The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, January 27, 1883, Image 1
WINNS13ORO. S. C.. JANUARY 27. 1883
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A WINTER SONu.
Oh huisnier-blts the roses -
And the laughing light sotth wind,,
And the merry meadows lined
With dewy, dioingfosi ; - -
But Winter'utu th sri -
And the jwltqhing irouty nlights
oh, Summer has the splendor
Of the corn-fields wide and lenp,
Where scatlet.popples Bleep
And wary shadows wander;
nut Winter filtis are rare
With diamonds everywhere.
Oh, Summer ias the wild bees,
And the ringing, singing note
in the robin's tuneful throat,
And the leaf-talk in the trees;
nut Winter lias the chime
Of the merry Chrlistinai tihue.
Oh, Hummer has the luster
Of the sunbeams warni and bright,
And rains that fal at night
Whivre reeds And liiterclustet-,
but deep in Winter's snow
The flres o( Chrlgtm g1w.
BEAit HUNT.
- N>Wr a bea- Limt, laid Gueorge
f lastou-a fine looking boy of sixteen,
itboard the whale-sh ip Junior, anchor
ed oV one' of the islands of the Aleutian
Archipelago, near which many whales
had lately been seen.
Gaston was the captain's son.
Ho was a daring boy, fQnd of advent
1i ,e,
But lie was tired of whale-hunting,
and, like a lad of spirit an )e was, he
felt a strong desire to engage il some
perilous fight with a bear or other fierce
iinimal in wh ich he alone would have a
.ihance to will the 'laurel o victory"
for, with the natural confidence of youth,
hardly doubted that lie would come off
conqiuoror in any Puch encounter.
"We did not come here for them; we
aine for oil."
On the next day a white bear was for
an instant seen, f ar 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 you 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
mIaIke 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 Oerge did not like this arrange
intit for as previously stated, lie wanted
1to fight the bear single-hiwded.
It then occurred to him that it would
lie a capital thing to get the start of his
itaher's men, aDd to attack %lid kill the
bear before they could come up.
He therefore coaxed his parent, until
at last lie won his consent to let him set
out a couple of hours before the others.
"Don't go far," said Captain Gaston,
"hut stop and wait for us before you
are out of 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-kin jacket,
with horn buttons, and a fur Qap;
Around his waist was a broad leather
hielt in 'which was-thrust it long kife,
and he also carried a good rifle..
"'I told father I would wait for him,''
he muttered, as he walked ozj, after
gauininig the shore, "and so I wil)," but
I. think the bear will appear- before lie
iand his men comei.
"it, I see the animal, I shrall attack
it.."
On lie went, with his rifle half-cock.
lie ha~d proceeded seome distance ore
he noticed that he was out of sight of
ihie ship.
He then mn.tul a pause and looked
eaigerly around him, hohing to see the
Standing near- the edge of a group of
conical rocks(, he did not observe apar
Ly of natives who were approaching,
until they suddenly emerged ar-oundj the
angle for-med by one of the ragged
masses. 1 . *I
.Pheoy wovr-e seia-kin coats, caps and
leggings, amnd had fish-bone riniq ji
their eai-a.
They were shiortof staturec; pitll sq4qxrd
facees, high check-bones, amnd smnall keen
eyes.
On seeing him, they gathered round
him, speaking deep guttural voices, buii
lie could only shake his head to imply
that lhe did not understand them.
He anmticipated no troublie with them,
for they had the appearance of bolong
inig to a tribe whose people had visited
the sbip for trade, since she camne to
anchor off the island.
He was therefore surprised and dis
mayed when one of them suddenly
amnatched his rifl from his grasp.
Ere he could remonstrate, lhe was
hurled downm on his back, and, while
two of thle natives held him, another
.procded 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 indians, were thus obtamned from
the boy.
The long hunting-knife in his belt
was not disturbed; the plunderers did
not want that, as they had Buch artioles
of their own,
Haying robbed him, they tied his
wrists behind his -back with stout thonga
of walrus hide out from a Jine of thia
Material attachied to the end of one of
'he spears, with which all were provided.
