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VOL. 1--NO. 51.
Weekly Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY
SATURDAY MORNING
AT DARIEN, GEORGIA, BY
RIC HARD W. GRCIili.
n VFJCE: Broad Street, Near tW Xew Offices of
Messrs. Yowny if' Lctuydoii, amt J. K. Clarice,,
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Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
CITY DIRECTORY.
County officers.
County Comm turner* -T P. Pease, Chairman,.!,
p Gilson, James Walker, James Lachliaou liich
urd L Morris, L. Mclntosh, T. H. GigaiUiat,
Cleric 11. C. C—Spalding Kenan.
Cleric Superior Court—lsaac M. Aiken.
Ordinary —Lewis Jackson.
Sheriff —James E. Bennett
Uece.i'rrr Tux Returns—Vi. M. Thomas.
Tax Collector— D. M. Duuwody.
County Treasurer —E. P. Champney.
Coroner — John H. Burrell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings first
Wednesday in each month.
< ’ i t v Officers.
Ex-Off. Mayor —T. P. Pease.
Ex-tiff*. Aider men —Jos. P. Gilson. James kMal
kcr, Jan.es Lachlison, R. L. Morris, L. Mclntosh,
Thomas H. GiguiUiat.
Clerk and 'Treasurer —Spalding Kenan.
City Marshal —Robert E. Carr.
Harbor Master— C. H. Stead well.
Inspector General of Timber— E. S. Barclay’.
Rorl Wardens —Isaac M. Aiken, John H. Burrell
and James G. Young.
Jailor —Robert E. Carr.
Religions services every Sabbath at 11 a. in.. J p.
m an d 7p. m.. at the colored RubtiSt Church—
p.xy il Miflin, pastor. ,
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. ni.. and
I; J,. at the Methodist Church, colored—Ret.
S. Brown, pastor.
(Hasoiiic.
Live Oak Lodge. No. 137, meets first Wednesday
night in each month at their Hall near the Magno
lia House. E. P. Champney, Worshipful Master,
L. E. B. DeLorme, Secretary.
schools.
Mclntosh High School oil the Bulge. Gardner
Haggles, Esq., Principal, Miss Clifford Stanford,
AKsiataut.
Travellers’ Guide.
The Steamer Carrie. Capt. Joe Smith, arrives
from Savannah every Tuesday morning and leaves
same day for Brunswick and Satilla Kiver. Re
turning, arrives from Brunswick and Satilla I
every Wednesday night and departs for SavWh
Thursday mornings at 8 o'clock.
The Steamer Lizzie Baker, Capt. P. Laßose, ai
rives from Savannah every Wednesday evening
and departs same night for Brunswick and Flori
da Returning, arrives from Florida and Bruns
wick every Saturday evening and leaves same
niebt for Savannah.
The Steamer Clyde. Capt. J. L. Day. makes reg
ula trips up the river to Hawkinsville aud Dub
lin about every ten days. , ~
[’lie Steamer Daisy, Capt. V,. H“ r P® r , rl l *
between this place and Hammy Smith s Landing,
where it connects with hacks tor No. 1 Macon and
Brunswick Railroad. Trains fo* Brunwu.k leaye
No. lat It) p. m. Trains for Savannah and Macon
leave No. 1 at 2U a. jit.
It. s. Officer*.
Collector of Customs, Brunswick District— John T.
Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for I ort of Da, ten—
Charles H. Townsend.
Hoarding Master —J. E. Cornelius.
J'ostmastcr —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy V. S. Marshal —Robert t. Carr.
superior Court.
Mclntosh Superior Court convenes Tuesdays af
>.’r' the last Mondays in April and November.
Hon. Henrv B. Tompkins. Judge, presiding, and
Col. Albert R. Lamar'. Solicitor General.
IT. s. Malls.
The mail leaves Darien every Wednesday and
Saturday mornings at i) o'clock, for Mclntosh, a,
:t Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, making close con
nection with mails going North and South.
The mail arrives from Mclntosh every 1 uesdaj
and Friday evenings. ... , ... ,
Mail closes at eight and a half o clock At ednes
day aud Saturday mornings.
Religious.
Religious services at the Methodist E. Church
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 Church oil
the Ridge every Sunday morning at 11 o eIOCK.
