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Weekly Timber Gazette,
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CITY DIRECTORY.
County Oft'li-er*.
County Cant nissionn-s -T. P. Pease, Chairman, .T.
r. Gilson, James Walker, James Laeii’isi u, Kich
ar i L. Morris, L. Mclntosh, T. U. Gignilliat.
Ctrl- b: C- 17—8 p tilling Ken in,
O’"' Svji rior tioud -Is'-lti, 1 51. Aiken,
(jrd .'an ry —Leivis Jacks* >u.
Hl.tr'ff— James It. Benu< tt.
Jirttirsr Tux It turns —VY. M. Thomas.
Tix Cil'ectof: —D. 51. Du.iwody.
County Treasurer— P. Cliamyncy.
Coroner— John H. Harrell.
The Commis-Liners hold monthly meetings first
Wednesday in ca. h month.
City dSifers.
Dx-'iff. Mayor —T. P. Pease.
Ex-offs. Aider men —Jos. P. Gilson, James Wal
ler, Jan es LaohiN. n. 11. L. Morris, L. .Mclntosh,
Thomas 11. Gignillint.
citric mid leas irrr — Ppal ling Kenan.
City Mugf’iiU —Unbolt K. Carr.
Harbor Master— C. H. St’ ad'vcil.
Duped r c,-n- md ~f Tditbcr—V. S. Barclay.
I'nrt Wardens — Isaac 51. Aiken, Johu 11. Burrell
a. i James G. Young.
■t&iior —Hubert 11. Carr.
t . • ililMM'e.
Collector if Curia, is, Hrantm’ck District —John T.
Coilias. I!unique it.rs at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for I’nrt of Darien —
Charles ii. Townsend.
Irnir iufg Vos. . r — J. E. Cornelius,
I'ostmaster —D. Webster bavin.
Deputy C. S. Marsha! —Hubert E. Carr.
Kupiriiir Cfijirt.
Mclntosh Superior Court convenes Tuesdays af
ter the last Aloiuiays in April and November.
Hon. Henry B. Tompkins, Judge, presiding; and
Col. Albert K. Lamar, Solicitor General.
SJ. N. tliiil..
Tlie mail loaves Darien evi ry Wednesday and
Saturday mornings at il o’clock, for Mclntosh, No.
J Atlantic and Gulf Kailroad, making close con
nection with mails going Noflli and South.
The mail arrives from Mclntosh every Tuesday
end Friday evenings.
Mad closes at eight and ft half o'clo k Wednes
day And Saturday mornings.
ttflij? tsitP.
ItrligiouS services at ine Methodist E. Church
vvory .Sabbath niorriiug and night, Breaching at
toe Methodist Church on the Ridge every Sunday
aiteruoon at three o’clock. Itev. It. 51. Lockwood,
pastor.
Religious services at the Episcopal Church every
Sabbath morning at 11 o’clock. Rev. 11. F. flute,
rector. ”
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m.. 3 p.
m.. and 7 p. m.. at the colored Babtist Church —
Rev, 11. 51 if! in, pastor.
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m., and
" P- n>., at the Methodist Church, colored—Rev.
h. Brown, pastor,
iMa-oii'e.
Live Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets ffrst Wednesday
night in ca -o month at their Hall near the Slagno
lialims,'. L. P. Champney, Worshipful Master,
1-. L. B. DeLorrac, Secretary.
Mclntosh High School on the Ridge. Gardner
Baggies, Ls.j., Principal, Miss CliflV rd Stanford,
Assistant.
Travellers’ c*:iide.
The Steamer Carrie, Capt. Joe Smith, arrives
fioin Savannah ew-ry Tuesday morning and leaves
sAic day for Brunswick and fcattha River. Ile
•utaiii;;, arrives from Brunswick and Satiila River
tv,-rj Wednesday night aud departs for Savannah
Thursday mornings at 8 o’clock.
The Steadier Lizzie Baker, Capt. P. LaHose, ar
riUs lr ° lu Savannah every Wednesday evening
*'■ and leparts same night for Brunswick and Fiori
”a - T.etunimg, arrives from Florida aud Bruns
-1,1 k every Saturday evening and leavt a same
aiglit for Savannah.
lue Sti-aan r Clyde, Capt. J. 1.. Day, makes reg
tr.ps up the river to Hawkins 1 , die and Dub
lin about every ten days.
