some o f bla officers and g a ve sharp orders fo r scouring the country within the neighborhood o f ten o r fifteen miles. Th is sharp command waa not lost upon Mia. Slocumb. nor waa she alow 40 act upon It herself, aa we aoon shall •ee. But fo r tbe preaeut, trying to atl- fla her fears, ahe determined to make tb e beat o f tbe situation and STert all the danger poaatble by providing for the com fort o f Tarleton and bla men. and accordingly ahe had a dinner aoon randy fit for n king, and rarely fnr too good for rack a cruel and bloodthirsty man as Tarleton soon wns known to lie. When the colonel and his staff were summoued to the dining-room they sat down to a table which fairly groaned beneath the good things heaped U| miu it. It was such a dinner as only the South Carolina matrons knew how to prepare, and the men soon became Jo­ vial under Its Influences. "\Ve shall have few sober men by morning,” said a captain, " i f this Is the way we are to he treated. I suppose when this little war Is over all this country will be di­ vided among tlie soldiers. Eh, col­ onel ?” “ Undoubtedly the officers will occupy large portions o f the country,” replied Tarleton. “ Yes, I know Just how much they w ill each occupy,” said Mrs. Slocumb, unable to maintain silence longer. “ And how much will that lie, mad­ am?” Inquired Tarleton, bowing low. "S ix feet two.” The colonel’s face aguin flushed with anger, as he replied: "Excuse me. but I shall endeavor to have this very plantation made over to me as a ducal seat.” “ I have a husband, whom yon seem to forget, and I can assure you he Is not the man to allow even the king himself to have a quiet seat on his ground.” But the conversation suddenly wus interrupted by the sounds o f tiring. “ Some straggling scout running aw ay,” said one o f the men, not quite w illing to leave the table. "N o, sir. There are rifles there, and a good many o f them, too,” said Tarle- ton, rising quickly and running to the piazza, an example which all. Including Mrs. Slocumb, at once followed. She was trembling now. for slip felt assur­ ed that she could explain the cause of the commotion. “ May I ask. madam,” said Tarleton. turning to her as soon as be had given his orders for the action o f his troops, "whether any o f Washington’s forces are In this neighborhood or not?” * 5 ---- Recognizing the voice, Slocumb and his followers fo r the first time stop­ ped and glanced about them. O ff to their left were a thousand men within pistol shot. As they wheeled their horses they saw a body o f horsemen leaping the hedge and already In their rear. Quickly wheeling again, they started directly for the house near which the guard had been stationed. On they swept, and, ou leaping the fence o f lath about the garden patch, amid a shower o f bullets, they staited through the o|>eli lots. Another show­ er o f bullets fell about them us their horses leaped the broad brook, or canal, as it was called, and then al­ most before tbe guard hud cleared ine fences they had gained the shelter of the woods beyond and were safe. T h e chagrin o f the British Tarleton was as great as the relief o f Mrs. Slo­ cumb, and when on the follow ing day the troops moved on. the cordial adieu o f the hostess led the colonel to sa.v: "T h e British are not robbers, madam. W e shall pay you for all we have taken." “ I am so rejoiced at what you hove not taken that I shall not complain If I do not hear from you again.” And she neither beard nor complain­ ed.—Everett T. Tomlinson, in Chicago Record. H A T C H E T . J O S E P H 'S C A N A L IN EGYPT. An E n gin eerin g: W ork M ill L'»e< T h o u g h B u i l t 4,0 00 Y e a r « A g o . H ow many of the engineering works of the nineteenth century will there a* in existence in the year 0000.' \*rj few, we fear, und still less those that will continue lu that far-off age to serve a useful purpose. Y’ et there is at livtst one great undertaking conceived and executed by an engineer which during the space o f 4,000 years lots never ceas­ ed iu office, ou which the life o f a fer­ tile province almolutely depends to-daj. We refer to the Bahr Joussuf—the -anal o f Joseph—built, according to tra­ dition, by tbe son of Jacob, and which constitutes not the least of the mau> blessings he conferred ou Egypt during the years of his prosperous rule. This «-anal t«x»k its rise from the Nile at Aleut, ami