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X1U-WEEKLY EDITION.
WINNSBORO. S. 0.. JANUARY 16. 1883.
ESTABLISHED 1847
RIHTHOATtt.
I am content
To let tbe added .rears
That oome to me
Roll back Into tbe past so far
That memory
Can only bnd along the sbore
Some perfect shells, and nothing more.
I am content
That seaweed, hits of wreck
And pebbles gray.
Drift out or sight into the sea;
For them to stay
Would be to cherish grief and pain
1 would not, must not feel again. *
I am content
That none of life
Can ever be
Lived o’er with seif-same throb and thrill;
No more to me
Will former song, or book, or toy,
FU1 the new measure of my Joy.
1 am content
To live all of to-day;
And when I dream
Let fancy revel in the light
That hope hath seen
Beyond the present, aud afar—
A steadfast, sweetly beck’nlng star. -
1 am content—
For age upon the heart
_ Can never creep;
And when, at last, in stillest utgbt
I seem to sleep,
A birthday comes to me In truth;
The gift It brings—Immortal youth.
TWO BOMBA.
There was trouble on a certain morn
ing in two homes at opposite ends of
the city.
The homes were very different, and
so was the nature of the trouble; never
theless, the latter was felt with oon
siderable keenness'by the respecive in
habitants of botli.
Tire first of these dwellings was on
the south side of Merion Square, a
goodly mansion, the abode of wealth
and luxury.
The lady to whom all this belonged
sat disconsolate in the midst of her
rioh surroundings.
Books and embroidery were on the
dainty little flower-decked table at her
side, hut they were nntouohed; and a
restless, troubled expression was on her
luce while she nervously clasped and
unclasped the jeweled hands lying idle
in her lap.
The door opened, and a footman an
nounced a visitor,
“Oh,’’she exclaimed, rising to greet
her, “you got my note.”
“How kind of yon to oome I”
“[ am in such distress.”
“And for what? ’ naked '-he friend.
“Tell me all about it.”
“You remember my cousin Laura
Merrihdw?”
“Of course.”
“But no one has seen her for years.”-
“She has shut herself up in her
country-place ever since her husband
died; has she not?”
“Yes; she is still a prey to grief.”
“Before they married, her husband
gave her, as her engagement ring, a
valuable jewel that had been in his
family from time out of mind, and had
u >me to him for his mother.”
“It was a diamond, a single stone of
great size and the purest water. ’*
“Of course sbo valued it immensely,
as indeed she would have any gift of a
uxan to whom sue was so devoted.”
“Since his death this ring has been
simply estimable in her eyes — the
earnest of happiness mined so soon.
“Latterly, she has fancied that the
stone was becoming loose in the setting,
u r.d spoke of sending the ring to me to
nave it examined by a jeweler, but
• mid never make up her mind to part
with it, even for a few days.
“At last, however, the stone came ont
of the setting.”
“She sent it immediately to me, and”
—here the speaker broke down—“I
have lost it!”
“You have lost the stone?”
“How very unfortunate 1”
“No wonder yon are so wretched.”
“Tell me how it happened.”
The lady told her story, pouring the
details of her misadventure into sympa
thetic ears,
The means that had been adopted for
the recovery of the lost treasure were
• liscussed by the two ladies, and fresh
measures suggested.
At last the visitor departed, leaving
the owner of these gorgeous drawing
rooms with an anxious and heavy heart
under her “silk attire.”
The other home was in a different
quarter of the city.
It consisted of one room in a house
let ont as tenements.
Tne house was habited by extremely
(KX/T fainil », and situated in a dirty
n nd dark back street.
Lying ontoide the bed, partly dressed,
was a man—the wreck of a due, stal
wart, broad-shouldered young fellow.
He was a day-laborer, and had lately
left the hospital after a long and heavy
lit of illness.
Two small children were playing
quiet!j in a corner; and the wife, her
apron thrown over her head, waa sitting
beside tbe fireless grate, rooking her
self backwards and forwards, sobbing
bitterly.
“If I could get work, I wouHn’t fret,
said tbe young woman.
