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Darien Timber Gazette.
YOL. 6.--NO. 18.
Darien-Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED ETIiRT FRIDAY MORNING,
AT DARIEJT, GEORGIA,
CORNER BROAD AND NOBTHWAT STREETS.
BICHARD W. G-BUBB,
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.
Giguilliat. James E. Holmes, Joseph Hilton.
Cierk Hoard of County Commissioners —Spalding
Kenan.
Cierk Superior Court —L. B. Davis.
Ordinary— C. H. Hopkins, Sr.
Sheriff—V. Butler Blount.
Receiver Tux Returns— W. MeW. Young.
Tax Collector— O. C. Hopkins.
County Treasurer —M. C. O'Neil.
County Surveyor —W. B. Poppel.
Coroner —Philip Maxwell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings on
the first Wednesday in each month.
CITY OFFICERS.
Ex-Officio Mayor —James Walker.
Ex-6 dido 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
■md Hilton. _ , „.
Committee on Accounts— Messrs. Holmes, Gignil
liat and Aiken. ...
Committee on Harbor— Messrs. Hilton, Aiken
and Strain.
Committee on Health and Cemetery— Messrs. Gignil
liat, Atwood and Holmes.
Committee on Faupers— Messrs. Atwood, Holmes
and Gignilliat. ~
Committee on .MiJ—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. .. a •%_ CJa.
Committee on Ordinances —Messrs. Aiken, otmn
\nd 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 Central of Timber —George W. Fanes.
Port Wardens —Isaac M. Aiken, John H. Burrell,
and James G. Young.
JaiUr —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 Kobt.
Mitchell. Win. L. Gignilliat, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Lire Oak Lodge, No. 137. meets first Wednesday
night in each month at their hall near the Magno
lia House: H. S. Ravenel, Worshipful Master; K.
W. Grubb. Secretary
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Customs, Brunswick District —John T.
Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for T'brt of Danen —
Charles H. Townsend.
Boarding Master —Edwin C. Davis.
Post mast r —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 m February,
May and October. ,
Mclntosh County—Tuesdays after last Mondays in
April and October.
Liberty County— Tuesday after second Mondays
in May and October.
UNITED STATES MAILS.
The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon k
Brunswick Railroad, every morning (Sunday ex
cepted) at 10 o'clock a. m„ departing every after
noon at 3p. m. Mail closes at 'l% p. m.
Side mail for No. 3, Atlantic A Gulf Railroad
departs HU 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 y, o’clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas-
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and
3p. m. at the Methodist Church, colored. Rev.
L, H. Smith, pastor.
Uro $6,000 A YEAR, or $5 to S2O
i day in your own loca lty.
No risk. Women do as well as
men. Many make more than the
amount stated above. No one
f can fail to make money fast.
Any one can do the work. You can make from
50 cts. to $2 an hour by devoting your evenings
and spare time to the business. It costs nothing
to try the business. Nothing like it ever offered
before. Business pleasant and strictly honorable.
Reader, if you want to know all about the best
paying business before the public, send us your
address and we will send 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
M r\ ' WEEK in vour own town, and no
111 II S- ipitsl risked. You can give the busi-
V U *>uess a trial without expense. The best
• Mill ipportunity ever offered for those wil
-1111 tiling 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 .ime or only
vour spare time to the business, and make great
pay for every hourtbat you work. Women make
as much as men. Send for special private te ™“
and particulars, which we mail free. $•
free P Don't complain of hard tiwes while you
have such a chance. Address H. HALLETT A CO..
Portland. Maine. June ~ -
Notice.
A LL VESSELS AND STEAMBOATS BOUND
A to Darien bv 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 Crder of The Mayor.
Professional Cards.
ALTER A. WAT,
Attorney-at-Law and Real
Estate Agent,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Will practice in the Superior Courts of the
Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also, in the
Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, etc. Par
ticular attention given to the collection of claims
and the examination of land titles. april2ft
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
IE. B. DeLORME,
J.
Attorney & Counselor-at-Law,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Office on Broad straet, near Timber Exchange.