ran almost iwrullel with it for nearly 350 miles, creeping al«>iig under the western cliffs o f the Nile \ al­ ley, with many a bend aud wtiuling, until at length It gained an eminence, as coni parts! with the river bed, which enabled It to turn westward through a narrow pass an«l enter a dburnt which was otherwise shut off from the fer­ tilizing floods on which all vegetation In Egypt depends. The northern **nve low Nile, while at the southern end It was at an I ' m f o r O ld S t r e e t C ars. equal elevation with the river. Through The many uses to which the old horse this cut ran a perennial stream, which ears have been put In San Francisco are watered a province named the Fayouni, Indeed striking. In this city the horse endowing it with fertility and support­ cars have almost entirely disappears! ing a large iHerniation. In tlie time of before the cable and electric cars, and { the annual ttd a great part o f the us a result the street rallwuy companies canal was under water, and then the found themselves with a large number river's current would rush in a more o f cars upon their hands. They were direct course into the pass, carrying slow o f sale until some enterprising with It tin* rich silt which tak**s the genius hit upon the idea o f utilizing place o f manure and keeps the soil In them for house boats. This pioneer a constant state o f productiveness. All purchased four o f these street cars at I this, with the exception of the tradi- $15 apiece. H e then took off the trucks ; tion that Joseph built it, can be verified and running-gear, and fastened the i to-day and it not mere supposition or bodies o f the cars upon a flat boat or rumor. scow 36x54 feet over all. They a re Until eight years ago it was ttnnly partitioned off, so that they make two believed that the design has always been limited to an Irrigation scheme, larger, no doubt, than that now iu ope­ ration. as shown by the traces of aban­ doned canals, ami by the slow aggre­ gation o f waste water which bad ac­ cumulated In the Birket cl Quorum, but still essentially the same in character. Many account« have been written by Greek and Roman historians, such as Herodotus, Strabo, Mutfannsand Pliny, and repeated In monkish legends, ot l>ortrayed In the maps of the middle ages, which agreed with the folklore of tin* district. These tales explained that the caual dug by the ancient Israelites served to carry the surplus waters of j the Nile into an extensive lake lying . r J.. south of the Fayouin, ami so large that it not only nnxlifled the climate, tern- IH*rlng the arid wlmls o f the desert ami converting tliean into the balmy airs which nourished the vines ami the l olives into a fullness nnd fragram-e un­ known to any part o f the country, but also added to the f«xxl supply of the land such Immense quantities of fish that the royal prerogative of the right of piscary at the great weir was valued at £350.000 annually. This lake was said to lx* 450 miles round and to he iinvlgapsi by a fleet o f vessels, and the whole circumference was tin* scene of Industry ami prosperity.—Engineering. •I? 3 *' ? f ‘%1 • % T e n tin g C em en t. The tensile strength of cement Is now tested accurately by a machine o f pe­ culiar construction in possession of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, - 3 # -? V ' - - Boston. The cement to be tested Is cast in special molds, which fit Into two sockets, so that no «‘lamping or binding Is required, the size of Hie cement be- ' tw«*en tile s«x*kets. where the strain Is applied, being one Inch square, the size generally ««lopted for making texts of tikis material. The upper stx-ket Is fixed, and the pull Is applied to the low er one by a g«*ar ami screw; and. as the time at which the cement breaks is BOWING TO HIS HOR-SF.'S NECK. of tm|X>rtH.nce. the power is applit*d at “ You must know that Gen. Green large, airy rooms, 18x34. with one small a uniform rate o f 4(H) pounds a minute. and the marquis are In South Carolina, room fo r a bath closet and kitchen. In A feature In which this machine Is and I hnve no doubt you would be each o f the large rooms four double preferable to any other Is the absence plensed to see I,ce once more. He shook berths are placed, and In the kitchen Is o f all Jarring. The weight Is applied your hand very warmly the last time a cot fo r a servant. The sleepiug- by a