We might sir’ ^gle on, aud keep the
life in us till suck time as you were on
your feet again.
“But I can’t"
‘It’s a poor ocse to be abis and will
ing to work, and not get it to do. ” ;
“‘The last job of needlework IUm
West got for me, she’s s good friend,
heaven bless her, was well paid for.”
“She promised to try and get me
more amongst her ladies.”
“I’ll go off to her now, and see if she
has heard of anything.”
“You’ll be good, avourneen, while
I’m away,” said she, Kissing the two
half-starved mites in the corner.
“An’ ye won’t cry, or disturb the
poor sick daddy.”
“I’ll be back, Jim, my heart, in less
than no time. ”
Faith in Divine help and patient en
durance of suffering are traits well
known to those whose experience lies
among the lower orders.
Boor Jim had a full share of both.
Nevertheless, when his wife had gone,
he broke down miserably.
“God help her!” he said, looking
after Tier retreating figure; “and God
forgive me for deceiving her, and mak
ing up stories about getting strong and
well, when I know as sure as that I’m
lying stretched here,' that the never
a stroke of work I’ll do again in this
world.”
“My heart is weak from fasting, and
the longing and the craving are killing
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me.
Meanwhile poor Mary was hurrying
along through the streets with auxions
footsteps, speculating on the possibility
of her iriend having found any work
among her pupils.
Miss West was a mnsic teacher.
Though but nineteen, she was the
main prop and stay of a widowed invalid
mother and young sisters; earning by
her daily toil that which eked out the
pittance left ot better days, and made
by frugal contrivance the two ends
meet
But none are so poor as not to be
able’to help in some way those worse
off than themselves.
The young girl had pleaded success
fully for Maiy, and had procured em
ployment that had been the only sup
port of the family during Jim’s illness.
bhe was going to breakfast when her
protegee entered.
The table was already spread, and
she was just preparing to attack, with
the healthy appetite of youth, and the
knowledge that many bnsy hours would
pass before she would again see food;
a good slice of thick bread-and-butter.
The thickne***, be it ebstvyed, ttsj;
referable to the bread only, the butter
spread thereon being limited to an al
most. imperceptible ‘ scrape. ”
“Ah, is that yon, Mary?” said she
with the bright pleasant smile that
always seemed, Mary declared, to “rise
icr heart out of trouble.”
“I am afraid I have no orders for
you this morning; hut 1 have got a new
mpil, and she tells me that there will
shortly be a wedding in the family.
“So there’s a chance for you.”
“Needlework may be required, and
I may have good news for you before
ong. ’
Poor Miry wrung her hands together
under her cloak, straining them hard in
the agony of her disappointment that
she strove to keep down and hide from
her young benefactress.
Very bitter was the pang of deferred
hope; but she would not seem to be
ungrateful.
After a few woidfi and a enp of tea
with a heavy heart Mary turned away,
retracing her steps along the passage.
Remembering something, however,
before reaching the hall door, she came
back, and reappeared in the room where
the little governess was tying her bon
net-strings, preparing to set out
“I forgot this,” she said.
“Snre, I’m losing my mind entirely
with the fret that’s on it.
“God help me I my burden is making
me foolish."
“Coming along this morning, I seen
this on the flags, and put it in my pocket,
thinking maybe if it was clean, one of
your little sisters might fancy it for her
curiosity-box. ,
“Let me wipe the mud off it for yon,
Miss.” ‘
“It shines bright and beautiful now
a bit of glass liko.”
A moment’s scrutiny of tbe object
sparkling on the womans outstretched
palm, and Miss West cried ont;
“Give it to me qnick, and wait,”
snatched it from her, Mary staring in
astonishment at her vehemence, and
rushed upstairs to her mother’s room.
“What is it, dear?” said the startled
invalid as she dashed in. »
“Whatever is the matter?”
“Oh, mother, lookl”
“Can this be what we saw advertised,
for in the newspaper?”
“Is it possible poor Mary can be the
lucky finder?”
“I can scarcely believe it"
“Do look.”
