KATIE'S EIY1L ,
3 "Maud , I wish you would not say
that again. I tell you , once for all , Mr
Lee is , andcannot be any thing more to
me than a friend ; so if you respect my
wishes in the least you will not men
tion his name to me again. "
And Katie Lane flung back her bright
brown curls as she spoke , a little dis
dainfully , perhaps , and bent a little
lower over the piece of crocheting she
held in her hands.
I will not stop totell _ you that she ,
my heroine , was handsome ; suffice it
bo say that she was the belle of the
pretty village of M ; and , as a mat
ter of course ; was sought after and ad
mired by all the young men of the
place , not only because she was witty
andaccomplishedjbut because old Guy
Lane was the wealthiest man in the
place , and would one day leave his all
hi the hands of Katie , as the only legal
heir.
heir.Maud
Maud Anthony laughed low and tri
umphantly as she returned :
"Really , Katie , you need not speak
BO angrily. Everybody thinks you
are going to marry him , and for my
part , I think he will make some one a
kind husband. "
_ "Wellif yousee so many good quali
ties about him why don't you marry
him ? When I see fit to get married I
shall take whom Iplease , despitewhat
everybody says. "
_ The curls flew again , and the spark
ling eyes glanced saucily at the finish
ed coquette opposite her.
"Oh , ho ! so my pretty young lady
is getting angry , eh ? If that's the case
I must flee. Only remember I have
done my duty. I thought you ought
to know how people are talking. "
"You need not trouble yourself Miss
Anthony , to look after my affairs ;
you must have enough of your ownto
look after. When I need your advice
E will surely let you know. So I bid
you good afternoon. "
The queenly little head rose proud
ly erect at this , and with a scornful ex
pression on her lips Katie walked
quickly away into the shadow of the
shrubbery of the garden.
As she walked hastily on a footstep
on the other side of the hedge checked
her flight , and in a moment Wilkes Lee ,
the subject of the little conversation
under the elms , scrambled up into
sight , without seeming to have seen
Katie , and hastened away.
The strange littleheartof Katiegave
a sudden start as she recognized her
old friend and lover , and she paused ,
murmuring :
"I wonder if he heard what we said ?
I wouldn't have had him for all the
world. A plague on Maud Anthony !
She forcedme to say it. Isupposeshe
is glad , too ; for now she thinks I don't
care for him. "
For a moment Katie was silent as
she worked nervously at the pretty
diamond ring that encircled that
chubby forefinger. It was a gift from
Wilkes , a betrothal ring.
"I don't care ! " Katie at last broke
put , poiitmgly. "Now , that I've said
it , I'll show Mi ° s Anthony I mean it.
There ! " she said , as she drew the dia
mond from her finger and cast it away
into the bushes , "there , lie there and
rust , for all I care. Much good may
it do you , Maud , too You can catch
him , I know , but what do I care ? "
More than you think , my pretty
heroine ; we shall see.
A moment Kate stood therelooking
in the direction of the hedge ; then
clapping her hands to her face she
burst into a quiet shower of tears.
On the other side of the hedge Wilkes
Lee strode quickly away , saying sheep
ishly :
"Well , well ; a pretty scrape you
came near getting intomy boy. Didn't
mean to be an eavesdropper , certainly ;
accidents will happen , you know. So
she don't care for you , eh ? We'll see.
I'll warrant she don't know her own
heart now. I think I'll run away a
few days , and let her get over her fit. "
And the young man disappeared in
the underbrush that lined the road ,
leaped over the fence , and was soon
lost to view in the distance.
i
Katie waited patiently for many
days for the visit of her once ardent
lover , and then , concluding that he
had not only overheard what she said
that day in the garden , but had taken
her at 'her word , commenced not to
look alone , but to mourn him as lost
to her , indeed.
