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VOLUME XI. NUMBER 37.
GENERAL NEWS.
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A ,V OA *» successfully grown
. Hillsboro „ county, Fla.
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The population of CLaltnncor a is said
to be 20,666.
Eighty cents per hundred,ds the price
offered for good limes in Jacksonville,
Florida.
Fifty-five thousand dollais worth of
sponge were sold at Key West, Fla., las
Monday.
Eight and three-quarter million dol
lors is the valuation of property in Flor¬
ida for 1883, an increase cf four millions
over last year.
Vicksburg, Miss., wells sunk about
260 feet reach the gulf level and an
abundance of excellent water, with fine
sand and sea shells is found.
The Charleston, S. C., News and Cou¬
rier reports great injury to the cotton by
drouth and greater injury threatening
upland crop.
South Carolina, according to the een
bus, is the most illiterate state, 48.2 per
cent of the population being unable to
read, and 55 .-1 per cent nr able to write.
From present indications it is probable
that Galveston, Texas, will receive for
the season 1882-83 about 900,000 bales
of cotton, leaving every port except New
Orleans in the race.
A committee is canvassing for sub¬
scriptions to a steamship line between
Augusta and Savannah. It is thought!
that it will bo a success. When the eon- j
templated improvements in tho river are
made steameis cm run all the year.
The German colony located at Pick
ensville, Ala., apprehend realizing noth¬
ing from their crop, on account of the
drouth, and have entered into negotia¬
tions to furnish staves to the Mobile
market from the timber along the upper
Bigbee.
The work in th: harbor at Vicksburg
will not be abandoned. It is confidently
believed that a sufficient 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 stago in
the river.
The Board of Directors cf the Florida
Ship canal and Transit Company adjour¬
ned at New York yesterday, after a four
days’ Koooiou, Wolir wall pvoWVdy *»rvm_
mence on the canal within the next
ninety days. Its estimated cost is $46,
000 , 000 .
Western North Carolina is certainly
a great section for fruit. In Watauga
county is an apple tree fifty years old
•which has on it about fifty bushels of
line apples, and lias nine large branches,
which give rise to thirty-two 1 rnnchlets,
is seven and a half feet in diameter and
covers twenty-nine yards.
Two of tho best farms in Culpepper
county, Va., exchanged hands recently.
One of them, containing 1,300 acres, sit¬
uated on the Itappanonnock river, was
purchased by Thomas B. Nalle for 450,
000 cash; the other, containing 200
acres, near brandy Station, was sold at
$10,000 to the County Treasurer, S.
Russell Smith.
A two-thousand dollar Jersey cow,
owned in Baltimore, Md., has recently
earned tho reputation of being the best
butter producing cow in the United
States, having, in seven days’ test, given
327 pounds of milk, which made twenty
five pounds two and a half ounces of
butter, being one pound of butter from a
little leas tlian thirteen pounds, or six
and a half quarts of milk.
Georgia, Tennessee and other south¬
ern states comblain that dogs kill their
sheep. In England pet dogs are becom¬
ing a serious drain upon Ihe edible ne¬
cessities and luxuries of life. Many
pups are fed on toast and tea and eggs,
and lamb chops. One gentleman daily
orders a beefsteak and two glasses of
wine for his dog. Some ot them take
brandy and soda, cheese and pickled
oysters.
Mr. H. J. Gachet, Bullock county,
Ala., is engaged in making syrup from
melons, and has already made 300 gal¬
lons. This sells for 75 cents per gallon.
An ordinary melon will make two gallons
of juice, and it takes twelve gallons to
make one of syrup. Estimating the
yield per acre 1,000 melons, which will
give 2,000 gallons of juice, or 166f of
syrup, at 75 cents per gallon, the pro¬
ceeds will be $125.
Albany (Fla.) Argus: An immense
town is now being built on the line of
the St. J. & Li. E. railroad. It commen- I
at _ Ravenswood, . and . continues all „
ces
along the line to Umatilla, a distance of
six miles, of which Altoona is Ihe grand j
center, geogra 7 ihically. Five saw-mills ,
make it hum for us, and if things con
Dnue this way for another year a line of
street cars and street lamps will have to !
be inaugurated per necessity. Within j
this six miles are the towns of Ravens
wood Pittmann (now Consolidated», Al- !
toona Honex-well, Glendale and Uma
till a.
A new cave has been discovered in
North Carolina. It is located on tho
<, Swam • county, a
Tennessee over in near
the mouth of tlie Nantihala. A blast
was put in the mouth of it apd a way
«p» rf o -;, k ’- e 1
bearing beautiful stalactites, , was ex
plored and a small aperture leading to
T 1 /
V l\i V jL i L. «
^ another room was found, but ft# Want
I of proper Light** the exploring party
went tt0 fnrt h er . The railroad runs im
mediately by it on the river. The land
is owned by Maj. J. W. Wifeofi, about
the largest landholder lit North Carolina.
