The Pickens sentinel. (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, September 06, 1883, Image 1
Di-VOIED TQ POLITIU, MO LII Y, EDUC1 IN ANI) TO TME 0ENERAL 11TERE14- O' THE COUNFCY.
By D. F. BRADLEY & 00. PICKENS, S. C, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1883. VOL. XII. NO. 50.
GENERAL NEWS.
MALAoA grapes are suocesafully grown
in Hillsboro ecunty, Fla.
Tim populatin of Chattanecq a is said
to be 20,66.
EIHrTr cents per huntred, ih the prico
offered for gocd limes in Jacksonville,
Florida.
Fury-rrva thousand dollars worth of
sponge wpre suld at Key We st, Flo., las
Monday.
Eior and three-quarter million dol
lors is the valuation of property in Flor
ida for 1888, an increase of four millions
oveY .met year.
VIcanUno, Miss., wells sunk about
260 feet reach the gulf level and an
abundance of excellent water, with fhie
sand and sea shells is found.
Ti Chrlestou, C., News and Cou
rier reports great injury -to the cotton by
drouth and greater injury threatening
upland crop.
SOUTH CAROLINA, according to the cen
eus, is the mest illiterate state, 48.2 per
cent of the population being unable to
read, and 55.4 per cent u al'le to write.
FRoM present indications it is probable
that Galveston, Texvs, will receive for
the season 1882-83 about 900,C00 bales
of cotton, leaving every port except New
Orleans in the race.
A counrrEE is canvassing for sub
soriptions to a steamship line between
Augusta and Savannah. It is thought
that it will be a success. When the con
tenplated improvements in the river are
made steame: a can run all the year.
Ti German colony located at Pick
ensville, Ala., apprehend realiaing noth
ing from their crov, on account of the
drouth, and have entered into negotia
tions to furnish staves to the Mobile
market from the timber along the tipper
Bighec.
'u work in the harbor at Vieksburg
will not be abandoned. It is confidently
believed that a sufhicient depth of water
can be kept in the west pass of the lake
to allow tributary boats to land at the
city landing during the lowest stage in
the river.
'T'riE Board of Directti of the Florida
Ship canal and Traiit Con pany adjour
ned at New York yesterday, after a four
days' eession. Work will probably con
monce on the canal witl in the next
ninety days. Its estimated cost is $"10,
000,000.
WESTRnN North Carolina is certainly
a great section for fruit. In Watauga
county is an apple tree fifty years old
which has on it al-out fifty bushels of
4L fine apples, and lu,s nine large brainclies,
which give rise to thirty-two branchlets,
is seven and a half ieet in diameter and
covers twenty-nine yards.
Two of the best farms in Culpepper
county, Va., exchanged hands recently.
One of them, containing 1,300 acres, sit
uated oni the Rappanonnock river, was
purchased by Thomas B. Nallo for $50,
000 cash; the other, containing 200
acres, near birandy Station, was sold at
$10,000 ',- the County rerer,l~ s.
Russell Smnit'i.
A TwO-THTOUHANnD dollar .Jersey (OW,
oned in Bailtimore, lMd., has recently
earned thie repuItationl of being tihe lest
butter producing cow ini tihe United
States, having, in seven (days' test, given
827 pounids of milk, whuich nmade twenty
five pounds two aind a half oiunesi oif
k butter, becing one pound of butter from a
little less than thirteeni pounds, or six
and a half riuarts of milk.
GEOnoGIA, Tennessee and other south
erni states comnblain that (logs kill their
sheep. In England pet (logs are becom
ing a serious drain upon0 t he edibile ne
cessities and luxuries of life. Many
pups are fed oin toast and tea and eggs,
and lamb chops. One gentleman daily
orders a beefsteak and tw o glasses of
wine for his dlog. Some ot them take
brandy and sodla, cheese andl pickled
oysters.
Mr. H. J1. GAcrwrT, Bullock county,
Ala., is engaged in making syrup from
melons, and has alreaidy made 300 gal
Ions. This se'lla for 75 ceOnto per gaillon.
An ordinary melon wvill mko two gallons
of juice, and it takes twelve gallons to
4 make one of syrupl. Estimating the
yield per acre 1,000 melons, which wvill
give 2,000 gallons of ju1ice, or 166; of
syrup, at 75 cents per gallon, the pro
ceeds will lie $125.
ALBANY (Fla.) Argus: An immense
town is now being bilt on the line of
the St. J1. & L. E. railroad(. lIt commlenl
een at Riavenswood, and continues all
along the line to Umantilla, ai distance of
six miles, of which Altoona is the grandl
center, geographically. Five saw-miills
make it hum for us, and if things coni
binue tils way for aniother y'ear a line of
street cars and1( street lamps will have t(
be inauigurated per necessity. Within
this six miles are0 the towns of Ravens
wood, Pi ttmann (now 'onlsolida:ted), Al
toxna, Ho(neywell, Glendale and1( Uima
tilla.
* A NEw ca1ve has l,een discovered in!