Colored Mission at DcLorme’s Warehouse at dp.
m., aud at R. K. Walker’s office at. 4 30 p. m. lor
white congregation. Rev. B. P • ( lute, t •
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.
W. Robert Gigatlliat,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to alt. legal
business in the Eastern Brunswick Cir
cuits, and iu tips Unifed' States Courts at Sa\au
fiah, Georgia. aprrl H 1- _
li t E, 15. Dionne,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND NOTARY PUBLIC,
DARIEN, GEORAIA.
WILL PRACTICE ny THE BRUNSWICK AND
'' Eastern Circuits. Patronage MO ) 1
Ace opposite Dr. Kenan’s. ' ui - *
Stephen €. DcHrulil,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
’* the Brunswick Circuit. Special attention
SiHfcn to the investigation of titles. Jan.. -n,
MEDICAL NOTICE.
Having located in darien. i beg to
tender my profession services to the
OF DARIKIS
and the county of Mclntosh. _
Nov. ‘2l-Gm. GKORGE J. KOLLOCK, -I. I’-
WALTER A. WAY,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
AND REAL ESTATE AGENT,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACFICE IN THE SUPERIOR GOURTS
•• of the Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also
in the Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, Ac.
Particular attention given to the collection of
claims, and the examination of land Titles, ap '25
M. L. MER3HON.
ATTORNEY AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA,
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
** the Brunswick Circuit and Mclntosh in the
Eastern Circuit. Darieu and Brunswick made a
specialty. may 22-ly.
Goodyear & Harris,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA.
I*riLL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COUNTIES OF
7 f the Brunswick Circuit and the city of Darien,
Ga. Office, corner. Newcastle and Gloucester sts„
over J. S. Blaiu & Co.'s drug store. Aug 1-ly.
P. W. MELDItIM. S. n. ADAMS.
Meldrim & Adams,
ATTORNEYS AND
COUNSELLORS AT LAW,
Cor. Bay and Barnard Ga.
/ lIYE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO CAUSES IN
VS the Superior Courts of Chatham, Bryan, Bul
lock, Effingham, Liberty, Mclntosh, Tatnall, Seriv
en counties. Practice in the State and Federal
Courts. Prompt attention given to collections.
Reliable correspondence in all sections of the
State. Septi9-Iy.
IHA E. SMITH,
ATTORNEY AND
COUNSELLOR AT LAW,
BRUNS WICK, GEORGIA.
WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF
* 7 the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, the Supreme
Court cf Georgia, and elsewhere by special con
tract. Will examine Titles to Laud, eject Tress
passers, enforce Liens, collect Claims, aud, in
short, make a specialty of all the varied duties
and branches of his profession. aprßtf
J. IS. I*. iUKIIIi, V..
Offers his professional services To'
the public. Special attention given to diseased
OF CHILIIIIFA.
Dills presented first nj edch man thefts.
July 11-Ty. .
DR. SPALDING REi\AxY,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
OFFERS HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO
the citizens of Darien and vicinity, lie can he
found at all hours day aud night, at his office on
Screven Street, next door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwell
ing house. Aug. 8 ; ly.
D. B. WING-,
MEASURER AND INSPECTOR
Timber and Lumber,
DARIEN, GA.
e g-Respretridly .Solicits Patronage ,-=£&
May 2-ly.
WM. M. YOUNG,
HAVING had five years experience in the busi
ness, I feel satisfied that I can give satisfac
tion. My thanks to the public for past patronage,
aud hope for a continuance of the same.
WM. M, YOUNG.
decl2tf Second Street, Darien Ga.
BURR WIN TON.
CONTRACTOR AN t> BUILDER,
BRUNSWICK, GA.
tjL (NS arid Specifications furnished on short
1 notice. Will contract to erect Buildings in
every style. Also Superintend Buildings at reas
onable prices. All orders left with J.. A. Atwood
h Bros. Darien, Ga., will he attended to with dis
patch. julyttf
BARBER SHOP,
—BY—
CLEMON SABATTIE.
Broad Street, two doors Below Scfriven St.
DARIEN,'GEORGIA.
