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Darien Timber Gazette
VOL. 6.--NO. 6.
Darien Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
A T DA MEAT, GEORGIA,
boKNER BROAD AND NORTHWAY STREETS.
RICHARD W. GRUBB,
Editor 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 Hoard of County Commissioners— Spalding
Kenan.
Clerk Superior Court —L. B. Davis.
Ordinary—C. H. Hopkins, Sr.
Sheriff— X. Butler Blount.
Receiver Tax Returns— W. 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-Offcio Mayor —James Walker.
Ex-Officio Aldermen— 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— Messrs. Holmes, Gigml
liat and Aiken.
Committee on Harbor— Messrs. Hilton, Aiken
and Strain. „
Committee on Health and Cemetery— Messrs. Gigml
liat, Atwood and Holmes.
Committee on Paupers— Messrs. Atwood, Holmes
and Gignilliat.
Committee on Jail— Messrs. Aiken, Hilton and
Atwood.
Committee on Streets and Lanes —Messrs. Aiken,
Strajp and Holmes,
Committee on County Roads— Messrs. Atwood,
GigniHiat and Hilton.
Committee on Public Buildings— Messrs. Strain,
Gignilliat, and Aiken.
Committee on Police— Messrs. 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—Or. James Holmes.
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,
Chairman, R. K. Walker, W. C. Clark, Arthur Bai
ley, Dr. It. B. Harris, James Lachlison and Robt.
Mitchell. Wm. L. Gignilliat, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Dive Oak Lodge, No. 137, 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 —John T.
Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for Port of Darien—
Charles 11. Townsend.
Boarding Master —Edwin C. Davis.
Postmaster —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy Marshal —Joseph B. Bond.
SUPERIOR COURT—EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Hon. Wm. B. Fleming, Judge.
Major A. B. Smith, Solicitor General.
Bulloch County— Thursday before first Mondays
In April and October.
Effingham County—First Mondays in April and
October.
Bryan County—Thursdays after first Mondays
Ifi April and October.
Chatham County—Second Mondays to February,
May and October.
Mclntosh County—Tuesdays after last Mondays in
April anil October.
Liberty County—Tuesday after second Mondays,
in May and October.
UNITED STATES MAILS.
The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon k
Brunsivick Railroad, every morning (Sunday ex
cepted) at 10 o’clock a. m„ departing' every after
noon at 3p. m. Mail closes at 2}£ p. m.
Side mail for No. 3, Atlantic & Gult Railroad,
departs 8 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 Methodist Church
every Sunday morning at 11 oclock, and evening
at 8 o’clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at 3 q o’clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas
tor.
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and
3 p. m. at the Methodist Church, colored, Rev.
L. H. Smith, pastor.
MTO $6,000 A YEAR, or $5 to S2O
a clay in your own locality.
No risk. Women do as well as
men. Many make more than the
amount stated above. No one
f can fall to make money fast.
Any one can do the work. You can make from
50 cts. to $2 an hour by devoting your evenings
and spare time to the business. It costs nothing
to try the business. Nothing like it ever offered
before. Business pleasant and strictly honorable.
Reader, if you want to know* all about the best
paying business before the public, send us your
address and we will send vou full particulars and
private terms free; samples worth $5 also free;
you can then make up vour mind for yourself.
Address GEORGE STINBON & CO.. Portland, Me.
June 20
MA week in yqnr cwn town, and no
capital risked. Y©u'*fcan give the busi
ness a trial without* expanse. The best
opportunity ever offered fpr those wil
ling to work. You should try nothing
else until you see for yourself what you
can do at the business we offer. No room to ex
plain here. You can devote all j*our time or only
your spare time to the business, and make great
pay for every hour that you work. Women make
as much as men. Send for special private terms
*nd particulars, w'hich we mail free. $5 Outfit
free. Don’t complain of hard times while you
have such a chance. Address H. HAELETT k CO.,
Portland, Maine. june2Q
Notice.
AIX VESSELS AND STEAMBOATS BOUND
- to Darien by the inland route from the Bouth
mast report at the quarantine station at Doboy
*>r inspection and permitted to proceed.
