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Darien Timber Gazette.
VOL. 6.--NO. 3.
Darien Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING.
jr dariej r, Georgia,
CORNER BROAD AND NORTHWAY STREETS.
RICHARD W. G-RTJBB,
and Proprietor,
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Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
City Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Commissioners —James Walker, Chairman:
Adam Strain, Isaac M. Aiken, J. A. Atwood, T. H.
Ginilliat, James E. Holmes, Joseph Hilton.
Clerk Board of County Commissioners— Spalding
Kenan. _ _ _ .
Clerk Superior Court —L. B. Davis.
Ordinary —o. H. Hopkins, Sr.
Sheriff —T. Butler Blount.
Receiver Tax, Returns— W. McW. Young.
'Tax Collector —0. C. Hopkins.
County Treasurer —M. C. O'Neil.
County Surveyor —lV. R. Poppel.
Coroner —Philip Maxwell.
The Commissioners hold monthly mootings on
tho first Wednesday in each month.
CITY OFFICERS.
Ex-Officio Mayor —James Walker.
Ex-Officio AUlermcn —Joseph Hilton, J. A. Atwood,
Adam Strain, J. E. Holmes, Thomas H. Gignilliat,
Isaac M. Aiken.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committee on Finance —Messrs. Strain, Atwood
and Hilton.
Committee on Accounts—TAvustsi. Holmos, Gignil
liat and Aiken.
Committee on Ilarbor— Messrs. Hilton, Aiken
and Btrain.
Committex on ITcallh and Cemetery —Messrs. Gignil
liat, Atwood and Holmes.
Committee on Pa/upers —Messrs. Atwood, Holmes
and Gipuilliat. ... ,
Committee on Jail —Messrs. Aiken, Hilton and
Atwood. ~ ...
Committee on Streets and Lanes— Messrs. Aiken,
Strain and Holmes.
Committee on County Roads —Messrs. Atwood,
Gignilliat and Hilton. .
Committee on l*ublic Buildings —Messrs. Strain,
Gignilliat, and Aiken.
Committee on l*olice —Messrs. Holhioh, Hilton and
Strain. . n . .
Committee on Ordinances —Messrs. Aiken, Strain
and Atwood.
Cterk and Treasurer— Spalding Kenan.
City Marshal —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Deputy Marshal —Alonzo Guyton.
Harbor Master —.James Abeel.
Port Physician—Dr. James Holmes.
Inspector General of Timber —George W. Fanes.
Port Wardens —Isaac M. Aiken, John H. Burrell,
and James G. Young.
Jailer—Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Board Pilot Commissioners— Charles S. I.angdon,
Chairman, R. K. Walker, W. C. Clark, Arthur Bai
ley, Dr. R. B. Harris, James Lachiison and Robt.
Mitchell. Wm. L. Gignilliat, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Live. Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets first Wednesday
night in each month at their hall near the Magno
lia House; H. S. Ravenel, Worshipful Master; R.
W. Grubb, Secretary
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Customs, Brunswick District —JohnT.
Collius. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for Port of Darien —
Charles H. Townsend.
Boarding Master —Edwin C. Davis.
Toastmaster —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy Marshal —Joseph B. Bond.
SUPERIOR COURT—EASTERN CIRCUIT.
non. Wm. B. Fleming, Judge.
Major A. B. Smith, Solicitor General.
Bulloch County—Thursday before first Mondays
in April and October.
Elhngham County—First Mondays hi April and
October.
Bryan County—Thursdays after "first Mondays
in April and October.
Chatham County—Second Mondays in February,
May and October.
Mclntosh County—Tuesdays after last Mondays in
April and October.
Liberty County—Tuesday after second Mondays
in May and October.
UNITED STATUS MAILS.
The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon k
Brunswick Railroad, every morning (Sunday ex
cepted) at 10 o'clock a. m., departing every after
noon at 3p. m. Mail closes at 2V*p. m.
Side mail for No, 3, Atlantic & Gulf Railroad,
departs 8K o’clock every Tuesday morning and
arrives at 8 p. m. every Monday, touching at
Riceboro and South Newport both ways.
RELIGIOUS.