SHOP CLOSES AT 11 O’CLOCK SUNDAY
Thanking the citizens*of darien and
the public generally, for past patronage. I
solicit a continuance of the same, and will still iu
deavor to merit the patronage bestowed upon me
in tho future. maraott
FALL & WINTER, 1874-5
EDWARD J. KENNEDY,
NERCIIAMTULOK,
120 Broughton Street, Savannah, Georgia.
INVITES the attention of his former patrons
and the public in general to his new selected
stock of tine English and French Digonals, Cassi
meres and Fancy Vestings, all of the choiscst
goods adapted to the season, which will be made
up to order in the most approved fashion. All
goods warranted as represented seplO-ly
FISK'S PATENT
MsiaSic Burial Cases.
milE REST INVENTION KNOWN FOR PRE-
I SERVING THE DEAD. Also SELF-SEALING
Metalio Cases (two patents elegancy finished) and
handsomest iu the market.
Coffins in Rosewood, Mahogany, Black Walnut,
Cedar and common woods. W’e keep a full as
sortment of all goods iu our line.
J. A. ATWOOD A BROS,
augl-tf (Broad Street.) Darien, Ga.
Georgia Mclntosh go.
Ohdinaky's Office of kaio County. )
March 29th, 1875 J
mo ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, BE IT
I known tfiatC. A. Space. Administrator on the
estate of G. A. Space, deceased, late of said Conn
tv applys for letters of Dismission. If no objec
tion is filed I will pass upon the same at my office
within the time prescribed by law.
LEWIS JACKSON,
aprlO-'Jm Ordinary Mclntosh County.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, MAY 14, 1875.
PAINTING!
CHRIS. MURPHY. CIIAS. CLARK.
MURPHY & CLARK
98 Bryan Street, near Drayton, Savannah,
Georgia.
HOUSE, SHIP, STEAMBOAT, SIGN AND
Ornamental Painters,
GLAZING
GILDING.
GRAINING,
MARBLING, and
PAPER HANGERS.
We arc prepared to offer estimates for every
description oj Painting in any part of Georgia,
South Carolina and Florida, aud 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, aud BRUSHES.
FURNITURE. DEMAR and other Varnishes
put up in quart, pint aud half pint bottles, ready
for use.
GROUND and’ ENAMELED GLASS, STAINED
and PLAIN, of various colors.
Double aud Single thick French. English aud
American GLASS.
GOLD LEAF, BRONZE aud Glaziers’ DIA
MONDS.
Machinery OIL and Axle GREALF.
A select stock of Gold and Plain PAPER HANG
INGS.
Persons desiring work and material in our line
would do well to give us a call before going else
where.
LPAJN AND ORNAMENTAL
S I C N WORK
Executed with neatness and dispatch.
LADDERS! LADDERS!!
Connected with our Paint aud Oil House will
be found a general assortment of Ladders of ev
•ery discretion, and at prices to suit purchasers.
STEP LADDERS
sold by ns wlll.be stained to imitate Black Wai
nnt. and lettered with the perehasers name if de
sired.
Orders from the country promptly attended
to, febl3-6m
BRESNAN’S
EUROPEAN HOUSE,
SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA.
(OPPOSITE NEW MARKET,)
Rooms, with Board, $2 00 a
Day.
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.
Passenycfs and Bayqaye carried FREE Of
CHARGE U> Vue. House.
CAUTION.
To avoid being deceived by drummers of other
so-called European Houses, BE SURE to ask for
Omnibus with BRESNANS EUROPEAN HOUSE
on it.
JOIIX Hili;S\A\,
I’s’opriplor.
sepl9.ly
NEW STORE.
ISAAC JACOBSON,
BROAD ST., DARSEN, CA.
Has just opened in his new store, a
- lull and complete stock of
IDrv Goods,
NOTIONS,
CLOTHING,
Boots and Shoes,
Hats & Caps,
WHITE GOODS, Etc.
Also a full supply of
Groceries,
LTQUORN,
TOBACCO, C T S,
Hardware, &c., &c.,
whirh ho is <*fT<rinL r v< rv low FOB CASH.
April 3- m3.
GREAT BARGAINS AT
AUCTION !
CALL AND SEE
CHEAP JOHN!
COR. BROAD AND JACKSON ST J.