'The Steamer Halcyon, Capt. J. M. Holmes, is
•na-oug regular trips up the River to Havvinsville
aud Rubliu every t n days.
lie Steamer Daisy, Capt. W. Harper runs daily
ween this place a id Hammy Smith’s Lauding,
•' here it connects with hacks for No. 1 slaen aud
’Uinsvv.ek Hailroal. Trains for Brunswick leave
1 at 10 P- >u. Trains for Savannah and Macon
-ca e No, lat ‘J., 4 . m.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
• W. Robert Oignilliat,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
pROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO ALL LEGAL
* businesß in Thu Eastern and Ih.MUisw.icL Cir
cuits and m the United Status Court* at; Savan
nah, Georgia. aprii 25-1 j.
L. E. ii. I)eLorme,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND NOTARY rUBLIC,
DARIEN, GEORAIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN THE BRUNSWICK AND
Eastern Circuits. Patronage Bolicit-d. Of
fice opposite Dr. Kenan’s. july i —ly.
WALTER A. WAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
DARIEN, GEORG IA.
IVII I. PHACFICE IN Tin; SUPERIOR COURTS
>i (if the Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also
in the Federal Courts in ea- s ..f Bankrupt",v. c.
Particular attention given to the collection of
claims, and the examination of Laud Titles, ap '.23
‘ M. L. MERSHON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GE()R<IIA,
7. 1 S r ILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE i GURTS OF
■ V the Brunswick Circuit aid Mclnt- iin the
Eastern Circuit. Darien and Brunswick 1 e a
specialty. , may AJ-iy.
Stepfeten 0. Belkuhl,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNS'WICK, (IEORGIA.
>UII,L PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
the Bruuswick Circuit Special atte turn
given to the investigation ■ f titles. Jan 0-tf
Goodyear & siari'in,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
*VILL PRACTICE IN AT L THE COUNTIES OF
f ' * the Brunswick Circuit and the city of Darieu.
Ga. Oiilco, corner Newcastieand Gloucester sis.,
over J. S. Biain & Co.'s store. Aug 1-ly.
P. W. HELDBIM. s. B. ATWIiIS.
MeUlrlm & Adams,
AT TONEYS AND
COUNSELLORS AT LAW, *
Cor. Boy ad Barnard Ss. Savannah , Ga.
r iVE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO CAUSES IN
the Superior Courts of Chatham. Bryan, Bul
lock, Idfingham, Liberty, Mdutorh, Tatuull, Striv
en counties. Practice in t!e state aud Ft th ral
Courts. Prompt attention given to collections.
Reliable corr espcndeucc in ail sectiniV? of the
S j t 9-ly. %
W. 15. JL. CAKEU, ML ..
JkFFSRS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
H the public. Special att> ution given to diseases
CF {’iHhSSSfiX
It ■ nil's presented first oj tack month.“is. T
July 11-'y. ‘
~yi i NT ii'\ h * \o‘ S'3 VK .
STAYING LOCATED IN DARIEN, I BEG TO
tender my profession services to the
F T.jLiYJ <>r ;>ai:ii:n
and the county of Mclntosh.
Nov. 21-8111. (iJiORGi J. K’ 'LT.O; K, 51. D.
Jm. . .
DAIiIEN, C EOELII.
fiFFERx IIIS PROFESSIONAL SFRYIOI'B TO
* * the citizens of Darien and vicinity. He can bo
found at ail hours day and n yht, at his office on
Screven Street, next door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwell
ing house. Aug. H-ly.
D. B. WING-,
MEASURER AND INSPECTOR
Timber and Lumber,
DARIEN, GA.
it : • A'/ s >< ctrulhj Solicits Patron
2-ly.
wm. m, you wo”
\fuJ~ HGIUN 'II ;L. •
Z £ AYING had five years experience in the busi
* f ue.-.s, I feel satisfied that I can give sgl sfa -
tiou. My thanks to the public for past pair. uago.
and li pe for a euutiuuanc 1 of the tame.
W 51. 5L YOUNG.
<h'cl2tf Second Street. Darien Ga.
BU R R¥l NT ON,
CONTBACTOII AND jiyiLDEE,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
*3LANS and Specifiiations furnished on short
i- notice. Will contra-, ito erect Buildings in
every style. Also Sup rint ' i Huilditu.s at rcas
onable prices. All orders hlt -i ,T. A. Atwood
& Bros. Darien, Ga., wili be atten-. i to with dis
patch. julyftf
IP XJWlsr AM : B
LIVERY STABLE,
D Mi I EX & MiUXSWKK, GEORGIA,
<
A. T. PUTA.UA
mnv2tf Propeietor.