North Carolina. It is located On the
Tennessee river in Swlin county. nea
the mouth of the Nantihala. A blasi
was put in the mouth of it and a wvay
opened for entrance. Onu large room,
bearing beautiful stalactites, was ox
plored and a small r pertu.-e leadling t<
another room was fi>und, but f'or wani
of proper lightsl the exploiring part:
went.no furthl .'. The railroad runs im
mediately by it on the river. The laut
is owned by Maj. J. W. Wilson, abou
the largest landholder in North Carolina
The cave is i-i the great marble belt o
th west, which crops out at Marble gal
On Valley-river mountain.
ED)ITORIAL NOTES.
'Te sum of $931,600, bequeathed b;,
J. B. Gardner, of Boston, to help pa;
the National debt, was received at th
Treasury Department and placed to th
credit of i)atriotic ona4tions.
A Reno saloon-keeper kept a bottle of
pitch pine splinters soaked in spirits of
turpentine for the use of custo -ers who
tell the barkeeper to hang it up; but the
beverage becamo so popular in lReno
that it was considered too good for that
class of customers.
A gold idol weighing thirty-two and
one-half pounds was recently excavated
in Calistlahauca state of Mexico, by
some Indians. The idol was composed
of a group of figures, but it was broken
up by the Indians and divided equally
Only nine of the thirty-eight States
have furnished the country with presi
dents. These States are the following,
and the length of time the several States
have held the office is also indicated :
Virginia.....................3 6 years
Massachusetts ............... 8 years
Tennessee...................16 years
New York...................10. years
Ohio..................... 41 vears
Louisiana. ................ 1~ year
New Hampshire.............. 4 years
Pennsylvania ................ 4 years
Illinois......................12 years
Total from 1789 to 1885,...96 years
In the seventy-two years prior to the T
civil war, the South possessed the Presi
deney for forty-nine years, and as good
as possessed it under the eight years of
Pierce, of New Hanshire, and 3uchlan
nan, of Pennsylvania. In those days it
made no difference where a manl camlne
from, if hie was in spinpathy with the
dominating Southern element. The ex
traordinary contributions to the Presi- e
dency, were due, not at all to her loca- I
tion, but to the unusual relations of her
strong menl to the Govermnent during r
the perlod of the Revolution and settle v
lment of the Constitution. Virginia hms r
furnished no presidents since Monroe
went out in 1824.
Mr. Russell, a wealthy Mississipp I
planter, wlho is at Rockibrilge Ahm
Sp:ings, with his wife, has with him also e
an adopted child, twelve years old, who S
is a son of tho late Gen. John B. Hood. i
Of the Hood children, the two eldest
C
daughters were taken by Mr. Maurv, a
relative of -Mrs. Hood, and are now be- c
ing educated in Germany with his diugh
ters. John1 B. Hood, Jr.. the oldest b >y,
is the one adopted into the fanily of Mr.
Russell. A pair of twin girls are adop.
ted children of a Mr. Adams, of New
York; another pair of twin girls are in
the family of Mr. McKee, of Mississippi;
another boy, 1)nlcan 'by naune, is the a
adopted child of a wealthy maideu lady
of New York, and another, Oswald, is
in the family of anotlier New Yorker, re
siding near the Empire City. T11hus
have the fatherless heen cared for. A
singular coincidence is related in colnnee
tion with three of tle 'entl('leei
who have thus t:aken the place of fathers
of these interesting children. ahsara.
Russell, Adams and McKoe were class
lates at Yale Cellege. 'They are all
married, but have no children. Witlhuit a
consent of action, or even knowic'; what
the others wcre ab)out to do, ce:.1h ap- f
plied for and was given the charge he
now ha,&..
New England Woollen Mills. -
In order to ascertain the extent of the
dlepression in tile New England woollen
industry, the Boston A deertiser sent cir
culars of inquiry to the 500 mills in those
States and hafs pulilshecd thle results of
the replies received fromn 250. Th'le nium
her of woollen mills in New England re
ported by the census of 1880 was 490,
and the number of sets of cards was
2,922. According to the Advertiscr's
returns, thle nlumber of sets of cards now
shiut down is 759, or more than a third
omf the whole. The estimated daily con
suimptionl of eachl set of cards is 300i
poun1ds of wool. This wvould show a re
ducetion in tile total consump111t .1 a o
230,700 pounds a day, or about 7,000,006.
ponunds a month. The actul reCductiond
is doubtless greater than tis, for tihe
reason that thle returns mnado do not iln.
cludeO all of the stopp)ed mlills. Tilhe num11
her of sets of card1s shut do,vn inl each
New England Stats and tile toItal numl
ber in each as retuirned b)y the cenlsus ofi
1880 are as follows:
States. hut Down. Censusi 1880
Massachusotts.......861,356
Ihlode Isiand ............ 138 4312
Matie.............. .....35 '2f1
Now Hampshire..........33 293
Vermont .................18 1415
Connecticut.............139 435
Total .................. 759 2,922
Tile important hearing (If tis marked
depression on tile wvollen industry oIf the
country is apparent when it is remlemi
bored that New England is the chief seat
of that industry in the United States.
According to tIle census of 1880, one
fourth~ of all the woollen mills ill thle
United States and more thanl a third of
thle seta of cards are in Newv England,
whlile New England mills consBumeI more
than half of all the wool used in the
country anld turn out more thlan hlalf the~
goods made.
