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SPRING PLACE JIMPLECUTE.
J- C. HEARTSELL, Ed. and Pair.
VOL XIV.
The banking capital of the United
States is estimated at $5,150,000,000,
the greatest in the world.
Professor Edward Orton, an Ohio
geologist estimates that it will take
1000 years to exhaust the coal field of
of that State.
“Did any statistical financier evei
pause to reflect,” asks the Atlanta
Constitution, “that the world’s wheat
crop of 1892 was less than that of 18*7
by 120,000,000 bushels?”
In 1900 the National Capital will
have been established at. Washington
100 years, and iu celebration of that
event the holding of a “select” expo¬
sition is already being advocated by
the Star, of that city.
The tax pf $2 a year on cycles which
was imposed in France last April,
yielded iu the first half year over
$156,000. The tax on stock exchange
transactions, which the brokers de¬
clared would surely ruin all business
on the bourse, yielded a round $800,
000 between June 1 and November 20.
White horses are to be barred from
military service in Germany. The Em¬
peror has ordered that no more be
purchased for the army, anil those now
in use are to be sold. He thinks that
in a war white horses would be espe¬
cially conspicuous because of the use
of smokeless powder, and would af¬
ford an easy mark for the enemy.
Mr. Brentano, the publisher anr
bookseller, sold in his Paris store a
newspaper printed in New York City,
which contained an incorrect state¬
ment touching a French gentleman of
distinction. After a long legal bat¬
tle, states the New York Advertiser,
Brentano has been compelled to pay
damages to the amount of $1000 and a
fine of $20. That’s French law. It
is also French “justice.”
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Oho of the surgeons sent abroad bj
the United States to inspect intending
emigrants at European ports says that
the knowledge of such inspection by
the United States made the steamship
companies extremely careful us to the
sort of steerage passengers they ac¬
cepted. He inspected 15,000 passen¬
gers and detained but two, while on
this side not a siugle one of those who
came under his inspection was excluded
from this country.
In France there is a very stringent
law providing for the registration of
foreigners at the Prefecture of Police.
Out of the 120,000 resident in the city,
however, only about one-third have
complied with the law; and there is
considerable cariosity as to what the
Government will do. On the one hand,
]t can scarcely pass by such flagrant
disregard of the law, and ou tho other
it seems impracticable to institute
legal proceedings against 30,000 peo¬
ple gr expel them from the city.
Italy is to have the substantial back
ing of Germany in tho effort to get
upon her financial pins, and German
bankers are to aid in reconstructing
her monetary system. All Europe,
aud especially France, understands the
significance of this seeming parental
regard for an impecunious ward. It i:*
not 1.V0 .o, Italy, tliiukB N™
Aork News, so much as watchfulness
of France that inspires the generosity
of the Fatherland, and in this action
there is further evidence that the
young Emperor is a statesman of
greater discernment than he has been
credited with.
Those who are interested in the sav¬
ing of coal wastes and the suppression
of smoky chimneys will find suggestive
figures in the report on the mineral
industries of the United States, show¬
ing what enormous quantities of coal
are consumed in the cities of the coun¬
try. New York in 1889 received for
consumption a little more than 3,300,
000 tons of anthracite and over 1,850,
000 tons of bituminous coal; lor
Philadelphia the respective amounts
for the same year were about 3,190,
000 and 920,000 tons; for Chicago,
1,450,000 and 3,220,000 tons; for
Boston, 1,240,000 and 525,000 tons;
and for Brooklyn, 1,800,(^00 and 200,
000 tons. Any contrivance that will
reduce these enormous amounts by
aiding smoke combustion will be a
blessing.
SPRING PLACE, MI LLAY COUNTY, GA. SATURDAY. APRIL U, 1894.
THE BU1LDEH. i
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I have laid each stone in its measured place,
Turret an.I tower an 1 stair,
Pillars and carvines that stand on their face: ■
And I know that my work is fair.
„ strong ° f US b6aUty ami rth j
W ° sr0WS
Now that my work is done ;
And I find the thought X have held so long
Not worthy to stand in stone.
And the question come?, as its towers gleam
hi .d>
O’cr tile lower walls of the town,
Have I raised earth’s dirt to thy feet, O sky.
Or dragged thy crystal down/
Anna Kolvcsou brown, in Lippineott.
THE FATAL MARK,
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us
to ? K ’
* v - as a» hapjl
itC so nno . me . vo asked ™8 nian this !
