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Darien Timber Gazette.
VOL. 6.--NO. 4.
Darien Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
AT DA MEAT, GEORGIA,
CORNER BROAD AND.NORTHWAY STREETS.
KICHARD W. GRUBB,
and Proprietor.
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RICHARD W. GRUBB,
Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
City Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Commissioners —James Walker, Chairman;
Adam Strain, Isaac M. Aiken, J. A. Atwood, T. H.
Gignilliat, James E. Holmes, Joseph Hilton.
Clerk Board qf County Commissioners—Spalding
Kenan.
Clerk Superior CnSirt —L. B. Davis.
Ordinary —C. H. Hopkins, Sr.
Sheriff— T. Butler Blount.
Receiver Tax Returns—Vi. McW. Young.
Tax Collector—O. C. Hopkins.
County Treasurer —M. C. O'Neil.
County Surveyor —W. R. Poppel.
Coroner —Philip Maxwell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings on
the first Wednesday in each month.
CITY OFFICERS.
Ex-Officio Mayor —James Walker.
Ex-Officio Aldermen —Joseph Hilton, J. A. Atwood,
Adam Strain, J. E. Holrnos, Thomas H. Gignilliat,
Isaac M. Aiken.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committee on Finance— Messrs. Strain, Atwood
and Hilton. _
Committee on Accounts—Messrs. Holmes, Gignil
liat and Aiken.
Committee on Harbor —Messrs. Hilton, Aiken
and Strain.
Committee, on Health and Cemetery— Messrs. Gigml
llat, Atwood and Holmes.
Committee on Paupers— Messrs. Atwood, Holmes
and Gignilliat.
Committee on Jail —Messrs. Aiken, Hilton and
Atwood. _ ...
Committee on Streets and £an<*—Messrs. Aiken,
Btraiu and Holmes.
Committee on County Roads —Messrs. Atwood,
Gignilliat and Hilton.
Committee on Public Buildings— Messrs. Strain,
Gignilliat, and Aiken.
Committee on Police— Mossrs. Holmes, Hilton and
Strain. _ ,
Committee on Ordinances —Messrs. Aiken, Strain
and Atwood.
Clerk and Treasurer— Spalding Kenan.
City Marshal —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Deputy Marshal —Alonzo Guyton.
Harbor Master —James Abeel.
Port Physician —Dr. James Holmos.
Inspector General of Timber —George W. Faries.
Port Wardens —lsaac M. Aiken, John H. Burrell,
and James G. Young.
Jailer —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Board Pilot Commissioners —Charles S. Langdon.
Chairmau, R. K. Walker, W. C. Clark, Arthur Bai
ley, Dr. R. B. Harris, James Lachlison 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. Ravanol, Worshipful Master; it.
W. Grubb, Secretary
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Customs, Brunswick District— John T.
Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for Port of Darien—
Charles H. Townsend.
Boarding Master— -Edwin C. Eiavia.
- I'oMmtmer—lX WobMtqr DavfiJ *
Deputy Marshal —Joseph B. Bdfid.
SUPERIOR COURXt—EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Hon. Wm. B. Fleming* Judge.
Major A. B. Smith. Solicitor Gsperal.
Bulloch County—Thursday before first Mondays
In April and October.
Effingham County — Fm*t Mondays in April and
October. mF
Bryan County—Thursdays after, first Mondays
In April and October.
. Chatham County—Second jreortiary,
May and October. "
Mclntosh County—Tuesdays after last Mondays in
April and October. \
Liberty County—Tuesday after seoond Mondays
in May and October.
IjafcTKD BTAT*B MAILS.
Tb* mails -arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon fe
Brunswick Railroad, every morning (Sunday ex
noon at Sp. m. Mail closes at p. m.
Side mail for No. 3. Atlantic A Gulf Railroad
departs o'clock every Tuesday morning and
arrives at 8 p. m. every Monday, touching at
Biceboro-'nnd South Newport both ways.
RELIGIOUS.