And Maud Anthony , to whoni all
this was due , rejoiced that Wilkes
seemed to have suddenly ceased to
visit the Lanes , and strove with re-
newed efforts to entangle the hand
some young fellow for Wilkes Lee
was considered the best catch the vil
lage afforded. But with all the pleas
ing ways she could effect , Wilkes seem
ed impregnable to her attemps. In
deed , no one knew that he even no
ticed her , save Katie , who looked on
jealousy , thinking she could no longer
hold a place by her side. In Katie's
presence alone did Wilkes seem to care
in the least for the flirt. After a while
he cast even her off , and disappeared
entirely. Ah , Katie ! the battle was
more than half fought when you cast
the love of a manpure and undivided ,
from you. This was only a little
struggle before the atual d efeat.
There was a great ball at the An
thony's ; positively the affair of the
season , those said who ought to know.
Of course all the fashionable people
would be there ; no one would miss
such a chance to show themselves as
this ball masque afforded. The Lane
carriage was in attendance , and Katie
was there looking prettier than ever ; a
trifle paler than usual , no doubt ,
though for the"world she would not
havehad the sharpsighted gossips sur
mise the real cause.
The ball was in full blast when the
dose carriage of the Lees was whirled
up to the door , and the occupants en
costume , announced. No one doubt
ed , even for a moment , that that tall ,
distinguished lookfng fellow , with a la
dy leaning heavily on his arm , was
Wilkes ILee ; but who was his compan-
ion who was she ? This was all the
theme of wonder ; none the less with
Katie than with the coquette Mauc
Anthony. Some said 'twas his wife ;
perhaps he had married in. a foreign ,
land. Some said no ; Mrs. Lee had
said only to-day that Wilkes was
cominghome unmarried. ,
And so , while all wondered , no one
knew. Katie's wandering little heart
sank still lower as she saw what care
and attention the young man be
stowed upon his companion. 'Twas
well her face was concealed beneath
the simple milk-maid's dress ; other *
wise some might nave said she still
cared for him. !
And , think you , this verdict would
have been wrong ? I very much suri
mise it would not.
The mask seemed not to have any
eyes or ears for anything save the
lady beside him. And lower-and low
er sank .Katie's poor little heart aa
the evening wore on , and still Wilkes
made no effort to distinguish her
from among the crowd. At last , when
she could constrain herself no longer ,
she quietly slipped away from the
throng and went out into the moonlit
faxden and wept alone ina seat un-
er the trees.
A long tune she sat thus , whenwith
the thought that she would be missed ,
she started up.
A hand was laid gently on her arm
"Stay a moment , Katie. I want to
speak with you a moment. "
'Twas Wilkes Lee's voice , and Katie
struggled to get fiom the grasp that
detained her.
"Katie , I heard what you said that
day under the elms ; did you mean
it ? "
His warm breath touched her face.
"No , Wilkes , I did not , I was pro
voked , " came faltering , hesitatingly ,
from Katie's rosy lips. What if , after
all , he had been true to her ? She
could not help thinking of it.
"And you love me still ? "
"I have always loved you , Wilkes. "
"When you own up that you are de
feated , Katie ? "
"But what ot that lady who is with
you ? She is your "
"Mother , my darling ; andyouareto
be my wife ? "
Suffice to say a few days after there
was a wedding somewhere , and some
one , which means Katie , was married
to some one , which means Wilkes Lee ,
the one who so unwillingly became
once a participator ha Katie's defeat
Greek Meets Greek.
One day last week a lightning-rod
man and a life insurance agent made
then : advent in this commmunity ,
and that without the knowledge of eacr
other's presence. They both begat
to canvass Merrill avenue with ar
ardor of enthusiasm peculiar to the
profession only. It is unnecessary tc
say that under such an accumulator
of horrors most of the residents yield
ed in apathetic despair. One indi
vidual yet remained to be interviewed
and as fortune ordained it the two
agents arrived simultaneously one
morning at his gate. They fell into
mutual error of imagining the other
O O
; o be the person with whom they were
seeking an interview. The lightning-
rod man opened fire first , with :
"Good morning , sir. "
"Good morning , good morning , " re
plied the insurance agent , cherrily.