Religious services at the Methodißt Church
every Sunday morning at 11 oclock, and evening
at 8 o’clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at o’clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas
tor.
Religious services every Sabbath at 11a. m. and
3p. m. at the Methodist Church, colored, Rev.
L. H. Smith, pastor.
New Bakery
—.VXD
CONFECTIONERY.
ALSO, A FINE STOCK OF
Dry Goods and Groceries,
(At 11. Cullinan’s old stand.)
FRESH PIES, BREAD AND CAKES EVERY DAY.
Party and Wedding Cake made to order.
Pure, delicious ice-cold Soda Water on draught.
Also,
A Fine Stock of Candies
Of our own manufacture constantly on kaml.
Parties wishing anything in our line are respect
fully invited to give us a call.
Isadore Collat.
hjsylMy Proprietor.
Professional Cards.
w ALTER A. WAY,
Attorney-at-Law and Real
Estate Agent,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Will practico In the Superior Courts of the
Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also, in the
Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, etc. Par
ticular attention given to the collection of claims
and tlie examination of land titles. apri!2s
■yy" ROBERT OIGNTT.T.TAT,
Attoiney-at-Eavv,
DARIEN, ...... GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal business in
tho Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and in the
United States Courts at Savannah, Georgia.
april2s-ly
J E. B. DeLORME,
Attorney & Counselor-at-Ea w,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Office on Broad straef, near Timber Exchange.
July 2
JQR. SPALDING KENAN,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Offers his professional services to tho citizens of
Darien and vicinity. He can be found at all hours
day and night, at his mfiee on Screven street, next
door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwelling house. augS-ly
JJII. R. B. HARRIS
Offers his professional services to tho citizens of
Darien and surrounding country. All calls prompt
ly attended, both medical and surgical. Office
under the Masonic Hall, iu old Custom House
building. •
J J. ABRAMS,
Attorney-at-RaW,
Commei'eial Building,
june6-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HENRY B. TOMTKINS. . | 13. A. DENMARK.
rjtOMPKINS & DENMARK,
Attorney s-at-Law,
No. 103 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Practice in tho United States Courts, and in tho
Superior Courts of the Eastern Circuit. jc6-tf
Miscellaneous. -
look: OUT.
HOYT’S COLOGNE, CORNLNG’S COLOGNE,
LUBIN’S EXTRACTS, POMADES,
HAIR OIL, TOILET POWDER,
LILLY WHITE, PUFF BOXES,
ROUGE, TOILET SETS,
.And in fact, a full assortment of Perfumery and
Fancy Toilet Articles. Soaps—toilet, laundry and
medicated. Give us a call.
W. 11. COTTER & CO.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
Reduction! Reduction!
HEOUCTIOM !
To givo everybody a chance before they have
fully supplied themselves for tho season, the
Managers of the Famous
NewYorkGletliing House
Havo decided at this early dato to
MJitLE .i 11JEUUC TIOJ*'
on their already very
LOW miCES,
offering now their entire stock of
FINE CLOTHING
—AND—
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
lower than can be bought
AT WHOLESALE IN NEW YORK.
This is no humbug, to draw a crowd, but
A POSITIVE REDUCTION,
to close out our
Spring & Summer Clothing
Come one and come all, and supply yourselves
at the FAMOUS NEW YORK
CLOTHING HOUSE!
140 Congress street, Savannah, Ga.
jan3l
PREPARED AND SOLD ONLY BY
W. H. COTTER & CO.
W. H. COTTER & CO’S.
Magnetic Liniment
Is an invaluable remedy in all cases of Rheuma
tism, Neuralgia. Chronic Pains, etc. It is also an
excellent apjilication to all bruiseß.
W. H. COTTER & CO'S.
Cholera Mixture
Is a sure and speedy cure for all Bowel Affections
and Summer Complaints incidental to our climate.
These preparations are guaranteed to give imme
diate relief, and should be kept in every family.
—FOR THE LADIES—
W. H. COTTER & CO’S.
Sewing Machine Oil
The Best Oil made for all line machinery. apl9-tf
Garden Seed.
