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Timing Kisses.
At a Chicago, railroad station, on the
arrival of a train, thirteen kisses were
measured aa to duration from the instant
°f contact to that of culmination. Two
tlieso were so instantaneous that tire
observers noted them at a hundredth
part of a second, nnd four moro wore
rather guessed.than actually timed at a
fiftieth. All these were between women.
Hie next group of fivo kisses were re
corded at a twentieth. The couples
were divided as to sex, but were made up
persons whose ties were presumably
tbnso of consanguinity. Thou came a
'Mil half-minute kiss—that of a little
R'rl and a man, who was doubtless her
■ather. Tho longest of the thirteen was
ever a minute, according to the time
keeper, but the record was questioned,
on the ground that there was a suoces-
B 'on of kisses instead of a continuous
conjunction of the lips. This couplo
Was composed either of young married
■oiks or of sweethoarts who felt sure that
they were among total strangers. There
was no hurry or reserve about tboir
greeting.
Shingles were split by hailstoneo in
■Lennesseo tho other day and women who
o obliged to split kindlings in tlio
oru'.ng are thinking seriously of mov-
!“*5 to icfinessee wherp the elements aro
h ° j c °MsTdeva!o titan thoughtless ]ms-
GENEHAT, NEWS.
Mai, via grapes me siiocessfully grown
in Hillsboro county, Flo.
The population of Chnttnucrga is said
to he 20,006.
F.iohty cents per hundred, is the price
offered for good limes in Jacksonville,
Florida.
Fifty-five thousand dollars worth of
sponge wore sold at Key Wist, Fla., Ins
Monday.
Eight nnd three-quarter million ilol-
lors is the valuation of property in Flor
ida for 1883, an increase of four millions
over last year,
Vicksburg, Miss., wells sunk aliont
2(50 feet reach tho gulf level nnd an
Abundance of excellent water, with flue
sand and sen shells is found.
The Charleston, 8. C., News and Coll
ier reports great injury to the cotton by
drouth and greater injury threatening
upland crop.
South Carolina, according totho cen
sus, is (lie most illiterate slate, 48.2 per
eeut of tho population being unable to
read, and 55.4 per rent unable to write
From present indications it is probable
Unit Galveston, Texas, will receive for
the season 1882-83 about 300,000 bales
if cotton, leaving every port except Now
Orleans in the race.
A ooMMirrEE is eanvassing for sub
soriptioUB to n steamship line between
Augusta and Savannah. It is thought
that it will he a success. When the con
tomplatod improvements in the river arc
made steame s cull inn all the year.
The German colony located at Tick
ensvillo, Ala., apprehend renlieing noth
ng from their crop, mi neeonnt of tin
lroutli, and have entered into negotift'
tions to furnish staves to the Mobile
market from the timber along the uppo
Bigboo,
Tun work in the harbor at Vicksburg
will not be abandoned. It is confidently
believed that a sufficient depth ot Water
can bo kept in the west pass of the lake
to allow tributary boats to land at the
city landing during the lowest stage in
tho river.
The Bi ard of Directors of the Florida
Ship canal and Transit Company adjour
ned at New York yesterday, after a four
days’ session. Work will probably com
mence on the canal within the next
ninety days. Its estimated cost is $16,-
(100,000.
Westekn North Carolina is certainly
n great section for fruit. In Wntnugn
county is au apple tree fifty years old
which has on it about fifty bushels of
fine apples, and has nine large branches,
which give rise to thirty-two branehlets,
is seven and a half feet in diameter and
rovers twenty-nine yards.
Two of the best farms iu Culpepper
county, Vo., oxelianged hands recently.
One of them, containing 1,300 neves, sit
uated on tho Tbippnnounock river, was
purchased bv Thomas B. Nnlle for $50,
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, hid,, has recently
nrnod tho reputation of being tho best
intter producing cow in the United
States, having, in seven days’ test, given
527 pounds of milk, which made twenty-
five pounds two and a half ounces of
butter, being one pound of butter from a
little less than thirteen pounds, or six
and a half quarts of milk.
