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WINNSBORO. S. U. JANUARY 27. 1883.
ESTABLISHED 1847
A WINTER SONG.
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Oh Summer Has the roses •
Ami the laughing light south wind,'
And the merry meadows lined
with dewy, dancing posies; as
But Winter has thl sprites -
And the wltohlng frosty nights.
oh, Summer has the splendor
Of the oorn-tlelds wide and deep,
Where scaHet popples sleep
And wary shadows wander;
But Winter holds are rare
With diamonds everywhere.
Oh, Summer lias the wild bees,
And the ringing, singing note
In the robin’s tuneful throat, •
And the leaf-talk In the trees;
But Winter has the chime
Of the merry Christmas time.
on, Summer has the luster
Of the sunbeams warm and bright,
And raina that fall at night
Where reeds and lilies cluster;
But deep in Winter’s snow
The hyes of Chrlstmag glow.
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BKAK BUNT.
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, ’ laid lieorge
Haatou—a Rue looking boy of sixteen,
h,board the whale-ship Junior, anchor-
ed off one of the islands of the Aleutian
Archipelago, near which many whales
had lately been seen.
Gaston was the captain’s sou.
He was a daring boy, fund of advent-
Uie,
But he was tired of whale-hunting,
and, like a lad of spirit as he was, he
felt a strong desire to engage in some
l>erilous tight with a bear or other fierce
animal in which he alone would have n
chance to win the “laurel ot victory"—
for, with the natural confidence of youth,
hardly doubted that he would come off
conqueror in any such encounter.
“We did not come here for them; we
came for oil”
On the next day a white bear was for
an instant seen, far in the distance, as
it moved along an elevated ridge of ice-
covered rock
George requested his father to permit
him to go and killed the animal.
“Bettei ask me to let yon go and get
killed by the animal,” said the captain.
“I can tell you, my boy, that a hun
gry white bear is not quite so easy to
make away with as you think.
“However, 1 will set out with a party
of my men this afternoon, after that
bear, and you may go with us.”
But George did not like this arrange
ment for as previously stated, he wanted
b i tight the bear single-handed.
It then occurred to him that it would
be a capital thing to get the start of his
lather’s men, and to attack and kill the
l>ear before they could come up.
He therefore coaxed his parent, until
at last he won bis consent to let him set
out a couple of hours before the others.
“Don’t go far,"said Captain Gaston,
“but stop and wait for us befo.e you
are onto! sight of the ship.”
George said ho would do so.
When the time came for his starting,
he jumped into the whale-boat, and was
pulled to the shore.
He wore a pair of high-boots, cordu
roy trousers, a thick seal-skin jacket,
with horn buttons, and a fur oap.
Around his waist was a broad leather
belt in which was-thrust fc long knife,
and he also carried a good rifle.
“I told father I would wait for him,’’
he muttered, as he walked oq, after
gaining the shore, “and so 1 will,” but
I think the bear will appear before he
and Ills men oome.
“If I see the animal, I shall attack
it.”
On he went, with his rifle half-cock.
He had proceeded some distance eie
he noticed ihat he was out of sight of
the ship.
He then nude a pause and looked
eagerly around him, liohing to see the
bear. . ,,
Branding uear^the edge of a group of
corneal rocks, he did not observe a par
ty of natives who were approaching,
until they suddenly emerged around the
angle formed by one of the ragged
IS.
material attached to the end of one of
the spears, with which all were provided.
Ge was then helped to his feet and
ordered by signs to move on.
He hesitated for a moment, but they
pricked him menacingly with their
spears, and he started forward.
After a walk of several miles they
paused and, freeing his wrists, tied him
to a slender column of rock with the
walrus thong, which was passed m sev
eral turns about hu waist and secured
with a hard knot behind the rooky spnr,
so that he could not reach it with his
hands.
They then left him, hurrying off
towards the interior
“The rascally thieves!” muttered
George, “had I only been prepared,
they would not have got my rifle from
me so easily.”
-He made many useless efforts to free
himself from the column of rock.
As hoar after hour passed his heart
sank.
Again and again he shouted, but he
heard no response.
There were no signs of his father and
his men.
