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Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10
W9sGEAAAMEoNs.
The Artesian Wells Of Texas.

Editor Green6rier Independent:
Among the many things which at
tract the attention of the traveller in
Texas, few are more interesting
than the flowing springs and artesian
wells.
At Salado, in Bell county, is what
might be termed an artesian spring.
1t comes apparently from a great
depth and with such force as to throw
a heavy volume of water two feet
above the surface.
The mineral waters of West Vir-
ginia have been heard Of in the re-
mote parts of the earth, and perhaps
none is more celebrated than your
Greenbrler White Sulphur. But the
Lampasas Sulphur Springs of this
State literally leap into the air and
seem to say in the voice of mighty,
rushing waters, "Here we are-the
Corbetts and Sullivans among
springs; we come direct from the
lower regions; we flow forth with
the volume of river; our sulphur
Gus odor, in damp morning, will
reach your nostrils, though you be
two miles away; men come to US
drawn doubled with rheumatism {;
repulsive with sores lean, sour and
ugly from dyspepsia; pale. and
emaciated with old chronic COM
plants, real and imaginary; we send
them away leapiDg, laughing, rejoic-
ing in health and strength"
The great springs at San Antonio,
nearly sufficient to water New York
or Chicago, and other remarkable
springs of the State have been seen
or heard Of perhaps by most of your
patrons, but the artesian wells are
comparatively new, and while they
are numerous and source of reve-
nue., health and comfort to the citi-
zens have not made much noise in
| the world.
In a former letter l mentioned a
we'll in BeltOn that has a flow OF
more than million gallons per day
and will spout water eighty feet
above the surface.
Waco has more than twenty flow
ing wells that come from depth OF
eighteen hundred feet. They are
80 warm as to be called hot wells.-
The water is very abundant, and
since the city has gotten its supply
from that source the death rate has
been lowered, the employment Of
physicians diminished, druggist:
have mourned, and the city il one
of the healthiest, cleanest, pretties
and most prosperous in the State.
| Waco is on the Brazos, a strean
not boasted of for its health-givini
properties, and so long as the In
habitants had to depend upon 1t TO
water there was much sickness.
In this, Bosque county, there arr
more than hundred artesian wells
They vary in depth from one hun
dred and forty to thousand feet
The we'll in this village, Vale!
Mills, is about eight hundred feet II
depth. Pipes carry it to the resi-
dences-up-stairs and down. 1t !
softer than rain water-the laundr.
woman's delight and the house-keep
er's solace. Some who had thei
mantles laden with bottles hav
thrown drugs to the dogs and cor
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

RUSTIC PIETY.--The Vicar
Well, Hodge, 1 suppose you put
something in my plate, according to
your means, when it was passed
round in church yesterday ?"
Hodge," Well, no, sir; l can't
exactly say as 1 did. 1t 'appened as
my lands was clasped 80 tight in
prayer just then that / couldn't
seem to get 'em apart afore the plate
lad passed by ~
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10
Pete Was MuIish.

" Yes, stranger" answered the
Kansas woman while peeling the DO
tatOes for dinner, "Im a widde,
woman, but it hain't my fault that
am. If my old man hadn't bin sc
ALFRED mulish, he'd bin sloshin'
around yere to-day as big as any.
body. L told him thousand times
that the mulish business would
bring him to his grave, but the
longer he lived the more mulisher
he got"
You mean he was obstinate ?" |
asked.
"The Obstinatest man i'm all Kan.
sas, sir. IF he wanted to do any-
thing, he'd do 1t if it killed him.
If L wanted him to do anything, he'd
see me hung fust. That was Pete,
and that's why Pm a widder wo.
man to-day"
"Then something happened ?"
Yes, sunthin' happened. One
day about four Vars ago he was lynn
ON the floor smokin' his pipe and a
cussin' the drought. l went out to
see If thar was any sign Of rain, and,
10 and behold, thar was a cyclone
risin, up in the southwest. | went
in and seZ to him, sez L:
Pete, we'd better be q gittin' fur
the hole in the hillside, fur thar,s q
CycIune a-coming.'
Il don't believe it, sez he, as he
gets up TO look.
Hain't that a cyclOne?' sez /, as
l p'ints to the black clouds pilin' up
and gittin' ready fur bizness.
Nav! Them's only a sprinkle
and not nuff to do corn any good,
Pete, she's cyclone as sure's
yer BORN
"She's only sprinkle, and I kin
drink every drap that falls."
Yes, stranger" sighed the wo-
man as she peeled her last potato,
" that was a sure nuff cyclone, but
jest bekase l said it was Pete got
mulish and said it wasn't. Ibegged
and coaXed and cried, but it was no
use. He said he'd stand right out
doors and lay that cyclone on it's
back or bust his spine, and I went
over and crawled into the hole.n
"And was it a cyclone"
For sure! 1t had a track 80
miles long by two wide and even
Dlowed the grass away. was lookin'
out and yellin' to Pete, and Pete
was spittin' on his hands and prancin,
around and kickin' high when she
swOoped down."
"And what became of him ?"
"The Lord only knows I" she SOL
emnly replied as she wiped away a
tear. "Sunsh!n' seemed to sorter
go scat = and he was outer sight
like puff o. steam. A week after
ward we found sunthin' all mixed
up with feather bed, hay-stack,
dead hog, wagon wheel, bar'l o.
flour and a rag carpet, and though
we buried it fer my old man, I've
allus sorter believed it was only n
yearln' calf with rockin' cheer
driv threw its body. Stranger, ar
ye muIish 2"
hope not"
81 am glad ont. Bein' mulish
never did pay and never will. You
cometh up like flower and ar cut
down and If you'll hand me that
hunk of bacon I'll cut off sum to
fry fur dinner" M. QUAD.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