He was then helped to his feet and
'6rder&a by sign to Iove 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 in sev
eral turns about his waist and secured
with a hard knot behind the rocky spur.
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."
'Me made-many useless efforts to free
himself from the column of rock.
As hour after hour passed his heart
a'k.
Again and again lid shouted, but he
heard no response.
There were no sigUs of his father and
lis 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 weather here was very cold.
H1e 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, and it gave utterance to a
deep savage growl, showing the Inside
of its red mouth ad O* long sharp
fangs.
For a moment it stood there; then it
descended the elevation and approached
the lad
. Bound to the rugged coluinn and
deprived of his rifle; George gave him
self up for lost,
Nevertheless, mustering all his reco
ition, 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.
The bear was soon within two feet of
,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
fore-paws of the beast closed around
him, pinning both his arms to his side.
With a cry of horror George threw
his head far sideways, as the fangs of
the bear w.ue thrust towards his throat.
This movement caused the mouth of
the animal to atrike his breast.
His thick fur seal coat was some p~ro
tection, as the b< ir strove to tear a way
through with its teeth, the latter were
caught ini the thiongs of walrus hide.
SWi holding tightiy to its intended
victimi, the eniraged beast, snarling,
growling, endeavo'red to extricate itself
from the troublesome lashimgs.
Thus it soon bit thoem asunder, an.1
George now fell to the grmmnd.
The loosening of his arms enabled him
to make use of his knife.
He plunged it upward into the boar's
side when the antmal, turning its snout
around, (endeaivored to grasp his wrIst
and hand., , ..
George rolled quickly over, sprang to
-his feet, and ran up the rock which the
bear had previously descended.
The shaggy beast pursued.
The boy grasped ai spur ot ice oni the
summit to draw himself up, but the ice
gave way, and~ to his dismay lbe slid
against his shaggy enemy ere lie eould
stop himself.
The bear threw itself towards him,
but as its paws closed around him ho
madIe 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
mutes have torn the boy's throat to
pieces had lie not shielded it with his
left arm, the tough seal-skin sleeves of
which was some protection against the
sharp teeth.
M1eanwhile, holding the knife in hir
other hand, lie drove it again and agamn
into the bear's body..
Snarling and growling, erunching
fiercely at the protected arm, the bear
kept shifting its position.
A moment later, its hind feet striking
a part of the rock glazed with ice, it fell
on its side, and still holding to the boy's
arm, drew him with it', both sliding
down the slippery declivity to its base.
George had managed to retain his
knife duuing the descent, but, unfortu
nately. his right wrist had beeon sprained
80 that the weapon was now useless to
him.
Bit the blows which lie 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 diroctly upon his body and thus
pinning him to the ground so that he
could scarcely move.
As his arms were now under it, hold
by the weight 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 througli 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 boar's head
quivering and swaying, with a stream
of blood falling from one eye, whieh
had been struck by a well-aimed bullet
that had penetrated to its brain.
An instant later, over went the aid
mal, falling on its side in the throes of
death.
"Thank Heaveni
"We've found you at last!" came the
voice of Captain Gaston as, with his
smoking rifle, he rushed to the spot,
followed by his men.
"eVo have found you just in 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.
"Some of them are a thieving set.
"I will pay them off if they over come
aboard my craft again,"
But, as may be supposed, the natives
never again boarded Gaston's vessel.
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 T
saved the boy's life.
Toys That Cost Mainous,.
An experienced toy dealer says the an- I
nual production of toys in this couittry I
amounts to at least $1,000,000 in value i
and the importation to $2,000,000. These
figures do not Include the large quantity
of costly goods handled by the toy dealers i
for the holiday season, such as albums, I
fancy glass ornamnlits, toilet sets, etc., but I
counting in this class of articles, one house I
,la Jl w W791% to -oIA VU A V4 bsinOecO-or I
over $1,600 000 per annual, and there are
many others that do almost as muen. r
Some of the houses deal largely in dolls, L
and it is the one toy that every little giri C
in the land must have, and, indeed, there
are very few little girls that are satisiled I
wth one doll: they must have a family. L
One house exhibits at least one hundred I
kinds of dolls of all Rizes and styles.