JOHN HOLM,
T A I IN O 12.
DARIEN, G-EOR3IA.
IirOCLD respectfully call the citizens attention
* t > the i* *t that Le can do anything iu the
tailoring line, * janOtf
NOTICE.
rjIHE nndefsinged having had many years ex
■ perience in the timber business, oil rs his
service to the Timber Merchants for the r< in
spection, and tile classification,
etc., of Timber for shipment.
Orders left at the office of Capt. Joseph Hilton,
receive prompt attention'
jaufitf W. FVUIES.
DARIEN. (JEORGIA, SATURDAY HORN’ISU, MARCH 20, 1875.
HORRIBLE.
All liisprercilentpa Case of‘Crave lioh-
Dins—Violation of n Corpse.
In the month of February a Miss
Eva Mullen, a young lady of Lexing
ton, Ya., in very good health, while
at the dinner table, was stricken with
paralysis, and shortly afterwards
died. She was between sixteen and
twenty years of age. On the e ve
ning afterwards she was buried. On
the following Monday some person
noticed a pair of white under-gar
ments lying not far from her grave,
but thought-nothing of the circum
stance, and therefore, said nothing
about it. It was not until half of
the week had passed away that any
of the town authorites heard of it,
but as soon as it became knot Vii per
sons were sent to examine the grave.
Spades were procured, and two
inches below ilie ground the diggers
found a full set of women’s clothes.
At a short distance from the
grave anew shoe-knife was found.
When the coffin was at last found,
the lid of it wag found to have been
chiseled open and broken in two.
IJkising the coffin lid, the corpse
was still to be found there, but not
in its natural position. Every ves
tage of clothing except the stockings
had been cut and ripped from the
body by means of the shoe-knife,
and in this naked condition the body
was lying on its side and covered
with dirt. The coffin was lifted
from the crave and the body of tin
girl was rolled out upon a board,
so as to give lu:r friends who were
present an opportunity to remove
the dirt from the body. The coffin
was half-full of earth, and it was re
moved.- After ail this had been ac
complished, the body was wrapped
up m a white sheet, the coffin-lid
was tied and screwed up, and it was
again interred.
There are a number of young geu
] tlemen in Lexington who were stu
| dying medicine under Dr. J. H.
j Alyrrison, and they were at once
j suspected of having dug up the
body t i make use of it in the desee
* ting-room. That is, that lato Sat
! ui'day night the body was dug up,
! but tliat daylight coining on before
! they could get the body away, they
! wer* compelled to pitch into the
j coffin again, to throw the dirt on,
and hasten rapidly away. The re
port reaching the ears of the above
poung men they at once before a
magistrate and swore that they
knew nothing of the matter whatev
er. The new slioe-knife found near
the grave was then taken, and eD
forts made to find from what store
in town it had been sold. At last it
was taken to Deaver, a shoemaker
in Livingston. He recognized it
| and said that one Wat Hillia was
the buyer. He is a shoemaker and
was in the employ of Deaver. He
was arrested and imprisoned; his
tjo s were examined, and among
them was found a large chisel caked
over with dirt. This Lillis is a man
very forbidding in appearance, and
omd vears ago he cut a prostitute’s
throat in Indiana, and was tried
and acquitted on plea of self-de
i feiise. Various rumor;* were afloat
! c incoming the man's reasons for
; di.qgrftg up the body—some saying
! that it was a regular business with
him to dig up dead bodies and ship
them oit to certain eit< s; others that
iiC had a mania for gazing upon
naked women. Under • these cir
cumstances it was thought best to
have the bodyplug up again and ex
amined I>y doctors. The chisel caked
with dirt, was taken, and when the
coffin was reached certain marks on
1 it (the coign) were found to exactly
I correspond with the size of the ch la
id mentioned. The body was taken
out of the coffin again, and deliven <1
into the hands of three doctors, who
conveyed it to a room, and made an
examination of it, and now the as
tounding, disgusting and horrifying
j news is made known that this mis
erable creature, Hillis, dignified with
i the name of man, disinterred the
young girl and then ravished the
j cold and lifeless body. The facts
against this man were all so clear
that his guilt cannot be doubted,
This case is certainly without paral
lel in the whole category of remark
! able, horrible and sickening crimes.