In fact it was doubtful if they could
discover him.
There was a prospect of his remaining
where he was long enough to freeze to
death for as it was early In the spring
season, the weathjr here was very cold.
He was still tugging at the thongs
when he heard a low growl not far off.
The growling seemed to draw nearer.
There was a crackling sound on a rock
that rose slantingly upwards a few yards
in front of him.
Small particles of ice fell from crystal
masses oh the brow of the elevation and
slid to its base.
All at once the largest of these masses
was hurled crashing downwards, and a
form of the huge white bear appeared
on the edge of the rock.
The animal was nearly six feet in
length.
Small particles of ice adhering to its
soiled shagging hide, and the loss of
some of the hair from its head, added
to the wild ferocity of its appearance.
Its bloodshot eyes rolled sideways as
it stood looking askance, with its point
ed snout thrust forward at the boy fast
to the rock, aud it gave utterance to a
deep savage growl, showing the inside
of its red mouth BU ' 1 »*« long sharp
fangs.
For a moment it stood there; then it
descended the elevation and approached
the lad
Bound to the rugged column and
deprived of his rifle; George gave him
self up for lost.
Nevertheless, mustering all his reco-
lution, he resolved to struggle to the
last as well as his situation would per
mit.
Drawing, his long hunting-knife, he
grasped it firmly and stood ready,
so that the weapon was now useless to
him.
But the blows which he had already
given the bear had weakened it, was
evident that, as its life-blood still flowed,
it would soon be unable to harm the
lad.
As if aware of this, the savage beast
again threw itself towards him, falling
almost directly upon his body and thus
pinning him to the ground so that he
could scarcely move.
As his arms were now under it, held
by the wei ght so that he could not free
them, George gave up all hope.
The horrid head and flaming eyes of
the bear were thrust towards his face.
He closed his eyes, expecting to feel
the shard teeth tearing through the
flesh of his throat, when suddenly he
heard the sharp crack of a rifle, fol
lowed by a ringing shout.
He looked, to see the bear’s head
quivering and swaying, with a stream
of blood falling from one eye, which
had been struck by a well-aimed bullet
that had penetrated to its brain.
Au instant later, oyer went the ani
mal, falling on its side in the throes of
death.
“Thank Heaven!
“We’ve found you at last!” came the
voice of Captain Gaston as, with his
smoking rifle, he rushed to the spot,
followed by hie men.
“We have found you junt iu time.
“Are you hurt my boy?”
“Not much,” answered the lad, as he
sprang up displaying his bleeding arm.
His explanation was soon made.
“The rascals!” said the captain, allud
ing to the natives.
“Borne of them are & thieving set.
“I will pay them off if they ever oome
aboard my craft again,”
But, as may )>e supposed, the natives
never again boarded Gaston’s vesHel.
The skin of the bear is still preserved
by the captain, who can never look at it
without a shudder, as he recalls to
mind the situation of his brave son,
when he fired the well-aimed shot that
saved the boy’s life.
Toys That Cost Millions.
An experienced toy dealer says the an
nual production of toys in this country
amounts to at least $1,000,000 in value
and the importation to $2.000,000. These
figures do not include the large quantity
of costly goods handled by the toy dealers
tor the holiday season, such as albums,
fancy glass ornaments, toilet sets, etc., but
counting in this class of articles, one house
over $1,500 000 per annum, andunere'are
many others that do almost as much.
Some cf the houses deal largely in dolls,
and it is the one toy that every little girl
in the land must have, and, indeed, there
are very few hltle girls that are satisfied
with one doll: they must have a family.
One house exhibits at least one hundred
Binds of dolls of all sizes and styles.
Many wonders are among the mechani
cal toys and banks are very good. A
sprawling little frog will kick a penny
down the throat of a big frog near and a
jolly bootblack sits on his box balancing
him until it is
Whitening Diamonds.
Treed by Wolves.