II7E HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY OF FRESH
V V Garden Seed, just received, consisting in
part of
BEETS, CABBAGE,
CARROTS, CUCUMBERS,
CELERY, EGGPLANT.
LETTUCE. OKRA.
ENGLISH PEAS,
BEANS, TOMATOES,
SQUASH, OYSTER PLANT.
EARLY CORN. PEPPER. Etc.
W. H. COTTER A CO.,
Druggist® and Apothecaries.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 11, 1870.
Steamboats.
G-EORG-IA & FLORIDA
INLAND
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The Darien Line!
THE STEAMERS
David Clark and Centennial,
—TRI-WEEKLY—
BETWEEN DARIEN AND SAVANNAH,
AND WEEKLY TO SATILLA RIVER.
s r h r u r l is:
The Steamer DAVID
CLARK, Captain John
Fitzohkald, will leave
Hotel Wharf, Darien,
FOR SAVANNAH,
every Wednesday and
Sunday, touching at all
intermediate holdings.
RETURNING,
Leave Savamiah every
Monday and Friday af
ternoon, arriving at Da
rien every Tuesday and
Saturday, and leave Da
rien the same day foi
st. Simon’s, Brunswick,
St. Marys and Fernan
dina.
Through rates of freight to and from Northern
and Western ports.
Steamers connect at Brunswick with the up
ward and downward trains of the Brunswick and
Albany Railroad and with the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad.
THOMAS WHITE, Agent, Hotel Wharf.
O. S. BENSON, Gen’l Passenger Agent.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITE, Agent, is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at Darien.
J. S. LAWRENCE, Manager,
sep22-tf Savannah, Oa.
Savannah and Melonville
STEAMBOAT LINE.
INLAND ALL THfi WAY!
STEAMER "ROSA
For St. Catherine’s, Doboy, Union Island, Darien,
St. Simon's, Brunswick, Satilla River and St.
Marys, Ga., Feruaudina, Jacksonville, l’alatka
and all points on St. Johns River, Fla.
STEAMER ROSA,
Captain P. H. WARD,
Will leave wharf foot of Drayton streot, every
TUESDAY" at 4 o’clock p. m., for Jacksonville,
Fla., touching at all the above points, except Sa
tilla River.
Through rates of freight issued by steamer
Rosa for points on Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Oco
nee rivers, will he protected by Steamer Halcyon,
C. M. QUARTERMAN,
Agent Steamer Halcyon, Darien, Ga.
Trough low rates of freight and passage and
bills of lading given to all points.
Freights for Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Oconee
Rivers must be prepaid.
Freight received daily, Sundays excepted.
‘J. H. SMITH, Manager.
O. S. Benson, General Business Agent. feblO
REGULAR LINE
On the Altamaha, Ocmulgee
anti Oconee Rivers.
THE NEW AND LIGHT DRAFT STEAMER
IP O zzc. ,
Drawing twenty inches only when
laden, will ply regularly on tlie waters of the
.Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers, during
both summer and winter, connecting with A. & G.
R. 11. at Doctortown, and M. k B. R. R. at Lumber
City Bridge, and with Savannah by steamer David
Clark, Captain Tom White, at Darien. Freights
are kindly solicited. Strict attention shall be paid
to all freight and business consigned to her. Live
and let live, shall be her motto. With permission,
respectfully referring all parties to R. C. Bow in,
House Creek, Wilcox county, Smith Turner. Ab
bervillo, Wilcox county, T. F. Fussel, Wilcox Lake,
Telfair county, Stephen Middleton, Appling
county, steamboat agents at Darien, and railroad
agents at Doctortovm and Lumber City, and Robt.
Mcßride, Montgomery county.
dec2o-(m JKN KINS M. HOLMES. Master.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
4\rf FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
V V friends and customers for their liberal pat
ronage during the past year, and we have entered
anew year with the determination to deserve a
larger share of their trade. We do not keep cheap
drugs, but sell a GOOD AND PURE ARTICLE OF
MEDICINE as low as it can be sold. Remember
that we have constantly in stock a lull assortment
of
PURE MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISHES,
PATENT MEDICINES of all kinds,
HAIR DYES,
HAIR OILS,
HAIR BRUSHES,
TOOTH BRUSHES,
And the best articlo of No. 1 KEROSENE OIL at
lowest prices.