Many wonders are a.aong the nechani- q
cal toys and banks are very good. A t
sprawling little frog will kick a penny r
down the throat of a big frog near and a
jolly bootblack sits on his box balancing
the penny you may give him until It is a
lost to sight. Ten thero Is the "shoot .
the hat" bank and there is the elephant c
who nods lia head when ycu wag his tail t
These are perlectly ioulded after the fa
mous Jumbo. DAlls' houses are furnislhe.t
with all the paraphernalla necessary, one I
of the handsomest houses being the "Dolle I:
Villa,'' a folding toy which, when ret uin, a
represents a large house, with ioof, cornice N
and chimney, and doors that will open and( f
shut. A pretty lawn is before It, with t
four little figures playing lawvn tenuis, a t
girl in a tent, a man goIng to the house, a
fountain, trees and shrubbery. The whole
thIg can be taken nown in a few moments
and packed away in a little flet box.
A blg toy for a dollar is the "'circus.''
Three hors"" gallop amu'ind the ring, a girl y
turns somersaults through a hoop on onei
of the horses, a very funnty clown on the
second horse and a gallant equestrian in
surprising feats on the third. Other effece- ~
Live large dollar toys, new this seaqon, are 1
the menagerie, a stable, with a cart and c
three horses in its stalls, and a grocery I
store whh a fine stock of goods5, A new
edition of Noah's ark is made of Iron, and
is on wheels. Iron animals peep through ?
the open wimdows and In the keel is a
money bank. A coal dump cart with
horse attached, Ia of malleable aaron. A
tug boat, with two canal boats attachetd to
it, is of iron and mtay be0 used as a savings
bank.
inaving ior apongev.
' 'Iheis miarine comnadity grows chiefly
out of rocks near the bottomi of the sen,
and in thas way Is catight by the attending I
fishermen. Soiietimes the sponges are
washed off the rock (luring stormy weatheri
and in that case they inmedIately float to
the top of the water. The boys and men
engrged in the fishing business arc adlepts
at their profession. T1hey are uder the
water among the rocks at the bottom of
the sea for about tea minutes at, a time.
Thiey go down lr(.mi the fishinug boats, or
smacks, in relays of threes and Fours, and 1
when they come upi again another act is J
ready to take their places, so that during
the hours of fihng there arc always onno
set of fishermen In the water. A pole
some twelve to fifteen feet long is lowered 1
iro ii the boat to the sad bottom below, I
on which the meni and bo0ys descend naked a
having arotund tht r heads a species of div
ing caps, Wi,hoe they arc walking along
the rocks the men im the boats use aIr
pumps for the benefit of the divers. Theo
man cannot .work unless the water is very I
eck ar, and~ sometimes they have to remain
idle for several (lays at a time.
At Nassau and Key West most of the
iponges arc sectired by means of hook4 at
tached to long poles, and thus (living is
unnecessary. Most of the sponges taken
in Eu~rope are caught up in this manner.
The diver, however, has the advantage of
dIscovering new sponge tcrrntory, and then
they are generally to ho found In abund
ance. Large quantities were discovered
durirng last spring in the West indies, so
that the nesueralen made plenty of money.
They have been for the last two years very
unfortunate end had hard work to make aI
living after paying expenses.
WhiteUtug Diamonds.
