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Darien Timber Gazette.
VOL. 6.—NO. 14.
Darien Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
AT UARIEJT, GEORGIA,
CORNER BROAD AND.NORTHWAY STREETS.
RICHARD W. GRUBB,
Editor and Proprietor.
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Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
City Directory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Commissioners —James Walker, Chairman;
Adam Strain, Isaac M. Aiken, J. A. Atwood, T. H.
Gignilliat, James E. Holmes, Joseph Hilton.
Clerk Board of County Commissioners— Spalding
Kenan.
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—Mi. C. O’Neil.
County Surveyor —W. R. Poppel.
Coroner —Philip Maxwell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings on
the first Wednesday in each month.
CITY OFFICERS.
Ex-Officio Mayor —James Walker.
Ex-Officio Aldermen— Joseph Hilton, J. A. Atwood,
Adam Strain, J. E. 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 Jait —Messrs. Aiken, Hilton and
Atwood.
Committee on Streets and Lanes— Messrs. Aiken,
Strain and Holmes.
Committee on County Roads —Messrs. Atwood,
Gignilliat and Hilton.
Committee on Public Buildings —Messrs. Strain,
Gignilliat, and Aiken.
Committee on Police —Messrs. Holmes, Hilton and
Strain.
Committee 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 . Fanes.
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. R. B. Harris, James Lachlison and Robt.
Mitchell. Wm. L. Gignilliat, Secretary.
# MASONIC.
Live Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets first Wednesday
night in each month at their hall near the Magno
lia House; H. S. Ravenel, Worshipful Master; R.
W. Grubb, Secretary
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Customs, Brunswick District— John T.
CoUins. 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. 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 1 ebruary,
May and October.
Mclntosh County—Tuesdays after last Mondays in
April and October. , ~
Liberty County— Tuesday after second Mondays
in Mav and October.
UNITED STATES MAILS.
The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon k
Brunswick Railroad, every morning (Sunday ex
cepted) at 10 o'clock a. m., departing every after
noon at 3p. m. Mail closes at 2 ) z p. m.
Side mail for No. 3, Atlantic k 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 Methodist Church
every Sunday morning at 11 oclock, and evening
at 8 o’clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at 3o’clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas
tor.
Religious services ever}' Sabbath at 11 a. m. ana
3 p. m. at the Methodist Church, colored, Rev.
L. H. Smith, pastor.
MTO $6,000 A YEAR, or $5 to S2O
a day in your own locality.
No risk. Women do as well as
men. Many make more than the
amount stated above. No one
f can fan to mako money fast.
Any one can do the work. Yon can ipake 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 you full particulars and
private terms free; samples worth $5 also free;
you can then make up your mind for yourself.
Address GEORGE STINSON & CO., Portland, Me.
june 20
WEEK in your own town, and no
111 11 Icapital risked. You can give the busi
* k |%|%nesß a trial without expense. The best
I ll lllopportunity ever offered for those wil
| 0 Uiing 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 Outfit
free. Don’t complain of hard times while you
have such a chance. Address H. HALRETT A CO.,
Portland, Maine. iunr'iO
Notice.
All vessels and steamboats bound
to Darien by the inland route from the South
must report at the quarantine station at Doboy
for inspection and permitted to proceed.
JAMES HOLMES, Port Physician.
By order of the Mayor. fy!2-tf
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 26, 1879.
Professional Cards.
'yy ALTER A. WAY,
Attorney-at-Law and Real
Estate Afent,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the Superior Courts of the
Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also, in tho
Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, etc. Par
ticular attention given to the collection of claims
and the examination of land titles. april2s
■yy 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 & Connselor-at-Law,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Office on Broad street, near Timber Exchange.
July 2
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
R. B. HARRIS
Offerß his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and surrounding country. All calls prompt
ly attended, both medical and surgical. Office
under the Masonic Hall, in old Custom House
building.
J J. ABRAMS,
Attorney-at-LaW,
Commercial Building,
jnne6-tf SAVANNAH. GEORGIA.
HENRY B. TOMPKINS. | B. A. DENMARK.
rjdOMPKIN3 & 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. jc6-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!
rLbIDUOTIOJT Z
To give everybody a chance before they have
fully supplied themselves for the season, tho
Managers of the Famous
New York Clothing House
Have decided at this early date to
JMAKE A RED EC TIOJT
on their already very
LOW PRICES,
offering now their entire stock of
FINE CLOTHING
—AND—
GENTS 9 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 gcabasteed to give im me
diate relief, and should be kept in every family.
