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VOL. 6.--NO. 12.
Darien Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
4T H.IK/L.r, GEORGIA,
CORNER BROAD AND NORTHWAY STREETS.
j
RICHARD W. GRUBB,
Editor and Proprietor.
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Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
City Directory.
' 7 COUNTY OFFICERS.
County/ Commissioners —lames Walker, Chairman;
Adam Strain, Isaac M. Aiken, J. A. Atwood, T. H.
Gignilliat, James E. Holmes, Joseph Hilton.
Clerk Board of County Commissioners— Spalding
Kenan. _ _ ,
Clerk Superior Court— L. B. Davis.
Ordinary • —C. 11. 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-Officio Mayor —James Walker.
Ex-Off/cio 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, Gignil
hat and Aiken. ... „
Committee on Harbor— Messrs. Hilton, Aiken
and Strain. „ _.
Committee on Health and Cemetery— Messrs. Gigml
liat. Atwood and Holmes.
Committee on Faupers —Messrs. Atwood, Holmes
and Gignilliat. ...
Committee on Jait— Messrs. Aiken, Hilton and
Atwood. ~ ...
Committee on Street* and Lames— Messrs. Aiken,
Strain and Holmes.
Committee on County Roads— Mossrs. Atwood,
Gignilliat and Hilton. -
Committee on Public Buildings —Messrs. Strain,
Gignilliat, and Aiken.
Committee on Police— Messrs. Holmes, Hilton and
Committee on Ordinances —Messrs. Aiken, Strain
tad Atwood.
Clerk and Treasurer— Spalding Kenan.
City Marshal —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Deputy Marshal— Alonzo Guyton.
Harbor Master— James Abeel.
Port Physician —Dr. James Holme*.
Inspector General of Timber —George W. Fario.
Port Wardens —lr*mc M. Aiken, John H. Burrell,
and James G. Young.
Jailer —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Board Pilot Commissioners—Ch arles S. LangOon.
Chairman, K. K. Walker, W. C. Clark, Arthur Bai
ley, Dr. K. B. Harris, .Tames Lachlison and Rout.
Mitchell. Wm. L. Gignilliat, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Idve Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets first Wednesday
night in each month at their hall near the Magno
lia House; H. S. Ravenel, 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 Danen—
Charles H. Townsend.
Boarding Master —Edwin C. Davis.
Postmaster —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy Marshal —Joseph B. Bond.
SUPERIOR COURT—EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Hon. Win. B. Fleming, Judge.
Major A. B. Smith, Solicitor General.
Bulloch County—Thursday before first Mondays
in April and Ootober. , ,
Effingham County—First Mondays in April and
October. _ , ~ ,
Bryan County—Thursdays altri first Mondays
in April and October. .
Chatham County—Second Mondays in February,
May and October.
Mclntosh County—Tuesdays after last Mondays m
April arul October. ,
Liberty County—Tuesday after second Mondays
In Mav and October.
UNITED STATES MAILS.
The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon &
Brunswick 'Railroad, every morning (Sunday ex
cepted) at 10 o’clock a. m., departing every after
noon at 3p. ns. Mail closes at 2>s p. m.
Side mail for No. 3, Atlantic & Gull 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 Methodist Church
every Sunday morning at 11 oclock, and evening
at 8 o’clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at 3.S o’clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas-
ReUgious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and
3 at the Methodist Church, colored, Rev.
L. pastor. .
UTO SB,OOO A YEAR, or $5 to S2O
a dav in your own locality.
No risk. Women do as well as
men. Many make more than the
amount stated above. No one
r can fan to make money fast.
Any one can do the work. You can make from
60 cts. to $2 an hour by devoting your evenings
anil spare time to the business. It costs nothing
to try the business. Nothing like it over 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 you full particulars and
private terms free; samples worth s;> also free;
y. m can, then make up your mind for yourself.