Some very interesting and important
experiments with diamonds have lately
been made m the Pans Academy of
Sciences. An experienced diamond
merchant bought, not long ago, a tine
white diamond for $4600. Oue morning
he gave it a good washing ’with soap
and water, when what was his conster
nation to find that it had turned yellow,
which sent its value down to $800,
The matter was brought to the attention
of the Academy, aud experts submitted
a report which showed, that diamond
whitening is a fraud easy to accomplish
and easy to detect. By plunging a
yellow diamond into an aniline violet
dye it becomes white, while at the same
time it loses its transparency and bril
liancy. In fact, on making titer experi
ment, the experts had in a few minutes
trausformed several yellow stones into
what appeared magnificent white stones
of five-fold value. Take a yellow dia-
mend, dip it even into no tronger dye
than violet ink, wash it with water to
remove any discoloration, and the ef
fect is immediate. The dried diamond
remains white. But on the other hand,
the illusion is of short duration. Hub
the stone even lightly aud the yellow
tint is seen coming back again, and a
little further attrition with the finger
restores the pristine hue completely.
This discovery may entail upon many
persons a rude awakening to the tact
that the stones they have are of far le-s
value than they supposed; aud will ne
cessitate even greater care than that
hitherto exercised in purchasing.
Douglas Jerold once raised the questiou
whether any possession really repaid its
possessor which entailed anxiety of
mind, and diamonds, iu one way or
another, entail so much that there are
maay to whom the great value set upon
them becomes almost incomprehensible.
_ _ the penny you may give
The bear was’soon within two feet of I lost to sight. Then there Is the “shoot
the hat” bank and there is the elephant
him.
** Up it rose and threw itself towards
him to grasp him in their fatal hug.
George made a thrust, but before the
point of the knife could reach it, the
ore-paws of the beast closed around
him, pinning both his arms to his side.
With a cry of horror George threw
a head far sideways, as the fangs of
uhe bear were thrust towards his throat.
This movement caused the mouth of
the animal to strike his breast.
His thick fur seal coat was some pro
tection, as the bear strove to tear a way
through with its teeth, the latter were
caught in the thongs of walrus hide.
Still holding tightly to its intended
victim, the enraged beast, snarling,
growling, endeavored to extricate itself
: rom the troublesome lashings.
Thus it soon bit them asunder, and
George now fell to the ground.
The loosening of his arms enabled him
to make use of his knife.
masses. ^ j *’* » x * ^ .
They wore seal-skin coats, caps and
their ears.
They were shortof stature; with sqftqrq
faces, high cheek-bones, and small keen
eyes,
On seeing him, they gathered rount
Uim, speaking deep guttural voices, but
he could only shake his head to iiuplj
that he did not understand them.
He anticipated no trouble with them
for they had the appearance of belong
ing to a tribe whose people had visited
the ship for trade, since she oame to
anchor off the island.
He was therefore surprised and dis
mayed when one of them suddenly
snatched his rifle from his grasp.
Ere he could remonstrate, he was
hnrled down on his back, and, while
two of the nativee held him, another
proceeded to search his pockets.
A small pocket looking-glass, a comb,
a live-dollar gold-piece, and a jacket-
knife, all of which seemed to delight
these Indiana, were thus obtained from
the boy.
The long hunting-knife in his belt
was not disturbed; the plunderers did
not want that, as they had such articles
of their own.
Haying robbed him, they tied his
who nods his head when ycu wag his ‘ail
These are pertectly moulded after the fa
mous Jumbo. Dolls’ houses are furnished
with all the paraphernalia necessary, oue
of the handsomest houses being the “Dolls
Villa.” a folding toy which, when set up,
represents a large house, with roof, cornice
and chimney, and doors that will open and
shut. A pretty lawn is before it. with
four little figures playing lawn tennis, a
girl in a tent, a man going to the house, a
fountain, trees and shrubbery. The whole
thing can be taken nown in a few moments
and packed away in a little fiat box.
A big toy for a dollar is the “circus.”
