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VOLUME XXII.
WINCHESTER, TENNESSEE, SEPTlLMBEtt 26, 1883.
NUMBER
GENE UAL NEWS.
The tliil(tiufr iMi)iilution of Virgin
U is estimated at 251,000. Of thisntim
128,000 rro colored voters.
The MiBBisBippi river lina 1(1,571 miles
navigable to steamboats, and 20,221
miles navigable to barges.
Tiik Texas pecan wop promises to be
a very heavy one. Tho burdened trees
aro hcuding under Jtho weight of half
grown nuts.
A National oimk has just lieen or
ganized nt Aiiiiintoii, Alabama, with a
capital of 00,(HH), ). D. Tnrker wis
vtectcd president.
It is supposed Unit tlio building of
The Lady Knsly Mining and IManufao.
turing Coinpimy will ho limited lit 15ns
selville Alu.
Tlic Apioka'(FIa,) eniml in l-oing made
tweuly three feet wide mid seven feet
deep. It is thought it will have to bo
further enlarged to icveiity-Uvo feet in
width.
Tnn drill) fruit trade of States', illo, N.
'., roaches mmuiilly into liundredH of
tlionsr nils of Hiuuds, mill it wan never
y previous yenr anything likens heavy
.8 '.his.
Mbmhimh Aviihiuehe: Southern far
mers will have moro ensh in the bunk
this yenr than ever before, even if the
cotton crop bo 'short, because they owe
less to the merchant mid have raised
more fin d this year thniiuny previous
vcv.
Wilcox county, Aln., has n buby-lsiy
now 14 months old, who weighs I'M
iwunds. The parents have been offered
$3,000 and expellees for tho privilege of
if exhibiting the ehild for the benefit of
tho medical fraternity. They have re
fused. Tiik Eufnlla (Aln.) inills are putting
in a new set of niachineiry for making
patent pri-icess Hour. When completed
tlio mil's will have a capacity of 400 bar
rels prrdny, and will bo the best apjHiint
cd i'i the country,
The Water Valley, Miss., Central is
not HiilihPcd with tho pistol assessment.
It says: "Tlio iiHsessorB in this state can
only gather in their rolls n totid of 227
piste's. Wo will venture the assertion
that about 10,000 lies have been told the
uasissors nhouttluB pistol question." . ;
A Ki'KaAL from Aeworth Oa.,irB;
5ir. O. T, llcllolierts has ilisiiovered
nud is now oiieniug ft rich silver mire.
His show so far is tho best Uiing we
wo hnvo ever seen in the line. He hug
got his shaltepen mid molten ihi.ws it
self in a puro state as it does near the
surface. Aeworth will hnvo a genuine
boom,
The two cotton milln in Nntches have
expended ill thut city in the past twelve
months over $1100,000 for wages Mid ma
terial. They ; have consumed nearly
70,000 bnles of cotton ond tunicu out 0,
t lot), 000 yards of cotton goods and cloth.
During the year Notches received 4(,2(M
lalcs of cotton, 4,5G0 more than any
previous year,
Tub trustees of a Colored church at
Winston, X. C, mortgaged tho edifice
recently to secure 11,200 with which b
have an excursion !to Columbia. Half
thopniount required was deposited at
Winston to the credit of tho Richmond
liud Dnnvillc ltailrond. A special train
was gent to Winston to draw tho money
and take tho congregation, but it steam-
bnck to Eichmoud when it was learned
that tho tiustces could raite no more
cash.
At a recent ld men's gathering at
Lewisburg, Trim., 104 members were
present, tho oldest, being 104 years old
There were 114 between tho ages of six
ty and seventy; 42 between seventy and
eighty; 5 between eighty and ninety; 2
hetw'een ninety and ono hundred; over
100 one. Of this number 102 were liorn
in Tennessee, forty in North Carolina,
eight iu Virginia, live in South Carolina,
three iu Kentucky, ono in Maryland, one
iGon-iiiy, ere in hcli.rjd nud llncein
Georgia,
Knoxvittb Tribune; Yesterday Mr
Bouthy Nelson a youth of 113 years f
igo canio toKnoxvillo 't'to have his pic
ture took,"Mr. NelBcn lives about five
miles'frcin tho city, though ho seldom
Vi -i
comes to town. He was accompanied
,
uy ins wile, a grandson,
grandson. Tho latter
and a great-
is just 100-
years younger
father.
than
liis great
grand-
At Edward. Miss., two negroes nam
ed James Kino- mid Oeorno Oaddis were
anestcd Jcharged with having robbed
the grave of Mrs. Hnttio Howell. . They
confessed their euilt, informing the offi
"O O-
cer that they Btolo the body for the pur
pose of securing tho bones of ono arm
which they need in carryiug on their
profession as conjurers, Ono was hung
and tho nthor !'t,i. i ii.,t ti, es.
v,.
cape.
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EDITORIAL X0TES.