CHExoKs-A device hats beenI 'Intro
duced at a Olhicago hotti !or the puir
I pose of circumvenlting swindlers. JE en
Lguest receives a small piece ot em;d board
on which the number of the room lhe is
to eoupy is plain1ly marked. Tlhuis he~
is obliged to present r.t the oflice whenI
Iever he desires hlis key. Another card.
on which the name of thle b)earer is
written, is a pass for tihe elevator, and it
is essential for a ride. Bloth thlese
eheeks must be returned~ to the cashlier
n W th departing visitor pays his
a ' 'Cou, John1 I what are you kick
eI ing that boyfor ?' "Why, he called me
a muleu taIf I'm a mule 1 l;aye to kiek,
HALF WA Y.
Ua" you forgotten where we stood,
Between the lights, that night of spring,
The river rolling to the flood,
So sad the birds, they dared not sing? ,f
No love was over dreamed like this, I
Beneath the shadows of the park,
Beneath a whisper and a kiss,
Between the daylight and the dark.
There had been tronblo-this was rest;
There ha; :'een passion--this was peace;
The sunset dying in the west
Made Nature sigh and whispers cease.
I only felt what I had found,
You only knew what I would say;
But nothing broke the peace 1 rofound
Between the darkness and the day.
How will it end? I cannot tell;
I asked it many months ago,
Before the leaves of autumn fell
Atid changed to winter's waste of snow.
Yet we stand watching at the gate
Of summer time for promise-hark I
No, lv, 'tis nothing ! %Ye must wait
Between the daylight and the dark. -
CLEMENT 'ioOI.
'OR HIS BROTIIER'S SAKE.
t1
lie True hlistory oft a Life of Self-yacrifice.
BT1' CO. GEOIGE W. SYMONDS.
'The Governor pardoned John Brisben, 1.
enitentilry conviet. to-<1ay. lie was sent up1)
om Bourbon for fi-tern ;e:rs fior forgery,
Id had ten years yet to sirvi. OttI' rtclo--s t.
ro familiar with the histiorv of this ea'4 and
to humane action of IIis Excellency will be
rnt rally conmnended."-FIraikfort (iy.)
'cor.'ian.
I read this little paragraph and my v
tin(I wont back six years. I knewJoln 1
trisbenl, and I also knew his twin <
rother Joseph. I was familiar with 1
be details of the action that placed r
ohn Brisben in a felun's cell, and now,
-hen the sad affair is brought back to s
intd so vividly, I nmst write it out, for
ever before have I met, in prose or
oetrv, in real life or in romance, a great -
r h(ro hu an plain, m1.ter-of-fact John
Iriscn.
The Brisbens came of good stock. I
bink the great-grandfather of my hero
miigrated to Kentucky when Kentonl's
tition, betweel the plesent city of
[aysvillo and the historio old town of
Vashington, was the principal settlement
n lie ''dark and bloody ground." lie
nme from Upper Pemisylvania and lo.
ated about live miles from the Ohio
tiver, on Limestone creek. He was an
adustrious, strong-limbi:d, lion-hearted
1d fellow, and in a few years his sur
oundings were of the most comfortable
escription. One of his sons, Edwin
irishen, once represented Kentucky in
he Federal Congress. I think he was
hi grandfather of John and Joseph
irishen. Their father's name was Samuel
nd he died when they were little ehil
ren, leaving his widow an excellent
luc-grass farm and a snug little fortune
1 stocks, bonds and mortgages. The
idow remained a widow until her death.
[rs. Samuel Brisben was a good woman
nd she idolized her twin boys. Like
lost twins, the brothers resembled each
thc,r in a striking manner, and even in
mate acquaintances could not tell them
part. But although the physical re.
"nblance was so strong there was great
issimilarity in the dispositions of the
wins. ,Tosepl was surly and morose,
nmetimcs cuning and revengeful. He
-as withal a dreamer and an enthusiast:
man well learned in books, a brilliant,
,othy talker when he chose to be soci
b'le (which was seldom), a splendid
orsenan, and a most excellent shot.
ln Brisbenl, on the contrary. was
hecerfiul and bright, hionorable and for
ivinlg. He wats aL manU of high mloral
rinciple, intensely pra1ctical anid mlethIod
-al, cared little for hooks, and, although
o said bitt little, was a sp)lendid c~omI
anion, HeT wias a p)oior5Lorseman, antd I
oni't tink lie ever shot a gun inl his life.
Ie saw nlothing(of the poe(try of life, aa
s for sport, he enljoyed1 himiself only~
heni hard at wyork. HIe loved hlis
rothter, anti when t hey we(re boys to
eth,er suffere'd rounishiment many times5,
nid unlcomnplainlingly, that " JTodie"
uighit go scot free. HIis life was, there
're, one constant sacrifice, bt tine
h jeet of this loving adoratlion made
'it shabbldy returns for this unselfih de
otioni.
They were 20 years old when thi
nothier (ied very sudkdenly. Josepht
iade a great pretense oIf grief, and was
0 hiystericasl at the grave that lhe had to
>e led away.
Johni, onl the contrary, inever demove
t1rat ive, took the great aiitin : wit l
3is cutstmary coolness, HIe sail bua
it:li aund shted no tears.