The advertisement was as follows:
“|300 Rbwabp.—Lost, a valuable
Diamond.”
[Tbe description and further particu
lars given.]
“Whoever finds it, or can give in
formation leading to ita recovery, will
receive the above reward by applying
at , Manrion Square,
Mrs. West at onoe pronounced what
was snbuJUed to her experienced judg
ment, to be a diamond of great value,
and waa strongly of opinion that it
might be the mlasing one.
Bat both mother and daughter agreed
it would be better not to tail Mary the
extent of her possible good fortune, for
fear of disappointment.
So on returning to her, the young
lady only said:
“My mother thinks this may be
something we have seen advertised for
in that square, so 1 will go with yon to
the house mentioned.”
“Thank ye kindly, Miss.”
“The footmen in them grand liousee
wouldn’t look at the likes o’ me.”
“They’d just slam the door in my face,
if I made so bold as to nng.”
As she tripped along, the young gov
erness’s heart beat high at the prospect
of what might be the happy resnlt of
her errand.
No more slaving for poor Mary; good
food for Jim; an airy lodging at the sea
side, where he would soon recover his
strength; clothes and furniture redeem
ed from pawn; and after an interval ot
rest aud ease—sorely needed after their
sufferings—her humble friends restor
ed to their old life of industry and com
fort.
it is needless to dwell upon what fol
lowed whin Miss West was shown up
into the drawing-room, and displayed
before the enraptured eyes of its occu
pant the precious jewel whose loss had
caused her such tribulation.
As for poor Mary, it was some time
before she coaid realize her good for
tune, or take in the bewildering tidings
of the wealth that had so providentially
come to her and them.
And Jim, what news for him!
There was healing in the very though
of such prosperity.
So it came to pass that in the two
homes, cionded so lately with trouble
and anxiety, peace of mind was restor
ed.
Heaviness had entered for a night.—a
long, weary night in one case—but joy
had oome to both in the morning.
Lsshoidk A. Wild. Oat.
A writer thus desert I>65 the n»,Vtd fun
of lassoing a wild cat: “While talking
to my companion, Drake, who was on
Ins horse and had his lasso on his saddle,
a tremendous wild cat, fully four feet
long, jumped up in front of ns and
started for tho brush. But the rowels
were already in the flanks of Drake’s
horse, and at break neok speed, the lar
iat corvine its graceful coil above hi«
head, went pursuer and pursued. When
within twenty-five feet of his catship,
the lariat was thrown, and, encircling
like the weird chain of a magician, land,
e d the fatal noose around oudon’s neck
Never was cat of any desersption in a
tiger embrace; horse at full run, the rope
fastened to the horn of the saddle, and-
the game making unwilling jumps oi
twenty or thirty feet. This, however,
only lasted a few hundred feet, when
the oat, catching tbe rope with his teeth,
snapped it as if it were tow string.
Drake finding that his line was empty
and his hook gone (as a fisherman would
say) return to look at the dead quad
ruped. DeadI He was not dead, but
sleeping. For with a yell and two bounds
he cleared at last forty feet, and fasten
ing one set of claws in Drake’s legging
and the other in the hip of the horse, he
seemed to insist on a ride and a dinner
at the same tune. Bat for the presence
of mind of the rider and his lack in
having a three-pound loaded whip, with
which he broke the animal’s skull, we
rather think the wild cat would have
been the best mounted quadruped in
the cattle regions of the West.
llta Maelstrom As U I*.
Nearly midway in nondon strait, a auge,
naked rock, which might fairly be called
an island, lifts itself above the waters,
breaslins’ the conflicting cm rents caused by
tbs winds and tides. Between this rock
and the cape on Muskong is the famous
Maelstrom, which fertile imaginations have
clotned with many terrors. Its geograph
ical pvsitioii Is such as to expose it to fierce
tidal currents, and, when they are assisted
by high westerly winds, they are.no doubt,
terrific. The bottom of tbe strait is strewn
with immense boulders which are so ar
ranged as to give the current a spiral mo
tion, directed toward the isolated rock
from the northern side, which is much in
creased in times of high tides or storms,
when it whirls quite around the island
rock. Then it is that it becomes really
d flicult for boats and vessels without
steam power to keep clear of the rocks
against which the wayward currenU would
dash them. While there are at times vast
and powerful eddiet, which give objects
d ialing upon them a fearf ul spiral motion,
there is nothing Use a vortex produced by
a subterranean discharge of the water,
«ltboukh the tumbling and boiling char
acter of tho spiral currents may submerge
temporarily objects drifting on the surface.