—FOR THE LADIES—
W. H. COTTER & CO S.
Sewing Machine Oil
The Best Oil made for all 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.
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.
NCHEDVLE:
The Steamer DAVID The Steamer CENTEN
CLARK, Captain John NIAL, Captain W. C.
Fitzgerald, will leave Ulmo, will leavo Hotel
Hotel Wharf, Darien, Wharf, Darien,
FOR SAVANNAH, FOR SAVANNAH,
every Wednesday and every Saturday, touch-
Suuday, touching at all ing at all intermediate
intermediate landings. landings.
RETURNING, RETURNING.
Leave Savannah every Leave. Savannah every
Monday and Friday af- Wednesday afternoon,
temoon, 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.
0. S. BENSON, Gen’l Passenger Agent.
SPECIAL. NOTICE.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITE, Agent, is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at Darien.
J. S. LAWRENCE, Manager,
sep22-tf Savannah, Ga.
Savannah 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., Femaadina, 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 River.
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 Altamaba, Ocmulgee 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, Cmrdy.
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 titty 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 laud is still the property
of the estate of John H. Mclntosh, 8r„ deceased.
It is therefore ordered, that the said Sampson
Harris, then Tax Collector of Mclntosh county,
Georgia, and Edward Walsh, grantee, and tho heirs
of Armand Lefils, grantee, and W. Street, deceased,
and Sarah A. Thomas and Chas. 8. 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., Mel, Cos. Ga.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
WE FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
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 bo sold. Remember
that we have constantly in stock a full assortment
of
PURE MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISHES,
PATENT MEDICINES of all kinds,
HAIR DYES,
HAIR 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 k CO.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
NOTICE.
Wheelwright aiid Blacksmith
I AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS
of Wheelwright and Blacksmith work at short
notice.
BUGGIES, WAGONS AND SIGNS
PAINTED.
Gorham’s Patent Attachment for shafts (a great
saving of time and money to all who use them)
are kept on hand.
All kinds of work done in first-class style. All
I ask of the people of Darien and Mclntosh
County is a trial. All work warranted.
3 ROBERT MITCHELL,
j c g_tf Second street, Darien, Ga.
Ilf illTrn A LIMITED NUMBER of
W A | I r 11 active, energetic canvassers to
ff Hll I LUongage 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 business apply. Address
je2o-ly Fes ley, Halve v A Cos., Atlanta, Ga.
Ordinances, &c.
AN ORDINANCE
Entitled An Ordinnnre to Protect the
Public Health ot the Part or Darien
by Quarantine and Otherwise.
Section I. —The Board of Commissionert of
Mclntosh County who are exofficio Mayor and
Aldermen of the City of Darien, in Council assem
bled do ordain and it is hereby ordained by author
ity of the same, That at the first annual meet
ing of this board for each and every year, there
shall be elected a Board of Health, to be composed
of five (5) members, and also a Port Physician,
who shall be, by reason of his office, a member of
said board.
Sec. 2. —Be it further ordained, That said Board
of Health shall have power to visit and inspect,
at their discretion, any or all lots, enclosures,
yards, 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 the public
scavenger. Upon neglect or refusal of tho owner
or tenant of any such property to comply with tho
foregoing requirements they shall be reported to
the Police Court, to bo punished, as hereinafter
provided, and the said cleaning up shall bo done
by tho 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 tho premises of the samo
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. 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 recom
mend any measures which may be, in their judg
ment, necessary to presorvo 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 irom 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 Wolle
Island, so that the proper attention may be given
them. He is hereby empowered toemploy, whore
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 he paid by (he master
or owner of such vessel. And (he quaranl me
grounds spoken of in this ordinance are hereby
declared to be the grounds in Doboy Sound, to
the northerd of Wolfe Island, known as the lower
quarantine grounds.
Sec. B. —Be it further ordained, That the regular
quarantine term shall begin on the first day of
April of each and every vear, 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 irom any South American,
West India, or Gulf ports, requiring the same to be
anchored at the quarantine grounds and reported
for investigation and iumigation, 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 duty
of the Port Physician to proceed as during the
regular term of quarantine.