Th~e prop>erty left to the boys was con
itderabile. T1hie day they were 21 yeion
,ld the trust(ees met and made set o
nent1. There was the blue-grats. f:1: i
rahuid at $50,000, and Sl100,000t in w.
nyvest.d secutritijes whicb couldl Ie inr..
nto1 mon0ey. JIosephl demanided a i
"'You can take the farm, Jack," lhe
aid. '"I was never cut out for a farmir.
Gijve mue $75,000 in money' for my share.'
SoI this sort of a division was imt'
h,hn continued on at the home:.ta
working in his plain, mlethlodical wvay
antd slowly add(ing to 11is are (If till
money what ho could ralise out of the
profits of the farm. Joseph1, with his
newvly-acuired wealth, set upl an estah)
lishmnenit at theo nearest towni and( bega n
a life o f lelasure-plealsure of the grow
sort. I is brtother gave hlim 110 advice,
foIr be knew it was useless. Joseph
spen'It his mIoneCy with great priodigahity
and befote he knew it lie was a beggar.
Ini the mieanutimle ,John's1 $25,001) ht:l
'1 Mtled' itsel f. One day Joseph camle
to him with a full confes.sion o1 his pa
Cutniary imhili.
bieggiar, bitt 1 am hieavily in) diebt. Help
me1 out like a gooellowtIa, and11 I will d2,
t.!e downi and begitn life ini sober earnlest
Withi my eapacity for business I can so'
itike mtoniey enough to repay you.
have 5Iown my wil oats, and w'ith a lit 1.l1
lelhi 1 ean soon1 re cover all that I have
squiandecred so foolishly."
For an answer ,Johnt Brishen placed
his nme to an order for the $25,000 Ia
had earned so) I-bori' usly.
"WXVill tha:t hie cu~gh, Jodie ?"' ha
asked, "'hSeause. I have.' as8 1uch1 mnore,
which you nont have if it 18 nnOVaIrY."
"This will be sufficient, old fellow,"
ras the reply. "In two years I will pay
back."'
He went back to town, drew his money.
aid his debts, sold some of his horses
nd discharged several of his servants.
'wenty thotsand dollars Was left out of
he loan. He invested this in busine'n,
ad for a while seemed to have really re
ormed. John was encouraged to say:
"Jodie will come out all right. He is
inarter than I, and in five years will be
'orth more money than I could make in
life-time."
11 :ss than three years Joseph, Bris'
en's affairs were in the hands of his
reditors, and a sheriff's officer closed
it his business. Again he turned to
is brother for help and sympathy."
"I own that I managed a trifle care
ssly," he said by way of explanation.
Experience is a dear teacher, and the
sson I have learned I shall never for
et. If you come to my assistance now
can soon recover myself."
Once more John Brisbon placed
is name to a check payable to the order
f his brother, and Joseph entered into
usiness again. In two years he was a
ankrupt.
"I shall never succeed in business,
ack," he said. "Help me out of this
rouble and I will live with you on
he farm. I shall st:",ceed as a
urmer."
It took all of John Brisben's hoard te
say his brother's debts, but he made no
onplaitt, uttered no reproach. He
aid:
"I am glad you are coming back to
le farm, J1odie. You need do no work.
nd we will be very happy together."
So Joseph took up his residence at, the
arn, and remembering his brother's
vords, devoted his time principally to
munting, fishing and riding about the
ountry. In the meantime John Brishen
mad fallen in love, and the daughter of a
icigiboring farmer. Conp ton, tby name.
ras his promised wife. Being a m-an of
trict honor himself and having full con
idence in his brother, he did not object
vhen Joseph began to pay his aflianced
ery marked attention.
"1 am giad lie likes her," lie thought.
'I am so busy on the farm that. I hav,'
ittle time for pleasure, and Alice is so
'nd of amusement."
One night Joseph came to him just as
he shadows of evening were beginning
:o fall. There was a triumphant ring in
ais vo'ec when lie spoke.
"Jack, ol boy,' lie said, hokling out
1is hand, "co:gratulate me. I think
hat from to-day I can date the begin.
ing of a new life. Alice Compton les
tlronised to be my wife."
Tie t:ns te much engrossed with hi,
tew happiness to see the effect of thii
innouncement as portrayed o John'
ace. He did not notice the tron:;
suan's hand tremble in his own.
''Is this true ?" faltered John at iast.
"Why, of course it is. Are you not
lad ? We love each other and shall bI
vcry happy."
"'We love each other, and shall bn
very happy 1'" repeated John mechanie
nily, and all the sunshine of his life so I,
b)eh)ind the heavy clouds of despal.
"Yes, Jodie, I am glad, and I wish you
.ong years of happiness."
He turned away and staggered, ralher
than walked, to his own room. He did
not stir all night. Once a deep, sobbing
groan struggled to his lips, and th
anoonbeams struggling througii the win
low fell full upon his face, and surprised
two great tears stealing down his palt
:he"ks. He brushed away this evidence
f weakness and sorrow, and when the
morrow came, no one looking into hi,
alm, serene eyes would have guessed
how hard was the battle that had been
roughit and won ini that lonely chamber.
T1hey' were married, and the man re
ieted by the bride anid supplanted by
he groom was the first to congratulate
he newly-married pair. A vacant house
mi the farm was fitted up for their recep
ion and John B3risben's money paid fori
lie furnishing.