No doubt in the course of time the action
of the water has tended to leve Jdown the
bed of rocks, some of which, we may
presume, (bowed themselves above the
surface. 1 his may have made the Mael
strom much more terrific than it is now,
and better justified the ancient fable. As
it is lu oi<linary times and lu favorable
weather, tbe fishermen do not hesitate to
seek for fares throughout these waters,
which to strangers are suggestive of the
most terrific dangers.
• Dhafbky, as a means of modifying
the stiff aud cold appearance of the
entrance hall, is not made as much use
of as it might b* Whenever it can be
employed either as a portiere over a
door or across an archway, aa well as
for hangings, tor tbe staircase windows,
it will, if made of suitable material and
harmonizing i> color with the walls and
woodwork, warm and lightaa . the hall
and give it a
hospitable aspect.
A Mournful of Pepper*.
Four yonny gentlemen were preparing
to enjoy a first-class dinner recently, in
one of the best known and most popu
lar np-town restaurants of New York.
One of tho party waa a regular frequent
er of the dining-saloon, a man of the
world, and a connoisseur in the good
things of the table. Two were city
men. The fourth was a stranger from
the Last, but a man of the world, so far
as a knowledge of the world can be ob
tained in New England cities. When
the party was seated the waiter brought
to the table, among other things,
an innocent-looking octagonal shaped
bottle filled with a bright red sance.
Its very appearance wg* appetizing. It
appeared to be a small Bottle of tomato
oatsup. Oysters on the half-shell con
stituted the first course of the dinner,
The “regular diner”' of the party
picked up tiie innocent-looking bottle,
trifled affectionately with it a moment,
unscrewed a little cap which served as
a stopper, and sprinkled just a dash of
the tempting-looking condiment on the
the edge of the shells of his oysters.
Then he ate one uf the Blue Points
with a relish that would seem to indi
cate supreme satisfaction with himself
aud the world at large. The young
gentleman from New England witnessed
the operation from the comers of his
eyes, and thought it would be an emi
nently proper tbing for him to imitate
the example of his friend. His impres
sion was that he was dealing with
tomato catsup. So the sauce was
sprinkled with a lavish band, until the
oysters assumed the color of a boiled
lobster. The New Yorker, who was an
enthusiast on the subject of condiments,
watched the proceedings with astonish
ment, and finally remarked:
“Oh, yes; of course I do,” was the
answer of the representative of Boston
culture, who assumed such a look and
tone of injured innocence that further
inteiference or any ^explanation on the
part of the New Yorker would have been
wholly out of the place. The Now
Yorker simply turned to the waiter and
said;
“Bring me a glass of milk as quickly
as possible,” and waited further devel
opments.
The New Englander moved one of his
oysters gently about in its bath of sauce
until it was thoroughly coated, and
with a graceful movement of his fork-
transferred it to his month. He took
a thoroughly energetic bite, and that
bite was the last he took for some min
utes. He didn’t say anytning. He
didn’t have time. He swallowed Lis
oyster like a hero. Then he reached
for his water goblet, and drained from
it every drop. Tears gathered in his
picted in every lineament of his facs,
and he looked toward his friend as
though be would mnrder him, The
New Yorker quietly remarked:
“Drink this glass of milk that I or
dered ; it will relieve you at onoe. 1
had it brought because I thought you
had mistaken the character of that sauce,
though some people can eat it in that
way. It’s a splendid condiment, a
good appetizer, and a fine aid to diges
tion.”