Three horses gallop around the ring, a girl
turns somersaults through a hoop on oue
of the horses, a very fuuuy clown on the
second horse aud a gallant equestrian in
surprising feats on the third. Other effec
tive large dollar toys, new this season, are
the menagerie, a stable, with a cart and
three horses in its stalls, and a grocery
store with a fine stock ot goods, A new
edition ot Noah’s ark is made ot iron, and
is on wheels. Iron animals peep through
the open windows and In the keel Is a
money bank. A coal dump cart with
horse attached, is of malleable iron. A
“The circumstances T am about to
tell didn’t happen witiuu my recollec
tion. I got ’em clean out from Uncle—
I should say the late Mr. Peleg Under
hill. Peleg didn’t know them from
personal recollection, either, as he
hadn’t fell tieir to any grandfather at
that time, and wasn’t in that part of the
country. Peleg’s grandfathers name
was Ezekiel Merryweathor. At the age
of twenty-two he was a young rt^n
living over on the head waters of the
Little Bushkill, Pa.
“He was a romantic sort of a fellow.
He scorned a life of toil, aud chose the
easy and luxurious exist once that comes
of living in a >uah cabin and chasing
the fleet-footed denizens of the dim-lit
forest from ridge to ridge, aud briuging
home their hide aud tallow, .He. was an
original Pike County hunter, and was
known to clear as high as fifty dollars
some years with his gun aud traps.
Nobody knew whore he came from, but
he was extremely shy aud modest.
;‘He had very black hair aud was tall
and wiry, and all the girls in the back-
woods were struck ou him. The fellows
were jealous because he was rolling up
wealth so rapidly, aud because he cut
’em all out at the stoue frolics and busk
ing bees. A family named Jobson had
found their way from somewhere or
or other in Jersey to that part of the
country, and settled near the Monroe
County border. There was old Jobson
and his wife and his daughter Melissa.
Jobson had uncovered about au acre
of earth ou his tract, and built him a
house, a barn, a wagon shed, a spring
house, an observatory fifty feet high,
and three miles of four-foot wall with
the stone the acre yielded.
“According to the late Peleg Under
hill, Melissa must have been a stunner.
Bhe was way up in all the accomplish
ments of the district, whicli ranged from
twirling a flapjack to picking a panther
out of a tree with the old man’s flint
lock rifle. The pastimes and pleasures
of budding Pike County maidenhood
iu those days were few, aud it were
great reward for Melissa to get the
promise from her mother that if she
would pile so much stone wall while she
was resting from pulling turnips she
could ‘shuck the hide ofl ’u the next
wolf that dad fetched in;’ or if she cut
aud piled a sufficient quantity of stove
wood before she went to work hoeing
the 'taters, she might hold the pig at
the next Christmas killin’ while dad
stuck it.
“It was one day in the fall of 1801
that Ezekiel Merryweather first struck
the Jolm^n clearing and met Melissa.
She was having a holiday, aud enjoying
it in shucking wolves. The wolf crop
ml
in love with her at sight. She fell in
love with him, too, and he got to taking
in the Jobson clearing pretty regular on
his hunting expeditions. Finally he
raked her to marry him and she said
she would. Ho laid the matter before
her old man.
“‘Wall, scarcely; you can’t have
M’lias,’ said Jobson. ’No young squirt
of a bushwhacker don’t tic on to her if
her dad knows it, an her dad’s up to
things what’s goiu’ on ’round here pooty
giner'iy. When M’liss goes away from
this paster lot it’ll be with some gray-
haired old fellow as knows what to treat
ounces, the cap of which measured thir-1 her to. She don't splice to nobody
teen inches in diameter, and which was | but a graybeaded man, an’ ye mont jest
Ezekiel Merryweather, but his black
hair was as gray as a badgerl
“ ‘Zek’el!’ said Melissa.
“ ‘M’liss!’ said Ezekiel.
“And they were locked in one anoth
er’s arms. Then Ezekiel told how he
had started to oome to the wedding iu
spite of his feelings; how he was chased
by wolves; how he fought them for two
miles through the snow, and finally
aonght refuge in the spring house. The
wolves clambered to the roof aud let
themselves down the chimney and
closed in around him. The terror of
the situation had turned his hair white,
and he had been rescued just in time.
“In the midst of the excitement
created by Ezekiel’s story Melissa said:
“ ’Dad, this yer’s the white-haired
man I’m goin’ to tie to. His hair’s
whiter than Sim’s by a powerful sight.’