Some very interesting and inportaii
experiments with diamonds have latel
been made in the Paris Academy c
Sciences. An experienced diamoni
merchant bought, not long ago, a fin
white diamoind for $4000. One mornin
he gave it a good washing 'with soal
and water, when what was his conster
untion to find that it had turned yellow
which sent its value down to $800
l'ho matter was brought to the attentio
f the Academy, and experts shbmitter
a report which showed. that diamon<
whitening is a fraud easy to accomplial
and ea to detect. By plunging I
yellow diamond into an qniline viole
lye it becomes white, while at"Ahe sam<
time it loses its transparency iund bkit
ianoy. In fact. on making threxiod
mont, the experts had in a few minutei
*ansformed several yellow stones inut
what appeared magnificent white stonie
Af five-fold value. Take a yellow Aii
ncnd, dip it even hito uo stronger dy<
aim violet ink, wash it with water tc
remove any discoloration, and the ef.
cot is immediate. The dried dianouti
remains white. But on the other hand,
,he illusion is of short duration. Rul
,he stone even lightly and the yellou
nt is seen coming back again, and 0
ittlo further attrition with the flinget
restores the pristine hue completely.
L'his discovery may entail upon mauy
iersons a rude awakening to the fact
ihat the stones they have are of far less
raine than they supposed; ndtt will ne
,essitato even greater care than that
ntherto exercised in purchasing.
)ouglas Jerold onco raised the question
whether any possession really repaid its
)ossessor which entailed anxiety of
niud, and diamlonds, in one way or
mother, entail so much that there are
uany to whom the great value set upon
hem becomes almost incomup rehiensi blo.
lismhroomu OutitIVatoO.
Stable manure is the best material in
vhich to rear the mushrooin, beds of it,
oroperly prepared, being almost certain to
'leld a crop without any artificial admix
tire of spawn. The spawn of the mush
oon is a thread-lhke inderground struc
ure which It produces, and <m artificial
ieds it Is usual to plant a pleco of this
eproductive imaterial. Those nstishrooln
;ardens are frequently niade in under
;round cellars, one advantage or subterra
wean culture being the unifority o1 tem
lerature thus obtained. Honme of the large
Unglish hotels now grow their own mush.
oom1s In tills way.
Describing one of these gardens lately, a
orrespondent staites tlat in !the under
:round cellars of the hotel it the Crystal
alace, near Brmingham, lie saw, last
vinter, the finest crop of uinshroois lie
iad ever beheld; the beda wvegkade ulon
un ior Rix months they produced an
hundance of flue, lksky, well flavored
ilishroomns. A properly cultivated tied
f this kind, in full bearing, will yield
rom four to five pounds (if these fungi
ieekly for every square yard. The largest
stablishmnents of this kind, however, are
i the neighhoiood of Paris, where the
xtenslve galleries of the disused city
narries are utilized for this purpose. In
Ltese the beds ruin for miles, the mush.
Doms produced being uistially of smail size
-a feature which rather enhances their
alne. Occasionally, however, these cat
combs have produced enormous speci
lens, as the one weighing six pounds two
unces, the cap of which ineasured thir
men inches in dianieter, and which was
onsidered sullelently remarkable to be
resented to the reigning sovereign, Louis
0hilippe. The quantities of musrooms
reducedi annually in those galleries is not
nowvn, buit there are no fewer t~han 250
rowers; amnd a single society, recently
aunded for dleveloping imuslroom cultiva.
ton In the city vaults and quarrIes, is said
i Obtiain ue.trly one toni daily from its beds1.
Theo Lag st. Winter GUstue.
The ne west parlor gamie that has been
itroduced is haying a large run ini the
festern cities. The girls sit in one room
~a a row, with a chatir in front of each
ne. The young men tare stationed ini
nother room and are brought in one
y one. When ho comes in the youth
hxotses his chmair and the young lady
>ohind him blinds his~ eyes wvithi a hand
:orchti. T1heni 11h( black cook
omnes in, kises himn and disappemars.
.'he you .ig mana ms roleiisod fooling much
clievedl anmd elated, and promptly re
irems to time other end of the room. His
eclings when the next young man comec
ii and is troatedi to this novel entertain.
nont can he imagined, bunt they are maiti
aited by the pleasure of seeing the
ather follows undergoing the experi
nont. As a winater evening's amuse
nont it is oneo of the most popular yet
ntroduiced.