“Sauce! condiment,! Aid to diges
tion!’’ exclaimed the New Englander,
alter he had obtained so much relief
from his draught of milk as enabled him
to speak. “Does Beecher ever dine
here? Has he ever tasted that ‘sanoe,’
and does he still believe there is no LeU?
Holy Moses 1 what is it?” And at the
close of bis series of exclamations and
interrogations he wiped the tears from
his eyes and cheeks, drank another
goblet of water, and gave other evi
dences of having obtained a fresh hold
on life, The theological questions
were not answered; but the verdant
young New Englander was informed
that the “appetizing condiment” with
which he hail rashly made so intimate
an acquaintance waa Tabasco sauce, a
highly relished by epicures, and said to
be one of the finest ever made.
“Sanoe! why, it’s nothing but liquid
red pepper, done up so seductively as
to make a man think it’s ton ato catsup.”
“Yon’re mistaken, my friend, it’s
better than oapsienm. It’s simply the
pulp of the ripe pepper extracted by
pressure, and contains the flavor,
strength, color, and aroma of the fruit.
After you've used it a time, and in mod
eration, you’ll like it.
Orange cultare in southern CaUfurnla*
The Larded Bridge.
' It appears that young Butler was
much enamored of a pretty girl who
lived on a farm about six miles from
that of the Butler family in the west
ern part of Massachusetts. The country
beauty was a coquette, however, and
kept quite a large train of admirers ir
suspense, each rival doing his best to
gain the advantage of the others. At
last mutters were brought to a climax,
and the damsel appointed aoertain night
when she would render her final deci
sion os to which suitor she preferred.
It goes without saying that they were
all better-looking than Ben, but the
latter determined to put the inside oi
his head against the outside of those of
his opponents. The nearest way to the
fair flirt’s bouse, and the one taken by
all her eager followers, waa over a
bridge formed by a single and some
what slippery log placed across a deep
brook in the rear of the house. Youug
Bntler repaired to this bridge an hour
earlier than the accustomed “ courtin’
time.” carrying a pail of laid with which
he carefully aunointed the log by the
mellow moonlight, backing himself
across it astraddle.
As he afterward sat with Ins sweet
heart, wating for the other suitors to
appear, a loud splash came from the
direction of the brook. Ben’s eye twink-
lt d, and in imagination be could see
one of his gorgeously gotten-up lellow
candidates climbing up the opposite
bank w ith his tee th chattering aud head
ing for home across lots ; but the con
spirator looked as innocent as a cat in
the dairy aud said nothing.
Pretty soon there came another souse,
and after awhile another. The beauty
began to look at the clock and show
evidences of decided pique at the negli
gence of her other admirers—a circum
stance Ben did not fail to turn to his
own profit.
Presently he could faintly hear voices
in the distance, aud he knew that the
last two, swains were approaching to
gether Bretty soon came a tremendous
double splash.
“Dear me,” said the young lady,
“ how the fish are jumping to-night !”
The upshot of it was that when the
future governor rose to go the slighted
beauty gave him her hand, healing
the bargain with an old-fashioned husk-
ing-bee kiss, Butler left his prize in
such a state of exultation that lie for
got all about the greased log, aud the
first thine he knew both heels Idt him
in the back of his head and he took a
header down below, just as his victims
had done. He 'climbed up the already
well-ciawed bonk aud made six miles to
home, altering Kearueyisms unfit for
rill IS,. —AV. -
and lever as a tfesult, and when he got
well, found his fiancee had, eloped with
a hired man. Butler tells this as the
narrowest escape of his life, aa be says
the girl began eating cnnnis the very
next day alter she became engaged.
Charm* Against me r.vll By*.
The orange-tree grows all the time.
That is to be thought of. It o&ils for
the frequent cares which are its due as
well in winter as in summer. Not a
few persons of the invalid class who
had looked upon its culture as a mere
pastime haye been broken down
through this cause, and having taken
np more land than they oonld manage.
