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Darien Timber Gazette. VOL. G.--NO. 22. Darien Timber Gazette, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, D.IH/0-, GEORGIA, CORNER BROAD AND NORTHWAY STREETS. RICHARD W. GRUBB, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : Tor one yeaT (in advance) $2.50 For six months " RSO CLUB RATES: Five copies, each one year $2.00 Ten eopiea, each one year 1.00 ADVERTISING RATES : 6qua re, ten linos space, first insertion... .$1.50 Per square, each subsequent fhfertion 1.00 Bpkciaa Rates to Yhaiu.y ahd Lakue Advebtisebs Advertisements from responsible parties will be üblished until ordered cut, when the time is not specified on the copy, and payment exacted ac- C °Ooiumnnications for individual benefit, or of a nersoual character, charged as advertisements. Marriages and obituary notices not exceeding four line's solicited for publication. When ex ceeding that space, charged as advertisements. Bills for advertisements due upon presentation after the first insertion, but ii spirit of commercial liberality will be practiced toward regular patrons. To avoid anv misunderstanding the above rules will be adhered to without deviation. All letters and communications should be act dressed to the undersigned^ Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia. City Directory. “ ' COUNTY OFFICERS. County Commissioners —James Walker, Chairman; Adam Strain, Isaac M. Aiken, J. A. Atwood, T. 11. 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. MeW. Young. Tax Collector—O. C. Hopkins. County Treasurer —M. C. O'Neil. County Surveyor —W. It. Poppel. Coroner— Philip Maxwell. The Commissioners hold monthly meetings on the first Wednesday in each month. CITY OFFICERS. Ex-Officio Mayor —James Walker. Fx-oihcio Aldermen —Joseph Hilton, J. A. Atwood, Adam Strain, J. E. Holmes, Thomas H. Gignilliat, Isaac M. Aiken. STANDINO COMMITTEES. Committee on Finance—'Sienna. Strain, Atwood Committee on Accodnts —Messrs. Holmes, Giguil hat and Aiken. ... „ Committee on rfdrter—Messrs, Hilton, Aiken on Health and Cemetery- Messrs. Gignil- Bat, Atwood and Holmes. Committee on Paupers- Messrs. Atwood, Holmes and Gignilliat. . Committee, on Jail— Messrs. Aiken, Hilton and Atwood. . _ _ . Committee on Streets and Lanes Messrs. Aiken, Straiu and Holmes. . . , Committee on County Roads— Messrs. Atwood, Gignilliat and Hilton. . CommitMe on Public Buildings— Messrs. Strain, Gignilliat, and Aiken. Committee on Police— Messrs. Holmes, Hilton and Strain. .. Committee n Ordinances-Sira*™. Aiken, Strain vnd Atwood. Clerk and Treasurer— Spaldiug Kenan. City Marshal —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr. Deputy Marshal —Alonao Guyton. Harbor it aster- ■ J allies Abeel. Port Physician—Dr. James Holmes. Inspector General of Timber —George W. Fanes. Port Wardens —lsaac M. Aiken, John H. Burrell, and James G. Youug. jSter— Charles H. Hopkins, Jr. Board Pilot Commissioners —Charles 8. Lauguou, Chairman, R. K. Walker, W. C. Clark, Arthur Bai iay. Dr. R. B. Harris. James Lachlison and Robt. Mitchell. Wm. L. Gignilliat. Secretary. MABONIC. Eire Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets first Wednesday Uight 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 Port of Darien—r Charles H. Townsend. Inspector —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 nrst Mondays in April and October. Ettiugham County—First Mondays in April and October. Bryan County—Thursdays after ijrst Mondays in April and October. Chatham County—Second Mondays in February, May and October. Mclntosh County—Tuesdays after last Mondays in April awi October. Liberty after second Mondays in May and October. UNITED STATES MAILS. The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon & Brunswick Railroad, every morning (Sunday ex cepted) at IQ o’clock a. m., departing every after noon at 3p. m. Mail closes at p. m. Side mail for No. 3, Atlantic A: Gulf Railroad, departs o’clock every Tuesday morning and arrives at 8 p. m. every Monday,. touching at Biceboro 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 tor. Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 3p. m. at the Methodist Church, colored, Rev. UTO $3,000 A YEAR, or $5 to S2O i day in your own locality. No risk. Women do as well as men. Many make more than the amount stated above. No one r can fafl to make money fast, Any one can do the work. You can make lrom 50 cts. to $2 an hour by devoting your evenings and spare time to the business. It costs nothing to try the business. Nothing likfc it ever otfered 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 tor yourself. Address GEORGE STINSON & CO., Portland. Me. June *2O Garden Seed. \VTE 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., INnggjsJs itfld Apothecaries, Professional Cards. ■yy ALTER A. WAY, Attorney-at-Gaw 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. april‘2s ROBERT GIGNILLIAT, Attorney-at-Gaw, DARIEN, GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all logal business in the Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and in the United States Courts at Savannah, Georgia. april'2s-ly IE. B. DeLORME, J. Attorney & Counselor-at-Gaw, and Notary Public. DARIEN, GEORGIA. Office on Broad street, near Timber Exchange. July 2 jyt. 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. augH-ly Jjlt It. 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-GaW, Commercial Building, jnneG-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. UIENIIY B, TOMPKINS. | B. A. DENMAKK. rpOMPKINS & DENMARK, Attorneys-at-Gaw, No. 105 Buy Street, SAVANNAH, GA. Practice in the United States Courts, and in the Superior Courts of the Eastern Circuit. jeC-tf Miscellaneous. LOOK OUT. HOYT’S COLOGNE, CORNING’S COLOGNE, LUBIN’S EXTRACTS, POMADES, HAIR OIL, TOJLET 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., feb‘22-tf Druggists and Apotheoarios. NEW EDITION. WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED. 1028 Pages. 3000 Engravings. Four Pages Colored Plates. Now added, a SUPPLEMENT of over 4600 NEW WORDS and Meanings, including such as have come into use during the past fifteen years—many of which have never before found a place in any English dictionary. ALSO ADDED, A NEW Biographical Dictionary of orer 9700 N AMES of Noted Person s, ancien t and mod ern, including many now living, giving Name, Pronunciation, Nationality, Profession and Hate of each. GET THE LATEST. NEW EDITION contains a Supplement of over 4800 new words and meanings. Each new word in Supplement has been se lected and defined with great care. WithUiographical Dictionary, nowadded, of over 9700 names of Noted Persons. GET THE BEST Edition ot the best Dictionary of the Eng lish Language ever published. B-finitions have always been conceded to be better than in any other Dictionary. Illustrations, 3000, about three times as many as in any other Dictionary. ?|he Dict’y recommended by State Sup’ts of 35 States, and 50 College Pres’ts. I5 Schools, about 32,000 have been plaecd in Public Schools in the U.S. Only English Dictionary containing a Bio graphical Dictionary,—this gives the Name with Pronunciation, Nation, Profes sion and Date of over 9700 persons. Published by G. & C. MERRIAM, Springfield, Ms. ALSO Webster’s National Pictorial Dictionart 1040'Pages Octavo. 600 Engravings. NOTICE. Wheelwright and Blacksmith rAM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS of Wheelwright ami 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 m first-class style. All I ask of the people of Darien and Mclntosh County is a trial. All work warranted. J ROBERT MITCHELL, j eG-tf Second street, Darien, Ga. HI A fclTrn A LIMITED NUMBER of |of A 111 I H 11active, energetic canvassers to VV nil I l engage in a pleasant and profitable business. Good men will find this a rare chance TO MAKE MOXEY. Snch will please answer thifi advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they have been engaged in. None but those who mean business apply. Address Je*2o-ly. Finley, Harvey & Cos., Atlanta. Ga. For Rent. i 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. r<i{jen, Ga., September 2fith, 1579. DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, NOVEMBER 21, 1879. EMIL A. SCHWARZ. NICHOLAS SCHWARZ. Emil A. Schwarz & Bro., DEALERS IN CARPETS & FURNITURE, 125 & 127 Brougliton-St. SAVANNAH, GA., Carpets, Oil Cloths, Matting, Crum Cloths , Rugs, JUats. FURNITURE, In Variety and Style. Curtains, Cornices, WINDOW SHADES. UPHOLSTERY SHADES. AND TRIMMINGS. Wall Paper & Decorations CHURCHES, OFFICES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS FURNISHED. EMIL A. SCAWARZ & BRO., Oct3-tf. SiivniuiHli, GaJ Rule Nisi. STATE OF GEORGIA—McIntosh County. CLERK'S OFFICE SUPERIOR COURT, ) July 30th, 1879. f 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 1791, 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, and the heirs of Armand Lefils, grantee, and W. Street, deceased, and Sarah A. Thomas and Chas. S. Langdon, claim ants, show cause on or before the next term of the said Court, why a true copy of the deed sworn to, which with the petition now on file insaid office, should not be established fully and in lieu of said lost or original deed. Witness the Honorable William B. Fleming, Judge of said Court, this July 30th, 1879. L. B. DAVIS, augl-3m. Clerk Superior Ct., Mel. Cos. Ga. PLANTERS’ MOTS, SAVANNAH, GA., Cheapest and Best HOTEL IN THE SOUTH. Rates $1 50 and $2 00 per Day, jtccordinft to Isoealion of Hoorn. JOS, IIERSCHMCH.propY. jy2s-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 MEDICINE as low as it can be sold. Remember that we have constantly in stock a lull assortment of PURE MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES, PATENT MEDICINES of all kinds, HAIR DYES, HAIR OILS, HAIlt BRUSHES, TOOTH BRUSHES, And the best article of No. 1 KEROSENE OIL at lowest prices. Prescriptions carefully compounded night or W. H. COTTER A CO., feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries. oSLI ILOo*'™ THE BALTIMOUE Weekly American. THE LARGEST, BEST AND CHEAPEST PAPER IN THE WORLD. AN EXTRA COPY SIX MONTHS’ FREE, FOR A CLUB OF FIVE, AND ONE YEAR, FOR A CLUB OF TEN. A varied lot of valuable Premiums given for Clubs of from 5 to 300 copies, a list of which is published in THE V EEKIA' AMERICAN. Specimen copies sent free. Address, CHAS. C FULTON, American Office, septs-tf. Baltimore, Md. Ordinances, &c. AN ORDINANCE Entitled An Ordinance to Protect the Public Health ot the Port of Darien by Quarantine and Otherwise. Section I. —The Board of Commissioners of Mclntosh County who are exojjicio 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 ottice, 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 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 provided, and the said cleaning up shall be done by the Marshal, and all expense thus incurred shall be paid by the owner or tenant of such property. Sec. 3.— Be it further ordained, That said Board of Health are hereby empowered, in their discre tion, to have any or all untenanted houses opened for ventilation and the premises of the same cleansed. And any expense so incurred shall be paid by the owner of such house or lot. Sec. 4.— Be it further ordained. That any person resisting, by neglect or otherwise, auy 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 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. (s. — Be it further ordained. That it shall be the duty of the Port Physician to visit and inspect all vessels arriving at this port from any point (foreign or domestic) reported to him as infected with contagious or malignant diseases of any nature, and if after investigation any such dis 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 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. Srcq. 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 be paid by the master or owner of such vessel. And the quarantine grounds spoken of in this ordinance are hereby declared tr> be the grounds in Doboy Sound, to the northerd of Wolfe Island, known as the lower quarantine grounds. Sec. 8. — 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 w ith 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 be the duty of every pilot of this port before board ing any vessel either at sc a or inside the bar to make a diligent inquiry of the master of said ves sel, if there is on board any malignant, contagious or infectious disease of any nature, and if there should exist such disease he is hereby forbidden going aboard, under a ponalty of SIOO and dismissal from office. Sec. 10. — Be it further ordained, That any mas ter of a vessel refusing to answer the ale mt in quiries of the pilot, or deceiving him as to the real presence of infectious disease on hoard, or as to any death on the voyage from said cause shall be fined in the sum of SIOO. Sec. 11 .