ReMgious services at the Methodist Church
overysifnday morning at II oclock. and evening
at 8 o’clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at 314 o’clock. Rev. H. E- Harman, pas
tor.
Religious earvincs every
3 p.m. at the Methodist ChUrcH, ColdHHUßev.
lew Batoy
■iJ ■ J i- I c ' * '• ■ ; -Iff
—AND—
CONFECTIONERY.
:l “v““
ALSO, A FINE STOCK OF
Dry Goods and Groceries,
{At M. Cullinan’a old stand.)
FRESH PIES, BREAD AND CAKES EVERT DAT.
Party and Wedding Cake inade to order.
Pure, delicious ice-cold Soda Water on draught.
Also,
A Fine Stock of Candies
Of our own manufacture constantly on hand.
Parties wishing anything in our line are respect-
Wlfr to.gfve us a oall. •
Isadora Oollat,
OiaytT.ly* W|Wtetor
Professional Cards*
'YY' ALTER A. WAY.
Attorney-at-Law t and Heal
Estate Agent,
DAEIEN, GEOEGIA.
Will practice in the Superior Courts of the
Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also, in tho
Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, etc. Par
ticular attention given to the collection of claims
and the examination of land titles. april26
w. ROBERT GIGNILLIAT.
Attorney-at-Law,
DAEIEN, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all logal business in
the Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and in the
United States Courts at Savannah. Georgia.
april2s-ly
E. B. DkLORME,
Attorney & Counselor-at-Law,
and Notary Public.
DAEIEN, GEORGIA.
Office on Broad street, near Timber Exchange.
July 2
SPALDING KENAN,
DAEIEN, GEORGIA.
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and vicinity. He can bo found at all hours
day and night, at his office on Screven street, next
door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwelling house. augß-ly
B. B. HARRIS
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and surrounding country. All calls prompt
ly attended, both medical and surgical. Office
under the Masonic Hall, in old Custom House
building.
J J. ABRAMS,
Attorney-at-LaW,
Commercial Building,
jnneC-tf SAVANNAH, GEOEGIA.
HENRY B. TOMPKINS. | B. A. DENMARK.
rjIOMPKINS A DENMARK,
Attorneys-at-Law,
No. 105 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Practice in the United States Courts, and in the
Superior Courts of the Eastern Circuit. je6-tf
Miscellaneous.
LOOK. OUT.
HOYT’S COLOGNE, CORNING’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. H. COTTER & CO..
fel>22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
Reduction! Reduction!
REDUCTION !
To give everybody a chance before they have
fully supplied themselves for the season, the
Managers of the Famous
New York Clothing House
Have decided at thia early date to
JIIJULE Ji REDVCTIOjr
on their already very
LOW PRICES,
offering now their entire stock of
FINE CLOTHING
—AND—
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
lower than can be bought
AT WHOLESALE IN NEW YOKE.
This is no humbug, to draw a crowd, but
A POSITIVE REDUCTION,
to close out our
Spring & Summer Clothing
Oome one and come all, and supply yourselves
at the FAMOUS NEW YORK
CLOTHING HOUSE!
HO Congress street, Sarannah, Ga.
jan.'tl _J ~
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 application to all bruises,
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 ouailasteed to give imme
diate relief, and should be kept in every family.
—TOR THE LADIES—
W. H. COTTER A CO'S.
Sewing Machine Oil
The Beet Oil made for all fine machinery. apl9-tf
Garden Seed.
WE HAVE ON HAND A STTPPLT OF FRESH
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 fc CO .
1 Dsn agist* and Apatheaerscr
DAEIEN, GEOKGIA, FKIDAY MORNING, JULY 18, 1879.
Steamboats.
GEORGIA & FLORIDA
INLAND
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The Darien Line!
THE STEAMERS
David Clark and Centennial,
—TRI-WEEKLY—
BETWEEN DAEIEN AND SAVANNAH,
AND WEEKLY TO SATILLA RIVER.
NCII RDULEi
The Steamer DAVID The Steamer CENTEN
CLARK, Captain John NIAL, Captain W. C.
