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Claricn (Timber (Gmcttc. VOL. 2.--NO. 1. Weekly Timber Gazette, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY EVENING AT DARIEN, GEORGIA, BY ttICIIAUD W. GRUBB. OFFICE:—Broad Street, Near ike New Offices of Messrs. Young <£ Lung don, and J. A. Ciarke. SUBSCRIPTION RATES. For one year, (in advance) For six months, “ Clu3 Rates: Five copies, each one year Ten copies, each one year Advertising? Hates: Per square, ten lines space, first insertion... $1 .SO Per square, each subsequent insertion .1.00 gjp Special Jit Its to Yearly and Large Advertiser}. Advertisements from responsible parties will be published until ordared out, when the time is not specified on the copy, and payment exacted ac- C °Commumcatlons for individual benefit, or of a personal character, charged as advertisements. Marria-es and Obituary notices not exceeding four lines, solicited for publication When ex ceedin'' that space, charged as advertisements Bills for advertisements due upon presentation after the first insertion, but a spirit of commer cial liberality will be practiced toward regular pa- any misunderstanding, the above rules w. euiJBB. Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia. CITY DIRECTOEY. County oaircrs. County Commissioners—T. V. Pease, Chairman, J. P Gilson, James Walker, James Lachlison, lach ard L Morris, L. Mclntosh, T. H. GigmUiat. Clerk B. C. C— Spalding Kenan. Clerk Superior Court —Isaac M. Aiken. Ordinary —Lewis Jackson. Sheriff— James R. Bennett. Receiver Tux Returns —W. M. Tuomas. Tax Collector— D. M. Dunwody. County Treasurer —E. P. Champuey. Coroner —John H. Burrell. The Commissioners hold monthly meetings first Wednesday in each month. City Officers. F.x-Off. Mayor —T. P. Pease. Ex-Offs. Aldermen —Jos. P Gilson JamesSWal ter, James Lachlison, R. L. Morris, L. Mclntosh, Thomas 11. Gignilliat. Cleric and Treasurer— Spalding Kenan. City Marshal —Robert E. Carr. Harbor Master —C. H. Stead well. Inspector General of limber— E. S. Bardsy. Port Wardens —Isaac M. Amen, John H. Burrell and James G. Young. Jailor —Robert E. Carr. Rector. Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m.. -1 p. m.. and 7 p. m.. at the colored Babtist Church Rev. R. Miiiiu, pastor. ..... Relvdous services every Sabbath at 11 a. m., and 3 p. m° at the Methodist Church, colored—Rev. S. Brown, pastor. Masonic. Live Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets ffrst Wednesday night in each month at their Hall near the Magno lia House. E. P. Champuey, Worshipful Master, L. E. B. DeLurme, Secretary. School*. Mclntosh High School on tho Ridge. G ar <? n * r Haggles, Esq., Principal, Miss Clifford Stanford, Assistant. / Travellers’ Guide. The Steamer Carrie, Capt. Joe Smith, arrives from Savannah every Tuesday morning and leaves same day for Brunswick and totilla River. Re turning, arrives from Brunswick and Satilla P.i'tr every Wednesday night and departs for Saiaunah Thursday mornings at 8 o’clock. The Steamer Lizzie Baker, Capt. P Laßose ar rives from Savannah every Wednesday evening and departs same night for Brunswick and l’lori da Returning, arrives from Honda and Biuds wffik every Saturday evening and leaves same ln Tho Steamer 1 Clyde, Capt. J. L. Day. makes reg „la trips up the river to HawkinsvUlo and Dub- W. Harper runs daily Brunswick Railroad. Trains fbr Brunswick tove No. latlop. m. ’Trains for Savanna-i and Macon leave No. 1 at 2J£ a. m. IT. s. officers. Collector of Customs, Brunswick District—John T. Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick Deputy Collector of Customs for 1 ort of Darien Charles H. Townsend. Boarding Master —J. E. Cornelius. Postmaster —D. Webster Davis. Deputy U. S. Marshal —Robert E. Carr. Superior Court. Mclntosh Superior Court convenes Tuesdays af ter the last Mondays m April and November. Hon. Henry B. Tompkins, Judge, presiding, and Col. Albert R. Lamar, Solicitor General. IT. S. Mails. The mail leaves Darien every Wednesday and Saturday mornings at 9 o’clock, fo U^ < ?