Prescriptions carefully compounded night or
day.
W. H. COTTER & CO.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
NOTICE.
Wheelwright and Blacksmith
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS
of Wheelwright and Blacksmith work at short
notice.
BUGGIES, WAGONS AND SIGNS
PAINTED.
Gorham’s Patent Attachment for shafts (a great
saving of time and money to all who use them)
are kept on hand.
All kinds of work done in first-class style. All
I ask of the people of Darien and Mclntosh
County is a trial. All work warranted.
ROBERT MITCHELL,
jeG-tf Second street, Darien, Ga.
Ordinary’s Citation.
i \ EORGIA, McINTOSH COUNTY—Whereas, the
V I estate of Dr. Samuel W. Wilson, being un
represented, no annual returns having been made
for several years according to law. These, are
therefore to cite all and singular the kindred and
all parties concerned to be and appear at my office
within the time prescribed by law, and file their
objections, if any they have, why the law should
not be enforced and other executors appoiuted.
Given under my hand and official signature
this 2d day of June, 1H79.
CHARLES H. HOPKINS,
Junethtf Ordinary, Mel. C.
The Steamer CENTEN
NIAL, Captain W. C.
Ulmo, will leave Hotel
Wharf, Darien,
FOR SAVANNAH,
every Saturday, touch
ing at all intermediate
landings.
RETURNING,
Leave Savannah every
Wednesday afternoon,
arriving at Darien every
Thursday, and leave Da
rien the same day for
St. Simon's, Brunswick
and Satiila River.
Ordinances, See.
AN ORDINANCE
Entitled An Ordinance to Protect the
Public Health ot the Port of Darien
by Quarantine and Otherwise.
Section I.— The lloanl of Commissioners of
Mclntosh County who are rxofficio Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Darien, in Council assem
bled do ordain and it is hereby ordained by autltor
ity of the same, That at tho first annual meet
ing of this board or each and every year, there
shall be elected a Board of Health, to be composed
of five (5) members, and also a Port Physician,
who shall be, by reason of his office, a member of
said board.
Sec. 2.—-Be it further ordained, That said Board
of Health shall have power to visit and inspect,
at their discretion, any or all lots; enclosures,
yards, streots, lanes, thoroughfares or wharves,
aud to require tho same to be cleansed of any
tilth or unwholesome matter found theroon, by
the owners or tenants of such property, within
twenty-four (24) hours after notice is given; they
will also cause such gleanings to bo forthwith
rendered or placed within reach of the public
scavenger. Upon nogleet or refusal of the owner
or tenant of any such property to comply with the
foregoing requirements they shall be reported to
the Police Court, to be punished, as hereinafter
provided, and the said cleaning up shall bo done
by the Marshal, and all expense thus incurred
shall be paid by the owner or tenant of such
property.
Sec. 3.— Be it further ordained, That said Board
of Health are hereby empowered, iu their discre
tion, to have any or all untenanted houses opened
for ventilation and tho premises of the same
cleansed. Aud any expense so incurred shall be
paid by the owner of such house or lot.
Sec. 4.— Be it further ordained. That any person
resisting, by neglect or otherwise, any of the pro
visions of the preceding section of this ordinance
after twenty-four (24) hours notice is given him
or her by any member of tho Board of Health,
shall be. upon conviction thereof, fined for every
such offonse uot exceeding $25 U 0 or placed on the
chain-gang for not exceeding thirty (30) days, and
the Marshal or his assistants are hereby ordered
to obey all orders emanating from said Board of
Health, which may be given for tho purpose of
carrying into effect the provisions of tho ordinance.
Skc. 6.—Be it further ordained, That said Board
of Health shall meet monthly, or at tho call of its
chairman, aud report to this board their actings
aud doings, and also examine into and recom
mend any measures which may be, iu iheir judg
ment, necessary to preserve the public health.
They are also hereby empowered to fill, by elec
tion, any vacancy Ibat may at any timo Occur in
their board.
