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The Atlanta Constitution observes t
An interesting plan is tinder discus
sion in the Legislature of the colony
of Victoria, Australia, for the relief of
farmers who wish to borrow money
on their land. The Saving Bank
Commissioners are to ', bo authorized
to "assist producers' by lending them
money to the amount of half the value
of their land, under a plan by which
borrowers will repay principal and
fire per cent, interest in extended
half-yearly installments. The Com
missioners would be recouped by four
per cent, mortgage bonds,' issued
locally and guaranteed by the Govern
ment. - -. ' '
The .statement that advices hare
been received at Copenhagen, by way
of Greenland, that the two young
Swedish botanists, Bj or ling and Kail
tenius, had started for ' Labrador in
a small open boat will retire interest
in these hardy explorers, thinks the
New York Press. Bjlorling and Kail
stenius, with fire assistants, set out
two years ago on a voyage of disobvery
in the Arctic regions. : Their hazard
ous expedition awakened' much atten
tion at that time from the fact that the
young men defrayed the expenses of
the journey out of their own limited
resources and were actuated purely by
enthusiasm for scientific research.
Nothing had been heard from them
for a long time, although repeated 'ef
forts had been made to find traces of
them, and it . had begun to be feared
that they had suffered the fate' of so
many others who have : brayed
the perils of the polar zone. Many
besides relatives and friends will hope
that the brave Swedish explorers will
yet be restored to their homes. '
Alaska has been a part of the United
States since 1867, and of late has been
rapidly growing in commercial im-
portance, enforcing the need of the
statutes and the enactment of a sys
tematic code for the regulation of its
concerns. It is as large as England,
Ireland, Franoe and Spain put to
gether, containing 585,000 square
miles, so that it is no pobket borough
or Northwestern Rhode Island whioh
is to be legislated for, but a spacious
and stretching territory likely in time
to become of the first commercial and
other importance. Its fisheries stand
in the first rank, its production of
gold increases year by year, and : may
some time be as abundant as that of
California or Middle Africa, and it
possesses many .other productive
capabilities" likely to be rapidly de
veloped. Immigration there shows a
steady increasing ' volume, as do its
tables of export and import, and alto
father it is entitled to the most seri
ous apd attentive legislative considera
tion. 7 . - -v
The Chicago Record relates the
' lowing: It is not generally known,
but it , is, nevertheless, a fact, that a
conspiracy was organized for an an
archistic coup at the dedication of the
World's Fair buildings in 1892. Two
women volunteered to convey bombs
to the roof of the Liberal Arts" Build
in g, and to throw them among the
vast crowd assembled for the dedica
tory exercises. The plot was discov
ered by Major MoClaughry, Chief of
Polioe, and, upon the advice of confi
dential friends, he summoned into his
presence the three acknowledged lead
ers of the anarchists in Chicago, and
he told them that if, within a certain
time, they did not provide him with
satisfactory assurance that the con
' lemplated outrage was abandoned or
ders would be secretly issued to the
police to shoot them (the three ; lead
ers) at sight, "And," said Major Mo
Claughry, "the police will be protect
ed in this extreme action." The an
archists went their way, held hurried
conferences, and in due time provided
the Chief of Police with the assur
ances he demanded. It is believed
that only this prompt and determined
stand saved Chicago from a frightful
tragedy that would surely have jeop
arded the success of the World's Fair ;
for who would have com to that ex
hibition in the face of so monstrous a
demonstration? It is not surprising
that this incident was not exploited at
the tirao, but it is curious that since
' the close of the World's Fair it hasnot
leaked out and been given a place in
the secret history of that great na
tional enterprise. ' .
A HOMING SOMO, '
' Ob, florae Is the heat,
And weary Is the street;
And all day long
It Is work, woik, workl
. But farewell work '
For love and a song,
When twilight s come '
And the heart tarns home.'
Ob, the nest for the bird.
And the hive for the bee.
And home, home, home
For my dearies ana me t
. Oh, eare files far
From the twilight star
And the long, kind nlgit
It Is love, love, love
And warm breathes lov,
Breathes low, breathes light
O'er the small, kissed facts
In their pillowed places.
Obi the nest for the bird.
And the hive for the bee,
. And home, home, home
For my dearies and me T t
Charles O. Roberts, in Independent.
AN EGYPTIAN EEBEL
BY COIi. HOWARD .APPLEBY. ,
jfff HE tents of the
Ba . Egyptian army
arose, - white as
snow, agains? a
sky of ultramarine
below spread the
white sand. . Heat
more intense could
not be imagined.