VldreßS GEORGE STINSON & CO., Portland, Me.
jnne 20
Mf\C\K WEEK in your own town, and no
111 11 I capital riskod. You can give the busi
\ H Knees a trial without expense. The best
I \| II lopportuuitv ever offered for those wu
l/ U ll 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 your 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
and particulars, which we mail free. $5 Outllt
free Don’t complain of hard times while you
liave such a chance. Address H. HALLETT A UO.,
Portland, Maine. ■D 111 '* 20
Notice.
All vessels and steamboats bound
t© Darien by the inland route from the South
must report at the quarantine station at Dcboy
for inspection and permitted to proceed.
TAMES HOLMES, Fort Physician,
order of the Mayor. jyl2-tf
Professional Cards.
yyralter a. way,
Attorney-at-Eaw anti Real
Estate Agent,
DARIEN, - - - ; - - GEORGIA.
Will practice In tho Superior Courts of the
Brunswick ami Eastern Circuits. Also, in the
Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, etc. Par
ticular attention given to tho collection of clatfus
and the examination of land titles. april2s
W ROBERT GIGNILLIAT,
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
e. b. Delorme,
Attorney & Counsel or-at-Eaw,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Offlco on Broad street, near Timber Exchange.
July 2
jyt. SPALDING KENAN,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Offers his professional servicos 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. augS-ly
JQR. R. 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. ABRAMS,
Attorney-at-RaW,
Commercial Building,
jnne6-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HENBY B. TOMPKINS. I B. A. DENMABK.
rjTOMPKINS k 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. jefi-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 k CO.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
Reduction! Reduction!
DEDUCTION!
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 this early date to
.VJAE .1 RMZIHIC TIO A'
on their already very
LOW PRICES,
offering now thoir entire stock of
FINE CLOTHING
—AND—
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
lower than can be bought
AT WHOLESALE IN NEW YORK.
This is no humbug, to draw a crowd, but
A POSITIVE REDUCTION,
to close out our
7
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. ft. 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
diatejelief, and should be kept in every family.
—FOR THE LADIES—
W. H. COTTER & CO’S.
Sewing Machine Oil
The Best Oil made for all fine machinery. apl9-tf
Garden Seed.
TTTE HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY OF FRESH
V V Garden Se<sl, just received, consisting in
part of
BEETS, CABBAGE,
CARROTS, CUCUMBERS,
CELERY. EGGPLANT.
LETTUCE, OKRA,
ENGLISH PEAS,
BEVNS, TOMATOES,
SQUASH, OYSTER PLANT,
EARLY CORN. PEPPER, Err.
• W. H. COTfER A CO.,
Druggists and Apothecaries.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 12, IS7O.
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.
S C II E HIIIE:
Tho Steamer DAVID
CLARK, Captain John
Fitzqebald, 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 anti 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, Gen'l Passenger Agent.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CAPT. TTIOMAS WHITE, Agent, is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at I)avTn.
J. S. LAWRENCE, Manager,
sep22-tf Savannah, Ga.
Savannah and Melonville
STEAMBOAT EINE.
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.
STE AM Eli 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 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. QUARTER.VI A%
Agent Steamer Halcyon, Darien, Ga.
Trough low rates of freight and passage and
bills of lading given to all points.
Freights for Altamaha, Ocmiilgee and Oconee
Rivers must be prepaid.
Freight received daily, Sundays excepted.
J. H. SMITH, Manager.
O. S. Benson, General Business Agent. feblO
Rule Nisi.
STATE OF GEORGIA—McIntosh County.
CLERK'S OFFICE SUPERIOR COURT, )
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 S. Harris, Tax Collector of Mclntosh
county, Georgia, on the twenty-seventh (27th) day
of January, A. D., eighteen hundred and one, exe
cuted and delivered to John H. Mclntosh, Sr., de
ceased, a certain deed of fifty thousand acres of
marsh land in Mclntosh county, Georgia, at the
mouth of the Altainaha 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 tire in Darien,
in said county; that said land is still the property
of the estate of John H. Mclntosh, Sr,, 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, and W. Street, deceased,
and Sarah A. Thomas and Chas. 8. Langdou, 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., Mel. Cos. Ga,
ANNOUNCEMENT.