WHERE HE WILL Olf’Eß AT AUCTION EV
* * cry night Ladies’ and Gents Under
Shirts and Drawers, Shawls, Linen Damask, Wool -
en and Oil Table Covers. Handkerchiefs and
Napkins, Bleached aud Unbleached Sheeting
Stationary, Fancy Toilet Soaps, Perfumery, Hard
ware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, and Notions of
every discription.
Sales will continue every night until the en
tire stock is closed out.
MITCHELL & ROSENBURY,
nprlO-tf Auctioneers.
G-OETTE,
Undertakers Ware-Room,
137 Rroughton St., between Bull and Whitaker,
SAVANNNH, GEORGIA.
4 FINE and well selected stock Metalie, Mahog
* * ony, Walnut Grained and Stained Cofflny
Coffin plates and trimmings always on hand.
Neatest Hearses aud carriages furnished for fu
nerals. Ice cases for preserving remains in the
warmest weather. Remains disinterred, boxed
and shipped. Orders from the country promptly
attended to. Personal attention given to all or
ders, and can be found at any time at the Ware
rooms. soplil-ly
A Paper for the People.
THE MORNING NEWS,
IT WOULD REQUIRE THE SCOPE OF QUITE A
* large volume to contain the good things that
are said about the Morning News by its contem
poraries of the Southern press, ft isahnost daily
referred to as “The best paper in the South,”
“the leading Georgia daily,” etc., and is gener
ally conceded to he in all respects a modern
Southern newspaper.
This is the fame that the Morning News covets,
aud no pains will he spared hereafter to make it
still worthier of the confidence and patronage of
the people of Georgia aud Florida. The ample
resources of the establishment will be devoted to
the improvement of the paper in respect to its
already large facilities for gathering the current
news of the and ay," and its stall of special corres
pondents has 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 features that have rendered the paper so
popular prill be maintained. The editorial de
partment will he conducted with the same digni
fied thoughtfulness, conservative vigor, and earn
est devotion to principal that have characterized
it. The racy reliability of the local, and the ac
curacy aud completeness of the commercial do
partmerts, will be kept up to the old standard,
and improvements will he 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. In
addition to this, the Local Market reports will he
fall and reliable, and will enable businessmen of
Georgia and Florida to form estimates as accu
rate aud as intelligent as if they were in the
city.
In a word, the Morning News will comprise
every feature that renders the modern newspaper
attractive, aud its readers may confidently look
to its columns for the latest information in regard
to everything of current interest, It will admit
of no rivalry in its' own proper field, aud will al
low no compeditor to outstrip it it any depart
ment of journalistic enterprise.
TERMS:
Daily, one j-ca’r SIO.OO
Six months 5.00
Three months’ 2.50
Tri-Weekly, one year (i.OO
Six months 3.00
Three months 1.50
Weekly, one year 2.00
Six months, 1.00
Three months 50
Money may he sent by Rost Office Order or by
Express, at the expense of the undersigned.
Send for specimen copy. Address
J. H. ESTILL,
mar 27 Savannah. Ga.
mgintosh county
HIGH SCHOOL.
i rpßxs SCHOOL will open at the SCHOOL HOUSE
I on the Ridge at St o’clock, a. m. on MONDAY,
the l!)th daj of October, 1574, Under charge of
GARDNER RUGGLES',
Principal.
MISS CLIFFORD STANFORD,
Assistant.
The trustees desire the prompt and punctua
attendance of all pupils with such books as they
may now have.
For further particulars apply to the Chairman
of the Board. E. S. BARCLAY.
octlT-tf Chairman.
ST. THEUS HOUSE.
HOTEL AND RESTUARANT,
lliiropoau fi*lisn.
Corner Broad and Jackson Streets,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
UOARD AND LODGING, $1.50 PER DAY.
Meals and lodging. Fifty Cents each, Meals
at the Rcstuarant can be had at all hours, and
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 THEUS,
mar27-tf Proprietor,
The Weekly Register.
PUBLISHED AT
Savannah, Georgia.
BY
OTTO A Hi HSiAVU).
TIIEriIEAPEST PAPER in the SOUTH.
ONLY $1 00 PER ANNUM.