The air fairly quiv
ered with it, and it
had upon the eyes
the blinding effect of the flashing of a
mirror in the sun. It was not a time
of battle.
The little army composed the mili
tary cordon with which Ismail Pacha
protected the recently established ag
ricultural districts on the borders of
Abyssinia, and . the' roads for traffic,;
which in 1866 had not long been
opened.
The dearth of cotton, caused by the
Civil War of the United States, had
given Ismail the idea of making Egypt
a great cotton growing country and
since then, railways, telegraphs and
all manner of improvements have been
introduced.
At the date of the story, great cara
vans of oamels bore the products ol
the fields to their various markets,
and no roaring, red-eyed steam mon
ster had yet invaded the land of mys
tery, silenoe and the sphinx.
Every one was languid. The offi
cers resting in their tents, the com
mon soldiers squatting about at ease.
A caravan on its way south had paused
to eat and rest until night fell, and
that great, golden thing, the moon of
Egypt, should rise to light them on
lheir way. Each, man had said his
prayers, and before praying, since
water was not plentiful, had rubbed
his hands with dust whioh was
counted to his credit just the same by
'the recording angel of his paradise.
who always makes allowance for cir
c imstanoes. Now . peace had fallen
uon the . hot world, where almost
verjbodj slumbered. !
In his tent Capttain IMn El-Warra-kah
was dreaming. His dreams carried
him away from the tents, the soldiers
and all his present surrouudings. He
was- onoe more in the home of his
Uncle Risk entertained as a beloved
guest. He had seen his ' aunt, who
was his mother's sister, even without
the laoe-veil. But she, having sent
kind messages to his mother, and
given him a present, had retired to
the private rooms of the women, from
which, now and then, came a silvery
r ipple of laughter, and words spoken
in a voice that was the sweetest he had
ever heard. . '
He knew it was that of his Cousin
Fat-Meh. Fat-Meh had been a beau
tiful little girl. ".He had always re-'
memberedFat-Mehaffectionately. But
now he could not ask "; to, see her, any
more than if she had been the daughter
of some stranger. He might not look
upon a woman's face, even if she were
his cousin. : He bowed to oustom, as
the young man of this country does.
But it came into-his. mind, now that
little Fat-Meh, who had been as dear
as a sister to him in those baby years,
was veiled and hidden from him as
from a stranger,, that even old estab
lished Egyptian customs might be
oarried too far. '
He sat and ate the various dishes
which the blaok slave offered to th
guests. But all the while he thought
af little Fat-Meh,! and laid a plan by
which at least to see her.
In Egypt, one is not obliged to sit
at table until all the company have
finished their meaL ; Each may rise
when he is: satisfied, saying, "Praise
be to God," wash his hands in the
ewer which the servant holds for ' him
before and after meals, dry them, on
the embroidered towel and retire from
the' company. , '
And so, as soon as he dared, Ibin
did this, "and saying that he wished
once more to see the garden and pom
egranate trees under which he had
played in childhood, left the room.
Out ' into the garden he went and
standing where he could see the lat
ticed windows above, began to sing a
little rhyme that children sing when
they play together, beating time with
his palms. What more naturally, when
memories of youth returned with tne
sight of the garden where before Fat
Meh had been able to walk alone, he
had led her by her tiny hand what
more natural than , that he should re
member tne rhyme and sing it again?
And while he sang another voioe,
soft and low. took up the strain. Some
one was singing behind the lattice of
the window.'- . .He knew it "was Fat
Meh. A little later and he saw that
the lattice was pushed softly open A
veiled face peeped forth, a hand was
extended for a moment and arose
dropped. Above the veil he saw great
eyes, like stars, bordered with kohl.
Then, as if by accident, the veil
dropped, and he saw his cousin Fat
MeVs face the baby face become a
woman's, and beautiful exceedingly.
It vanished. The window was
closed. He picked up the rose and
hid it in his bosom and returned, to
the house. " . ',
Before he left his uncle's abode,
however, he had asked some questions
and learned that Fat-Meh was already
promised in marriage and that the
meeting of relatives, to settle the
question of dowry, would oocur very
soon.
It is not often that a young Egyp
tian Bees a girl's faoe, and this one
glimpse of his cousin's fase remained
in Ibin's heart as a kiss might in that
of an Englishman. He was dreaming
of her as a : man entered the tent in
haste and a voice called: Captain
my captain !" and he looked up and
saw a soldier beside him. ,
"Captain," this man said, saluting
him, "a boy, who appears to be dying,
asked to be brought to you. Will yoa
see him?"