IITE FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
r V 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
W. }l. COTTER k CO.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
NOTICE.
Wheelwright ami Blacksmith
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS
of Wheelwright and Blacksmith work at short
notice.
buggies, wagons and signs
TAINTED.
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.
J ROBERT MITCHELL,
je6-tf Second street, Darien, Ga.
11l 1 LlTrn A LIMITED NUMBER of
nl A IM I r I lactive, energetic canvassers to
If Hl* I LUengago 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 businessapply. Address
le'2o-lv Finley, Hinvet A Cos., Atlanta. Ga.
The Steamer CENTEN
NIAL, Captain W. C.
Ulmo, will leave Hotel
Wharf, Darien,
FOR SAVANNAH,
every Saturday, touch
ing at all intermediate
landings.
RETURNING,
Leave Savannah every
Wednesday afternoon,
arriving at Darien every
Thursday, and leave Da
rien the same day for
St. Simon's, Brunswick
and Satilla River.
Ordinances, &c.
AN ORDINANCE
Entitled Aii Ordinance to Protect the
Public Health of the Port of llaricn
hy Quarantine and Otherwise.
Section I. —The Board of Commissioners of
Mclntosh County who are exojficio 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 meet
ing of this board for each and every year, there
shall be elected a Board of Health, to be composed
of live (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 the same to be cleansed of any
filth or unwholesome 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 tho 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 bo 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 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
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 tin; provisions of the ordinance.
Sec. s. —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 the public health.
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 to him as infected
with contagious or malignant diseases of any
nature, and if after investigation any such dis
easo 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 Phyßician shall
cause her to be thoroughly fumigated and
cleansed, and two (2) days after such fumigation he
shall issue a permit for her removal, find all ex
pense thus incurred shall he 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 northerd of Wolfe Island, known as the lower
quarantine grounds.
Sec. B. — Be it further ordained, That the regular
quarantine term Rhall 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,
West India, or Gulf ports, requiring the same to be
anchored at the quarantine grounds and reported
for investigation and fumigation, even though
they may have no sickness aboard. And in the
event that any vessel with sickness aboard of a
malignant nature, shall arrive at other dates
than those above specified, it shall be the dirty
of tire Port Physician to proceed as during the
regular term of quarantine.
Sec. 9. —Be it further ordained, That It (Shall be
the duty of every pilot of this port before board
ing any vessel either at sea or inside the bar to
make a diligent inquiry of 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 of the pilot, or deceiving him as to the real
jiresence 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 for
each and every such offense.
Sec. 12. —8 eit further ordaineA, That it shall be
the duty of the Port Physician to examine into
any cases of a malignant or contagious disease re
ported to him as existing within the city of Darien
or its vicinity, and report the same to the chair
man of this board, who is hereby authorized to
cause the removal of such persons, at the expense
of the city, to some point designated by the Board
of Health, so as to prevent the spread of such
disease.
Sec. 13. —8 eit 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.. 2 00
At the Ridge 5 00
For all vessels boarded at night, with infectious
disease on board, double day rates, (S4O, SIOO,
$4, $10), and he is hereby required to make month
ly reports of his actions, anil 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.
Road third time and passed April 11, 1879.
Spalding Kenan,
junel.3-tf Clerk ami 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, haring no sickness on board and
having had no Initials on the Voyage, shall he
anchored at the Upper Quarantine, one mile above
the inner buoy, up the Carnoehan 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
proceed to their destination.
Second—Vessels arriving from any port having
fever on board, or deaths on the voyage, must be
anchored as near as maybe safe to the hospital,
on Clam Bank, or Lower Quarantine Ground, and
remain until visited by the Port Physician.
JAMES HOLMES, M. D..