Tbb New York Times is ondeavorins
to boycott the nickel thrsn cont niece.
hich is so easily mistaken for the silver
dime. It came into existence with t hree
cent posbige. and mnnv weonln believe
thut it BhoiiKl h retirnl with tlic hi
Out of 700 siieciinons f French per
fumery examine,! at the l'mis Chemical
Laboratory, 207 were condemned ns in
innoiia to health. Of ;i,;itU specimens
of wine submitted to analysis, oidy a57
were proiioniiml good.
A New Yoiut lumlioi' dealer recently
importod, from tho l'yrenes mountiu'ns,
a walnut log which is twelve feet long
aud nine foot in dimmer and weighs 22,
000 pounds. It is estimated to lie worth
i2,0O0nsitlies, mid when it is sawed
iuto veneering it will yield sixty-six thou
sand feet which will bo worth $5,000.
TimnE are custom-houses which pay
aud others that do not. To the luter
class belong the following, tabulated
from a recent ofllcial report for the fiscal
year ending Juno 30: Atlanta, On., col
lections, 2; expenditures, $l,0i"H; Ht.
Augustine, Fin., collections, $1311; ex
penditures, $2,228; York, Mo., collec
tions, $34; expenditures, f;H2.
Tiik largest cattle raiiclio in the world
is said to bo that of Chillies Ooodnight,
at tho head of Hod Hiver, Texas. He
begun buying land four jenrs ago, secu
ring 270,000 acres at thirty fivo cents nn
acre. In the meantime the prico has
advanced from $1 to 2 iwr aero, but he
is still buying and controls 700,000 acres.
To enclose his landed jn-mscssions 2.10
miles of fence is required, On the
range ho has 10,000 cattle.
Tiik oille'al statement of tlio cotton
crop of the United States for the year en
diig August 111, lHKi, issued by tho na
tional cotton exchange, shows a total
crop of fi.fl-l'JJiiti bales, including re
ceipts at the shipping ports f,00!t,('il2;
and shipments by mil routes overland to
northern spinners direct from producers,
W 1,801. Tho report shows that the
southern mills 'consumed ):I,H73 bales.
The increase in tho total crop, compared
with the previous veiir, ' was 1 ,10.1,708.
I'ku takings oi the Uuilod Slates aptii-
ners for the year wcro 2,O7U,0!H5 bales,
an increase of 103,001.
A tabulated statement of the receipts
and expenses of the average cost of col
lecting uuo dollar of revenue in all of the
custom districts of the United States for
tho fiscal yenr ending Juno 30, 1883, has
been prepared at the treasury depart
ment. From this statement it appears
that $210,780,809 were collected nt n cost
of $0,422,127. Tho cost of collecting one
dollar ranges in the different districts
from ono cent to eight mills in New
York, to fifty and eighty-four cents in
Atlanta, the average cent in all of the
districts being two cents, nine mills and
a fraction. In twenty-nino out of tho
ono hundred nud thirty districts thocost
of collecting one dollar was mors than a
dollar, nud iu thirty of them it was less
than ton cents,
A Typical J! oilcan City.
A letter from Chihuahua, Mexico, says:
I arrived a few days ago, and mil now in
tho engineering department of the Mexi
can Central ltiulroad, draughting, lit
$150 a month in American mouey, equal
to $172.50 iu Mexican silver and $180.30
iu Mexican paper. Wo am to receive
our pay in Mexican silver dollars, so yon
may think of me, about tho middle of
July, going lor my pay witn a whocibnr-
w- : It is Hard for us to keep money
moro than they expect to rmlv'j and
also because one has a fooling that money
is worthless and will bear squandering.
Exchange for American money is from
11 to 2 per cont It pays to get Mexican
dollars in tho States at seventy-live cents
aud bring them back home, w here tlu7
are worth ighty-five cents. I have just
paid fivo dollars in Mexican paper fur a
poor washbowl nnd pitenorot carmen,
ware, nud eighteen dollars for a single
wool mattress. Hoard is tiurty dollars
per month anil very poor. Rooms are
very hard to find. Everything is paid
for in Mexican paper unless otlierwiso
stated,
n evening
except sitting on the plaza. The band
plavs twice aweek and everybody comes
but. Tho city is well governed and
.L.I :t.i. in -.;.i..i0 i,i v.
...'l Ti ; ....... ,lnl n l.lll
cent those executed, aro put to work
cleaning the strecU under' an armed
guard. The dirt is garnered into smnn
piles and a man with a wooden chopping
tray and a piece of board, gathers it and
carries it off in a tip cart drawn by amnio.
The country about the city is desolate
and bnrren in tho extreme, and very lit
llo is rnised exoent vegetables nnd fruit.
The city was built from tho proceeds
"T" ' . , nR ....
a dutvi wind iiwi.. i
mine has been closed for years, I do not
see what supports the inhabitants now.
Boston capital is opening mo niinoagnin.
The railroad is expected to be finished
to tho City of Mexico in a little over a
... i . i
yoar, a distance oi eigiu nuimreu or
thousand miles.
Alio lllt'xiouil iiniiu
I -
system is poor;, . 'luo man is diiiupcu
into a iwx anu evorj Dooy ueips duusoh.
An eDfra has been to lrogres nere bui
was supposed to be fine, but it was not
L'qtiftl to a variety buow iu iu omin.
