St. Paul daily globe., 1894-06-18

soul from SIN through peace to light"
j., poor boy living in Ind,
when eighteen years of age. stole
watch, for which 0tfense he was con-
victed and sent to prison for two years.
While there he was employed in the
carriage-making business. in which he
became greatly interested, and on his
release he invented q very superior
wheel. He succeeded in interesting a
manufacturer OF carriages in Ohio in
his wheel. who finally gave him an In
tereSt in the business for his patent,
and took him into the firm. After re.
naming there for a number of years.
and amasSing quite little fortune. he
sold out his interest, came back to his
native town, and built the finest brick
block there, more as matter of pride
than anything else. Later he was en-
ployed as business ,nager by the
largest wheel-manu Iring firm in the
country. With 10. wife. charm
Ing home, and active interests, he lived
prosperous life until about five years
ago, when he died, honored and re-
spected by all, the mistake of his youth
forgotten in the usefulness of his rlper
years.
Another young man. whom we will
call s., of wealthy parentage and
highly educated. lived near little
town twenty miles from -, in a
state not far distant. On coming of
age, he inherited $4,000 as his portion,
with which he went into the furniture
manufacturing business. In this, after
few years experience, he failed. but
being highly connected and we'll liked,
he was selected to the office of county
surveyor. Here he began his down.
ward course, forging county road orders.
and continued doing SO until ne had
forged and cashed $4,000 worth. He
was then arrested and sentenced to
prison for seven years. While there he
was employed as bookkeeper for a stove
manufacturing company who had
contract for prison work. After sery-
ing four years OF his term he was pa
rolled, and the stove firm having with
drawn their prison contract. offered
him his old position as bookkeeper,
which he accepted. He is now the
business manager of the same firm, said
to he a partner. and is conducting an
extensive and successful business. 1t
might be of interest to note that his
wife, to whom he was married before
his conviction, secured a divorce from
HIM after his conviction. retaining the
home as her homestead. AS the years
went by. she took the downward path.
and he climbed UP, thus affording an
other Illustration Of the che kered
ways Of life.
Some years ago man whom we will
call NJ. went to Montana with good
character, 5000 in money, and horse.
He acquired two other horses in man.
ner contrary to law, was convicted, and
sent to prison on the charge OF horse
stealing. Friends succeeded in procur-
ing for him pardon. He left Montana
with S., a prison suit of clothes, and
very bad character. From the wreck OF
total failure he resolved to go to work
and retrieve himself. He went back to
where he was known, went patiently to
work, and through inf uence was finally
appointed to state position of respons-
ibility and trust. He proved efficient
and faithful. and so devoted and earn-
est in his work that he was sent for to
make public speech on the subject in
one of the large Eastern cities. The
good impression there made won for
him an appointment in Washington,
where he now is, earning salary of
S1,SO0 year, and doing lot of good
besides.
One of the first families of South
Carolina, in the days before the war,
had two sons, whom they reared III all
the pride of Southern aristocracy. edu.
eating them abroad at the best schools
in Europe. as bedtted children of their
position at that time. They grew up
together, linked by bonds of brotherly
affection as rare as it was beautiful to
see. Favored by position and wealth,
their lives stretched out before them
with promise of all that life holds
most dear. The older brother, being
made the president Of a bank. secured
for his younger brother the position of
cashier. After some years the younger
brother, through gambling, became em-
beZzler to large amount OF the
banks money. The crime was dis
covered by the older brother.
Family pride could not stand
t he disgrace of exposure. arrest and
conviction; nor could brotherly love
send into lonely exile ohe so closely
allied by ties Of affection and blood.
Guiltless Of otfense himself. unable to
make good his brothers shortage, he
took the young man and fed with him
to the Willis of Arkansas, and having
penetrated the wilderness opposite
Memphis IN the overflow lands lying
between the Mississippi and st. Fran
els rivers. and having found knoll of
ground above any overflow, the TWO
brothers settled there. built primitive
log cabin and subsisted On fish and
game, abundant i'll that locality. and
such products as they could raise. Here,
the one in voluntary, the other in en-
forced exile. they lived for twenty years
before their identity was discovered.
An occasional hunter invaded their
solitude, otherwise they lived as if dead
to the world. The older brother was
the first to die, and the younger one
made his lonely way to Memphis. made
the facts known to a man-an acci-
dental acquaintance-who assisted at
the funeral arrangements, and then re-
turned to the little cabin, where, refus-
ing all persuasions to the contrary, the
younger brother continued to live
alone, eXpiating in utter solitude the
crime committed SO many years ago.
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An Echo From the Worlds Fair.
The Lake Shore Route has recently
gotten ont very handsome litho-water
cnlnr of the t.Ex naSiiinn ElHer y tho