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%d44 TRI-WEEKLY EDITION. WINNSBORO. S. GFEBR UARY 10. 1883. ESTABLISHED 1848 1876. 1882. F W. HABENICHT, Proprietor of the MORNING STAR SALOON I respectfully call the attention of the public to my superior facilities for sup plying everytLingih my lin'e, ofouperior. quality. StarAng businesp In Winns-. boro in 1876, I gave in all this time given the closet attention to my busi ness and endeavored to make my estab lishment FIRST-CLASS in OVO)7 par ticular. I shall in th6 future, as in the past, hold myself ready to serve my bustoniers with the best 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. HlABENICHT. IMPORTED. Scotch Whiskey (Ramsey's). A. Bin Laubert and Marat Cognas Brandy. Jamaica Runm. Rotterdam Fish Gin. Ross's Royal Ginger Ale. Jules Mumm & Co.'s Champagne. Cantrel & 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 Schuylkill Rye Whiskey. The Honorable Rye Whiskey. Old Golden Grain Rye Whiskey. Renowned btandard Rye Whiskey. ese Moore Vollmer Rye Whiskey, Old N. 0. Sweet Mash Corn Whiskey. Old Stone Mountain Corn Whiskey. Western Corn Whiskey. Virginia Mountain Peach Brandy. Now England (French's) Ram. North Carolina Apple Brandy. Pure Blackberry Brandy. - Pure Cherry Brandy. Pure Ginger Brandy. Boston Swan Gin. SUNDRIES. Rook and Rye. Osceola Bitters. - Hostetter's Bitters. Bergner & Engel's Lager Beer, In patent * stopper bottles and on draught. New Jersey Sweet, Sparkling Cider. * oiu, Rook & Rye, Lawrence & Martin. * ~ Stoughton klitters, Reek and Corn. >Cigars and Tobacco Syndicate Cigar, 5 cents. The Huntress Cigar, 2} cents. Madeline Ulgar-All Havana--10 cents. Don Carlos (Nub)-4all~avana--10 cents Minerva Cigar-Havana filler -5 cents. C heek Cigar-Havana filier--5 cents. iOur Boast Cigar-Havana filter--5 cents T'he Unicnm Self-Lighting Cigarette, (Amber mouith-pice to every ten packages.) The Pickwick Club gigkiett, (Shuck zd16uth-jmieces.) -The'Richmond Gem CigArette, (Light. smoking.) The Dill Billidi alu Fool Par ICE! ICE! ICE! An abundance always on hand for the usoe of my customgcr.~ ,I il also kooep a jiupply of - t - * VISHT, QYSTERS, &C., for my Restalwant,- w icoh is .2aways open trom thbefurt o $op r o~r &o the I shall enieavor to please all who give Vory respocotfully, F. Wy lIAIEN10IIT. OPPOSITE POSTQFFOE. LIKEI TIII IVY. True love Is like the Ivy bold That clings eachf day with firmer hold, That groweth on through good and ill, Antl 'mid the tempest olingeth still. What though the walls on whieh it climbs Have lost the grace of former times Will then the Ivy lose its hold. Forget the sunny (lays of old? Nay, rather it will closer cling With loving clasp, remembering That It had hardly lived at all Without the kindly sheltr'in'g wall. Trite love Is like the ivy green, That ne'er forgetteth what hath been, Anl so, till life itself be gone, Until tile end It clingeth on. What thought the tree where it may cling Shahll liar ly know another spring ? What though its boughs be (leafi anti bare ? The twining ivy clinibeth there And clas it with a firmer hold, With stronger love than that of old, Anti lendts it grace It never had When timo was youug and lifc was glad. DOROTIY PINK, Half way up the steep narrow streel of the little village it stood, the tiny gabled roofed house, whose small lead, on-paned windows overlooked with1 sentinel-liko air the modest shop en trance beneath, in whose casement was displayed the stock of feathers, ribbons, and velvets, which represented the sole earthly wealth of Miss Dorothy Pink, Usually the street door stood open, and behind the diminutive counter was seen the pale face of the little millinei herself ; but to-day the wind rattled iu vain at the bolts and bars ; the space behind the counter was empty, and iii the little chamber above, peering in tently into the ancient black-framed looking-glass, whose cracked surfaco re flected back the white dimity curtains, and the glow of the small wood fire, stood Miss Dorothy herself, engaged in fastening a knot of blue ribbon at the neck of her well-worn but freshly. ironed black silk gown, "Who would think to look at me now that I had once been young," she mur mured, surveying ruefully the face that gazed pathetically back into her own. "I do not think that after to-day I shall over wear a blue ribbon again. "It may do very well for the maidens with their fresh flower-like faces, but not for .a woman of thirty-five, with streaks of grey in her brown