“^| e ’ con l 3 Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, making close con nection with mails going North South. The mail arrives from Mclntosh e\v.ry Tuesday an^i ri elr 8 V6 at n Miht and a half o’clock Wednes day and Saturday mornings. Religious. Religious services at the Methodist E. Church every Sabbath morning hud night. Preaching at the Methodist Church on the Ridge every Sunday afternoon at three o’clock. Rev. H. M. Lockwood, 1 Veligious services at the Episcopal Church on the Ridge every Sunday morning at ll o clo k. Colored Mission at DeLurme* Warehouse at 3 p. m., and at R. K. Walker’s office at 430 p m for white congregation. Rev. B. F. Chite, ■* PROFESSIONAL CARDS. W. Robert Gignilliat, attorney at law, DARIEN, GEORGIA. PROMPT ATTENTION GIVEN TO LEOLAL 1 business in the Eastern and Brunswick Clt cults, and in the United States Courts 2^iy nah, Georgia. 1 —"—' L. E. B. DeLorme, ATTORNEY AT LAW, AND NOTARY PUBLIC, DARIEN, GEORAIA. WIT.L PRACTICE IN THE BRUNSWICK AND W Eastern Circuits. Patronage solicited. Of fice opposite Dr. Kenan's. J - ’ Stephen C. Deßrulil, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIxV. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF H the Brunswick Circuit. Special attention given to the investigation of titles. Jan * * * ~~yi ewlaTxotic e. Having located in darien, i beg.to tender my profession services to tho CiTI/.FAS or DARIEN and the county of Mclntosh. Nov. 21-Oin. GEORGE J. KOLLOCK, -d. L. 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 iu cases of Bankruptcy, &e. Particular attention given to tho collection of claims, and the examination of Land Titles, ap 25 M. L. MERSHON, ATTORNEY AT LAW, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA, WILL PRACTICE IN ALL 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 1 7 the Brunswick Circuit and the city of Darien, Ga. Office, corner Newcastle and Gloucester sts,, over J. S. Blain & Co.’s drug store.- Aug 1-ly. F; W. MEIuDKIM. S. B. ADAMS. Meldrim & Adams, ATTORNEYS AND COUNSELLORS AT LAW, Cor. Bay and Barnard Sts. Savannah, Ga. fi IVE PERSONAL ATTENTION TO CAUSES IN U the S#)ierior Courts of Chatham, Bryan, Bul lock, Effingham, Liberty, Mclntosh, Tatuall, Seriv en counties. Practice in the Stato and Federal Courts. Prompt attention given to collections. Reliable correspondence iu all sections of tho State. BeptUMy. ITLi3L 3ES. SMJLTXT, ATTORNEY. AND COUNSELLOR AT LAW, BRUNSWICK, GEORGIA. WILL PRACTICE IN ALL THE COURTS OF the Brunswick Judicial Circuit, the Supreme Court of Georgia, and elsewhere by special con tract. Will examine Titles to Laud, eject Tress passers, enforce Liens, collect Claims, and, in short, make a specialty of all the varied duties and branches of his profession. apr3tf j. is. a;. baker, m. id., OFFERS UIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE3 TO tlie public. Special attention given to diseases of children. tjHpßills presented first oj each month Pip}- July 11-Iy. DR* SPALDING KENAN, DARIEN, GEORGIA. OFFER'S HIS PROFESSIONAL SERVICES TO tlie citizens of Darien and vicinity. He can be found at all hours day and 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. Resprctrully Solicits Patronage, May 2-ly. WM. M. YOUNG, j-ies'Weol.'ejto.. Tr WING had five years experience in tho busi t ness, I feel satisfied that I can give satisfac tion. Sly thanks to the public for past patronage, and hope for a continuance of the same. WM. M. YOUNG. dec!2tf Second Street. Darien Ga. BITRR VINTON, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER, BRUNSWICK, GA. PLANS and Specifications furnished on short notice. Will contract to erect Buddings in every style. Also Superintend Buildings at reas onable prices. All orders left with J. A. Atwood & Bros. Darien, Ga., will be attended to with dis patch. Jaly4tf barbershop' —BY — CLEMON SAEATTIE. Broad Street, two doors below Scriven St. DARIEN,'GEORGIA. SHOP CLOSES AT 11 O’CLOCK SUNDAY Thanking the ctrtzlNsroF darien and tlio public generally, for past’ patronage, I solicit a continuance of the same, and will .still m dcavor to merit the patronage