Fitzgerald, will leave Ulmo, will leave Hotel
Hotel Wharf, Darien, Wharf, Darien,
FOR SAVANNAH. FOR SAVANNAH,
every Wednesday and every Saturday, touch-
Sunday, touching at all ing at all intermediate
intermediate landings. landings.
RETURNING, RETURNING,
Leave Savannah every Leave Savannah every
Monday and Friday al- Wednesday afternoon,
temoon, arriving at Da- arriving at Darien every
rien every Tuesday ana Thursday, and leave Da-
Saturday, and leave Da- rien the same day for
rien the same day for St. Simon’s, Brunswick
St. Simon’s, Brunswick, and Satilla River.
St. Marys and Fernan
dina.
Through rates of freight to and from Northorn
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.
0. S. BENSON. Gen’l Passenger Agont.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITE, Agent, is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at Darien.
J. S. LAWRENCE. Manager,
Rep22-tf Savannah, Ga.
Savannah and Melonville
STEA3IBOAT LINE.
INLAND ALL THE WAY!
STEAMER ROSA
For St. Catherine’s, Doboy, Union Island, Darien,
St. Simon’s, Brunswick, Satilla River and St.
Marys, Ga., Femandina, Jacksonville, Paiatka
and all points on St. Johns River, Fla.
STEAMER ROSA,
Captain P. H. WARD,
Will leave wharf foot of Drayton street, every
TUESDAY at 4 o’clock p. m., for Jacksonville,
Fla., touching at all tho above points, except Sa
tilla River.
Through rates of freight issued by steamer
Rosa for points on Altamalia, Ocmulgee and Oco
nee rivers, will bo protected by Steamer Halcyon,
C. M. QUARTEBMAN,
Agent Steamer Halcyon, Darien, Ga.
Trough low rates of freight and passage and
bills of lading given to all points.
Freights for Altamalia, 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 Altamaba, Ocmulgee
and Oconee Rivers.
THE NEW AND LIGHT DRAFT STEAMER
UP O X ,
Drawing twenty inches only when
laden, will ply regularly on the waters of the
Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Oconee rivers, during
both summer and winter, connecting with A. k G.
R. R. 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. Bowiu,
House Creek, Wilcox county, Smith Turner, Ab
berville, Wilcox county, T. F. Fusael, W r ilcox Lake,
Telfair county, Stephen Middleton, Appling
county, steamboat agents at Darien, and railroad
agents at Doctortown and Lumber City, and Robt.
Mcßride, Montgomery county.
dec2o-6m JENKINS M. HOLMES. Master.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
friends and customers for their liberal pat
ronage during tho 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 bo sold. Remember
that we have constantly in stock a full assortment
of ,
PURE MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISHES,
PATENT MEDICINES of all kinds.
HAIR DYES.
HAIR OILB,
HAIR BRUSHES,
TOOTH BRUSHES,
And the best article of No. 1 KEROSENE OIL at
lowest prices.
Prescriptions carefully compounded night or
day.
W. H. COTTER k 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,
je6-tf Second street, Darien, Ga.
Ordinary's Citation.
GEORGIA, McINTOSH COUNTY—Whereas, the
estate of Dr. Samuel W. Wilson, being un
represented, no annual returns having boon 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, it any they have, why the law should
not be enforced and other executors appointed.
Given under my hand and official signature
this 2d day of June, 1H79.
CHARLfiS H. HOPKINS,
JnneMf tutor?: MOff. C.
Ordinances, &c.
AN ORDINANCE
Entitled An Ordlnnnrc to Protect the
Public llenlth of the Port of Darien
by Quarantine and Otherwise.