Georgia, Tennessee amt other south
ern states comblain that dogs kill their
sheep. Til England pet dogs are bocom-
lg a serious drain upon the odilile ne-
essities and luxuries of life. Many
pups aro fed oil toast and tea and eggs,
and lamb chops. Ono gentleman daily ,
orders a beefsteak and tw- glasses of
wine for bis dog. Some ot them tako
brandy nnd soda, cheese and pickled
oysters.
Mr. H. J. Gaciiet, Bullock county,
Ala., is engaged in making syrup from
melons, and has already made ,500 gal
lons. This sells for 75 centr, per gallon.
An ordinary melon will make two gallons
ol juice, and it takes twelve gallons to
make one of syrup. Estimating tho
yield per ncro 1,000 melons, which will
give 2,000 gallons of juice, or 166 3 of
syrup, at 75 cents per gallon, the pro-
ccc(1h will lie
Albany (Fla.) Argun: An immense
town is now being built ou the lino of
the St. J. A U. E. railroad. It commen
ces at Ravenswood, and continues all
along the line to Umatilla, a distance of
six miles, of which Altoona, is tlio grand
cent'T, geographically. Five saw-mills
make it hum for us, nnd if tilings con
tinue this way for another your a lino of
street ears and street lamps will have to
bo inaugurated per necessity. Within
this six miles are tho towns of Ravens
wood, .Pittmann (now consolidated), Al
toona’, Honeywell, Glendale and Unm-
^ A new cave has been discovered iu
North Carolina. It is located on tho
Tennessee river in Swain county, near
the mouth of the Nantihala. A blast
was put in the mouth of it and a way
opened for entrance. One large room,
bearing beautiful stalactites was ex
plored and n small aperture leading to
another room was found, but for want
proper lights the exploring party
went no further. The railroad runs im
mediately by it on the river. The land
is owned liy Maj. J, W. Wilson, about
tho largest landholder iu North Carolina.
The cave toil tho great marble belt of
tli > went, which crops out nt Marble gap
on Valley-river mountain.
EDITORIAL NOTES*
Tho sum of $931,000, bequeathed by
•T. B. Gardner, of Boston, to help pay
the National debt, was received nt the
Treasury Department 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 Ollsto . era who
tell the barkeeper to hang it up; but the
beverage became so popular in Reno
that it was considered too good for that
class of customers.
A geld idol weighing thirty-two and
one-half pounds Was recently excavated
in CnlistlnhnUoft state of MfiXiro, by
some Indians. The idol was composed
of ft group of figures, but it Was broken
up by the Indium n»nl divided equally
Only lilYlo of tho thirty-eight States
have furnished the country with presi
dents. These Hb'lcs aro the following,
and the length of time the several States
have held the office is also indicated
Virginia 30 years
Massachusetts 8 years
Tennessee Ill years
Now York 10J years
Ohio
Louisiana
Now Hampshire..
Pennsylvania ...
Illinois.
•I j years
year
years
years
years
HALF WAY.
FInvr ymt forgotten whors Wo stood,
Between tlio lights, that night of spring.
Tho river rolling to tho flood,
So sail tho birds, they dared not sing?
No love -was ever dreamed llko this,
Beneath tho shadows of tho park,
Beneath a whisper and a hiss,
Between tho daylight and tho dark.
There had been tronblo—tills was rcBtj
There had been passion—this Was peace;
Tlio sunset dying in the west
Mado Naturo sigh ami whispers cease.
I only felt what I had found,
You only knew what I would say;
Bui nothing broke tho peace; rofouud
Between tho darkness and the day.
flow will It ond? I cannct tell;
I ashed it many months ago,
Before tho leaves of autumn fell
And changed to winter's wasto of snow.
Yet wo stand watching at the gate
OT summer tltno for promise—hark 1
No, love, 'tl« nothing I We must wait
Between the daylight and tho dark.
Clement Scott.
roll HIS BROTHER’S SAKE.
rite True History ol n l.lfn or Melf-Snerincc.
nv con, OEonoH w. symonds.