1 Whether any provison has been
! made by law for the punishment of
s ich a crime, I am unable to sav.
But if the law does not dispose of
; him p loperiy, I venture to say that
1 Wat iiiliis will never leave the town
;of Lexington alive. In this place
; such an unusual occurrence has cre
-1 ated intense excitement. It has
been the constant talk of everyone
every since the deed was committed
; and bids fair to continue so for
goodness knows how long.— l.tjnch
bui't/ :' if (,'ni• rm'-Jonr
i t>a.
DEAWN DOWN E Y A WHALE
Kenisrliablc Escape from Death.
A London paper has the follow
ing: A ship some time ago arrived
at Bristol, after a successful Pacific i
whaling voyage. The ship was the i
West Wing, commanded by ( tptain 1
Parker, who met with a in os peril
ous adventure during his cruise, J
and which came very near costing i
him his life.
It seems that Captain Parker was |
out from liis ship, w itli a boat’s j
crew chasing a whale, ; nd, having ,
fastened iris harpoon to the creature j
it dived, as is usual, and the line, i
coiled in the bow of the boat, began !
to run out with lightning speed as ]
the monster sunk to the extreme!
bottom of tli'ocean. At tills criti- J
cal juncture Captain Parker went
to tlie forward part of the boat to I
be sure that there was no part of
the boat to be sure that there
was no “twist in the rope to pre
vent his working clear.” The line
was running out with such rapidity
as to cause smoke to arise from the
woodwork of the boat, and the
Captain threw water, as it is the
custom, upon the spot. By some j
unlucky lurch of the boat lie was j
cantod from his position, and ho!
naturally threw out his left hand to
prevent himself from falling; but
m doing so he unfortunately placed ;
it so that the rope coiled about his
wrist, and be was overboard and ,
out of sight in an instant.
lie was perfectly concious while
lie was rushing down, head fore- j
most, .and with an incrdiblo swist-;
ness, and it appeared that his arm ]
would be torn from the socket, so
great was the resistance of the wa- ;
t< r. During these awful moments j
lie was well, aware of his perilous
situation, and that his only chance
for life was to cut the line. But i
how could he do this? He could j
not move his Tight arm from his j
side, to which it was so closely!
pressed by the force of the element i
through which lie w as being drawn. \
The pressure on hi; brain grew;
more and more terrible, and a roar- ;
ing as of thunder soitnded in his j
ears. He opened Ins eyes for a
single instant, and it seemed as ;
though a stream of li*e was passing j
before them. And now came that j
inevitable activity of the brain w hich !
characterises all such perilous situ-!
ations, where one’s whole life seems
to pass in review in an instant of
time! Bat the Captain was a very j
practical man, cool and courageous
always, and consequently sail sclf-
pO SBC ssed.
lie began to struggle all Iks mus
i cular power to reach Lie knife
widen he wore in his 1 e’t. He felt
that lie was growing weaker every
I instant, and it was now or never
j with him, though we should say,
j parenthetically, that, what requires
iso long to descf.be occur; e l in
time which was reckoned by sec
onds rather than minutes. Oh, if
he could but command his right
hand for one stroke upon that fatal
line ! Now his heart began to fail
him. He did not absolutely des
j pair, but his brain reeled, his
i nerves re. lin'd to relax their ten
\ sion, light and darkness appeared
1 to alternate before his eyeballs, and
1 his head felt as though compressed
!in an iron vice. Were these his
| last moments? He thought, in
j spite of the agonizing pains he cn
| dured, tliat lie would make one
i more brave effort,
j The line providentially slackened
for a second; he reached his knife,
! and as quick as thought itself, as
the rope became tight again, the
keen edge of the blade was up< n it,
! and by a desperate effort of his
arm it became severed. He was
; freed, and then commenced his up
; ward passage, caused by the natur
al bouvancy of the human body.
After t!i: v he only remembered a
feeling of suffocation, a gurgling
j spasm, and all was over until he
1 ftwoko to an agonizing pain of re
viving conciousucss, ui the arms of
i his boat's crew. Truly one of the
: most remarkable escapes from death
j on record.
jgQ" A Kansas family claim to
, have lived on dried apples and
; snow four days, but the earlier jpio
• Deers of Michigan wouldn’t have
said a word about the snow if they
; could have goJ the apples.