"I am glad to meet you , " continued
the other. "I wish to avail myself of
the opportunity of addressing you up
on a subject of vital importance "
"By all means , by all means , " re
sponded the insurance agent , delighted
in being anticipated as he imagined ,
upon the subject nearest his heart. "It
will afford me inexpressible pleasure
to "
"Thank you , thank you , " eagerly
interrupted the dealer of lightning-
rods , delighted in his turn , _ at getting
such a customer , and continuing : "I
have no doubt that you thoroughly
comprehend how essential it is for the
security "
"Just what I was about to observe , "
again chirped in the insurance agent.
"The danger "
"Yes , yes , " said the other. "The
danger is more than enhanced by neg
lect and the only effectual "
"Just so , " again interrupted the life
insurance agent. "I felt surethatyou
would comprehend at once how abso
lutely necessary it was to establish
safeguards calculated i
"Of course , of course , " said the
lightning-rod man , running over in his
mind whether he had enough rods on
hand to supply such an eager customer.
Then again continuing :
"You are doubtless aware of the
fact that a false economy often
leads "
"I perceive , " said the insurance
agent , "that your mind is above the
ordinary level , and is one that can eas
ily recognize the penny wise foolish sys
tem "
'Thank you. And your opinion is
but a reflex of my own" answered the
other.
And thus they continued , the one
interrupting the other , and both en
deavoring to impress his listener until
it became a question of endurance
merely. The lightning-rod man , though
of a stouter build , was the firstto _
succumb , and at length he sank with
an expiring gasp , casting a look of re
proach upon the insurance agent. The
life insurance agent lasted a few mo
ments longer , but he , too , at length
sank by the side of the lightning-rod
man , whisperingin his ear. Then they
bothperishedliterally talked to death.
The sad affair has cast a gloom ovei
the community.
In Madison county , Fla. , Bob Sut-
ton , an aged negro man , died , and his
family or neighbors , wishing to estab
lish a new burial ground , and enter-
taming the idea that if his was th <
first grave in the new cemetery th <
deaths of the remaining members oi
the family would soon follow , dis
pelled the illusion by cutting a tre * .
down , encasing a length of it in a come
and burying it with due solemnities
The next day Bob's remains were in
terred beside it.
JEFF. DAYIS DT PRISON.
Sharles S. Trlpler's Story of His Pleasant
Juifo tit Fort Monroe.
From the San Francisco Alta.
I wiis in 1865 First Lieutenant in
the Twelfth United States Infantry ,
ind in the absence of my Captain ,
jommamled E Company of the First
Battalion of that regiment. Early in
October I was ordered to Fort Monroe ,
and reported for duty to Gen. N. A.
Miles. My rank as Lieutenant sub
jected me to detail as officer of the
guard , as such I had for the twenty-
four hours ot my detail immediate
iharge of our distinguished prisoner ,
my orders being "not to allow him out
of my sight during my tour ofv duty. "
Mr. Davis was confined to a room in
Carroll Hall , which was designed as
quarters for Lieutenants , who are en
titled to two rooms only , so all the
rooms , except the mess hall and li
brary , are in suites of two rooms each.
The doorways were all grated with
iron , and a sentry walked before each
on a pile of cocoa matting some four
inches thick. The officer of the guard
was not allowed to leave the room
unless relieved by the officer of
the day , nor to sleep at all
during his twenty-four hours of
duty. The grated windows were lock
ed , the keys being in the custody of the
officer of the day. As was the custom
on my first day of duty as officer of
the guard I was introduced by my
Bredecessor to Mr. Davis , thus : "Mr.
avis , Mr. Tripler of the Twelfth. Mr.