.TAMES HOLMES, Port Physician
By order of the Mayor. jvliVtf
Professional Cards.
'yy alter a. way,
Attorney-at-Law and Real
Estate Agent,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Will practice in tho 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 the examination of land titles. april2s
wT ROBERT GIGNILLLAT,
Attorney-at-Law,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal business in
the Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and in the
United States Courts at Savannah, Georgia.
april2s-ly
J- E, B. DeLORME,
J.
Attorney & Connselor-at-Law,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Offlee on Broad street, near Timber Exchange.
.3uly2
SPALDING KENAN,
DARIEN, GEORGIA,
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and vicinity. He can be found at all hours
day and night, at bis office on Screven street, next
door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwelling house. augß-ly
R. B. HARRIS
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien anil 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,
june6-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HEVIIY B. TOMPKINS. | B. A. DENMARK.
rjVOMPKINS & DENMARK,
Attorneys-at-Law,
No. 105 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Practice in tlie United States Courts, and in the
Superior Courts of the Eastern Circuit. je6-tf
Miscellaneous.
XjOOK octo?.
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 Ferfumery and
Fancy Toilet Articles. Soaps—toilet, laundry and
medicated. Give us a call.
W. H. COTTER & CO.,
feb22-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
NewYorkCiothing House
Have decided at this early date to
.?/./ AE .1 SI ESi VC TIO .V
on their already very
LOW PRICES,
offering now their entire stock of .
FINE CLOTHING
—AND—
GENTS 5 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 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 guaranteed to give imme
diate relief, and should be kept in every family.
- FOB THE LADIES—
W„ H. COTTER & CO’S.
Sewing Macliine Oil
The Beat Oil made for all fine machinery. apl9-tf
Garden Seed.
r *TE HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY OF FRESH
YY Garden Seod, just received, consisting in
part of
BEETS, CABBAGE,
CARROTS, CUCUMBERS.
CELERY. EGGPLANT,
LETTUCE, OKRA,
ENQLISH PEAS,
BEANS, TOMATOES,
SQUASH, OYSTER PLANT,
EARLY CORN, PEPPER, Etc.
W. H. OOTTER k CO.,
Dnigyi* and Apothecaries
DAIVIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, AUGUST 1, 1870.
Steamboats.
GEORGIA & FLORIDA
INLAND
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The Darien Line!
THE STEAMERS
David Clark and Centennial,
—TRI-WEEKLY—
BETWEEN DARIEN AND SAVANNAH,
AND WEEKLY TO SATILLA RIVER.
sen h n it 1.1::
The Steamer DAVID
CLARK, Captain John
Fitzgerald, will leave
Hotel Wharf, Darien,
FOR SAVANNAH,
every Wednesday and
Sunday, touching at all
intermediate landings.
RETURNING,
Leave Savannah every
Monday and Friday af
ternoon, arriving at Da
rien every Tuesday and
Saturday, and leave Da
rien the same day for
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,
SPEGAL NOTICE.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITE, Agent, is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at Darien.
J. S. LAWRENCE, Manager,
sep22-tf Savannah, Ga.
Savannali and Melonville
STEAMBOAT 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., Fernandina, Jacksonville, Palatka
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 the above points, except Sa
tilla Itiver.
Through rates of freight issued by steamer
Rosa for points on Altamaba, Ocmulgee and Oco
nee rivers, will be 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 he prepaid.
Freight received daily, Sundays excepted.
J. H. SMITH, Manager.
O. S. Benson, General Business Agent. feblO
REGULAR LINE
On Die Altamaha, Ocmulgee
ansi Oconee Rivers.
THE NEW AND LIGHT DRAFT STEAMER
IF* O ,
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. & G.
R. R. at Doctortown, and M. A B. R. R. at Lumber
City Bridge, and with Savannah by steamer David
Clark, Captain Tom White, at Darien. Freights
arc kindly solicited. Strict attention shall be paid
to all freight and business consigned to her. Live
and let live, shall be lier motto. With permission,
respectfully referring all parties to R. C. Bowin,
House Creek, Wilcox county, Smith Turner, Ab
berville, Wilcox county, T. F. Fussel, Wilcox Lake,
Telfair county, Stephen Middleton, Appling
county, steamboat agents at Darien, and railroad
agents at Doctortown and Lumber City, and Robt.