July 2
TYB. SPALDING KENAN,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and vicinity. He can be found at all hours
day aud night, at his office on Screven street, next
door to Mr. Wilcox's dwelling house. augß-ly
JJR. 11. B. HARRIS
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and surrounding country. AH calls prompt
ly attended, both medical and surgical. Office
under the Masonic Hall, in old Custom House
building.
J J. ABRAMS,
Attornej-at-LaW,
Commercial Building,
june6-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HENRY B. TOMPKINS. | B. A. DENMARK.
rjVOMPKINS & DENMARK,
Attorneys-at-Law,
No. 105 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Practice in the United States Courts, and in the
Superior Courts of the Eastern Circuit. je6-tf
Miscellaneous.
LOOK OUT.
HOYT'S COLOGNE. CORNING'S COLOGNE,
LUBIN’S EXTRACTS, POMADES,
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 A CO..
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
THE~~
GEORGIA STATE FAIR,
At Macon,
Oct. 27t2i to No. Ist, 1879.
The Most Magnificent and Best Appointed
Grounds in America!
Liberal Cash Premiums
In all classes, and the largest offered bj any
Fair in the United States.
Trotting and Running Races!
Every day, by some of the
MOST NOTED HORSES ON THE TURF!
Music will be furnished by the celebrated
U. S. 13th Infantry Band-
Many of the Prominent Statesman,
Now before the Public, will attend the State Fair
as visitors, and several will make addresses.
GREATLY REDUCED RATES
For Freights and Passengers, on all the
Railroads In the State.
A cordial invitation is extended to you to he an
Exhibitor, and you are requested to write to the
Secretary at Macon for a premium List and other
information.
THOS. HARDEMAN. Jr., President.
L. F. LIVINGSTON. Gen'l. Sup't.
sep26.tf. MALCOLM JOHNSTON. Secretary.
For Rent.
A N EIGHT-ROOM DWELLING HOUSE IN THE
A
City of Darien, formerly occupied by Mrs. Dun
wody, or Broad street. Possession given October
Ist. Apply to JOE MANSFIELD.
Darien. Ga.. September 2Cth, 1879.
PREPARED AND SOLD ONLY BY
W. H. COTTER & CO.
W. H. COTTER & CO’S.
Magnetic Liniment
Is an invaluable remedy in all cases of Rheuma
tism. Neuralgia. Chronic Pains, etc. It is also an
excellent application to all bruises.
W. H. COTTER k CO’S.
Cholera Mixture
Is a sure and speedy cure for all Bowel Affections
and Summer Complaints incidental to our climate.
These preparations are guaranteed to give imme
diate relief, and should he 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.
XTT’E HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY OF FRESH
v v Garden Seed, just received, consisting in
part of
BEETS. CABBAGE,
CARROT’S, CUCUMBERS,
CELERY, EGGPLANT,
LETTUCE, OKRA.
ENGLISH PEAS,
BEANS, TOMATOES,
SQUASH, OYSTER PLANT.
EARLY CORN, PEPPER, Etc.
W H COTTER CO..
Druggists and Apothecaries.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 24, 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.
SCHEDULE:
The Steamer DAVID The Steamer CENTEN
CLARK, Captain John NIAL, Captain W. C.
Fitzgerald, will leave Ulmo, will leave Hotel
Hotel Wharf, Darien, Wharf, Darien,
FOR SAVANNAH, FOR SAVANNAH,
every Wednesday and every Saturday, touch-
Sunday, touching at all ing at all intermediate
intermediate landings. landings.
RETURNING, RETURNING,
Leave Savannah every Leave Savannah every
Monday and Friday af- Wednesday afternoon,
ternoon, arriving at Da- arriving at Darien every
rien every Tuesday and Thursday, and leave Da-
Saturday, and leave Da- rien the same day for
rien the same day for St. Simon’s, Brunswick
St. Simon’s, Brunswick, and SatiUa 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.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITE, Agent, is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at Darien.
