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Darien Timber Gazette.
VOL. 6.--NO. 15.
Darien Timber Gazette,
PUBUBHKD EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
jtr hariejt, Georgia,
CORKER BROAD AND NORTiTWAY 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 Hoard of County Commissioners— Spalding
Kenan.
Clerk Superior Court — L. B. Davis.
Ordinary —o. H. Hopkins, Sr.
Sheriff— T. Butler Blount.
Receiver Tax Returns— W. McW. Young.
Tax Collector— O. G. Hopkins.
County Treasurer —M. C. O’Neil.
County Surveyor —W. R. PoppeL
Coroner— Philip Maxwell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings on
the first Wednesday in each month.
CITY OFFICERS.
Ex-Officio Mayor —James Walker.
Ex-Officio Aldermen —.Joseph Hilton, J. A. Atwood,
Adam Strain, J. E. Holmes, Thomas H. Gignilliat,
Isaac M. Aiken.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committee on Finance— Messrs. Strain, Atwood
and Hilton.
Committee on Account—Messrs. Holmes, Gignil
liat and Aikon.
Committee on Harbor— Messrs. Hilton, Aikon
and Strain. „ „
Committee on Health and Cemetery—Messrs. Gignil
liat, Atwood and Holmes.
Committee or. Paupers— Messrs. Atwood, Holmes
and Gignilliat. . „ .
Committee on Jail—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
And Atwood.
Clerk and Treasurer— Spalding Kenan.
City Marshal —-Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Deputy Marshal — Alonzo Guyton.
Harbor Master —James Aheel.
Port Physician —Dr. James Holmes.
Inspector General of Timber— George W. Fades
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. 0. Clark. Arthur Bai
ley, Dr. It. B. Harris, James Lachlison and Kobt.
Mitchell. Wm. L. Gignilliat, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Live Oak Lodge, No. 137, meet* first Wednesday
night in each month at their hall near the Magno
lia House; H. 8. Rarenel, Worshipful Master; R.
W. Grubb, Secretary
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Customs, Brunswick District—John T.
Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for Port of Darien—
Charles H. Townsend.
Boarding Master— Edwin C. Davis.
Postmaster —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy Marshal—-Joseph B. Bona.
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 Apnl 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 Uut 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 A
Brunswick Railroad, every mhrning (Sun'iay ei
cepted) at 10 o'clock a. m., departing every after
noon at 3p. m. Mail closes at 2)-* p. in*
Side mad for No. 3, Atlantic & Gulf Railroad
departs B>£ o'clock every Tuesday morning and
arrives t H 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>4 o’clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas
-1 "Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m.and
3p. m. at the Methodist Church, colored, Rev.
L. H. Smith, pastor.
UTO $6,000 A YEAR, or $5 to S2O
i day in your own locality.
No risk. Women do as well as
men. Many make moje than the
amount stated above. No one
* can fafl to make money fast.
Any one can do the work. You can make from
60 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, pend us your
address and we will send you full particulars ana
private terms free; samples worth $5 also free;
you cen then make up your mind for yourself.
Address GEORGE STINSON & CO., Portland, Me.
June 20
WA WEEK in your own town and no
capital risked. You can give the busi
ness a trial without expense. The best
opportunity ever offered for those wil
ling to work. You should try
else until you see for yourself what j ou
can do at the business vts offer. No room J® x '
plain here. You can devote aU your time or only
your spare time to the business and make great
pay for every hour that you work. _
as much as men. Send for special private terms
and particulars, which we mail free. $3 Outfit
free. Don’t complain of hart Ornes wh y
have such a chanco. Address H. HALLLTT
Portland, Maine. J.” ne fL
Notice.
\ LL VEBSELS AND STEAMBOATS BOUND
to Darien by the inland route from the South
must report at the quarantine station at i/ouoy
f>r inspection and permitted to proceed.
JAMES HOLMES, Port Physician
By order of the Mayor.
Professional Cards.
ALTER A. WAY,
Atloruey-at-Law and Real
Estate Agent,
DARIEN, - - - GEORGIA.