Tnr.aoni TTirTT.Ttv bolds that an acre
of g00j fighiug giouud will yield more
f0a iu a week ilmn au acre of tho host
hind will produoo in a year. Huxley
,..., .-,.. i. o,l nntch ni? fish him
self If he had ho would Know mat. om
ilsh' to each square mile of water hi abouf
the average nowadays.
. tit. i Itoston rascal got
i!; f,.r a while by hanging around the
Post Office, pretendingo
iuvdJ!"vga,Z(it. send in registered
,m"u y xr i,t them thnt "under a new
pile" tUey ouW got no jwa
the nor a cu.iri,Aixr.
nmUM-cqlviitlniiii hi plralra ntnl Rrnnttimr
Tlmt(Mi!il'Hzliyoiimitnili .1, 1 kiuiw.
Can yon fcH what In mmul liy Ini rn ,?
Call jrwi ulcMJy Uclliio rain uml mow?
Do yon know tlieroV a valvo tn the bcllown ?
Clin you Itll why your cluck 1 loo .low ?
Why (lie pcmliilmn n,.t(ii Wlilng ufior?
IVrhupa It Is nwili(jliig too low.
"Tlioy wu (toing up town in tho evening,"
Du yon call that had uraiiimar, I ayV
I m mi o Mary .)uiio and liar molhur
8jj worbo thlngt than that (ivory day.
Iiutla'poio "walmlilil lie 111 tlio p'nral,
To Krco with Ita old mihrct 'they,"
AcoordiiiR to rule my I I'vo Inai it,'
Tlare i two pur ociit. K"tie riuht away.
And, now, only look at the pir-lng,
It will auroly take in every rulo;
And, down nt tho end, mom Mho nyntax,
With anlhoritic given "in full"
Arithmetic, my I how I hnto 0,
I'm atapid at that In tho i himii
Bn how, in tho name of vroaliun,
Can I he expected to paas 'I
Horo'a a ton-acre lot to he fenced In,
Here ii duty to And mi aonie tea;
Iloru'a a prohlnni in old alli gation,
And a nionatroua qnaio-ioot ono I ace.
Can ynn loll who dofoatcd the Indiana?
l)o you know who wan killid in a ilind?
fmyon know what the first tax h raim d on
And how lome junt Ihouxht it most cruel I'
rorhana I mav ma on an avrracn.
If Ihri'C-rourtlia aro right I'll get through:
uui my uacner can auen uniiga aiiabhy,
Ko what la a poor Lov to do?
kVVIV If flTtlVITVV
Capturing a Still.
The other night, Major Oriddlcwood,
who long ago won his spurs as an cdi
cicut revenue oflicer, related tho follow
ing story:
At ono time we had a great deal ol
trouble with illicit distillers in Arkausaw.
Thcro was ono neighborhood especially
where it seemed impossible to discovor
tho outlaws. This community was away
up on White river. Oflicer after oflicer
had been sent up, and quito a numlier of
them aro there yet, although the depart
ment did not receive notification that
they intended to leave the service. One
day the news came in that ono of our
best men had just been killed at Drip
ping Springs, by which nanio tho dan
gerous neighborhood was known. I
was sent for by tho marshal, who said:
"Major, yon hnvo hnd considerable
'iiccess in minting for distillers. Now
we want you to find those fellows and
bring them to justice. As you know,
nono of our men have been able to iiin)
them and-" - '
"They've been found a trifle too often,'
suggested. ' " "
"That's a fact," the marshal agreed,
"but not by the right man. Now I
want vou to take as many soldiers as von
want, go to the place and break up the
business,
I rcflocted for a moment aud replied:
"I think that our mutako lias lieen in
tnkinor too many mon. It is almost im
possible for a party of men to find a wild
cat distillery, llioir approncli is soon
heralded and disaster is cei lain to follow.
I will Ko alone and discover tho nest.
Then I can return and capture the entire
outfit,"
"Rather hazardous," the marshal said,
thoughtfully scratching his head.
"Not so dangerous as the course hith
erto adopted.
"All richt: use yenr own judgment."
' The next day I started on my perilous
expedition. 1 went horse-back, and my
orocress was very bIow. When at last I
reaelied tho place, I found n beautiful,
rich conntry, with great hills and little
valleys luxuriantly carpeted witn grass.
could see no signs of lawlessness, but
on tho other band I wns kindly treated.
r stnrjrjed nt the house of. a mini named
Anderson, a well-to-do follow, witU some
education and a lirigiit-cyod daughter,
who seemed to be devoted to her lather.
t saw at onee that Anderson was an
honest man, and when I learned that ht
had neon in tho Federal army l felt se
cure under his roof. Still I did not care
to tell him my real business, but iu
answer to a question, stated thnt J was
looking for land iu a leisurely sort of
way, having just been discharged from
tho regular army and especially desiring
a rest from that dangerous activity which
all army 'officers incurred.
"Well, sir, you aro welcome nt my
house and I hope you'll lind your slay
pleasant. My daughter, who can row a
boat to perfection, win ciioeriuuy con
tvibnta to vonr enioymont."