J. N. H.ARRIMAN, Manager,
sep22-tf Savannah, Ga.
Rule Nisi.
STATE OF GEORGIA—McIntosh County.
CLERK’S OFFICE SUPERIOR COURT, 1
July 30th, 1879. j
IT APPEARING BY THE PETITION IN WRl
ting of J. H. M. Olineh, Administrator of the
estate of John H. Mclntosh, Sr., deceased, together
with a copy in substance of the paper lost, or de
stroyed; that 8. Harris, Tax Collector of Mclntosh
county, Georgia, on the twenty-seventh (27th) day
of January, A. D., eighteen hundred and one, exe
cuted aud delivered to John H. Mclntosh, Sr., de
ceased, a certain deed of fifty thousand acres of
marsh laud in Mclntosh county, Georgia, at the
mouth of the Altamaha River, and about Doboy
lslaud, granted to Edward Walsh in the year 1794,
which said deed is lost or destroyed, and the rec
ord of the same was destroyed by fire in Darien,
in said county : that said land is still the property
of the estate of John H. Mclntosh, Sr,, deceased.
It is therefore ordered, that the said Sampson
Harris, then Tax Collector of Mclntosh county,
Georgia, and Edward Walsh, grantee, aud tho heirs
of Armand Lefils, grantee, and W. Btreet, deceased,
and Sarah A. Thomas and Chas. 8. Langdou, claim
ants, show cause on or beforo the next term of the
said Court, why a true copy of the deed sworn
to, which w ith the petition'no .7 on tilo 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. DAYIB,
augl-3m, Clerk Superior Ct. Mcl. Cos. Ga.
PLAIW HOTEL,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
Cheapest and Best
HOTEL IN
THE SOUTH.
Rates $1 50 and $2 00
per Day,
According to Eocalion of
Room.
JOS. HERSCHBACH.prop’r.
Jyas-tf.
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 1
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.
THE BALTIMORE
Weekly American.
THE LARGEST, BEST AND CHEAPEST
PAPER IN THE WORLD.
AN EXTRA COrY SIX MONTHS’ FREE,
FOR A CLUB OF FIVE, AND
ONE YEAR, FOR A CLUB
OF TEN.
A varied lot of valuable Premiums given
for Cluhtt of from 5 to 300 copies, a list
of which is published in THE WEEKLY
AMERICAN. Specimen copies sent free.
Address, CHAS. C FULTON,
American Office,
septo-tf. Baltimore, Md.
Ordinances, &e.
AN ORDINANCE
Entitled An Ordinance to Protect the
Public Health of the Port of Darien
by Quarantine aud Otherwise.
Section I. — The Board of Commissioners of
Mclntosh Ctmnty 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 tlie first auuual meet
ing of this board for each and every year, there
uhaU be elected a Board of Health, to be composed
of five (5) members, aud also a Port Physiciau,
who shaU 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,
aud 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 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, aH 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 untenauted houses opened
for ventilation and the premises of the same
cleansed. And any expense so incurred shall bo
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 (X) 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 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 bo
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 bo 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 timo 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 lor her removal, and all ex
pense thus incurred shall be paid by the master
or owner of such vessel. And the quarantine
grounds spoken of in this ordinance are hereby
eclared 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 year, and end tho 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 Ihe said first day of April, to all pilots and mas
ters of vessels arriviug from auy 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. Aud 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 tho 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 auy malignant, contagious
or infectious disease of auy nature, aud if there
should exist such disease ho 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
presence of iufectious disease on board, or as to
ally 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 tho sum of SIOO for
each and every such offense.
Sec. 12.— 8 eit further ordained, That it shall be
the duty of the Port Physiciau 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 liersons, 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 farther ordained. That the lee of
the Port Physician shall be:
For every vessel hoarded in Doboy Sound
for inspection S2O 00
For every vessel boarded in Sapalo Sound
for inspection 60 00
For every vessel boarded at or near Darien.. 200
At the Ridge 6 00
For all vessels boarded at night, with infectious
disease on board, double day rates, (S4O, SIOO,
$4, $10), aud he is hereby required to make month
ly reports of his actions, and doings to this board.