O’ 1 '™”' 1 a S 4 lth V '
e ow ’ ')'
i ;“!> oi linl'i
1 A-t” + -7 -i C Y o m ^ an,(collar. ^ whiskers, And and the the
i
? '7° i o'*- openei he door for him,
that i ;
m pretty country place where the
1 peoj>t. were not. very fashion- j
iVi*’ , . "7 110 Be,viillt but
!t ’ a young !
1 ' lt ° U S " ul v daughter
herself -
“What a pretty little soul,” he
thought.
Then as she turned her head, he
wondered . , tor . whether ,
a moment some- j
body had just slapped her ■ -ii the , left
, such singular
i uoa, lere uas a mark
there, exactly like the scarlet print of j
pium an. on, ingers.
Hit timt mark had been there all |
1 niv \ ,ls ’ " n ” " c * ‘' u " WllK ber |
. . perpetual
out gtie , icr tease and tor- |
mu. ,i< uii glown morbid about '
it in these early days ot womanhood, j
alive ' ", to im . lie 1 rid j of it. -'I bayc but been there flayed ;
were
no cosmetics Giat co.dd remove it
"*i V 8 a P must bo as long
as she i breathed, i its hateful scarlet at- !
tracting the first glance from every ;
S VivrT * ii„ .Vi .u 011 a ii J ° me ,sait ., * krike , ,
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T > oi ■ i , .ms, m * i a , ion.
res, sani L-auny
. an she. ushered Mr. Robbins into |
le parlor and wont away; and in ai
ew moments the null owner sauntered •
Ul '., |
J was a business . call, , though , no,
cl^kof t^re easilv'Iaid" 1 S B W '°° r i
hc - NW ' V) Y ol Kink \ ,v j
llawiej H I |- Knew that o the H manufacturer !
biiCinet.” 1 u-V J' T- 1 Abe |
, > CO f‘ 1> eted ’ au<1 I
thtn T nke I V |,M» . r-, os ® 'lepart. ,
*‘B,u w„ thein reC H° mnS:
bv this delav” tetel™ said
? vay oil, and
iver Z r si,mi,, J, ht l w th^ i 11 Th wlte uhva vs
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, tW ° T’° I’ e d , ' r00ms ’ " n ‘ , l
EK Let US have J^the , the 1^, pleasure 0 . of r your mi,1,,teii> com-
« i LI,links, , „ said ., T Luke , Robbins . , .
T°hen r V k ht'
he tho, f 1 1(1 hd pretty taco
• the
r 1 upon clieek. ;
Despete n . that ,, , slap he wanted to see it I
It sat opposite to him at supper j
time.
“The best and kindest face in the
„world,” he said to himself a dozen j
times. And he did his best to win a !
chat from the shy girl, who could not >
satin the twilight .mAlmpiazza 1 afte?
ward t hen he discovered that she
eonld talk As it grew dark, and the
““ “ hedg6B ’ Bhl '
Mrs. Rushton had a call from sonic
neighbor and sat apart conversing. j
Rushton, after many amiable \
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Through the evening shadows Luke
saw the girl’s finely cut profile and
exquisitely shaped head; and the
moon turned all to black and white
soon, and blotted out the red mark
And he sat as close to her as he dared,
And her robin-sweet voice charmed
him ; and wliat she said was bright and
fresh, and he fell in love, as men do, j
for an hour. !
Men actually do fall in love for an
hour. Women cannot do* that. They ! |
pretend to be fascinated very often,
but is real or nothing with them at J
heart.
Poor litt-le Fanny gave away her ;
heart that night in one whole lump. I
It is always best to keep a little piece, !
if one can; but sometimes that is iin
possible. j
“Oh, what a beautiful night!” said
Fanny, as she stood on the porch with !
her mother, after the gentleman had !
retired. “Such a fine breeze, and such I |
a bright moon!” j
“The mosquitoes do bite so dread* |
fully, though,” said the mother, “aud
it’s quite damp. We’d better retire. |
I wonder whether your pa will be I
suited with to-morrow’s breakfast. He i
does ask visitors so unexpectedly.”
Married forty and single twenty
take different views oi' life sometimes.