I it iunmm, 'runnem,
Iin spite of tihe recent opposition tc
le ChanneI Tunnel on the the English
ide, the work seems to be puishied rap.
Elly forward from the French end of it.
n fact, according to English Journals
f November 25, unusually good pro.
ress ha srecently been made. Start
eg from Saindfgate, the French company
Lad bored to a distance of 407 ya ,
ndl was miaking a fair average daily ad.
anement. In the early part of the
rork they experionced difficulty from
he water they encountered while boring
brough the gault, bum they had got t~
lhe gray chalk and the temporary dis
Oeation had been overcome. Thus,
heir greatest engineering difficulty
vas, therefore, nowv a thing of theopast,.
Lt tihe Enghsh end the work is practi
al fy abandoned.
'f'he largest windmill in Illinois is sal
o be situated in G~enes~ce. Its wheel Is 80
cet in dimmner, with a tall 20 feet long,
t ms 8 or 10 horse-power. The mill Ii
eared for grinding feed, *helhmag corn,
ninmplng water and churning. Its force Ii
o be applied to still other uses.
Treed by Wolves.
t
"The circumstances I am about tc
f tell didn't happen withiu my recollee.
tion. I got 'em clean out from Uncle
I should say the late Mr. Polog Under
hill. Peleg didn't know them from
personal recollection, either, as he
hadn't fell heir to any grandfather at
that time, and wasn't in that part of the
country. Peleg's grandfather's name
was Ezekiel Merryweathor. At the age
of twenty-two Ie was a young man
living over on the head waters of the
Little Bushiklhl, Pa.
"Ho was a romantic sort of a follow.
He scorned a life of Wil, aud chose the
easy qgd luxurious existLneo that comes
of livlig ila *irush cabin and chasing
the floot-footed denizens of tlo dii-lit
forest from ridge to ridge, and bringing
homo their hide and tallow. .Ho. was an
original Piko County huuto, al ,was
known to clear as high as fifty dollars
some years with hi1 gun and traps.
Nobody knew whore lie came from, lut
he was extremely shy and modest.
'He had very black hair and was tall
and wiry, and all the girls in the back.
woods worostruck on him. The follows
were jolous because Ie was rolling ul)
wolth so rapidly, and because lie cut
'mu all out at the stone frolics and lusk
ing been. A family named Jobson had
found their way from somewhere or
or other in Jersey to that part of the
country, anl settled near the Monroo
County border. Thero was old Jobson
and his wife and his daughter Melissa.
Jobson had uncovered about an acro
of earth on his tract, and built him a
house, a barn, a wagon shed, a spring
house, an observatory lilty feet high,
and three miles of four-Loot wall with
the stone the acro yielded.
"According to the late Poleg Undor
hill, Melissa must have been a stunner.
She was way up in all tho accomphsh
mients of the district, which ranged from
twirling a flapjack to picking a panther
out of a tree with the old maii's flint
lock rifle. The pastimes and pleasures
of budding Piko County maidenhood
in those (lays wore few, aiid it wero
great reward for Melissa to get the
promise from her imother that if she
would pile so 1much stone wall while she
was resting from pulling turnips sho
could 'shuck the hide off'n the next
wolf that dad fotched in;' or if she cut
and piled a sullicient quantity of stovo
wood before she went to woik hoeing
the 'taters, she might hold time pig at
the next Christumas killia' while dad
stuck it.
"It was one day in the fall of 1801
that Ezekiel ferrywoaiher first struck
the J0h04"11 clearing and met Melissa,
Simo was having a holida.y, and eljoying
it in shucking wolves. The wolf crop
in lovo with her at sight. She fell in
love with hizon, too, and hle got to taking
in the Jobson clearing pretty regular on
his hunting expeditions. Finally ho
asked her to marry him and she said
she would. Ho laid the matter before
hor old man.