bestowed upon me in the future. mar2otf FALL & WINTER, 1 s7i- 5 EDWARD J. KENNEDY > MERCIIAXT TAILOR, 12G Broughton Street, Savannah, Georgia. INVITES the attention 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 tho season, which will be made up to order ill the most approved fashion. Ail goods warranted as represented sepl9-ly FISK’S PATENT Metalio Burial Oases. THE BEST INVENTION KNOWN FOR PRE SERVING THE DEAD. Also SELF-SEALING Metalic Cases (two patents elegancy finished) and handsomest in the market. Coffins in Rosewood, Mahogany, Black walnut, Cedar and common woods. We k*ep a full as sortment of all goods in our line. J. A. ATWOOD & BROS, angl-tf (Broad Street,) Darien, Ga. Georgia Mclntosh co. Ordinary's Office of said County. ) March 29 th, 1875) rno ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN, BE IT A known that C. A. Space. Administrator on the estate ofO. A. Space, deceased, lato of sanl Coun ty 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-3m Ordinary Mclntosh County. DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, MAY 21, 1875. PAINTING! CHRIS. MURPHY. CHAS. CLARK. MURPHY & CLARK 08 Bryan Street, near Dravton, Savannah, Georgia. HOUSE, snip, STEAMBOAT, SIGN AND Ornamental Painters* GLAZING GILDING. GRAINING. , MARBLING, and PAPER HANGERS. We aro prepared to offer estimates for every description oj Painting in any part of Georgia, South Carolina and Florida, utad guarantee satis faction in tho execution of our work. Iu 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 iu quart, pint and half pint bottles, roady for use. GROUND and'ENAMELED GLASS, STAINED and PLAIN, of various colors. Double and Single thick French, English and American GLASS. GOLD LEAF, BRONZE and 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; LPAIN AND ORNAMENTAL SIGH WORK Executed with neatness and dispatch. LADDERS! LADDERS!! Connected with our Paint and Oil Houso will be found a general assortment of Ladders of ev ery discretion, and at prices to suit purchasers. STEP LADDERS sold by us will be stained to imitate Black Wai nut, and lettered with the purchasers name if de sired. Orders from tho country promptly attended to, febl3-0m BRESNAN'S EUROPEAN HOUSE, SAVANNAH, - - GEORGIA. (OPPOSITE NEW MARKET,) Rooms, with Board, $2 00 a Bay. FINE LARGE AND AIRY ROOMS ALWAYS IN READINESS FOW FAMILIES A'NDJ] COMMERCIAL TRAVELERS. ONE OF THE FINEST RESTAURANTS In the South attached to the House. Passengers and Baggage carried FBEE OS CHARGE to the House. CAUTION. To avoid being deceived by drummers of other so-called Euronean Houses, BE SURE to ask for Omnibus with BRE3NAN'S EUROPEAN HOUSE on it. JOHN MIEHNAN, Proj>rictor. sep!9.ly HEW STORE. ISAAC JACOBSON, BROAD ST., DARIEN. CA. HAS JUST OPENED IN HIS NEW STORE, A full and complete stock of^, IDrv Goods, NOTIONS,. CLOTHING-, Boots and Shoes, Hats & Oa/pj**, WHITE GOODS, Etc. Also a full supply of Groceries, LIQUORS, TOBACCO, CIGARS, Hardware, &c., &c., which he is offering very low FOR CASH. April 3 m3. GREAT BARGAINS AT AUCTION ! CALL AND SEE CHEAP JOHN! COE. BEOAD AND JACKSON SI A. WHERE HE WILL OFFER AT AUCTION EV • ery night Ladies’ and Gents Iloisery, Under Shirts and Drawers, Shawls, Linen Damask, Wool en and Oil Table Covers, Handkerchiefs and Napkins, Bleached and Unbleached jjlieeting Stationary, Fancy Toilet Soaps, Perfumery, Hard ware, Table and Pocket Cutlery, and Notions of every discriptiom Sales will continue every night until tho en tire stock is closed out. MITCHELL & EOSENBUEY, apilo-tf Auctioneers. JOSEPH G-OETTE, Undertakers Ware-Room, 137 Rroughton St., between Bull and Whitaker, SAVANNNII, GEORGIA. A FINE and well selected stock Metalic, Maliog -‘A ony, Walnut Grained and Stained Coffluy Coffin plates and trimmings always on hand. Neatest Hearses and carriages furnished for fu nerals. Ice cases for preserving remains in the warmest weather. Remains disinterred, boxed and shipped. Orders from tho country promptly attended to. Personal attention given to all or ders, and can be found at any time at tho Ware rooms. sep!9-ly