The cave is ri the great marble belt of
the vest, which crops out at Marble gap
on Valley-river mountain.
EDITORIAL NOTES.
The Bum ox $931,600, bequeathed l,y
J. B. Gardner, of Boston, to h«Ip pay
the National debt, WaB received at the
Treasury Deportment and placed to the
credit of patriotic donations.
A Reno saloon-keeper kept a bottle of
pitch pine splinters Soaked in spirits of
turpentine for the use of custo i era who
tell the barkeeper to hang it tip; but the
beverage became Bo popular in Reno
that it was considered too good for Hint
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 nlxd divided equally
Only nine of the thirty-eight States
have furnished the country with presi
denfs. These States ore ihe following,
and the length of time the several States
have held the office is also indicated :
Virginia........ ........36 years
° * ........ 8 years
Teunesse® ........ 16 years
New York........ , to* years
Ohio......... .>>>,>>. 41 ~ vears
Louisiana......... ........ 1 year
New Pennsylvania..... Hampshire... ........ 4 years
... 4 years
Illinois........... ... 12 years
Total from 1789 to 1885,... .96 years
In tho seventy-two years prior to tlie
civil war, the South possessed the Fresi
deucy for forty-nine years, and ns good
ns possessed it under the eight years of
Pierce, of New Hamshire, and Buelinn
nan, of Pennsylvania, In these days it
made no difference where tt mall came
from, if he was in spmpatliy with the
dominating Southern element. The ex¬
traordinary contributions to the Fresh
deucy, were due, not at all to her loca¬
tion, but to the UNiisual relations of her
strong men to the Government during
tiie period of Die Bevoiuiio*. «.na », uk,
ment of the Constitution. Virginia has
furnished no presidents since Monroe
went out in 1824.
Mr. Russell, a wealthy Mississipp
planter, who is at Rockbridge Alum
Springs, with liis wife, lias with him also
an adopted child, twelve years old, who
is a son of the late Gen. John B. Hood.
Of the Hood children, the two eldest
daughters were taken by Mr. Maury, a
relative of Mrs. Hood, and are now be¬
ing educated in Germany with his daugh¬
ters. John B. Hood, Jr., the oldest boy,
is tlie one adopted into the family 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 hoy, Duncan by name, is the
adopted child of a wealthy maiden lady
of New York, anil another, Oswald, is
in the family of another New Yorker, re¬
siding near the Empire City. Thus
the faDierless been cared for. A
singular coincidence is related in connec¬
tion with three of the gentlemen
who have thus taken the place of fathers
these interesting children. Messrs.
Adams and McKee were class¬
at Yale College. They are all
but have no children. Without
of action, or even knowing what
others were about to do, each ap¬
for and was given the charge lie
has.
New England Woollen Mills.
In order to ascertain tlie extent of the
depression in the New England woollen
industry, the Boston Advertiser sent cir¬
culars of inquiry to tlie 500 mills in those
States and received has published from the results The of
the replies 250. num¬
ber 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 Advertiser's
returns, the number of sets of cards now
shut down is 759, or more than a third
of the whole. The estimated cards daily con¬
sumption of each set of is 300
pounds of wooL This would show a re¬
duction in the total consumption of
230,700 pounds a day, or about 7,000,006
pounds a month. The actual reduction
is doubtless greater than this, for the
reason that the returns made do not in
elude all of the stopped mills. Thenum
| )er 0 { ge 7 g Q f car( 7 a shut down in each
England State and the total num
lier in each as returned by the census of
I860 88 follows .
Slates. Shut Dorm. Census 1830
Massachusetts 396 1,356
Rhode Island UH 4
35 261
33 293
Vermont ..... 18 435 145
Connecticut.... 139
Total.................. 759 2.922
The important bearing of this marked
depression on the wollen industry of the
country is apparent when it is remem
; )ere q that New England is the chief seat
of that industry in the United States.
According / to the census of 1880, one
r aJ] woo]]en mil!s m the
United States and more than a third of
the sets of cards are in New England,
sfanftifws tban half the
and ^ out more
goods made.
HAMILTON, GEORGIA. WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 19, 1883.
HALF WAY.
Have you forgotten where We etod'L
Hit: Betwute*l tkV lights, that higllt Bi Spring,
HVer rolling to the flood,
So sad the birds, they dared not sing ?