Port Physician.
Approved: JAMES WALKER, Mayor. Jel3-tf
jT j. button,
BUILDER and CONTRACTOR
DARIEN, GA.
Plans, Specifications and Estimates*furnished.
1 guarantee to my friends and the public to give
entire satisfaction to all work entrusted to me.
Hip No Wood Butchers employed. 1 > 3
june27-tf J J- SUTTON.
A Reminisenco oi' Niagara.
[Niagara Letter to tho St. Louis Globe.]
I remember when I was but a boy that a
man got into tbe rapids here, having been
carrried down in a boat, which was broken
to pieces. He had the good fortune to be
dashed on a rock, to which he clung. It
was at tho height of the season—August, if
I recollect—and he clung there for fully
thirty-six hours. Everybody streamed out
of tbe hotels and village; the banks of the
river, particularly on this side, were
thronged with people anxious to do some
thing to save him. Dozens of pluns were
suggestad ; some attempted but they all
failed. Thousands of dollars were offered
to anybody who would rescue him. The
desperate situation of the man' had been
telegraped over the country, and train
brought crowds ofjpassengers hither to wit
ness it with their own eyes. He was encour
aged by shouts from tho banks, but wheth
er he could understand anything said is
doubtful. The world is said to be sympa
thetic. It is. or it appears to be,unsympa
thetic, because the object for which sympa
thy is asked is abstract. When it is tangi
ble, visible, all is changed. There was an
exemplification. This poor wretch could
be seen. He was an ordinary, uneducted
man; but he was a man, and the brother
hood and sisterhood of the race went out to
him in pity and intense eagerness to rescue
him. Women of fashion, blase club men,
selfish worldlings grew pale as they watch
ed the unhappy wretch, so vivid was their
sympathy. Many persons snt up all night
looking ucross the seething, roaring waters
at the small dark figure still clinging to tho
rock. The morning came; renewed efforts
were made but they all miscarried. Tbe
oiowd had increased; it was immense.
Everybody was excited. Tears were in the
women’s eyes, the pallor gleamed through
the rouge of some of their cheeks. Can’t
something be done? Must the poorfellow
perish before our eyes? Such questions
were incessantly asked, but alas no reply
could be given. The man had great cour
age and strength. He clung to the rock
with the desperation, of a dying soul. To
lose his hold was to be dashed over the
cataract. Apparatus and contrivances ar
rived from Buffalo. Now experiments and
new failures. Hoarse shouts still rang
across the rapids to hold on—to be of good
heart. The stoutest heart that ever throb
bed could not gripe that rock forever. It
was wonderful how he had endured. A
fresh idea had come to the minds of half
dozen mechanics. They were laboring to
throw out a hawser :every muscle wasstri iu
ed; every eye was bent upon their work.
Suddenly tbe man slipped away. He was
exhausted; he threw up his arms; he dash
ed toward the cataract. A low groan, as
from the breast, quaked through the
throng; the thousands shivered with terror.
A black object for a moment longer in the
hell of the waters, and then disappeared
forever. There was an agony of relief. No
one moved; no ono Rpoke for a while. All
looked in the direction where the figure
had been swallowed up. It was tbe en
chantment of terror; it was the chill of trag
edy distinctly wrought which froze every
one for a moment to the spot. The old
resident—he has lived here forty years—
says that on an average about six persons
are carried over the falls every year, and
that four out of the six are wholly or paitly
intoxicated and lose their lives by careless
ness or recklessness in rowing above the
rapids, going beyond the lino of danger.
But for liquor not more than two lives, he
says, would be lost annually.