The lesson of such oases is not to at
tempt too much, but to keep to the five
or ten acres perhaps within one’s per
sonal capacity. Nor h ts it been politic
to put everything into the single crop
of oranges. Tbe smaller fruits, peach
es, plums, and especially apprioots, for
canning, which oome into bearing
quickly, are nseful in tiding over tbe
rather tedious period of waiting for the
orange-trees to mature, and are always
in profitable demand. To start exist
ence comfortably here the new-comer
should have a capital of from five to ten
thousand dollars. Peculiar energy, of
course, will do with less.
It requires about nine years to bring
an orange-tree from tbe seed to a fall
bearing. On the other hand, it is found
that by deftly inserting an orange bud
into a small shoot of lemon-tree Blitted
in an X shape, and setting this in the
ground, a tree can be obtained which
oears marketable fruit after the second
year. The controversy rages ns to
whether ills worth while to do this,
since the prodnot is but a dwarf, like
the dwarf pear-tree; and though it
yields early it oar never yield much,
and its frnit does not stand shipment as
well ss that of the seedling. Against
this it is maintained that it Uvea longer
than the seedling, yields choicer yarie
ties of frnit, more uniform in size and
quality, and not sufcjeet to the singular
form of dmtxaotion which sometimes
overtakes the seedling, that of being
dashed against its own thorns.
Dull* Wurth Maov Dollm i.
Said a dealer in dolls in New York,
to a reporter. “The value of the last
few weeks’ importation may be put at
$600,000. Three hundred thousand dol
lars’ worth are now in the retail shops
to be sold to private customers for holi
day presents to children. The rest will
be purchased from the wholesale shops
by out-of-town dealers. Why. a ready
made doll’s costume of ordinary ele
gance is worth $50, and such costumes
are made for spring, summer, winter
and autumn, as a doll could not reasona
bly be expected to wear the same clothes
the year round. The banner doll in
this shop is valued at $95. Her dress
and jewels are very rich and elaborate.”
“8how me an economical doll.”
“Certaimy,” said she ; “here is one
in white satin, with a white satin cape
trimmed with swan’s down, poke bon
net ditto, silk stockings and kid slppers.
It is $50. Here is an nsthetio doll in
old gold plaid plush sacque, with a blue
satin dress and rod satin bonnet with
ostrich tips ; a mere matter of $15. ”
The reporter gasped and turning to
the superintendent of the department,
said, “Do these dolls go oat of the stock
alone ?’’
“No,” said he ; “they require elegant
trosi-ecau box s of toilet articles, tranks,
bandboxes, &u. A tolerable wardrobe
includes two extra dresses—one ol faucy
satin, the other of white satin ; a full
line of underwear ; lace caps, fashiona
ble hats, necklaces, ear-rings, brooches
and a basket of flowers. Borne ward
robes are arranged in handsome boxes;
others in trunks, ready for starting. A
fair wardrobe costs $111; some are $9,
while a limited wardrobe for a very
young doll is only 98 cents.”
A miniature bedstead with a brocade
velvet spread and cardinal satin cushion
costs $9. More luxurious couches for
dolls cost $10. Caiming rustic chairs
are $3 and $4. Bronze high chairs, se
cured in a manner to prevent very active
dolls from jumping or falling out of
them, are $8 and $10 apiece. L ace-
curtained cradles fur dolls which have
not yet been weaned, may be had for $9.
Morning But A Boll.
The supposed liability of the innocent
multitude to the malevolence of tbe evil
eye caused the superstitions to have
recourse to many charms, incantations,
aud ceremonies to avert ill-consequences
aud render the poisoned glance innoou-
ons; among which, as just recorded,
prayer and the use of saliva wore oon-
spicnons. The wearing of coral
brooches, beads, aud earrings is still a
opular charm in Naples against the
vil eye, “In Scotland,” says Mr.
taham Dulzeil, in his addenda, “a
thread tied abont a child’s neck, or
rowan cross, (cross of mountain ash),
/ • believed to be equally efficacious
in preventing the influence of evil spir
its, evil eyes, and other calamities.”