No love was ever dreamed like this,
Beneath the shadows of kiss, the park,
Beneath a whiBper ahd a
Between the daylight and the dark.
There had been trouble—this was rest;
There had been passion—this was peace;
The stthset dying in the west
Made Nature sigh and whispers cease.
I only felt what I had found,
Yon ohly knew What I Would say;
But nothing broke the peace; rofottnd
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
And changed to winter’s wasto of enow.
Yet we stand watching at the gate
Of summer time for promise—linrk 1
No, lot-c, ’tis nothing 1 We must Wait
Between the daylight and the dark.
Clemext Scot*.
FOR HIS BROTHER’S SAKE.
The TroO History of a Lift? of Be?P-Sfti*rifice.
BY COtn GEORGE tV. 8YM0NDS,
“The Governor pardoned John Brishett, a
penitentiary Botirbott cohvict, fifteen to-day, He tVaB forgery, sent np
rropi for rears for
and had teh rears yet to serve. Ottr readers
are familiar with the history of this case, and
the humane action of His Excellency will (ktf.) be
gem rally Commended,”— Frankfurt
Ycor-irtO, read little
mind I wont this back six paragraph I and my
years. knew Jolm
Brisben, and I also knew liis twin
brother details Joseph. the I action Was familial’ placed AVith
the of that
John Brisben in a felon’s cell and now’,
when the sad affair is Brought back to
mind bo vividly, I must write it out, for
never before have I met, in prose or
poetry, in real life or in romance, a great¬
er hero than plain, matter-of-fact John
Brisben.
The Brisbeiw came of good stock. I
think the great-grandfather of my hero
emigrated to Kentucky when Kenton’s
Station, between the picscut city oi
Maj sville and the historic old town of
Washington, was tho principal settlement
on the “dark and Pennsylvania bloody ground.” He
came from Upper and lo¬
cated about five miles from tlie Ohio
River, on Limestone creek, He was an
industrious, fellow, and strong-limbed, in lion-hearted his
old a few years snr
roundings w’ere of the most comfortable
description. One of his sons, Edwin
TTonfuMry lie in
I ho Federal Congress. I think was
lh) grandfather of John and Joseph
Brisben. Their father’s name was Samuel
and he died when they were little chil¬
dren, leaving his widow an excellent
hlne-grass farm and a snug little fortune
in stocks, bonds and mortgages. The
widow remained a widow until her death.
.Mrs. Samuel Brisben was a good woman
and she idolized her tivin boys. Like
most twins, the brothers resembled each
other in a striking manner, and even in¬
timate acquaintances could not tell them
apart. But although the physical re¬
semblance was so strong there was great
dissimilarity in the dispositions of the
twins, Joseph cunning was and surly revengeful. and morose, He
sometimes
was withal a dreamer and an enthusiast:
a man well learned in books, a brilliant,
frothy talker when ho chose to be soci¬
able (which was seldom), a splendid
horseman, and a most excellent shot.
John Brisben, on the contrary, was
cheerful and bright, honorable and for¬
giving. He was a man of high moral
principle, intensely practical and method¬
ical, cared little for books, and, although
lie said but little, was a splendid com¬
panion. He was a poor horseman, and 1
don’t think he ever shot a gun in liis life.
Re saw nothing of the poetry of life, and
as for sport, he enjoyed himself loved only hit
when hard at work. He
brother, and when punishment they were boys times, to¬
gether suffered many
and uncomplainingly, His that “Jodie” there¬
might go scot free. life was,
fore, one constant sacrifice, but the
object of this loving adoration made
vnt shabby returns for this unselfish de
botiou.
They were 20 years old when their
mother died very suddenly. Joseph
made a great pretense of grief, and wal¬
so hysterical at the grave that he had to
be led away.
John, on the contrary, never demon¬
strative, took the great affliction with
his customary coolness. He said lmt
lit'-le and shed no tears.
The property left to the boys was con
siderable. The day they and were 21 setfb year,
old the trustees met made -
ment. There was tlie blue-gras- farm
valued at $50,000, and $100,000 in we)
invested securities which could be turner:
into money. Joseph demanded a di
vision.
“Yon can take the farm, Jack,” he
said. “I was never cut out for a farmer.
Give me $75,000 in money for my share.’
