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VOL. 1.--NO. 50.
Weekly Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY
SATURDAY MORNING
AT DARIEN, GEORGIA, BY
ItII'IIARD W. ORV
nvrmr-—Broad Strut. A>ar tk* A'-w Offices of
°-xmrs. Young *. Langdon. ant J. K. Clarke.
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Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
CITY U REOTOR Y~
County WBetW.
rnonio Commissioners—l. P. Pease, Chairman, J.
P Gilson, James Walker, James Laohlison Hicn
[rd L Morris, L. Mclntosh, T. U. Gigmlhat.
Clerk ft. C. C'-Spalding Kenan.
Clerk Superior Court —Isaac M. Aiken.
Ordinary—Lewis Jackson
Sheri]!'— James K. ilcniv-tt.
Receiver Tax Returns —W. M. Thomas.
T ix Collector —D. M. Dunwody.
County Treasurer— E. P. Champucy.
Coroner —John H. Burrell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings first
Wednesday in each month.
Cltv Offlewi.
rx.ntr. Mayor— T. P. Pease.
Kx-Offs. Aider men —Jos. P. Gilson, James|V,'al
ker. Jan.es Lachlison, R. L. Morris, L. Mclntosh,
Thomas H. Gignilliat.
Clerk ami Treasurer— Spalding Keuau.
City Marshal —Robert 1- Carr.
Harbor Master— C. 11. Sl -adwell.
Inspector General of S. Barclay
part Wardens —Isaac M. Aijien, John H. Burred
aud James G. Young.
Jailor —Robert E. Carr.
Religions services every Sabbath at 11 a. m„ 3 p.
m.. and 7 p. m.. at the colored Babtist Church—
Rev. R. Miflin, pastor.
Uuligious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m., ana
3p. ,a.. at the Methodist Church, colored—Rev.
,S. Brown, pastor.
SJasnnle.
Live Oak Lodfie, No. 137. ro“ta ffrsl W 'vliu-p k'.y
ji'glit in cavil month at tiicir Hall near the Magno
lia House. E. P. Champney, Worshipful Master,
l, E. U. DeLorme, Seerc tar s-.
tiChafllK.
Mclntosh Hiis’h School 011 the Ri:l_'e. Gardner
Rnuglcs. Esq., Principal, Miss Cliff l ‘r>l Stanford,
Assistant.
Travellers’ GnltUt.
The Steamer Carrie, Cay>t. Joe Smith, arrives
fr an Savannah every Tuesday inoruim: and leave
same dav for Bruns'.vii’k and Sptilia Eiyer. Le
fnruine."arrives from Brunswick and Satil’a hivor
every ’ ednesday night and departs for Savannah
Thursday mornings at H o'clock.
The Steamer Lizzie Baker, Capt. P. Ladose, ar
rives from Ba vannsli every Wednesday evening
and departs same night for Brunswick and r -en
ds. lieturning, arrives from Florida and Bruns
wick every Saturday evening and leaves same
night for Savannah. ,
The Steamer Clvde, Capt. .1. L. Bay. makes r „-
ula trips up the river t? Ilawkinsville and Dun
lin about everv ten days.
rhe Steamer Daisy, Capt. IV. Harper runs daily
ho tween this place and Hammy Smith s Lao.duig.
where it eouneots with hacks for No. 1 Macon ana
Brunswick liailroad. Trains for Brunswick leave
No. latlop. m. Trains for Savannah and Macon
leavo No. lat '2'£ a. m.
I\ S. <>fTlnfr.
Collector nf CuM/mut, Brunswick District —John 1.
Collins. Headquarters at Bruuswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for Port of Darken
Charles 11. Townsend.
Boarding Master— J. E. Cornelius.
J’oslmaster —D. Webster Davis.
JJcpuiy C. S. Marshal —Robert E. Carr.
Superior Court.
Mclntosh Superior Court convenes Tuesdays af
ter the last Mondays in April and November.
Hon. Henry B. Tompkins, Judge, j'rosidmg; am.
Col. Albert R. Lamar, Solicitor General.
V. s. Mails.
The mail leaves Darien every Wednesday and
Saturday mornings at 9 o’clock, for Mclntosh, No.
3 Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, making close con
nection with mails going NorUi and South.
The mail arrives from Mclntosh every 1 uosdr.y
and Friilay evenings.