In the Middle Agis an amulet, of a
lozenge shape, marked with the mystic
letters A. B. R. A. C. A. D. A. B. R. A.
was worn in the bosom as a certain
specific. A cross formed of the wood
of the elder tree, affixed to cow-houses
and stables, was supposed to protect
the cuttle from all possible harm. A
branch of the rowan tree was also in
great favor, and to hold up but a branch
or a tw ig in the presence of an eye-biter
was sufficient to render her deadliest
wishes of no avail. A four-leaved
shamrock, which is excessively rare,
and all the more highly prized for that
reason, was a sovereign antidote. In
Pooock’s travels in the east he says
that the Arabs of Egypt threw salt into
tbe tire as a charm against the effects
of an evil eye, or before loading their
camels for a journey through the desert,
concluding, as the bine flame arises,
‘■hat every evil genius is banished.
*â–  he ejection of saliva was also consid
red a charm of peculiar efficacy,
i'iiny speaks of it as a certain antidote
o “fascination,” as well as a preserva
tive from contagion, and in pugilistic
encounters as certain to aggravate the
violence of a blow. "At the present
day, as of old,” says Mr. Dalzeli, “a
Greek mother, as if commemorating
the words of Theocritus and Tibnllus,
spits in her bosom to repel fascinating
glances directed toward herself, aud,
dreading the gaze of the sterile on her
child, spits in its face.” But the most
common of all the charms in use against
the eyil eye is that very vulgar gesture
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stretching ont the fingers, and “twid
dling” them with a rapid motion for a
few seconds, commonly practiced by
London street boys, without the slight
est knowledge of its origin or meaning,
and known in slang parlance as “taking
a sight." The Slang Dictionary says
that “tt> take a sight” is a vulgar action
employed by boys to denote incredu
lity or contempt for authority; but the
real meaning in ancient times, forgotten
and wholly unsuspected in our own,
was to show contempt and defiance of
the machinations of witchcraft, and to
render the evil eye powerless. This is
the action that so offends the good-
natured Pio Nono, not for itself, but as
a manifestation of the public opinion,
that he possesses, independently of his
will, a power that he wonld be tbe lost
to exercise designedly. This vulgar
sign, modern as it looks, is as old as
Egyptian civilization, and was known,
as tracings upon tbe unearthed walls of
Pompeii and Herculaneum abundantly
prove, to the street lioys and other vul
gar inhabitants of those ancient cities.
Dyemx Loaitutr.
Now that Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks
has really recovered from uis attack of
so-called “senile gangrene,” a story has
oome ont which is decidedly at the ex
pense of his physicians. On the very
day, the tale runs, to whit . the medical
phrophets in attendance had limited his
life, a blunt old granger—also a doctor
after a fashion—called to pay him a fore
well visit After a pathetic interview
the country practitioner thought he
would take a look at t^o “gangrene”
which waa abont to terminate his Ulna*
rious friend’s life. He did so; stared
at it open-monthed for a moment; and
then with a derisive grant and an
indignant, thumping oath, roared ont:
“Nothing batTT boil I’Surely enough,
Mr. Kenderiaka was very soon rushing
along the high road w recovery, and
the able physicians who attended him
are keeping moderately quiet.
In the glove trade the leather has
hitherto always been dyed by brushing
on the dyes by baud. The defects of
this method are : its slowness, the oc
currence of large, soiled edges on the
fleshy side, and, notwithstanding every
care being taking, the uneven character
of the dye produced. To avoid these,
Joseph Kristen, of Brnnn, has a pro
cess in which even dyeing is obtained
by the application of centrifugal force.
The skin to be dyed is fixed on the cen
ter of a horizontally rotating disk ; the
color is also fed on to the center, and by
tbe rapid revolution of the disk, is
spread eqnally over the whole surface.
The color is forced on to tho disk by
means of a pump, or it merely flows
from a reservoir standing at a high level.
The excess of color driven off at the
edges of tho revolving disk is collected
and used over again, until the skin is
fully dyed. To dye one skin by this
method takes from ten to fifteen minute.