Ibin sprang to his feet and followed
the man 4to the dpen tit. There,
supported by two other men,, atood a
beautiful, beardless boy, who lifted
his eyee and looked 'into Ibin's face
imploringly.
"Captain," he said, I have some
thing to tell you something which
no one must hear. Take me to your
tent take me quickly."
Without a word,, the captaiu opened
his arms to receive the fainting form,
and, lifting it, bore it into his tent.
The soldiers did not dare, to follow,
and, seeing they were not wauted, re
tired. -
Softly as a mother bears her chil I,
Ibin laid his burden down upon the
rugs spread in its shadow and knelt
down beside it "
His heart was beating wildly. He
trembled from head to foot. His eyes
the eyes of a lover, against whioh
no woman ever yet disguised herself
had recognized his cousin Fat-Meh
on the instant Nv"hy she thus masque
raded he did not know but she had
asked "for him, and wild fanoies filled
his mind.' Now, as he knelt there, he
whispered?5
"I know you! I knew you, Fat
Meh I Tell mo quickly what it Is that
ails you 1" '
"Ob, Cousin Ibin, it Is a wound,"
the girl gasped "kere in-my arm I . 1
came with the new soldiers wno came
to-day. Two of them quarreled. One
struck at the other. He sprang bo
hind me, and the blade entered my
arm. I c m dying 1 And, oh, it was
so horrible to think rf dying amongst
strange men, and that they should
know! And I knew that yoa would
keep my secret. Hide m. 1 Lafc no
one know even after I am dealt".
"Have no fear. I will shield yoa
with my We if necessary," said Ibin.
"Here on your sleeve I see blood. Is
it here?"
"Yes l whispered the girl.
On the instant Ibin ripped up t.ha
aleeve, and to his joy found a little
wound, which had bled badly but not
yet dangerously. , When he had bound
it up and reassured her, he covered
her face and left her to rest, and went
out to tell his tale. The little soldier,
he said, was not much hurt. ' He was
a mere boy, and, fancied himself dy
ing, and had asked for htm that he
might send a message to his parents.
For the present he would , care for
him. ; Then he returned to his tent.
Fat-Meh was awake. Her great
eyes turned upon him.
"Ibin," she said, "do I Bee m bold
to you? . I suppose so. But listen. 1
have been learning lessons. In Egypt
women are slaves. They sell us asil
we were bird , I, f for instance, have
a heart I wish to marry one I love.
And there came to our house au old
woman, who told my' parents that; a
rich man wished to marry me ; and
they said I must marry him. I prayed
them not to give ; me to him. They
laughed. The preparations were com
plete. The time had come; Do you
blame me for running away ? A few
jewels bought the help of an old wo
man. While they were looking for a
lost girl, a boy matched away with
"the soldiers,' '
" "Oh, I would have done anything
to escape that frightful man 1 See, I
have even cut my long hair 1 Doss it
make me ugly? Do you think me
bold and bad very, very bad? I saw
that you loved me when you looked
up at me from the garden. " But, if I
have made you despise me, at least let
me stay and be a little soldier, and see
you now and then, and perhaps, wait
on you sometinja. And when there
is a battle, fight beside you.' Only do
not send me back to marry somebody
I hate. Pity me, even if you scorn
me. : .. .
On this, Captain Ibin El-Warrakah
quite forgot Egyptian good .manners,
and took Fat-Meh's hand in his and
held it against his heart, and told her
that she was a rose, a nightingale and
a dove, and he recited this verse to
her: - -' 1
Ta milah knafoo mln Allah '
' Wa shamal asutk 11-ah .
Hobukkutn mek tooh mln Allah,
" . Kaddarn I mowla aleirjla."
Which might be very freely trans
lated thus: v;
"Oh, beloved one I Since Allah has
given us to each other,, the love we
feel is ordained by him. Therefore,
let no one blame us for what was de
creed in paradise.'
But in spite of this bold speech and
their brave hearts, matters might have
ended badly for both had it not hap
pened that the khedive eleoted to visit
his soldiers that morning.