small wheel, whti-h runs along the rooniM are divided off by curtains de­ welgh’ ug beam and Is connected to a he ntet you, la m told.” An oath escaped the angry colonel's scending from the ceiling. A ll the small slide running a long an tippet ll|>», and he glaneed for a moment at room» are well-ventilated, as the ear beam. whi«*h Is ftx<*d, on which is the the aear which the wound Lee had ventilators have not been removed. A scale of weights which shows what made had left on Ida hand, but he turn­ railing Is placed around tbe outer edge power is being a.ppll«- Make fiare. loved?” Sambo, the slave whom Mr». Slo­ “ Young man,” said the statesman. “ 1 “ Oh. no.” he answered promptly; decline to be Interviewed.” cumb had dispatched, aa soon as T arle­ “ you are the sixth." ton had cotue. to warn her husband, The hopeful reporter looked sad. “ T h e sixth !" she exclaimed, sudden­ had started promptly on bis emtud. ly relieving hla shoulder o f the weight “ I alw ays Interview myself," th* but tbe bright 1X4118 o f the British had o f her head. statesman explained. “ It Is a great so charmed him that he laid lingered “ Yea," he said, coldly, “ there are five plan for missing mistake». .In « »it about the place, ami when the sound before you—my mother, an aunt and down and I will have your copy ready o f the gttns waa heard Sambo had gone three sisters.” In about twenty minute#."—Ctnrlnmti only aa fa r aa the hedgerow that lined And thereafter she endeavored to be Enquirer. tbe avenue. I Mac ret Ion became tbe more specific when asking questions.— W ax Matches, batter part o f valor then, and tbe negro Tit-Bits. W ax matches are employed in Eu­ In hla fear bad crawled beneath It for rope to an extent vastly greater than •belter; but when bia frightened face Hla W a a te fa l»« Sapsmltb— Do you know. Misa Sally. m this country. beheld hta master approaching ha had mustered enough courage to crawl I spend a g w eat deal o f my time in •elf- M en la Hospitals. forth from hla hiding place and atartle contemplation ? At the Map* of Mets the French in th* Sally G a y — Isn't that more like throw­ tbe borne# aa they passed “ H oi' on, m• • • • ! Hot' on T be shout- ing It aw ay than spending It, Mr. Sap- hospital averaged 17.000 men. nenrls 10 par cunt, of the garrison. smith?—Fuck. T ir « whisk broom. This h I ix above the ordinary soft the twlsteil cords sold in th»"i nlshlng shops. T w o such I ____ res|K*ctively. one for plate» ¡¡J A FAIR D E P U T Y SHERIFF. tery, the other for metal dku! OMEN are fast rising to po­ ways lmng over the sink In herk sitions of prominence and and are In daily use. A n i ommendation 1» the ease responsibility In the West- they are kept clean, a moment1,'l The latest of these to enter a Held t »a iug under the running faucet w lias hitherto beeu closed to the oppos away every scrap which may t sex is Miss Clair Ferguson, whose pk- them, and an occasional Ulppingl ture appears iu these columns. ■ water, to which a little waablL, has recently been appointed deputy has been added, keeping them sheriff of Salt I.ake. Utah, au.l entered ly sweet. upou the duties of the office last week. c o m e t h ln « r N e w In Curt»!,. Miss Ferguson Is not one of those Little curtains for the sunim« “ typical” Western girls who «-an handle tage can be made of Swiss an a gun or ride a broncho as well as a either dotted or plain, and those man. but is a slemler young lady or ruffles t«*n inches wide and hem« fair complexion and refined manner*. both sides make exceedingly drem very effective hangings. The should lx* put ou with a puff and row heading, lying on the curtain, a ribbon o f the prevailing color * room run under the puff. On thin at Intervals o f six Inches from the ter o f flower to center of floor a | daisy, without foliage or stem. * ou accurately, or a wide-open wild gives a most fascinating result. W S o m e B e a u ty Her duties will not be of a dangerous character, but will consist principally in the serving of papers aud notifica­ tion of lurors. Miss Ferguson Is a na­ tive of Utah, her mother being a prom­ inent woman suffragist of that State. She has been well etlurated ami is very popular in Snlt Lake City, where she resides. Previous to her appointment ns deputy she hail been a stenographer iu the sheriff's office. H o w to G r o w G r a c e fn t. Describe a circular movement with each