Will practlco In the Superior Courts of the
Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also, in the
Federal Courts in caseß of Bankruptcy, etc. Par
ticular attention given to the collection of claims
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. DeEOBME,
Attorney & Counselor-at-Lavv,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Office on'©road street, near Timber Exchange.
July 2
JJB. 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
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and surrounding country. All calls prompt
ly attended, both medical and surgical. Office
under the Masonic Hall, in old Custom House
building.
J J. ABRAMS,
Attorney-at-La W,
Commercial Building,
jnne6-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HENRX B. TOMPKINS. | B. A. DENMABH.
rjVOMPKINS A DENMARK,
Attorneys-at-Law,
No. 105 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Practice in the United States Courts, and in the
Superior Courts of the Eastern Circuit. je6-tf
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Miscellaneous.
LOOK OUT.
HOYT’S COLOGNE, CORNING’S COLOGNE,
LUBIN’S EXTRACTS, POMADES,
HAIR OIL, TOILET POWDER,
LILLY WHITE, PUFF BOXES,
ROUGE, TOILET SETS,
And in fact, a full assortment of Perfumery and
Fancy Toilet Articles. Soaps—toilet, laundry and
medicated. Give us a call.
W. H. COTTER & CO.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
Reduction! Reduction!
HBDUOTIOKT Z
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
JtIJiMLE ul REDUC TIOJT
on their already very
LOW PRICES,
offering now their entire stock of
FINE CLOTHING
—AND—
GENTS’ FURNISHING GOODS
lower than can be bought
AT WHOLESALE IN NEW YORK.
This is no humbng, 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!
I*o Congress street, Savannah, Ga.
jan3l
PREPARED AND SOLD ONLY BY
W. H. COTTER & CO.
W. H. COTTER & CO’S.
Magnetic Liniment
Is an Invaluable remedy in all cases of Rheuma
tism. Neuralgia, Chronic Pains, etc. It is also an
excellent application to all bruises.
W. H. COTTER & CO’S.
Cholera Mixture
Is a sure and speedy cure for all Bowel Affections
and Summer Complaints incidental to our climate.
These preparations are guaranteed to give imme
diate relief, and should be kept in every family.
—FOB THE LADIES—
W. H. COTTER & CO’S.
Sewing Machine Oil
The Best Oil made for all fine machinery. spl9-tf
Garden Seed.
XXTE HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY OF FRESH
VV 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 A CO..
Druggists and Apothecaries.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 3, 1879.
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.
MCMEDULE:
The Steamer DAVID The Steamer CENTF.N
CLARK, Captain John NIAL, Captain W. 0.
Fitzgerald, will leave Ulmo, will leave Hotel
Hotel Wharf, Darien, Wharf, Darien,
FOB 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. Bimon’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
winlr T? nil mail
THOMAS WHITE, Agent, Hotel Wharf.
O. 8. BENSON, Gen’l Passenger Agent.
SPECIAL. NOTICE.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITE, Agent, Is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at Darien.
J. 8. LAWRENCE, Manager,
Sep22-tf Savanuah, Ga.
Savannah and Melonville
STEAMBOAT LINE.
INLAND JILL THE WAY !
STEAMER ROSA
For St. Catherine’s, Doboy, Union Island, Darien,
St. Simon's, Brunswick, Satilla River and St.
Marys, Ga., Fernaudina, 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 Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Oco
nee rivers, will be protected by Steamer Halcyon,
C. M. QUARTERMAN,
Agent Steamer Halcyon, Darien, Ga.
Trough low rates of freight and passage and
bills of lading given to all points.
Freights for Altamaha, Ocmulgee and Oconee
Rivers must be prepaid.
Freight received daily, Sundays excepted.
j. H. SMITH, Manager.
Rule Nisi.
STATE OF GEORGIA—McIntosh (Minty.