.. Mounted on a prancing horse, fol
lowed by other high-mightinesses
mounted on other pranoing horses,
with mu8io and clash and jingle and
floating banners and groat pomp and
ceremony. And it so happened that
Captain Ibin EI-Wrrakah had of late
accomoliuhed certain doughty deeds,
and been reported favorably "for them,
so thaVhen he begged for mercy,
mercy was granted.-s
, Like all the viziers and sultans in
the 'Arabian Night Tales," the khedivt
was sentimental. He felt for true
lovers. Therefore, having . a right to
do as he pleased, he deolared that these
lovers should be married, had the
ceremony performed as soon as possi
ble, bestowed his blessing and a dowry
Upon the . bride, made the oaptain a
colonel, ' and Bent a message to the
parents to the effect that they had
better not Id t him hear them ' make
any objections.
And this was aty very Ltcky lo little
Fat-Meh, for Egyptian fathers make
nothing of putting a daughter who
has disgraced her family as completely
as this litile rebel had certainly done
into a bag, along with a few lumps ol
lime, and having her quietly tossed
into tne nearest river. As it ended,
we may suppose that she lived happily
ever afterward.- New York Ledger.
F.ril Plea lor a Chllf.
, The first pea made by a lawyer for
a client is said t d hav been made in
the rear 788,'when Ethelbard, a hunt-
( er of stags, was charged with claiming
the quarry of a riva", which it was
rroven. had tailen by the rival's cross
bow. The advocate asserted that the
accused had refused to pa protection
money ta the keeper f the forest,
henco the perseceiu
"NAvnila shows in ten years aln aDso-
lute diminution of populations 26.51
jer cent
LADIES' COLUMN
XECTICT7BB8i -
A firm of London fashionable den
tists has introduced the occupation of
"dentioure," which, in plain English,
is "the- art of oleansing the teeth."
Young women are sent ' out from the
office ito; visit customers dairy, like
manicures, and properly and person
ally, as it would seem from the reading
of the acoouut, perform i the office of
brushing the teeth.;. Bo sanguine are
the introducers of the new scheme
that they assert that "many a! gentle
woman who hitherto has been unable
to find congenial employment will, in
dentioure, secure an ' occupation at
once interesting and remunerative."
Argonaut. ,
A WOMAN HORSE DEALER,
There is a woman horse dealer in
Idaho. She is in partnership with her
father and two brothers. The firm
own a horse and cattle ranch in the
Brunean Valley. At home, this young
woman goes about and buys horses.
Her judgment on a horse is said never
to fail. When the shipping season
comes, she leaves the ranch and goes
East with her stock. ; She plans her
visitations to certain cities, travels in
the caboose of the train which hauls
the horses, and " is treated .with
all respect. From city to city she
goes, and is a very successful horse
dealer. ' There is no reason why she
should not be successful, as she; is
quiet and unobtrusive, attends to her
own business, and has her own bank
account from which to draw. New
York Journal. .
KOVBXIISS IM VXIMM.
'. The shops that develop one or more
novelties every week are now offering
some rather fresh ideas in value. ; The
newest is of fine silk tulle cut to fit
a medium-sized ; hat and sparsely
sprinkled with black moire spots that
shine when the sun strikes them. A
narrow moire ribbon borders the veil
that as a whole is smart and extremely
trying to the ejes. Other recent styles
are of chiffon in tan, blue and black,
with a deep selvedge and plain sur
face. For driving and visiting in the
country fashionable women are rather
fond of cream tulles and nets that are
so odious when worn on the streets.
Some of these . light 'veils are really
very pharming, having the fine silk
surfaoe . overlaid with delicately
wrought lace figures and a deep bor
der of tich needlework. Black chiffon
has now almost displaced the popular
nun's veiling for mourning use. Chi
cago Record.
Fashion wotes.
Sterling gold and silver slipper tips
are made to fit any ordinary slipper.
Their only recommendation is novelty.
' The use of laces this season is un
limited. A silk dust cloak imported
from Paris has a full collarette of deep
lace.
Ivy is muoh in vogue this year. Bon
nets are made entirely, of ivy, with lit
tle tufts of rose-pink roses in front and
back.
Yokes of V-shaped pieces of moire
ribbon'' and. insertion aro finished
around withv ruffle of embroidered
chiffon.
Pinhead dotted Swiss in pure white
shades is trimmed with deep yellow
lace and is quite effective as well as
distinctly modish.
There is a return to the old
fashioned bridal wreath . of orange
blossoms. Several fashionable brides
across the, water and in New Yorl
have lately worn them.