SHT* A lady on North Main street
; saw something on her carpet on
Saturday morning, and hunting up
an old paper, placed it over the ob
ject, carefully lifted it, went to the
back stoop aud dropped it in the
slop pail—a pair of gloves. She
says she doesea’t see anything very
; amusing about this, but it seemed
!as if her husband would split him
self ovi r it.- 1 >.! i’bn nr A .
A SOLEMN SKETCH.
I'ufJins an tTiilertakcr.
“I’ve taken your paper for twenty
six years,” lie commenced, sis he got
to the head of the stairs. ‘ ml now
I want a puff.”
He was a very tall, slemih • man;
had a face which hadn’t smiled
since 184:2, and Ills neck was em
braced by a white cravat, and his
hands were thrust into black gloves.
“I’ve got. anew hearse, anew
stock of coffins, and I want a local
notice,” a continued, as he sat down
and sighed, as if ready to screw’ a
puffin-lid down.”
“My dear sir,” replied the man in
the corner, “I’ve met you at a great
many funerals, and your general
bearing lias created a favorable im
pression. You sigh with the sigli
ers, grieve with the grievers, and,
on extra occasions, you can shed
tears of sorrow, even though you
know that you can’t get ten per
cent, of your bill under six nionthm”
“Yes,” sighed the undert/ker, in
stinctly measuring the length of the
table with his eye and wonoeringto
himself why editors’ tables were not
: covered with crape, with rows of
j coffin nails around the edges.
! “Death is a very solemn thing,”
continued the man in the Corner;
“but still, it is an occasion when one
can appreciate a neat thing. I’ve
i seen you rub vour mickles against
door posts and never change coun
i tsuance; I’ve seen you listen to eu
logies on men who owed you for
1 twenty years before their death, and
: you looked even more solemn than
; the bereaved widow; I’ve seen you
| back your hearse up to a door in
! such an easy, quiet way that it rob
; bed death of half its terrors. All
this have 1 seen and appreciated,
but T could’nt write a puli’for you.
j “Why not?” he demanded.
“For many re; s >ns. Now, you
I have anew hearse, Could Igo on
iand say: “Mr. Sackcloth, the ge
i nisi undertaker, has just received
! a tine new hearse, and we hope that
! our citizens will endeavor to bestow
upon it thq patronage such enter
prises deserves. It rides easy, is
handsomely finished, and those who
try it once will want no other.
Could I say that?”
“No, not very well,”
“Of course I couldn’t. You can
call a grocer or a dry-goods man a
‘genial friend’ and it’s all right, but
i you aren’t genial—you can’t be. It’s
; your business to be solemn. If you
could be eve n more solemn that you
are it would be money in your
pocket.”
“That’s so,” ho said sighing
heavily.
“If it was an omnibus, or a coal
cart, or a wheelbarrow, I could go
!on and write a c’ v ■' ou every
| separate spoke, ,u . it isn’t, you
see.”
He leaned back and sighed again.
“And as to your coffins, they aw
I doubtless nice and your
! prices are probably reasonable, but.
i could I go on and say: “Hr. Sack
cloth, the undertaker, has just re
ceived his new styles in spring cof
fins, all sizes, and is n'ov prepared
1 to see as many of his old customers
as want somethihg handsome and
durable at a moderate price.’ Could
; I say that ?"
Another sigh.
“I couldn’t say that you were
holdihg a clearing-out sale, in or
der t > get ready for the spring
! trade, or that, for the sake of in-
I creasing your patronage, you had
decided to present each customer
with a chromo. I could’t say that
you wore repairing and repainting
and had the most attractive coffin
shop in Detroit. It wouldn’t do to
hope that people would patronize
you, or to say that all orders sent
in by mail would be promptly filled,
and that you motto was: ‘Quick j
sales and small profits!”’ #
He put on the look of a tomb
stone and made no reply.
“You see, if you had stoves to sell
or dealt iu mackerel, or sold fishing
tackle, everything would be lovely.
You are an undertaker—solemn, !
; sedate, mournful. You revel in
j crape, and you never pass a black
walnut door without thinking how
much good coffin luu her was reck
lessly wasted. The tolling bell is
music to you, and the city hall fiag
at half mast is fat on your ribs.
We'd like to oblige vou, but you see
| how it is.”
“Yes, I see," he sighed, and he
1 formed in procession and moved
down stairs, looking around now
and then to see if the hear, le was
just thirty-four feet behind the offi
ciating clergyman’s carriage.