CLERK’S OFFICE SUPERIOR COURT, 1
July 30th, 1879.}
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 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 laDd 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 the heirs
of Armand Lefils, grantee, and W. Street, deceased,
and Sarah A. Thomas and Chas. 6. 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 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, hut Bell a GOOD AND PURE ARTICLE OF’
MEDICINE as low as it can be sold. Remember
that we have constantly in stock a full assortment
of
PURE MEDICINES,
PAINTS, OILS,
VARNISHES,
PATENT MEDICINES of all kinds,
HAIR DYES,
HAIR OILS,
HAIR BRUSHES,
. TOOTH BRUSHES,
And the best article of No. 1 KEROSENE OIL at
lowest prices.
Prescriptions carefully compounded night or
day.
W, H. COTTER & CO„
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
NOTICE.
Wheelwright aurt 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 e g_tf Second street, Darien, Ga.
IIHIITrn A LIMITED NUMBER of
Uf n fU I |ll active, energetic canvassers to
ff Hll I LU engage in a pleasant and
profitable business. Good men will find this a
rare chance
TO MAKE MONEY.
Such will please answer this advertisement by
letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what
busineas they hare been engaged in. None but
those who mean business apply. Address
je2o-ly Finley, Harvey & Cos., Atlanta, Ga.
Ordinances, <fcc.
AN ORDINANCE
Entitled An Ordinance to Protect the
Public Health ot the Port of Darien
by Quarantine and OtherwlMC.
Section I. — The Board of Commissioners 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 eacb and every year, there
shall be elected a Board of Hoalth, to be composed
of five (5) members, and also a Port Physician,
who shall be, by roasou of bis office, a member of
said board.
Sec. 2.— Be it further ordained, That sfiid 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 bo 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 be punished, as hereinafter
provided, and tho said cleaning up shall bo 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 uutenautod houses opened
for ventilation and* the premises of the same
cleansed. And any expense so incurred shall be
paid by the owner of such house or lot.
Sec. 4. —Be it further ordained, That any person
resisting, by neglect or otherwise, any of the pro
visions of the preceding section of this ordinance
after twenty-four (24) hours notice is given him
or her by any member of the Board of Health,
shall be, upon conviction thereof, fined for every
such offense not exceeding $25 00 or placed on the
chain-gang for not exceeding thirty (30) days, and
the Marshal or his assistants are hereby ordered
to obey all orders emanating from said Board of
Health, which may be given for the purpose of
carrying into effect the provisions of the ordinance.
Sec. s.— Be it further ordained. That said Board
of Health shall meet monthly, or at the qall of its
chairman, and report to this board their actings
and doings, and also examine into and recom
mend any measures which may bo, 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 he
the duty of the Port Physician to visit and inspect
all vessels arriving at this port from any point
(foreign or domestic) reported to him as infected
with contagious or malignant diseases of any
nature, and if after investigation any such dis
ease is found to exist aboard of such vossol, 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 he given
them. He is hereby empowered to employ, where
he deems it necessary, sufficient guards to pre
vent communication with suclr vessel or sick per
sons, and to transport any necessary medicines
or sustenance to tho same. Also, to employ
nurses when required, reporting such action to
the chairman of this hoard.
Sec. 7.— Be it further ordained. That after the
required time of quarantine shall have beeu com
plied w T ith by such vessel, the Port Physician shall
cause her to he 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 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 tho lower
quarantine grounds.
Sec. B.— Be it further ordained. That the regular
quarantine term shall begin on the first day of
April of each and every year, and end the first day
of November of the same year unless circum
stances should require other dates than the
above, and the Port Physician is hereby instructed
to issue, his proclamation, endorsed by the Mayor
on the said first day of April, to all pilots and mas
ters of vessels arriving from any South American,
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 duty
of the Port Physician to proceed as during the
regular term of quarantine.
Sec. 9. —Be it further ordained, That it shall he
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 apeualty 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
presence of infectious disease on board, or as to
any death on the voyage from said cause shall be
fined in the sum of SIOO.
Bec. 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 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 tho Board
of Health, so as to prevent the spread of such
disease.