"I underetiuid," looking at him, 'that
soveral government olUeera havo been
killed by illicit distillers in this neigh'
borhood."
Yes," ho replied; "shamefully mur
dcrcd. Well, I won t Bay murdered, for
the distillers no iioniti coiisniercii n sen-
defense. Up in the lulls, here, some-
where, mere is a .inrgu "' .r.
I Will 1)11 ft lOlld UIIIC, I UUMH, I'l lUlU H
ffnvnrnment breaks it up. It is almost
through tho hills, and it is almost cer
tain death, for tne distillers can see
almost every turn. My advice would lie
to watch for tho whisky that's sent away,
captitro the mon handling it and compel
hem to snow 1110 cxaut luouuuu uj un
liKtillery."
Suveral rtavn passed and still I mad
nn nmirrom i was not reearuuu iu mm
i i i :.. ii. i
lirrhtof miHiiicion which I thought would
nliiii-nM.iri- mv ftDPCurance among the
peoplo, aud I was sooa conviuoea tnni
ii.. i M nrn.md n-nr not in svmtui-
thy with tho distillers. Finally I told
Anderson my uusiiioss. -Wi.il
" )ia said, "if I can do any
thing for yon I'll do it cheerfully, bnt
loi monxwise jira"
Watch tho river, as that is the only way
they can possibly ship the stnK 1 am
going up tlio river io-uuy
walnut lumber, and if you will ftccom
- ... n.n tinv Tlinkfl 11 dlSCOVelT. Al
vou have no doubt noticed, I make a
great many coffins. Not for govcrumen
officials," he ii
Wit 1 A HUlllU.
t.; nMVinii for thtt WOW
Orl-nus market. During an epidemio,
it is almost impossible to got coffins to
tho city fast enough, and at snoh times
11 nit number of men. Come
V VU..-OM n . .
J 1H1 ..l.n.a -ami mXT nliMo of business,
Th Hhnn stood near the river baiiK,
a..ni nrirmnn were employed in
dressing walnut lumber. CUffinB were
.innuDj tm nil nrnniid. and a flat-Doat
u: S.i iih tbn deathly fumi
...... t ,11.1 t,n nn ilia river witn
linn. x urn r" "I' , ., -n. t,:m
AuderBon. but took lot nd with hu
.i : ' I 1 - - -
Intis'iter. She was not devoid of cliurins.
anil she chatted gaily ns she rowed.
i want pa to loavo tills place, she
s:ihh "Mother pl.icd away and died
from sheer lonolineso. and if I-woro not
so light-hearted, I think 1 should go thai
way too.
"Do yon ever soo any of the illicit dis
tillers?'' t asked.
'I expect I seo them, but I don't
know them, of course. They aro torri
lilo when they get mad, but as Ioiir as
nicy aro not disturbed you. wouldu t
know that they were in tho ucighlior-
hood. When wo moved lioro they re
garded pa with lingering suspicion, but
liually, sntisAcd that he was iu no way
connected with tlw government, they
dismissed their apprehensions and have
vvi' siiico treated him witn tho utmost
courtesy. Pa is making money out ot
tho coffin business, but it is such a grim
trade that I cannot half enjoy any finan
cial benefit that wo derive from it, Sav.
you're, hunting for tho wild cats, aiut
you
Hush, don't talk so lend."
"Nobody can hear us, but you are,
i.int you ?"
"Suppose I were, do you think I
would tell any ouo?"
"I heard you tell father, Put its all
I'iKlit. 1 won t say anything anoiit it.
I haven't iinv friends nnionff thu wild
ts. and for my part I wouldn't caro if
thev were all in prison,"
'I remained several days longer, and
en decided to return to the city, report
itifuvorably, adopt other measures; and
mam lake up tho enterprise, Andvrsou
.idvised nic to sell tho horse and co down
with a Mat boat load of eolllns. I did
iot like the idea, but reflecting that it
would he safer, 1 disposfd of my horse,
mil was soon ready for tlio voyage.
1 1'wlii my friends an alleetioiiato fare-
iveii, and stood on a coiiin ihk cnoueli
or mo uiidiii giaiir, and waved my
iiindkerchicf at Sophia Anderson as file
lioat rounded tlio Ix-nd. We had started
ai'ly, and by tho time the shadows bo-
-an to lenutheii, wo wove a Ions distance
from Dripping hpring. It seemed to
me that tho men on te boat watched
no curiously, for every tiino I walked
uoiiiid it appeared that one of them fol
lowed me. My suspicions increased as
vciunir came on nnd wl.en I saw the
men engaged in a whispered conversa
tion. I was convinced that violence was
ue diluted. Happening to notice a cof-
in on which several others were piled.
I saw something dripping from it. Just
then I looked up and saw n gun leveled
it me. In another instant a bullet
i.zed close to my head, so close that
( fell backward into tho water. 1 did
not lose my presence of mind nnd kepi
myself under water as long as possild
When I- arose to tho suifnee, so vera
tln r shots were fired, and sinking agau
I remained under water until 1 reaehei
the shore, which fortunately was not f:
iwav, when I arose under a thick cliim
f willows. Through the gathering dark
nets I could dimly see tlio men, nu
could hear tho splashing of an oar whicl
I know was manipulated to keep the
boat from floating down.