Mcßride, Montgomery connty.
dec2o-(lm JENKINS M. HOLMES, Master.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
TITE FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
T \ 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 full assortment
of
PURE MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISHES,
PATENT MEDICINES of all kinds,
HAIR DYES,
HAIR OILS,
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 & CO.,
feb2’2-tf Druggists aud Apothecaries.
NOTICE.
Wheelwright anil Blacksmith
rAW NOW PREPARED TO DO A LI, KINDS
oi Wheelwright and Blacksmith work at short
notice.
buggies, wagons and signs
PAINTED.
Gorham’s Patent Attachment for shafts (a groat
saving of time aud money to all who use them)
are kept on hand. „ . , . , ...
All kinds of work done m ftrst-clas stylo. All
I ak of the people of Darien and Mclntosh
County is a trial. .All ™ k ß
j e g.tf Second street, Darii n, Ga.
11l 8 UTrn A LIMITED NUMBER of
Ml ft f\l I rll active, energetic oauvaxsers to
ft nil I L U engage in a pleasant and
profitable business. Good men will find this a
rare chance
TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisement by
letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what
busineas they have been engaged in. None but
those who mean busine'supply. Address
yjtyiq-7 EiK.vn’ k Cos., Atlanta, <M.
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 aftej-nooii,
arriving at Darien every
Thursday, and leave Da
rien the same day' for
St. Simon’s, Brunswick
and Satilla River.
Ordinances, &c.
AN OItmWMK
Entitled An Ordinance to Protect the
Public Health of the Port of Darien
toy Quarantine and Otherwise.
Section I. —The Board of Commissioners of
Mclntosh County who are exoficio 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 tho first annual meet
ing of this board for each and every year, there
shall be elected a Hoard 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. l.—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 the same to be cleansed of any
filth or unwholosome matter found thereon, by
the owners or tenants of such property, within
twenty-four (24) hours after notice is given; they
will also cause such gleanings to be 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 be reported to
the Police Court, to be punished, as hereinafter
provided, and the said cleaning up shall be 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, in their discre
tion, to have any or all uutenanted 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
after twenty-four (24) hours notice is given him
or her by any member of the Board of Health,
shall be, upon conviction thereof, fined for every
such offense not exceeding $25 00 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 the purpose of
carrying into effect the provisions of the ordinance.
Sec. 5. — Be 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, and also examine into and recoin
mend any measures which may be, in their judg
ment, necessary to preserve tho pubiie heulth.
They are also hereby empowered to fill, by elec
tion, any vacancy that may at any time occur in
their board.
Sec. (?.—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, he
shall forthwith order the same to be removed to
quarantine grounds and the sick 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 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 after such fumigation he
shall issue a permit for her removal, and all ex
pense thus incurred shall be paid by the master
or owner of such vessel. And the quarantine
grounds spoken of in this ordinance are hereby
declared to be the grounds in Doboy Sound, to
the northord of Wolfe Island, known as the lower
quarantine grounds.
Sec. 8 .—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
ol 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 Soufh 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 ether dates
than those above specified, it shall be the duty
of the Port Physiciau to proceed as during the
regular term of quarantine.
Sec. 9.— Be ii 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 the master of said ves
sel, if there .is 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 SIOO and dismissal
from office.
Sec. 10.— Be it further ordained. That any mas
ter of a vessel refusing to answer the above in
quiries ol 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.—Re 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 for
each and every such offense.
Sec. 12.—Re it 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 withiu the city of Darien
or its vicinity, aud 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 the Board
of Health, so as to prevent the spread of such
disease.
Sec. 13.—Re it further ordained, That the fee of
the Port Physician shaU 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 5 00
For all vessels boarded at night, with infectious
disease on board, double day rates, (S4O, SIOO,
$4, $10), aud he is hereby required to make month
ly reports of his actions, and doings to this board.