“And old Jobson saw the point. The
wedding came* off at 6 o'clock, but Ezek
iel Was the bridegroom. The late Peleg
Underhill used to ’say that the Jobson
clearing had a littlb the jolliest Christ
mas Eve that night that ever was known
in this country.
Au AnzoUH Hull Fight.
Mushroom Cultivation.
Stable manure is the best material iu
which to rear the mushroom, beds of it,
properly prepared, being almost certain to
yield a crop without auy artificial admix
ture of spawn. The spawn of the mush
room is a thread-like underground struc
ture which it produces, and on artificial
beds it is usual to plant a piece of this
reproductive material. Those mushroom
gardens are frequently made iu under
ground cellars, one advantage of subterra
nean culture being the uniformity ot tem
perature thus obtained. Borne ot the large
English hotels now grow their own mush
rooms in tins way.
Describing one of these gardens lately, a
correspondent states that in the under
ground cellars of the hotel at the Crystal
Palace, near B.rmingham, he saw, last
winter, the finest crop of mushrooms lie
had ever beheld; the beds wer^ ptade upun
auu ior six months they produced an
abundance of line, fleshy, well flavored
mushrooms. A properly cultivated bed
of this kind, iu full bearing, will yield
from four to five pounds of these fungi
weekly for every square yard. The largest
establishments of this kind, however, are
in the neighborhood of Pans, where the
extensive galleries ot the disused city
quarries are utilized for this purpose. In
these the beds run for miles, the mush
rooms produced being usually of small size
—a feature which rather enhances their
value. Occasionally, however, these cat
acombs have produced enormous speci
mens, as the one weighing six pounds two
A bull fight at Tucson, Arizona, recent
ly gathered a crowd of about 1.200 or
l, 400 people, among whom might be seen
representation of nearly every trade aud
profession in cosmopolitan Arizona. The
bull fighters, under the leadership of Colo
nel Yanez, entered, made their bow and
were rewarded with applause. All were
dressed iu the proverbial costume, white
stockings, fancy colored and embroidered
knee breeches, with jackets to match and
black skull caps. Yanez in his bauds held
a bright red Hag, while his two assistants
were similarly provided with short, purple
blankets. The bulls, four iu number,
were wildly chafing undismayed in their
separate stalls. With one exception the
precautionary measure of sawing off the
tips of their horns had been wisely taken.
The first bull disappoiutea the crowd and
the second added to the disappointment,
both refusing to fight.
The last bull of the three, “the toro Col
orado, ” to he fought that day was then let
m. lie was a tine looking specimen of
his kind and built for a fighter, from the
ground up. lie entered the ring with a
rush and lost no time iu getting down to
business. Wherever a red flag was waved
or a man showed himself in the ring his
lordship was there also, and when they, as
they always did, took retuge behind th»
screens provided for their safety he made
an effort to butt them down and follow m.
When Colonel \anez attempted to orna
meal the bull’s forehead with a rosette he
missed it aud narrow ly escaped being made
into a rosette himself. After repeated eff
orts the rosette was pinned on. blow,
madder than ever, and foaming at the
mouth, he bellowed with rage and charged
1876. 1882.
F. W. HABENICHT,
Proprietor of the
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considered sufficiently remarkable to be
presented to the reigning sovereign, Louis
Philippe. The quantities of mushrooms
produced annually in those galleries is not
known, but there are no fewer than 250
growers; and a single society, recently
founded for developing mushroom cultiva
tion in the city vaults and quarries, is said
to obtain nearly one ton daily from its beds.
The Latest Winter Game.
He plunged it upward into the bear’s lug w ith two canal boats attached to
side when the animal, turning ite snout it, is of Iron and may be used as a savings
around, endeavored to grasp his wrist bank.
and fiaiid.. ,*x> “Ml I D.nns «or eposes,
i a
George rolled qniokly over, sprang to I • ffieis marine com nodity grows chiefly
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leggings, and Inn! ^ is ^ b ,
pear nau previu / fishermen. Sometimes the sponges are
The shaggy beast pursued. • washed off the rock during stormy weather
The boy grasped a spur ot ioe ou the and in t j, at cage they immediately float to
summit to draw himself up, but the ioe the top of the water. The boys and men
to his dismay he slid engrged in the fishing business are adepts
at their profession. They are under the
gave way, and
against his shaggy enemy ere he eould
stop himself.