TUB WOPK OF ALL KINDS PROMTLY AT
*> tended to. Orders by mail receive immedi
ate attention. Address,
OTTO ,V HUBBARD.
aprlO-tf 157 Bay St. Savannah, Ga.
AT 7!Y MOTHER'S CRAVE.
BY GEOItOE D. PRENTICE.
The trempling dew-drops fell
Upon the shutting floweres—like souls at rest;
The stars shining gloriously—aud all,
Save mo, at rest.
Mother I love thy grave !
The violet, with the blossoms blue aud mild,
Waves o'er thy head—wheu shall it wave
Above thy child ?
’Tis sweet flower—yet must
Its bright leaves to the coming tempest bow,
Dear mother—’tis thine emblem—dust
Is on thy brow.
And I could love to die—
To leave untasted life’s dark bitter streams
By thee, as erst in childhood lie.
Aud share thy dreams.
_ •
And must I linger here
To stain the plumage of my sinless years,
And mourn the hopes of childhood dear
With bitter tears ?
Aye—must I linger hero
A lonely branch upon a blasted tree,
Whose last frail leaf, untimely sere,
Went down wi th thee 1
Oft from life's withering bower,
In still communion with the past I ti ro,
Aud fnusc on thee, the only flower
In memory's urn.
And, when the evening pale
Bows like a mourner on the dim, blue wave,
I stray to hoar the night winds w’ail
Arouml thy grave.
Where is thy spirit flown ?
I gaze above—thv look is imagined there—
I listen, and thy gentle tone
Is on the air.
Oh, come—while here I press
My brow upon thy grave- and in those mild
And thrilling tones ol tenderness, j
Bless, bless thy child !
Yes, bless thy weeping child,
And o’er thy urn—religion’s holiest
Oh, give his spirit undettlcd *
To blend with thine.
True Female Nobility.
The woman, poor and homely as
she can be, who balances her income
and expenditures, who toils unre
piningly upon her well-trained chil
dren, and presents them, morning
and evening in rosy health and
cheerfulness, as offerings of love to
her husband—who seeks the im
provement of tlucr minds rather
than the adornment of their bodies
—is the most exalted of her sex.
Before her shall the proudest bow
‘of her head, for the bliss of a happy
heart is Vith her forever.
If there is one prospect more dear
to a man than another, it is that of
meeting at the door liis smiling wife
and group of happy children. How
it stirs up the blood of an exausted
man, when he hears the patter of
feet on the stairs —when young
voices fix in glad confusion,and the
youngest springs to his arms with
a mirthful shout, Father Almigh
ty,
“Thy glory chines around the group,
Thy smiles aud blessings hover here.”
There is no heart so utterly har
dened that it cannot be touched by
love and tenderness.
An Economical Husband. — The
following story is told by the De
troit Free Press.
A few days ago a couple from
lowa, on their way east, had to stop
in this city, owing to the wife’s ill
ness. They went to a hotel, and
for the first day or two the husband
didn’t complain of the cost, but
when his wife grew worse, and a
doctor was called in and a nurse
employed, he began to hang on to
the dollars which were demanded.
On the fifth day the doctor looked
serious and said that the Woman
would probably die. The husband
consulted with the hotel clerk and
with a freight agent, and going
back to his wife he leaned over her
and sobbdd:
“Oh! Sarah Jane! you mustn’t
die here!”
“I don’t want to leave yon, Pbile
tus,” she replied, “lint I fear that
my time has (time’”
“Don’t! oh ! don’t die here! he
went on.
I; If my time lias come I must go,”
she said.
“Yes I suppose so, but if I could
only got you back home first I’d
save at least forty dollars on funer
al expenses, and forty dollars don’t
grow on every bush! ’
In Connecticut a certain
magistrate was called to jail to lib
erate a worthless debtor. “Well,
John,” said the magistrate, on en
tering, “can you swear that you arc
not worth S2O, and never will be?”
“Why,” answerd the other, rather
chagrined at the question, “I can
swear that I am not worth that
amount at present.” “Well, well,”
returned the magistrate,- “I can
swear the rest, so go ahead.” And
the man was sworn and discharg
ed.
