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Cocal Dews Items. It you don’t deslce a business. If you don’t wish to succeed, It you care not about custom And for profits have no greed, Ii you have no great ambition In the business world to rise. Ylt will find it very easy If you do not advertise. Mr. H. H. Greer from Danes Ferry in Jackson Tuesday. Dr Mays went to Atlanta Tuesday alfftrnoon. Hon. 8. H. Mays was down from Ajdanta Tuesday to attend the Far nfleae Union rally. The game of ball played Monday h<)fcween Jackson and the Atlanta ttffcrn resulted in a score of 2too in fairer of Atlanta, Tuesday, 4to 2 in furor of Atlanta, Wednesday, to in favor of Misses Ethel and Annie Worsham, aa#i Mr. J. R. Worsham, Forsyth, and l\4ws Rose McDonald, snapping Shoals am the guests of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. jUUeu. Mr. Mathew McElvaney spent Sun day with his parents. Mrs. H. W. Nally and Mrs. J. N. Weems of Dallas are guests of their parents Mr. and Mrs. S. M. Pope. Miss Rosa Newton is in Forsyth Miss Alice Newton. Mr. G. G. Byars was over irom Hjßonton Monday to spend a few rlaWi and called on The Jacksonian Mr. VV. H. Nelson and fumily from HfcAonton are guests at the home of A#r. and Mrs. O. A. Andrews to at tar.d Camp Meeting. Miss Grace Porch, of Barnesville is tke charming guest of the Misses Morrison. Misses Corinne Harkness and Sa- Milner, of Birmingham are ggsts of M ss Annie Crawford. Mrs. A. C. Smith has returned from McDonough and is spending a few d*ys with Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. Elmo .links spent Sauday with tho former’s mother. Miss Bessie Bell has returned to her home in Pitillo after a most de ii#h Gul visit to Miss Ada Sams. Mr. Charlie Ingram is in Josup vtoiting his brother. Mrs. F. Z. Curry and children have returned after a pleasant stay in A jwericus with her mother. Mr. Will Gunn of Atlanta is the guest of his brother Mr. C. B. Gunn. Mrs. Chestnutt of Tifton is the guest of her parents Mr, and Mrs. Joe Carmichaei. Walter Mead Crawford spent Sun day iu the city. Mias Julia Brown’s many friends will be glad to know _that she is im proving. Mr. Oliu Barfield of Atlanta spent the week-end in the city with friends. Col. L. L. Ray has been on the sick list this week. Capt. W. F. Smith was in our city Wednesday. Mr John Duke from Henry Coun ty was down the first of the week vis iting relatives at Stark and paid Jack son a visit Tuesday. Mr. Lawrence Maddox one of Iron Spring's representative young farm ers was in our city Wednesday. Mr. S. J. Smith one of the promo ters of tlu* proposed Electric Ivy. was lu re I'm s-Uay. M iss 01 iVa Nolen ret urned Saturday from a visit to friends in Locust Grove and Atlanta. Mrs J. \Y. Rapp is down from At lanta attending Camp.meeting and v siting her nephew Mr. T. H. Nolen. Messrs Bailey and Jones are open ing up anew restaurant at the old stand, and will .be ready to serve the public by Saturday. Prof. \V. P. Thomas left yesterday for West Point his future home. LOST-Monday morning Aug. lL'th, between Jackson and the Camp Ground a package containing aln dies black silk skirt waist suit a black voile shirt wrapped in a chilis rain coat. Return to Mrs. J. G. Thompson or Miss Mattie Logue and receive reward. THREE SHORT STORIES FOR LEISURE MOMENTS READING. A Stroke In Mechan ical Engineering. [Original] Joeeph Hannon and Thomae Elrod were friends. Elrod was an educated man who never secured more than a competence. Hannon was a self made man, a manufacturer, and got rich. Elrod’s son Henry, as a boy, had a mechanical shop In his father’s cellar and showed considerable aptitude foi mathematics and mechanics. H hen his father died, leaving him nothing, Henry persuaded Mr. Bannon to give him a subordinate position in his works. Bannon, who considered both the toy and his father impracticable, took Henry into his service under pro test, remarking that the boy would never get beyond the bottom round of the ladder. Henry did well enough till his employer caught hhw making love to his daughter, Mary Bannon, whereupon Mr. Hannon discharged him. The morning Henry stepped out of the office building at the factory to hunt another job he saw a group of men, foremost among whom was Bau non, looking up at the great smoke stack. Joining them and inquiring what was the matter, he was infoiniod that the stack was leaning to one side. Indeed, an engineer had just deter mined that at the top it was forty-five inches out of plumb. Hero was a serious matter. From all appearances a scaffolding must be erected about the stack, the stack must be taken down and another built in its place. Indeed, It would be fortunate K the chimney did not fall on the fac tory buildings beneath it, destroying them, with much valuable machinery. Hannon was very much troubled. His engineer told him there was no way by which the stack could be straight ened, and before leaving tlie spot he gave orders l'or the erection of the scaffolding and the subsequent taking down of the chimney. Elrod went away, trying to concen trate li'.s mind upon getting another position. But the chimney, or, rather, some method of straightening it, had got into Ills head, and ho could not get it out. lie thought all day and toward evening took pencil and pa per and began to