Sec. 0. — Be it further ordained, That it shall be
the duty ot the Port Physician to visit and inspect
all vessels arriving at this port from any point
(foreign or domestic) reported to him as infected
with contagious or malignant diseases of any
nature, and if after iuvestigatiou auy such dis
ease is found to exist aboard of such vessel, ho
shall forthwith order the same to be removed to
quarantine grounds and tho Bick or diseased per
sons aboard said vessel shall be, at his discretion,
removed to the quarantine buildings, near Wolfe
Island, so that the proper attention may be given
them. He is hereby empowered to employ, where
he deems it necessary, sufficient guards to pre
vent conununicutiou with such vessel or sick per
sons, aud to transport auy necessary medicines
or sustenance to the same. Also, to employ
nurses when required, reporting such action to
the chairman of this board.
Sec. 7.— Be it further ordained. That after the
required time of quarantine shall have been com
plied with by such vessel, the Port Physician shall
cause her to be thoroughly fumigated aud
cleansed, and two (2) days after such fumigation he
Bhall issue a permit for her removal, and ull ex
pense thus incurred shall bo paid by the master
or owner of such vessel. And tho quarantine
grounds spoken of in this ordinance are hereby
declared to be the grounds in Doboy Sound, to
the northerd of Wolfe Island, known as tho lower
quarantine grounds.
Sec. B.— Be it further ordained, That the regular
quarantine term shall begin on tho first day of
April of each and every year, and end the first day
of November of the same year unless circum
stances should require other dates than the
above, and the Port Physician is hereby instructed
to issue, his proclamation, endorsed by the Mayor
on the said first day of April, to all pilots and mas
ters of vessels arriving from any South American,
West India, or Gulf ports, requiring the same to be
anchored at the quarantine grounds and reported
for investigation and fumigation, even though
they may have no sickness aboard. And in the
event that any vessel with sickness aboard of a
malignant nature, shall arrive at other dates
than those above specified, it shall bo the duty
of the Port Physician to proceed as during the
regular term of quarantine.
Sec. 9.— Be it further ordained, That it shall be
the duty of every pilot of this port before board
ing any vessel either at sea or inside the bar to
make a diligent inquiry of tho master of said ves
sel, if there js on board any mWignani, contagious
or infectious disease of any nature, and if there
should exist such disease he is hereby forbidden
going aboard, under a penalty of SIOO and dismissal
from office.
Sec. lo.— Be it further ordained, That any mas
ter of a vessel refusing to answer the above in
quiries of the pilot, or deceiving him as to the real
presence of infectious disease on hoard, or as to
any death on the voyage from said cause shall be
fined in the sum of
Sec. 11.— Be it further ordained , That any master
of a tow or other steamboat violating the provi
sions of this ordinance as contained in section 9,
whether as a pilot or master of such boat, shall
upon conviction, be fined in the sum of SIOO lor
each and every such offense.
See. 12.— 8 eit further ordained , That it shall be
the duty of the Port Physician to examine into
any cases of a malignant or contagious disease re
ported to him as existing within the city of Darien
or its vicinity, and report the same to the chair
man of this board, who is hereby authorized to
cause the removal of such persons, at the expense
of the city, to some point designated by tho Board
of Health, so as to prevent the spread of such
disease.
Sec. 13 .+-Be it further ordained, That the fee of
the Port Physician shall be:
For every vessel boarded in Doboy Sound
for inspection S2O 00
For every vessel boarded in Sapalo Sound
for inspection 50 00
For every vessel boarded at or near Darien.. 200
At the Ilidge 5 00
For all vessels boarded at night, with infectious
disease on board, double day rates, (S4O, SIOO,
$4, $10), and he is hereby required to make month
ly reports of his actions, and doings to this hoard.
Sec. 14.— 8 eit further ordained, That all ordi
nances or parts oi ordinances conflicting with any
of the provisions of this ordinance be and the
same are repealed.
Read third time and passed April 11, 1879.
Spalding Kenan,
junel3-tf Clerk aud Treasurer.
To Pilots and Masters of
Vessels.