looks, who buried her youth long years ago in the grave of the past." Something that glittered like a dia mond rolled down Miss Dorothy's cheek, and fell, a spot of moisture on a rusty fold of her dress. "What, crying ?" exclaimed Miss Dorothy incredulously, shaking her head at the countenance in the glass, "Actually shedding tears beeiuse your eyes cannot always remain bright and your cheeks rosy I and when you are invited to visit cousin tlas beside "For shame, Doroiby Pink I "You deserve to be left to brew your lonely cup of toa by your solitary fire side instead of dining on roast turkey and listening to the voices of your own kin I" "Your own kin I" The worde seemed to float back on the still air, and before their echo died away the face faded from the ancient mirror, and in its place Miss Dorothy saw a low- celed iroom, on whose ample hearth the great logs burned redly, shining on the blue delf and pewter ware th t lined the generous sideboard, burnshing the old-fashioned furniture till it fairly shone in the flame. A tall grey-bearded man bont over a white-haired, white-capped matron. from whose hands the bright knitting needles had fallen unheeded, T wo handsome dark-eyed lads romped with a couple of setter dogs, andl mid way between them stood a young mai dlen with fair leeks cut square on the forehead, and falling in shinnig curls over her shoulders ; a pretty vision from the smiling open brow to the small shippered feet that p~eoped from the scant folds of her fliwered silken gown. A smile of delight parted Miss Doro thy's lips, and site clasped one hand over her eyes as if to assure herself of the reality of the vision, When she looked again the bearded man, the white-haired matron, the dtark eyedl lads, and the delicate maiden had disappoured1, antd she sawv only the wist futl face that always met hers when she was wont to gaze at her own refloction, "Gone I ali gone I" she cried ; "l athem, mother, brothers, and I--only I1 am left I What would Dick Weatherbee say it ho could see me now ? "I, the proud girl who refused to even listen to his suit because lie was poor and in my father's employ. "Hlow welh I can remember his honest ruggedt face, and the soft light in his grey eyes--they were handsome eyes, poor lad l-wvhen he promised to toil hard and win gold andI fame for my sake, if I would only give him one litsle word of encouragement and the pink rose that I1 wore at my . belt. I smdled at his wordis, and throw the flower watitonly away, "Tihe next day lhe went away, and in his stead came grim care and dire mis hasp.. "One by one death saatched my loved ones away, and net till then did I learn the terrible truth that my honored father died a ruined mani, and that I wasM p~enniless. "TIhe old homestead was sold along with the fertile acres, and Deacon Pink's daughter came at last to depend for bread on the very toil that she had once so desp1isd," Poor Miss Dorothy I For years she had toiled and moiled ; for gears she had lived her lonely life, keopinhg tihe door of memory resolutely shut, and striving to ba content wth 'the sneagre happmness that fell to her lot. Ilhut this frosty November morning thiere was no sunshine without or wide in ; hepo untniled its wings, and fled away, and the grey leaden sky that frowned down on the outside world seembd a nioting type of her future lie, " Antd I am not brave enough to look the morrow in the face," went on Miss Doxothy, "It is rent day, and cousin Silas is a strics landlord. "I owe him already for on q aer and I dread to have to tell him that I cannot make up the amount. "Dorothy," ho will say, putting on his gold glasses and looking at me as if I were a criminal, "you have aptitude for business; really no aptitude. "It may do very well for ladies of fortune to have whims and fancies, but you are too sensitive, Dorothy ; really too sensitive." "I suppose it is kind in him to invite a plain body like me to share his Christ mas cheer, pud sit at the table with his fashionable wife and daughters ; but still he is hard-the world is hard,-life is hard, and I don't know what to do." By this time the blue knot was fast ened, the hair that was inclined to curl a httle on the forehoad brushed smoothly down, and Miss Dorothy was ready for her visit. As she glanced out of the little win dow she caught sight of a faint ray of sunshine that flickered a moment on the sill and then vanished sway. The sight of the unexpected visitor seemed to cheer her, 1I know what I shall do," she