Sec. 9. —Be it further ordained, That it Bhall be
the duty of every pilot of this port before board
ing any vessel either at sea or inside ibe bar to
make a diligent inquiry of the master of said ves
sel, if there is on board any maliguant, contagious
or infectious disease of any nature, and if (here
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 as
ter of a vessel refusing to answer the above in
quiries of the pilot, or deceiving him as to the real
presence of infectious disease on board, or as to
any death on the voyage from said cause shall bo
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 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 aR 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 e it further ordained, That the fee of
the Port Physician shall be:
For every vessel boarded in Doboy Sound
for inspection S2O 00
For every vessel boarded in Sapalo Sound
for inspection 50 00
For every vessel boarded at or near Darien.. 200
At the Ridge 5 00
For all vessels boarded at night, with infections
disease on board, double day rates, (S4O, SIOO,
$4, $10), and he is hereby required to make month
ly reports of his action*, and doings to this board.
Sec. 14. —Be ilfurther ordained, That all ordi
nances or parts W 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 Vessels arriving at this port from
South America, the West Indies, or ports on the
Gulf of Mexico, having no sickness on board and
having had no burials on the voyage, shall be
anchored at the Upper Quarantine, one mile above
the inner buoy, up the Carnochan River and
remain until visited and inspected by the Port
Physician. The ballast ground being near at
hand, such vessels may bt 'ltansed 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 ail 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 I
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. je!3-tf
J. J. SUTTON,
BUILDER and CONTRACTOR
DARIEN, GA.
Plans, Specifications and Estimates furnished.
I guarantee to ray friends and the public to give
entire satisfaction to all work entrusted to me.
tfe- No Wood Butchers employed.
juue27-tf J J- SUTTON.
Mark Twain’s Horse.
“Gentlemen, this horse of mine tens
tough-bitted, and he went so fast that I
had to guide him by electricity—had to
have wire lines and keep a battery in the
wagon all the time in order to stop him.”
“Why didn’t you stop him hollering
who—a ?” I inquired.
“Stop him by hollering whoa? Why I
couldn’t holler loud enough to make that
horse hear me. He travelled so fast that
no sound ever reached him from behind.
He went faster than the sound sir. Hol
ler who—a ! and he’ll be in the next town
before the sound of your voice reached the
dash—board—Travels fast ? I should say
he could. Why, I once started from Vir
ginia City for Meadow Creek right in front
of the most dreadful rain storms we ever
had on the Pacific Coagt. Wind and rain !’
Why, the wind blew eighty miles an hour
and the rain fell in sheets.—l drove right
before that storm for three hours—just on
the edge of that liurricne and rain for for
ty miles.
“Did you get drenched ?"
“Drenched ? No, sir! What did I keep
a fast horse for ? Why, I tell you, I drove
right in front of that rain storm. I could
lean forward and let the sun shine on me,
or lean backward and feel rain and catch
hailstones. When the hurricane slacked
up the horse slacked up too and when it
blew faster I just said ‘Git up’ to the horse
and touched the battery, and away he
went. Now I don’t want to lie about my
horse, and I don’t ask you to believe what
I say, but when I got to Meadow Creek
my linen duster was as dry as powder.
Not a drop of rain on the wagon seat,
either, while tho wagon box was level full
of hailstones and water.
Phenomen of Itain.
One of the most curious things about
rain is the inequality of its distribution.
The reader is of course aware that it may be
measured by inches in almost any vessel
set out to catch it. If a pail, for example,
be put out in an open space on the ground
it will catch as much rain as would other
wise have sunk into the ground on the
space occupied by the pail. If we visit
the pail after every shower we may by
means of a two foot rule, tell what depth
of rain has'fallen. This is the principal
of the rain gauge. In practice better
means are of course adopted, so as to pre
vent evaporation and to measure the depth.
Now it is of great consequence where we
place our rain gauge. It might be suppos
ed of no importance whether it were on
the top of the house or in the garden close
by. And strange to say, a gauge in the
garden near Westminister Abbey caught
twenty-three Inches of rain in the course
of the year, while one on the roof of a
house caught only eighteen inches, and
one on top of the Abbey only twelve inches.