I roekiu ho s all right, said one of
tho men.
I know ho is," a gruff voire replied,
fer I drawed ft bead on his head, an a
man what kin hit ft bailer dollar sixty
yards aiut no slouch of a shooter, leinnie
tell yer. J5ot lio a got a linnet uiroiigii
his brain, of he's got any brain.
I'd rntlier liet on the imiiet man uie
train." tho first speaker rejoined.
"We've pot to be certain about these
things." said a man who seemed to be iu
miihority. "Yon know what Anderson's
irdersis. (bt ft boat tliar, Jack, an you
an Join padnio out innr awiiue. uu
tut. thar to them willows."
Tim boat was lowered and tho splash
ing of tho Old's cuiuo nearer and nearer.
My heart beat violently. Great (iod,
the miHtii came out and shone full on my
face. I -ased myself down until only
the tip of my nose was above the surface.
Thank heaven,"! breamed as a eioiui
obscured tho moon just as the boat
brushed tho willows. Thoystrnck under
with their oars, actually struck mo once,
and just as I was about to seize the boat
and take my chances of turning it over
and escaping, ono of them said:
"no's all right, 1 toll you. tiiiiik i
can't hit a man's head ? Slmvo hi r off,
uud;i breathed a prayer as the dip of the
oars grow fainter.
I remained in this uncomfortable posi
tion about a half hour longer, men
drew mvself out and was soon traveling
through tho woods. After n terrible
journey of hunger mid niuguo i reaeni o
Little ltock nud made my report.
Several days afterward L was again
nnU f()r Dripping Spring, this time
wUh asrong j)OSH0 of ,, Touching
Wlito ver near the place whero I had
fallen overboard, wo dismounted to rest,
Wo had not lieen thcro very long uiiui we
saw tho coffin boat returning. I Bocreted
mysolf and ordered my men to compel
t hn bout to land and to bring tho mon to
our resting place, instructing thorn as to
a form of interrogation.
When hailed thoy readily complied
and approached the bank. They did
not seem to lino so mucu aiiouuoii, ior
thoy did not movo up tho bank with any
great degreo of alacrity.
"Do you know," said ono of my men,
"What became of a United States oflicuil
named Qriddlowood, who came np hero
ime time ago?
"No, sir," replied the captain of the
coffin boat, "but I heard that he had
bought a piece o' land over the moun
tains an' has opened a farm."
"Did yon ever meet mm r
".Believe 1 did meet mm once ai iur.
An(orgon.g ijon8e, 'Peered to me like
(ie wafi love witu tue Anderson
Ral."
O .. .i i .11 n.lL
: "Don t suppose inai coniu mm n mi,
do yon?"
"Mout nna mm u yon wusier go over
tho hills."
"That s unnecessary," I remarked,
,.iri:,.- fvnm Iwli.tifl a ion fin1 roll
frontillg the villains, fney threw up
their hands and prayed that their lives
might be spared. We did not intend to
Kive them the lcastchanoe of escape and
I 1 :inint ln.l
seenrely pinioning their hands, we took
them down to. tho boat, where, after
gaining all possible information, I left
them under a strong guard. We wore
not long in gaining the neighborhood of
Anderson's residence. It was a lato hour
nt night, and we surrounded tho nous.
without alarming anyone, I inntruclec
two of my officers to call Anderson, and
gain I secreted myself.
Halloa I"
All right," cnnio from within the
house, aud pretty soon Anderson ap
peared. Mr. Anderson, I believe," said the
oflleer,
"Yes, sir; won't yoli come in ?"
"No, hardly got the timo. I've come
to this neighborhood in search of Major
Oriddlcwood. Aro you acquainted with
him?"
'Oh. ves. shoflld sav I am. for he and
my daughter are to bo married soon.
I ll show her to yon. Here, Soph, and
the giH came out. "Hero is i gentle
man who is looking firr your intended
husband.
"Good evening, sir. Looking for the
major, en? How I wish 1 could sco
him.
"Hero I am," I said, emerging from
my hiding place and confronting my
intended ' and her father, Anderson
actually foil on tho gro'ind and his
daughter uttered a shriek that made the
woods ring. lhey were soon made
prisoners and taken to the boat, ftiwt
lay tho distillery was easily found aii.-l
destroyed. The coffins wore found to
be lined with tin, and although ominous
looking casus, were not bad ns Vessels
of shipment.
Tho prisoners wore tried and punished
to the full extent of tho law. and cvei
since then, tho Dripping Spring neigh
borhood has been ono of tlio most or
dcrlv and law-abiding communities in
the State.
SPEAK (JKXTLY TO EACH OTilEIl.
A Sllnrr Inr I ho i'hllilron.
"Plonso to help mo
said little Frank.
a minute, sisb r,
"Oh. don't disturb mo,"
I said; "I'm
reading."
"lint just hold this stick, won't yon,
while I drive this pin through '" said
Frank.