—Be it further ordained, That any master of a tow or other steamboat violating the provi sions of this ordinance as contained in section 9, whether as a pilot or master of such boat, shall upon conviction, be fined in the sum of SIOO for each and every such offense. Sec. 12. — Be it further ordained, That it shall be the duty of the Port rhysiciau 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 Home point designated by the Board of Health, so as to prevent the spread of such disease. Sec. 13.— 8 eit further ordained, That the tee of the Port Physician shall be; For every vessel boarded in Doboy Sound for inspection S2O 00 For ever)’ vessel boarded in Sapalo Sound for inspection 50 00 For every vessel boarded at or near Darien., 200 At the Ridge 6 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 actions, and doings to this boat'd. Sec. 14.— 8 eit further ordained, That all ordi nances or parts of ordinances conflicting with any of the provisions of this ordinance he and the same are repealed. Read third time and passed April 11, 1879. Spalding Kenan, june!3-tf Clerk and Treasurer. Prepared and sold only by W. H. COTTER & CO. W. H. COTTER & CO'S. Magnetic Liniment Is an invaluable remedy in all cases of Rhuuma tiHin, Neuralgia, Chronic Paiiiß, 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. -FOR THE LADIES— W. H. COTTER & CO'S. Sewing Machine Oil The Best Oil made for all fine machinery. ap!9-tf n\ MONTH guaranteed. sl2 a day at home made by the industrious. Capital not required; we will start you. Men, women, boys and girls make money faster at work for us than anything else. The work is light and pleasant, and such as anyone can go right at. Those who are wise who see this notice will send ns their addresses at once and see for themselves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now is the time. Those’ already at work are laying up large sums of money. TRUE A CO., Augusta, Me. jusg2o-ly A Bad Boy’s Diary. From the New York Weokly.] Thare has bin a aksident to our house. It node not take a poliit to tell who was in fault. lam a dredful boy. To the, my diry, must I aknolige all my sins. I did not mene to do it. Am I then to blame ? I wish big folks would stop a calling me names. lam a dredful boy hut not on purpos it just happens. Now the hull town is down on me. Fa sez he specks I’ll have to go to prison. 0, my dere diry, did you ever think your little oner would hove to go to jale? O, it is dredful to have the decons, an’ the slieruf, an’ ole Miss Harkness a frowning at you ns if you was a hartless crimunal wen you didn’t go to it at all! This morning I was a vary good boy, I played over to Johnny Brown’s an’ nuthin happened that liidn’t ought to ’cept I staid to dinner coz Johnny’s moth er didn’t want me to an’ afterthathe came over to my house an’ we had a good time all day. We was up in mamma’s room wen she was gone a visiting. I put a chair on the table an’ climed to the top shelf of the chimbly cupboard an’ got down some med icine and gave it to Johnny which sade it tasted good, hut bime-by he turned pail, he was that sick to his stomak he didn’t know wether he stood on his heles or- his head. So Betty made him drink a cup full o’ warm nasty water with mustard stir ed into it, such horid stuff it made him thro it up wen he felt better. Wen Betty was gone for the mustard I looked papa’s furs an’ I found such a funn pistol, John ny he sade it was a revolver, so I tole him not to say a word an’ I run an’ hid it under my piller. “We’ll have some fun wen you get over bean sick, Johnny,” sez I but ho had to go home he felt so had after he throed up his hedaked. I let the pistol remane tinder my piller, fur I was afrade Betty would see it. I wtinted to scare my sisters cos I did not ’spose it was loded, but they would shreke all the same. Girls allers holler like they were mad wen they see a gun or a pistol. So minister Slocum he came to tea agane. Ministers are the greatest hands to come to tea; its haf thare work to go around an’ take thare suppers with the ladys. I kep dark Pa had to go to town-meeting, an’ ma she went to see how Johnny was. Sue she went a walkin’ with the doektor. Bess an’ Lily they undertook to see the minister didn’t get sleepy in tho parlor. Lily slio hadn’t spok to me since the nite she run away. She isn’t like