Section I. —The Board of Commissioners of
Mclntosh Count]/ who are exofficio Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Darien, in Council assem
bled do ordain and it is hereby ordained by author
ity of the same. That at the first annual moot
ing of this board for oath and every year, thore
shall be electod a Board of Health, to bo 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, streets, lanes, thoroughfares or wharves,
and to require tho same to bo cleansed of any
filth or unwholesomo matter found thereon, by
the owners or tenants of such property, within
tweuty-lour (24) hours after uotico is given; they
will also cause such gleanings to bo forthwith
rendered or placed within reach of the public
scavenger. Upon neglect or refusal of the owner
or tenant of any such property to comply with the
foregoing requirements they shall he reported to
the Police Court, to be punished, as hereinafter
provided, and the said cleaning up shall lie done
by the Marshal, and all expense thus incurred
shall be paid by the owner or tenant of such
property.
Sec. i.~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 the premises of the same
cleansed. And 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
alter 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 offense not exceeding $25 0U or placed on tho
chain-gang for not exceeding thirty (2uj days, and
tho Marshal or his assistants are hereby ordered
to obey all orders emanating from said Board of
Health, which may Ire given for the purpose of
carrying into effect the provisions of the ordinance.
Seo. s.— lie it further ordained, That said Board
of Health shall meet monthly, or at the call of its
chairman, and report to this board their actings
and doings, aud also examine into and recom
mend any measures which may be, in their judg
ment, necessary to preserve the public health.
They are also hereby empowered to fill, by elec
tion, any vacancy that may at any time occur in
their board.
Beo. 6.— Be it further ordained, That it shall be
the duty of 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 investigation any such dis
ease is found to exist aboard of such vessel, ho
shall forthwith order tho same to be removed to
quarantine grounds aud the sick or diseased per
sons aboard said vessel shall bo, at his discretion,
removed to the quarantine buildings, near Wolle
Island, so that tho proper attention may be given
them. He is hereby empowered to employ, where
he deems it necessary, sufficient guards to pre
vent communication with such vessel or sick per
sons, and to transport any 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 and
cleansed, and two (2) days alter such fumigation ho
shall issue a permit for her removal, and all ex
pense thus incurred shall be paid by the master
or owner ol such vessel. And the 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 the lower
quarantine grounds.
Sec. B.— Be it further ordained. That the regular
quarantine term shall begin on the 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,
W T est 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 spocifiod, it shall be the duty
of the Port Physiciau to proceed as during the
regular term of quarantine.
Sec. 9.— Be it further ordained, That It shall bo
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 the master of said ves
sel, il' therejs on board any malignant, contagious
or infectious disease of any nature, and if there
should exist such disease he is hereby forbidden
going aboard, under a penalty of SIUU and dismissal
from office.
Sec. 10.— 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 board, or as to
any death on the voyage from said cause shall be
fined in the sum of SIOO.
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.
Sec. 12.— 8 eit further ordained, That it shall be
the duty of the Port Physiciau to examine into
any cases of a malignant or contagious disease re
ported to him as existing within the city ol Darien
or its vioinitv, and report the samo 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 the Board
of Health, so as to prevent the spread of such
disease.
Sec. 13.— 8 eil 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 Ridge..... 6 00
For all vessels boarded at night, with infectious
disease on board, double day rates, ($lO, SIOO,
$4, $10), and he is hereby required to make month
ly reports of his actions, and doings to this board.
Sec. 14. — Be it further ordained. That all ordi
nances or parts of ordinances conflicting with any
of the provisions of this ordinance bo and the
same are repealed.
Read third time and passed April 11, 1879.
Spalding Kenan,
junel3-tf Clerk and 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 sickness on board and
having had no burials on the voyage , shall be
anchored at the Upper Quarantine, one mile above
the inner buoy, up the Carnocliaii liiver and
remain until visited aud inspected by the Port
Physician. The ballast ground being near at
hand, such vessels may be cleansed and disinfected
while throwing off their ballast, aud 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.
Becond—Vessels arriving from any port having
fever on board , or deaths on the voyage, must be
anchored as near as may be safe to the hospital,
on Clam Bank, or Lower Quarantine Ground, and
remain until visited by the Port Physician.
JAMES HOLMES, M. D..
Port Physician.