Fannie went to bed to dream of
Paradise; and the n«t day was all
“TELL THE TRUTH.”
happy in memory of a parting pres
tm,e o1 the ila ud, and a whispered
hope that they might often meet
again; “What pity that mark is,"thought
a
young Robbins. “She’s a darling
little thing. And I suppose that Rush
ton is a very rich man. A vi mg man
might do worse than be 1 > son-in
law.” Then, as the car v furled him
away, he said to himself, “What a pity
that mark is.”
Nevertheless he went down to Mill
Hollow very often after that, and he
was with Fanny a great deal of the
tune, fanny's mother felt that though
this suitor was not rich, he was elig
'bb ; and she knew that that red mark
was J anuy’s a disadvantage to her Fanny,
“FI papa was an honest, kindly
man, who loved his daughter
dearly.
Alone together the old'people spoke
of the probabilities.
“He certainly means something,”
said mamma.
“And they could always live with
,18 >" said papa; “we need never part
from our only one."
Our eyes grow used to everything
after a while. Luke Robbins forgot
that there was any mark on Fanny’s
lace, unless something particularly
cafied his attention to it. At Mil
Hollow every one knew Miss Rushton,
and no one stared at the sweet blem
ished face.
He loved her very much at times,
though there were long hours in which
lie never remembered her existence. I
suppose none oi us ever quite believe
that the men we are fondest of work
iisjnto their bargaining and ledger
keeping, as we work them into our
sewing and preserving. If he only
thinks of you after dark, you are a
happy woman. If he takes your mem
ory out with his dress coat and even
ing tie, consider yourself blessed.
Twice a week, at least, Luke thought
enough of Finny to buy her a bouquet
or some music, and to spend two hours
„n a dusty railroad for tho sake of
seeing her.
He felt her love for him in her very
finger tips; he saw it in her eyes; lie
heard it iu her voice. He was a man
who is happy in being beloved. And
if was not old Mr. Uushton’B money
that made him decide to offer himself
to her despite the red mark.
Yes, the next time he went to Mill
Hollow ho would ask Fanny to have
him for better or for worse. And lie
knew that she would say “Yes”-very
well. ’
11,111 iWSK
fallen 111 5 if only she had not nn
thal trip to the city just
when she did, this would be a different
si
She used to be shy of going into the
crowded streets alone, and even when
with her mother wore a thick veil, and
folt uncomfortable when anyone
^ But now she Jared
nothing for strangers’eyes. Somehow
blemished IWi had found favor in
bis. Had he not told her how sweet
her eyes were? Had he not kissed her
,la n ,1? Was she not sure he Joyed her
most perfeot of uH livi)lg men ,
Lot them stare. The / prettiest girl *'
]iv ; not HO hap „ y
Sho w «ut smiling down to the city.
made her little purchases with a
J ;ioDt heart. And then, ’ whilin« away
hour of waiting over tt Ht rawWry
short-cake in a pretty restaurant, she
saw Luke Robbins—yes, really Luke
himself, coming to meet her.
“Looks as if some one had slapped
her iu the face, ” said a giggling girl’s
voice.
Au(i he t(lrne q his h j , , .
a^le " and saw her, and went to her
<i() , ’ \ „
y PP p j g hf j ' t , lt
once ”
“ An<1 I>U 8° uith y°».” said Luke
,
people stare at her as they
SXtTJtt.’ZJk, the I
pretty face and figure. He laid it 1
all 't made to the him mark, uncomfortable. as she had all her life, j
But that
his thoughts of her were what they
were, it could not have affected him;
hut his future wife, as he already
thought her in his heart, that was
different. He grew very grave. It was
a terrible blemish. In those moon
light lovers’ walks in the country he
hud forgotten all about it, but in
Bright Broadway how it forced itself
u P on Fim ! Every one stared so.
In the cal' which they soon stepped
into, a little child opened its round
ayes. an< I with a child’s innocent ini
pertinence, pointed its finger straight
!i, t the mark on Fanny's face, with an,
“Oh, how funny!”
Its nurse slapped the small palm at
onc e, and turned scarlet herself, but
that did not mend matters,
-'^t the ferry there was a crowd,
Luke . had passed Fanny in. first, and
stopped to pay the fare.
“Two,” said he.
“The old lady ?” asked the man.
“No, said Luke.
“Oh, that one with the red scar on
her voice. face <” “All sa id right.” the man, lowering liis )
“Confound you!” said Luke, in a
rB 8 e - j
But the man had meant no rudenes.%
nor had Fanny heard him, but Luke !
was excited, confused, agitated. He
hardly knew why then.