So this sort of a division was mad
John continued on at the homestead
working in his plain, methodical way,
and slowly adding to his share of the
money what he could raise out of the
profits of the farm. Joseph, with his
newly-acquired wealth, set up an estab¬
lishment at the nearest town and began
a life of pleasure-pleasure of the grosser
___1, sort. His brother gave him no advice,
for lie knew it was useless. Joseph
spent, his money with great prodigality beggar.
and before he knew it he was a
In the meantime John’s $25,000 had
doubled itself. One day Joseph his came
to him with a full confession oi pe
cuniarv troublee. only
“ Jack,” said he, “ I am not a
lieggar, but I am heavily in debt. Help
me out like a good fellow, and I will set
tic down and begin life in sober earnest
With my capacity for business I can soon
make money enough to repay you. I
have sown my wild oats, and with a littk
help I can soon recover all that I have
squandered foolishly. ”
so placeu
For an answer John Brisben
his name to an order for the $25,000 h
had earned so laboriously. Jodie ?” In
“Will that be enough, much
asked, “because I have as more,
which yon can have if it is necessary.”
j I “This will be sufficient, old fellow,”
was the reply. “In two years I will pay
it hack.” ■
Tte ffentbaek to town, drettliis money,
paiil liia uebta, fiold softie of, Dis horses
aud discharged several of his servants,
Twenty thousand dollars was left out of
the Ipan. He invested this in business,
and for ». While seemed to latve really re
formed. John Was encouraged id Say:
“Jodie will come out all right. He is
smarter than I, and in live years will he
worth more money than I could make in
a life-time.”
hen’s In less (tfroitti than three years lie hands Joseph of Tin's
Were In t his
creditors, and a sheriff’s officer closed
out liis business. Again he turned to
his brother for help and sjWHpath.ti
“I own that I managed a trifle care¬
lessly,” he said by way teacher, of explanation. and the
“Experience is a dear
lesson I have iearned I shall never for¬
get. If yoii come to myself.” my assistance now
I cah Scion reCoVet
Once more John Brisben placed
his name to a check payable to the order
of liis brother, and In Joseph entered he into
business again, two years was a
bankrupt.
“I shall never succeed in business,
Jack,” ho said, “Help me out of this
trouble and I will live with yon on
tho fai’tii. 1 shall succeed as a
farmer.” hoard to
It took all of John Brisben s
pay liis brother’s debts, but ho made no
complaint, uttered no reproach. He
said!
“I am glad you arc coming back to
the farm, Jodie, You need do no work,
and W’c will ho very happy liis residence together.” at
So Joseph took Up the
farm, an d remembering his brother’s
words, devoted liis time principally to
hunting, fishing and tiding John about Brisben the
country, In tho meantime
had fallen in love, and Compton, the daughter of a
neighboring farmer, by name,
was liis promised wife. Being a man of
strict lionoi- himself and lie having did full object con¬
fidence in liis brother, his not, affianced
when Joseph attention. began to pay
very marked
“1 am giod ho likes her,” he thought,
“I am so Dtlsy on the farm that 1 have
little time for pleasure, and Alice is so
fond of amusement. ”
One night Joseph came to him just as
tho shadows of evening triumphant were beginning
to fall. There was a ring in
his voice when boy,” ho spoke. holding
“Jack, old lie said, out
liis hand, “congratulate me. I think
that from to-day I can date the begin¬
ning of a new life, Alice Compton lias
promised to be my wife.”
lie was too much engrossed with bi¬
ne w happiness to see the effect of thi
announcement as portrayed ov John’s
face liana Ha tremble did notice the strong
man’s in his own.
“Is this true ?’ J faltered John at last.
“Why, of course it is. Aro you not
glad ? We lovo each other and shall bt
very linppy.”
«< < We love each other, and shall Li¬
very happy all !’ the ” repeated sunshine John of his mechanic life sank
ally, and clouds of despair.
behind tlie heavy
“Yes, Jodie, I am glad, aud I wish you
long years of happiness.” staggered, rather
He turned away and
than walked, to liis own room. He did
not stir all night. Oncoadeep, sobbing
groan struggled to his lips, and the
moonbeams struggling through surprised the win¬
dow fell full upon his face, and
two great tears stealing down his pale
cheeks. Ho brushed away this evidence
of weakness and sorrow, and when the
morrow came, no one looking into liis
calm, serene eyes would have guessed
how hard was the battle that lad been
fought and won in that lonely chamber.
'They were married, and tiio man re¬
jected by the bride and supplanted congratulate by
tlie groom was the first to
the newly-married pair. A vacant house
on the farm was fitted up for their recep¬
tion and John Brisben’s money paid tor
tho furnishing.
“Hereafter, Jodie,” lie said, “we will
divide the profits of tho farm. I don’t
need much, and yon shall have the
larger share.”
Ten years passed away, and John Bris
ben, an old man before his time, still
worked from dawn till dark that liis
brother might play the gentleman and
keep in comfort the large family which
the years had drawn round him. It had
been necessary to mortgage the old
homestead, to raise money to pay Joseph’s
gambling debts, for of late years he
had played heavily, and had invariably
lost.