Sec. 14.— 8 eit farther ordained. That all ordi
nances or parts of ordinances conflicting with any
of the provisions of this ordinance be and the
same arc repealed.
Read third time and passed April 11, 1K79.
Spalding Kenan,
june 13-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
Gult of Mexico, having no sickness on board and
having hast no burials on the voyage, shall he
anchored at the Upper Quarantine, one miie above
the inner buoy, up the Carnoelian 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 an board, or deaths on the voyage, must be
anchored as near as may be safe to the hospital,
on Clam Bank, or Lower Quarantine Ground, and
remain until visited by the Port Physician.
JAMES HOLMES. M. D..
Port Physician.
Approved; JAMES WALKER. Mayor, jcl.l-tf
J 7 jTsutton,
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.
KIP No Wood Butchers employed.
june27-tf J J. SUTTON,
Tho Humble-Bee.
Children did you ever stop to consider
tho immense power possessed by a bumble
bee? An insect weighing no more than the
eight of an ounce is capable of “raising” a
man weighing 220 pounds from a bench in
the public park, and then having lots of
lifting material left. Just stop and think
of it! The stinger of a bee is not near as
large as the linest needle, but such is the
force behind it that it can be driven
through heavy pants-cloth backed by me
rino drawers, and into the flesh about six
teen feet. If a man could wield a crow
bar in comparison he could drive it through
seven saw-mills and a whiskey distillery
st one blow. Nature could not give the bee
teeth and claws without spoiling its beau
ty, and to compensate she gave him this
stinger as a weapon of attack and defense.
If the bee had no weapon, ants, beetles
and bugs would cuff him around as they
pleased, but as it is he is boss of the walk,
and won’t take a word from any of them.
The bumble-bee is not naturally of a
quarrelsome disposition, but ho can’t be
sat down on over half an hour without feel
ing as it someone was doing him a great
wrong. If left to himself he will crawl up
your coat-sleeve, look around, and crawl
down and go about hiß business, but if
welcomed with a blow between the eyes lie
is going to be revenged if it breaks a leg.
He invariably closes his eyes -when he
stings, and you have only to look a bee
square in the face to discover when he is
fooling around and when he means four
teen per cent, per annum.
The hay-field is a favorite resort of the
bumble-bee, hut you can find him almost
anywhere else if you try hard. Having
no pair of long hind legs, he cannot build
his nest in a marsh, like the frog and hav
ing no beak in which to carry" straws he
cannot nest in a tree like a bird. He there
fore takes to the grass, and under the roots
of an old stump, or amidst a pile of old
rails, he rears his gentle young and gives
them printed instructions as to the differ
ence between stinging six-inch stovepipe
and runaway boys. Tho knowledge of old
bees is wonderful. They know where the
school-house is. They know when school
is out. They can sail miles away from
home, get in their work on a farmer’s son
weediug out com, and return home with
out missing a fence comer or in need of an
afternoon nap. Asa rule they are early
risers. Barefooted boys driving up the
cows at daylight will find the bumble-bee
out of bed and quite ready to begin the
arduous labors of the day. Along about
sundown he quits work, counts noses to
see if the famity are all in and then stows
himself away for a night of calm and peace
ful repose.
The legs of a bumble-bee[are very crook
ed. This seoms too bad at first sight, but
you will soon discover that Nature was lev
el-headed. His legs were thus shaped to
enable him to bang to the brim of a boy’s
straw bat. Were bis legs straight he could
not walk a fence rail in a high wind, nor
could he turn around after reaching the
top of a mullein stock. The stripes on a
bee look like a wasto of material, but such
is not the case. They furnish an extra
covering c r his ribs to keep the frosty
air off, and he serve to stiffen his spinal
column n liis flights through the air.