A Paper for the People. THE MORNING NEWS, | T WOULD REQUIRE THE SCOPE OF QUITE A fl- large volume to contain the good things that aro said about the Morning News by its contem poraries erf the Southern press. It isalmost daily referred to as “Tho best paper in the South,” “tho leadingYJeorgia daily,” etc., and is gener ally conceded to be iu all respects a modern Southern newspaper. This is the fame that the Morning News covets, and no pains will be spared hereafter to make it still worthier of the confidence and patronago of the people of Georgia and Florida. The ample resources of the establishment will be devoted to the improvement of tlie paper in respect to its already large facilities for gathering the current news of the and ay, and its staff of special corres pondents has been reorganized with a view to meeting every possible contingency that may arise. Although the Morning News lias little or no competition within the field of its circulation, nevertheless no effort will be considered too ex pensive that give the earliest and freshost 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 tho paper so popular will ho maintained. The oditorial de partment will be conducted with the same digni fied thoughtfulness, conservative vigor, and earn est devotion to principal that havo characterized it. The racy reliability of the local, and the ac curacy aud completeness of the commercial do partmerts, will bo kept up to tho old standard, aud improvements will be made whatover they are suggested by experience. The Morning News is the only Savannah paper that publishes tho Associated Press dispatches and the Telegraphic Market Reports authorized by the Commercial Bureau of New York City. In addition to this, the Locad Market reports will be full and reliable, and will enable business men of Georgia and Florida to form estimates as accu rate and as intelligent as if they were in the city. In a word, tho Morning News will comprise every feature that renders the modern newspaper attractive, and 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 iu its own proper field, and will al low no compeditor to outstrip it in any depart ment of journalistic enterprise. TERMS: Daily, one year SIO.OO Six months 6.00 Three months 2.50 Tri-Weekly, one year 0.00 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 Post Office Order or by Express, at the expense of the undersigned. Send for specimen copy. Address J. H. ESTILL, mar 27 Savannah, Ga. Mclntosh county HIGH SCHOOL. THIS SCHOOL will open at the SCHOOL HOUSE on the Ridge at 9 o’clock, a. ill. on MONDAY, the 19th day of October, 1874, under charge of GARDNER RUGGLES, Principal. MISS CLIFFORD STANFORD, Assistant. The trustees desire tho 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. octl7-tf Chairman. ST, THEUS HOUSE; - HOTEL AND RESTUARANT, European Plan. Corner Broad and Jackson Streets, DARIEN, GEORGIA. Board and lodging, $1.50 per day. Meals and Lodging. Fifty Cents each, Meals at the Kestuaraut 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 tho TIMBER CUTTERS respectfully solicited. My terms are Strictly Cash. THOMAS THEUS, mar'27-tf Proprietor, The Weekly Register. PUBLISHED AT Savannah, Georgia. BY OTTO & Ul ÜBAIiD. THU CHEAPEST PAPER ill the SOUTH. ONLY $1 00 PER ANNUM. TOBWOFK OF Aid. KINDS PROMTLY AT *J tended to. Orders by mail receive immedi ate attention. Address, OTTO & HUBBARD, aprlO-tf 157 Bay St. Savannah, Ga. WHAT WAS HIS CREED. Ho left iPload of antharcito In front of a poor woman’s door, When the deep snow, frozen and white, Wrapped the streot and square, mountain aud moor. That was his deed; He did it well; “What was his creed t” I cannot tell. Blessed “in his basket and in his store,” Iu sitting down and rising lip; When more he got ho gave the moro, Withholdihg not the crust aud cup; He took the lead In each good task, “What was his creod ?” I did not ask. II ■ i h&rity was like tho snow, Holt, white and sileut in its fall; Not like tho noißy winds that blow From the shivering troos the leaves, a pall. For flowers and