Sec. 13.—8 e it further ordained, That the lee of
the Port Physician shall he:
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, and doings to this board.
Sec. 14. —8 eit further ordained. That aU ordi
nances or parts of ordinances conflicting with any
of the provisions of this ordinance be and the
same are repealed.
Read third time and passed April 11,1879.
Spalding Kenan,
junel3-tf Clerk and Treasurer.
To Pilots and Masters of
Vessels.
First—All Vessels arriving at this port from
South America, the West Indies, or ports on the
Gulf of Mexico, hairing no sickness on board and
having had no burials on the voyage, shall be
anchored at the Upper Quarantine, one mile above
the innek buoy, up the Carnoehau River and
remain until visited and inspected by the Port
Physician. The ballast ground being near at
hand, such vessels may lx. 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 may be safe to the hospital,
ou 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 my friends and the public to give
entire satisfaction to all work entrusted to me.
No Wood Butchers employed, -ft*
june27-tf J J. SUTTON.
My Murder.
After (til, we way-station telegraph opera
ters are not without our little bit of ro
mance occasionally, and I think I can
show that we are not entirely without a
certain amount of responsibility; but it is
seldom, if ever, recognized, unless one of
our number by carelessnea* suddenly
plunges a train into destruction by failing
to deliver or understand orders.
The time of which I write was one pleas
ant afternoon in early autumn, this 22d
day of September, 1876, and, as the occur
rence has made a deap and vivid impres
on my mind, I cannot forget tho day,
which was Friday.
At that time I had been an agent and
operator on the —— railroad a little while
over two months. The line was directly
through parts of Indiana and Illinois, and
some of the stations had no telegraph office
consequently the order distance was some
what lengthy, and there was but one office
between mine and Cowans, twelve miles
west.
On this day I was quietly puffing my
meerschaum in the little bay window of
my offiice and wishing for something to
relieve the monotony, when the operator
at Cowans called the train dispatcher and
said an engine had sprung her throttle
with one hundred and forty pounds of
steam, and gone east, while the fireman
had gone to lunch, and the engineer, who
was oiling around, and had no time to get
on.
All was as still as death for a minute,
when the dispacther began to call G ,
the only office between mine and Cowan’s
for fully five minutes he called him, using
the signal “23,” which means death, but
still the monotonous click of the armature;
presently he answered in a dazed, hurried
manner, and when asked about the engine
said it passod there at a fearful rate of
speed at foutteen minutes past four with
no person visible.
It was only six miles more to me and an
excursion was on its way west with a heavy
load of tired picneckers, and had actual
ly left a sfation only eight miles east of
me, the first telegraph office, at two min
utes past four.
The dispatcher called mo fciriously, and
being at hand and expectant, I answered
him immediately. When he said, “Turn
your switch and wreck engine No. 11, go
ing east wildly.” I replied quickly, “I
cannot without an indemnity order,,’ and
after a hasty consultation with the super
intendent, as I afterward learned, he went
ahead with an order, -whose unusual form
and wording roused many a lazy “bras
sounder” from a doze. It was like this.
“To Operator: wreck wild engine No.
11 at your eastern switch gate to save col
lision. Company will defend and uphold
you. “D. R. B.”
I immediately returned my “13” or “un
derstanding,” received my “correct at 4:18
p.m.,” and turned to look for the engine,
when although the conversation between
myself and the dispatcher had consumed
four minutes, I saw her coming at the
grandest rate of speed I ever witnessed,
and snatching my order I ran to the switch
gate, about one hundred and fifty feet, and
when I had unlocked and thrown the rail,
the roaring monster was only about one
hundred feet eway. I had my watch in
my hand, and stepped quickly back out
of ham’s way, when at exactly twenty min
utes past four she went over, and such an
unearthly crash I hope I may never see or
hear again.
The dirt and stones flew fifty feet in the
air, the engine turned clear over and stop
ped on her side, pushing a splinter on the
whistle valve, and there she lay, a seeth
ing, hissing, screeching mass of rubbish.