A single color pump may serve for at
least five machines, which would re
quire only one attendant, so that, by
tne above arrangement, one man oonld,
in twelve hours, easily dye 150 skins,
possessing great evenness of dye and
free from spotting. *
A Male’* Mlnt-ke.
1876. 1882
F. W. HABENICHT,
Proprietor of tbe
I respectfully call the attention of the
public to my superior facilities for sup
plying everything U my line, of superior
quality. Starting business In Winns-
boro in I87fl, I have in all this time
given the closet attention to my busi
ness and endeavored to make my estab
lishment FIRST-OLASS in every par
ticular. I shall in the future, aa in the
past, hold myself ready to serve my
customers with the best articles that can
be procured in any market I shall
stand ready, also, to guarantee every
article I selL
I invite an inspection of my stock of
Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, etc.
F. W. HABENICHT.
IMPORTED.
Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey’s).
A. Bin Lanbert and Marat Cognat
Brandy.
Jamaica Rum.
Rotterdam Fish Gin.
Ross’s Royal Ginger Ale.
Juies Mumm & Co.’s Champagne.
Cautrel A Cochran’s Ginger Ale,
Apollinaris Mineral Water.
Angus tora Bitters.
Old Sherry Wine.
Old Port Wine.
DOMESTIC.
Ginger Ale.
Soda Water.
Sarsaparilla.
Old Cabinet Rye Whiskey.
Old Schuylkill Bye Whiskey.
**j« >-*iusaey.
Old Golden Grain Rye Whiskey.
Renowned Standard Rye Whiskey.
Jesse Moore Vollmar Rye Whiskey,
Old N. C. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey,
Old Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey,
Western Com Whiskey.
Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy.
New England (French’s) Bom.
North Carolina Apple Brandy,
Pure Blackberry Brandy.
Pure Cherry Brandy.
* Pure Ginger Brandy.
Boeton Swan Gin.
SUNDRIES.
Rook and Bye.
1 Osceola Bitten.
Hoe tetter’s Bitten.
Bergner k Engel’s Lager Beer, in patent
‘ stopper bottles and on draught.
New Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider,
Tolu, Rock k Bye, Lawrence k Martin.
Stoughton Bitten.
Book and Cora, <
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Cigars and Tobacco
') : ‘fliii I '■:> V » l
Syndicate Cigar, 5 cents.
The Huntress Cigar, 2| cents.
Madeline Cigar—All Havana—10 cents.
Don Caries (Nub)—allHavana—10 cents
Minerva Cigar—Havana filler—5 cents.
Cheek Cigar—Havana filler—6 cents.
Our Boast Cigar— Havana fllier—5 cents *
Lucky Hit Cigar—Havana filler—5 cents.
The Unicom Self-Lighting Cigarette,
(Amber mouth-piece to every
ten packages.)
The Pickwick Club Cigarette,
{Shook mouth-nieces.}
The Richmond Gem Cigarette,
(Light smoking.)
Ex-CotiKresHinan Biu niemro ms teiis of
a pur of feet that mast have been objects
ot great regard in their day. One d^y a
party of men, including Jackson, the man
of big feet, were preparing to attend a po
litical barbecue. It was soon discovered
that there was ao way of conveying Jack-
son, as all the vehicles were fulL
“Let me ride that mule over there,”
asked Jacksoi.
“There U’nt a man in the world that
can ride that animal. He’ll work to a
buggy or plow, but no man can stay on
hi* back.”
“i’ll try him, anyway.”
And the determined man instructed sev
eral negroes to catch the mule and hold
him The animal plunged anti Kicked, bat
finally Jackson secured a seat in tbe sad
dle. Every one expected to see turn dash
ed against the ground; but the mule loos
ed around, saw the man’s Tset, and walked
peacefully away.
He thought he wss between a pair ot
shafts.
The oily BilM pi Fool Par
lor in Ton
ICE! ICE! ICE!
An abundance always on hand for the
use of my customers. I wll also keep a
supply of
FISH, OYSTERS, StC.,
for my Restaurant, which ia always
open from th> first of {September to the
first of April
‘ I shall endeavor to please all who give
me a caO.
Very reepeetf&Qy,