Mail closes at eight and a half o’clock W caues
day and Saturday mornings.
Religions.
Eeligious services at the Methodist F.. 1 Lurch
every Sabbath morning and night. Preaching at
the Methodist Church on the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at three o’clock. Rev. R. M. Lockwood,
pastor. ,
Religious services at the Episcopal Churon on
the Ridge every Sunday morning at 11 o clock.
Colored Mission at DeLonn- s Warehouse s- p.
m. and at R. K. Walker’s office at 4-30 p. m. lor
white congregation. Rev. B. F. Clute, D. D.
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. Robert (SgrSSiat^
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal
business in the Eastern and Brunswick Cir
cuits, and in tlic United States Courts at Savan
nah. Georgia. aprti 25-ly.
L. E. B. DeLorme,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
DARIEN, .^EORAIA.
Still practice in the Brunswick and
f? Eastern Circuits. Patronage solicitor,
nee opposite Dr. Keuau’s. .lUD' 4 - •
Stephen C. Delimhl,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
AVH.L PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
” the Brunswick Circuit, Special attention
given to the investigation of title*. Ja n - a ‘“-
ITedical xi>t7c e.
Having located in darien, i big to
teuder my profession services to the
CITIZENS OF H AKIEN
th ix*Tintr nf 'iTcTrfoph.
S>.r :i-m * GEODGfc T. KOLLC*"K M. D
WALTKIt A. WAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
1V IT,L pra CFICE IN THE SUPERIOR COURTS
" of the Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also
in the Federal Courts in cases if Bankruptcy, Ac.
Particular attention given to the collection of
claims, and the examination of land Titles, np U3
M. L. MERSHON,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA,.
\VILL PRACTICE IN ALT, THE COURTS OF
* * the Brunswick Circuit and Mclntosh in the
Eastern Circuit. Darien and Brunswick made a
specialty. may 22-ly.
Goodyear & Harris,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ‘ALL THE COUNTIES OF
* * the Brunswick Circuit and the city of Darien,
Ga. Office, corner Newcastle and Gloucester sts,,
over J. S. Blain S; i o.’s drug store. Aug 1-ly.
r. W. MELD Hi .'.I. S. B. ADAMS.
Meidrim & Adams,
ATTORNEYS AND
COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
C>r. Bay and Barnard Sts. Savannah, Ga.
LtIYE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO CAUSES IN
AM the Superior Courts of Chatham. Bryan, Bul
lock. Effingham, Liberty, Mclntosh. Tatnall, Scriv
en counties. Practice in the .State and Federal
Courts. Prompt attention given to collections.
Reliable correspondence in all sections of the
State. HeptHMy.
IRA 13. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AMD
COUNSELLOR AT LA VY,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
wilt, PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
* f the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, the Supremo
Court cf (loorgia, and elsewhere by special con
tract. Will examine Titles to Land, eject Tress
passers, enforce Liens, collect Claims, and. in
short, make a specialty of all the varied duties
aud branches of his profession. apiditf
J. B. L. BAKER, HI. D.,
OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
the public. Special attention given to diseases
OF CHILSm.
gffi-liiUs presented first nj each. rr.onth.“le.A
July 11-Ty. ‘
f ?>RKPALDIM6 KEXAX,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
the citizens of Darien and vicinity. He can be
found at all houis day and night, at his office on
Screven Street, next door to Mr. Wilcox's dwell
ing house. _ Aug. H-ly.
D. B. WINQ,
MEASURER AND INSPECTOR
Timber aud Lumber,
DARIEN, GA.
tfS~liesnectrully Solicits Patronage ,•'§3
_Mv 2-iy. _
WM. M. YOUNG,
rSTAYING had five experience in the busi
e cess. I feel satisfied that I can give satisfac
tion. My thanks to the public for paet patronage,
and hope for a continuance of the same.
WM. M. YOUNG.
dec!2tf Second Street. Darien Ga.
BUR e¥iYto W,
CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
• TJLANS and Specifications furni.hed on short
| S notice. Will contract to erect Buildings in
every style. Also Superintend Buildings at reas
onable prices. All orders left with J. A. Atwood
A Bros. Darien, Ga., will bo attended to with dis
patch. julyftf
BARB EES HOP.
j . —BY—
: CLEMON SABATTIE.
I Broad Street, tw > doors below Scnvcn St.
DARIEN,' GEORGIA.