First—All Vessels arriving at this port from
South America, the West Indies, or ports on the
Gulf of Mexico, having no richness on board and
having had no burials on the voyage, shall be
anchored at the Upper Quarantine, one mile above
tho ixnkk buoy, up the Carnocbau River and
remain until visited and inspoetod by the Port
Physician. The ballast ground being near at
hand, su h vessels may be cleansed and disinfected
while throwing oft' their ballast, and will not be
detained, under favorable circumstances, over
five days, when the Port Physician will visit them
and finding all right will give a written permit to
proceed to their destination.
Second—Vessels arriving from any port having
fever on board, or deaths on the voyage, must be
anchored as near as maybe safe to the hospital,
on Clam Bank, or Lower Quarantine Ground, and
remain until visitai by the Port Physician.
JAMES HOLMES, M. D.,
Port Physician.
Approved: JAMES WALKER, Mayor. jel:S-tf
UTT ON,
BUILDER and CONTRACTOR
DABIEN, GA.
Plans, Specifications and Estimates furnished.
I guarantee to my friends and the public to gtve
entire satisfaction to all work entrusted to me.
BstT No Wood Butchers employed.
juue 27-tf 3. 1. SUTTON.
THF DAYS THAT ARE NO ROUE.
Tears, Idle tears, I know not what they moan,
Tears from the depth of somo divine despair
Rise in tho heart and gather iu the eyos,
IU looking on the happy autumn fields
And thinking of days that are no moro.
Fresh as the first beam glittering on a sail
That brings our friends up from’ the under worn
Sad as tho last, which reddens every ono
That sinks with all we love below tho verge;
So sad, so fresh, tho days that are no more.
Ah. sad and strange, as in dark summer day
The earliest pipe of half-awakened birds
To dying ears, when unto dying eyes
The casement slowly grows a glimmering square;
So sad, so strange, the days that are no more.
Dear as remembered kisses after death,
Ami sweet as those by hopeless fancy foignod
On lips that are for others; deep as tovo—
Deep as first love, and wild with all regret;
Oh, death in liie I the days that are no more.
A Burner as Peter tlie Great Gave it.
At ono of the grand dinners given by
the Czar, a huge pie was placed in the
centre of tlie gentleman’s table, out of
which, when the startled carver broke the
crust,a beautiful dwarf lady, in pur id natur
alibim, all except a head-dress,stepped, pro
posed in a set speech and drank in a glass
of wine the health of tho company,and then
retired into her snug retreat and was car
ried lrom the table. A man dwarf was
substituted at the ladies table. Did not
Peter say he could reform his people but
not himself? A dinner party at the Czar's
must indeed have been a sight not con
ceivable out of Bedlam, and could have
only been planned in the maddest brain
on earth if a manuscript among the Sloane
papers in tho British Museum is believa
ble. Buch practical jokes i Such wild,
grotcsqne gambling ! The frolics of Lovi
athan. The laughter of a Titan, as fright
ful in his fun as in his fury ! There was
accommodation at the Czar’s table for about
a hundred; but the grim humorist always
issued invitations to twice or thrice that
number, and left his guest to elbow, jostle
and tight for chairs and places, and re
tain them against all comers and claim
ants if they could. Not infrequently a
free light was extemporized, and noses
tapped, and even tho aacred persons of
Embassadors have been profanely touched
and trilled with. The Czar sat at the head
of the table, a broad grin on his face, roll
ing the spectacles like a sweet morsel un
der his tongue. The guests are so closely
packed that feeding-room is not to b
thought of, and ribs are often blackened
and almost driven in by active and vigor -
ous elbows, provoking tierce, recrimina
tions and quarrels. Tlie kitchen is so near
to the dining-hall that there floats through
tho latter a fragrance of onions, garlic and
train-oil, mellowed and tempered by the
moro delicious aroma of the roast. The
more knowing and initiated guests wave
soups and such like eatables, and mani
fest a special appetite for tongues, bams,
and viands that cannot be tempered with
or made the vehicle of practical joking,
for as often as not it happens that a bunch
of dead mice will bo drawn out of tho
soup or discoverd snugly imbedded in a
dish of green peas; and sometimes, when
his guests have well partaken of certain
pastries, the Czar will courteously inquire
if the cat, wolf, raven, or other unclean
animal proved a savory or delicious mor
sel, with what result let the imaginative
guess. The approach to a regular Donny
brook was hastended on by liberal sup
plies of brandies, strong ales, and wines
so adroitly served out as to expediate the
grand climacteric of drunkenness.—Bel
gravia.