arm twenty times In succession. Extend the arms forward, outward and upward thirty titm*s in succession, tak­ ing eight or ten deep Inspirations be­ tween each series. Execute a circular movement from the waist, swaying the upper part of the body slowly nround. the hands rest­ ing on the hips, tldrty times. Extend the l«*g as nearly at right an­ gles with the body as possible twelve times each si«le, taking eight or ten deep inspirations between each series. Extend and bend the foot twenty times each side; perform the gesture of reaping or sawing thirty times; bend each knee rapidly thirty times; take eight or ten rax. three» of almond meal, and three ounce finely ground oatmeal may be; together in a cheesecloth hag andj pe«l in a bow l o f water. This will » it, and the complexion will be I much Improvigd In consequence, ounce o f powdered orris root i added to the mixture, giving It m ] of violets. K m n n c ip a t e d W orn*«. Knit s«x-ks are now sold at 5e pnir. Our grandmothers would i a couple o f days knitting a socks not so comfortable as thet In turning the li«*el they would 1 ridges, while the machinery-nude^ is seamless. Woman, being thus« cipated from the knitting needle,! her attention to Delsartlan eiet to cooking schools and to lecturtn; develops Into a superior lntelle spiritual being.—Birmingham Het K n e r u e t i c Women. The other day when the woi Rockford, 111., “ ran” the trolley I they realized a handsome sum lne qtienoe fo r their aid six-ley. Last I ter tliis society helped to support| families o f tiOO unemployed men. ] cars were packed from early i until 13 o'clock Saturday night,« men who |>uid a $5 bill fora ride« or three blocks were voted ' S h e W i l l B e a MlnUter. Miss Marie II. Jenney, (laugh Colonel E. G. Jenney, of Syracu Just completed a four y e a »’ ( the Mcadville Theological Semli Pennsylvania aud has declared 1 tention o f becoming a Unitarian I ister and o f taking a charge neit^ Miss Jenney is said to be not ( pretty but a stylish young woman,J a charming personality. Nowadays the French nurse Is little ieen. unless with very poor folk. In her place with the children o f the rich is the English nursery governess. She is apt to be rather gaunt-looklng. but she is certain to lx* a woman of gentle birth, gentle manners and with sufficient edu­ cation to answer until the children are ready to go under a regular governess. 1 his autocrat of the nursery brings with her, In addition to a perfect Eng­ lish accent, pronounced English ideas on the subject of children's parties sweetmeats, baths, clothes, waiting on one's self, lessons and spanking. In this last art she is an adept. She teaches the children that they must eat and eat properly, and they leant, very early in their nnpiaintance with her that she olx*ys King Solomon's order! and is not economical with the rod 8h«> is absolute monarch in the nursery. F a rm e r Verdi. Verdi, the musical grand old i Italy, is evidently of opinion man in his eighties Is in the | prime o f life. T w o or three y« he giive to the world his opera o f “ F alstaff,” Just to show I copiously the fount o f lnspirattoaj flow iu the soul o f an «x-togen Genoa, he rides the bicycle. Hli| delight, ho -ever, Is in pastoral I his country p/ace, like the poet on his Sabine farm. Verdi's in tlie neighborhood o f Placen*a.l recent birthday—his elghty-tl patriarchal composer was sees| o’clock In the morning at the i niark«*t In town, whither be brought some sheep to sell. H?| wished to buy a cow and some •*( hies, and so spent the entire day* the agriculturists and trade» market-place. It was like a ( scene In one o f his own operas o'cl«x-k In the evening he lav bucolic friends to the inn and 1 them to a rousing supper, at' vino rosso flowed liberally, company roared out the Italia»* lent o f “ For he’s a jolly good • —Leslie’s W eekly. W om en « . In te r io r b e c o rn to rs . C re a te d b y th e Trade W l T h e E n g l i s h N u rse , The decoration and furnishing of the most successfully completed great houses of recent construction have been absolutely dictated and supervise«! by the women most Interested, and there seems no reason why the woman dee- orat<>r has not come to stay. She Is dot- «1 n pairs „ f glrl bachelors among he larger cities of the untry. and though the firm is apt to dissolve after a more or less brief existence. It is not