figure. At midnigkt he went to bed, but could not sleep, so, getting up, lie went over his figures to see that they were correct. The next morning, after having slept only a couple of hours, he wont to the Bannon works. Carpenters were just beginning to erect the scatfolding around the stnek. Henry went into Mr. Bamion’s olHce. Bannon, supposing that he had come to protect against his dismissal, frowned. “Mr. Bannon,” he said, “I don’t think it necessary to take down the stack. I have a plan for straightening it.” Bannon looked at him as a general would look at a corporal who was about to inform him how to save his army. “If you wish It, you are welcome to It,” Henry added. Still there was no word from Ban non. He was considering whether the young man had lost Ills senses. “The base of the stack.” continued Henry, who gathered confidence the moment lie entered upon his plan, “be ing square, simplifies the problem. The stack loans to the oast forty-five inches. I would remove ten and a half indies of brickwork at the base on the other three sides. I would insert in the spaces left blocks of wood of equal size, thus resting tlie three sides of the structure on the blocks. Between the blocks I would build brick piers six indies high, leaving a space four and a half inches between the tops of the piers and the bottom of the undermined brickwork. Now, if I can reduce tho height of the blocks by four and a half inches the gap will be reduced by this amount and the stack will veer to the wc-t forty-live inches at the are de scribed at the top where the radius (the chimney! is 1“2 feet.” B; .mm’s eyes were tix.d on the speaker during this statement with growing interest. He had forgotten the lesser in the more important matter, lie continued to stare for a few mo ments after Henry had finished, then asked: “With the enormous weight (nearly 400 tons) on the blocks, you can’t cut them down and tret out the surplus.” “1 have thought of that,” Henry re plied. “1 will burn them out.” It seemed as if 400 tons had been taken off Itaunon’s mind. "Where are your figures?” he asked. Henry produced them and waited while Hannon went over them again and again. “Come,” said the latter when he was satisfied; “you shall have charge of the work.” After the successful removal of the bricks and the insertion of the blocks Henry lilrod marked off the space to be burned out. sot the blocks on (ire and kept them burning evenly. If one burned fuster than the others It was HOW I CAME TO be a farmer. [Original.] When I was a young man, having read a great deal about the failure of officials to find and briug to justice illicit distillers in Tennessee, I was seized with a desire to try my hand at the business. I’olk county swarmed with moonshiners, 4ml to Polk county I went. Reaching the locality that I j sought. I began operations by pump- . ing the inhabitants. Passing a farm house I saw a good looking young wo man on the porch taking care of a couple of little children. I dismounted, went in and asked for a drink of wa ter. The woman pointed to a gourd hanging in a well house, and I helped myself. Then, before asking any ques tions, I played with the children with a view to opening a way to the moth er’s confidence. “Sorry jour husband isn’t at home,” I said. “I’m looking ot for timber lands. Perhaps he might know of some to sell.” “I haven’t got a husband,” she re plied; “I’m a widder.” She went on to tell me that It was hard for her to get on since her hus band’s death. The country was ruined by the illicit distilling that was going on. Instead of farming, everybody was making whisky, and that kept respect able people away. “Would you,” I asked, “be willing to do something to get rid of the moon shiners?” “Well, I don't like to git iny neigh bors down on me.” “But supposing you could make a nice thing of it.” “What d’y’ call a nice thing?-” I named a sum I was willing to pay for the information I desired. “Look a-liere, stranger,” she said. “You hain’t after lumber; you’re a-huniin’ stills. Now, if you double that what yo’ said, it’s a go.” I complied with- the terms, and* she gave me minute information as to where I could find a half dozen secret whisky manufactories, with llie names of persons who knew all about them and could testify to their existence and ownership iw court. Having kissed the children—l want ed to kiss the widow, too; she was very tempting—l mounted my horse, confirmed the information given me by pretending to stumble oil the stills while bunting timber lands, then rode to the county seat and swore out war rants for the persons whose names had been given me as the owners and subpoenaed tSse witnesses. Some time was required to serve the papers, and it was several weeks be fore we were ready for trial. Mean while I culled frequently on the widow, becoming quite at home in her house, taking tiie children out to walk with me while their mother was busy with her household duties. I feared that my being so much at her home would lead those whom I was prosecuting to suspect that she had given me the necessary Information, but they didn’t seem to trouble her. I began to feel that I would not mind settling in Ten nessee with a view to ministering to the widow and the fatherless. When the case came up for trial it became apparent