The fact is, rain forms at a very low eleva
tion, much lower than is generally suppos
ed; or, if not actually formed at a very
low elevation, it increases the size of the
drops which come from higher levels.
Thus while Mr. Glaisher descending in a
balloon, he passed through a dry, and
then through a wet fog, when the drops
of rain were exceedingly fine, covering
his note-hook like pins points. These in
creased in size on approaching the earth,
but more rapidly when very neai the earth.
His Majesty the King of Holand, as all
the world knows, married the other day
the young Princess Waldock, forty years
his junior, and the Dutch are already re
joicing that the union is likely to prevent
the extinction of the dynasty of Nassau.
It may not be equally known here, though
in Paris it is common gossip, that in the
life of his late Queen, William 111, formed
a liaison with a French actress af seconda
ry note, named Emilie Ambre, and crea
ted her a peeress of Luxembourg, with the
title of Countess of Amboise. He bought
her a beautiful residence near Paris, the
chateau of Monte Alio, not far from the
ruined fomer villa of Prince Jerome at
Meudon. The armourous King desired
to marry her morganatically and make her
Duchess of Nassau. To do so it was nec
essry to present her to the Dutch nation,
not only as an accomplished artist, hut as
a woman of letters. Every day great peo
ple get the name of literati by using vica
rious pens. It seems that Mile. Ambre
hired the pen of Mme. de Voisin, who in
the world of letters was known as “Pierre
Coeur” and “Rene de Camois,” but having
quarrelled with her royal lover, forgot to
pay her. She is now sued, and Paris is
looking eagerly for the sensational details.
A man has gone moon-blind in Boston.
He applied at a police station for lodgings
on Sunday evening, and being told that
he must go to the Hawkins Street Home,
answered that he was moon-blind and un
able to find tho way. In explanation, he
said he was recently a member of the night
gang at work on the new sewer in Dor
chester. About a month ago the men took
an hour’s rest at midnight, and he fell in
to a doze while reclining on an embank
ment. The moon was shining bright and
clear. When he awoke at one o’clock and
attempted to return to his work, he found
that he could not see. In the daytime and
by the aid of artificial light he can now
see well as ever, but after dusk and in the
open air his sense of sight is wholly lost.
A revolting instance of military specula
tion in connection with the recent war has
been brought out by the Russian officials
who have been settling the commissariat
accounts. A battery commander having
sent home by post upwards of 50,000 rou
bles during the struggle with Turkey, it
was suspected that this wealth had been
come by in some dishonest way. Investi
gation being made, it was learned that
the officer had cruelly killed or starved to
death the horses under his charge and
pocketed the money appropriated for the
purchase of their forage, compelling the
men under him to do the work of the
poor brutes.
“How shall women carry their purses to
frustrate the theives ?” Why carry them
empty. Nothing frustrates a theif more
than to snatch a woman’s purse, after fol
lowing her half a mile, and then find it
contains nothing but a receipe for spiced
peaches and a faded photograph ot her
grandmother.
There is a good deal of naughtiness in
arithmetic, and that is why so many good
litle school-girls do not take to it kindly
$2.50 A YEAR.
Social DiFferencfs.—Although men are
undoubtedly bom free and equal, social
differences will and must exist to the end
of the chapter. He who accepts a subor
dinate position is under order —everybo-'
dy must “give account’ to some higher
power than himself. That employe, how
ever, who by consistent, uniform, unvary
ing devotion to his work, shows that he
respects himself, that he is not an eye-ser
vant, that he makes his interests one with
his employer, in time so wins that em
ployer’s confidence, that relations between
the two become easy and permanent. But
the two need not become bosom friends
and associate together on terms of perfect
equality. The ignorant are apt to think
intelligent people who do not specially
court their favor are proud and “stuck up."
The poor fancy that because they are poor
the rich look down upon them. The ob
scure think that famous people must be
proud and exclusive because they are fa
mous. But this is fallacious reasoning as
a moment’s, reflection will show. The ig
norant and the wise have but little in com
mon, and therefore cannot enjoy each
other’s society to any great extent. The
ignorant would become more weary in try
ing to understand tho wise than the wise
would become in trying to bring them
selves down to the level of the ignorant.