"1*!io floverhor pardoned John Brlsben, A
"* w
fO!
til
penitentiary convict, to-tlay. lie was sent up
f rom Bourbon for llftbfch years for forgery,
Total Hum 178H to 1885,... .06 years
In the soveuty-two years prior to the
ivil war, the South possessed the Prcsi
doncy f<"' forty-nine ytlatti, Mill nB g
ns possessed it under the eight years of
Pierce, of Notv Hamsliiro, nnd Buchan
nan, of Pennsylvania. Ill thofto days it
made no dilfiUTfieU where a man eanu
frolii, if lie was in spniputhy with tli
dominating Southern element. The
traordinnry contributions to Iho Drear
deucy, were dim, not nt all to lr t loe
tion, but to the UNiiHiial relations of h
strong men to tho Government during
tbo period of the Revolution and sottl
mont of tho Constitution. Virginia has
furnished no presidents since Mcinn
wont out in 1821.
Mr. Russell, a wealthy Mifistosi]
planter, who is at. Rockbridge Alum
Springs, with his wife, has with him alsi
an adopted child, twelve years old, wl
is a son of the late Gen. John B. Hood
Of tho Hood children, tho two oldest
daughters were taken by Mr. Maury,
relative of Mrs. Hood, and aro now be
ing educated in Germany with his daugh
ters. John B. Hood, Jr., the oldest boy,
is the one adopted into tho family of Mr.
Russell. A pair of twin girls aro adop
ted children of a Mr. Adams, of New
York; another pair of twin girls are in
tho family of Air. McKee, of Mississippi;
another hoy, Duncan by name, is the
adopted child of a wealthy maiden lady
of Now York, and another, Oswald, is
in the family of another New Yorker, re
siding near tlio Empire City. Thus
have the fatherless been eared for. A
singular coincidence is related in connec
tion with three of the gentlemen
who have thus taken the place of lathers
of these interesting children. Messrs,
Russell, Adams and McKee were class
mates at Yolo College. They aro nil
married, but have no children. "Without
consent of action, or even knowing wliat
tho others were about to do, each ap
plied for and was given the charge ho
now lias.
New England Woollen Mills.
In order to ascertain the extent of the
depression in the New England woollen
indnstry, the Boston Advertiser sent cir
culars of inquiry to tlio 500 mills in those
States and has published the results of
the replies received from 250. The num
ber of woollen mills iu New England re
ported by tlio census of 1880 was 490,
■nnd the number of sets of cards was
2 922. According to tho Advertiser s
returns, tho number of sets of cards now
shut down is 759, or more than a third
of tho whole. Tho estimated daily con-
umption of each set of cards is 3011
,„„„iiii nf wool. This would show a re
in
ml had teti yi-sHi jrtjl to tori*, Oltr reader
re familiar with tlio liimory of this enso, and
ho humane aettbli of lti« Exfcbllcney wt!I lie
,tii'rally cohlhiomli'd."— Fvdnk/oll (A’j/.)
VcoeiatV
I read tins litllo paragraph and my
mind went back six years. I knew Job-
. risben, and I nfsn kntrto biff twin
brolliGf Joseph, 1 IVns fahllllat with
■lie details of the action that placed
folm.Brisben in a felon’s Cell, and uow,
rhon the sad a Hail' Is bhdignt hack to
mind so vividly, 1 must write it out, for
i over before lmvo 1 met, in ptoso or
poetry, in real life or in romance, a great
■r hero than plain, matter-of-fact John
Brisben. .
Tho BrishottS mm» of pood (dock, I
think tho great-grandfather of my hero
emigrated to Kentucky when KenlouV
St it ion, between the pleSbut city oi
Majsvtllo and Hie hifitefiij old Mm ol
Washington, was tlio principal settlement
on die “dark nnd bloody ground." He
an mo from Upper Pennsylvania nnd lo
cated about five Miles fi'olu tlifi Ohio
River, on Limestone creek. Ho was an
ndustriouH, strong-limbed, liou-liearted
ild follow, nnd in a few years his sur
roundings Were of tho most comfortable
Inscription. Ono of his sons, Edwin
Brisben, once represented Kentucky in
he Federal Congress. I think ho was
Id grandfather of John and Joseph
t Jrishen. Their father’s name was Samuel
uid ho died when they Were litllo chil
dren, leaving lim widow nn excellent
iilue-grass farm nnd a snug little fortune
in stocks, bonds mid mortgages. The
widow remained a widow until her death.