. A method by which persons
with short memories may sing songs
which have been partly forgotten,
and also supply rhymes, is sugges
ted by the following:
“Oh. if I had a lumty turn lumty turn too,
In the land o' the olive and lit-:
I would sing of the lumty lum lumti to you.
And play on the thingumy-jig.”
“And if in the lumty turn battl e Wall,
A tnmti turn's all that crave;
oh. bury me deep iu what you may call,
And plant thingumbob over nivgrave."
$2.50 A YEAIt
The Difference.
Some years ago, just after the late
unpleasantness was over, when gen
tlemen from away down in Maliiq
travelled with hotel banners (glared
carpet-bags) to the sunny South to
help the beneighed heathen, the Af
ricans, a darkey who was a porter
on the steamer Natchez, was giving
his views to another monk about the
difference.
He said de carpet-bagger comes
up to him very pleasantly and
shakes him by de hand,, axes him
what mout be his name, if he is
married, how long, how many chil
dren his wife has, and if he does not
feel thankful to his friends, the
Notheners, fighting for his freedom,
and de carpet-bagger says very
sweetly, Mr. Brown will you be kind
enough to blacken my boots (No.
11 s) —when lie has given de boots
an Orleans shine de C. B. hunts all
Iroo his dosh, and rewards him with
a nickel.
Now de Southern man, he comes
along and says you d—m rascal;
shine my boots, and make a nice job
of it, or I will break your head with
this cane—he gives dern boots the
best shine he has in his shop,
and de gemmen gives a quarter.
Now I like the suddern man the
best of the two.
The Trundle Bed.
r J he balmiest sleeji we ever expe
rienced was when we were nestling
in the old trundle-bed with a cui'ly
headed brother just turned out of
the parent nest to make room for a
new customer. But trundle-bed
dreams were soon at an end, for
when the next customer came we
were crowded out of the trundle-bed
to make room for the next that was
turned out of the parent nest, and
so they kept alternating for years,
until we were turned out into the
wide world.
, O! where are the little heads that
we have kissed a thousand times
o’er as they nestled in the old trun
dle-bed? Some of them have grown
old and gray, and others are resting
upon their everlasting pillows in'
widely separated lands. We are al
ways sad when we think of the old
trundle bed.
A Race With Death. —A story is
told (if an engineer on the Union
Pacific railroad who ran a race with
death at the rate of forty miles an
hour, and won by five seconds. He
was driving the passenger train
West, and was taken suddenly and
seriously ill. He seemed to know
that death was near—yet, the train
must reach Cheyenne before lie
could be releifed.
That was the end of his route.
He increased the speed of the
engine and ran for life. Forty
miles an hour saved his distance.
He reached Cheyenne ahead of
time, and when the engineer who
was to releivc him stepped aboard
the engine; he faintly gasped:
‘‘Take the engine; Ia& ready to die
now.” In five seconds, he was a
corpse. If death had stepped before
the other engineer, what would
have been the consequence to
the passengers ? But they did not
see the grim spectre running the
engine like a phantom train. It
was a very closo shave, and a
frightful instance of a man remain
ing at the post of duty long
enough.
—
A Star-Gazer. —He was a star
gazer; he was; and the other night
he raised his pensive eyes to the
; orb-lit canopy, and while march
ing rapidly through the backyard
revolved a mathematical problem in
his mind. He was even carried be
yond the stars by his furtive imagi
nation, and grew sentimental and
began reciting those chaste lines:
“Twinkle, twinkle, little star, how
I wonder” —“what in the h—ll is
that?” he exclaimed, as something,
took him “kerslap” on the forehead
and set him backward on the cold,
cold wood pile, and then his senti
ment vanished. He don’t star-gaze
any more now worth a cent, and he
swears that galvanized clothes line
has got to come down if it involves
the whole domestic circle in a civil
war, and lie never does get anoth
er clean shirt. —Griffin News.
B@L,Twq children passing a build
ing with a weather-cock upon it, one
of them said: “I wonder why they
didn’t put a hen up there instead of
a rooster.” After a little reflection,
the other replied: “I guess it’s
’cause they couldn’t get up there
for the eggs.”
jgira?” “What plan,” said one actor
to another, “shall I adopt to fill the
house at my benefit ?” “Invite vour
creditors, was tire surly reply.