A bumble-bee can fly at the rate of twen
ty miles an hour, if he wants to, but there
is no cause for biin to fly any faster than a
boy can run. He sometimes lives to be 3
years old, and is sometimes stricken down
before he has travelled at all. His life is a
precarious one. He may run a deacon out
of a bay field to-day,and be the big bee of
the nest, and to-morrow a country school
ma’am may knock his head off with her
umbrella. Nothing in natural history
weighs more for his size than the bee and
nothing in seionce works easier without
cog-wheels or rubber rollers, than this
stinger. It is always ready, never out of
repair, and satisfaction (to the bee) is guar
anteed in every case.—Detroit Free Press.
Education of Boys. —The whole tenden
cy of modern education is to lift boys and
girls to places they are not fitted to fill, to
disgust them with work they are fitted to
do, which must be done, and which can
be easily obtained. Our theory of educa
tion is continually losing sight of a fact
which never permits itself to be ignored,
and teaching the young to lose sight of it,
and the mass of people in every genera
tion and under whatever form of govern
ment must be loborers. The old heresy
that every boy has a chance to be Presi
dent of the United States has done more
mischeif in the small brains of boys who
when they obtain manhood’s strength, are
fitted to dig trenches and do nothing else,
than it has in the larger brains of public
men who, once bitten with the personal
application of the idea, are good for noth
ing afterward. The boy should have an
education which when completed, will
make the subject better fitted to pursue
well the work for which he is fitted, which
makes him not ashamed to do it, and which
thus dignifies labor.
Anecdote of Patrick Henry. -When the
celebrated Patrick Henry, of Virginia, was
near the close of life, and in feeble health,
he laid his hand en the Bible, and address
ing an old friend who wawwith him—“ Here
is a book,” said he, “woith more than all
others ever printed; it is my misfortune
never to have read it with proper attention
and feeling till lately.” About the same
time he wrote to his daughter: “I have
heard it said that the Deists have claimed
me. The thought gives me far more pain
than the appellation of Tory. For I con
sider religion of infinitely higher import
ance than politics: and I find much cause
to reproach myself, that I have lived so
long and given no decided public proof of
my being a Christian.”
The Name of God. —ls it not singular
that the name of God should be spelled
with four letters in so many different lan
guages? In Latin it is Detiß; French, Dien;
Old Greek, Zeus; German, Gott; Old Ger
man, Odin; Swedish, Gode; Hebrew, Aden;
Dutch, Herr; Syrian, Adan; Persian, Svra;
Tartarian, Edga; Scalvonian. BelgorBoog;
Spanish, Dias; Hindoo, Dsgi or Zeni, Ja
panese, Zain; Turkish, Abdi; Egyptian,
Annum or Zent: Peruvian, Liau; AVallach
ian, Zene; Etrurian, Ghur; Tyrrhenian,
Eber; Irish, Dieh; Croatian. Doha; Marga
rian, Oesc; Aarbian, Alla; Dmaltaam, Bo
got. There are several other languages in
which the word is marked with the same
peculiarity.
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A Rich Man on Riches.
The following story says, The Wayside,
is told of Jacob Ridgway, a wealthy citizen
of Philadelphia, who died many years ago
leaving a fortune of six million dollars:
“Mr. Ridgway,” said a young man with
whom the millionaire was conversing, “you
are more to be envied than any gentleman
I know of.”
“Why so?” responded Mr. Ridgway. “I
am not aware of any cause for which I
should be particularly envied.”
“What, sir!” exclaimed the young man’
in astonishment. “Why are you not a
millionaire? Think of the thousands your
income brings you every month.”
“Well, what of that?” replied Mr, Ridg
way. “All I get out of it is my victuals
and clothes, and I can’t eat more than one
man’s allowance, or wear more than one suit
ata time. Pray, can’t you do as much?”
“Ah, but,” said the youth, “think of the'
hundreds of fine houses you own, and the
rental they bring you!”
“What better am I off for that?” replied
the rich man. “I can only live in one
house at a timo; as for the money I receive
for rents, why I can’t eat it or wear it; I can
only use it to buy other houses for other
people to livo in; they are beneficiaries,
not I.”
"But you can buy splendid furniture,
and costly pictures, and fine carriages and
horses—in fact, what you desire.”