'TIsN'T LIKELY He WAITED
They were standing in the hallway,
talking in low tone, and as the
clock struck IL he remarked to her
"There now, Elpida, please don't
indulge in any repinings over the
departure of the old year. Remem.
ber the old saying Welcome the
coming; speed the parting guest !''
And then in sepulchrsl tones these
words were waited to them from the
upper stairway:
"I'll be down there In a moment
young man, to emphasize the last
half of that quotation"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10
A Kiss Made His Fortune.

A kiss once played an important
part in the life of the famous Belgian
statesman, Frere- Orban, who is now
seriously Ill at his country place,
says the New York Tribune. In his
youth the future minister was poor
student bearing the simple name of
Frere. He had great difficulty in
earning enough money to keep him
at the University till he was ready
to pass his examination in the de-
partment Of law. The young man
fell In love with a Fraulein Orban,
the daughter of wealthy and aris-
tOcratic family, who refused his
suit.
eff you pass your examination
we'll tomorrow" said Fraulein Or.
ban, on the eve of the trial to her
lover, "come to the theatre and to
the box in which I shall be sitting
with my parents"
Will they allow me ?" asked the
student.
&" shall see to that" was tire de-
termined young woman's answer.
Frere was successful and entered
the box in the evening, happy but
frightened. The pretty girl, as
soon as he had crossed the threshold
stood up, rushed toward him before
a word was spoken, and kissed him
heartily on the lips. The astonisheG
parents were soon informed of the
significance of the kiss by the daugh
ter. AS many other people had seer
the young girls action, the parent:
decided to make the best of it, anC
accepted young Frere as a son-in-lav
on condition that he add Orban t,
his name. This he did, as a matter
of course, and made it famous.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10
NUMBER 80.

LINCOLN's IRIsHMAN
Lincoln once remarked of the peo-
pie who wanted emancipation, but
who did not like to be called Abo-
litionists, that they reminded him
of the Irishman who had signed a
pledge and did not like to break it.
yet who sadly wanted "drink.n
So, going to an apothecary, he asked
for glass of soda water, adding,
" An, docther, dear, if yees could
put a little whiskey into it unbe-
knownst to me, I'D be much obliged
to yees.D
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

Not A BIT RATTLED.--We
went into a popular German beer
garden, and my friend, who grows
melodramatic when he is mellow,
beckoned to sleepy looking Ger
man waiter and with Shakespearean
voice and gesture exclaimed:
Landlord, come hither! Bring
us two flagons of that amber juice
whose efferescent foam overfloWs the
crystal rim. Away!"
The sleepy waiter stared an in.
stant; then, turning to me, In
quired:
"You haf de same?n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

GEORGIA CoUNTIEs.-Nine coun.
ties of Georgia were given the names
of distinguished South Carolinians
They are Brooks, after Preston s
Brooks; Calhoun, after John c. Cal
houn Jasper, after Sergeant viii
liam Jasper; Laurens, after Colone
John Laurens; Lowndes, after Will
liam Lowndes; McDuffie, aftel
George McDuffie; Marion, afteI
General Francis Marion; Pickens
after General Andrew Pickens
Sumter, after General Thomas Sum
| ter
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