Davis said : "Are you Stuart Trip
ler ? " I said : "Yes , sir. " He then
said he remembered my grandmother
( Mrs. Hunt ) and had very pleasant
recollections of my father ( Surgeon
Tripler of the army ) . We had that
first day no further conversation un
til the time came for his daily walk
around the parapet. At that time
the officer of tl3 day came accompan
ied by two negro prisoners , unlocked
the door , when Mr. Davis , dressed in
snuff-colored clothes , with a Raglan
overcoat and a soft , high-crowned ,
Mack felt hat , stepped into my room.
Gen. Miles entered at this time with
the daily papers , which were placed on
a table in Mr. D.'s room. The prison
ers commenced at once to clean up the
room , and we left in the following or
der : Mr. Davis and officers of the
guard , ten paces behind two sentries ,
EI couple of paces behind them the of
ficer of the day , and lastly , some dis
tance off , Gen. Miles strolled along
reading.
We took our time , and Mr. Davis ,
by his instructive and most enter
taining conversation , rendered this a
most delightful duty. He seemed to
know everything. He had the unusu
al faculty of drawing ayoungmanput
and making him show his best side.
We would sometimes stop abreast of
the water battery , in front of the com
manding officers' quarters , and recline
on the crest of the works , where he
would relate pleasant stories of the
old army , ask after common friends ,
and often give me points in my pro
fession which were invaluable. To
show how small a matter he would
notice and speak of , there were a
number of trees growing along one of
the fronts of casements which' bore
clusters of white berries. Mr. Da
vis said : "Lieut. Tripler , I saw
you riding a nice-looking horse the
other day , but it is out of condition.
[ Chose berries you see there are one of
the best condition medicines I know
of , and you can find them .all over the
South ; remember that ; it's worth
knowing. " On our return Dr. Cooper's
servant came in with Mr. Davis'
lunch. All his meals were supplied
from Dr. Cooper's table , and Mrs.
Cooper was a notable housewife , and
the markets of Fort Monroe were
well supplied ; you may i > e sure Mr.
Davis did not suffer. The only re
quest he ever made me during the
time I was stationed there was
to bring him a few apples each
time I came on guard , which I
did. I rather think he asked
me for the sake of letting me think I
was doing him a favor in return for ,
bis exceeding kindness to my grand
mother when he was secretary of war.
He could make a request in such a way
that you felt he had conferred a favor
on you in preferring it.
C. C. Clay was confined in the rooms
directly beneath Mr. Davis , but had
Mrs. Clay with him , and was not
guarded as Mr. Davis was. Mrs. Clay
used to send sometimes a pitcher of
punch to Mr. Davis. My orders not
forbidding it , the pitcher was always
passed in , Mr. Davis was supplied with
good cigars by his friends. I know
they were good , because Mr. Davis re
marked that "smokers are gregarious
and I can't enjoy a cigar alone , " and
offered me one nearly every night , after
he had assumed his most satanic-
looking night robes he wore a red
flannel nightgown , cap and drawers ,
He was never annoyed , insulted , or
worried during his stay. Gen. Miles
was coldly civil , and others "officially
polite. " I , perhapsand as was natural ,
was more kindly disposed , but I never
exceeded my instructions. I think Mr.
Davis will himself give the lie to the
exaggerated accounts of his sufferings.
Imprisonment is not pleasant under
the most favorable circumstances , and
no fallen chief of a great movement
could have expected or received more
considerate treatment than did Mr.
Davis.
A little story comes from El Paso ,
Texas , which has a very perceptible
moral. The city has justgotten anew
fail ; and the first persons to occupy it
are some parties who monkeyed with
the contracts for the building and un
dertook to defraud the public out ol
§ 50,000.
Northern immagration is flowing in
to North Carolina in a small but steady
stream. Most of the new comers are
farmers or mechanics , and the majori
ty go to the western part of the State.
Recently Dr. Clark Whittierpurchaeed
60,000 acres of land there , about one
third of Swain county. He will divide
it into a thousand farms of 60 acres
each , and settle them with 1,000 fam
ilies.