Mrs. Samuel Brisben was a good woman
ii.-d she idolised her twin boys. Like
most twins, tho brothers resembled each
iitlu-r iu n striking manner, and even in-
imato acquaintances could not tell them
[part. But olthongli tho physical re-
icmbinnce was so strong there was great
dissimilarity in tho dispositions of tlio
i wins. Joseph was surly and morose,
sometimes cunning and revengeful. He
was withal a dreamer and an enthusiast;
a man well learned in books, a brilliant,
frothy talker when ho clioso to bo soei-
ablo (which was seldom), a splendid
horseman, and a most excellent shot.
John Brisben, on tho contrary, was
cheerful and bright, honorable and for
giving. Ho 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. llo was a poor horseman, and 1
don’t think ho ever shot a gun in his life.
B o saw nothing of tho poetry of life, and
as for sport, ho enjoyed himself only
when hard at work, no loved his
brother, and when they were boys to-
,r,-ther suffered punishment many times,
and uncomplainingly, that “Jodie"
might go scot freo. Ilis life was, there
fore, one constant sacrifice, but the
object of this loving adoration made
vnt shabby returns for this unselfish de-
bofion.
They wore 20 year's old when their
mother died very suddenly. Joseph
made a great pretense of grief, ond win
so hysterical at tho gravo that ho had to
bo led away.
John, on the contrary, never demon
strative, took the great atlliction wit I
his customary coolness. He said bill
litllo and shed no tears.
The property left to tho boys was con
siderable. The day they were 21 yean-
old the trustees met and mado settle
ment. There was tho blue-gras.- fain,
valued nt §50,000, and 8100,000 in we)
invested securities which could bo turned
into money. Joseph demanded a di
vision.
“You can tako tho farm, Jack, he
said. “I was never cut out for a. farmer
This Will bo sufficient, old fellow,” .
,vns the reply. ' ‘In two years I will pay,
t back/’
He went back to town, drew Ids money
paid bis debts, sold sotno of bill horse.-
md discharged several of his servants
Twenty thousand dollars Was loft out o'
he loan. He invested this 111 business
md for a while seemed to hrtto really re
formed. John was encouraged to sav:
“Jodio will come out nil right. He ii
•marter than I, nnd in five years will 1><
vortli moro money than 1 cotlld make in
i life-time.”
In loss than throe years Joseph Bris-
ben's affairs were in the hands of his
reditors, and ft sheriff’s officer closed
nit his business. Agnin ho turned to
,iis brother for holp and sympathy."
“I own that I mnnnged a trifle care*
lesRly,” ho said by way of explanation.
“Experience is a dear teacher, and the
lesson I have lenrned I shall never for
get. If you come to my assistance now
l can booh recover myself,”
Onoo more John Brisben placed
his liamo to a check paynblo to thoorder
-if his brother, nnd Joseph entered into
1 nislness again. In two years ho was n
bankrupt.
"I shall never succeed In business,
faok," ho said. “Help mo out of this
' rouble and I will live with you on
ho fnrm, I shall succeed
farmer. ” , , , . ,
It took all of John Brisben s board to
■my his brother’s debts, but lie made no
complaint, tittered no reproach, no
-aid;
*'I nm glad you are eofnlhg back to
tho farm, Jodie. You need do ho Work.
md Wo’ Will be Very happy togother."
So Joseph took up lilA residence at tlio
mini, npd remembering bis brother's
pounds of wool. —
•Motion in tho total consumption of
°30 700 pounds a day, or about / ,000,UUi,
pounds a month. Tho actual reduction
is doubtless greater than this, for the
reason that tho returns made do not in
clude all of the stopped nulls. Iho num
ber of sets of cards shut down in each
New England State and tho total num
ber in each as returned by tbo census of
1880 aro ns follows
Stales. sfiul Down,
Massachusetts 396
Itliodo Island
Maine 22
New Hampshire ““
Vermont
Connecticut
Census 18X0
1,350
432
201
293
145
435
"q"ho important bearing of this marked
759
2,922
depression on — ...
country is apparent when it is remem
bered that New England to the chief scat
of that industry in the UmtoMStates.
According to the census of 1880, one-
fourth of all tho woollen mills m the
United States and more than a third ot
the sets of cards aro in New England,
while New England mills consumo more
tho wollen industry of the
Give me §75,000 in money for my share.