that the stills I had seen were small ones, the main stills where the bulk of the whisky was made remaining undiscovered. The fees paid the witnesses--whose testi mony was worthless—cost the state a round penny, and the amount paid the widow was a dead loss to me. I was riding away from the courthouse much discomfited when one of my witnesses overtook me. “Stranger,” he said, “what'd you mis give for some more information?” “Nothing.” “Well, I’ll give it to you anyway. The winder that put y’ on to ’em owned the hull kit. Her husband owned all the big stills about hyar, and when he was shot a year ago by a revenue offi cer his widder tuk the property and has been mailin' it ever since. Ilyar’s a paper she writ you uns.” I.lti handed m_o a missive from the immediately checked till th’e others vaught up with it. Thus tfiey were kept burning uniformly while the stack slowly righted. Small fissures opened on the opposite side near the base, but steel wedges were driven into them, which maintained a solid mass. When evening came the work was finished, and the stack was as good as when it was first built. Henry Elrod when at breakfast the next morning received a note from his kit? employer containing a check for SI,OOO and offering him the position of superintendent of building and ma chinery at a handsome salary. An other note, written in a more delicate hand, came with the first, congratulat ing the young eug'neer on his triumph. Henry's wife now owns the factory, and Henry is Its manager. MARTIN C. UNDERWOOD. A RETURN of LOVE LETTERS. [Original.l The average number of letters pass ing between Seldon Reyburn and his fiancee, May Hildreth, was ten a week. In eighteen months the aggregate weight of these letters was forty pounds. The couple were desperately in love, and the letters were written at high pressure. Mr. Reyburn avowed in glowing terms that he had met hun dreds of girls without being in the least influenced by them. It was only when thrown in with one who was the soul of honor, a model of amiability, an angel In the flesh, that he had suc cumbed. Miss Hildreth declared that she could love no one less than a no bleman of nature, and her dearest Sol don was one of nature’s kings. She felt that her happiness was as safe in his hands as if he had come down from heaven to assume its care. They quarreled. It would be impossi ble to state the cause, for, since neither of them remembered it, no one else could be expected to know it. Confi dence having been destroyed, the idol each had set up was at once shattered. “Suppose,” remarked Mr. Reyburn to himself, “that she should sue me for breach of promise and produce my let ters to be read in court.” “I have no doubt,” mused Miss Hildreth, “that such a man would show my letters at his club.” ‘Mr. Key burn wrote her a cold, cut ting note, saying that he supposed she would want her letters returned. This was with a view to securing his own. “If you had been a gentleman,” re plied Miss Hildreth, “you would have returned them instantly.” ‘T supposed you would have first re turned mine,” he wrote. “It is the lady’s privilege to break finally and forever with a gentleman. Then I would have returned yours.” “Send me my letters at once,” she wrote. “One who has acted as dis honorably as you would not scruple to read them to others. I have no doubt they have already gone the rounds of your friends.” There was silence for a time after this. Itcyburn was thunderstruck that a woman he had loved would stoop to make such a charge and was well sat isfied to have broken with her, but he felt all the more anxious to get his let ters. A girl who would make such an accusation would not herself hesitate to show letters that hud been written her, so he reopened the question of ex change and proposed sending the pack ages by express. Miss Hildreth at first assented,but on inquii-ing thecost found that she could buy considerable candy with the money required. She wrote lieyburn that the letters might bo lost. Then he suggested a mutual friend. Miss Hildreth feared that tho friend might read the letters, but if he would consent that one of her own sex should be the bearer she would agree to his plan. “No, thanks,” he wrcM. “My experience with women would not jus tify any such procedure.” “And I have discovered that men are too dishonorable for anything,” she re plied. Then it was arranged that on a ccr tnln ,iii° , ':,t each should hid?..a package widow inviting me to take supper with her that evening. I thanked the man for liis information and, turning, rode to the widow’s home. “Stranger,” she said. “I hain't no great lover fer still hunters, seein’ my husband was shot by a ‘revenue,’ but I bain’t got over your takin’ a shine to Tommy and Handle. Here’s the money you uns paid me for puttin’ you uns on to the stills. I own ’em, and the witnesses I give y’ air all in my employ. Reckon it wouldn't be right to take pay fer that. The state can afford to pay the witness fees.” We were soon seated at a table on which was a delicious supper of ham and eggs, biscuit, corn bread and cof fee. The widow did everything she could to make me forget my failure to break up inoonshining in Polk county, and by the time I had finished my sup per I was in a very contented frame of mind. While I smoked she put her