Approved: JAMES WALKER, Mayor. jo!3-tf
J. J. SUTTON,
BUILDER and CONTRACTOR
DABIEN, GA.
Plan*. Specifications and Estimate* furnished.
I guarantee to my friends and the public to give
entire satisfaction to all work entrusted to me.
kp- No Wood Dtrtchers employed, -aii
June J. •?. BUTTON.
A SHOUT NEURON TO A STATES'*! V>.
When leagued oppression sent to Southern lands
Its swindling satraps with thoir greedy bands,
Exulted o’er a prostrate people's fall,
And crown tho carpot-baggor lord of all.
It raised tho slave upon tho masters hack,
And etolo Impartially from white and black.
Tho robbers to perpetuate their rule,
Took up the slave, aud usodhim as a tool;
With one hand gavo tho ticket ho must vote.
And with tho other slyly etolo his coat;
Preached to him loudly of the rights of man,
And always sot him iu tho battle’s van.
The human stomach harmless food detects,
An over dose of poison it rqjeots;
So robbory, o'er reaching, lost its bead,
An in its chosen field at last fell dead,
Its super-cunning schemes to nothing brought.
Slain by the weapon itself had wrought.
Lot powers that havo been, or that arc to bo
Remember that the people are tree;
That universal suffrage yet is strong
To smite the hand that raised to do it xvrong.
And statesmen may not deem thoir sway
Unless their ends and moans are pure.
Let leaders, if their parties are to live.
Use for the people what tho people give.
For none may count tho masses us their friends
Who only rule tokerve their party’s ends.
And none can champion tho nation's cause,
Except by honest and equal laws, secure.
Father and two Sons Mary a Blushing
Mother and two Daughters.
Mr. J. L. Holcomb, ft gentlemen of Ken
tucky, but who haa boon in Crittenden
county, this State, for several months,
tells us of a rather remarkable, though
hardly unprecedented, matrimonial affair
which occurred in that county recently.
Out from tho lino of the railroad and aside
from almost any other well-delined mark
of civilization—marks so ill-delineated, in
fact, that they are as a half worn date on
an ancient coin—there lived old man
Rosebury and two eons, twins. The age
of the old man is rather doubtful, but it is
believed by his near neighbors, the near
est of whom are within a stone’s throw,
that is, if the stone be thrown a mile and
a half, that ho is about fifty. Tho sons,
being twins, are about the same age,
twenty-seven. The nearest human habi
tation was a houso occupied by a Mrs.
Glenn and two daughters, though, pity to
say, tho daughters were not twins at tho
timo of their birth and have not yet suc
ceeded in attaining that point. Mr. Rose
bury fell deeply in love with Mrs. Glenn
and tho two sons, Robert and John, fell
equally as much so with the two daughters,
Mary and Rachel. The most imaginable
wholesale lovem airing ensued. The old
man and widow seemed devoted to each
other and the young people were suffi
ciently so to marry, which they all did on
the same day. After the ceremony tho six
happy souls and the six happy bodies re
paired to the residence of the husbands.
Everything went smoothly. Tho old man
was very kind to his newly made daugh
ters, particularly so to Rachel, the wife of
his son John. Tho kindness increased,
and tho other matrhnonialists marveled
one to another. The old man even disre
garded tho wishes of his wife, and Rachel
snuffed her Grecian nose at her Roman
nosed husband. One morning, about two
weeks after tho marriage, the family of
several divisions discovered that tho old
and man and Rachel had gone. Searching
not being able to find, them hut learning
from a ferryman that they had crossed the
river into Tennessee,the family returned.
Pretty soon an intimacy spuing up be
tween Robert, Mary’s husband, and the
old lady. The old lady was so wise, and
had had such broad experience, that
Robert never grew tired of profiting by
her counsel. Another disaster, Robert
and the old lady ran away, leaving John
and Mary, who, seeing, as they were not
blind, that they were left alone, clasped
themselves in a loving embrace, for it
seemed that they had loved each other
from the first. Did they stay on the farm?