SHOT CLOSES AT 11 O’CLOCK SUNDAY
Thanking the citizens'of darien and
the public generally, for past patronage, 1
solicit h ci ntinuance of the same, and will still in
deavor to merit the patronage bestowed upon me
in the future. mar2otf
FALL A WIXTEiL 1874-5
EDWARD J. KENNEDY,
JIEUCHAXT TAILOR,
126 Brongliton Street, Savannah, Georgia.
XNVITES the attoution of his former patrons
and the public in general to his new selected
stock of fine English and French Digonals, Cassi
meres and Fancy Vestings, all of the choisest
goods adapted to the season, which will be made
tqi to order iu the most approved fashion. All
goods warranted as represented sepl9-ly
FISK'S PATENT
Metalic Burial Oases.
The best invention known tor pre
serving the DEAD. Also self-sealing
Metalic Cases (two patents elegaut[y finished) and
handsomest in the market.
Coffins iu Itosewood, Mahogany, BiacK oainm.
Cedar and common woods. We k<vp a full as
sortment of all goods in our line.
J. A. ATWOOD A- BROS,
augl-tf (Broad Street,) Darien, Ga.
Georgia Mclntosh co.
Oedinaht’i Office \
TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, BK IT
1 known that C. A. Space. Administrator on the
estate ofG A. Spa *, deceased, late of said Conn
jtv applvs for letters of Dismission. If no ol.jec
[ tion is filed I will pass tv,x-n the same at my office
within the time pr.serihe J hy taw.
aprlO Jm Or'’ *• y M Tni-.h CminSv
DARIEN. GEORGIA, SATURDAY MORNING, MAY 8, 1875.
PAINTING!
CHRIS. MURPHY. CII AS. CLARK.
MURPHY & CLARK
98 Bryan Street, near Drayton, Savannah,
Georgia.
HOUSE, SHIP, STEAMBOAT, SIGN AND
Omani ental Pa i liters,
GLAZING
GILDING.
GRAINING,
MARBLING, aud
PAPER HANGERS.
We are prepared to offer estimates for every
description oj Painting in any part of Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida, and guarantee satis
faction in the execution of our work. In Store a
select stock of the following articles:
PURE ENGLISH B, B. LEAD.
ATLANTIC and all other brands of lead.
OILS. VARNISHES, PUTTY, and BRUSHES.
FURNITURE. DEMAR and other Varnishes
put up in quart, pint aud half pint bottles, ready
for use.
GROUND anil’EN AM FLED GLASS, STAINED
and PLAIN, of various colors.
Double and Single thick French. English aud
American GLASS.
GOLD LEAF, BRONZE and Glaziers' DIA
MONDS.
Machinery OlLntul Axle GREALF.
A select stock of Gold and Plain PAPER HANG
INGS;
Persons desiring work and material in onr line
would do well to give us a call before going else
where.
DRAIN AND ORNAMENTAL
Siam w o R k
Executed with neatness and dispatch.
LADDERS! LADDERS!!
Connected with our Paint and Oil House will
hr found a general assortment of Ladders of ev
ery discription, and at prices to suit purchasers.
STEP LADDERS
Bold by \ib will bo Btuinod to imitate Black Wni
uut, and lettered with the purchasers name if de
siri'd.
Orders from the country promptly attended
to, febl3-6m
_ BRESNAhrS
EUROPEAN HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
(OPPOSITE NEW MARKET,)
Rooms, with Board, $2 00 a
Bay.
FINE LARGE AND AIRY ’ROOMS ALWAYS IN
READINESS FOR FAMILIES AND
COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS.
ONE OF THE FINEST
RESTAURANTS
In the South attached to the House.
Passengers oni Ba.gffnge carried FREE Or
CHARGE to the House.
CAUT3OM.
To avoid being deceived by drummers of other
so-ca’led European Houses, HE SURE to ask for
Omnibus with BRESNAN’S EUROPEAN HOUSE
on it,
,S*>SSA ISIIENVt:*,
Proprietor.
sepl 9.1 y
NEW STORE.
ISAAC JACOBSON,
BROAD ST.. DARSEN, GA.
Has just opened in his new store, a
full and complete stock of
3Dr*v Goods,
NOTIONS,
OI.OT XU INO,
Hoots and Shoes,
Hat s & Caps,
WHITE GOODS, Etc.
