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Darien Timber Gazette.
VOL. 6.-NO. 11.
Darien Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
AT DARiEJt', GEORGIA,
OOBNEK 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 —Jamcs Walker, Chairman;
Adttui Strain, Isaac M. Aiken, J. A. Atwood, T. H.
Gucldlliat, James E. Holmes, Joseph Hilton.
fjferk USoarti <ff County Commissioner*- Spalding
Kerian. , _ _ .
Clerk Superior Court —L. B. Davis.
Ordinary—C. H. Hopkins, Sr.
Sheriff— T. 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.
Kx-Otficio Aldfrme.tt —Joseph Hilton, J. A. Atwood,
Adam Strain, J. E. Holmes, Thomas H. Oignilliat.
Isaac M. Aiken.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committee on rinanct— Messrs. Strain, Atwood
land Hilton. _ _ ,
Committee on Accounts— Messrs. Holmes, Gignil-
Hiat and Aiken.
Committee on Harbor— Messrs. Hilton, Aiken
'’"committer on Health and Cemetery—Messrs. Gignil-
It, Atwood and Holmes. _ ,
Committee on Paupers— Messrs. Atwood, Holmes
M <^ittee a on Jail —Messrs. Aiken, Hilton and
Atwood. ... _
CommUhoeon Streets and Lanes— Messrs. Aiken,
Strain and Holmes. -
Committee on County Roads —Messrs. Atwood,
Oignilliat anil Hilton. D .
Committee on Public Buildings —Messrs. Strain,
Oignilliat, and Aiken.
Committee on Police— Messrs. Holmes, Hilton and
on Ordinances— Messrs. Aiken, Strain
tnd Atwood.
Clerk 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 —l&aac M. Aikon, Jolin H. Burrell,
and James G. Young.
Jailer —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Board Pilot Commissioners— Charles 8. Langdon,
Chairman, R. K. Walker, W. C. Clark, Arthur Bai
ley, Dr. R. B. Harris, James Lachlison and Kobt.
Mitchell. Wm. L. Gignilliat, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Dive Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets first Wednesday
night in each month at their hall near the Magno
lia House; H. S. Ravonel, 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 Darten—
Charles H. 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
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 STATES MAILS.
The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon k
Brunswick Kailroad, every morning (Sunday ex
cepted) at 10 o'clock a. m., departing every after
noon jit 3 and m. Mull closes fit P - ®•
Side mafl for No. 3, Atlantic & Gulf Railroad,
departs B>£ 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 Church
every Sunday morning at 11 oclock, and evening
at " o'clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday
afterown at 3>i o'clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas
toßeligious services every Sabbath at 11 ™'“ d
3p. m. at the Methodist Church, colored, Rev.
L. H. Smith, pastor^____ -^— —
UTO $6,000 A YEAR, or $5 to s'2o
a dav in your own locality.
No risk. Women do as well as
men. Many make more than the
amount stated above. No one
I can fafl to make money fast.
Any one can do the work. Y'ou can make from
60 cts. to $3 an hour by devoting your evening,
and spare time to the business. It costs nothing
to try the business. Nothing like it ever offere
before. Business pleasant and strictly L°porable.
Reader, if you want to know all about the best
paying business before the public, send us your
address and we Will send you full particulars and
private terms free: samples worth $5 also tree;
you can then make up your mind for yourseu.
Address GEORGE STINSON & CO., Portland, Me.
J une 30 -
A WEEK in your own town and no
01 111 lrapital risked. You can give the busi
\ |%|%ness a trial without expeuse. The best
iAnrt ,, pi ><irtan ' t!r ever ° fferei '”
U/lllllinVto work. You should try notUng
“ w '"’else until you see for yourself what you
can do at the business we offer. No room td
plain here. You can devote all your tune or only
your spare time to the business. ® nd mak ,f
Uy for every hour that you work Women make
as much as men. Send for special pm
and particulars, which we mail free. $ 5 Outfit
free. Don't complain of hard times JX—’t CO
have such a chance. Address H. HALLETT A CO.,
Portland, Maine. -
Notice.
All vessels and steamboats
to Darien bv tbe inland route from the South
must report at the quarantine station at Doboy
fbr inanecMon aud permitted to proceed.
JAMES HOLMES, Port Physician.
By order of the Mayor- jyu-tf
Professional Cards.