So this sort of a division was mml
John continued ou nt the homestead,
working in his plain, methodical way,
and slowly adding to his share of the
money wliat he could raise out of the
profits of the farm. Joseph, with his
newly-acquired wealth, set up an estab
lishment at tho nearest town and began
a life of pleasure-pleasure of tho grosser
sort. His brother gave him no advice,
for ho knew it wns useless. J° s <’Pb
spent, his money with great prodigality
and before lie knew it ho was a beggfti.
In the meantime John’s §25,000 had
doubled itself. One day Joseph came
to him with a full confession of his pe
cuniary troubles .
“ Jack,” said he, “I am not only a
beggar, but 1 am lienvily in debt. - Help
mo out like a good fellow, and I will set
tle) down and begin life in sober earnest.
With my capacity for business I can soon
make monev enough to repay you. I
have sown my wild oats, and with a little
help I can soon recover nil that I have
squandered so foolishly.”
For an answer John Brisben placed
liis name to an order for tho §25,000 he
had earned so laboriously.
than half of a'l the wool used m tho q ln t, bo enough, Jodio V” he
country and turn out more than halt me | ‘'because I have as much more,
goods made, which you cau have if it is necessary.”
1801)11 tOOK 111)
nnd rememb „ .
words, deVWted his time principally to
hunting, fishing Mid tiding about the
country. In the meantime John Brisben
Imd fallen in love, and tho daughter of n
neighboring fat-mot, Compton, by name
was his promised wife. Being a man of
.strict honor himself and having full con
fidence in his brother, ho did not ohjee'
whon Joshjdt hArtrtn to pay his affianced
very marked attention,
“i mn giad bo likes licr,” ho thought.
“I nm 60 btfsy on tho fnrm that I have
little timo for pirnstite, and Alice is s<-
foud of amusement.”
Ono night Joseph enfne to him just ni-
Ihc shadows of evening Weto beginning
to fall. There was a triumphant ring in
liis vo co when he spoke.
“Jack, old boy. Do said, holding onl
liis hand, “congratulate mfl. I think
that from to-dav I can date tho begin
ning of (t hew life, Alien Compton has
promised to bo my wlfd. *
He was too much engrossed with hi
new happiness to boo tho effect of thi
announcement ub portrayed ov. JohnV
face. llo did not notice tho strong
man’s hand tremble in his own.
“Is this true ?" faltered John nt last.
“Why, of course it is. Aro you no;
glad I Wo love each othor and shall la
very happy."
“ ‘Wo love each other, and shall lx
very happy 1’ ” repeated John mechanic
nil v, and all tho sunshine of his life sank
behind the heavy clouds of despair
“Yes, Jodio, I nm glad, and I wish you
long years of happiness. ”
Ho turned away and stnggorcd, rather
than w alked, to liis own room. Ho did
not stir all night. Once n deep, sobbing
groan struggled to his lips, and the
moonbeams struggling through tlio win
dow fell full upon his faco, and surprised
two great tenrs stealing down his pale
ebooks. Ho brushed nway this evidence
of weakness and sorrow, and when the
morrow enmo, no ono looking into liE
calm, serene eyes would havo guessed
bow hard wns tho battle that had been
fought and won in that lonely chamber.
They were married, and the man re
jected by tho bride and supplanted by
the groom wns tho first to congratulate
tho newly-married pair. A vacant house
on the farm was fitted up for their recep
tion and John Brisben’s money paid for
tho furnishing.
“Hereafter, Jodio,” he said, “we will
divide the profits of the farm. I don’t
need much, and you shall havo the
huger share.”
Ten years passed away, and John Bris
ben, an old man before his time, still
worked from dawn till dark that his
brother might play the gentleman and
keep in comfort the largo family which
tho years had drnwm round him. It lind
been necessary to mortgago tho old
homestend, t o raise money to pay Joseph’s
gambling debts, for of late years lie
had played liawily, and hud invariably
lost,
Ono day—it wns in tho summer of
1877—a forged chock was presented at
ono of tho banks at the shire town, by
Joseph Brisben, and tho money for which
it called was unhesitatingly paid over to
him. Ho wns under the infiucnco of
liquor at tho time, and deeply interested
ia a game of cards for high stakes,
which wns in progress. The check was
for §2,500, I think. Before daylight tho
next morning Joseph Brisben bad lost
every dollar of it. To drown liis chagrin
ho becamo beastly drunk, and while in
ibis condition an officer arrived and ap
prehended him for forgery and uttering
a forged check. Tlio prisoner was con-
lined in jail, and word of his disgraco
was sent to John Brisben. Tho latter
read the message, and a mist cumo over
liis eyes, ne groaned audibly, and but
for a'strong effort of tho will ho would
have fallen to tho floor, so weakened was
ho by the shock.