A Motion Withdrawn.
A few years ago tlie following incident
took nlaco in Washington, county, Texas.
The jury of a circuit court, before whom
a miserable wretch had been tried, re
turned a verdict of “guilty,” and con
temptuously suggested the whipping post.
The court adjourned for dinner. Imme
diately after dinner the defendant’s coun
sel, without consulting liis unfortunate
client moved for anew trial, and com
menced reading the motion.
“Hold on, for God’s sake,” whispered
tho client, pulling at the counsel’s coat
tail. “Don’t read that!”
“Let me alone,” muttered the lawyer,
irritably; “I’ll attend to you when I’ve
read the motion.”
“Rut I don’t want you to read tho mo
tion.”
“But I don’t want you to road the mo
tion,” whined the agitated culprit.
“Don’t want mo to read it? Why not?
What in thunder’s the matter? I’m going
to get you anew trial ?”
“But I don't want anew trial ?” exclaim
ed the wretch.
“Don’t want one! Why not?” returned
tho other heatedly, frowning from under
his eyeglasses.
“Cause it’s too late,” urged the client.
“While you were all out to dinner, the
darned Sheriff took mo out, and lie’s
whipped the very hide off of me.”
The motion was withdrawn.
Siam Evidence. —A family grocer in the
northern part of the city has been annoy
ed a great <fl by boys stealing boxes and
other articles from the yard in the rear of
the store, and the other day he made ready
for a visit, determined to catch a boy and
make an example of him. By and by four
or five lads dropped off tho fence into the
yard, and they were mousing around in
search of plunder when the grocer rushed
at them. Somehow or other all got over
the fence, but one boy left behind him on
a rail about half a yard of cloth from the
“bulge” of his breeches. With this proof
in his hand the grocer rushed around and
out upon the street, and as luck would
have it lie collared the boy who had lost
the patch.
“Now I’ve got you—now I’ve got proof!”
exclaimed the grocer as he waived the
cloth on high.
“I don’t see it,” coolly replied the boy.
“You don’t? Why, this cloth was from
your breeches—here’s the very spot!’’
“You hnin’t got no ease agin mo, mis
ter,” said the lad as he eyed the cloth, “for
I can prove that these breeches belong to
my brother Bam ! If you want to arrest
him go ahead.”
The occasion was too big for the grocer
to grasp, and while he was trying to mas
ter the conundrum the boy and tho big
rent walked off in dose company.
The worst thing thut can be said of the
housefly is, tliat it sometimes so bothers
the minister while he is pleaching, that it
makes it appear to the congregation that
ho is winking at one of the Sunday 6011001
sisters in the gallery.
$2.50 A YEAR.
Domestic Surgery.
We Lave just come into possession of
the facts of a remarkable circumstanco
which occurred in this vicinity some time
sinoe. A middle-aged lady, who resides
near Wellers, Pennsylvania, a few miles
from this city, whose names is omitted by
request of friends, was afflicted by that
terrible disease, scrofula, the seat of the
disorder being in her bead. She suffered
terrible agony from the pressure of tho
diseased cranium upon the brain, and her
physician decided that the only means of
relief was the removal of the top of her
skull. He never attempted the operation,
however, fearing, she might die from its
effects. The woman continued to suffer,
and her son, who was afflicted with the
same disease, determined to take the risk
and perform the operation. He was con
siderable of a mechanical genius, and he
soon constructed a tine saw for the purpose,
the material used being wire from an old
hoopskirt. After lie had finish the instru
ment, although he had no surgical knowl
edge, he began tho operation of sawing
through the skull at a point about two
inches below the summit of the cranium.
After w orking some time at the oper
ation the young man was taken ill
and died. After his death the lady’s
daughter, a young lady of nineteen or
twenty, decided to contiuue tho work,
and did so, succeeding in removing tho
top of her mother’s head, relieving tho
terrible pain, and probably saving her
life. Blie was occcupied several days in
the operation, which Vvas a delicate and
dangerous one, ordinarially only to be
performed by the most skillfull surgeons.