They crossed the ferry together,and
he spoke no word to her, nor she t#
him. He hand#! her into the cars.
Then he pressed her hand.
“Good-by, until we meet,” he said,
and stepped to the platform,
There stood one of those white
bearded, red-cheeked old gentlemen
who are always members of dubs,who
are. always fast, to a certain degree,
| aud who affect to be “judges of wo
! men” in a way that is insulting to
every woman, since it places her on a
level with wine aud horses, having
nothing whatever to do with anything
but her personal attractions,
j “Ah, how de do?” said this old gen
j tleman, grasping Luke’s hand. “Glad
to see you, my boy. Doing the gal*
lant, I see. No relation?”
“No,” said Luke.
“Thought not,” said the old gentle
man. “We let our sisters and cousins
take care of themselves, for tho most
part. Pretty figure rather; good
step; but confounded ugly red mark,
A man wouldn’t like that—eh, Luke?”
“No,” said Luke ; “a man wouldn’t
like it.”
Something rustled at his elbow.
“I—1 left my parcel, Mr. Robbins,’
said a cold little voice. Fanny stood
there, so pale that the mark looked
pure scarlet. “Thanks. Don’t trouble
yourself.”
But he went back to the car with
her, and he would have pressed her
hand once more, only she kept it from
him somehow.
She had heard his speech, “A mail
wouldn’t like it. ” She had heard the
speech that caused his answer.
“She hoard me,” said Luke to him
self. “She heard him—confound him.”
And as he looked after the flying
car, two tears came into his eyes,
They trickled down upon his cheeks;
he wiped them Finny away. Suddenly he
felt that’ho loved Rushton from
his soul.....that this cowardly sort of
trouble that the remarks and glances
of strangers had caused him would
never make him ashamed of himself
again.
“Fanny, my darling,” ho said tc
i* himself—“Fanny, dearer my love, your face
to me for its blemish, ami
you shall know it before I sleep. You
sl-mld, were you tv beggar. I’ll hide
it from the world’s cold eyes ou my
bosom; darling; and I’ll love you ail
the more for it.” And but for., the
q 7 '.ce in which he stood, lie would have
Vd aloud in his agitation.
M -
“She hasn’t come in yet,” said the
"ervaflt. “They are so frightened
about her—master and missus—but I
tel) ’em she’ll turn up all right.”
Luke’s heart stood still. A pre
sentiment of evil filled his mind. He
bad seen Fanny into the car, and the
Bam stopped within sight of her
father’s door. So, in the gathering
darkness, two anxious men went down
the depot, hoping against hope.
“She stepped out on the platform
«nd,lei,ly. Either she was bewildered,
«r she did it ou purpose. We were
going full speed. She had a blue dress
and a white hat, and there’s a rod
mark on her face. They’ll know her
»>y that.”
That was the conductor’s story.
That was the story that Luke and
Fanny’s father heard at last.
Did she step out on purpose or was
she “bewildered?” God only knows
—no living being. Luke tried tobe
Heve that what she had heard him say
bad nothing to do with it. But it
was too late now to tell her what he
felt—too late to hide her sweet face
‘“he^sho^y inhor Toflinf mid
press the last kiss his lips ever offered
U> any woman upon the cold cheek
t^t, tlU even it in tha the t fatal death red hour, mark, bore
! ’
Desiccated Cocoaimt.
.
•»»
tt J,J husked nuts come to this country
iu burlap bags containing about one
hundred each, and are sold from the
tm^treiiamtion P re paration of oi the the myitis' nut it is first first
set on end and struck with a hammer,
and the shell and kernel cracked at
tlie same time. The outer shell is then
removed and the nut passed along to
the peelers, who remove the skill. An
expert can shell as many as 3000 nuts
in a day, add a first-class band can
peel as many as 1800. The kernels
are then put through a grating ma¬
chine having a capacity of 7000 a day.
About seventy pounds of grated
material are placed in yucli of a series
of heated .galvanized pans resting on
steam pipes, and from eight to
thirty pounds of granulated sugar are
added to each pan. After drying
about twelve hours the material is
passed through a sieve aud packed in
boxes and barrels. —Home and Farm.
So extensive is tho eruption of the
volcano Cabueo in Chile that the light
of the sun is obscured from the ports
of Varas, Octay and Oseno, and artifi
eial light is necessary for the ordinary
outdoor occupations.