"'Hereafter, Jodie," he said, ''we will
livide the p)rotits of the farm. I don't
teed much, and you shall have fle
larger share."
'Ten years passed away, and Johnu Bris
ben, an old1 man before his time, still
worked from dawn till (lark that his
brother might play the gentleman and
keel) in conifort the large family whieh
the years had drawn round him, it had
bteen necessary to mortgage the old
homestead, to raise moneytop01ay Joseph 's
gamb ling deb)ts, for of late years 1he
had played heavily, and had invarialy
lost.
One day-it was in the summer c1
I S77-a forged cheek was presented at
one of the banks at the shire town, by
Jrosephl Brisben, and the money for which
itealled was unhesitatingly paid over to
thim. He was under the influence of
liquor at the time, and deeply interestedl
m a gamlo of ear*ls for high stakes,
wihichi was ini progre'ss. The1~ check was
for $2,500, I think. Before daylight the
next morning JToseph Brisben had lost
every dlollar of it. TCo drown his chagrin
he became beastly drunk, and while ini
his condition an eflicer airrivedl and ap
pr'ehendeud hinm for forgery andi uttering
iforged check. Th'le prison~er was ('on
I ied ini jail, and woird oif his disgrace(
was sent to Johnt Brisben. T1hie latterI
read the message, aiid a mist camne over
his eyes. He groanied audibly, and but
or a strong effort of the will lie wouhI
mye falle'n tot the floor, so weakened wats
te by the shock.
"-Shn must not know it," lhe said1 t e
aiimself, and he made instant p)repara
ionts to visit his birothier, Whoeu b,
reached the jail ho was admit ted to lth<
eelt of the wretched criminal. Th'I.
b rot hers remained together for severi
b ours. WVhat passed during the in ter
vi' wi will never be knownvi. When J.1
Ibrishen emerged from the jail he wet'
t raighit to the magistrate who hamW
i>sued the wa jrrant for the app: ehensio,
of Jo4sephi BriTben.
'"Squire," he said, in his slow, biesitat
ing way;' 'you have made a mistake."
"'In what way, Mr. Brisben?" askl
the magistrate, who had a high regir
for his visitor.
'"You have caused the arrest of an in
nocent man."
"Iut"-began the magistrate.
"Issue an order for my brother's ini
stant release. He is innocent of thi
intent to do wvrong. I ai the guill;
man. I forged the name of Oliarl'
Fdllisot to the check he uttered. 11
did not know that it was a forgery."
"You," cried the astotinded niagi
trate. "You a forger-impossible ?"
"Nothing is impossible in these da. s,
said the white-haired old iman sterial
"I alone am guilty. My brother is it
nodent."
So stoutly did lie aver that he was th
forger that the magistrato reluctantil
issued a warrant for his arrest, and a
the same time lie wrote an order to th
jailor for the release of Joseph Brisbei
"My constable will be in soon." sai
the magistrate, but the old hero piche
up both the papers.
"I will not trouble him," he said;
will execute both papers."
And he did. .Handing the jailor b1
papers, he explained their meanii
thus:
"They have made a mistake. It is
who am to be your prisoner. My brot
er is innocent.'
Accordingly Joseph Brisben was r
leased and returned to the farm. Jol
remained at the jail a prisoner. Wh<
the extraordinary affair became know
several prominent citizens offered to
on the accused man's bond, but be won
.ot accept their kcd offices. At t]
the trial he pleaded guilty and was se
teneed to fifteen years' imprisonment
hard labor in the penitentiary. Jose1
came to see him before he was removt
to Frankfort, but their interview was
private one.
Joseph Brisben remained at the far:
but lie was a changed man. From t1
day he was released from jail down
the time of his death, he was nov
known to touch a card, and a dro:
liquor never passed his lips. Last A1p
lie died, and his confossion, duly swa
to before a justice of the peace, w
made pAblic after the burial. Ini sn
stance it was this: That he was guil
of the forgery for which his herc
brother was suffering a long imp,riso
memr.
Ilt was my brother's wish, not mine
reads tooe document. "He insisted th
he wlo cad no ties of blood or marria;
could better suffer the punishment ::
the disgrace than I who had depende:
Upon me a large family."
Noble John Brisben I Of such sti
are heroes made.-Dcroit Frc Pre:
The Young Men of the South.
I have visited no town in the Sout!
says M. Quad, without ainking it
special point to sit down with represe
tative young n, to ask about thei
and to inquire of their past and futir
I have visited aimost every town at
city in nine Southern States, and yet
never saw a quarrel between young me
never saw one arrested; near heard o
speak disrespectfully of the North, mo
never saw but two the worse for liquc
On the contrary, I have found the
everywhere as at Vicksburg. They n
drink a glass of beer with you, and th<
would certainly rescnt an insult, but
find an idler or peace-disturber amoi
them is a rare thing.
In a city like Vicksburg the poor
class of young men are the bone and sit
of the mills and factories; the educat<
e.ass are in stores and offices, just h
ginning law, or medicine-agents, trav<
era and speculators. It is wonderf
how many young men are managers
mills and factories, and in positions
responsibility, '1'hey vemenber tht
the war impoverished the country im
made it necessary for them to go
vork. Whatever the struggle was
the beginning, it was over long ago, a1
the young men of the South neith
dread work nor hold !llor in ce
tempt.