One day—it was in tlio summer of
7877—a forged chock was presented by at
one of the banks at the shire town,
Josejih Brisben, and the money for which
it called was unhesitatingly paid influence over to of
him. He was under tlie
liquor at the time, and deeply interested
vi a game of cards for high stakes,
which was in progress. The check tv as
for $2,500, I tiiink. Before daylight bad lost the
next morning Joseph Brisben his
every dollar of it. To drown chagrin
he became beastly drunk, and while in
this condition an officer arrived and ap¬
prehended him for forgery and uttering
a forged check. The prisoner was con¬
fined in jail, and word of liis disgrace
was sent to John Brisben. The latter
read the message, and a mist came over
his eyes. He groaned audibly, and but
for a strong effort of the will he would
have fallen to the floor, so weakened was
ho bv tbe shock.
“Blie must not know it,” he said to
himself, and he made instant prepara
lions to visit his brother. Wheu hf
reached the jail he was admitted to the
cell of the wretched criminal. The
brothers remained together during for the several inter
hours. What' passed known. When John
viexv will never lie
Brislien emerged from the jail he went
straight to the magistrate who had
issued the warrant for the apprehension
of Joseph Brisben.
“Squire,” he said, in his slow, liesitat
ing way; “you have made a mistake.”
“In "what way, Mr. Brisben?” asked
the magistrate, who had a high regard
for his visitor. of
“You have caused the arrest an in¬
nocent man.”
“But”—began the magistrate.
“Issne an order for my brother's in¬
stant release. He is innocent of th
mtent to do wrong. I am the Charles guilty
man. I forged the name of
p.njso'n to the check ho uttered. P‘>
| aid not know that it wite astounded ft forgery.” magis
“Von,” “1'ott cried forger—impossible?’' the
trafe. a
“Nothing is impossible)in these (huH,*'
gnld th« white-haired gUilfr. ojd man sternly.
**i alone am My brother is in
noceut.”
g 0 stoutly that did he aver that he was the
fai-g»t the magistrate reluctantly
issued n warrant foil Kis arfcsl, and at
j] ie game time he wrote an order to the
jailor for the release of Joseph Brisben.
“My magistrate, constable but will the bo old in hero soon.” picked said
(be
up both the papers.
“I will not trouble him," he said; “I
will execute both papers.”
Aim lie did. explained Handing the jailor both
papers, he tilth! iheaniug
thus:
“They have made a mistake, ft is 1
who am innocent.” to be your prisoner. My broth¬
er is
Accordingly Joseph Brisben was re¬
leased and returned to the farm. John
remained at the jail a prisoner. When
the extraordinary affair became known,
several prominent citizens offered to go
on the accused man's bond, bttt he would
not accept their kind offices. At the
the trial lie pleaded guilty mid was sen¬
tenced to fifteen tile years’ imprisonment a.
hard labor in penitentiary. Joseph
came to sec him before he was removed
to Frankfort, but their interview was t
private one.
Joseph Brisben remained at tho farm
bttt lie was a changed man. From tin
day he was released from jail down t< ■
the time of his death, he was neve
known to touch a card, and a drop o
liquor never passed his lips. Last Apr.
he died, and his confession, duly swon
to beforo public a justice the of burial, the p cave, III Sllb wm
made after
stance it was this: That lie was guilt.'
of ihe forgery for which his heroic
brother was suffering a long imprison
mem.
“It was my brother’s wish, not mine,”
reads the document. “He insisted that
he who had no ties of blood or marriage
could better suffer tho punishment had dependent and
the disgrace than I who
upon me a large family.” such stuff
Noble John Brisben ! Of
are heroes made.— Detroit Free Press.
Tlie Young Men of IIio South.
I have visited no town in tho South,
says M. Quad, without making it a
special point to sit down with represen¬
tative young men, to ask about them,
and to inquire of tlieir post and future.
I have visited almost every town and
city in nino Southern States, and yet I
never saw a quarrel between young heard men;
never saw one arrested; near one
speak disrespectfully of the North, and
tiVivC-l BUW Dull Cl.- i:
On the contrary, I have found thorn
everywhere as at Vicksburg. They may
drink a glass of beer with you, insult, and they
would certainly rescent peace-disturber an but to
find an idler or among
them is a rare thing.