No, sir. There is a mortgage on it. They
packed up, and, according to the ferry
man, went over into Tennesseo.—Little
Rock Gazette.
“Smoke in any Itoom you Please.”
A lady writes thus very handnomely to
a Western paper: “Make home a home,
and make it so in every sense of the word.
My husband is a great smoker; ho loves to
play cards, dominoes and chess; ho is at
perfect liberty to smoko in any room in
the house, and lam always ready and
willing to join him in the different games.
I endeavor, in every way, to be not only
a help-mate, but a companion to him, and
the result has been that I have and en
joy his society; I cannot understand
why women will run tho risk of los
ing their husband’s society and love mere
ly for the sake of gratifying an over-fasti
dious taste. If they do not like tobacco,
did they object to his using it in the days
of courtship ? And if they objected then
and failed, why did they marry? If men
will not give up such habits at the solici
tations of their sweethearts, it is not likely
they will be persuaded out of them by
tbeir wives; therefore, I think it unwise
for a woman to risk her happiness by
quarreling with her husband over a venial
fault, the existence and extent of which
she knew and perfectly understood before
she took upon herself the duties of a
wife.”
A good story is told of General Gran*.
He met and recognized a gentleman on
Pennsylvania avenue one day whom he
had not seen for years. The gentleman
who was distinguished for dirty ruffled
shirts and collars, was so much gratified
by the recognition that he related the
circumstances to a friend, who in turn
told the President how much the reconi
tionhad been appreciated; but the General
could not recollect theindidviual till bis
dirty shirt habit was mentioned, when be
quietly remarked: “Oh,yes! I always won
dered who wears bis shirts the first day”
TYild Jim, a Kansas desperado, thus
argued in justification of his latest murder:
“He'd a shot me if I hadn’t a shot him. Do
you expect a man to take a risk, when he’s
got a shootin’ iron in his grip? I didn’t
care about his dyin’, but I sure pop didn’t
want to die myself. Mebbe he wouldn’t a
shot me, after all, but 1 hadn't no call to
wait and 6ee. In the present disorganized
state of society in Kansas, ’taint no man’s
duty to 'spos another man’s intentions is
good.”
The “spirit was moving” and there was
quite a revival in the churc#. An effort
was being made to bring forward members
who bad strayed from the path. Brother R.
rose, and warming up with bis subject
exclaimed: “There is nothing the Lord
hutes so much as a d—d back-slidcr!” A
' triumph of zoal over grace.
$2.50 2k YEAR.
The Dead-Beat.
Son of mine, has thou seen tho Dead
beat ?
Yea, thou hast soon him, for he is be
fore thee continually.
lie invadeth every sanctuary; into the
church ho crawleth, and lurketh in the
theatre; his lair is the coiner of a gin-shop,
and where tho lunch is ho thriveth exceed
ingly.
Whore mrfney is not asked there ho
waxeth, but where money is required he
waneth.
He hath no coin of his own; he toileth
not for lucre; ho liveth off mankind; he
will not fight, yet nourisheth his carcass
by sparring.
Iu the boardiug-house he groweth like a
night-blooming Iloosier; but he fattenetli
like a Pigtail on rat-tongues, in the twi
light of the whiskey-den.
Yea, where tho stench of cocktails is,
thero he hiccupeth in loathsome glory.
In tho crib of death, in the nest of tho
bar-keeper he maketh his dwelling;
among tho barrels ho lurketh, and eyath
his prey through the barley o'u their
covers.
Ho licketh the taps with his tongue and
gropeth among the saw-dust for the
crumbs of the lunch-table.
He noseth a cigar-butt afar off, and
jumpeth for it as a thief of China gocth
for a sleeping chicken.
But above all things, yea, above his
love of jerkins, he liketh the poison of the
bottle.
Julip of mint, gin of sling, smash of
brandy, rum of punch, and champagne of
cider, lio loveth exceedingly; but he re
joiceth most in aquafortis.
He tuketh aqua fords straight and riseth
unto Heaven as it burneth into his bow
els.