Feuds and IJynch-Iiaw in tlio
Soutluvcst.
A great deal has been said and writ
ten lately about feuds and lynch-law
in the districts around the lower Mis
sissippi. The reports of recent lynch
ing there have , probably been very
much exagerated , and it would certain ?
ly be unfair to form a positive opinioq
about the matter without a thorough
knowledge of all the circumstances.
No one who visited that part of the
country before the war could return to
it now without noticing the higher de
gree of order and the numerous eviden
ces of progress. But lynching law
breakers and resorting to the knife or
pistol to settle private disputes were
once ordinary occurrences there , and
they were usually marked by a busi
ness-like coolness which gave them a
distinctive character.
In the winter of 1853-4 I was clerk
of a steamer owned in Wheeling. The
steamer was obliged to wait some time
at Napoleon for a rise in the Arkansas
river to enable it to pass over the bar
at the confluence of that river with the
Mississippi. Napoleon then had bo
tween three and four hundred inhabi
tants. and was considered the worst
place on the Mississippi except Nnt-
chez-under-the-Hill. Some of the
dwellings were of considerable size , and ,
judging from their exterior , were kept
in good order. They were the resi
dences of the few who belonged to the
better class , and who , to a certain ex
tent , exercised control over then : less
reputable townsmen.
We were treated very kindly by the
citizens , and they declined any return
for their hospitality. We soon no
ticed that we were never invited tc
visit any of them at their dwellings.
At their places of business we were
cordially welcomed , and they seemed
to take a great deal of pleasure in giv
ing us information and affording us
any amusement in their power.
Having some canned oysters among
our stores , wo twice invited a numbei
of our friends to an oyster supper. Al
though our invitations included then
families , none but male guests attend
ed. This together with the fact that
we rarely saw any ladies on the street ,
seemed very strange to us ; but we
made no comments , for we discoverec
very soon after our arrival that it
would not be prudent to ask questions
about matters that did not concern
us. At church one Sunday night we
noticed that all the ladies piesent
composing nearly the whole of the
congregation were dressed in black ,
and many of them were in deep mourn
ing. This gave us some idea as to the
reason for their exclusiveness. Soon
afterward a murder occurred almost
within my own sight. Two friends
were standing on the street and talk
ing pleasantly to each other , when
they were approached by a man whore
they did not know. Suddenly a second
man came close to the stranger , and.
without saying a word , drew a pisto !
and shot him dead. The murderei
was instantly seizedbound , and placed
in the jail.
The jail was a square pen about
thirty feet high , built of hewn logs ,
without any opening except in the
roof. This opening was only large
enough to admit one person at a time ,
and was protected by a heavy door
The prisoner was forced by his cap
tors to mount the roof by means * of a
ladder , and then was lowered by a
rope to the ground inside. The rope
was withdrawn , the door securely fas
tened , and he was caged , without any
possible means of escape , to await the
verdict and sentence of the jury sum
moned by "Judge Lynch. " The trial
was very short. The facts were prov
en , and the verdict was that the mur
derer should be severely whipped and
made to leave the town forthwith
The whipping was administered , and
he left immediately afterward.
Of course there was a good deal ol
excitement over this matter , and all
the male inhabitants collected to talk
about it. The discussion entended to
some familar cases of recent occurrence
and soon gave rise to angry disputes.
In a very short time pistols and
knives were produced , invitations to
fight were given , and it seemed that
blood would soon be shed. By the in
terference , however , of some of the
older and more influential citizens ,
quiet was restored , and no one was in
jured. We were afterward told that
there was hardly a man in the crowd
who had not lost a father , brother , oi
near male relative by knife or pistol ,
either in a supposed fan * fight or by
foul means.
At that time the hatred of negroes
from "free States" was intense , while
those from "slave States" were treat
ed kindly and regarded merely as per
sons of an inferior race.
Sometimebefore our arrivala steam
er belonging to Pittsburg had stopped
at Napoleon , and the colored Stewart
went on shore to buy provisions.