In a city like Vicksburg the bone the and poorer sinew
class of young men are
of the mills and factories; tho educated
class are in stores anil offices, just be¬
ginning law, or medicine—agents, travel¬
ers and speculators. It is wonderful of
how many young men are managers
mills and factories, and in positions of
responsibility, impoverished They remember that
the war tho country and
made it necessary for them to go to
work. Whatever tho struggle, was in
the beginning, it was over Jong ago, and
tho young men of the South neither
dread work nor hold labor in con¬
tempt. find idler, it
It is a rare tiling find to an will is
just ns rare to a young man who
admit that he is discouraged. Ho lias
great faith in what tho future will bring,
and lie has the pluck While to face all disasters
of tlio present. he cannot make
a living as easily as his father in did, ho
xvill make it, and feel a priilo having
the talent and muscle to enable him to
do so. To know him is to like him. He
is courteous, gentlemanly, it the honorable and
big-hearted, enthusiasm and is is making young the whole man
whose
South boom as never before.
A Happy Thought
“While I was defending Dr. Mudd,”
said a legal gentleman in Washington,
“a little tiling hajipened which J eighteen can re¬
member, though in the lapse of
years I have forgotten almost all the de¬
tails of the trial. A colored woman hud
been found with some evidence tending
to remove a very bad impression from
Dr. Mudd, and she was brought up to
Washington City. I lnul my carriage
there, and Mudd’s brother-in-law put
the woman in with us to take her down
to the court-room. As we m.rc,
to start the question was asked: ‘Sally,
have you had any breakfast? ’ She said,
‘ No.’ We both thought that she ought
to eat so as to be able to tell her story
without being shaken or weak. The
other gentleman drew out a five dollar
bill and handed it to her, felling her to
go and get her breakfast and then come
back to tlie carriage. I don’t know
why, but for some reason hardly intel¬
ligible to myself I reached out and said,
‘ No, don’t give her five dollars. Take
her to get her breakfast at the hotel and
then come back and join me.’ We pro¬
duced the woman in court a little later,
and the very first question .Judge Holt
asked the woman was: ‘ Sally, has any¬
body given you any money since yon
have been in this city ? ’ ‘No sir,’ said
the woman innocently. dollar Now, bill? suppose Do
she had taken the five
vou see what an impression it would
have produced on that court, and gone
’a Ur. Mudd’s prejudice ?”
Ht was looking for the cashier, and
asked the paying teller if Mr. Blank in¬
in. “Gone to the Springs,” was the re¬
ply in the terse manner and courteous
tones usual to bank, hotel, and other
kinds of clerks. “How much is it?"
tiked the visitor. The teller didn • ;
seem to caleh on. * ____ J
A Los Anoeles rancher has raised a j
pumpkin so large that his two children
ase a half each for a cradle. This may
very wonderful in the rural dis
Diets, but in any city three or four full
grown policemen have been found afieep
on a single beat.
$1.00 A YEAR.
A LAKESIDE MUSING.
W In- lieorso IVstlM not Accept I 11m I.avnl
tine’s Invitation •« ’'••ry to Ten.
“Toa a*** too tart.”
A ghastly pic ’’<■"'4 pallor ft at is in
strange contrast to the ruddy flush George of his
HeV Secktio passt'3 swiftly over MoCioskey
W. Simpsoirs words, turn ns llhd Beryl they stand
speaks ‘hero together these in the dim as hall-light of
tho con6e*tatory. the soft perfume of Uie
Juno rose coming through the * pen win
dow on tho sighing breez'd haggard that is kissing
the sawbuek whose form is
sli avply outlined against the woodshed,
lie feels instinctively.that this woman—
the only woman smile he from lias whom ever loved, lie would and
to win a
the horrors of Inferno or go to Kt.
Louis affections. in July’-has The been thought making is a toy mad¬ of
his a
dening one, and as it surges through his
brain and starts on the return trip almost
without a pause tho agony is so over¬
powering that the strong man reels, and
would hate fallen lnvd not his pants been
too tight.
“Do you know what yon have said,
Beryl ?” ho said, bending his face close
to hors and harking with a pitiful, pie fl¬
ing, man-on-thiril-bltae-and-two-out ex¬
pression into the beautiful brown eyes
that aro upturned to liis. But fliefo is
no liglit responsive, of h.vo in those you-may-liold-me-a- dusky orbs; m>
warm, -while-when-we-get-home-finm-the
littlo -
concert gleam. Around tho drooping and
mouth there are hard, tense lines,
1 a tho white brow, that is fair as the ey
elamcn leaves scattered over the lawn of
lirierton Villa, there came no rosy (ht-li
—sweet messenger of lovo and tiuthful
ness—nothing but the bandoline. faint, peifuiny And
odor of homemade as
she docs not answer him, but stands de¬
fiantly, only the irregular crackling of
her liver pad telling of tho emotion that
Beryl feels, he turns away, steps through
the open window upon the veranda, and
an instant later he is lost to view.