"I can't now, I want to finish tin's
story," said I, emphatically; and my lit
tle brother turned away with a disap
poii.iYd look in search of some ono else
to assist him,
Frank was a bright boy of ten years,
and my only brother, lie had 1 11 ve
iling a young friend, and had seen n
windmill, and as soon us ho canie home
his energies were all employed hi making
a small one; for he was always trying to
make tops, wceellmrrows, kites, and all
sorts of things, such as boys delight in.
He had worked patiently all the morning
with saw and knife, and now it only
needed putting together to complete it;
and his only sister had refused to assist
him, and he had gone away with his
young heart saddened.
I thought of all this immediately after
lie left me, and my book gave morn
pleasure. It was not intentional nn
kiudness, only thoughtlessness, for 1
loved my brother, and was generally
kind to him; still, 1 bad refused to help
him. I would have gone after him, and
afforded the assistance, but I knew he
hud found somo one else, lint I hud
neglected au opportunity of gladdening
a childish heart.
In half an hour Frank camo bounding
into tho house, exclaiming: "Come,
Mary, I've got it up. Just seo, how it
goes!" His tones wero joyous, ond I
saw he had forgotten my petulance, so I
determined to atone by unusual kindnesu.
I went with him, and sure enough on
the roof of the out houso was fastened
a miniature wiudiiiill, and tho nnns
wero whirling around l ist enough to
plonso any boy. I praised tho windmill
and my little brother's ingenuity, ami
he seemed happy, nnd entirely forgetful
of my tuikindness, and I resolved, ns 1
had many times before, to bo always
loving and gentle.
A lew days passed by, and the shadow
nf a great sorrow darkened our dwelling.
Tho joyons laugh and noisy gleo wore
hushed, and our boy lay in a darkened
room with anxious faces around him.
his cheekB flushed, and his eyes unnat
urally bright Sometimes his temple
would moisten and his muscles relax,
and then hope would como into oui
hearts, and our eyes would 1111 with
thankful tears. It was in ono of those
deceitful calms in his disease that he
heard tho noise of his little wheel, ami
said: "I hear my windmill."
"I)oes it mako your headache?" 1
asked. "Shall wo take it down ?"
"Oh, no," ho replied, "it seems as il
T wero out of doors, and it makes me
feel better." Ho mused u moment, and
llion added: "Don't yon remember,
Mary, thnt I wanted you to help mo fin
ish it, and you wero reading, and told
mo yon could not? Ilut it didn't make
any difference, for mamma helped mo."
Oh, how sadly those words lull npr.n
my ear ! and wiiai inner moraories
thev awakened I How I repented as I
kissed littlo Frank's forehead that I had
over spoken unkindly to him I Hours of
sorrow wont by, and wo watched his
couch, hope growing fainter and fainter,
and anguish deeper, until ono wcck
from the morning on which nespoKo ot ins
childish Bports, we had closed ino eyes
onco so sparkling, and folded his hands
over his pulseless heart. He sleeps
now iu tho grave, and home is desolnto;
but tho littlo windmill, tho work of Ins
busy hands, is still whirling in he
breeze just whoro ho plaocd it, upon the
roof of the old woodshed; and every
timo I see tho tiny arms revolving I re
member the lost littlo Frank-ami I re
member also the thoughtless, unkind
words I . i , . i i
Brothers and Ristors, bo kind to one
auother. Bo goutlo, considerate, and
loving.
Voo Eahnest. A feature of tho Santa
fo celebration was to have been a sham
battle, intended to represent , the op
tnm of an Indian pueblo by flu i Span
uirds. The Indians climbed to the top
oneof the buildings, brandi.hinfr thoa
. nnd nmitted shrill, car-
r iZV "The bold Spaniard.
nauscd. There was
ahitoh. Theorig.
nl plan was for the oavanen. i ...u
'...'... !.. nnnb o. and the Indians
ZTe Z Zt fly i shower of blunt arrow,
into the gronnd at their feet. Bnt it oo,
a 4 dm knights that arrows might
?o nstray, and they declined to take ths
the cotim clf.uk hot mao.
rhr True Htory nl sn l iilormnndl rlfffttiirr
Iu a I'ikr t'ounlT I'lia Primrlmrrd.
F.d. Mott tells this funny story iu the
SVw York Sun: The Comity Clerk has
resigned as a member of the Milford
Firo Department, of which he, together
with a titty-foot hook and ladder truck
and tho ex-District Attorney, hnd long
been nn important appurtenance. Hu
was led to sever his connection with the
department by what ho nllcgiii was a
piece of deception on the part of tho ex
District Attorney, by which deception
his usefulness nnd two panels of board
fenco wero siintiltaiieotisly impaired,
and his dignity as a citizen, a man, and
a grandfather greatlv injured.