said answering her own query. "I'l pretend just for this one day that I have found my youth again; that I am not poor and lonely ; that some friendly heart on the earth will grow glad at my comiug ; that there is no such phantom as buried liope--and the morrow I will leave to Heaven." The great parlors of Silas Pink's stately mansion were thrown open, and that august personage himself, a stout, well-dressed eldorly gentleman, with fat hands and a beaming smile, stood before the costly marble mantel, warm ing himself in the glow of the coals, and chatting and laughing with a group of kindred spirits. On a velvet couch was seated the lady of the house-haughty, severe, and per fectly attired-while her daughters, fresher pictures oi herself, fanned them selves with langiud grace, and perform. ed the graceful duues of elegant hos pitality. Pictures adorned the tinted walls; silver mirrors flashed back the sheen of silk and the glitter of jewels. Heavy flower-strewn carpets hushed the sound of dainty gliding footsteps, and the merry sound of music and laughter filled all the scented air. Sitting alone--s she thought-in the library, with the cold marble eyes of the dead and gone heathen philosophers looking unwinkingly down upon her, and row upon row of gilt-titled books staring her out of countenance, was Miss Dorothy. The wealth and elegance displayed as lavishly about her bronght no plosouro to her beauty loving naturo. Her day-dream was shattered and broken. She had no place in this little world of beauty and fashion. They were ashamed of her shabby dress and lack of ornament. No faces had brightened at her ap proach, no voices grown lower and ten derer in kindly greeting. Sho was more utterly alone than in the little chamber under the &abled roof, or in the tiny shot with its meagre stock of dingy feathers and flowers. "I will go homo." she said aloud. "When .1 have seen Bilas and told him of my inability to pay my debt, .L will go home, "I want no rich viands, no ruby wines. I will go back to my lonely fireside and enjoy it while I may, to morrow may see me without a roof to cover my head, ^ra spot wherOin iu resi my weary feet." In a dusky corner, turning carelessly the leaves of a portfolio of rare engrav ings, was seated a figure, entirely hid den from viewv by the high-backed cush ioned chair agamnst wvhich' lie leaned in idlle, luxrious enjoyment. When he heard the voice, he started and rose to his feet, and Miss Dorothy saw advancing towards her a portly grey-haired man, clad in a suit of black broadcloth. "Pardon," he~ began hastily, "but did I iiot hear you address yourself as Deacon Pink's (laughter ?'' "What can that matter to a perfect stranger ?" answereod the little figure in the shabby silk, looking towards the open door as If to escape. "MSe did not want to meet any one who had knowvn her in youth-the youth that she had that day buried from sight forever, poor, lonely, sensitiye, heart sick Miss Dorothy. "'Naught to a stranger, but much to a friend." answered her questioner, bending his face a little nearer. And Miss Dorothy, looking up sud dtenly, found herself gazing intently in to a pair of dleep, earnest grey eyes, whose glance held her, spito of self, completely fascinated. "Yes, I am Dorothy Pink," she managed to stammnor, feeling as if a cruel anti was clutdhing her throat, "and you are, Richard Woatherbee." This man, whose simple, loyal nature gold and its possession had not spoiled, looking dowii at the face of the woman lie had loved in her fair girlhood, read printed there in clearest type the story of her life, and realized that care and not time had wrought the wondrous change, "Theli same Dorothy of old ?" lie asked with meaning in his tones, but with the smile she remembered so weoll, the smile that alone made him seem difoerent from other men, "Nay, not the same,", she answered, droppinig her eyes .she scarcely knew why, while the not blood surged into the cheeks that had lost their roses years before. "In the old days I was- proud, and vain, and~ boastful. "Ni w 1 anm--" "What ?" lie asked, with a little tre mor in his deep voice. "What york see," she answered, drop ping her face in her hands with a bitter cry of loneliness and pain. "My poor Dorothy I". he said softly, "what you havp suffered I" And before she 'kiW it his strong tini was round her.ai sh was drawn closely to his broadW it, "Many years 1I ave jiont in foreign lands," he went son, a. U. holding her ~captive. "and'many faces