“My God!” exclaims tho girl, sob¬
bing as if she had mislaid her shoe hot
toner on matinee day. “I have driven
him away I” and hastily pushing aside
the honeysuckles that cluster around the
window sho goes hastily out into the
purple twilight that hangs like a mantle
over the earth and calls to him.
There is a little stir among tho lilacs
and syringas, and an instant later
George has elapsed her to his suspender.
“And you do love me, after all?” lie
asked.
Him laughs softly, as if bewildered by
her sudden happiness, and then her eyes
dll with tears as slio softly strokes his
face.
“Yes, darling," is the answer, “and
vou must come to supper now. Wo are
■jL 1 - > A V*.__it-.. I llllltlvi lllV/il* t -
self."
“You made them?”
“Yes,” sho whispers, “made them all
by myself.”
“Then,” he says coldly, “yon cannot
iovo me,” and starts for the gate. The
girl follows him and cries in a low, de¬
spairing wail for him to come back. But
he does not heed her. On and on he
goes, when suddenly she sees him throw
up his arms, as the drowning man docs
when battling with the very air for exist¬
ence, and disappear forever. hole— Chi¬
He had stepped into a post
cago Tribune.
Preserving Berries.
Fruit Juices.— Tho juices of many
kinds of fruits are so extremely delicate
that they cannot ho preserved by th e or¬
dinary methods of heating, especially so as to the re¬
tain the flavor, this being
case with raspberries difficulty, and strawberries, advised to
To meet this we are
take perfectly ripe, dry, clean raspber¬
and to mash them in an earthen jar,
with a wooden pestle, so as to obtain a
mass. To this, five to ten
cent, of grape or cane sugar is to be
and tho whole then allowed to
being stirred occasionally. An
fermentation will before long
place, in tho course of which the
will separate completely, leaving
jierfcctly clear juice, which will be
to retain all the peculiar aroma of
Forpreparingstrawberries, raspberry. two pounds
berries aro to be selected, as directed
raspberries, and placed in a large
bottle without mashing, so as
fill tho lKittle one-half to two-thirds;
and a half pounds added, of finely d tho pulver¬ whole
sugar are to be a
up frequently at tho ordinary The
without heating.
will extract the moisture from the
and form a clear syrup, possess¬
all their flavor and odor, which may
separated by straining. addition This juice
of perfectly its bulk of by the ‘4
aieonoi.
Pickled Barberries. — Boil tin
berries of a few bunches in salt
water; strain and put a gill of the
to a quart of vinegar, with an
of salt, a quarter of a pound of of
sugar, a quarter of an ounce
ginger, and a little sliced horse¬
boil and strain it; then pour it
ovtr the barberries, the finest
having been previously selected
placed in jars; when cold, cover
with a bladder. They may also
kept in a jar with a strong brine of
and water poured over them. When
scum is observed upon tho surface,
off the brine and add fresh.
Young collector—“Here 1 b a very an
cient little piece of Chinese ivory, and evr 1
dently of some historical value,
paid $40 for it. Can you translate
the inscription for me?” Professor,
nfter profound fttudy—“This, sir, is a
laundry check. The inscription is an
English one, written in Chinese charac¬
ters and says. ‘No money, no wasliee.’”
Young collector does not say that he
promised to take two more at the same
price if the dealer can get them for him
'pyo: Kentucky colonel who comes tc
Little Rock and is arrested by a negre
policeman is the nest outraged man it
the world. He always swears that he
owned & hundred slave* lx-fore Die win
and that do infernal fe ia . -
his mind .
rest him, but he changes a
accompanies “de cnl lud gen leman.
Jtrkamav] Traveler.
FOUR Til OF JULY.
tti-ctlnjtnlshcfl Invents on that Hay Dnrina
l’lirco Centuries.
In Medical Truth for July, 1883, Dr.
Dnseowaki, gives the following table of
every important historical event which
happened on the Fourth of July since
this country was settled by European
colonists:
In 1648— 1 The Mohawks massacred
tho inhabitants of St. Joseph’s village,
Mass. supported by
1676—Bacon of Virginia, triumphed
liberty-loving Boyal colonists, Berkeley, who over
the Governor was in¬
forced to ratify all resolutions cf an
dependent assembly. condemned
1692—Rebecca Nnrsc as a
witch at Salem. ratified at
1714—A treaty of peace
Lancaster, Pa., between the Governor
of Pennsylvania, the Commissioners of
Maryland and Virginia and the Six Na¬
tions. plan of
1754—Benjamin Franklin’s
confederation of colonics against tlie In¬
dians and French adopted by all except
Connecticut. Colonel George Washing¬
ton, having retreated with liis starving
men from before the throe times stronger
Frenchmen to Fort Necessity, capitu¬
lated to Villiers: tho Americans were
permitted to leave with all honors of
war. delegates to
1775— Georgia appointed
tho Continental Congress. Indepcnd-
1776— Tho Declaration of
ciice Mgned. British soldiers landed on
Staten Island, Delaware adopts a pro¬
visional constitution.