A Beautiful Thought.—How few men
seem to liave formed a conception of the
original dignity of their nature or the ex
alted design of their creation. Regarding
themselves only as a creature of time, en
dowed merly with animal passion and in
tellectual faculties, their projects, aims and
expectations are circumscribed by the nar
row outline of human life. They forget
that instability and decay are written as
with a sunbeam, upon all earthly objects;
that this world, with all its pageantry,
pomp and power, is crumbling into dust;
that this life is scarcely deserving of a sin
gle thought excepting as it form the intro
duction of an other, and that he alone acts
a prudent or rational j 'art, who frames his
plans with direct reference to that future
and endless state of being. Sin has so
blinded the understanding and debased
the affections, that men never fail to invest
some temporal good with fancied perfec
tion, and idly imagine that the attainment
of it would satisfy the desire and till the
capacities of the immortal spirit! How
little do they know of themselves ! The
soul is not of the earth, and they will strive
in vain to chain it to the dust. Though
its native strength has been impaired, and
its purity tarnished, and its “glory chang
ed,” it will not always he as ji prisoner here.
Send it forth, if you will, to range through
the whole material universe, and like the
dove dismissed from the ark, it will return
without finding a single place of rest—for
itwas no restingjplace but the bosom of God.
Don’t Run Away. —Don’t run away from
the world’s temptations and influences.
If you are really a coward, go and hide
yourself somewhere, until you have screw
ed up back-bone enough to-face the enemy
like a man. Don’t run away at the slight
est confidence in yourself. Nobody ever
conquered a foe beating a retreat. If you
mean to fight the battle of life like a hero,
von can't begin to early. Would you re
spect yourself and win away from trials
and temptations, but encounter them,
and smite them down; lay them in the
dust at your feet. A man who has con
quered the enemy is immeasurably great
er than the paltrom who creeps away in
abject terror. High or low, rich or poor,
we are all soldier in the action that termi
nates only with the sunset of life’s day,
and the weak-hearted trembler who shrinks
back and quakes at the sound of the trum
pet, is yet far in the rear when the light of
victory shines on the crest of the warrior
who pressed straight on and fought his way
through. A temptation overcome is better
discipline than twenty avoided. No iiiiqj
knows his own strength until it lias been
tried and proven, and the noblest natures
have passed oftenest through the tires of
trial.
A small boy wi ose pi nts and jacket one
and inseperable—were buttoned up be
hind, asked his mother, a certain worthy
lady of this city, if God punished every
body that told a lie. “Certainly he does,”
was the reply. “Yon had better look cut
then mother, for 1 haven’t bad that piece of
rasberrv pie you promised me t*odayago.'
$2.50 A YEAR
Hints lor Girls Who Want Employment.
A writer in the Chicago Inter-Ocean
gives this advice to girls who are called on
to support themselves: “What field of la
bor would you choose to enter? Our cities
are full of milliners, dressmakers, teachers
and clerks. You have no profession. You
have not experience or ability to fill places
of responsibility. You would shrink from
the toil, the ceaseless, patient, laborious
study, and the care and anxiety of literary
labor, or if you would choose this in pre
ference to other employment, you may not
have the ability or, talent it demands, or
the years of study it takes to begin in this
department of labor. But, girl, there is a
field of labor in the city and country that
needs willing, competent hands. The
overworked wives and mothers of our coun
try are begging for efficient help, and igno
rant foreigners cannot supply this need.
There is demand for intelligent, compe
tent girls who can take a little of the re
sponsibility and care upon themselves, and
thus relieve our women of one of the great
est trials. Many of you will look upon
this work as beneath you, and some of you
will read this with ii feeling of scorn, and
yet this work is far easier, better and pleas
anter than many of the employments that
you look upon, with your experience, as
elegant, easy and refined. With a month’s
study and experience you could become
good cooks or housekeepers, and you could
take with you to labor all the dignity,
sweetness and graces of your womanhood,
and thus dignify the work you look upon
as beneath you. If girls would go to these
homes with kind hearts, sympathy, and a
determination to do the ir duties cheerful
ly and well, they would soon win the ap
preciation and respect of their mistress,
and if true goodness and nobleness of char
acter, they are her equals, they will bo
treated ns such, and find themselves es
teemed members of happy families. By do
ing their work systematically they would
have many leisure hours for culture and
self-improvement. But they must learn
to appreciate the fact that nothing can bo
won without hard labor, and to do cheer
fully what necessity compells them to do.