Vermont farmers are reported to
have realized over $400,000 on their
poultry last fall.
81-00 a Year in Advance.
WORDS OF WISDOM,
The heart is no philosopher.
With Cupid salary is no object.
What a girl thinks, a woman would
like to.
Cynicism is one of the shadows which
experience casts.
Melody is the soul of music, as har¬
mony is its body.
We always better ourselves by for¬
getting ourselves.
Sincerity and truth are the basis ot
every virtue. —Confucius.
What a flower enjoys, it gives to the
world to color and perfume.
Give some people an ell and they’ll
take all the rest of the alphabet.
An.ounce of a woman’s intuition is
better than a pound of her reason.
Bad fences between neighbors always
result in bad feelings between them.
The man who does not respect his
mother is not fit for any woman to
marry.
Carry a man up the mountain and
he will not appreciate the view from
the summit.
Nothing is more sample than great¬
ness, indeed. To be simple is to be
great.—Emerson.
We cannot control the evil tongues °
of others, but a good life enables us to
despise them. —Cato.
The price of a man’s land depends
very much upon whom he is quoting
it to, the tax assessor or a purchaser.
Mystery is but another name for
ignorance. If wef were omniscient
everything would be plain.—Tryon
Edwards.
Ab a plaster cannot heal tho would
while the arrow is sticking in it, so
prayer will not profit him who regards
iniquity in his heart.—Cawdey.
It is trial that proves one thing weal
and another strong. A house built on
the sand is, in fair weather, just at
good as if builded on a rock. A cob¬
web is as good as the mightiest cable
when there is no strain upon it.—H.
W. Beecher.
Common Sense Eye Treatment.
Dr. P. C. Heath, in a plea for a lit¬
tle common sense in the treatment oi
tho eyos, says that in treating diseased
or strained oyes rest—rest of eyes,
body and mind—is imperative, a us
wind, dust, and smoke must bo avoid¬
ed. In all eye trouble, the first atten¬
tion must be paid to the general
health. Among the abuses of the oye.
to bo religiously abstained from Dr.
Heath cites: Reading with a po<*
light—requiring the ciliary muscles
to do extra work to sharpen the vision.
This applies to dim light, twilight,
sitting too far from the light, etc. ; tho
error of posture—stooping or lying
down congests the eye, besides requir¬
ing unnatural work of the eye mus¬
cles; reading on trains. This is a
cruel strain, as the motion of the car
causes such frequent changes of focus
and position as to tax different sets of
muscles. Another fertile cause of eye
disease is reading without glasses or
with badly fitting ones. Aside from
the well known reflex effects of eye
strain the clanger to the eye is that ex¬
cessive eye strain is a factor in produc¬
ing disease} of almost every part of the
eye, its most serious results being
choroiditis, glaucoma and cataract.
Dr. Heath urges every one to find out
just how to take the greatest care of
liis eyes and so preserve his sight
many years beyond the period they
would otherwise serve him. Old age
is the time of retribution of eye sin¬
ners ; but little can then be done in a
special hygienic way beyond occasion¬
al stimulating washes and the careful
husbanding of what sight remains. —
Chicago Record.
Exciting Sport in California.
It is said that in the tule lands,
around Suisan, Cal., many wild hogs
are found, as ferocious and as hard to
kill as the wild hogs of Germany. Olio
of these beasts recently killed measured
from the tip of his snout to the root of
the tail more than six feet, and had
tusks fourteen inches long. Though
it had no superfluous flesh, it weighed
420 pounds. The skin on ics shoulders
was three inches thick, and as tough
as leather. The hogs have been run¬
ning wild in the marshes for a long
time, and are savage enough to furnish
bettor sport than some other animals,
which are generally reputed to be
more dangerous. A party was formed
to kill a particular boar that had been
roaming the tule lands for several
years, in spite of the efforts of local
hunters to bring him to bay. Tho
tracks of tho boar was found and he
was traced to a patch of dense reed
grass. The hunters invaded it from
different points, and one of them sud¬
denly came upon tho animal. His com¬
panions heard the report of his gun,
and the next instant saw the man’s
body thrown into the air fully ten feet.
Going to his rescue, a second hunter
was charged by the beast. One shot
brought him to his knees, but even
then heH’ose and rushed ou his assail
aut again. A second ball peuetratod
the brain, and ho rolled over dead.