weed. Drooping below, “What was his creed?” The poor may know. He had a great faith In loave.s of bread For Hungry people, young aud old, And hope inspired, kind words he said To those he sheltered from the cold; For wo must feed As well as pray. “What was his croed?” I cannot say. In words he did not put his trust; His faith in words he never writ; He loved to sharo iiis cup and crust With all mankind who needed it. In time of ueod A friend was he. “What waß his creed?" Ho told me net. He put his trust In heaven, and ho Worked well with hand and head; And what he gave in charity Sweetened his sleep and daily bread Let us take heed, F“T ltfe is brief. “What waß his creed ?” “What his belief?” A Sensible View of Boys. Anxious mothers, who cherish the idea that their noisy, apparent ly reckless boys are liable at any time to be brought home dead, kill ed by some accident, carelessly in curred, give themselves a great deal of unnecessary trouble. Boys are by no means so venturesome as is supposed, and are not fools by any manner of means. A boy will run out in the street and stand as if he would be ruu over. But notice, be fore he stands ho will catch the driver’s eye, and ho fears no dan ger. He climbs a roof, a tree or he walks a rafter, but he is sure-footed, and seldom places himself in real danger of his life. Ho takes his chances on a slight injury or a fall there as we all do. In tho winter boys are unusually timid, and where one is drowned it is rarely from his own fault or venturesomeness. It is more often the result of unfore seen contingencies. They jump on wagons, but always from behind. In coasting, the acci dent is not often the fault of the lad or the sled. It is oftener the fault of a heedless driver of a team. When a runaway comes along, a boy never tries to stop the team — no, he breaks for shelter. Boys rarely run risks at fires, and a boy run over by an engine is almost un heard of. Tho boy who is run over in the street is not tho Arab, but the boy with the expensive clothes on; the boy just fresh from a careful mother’s admonitions to be careful; the boy always held in restraint: who has had “accident” dinged into his ears so contiualjy that when he encounters one he falls a victim to lack of presence of mind, and may be, the fear of a father’s or mother’s wrath. So long as boys are boys they are liable to danger from vari ous sources; but a hair breadth es cape is not a calamity. A boy’s life becomes safer from tho moment he is badly frightened \jy the danger of losing it. Handling Wet Soil. —On this subject the California Agriculturist says: Better not do it, because it is an injury to it—an injury that years of careful culture can not remedy. Heavy soil once puddled and packed when wet, remains so far a long time. Every step the horses take on wet soil,' puddles it. The plow turns it over without pulverizing it, and leaves a stiff glaze on the fur rows. Better bo idle a few days, or even sow the grain without plowing, and scratch when tho surface dries off, than ruin or seriously injure the soil by puddle-plowing. This is the way that some farmers have of rush ing through when they get started, rain or shine, mud or mellow, re gardless of consequences, is not ac cording to the dictates of common sense, and is not profitable either. Better pay your hired man to let it alone, than to plow the soil when too wet. An Exchange says the read ing of a good and well conducted newspaper, even for the spaco of one quarter of a year, brings more sound instruction, and leaves a deeper impression, than would probably be acquired at the best schocl in twelve mont’s Talk to the members of a family who read the papers, and compare their intel ligence and information with those who do not. The differ; nee is be yond comparison. $2.50 A YEAR. An Irrep; essible Pussy- We liave been trying to lose our cat. We are somewhat fond of her, but she bad a way of producing kit tens every few months in various portions of the hous e that was 'veiy disagreeable; and on the evening when her maternal duties were not urgent she