1779— Tryon started on a raid into
Connecticut with 2,600 men, Fairfield plundered aud
New Haven, and burned
Norwalk; from thenco proceeded to Sag
Harbor, committing depredations every¬
where. evacuated
1781—Williamsburg, Va.,
by the British.
" 17HH-—Great procession in Philadel¬
phia, celebrating tho ratification of tho
Federal Constitution.
XHOO—All children of slaves in New
York, born on aud after this day, declared
free.
lg()4_Rorti in Salem, Nathaniel Haw¬
thorne, tho well known author.
]gj4_President Madison calls for
93,500 militia against, 'Great Britain.
1815—-Trial trip of the first, steam ves¬
sel of war, built by Robert Fuiton, and
called Fnl ton tho First.
1826— Died, the ex-Prcsidents,
Thomas Jefferson, author of tho Declar¬
ation of Independence, and John
Adams.
1827— Total abolition of slavery m
Now York. Delaware
1829—-Tho Chesapeake and
Canal opened. TIu &o
Stares 4001 and in......I.r F<i nice, at fe,.
French Government agreeing to pay
$5,000,000 indemnity. Tim first locomo¬
tive built in America, by Colonel Long,
was tried on the Newcastle and French
town Railway.
1845—The people of Texas ratify tlieir
annexation to tho United States.
]851—The cornerstone to the wings
of Die Capitol laid at Washington.
1801—Extra session of 37th Congress.
President Lincoln recommends Ihe rais¬
ing of 400.090 men and $400,000,009.
The Confederates erect a battery of rifled
cannon at. Mathias Point. Va.
1863— Vicksburg surrenders after
nuiny and bloody battles on land and
water. The paroled prisoners numbered
31,277, including fifteen generals.
Among the spoils of tho battle were 206
siego guns, 6,000 head of cattle, 1,000
hogsheads of sugar, 380,000 pounds of
ammunition, 500 horses, $5,000,000
worth of clothing, 50,000 stand of small
al-ms. Confederates retreat from Ten¬
nessee and loso about 300 prisoners.
Alexander II. Stephens desires to confer
with the. United States Government.
1864— The Enrolment act signed by
President Lincoln.
1865— Laying of tlie corner-stone of
the Gettysburg Monument in Memory
of fallen patriots. destructive fire
I860—A consumes one
third of Portland, Me. Lo 0 s $11,000,
000. proclamation , , by
7868—Third amnesty
I ho President.. National Democratic
Convention at New York.
7870—The yacht race across the At¬
lantic won by the American yacht Daunt¬
less. General Grant
] 87 l_Proclomation of
announcing the treaty of Washington full
between England and America u
operation. —Ground broken for the building
7877 Phila¬
of tlie Centennial Exhibition at
delphia. Tlie bridge over the Mississip¬
pi. at Bt. Louis, one of the wonders of th«
world.
Wl«luul
A baud of fraudulent gypsies are on a
tour of New England. which They been are used pro¬
vided with a tent has
heretofore for e side show, and a lot of
old costumes. The manager lias hired a
knife thrower and an acrobat, in the
guise of gvpsieB, and with them he ex¬
pects to win numerous wagers on feats
which ho knows they can readily per¬
form, but which the unwary visitor will
deem impossible. He also has sexeral
women who pass very well for gypsy hags,
and who will sell trinkets and ted for¬
tunes. But the girl who figures as the
gypsy queen is his chief dependence for
income. She is rather handsome and
devoid of scruples. She has learned her
lesson of fortune telling mummery, she
is audacious enough to carry out the
masquerade, and that rustic will be lucky
who gets away from her without leaving
a much largerfee than mostgypsypaim
crofcst'.rs exact.
Checks. —A device has been intro¬
duced at a Chicago hotel for the pur¬
pose of circumventing swindlers. Each
guest receives a small 7 iiece of cardboard
on which the number of the room he is
to occupy is plainly marked. office This he
is obliged to present at tho when¬ card,
ever he desires liis key. Another
on which the name of the bearer is
written, is a pass for the elevator, and it
!s essential for a ride. Both these
checks must be returned to the cashier
when the departing visitor pays his
bill.