While bargaining for them he became
involved in a quarrel with a white man
and struck him. He was instantly
seized , and would no doubt have paid
for his temerity with his life if some
one in the crowd had not exclaimed.
"A live nigger's worth twenty dead
ones ! Let's sell him ! " This sugges
tion was adopted. In a very short
time the unfortunate steward was
bound , mounted on a swift horse , and
hurried away toward the .interior o !
the state. He was guarded by a party
of mounted men , and in less than a
week's time he was working on a plan
tation as a slave for life , with no pros
pect of communicating with his rela
tives or friends.
One morning the captain of asteam-
er and I saw a crowd collect , and on
approaching it we found a debate go
ing on as to what should be done to a
large and well dressed colored maaev-
idently under the influence of liquor ,
who was seated on the ground with
his arms and legs bound. He had
knocked one white man down and
struck several others while they were at-
temptingtosecure him. Thecrotvdwas
undecided whether to give him a good
whipping for his offense or to send foj I
his master ( who lived on the other side
of the river , in Mississippi ) and let him
inflict the punishment. Finally , the
master was sent for. Hesoonappeard.
and stated that he had given his "boy"
permission to come over to Napoleon ,
and had also given him money to buj
*
ome things he wanted. He was "a ,
ood boy , " and had. never been in
rouble before , and if the citizens of
Sapoleon would forgive him this time
36 , the master , would guarantee that
; he boy should never visit Napoleon
tgain. The master also stated that
ae would "stand drinks" for the whole
jrowd. This gave general satisfaction.
Ihe drinks were taken , and the master
ind his slave were enthusiastically es-
sorted to their dugout on the shore ,
Much hand-shaking took place , in
ivhich'the "boy" participated , and
many invitations were given to both
io visit Napoleon again ; after which
they rowed contentedly to their home.
Lippincott'B Magazine.
Kentucky Mountaineers.
The mountaineers are a singular
people , writes a correspondent from
Kentucky to the New York Times.
They have not the slightest idea of
law and order as it is understood and
practiced in other portions of the
country. Every individual resents
an injury with a knife , pistol or gun ,
provided he has the requsite courage
to do so , or , if not , waylays and
shoots down his enemy whenever he
can be caught off his quard. Like
their prototypesvho live in the
mountains of Georgia , North Carolina
and Tennessee , the Kentucky moun
taineers are a peculiar set of people ,
differing in every way from the good
inhabitants of these states. They are
densely ignorant , and are utterly un
able to avail themselves of the proper
process of the law. Their poverty and
illiteracy are pitiable in the ex
treme ; they know nothing what
ever of the habits of the civ-
ihized world , and many have
never been.beyond theconfines of their
own counties. Their houses are
made of logs and mud , and in some
sections the sight of a pane of glass
would cause a sensation. The virtues
they possess are purely primitive , sug
gesting the savage in many respects.
They are strictly honest as to rights
of property ; they do not steal ; out
rages are uncommon , but a failure to
be chaste and resultantinbreedinghas
caused much idiocy. With such a con
dition of things surrounding them , it
is an easy matter for a few bold , reso
lute , but reckless men to dominate
the whole country. Those who are
not killed die from diseases peculiar to
people who do not comprehend that
cleanliness is next to godliness. The
term "husband" or "wife" is never
heard. It is " man" "
"my or "my wom
. " Nine-tenths of these
an. - moun
taineers were in the Union army , and
fought with a courage and fierceness
that swept everything before them.