The bear threw itself towards him,
but as its paws closed around him be
made a thrust at it with his knife, plung
ing the weapon to the hilt in the creat
ure’s breast.
The infuriated animal would in a few
minutes have torn the boy's throat to
pieces had he not shielded it with his
left arm, the tough seal-skin sleeves of
which was some protection against the
sharp teeth
Meanwhile, holding the knife in his
other band, he drove it again and again
into the bear’s body.
Snarling and growling, crunching
water among the rocks ai the bottom of
the sea for about ten minutes at a time.
They go down from the fishing boats, or
smacks, in relays of threes and fours, and
when they come up again another set is
ready to take their places, so that during
the hours of fishing there are always one
set of fishermen in the water. A pole
some twelve to fifteen feet long is lowered
tro n the boat to the sand bottom below,
on which the men and boys descend naked
having around thir heads a species of div
ing caps. While they are walking along
the rocks the men in the boats use air
pumps for the benefit of the divers. The
m u cannot work unless the water :s very
cl» ar, and sometimes they have to remain
idle for several days at a time.
At Nassau and Key West most of the
i ponges are secured by means of hooks at-
The newest pfi'lor game that has been
introduced is haying a large run in the
western cities. The girls sit in one room
in a row, with a chair in front of each
one. The young men are stationed in
another room and are brought in one
oy one. When he comes in the youth
chooses his chair aud the young lady
behind him bliuds his eyes with a hand
kerchief. Then the black cock
as well bait yer trap in some other
swamp, Zek’el. ’
“That was a great blow to the young
people,” continuedtheBheriff. “Ezekiel
struck into the woods and Melissa shuck
ed wolves with a heavy heart. By and
by Sim Smith of Pooono, met Melissa.
He was on the upper side of fifty, gray
as a rat, and owned a farm. When he
asked old Jobson for Melissa, Jobson
said:
“ ‘Ye’ve draw’d the proper bead the
fust time, Bim. Ye’ve hit me plumb
back o’ the fore-shoulder. The gal’s
your’u.’
“Melissa hadn’t anything to say iu
the matter, and the wedding was fixed
for Christmas Eve. On that night the
population of three townships was at
Jobson’s—sixteen people in all. Old
’Squira Morgan was there to tie the
knot Ezekiel Merryweather was the
only absentee. It was a floe moonlight
night and cold as Greenland. The
wedding was to come off at nine o’clock.
skill as a bull fighter Colonel I auez
endeavored to plant two gaudily colored
arrangements of paper and tire-crackers in
either shoulder, but in avoiding a charge
he stuck bo h into one side of the bull’s
neck. The exploding crackers drove the
bull wild with rage and pain and it looked
as though he was going to get even up
with his tormenters, for without paying
heed to the red flags he charged the clown
with such fierceness that it was impossible
to miss the shock, so down he went and
the bull over him, and hut for the presence
of mind of the other men in the ring, who
ran up and by flaunting their flags in the
(ace of the bull drew bim away from the
prostrate man, he would doubtless have
been seriously injured.
The next move was to lasso and throw
the bull aud then clinch a rope tightly
around his body, which served as a hand
hold to one of the fighters, who sealed him
self astride of the bull’s hips. The ropes
were taken off and the animal sprung to
his feet. He first tried to shake the man
off hts back, but failing in that be rushed
after the others so furiously as to throw
his rider, and, quickly turning on him,
would have given him a ride in another
direction but for the others drawing his
attention with their flags. The sport with
him lasted about an hour and was the
most exciting of the whole programme.
Colonel Yanez, when the bull was pretty
well jaded, acted a little too familiar by
•topping him with his hand and was rewar
ded by a sharp kick that emptied his bel
lows of wind. That, together with a
strained wrist which made the clown hap
py, were the only accidents of the after
noon.
comes in, kisses him and disappears.