Ho careth naught for his tabernacle; he
liveth to strain fire-water through his kid
neys, and to make a swill-tub of his stom
ach.
His intestines are stills; yea, Lis wholo
machinery a distillery; ho is nothing but
a snorting mash-bucket.
His carcass is the carcass of a swollen
dog; his mind is less than the beetle’s; hia
soul is the soul of a jackass.
My son, beware of the Dead-beat; if
thou art green bo will prove tho greener;
if thou taketli him for a fish he will play
thee for a flounder.
Advice to a New Choir Singer.
Dear Miss: This is an important epoch
into your life. The first thing to make a
good quire singer is to giggle a little.
Put your hair in cirl papers every Fri
day nite soze to have it in good shape
Sunday morning. If your dady is rich
you can buy some store hair. If he is very
rich buy some more and build it up high
onto your head; then got a high-priced
bonnet that runs up very high, at the high
part of it, and get the milliner to plant
sorno high-grown artifishels onto tho
highest part of it. This will help you sing
high, as suprano is the higest part.
When the tune, is giv out, don’t pay at
tention to it, and then giggle. Giggle a
good eel.
Whisper to the girl next to you that Em
Jones, which sets on the second seet from
tho front on tho left-hand side, has her
bunnit with the same color exact she had
last year, and then put your book to your
face and giggle.
Object to every tune unless there is a
solow in it for the sophrano. Coff and
ham a good deal before you commence to
sing.
When you sing a solow skake the arti
fishels off your bunnit, and when you
come to a high-toned brace yourself back
a little, twist your head to ono side, and
open your mouth tho widest on that side,
shet the eyes on the samo side just a tri
phle, and then put in for dear life.
When the preacher gets under bed way
with his preachin, write a note on tho
blank leaf in tho fourth part of your note
book. That's what the blank leuf was
made for. Git sumbody to pass the note
to sumbody else, and you watch them
while they read it, and then giggle.
If nnybody talks or laffs in the congre
gashun, anu the preacher takes notis of
it, that’s a good chance for you to giggle,
and you ought to gigglo a good eel. The
preacher darsent say anything to you be
kaus you are in the quire. If you had a
bow before you went into tho quire give
him the mitten —you ought to have som
body bettor now.
Don’t forget to giggle.—Josh Billings.
Fact About the Human Body.
The average man measures about five
feet throe and one-half inches. The weight
of the average male adults is one hundred
and forty pounds. The human skeleton
consists of more than two hundred dis
tinct bones. Thero are more than fivo
hundred separate muscles in the body,
and an equal number of nerves and blood
vessels. The skin contains more than
two million openings, which are the out
lets for an equal number of sweat glands.
Each perspiratory duct is one-fourth of an
inch in length, which will make the ag
gregate length of the whole about nine
miles. Every adult man has fourteen hun
dred square feet of lungs; or, rather tho
mucous membrane lining the air cells of
his lungs, if spread upon a smooth, plain
surface, would cover an extent of fourteen
hundred square feet. About two-thirds of
a pint of air is inhaled. The full capacity
of tho lungs is about three hundred and
twenty cubic inches. A man breathes
eighteen times a minute, and uses three
thousand cubic feet, or about throo hun
dred and seventy-five hogsheads of air per
hour. The weight of the heart is from
eight to twelve ounces. It heats one hun
dred thousand times in twenty-four hours.
An amount of blood equal to the whole
quantity of the body passes through the
heart every minute. The stomach daily
produces about nine pounds of gastric
juice for the digestion of the food; its co
capacity is about five pints.
Somebody notes the fact that there are
other fields of ambition for young women
than walking quarter-miles in quarter
hours, and points to the record of a Con
necticut girl who achieved five divorces in
five consecutive quarter years,
“My dear boy,” 6aid a kind hearted
country school mistress to a pupil, whown
about to leave. ’’Does your father design
| that you should tread the intricate and
, thorny path of the professions; the straight
1 and narrow way of the ministry, or revel
i nmidthe flowery fields of literature?'*