STANCE, BUT TRUE The follo W.
ing true story is related by one of
the participants in the remarkable
incident:
Not long since in a certain New
England city, four commercial trav-
elers met for the first time, at the
table. With that genial bon homie
peculiar to the craft, they were soon
engaged in conversation. In a few
moments one eff them said:
Gentlemen, suppose we begin,
being all strangers, with the gentle
man opposite me, to introduce our
selves and our firms business.n
This was unanimously agreed to.
Said No. l, 81 am -, and repre-
sent the house of X. Y. H., selling
glass bottles"
Said No. 2, "Well, gentlemen,
perhaps 1t is no chance that / come
next for l represent p. d. O.; 1 am
-, and sell the stuff that goes into
the bottles. sell wines and liq.
uors."
There was a moments silence as
No. 3 said: "That, gentlemen
does seem little strange, but per.
haps there is fatality about this
am -, of the firm of w. U. S..
dealers in undertakers' goods"
No. now remained silent anG
suggested that it would be well no
to pursue the subject further anC
that it had been we'll never to have
started it.
After much urging to complet,
the chain he said: Gentlemen, /
Is indeed fatality. am - of ID
f. b., and l am taking orders fo
grave stones" Was there ever
temperance lecture compressed int,
so few lines as this?
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

A PUZZLING QUEsTIoN.--Mr.
Cynical Sheer and Tom Spittlejag,
two society youths, had q row in
their clubroom. The latter said Sc
verely:
My dear friend, allow me to tell
you that you are donkey"
" WE'LL" responded Mr.. Sheer,
"will you kindly tell me, am I a
donkey because Pm your friend, OF
am your friend because Pm don.
kew pr
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

WHEN ON His GOOD BEHAVIOR.
Mr.. Stronge-" How is it that you
discharged young Smith? Thought
he came highly recommended"
Mr.. Green" So he did; but his
recommendations we're from his rec
tor, his Sunday School Su-
perintendent, and his bible class
teacher, and you can bet that after
this we will only employ some one
who is recommended by those who
know him the other six days of the
weekD
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

THE COMING Mime.
apolis women who are going to vote
this fall should remember that they
cannot use hat pin to scratch bal.
lot with.-Minneapolis Journal.
care you going to vote the
straight ticket, dear.n "The
straight ticket? Do you mean to
say that any of them are cut on the
bias ?"-Indianapolis Journal.
Election Clerk-are you a Re-
publican or Democratic Lady Vo-
ter-Oh! this is so sudden. Give
me time to think.--DetroH Free
Press.
A woman in Washington State
has been sent to the penitentiary for
poisoning her sixth husband. In
this age OF universal feminine gu.
premacy even Bluebeard must sub.
NIT to have his record broken
Baltimore american.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

His RETORT.-The famous John
Randolph, of Roanoke, as he was
called in his day, once met, while
walking on narrow pavement, q
political opponent of his.
The man pushed rudely against
Mr.. Randolph with his elbow, say
ing as he did so, "I never make
way for scoundrels."
CT do" said John Randolph,
stepping to one side and making his
most courtly bow, as he allowed the
man to pasS
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

A YORKSHIRE farmer, having a
horse to sell at fair, sold it to an
army contractor. Meeting him at
the same fair the following year,
the army buyer walked up to the
farmer and said Indignantly 1.-THE
horse bought of you v-ae nor
ough fraud. 1t was no use for the
army" The dealer was nowise
abashed, but replied: "Well, try
him for the navy -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

CLUBBER--Did you hear about
Jones?
Homer-NO.
Went to the masquer-
ade ball as the devil. Told his wife
he was going to the Office.
Homer see.
Clubber-Well, the boys took him
home in costume and cab at a.
m, rang the bell, and left him.
Homer-That was tough.
Clubber-It was. His wife came
down, took one look, and said
"Oh, it's you, is 1t? Well, Jones
hasn't got home yet, but you car
come in and wait for him.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

JUDGE-As far as can see, there
are no mitigating circumstances in
favor Of your client. Counsel for
the Prisoner-No mitigating circum-
stances? Your Honor must have
forgotten that the murdered man
having already deposited his money,
my unfortunate client took nothing
but his life. Judge-Well, that's all
the law proposes to take from your
client. Next Friday is the day set
for the execution.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10
Showed His Gratitude.