Tl* ,» rdlea«ed feeltog mu«U I
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could be heard ou all sides of the clear
ill* Uncle U Sick.
relieved and elated, and promptly re
tires to the other end of the room. His
feelings when the next young man come
in and is treated to this novel entertain
ment can be imagined, but they are miti
gated by the pleasure of seeing the
other fellows undergoing the expert'
ment. As a winter evening’s amuse
ment it is oue of the most popular yet
introduced.
The cimbiiil Tunnel.
In spite of the recent opposition to
the Channel Tunnel ou the the English
side, the work seems to be pushed rap
idly forward trom the French end of it.
In fact, according to English Journals I trouble to look out of a window
mg. That was nothing uncommon,
though, and nobody thought anything
of it. About eight o’clock the bowling
was more than usually loud and pro
longed in oue direction.
“ ‘Wolves is hungry, to-night/ sail
old Jobson. T'hey’re closm’ in ou that
deer pooty reg lar, I reckon.’
“The howling oame nearer and nearer.
“ ‘Blamed if 1 don't think they’re
goin’ to take that deer plump through
our turnip patch, said Jobson. ’Weil,
let cm go. we’ve got other business
bes'des carin’ for a passel o’ ornery
wolves to-night; hay, Sim?’
“The wolves oame closer and closer,
Their snarling could be heard in the
house. But no one every took the
The
of November 25, unusually good pro-|
gress ha sreoently been made. Start
ing from Sandgate, the French company
had bored to a distance of 46/ ya,
aud was making a fair average daily ad-
Howling, and barking, and snarling
kept on, and the sound showed that the
wolves were not moving. Melissa went
to a w ndow and looked out.
“ ‘Why, dad,’ said she, ‘them wolves
has treed sntbin’ in our ■ pring house.
vanoement. In the early part of the They’re thick aroun’ it, and some of
work they experienced difficulty from ’em’s goin’ down the chimley.’
the water they encountered while boring “ ‘Sure enough,’ says Jobsou, ‘they ve
' druv snthin inter the spring house,
throng!.tieg.ult, bm U..,h*igotto, ^ ^ ^ ^ ja ^
the gray chalk and the temporary dis- ^ m owt as well go out an’ stop this
location had been overcome. 'Tlnw. ycr noise’fore we perceed.’
their greatest engineering difficulty 1 — 11 '
fiercely at the protected arm, the bear tacbed to long poles, and thus diving is
kent shifting its position. unnecessary. Most of the sponges taken
kept sinning us U* . „ m Europ e are caught up in this manner.
A moment later, its him g The ,ji Wt however, has the advantage of
a part of the rock glazed with toe, it fell dlac0Ter i n g ne w sponge territory, and then
on its side, aud still holding to the boy’s they are generally to be found in abund-
arm drew him with if, both sliding ance. Urge quantities were discovered
the .lipperr declmt* to ito U«. I 1*“ ‘P™* >”*>
George had managed to retain hit
was, therefore, now a thing of the past.
At the English end the work is praoti-
oally abandoned.
witotobehiiid Liebeokwith ttootOoiigB knito dt»Nt a* *-««. »"*. unliluato .»l b*
Z uMj, bb.ngb.rt.tUdbtob.ptota.ilbnbg.b-P.Jto,.
that the flsbenuen made plenty of money,
They have been for tbs last two years very
had bard work to make a
expenses.
“The men took their guns and went
out. A round or two settled the busi
ness for the wolves outside, but there
was a struggle going on inside the milk
houae. The door was forced open. By
the light of the moon they saw a man,
with his back to the wall, fighting four
The largest windmill In Illinois is said ^
to be situated iu Genesee. Ltt wheel is $0 I hungry wolves with nothing but his
*—‘ *“ JI —*“■ ” i,K “ ‘“ i1 0/1 *■*“* hunting knife. The floor was piled
feet in diameter, with a tail 20 feet long.
It is 8 or 10 horse-po*.. er. The mill is
gsared for grinding feed, shelh^ corn,
pumping water and churning, its force Is
to be applied to still other uses.
A girl might as well be. up aud down
about such things as to suffer herself to be
imposed on and have the feeling gnawing
at her heart from one years end to another
The other evening when a certain young
man in this city droi ped himself down In
the parlor alongside ot the girl he hopes
to marry some day or other she begsn:
“Harry, Clmstmas is almost here.”