Fashion diotates that silver sleeve
links and studs - should be worn with
colored and gold with linen shirt
waists. Also, that the belt buckle, be
it jeweled, silver, or gold, should be
of oval shape. ,
A pretty idea for a gray crepon gown
is a cape of primrose moire, cut square
across the back, elongated in front,
and turned down on the shoulders
after the fashion of Mary Stuart, and
trimmed on the edge with lace.
Pretty lawn ties in all the desirable
hades are embroidered with silk.
These are worn with the chemisette
accompanying the tailor made gown,
and are certainly a charming accessary
to the "outfit of the summer girl.
Dressy parasols of white, blue and
pink silk are trimmed with guipur
insertion, and have onyx handles.
Still more elecrant ones of chiffon, and
lace have tortoise shell sticks, and
another , fancy . is for. black handles
tipped with a gold ball.
The cay Inverness capes are the
prettiest of all the cool day wraps of
the season. They are almost a neces
sity with the big sleeves, and in deep
red or fawn brown, with plaid or
peachblow silk linings and Jhe straps
which let them fly without dropping",
are very fetching. .
Transparent materials will be very -
stylish this summer. Among tho
fabrics used grenadine, beige, spotted
muslins,' braid and ribbon are about
th TwettiesiL In Paris smart toilettes ,
of black grenadine and beige are mada
up over pink. Ane spotted musuua
are made up over colored silks, suraaa
and delicate hued taffetas, being very
popular. .
Ths Thirst of Plants.
Haberlandt has calculated that a
field of rye, during its growth and de
velopment, absorbs 334 tons of water
per-acre ; oats require 570 tons, and
wheat 89. The water, sucked or
pumped up by the roots from the
soil, traverses the tissues of the plant.
depositing nutriment therein, and
finally is evaporated by the leaves.
This process is called transpiration.
As the soil furnishes the supply of
water, that supply, in order that IU
plant can develop itself, normally.
ought to equal at least the volume
of water given off by the leaves.
Should this equilibrium be broken,
the leaves droop, become dried and ,
falL '
Not only does the plant languiah
from an insufficient supply of water.
but the energy of its green matter
cells decreases. The assimilation ol
carbon ceases, and the growth of ths
plant is stopped. , ' ,
It is the same thing in rearing
stock. If badly fed the animal will
be stunted. The transpiration of the)
plant is ten times greater in presence V
of full light than in obscurity, and
during cloudy weather the transpira
tion is less by one-half than under
the direct action of the solar rays.
Judge, then,- of the suffering oi- ye.5e.i
tation when rain Is absent, and ,the
sky clear and the sunlight continuous.
The only resources the plant has, ia
the absence of an artificial supply 4 of
water by .irrigation, is to send its roots
tapering deep into the aoih Deherain
has traced the rootlets of wheat to a
depth of eighty inohes in the soil. , '
V The botanist Wolkens corroborates"
these views still more forcibly, in the
course of his voyage in Egypt and
Arabia. One of the silent character
istics of the roots of plants in 1 the .
desert is their enormous length.
Plants whose height above th9 sur-'
face of the soil .never; exceeds the
length of the hand have the root at
the mack as thick as the thumb, tap
ering to the volume of the little fin
ger at the depth of two yards.
" It is to their vast descending root
lets that the plants of the desert owe
their existence, and are able to fight
the burning heat, which would cause
a branch of . the same plant, if de
tached, to wither away in the courso
of five minutes. V
Ths Torch Fish. '
-.
. The recently published account oi
the torch fish has roused the interest'
of the Electrical Beview. In response
to inquiries from the editors, Profcs-,
ior G, BTown Go ode, of the Smith'-;
onian, as reported in the Beview,
wrote as f ollo TTittrfj lU"
phosphorescence in deep sea lilacs ii
one which is but little understood,
although many conjectures have been
made in regard to it, . If , you will
consult Vol XXILY ef the 'Tveport of
Her Majesty' Steamship Challenger,"
whicn, yoat will doubtless find in any
of tne large New York libraries, yo4
will find a Very exhaustive article by
Doctor Van Lendenfeld upon thii
uhjeot. f It is not positively know.?,
that the organ on the nasal filamjj
of Linophryne is luminous, althouo,.
it appears probable. The idea tfcfc tL
fish has the power of illuminating it
at pleasure, ' in, so far as I know, i
purely conjectural, tho idea having"
jeen suggested by Dr, Qanthsr, of
the British Muaeaaa, I think no ona
Sim seriouBiy suppose! that t';e pLos
horescence is daa to an c! -;!.ri:,U
hoc1.