It is a rare thing to find an idler, it
just as rare to find a younig man who wi
admnit'hat he~ is dise'ouraiged. Hie h
great faith in what the fuature will brin:
and he hias the pluck to face all dIisaste
of the presot't. While lie caiot ma
a living as easily as his father did,
will make it, and feel a pride ini havi
tihe talent and muscle to enable him
do so. To know him is to like him.I
is courteous, gentlemanly, honorable al
big-hearted, and it is thle young mn
whlose enthusiasm is making the whc
South boom as never before.
A Itlppy Thlouaght.
''While I was dlefenading DIr. Mudi
said a legal gentleman ini WashIingt(
''a little thing happened which I cain
member, thaougha in the lapse of eighate
years I have forgotten almnoit all the
tails of the trial. A colored woman hi
been foimd wvith some1 cleidene tend(i
t remove a very had impression fr<
D)r. Muddl, and she was hbroughit up
Washington City. I had my cairria
there, andl Muddl's brother-in-law I
the woman in with us to take her (10
to the court-rooam. As we were abc
to start the qluestionl wais asked: ' Sal
have you hadl any b)reaikfaist? ?' Shea sa
'NO.' We biothi thought tliat she out
toi eat so as to 1)e ablle to tell her st<
without being shakena or weak. 'I
other gentleman drew out a live dol
bill and handed it to her, telling he'
go and get her break fast and thanu eO
b,ack to thle earriage. I don't kna
why, but for somel( reason hardly i
igible to myself I reaebed out and sa
'No, don't give hia r ve do)llar~s. 'Ta
her to get her breakfast at then hotel ia
then comeI back and join mue.' We P:
liuced the wiomain ini cour -a little lot
'and the very first qutestion .Judge H]
aisked the woman wais: ' Sally, has ai
baody given you aniy mlonley sinace y
bave been in t his fity ? ' ' No sir,' si
the wvonmen innocently. Now, suppil
she had takeni the five dlolhar biil ?
vou see what ani imnpre.ssion it wol
have p)roduc(~iletao thIat court, and1 gt
i Dr. Muadd's prejudico?"
If.. was looking for the cashier.
.isked the paying teller if Mr. Blatik
in. '"Gone to the Mprinags," was tIe
ply in the terse mannear anid court<
tones usuahl to bank, hotel, and o1
kitnds of clerks. ''How much is
asked the visitor. The teller dIi
seem to catch on.
A Los ANOELEs rancher has raia
pumpkini so largo that his two chil
use a half each for a cradle. This
seem very wonderful in tihe rural
tricts, but in any city three or four
grown policemen have been found a
ln ft aingin biat.
A LAKESIDE MUSING.
Why George Would not Accept MI. Loved
One's Invitation to Stny to Ten.
"You are too tart.."
- A ghastly pie-crust pallor that is in
strange contrast to the ruddy flush of his
c new necktie passes swiftly over George
y W. Simpson's face as Beryl McCloskey
I speaks these words, and as they stand
0 there together in the dim half-light of
1. the conservatory, the soft. perfume of the
d June rose coining through the open win
d dow on the sighing breeze that is kissing
the sawbuck whose haggard form is
I sharply outlined against the woodshed,
he feels instinctively that this woman
h the only woman he has ever loved, and
ig to win a smile from whom he would
bravo the horrors of Inferno or go to St.
I Louis in July-has been making a toy of
Ih. his affections. The thought is a mad
deloing one, and as it surges through his
e- brain and starts on the return trip almost
mn without a pause the agony is so over
mi powering that the strong man reels, and
a, would have fallen had not his pants been
o too tight.
"Do you know what you have said,
le Beryl ?" he said, bending his face close
il- to hors and looking with a pit.iful, pl) .ct
a% ing, man-on-third-base-and-two-out ex
h pression into the beautiful brown eyes
td that are upturned to his. But there is
r no light of love in those dusky orbs; no
warm, responsive, you-may-hold-me-a
little -while-when-we-get-home-from-the -
I concert gleam. Around the drooping
to mouth there are hard, tense lines, and
i:i the white brow, that is fair as the cy
vlamen leaves seattered over the lawn of
n'; Brierton Villa, there came no rosy flush
in -sweet messenger of love and tluthful
ness-nothing bt the faint, perfuiy
b- odor of homemade bandoline. And as
t.' she does not answer him, but stands de
I liantly, only the irregular oraekling of
i- her liver pad telling of the emotion that
lieryl feels, lie turns away, steps through
, he open window upon the veranda, and
at ,n instant later he 1s lost to view.
r " My God 1" exclaims the girl, sob
al hiing as if she had mislaid htur shote hot
it toner on matinee day. "I have driven
him away I" and hastily Imshing aside
il the honeysuckles that cluster around the
A window sie goes hastily out into tlit
purple twilight that hangs like a mantle
over the earth and ca)tN to him.
There is a little stir among the lilacs
[, and syringas, and an instant later
a George has elapsed her to his suspender.