“Yes.”
“Three years ago you presented me with
a pair of earrings. They were from the
dollar store.”
“Y-c-s.”
“Two \ears ago you presented me with
a pair of J|50 bracelets. They were rolled
plate and only cost $6.”
“Urn.”
“Last year you placed in my hand a di
amond ring. The ring is washed and iUe
stone is from Lake George, and they retail
at abmt $3 per bushel. Harry! ”
“Yes, dear.”
“Are you thinking of making me a
present this year?”
“Of course."
“Then do not seek to cheat and deceive
me. Do not throw away your money in
trifles and baubles, but buy something that
I can show to the world without (ear or
enticism. Here is an advertisement in
the paper of a lady’s saddle pony and sad
dle only $300.”
Yesterday morning Harry left for Den
ver to nurse a sick uncle through a case of
bilious fever, and ne won’t be back until
after the holidays. Bull, it was a wise
policy on the part of the girl. That very
day he had figured with a jeweler ou buy
ing an $8 silver watch aud having it gold
plated aud marked:
“18K-I160-Harry to Susie—1882.”
I respectfully call the attention ot the
public to my superior facilities for sup
plying everything Li my line, ot superior
quality. Starting business In Wians-
boro in 1876, I have in all this time
given the closet attention to my busi
ness and endeavored to make my estab
lishment FIRST-CLASS in every par
ticular. I shall in the future, as iu tire
P”'*, hold mysell 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 Laubert and Marat Cognas
Brandy.
Jamaica Rum.
Rotterdam Fish Gin.
Ross’s Royal Ginger Ale.
Jules Mumm & Co. ’s Champagne.,
Control & Cochran’s Ginger Ale.
Apollinaris Mineral Water.
Angostora Bitters.
Old Sherry Wine.
Old Port Wine.
DOMESTIC.
Ginger Ale.
Soda Water.
Sarsaparilla.
Old Cabinet Rye Whiskey.
Old SehuylkiU Rye Whiskey.
The Honorable Rye Whiskey.
Jesse Moore Yollmer Rye Whiskey,
Old N. C. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey,
Old Stone Mountain Com Whiskey.
Western Com Whiskey.
Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy.
New England (Frenoh’s) Bum.
North Carolina Apple Brandy.
Pure Blackberry Brandy.
Pure Cherry Brandy.
Pure Ginger Brandy.
Boston Swan Gin.
SUNDRIES.
Rook and Bye.
Osceola Bitters.
Ho#tetter’s Bitters.
Bergner A Engel’s Lager Beer, in patent
stopper bottles and on draught.
Now Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider.
Tolu, Rock A Rye, Lawrence A Martin.
Stoughton Bitters.
Rook and Com.
Cigars and Tobacco
Syndicate Cigar, 5 cents.
The Huntress Cigar, 2} cents.
Madeline Cigar—All Havana—10 cents.
Don Carlos (Nub)—all Havana—10 cent#
Minerva Cigar—Havana filler—5 cents.
Cheek Cigar—Havana filler—6 cents.
Our Boast Cigar—Havana filter—5 cents*
LuckyHitOigar—Havana filler—5 cents.
The Unicorn Self-Lighting Cigarette,
(Amber mouth-piece to every
ten packages.) ■*>
The Pickwick Club Cigarette,
{Shuck mouth-nieces. 1
The Richmond Gem Cigarette,
(Light smoking.)
The oalj BilM and Pool Par
lor i Tom
deep with dead wolves. The
rescued and helped into the house. He
vrss covered with blood, and his clothes
were nearly all tom from him, It was
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If ws had no faults oorselv# we
should not take pleasure in obse.'ving
those oi others.
ICE! ICE! ICE!
An abundance always on bond for tho
use of my customers. I wil also keep a
supply of v
FISH, OYSTERS, &C.,
for my Restaurant, which is always
open from the first of September to the
first of April,
I shall endeavor to please all who give
me a calL
# Very respectfully,
F. W. HABENICHT.
OPPOSITE POSTOPPOE.
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