"'Wall, scarcely; you can't have
M'lias,' said Jobson. 'No young squirt
of a bushwhacker don't tio on to her if
her dad knows it, anl her dad's up to
things what's goin' on 'round here pooty
giner'ly. " When M'liss goes away from
this paster lot it'll be with some gray
haired old fellow as knows what to treat
her to. She don't splice to nobody
but a grayhoaded man, an' ye mout jest
as well bait yer trap in some other
swamp. Zck'el.'
"That wvas a great blow to thme young
people," continued the Sheriff. "Ezekiel
struck into the wvoods and Melissa shuck
ed wolves wvith a heavy heart. By and
b~y Sinm Snuth of Pocono, met Melissa.
Hfe was on the upper side of fifty, gray
as a rat, andl owned a farm. VWhen lie
asked 01(d Jobson for Melissa, Jobsoni
said:
"'Y'e've dlraw'di the propeor bead the
fust time, Simi. Yo've hit mue pluimb
back o' the foro-shoulder. TIhe gal's
your'n.'
"Mollissa hadn't anything to say in
the matter, and the wedding was ixed
for Christmas Eve. On that night the
population of three townships was at
.Jonsoni's-s5ixteen people0 in all. 0Old
'Squiro Morgan was there to tie the
knuot, Ezekiel Merryweathier wvas thme
onl'y absenitee. 1t wasW ath fi moonlight
nmght anid cold as Greenland. Tiho
wedding was to conic off at nine o'clock.
Every little while thme howling of wolves
could be heard oni all fidmes of the clear
ing. Tihaat was nothing uncommon,
though, amnd iobody thought anythinig
of it. A bout eight o'clock the howling
was more than usually loud and pro
longed ini onie direction.
"'WVolvos is hungry, to-night,' said
01l1 Jobson. T'hey're cloimi' in on that
deer pooty reg har, I reckon.'
"The howling came nearer and nearer'.
"'Blamed il I don't think they're
goin' to take that deer plump through
our turipj p~atchi, said .Jobson. 'Well,
tot em go. We've got other buiness
bes'des carin' for a passel o' ornory
wvolves to-night; hay, Mini?'
"The wolves came closer and closer.
Their snaring could be henrd in the
house. But no one every took the
trouble to look out of a window. The
riowhnig, and barking, and snarliing
kept on, and the soundl showed that the
wolves were not moving. Melissa went
to ab w.ndowv anid looked out.
"'Why, dad,' said ahoe, 'them wolves
hass treed authiin' in our spring house.
They're thick aroun' it, and somec of
'em's gein' down the ehiimley.'
"'Sure enough,' says Jobson, 'they've
druv suithin' inter thme spring house,
sartin. Wall, boys, take yor guns.
We mowt as well go out anu' stopi this
yor noise 'fore we perceed.'
"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
house. The door was forced open. By
the light of the moon they saw a man,
with his back to the wall, fighting four
hungry wolves with nothing but his
hunting knife. The floor was piled
deep with dead wolves. The man was
rescued and helped into the house. He
was eovered with blood, and lisa clothes
were nearly all torn from him, It was
Ezekiel Merryweather, but his black
hair was as gray as a badgeri
"'Zok'ell' said Melissa.
"'M'lissl' said Ezekiel.
"And they were looked in one anoth
er's arms. Then Ezekiel told how ho
had started to come to the wedding in
spite of his feelings; how he was chased
by wolves; how he fought them for two
miles through the snow, and finally
sought refuge in the spring house. The
wolves clambered to the roof and let
themselves cdown 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 tuidst of the excitement
created b.y Ezekiel's story Melsa said:
. .Dad , this yor's the white-haired
uanu I'n goin' to' tie to. His hair's
whiter than Sim's by a powerful sight.'
"And old Jobsoii Haw the point, The
wedding anid ofAtM'elooic, but Ezek
al '*as the bridegroom. The 'ate Peleg
Underhill used to "saiy that the Jobson
clearing had ~ littlb-the jolliest Christ
MaS EVo that night that over was known
in thiW coutiitry.
Au Arizona nuln lautt.
A bull fight at Tucson, Arizona, recent- k
ly gathered a crowd of about 1.200 or
1,400 puople, ainong whom mnight he seen
represintation of nearly every trade and
profession in cosmopolitan Arizona. Tle
bull fighters, under the leadership of Colo.
il Yanez, entel-ed-, made their bow and
were rewarded with applause. All were
dressed in the proverbial costume. white
stockings, fancy colored and embroidered
knee breeches, with jackets to match and
black skull caps. Yanez in his hands hetld
a bright red flag, while his two assistants
were similarly provided with short, purple
blankets. 'The bulls. four in number,
were wildly chafing undismayed in their
s0patelt stalls. With one exceptionl the
precautionary imeasure of sawing off the
tips of their horns had been wisely taken.
'ho first bull disappointeut the crowd and
the second wided to the disappointinei,
both refusing to light.
The last l)ull of the three, "Che toro col
orado," to be fought that day was then let
in. Ile was a line looahing specimen of
his kind and built for a tighter, from time
ground up. lie entered the ring with a
rush ant lost no time in getting down to
business. Wher ever a red flag wai waved
or a man shawed hInself iii the ring his
lordship was there also, and when they, as
they always did, took relugo behind the
screens provided for ther safety be mude
an effort to butt them down and follow in.
Whon Colonel ' anez atlem)ted to orna
mueat the bull's forehead with a rosette he
missed it and narron ly escaped being made
into a rosette himself. After repoeted elf.
orts the rosette was pinned on. Now,
madtter than ever, and foamilig at the
niouth, he behowed with rage and charged
Uph&@fauyv.,tmene tntld"R
hIts skill as at bill] fighter Colonel 1:anez
endeavored to plant two gaudily co!ored
arranigeienls of paper ant Ire-crackers in C
either shioulder, but in, avohiii a charge
he stuck ho. intO one side of the bulli'S
neck. ihe exploding crackers drove the
bull wilid with rage und pain and it looked
as though he was going to get even up
with his tornenters, for without paying
heed to the red flags lie charged the clown
with suich flereeness that it was impossible
to miss the shock, so down lie went, and
the bull over hin, and but for tihe presence
of mmnd of the other muen in tihe ring, who
ran up and by flaunting their flags In the
face of the bull drew him away from the
prostrate man, he would doubtless have
been seriously injured.
T'he next miove Wias to lasso and throw
the bull and then clinch a rope tIghtly
around lis body, which served as a hand
hold L~O one of the fighters, whioaeatedl him
self astride of the bull's hips. 'Thfe ropeLs
wecre taaen off and thti anmmal sprang to
his feet. le fIrst, tried to shake the imn i
off his back, but faillng in that, lie rushed
after the others so fuuriotusly as to throw
his rIder, and, qutichly turning on him i,
wo)uld have giveii himii a ride in another
direction but for thme others iawing his .
attention with their flags. Th'ie sport, with
hum 1astedh about, an hour and was the
umost exelting or the whole programme.
Colonel Yanez, whien the huull was pretty
well jaded, acted a little too familIar by
stop~pinig him with hIs hand nid was re war
de0(1 by a sharp kick that emptied his bet
Iows of wiid. Tihat,, together with a
at rained wrist which made the clown hapi
py, were the only accidents or ihe aifbt
noon.
ils Uince is Slek.
A girl might as weil be. up and down ~
about suclh imiars as to nuieor herself to' he (
hnipo sed oni and have the feeling coiawing
at hs er heart from.on years 3'fA nld to anothber
The other evening w hen a certalii yomung I
man In this oily drol p)ed himself down in
the parlor alongsIde o1 the girl lie hopes
to) Imrry some day or olher she begon:
"'Ilarry, ChlItas Is almost lhere."
"Yes."
"Three years ago y'ou presented me5 with
a paIr of cnirings. Tlhey were from tihe
dlollar store.'
"T'wo .sears ago you presented ine with
a pair of$50) bracelets. They were rolled
plate and onuly cost $6."
"Umn."
"'Lut year you placed( in my hand a di.
amond1( rIng. Th'le ring is washed and the
stone 1a fromi Lake George, and they retail
at, ab-mut $3 per biushiel. 11arryl"
"Yes, dlear."
"Arc you thiniking of making me a
present. this year?''
''Of courise."
"Then do not seek to cheat andI deceive.
me. 1)o nut throw away your money in
trifles and baubhoe, but buy something that u
I can show to the world wIthout fear or
critIcism. ilere isi an adtvertisemlent In a
t~he 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 ofr
bilious fever, and lhe won't be back until o
after the holidays. Still, It was a wise
policy on the part of the girl. That very
day he had fleured with a jeweler on buy..
lng an $8 silver watch and having It gold n
plated and marked:
"18K-$150 -1larry to 8usie--1882."
If we had no faults ourselve we
should not take pleasure in 'observing,
those of others,
t876. 1882.
F. W. HABENICHT,
Proprietor of tho
HORNING STAR SALOON
J respectfully call the attentiou of the
public to my superior facilities for sup
PlYing everything 1.1 my line, of superior
unality. Starting business in Wians
>oro in 1876, I have in all this Unit
iven the closet attention to my busi
ess and endeavored to make my estab)
ishmlent FIRST-CLASS in every par
icular. I shall in the future, as inl the
et, hold myself ready to sorve imy
u.tomers with the beat articles that can
)o procured in any market. I shall
tand ready, also, to guaranteo every
xticle I sell.
I invite an Inspection of my stock of
Vines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, etc.
F. W. HABENICHT.
IMPORTED.
Scotch Whiskey (Ramsoy's).
L. Diu Laubert and Marat Cognao
Brandy.
Jamaica Rum.
Rotterdam Fish Gin.
Ross's Royal Ginger Alo.
Jules Mumm & Co.'s Champagne.,
Cantrel & Cochran's Ginger Alo.
Apollinaris Mineral Water.
Angustora Bittors.
Old Sherry Wino.
Old Port Wino.
DOMESTIC.
Ginger Alo.
Soda Water.
Sarsaparilla.
Old Cabinet Rye Whiskey.
Old Schuylkill Rye Whiskeoy.
The Honorable Rye Whiskey.
0so Moore Vollmer Rye Whiskey,
i N. 0. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskoy.
Old Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey.
Western Corn Whiskey.
Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy.
New England (Fronch's) Rum.
North Carolina Apple Brandy.
Pure Blackberry Brandy.
Pure Cherry Brandy.
Pure Ginger Brandy.
Boston Swan Gin.
SUNDRIES.
Rock and Rye.
Osceola Bitters.
Hostetter's Bitters,
orgnor & Engel's Lager Beer, in patent
stop~per bottles and on draught,
'o Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider.
'lu, Rock & Rye,'Lawrence & Martin.
Stoughton Bitters,
Book and Corn.
Jigars and Tobacco
Syndicate Cigar, 5 conts.
T1he Huntress Cigar, 2} cents.
Eadeline Uigar--All Havana--10 cents.
on Caries (Nub)-all Havana-~10 cents
liorva Cigar--Havana fillor -5 cents,
hock Cigar-Havana filler-5 centa.
nr JBoast Cigar-Havana fillr-5 cents.
.ucky Hit Oigar---Havana fillor--5 cents,
lie Unionum Self-Lighting Cigarette,
(Amber mouth-pioce to every
ten p~ackages.)
The Pickwick Club Cigarette,
?Shuck mouth-mieces.)
Them Rihmnoind (Gom Cigarette,
(Light smoking.)
'h 0111 Billiarl ad Fool Par
lor l 'Toil
ICE! ICE! ICE!
An abundance always on hand for tho
.e of my customers. I wil also keeup a
ipply of
FISH, OYSTERS, &C.,.
ir my IRestaurant, which is always
>oen from the first of September to' the
rst of April.
I shall entieavor to please all who give
oc a call.
,Very respectfally,
F. W. HABENICIT.
OPPOS3ITEl POSTOPRO