Their names indicate an English
origin , as , for instance , in Bell county ,
in Harlan county , as well as in con
tiguous sections , you find lots of How
ards , Turners , Pursifulls , probably a
corruption of the old English name
Percival , Blanton , Martin , Bowling ,
etc. A study of the names , habits , ig
norance and inclinations of these peo
ple causes one to believe that they are
the direct descendants of the convict
English class who were sent to this
country to serve the gentry in expia
tion of crimes committed in England ,
settling in Georgia , Virginia , the Car-
olinas , and in after years working into
Kentucky and Tennessee. They are
a disgrace to Kentucky , and in no
sense ought they to be considered as
typical Kentuckians. It is the crimes
of these people that are telegraphed
to the country , just as are those of
the Tim McCarthys of New York. All
other sections of the State contain
people as enterprising , progressive , in
dustrious and cultured as may be
found anywhere. It is true that
the politicians are much toblamefor a
failure to properly punish those who
engaged in feudalism , and who ,
perhaps , are neglected by the authori
ties on the theory that mountain men ,
like some classes of jurymen , always
stick together , and , when they vote
for a friend who has helped them out
of a difficulty , it is with a unanimity
that never breaks. The country where
they live abounds in the richest of fine
forests , full of walnut , white pine.pop-
lar , oak , hemlock and other desirable
timber. Their hills are full of the
finest car-wheel iron known in the
world , and the coal lands are pro
nounced by Professor Shaler , of Har
vard College , to be the superior of any
in America. A deposit of cannel coal
in Breathitt , Letcher and Harlan
counties is pronouncedthefinestinthe
world. When railroads are built I
through these mountains civilization
will reach the inhabitants , and the
example of thrift and conseqnentprqf-
it willj no doubt , play its full part in
inspiring a desire to indulge in habits
of industry. Until then there is little
chance of their improvement.
Photographing- Cyclone.
What would make a finerpanorama
than a , series of pictures of a Kansas
town struck by a cyclone , showing it
first , in its ordinary state ; second ,
with the big black cloud which presag
ed the storm in the background ; third ,
with the inhabitants fleeing for shelter
to their cyclone pits ; fourth , with the ?
buildings hurling wildly through the
air and the few inhabitants who did
not reach cover in time mixed up
among the flying debris ; and last , with
the houses and stores mostly in ruins , :
and the people cautiously crawling out
of the pits to view the wreck ? If , in
stead of five , 500 views should be tak
en a few seconds apart , the wholecould
be arranged , on the same principle as
a well-known children's toy , in a swift
ly revolving series , so as to represent
the whole scene just as itoccured. The
only difficulty in making sets of views
like thesewould beto have the photog
rapher ready with his camera and a
set of plates just at the right moment ,
and to prevent him and his machine
from blowing away with the rest of the
things. But surely modern sciencecan
easily solve such a trivial difficulty as
this. The possibilities of instantane
ous photography are just beginning to
be developed. New York Mail and
Express. is
A NEW AMERICAITEDEtf
QnoerXegends of Turnips und Pumpkins
Where Immigrants are "Wanted.
New York Tribune.
There is a man here from Georgia
burdened with schemes for making his
region prosperous. He owns land by
the thousand acres and thinks that il
ho can persuade immigrant farmers to
buy ol him it will be to their everlast
ing prosperity , and help him along in
the world , besides doing a little for his
state. He doubts not that his motives
" of Geor
are patriotic. "The people
gia , " he says , "don't bother their heads
about immigration. Foreigners may
come there if they wantto.butthey've
got to come without begging. "We
don't mind their coming if they'll set
tle among us and learn our ways , but
we don't want 'em in colonies , bringing
their socialism and communism and
their other isms with them to destroy
the peace of our state. Give us immi
gration , but not colonization. ' That s
the way they talk and that's why we ve
had no agent to turn foreigners down
our own way. "
"What inducements have you to of
fer to farmers ? "
"Nothing extr'ornary , I reckon. My
region's the Eden o America. That's
all. Ain't no place that can beat it
for crops. " ]
"Corn ? " 4
"One hundred and thirty bushels to
the acre. Plant in April and gather
in November. One plowing , no hoe- '
ing. Fodder till you can't rest. Have
to pull it from horseback. Why !
Stalks so high can't reach to the top.