According tho accepted account of
tlio allair, it seems flint nt n session oi
tho boys at tho Crissnuin J'onso the
athletic exercise came up for disctnmon,
and much difference of opinion wasfound
to exsirft nn to tho individual merits of
certain pedestrians. This discussion
grew warm, and the ex-District Attorney
was filially prompted to remark that
when it came right down to powers of
endurance as ft pedestrian, be felt that
ho himself would never 1m called npon
to take a back sent for nn one, where
upon tlio County Clerk, who hnd failed
to agree with thl ex-District Attorney
on any point during tho evening, ejacu
lated ralher contemptuously Hint some
pno')e could do moro wonderful tilings
with their mouths in ten minutes than
they could perform with their hands and
feet in six months. This wns taken by
the ex-District Attorney as a direct per
sonal allusion, and lio obtained the
floor to remark that if sonio people
whom ho might mention would mix
morn water with what they drunk they
would probably bo better qualified for
steady pedestrian exercises tileinseivcB.
Tho County Clerk replied with some
heat that, water or no wrder, he would
bet 85 with tho ex-District Attorney, if
the latter thought ho could borrow the
money to put up, that ho (the County
Clerk) would walk tho shoes off of him
(the ex-District Attorney) tuo l'st day
ho ever saw, and do it easy. Tho ex
District Attorney said thnt wns all right,
and if tho County Clerk wanted to get
mad ho could get mad and bo blamed to
linn ; and as for money, lie could show
just ns much ns any one in the crowd.
Tho County Clerk said if that was the
ciwie it might not bo a bad idea for the
ex-District Attorney to show a little, us
they had been sitting there all tho oven
mg, aud ho lindn t seemed to bo very
anxious to sling much around. It la not
known what the ex-District Attorney in
tended to reply, or what tho result of
thu bandying of pleasantries might have
been, for just then Jake Schorr, the
stage driver, who was returning from a
lato tram tit, 1'ort Jervis, came dashing
down tho road, wilh his toam and crying
"Fire I" "Fire I" at the top of his lungs.
. Then thcro was a hurrying to and fro
among tho boys. The hook and ladder
truck was housed in thoCrissmaii IIoiisi
barn. Tho County Clerk and the ex-
District Attorney rushed foritnt once.
Hie former seized hold of it at tlio rear,
while the latter handled the tongue.
Tho night was very (lurk. TnJ (ruck
was quickly taken out, nnd the County
Clerk shouted:
"Now let her go, boys I I'll push lie
bchind aud you handle tho tongue."
Then ho added to himself : "I'll see how
much pedestriaiiism thcro is iu that Dis
trict Attorney, now, you iKst He's got
to bo a good one if I don't wind him be
fore this run is over."
Away they went. Tho fire was up
town, 'three-quarters of a mile away.
Itetoro they had gono half a block tho
County Clerk was clearing ten feet of
ground at every step.
".SwectOhristmasl"thoughthe, "what
an infernal gait them bovB hnvo struck.
If they koop that up tho District At
torney'll bo d?od beforo he gets there,
nnd I II bet on it."
lly this time tho County Clork's feel
barely nnd timo to touch tho ground at
nil. His hat was gono, and lie swung
along behind tho truck like a kite toil in
the wind.
"If he am t n runner, I m blowed I
in said, "If they don't get to that fire
ilamo soon, or if ho don't fidl dead, I'm
n goner."
A still greater burst, of speed on the
part of tho truck lifted tho County Clerk
off his feet, and ho struck out Ixdiind the
machine ns striunht ns a coupling polo.
Au instant ho hung poised. 1 hen he
lost his grip. Ho shut his cyoB and
went right on. ITo rushed through
apaeo for fifty feet. Then he met ft
board fence. Ho looK two panels oi u
with him ns ho went through it, As he
rested in the middle of a fivo-ncre potato
nntch he stud: -
"Well, l'vo heard of good running.
hut if that don't- rather knock the spois
off of anything ever done. I'm a three'
leiweil lMit."
So, when the Comity Clerk learned
that ho had been following tlift irues
with Jake Schorr's horses hitched to the
tongue and taking it ovor the grouna si
. .i l . liaf tin AT.
District Attorney 11 ooolly .ridden on
it every step of the way to the fire, lie
felt hurt! ' he said thnt if thoy wanted
tn mil a Fire Deimrtment on such prin
ciples thoy could, but as for him, no.
Aud ho resigned.
Too Fas.
ii ..ml dismast amusing young man
ut Saratoga is said to be the ouo whose
tastes hvo ruu ahead of the mouey al
lowance which his father accords him.
u could drivo one horso without ex-
travagenco, but his desires extend to a
nuir: ono good room would lodge him
comfortably, but bo likes to lounge in
two; and bo he goes, making himself
miserable when lio might be nappy.
Whv does this bring him misery ? Be
cause he could pay his bills it he didn't
make n fool of himself: bin as It is, credi
tors hound him at every turn. He came
with his hair cut very short, so the
utory goes, and bloaohed from its natural
red to a light blonde. This had been
Hone for improvement, and se it
rudely unjust for a familiar acqustotance
to cry ont to him, qttan'tanyto'J.
,ld chap. They'll kow you u mm-
YOUNG MAN, BRACE UP.
A VKHTERN EDITOR'! AIM It TU
IIII4 KIDS.
The V.ii Ma W ' U1
From the Milwaukee 8nn.