have 1 senn but strive as I would heart could never forget its one lov its one treas ure. "A month ago I cam' back to this my native place. "Then I lorned of yqur losses, your poverty, and the hard struggle you were waging with the world. "I will give her back-the pleasures of her youth, I said, if she wvill but give me in return the love she once refused mO. "I am not the eager hopeful boy that sought you in the olden doys, but I have loved you long and faithfully, and if you say me nay, I will &.j atway (uietly as I came, and no one w.dl be the wiser. "Which shall it be, JJrothy, go or stay ? "Stay," she whispered, looking np with such a radiant face that half in amazo he turned her towards a mirror that she might see her own reflection, and pointing, triumphantly cried, "I have more than fulfilled my promise. "I have given you back youth itself," What mattered the sheen of silk and the glitter of jewels ? What mattered the shabby dress lightened only by the knot of blue rib. bon ? - What mattered the grey leaden sky without ? No jewels could equal the light that shone in Dorothy's eyes, no grey sky quench the gladness that filled Dorothy's heart. When Silas Pink was summoned to the library he grew white withe astonish mont and red with gratiication upon hearing the news. "You must make this your home till you leave it for one of your own," ho insisted. "Let bygones be bygones, Dorothy." And Dorothy, too happy to bear ill will, consented to share his hospitality till she became the wife of itichard Weatherboo the banker. Later on, when the guests had de parted, and they stood arm in arm by the dying fire talking of that far re moto time when life seemed a dream of measeless pleasuro to the one and of high [lope and youthful ambition to the other, the musical chimes of the steeplo clock rang out oil the frosty air. "Ten, eleven, twelve," he counted, bending his head to listen. "Dorothy, Ohristmas Day is ended." "The happiest Christmas Day in the world," she answered reverently ; "a Jay to be ever remoenbored. "No other day but one could ever tuake me so happy." "I know," said Richard, smilling, "our wedding-day. "Oh, Dolly, darling, do not make it too Iar olf. "We are nct so young as wo wore, lear."I And Dolly smiled, tin and ooked very charming, for all her old tress. And report says that the wedding was not long delayed. Aaron Jsurr as a cron-mPxamincr. A writer thus describes the conclusion of i case in whic Hurr wit, one of the law yers. The evening session ol)ened and burr resumoat his cross exanination of the witness. It was a test of the prosound kill and subtlety of the lawyer, the self possess10n. courage and tact of the witness itanding on thd very brink of it hurribie gulf firmly and intrepidly resisting the fforts of the terriblie man to to)ple him ver. At last,atter (exterously leading the witness to an appropriate poInt, Burr sud lcnly seized ia amp in eca hamiii,an hoid ing themt in such a manner that their light roll Instantaneously upon the face of the wvitnessa, lie exclaimeri in a startling voice, like the voice of the avenger of blood: '(en lemen of the jury, behold the murdereri" With a wild,convulsive start,a face of ashy pallor,ejes starting from their sockets, 111)8 tpart,his whole attit ude evincing terror, the 11uan sprang from his chair. F'or a inemeiit, to stoodi motionless, struggling to recover als self possession;lbut it was only a imomen *ary struggle, ,ihal:ing every nerve with paralyzmng rear. Conscious that the eyef ill in the Court room were fixed upon hIm reaiing the hiadd(en deeds of hisi life, ho left he witness stand and walked shinktngly s the doeor of the Court room; but lhe was )reventedi 'rom making his escape by the Theriff. The effect can be ctterlmagined han uesacribed. it struck the spectators wit hi uilent awe,changing ita whole aspect or thc rualin an ii.stant, ovec throwing ilie hyyo hesis or the Attorney Gieneru'J which hie was convymcct would send the prisoner Lu he gallows, saving an Innocent, man from he dleathful hands of a bold and skilful :)crjurer. The h also witness was arrestedI, I indictments were found against hIm, one for miurdler, anotther for perjury, ie was tecqiitted of murder, but subsequently youvicted of per-jury and sentenced to a (ong term of inmprisonmient. Theatre P'roperties. The "properties," as they are termedl,of thie theatre, that is, the unused scenery md also the machinery and fixtures of old performances, graduial ly form an immense iccunmulat