But above all the din and rattle I heard
one wild dispairing shriek for help, and
when I could get close enough to see any
thing, I found what, had it not been for
the face, would never have been recogniz
ed as a man, in the crushed and bleeding
mass of flesh that lay under one huge
driver; but the face was without a scar,
and by that was recognized as an escaped
madman who it seems, had climbed on the
engine at Cowans, unobserved, and pull
ing the throttle open had started on a
wild, awful ride to the gate of death.
When the excursion train came up ten
minutes later, they said they found mo
standing by the engine, gazing alternate
ly at the bloody driver and my written or
der, still tightly clasped in my hand.
I was unconscious of everything save the
fact that I had obeyed orders and had
thereby taken a life. They say I fainted,
hnt I knew nothing from the instant I dis
covered that white bloodless face until
four days after, when I awakened appar
ently out of a dream. My first question
was- “Did the excursion get in safely ?”
The Coroner held an inquest as soon as
I could he examined, and the verdict was:
“We the jury find that Albert Long came
to his death by being crushed beneath a
locomotive which was wrecked by J. L. 8.,
an operator on the R. R., according
to the order of D. R. 8., his superinten
dent and superior oificer. And we find
further, that no blame can ne attacked to
said J. L. 8., D. It. 8., or the said railroad
company, as the engine was wrecked to
save a heavily loaded excursion, and said
Albert Long, being a madman, who was
on the engine in direct opposition to the
company’s orders.”
I have that order and a copy of the ver
dict side by side in my diary, where they
shall always remain.
Often in my dreams I see an unrecogni
zable mass of quivering flesh and broken
bones beneath the huge driver, and a
white, unscarred face presents itself to my
gaze. A sudden shriek will almost craze
me, and lam tempted to go where rail
roads are unknown, where the hissing and
screeching cannot reach me.
A Pleasing Woman. - What is more charm
ing than an agreeable, graceful woman?
Here and there we meet one who possesses
the fairy-like powerof enchanting all about
her; sometimes she is ignorant herself of
the magical influence, which Is however
for thfit reason only the more perfect.
Her presence lights up the home; her ap
proach is like the cheering warmth; she
passes by and we are content; she stays
awile and we are happy. To behold her
is to live; she is the aurora with a human
face. She has no heed to do more than
simply to be; she makes an Eden of the
house; paradise breathes from her, and she
communicates this delight to all without
taking any greater trouble than that of ex
isting beside them. Is not here an inesti
mable gift.
$2.50 A YEAR,
What an Old Man has Noticed.
I have noticed that all men are honest
when well watched.
I have noticed that purees will hold pen
nies as well as pounds.
I have noticed that in order to be a rea
sonable creature, it is necessary at times td
be downright.
I have noticed when the purse is empty
and the kitchen cold, then is the voice of
flatery no longer heard’
I have noticed that silks, broadcloths
and jewels, are often bought with other
people's money.
I have noticed that whatever is, iB right
with a few exceptions—the left eye, the
left leg, and the side of a plum pud
ding.
I have noticed that the prayer of the self
ish man is, “Forgive us our debts,” while
he makes everybody that owes him pay to
the utmost farthing.
I have noticed that he who thinks every
man a rogue is certain to see one when he
shaves himself, and he ought, in mercy to
see his neighbors, to surrender the rascal
to justice.
I have noticed that money is the fool's
wisdom, tho knave’s reputation, the poor
man’s desire, the covetous man’s ambition
and the idol of them all.