“And after I have bought them,” re
sponded Mr. Ridgway, “what then? I can
only look at the furniture and pictures,
and the poorest man who is not blind can
do the same. I can ride no easier in a fine
carriage than you in an omnibus for five
cents, with the trouble and attention to
drivers, footmen and hostlers; and as to
anything I desire, I can tell you young
man, that the less we desire in this world
the happier we shall be. All my wealth
cannot buy me back my youth—cannot
purchase exemption from sickness and
pain—cannot procure me power to keep
afar off the hour of death; and then, what
will all avail when, in a few short years at
most,l lie down inthegrave!and|leaveatall
forever? Young man, you have no cause
to envy me.”
Little by Little.— lf you are gaining;
little by little every day bo content. Are
your expenses less than your income, so
that, though it be little, you are yet con
stantly accumulating and growing richer
and richer every day? Be content; so far
as concerns money, you are doing.
Are you gaining knowledge every day?
Though it be little by little, the aggregate
accumulation, where no day is permitted to
pass without adding something to the
stocks, will be surprising to yourself.
Solomon did not become the wisest mail
in the world in a minute. Little by little
—never omitting to learn something even
for a single day—always reading, always
studying a little between the time of ris
ing in the morning and laying down at
night; this is the way to accumulate a full
store-house of knowledge. Finally, are
you daily improving in character? Be not
discouraged because it is little by little.
The best men fall far short of what they
themselves would wish to be. It is some
thing, it is much, if you keep good resolu
tions better to-day than you did yesterday,
better this week than you did last, better
this year than you did last year. Strive
to be perfect, but do not become down
hearted so long as you are approaching
nearer and nearer to tho high standard at
which you aim.
Little by little, fortunes are accuminted;
little by little, knowledge is gained:
by little, character and reputation are
achieved.
Your Mother and Sistkrh. — Never use*
lady’s name in an improper place, at an
improper time, or in mixed company.
Never make assertions about her that yon
think untrue, or allusions that she herself
would blush to hear. When you meet
with men who do not scruple to nee a
woman’s name in a reckless manner, shun
them. They are the very worst members
of the community—men lost to every sense
of honor,every feeling of humanity. Many
a good and worthy woman’s character
has been forever ruined and heart broken
by a lie, manufactured by some villian,
and repeated where it should not have
been, and in the presence of those whose
little judgment could not deter them from
circulating the foul and bragging report.
A slander is soon propagated, and the
smallest thing derogatory to a woman’s
character will fly on the wings of the wind
and magnify as it circulates, until its mon
strous weight crushes the poor unfortunate
victim. Your mother and sisters are wom
en, and as you would have their fair name
untarnished and their lives unembittered
by the slanderer’s bitter tongue, heed the
ill your own words may bring upon the
mother, the sister, or the wife of some fel
low-creature.
Loveliness. — What constituteslovliness?
Not the polishod brow, the gaudy dress,
nor the show and parade of fashionable
life. A woman may have all the outward
marks of beauty, and yet not possess a love
ly character. It is the benevolent disposi
tion, the kind acts and the Christian de
portment. It is in the heart, where meek
ness, truth and humility are found, where
we look for loveliness. The woman who
can soothe the aching heart, smooth the
wrinkled brow, alleviate the anguish of the
mind, and pour the balm of consolation in
the wounded breast, possesses in an emi
nent degree, true loveliness of character^
A lady, a regular shopper, who had
made an unfortunate clerk tumble over alt
the stockings in the store, objected that
none of them were long enough. “I want,
she said, “the longest hose that are made.”
“Then, madam,” was the reply, "you had
better apply to the next engine house.”
When you see a lady running after *
horse car, shaking her parasol like mad
and crying out frantically: “Here, here! *
the thought comes that all this trouble and
vexation of spirit might have been prevent
ed had she been taught to whistle on her
fingers.
Those tie-back dresses didn't take
enough cloth to satisfy manufacturers and
retail dealers, and so they have clubbed
together and brought hoops into foebiotk