A lazy man is too contcmptiblo to live,
and lias no rights bis fellow men are
bound to respect. Young man, youmay
as well understand, first as lost, that
yon have got to work for all yon get In
this world. You may not always get
what you cam, as there are men in this
world too mean and contemptible togivo
to others what really belongs to thorn,
bnt if yon would keep out of Uie poor
honse, and have a competency in yonr
old oge, you will have to work for it,
To lie suro there is a great difference in
men. Home are entioweu whu j
intellectual powers than others, while
omo are greater ph ysleally. Some men
re born low down in the scale of intol-
lectualism, but mark yon the physical
ofsuchaman. Thcreisa wayprovidod,
however, for every man to better mm
self. Yon won't find it in the gin smll,
neither is it to lie found at the gaming
table. Kemcmbcr one thing, and that
is, you have not the capacity to take
Into vonrself all the strong drink made
in this world, and you had better let the
coutract out before yon attempt to work
on it. Don't bet all" yon have on a bob.
tail flush, or before yon know it the
other man will either raise yon out or
the game or coine in on a straight flush.
Nino nnndrea ana ninety jounfj men
out of a thousand, whe Bianco, wuu an
idea ol becoming suddenly rich by bet-
Ung on a snre thing, get lit, aua are
worse off than when they came into the
gamo. Tho bov horse is more liable to
get boat if yon hold a pool chock on him
tnnO ne was Dciore you put up juiu
money. Such certainties are nn certain
ties, and never give np a oortainty for an
nrmnrUintr. Don't fool with the tiger;
you can't most always tell which way the
beast will jump,
When a young man sits down in idle
ness, with an idea that the world ewes
him n living, it's high time his body was
committed to the dust from whence it
came, As for his sonl, nothing will ever
bo known of it. It is bo small mat it
would rattle round in the shell of a mus
tard seed, and when it leaves his lazy
carcass, is for ever lost on account of its
Innnito proportions.
A record of tho young men who nave
been unfortunate enough to have a for
tune left them ehows that eight in ten
never amount to a singlo atom in the
world, and seven out ol the eight die
bankrupts, financially, morally, and
otherwise.
When a father brings np his son in
idleness, never teaching him the first
principle of economy or Uie value of a
dollar, he commits a terrible blunder.
The father guilty of snoh a crime gener
ally bos to saw wood for a living in his
old age. Nine ont of ten of the bovs
with fathers who bring them np in idle
luxury, ere they reach the meridian of
life are total wrecks. Wrecked on the
rocks of total depravity which lie be
neath the stream of life and on whose
sharp and ragged edges thousands ol
lives have been wrecked and ruined.
Money bags may, like bladders, keep yon
sIkivo the waters of distress for a time,
but puncture thn, let tkeir contents
exeape, and yon sink.
Young man, you have undoubtedly
meant to do well. No young man ever
goes astray intentionally, but in some
idlb thoughtless moment he graduates
from soda water and lemonade to some
thing stronger, and before he is fairly
aware of it he has not only lost caste,
but has a whole menagerie on his hands
and is employing a doctor to holp dis
pose of his immense elephants and Uie
snakes that laughingly cuddle in his
boots. Yes, the world presents too mw
temptations for the minds of all to with
stand, and the only safe way for a young
man is to keep away from the tempta
tion. If Ton see a man at wheel of
fortune win ten times running by betting
on the red, you just keep your hands
out of your pocket and see him lose all
be made at the next turn of Uie wheel
and on the very color or number yon
knew wonld win.
Boys, the recklessness of youth is
what has caused bo many mothers' hair
to turn as white as the driven snow. It's
this that has caused bo many fathers and
mothers to give np by tne wayaiae ana
be laid in premature graves. The lollies
ol our youtn nang neavier upon iuo
hearts of our fathers and mothers than
the millstone that grinds the kernel into
the fiucBt flour. It's a pity that some ot
our yonng men of to-day didn't fall in
between the millstones before they have
caused the treuble they have.
A Way They Hare In Bnsila.
The St Petortburg Herald reltlt
that wdently in a onth Bosaiai i viJW ,
. vuuu.nt iu moauMd ot a tbet. Th
ir.nt Mt nt ako war. bnt seat aa
Irnoate to dead his esnaa before the
local judicial msgnst The lawyer em
ployed all Bis eioquemw wu otkuw
Judge that his olient was innocent, but
his clever appeal had no effect npon Uie
Magistrate, who knew tho accused, and
had probably condemned him before he
heard the details of the ease. He gave
the sentenoe five and twenty blows
with a rod. The village Solomon was
informed that Uie onminal could not be
found.
"Never mind, he observed, "Justice
must have its course. As Uie criminal
is not in our hands, we decree that his
advocate shall receive the flogging. The
man who has tne lace to defend suon a
rascal deserves to be punished. . ,
The luckless lawyer in vain protested ,
against the illegality, absurdity and
utter injustice of the notorious
The loss of his time and his s"V
i j.j .m ho nailta tr
couwuuru, -- pr I X IWM
tli. twentrr-flve tr
frH.nl th abaent criminal ,
ft whale thihks iUell S big fish, and
flOBlnj uj to powebot ? ..
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