Our American girls have not been taught
the dignity of labor, but they are girls best
adapted to elevate the work that must be
done in our homes. There are thousands
of women who would give intelligent faith
ful girls almost the love and consideration
they would their own daughters, if they
found them worthy of their regard, and
would willingly assist them in their efforts
at solf-improvemc nt. Let our girls see tho
plain unvarnished truth of this matter.
Let their ambitions he to become useful,
industrious, womanly women, and if they
find they are too poor to dress and move
in fashionable ‘best’ society, leave such
society. There are plenty of worthy intelli
gent poor who are quite as good, find often
better company for our girls. That girls
are not well paid wdadnut, but they would
he better paid if they would give more
study and care to their work. It is not the
work we do, but the spirit in which we do
it, that elevates or degrades us, and the
girl who sweeps a room cheerfully and
thoroughly, makes as royal an instrument
of tho broom she holds as tho golden
scepter of a queen.”
Watt.—Wait, husband, before you won
der audibly why your wife don’t get on
with the household affairs, as your mother
did; she is doing her best and no woman
can endure that best slighted. Remember
the l>ng weary nights she set up with the
little babe that died; remember the love and
care she bestowed*upon you when you had
that long spell of sielftiess. Do you think
she is made of cust iron? Wait—wait in
silence and forbearance, and the light will
come back to her eyes—the old light for
the old days. Wait wife, before you speak
reproachfully to your husband when he
comes home late, weary, and out of sorts.
He worked hard for you all day—perhaps
far into the night; he has wrestled hand in
hand with care, and selfishness and greed,
and all the demons that follow in the train
of money-making. Let home be another
atmosphere entirely. Let him feel that
there is one place in the world where he
can find peace, quirt, and perfect love.
A florishing Parisian art threatens to
take root in London. It is an old trick in
Paris for extravagant youqg women to take
their lovers into jewellers’ shops, and to
induce these lovers to purchase for them,
at an iinmese price articles of jewelry made
of paste, the ladies and jewellers sharing
the profits between them. I now hear of
a dressmaker having in her pay certain ele
gant females, who get men to order hand
some dresses from her which are never sent
homo. This will probably he accepted as
the newest development of the co-operating
system.
There is some humor in Texas. The
other day a man brought out a forlorn,
spavined-looking steed, and addressed the
spectators thus: “Fellow-citizens, this is
the famous horse, Dandy Jack. Look at
him. He is perfect. If he were sent to
the horsemaker nothing could be done for
him. What shall I have for the matchless
steed?” “What will you take for him?”
veiled the crowd. “Two hundred dollars.”
“Give you $5.” “Take him. I never let
$lB5 stand between me and any horse
trade.” That's business.
The rustic whose ginger bread is annu
ally stolen by the elephant was at the cir
cus last week, and this time when the ap
petizing comfit was suddenly snatched
from his hand he shook his fist at the huge
theif and yelled, while the tears coursed
down his cheeks, “Darn yer, ye double
tailed fool, give that back here or 1 11 knock
yer two front teeth down yer old throat.”
At a legal investigation of a liquor seiz
ure the judge asked an unwilling witness:
“What was in the barrel that you had ?”
The reply was: “Well, your honor, it was
marked ‘whisky’ on one end of the barrel
and ‘Fat Duffey’ on the other end, so that
I can’t say whether it was whisky or Fat
Duffey was in the barrel, being as I am on
my oath.”
An exquisite, leading a dog by a string,
lounged up to the ticket-office window of a
railray station and inquired: “Must I—aw
—take a ticket for a puppy ? He was n: t
urally both surprised and annoyed when
the ticket-seller answered, in a slightly be
wildered tone, after a moment’s reflection:
No, you i an travel as an ordinary p issen
ger.”