A Joke Returned. —Tho Palmyra Enter
prise, published in Jefferson county, Wis
consin, relates this new dog story, and a
pretty good one: A gentleman connected
with the United Statet Lake Survey, in this
city, was ongaged one day on the skirt of
a wood in Indiana. Near him, sleeping
lazily in the sun, lay his faithful dog, Ti
ger. Thinking to have some fun with the
dog, he gave a shout and a jump into the
thicket as if all the game ever protected
by game laws from marauding hunter was
dashing through the bushes. As he ex
pected, Tiger came bounbing and bark
ing to the fray, and soon detected the trick
that was played upon him, sneaked back
to his lair aiid lay down again. The sur
veyor resumed his duties, and was hard
at work for two or three hours, when all at
once, the dog rose from his sleep, set his
ears and eyes in the direction of the wood
gave a bark, and made a rush for the for
est depths. The surveyor followed the
noble brute to a tree, up which he was
sending canine congratulations to the
prey; but when the surveyor came and be
gan anxiously to scan the boughs for the
hiding game, Tiger gave a satisfied “Ah
Whoop !” bestowed a glance of contempt
at the surveyor, and, strking a dignified
gait stalked back to his coach with the ap
pearance of a dog that had squared up all
accounts with the lake surveyor, and had
left nothing due on either side.
Respect for Parents. —lf children could
realize but a small portion of the anxiety
their parents feel on their account, they
would pay far better respect to their pa
rental wishes. A good child, and one
in whom confidence can he placed, is the
one who does not allow himself to disobey
his parents, nor do anything when his pa
rents are absent, that ne has reason to be
lieve they would disapprove were they
present. The good advice of parents is
often so engraven on the heart of the child
that after years of care and toil do not
efface it; and in the hour of temptation the
thought of a parent has been the salvation
of a child, though the parent may be sleep
ing in the grave, and the ocean may roll
between that sacred spot and the tempted
child. A small token of parental affection
borne about the person, especially a pa
rent’s likeness, would frequently provo a
talisman for good. A Polish Prince was
accustomed to carry the picture of his fa
ther always in his bosom and on any par
ticular occasion he would look upon it and
say, “Let’s do nothing unbecoming so ex
cellent a father." Such respect for father
or mother is one of the best traits in the
a son or daughter. "Honor'
thy father and thy mother, that it may be
well with thee, is the first commandment
with promise,” says the sacred book, and
happy is the child that acts accordingly^'
The Women of Egypt. —They are not al
lowed to go out of doors as we are, and
many of them never get beyond the walls
of their houses. TJ>e cows sleep in the
same huts with the people. These huts
are made of mud without windows, and
the doors so small that the wonder is how
the people get in. They do not wash their
babies till they are a year old, because it is
considered unlucky to do so. They rarely
comb their hair from month to month.
Their clieif meal is at sunset; the res#> of
the time they eat at a piece of bread when
they are hungry. They never use plates
or knives or forks. All sit around the ta
ble on the floor. Bread is their daily food
and each family makes for itself, as it is a
kind of disgrace to buy “street bread.”
The women clean the com and carry it on
their heads to mill. It is made into thin
small cakes, stuck against the side of an
oven, and baked in less than a minute.
A hundred loaves are not too many for a
family of four in a week. Travellers are
usually expected to eat three loaves apiece.
They make butter in a strago way. A goat
skin half filled with milk is hung on a peg
and then a Woman, taking hold of a long
string tied to it, jerks it to and fro till the
butter comes. Then sho drains it but
never washes or salts it. Their favorite
dish is rice cooked with this butter.
Henry Ward Beecher on Sleep. —Sleep
is a great restorer of nervous energy, audit
ought to be token regularly and systemat
ically. A recent paragraph in the New
York Tribune reports a German professor
as saying that the most people who have
reached the age of 80 have worked till the
small hours of morning, and slept till
noon. We shall next have him reporting
that the man who daily drinks eight gal
lons of Bavarian beer outlives anybody
else! Eight hours is a fair amount of'
sleep. Where anu n lives under a pres
sure, where his employment necessitates
incessant brain work of an exciting kind,
more sleep may be necessary. Asa rule
I allot the early morning to study, the af
ternoon to social work, and the evening to
social recreation. Generally I break my
day into two parts, the greater and the
lesser day. Besides my sleep at night I
have my afternoon nap for an hour. If
you cannot take a nap after dinner—and
some cannot without injury to their diges
tion—sit up in a chair and" fall asleep fot
ten minutes before dinner; it will make &
new man of you •