The strain on the poor man who tries to
keep up with the rich man is far greater
for the poor man than for the rich. In a
few words, it is very hard to match essen
tial inequality and very foolish to attempt
it.
A Good Woman.— A good woman
grows old. Years may go over her head,
but if benevolence and virtue dwell in her
she is as cheerful as when the spring of
life first opened to her view. When we
look upon a good woman, we never think
of her age—she looks as charming as when
the rose of youth first bloomed upon her*
cheek. That rose has not faded yet; it will
never fado. In her neighborhood, she is
the friend and benefactor, in the church
the devout worshipper and exemplary
Christian. Who does not love and respect
the woman who has passed her days in acts
of kindness and mercy—who has been the
friend of man and God—whose whole life
has been a scene of kindness and love, a
devotion of love and religion? We repeat,
such a woman cannot grow old. She will
always be fresh and bouyant in spirits,
and activo in humble deeds of mercy and
benevolence. If the young lady desires to
retain the bloom and beauty of youth, let
her not yield to the sway of fashion and
folly; let her love truth and virtue; and to
the close of life she will retain those feel
ings which now make life appear a garden
of sweet ever fresh and ever new.
A Minister's Wife.— She sustains pecul
iar relations to the community. She is hu
man just as other women are, yet every
body expects her to have qualities that
raise her above tho common weaknesses
of life; says an exchange: “Everybody ex
pects the minister’s wife to he a model,
and quite removed from all the frailities
and illnesses ef mankind. She snould be
warranted never to have the headache or
neuralgia; she should have nerves of iron
and sinews of wire. She should be cheer
ful, intellectual, bious and domesticated;
she should be abe to keep her husband’s
house, cook his dinner, light his fires and
copy his sermons. She should keep up
the syle of a lady on the wages of a day
laborer, and always be at liberty for ‘good
work,’ and ready to receive momiDg calls;
should be Secretary to the Band of Hope,
the Dorcas Society and the Home Missions.
She should conduct the Bible class and
mother’s meetings; should make clothing
for the poor and gruel for the sick; finally
should be pleased with everybody and
everything, and never desire any reward
beyond the satisfaction of having done
her duty, and other people’s too."
A Swiss Colony settlod on Cumberland
mountain, Tennessee in 1873. This colony
of 115 families, about 700 people, purchas
-10,000 acres of mountain land at $1 per
acre, and now, after four years, each head
of a family has a comfortable home, an or
chard and garden with a profusion of
mountain flowers. There is a large store
that is managed for the colony, members
of which get goods at wholesale cost; the
colony has its own school, church, doc
tors, Ac., and their own candidates gov
ern. The colonists already have dariea
and cheese factories in successful opera
tion, and their products find ready sale at
fancy prices. They have splendid herds
of cattle, and their hams are built as care
fully as their houses. There is also a col
ony of Swiss near Greenville, 8. C., about
as large as the Tennessee colony, and it is
prospering Sfinelv.
Speak Well oe Others. — Don't call one
of your schoolmates ugly, anothf# stingy,
another cross, behind their hacks. It is
the meanest sort of sin. Even if they are
very ugly, stingy, or cross, it does you no
good to repeat it. It only serves to make
you love to tell of faults—it makes you un
charitable—your soul grows smaller—your
heart loses its generous blood, when you
tattle about your friends. Tell all the
good you know about them, and carry
their sins in your own heart; or else tell
them to God, and ask him to pardon them.
That will be Christ like. If anyboby says
to you, “ Oh! that Mary Walker did such
a naughty thing!” call to mind some virtue
that Mary posesses, and hold it up to their
praise. For your own sake learn to make
this a habit.
The relationship of a man and woman
in rainy weather is easily discovered. If
they are levers, the woman will have all
the umbrella, and the man won’t care a fig
how w r et he gets. But if they are married
it is just the opposite. Marriage makes
the difference, that is all.
A young man seems to he nearer fulfill
ing the law and the prophets when he
walks along the street helping his wife
trundle their baby-wagon, than when he
strolls out in bachelor freedem grinning
at the girls, and carrying a dog-headea
cane under his arm.
The genius who in an unguarded mo
ment wrote, “Woman is God b best gilt to
man,” never had to match three shades of
worsted for his wife, who had sent down
from her summer retreat for a few skeins
“to finish a smoking cap for a friend,”