Also a fulisurply of
Oroceri.es,
LIQUORS,
TOBACCO, CIGARS,
Hardware, &c., &c.,
n*hi‘'b he is offering very low FOR r.\SIT.
April •> it? i
GREAT BARGAINS AT
AUCTION !
CALL AND SEE
cjHEJIP JOHN I
COE. BROAD AND JACKSON , or \j.
IV'HEP.E HE WILL OFFER AT AUCTION EV
* * erv night Lajies’ and Gents Hoisery, Under
Shirts and Drawers, Shawls, Linen Damask, Wool
en aud Oil Table Covers, Handkerchiefs and
Napkins, Bleached and Unbleached Sheeting
Stationary, Fancy Toilet Soaps, Perfumery, Hard
ware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, aud Notions of
every discription.
Sales will continue every night until the en
tire stock is closed out.
MITCHELL A ROSENBURY,
aprlO-tf Auctioneers.
JOSEPH ODETTE,
Undertakers Ware --Room,
137 Rroughton St., between Bull and Whitaker,
SAVANNNH, GEORGIA.
A FINE and well selected stock Metalle, Mahog
ony, Walnut Grained and Stained Ooftlny
Collin plates and trimmings always on hand.
Neatest Hearses aud carriages furnished for fu
nerals. Ice cases for preserving remains in tlie
warmest weather. Remains disinterred, boxed
aud shipped. Orders from the country promptly
attended to. Personal attention given to all or
ders, and can be found at auy time at the Ware
rooms. seplP-ly
A Paper for the People.
THE MORNING NEWS,
FT WOULD REQUIRE THE SGoril OF (JUITE A
$ large volume to contain the good things that
are B3id about the Morning News by its contem
poraries of the Southern press. It is almost daily
referred to as “The best paper in the South,”
‘•the Lading Georgia daily,” etc., and is gener
ally conceded to bo in all respects a modern
Southern newspaper.
This is the fame that ihe Morning News covets,
and no pains will be spared hereafter t-> make it
still worthier of the confidence and patronage of
the people of Georgia and Florida. The ample
resources of the establishment will be devoted to
tee improvement of the paper fu respect to its
already large facilities for gathering the current
news of the and ay, aud its staff of special corres
pondents lias been reorganized with a view to
meeting every possible contingency that may
arise.
Although the Morning News has little or no
competition within the field of its circulation,
nevertheless no effort will be considered too ex
pensive that give the earliest and freshest infor
mation to its readers. In this respect there will
be no relaxation of the endeavor to keep it far
ahead of its contemporaries.
The feature? that have rendered the paper so
popular will he maintained. The editorial de
partment will be conducted with the same digni
fied thoughtfulness, conservative vigor, aud earn
est devotion to principal that have characterized
it. The racy reliability of the local, and the ac
curacy aud completeness of the commercial de
partmerts, will be kept up to the old standard,
and improvements will be made whatever they
are suggested by experience.
The Morning News is the only Savannah paper
that publishes the Associated Press dispatches
and the Telegraphic Market Reports authorized
by the Commercial Bureau of New York City, lu
addition to this, the Local Market reports will be
full aud reliable, and will enable businessmen of
Georgia aud Florida to form estimates as accu
rate and as intelligent as if they were in the
city.
In a word, the Morning Nows will comprise
every feature that renders the modern newspaper
attractive, and its readers may confidently look
to its columns for tho latest information in regard
to everything of currcut interest, It will admit
of no rivalry in its own proper field, and will al
low no rorapeditor to outstrip it in. any depart
ment of journalistic enterprise.
TERMS:
Dally, one year ? 10. HO
Six months SjfiO
Three months' 2.50
Tri-Weekly, ono year 6.00
Six months 3.06
Three months 1.60
Weekly, one year 2.00
Six months 1.00
Three months 50
Money may he sent by Pest Office Order or by
Express, at the expense of tne undersigned.
Send for specimen copy. Address
J. 11. ESTLLL,
maf27 Savannah, Oa.
McINTOSH COUNTY
HIGH BCHOGL.
ripillS SCHOOL will open at the SCHOOL HOUSE
fl on the Kidge at 9 o’clock, a. m. on MONDAY,
the 19th day of October, 1371, under charge of
GARDNER RUGGLES,
Principal.
MISS CLIFFORD STANFORD,
Assistant.