. ''And you do love me, after all ?" he
a, asked.
e. She laughs softly, as if bewildered by
id her sudden happiness, and then her eyes
I till with tears as she softly strokes his
a; f,ace.
se "Yes, darling," is the answer, "and
ad you must come to sulpper now. We are
r. to have hot biscuits. I made them my
m self."
ay "You made them ?"
ly "Yes," she whispers, "made them all
to by myself."
ig "Then," he says coldly, "you cannot
love me," and starts for the gate. The
or girl follows him and cries iii a low, de.
w spairing wail for him to Canoe back. But
l lie does not heed her. On and on he
e' goes, when suddeiily she sees him throw
'i- up his arms, as the drowning mna doer
ul when battling with the very air for exist
of en1ee, and disappc:ar forever.
of He had stepped into a post hole-Chi.
at ca) 'T'ribune.
1(d __ ...
to Preserving Herries.
i d FRurr Juius.-The juices of many
er kinds of fruits are so extremely delicate
11- that they cannot he preserved by the or
dinary methods of heating, so as to re
a' tain the flavor, thais being especially the
ilcase with rasph erries anid strawberrIes,
as8 To meet this diliculty, we are advised t(
g, take p)erfetly ripe, driy, clean rasp)her.
r ries, and to miash them ina ana earthen jar,
ke with a woodIen peOstle, so as to ob)tain a
be haomogeneouas mass. To this, five to ten
ig per cent, of grape or cane sugar is to beC
to adldedl, and thae whole then allowed to
Ic stand(, being stirred1 occasionally. An
ad ahlahlic fermientatina will before long
[rm take place, in 11l. courso of which the
do pectine wvill sprato comletel y, leavingp
thec perfectly clear juice, which will be
found to ret ain all the peculiar aroma of
the raspberry.
For preparing strawberries, two pounad
I," of berries are to be selectedl, na directed
mn, for rasp)herries, lad placed in a large
:e- monathed bottle withaout nmashaing, so au
enI to a'ill the bottle one-half to two-thirds:
le- twoa amnd a half pounds of linely pulver
ad1 ized sugar are to be added, a- d the whobl
nig shakeni upl frequenatly at the ordinar-y
an temperaturae, without hecatintg. Thn
to sugar will extract the moisture from the
ge berries, iand form a clear syruip, possess
mut ing all their flavor aind odor, whichh may
Vyn lhe sep)Iaited by straininag. This jllie(
mat will keep pierfectly lay the addition 's
hy, one-.flfth of its hulk of ialcohaol.
id, PI'cx L.E ) .BU mn:nunts. - Boil tn<(
hat bruiisedl b erries of a few 1huncheles in szalt
>ry and water; starain Iad lint a gill of the
'lie !liquor to a quart of vinegar, with auIl
11a1 onneie of salt, a qularater of a pound1( o0
to loaf sugar, a' quiarter of ani oiunce el
mel poiunided ginger, anad a little sliced horse
ow raidish; hoih amid st rain it.; thena pour i
A'l- haot ove r thae barberries, the fines
id, hunaches having been previously selecte<
ke and p)lacedl in jars; when cold, cove
nd closely with a bladder. Trhey may als
ro- 1he kept ini a jar witha a strong brine
r'r, sadt and water p)ouredI over them. Whe1
olt any senm is observed upon the surface
ay- poaur oftf the brine lad add fresh.
YoUNa olector-"Here Is a very au
'eet little piece of Chainese ivory, ev
dently of somne historical value, and1
onlly paid $11) for it. Can you translal
thle' inascripationa for mec?" Professo
atter p)rofound stuldy-"' This, sir, is
and humaidry check. The inascrihptionI is
n ,iglish onae, written in Chinecse chana
hi-tes, and( saya. 'No money, no walshee.
(ii Younttg collector (does not say that
her 1romised to talke two nmore at the san
it ?" hprie if the dealer can get them for hii
Tm Kentucky colonael whao comels
Little Rock and is arrestedl by a neg
od a policeman is the moast outraged maon
dren ~ th orld. Hie ailways sO'as ta
maify owned a~ hundred shaves he~ gore the wi
andh01( that 'at) infena "nigger" s"thl
rest htim, but lie chianuges his muind a
deep neompanies ''doe ul'luad gen' lemani.'
A rAanasaw TPranacler.
Dieisultehed Evewte ea that Du7 DurfIs
Throe Qeturi.
In Medical 7ith for July, 1883, Dr.
Duscowski, gives the followwg table of
every important historical event wMb
happened on the Fourth cf July since
this country was settled by European
colonist$;
In 1644-The Dfohawks massaered
the inhabitants of St. Joseph's village,
Mass. .
1676-Bacon of Virginia, suppol ted by
liberty-loving colonist taumphed over
the Royal Governor Berkeley, who was
forced to ratify all resolutions of an in
dependent assembly.
1692-Rebecca Nurse condemned as a
witch at Salem. -
1744-A treaty of peace ratiAed . at
Lancaster, Pa., between the Governor
of Pennsylvania, the Commissioners"of
Maryland and Virginia and the Six Na
tions.
1754-Benjamin Franklin's plan of
confederation of colonies against the In
dians and French adopted by all except
Connecticut. Colonel George Washing
ton, having retreated with his starving
men from before the three times stronger
Frenchmen to Fort Necessity, capitu
lated to Villiers: the Americans were
permitted to leave with all honors of
war.
1775-Georgia appointed delegates to
the Continental Congress.