The man who was thrown into the air
bruises was not seriously injured, but received
which laid him up for a con¬
siderable time. —New Orleans Picayu i#\
The Capitol at Washington has cost
the country more than $30,000,000.
NO. 6
NO USE IN IT I
No'use in mopin’
When skies ain’t bright;
Seep on a hopin’—
It’ll soon be light I
No use in grievin’
’Bout the milk you spill;
Keep on believin’
That the now'll stand still!
No use in rowin’
’Cos the crops is slow
Keep on a-piowiu’
An’ they’re bound to grow!
No use ! the heaven
Ib above the skies ;
Put in the leaven
An’ the bread will rise!
— Atlauta Constitution.
PITH AND POINT.
A rip saw—Go it while you’re young.
A wind instrument—A fan.—Truth,
A man who courts trouble will soon
find himself married to it. —Atchison
Globe.
Great men are those who profit the
most from the fewest mistakes. —Atchi¬
son Globe.
A boy’s face always looks as if he
had Just been eating something.
Atchison Globe.
It is awful to see some people try to
laugh when they are not amused.—
Atchison Globe.
Men never become so old that they
are not a little scared by a bluff.—
Atchison Globe.
Give a friend a club, and he is very
apt to hit you over the head with it. —
Atchison Globe,
The trouble with giving wemen
spending money is that they spend it,
—Atchison Globe.
Good fortune sometimes comes to
see us in a very shabby-looking car
riage.—Ram’s Horn,
When a girl is in love, she walks
atvay from the crowd at a party, and
plays the piano, in the hope that he
will follow her.—Atchison Globe.
Shakespeare spoke of the seven ages
of man. This proves his discrimina¬
tion. Woman has one and generally
sticks to it.—Philadelphia Times.
A good deal is forgiven a certain
poetess in town; people read hei
poetry and remember what a good pia
baker she is.—Atchison Globe.
Express a mean opinion of yourseli
occasionally; it will impress your
friends with the fact that you still
know how to speak tho truth.—Atchi¬
son Globe.
The man who has no family says hit
failure is due to a lack of some one to
“encourage him;” the married fail¬
ures refer to their families as “drags.”
—Atchison Globe.
The father of the twin babies had
been left temporarily in charge of
them. • At the end of half an hour he
weakened. “Angeline,” he called out
to his wife, in a voice of agonizing
protest, “you’ll have to come and take
one of these boys. No man can serve
two masters!”—Chicago Tribune.
* ‘What does love care for rank ?” ex¬
claimed the young man. “Cupid is no
nobleman.” “I don’t know about
that,” replied the pretty girl. “You
never heard anybody call him ‘your
Lordship,’ did you?” “No. But I
think it would be perfectly proper to
refer to him as ‘your Courtship. > II
Washington Star.
Ethel—“Why, lots Maud! You have
spelled of words wrong.” Maude
(typewriter) —“Can’t help it. I took
it down just exactly as Mr. Knibbs
dictated it.” Ethel—“But, surely, he
didn’t stop to spell the words out to
you?” Maude—-“Of course not. But
I’m familiar with his style of orthog
raphy. ”—Boston Transcript.
do yon use such peculiar
terms?” asked a lawyer’s wife of her
husband, who had returned home
worn out by bis day’s labors. “I don’t
see how you could have been working
all day like a horse.” “Well, iny
dear,” he replied, “I’ve been drawing
a conveyance all day, and if that isn’t
working like a horse, what is it ?”—
Green Bag.
A Backwoods Piano factory.
“There was a piano factory at •
Wartburg, Tenn., before the war,”
said L. D. Dodge, of that State, at the
Laclede. “The singular thing about
it is that Wartburg was about one
hundred miles from the nearest rail¬
road, and in the heart of the Cumber¬
land Mountains. The wood of which
the instruments were made had to be
brought from New York, and then
hauled one hundred miles over
tho mountains to Wartburg, which
was a German colony. The pianos
were made by a practical musician,
and when an instrument was ordered
ho would finish up the different
parts at Wartburg ami then haul them
to the home of his customer, generally
many miles away, and put up the
piano there. One of them is now at
Wartburg, and the building where they
were made still stands, although no
longer used as a piano manufactory.
The town, which consists of about two
hundred people, is away from the rail¬
road, and has not grown since the
war. The home-made instrument made
over thirty years ago is still in good
order and in constant use. ”—St. Louie
Globe-Democrat.