Sec. 14.— 8 eit further ordained, That all ordi
nances or parts of 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 and Treasurer.
To Pilots and Masters of
Vessels.
First—All Vessols arriving at this port from
South America, the West Indies, or ports on the
Gulf ot Mexico, haring no sickness on board and
haring had no burials on the voyage, shall be
anchored at the Upper Quarantine, one mile above
the inn kb buoy, up the Carnochan River and
remain until visited and inspected by the Port
Physician. The ballast ground being near at
hand, such vessels may be cleansed and disinfected
while throwing off 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
procoed to their destination.
Second— 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
DARIEN, GA.
Hans, Specifications and Estimates furnished.
I guarantee to my friends and the public to give
entire satisfaction to all work entrusted to me.
tfs~ No Wood Butchers employed.
jone 27-tf J. J. 9LTION.
Odd People
Odd folks here and thero are described
in the newspapers. Roxlpiry, Mass., has
an excentric tramp who lives in a cave in the
winter, and spends the summer in making
begging excursions to neighboring towns.
He never says a word, and his dress consists
entirely of old bootlegs fastened together
with leather strings. A small wagon drawn
by two goats, and containing a helpless,
shrivelled man, attracted attention in Ha
gerstown, Md. He said that he had travel
led in that manner for many years, and
called himself “the American Tourist.”
He is entirely helpless. His wife and four
children accompany him, and attend to his
wants, getting their living by the sale of
a temperance song and other small articles.
Jefferson Stevens, who lives near Sulphur
Springs, Ky., concludes that he is gifted
with peculiar powers, of which he lfttely
gave a street exhibition. He held a forked
dogwood switch, like those used by wizards,
in his mouth, and told the crowd to ask any
questions they pleased. A pair of tramps
turned upatDes Moines, lowa—Peter Car
lisle and wife—who were on their way to
Leadville from the Pennsylvania coal re
gions. They had pushed a handcart all
the way, containing their baby girl and a
few household utensils. Carson Carr of
Moodie, Cal., will on no account walk a
step, but always runs, no matter if the dis
tance is only a few feet; while Mrs. Main
of Chicago will neither run nor walk al
though physically able to do either, be
cause she thinks that her legs will drop off
if she stirs them. The story comes from
Pittsfield, Mass., of the discovery of a can
nibal, who for years has lived near that city.
He says that early in life he ran away from
home and went to sea. He was early ship
wrecked on one of the South Sea Islands,
where cannibalism was practised and idol
atry was the worship of the natives. How
long he remained there he does not know,
but he learned to enter into their savage
rites with a good deal of zest, and he con
fesses to have acquired a taste for cannibal
ism.
Use the Newspapers.
Some advertisers think that because an
advertisement which appears to-day is not
followed to-morrow by an appreciative in
crease of sales the theory of advertising is
false. Though it is perhaps impossible to
insert a notice that shall not be read—let
any didymus put a three-line card, “Want
ed—A Dog,” in the obscurest corner, and
be convinced of this—it is not expected
that the moment a person casts his eye up
on an advertiser’s announcement he sets out
for the advertiser’s store. Ho may not, at
the time, need any article in the merchant’s
line, or he may deal with another house.
But if the representation is attractive he
will almost inevitably, whenever he needs
anj’thing of the kind announced, turn to
the paper where he saw the card and give
the advertiser a trial. The merchant should
regard his outlay foradvertising as he would
that for painting his building or putting
up his sign-hoard—as a necessary charge up
on the whole year’s business, the effect of
which is not to be perceived immediately.
Men do not sow wheat one day and harvest
it the next. The merchant may keep a
steady clienteels of satisfied customers, but
the chances are that some of these will be
detached by seeing the advantages of other
dealers persistently advocated. He will
certainly not attract new patrons They
will go elsewhere, just as they would seek
another store than his if, on coming to his
door, they found it locked and the shutters
up.—Augusta News.
Advice to loung Men.