ion. The machinery used in "Bardanapaluis" was of very great bulk, mad Is no0w store'i in the reamr of the thea tre, where it may remain till called for. l'hte storage room in the Booth Theatre is )f vast extent, and embraces an accuimula tioni which, no dhoubt, cost, one hundrced thousantd dollars. It is In this manner that, rthe prollts atre so often sunk. A play must, beo It can be called profitable, pay for the expense of getting It up, and hence a large risk is taken. "Sardanapalus" is said1 to have cost thklrty thoiusandi dollays, but as the play had a run the outlay prey ud1 ' first rate investment. After a few years it may be0 revived and have another run. * At present, however, it is almost forgotten. Tihere Is at the present ime scenery o'f more tihan one hundred plays lying ile, and most of It will be painted nver, Scene .painters are now very busy, and the artIis make fifty dollars per w eek. They wet k with rapid touch, and acquire great skill in this specialty. 'The drop cur talns; however, are very elaborate, and are often hIghly admired. It Is estimated that twenty five thousand person~s attend IWie theatres every night,besides those who attend other places of amusement. One reason for this Is found in the homeless character of N'ew Y ork life. .Zlierybody wants to go somewhere to be amtised, and bene the thatres are crouded. The Anlet ot Children. Permitting children to sit at table wit their elders is the cause of a good deal o mischlei and injury to their youthful d] gestions. A variety of dishes should nev er be permitted, and any attempt at waste fulness should be checked at once? Econ ony and self denial can be taught at th childrou's table far more easily than a school. The diet of children can hardly be to4 plain. If they require to be encouraged t4 eat by the administration of daintles, ther must be something radically wrong some where. It is unlikely that somethlug I constitutional, more probable insufflolefi exercise is taken, or taken at wrong times or the nursery is stuffy, or the bedroon badly ventilated,or the parent3 have forgot ton that sunshine and fresh air are necessa ry to the healthy life of a child as whole some food itself is. The want of clemuhiness, or frequent us( of the bath, is many times the cause of In, different appetite in ,hildren. Withou cleanliness of clothes and cleanliness of person, you can not have healthy children. Without this the young blood seems pois. oned, the child has neither buoyancy nor heart, appetite is depraved or absent, and lie grows up as pale and poor as a sick. ly plant. Injudicious clothing is another cause of dyspepsia. It is bad enough to encase the body which has attained its full develop. ment in a tight dress, but it is ruinous foi a child to be clothed in tightly fitting gar nents. Every organ of a child's body requires room to grow and expand; if it be in any way compressed, the circulation through it becomes lessened,and it is there. for sickly and renuered weak. Tightness, therefore, of any portion of a child's clothing ruins not only the organ directly underneath the constriction, but indirectly those at a distance from it, for no dautiiming up of the circulation can be tolernted by nature. Tightness round the waist in children and young pecple is the cause of many cases of dyspupsia,aind in a leFser degree so is tightness of the necker chief, by retainig the blo:d in the brain. Have your children's clothing loose, then, If you wouid see them healihy and happy.e8c too, that at night they sleep not on leather beds,and that though warmly they are not heavily clothed. Children should be fed with great regu larity day by (lay. The parents having chosen the hours for linner, breakinat and ten, ought to see that the tinies are strictly adhered to. Irregularity in meal hourF; and times of getting up in the morning and retiring to bed ot -night, i not only prejudicial to the present health of a child, but it teaches him habits which are greatly against his chances of success in alter life. 1 need hardly speak here ibout the qual. ity of ti:e food that is placed before a child; against indigestible or too rich food,against sauces afid spices of all kinds, including curries,against heavy foods of tne pancake dough and dumpling kind, against uoripe fruits, against too hot sou p, ahainst strong tea and colfee,or beeror against overmuch butcher's meat; Pray, mothers, do not forget that an in terval of rest should ensue betwcon the nea!s you give