used to mount the back fenco and spit, and yowl with a screech like a fog whistle. So she became a nuisance, and we deter mined to lose her. I had a grudge against my wife’s aunt, and the first time she came to visit us I gave the cat to her, and she took it up to Philadelphia (about thirty miles) in a basket. There was only one cat when my aunt started, but when she got homo there were six. The cat had kittens in the basket on the way up. I believe that cat would have had kittens on the top of the Baptist Church steeple, if she could have got there. We had peace around the liouso for a couple ot nights; but on the third night wo were startled by a scream fi om the back yard like the yell of a Com manche Indian with the delirium tremens. I looked out at the win dow and observed our cat engaged in an excited argument with anoth er cat on the smoke house roof. She had come back. The next day I traded her off for a bunch of beets to a farmer from over the river in New Jersey, and he took her home. I know then that we had lost her fi nally, and as night after night went without any noise, we felt glad that she was lost for good. A few months afterwards, as I was going up to bed, I saw a wet and dragged ani mal in the hall. Upon close inspec tion I found that it w T as our cat. She had swam the river and como home; and she had just had kittens on the front stairs. The farmer subsequently rnado me pay him four prices for the beets. That evening she resumed her vocalization on tho back fence, and from the vigor sho displayed I judge she was trying to converse with another cat on tho other 6ide of the river, two milco distance. Tho next day I tied a brick to her neck and chucked her into the stream. Two hours after wards she was in the yard again,- damp, and with a cold in her lungs, but still inclined to be sociable with the other cats, and still able to woflc off a shriek that waked all the ba bies in the neighborhood. As she didn’t seem inclined to stay lost I took her out next morning and hitched her with a rope to a near car of tho express train, and in a few moments she was proceeding up the track with frightful velocity, clawing and spitting and hollowing, as she was carried along. That af ternoon I drowned the kittens, and’ just as they breathed their last, thh breakman on the railroad called and said somebody had fastened my cat to his train, but he had rescued her and brought her back, for which service he wanted two dollars. Sho seemed to have an unconquerable indisposition not to remain lost. Sho w r as not much out of repair. One of her legs was broken, but her voiße w r as sound, and while commu ning with another cat that evening, she emitted one wjjd shriek which brought Cooley over to my house with his gun to ascertain who was that cried “murder!” A few days passed when she had kittens again on the parlor sofa; and that night I hitched to a couple skyrockets I had brought and touched them off She whizzed for a wjiile around among the stars, and I thowght I saw the corpse fall over towards "Wilmington; but tho next evening while coming homo' from church, I saw some cats hold-' ing a synod in the front yard. One" of them was our cat singed, and a little discouraged, but still capable of drowning out all the other cats in a chorus. She still remained un lost. —Max Adder. ggp- A Texas editor is trying to keep society straight in his town, and when he sees anything he does not like, he speaks about it. To one young woman he says; “We suggest to a certain young lady of our' vil lage to hold her peace,- unless she can talk without trying, or seeming to try, to shake her chignon when she wags her tongue. It adds no' force to her words; and looks out of place to us.” ■ : flgf” “Now, then, children,” said a parish school mistress showing her children off on examination day, “who loves all men ?” “You, mis sus,” was the unexpected reply. -* o ► When two young hearts that beat as one attend device services in the evening, it is bashfulness that leads them to select a seat in the most rJaeure pew under tlm gallon*.