The truftte.ea desire the prompt and punrtua
attendance of all pupils with such hooks as they
may now have.
For further particulars apply to the Chairman
of the Board. E. S. BARCLAY.
oetiT-tf Chairman.
' ST, INFOS HOUSE.
HOTEL AHD EESTUARANT,
European Plats.
Corner Broail nnd Jackson Streets,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
TJOARD AND LODGING, $1.50 PER DAY.
1 Meals and Lodging. Fifty Cents each. Meals
at the Iteetnarant ean be had at all hours, aud
anything called for that the market affords can
be had at low prices.
Satisfaction guaranteed. The patronage of the
TIMBER CUTTERS respectfully solicited. My
terms are Strictly Cash. THOMAS THEU3,
war27-tf Proprietor.
The Weekly Register.
PUBLISHED AT
Savannah, Georgia.
BY
OTTO & IH OBAllI).
■nsu CHEAPEST P.kPEIt ill the SGI 'l’ll.
ONLY $1 00 PER ANNUM.
JOB WOPK OF ALL KINDS PROMTLT AT
'I tended to. Orders by mail receivo immedi
ate attention. Address,
OTTO A HUBBARD
anrlO-tf 157 Hay St. Pa vac nab, G*.
The Young Man Who wits
“Shook.”
“What I want to know,” said a
white headed young man of twenty,
as lie stood before the sergeant in
charge of the Central station yes
terday, “what I came here for, was
to get some advice.”
“Proceed,” said the sergeant.
“You know Nancy Thompson,
don’t you?”
“Never heard of her.”
“Wei!, she’s a widder, over forty
years old, and I’ve been boarding
there.”
“Yes?”
“And we were engaged to lie mar
ried.”
“Whew!” whistled the officer.
“I don’t blame you,” continued
the young man, iu a broken voice.
“I’m only twenty and she’s forty,
but a man can’t always tell when
he’s going to make a fool of him
self.”
“And you fell in love?”
“I did that, and as soon as we get
through talking I’m going out to
hire someone to kick me over to
Canada and back! Yes, sir, fell dead
in love —loved a woman of over for
ty.”
“And what followed ?
“What followed? why, what fillers
follows? I’m human, same’s any
body else, and when I love I love
like a locomotive on a down grade,
what do you think I did in just six
weeks by the M atch ? Went to the
theatre sixteen times, out sleighing
twelve times, had three parties,
went to three lectures and took her
out to eat oysters ten or eleven
times. Fact, sir—cost me durn
near $200.”
“But it was all for love,” replied
the sergeant.
“I thought so, and what else did
I do? Bought her a forty-dollar
watch, a ten-dollar bracelet a five
dollar ring, a seven-dollar set of
jewelry, anew dress, and gave her
a five-dollar gold-peiee with a hole
in it. Y’es, sir, I drew SSOO from
the bank —every red I had—and
used it all on her 1”
“And then!”
“She purteuded to love back, and
smiled aud smiled and looked heaps
of love at me. She’d lean on my
arm, talk about Cupid and git off
poetry by the rod, and it was plain
ly understood that we were to be
married in June. Oh, but she knew
her biz, and she slid around me as
tli© Bengal tiger does, around a
lamb.”
“Did she break the engagement?”
“Last night” said the young man,
swallowing the lump in his throat,
“she told me that she’d been trilling
with me all along. She said she
was engaged to another man, and
she could never be more than a sis
ter to me! I tell you sergeant, you
could have knocked me down with
a straw! I braced up after a while
and called her a hypocrite, when she
called me a whiteheaded idiot, and
the boarders threw me out of doors.
Five hundred dollars gone and I’m
a wrecked man.” —Detroit Free
Press.
Another Little One. —The Bos
ton Journal knows of a bright, in
telligent little miss, now residing in
that city, who is eleven years old
and who weighs about sixty pounds,
who when she opened her eyes up
on this world, weighed less than one
pound and a half. She was the ti
niest piece of humanity which we
overheard o r . The nurse,in washing
and dressing her, used to lay her in
the palm of her hand, and the first
few days of her life were mostly
spent wraped up in a cotton or wool
and placed in a basket beside the
stove to keep her warm. Her head
would go into a small sized tea
cup.