1776-The Declaration of Independ
enco signed. British soldiers landed on
Staten Island. Delaware adopts a pro
visional constitution.
1779-Tryon started on a raid inte
Connecticut with 2,600 men, pliindered
New Haven, and burned Fairfield and
Norwalk; from thence proceeded to Sag
Harbor, committing depredations every
where.
1781-Williamsburg, Va., evacuate
by the British.
1788-Great procession in Philadel
phia, celebrating the ratification of the
Federal Constitution.
1800-All children of slaves in New
York, born on and after this day, declared
free.
1804-Born in Salem, Nathaniel Haw.
thorne, the well known author.
1814-President Madison calls for
93,500 militia against Greai Britain.
1815-Trial trip of the first steam ves
sel of war, built by Robert Fulton, and
called Fulton the First.
1826--Died, the ox-Presidents,
Thomas Jefferson, author of the Declar
ation of Independence, and John
Adams.
1827-Total abolition of slavery in
Now York.
1829--The Chesapeake and Dolaware
Canal opened.
1831 -- Treaty between the United
Stares and F,ance, at Paris. The
French Government agreeing to pay
$3,000,000 indemnity. The first locom,
tive built in America, by Colonel Long,
was tried on the Newcastle and French.
town Railway.
1845-The people of Texas ratify their
annexation to the United States.
1851--The corner stone to the wings
of the Capitol laid at Vashington.
1861-Extra session of 37th Congress.
President Lincoln recommends the riis
ing of 400.000 men and $100,000,000.
The Confederates erect a battery of ritled
cannon at Mathias Point. Va.
1 1863--Vicksbu rg surrenders a ft r
many and bloody battles on land and
water. The11 paroled prisoners n umbexred
31,277, including fifteen generals.
Among the spoils of the battle were 20(0
siege guns, 6,0)0 head of rattle, 1,000t
hoegsheads of sugar, 380,000 pounds or
ammuni tion, 500 horses, % 000,000
worth of clothing, 50,000 stand of small
arms. Confederates retreat from T1en
nessec noud lose about 300 prisoners.
Alexander HI. Stephens desires to confe:
with tihe United States Government.
1864- The Enrolment act signed( by
President Lincoln.
1865-Laying of the corner-stone of
the Gettysburg Monument in Me mory
of fallen patriots.
1866-A destructive fire consumes one
third of Portland, Me. Loss $1 ),00'),
1868-Th ird amnesty piroclamatison by)
lhe President. National D)emocrat ic
Con,ivenit ion at Newv York.
1870--The yacht race across the A t.
hant ie won by the American yacht D)aiun t
1871 -Proclamaition oif General Grnt
aninounciing the treaty of Wash'.ngton
b et weeni England and America i.i full
01pe ranon )i.
187.1- -Ground broken for the b)uildingR
of the Cen tennil Exliibition at Phila
delphiia. Th'le biridge over the Mississip
p,i. at St. Louis, one of the wonders of tihe
world.
The Pullet and the ('oa.
One pretty moonlight a coon toek a
walk. Hie saw a pretty pullet "ppig
him cff 'romn her boudoir widow.
'Come downi, piretty daiisel,"'said thle
coi,n. "'Let's have a time.
"Oh. nO; yout would bit a my neck,
you nasty becast, ' she saidl.
"I prms you upioii miy word of! in ,n-.
oir thait I will niot,"' and( then tue sily
liltl [pu llet flew down from her perech
anId was about to go out and greet the
''Do niot go,'' the mother said, "'for lie
is folir. t ne e, andii it is too late for re
spitelileli pteple to lbe out."'
Thei' pulet onily'i chuckled and imt
agineid that she knew aL great deal more
thani herai mliher, atnd wvent out. TLherei
was au gentle lhutter, a soft sigh, and adl
wals over. Tlhie eoon had done his work,
andl the puilt wvas lost forever.
MontA. -Young and innocent lambs
should heed their miothters, and above
all shake the intruder that entices inno
eence ab)road at night.
Wicked (Jypsles.
A band of fraudulent gypsies are on a
rtour of New Engiand. TIhey are pro
vided with a tent which hats b,eenu usei
herotof ore for a side showv, and a lot of
old costumes. The manager has hired a
knife thrower and an acrob,at, in the,
guise of gypsies, and with them hie ex
pects to win numerous wvagers oni feats
which lie knows they can readily per
form, but which the unuwary visitori will
deem impossible. Hie also lias several
1 womeni who pass very well for gypisy hiags,
e and who will sell trinkets and1 tell for
rtunes. But the girl who figures as ihe
a gypsy queen is his chiecf dep,endcnce for
ni income. She. is rather hanidsomee and
e- devoid of scruplles. She has learned her
lesson of fortune telling mummery, shei
Sis aud1(acius1 enough to) carry out the~
1W masquerade, and that rust ic will be lu"l y
a who gets away from her without leaviing
a mutch larger fee than most gypsy palm'
te crossers exact.
rc
tSinNnus were split by hailston(s in
le Teiineisseo the other (lay and women wvho
ai arc obliged to split kindlings in the
r' moruinig an thinking seriously of mov
id ing to T1ennuesseo wvhere the elemenits are
- more considerde Mtn thoughtless 1uza,