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VOL. 1.--30. 43. Weekly Timber Gazette, PUBLISHED EVERY Saturday morning at DARIEN, GEORGIA, BY lIIiHAKS* W. ftl&L'/SU. OFFlf'i:: — Broad Street, A "ear v .Yew of Messrs. Young <£ Langilon, an l J. K. Clarke. M BSC'!tii*TIOX BATHS. fnr one year, (iu advance) S2.f>n For six months. " 1 5tJ t'lu’J Rates: Five copies. ea-li one year $2.00 Ten copies, each one year v- • - - - 1-50 Afivcrtisins Rates : jr,. r s.jn.-re, ten lines space, first insertion. p, r B.Jnare, each subsequent insertion 1.00 &,• Special Rates to YearUjasct Large Advertisers. Advertisements from responsible parties will be published until ordered out, when th" time is not specified on the copy, and payment exacted ac cordirgly. Communications tor individual benefit, or of a , ij.i.aa clia: a ter, charged as advertisements. Marrid; '3 anfl Obituary notices not exceeding f,, ur Urns, solicited tor publication. W hen ex ceeding that space, charged as advertisements. pills, for a IvertisenMuts due upon presentation afp.j- the first insertion, but a spirit of commer cial liberality will he practiced toward regular pa trons. To avoid any misunderstanding, th*S*.bo*? rules will adhered to without dhviatl u. All letters cud ooiiiiriunicalious should be aJ diosßcdto tbe undersigned. BiciiAsn tv. grvbr, Timber <laz( tte, Darien. Georgit. 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