•■<!>*
A California breach of prom
ise suit puts the following offer of
marriage on record: “I want you to
rite & let me know if you any ide
of marrying a gaine or not if so rite
& let me know whot the Chance
would bee for Me now if you have
env noshin all you got to do is say
yes for i mean business, i Made up
my minde to Not marv cny more
once, but i like you A think i Can
make you happy i a will bee good
tow you and the children as longe
as you live i am young & able to
Work A i don’t care whether you
have got a sent or not it all the
same tow me No More at present
Ancer this immediately.”
EC _ An old bachelor, upon read
ing that “two lovers will sit up half
the night with only one clmir in the
room,” said it could not be done,
unless one of them stands. Ignor
ance pretty plainly indicates that he
has never been there.
.$2.50 A YEAS
• THE LOST GRAVE.
The Little Headstone that an A(M
(Mother Nought tn Vain.
If you lave ever passed the old
deserted graveyard on Russel street
near the House of Correction, you
know that there is not a more lone
ly place in Detroit. It is a score of
years since anyone was buried
there. The fences lean in or out;
the weather-beaten headstones lean
this way or that, or have fallen
down. The rich and the poor who
sleep under the ragged 6od have
been dust for years, and if any of
them left friends behind they are
scattered now and are not here to
fill up the sunken graves and plant
a flower to take the gloom away. .
The other day people saw an old
woman wandering through the
graveyard brushing the moss from
some of the headstones to look at
the letters, and studying long over
the quaint characters carved into
others. By and bye she crossed
the street and sat down on the step**
of a cottage, and when people saw
how old and feeble she was, and
that her eyes were full of tears they,
pitied her. She could not answer
at first, but by and bye she told
them that she had come hundreds
of miles to take a last look at a
grave which she knew must be in
the yard, but which she could hot
find. Half a century ago she bu
ried a child there, and all through
long, long years, though moving
here and there, her mother’s heart
had not forgotten tho dead. Old
now, her steps feeble and her locks
gray, and feeling that she had but a
little longer to remain on earth, she
had come across the State alone to
have a hist look at the little grave.
Years had gone by, but she thought
she could walk right to the spot,
and there was half a hope in her
heart that strangers’ hand might
have kept the healistone jwhite and
the grave as she last saw it. She
found the old yard cut up by streets
the city all around and beyond,'and
of the hundreds of mounds and
headstones which she once saw but
a score or so were left. She sought
among the leaning headstones, and
she stood under the dying willows
and searched the field for the small
stone which bore the words “Our
‘Willie.” Fifty years since the little
body was lowered into its grave!
Half a century since the headstone
was placed to mark the spot! And
yet her mother’s heart brought her
back in her old age, with the hope
that her tears might fall upon the
little grave, obliterated and passed
from sight forever.
It was sad enough to see tears
falling down her wrinkled cheeks,
and to know that her old heart waef
aching with disappointment, and
men spoke kind words to her, and
women wiped tliier eyes in sympa
thy. Looking through her tears at
thebleak and lonely field, its loneli
ness rcleived and yet made friofO
lonely by the time-worn headstones
and the clumps of briars, no won
der that the poor old woman felt
it in her heart and had to sob
out: j"
“I'm afraid I can’t find him in
Heaven—Heaven’s so large.—De
troit Free Press.
Getting Up and Prospering.—-
Getting up in a cold room to mako
a fire is like getting up in life. If
you crawl timidly out of bed, go on
tip-toe to the stove, and allow the
shivers to get control of you before
kindling starts, your fire will half
freezo to death in the operation.
But if you jump out bravely, bustle
around, pull on your clothes, knock
over a chair probably be warm by
the time the fire gets to burning,
and have to open a window. So in
life. Attack it timidly and you will
fail. Grapple vitk it, hurry up
things, stir around, conquer fortune
and you will be a succes. — Milwau
kee News.
The Courier-Journal is strik
ingly complimentary. It says that
when Vanderbilt travels his special
train goes a mile in something less
than a minute. In case of fatal ac
cident he would doubtless like to
have the world know that he wenfT
to what’s-the-name-of-that-place a
minute and a half quicker that any
other man ever did.
ggU In some parish churches it is
the custom to separate the men"
from the women. A clergyman,
being interrupted by loud talking
stopped short, when a woman, eager
for the honor of her sex, arose and
said; “Your reverence, the noise is
not among Wlf’ “So much the bet
ter,” answerd the preist; “it will be
the sooner over.”
Women are like horses; the
gayer the harness the better. 11/
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