your ciuildren, and do not injure their young digestions by craming them with cake, or buns, or sweets of any kind. To do so is worse than cruel,it is a sin. and a sin which you are but little likely to commit if you truly love them, and really wish to see then generate into strong and healthy ien and women. Tarts and sweets and confectionery would be bad enouiigh in all conscience for children, even if they were always pure and una dulterated. But they are too often posit ively poisonous. Feed on plin and whole. ~n"."m day to duby) 'ir. inittig no htuillig between nieals,and not forgetting the benefits that accrue from frequent changes of diet, more espe cially as regards dinner. Do this, aiid your children will live to bless yoti ; do otherwise, and expect to see them sickly, with veins and arteries possessing nd re siliency, with mucoiis memllbranes pile andt flabby,pipes of lungs that the accideont oif a slight cold is sulfleient, to close, nius cles oi limbs so wealt that exercise is a paniance insteatd of a pleasure, aud fit sh so uniwhioiesomie that iiin's pirick niay cauise a fester,and all this, because the blood is un poverished through errors in diet. P'ieasanti Vales. Funlly a century ago the pleasant vale, leading tip into the Coast M iutains in California had been penetrated by the frontlersmieni of Mexico, of which country this whole great region was an ill-definedl p~rovince, under the name (if Aita Califor nia. i'hese men wore herdlsmen or farmers. Early in the present century a colony of iluissians and Indians from Alaska, uinder the Jeadeorship) of Alexander Koskoff, landed at Bodega Bay, and begau farming where now is the village of Bodega. Not satisfledl with this place alone, however, they travelled northward some forty niles, and established a permnaneiit trading post andi agricultural station near Balt Point, the site and many of the buildinye of which are now occupied as the village of F.ort Ross -- an angliclzed abbreviation of Puerte de loe R~ueo, as the post was calledi by the Spaniards. The occupancy of this strip of coast--for their hold ex tended all the way between PoInt Arenas on the north andi Point Ruges on the south -by thie Muscovites from 1811 until 1840, wheni thecy abandoned their station, left its iupress upon the names of the regioii, andl especially clings to the principal stream watermng this portion of thie redwood belt -lhe Russian River. Oainfor ulSa Van 7ar4. Late accounts from California notice the great Increase in the sit~e of the vine yards there. A plantationi of 200 acres used to be considered a large vineyard; now vineyards of 500 and 600 acres are not uncommon, and one of 1,600 acres was recently planted near Los Angeles. It is expected that in three years or so California will possess vineyards of 6,000 or 6,000 acres in extent, ThJe total num ber of acre. at present devoted to vIne culture is estimated at about 100,000, all of which will be bearing In about four years' time, andt producing about 40,000,. 000 or 50,000,000 gallons annually. Now wines at present fetch from 20 to 25 cents per gallon for dry wines, either red or white. S3weet wine is dear, ranging from 55 to 75 cents per gallon. Though next year's prospects are good, Jast year's prices for grapes are not likel to tbe main tained, as the cellars of San Francisco are said to be fnul. Witewood. Builders tell us that in the early days of Philadelphia whitewood was . largely used in house-building in that - city. It was used for ratters and joists in the upper stories, and was much es 3 teemed for its lightness and strength. As the wood became soarce In the Svietnlity pine very naturally took its place. In an article on its present use 3 the "Woodworker" says: In the middle, Southern, and West ern States, where the tree grows abun dautly, it has boon, and still is, exten k sively' used, and Is considered a good - substitute for pino, red cedar and cypress, and serves well for the exterior work of houses as well as for external covering. The panels of doors, wain. scots, and moldings of chimneys are made of the wood, and shingles have been made in some States. These shingles are preferred by some to pine, because they are more durablo and not liable to crack from the effects of in tense frost and sunsnino Lumber sawed from this tree is used in all the principal cities for the panels of car riages. When perfectly dry they take paint well, and will admit of a brilliant polish. It onters largely into coneli