If the improvised instrument had been
driven too deep and penetrate the delicate
covering of the brain, instant death would
have resulted, and that some accident of
the sort did not occur is ono of the most
astonishing facts about the matter. She
undertook tho operation as a desperate re
sort, and the exercise of nerve which sus
tained her was wonderful. Once while
working she fainted, and frequently she
would throw down the saw, declaring she
oould go no further. Her mother, whose
enormous will power was not less wonder
ful, always urged her to proceed, saying;
“If 1 can stand it you should do the same,
as it is tho only way of saving my life."
No anaesthetic was used, and the afflicted
woman carefully watched and directod
tho operation.
As stated, instantaneous relief followed
the removal of the diseased bone, although
the disease was not entirely eradicated.
The removed bone was replaced by a silk
en cap, carefully fitted. The operation
was performed over six months ago, and
tho lady was, at last accounts, alive and
cheerful, though, of course, confined to a
limited sphere of action. Bhe took a very
philosophical view of the affair, and seems
grateful that relief was afforded, although
she will remain an invalid for life. The
case is certainly a remarkable one, and if
the facts were met with in a work of fiction,
the story would probably be regarded as a
clever but far fetched fabrication “out of
tho whole cloth,” But the case is well
authenticated, . and we have stated tho
facts without addition or change as we ob
tained them from a reliublo source.—Cum
berland News.
Don’t Elope In Rubbers.
An infalliable indication of tho approach
of summer is the number of elopements,
which are chronicled in tho local columns
of the domestic exchanges. One of the
most touching idyls of the season is told
in limpid phroso by the Day ton Democrat,
lie wrh poor, she was young; her parents
were sensible. He was forbidden to enter
the house or she to leavo it. Her cham
ber was in the second story, and under
neath the window was a grape arbor or
rack. At the hour appointed for love’s ad
venture he made the preconcerted sig
nal from a shady comer of the street,
and she answered it. Bbe had a change of
clothing safely stowed away in a valise,
which she had borrowed from her brother
without his knowledge. She opened the
window and lowed the valise to the
ground. Then crawling out of
dow and straddling one of the rafters of
the grape rack, she crept down to the post
and thence, as it were, shinned into the
ground. Everything looked auspicious,
and they were in a great glee when to her
horror she happened to observe that she
had on a pair of old rubbers instead of
her shoes, which she had taken off in her
room, and had forgotten to throw out on
the grass. This was a sad state of affaire,
as it would not look well for a young lady
to go traveling among strangers with a
pair of rubbers, and nothing else in the
form of shoe leather; and beside, as it was
damp and cold, her health would be en
dangered. Just what to do greatly dis
tressed the ardent young hearts. A prop
osition that he should climb up to the
room and get the shoes was not highly en
tertained by the dashing young man, but
while they were discussing it their pretty
little scheme suddenly collapsed. The
big brother turned up unexpectedly at the
front gate. Tho girl sat down on the door
step and burst into tears, and her lover
disappeared over the fence with uncom
mon agility. There was a domestic tab
leau in the parlor and the young lady was
sent to bed.
An Eye to Business.—The scene was
hererbouts; the characters, a rich young
merchant and a pretty woman. He had
an affection for her; she a liking for him,
so they became betrothed. After a time
she found out that she didn't love him
well enough to marry him, and the match
was broken off. It was a severe blow and
he staggered under it; but he fought well
for himself, protested that his iife was
ruined, asked if she could not learn to
love him, and in all ways did the proper
thing. She was immovable, however, and
he sadly and reluctantly took his leave.
While his eyes were full of gathering tears
ho bade bis faltering fwnwells, then clos
ed the door upon his hopes. A moment
later he opened it, stepped back into tho
room, and with tears in Ids eyes, brokenly
murmured: “I hope this will make no
difference about your coming to the store,
Miss ——; and that your mother will con
tinue to trade with us. I shall be happy
to give the usual discount. Our stock is
large and varied; our aim to please.” And
the door shut finally, leaving him alone
with his grief.—Portland Press.
A most excellent wash tor the face—
water.