“She must not know it, ho said to
himself, and ho made instant prepara-
i ions to visit his brother, tVhen he
reached tho jail he was admitted to tho
cell of tho wretched criminal. The
brothers remained together for several
hours. What passed during tho inter
view will never bo known. When Joaiii
Brisben emerged from tho jail he went
straight to the magistrate who had
issued the warrant for tho apprehension
of Joseph BriAicn.
“Squire,” ho said, in his slow, hesitat
ing way; “yon have made a mistake.”
“In what way, Mr. Brisben?” asked
the magistrate, who had a high regard
for his visitor.
“You have caused tho arrest of an in
nocentman.”
• ‘But”—began tho magistrate,
“Issuo an order for my brother’s in
stnut release. Ho is innocent of llie
Ellison td tho Check hfl tittered. He
did not know that it wns a forgery,
You," cried the astounded lnagis
trnte. “Ton a forger—ImpossibleV"
“Nothing is impossible in U ese da.' s.’
lid the wliite-baired old mnn sternb
I alone am guilty. My brother is in
nocent.”
So stoutly did he aver that lie was the
forger that tho magistrate relnctnull)
issued a Warrant for liis ai-rcnt, and in
the snmo timo ho Wrote mi order to tin
jailor for the release of Joseph Brisben.
" “My constable will be in sooti." said
the magistrate, blit tbo old hero picked
up both the papers.
“I will not trouble him,” lie said; "1
will execute both papers.”
And ho did. Handing tho jailor both
pnpers, ho explained their meaning
thus:
“They lmvo mado a mistake. It is I
who mu to he your prisoner. My broth
er is innocent.”
Accordingly Joseph Brisben wns re
leased niivl returned to tlio farm. John
remained nt tho jail n prisoner. When
the extraordinary affair became known,
several prominent citizens offered to go
on tlio accused mnu’s bond, hut lie would
lot accept their kind offices. At the
the trial lie pleaded guilty nnd wns sen
tenced to fifteen years’ imprisonment n,
hard labor in tlio penitentiary. Joseph
came to see him before ho wns removed
to Frankfort, but their interview was r
private one.
Josopli Brisben remained St tho farm,
but ho was n changed man. From thi
day ho was released from jail down to
tho time of liis death, lie wns novel
known to touch a card, and a drop o’
liquor never passed his lips. Last April
lie died, and liis confession, duly sworn
to before a juHtieo of tho pence, was
made public nfler the burial. In sub
stance it was tlito: Tlmt lie was guilt)
of tho forgery for which bis heroic
brother wns suffering a long imprison-
A LAKESIDE MUSING.
Why llcnrie Wsnld nat Accept HI* Urt4
One’* Invllntton t* Slay !• Tea.
.ntent to do wrong. 1 am the guilty i “ u si £ glo beat,
juan. I forged the name of Charles D
menv. , „
“It was my brother’s wish, not mine,
rends tee document. "Ho insisted that
lie who had no ties of blood or marriage
could better suffer tbo punishment nnd
the disgrace than I who lind dependent
upon me a targe family.”
Noble John Brisben I Of such sitiff
are heroes made.—Detroit Free Dress.
The Voting Men of the South.
I hats fished no town in tho South,
■mys M. Quad, without nuking it a
special point to sit down with represen
tative yoling men, to nsk about tln-m,
and to inquire of tlicir past and future.
[ have visited almost every town and
city in nine Southern States, and yet I
novor saw a qnnrrcl between young men;
nover saw one arrested; near beard ono
spouk disrespectfully of tho North, nnd
nover saw hut two tlio worso for liquor.
On tho contrary, I havo found them
everywhere as itt Vicksburg, They may
drink a glass of beer with you, and they
would certainly rescent nn insult, hut to
find au idler or peace-disturber among
them is a rare thing.
In a city liko Vicksburg tho poorer
class of young men arc tho bone and sinew
of tho mills mid factories; tho educated
class are in stores and ollicos, just be
ginning law, or medicine—agents, travel
ers and speculators. It is wonderful
how many young men nro managers of
mills and factories, and in positions of
responsibility, They remember that
tho war impoverished tho country and
mado it necessary for them to go to
work. Whatever tho struggle was in
the beginning, it was over long ago, and
tho young men of tho South neither
drond work nor hold labor in con
tempt
It is a rare tiling to find an idler, it ;s
just ns rare to find a young man who will
admit that ho is discouraged. Ho has
great faith in wliat tho future will bring,
and bo lias the pluck to face all disasters
of tho present. While ho cannot make
a living ns easily as liis father did, ho
will make it, and feel a pride iu having
the talent and muscle to enablo him to
do so. To know him is to like him. Ho
is conrteous, gentlemanly, honorable and
big-hearted, and it is tho young man
whoso enthusiasm is making the whole
South boom as never before.
A Happy Thought
"While I was defending Dr. Mudd,"
said a legal gentleman in Washington,
“a littlo thing happened which I can re
member, though in tho lnpso of eighteen
years I have forgotten almost all the de
tails of tho trial. A colored woman had
been found with some evidence tending
to remove a very bad impression from
Dr. Mudd, and she was brought up to
Washington City. I had my carriage
there, and Mudd’s brother-in-law put
tho woman in with us to tako her down
to tho court-room. As wo were about
to Start the question was asked: ‘Sally,
havo you had any breakfast? ’ She said,
‘No.’ Wo both thought that she ought
to eat so as to be able to tell lier story
without being shaken or weak. Tho
other gentleman drew out a five dollar
bill and handed it to her, telling her to
go and get her breakfast and then eomo
back to tlio carriage. I don’t know
why, but for somo reason hardly iutel-
ligi’blo to myself I reached out anil said,
‘ No, don’t givo her five dollars. Take
her to get her breakfast at tho hotel and
then come back and join me.’ Wo pro
duced tbo woman in court a littlo later,
and the very first question Judge Holt
asked the woman was: ‘ Sally, lias any
body given you any money sineo you
have been in this city ? ’ ‘ No sir,’ said
tlio woman innocently. Now, suppose
she had taken tho five dollar bill? Do
you see what an impression it would
havo produced on that court, and gone
ta Dr. Mudd’s prejudice?”
He was looking for tho cashier, and
naked the paying teller if Mr. Blank was
in. “Gone to tho Springs,” was tho re
ply in the terse manner and courteous
tones usual to bank, hotel, and other
kinds of clerics. “How much w it?
asked tho visitor. The teller didn t
seem to catch on. ^
A Los Angeles rancher has raised a
pumpkin so largo that his two children
use a half encli for a cradle. This may
seem very wonderful in the rural dis
tricts, but in any city three or four full
grown policemen havo been found asleep
“Yon aro too tart." *
A ghastly pie-crust palloT that to in
strange contrast to the ruddy flush of his
new necktie pusses swiftly over Georgi
IV. Simpson’s face n» Beryl McGloskey
speaks these words, and as they stand
there together in the dim half-light of
the conservatory, the soft perfume of the
June reee coming through the open win
dow on tho sighing breeze that to kissing •-
the sawbnek whose haggard form it
shnrply outlined against tho woodshed, ^
he feels instinctively that this woman— ' *
tho only woman ho has ever loved, and
to win a smile from whom he would '
bravo the horrors of Inferno or go to St.
Louis in July—has been making a toy of
liis ii flections. Tbo thonght is n mad
dening one, and ns it surges through his
hrnin and starts on tlio return Inp almost
without a pause tho agony is so over- _
powering that the strong man reels, and
would have fallen had nc*t his panto been
too tight.
“Doymi know what you have said,
Beryl?" ho said, bending Ills face clow
to liera and looking with a pitiful, plead
ing, man-on-third-liaae-and-two-out ex
pression into tho beautiful brown eyed
that are upturned to his. Bnt there is
no light of love in tlioso dusky orbs; no
warm, resixmsivo, you-may-liold-me-a-
littlo -while-when-wc-get-home-from the - ,,
concert glonm. Around tho drooping
mouth there 'aro hard, tenso lines, and
v a the white brow, that is fair as the' cy
clamen loaves scattered ovor tho lawn of
Brierton Villa, there camo no rosy flush
sweet messenger of lovo and tiuthful-
i,csH—nothing but the fnlnt, perfumy
odor of homemade bandoline. And as
sho does not answer him, but stands de
fiantly, only tho irregular crackling ol
her liver pad telling of the emotion thnt
Beryl feels, ho turns away, steps through
tho open window upon tho voranda, and
an instant lator ho is lost to view.
“My God 1” exclaims tho gitf, sob
bing as if sho had mislaid hor shoe hot*
toner on matiuoe day. "I havo driven
him nway 1" nnd hastily pushing asido
tho honeysuckles that cluster around tho
window sho goes hastily out into the
purplo twilight tlmt hangs liko a mantle
over the earth and cal's to him.
There to n littlo stir among tho lilacs
and syringns, and an instant later
George has elapsed her to his suspender.
“And you do lovo mo, niter all?” he
asked.
Sho laughs softly, ns if bewildered by
her sudden happiness, and thou her cyeB
fill with tears ob sho softly strokes hie
face.
Yes, darling," is the answer, “and
you must come to supper now. We aro
to have hot biscuits. I m.ido them my-
self."
“You made them ?
"Yes,” she whispers, “mode them all
by myself.”
“Thon,” ho snys coldly, “yon cannot
love me,” and starts for tho gnta. Tho
girl follows him and cries in a low, do-
squiring wail for him to oomo back. But
lie docs not heed her. On nnd on ho
goes, when suddenly she sees him throw
up hie arms, as tho drowning man docn
when battling with tho very air for exist
ence, and disappear forever.
Ho lmd stopped into a post bole—Cni-
crt.7/o Tribune.
HE WOnKED BY TUB DAT.
A Detroiter who wns taking a newly
arrived Englishman around town the
other day happened to pass a carpenter
shop, and tho Englishman remnrked
that ho had always heard that Americnn
workmen were rather slovenly and care
less.
“Wo will go In nnd see,” was th«
reply, nnd they outored and sat down to
wait for tho boss. The carpenter wns
using his brace nnd bit to bore holes in
a frame of somo sort, and nftor eaoli
hole was bored he had to insert a wood
en wedge. Whon ho had bored a hole
he would walk off two foet and linng up
liis braeo, whioh would bo wanted again
in about two minutes. After whittling
out each wedgo ho would turn and ploco
his knife on the shelf, and every timo
ho wanted his hammer it was on the
hunch six feet away.
"All 1 I find I wns sadly mistaken,”
said tho Englishman as they finally de
parted.
“Why, that mnn had ns much order
and system as any workman I over saw
in England. lie must have occupied
four-fifths of his timo walking back and
forth for nud with his tools.”
“Yes, he was working by the day,
you see I” explained tho citizen os they
walked on.—Free Press.
The l’nllet and the Coon.
One pretty moonlight a coon took a
walk. He saw a pretty pullet “piping”
him off from hor boudoir window.
Come down, pretty damsel,” said tho
coon. “Let’s have a timo.
Oh. no; you would bite my neck,
you nasty beast, ’ she said.
“I promise you upon my word of hon.
or that I will not,” and then tho silly
little pullet flew down from her perch
and was about to go out and greet the
OOOll.
“Do not go,” the mother snid, “for he
fooling thee, and it is too lato for re
spectable people to bo out.”
Tho pullet only chuckled and im
agined that she knew a great deal more
than her mother, and went out. There
was a gentle flutter, a soft Highland all
was over. The coon had done his work,
and the pullet was lost forever.
Moral.—Young nnd innocent lambs
should heed their mothers, nud above
ill shake the intruder that entices inno
cence abroad at night.
Katie, a person well-known to many
of our readers, recently said to her mis
tress: “I know a girl who has been
keeping company three years with a
young Hum, and wns nuirriud two wggks
ago, and last night he was run over by
tho cars and killed. Ain’t that discour
aging?”
“Mx dear,” Baid a sentimental wife,
1 ‘home you know, is tho dearest spot on
earth ” “Well, yes,” said the practical
husband. "It does cost about twice aa
much us any other spot,”