manufacturing, and is used in ears, wagon-boxes, sleighs, 'etc. It is par ticularly applicable to any work requir ing soft wood, easily worked, and re quiring great strength, especially if wide work is desirable. It was used years ago in iargo quantities in the < manufacture of trunks, whiuh wore covered with cloth or skins, Large quantities of tables and bodsteads have boon made from this wood. They are usually stained to imitate mahogany. i It often enters into the constraction of o buroaus and general cabinet work, e particularly where it is the base for covering with veneer. It has boon L usod also in the interior work of canal 4 boats and steamiboats. As it is easily wrought in the lathe, it is often used for bowls, brush and broom handles, . and numerous other articles of turned g warea. Fa'mers construct eating and drinking troughs for their amnnals ot the wood, as it stands long exposure to the weather better than chestnut or butternut. It is also used in bridges in some places; the Indians wore won't to make canoes from the big tres, and nomo of bhom hatd room fur 4wony ?w moio persons. -In soeni parts of the country song lines of fences may be seen that ai o made of rails of this tree. L One-third of the lumber used in making cofilus in New York City is whituwood, it being usod for the sides and tops. e Very large quantities are consumed in the backs and legs of pianos. Furni. turo manufacturors use it for ebonizing, and in parts where great strength is not' required. A mnanuracturer of bungs in New York uses 500,000 feet annually, and it is also used largely in making toys and pumps. Miattisanake Jin Sliii. nteilligatiw haws been recoive.1 that i "Rattlesnake Jim," a sporting man well known from the Missouri river to 9 the Sierra Nevada mountains, had bit the dust in Weisor Gity, Idaho. John *i Said, alias Rlattlesnake Jim, whlo had I: been stopplig at Weisor for sonme time la past and endeavoring to run the town I when'drining, entered the Gem saloon, kept by Gray brothers, about ton o'clock Wednesday night and called the house up to drink with him. After drinking I. he askedi John Smith, the bartender, to charge it, which Smith said he could c nuot dlo. Jackc .said; "You won't; take I this, then," at thu same time pushing a large navy revolver into Smith 's face. Smnith~ dropped behind the bar, when .Jack made a second attempt to shoot him, at which time other parties inter- I fod and induced him to put up his C weaponi. Jack then made Smith stand r up, look at him and shako hands, re mar-king: "I'll not kill you no0w," Finith summoned Gorgo Porter,-a Dh. pn"'y Sherilf whlo, in company with k twvo citizens of Weisor, attempted to e arrest Jack on the street. When told to ''throw up," Jack remarked, "If i you think .I won't shoot you are a - --," and he drew his pistol, but be fore he had tie to set ic thme Deputy gave him a slight wound in thi -hip. Jack, however, niothinig daunted, flied n four shots at the de'puty and posse c without daing any more harm than il powvder-burning sonie of them, Th'le t, deputy and posse returned to the saloon and while discussing means for Jack's arrest much to their suprs the latter i1 ontered and the deputy againi comn- c mnanded him to ''throw up," wvhich was a answered b~y a shot from Jack's pistol, t the ball entering the call of the officer's L leg. The deputy responded by dischiarging one barrel ,of a double-barreIed shiot- i gun, the contents of which entered a Jack's breast just below thet righlt mup ple. J1ack, with pistol in hand' now pressed the officer to tho very yvall, thie other barrel of the latter's gun re- a fusing to act, leaving the officer at hia mercy; but at this junction, When it t was seemingly impossible td check I Jack in his death raje, hans ,etson, i one of the posse, fireJ. lyjs pistol,-tthe ball entering Jaok's back and, renging i upwards, which shot seemed to padltyste a him, Stepping back a feW steps ho fella dead man, t FOOD FOR THOUGHT. j True worth is void of glory. Modesty is to worth what shadows are in paintings; she gives it strength and relief. Moderation is the silken string run. ning through the pearl chain of all vir. ues. The love of glory can only create a hero; the contempt of it creates a great. 