Young man, when you see anything you
want, ask for it like a man. If you want to
borrow five dollars of a man, or if you only
want to marry his daughter, dont slide up
to him and hang on to your hat and talk
politics and religion and tell stale jokes,
whereof you can’t remember the point, until
you worry the old man into a nervous irrita
tion. Go at him with a full head ofstonmon
and your bow ports open, like an iron-clad
pulling for a shore battery. Snortand paw
and shake your head, no matter if it does
make him look astonished. Better aston
ish than bore him. Go into his heart or
pocket-book, or both, it amounts to the
same thing, like a brindle bull with a curl
in his forehead, charging a red inorino dress
eyes on fire, tail up and the dust a flying.
Then you'll fetch him. Or, possibly, he
may fetch you. But never mind; you’ll
accomplish something and show you are
not afraid to speak wliat’s on your mind.
And that’s a great deal more than you would
accomplish by the other method. You
needn’t be cheeky, hut you ought to be
straight-forward.—Burlington Hawkeye.
On a Cbying Baby.— Shriek away! Cry on!
Make all the noise you can! I’ve no doubt
it does you good. You are grieved or an
gry or something hurts you; let it out.
Arouse the house! Break your mother’s heart
with tenderness, and set your father to
—well —repeating his catechism! Waken
any old bachelor who may be in the house
from his dreams, and disturb everybody
to your souls content! Have your day while
you cam; the time will come when, suffer as
you may, you will not dare to weep. All
your misery, all your woe, all your passion,
you must hide in your bosom. Often and
often you feel that you would like to go up
on a mountain and yell until you awaken
the world—cry until the rivers arose and
there were floods; but, like the rest of us,
you will bear it all in silence, smile polite
ly when any one sees you, though there be a
power of misery within you strong enough
to work the mills of fate. Go on, baby;
shriek, kick, sob away into silence only to
begin on a higher key; lose your breath
catch it go on again. Cry for all of us—you
seem perfectly capable of it- Oh, what a
luxury itmust be to yell so! Ifwebabiesof
a larger growth could do it there would be
less suicides.
A man who marries without possessing a
trade, profession, or visible means of sup
port, nor even a rich father to feed him is
pronounced a fool;but a young woman who
weds, without possessing %ny knowledge of
the first rudiments of house-keeping,
who knows how to eat bread, hut not how
to make it, and whose knowedge of domestic
affairs is limited to getting up in time to
eat cold breakfast, is said to have made a
good match. Will the females at the head
of the class please stand up and tell us why
young women should not be just as com
petent to preside over a household, as the
man’s to provide for the same. — Dalton
Citizen.
$2.50 A YEAR-
A Corkscrew Wanted.
There is always someone on the train to*'
make people feelhappy. For instance therer
was a gentleman who had a bottle of home
made wine, and he couldn't get the cork
out. Wo have never yet seen a man i
distress, but there were noble souls
who would sacrifice themseves to assist
him.—One man offered a knife and after
the blade had been broken and left {in the
cork he subsided. The conductor was ap
pealed to, hut he only naked what they took
him for, and looked offended. It was no
ticed that there was a bad crowd in the rear
car, and so a boy who desred to he a mes
senger, was given a little practice. He was"
told to go into the back car and find
Senator Hide and borrow his oorkscrew.
Senator Hide is n Methodist deacon, and
he was seated by the side of a good old
Baptist lady, and they were talking of a
prospective revival in the good work to
which they had both enlisted for life. When
very much interested in each others remarks
the boy pulled the elbow of Senator Hide
and said: ‘‘A gentleman in the other car
wants to borrow your corkscrew.” If an
earthquake had quaked right there, if
Republican majority had exploded, if the
adjoining field through which the train
was running had opened and swallowed up'
every man on the train that had a pass.
Elder Hide could not have appeared moro
thunderstruck. The smile that is stereo
typed on his face, and which so nearly re-'
sembles that of Colfax, broke out in anew
spot, and looked as though it was sick, and,
though he attemped to explain to the truly'
good lady that it was a joke, she looked
pained, as though she had lost all confi
dence in men. Elder Hide got up, called’
the boy out on the platform, and what he'
did is not known, though it is rumored that
the section hands found a hob tailed boy’s
coat on the track, and a number of trinkets
usually carried by boys. And there was one
hoy less applyling for a position this year.
A Wife’s Devotion.
The intense devotion of a wife to her
husband was witnessed in the recent exe
cution of Walter Watson, at Newport Ver
million county, Ind. Everybody but the
poor wife believed the man guilty of the
crime of murder. She refused to credit the
evidence,and every day during confinment
and trial she ministered to his comfort.
She took her babejn her arms, and went to
Indianopolis and made an earnest appeal
to the Governor in his behalf, and even
ascended the Bcaffold with him when led
to his death. A correspondent says; “To
the clergyman who would have hindered
her from mounting the scaffold she said:
“When I was married I promised to cleavo
to my husband, for better or for worse, and
I am going to keep my promise as far God
will lot me.’ Holding the murderer’s hand
—white, no doubt, in her love-maddened
eye, as if it had never been stained with
blood—she ascended the ladder amid a
stillness that was painfully audible. Two'
chairs were placed over the fatal trap—he
sat in one, she in another. She tenderly
caressed his hand, and then fell sobbing:
convulsively on bisßhoulder. In the midst
of her heart-breaking grief the drop fell;:
she was a widow, and she sat there with
staring, stony, tearless, despairing eyes,,
untill led away by the sheriff.”
Jesse Bunker, a son of Chang, one of the-*
Siamese twins, has just completed a regular
course at the New York Institution for the
Instruction of the Deaf and Dumb. Bunker
is a bright looking young fellow. In answer'
to a question put through the medium of an
instructor in articulation he said that his
father, Chang, was the twin on the left hand
side. He has five sisters and one brother.
One of his sisters is also a deaf-mute, and
is being educated in North Carolina. Hi’
family lives at Mount Airy in that state. He
has only been at the New York institution
a year, having attended a similar school in
North Carolina eight years. lie is now 18'
years old, and intends to become a flmner.
The Rev. D. L. Furber, of the Newton
(Mass.) Baptist Church, to which also be
longed Edmands, the forger, said in a ser
mon onEdmands’sdownfall: “Iflhad told
you that he had fallen dead from apoplexy,
yon would be less astounded and far less
pained. We have believed that he would
sooner part with his last dollar than lose a
particle of his integrity. What could more
painfully show the rottenness of the prev
alent morality than the fall of such a man?
How paltry a consideration is money in
comparison with character. We could have
seen our friend lose every dollar he had,
give up the fine horses and carriages in
which he took so much pleasure, end
descend to the style of living a poor man
if his character had remained untarnished.’*
Representative Glover’s report on the
Government Bureau of Printing and
Engraving at Washington shows that there
has been in the last eight years a theft and
embezzlement of many million dollars.
He charges that there has been a continu
ous abstraction of the fibre paper, and says
that by the use of that and the impressions
of genuine plates obtained by employes
who were secured appointments for that
purpose, millions of dollars have been:
made and put out which cannot he told’
from the original. He estimates that the
amount is not less than thirty million dol
lars. The Treasury Departmedt is gener
ally overhauled und stigmatized as corrupt
in every bureau.
Half of all who live die before thoy are
seventeen years old. Only one person in ten
thousand lives to be a hundred years old,
and but one in a hundred reaches sixty..
The married live longer than ttie single.
Out of every thousand persons bom, only
95 weddings take place. Lay your finget
on your pulse, and know that at every
stroke some immortal soul passes to its
Maker—some fellow-being crosses the river
death; and if we think of it, we may tvelti
wonder that it should be so long before
our turn comes.
Says Lucy Cooper: Give to aParisienne ;
an fenglish girl's complexion of cream and
roses, those masses of gold-gleaming hair,
those candid blue oyes, those rows of pearly
teeth, and see what she would make of her- '
self. She would step before the world a
wonder of beauty. But her British sister
hides all these charms, or spoils them inG
some dismal fashion with ugly and ill fit
ting clothes, and contrives to look like v l
i dowdy in 6pite of them .