'yy ALTER A. WAY,
Attornej-at-L.aw and Real
Estate Agent,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Will practice 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 the examination of land titles. april2s
W ROBERT GIGNILUAT,
Attorney-at-Law,
r* '
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal business in
the Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and in the
United States Courts at Savannah, Georgia.
apri!2s-ly
IE. B. DeLORME,
J.
Attorney & CouDselor-at-Law,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Office on Broad street, near Timber Exchange.
Julv2
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 his office on Screven street, next
door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwelling house. augß-ly
|jli. R. B. HARRIS
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and surrounding country. All oaHs prompt
ly attended, both medical and surgical. Office
under the Masonic Hall, in old Custom House
building.
J J. ABRAMS,
Attorney-at-La\V,
Commercial Building,
jnne6-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HENRY B. TOMPKINS. | B. A. DENMARK.
rpOMPKINS & 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,
WATR 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.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
Reduction! Reduction!
REDUCTION !
To give everybody a chance before thy have
fully supplied themselves for the season, the
Managers of the Famous
New York Clothing House
Hare decided at this early date to
df.f A E A RED VC TIOJT
on their already very
LOW PRICES,
offering now their entire (dock 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 application to all bruises.
W. H. COTTER k CO’S.
Cholera Mixture
Is a sure and speedy cure for all Bowel Affections
and Summer Complaints incidental to our climate.
These preparations are guahantkeii to gi\ e imme
diate relief, and should be kept in every family.
—FOR THE LADIES—
W. H. COTTER A CO'S.
Sewing Machine Oil
The Best Oil made for all fine machinery. apl9-tf
Garden Seed.
WE HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY 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 & CO.,
Druggists and Apothecaries.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 5, 1879.
Steamboats.
FLORIDA
INLAND
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
The Darien Line!
THE STEAMERS
David Clark and Centennial,
—TRI-WEEKLY—
BETWEEN DARIEN AND SAVANNAH,
AND WEEKLY TO SATILLA RIVER.
(SCHEDULE:
The Steamer DAVID The Steamer CENTEN
CLAItK, 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 af- Wednesday afternoon,
ternoon, arriving at Da- arriving at Darien every
rien every Tuesday and 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 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. 8. BENSON, Gon’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, Ga.
Savannah and MelonviUe
STEAMBOAT LINE.
INLAND ALL THE WAY!
STEAMER ROSA
For St. Catherine’s, Doboy, Union Island, Darien,
St. Simon's, Brunswick, Satilla River and Bt.
Marys, Ga., Feruandina, Jacksonville, Palatka
and all points on St. Johns River, Flh.
STE AM Hit KOSA,
Captain P. H. WARD,
Will leave wharf foot of Drayton street, every
TUESDAY at 4 o’clock p. in., for Jacksonville,
Fla., touching at ail 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 be protected by Steamer Halcyon,
C. M. QUARTEItMAN,
Agent Steamer Halcyon, Darien, Ga.
Trough low rates of freight and passage and
bills of lading given to aU points.
Freights for Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Oconee
Rivers must be prepaid.
Freight received daily, Sundays excepted.
J. H. SMITH, Manager.
(LS^BENSON^GeiierMßusinessAjgenLiebK^
Rule Nisi.
STATE OF GEORGIA—McMosh County.
CLERK '8 OFFICE SUPERIOR COURT, 1
July 30th, 1879. j
IT APPEARING BY THE PETITION IN WRl
ting of J. H. M. Clinch, Administrator Of the
estate of John H. Mclntosh, Sr., deceased, together
with a copy in substance of the paper lost, or de
stroyed; that 3. Harris, Tax Collector of MclatOHh
county, Georgia, on the twenty-seventh (27th) day
of January, A. D., eighteen hundred aud one, exe
cuted and delivered to John H. Mclntosh, Si'., de
ceased, a certain deed of fifty thousand acres of
marsh land in Mclntosh county, Georgia, at the
mouth of the Altamaha River, and about Doboy
Island, granted to Edward Walsh in the year 1794,
which said deed is lost or destroyed, and the rec
ord of the same was destroyed by fire in Darien,
in said county; that said land is still the property
of the estate of John H. Mclntosh,#r„ deceased.
It is therefore ordered, that the said Sampson
Harris, then Tax Collector of Mclntosh county,
Georgia, and Edward Walsh, grantee, and the heirs
of Armand Lefils, grantee, aud W. Street, deceased,
and Sarah A. Thomas and Chan. S. Langdon, claim
ants, show cause on or before the next term of the
said Court, why a true copy of the deed sworn
to, which with the petition now on file insaid office,
Should not be established fully and in lieu of said
lost or original deed.
Witness the Honorable William B, Fleming,
Judge of said Court, this July 30th, 1879.
L. B. DAVIS,
augl-3m. Clerk Superior Ct., Mcl. Cos. Ga.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
friends and customers for their liberal pat
ronage during tbe 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,
HAIIt 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„
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
Countv is a trial. All work warranted.
- ROBERT MITCHELL,
Second street, Darien, Ga.
lif i LITI-n A limited number of
Ira A N I Hlaotive, energetic canvassers to
If Hll I LUengage in a pleasant and
profitable business. Oood men will find this a
rce chance
TO MAKK JIOXKY.
Such will please answer this advertisement by
letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what
business they have been engaged in. None but
those who mean business apply. Address
je2o-ly Ftvt.vt Uarvty & Cos., Atlanta, Ga.
Ordinances, &c.
AM ORDINANCE
Entitled An Ordinance to Protect the
Public Health ot the Port or Darien
by Quarantine and Otherwise.
Section I. —The Board of Commissioners of
Mclntosh County who are ixcofficio Mayor ami
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 meet
ing of this board for each and every year, there
shall be elected a Board of Health, to be composed
of five (5L members, and also a Port Physician,
who .shall* e, 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,
aud to require the same to be cleansed of any
filth or unwholesome matter fouud 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 (be Marshal, and all expense thus incurred
shall be paid by the owner or tenant of such
property.
Sfc. 3.— Be it further ordained, That said Board
of Health are hereby empowered, in 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 he
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 (00) days, aud
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
carryiug into effect the provisions of the ordinance.
Sue. s.— Be it further ordained, That said Board
of Health shall meet monthly, or at the call of iI s
chairman, aud report to this board their acliugs
and doings, and also examine info and recoin
mend any measures which may be, in their judg
ment, necessary to preserve the public heaMi.
They are also hereby empowered to fill, by elec
tion, any vacancy that may at any time occur in
their board.
Sec. 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 (o him as iniecled
with coulagious or malignant diseases of any
nature, and if after investigation any such dis
ease is found to exied aboard of such vessel, he
shall forthwith order the same to be removed to
quarantine grounds and the sick or diseased per
sons aboard slid vessel shall be, at bis discretion,
removed to (he quarantine buildings, near Welle
Island, so (bat the proper atteni iou may be given
them. He is hereby empowered to employ, wbe e
he deems it net cssary, sufficient guards to p'e
vent communication with such vessel or sick per
sons, aud to transport any necessary modi, mes
or sustenance to the same. Also, to employ
muses when required, reporting such action to
the chairman of this board.
See. 7.— Be it further ordained, That after the
required t • me of quarantine shall have been com
plied wi. h by such vessel, the Port Physician shall
cause her to be thoroughly fumigated aud
cleansed, and two (2) days after such fumigation he
shall issue a permit for her removal, and all ex
pense thus incurred shall he paid by the master
or owner of such vessel. Aud the quarantine
grounds spoken of in this ordinance are hereby
declared to be the grounds in Doboy Sound, to
the uortherd of Wolfe Island, known as (be lower
quarantine grounds.
Skc. B.— Be it further ordained, That the regular
quarantine term shall begin on (be first day of
April of eai h and every year, aud end (be 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 Incl ia, or Gulf ports, requiring the same to be
anchored at the quarantine grounds aud 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 be tho duty
of the Port Physician to proceed as during the
regular term of quarantine.
Sec. 9.— Be it further ordained, That it shall be
tho duty of every pilot of this port before board
ing auy vessel either at sea or inside (be 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, aud if (here
should exist such disease be is hereby forbidden
going aboard, under a penalty of SIOO and dismissal
rom office.
See. 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
auy death on Ihe voyage from said cause shall be
fined in the sura of SIOO.
Sec. 11.— Beil further ordained, That any master
of a tow or o(ber steamboat violating the provi
sions of this ordinance as contained in section 9,
whether as a pilot or master of such boat, shall
upon couvictiou, he fined in the sum of SIOO for
each aud every such offense.
Sec. 12.— 8 eit further ordained. That it shall be
the duly of the Port Physician to examine into
any cases of a malignant or contagious disease re
ported to him as existiug within Ihe city ofDarien
or its viciDitv, and report the same to the chair
man of ibis 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 tho spread of such
4jsease.
Sec. 13.— 8 eit further orilained, That the fee of
the Port Physician shall bo:
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 ail vessels boarded at night, with infections
disease on board, double day rates, (S4O, SIOO,
sl, $10), and he is hereby required to make month
ly reports of his actions, and doings to this board.
Skc. 14.— 8 eit further ordained, That all ordi
nances or parts of ordinances conflicting with auy
of the provisions of this ordinance he 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
Sou,h America, the West Indies, or ports on the
Gulf of Mexico, having no sickness on board and
haring had no burials on the voyage, shall be
RDCiiored at i he Upper Quaran fine, one mile above
the jvncbbcoy, up ihe Carnocban liver aud
remain uulil vriiledand inspected by the Po t
Physii iau. The ballast ground beiug near at
hand, such ve-se!smay be cleansed and dirin'ecUd
while throwing off their ballast, and will not be
deia oed, under favorable circumstances, over
five daw when the Port Physician will visit them
aud ftad ig all right win give a written permit to
proceed to then* destination.
Second—Vessels at riving from any port having
fever on board, or deaths on the voyage, must be
ant hored as near as maybe safe to the hospital,
on Clam Bank, or Lower Quarantine Ground, and
remain until visited by tbe Port Phvs eian.
JAMES HOLMi S. M. D„
Po> t Physician.
Approved: JAMES WALKER, Mayor. jel3-tf
J. j. SUTTON,
BUILDER and CONTRACTOR
DARIEN, GA.
Plans, Specifications and Estimate* furnished.
I guarantee to my friends a®d the public to give
entire satisfaction to all work entrusted to me.
No Wood Butchers employed, “dh
juae27-tf -I -I- SUTTON.
Gen. Forrest’s Game of Poker.
[From the Nashville Banner.]
Several years ago General Forrest visited
the city and stopped at the old city Hotel.
That night several gentlemen called to see
him, among them a gentleman now con
nected with tho "Banner.” Tho room had
been crowded during the early part of the
night, and Forrest had received the usual
attention bestowod on him. Now, how
ever, he was sitting off by himself, and ap
peared worn and tired out. Our inform
ant wishing to have a talk with him about
himself, sought him and entered into con
versation with him.
"General,” says he, “I’ve heard you were
a great poker player in your time.”
“Yes,” says the General, "I have played
some,” and his eyes began to sparkle with
the memory of old times, and he at once
seemed interested in the subject, for be it
known that no one was fonder than he in
recounting his wonderful exploits.
“How much, General, was tho largest
stake you ever played?”
“I once called $48,000 in Now Orleans.”
"Did you win?”
"Oh, yes I won it.”
“What was your hand, General?”
“It was three kings.”
"But,” says he, "the hardest game lever
played was at Memphis. Just after the
war closed, me and my wife went to Mem
phis, and we stopped at the Worsham
House. The next morning we got our
things together, and I emptied all my pa
pers out of my trunk on the floor, and Mary
(.I’m not certain his wife’s name was Mary,
but that will do for tbe tale) went over and
over them, hunting for something to raise
money out of. I emptied my pockets and
Mary emptied hern, and between us we
bad $7 30. After hunting over everything
we found that ever man who owed me was
either dead or broke. I hadn’t one single
paper on which I could raise a centouten.
After we got through the pile I looked at
Mary aud Mary looked at me. ‘Now what’s
to be done, Mary?’ says I, ‘I don’t know,’
says she, ‘but the Lord will provide.’ You
see, Mary was one of the best women in the
world, and sho had a heap of faith in her
religion. I looked at her right straight for
a long time, and at last says I: ‘Mary, you
are a mighty good woman, and I’m going
to tell you something. There’s to be a big
dinner at this evening, and I’m in
vited. They always play poker at that
house, and you have always been agin me
playing, and I reckon you are right about
it. But things have become desperate
with us, and somehow I feel if you wouldn’t
be agin me, but would pray for melcould
make a raise to uigght.’
"Says she: ‘Bedford, I can’t do it. It’s
wrong for you to do it, and I’d a heap rath
er you wouldn’t.’
“‘But, Mary.’says I, ‘I never was in such
a fix before. Here we are with no money
but $730, and that wouldn’t pay our tavern
bill. I can’t lose no more than that, for I
swearl won’t bet on a credit. If I los? that
I’ll come home; and if I win, then we’ll
have something to start on.’ Well, I argu
ed and argued with her, but she would’t
say yes. But at last she says:
“ ‘Bedford, I know your mind is set on it
and I know you are going to bet, whether
I am willin’ or not; so I won’t say nothing
more about it.’
"But, somehow, I felt when I started
that she was forme, and 1 jist knowed how
’twould be.
“Well, I went some time before dinner,
and sure enough, they were at it. They
had three tables —one had a quuter ante,
one half, and ono a dollar and a half. I
wanted my seven dollars to last as long I
could make it, so I set down to the quar
ter table. We bet on until dinner, and by
that time I had won enough to do better;
and after we had eat, I sat down to the
dollar-and-a-half table. Sometimes I won
and then again I’d lose on until nigh about
midnight, and then I had better luck. I
know’d Mary was setting up and praying.
I felt like it, and it made me cool. I set
my hat down by my side on tho floor, and
every time I’d win I’d drop the money in
the hat. We played on, and I didn’t
know nothing about how much I’d won.
I didn’t keep any count, hut I know’d I
was winning. I thought may be I’d won
a hundred dollars, or may be two hundred,
but I didn’t know. I set there until day
broke, and then we went home. I took
my hat up in bothhands and smashed it on
my head and went home without taking it
off. When I got to my room there sat Mary
in her gown, and the bed wasn’t mashed.
She’d set up all night waiting for me. She
seemed tired and anxious, and though she
looked mighty hard at me she didn’t say a
word. I walked light up to her, and pul
ling off my hat with both hands I emptied
it all right in the lap of her gown. -And
then we set right down and counted it.
"How much was there, General?”
“Just fifteen hundred dollars even.”
“And that,” added ihe General, as he
walked off, “ gave me a start.”
Proverbs For Subscribers.
“A just weight and balance are tbe
Lord’s,” but that which is due upon your
newspaper is the publisher’s thereof.
“Belter is a tfrv morsel and quietness
thereof,” than a long list of subscribers
wbo cheateih the pm liter.
“Belter is a poor man who waUeth in
integrity,” and payelh his subscription
than a rich man who continually lelleth
the “devil” to call again.
“Hope deferred makelh tho heart sick,”
is a pioverb sadly real'zed by tliepublisn
er who seudeth out bills.
“A wise sonmake.h a glad faiber,” aDd
a ptomptjpayiug subscriber cause! h an edi
tor to laugh.
“Folly is a joy that is destitute of w‘s
dom,” but a delinquent subscriber cause ill
buffering in the house of a newspaper
maker.
"All the ways of a man are clear in his
own eyes,” except the way the delinquent
subsciber hath in not paying for his news
paper.
“Better is a little with righteousness,”
than a thousand subscribers who faileth to
pay what they owe.
“It biteth like a serpent and stingeth
like an adder,” when the adder gets
through adding up the amounts due for
his subscribers.
“A righteous man hateth lying,” hence
the editor waxeth wroth against the sub
scriber who promisee to call and settle on
the morrow, yet calleth not to settle.
Colored stockings were the cause of a
Lynn girl losing a foot.
$2.50 A YEAR.
How Au Enraged Congressman Propscs
to Utilize His “Pub- Docs,’ 7
There is no doubt as to how Congress
man Daggett stands on the railroad ques
tion. He is sound. Conversing with a
“Chronicle” reporter the other day he
said: “Therailroad people are tho pertest
kind of gougers. They begin to show
their hand at Omaha. In the first place the
fare from Omaha to Wan Francisco is SIOO 50
and everybody who buys a ticket stops to
growl and asks what that 50 cts. is for.
They are told that the half dollar is sim
ply the profit made on each passenger. I
guess the SIOO comes nearer the profit
than the half dollar. Then they grab your
trunk and shove it behind a grating to be
weighed. You can’tsee the scales at all,
and you have no idea about tho weight
until a man sings out $8 30 over weight,
and you have to pungle the money or your
trunk don’t go. Now my trunk was so
small an affair that I could throw it over
my shoulder with one bund, but they rap
up the weight to 200 pounds. Probably
it did weigh that much when a 200 pound
baggage master was sitting on it. Well, I
paid oecause I hadn’t but two minutes to
light, ami at Ogden the baggage villian still
pursured me, and I paid some more extra
weight. It weighed more at Ogden prob
bably because a heavier man sat on it or else
the rarifiod atmosphere aflected the scales.
Then coming over the mountains there
were some extra charges for ropes. But
I’ll get even—l’ll get even. You see I’m
entitled as a member of Congress to 000
volumes of Agricultural Reports, 200 Sur
veyor-General’s Reports, 500 Patent Office
Reports and several thousand other heavy
volumes of an equally exciting character.”
“Are these Reports ever read?”
“Oh, yes; the primers whoset’em up are
obliged to read ’em. Well, these are sent
on to my addrss free, and the railroad peo
ple have to carry ’em for nothing under
their postal contract with the United Stales
Government- -the biggest Government on
earth, sir. Then I’ll give one copy of the
agricultural romances to old farmer Tread
way, and a copy of the geological fictions
to Professor Stewart. All the rest I need
myself.”
“For what purpose?
“Why, you see, I’ll put my frank on ’em
aud ship em to Zach. Chandler in Wiscon
sin, aad he’ll frank ’em and send ’em back,
and I’ll frank ’em again, redirect ’em to
him; and these books—two tons of ’em,by
G— I—will go back and forth over that
blusted road, free, until the next session
of Congress, when I’ll get hold of some
more and start them along too. I propose
to keep the books in motion until they were
out, and then I’ll sue the d—d company
for damages. Oh, I’ll sicken ’em of the ex
tra weight dogde. Don’t you forget it.”
Eveiy morning the Congressman goes
down to the depot and pokes about among
the freight for his booka They have not
yet arrived, but he expects them every day. -
First Wrestle With a Stovepipe Hat.
Yes, son, you are correct. The first time
you wear a stovepipe hat everybody looks
at you. Not, as you may vainly imagine,
because you are the first young man who
ever wore a stovepipe hat, but because it is
apparent even to tho blind man who sits in
the back pew, without any cushion in, uway
hack under tho gallery, where the poor have
tho Gospel preached to them, that it is the
first time you ever wore a hat of that dis
cription. Your old father claps one on the
back of his head, puts his hands into his
pockets, holds up his head and walks off
down the streets in a gale of wind and. •
never thinks of his hat. But you, son, ■
pull yours on at the most graceful angle it
can be posed, and you go teetering along
both hands ready to fly at the hat at the
slightest provocation of the ghostliest phan
tom of a puff’ of wind. Your hut is always
trying to come off; you bump it against
everything you pass; you rub it the wrong
way when you try to brush the dust off it;
when you carry it in your hand up the aisle
everybody smiles becauso you first hold it
by the brim and let the crown tip gracefully
over your arm, and by the time you have
hit three or four worshippers on the head
with it you chango and turn it under your
arm and try to carry it that wuy without
touching it, and tho first thing you do in
that pose put a woman’s eye out with your
ebow. Thon when you sit down you put
the hat down on the floor, setting it on the
brim, a fatal mistako. And then before
the sermon is half through you put your
feet on it three times. But never mind;,
you have to learn sometime. Only don’t
imagine that people never saw anything
of the kind before, because they have.
And finally, son, if you are only five feet
three inches tall, don’t think that a hat
three feet five inches high improves your
appearance or makes you look taller, be
cause it dosen’t. It may make you look as
though you clerked iD a second-hand cloth
ing i, lore, but it doesn’t make you look tall
er. By-and-by, when you have worn a
high hat two or three years, you will woa*
it so naturally that it will become you. But
the firbt time —oh, my son, my son !
Italian Gnus.-The girls ofltaly do many
tilings our young ladies would not think of
doing, and they leave unlearned certain ac
complishments which only the very poorest
American fair ones pass. The Italian bride
makes her own outfit, and as the trousseau
consists of six dozen of everything, being
intended to last twenty-five years, and all
m ust be embroidered and frilled, the task
is not an easy one. But they take their
Fine to it, occupying two years in getting
ii in shape, and all the the work goes on the
lovers are courting. The husband gives
the dresses, shawls, eveything, in fact, but
the under-clothing. Italian girls do not
learn to sing, draw, and play the piano.
1 liese are left to peogde who e„rn their liv
ing hy tbeui. But they are taught to sew,
cook and iron.
Don’t Frkt —One frelter can destroy the
peace of a family, can destroy the harmony
of neighborhoods, can unsettle the councils
of cities and hinder the legislations of na
tions. He who frets is never the one who
mends, who heals, who repairs evil; more,
he discourages, enfeebles, and too often
disables those around him, who, but for
the gloom and depression of bis company,
would do good work and keep up brave
cheer The effect upon a sensitive person
in the mere neigborUood of a fretter is in
describable. It is to the soul what a cold
icy mist is to the body—more chilling than
the bitterest storm. And when Ihe fitter
is one who is beloved, then the misery of ifc
becomes indeed insupportable.