Off Give us the old-fashioned
gliosj - the kind that send a chill
up your b.’< ... No more nritcnaliz:-
td ' pint . please.
$2.50 A YEAH,
A Sketch for-Husbands.
“Don’t stay dong.iilnisband,” said
a young wife tenderly, in my pres
ence one evening, as her husband
was preparing to go out. The
words themselves were insignifi
cant, but the look of melting iond
>;ess with which they were accom
panied spoke volumes. It told all
the vast depths of a woman’s love
—of her grief, when the light of
his smile, the source of all- her joy,
beamed not brightly upon her.
“Don’t stay long husband,” and I
fancied I saw the loving, gentle
wife, sitting alone, anxiously count
ing the moments of her husband’s
absence, and every few moments,
running to the door to see if he was
iu sight, and finding that ho was
not, I thought I could hear her ex
claiming iu disappointed tones,
“not yet.”
“Don’t tay long, husband,” —
and I again thought I could see
the young wife, rocking nervously
in the great arm-chair, and weep
ing as though liel‘ noart would
break, as thoughtless “lord and
master” prolonged his stay to a
wearisome length of time.
“Don’t stay long, husband,” —and
tlie young wife’s look seemed to
say—“for here in your own sweet
home is a loving heart whose music,
is hushed when you are absent.
Here is a soft breast to lay your
head upon, and here are pure lips,
unsoiled by sin, that will.,pay you
with kisses for coming back "Sou.”
Oh, you that have wives to say,
“don’t stay long,” when you go
forth, I think of them kindly when
you are mingling in the busy hive
of Rife, and try, just a little, to make
their homes and hearts happy, for
they are gems too seldom replaced
You cannot find amid the pleasures
of the world the quidt joy that a,
home, blessed with such a woman’s
presence will afford.
Husbands, would you bring sun
shine and joy into your homes?
Then spend your leisure hours with
your families, and employ tlie time
in pleasant words and kind actions,
and you will realize, in all richness,
what is so beautifully described by
tlie poet:
“Dony’stic 1c- fipfam.*, Uiou only VJtua
011 c aL’.o, tbit has survived the fail.”
A Clergyman in a Quandary.—
“Come in here, you black rascal!”
That is what the young lady said.
The young lady, you see, was clos
ing: the window-blinds at the twi
light hour, and seeing her little
black dog sitting out on the stoop,
wagging lus tail, and wi itfully look
ing up, her heart Mas moved with
an impulse of affection towards her
pet canine, shivering in the cold
alul wagging out his mute appeal
Ho fir' hastened to the door, and,
throwing it open, gave vent to Un
loving expression we have quoted
“Come iu Jure yon black rascal!”
So far as the dog was concerned,
he seemed to understand tin- tgrms
of endearment addressed him, but
when the young lady’s pastor, dress
ed all in black from top to toe, step
ped forward from the shady side of
the doorway, lie wore n curious ex
pn sion on his countenance. The}
young lady looked at the reverend
gentleman and blushed. The dog
wagged his tail as if willing to di
vide the honors. We don’t know
exactly how it came out, but report
has it that the good man regarded
doubtfully the ebony beast, glanced
at his own broadcloth, conclude*} it.
was all fight, and accepted tin
young lad \ s declaration that “I—l
meant the other —the other- come
in and see ma!” —The Savatogran.
People’s Failings. —A painter was
once engaged upon a likeness of
Alexander the Great In one of
his great battles, Alexander had re
ceived ai4 ugly scar on the aide of
his face. The artist was desirous
of giving a correct likeness of the
monarch, and at the same time, de
sirous of hiding the scar. It was a
difficult task. Aflength he hit up
on a happy expedient. He painted
him in a reflective attitude, his
hand placed against his head, while
his finger covered the sear. The
best men are not.without their fail—
ing.v—-‘he s ars—but do not dwell
upon them. In speaking of them
to others adapt the painter’s expe
dient, and let the finger of love be
placed upon the scar.
ff- An observant usher in one
fo the theatres has got so he can
tell a man's business by the way he
ask for a programme. A real es
tate man wants a “discription of
the play,”, a hotel proprietor “the
bill of tare,’ a politician “the run of
the play, an editor ‘“he points of
the plot, ’ and a lawyer always asks:
Wjl] you be good enough to bund
me aUij of p.’fi.kulare