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*4-- -* 4 . - - - - -- _s.* - - se -.- -.-.--.-. 4' - 1R I-WEREK LY, EDITION- W INNSBORO. S. C.. JANUARY 30. 1883. STBIED14 WItulIP IN TAIP WOODS. How rih the embroidered carpet spread, On either side the common way; Asure and purple, gold and red, tusset and white, and green and gray, With shades between, Woven with light In 1oomns unseen. The dandelion's disk of gold, With lustre decks the utetidow green, Aud maUliited a million fold, 'The datsy lights the verdant scene; The blue mint's plumes Invite the bees to their perfutnes. A wrinkled ribbon seemes the road, Unspooled from allent hills afar; Rest, like an angel, lifts tho load And in umy path lets down the bat, Antl here it brings A lease of lite on healing wings. 'lito sunimer loisure of the cloud 'That wanders with Its trutupeter, 'lhe wind, Is mine; no wrangling ertowd Annoys the humble worshiper 'in the white tent . BgPietika listening Armament. Upi-oatuing on the ambient air. Sweet so tf..aadqd msi rliep, And now a 6Ofe distinct i prayer, Like the lark's hynn, reaches the skies, And the "Amen" Is echoed froin thelhllis and glen. 'hte wLd a vast eathedral seems, Its dome the overarching sky: 'he light throngh trembling branches qiresnh From open windows lifted high; Under the firs Soft shadows shield the worshipers. HIS ItAUMEL. 'G0oing away1 Ah, thank Heaven, Uoing away I" It was a joyous cry of ineffable glad ness and relief, and 0leo Lynn, talking half to her bounding heart, and half to the damp painting before her, to which She had just given the fi-shing touch, \lasped her tired brown hands at the back of her head, her eyes seeking the pale white-flecked strip of sky above eyies misty with unshed tears. It was a curious place for a studio the tumble-down disused barn-loft back of Mrs. Black's ugly farmhouse, Sup posed to be habited only by mice and spiders, while, instead, 'the girl" spent 1every stolen moment there at her easel, revelling in her own creations, so pre etons because so dearly won, and so entirely her own, starting at every .aet-id, communing with her heart and the little mice that came out of their holes to watch her curiously. She dressed badly, shabbily; none lnow it better than she, who hated and loathed the ragged unt-id calicoes, and (10mrse shots; but on thim particular moring she laughed at herself and ier dress triumphantly, until the pretty straggling curls all about her wide white brow bobbed comically. 'No more hard drudgery." "No more harsh words and bitter hurlings of poverty and dependence against my teth, under which my spirit ohafes." "Better to beg in the streets of the great city I read of, than longer endure this life-than eat of the bread so grud gingly given. "Going away! Oh, thank Heaven, going away!" "0leo, %ahat are you saying." The girl sprang to her feet as if to shield her picture fi om unkind curious eaxe, standing as a lioness at bay, her eyes flashing angrily upon the speaker through their tears. Swinging himself up through the small opening into the loft, William Black advanced toward the girl, a start led look on his. face, that; though clear -ut, even patrician in ifeatiues, under The large slouch hat, portrayed no almiotin-was cold, stern, and indiffer ent usually. LSo was hire. Black's, brother-a man who roamed about always, but was seen very rarely at his own house. ."You are going away, Cleo, litttle 'Why, I shall isis you when I come home." He looked at the girl wistfully, lifting bis hat fromn the long thick hair on his brow, white and strangely in contrast wvith his bronzed checks. .All the pient-uip bitterness of the niserable life phased beneath his roof broke forth madly. "Yes, Willham Black, going away from a lie bf hoetache aiid misery. * ~ "Oh no, you never thoughit, you niever cared all these years for the child lefa you by dying patients. "1 have been tempted to curse mf' own dead father for consigning me to ydur care." "Why do they not hang, shoot, the orphans when parents die?' "It would be a mercy.' "God in His mercy grant when I leave you hiere, 'that lM~ay1 uevet look on the facd'of a Black again I" With one hand on her heart as if she wvould still its mad suffocating throbs, she stood i n a tttitulde of pale scor111 and de~flanlce. -William Black had recoiled as if shaken by a mighty wind before this p.assionate anathema, and now stood watching 1hcr in silent wonder and pained amazement. ''Why, Oleo, little Gleo, T never thought but 'ou were happy. "Stop! ."Make me no excuisea; you come with them too late. "All I ask of you is to leave me-to keep out of my sight, to which a Black is hateful. "I hear ycur sister calling me to car ry the farm hands' dmner-for the last -time, thank Heavetn I "To-morrow 1 go for ever I" "S~top I", Stepping hastily forward to bar her egress, William Black .laid his hand heavily on her shoulders, and the pas sion that. leapt up into the chill face startied the girl into obediepee. "You shall- not go, for, Oleo, little one -I love you better thani my hope of Heaven!i "I did not dream of it until now until I was about to lose you. -"Wait; I amn not poor, and I will take you away now, to-morrow, to the great - cities you long for, "Forgie mny neglect all those years -be #nerofful', ittle (Jleo." He had thrown his arm around her and drawn her olose to his side, looking down with hungry eyes into the pak face; but, wrenching herself free, Olet replied niockiunfy "What I mai r Iywu, Will BlacK? "I am not a dog to lick the hand thai has struck md. "Marry you, and continue to be a slave-a pensioner on your bounty ? "Never 1" Defiance rang through the girlisil voice, and without a word or sign Wil. liam Black, pale as death, turned away and descendedto the stables, and, in f few moments the rocky road around the cliff resounded with the pounding of hi herse's hoof-beats. Cleo Lynn knelt before her picture offering up a fervent prayer to Heavei to sanctify it, then stood a minute bid ding the dear old loft, where she had spent the fey happy momenta of hei life, good-bye, and ran across the bauli garden bareheaded, an unwonted bril Haney in he eyes, a flush on her pi quant olfish face, into the great, clea odoruus, kitchen where Mrs. Blaol awaited her, angrily, impatiently. "Take these pils and be off with you, you lacy, 0 eless-" "Madam " It was not the tone nor the word tha made Mrs., Black jump with a sligh shriek, but the flash in the eyes that wat almost tkulrderous, and so out throug)i the glari g scorching noon sunshine Cleo Lyni went-for the last time. * * * * + * "I am so tired of this struggle foi fame and % crust of bread." "I tho ght long ere this to wear c crown of laurel, but, instead, it is one of thorns and cypress." It was poor room. Every Jone has seen such rooms in squalid houses, without warmth, cheer comfort, thouli it was bitter weather. "A woman's form wirin arms outiung, the gesture of despair, the same figure last seen flitting across the hot dry fields back of Mrs. Black's farmhouse though thinner, more poorly clad. Lifting her face at length against the grey streak of twilight at her one win dow, the once round cheeks were thin the hair dishevelled, and the eyee strained and unnatural in expression. "Destituto, friendless, almost blind.' Slipping her hand into her dress she drew out a vial of darkish fluid, holding it up between the light and dim, dim, vision. There came a sound of steps up th rickety stair, then a rap, firm, quick, at her door. "Come I" The door swung wide, and a man tall, muiled in a great coat, entered, and half crossed the bare floor. Rising, tle girl leaned her clasped hands on her chair waiting. "'Miss Lee?" She bowed her head. the white hands suddenly clutching the chair-back, icy oold. "I saw one of your paintings at the Academy and wish to purchase it, the one called the "Cow Boy." "What are your terms?" The girls voice as she made answer was so hoarse and unnatural that she scarcely knew it herself. "What you arc willing to give," lean ing forward a little in the dim light, with numb chill fingers interlaced, while the tall haughty figure seemed dauCiDg wildly, undignifiedly. "Three hundred dollars for the "Cow Boy," or say six hundred dollars for the two-"My Studio," as a surprise for my wife." "The room, the bed, the chair, every thing swan wildly before her eyes. "sir you are liberal," was all she culd nmrmur. Counting out the roll of notes the nnin handed them to her. Then bowing and saying, as lie gave her a street number-. "Order them to be sent around to my house," lie withdrew, and, as the door closed behind him, Oleo Lynn fell forward prone on the floor with the bank notes clutched desperately in one hand and a shattered vial of dark flud in'the other one. "Ohi, Will, Will, and I loved you so, ygit was too proud, too hateful to eon feejs it even to myself.'' "Oh, what madness has goaded me on to my well-earned misery?" It was a tastily-dressed figure in a grey cloak and hat that stopped out of the rambling old stage in the village of Giltyson, passing swiftly toward the dark ugly Black farnmhouse. Thke hall dhoor was open that 1(d into the cool tidy parlor so well remembered, ainlJ entering, the stranger beheld a miaias figure bowed before a table, lisa head in his fokqedi arms, while directly above 'himi hung a pretty rustic paint ing, her wo k, under which stood a glas of fresh-cut flowers, Passing softly up, the girl laid her hand oii the howed head tenderly, timidly, on hair streaked with grey. "W~ill" ., Trhe bowed head was lifted eagerly, the black electric eyes seeming to lighten as they rested on the fair face before him. i'You-back here again?" and hie tre ibled as he spoke. 1 have come hack to the old home to hee you all once more." ~'I have won fame, and shall win we Ith, for the money you gave me, in .th hour of my deepest despair, lif ted m into prosperity, 'I owe it all to you." 'I .do not nderstand, lhe relhied dr mily. I only know you are back again i n I never thought to see you hero 'leo looked wistfully around as if kio so expectant faces, as she asked 'And your slster?" 'She is dead, and I am all alone, Cl ." 'Seven years, 01co-and -and Rachel h come." 'Where Is your-your wIfe, Will?" e stared at her even more wonder 'Mfy wife?" "Have you forgotten--forgiven the p t, 0cc, and do you come back to ithout heeding the pneding h.and some face, that outstretehed arms, Cleo Lynn pointed towards the painting, "You-you bought that from a poor artist--" He interrupted her, wonderingly. "My brother, whom you never knew -an older brother-bought it while on a visit to London, and, because it re minded me of you, I begged him to give it to me," Throwing back, with a quick passion ate movement, the grey traveling cloak, Oleo Lynn dropped on her knees at William Black's feet," "I am uitworthy." "It was a bitter, bitter lesson that learned me the value of a love that would have shielded me all these years. "If you can forgive, if I may come back tio the old home nest. will you take your Rachel, for whom you have served seven years?" That was the way Oleo Lynn went back to Uile home nest anct sheltering care of the man she hal cursed seven years before, and learned in the restful oine life of the years as they sped, how infinitely above all fame, all wealth, was the conseiousness of satis fled love. Eastern Carpetm. It Is not easy for a European who has never been in the East to realize what an Important position the carpet fills there. To an Arab lih rug Is his most treasured possession. Without one he is a pauper. It is necessary to h'i, devotions, it is often his bed, sometimes his saddle and gener ally the only decoration of his tent. This has been the case for centuries and over a vast extent of territory. The pi:ices given in ancient times would now be thought extravagant even by the collector who will offer thousands of pounts for a Mets sonier a few inches square. A million of money Is said to have been paid by a former GuLk war of 1B troda for a cover for the Prophet's tomtb, and, though, the greatep. portion of this sum represented the jewels interwoven, still about ?30,000 re maiued as the value of the groundwork. Major Evan Smith mentions that he saw at Kerman a carpet made for the shrine of hlashad which was to cost at the rate of X7 the square yard. It was 11 yards long by 2J broad, and would take tiwo years to make. Tais means a still larger price when labor becomes more valuable, which it must do even in Eastern countries Then, too, modern chemistry has done its hest to ruin the colors, and dyers are not proof against the temptanon of the cheap ness of anilines asa substitute for the more exp-msive but lasting pigments. Mr. Vii cent Rdbinson tells us that Kermes, the best red ever discovered, was in the Middle Ages in general uwu all over Eirope. It was known to the Greeks and Ro mans, the Turks, Cossacks and Armenians. Ve netian red was mad, from it, and the Spaniards paid tribute to Rome with its grains. The serfs in Germany were bound annually to deliver a certain quantity to the convents. Hellot speaks of it in old Flemish tapestries as having lasted two hundred years without fadlog. Mr. Wil liam Morris has determined to revive this valuable dye, for there is no red known in modern times that can supplant it for laqt ing qualities. W hether it can be procured at a price which is likely to bring it into g-neral use, remains a quest ion yet to be solved. Bless [lie oar HOart. lin a very elegant palace car entered a weary-faced, poorly-dressed woma n with three little children-one a babe in her arms. A look of joy crept into her face as she settled down into one of the luxu rious chairs, but it was quickly dispelled as she was asked ruely to "start her boot." A smile of amuitsement was seen on several faces as the frightened grou~p hurried out to enter one of thbe conmnon cart. Upon one young face however, there was a look which shanmed the coun tenance of the others. "Auntie," said the boy to the lady beside him, "'1 am goIng to cariry my basket of fruit and this box of sandwiches to the poor woman in the next car. You arc willing, of course?" lie spoke eagerly, but she answered: "fDon't be foolish, dear, you may need them yourself, and,. perhaps the woman Ia an Impostor."' '"N, I'll not nieed themr. ' he answered deciedly, but in a very low tone. ' "ou know I had a hcarty break fast, andi don't need a lunch. Thle wonun looked hungry, auntie, and so good, too, with those three littlec babies clingIng to her. I',d be bac~k in a minute, auntie; I isnow mother wouldn't like it if Ii din't sp~eak a kind word to the least of these when I meet themi." T1he worldly aunt biushed a tear from her eye after the boy left lier. an d saidl, audibly: "Just like his dlear nmo'herc.'' About five minutes later, as the lady p~assedl the mnotiher and the three children, she saw a pretty sight- the family feastlng as perhaps they had never done before; the dainty sandwiches were eagerly eaten, the fruIt basket stood open. The eldest child, with her mouth fillied with bread and butter, said: "Was the pretty boy aii angel, muammra?" ''No," answered the mother, and a grateful look brightened her faded uy es; ''but lie is dolbig angels' work, bless his (lear hieard"' And we, to), said, "Biless his dear heartl" Thme l'rist aind a Ilaotic. Father O'Rafferty, an Austin clergy man, met Mike Sullivan the, other day, and during the convesationi Fat uer O'Rtaflerty said: "Mister Sutllivant, how is it that yez bieiing an Oinri'3hm~an ycvz do not belong to the howiy Catlici Church?" "Ilecause 1 lost all confidence in the howly church twinity years ago, aor." 'And how didi you come to lose all confidence in the howly church?" "I'll tell yez how it wits, Father L'lRalerty. Mce y ungest brothei was murried to a hirit-ic, but in the hmowly church by a prauito. It was a mixed niarriaige, as at is called. Well, sor, the prate made me brothrpromise that all tho children should be brought up in .a Catholic taith." ' id how did that cause yoz to lose faith "a the infallible church?" "Be 'a, sor, they have been married now,'so , ore than twinty years, and diril a kid e they got yit, sor." "Misther ullivan,' said the priest solemnly, "it would have been beither for yer sowi If y'er father, instead of y'er brother had married a hiritlo." -| The pi lest had him titer,. Ulirstmas lis Mexico. Tie Mexicans surpass all other peo. pie in the number and duration of their festivals. Between their religious and political holidays there are scarcely left three dayA out of the seven for business. Any pretext is seized upon to seouro a holiday. 1t will afford a practical man much diversion to take a Mexican alma nac or calendar, wherein all the feast and fanit days are marked with a circular rod globe, on wuiich the day of the month is printed. A all business is suspended, stores nlosed, etc., on both religions and political festival days and a Mexican won't work on a holiay, a liye Yankee will at once proclaim a re version of the old prov ..; "All work and no fun makon JauK .T d11 boy,"And red "All Inn and no work" makes Pain olo a poor man. Tie Obristmlas festival of Naciamen to, as it is termed, lasts usually for two weeks. Obristmas Eve is what the Mexican calls Noche Bueno. The day of this night you will see a largo pro cession of men and women, on horse back wid on fo)t, marohing through the street. dressed in the costumes of shepherds, after the ancient Moriptural styles. This is what is knowu as the Pastores. They will continue to march about until Nocho Bueno. When dark ness approaches the Pastoros, and in fact people generally, light hundreds of tires on the hihe. and promontories in all -.arections. Anywhere in the Be public of Mexico on Christmas 1ve night you will see fires burntag on all the eleya. ed poiuts in the neighborhood. It is a beautuul custom and ha an im pressive etl'ct. 'TJhe procession of Pas. tores is also attractiYe. Alter night those in the procession retire to thu thev tre, and tWere is rondered the tab luau oi the birth of ChrisL--Naciamen to, with all of its accomipanying sceno. In tain tableau, whien is gotteln up with gorgeous effot, little girls anld boys take part, the former personatig angels anu the latter devils. Calcium lights are burned. All that is possible is done to render the occasion fueitous. This perlormance is kept up until after inidinght, presenting alt thu &:riptural incidents oi tie occession. While this in guing on in the taoatro the people outside are firing rockets-not such large ones as we have in this country, but a small one, with a stick about a foot long, which is stuck in the ground and a match applied to the t.tper, when away it goes up iu tle blue voalt, look ing muon lii a meteor in its ilight, fite fires on the hills and hunstreds of these meteor rocaouw in every direction give a weird look to the night, and if you are lortunato enough to getinto tuo theatre to the Nacianniato,.you will IJC stilt iurtber i:.u!and NAd tile Orientai aspect of the iestival. Formerly on Christmas Day the Host was carried through the street by the clergy, in fill robes, but now, Under the present laws of the Republic, no rIgious procession i perinitted to parade in tae public street, A priest is not allowed to comO 1ito the strect wuaring his clerical dress or any portion of it. U" Christmas Day inl every town in Mexico a grand btun-iiht takes place. O1 the occaoaion o the Uhristnas les ivities the sons of the wOaltily CitizoI oiten take tue place of tio traine( and experienced imatiaors (tiioso who fight the uull, as weul as that of thepeiCdora, who tease and worry time animal into a lronzy in tih Pliaza dto Toro-an im monLso aiipluttieatre madoe to seat iron two to eiguit thousan.i jorsonis, accoitl to the population oh the placo0. Oni the occasion when thueae ria mion voltlanteer to do the lighitng the proeedsiwroni the exhioitioni arc given to chaiity. Tuomi anul~ pr~iue for Lthe beetsontaisa dquarter rent (lity conri). Inm, j'rice is graudd d~owi to a mouia (six and a quarter Lunte), this lat ter giving standig room 1 for ecaiudren only. Everyonoe, higa anuj low, ien and poor, mien, womeu and hiuron, attend the budi-hlit. Not,- I withstanding the low adnussaon, large 1 tullns are r'eahized iu this way ior chari ty, TIhe men of wenlth ait this time also IOS ior a grind miasqu~eraide ball. An idrssomi price 3s Unnirgedt, aggicandeg i supper provided. No4 one is adnut- i ~ed except ii mausqule. 1t is a pubin miair ; nit go. 4o one tunusks and the proceuds arte donoiated to the eity. These dalls are Mobten tip on at scale of mag-. Litntne which wo'uuld atonish oiur les .btrusivo peupie. T.Lhi Mexica is ,a e uothing unless lie is conspictuous. loie ls alt tuss and feathers, and when lhe t tanrS otut or 'a show ho has a big one, C lDurrtug the least of Nacrimonio to Y the .Iema.e portion of tao commiunity a are allowed mnany liberties whichsl ordi narity they are ceprived of. WVomen, as a iuse, ini Mexico iiayo a dull and une ventind time. TIhey are never atlowved to ace thmeir Monuttemnen fiild except, in the presence oi the faily. They never go" any whore with beaux unless aeconm pamued by a chauperono. Thley have no toete-a-tetes, nio association whatever with gentunen, except in aigenerail way, On the occasioni 04 this feast these tin reasonable rules are somewhat relaxed. At this timeo it a jtady in the presence of oldiea Mihuth striae youi over thme hiead with aun egg lowu fuid of silver or gold powder (.uuh an act denoctes a Special preterunce and is the greatest comphi ment a lady Canm showv a genitlenman), it e w culd Riot tie considered inidccorous, I while at other tinuies it would cost her I her reputation, These eggs, fluled with g4oid or slver powler, are called casoor- i oncs. Thecy are sonietimes tilled with a riour and when a fellow gets one of these a latter he is wnade tne butt of the even-t iag. 'The senorita takes occassion to get eva with one 04 tame sterner sex ( who hmay have at some tune shilihted her C by strialng hun, unobserved, with a r misceromne of flour. s Auothet inaa amiusement at this 0 tlime 1s cock-fighting, Passing down S inuy of the prmicpal streets you wi a see rows of men aud boys standing in a r~he streets ith chicken ookls under 0 their arms in front of the cookepit, If i tou wish to participate in the aport youa ?uroiase a rooster, for whioch you will myes to pay lronm fluty -entus to one dof. ar andt a air. pay yom. lpiasi- to the pit and on entering announce your desire for a contest. Home fellow, who like yourself has become possessed of a gane chicken, will wager yon his roos ter is the better chicken. The master of the pit will inquire if you desire "slasllers"-gaffa--and if they are ao copted he will proceed to attaoh %iem to the natural spurs of the rooster and charge you a small- tax for their use and tho serlvice. You can now handle your own bird in the contest or allow the at tachos of the pit to do so. This custom of allowing outsiders.to bring and light their own birds makes the sport much more interesting, The admissions to all public entertainmuents of Christmas are donated to olaritablo , purposes, a unstw which our poplo mightomulate to advantage. 04o continusl rbUnd Of gayety Is kept up for twVo weekdj The theatro is kept oppn, operas performed, ute., "Faust" being the favorite for this season. Eyery devico known for pleasure its brought into requisition. Nothing seems to be thought of except how to havo a good time yourself and ainke others do the samo. If you want to witness a saturnalia of pleasure be in Mexico on the occassion of the festi val of Naciamento. A Cotitry UntisteamS Tract. ' here were nearly three hundred orna mente on our tree btfore any of the presents went on, Said a correai'ondeikt. They were nearly all honic-nade. Wo cut out rf rather stiff bristol.board sonie five. pointed stars, little boots, Alaltese crosse, butterflies, shields, arrows ald horseshoes. Several of each kind were made, a large bowl of boiled paste prepared, and each was coverad ont both sides with colored paper, must ty silver and gill., and soine wiih ied and blue. We found a piece of brokeni looking glatss in the attic and had it cut l) into inany little pieces, boutnd ach one wi h luto-striing ribbon pasteti on, uid when dry turnished each with strings by which to hang them up. They rellect ill the lights and mnaiie the effect very brilliant. Cornucopias we were able to make very 3asily, for we had a carpenter prepitre us i slender wooden cone, just the shape of M10, a1ndl it is very ple-Avant work to place hem together over this miodel, put a pretty nmboseed piture on each and then slip off ,f) (try. The prettiest of all trinkets we nade as follows: Taking a quantity of English walnuts We split them (one at a .inse) into halves, tilled one-half wit little "Icarraway conits," glued on the other ]alf, first shlpping in a little 1001) of Iibblon it the top. and laid each one aside till dry. ien each was gilded with liquid gilding. We used the "Be.isenmer gold paint,'' and Lhcre are many other preparations equally good. These little "rattle-boxes" ar1 lovely, and evewybo-ly will want, one. A lot of tiny rosy-checked apples were pol. stlied up and firnished wli strings. lint the prettiest of all were the "'crya alized olintmngets.'" First I n1(ide sOn nall baskets of annetaled wire and wound hem very prolustly witi bright-colored :phyr. Tho ro-e colored and the light rreen proved to be the prettiest, also one hat I wound in) siadel green, with little lots of red, bit the light blue and lemon o'ored were not to be despised. Then I >rocured five p;untis of alum and a large tone croek and made a hot solution of Oum and Put in the crock, laid a stick ieross the top and suspendedi my baskels, noe at a tine, in the hot alum water, leav ng thiem about twelve hours undistirl)ed. sometimes I had bet ter success than others, mtt generally they looked like the most naciotus Freuch candy when taken out, as he color of the zephyr showed through ,ie frotug. T'imen I hung then basket up o dry, reheatedl the sohition, sometimes saking it stronger, and etartedl again. ',so cryatallizeul grasses anti branches with vely effect. Our way of mounting the tree proved cry subnstential and stron, Twoc piCces f acaintmng, sax feet long anti twvo inches *y four, were mnorticedt andi put together ii the tormn of a cross., At the point where icy cro'ced the tree was fastened upright y being nailedl on with long spIkes. Four races were thtu adided, making the whole cry atront,. La&ying stouit brown paper tuterneathi we covered the boardls Iroms sit with quantities of gray moss and railing vines, and sprinkled all well with se watering-plot as a precauti'on against re should any ornanatut b'aze up and 'The biggest fortunes on thinlacithc c 'ast re those of the Uentral Pacidoe R itilroad iagnates, andi Ex-Governor' Stanford is lie richest of the guoup. His wealth is stimated at $70,000,000; that Is. hsis early income is egaual to the interest en ichi a capital, and his property is con tantly increasing an value, lie Owns more than $5,000,000 alone In San Fran isco In real estate, to say nothItig o1 lis irims, vineyards, breeding rauches, etc. 'le ex-tGoverntor lias buit one child, L~e ond, Jr., a lad of abotifteen, Th'le iciest widow on the Pacific coast, or lra tie country for that matter, swith the pos ible exception of Mrs. Corneha Stewart, s Mirs. Mairk hlopkins, widtow of one of he Central Pacinic syndicate. Hecr hus and's estate proved up to $28,000,000, ad the only two mna in Calitornia who oul justify on the wittow's bond as ex entrix were fLeland Stanford and Uharles irocker, two of tier husband's business ssociatee. They were comupelled to jusa. ify in twice the amount of the estate amid ach swore that he was woruib $4t1,000, 0(00 Ira. Hopkins is an chlerly woman. TPhey ad no chikren, but had -adopted a son, rhiom Mirs. Hlopkins has just miarriedl to a lisa Cr ittendens, a protege of hors, provi lng her with the dot of a princess. Th'lere no other heirs to the estate, but the adiop. md son, Tam, will get the bulk of it, The richest yung and unmaried woman in the Pacific coast is 'Miss Jennio Flood, ely daughter o1 the bonanza king. Tihe chest prospective heiress in California Mass flattle Cracker, the only daughter fCharles Urocker, another of the railroad indicate. She, also, is a charming gIrl, t ad, like Miss Flood, is rather plain hn ppearance. She is noted for her chari- g es and domestic virtues, The whole alue of Uncle Billy O'Brien's estate was little over $9,000,000. .After the lega les wore paid the residue was turned rer to Mr. O'Dd~en's two sisters, Mri>. 1 oleman and Mrs>. Joseph Mctonough. ho two ladles innlerlted $3,500,00 en.i The Heason Wby. "Say, Schneiderl" exclaimed Matsom and Blhfkins as they entere'j the cheerfU little room ii the rear of the grocery, witi nearly as much noise and haste as is ob. servatble vbe ii two boys come tearing Into the house together and announce in tumult. uous tones, "There ain't no school to, morrow, Ma, 'cause its Christmas! " thei touseled pates chociC full of Santa Claus and new skates. "Bay, Schneider, the M 'it Inspector IF coming around to look at that cheese of yours out there tu the front room that keeps the little children from coming in and teasing you for apples!" "Dhere don't vos eny meat it dol scheese vor lnont to Ipschpect. Dot wai a litnbirger scheese unt vos all richfi" "I beliteyou, Schneiderl" exclaimed Bill. "A rMf coUldn't ,livin tzz et cheese. Ie'A coaning, though, toft read It in "The Free Press" that the Hletuth Officer was going to send the Inbpector around to smell of the strong cheese, an' he'll come right heore the first thulm, fot that cheese of yours has been strong for the last five years. You ought to take It out into the back yard ned bury it.' "That woulin't do," said 1311kins. Ssanitary police would have you in the Recorder's Court within a week. Tell you what to do, Schneider. Sooop out the Iiside, build a fire in it and send for the Bailer Inspectorl" "By colly, I)Oysl I guess you vos iake fools oef mie, (on't it?" said Schneider in quiringly, as lie (iropped in the lenon peel and reached for the nutmeg grater. "Yes, Schnecer," sald Bill, senten tiously, as lie took a sit) and then set the steaming decoction upon the end of the bar, to cool, "but everybody Is being fooled by Fonebody all the time. The 11police fool you nto the belief that youl lutist cLase this whisky shop of yours at 10 o'clock, while tile big saloons down town that sell more liquor in a day than you do in a week, laveni't turned the key in their from door, Sundays nor no time, for a year. The lewyers fool the juries, and the Jury fools the judge. The pupil fools the teacher, and the tenober fools the )upil. 'le people are fooled in a hunIdrel different ways; that fast and reckless driving will founiI be abolished, and the streets became gse for pedestrians; that one-half the public offices are necessary foi tiLe good governiilent, of the city, or that half of thetu are worthily filled; that they can buy cheaper at tie public marKet than they can within a block of theii honacs. Bogus agents and quack doctors fool them; street pleddlers and street beg gars take them in. Everybody is foolei except the Co1nmon Council." "Does nobody fool that body? ' inquired Blifkliis doubtingly. "It's unnecessary. Cone around this evening, Is!mi; and I'll tell you the reason why." A l ilaoeet Carot-liaggo'. An oxpeimlnter in S3othuru agri culture told me the following historiette of Norbhorn boos in the South. He took ia colony of the little gratuitous honoynialrs down to Florida. The first year they revoled, tirovo aid stored honky nearly all the unvariod summor time, But the second year a few of the more reflecotive bees evi. dently turned the thing over in their minds thus; "this country has no win ter to provide against; what is the use of laying up honey where the flow erm blossoni all the year rotuid?" Theso bees exerted enough influono among their friends to kcep a good manny hoes from laying by any sweet merchandise the secound year of theri~r exile. But the prudential instinot, so strong ini the little mnseot, prevailed with the majority. They evidently said to them solves; "Perhapa this had( beeni aln sxoeptional year. Nert season may bring cold and( sno0w and dearth of flowers.'' So there was quito a stock of honey laid by on the second year in sinite of a few strikers. But by the third year the convict,ion had evidently Lihorougbly pelnotrated the bee mlinid that it was foolish to lay up in a land11 of eternal blossom. They made just eniough to last from day to day, aban cloning thenmselves to hying from hand to m'>uith as recklessly as does any tropio-born btt erly For an officer oh the army to refuse to fight a duel is still regarded by the dernian military authories as a grievous )ffens~e. A little wvhle since an officer mI the balttaihon of Landwehr in Cologne >fundel(d two of his comrades by sonme romarks on their condlnat. Though hlesou oficers could not justify them mtelves, they wore nevertheless aggrieved, 11d( challeingcd the offendior. This gen bleman refused to accept the clhllonge,. ulleging conscientiomnisacrolies. The natter was referred to a court of honor, md1( the court decided that the officer' ishallenged must fight. Tihoroupon he salod upon01 his Colonel andl informned aim of his desire to resign his commni 110n, as ho was suffering from a neural 4io affection of the heart. In reply the 3~oonel suggested that lie had probably 'of used to accept the challenge because Io was iln ill-health, and nervous, and nental ly dlebjiltatedl through sickness. 'ho oficer, however, not only declined o adop~t this suggestion, but again leclared that under no circumstances vhiatsoever would lie engage in a duel, Lhorenpon the matter was again re erred to the court of honor, with'the osult that the poor man, instead of elng allowed to resign his commission, vaS dismissed from the service, Be silent, and safe; silence never be 'ays you, Don't start the day's work without a rood breakfast, Don't sleep in a room without venti ~tion of some kind. After the battle of arms comnes the attle of, historp, Don't stuff a cold lest you be next bilged to starve a frve. 1876. . 1882. F. W. HABENICHT, Proprietor of the MORNING STAR 8ALOON I respectfully call the attention of the public to my superior facilities for sup plying everything 1my line, of superior quality. Starting business in Winne boro in 1876, I have in all. this timo 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 in the past, hold myself ready to serve my c wtoniers with thebest artioles 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. HABENICHr. IMPORTED. Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's). A. Bin Laubert and Marat CognaO Brandy. Jamaica Rua. Rotterdam Fish Gin. Ross's Royal Ginger Ale. Jules Mumin & Co.'s Champagne. Cautrel & Cochran's Ginger Ale, Apollinaris Mineral Water. Angustora Bitters. Old Sherry Wine. Old Port Wine. DOMESTIC. Ginger Ale. Soda Water. Sarsaparilla. Old Cabinet Rye Whiskey. Old Schuylldll Rye Whiskey. The Honorable Rye Whiskey. Old Golden Grain Rye Whiskey. lienowned btandard Rye Whiskey. Jeso Moore Vollmer Rye Whiskey, Olt N. 0. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey. Old Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Western Corn Whiskey. Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy. New England (French's) Ram. North Carolina Apple Brandy. Pure Blackberry Brandy. Pure Cherry Brandy. Pure Ginger Brandy. Boston Swan Gin. SUNDRIES. Rook and Bye. Osceola flitters. Hostetter's Bitters. Berigner & Engel's Lager Beer, in patent stopper bottles and on draught. New Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider. 12oin, Rook & Rye, Lawrence & Martin. Stough~ton Blitters. Rock and Corn. Cigars and Tobacco Syndicate Cigar, ii centa, The Huntress Cigar, 21 cents. .tadolinie Cigar--All Havana--10 cents. Don Carlos (Nub)-all Havana--1 cents Minorva Cigar-Havana filler-fl cents; (iheck Cigar-Havana filler--5 cents. Our Roast Cigar---Havana filler--5 cents Lucky Hit Cigar--Havana filler--fl cents. The Unicum Self-Lighting Cfgarette, (Amber month-piece to every ten packages.) The Pickwick Club Cigarette, (Shuok mouth-mieces.) 'I lh ItRildhtuo)I( nd om igatru! to, (Light smoking.) T3~0111l! Billiard ad Pool Par-~ lor~ in Towni ICE! ICE! lCE! An abIundanoce always on hand for tho use, of mny eustomers. I wil also keep a supp~ly of. FISH, OYSTERS, &C., for my*' Restaurant, which is always open from the first of September to the llrst of April, I shall entieavor to please all who give me a call. Very respectfully, F. WV. IHABENI0UT.4 OP1OOSITE~ 205TOFQ41