3r man. Next to an effeminate man there is aothing so disagreeable as a maunsh Noman. Slumber not in the tents of your col. ums. The world is advancing, advance with it. Nature goes on her owifeiy; all that o..us seems an exception, is really ac 3ording to order. The mind is like a trunk. Well pack id it holds almost everything; if ill lacked next to nothing. Take your stand by the altar of truth 6nd be not led or drivon thence by oplhistry or by ridicule. C ,mmionn sonso does not ask an impos. liblo Chessboard, but takes the one be. oro it and Plays the game. Be courageous and noble-minded; our >wn heart, and got other nen's opinions f us, forms our true honor. Wo think our civilization is near its neridian, but we are yet only at tho ook-crowing and the morning star. Nothing makes the world seem so pacious as to have friends at a distance; hey mako the latitudos and longitudos. Bad habits arc the thistles of the Leart, and every indulgence of thom is , sea from whion will como forth a crop f rank weeds. The more methods there are in a state or acquiring riches without industry r merit, the less there will be of either a that state. A man of letters is ofLn a man with wo nutures-ono a book naturo, tile ther a huian nature. Those often lash sadly. If we cultivate hone friondships with is assiduity that wo givo to those out ide, they will yield us even richer and irer returns. One trade is respootable abovo inolh r only in consieglonco of the superior ospectabihty of the class of men en. aging in it. Pleasure may be aptly compared to iany very great books, which increase a real value in the proportion they are bridged. Thoro wore neyor in the world tivo ,pinions alike, no more than two hairs ir two grains. The most universal Luality is diversity. - Oh ago is tile nignit or lire, as iniglit 4 the old age of day. Still, night is till of magnificence; and, for inau, it is -ore brilliant than the day. Employment, which Galon calls "al. uires phyician," is so essential to hu ian hai Imppiies that indolence is justly onsidered as the mother of misery. To think properly one must think adopelndntly, candidly, and consoou ively, only in this way can a train of easoing be conducted succossively. Character Is not cut in marblo-it is ot, soothing solid and unalterable. t is something living and changing, iid may becomo diseased ats our boies .0, There never did, and never will. nx at anything pormanently noble and xcllont in a character wvhich is a st-ran or to the exercises of resoluto self enial. He that wvaita for an opportunity to, o much at once may broathe out his fo in idle wishlePa, and1( rogret, in tile ist hour, his useless initentions8 and1 arron zeal. Talk to women as much as you can. 'his .is the best school. It is the way > gain fluency, because you need not are what you say, and had better not e sensible. Nothing so increases reverence for thocrs as a great sorrow to one's sell, t teaches one the depths of huan atare. In happiness we are shallow nd doem others i'o. We often wond]er that our men of realth do net give more subjects of na. ivo interest to our artists, and try to til their walls with more of the riches f our owvn rivers, lakes, vales and iountains. It is manifest that the life of charity oward the neighbor, which consists in oing wnlat is just and right ini all our enlings and occupations, lends to eaven; but not a life of piety without harity, The Christian faith is a grand cathe. rai, with divinely pic~turod windows. tanding without, you see no glory, or can possibly imagine any; standing rzthm.n every ray reveals a harmony of inspeakable splendor. Under the laws of Providence, life is p~robation; probation is a succession f temptations, temptations are emer encies, and for emergencies we nood Lie preparation and the safeguard of rayer. The wise man has his follhes no less han the fool; but it has been said that erein lies the difference-the follies f the fool are known to the world, but re hidden from himself; the follies of he wiso man are known to himself, ut are hidden from the world. The use of proverbs is characteristic f an unlettered people. The common cnse of the lower classes is condensed Ito these terse and convenient phrases, ud they pass from hand to hand as the ence and farthings of conversation. 'hey are invaluable treasures to dunces rith good memories. They give a smblanice of wit to'tho -speech of the ull. The best things, both ii this life and hate which' s. go come, are concealed rom us, aid we are compelled to wait or the -manmfestations that shall bo iado to lis in the "othe id dozn. Vhatevb our fate~i s~be while eke it is irelkativl vry light ahd' re grovgmerea amore to ko w i ' 'darkly IP8tha - seaa# threugh heineIoigl: