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TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. C.. FEBRUARY 8. 1883. ESTABLISHED 18 as KEBEYOND. Never a word Is said, But it trembles in the air. And the truant v ice has4 sped, To vibrato everywhere; And Perhaps far off in cternal years The echo way ring upon our ears. Never are kind acts dono To wipo the weeping eyes, ulit, like Hashes of thu sun, They signal to the skies; And up above the angels reati flow we have helped the Lorer need. Never a day is given, But it tones the after years, And it carries up to heaven Its sunlsine or i1 s tears ; While the to-inorrows stant and wait, The slleat Mutes by the outer gate. There is no end to the sky, And the slars are everywhere, And tiune is eternity, And the here is over there; Fur the coninion dees of the coinion diay A i e t he ringing boell In the far-away. DAIST. A olear and ringing whistie rose and fell and rose again, a pleasant sound to hear, upon the evening air; but the girl who stood knee deep in clover be. side the meadow fence- looked soibrely down as the joyous notes struck upon her ear. "Poor fillowl dear fellowl" she said to herself. "It is so hard to go against him when lie is as light-hearted as that." A moment more, and Ralph Armstrong, her -lover, vaulted lightly over the intervening bara and stood beside her. Straight, sturdy, brown, something of the coutrast between himself, %,ith his superabundant life, and tho wee woman waiting there, seemed to strike him. "Why, my little Daisy," lie said, with a playful touch, turning ip her chin until he could look into the soft eyes, that straightway filled with tears. "Why, Daisy!" he repeated, in an alter ed, vexed voice. "I thought when I saw you out here that you were glad to have me come. Never mind; you will be when- I tell you the news. I have paid off the last instalment on the farm, and there's to be an end of your drudg ing your life away. No more cooking for lodgers, or Lotting up half the night to look out for Rick. Is he np to his old tricks again? Is that what has tak en the color all out of your face?" "he was away all night," said Daisy, in a low voice. "He never got home until noon to-day. He is asleep, and, oh, Riphi I am alraid to have him wake. It is so much worse now that Miss Winter is here." "D.idn't I toll you l.w that -oul ;' roemindod n.lph, nt wcry kim ly.'u, luchily, it a't mu.-ter; you can got rid of her as soon as you please, and we will have the wedding-when? I won't be put off very long, my dear. " Dairy turned her face away to the gathering dusk. ''Oh, Ralpil" sho cried, piteously. "fBo contented to wait." "To waiti What for? For Rick to drink himself to death? For you to grow old before your time with the hard work of taking care of yourself and hiai? Daisy, once and for all, you'll have to choose between your sot of a brother and me. If you are bound t,> put him first now and f or over ...-- " The unfinished threat fell upon other ears besides those it was intended to reach. A dogeart rolled almost noise lessly past on the thick green turf of the haUM LjJU1 wich hIM LUC1ULiUW Ura gavU; and Dr. Llo d, lilting his hat to Daisy, slaot a keen glance at the young fellow standing sulaiiy at her siae. He was gone in a moment, but somiehow Ralph Armstrong experienced a ftechng of * shame which kept him for the time from pressing ~wat lie had been about to urge. He turned and walked towards the house with Daisy. it was a shackly, tumble-dowvn cot tage, with moss annt lichen breaking out in patches over the decayed wveather boarding, and a creaking porch from wich the rustic bencest had long ago rotted1 away. The picturehque aspect of the old place had~c taken Miss Winter's fancy, and so little, fair-faced Daisy had found the wieekly audition to tile sUirl which she earned with her dressmakinig was all that now wvent into her shabby purse. There was a mnltx cry of "Daisy! Daisy I" as those two approached to gether; then once, twice, the report of a pistol, together with the sound of shat tered glabs, was borne to their e irs. "It's Rick." cried Daisy, bre'athlessly. "I locked him in his room. D)o go and talk to Miss Winter, Ralph, titi I get ~.him quiet again." She wias oil as she spoke. Miliss WYin ter had come to the door, halt in alarm, and looked iquiringly at Ralph as lie approachedi. "Do yea think he is doing anything . reckless?' she asked, "Nothing worse than smashing a wvn dow or two; it's his favorite way of call ing his sister. Pity he can't putt his balls to better use." "I wonder that you leatve her to be tthe victim of his wvhims," said the lady with a straight look at him. "I?" said Ralph, with a abirug of his broad shouldeis. Perhaps he did not mean to disclaim such an Intention on his part, but it looked like it. How could lie tell Aliss Winter that the only reason he had not taken Daisy away months before was because Rick had outweighed her liking for himt? It was a sore subject with Ralph at the best, not one lie woul choose to parade to the worcd at large. Two hours after that, Daisy stole ou! into the moonlight, utterly wearied with the scena through which she had passed(1 All her efforts had been fruitless to en nece Biok back to his bed. He sat oni t bench in the kitchen, limp and stupik after that fit of violence, anid Daisy stok out, as I have said, to breathe the heav3 sweetness of dying roses, and brush theii dewy leaves with her heated face. Th( shadows lay thickly upon the porel: but there was a stir there, and Misi Winter's voice said, softly: "od-ni htI" returned Balph. "I'l show you to-morrow where the maiden hair fern grows." He came whistling down tI path to find Daisy standing by the gate. "Well, little on1e, have you made Up your mind wheh one of us you'll take?" "Ralph, you know that I can't leave Rick" "It's him or 11)0," slaIid Ralph, stub bornly. "lHe has no one else," pleaded Daisy. "Have I? There's no use arguing, it's got to be one thing or the other. I want a wife in my IOme, and if you won't have me maybe there are others that will. Sweetheart, say that you care t1. o iuch for me to (end me awr.y." "Oh, Ralph, you must wait." Ir'!ph muttered an unpleasant word, and flung away without a good-night. An unsteady step came (own the path. "Looking for me, Rick?" Daisy tried to speak cheerfully. "No; get awayl" Rick spoke wildly. "You've been out with Ralph you'll go off with him next. You're tired of me, and I can't do better than to make an end of myself. I'm going the straight road.' Daisy threw herself before the gate; she cliung to him, pleaded with him. Halt cruzed as lie was, Rick was in no condition to go back to the village inn, and the rough crowd which would be gathered there at that hour. But all of at drunken man's obstinacy was aroused, and while they stood thus, there came again the roll of wheels that were checkcd suddenly, and Dr. Lloyd sprung down as he took in that scene at a glance. "Go into the house. Richard," he commanded, and Rick, without a word, obeyed. 1'11 give him a powder," san( the doctor to Daisy. "You must sleep yourself to-ight." He stood talkimg with her after lie had seen Rick safely in his room. "So be has 1had the pistol again. Well, I don't think that need alarm you; Rick isn't one to do hinself any harm. He has been sly enough to hide it again, or I would take posses sion of it. lie is never violeut towards you?' "Oh, no, never." "Not quite brute enough for that," muttered the doctor, as lie took his )eave, and Daisy lept peacefully after her trouble. hhe did not really believe that B dph 1 meant what lie said, but he seemed do terminied after that to visit his displieas. ure upon her. Miss Winter came baclk from her walk next (lay with her hands lull of ferns. "So Mr. Armstrong isn't your engag ed lover after all?" sie romarked to Daisy. "I would have been flirting with him before this if I hadn't supposed he t belonged to you." "He isn't- a it hand atirtbe' pastiln hinelf," remarked MidWinter, coolly. She understood the situation much bet ter thun she pretended, and liked Rlph none the less because he seemed on the t point of deserting his little white Daisy for her. Rick had avoided the lodger fr.om the first. It was a revelation to Daisy when she came upon him one day holding a crushed flower which Miss Winter had worn. He had not been near the village for days. Languid and spiritless he had crept about the house or lain in the long 6rass with a look on his lace which weLt to his sister's heart. She understood it now as she saw him lift the fallen flower and just touch it with his lips. ' 1'I have been mad enough for that, Dalsy-to fall in love with her. And if i han not throwun away Iy ownv mIanhoocd, I need not now be in despair---thatt is the bgitterest thought of all." It is not too lite to be true to yourself yet Rick," She had a little hope that this new feeling might work sonmc good in him, but beo the week wvas over, lie haid broken bounds again, as if determined to bury regret in oblivion. Meanwhile the time came for Miss Winter to return to London, and she sent ior Rslph, who had promised to drive her to the station, Hie came wvith his light carriage and mettled horse, looking neither sorry nor cast dowvn, Daisy observed wvith a throb of the heart. "He isn't false, then; he'll come back to me again when she is gone. Rick had been at the village. He was on his way home when, at some distance away, he saw the carriage standiing at the parsonage gaot. Ralph and Miss Winter were just taking their places in it, the minister stood on the steps, and the curious face of a maid looked down from a garret window. As Ralph settled down in lims seat, his glance fell uponi that shambling figure by the roadside, and lie gave a vicious cut with his whip; the spirited horse started wit h a pluage, a buckle snapped, and then the next in stant the driver had lost all control over himt, Rtck had taken in theoscene which Is eyes rested on, and a sudldenm stillness wvent over him. "They've been getting married 1" he said to himself, aghast. "lBeen getting married, and he has cheated Daisy. But lie shan't get away so easy as that." His brain was clouded with liquor; some blind implsle of rage and revenge moved him, and his flugers clasped anid brought out. the weapon which hie some times earriedl. They were close upon him nowv; lhe lifted his hand and fired at the horse, there is every reason to be lieve, for there was a diangerous em bankm ent near, towvard wIeu time run atway was heading, But ie taissed his mark, and the next iLstant the steel shoed hoofs were trampling him (down. A little further on and the carriage wvas wrecked, Ralph Armstrong was picked up bried and senseless; his newly made bride was dead, a bulkot in her heart, and further baek was a bleed lug, pulpy mass beaten down in the dust, that groaned when they touched it, but was beyond human aid. The horror of that time was a year old whlen Balph opened the rackety gate anid made his way again to the old hense. Daisy was sitting in the porch, all in white, as he remembered her so well. Tihen hie was holding her hand, and looking into her startled eyes, ,'My little wit Tsa15 I,* broka over his lips. "I never really loved anyone but vou, and I havo come back to ask you to be my wife, after all." "Ob, Ralph, don't you know ?" "Kuow what?" he asked, almost fiercely. "That I am Dr. Lloyd's wife. I was married a week ago," -'And--are you happy ?" He waiitod her to say no; lie thought his own misery would be easier to bear if he know she shared it. There was a sound of wheels nearing the gate. She turned her face that way; a beautiful flubli tinged it and that look answered him without the low-spolken words "I im very happy." Te nome4 of V1n4. A story about which there is a fascin ation whicn it Is iipossible to resist when you hear nn tcl it is that of the "Home of Gold." Somewhoro in South western New Mexico, in the Bierra Madro, it is said there is a wonderful valley. Smal, enclosed in high rocky wauls and accessiblo only by a secret passage, which is known to but few, is tI.is extraordinary I-jaCe. It is about ten acres in extent, has running through it a stream, which wat rs it thoroughly n1111 makes it a perfect Paradise, with Lts exquisite flowers and beautiful trees. En it are thousands of birds of the most beautiful plumage. Running across it is a ledge of pure gold about thirty feet wide, which glistens in the sunlight Like a great golden bolt. The stream 3rossea this ledge and. as it runs, mur nuis around blocks of yellow metal as yther streams do around pobbles. The edge of gold is supposed to be bolid KoJd and to run down into the centre of lie earth. The legend is of Indian )rigin and around it clusters a nmber >f Indian stories, in which the name of ,he ill-fated Montezuma occurs frequent y. The descondants of the Aztecs be ieve firmly that the day will come when klontezuima will return and free them rom the dominion of the descendants of he Conquestodores. They believe that he money necessary for this work will )o taken from the Madre d'Oro. The ecret of the entrance into the valley is ,arefully guarded by a tribe of Indians iving near it, and among them it is ly communicated to the oldest men, imid the solemn ceremonies of the edicine lodge. Having such a story o work upon there is little wonder that he vivid imagination of the Mexicans houhi have built upon it tales of men vbo have o um 'W-wruri paUe. )ne is that a certain yee Alvnraz, vhile wandering through the mountains n search of game, saw the valley from Lo top of the wall. Finding that he ould not hope to enter by climbing [own, lie took up his abode with the :ndians who guard the canyon leading uto it. The daughter of the chief fell n love with him and betrayed the ecret to him. Exactly how she found t out they do not, tell. Having been hown the entrance, Jose wout in and vould possiule have gotton away with omo of the gold had he not weighed iimself down to such an extent that he lould not get up the declivity at the ower end of the passage. He was dis xtvered and the Indians sacriiced him m the golen ledge with all the terrible ~cromomea of the old Aztec rellgion. 3hio, in despair at losing him, threw erself from the high walls into the ralley below. Hundreds of prospectors iave spent months of toil trying to nind ho;Madro d'Oro, but, it is scarcely nec ssary to say, without result. A Micihinaa c.onviet' Trtc'. Not long ago the convicts in the third tier of cells in the east wing of the pris nn at Jackson Michigan smelled fire, anid as they raised an alarm Bshrieks were heard issuing from cell No. 69, occupied by a life muan named Isaao Van Anken. i'ho guard on duty ascended to the cell asn quickly as possible, which lie found tillea with smoke, wvhiile flames enveloped the grated entrance. Owing to the ex pansion of the ironi door by the heat, diflloilty was experieniced1 in opening it, but when it swunig back the wretch wvho occupied the cell sprang naked through the flame. Meantime his cries of agony were terrible, for he was being literally cocked, and~ as lie shot out upon the cor ridor he would have gone over tihe rail ing to the stone floor, many feet below, had the guaud not canght him by the arm and staid his head iong spring. He was shockinuly burned abollt the face and all over his body, amnd as lie was being taken to the hospital repeatedly cried: "I want to diel I have been a bad man; I deserve thisi" Ho lingered about twenty-four hours when death put an end to his suflerings. The cell occupiedl by the desperate man us8 feet 5j inches wide b~y by 8 feet long and 6j feet high. It is arched overhead wuith brick, of which the walls are also comiposed1, and is air- tight, without a fissure or opening of any kind anywhere save at the grated door. It resembles an oven, and on this occasion was converted into that sort of appurt enance b~y the occupant. It sceoms he ad piled his bied clothes, the apparel he wore, together with the canvass cot in which he slept, anid a pine box in which hie kept his litters, against the door of his cell, then p)ouring the oil of his lamp over the mass, as is conjectur cd, set it on fire. Van Auiken camne from Lenawee county for life on the 80th of July, 1860. His crime was one of demonmacal brutality. In a paroxysm of rage he cut down his wife and killed her in cold bllood with an axe; then pursuing his son, who ran into an adjoining field to escape him, also killed him with the gory implement, fresh with his mother's blood, ife was a surly, moan, dogged anonnd(rol ahout the prison. Tie Whale-Hunters of Jipan. * The whale-fishery of Japan is carried on as a regular busineSs On both coastS of the country; but more men are em ployed, and the catch of whales Is larger, off the eastern coast, especially off Kii province. The fishermon o1. the little town of Koza have a lookout-tower perched upon the rocks. far up on the hill-side. A sentinel is kept constantly watching for the spouting kijiri ("num ber-one fish,") as the natives call the whale. Long boats, holding from fouf to ton mcie, are kept ready lanuohed. Those hardly fellows row with tremon dous energy, as if in a prize race, I the whales are numoroun, . .. mi: wait in their boats, with sculls on 'thoir pine and straps ready to slip on at a moment's uotice, all in order to vut out to sea. A gay flag with a curious device floats at each stern. The whalemen are div ided into scullers, netters, and harp,on ers, or grappling- iron men. Jopanese nevor row, but soull with euriously bont long sweeps, which swing on a half roudiil knob set into a pivot, the hendle end being usually strapped at the prol)er height. The device on each flag is differeit, and spears, iiets, and grap pling-irons are markcd, so that the most skillful get propvr credit for their courage, sure aim, anid(,elerity. The boatmen are flightly clad in short, sleeveless cottbin Jackets, with leggings, like greavosi reaching from knee to ankle. Around their waists are kilts made of coarse ,ice-straw. The nete, which are about t enty feet square, with meshes three feet wide, are of tough sea-grass rope, two inehos thick. Twenty cr thirty of those nets are provided, and then lightly tied together, go A. to make one huge net, from four hundred to six hundred feet long. Ab soon as the signal from the tower is given, the beats put out, two by two, each pair of the larger boats having the not tackle, and all armed with darts and spears. R3wing in front of the whale, the net Is dropped in his path. If skillfully done, the huge fhli runs his nose or jaw into a mesh. lie at once dives, and tries to shake of' the net. This he can not do, for the square in which lie is entangled immediately Lreaks off from the rest, which is haul ed on board, ready for another drop. Should this also be successful, the game is soon up with IP),vitwa'o. Usually, tho more he 6de " tl his terrible collars hold him, ontangiel his fins and quickly exhausting his strength. No sooner does he riso for breath than the rowers dash close to him, giving the harpooners an oppor tunity to hurl their darts at his big body, until he looks like an exaggerated pin cushion. As his struggles become weaker, the grapplinig-irons are thrown on and the boats tow the carcass near shore. To land their prizo, the success ful hunters lash about it stout straw ropes, and attach to them a cable, wind ing the other nd around 4 windlass set up on the beach. When, with gay and lively songs, they haul the enormous into chunks. I s tidbits go on the fish erman's gridiron, or are juieled, boiled, roasted, or fried. Bome years ago, says a writer 1 had a cat whose fishing proclivities and fond. ness for the water was, to say the least of it, extraordinary. 11er eccentricities, so far as 1 knew them, dated froi the first monment I saw her. A friend and myself were fisliing in a forty-nero lake. iu a large park, on a bitte% November day, with the wind a dead nor'eastor. Just as wre were thinking of desisting, about 4 o'clock in the afternoon, miy friend called my attention to a half. grown hitten wrhich stood mowing biit terly on the bank some 30 yards from us. We called it once or twice, and, to our surprise, it took the-water without the slightest hesitation and swain to the boat. After drying it as well as we could, we wrapped it up In an old rug, and gave it some of the bait from the punt's well, which it devoured greedily. I took it home after its very Arthuriani advent, but it never became a domestic animal. Tabby's chief delights on the contrary, was to wander in anad out thi( sedges of the stream, by which my house stands, catching rats, moor liens, or sedge warblers, and in Summer to poacl1 in the shallows for small fish. I havt frequently found her doing this, andt my bait can was never safe unless actually fastened, for even if the lid were down, somenow my lady Tabby would get ii up and be at thei contents In a trico. . kept her some four years, but at last wai forced to shoot her, for she took to gamt poaching in right good earnest, and eonded by living in a rabbit's burrow from which, after trying to her with'out sue cess, shte was incontinently drawn and shot. I have often thought she was forest-born cat, of parents getting theiu sustenance in the coverts, and living there as oats will often do, after the first departure from virtue in the direction of game poaching. -In the production of coal,, Jilinoli is only second now to Pennsylvania, The State bureau of labor reports -that the output has increased from 6,000.01( Sons in 1880 to 9,000,000 tons in 1882 and that the yalue at the isuas hasa boon about a14,00an000, UIats And Iabbits. At the present time, when the inhabi tants of the several Australian colonic are searching for some means of dimin ishing the vast numbers of the rabbits which are devoui ing the produceo of the soil, the history of the acclimatization and utillization of the mungooso in the island or Jamaica, which was rr-lated in a paper read by Mr. W. Bancroft Ei pent, at the meeting of the Zoological Society lately may not be without interest. A few years sinoo the growth of erops in the island was so seriously interfered with by the numbor of rata, that laud was allowed to pass out of cul yation, an expenditure of from X200 to .300 annually on several of the estates failing to keepl down numbers of the three speoies of these des tructivo rodents -the brown and black rat, and the cano pine rat (Mus sacecharivorous). Several attempts, to introduco animals destructivo to the rats had been made, but without success. Tie railli ant (Formica onuivora) was offectual in cor tain locahties, but it was equally efll,!a cious in destroying native birds, ohio. keum, puppies, aud even occasionally killed calves. The aqua toads, as a remedy, proved as bad as the diseaso, as they kilied all ground birds, chickons and eggs. Ferrets were also introducodl, there being no musteline animal liative to the island: But they were destroyed by chigoes. Fox terriers were found useless, as they were cut by the serrated edges of the sugar caneo. In 1875 Mr. B. Espont introduced nine nuigooses, four malos and five females, one of the latter with youag ones, direct ftom India. Thoso were distributed, and in i few months had bred freely. So great was the destruction of rits effooted by (hose animals that in two years the expendi ture for the extirpation of rats had ceased, as they were not only dissemi nated by the introducer, but the young mungooses were trapped alive by the negroos at 5S. each, the original expense of their introduction being about X1 per head. The beneficial effoet of their in troduction has been variously estimated at sums varying from ?100,000 to 150, 000 a yerr. In 1875 tile growth of cocoa was Al mo.t impossible, the Cxport of chocolate and cocoa nibs for the whole island only amountina to ?870 per annum; in live years the value of the export hind risen t3 L!1,000. And eoffee, maize, peas, most entirely ceased, wcre largelycul tivated. The utility of the mungoose was not confined to the destruction of of rats, as it destroyed vast numbora of snakes, toads, and land crabs. Since the advantage of the rulingoos In Ja maion has been proved it has been in troduced into several of the othior is. lands, as Cuba, Barbadoes, Porto Rico. Several subsequent importatlione have been made into Jamaica, but the ar rivals sent irom England have not done as well as those imported direct from India. Tho oi ly objection made to the mun noose is that it has interfered with the ground-nod ting birds; thus the numbers of the quail have been obseived to lbe dliminishied. Domestic poultry have not suffered seriously, or perhaps not as much as they previously did from the rats and snakes. In those parts of India where they are found they aro not re garded as being specially obnoxious to lame animals. A singular result has fol lowed their acclimatization in Jamaica; they have effected an alteration in the habit of the rate, that have taken to tree climbing, making their nests In the ho) lows of the trees where the mungoose cannot follow t hem. Theosuccess wivchel has attenidedi the acclimatization of these animals in the West Indies may possibly lead to a trial of their services ini Austra hia as destroyers of the rabblit. 'I is liun4Ial tnas of Verona,. A coriresponaent writes; at one place In Verona i saw- some soldiers swim repeat edljy across the surging river to save women, chiklren and old men. At an other they cliimbed outside the houses to free the inmates. As we passed one par ticular house in the part called Voronetta, heartrending erles were heard. Tl'ore was no way of gettingr at the inmates, as the upper part of the house had fallen in in consequence of the neighborIng building ..avang gaveni way. There was only anm archw ay by which the people had formner'y entered the house, andI now this archway, long and narrow, was under water. Our barge stopped for one moment; a young soldier seemed so consider briefly-then he threw off his jacket and hat. and smil ing, as If he Were going to take part in a (lance, jumped Into the water and (lived under the archway. The (deed seemed not only courageous but desperate. None of us spoke; we almost held our breath. Our eyes were all fixed on the archway and( the mudi~dy water, none of us daring to hope that the soldier would reappear. But he did, andJ not only once. Three times dId lie return, carrying In hi9 arm! a child, half dead with fright at tihe immer slon, but yet alive. There was no one else in the ruin, and we moved on to the other side. There the colonel had been standing locking on at the exciting scene. as we approached him he said never a wordl, hut beckoned to us to come near where he was. As tho heroic soldier landed, all drenched, ho raised his hand to his bare head to salute the colonel in mih-. tary fashion. But that officer put his arms about the soldier's neck and kissed him, while the modest hero blushed and the people around frantically applauded, I asked the soldzer'satame bit oould not et It. The man, with the natural dIgnity, refused to teli it. Hie replied that he had done only his duty, and would have niei ther thanits nor publiolty. W14owa An Rtilrjait Oioitais. Not long since Wakelloid Starkey, of Austin, while cr'osinig the track of the Iiternitional & Great Northern railroad on a valuable mule, was struck by i locomotive and killed. The Mule wits also hurled into e:ornity. Wake fht Id Starkey, although a perfiet gen fleman onl tile street, wasi a perfect tyranit of the deepest (yo.. Without any provacation whatover lie used to boat his wife ard look her up in thc wardrobe; lene, when sh heard of his cenith, it was not so much a case of heavy beinvoinent as it ias of mitigated atfietion. A4 the engineer of the lo comotive wits clearly to blame for the th aceident, it was tsggesteid to the widow that sho bring suit for damagos. She resolve(d to do so, and callod it tho oflice of to railway company. The proper official happenol to be in. Tho widow had such a clear c.oi against the company that it, wits deemed advis able to compromiso the matter "Now, m11idam," said the filclial, af ter the widow lid thrown her veil and stated her busineiss, "vo aro williig to do what is fair in this matter. There it really no occasion to go to law. It. is It delicato subject. to discuss, so 1 think, without going into the merits of it; I will tender you a check for $3,000, and you will sign a pIpe' releasi n g the company froi all further detanitIs." The widow started aud asked. -fHow much?" "I am aut horized to pay you $3,000.' "I accept it," she said, , very much agitod. Th oneck was handed 3yer, the pa pers signed, antd the widow walked out. into the street in a bewildered frame of mind. As she cashed the cheek she said to horself coniidentially, "I didn't expect to get more than $50. I reckon tiiat railorad follow didn't know h, w :>Ad that mule was." It never octired to her that. she hitd stistiniited a1nv loss inl the deatli of her hiusband. On tho othur hand, the rail road olicial saitl to one of the clerks: The company wais getting off dirthe)ap. Wo usually have to pay $5,000 for run ning over lut.sbands.'' MaknI: F.1ee0 At My u0g. In the early days of ThAt ii now a very rich and widely circulated Michi gan weekly iewspuaper, the editor had occasion to bestow some advice on a rich and iniltential citizmi. The ad vice w1is pot kitaLly trtkrn. 01a the that in latso io^Wno1'i"i '%Al 9hpei(9 somebody would be made to suffer for it. It wis promptly repated, of coutirse, md the influential citizen soon appear 3d and began: 1$ir! you have seen lit to attack ne ahrough the columns of your paper. You mayo declared war. I accept it. From his on it shall be war to the knito. My rother will withdraw him advertis bng. "Never advertised a line with us," replied the ewtitor. "I will ask my frionds to roluso you dil job work." "Th'lis whole towni doceon't have $10 worth a yeair." " You shall have no more logal adver Lising." '"Never had a square of it yet, and :lon't exIpcOtiny." "'Sirl" exclatimedl influienftial, as lhe pautsed( ini his wvalk," I will rido th rotugh the country and stop) youtr subscrip tionis; yes, sir, I will loso you 400 sub scribeirs between t his andi~ Winter?" "Ho~w mniy?" ''Four hundred, sir.". ''Colonel Blank 1" shouted the editor, as lie rose up in his wvrathi," yon are thme biggest fool in America!lfHow oni earth aroc ycu going to take 400 sub scriburs oil' may books wvhen thes Gaaetto has onily 355, counting in ali tihe dead( heads and deadbeats? Go away sir I Go and~ take o our revege by thro wing stones at my cow and manking up. faceos at my dog ?tne Inatea of ine ruipa. Rev, Henury Ward Beechai~r should have gone on the stage instmat of the pulpit. He makes of his pulpit a stage, ho does comnmnplace things in such a diramnatic way. Plymouth Church w'i cro'vdod on Monday evening with one of its characteristic atidienocs, and Miss Frances E. Willard, of Chicago, deliv ered a leture on the work of the Women's Gospel Temperance Union, which was received with great enthusi am. As the prolonged applause at the, close of her lecture died away Mr. Bleechier ascended the platform, slowly thoughtfully, and stood for a moment regarding- almost staring at -the lee turor with an expression of miungled wonder and admiration. Then, turn ig to the audience, he remarked, slowly and meditatively, emphasizing the words with nods of his head: "And yet-she cannot vote!" It is hardly necessary to add that It was some time before the audience was quiet enough for him to add in ringing tones: "Are yout not ashamecd of it?" -The Princess Louise and the Mar, quis of Lorno will take home with them a pair of wool blanketa, the finest over manufactured at the Golden Gate Wool len Mills, Sau Francisco, and the gift of ox- Governor Loland Stanford, Fiurz's erratio dog: Fritz has named his dog Non tsequliar, because It. does not follow, Do you never look at yourself whon vou ahnse anathor nean. 1876. 1882. F. W. HABENICHT, Proprietor of the MORNING STAll 8AL00N I respectfully call the attention of the public to my superior facilities for sup plying everything lU my line, of superior quality. Starting business in Wianu boro in 1876, I have in all this - timo givon the closet attontion to my busi ness and endetvored to make my estab lislnient F IRST-CLASS in evoiy par tiOular. I shIll in the future, as in the past, hold myself ready to serve m.) customers with the best artiles that can be procured in any market. I shall stand ready, also, to guaranteo every article I sell. I invite an inspection of my stock ot Wines, Liquors, Tobacco, Cigars, etc. F. W. H1ABENICHT. IMPORTED. Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's). A. Bin Laubort and Marat Cognae Brandy. Jamaica Rum. Rotterdam Fish Gin. Ross's Royal Ginger Alo, Jules Mumm & Co.'s Champagne. 0antrol & Cochran's Ginger Alo. Apollinaris Mineral Water. Augustora Bitters. Old Sherry Wino. Old Port Wine. DOMESTIC. Ginger Alo. Soda Water. Sarsaparilla. Old Cabinet Rye Whiskey. Old Schuylkill Rye Whiskey. The Honorable Ryo Whiskey. Old Golden Grain Eye Whiskav IRenowned btiandard yo Whiskey. Jesso ~ '---n ~-hik J u. . Swoot Mash Corn wmsron . Old Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Western Corn Whiskey. Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy. Now England (Fronoh's) Rum. North Carolina Apple Brandy. Puro Blackberry Brandy. Pure Cherry Brandy. Puro Gingsr Brandy. Boston S. m Gin. SUNDRIES. Rock and Rye. Osceola Bitters, Hostetter's Blitters, Bocrgnor & Engel's Lager fleer, in patent stopper bottles and on draught, Now Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider. Tolti, Book & Rye, Lawrence & Martin. Stoughton Bitters. Rock and Corn, Cigars and Tobacco Syndicate Cigar, 5 cents, The Huntress Cigar, 2j cents. Madeline Uigar-All Havana-10 cents. Don Carlos (Nub)-all Havana-10 cent. Mineorva Cigar-Havana flleor -.5 cents. Cheek Cigar-Havana fier-5 cents. Our Boast Cigar-Havana filler--5 cents Lucky Hit Cigar--Havana filfer--5 cents. The Unicum Sol-Lighting Cigarette, (Amber moath-pieco to every ten packages.) 'The Piekwick Club Cigaretto, (Shuck mouth-ices.I 'aiii hilRihtondl Gem Cigrarottoe, (Light smuokitig.) rjej aily Billiard ai Pool Par lor il TDWII ICE! ICE! ICE! An abundance always on hand for the use of my customers, I wil also keep a supp~ly of FISH, OYSTERS, &O., for my Restaurant, which is always open from the first of September to the first of April, I shall endeavor to pleaso all who give ame a call. Very respectfully, F. W. HABENICIT.