A good story about lawyer is 60
ing the rounds. 1t seems that a
tramp was indicted for stealing a
watch. He was arraigned and
pleaded not guilty. Having M
money and being without funds and
total stranger, the court assigned
his defense to the attorney in ques-
tion. The tramp was guilty as a
man ever was, but as the attorney
was young in practice and desirous
of grinding off some of his wire
edges against the district attorney he
accepted the task.
Nothing daunted, the young attor-
ney rose before the jury to sum his
case. Providence had endowed him
with a tongue capable of almost
anything. He had his address at
his tongues end, and the manner in
which he reeled it off established
his name in the community in char.
acters as ineffaceable as the Rock
Ribs of Gibralter. He held the
"twelve men tried and true" spell.
bound. They gaZed at him in open
mouthed wonder. Alternately they
laughed and cried, and people in the
audience followed their example.
1t is said that it took the jury just
eight minutes to whitewash the
tramp and provide him with wings
and halo. The verdict was for &C.
quittal.
The tramp, SO thoroughly sur.
prised and overcome with emotion
that he could hardly speak, rose
from his seat, the tears streaming
down his cheeks. "Mr. Lawyer, -
he exclaimed, brokenly, "you DOM
know mean l don't know you
II want to thank you. I-I-ain',
got no money, but-but-here's that
watch"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

THEY were standing at the front
gate. Won't you come into the
parlor and sit a little while, Georgia
dear ?" emo, think not" re-
piled George, hesitatingly. 81
wish YOU would" the girl went on
otis so awfully lonely. Mother has
gone out, and father Is upstairs
groaning with rheumatism in the
legs" "Both legs-sure ?" asked
George. Yes both legs" "Then
I'll come in -
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

SHE KNEW HIM.-Carper -
They say, Mrs. Hashem, that there
is something good In every one, but
after close study must say that I
have failed to find anything good in
Mr.. Gorger.
Mrs. Hashem All! my dear
Mr.. Carper, you don't know him.
l never knew man who had as
good an appetite.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

Not TwINs.-Mrs. M. met fire.
quently two charming little girls go
ing to school who looked each very
much like the other.
One morning she asked one of
them, I" Are you twins, my dear ?"
With an indignant shake Of her
curls, she answered.
Nom! We's bof girls ~
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

ONE EXCEPTION AT LEAST
Teacher--Give an example of the
truth of the motto, UNITED we
stand, divided we fall"
Johnny-I-I can't think of any,
ma'am. 1 don't believe it's true
anyhow.
Teacher-What? Do you know
of any case in which it ia not true?
Johnny-Yes'm A stepladder.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

"I DIDN'T know yo' could read,
Bro'r Downey." Downey (appar-
emily much interested in his paper)
Oh, yes, I'se read ebber since
was er boy. "Den how comes it
you'se readin' dat paper upside
down ?" 81 always reads dat way;
den I'se get at de bottom oh de facts
widout habing ter read down de
whole column
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

AN UP-To-DATE THREAT.-"You
are right in it," remarked the whale
to Jonah.
"You bet am in it," was the an
swer. land what is more, if am
not out of it in less than a week
will give you the biggest case of ap-
pendicitis on record.n
The sequel Is history.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

~ WRITE poetry" she said,
timidiy, to the editor. 81 thought
maybe you would be willing to give
me trial on your paper" "a
trial." he said, In facetious tone,
"really, now--I am no judge
you mean, of poetry" she said,
as demurely; 81 guessed as much
by reading your paper" And then
she fioated out as bashfully as she
came.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

MRS. MCGAD-Do you believe,
deacon, that we shall see our friends
in heaven? "Undcubtedly." IL
wonder If we shall see the Squelch.
ers! 1t will be their place to call
first, having moved in first; but ii
will be just like them to ignore us
altogether. never could bear that
Mrs. Squelcher with her exasperat.
ing airs! And now her daughter
Jane! Oh, my! And so, deacon
you think everything will be peace.
ful and pleasant there? Well, il
certainly is great comfort to fee
that happiness is in store for us; Il
not in this life, in the life to come ,
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

Mr.. PRoHIB-Just think what
can be done with water. Put few
barrels of it in locomotive, and
see what load it will carry for
thou Mr.. Kentucky-Yas, sab.
It's very good faw mechanical pur-
poses, sab. But, sab, when a man,
sab, wants the satisfaction of carry
ing good load, he mustn't mix
much wataw with it, sab.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