There's only one trouble with growing
corn in Georgia ; you don't have
enough nubbins to feed your steers. "
"Nubbins for steers ? "
"That's what's the matter. The
ears are so big that a steer can't get
'em in his mouth. See ? You've got
to chop 'em up , and that takes time. "
"Do ? " *
you grow potatoes
"Sweet ? No. They grow themselves.
We just give 'em half a chance.
Run a furrow in tho sand , drop in
your seed , cover it with your foot as
you go along and leave the crop to it
self. It grows summer and winter and
you needn't ever dig it for a year or
two. Of course , by-and-by the 'taters
get too big to be good. At 18 month-
old half a one makes a meal for ten
persons. "
"And turnips ? "
"A few. It don't take many to da
us. We daren't sow the seed as your
Northern farmers do. We check ofl
the turnip patch like a chess-board ,
making the corners eight feet apart , so
that the turnips won't crowd. It
don't do to have the turnips too
thick. How large do they growl
Well , I had 14 merino sheep , fine fel
lows they were , and I use to fold 'em
every night for fear of dogs. One day
three of the biggest were missing and
the whole farm turned out to find 'em.
We hunted for 'em ior two days , killed
17 dogs on suspicion , and gave up the
search. The next day I found the
three inside of one of my turnips. Yon
see they had jumped into the turnij
patch and eaten their way right into
one of the vegetables. "
"How could you feed such things to
your stock ? "
"Oh , we have to chop 'em up. I use
15-foot cross-cut mine. "
a - - saw on
"How about pumpkins ? "
"Pumkins ? Theyiairly sweat , they
grow so fast. There ain't no prettiei
music than the sound of growing pun-
kins. Best scare-crow in the world ,
self-acting. Crows andblackbirds wor-
riod us lots until I made the discovery
Plant one in your raspberry patch and
the birds won't come around. Why :
The growing pains and the groans ol
thepunkin frighten 'em away. Evei
hear of Punkin Vine creek ? Got its
name from a punkin vine. Years ago.
when the Cherokee Indians lived it
North Georgia , they wanted some sort
of a bridge across the creek. There
wasn't a tree around , and they didn't
know what to do. An old settler said
he'd fix it. He planted a punkin seed
near the bank , and , when the vine be
gan to grow , he trained it in the direc
tion of the water , In a few days it
grew across to the other bank , and
bore a big punkin on that side , whicfc
held it so that the Indians could cross.
Any old farmer down there'll tell you
that story. From what I've seen o !
punkins I readily believe it. "
"Is your's a good fruit country :
any apples ? "
More'n we know what to do with.
turned my hogs and my neighbors
into my orchard the other day to set
if they couldn't rid me of a fewbushles
of the fruit. They didn't do much
good. I drove through the next day V *
with a horse and buggy. The apples
were so thick on the ground thatthen
was a regular sluce of cider following
me wherever I went. Mashed out , you
know , by the wheels and the horse's
hoofs. That'll give you some idea o !
our fruit crops. Anything else you'd
like to know ? "
"Is it all like what you've been tell
ing me ? "
"Every man for himself , you know.
I'm talking for my own region. 1
haven't traveled much. "
"Do you mean to say "
"Young man , I haven't got time tc ft
into details. Do
o you want to gc
to Georgia ? Come down and start a
newspaper. "
A wooden ship of 2C28 tons is a
uriosity indeed , and it is no wonder
bhat the people of the whole surround
ing country poured into Rockport ,
Maine , to see the launch of the big
tour-master Fre'drick Billings.
Benson's watch , the size of a six I
pence , creates quite a sensation at the
London "Inventions. "
There is an
other the size of a shilling , which shows
bhe tune , the year.the month , the day
Df the month and week , and the phase
of the moon , It arranges itself to suit
khe exigencies of leap-year , and per
forms all these various functions by
being wound as an ordinary but less
complicated chronometer. It repeats
when requiredthe hours , the quarters ,
and minutes on a deep-toned gong. Ii
-priced at 500.