children to bed, and daring the time she was “doing” the dishes I went into the room where the little tots lay and played with them till she had finished When they were asleep the widow sat clown Itcsido me and said: “I want to git out o’ this moon shinin'. I’m a lone woman and, though I'm no fool at turnin’ off ‘revenues,’ 1 hain’t got the head fer turnin’ my property into money.” “You’re a rough diamond.” I said, drawing her to me. “I'll help you out on one condition.” “What Is it?” “That you marry me.” She consented, and in a short time I had turned her stills into cash, with which I stocked the farm. Meanwhile we were married, and I make a much better farmer than detective. ROGER PERKINS. f Willed Away tho Laundry. When a perfectly strange woman can for the soiled clothes the mis tress the house came to the conclu sion •fft her own laundress had sim ply a new laessengsr ami madte 60 comment on the eircum staoMS. But when two weeks had gone by and still the old laundress, known as Susan, no last name having been men tioned, did not appear the mistress of the fa**3c felt that she would be lack ing in her duty if she did not make eom* riiqu-iry about her. “Where is Susan?” she asked the tall and bony structure who came for the clothes. “She has gone to Pennsylvania to live, ywssum,” returned this person, with composure. “She went to Penn sylvania some time ago, an’ she lef goodhy fer yuh, but s’ long es yuh didn’t seem tuh notis I didn’t saft nufflu-’.” “But why didn’t she come and tell me and allow me to make some ar rangements about my laundry?” asked Susaif's ex-mistress. “Well, she lef’ yo’ clothes tuh meh. She made a will an’ lef’ dem clothes tuh meh. Wese alius been good frlen’s, and • w’en she lef’ she say I may was* 70’ clothes long ez I wush tub. an’ dere wuz no use worryin’ yuh ’bout it, new was dere?” To Which moderate and sensible ques tion -Ift'e mistress of the house could enlyr wtnain speechless. Baltimore New*, Satisfied Her Curiosity. A certain south side lady has come to the conclusion that curiosity can no kinqpp be indulged in with any degree of safety. One night she entertained a gtkmp ©f friends and at the moment of departure, when conversation al ways lags a trifle, her eye fell idly on a package carried by one of the men. “What is it you have there?” she with hardly a thought of- what she raw saying. “Well,” said another guest, springing forward, with mock indignation, “if he’s ging to be searched, I feel that aH 4t us should he subjected to the same, Indignity.” “On, I,” commenced the hostess, her face flushing—“l give you my word that*— “I mm prove the ownership of this watch,” cried one man. “This was my mother’s ring,” ex plafetML* another. And so it went dow* the line until the laugh came just in time to save the life of the hostess. Hereafter one of her guests can walla with the grand piano and be free from remark.—Kansas City In dependent. ifi a’fc&row’ fi’ee .fust outside the wall surrounding her home, and each was to tain# the package the other had left. Both stood off and watched for the othe? to make the first deposit, and the scheme fell through. “I knew I couldn’t trust you,” she wrote. “A pretty scheme to get all and give uotßtag,” he replied. Br this time Iteyburn felt sure the girl was keeping his letters for a pur pose. Every time he thought of their extravagant phrases being perused by others or printed iu the newspapers he became panic stricken. He resolved to secure them at any cost. Then it occurred to him to take her letters to her himself and receive his own from her hands. He wrote asking if such a plan would meet her approbation. She replied that she supposed there was no other way. It was a murky afternoon when he called, and large flakes of snow had begun to fall. He carried the letters done up in brown paper, to which was fastened a wood and wire handle. They made a package the size of a large bureau drawer. He was not used to being seen on the street lugging mer chandise aud was much mortified at meeting a number of his acquaintances. It was the enormous bulk that dis tressed him. He was ushered into the little parlor where he had sat with Miss Hildreth so often. A bright fire blazed on the hearth, contrasting pleas antly with the cheerless scene without. Miss Hildreth was standing before the fireplace, her face lighted by the flame. She heard Mr. Reyburn enter, but did not turn her head. She was dressed becomingly and looked very pretty— not at all like an adventuress who would sue him for breach of promise, lie could not assume a proper dignity carry toff some twenty pounds of let ters. He was embarrassed. lie cleared his throat to announce his presence, and she turned her beauti ful eyes upon him. Something told him that he—they—had been making fools of themselves. He resolved upon an explanation, but could not remem ber the cause of their quarrel. Drop ping the bulky package, he stepped forward, seized her hand and said in a low voice: “Mae, forgive me!” Forgiveness was easy, but what to do with forty pounds of letters was a different matter. They finally con cluded to s ! t before the fire and feed them to the flames. For two hours they tossed in package after package till all were consumed. And now they have begun to accumu late another batch. MORRIS WYNNE.