THE CAMEL.-Although long a
captive, and for ages perhaps, the
most serviceable Of all the creatures
which man has won from the wilds,
the camel is still only partly do
mesticated, having never acquired
even the small measure of affection
for his master which we find in the
other herbivorous animals which
have been won to the service of
man. The obedience which he rem
ders ia but dull submission to ine-
vitable toll. The intelligence which
he shows is very limited, and so far
as l can judge from the accounts OF
those who have observed him there
is hut little variation in his mental
qualities. As whole, the e 'eaturt
appears to be innately the dulles'
and least improbable of all cur ser
vitOrs.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

He WAS "IN IT."-Lipper /:
It's funny about Lushman. He
doesn't seem TO interest himself in
popular discussions at all. Here's
the whole town exercised over this
question of closing the saloons on
Sunday, and he doesn't seem to take
any side at all.
Clipper: You are mistaken; he
takes the side door every time.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

THE lady was making some re-
marks about the kind Of clothes
some other ladies at chC C-@h had on.
"The finest garment a woman can
wear" said her husband, sis the
mantle of charity" YES" she
snapped, "and it's about the only
one some husbands want their wives
to Wear.n
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10
The Seven Wonders Of the World.

l. Pyramids of Egypt. These
buildings are supposed to have been
commenced about 1900 B. c. The
largest, which is 400 feet high,
measuring in perpendicular line
from the summit to the base, is said
to have been built by Cheops, 1882
b. G..
2. The Mansoleum, or tomb,
built by Artemisia for her husband,
Mausolus, King Of Capia, in Asia
Minor. This famous tomb was
erected at Halicarnassus, $50 b. G..
The statute of Mausolus was brought
from Halicarnassus in 1857, and
placed in the British Museum.
3. The temple of Diana, at Ephe-
sus. This temple was 425 feet long
by 225 feet broad. 1t was destroyed
by fire on the night of the birth of
Alexander the Great, by man
named Erostratus, who perpetrated
this reprehensible act in order, as he
said, that his name might be handed
down to posterity.
4. The Walls and Hanging Gard
ems of the city of Babylon. These
gardens were raised in terraces, one
above another, on tiers of arches,
and reached by flights of steps.
Flat stones were laid on the arches,
and these were cemented together
by bitumen, and covered with thick
sheets of lead. The gardens were
five in number, and in the form of
an amphitheatre.
The enormous brazen image of
of Appollo, at Rhodes. 1t was
erected about 200 B. c., and was
thrown by an earthquake about
seventy years after. 1t stood across
the entrance to the harbor, with each
foot on the extremity of a mole. 1t
was hollow, and a winding staircase
up one of the legs and through the
body gave access to the interior of
the head.
6. The statue of Jupiter Olym-
pus. This statue was the work of
Phidias, who flourished 1873 B. G..
1t was made of ivory and gold, and
measured thirty-nine feet i'm height
7. The Pharos, or Light House,
built by Ptolemy Philadelphus, King
Of Egypt. This tower was erected
about $50 B. c.. 1t was built of
white marble, at the entrance to the
harbor of Alexandria,, and a fire
was kept constantly burning at the
top of it, to aid the sailors of the
Mediterranean in steering direct for
the bay.
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

WHAT 1T DOESN'T TAKE" One
time on a canvass in my district, re-
marked we'll known member of
Congress, "I stopped with a man
who had been a lawyer and'a man
Of considerable influence, but he
had foolishly thrown away his
chance for success by taking to liq.
uor and bad company. He knew
that he was to blame more than any
one else, and after I left him to PC
to bed | overheard him talking tC
his wife, who, womanlike, still had
confidence in him.
Mary he said, 1 might have
been congressman if / had haC
some sense
Lord, john she replied encour
agingly, lit doesn't take sense to b,
congressman
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

WELL, Tommy, have you
learned anything at school ?n
"Yes, sir; I've learned to wear a
lung protector in the seat Of my
pants"
Greenbrier independent. [volume] (Lewisburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1980, 1895-01-10

EVE MUST HAvE.-Temperance
nthusiast-Look at the beautiful
lives our first parents led. Do you
suppose they ever gave way to
strong drink?
The Reprobate-I'xpect Eve must
IA done. She saw snakes,