she used to he one hit, oncest she was equil to a hoy for fun an’ gokes, now I would not he surprised if she settled down into a par son’s wife she is that sober. I wishtl had not tole on her that nite she wood a taken me to live with her, she sez, if she had married Mister Jones. Thus one one by one my prospects of bliss fade away in this sad world. “Now,” sez I, “I crepe up stares an’ get that pistol, enter tho parlor an’stir’em up. Tain’t loded O wot fun to here them holler. “Betty,” sez I, “lend me your hlankit sholl a fu minutes I want to be a Injun brave.” She didn’ drome about the revolver so she lent me the sholl. I rapped it about me; put a cane over my shoulder for a gun then I krept up, quite still, so they wouldn’t know Injuns was skirniushin around thare camp. I pushed the dore open vary, vary softly and glared in upon ’em. The minister an’ Bess was at opsite ends o’ the sofy, Lil she was croshaying a lamp-mat, all was still, the hour was at hand, the moment had arrived, so with an unearthly yell I rushed, into the camp, gave three shrill hoops, and pointed my pistel at ’em saying: “Surrender or I shoot!” Bess clapped her hands to her eyes and uttered screme after screme. Lily gets up an’ sez softlike: “Geordie, 0, Geordie, don’t! It’s load ed.” “Surrender, pail chefe,” I answered dancing round an’ round pointing my weppon at the minister. “O, Geordie!” Lily beged coming tords me stop do stop!" I’m goin’ to shoot the pail chefe dead in his track,” I nnswed. Bad as I fele, I almost laugh when I reckolec how Mister Slocum bounced over the hack of the sofy an’ scrauched down behind it. Lily got hold of my arm. I shook her off and fired. Alas dear diry nede I tell the more? The ole thing was loded after all! That was the terribul mistake I made. Who would have thunk twos loded all reddy to go of as soon as I pulled the triger? The bail went right through the hack o’ the sofy like there want no sofy tliare an’ hit Mis ter Slocum square in the forrid, the hall lodged the brane inflictin’ a paneful an’ dangrous wound, at leste so the doektor says. He is a lain up stares now in the best spare room. The doektor is in there an’ ever so many other folks. He don't sav enny thing cos he can’t speke. He’s senseles. I'm sure no little boy could fele hadder’n I do bout it. I wish I had never touched the ole thing. Wot husinecs had it to go an’ ho loded ? I’m shut up in my room; I’m not to be let out for a hull month. Ten to one if he dyes the’ll be mene exiuff not to let me go tothe funeral. They nede not be so hard on lit tle George; I didn’t kno ’twas loded. O, dere me! wot for dose a litile bit of a hall in his brane make so much trouble? I’m glad it was not Lily, she’s a dere girl. She kissed and soothed me wen I cride so hard there was a lump in my throte; I thought I should choke I was so frittened an’ sorry. Everybuddy but her skowled at me like I was a demon. If ever I get to be a man I hope I shal kno better than to pizen lit tle Johnny an’ shoot the minister, but I never never shal, ’cause if I’m put in jaile an’ hung, I shan’t live to grow up, O, wot a thought. I cride myself to sleep late las nite. This day has been a thousan’ miles long. Bred an’ woter for hreakfas, bred an’ wot er for dinner, bred an’ woter for supper, not a sole to speke to, the door locked; I must pore out my troubles now for twilite is coming on,an’ I will not be aloud a lamp —no, not even a candel or a match. lam left to bare my gilt in darkness an' silence all alone. O, Betty, Betty, come! Hark. I here a whisper at the key-hole—who is there? It was my darlin’ sister Lily. “Goorge,” sez she, rite throu the keyhole “poor boy, don’t feel so bad he’s better.” “Hurray,” sez I. “It didn’t reach the brane,”sez she, “the sofy broke tie force o’ tie balk It stop- $2 50 A YEAR. ped in the fruntfti bone, and Docktor Moore took it out. Why, hef a settin’ up in bed a eting tea an’ toste. He’ll be abel to go home in a day or two.” “I wish I was eting tea an’ toste. Lily you’r a good girl. Don’t you never marry Mister Slocum, coz he didn’t stand fire. When I get out o’ this I’m going to help you marry Montagu, an’ do everything you ast me to do. Lily, will you pleze go teze pa to let me have a lite? Tell him it’s barbrus to let little boys smell waftiles fry when they ain’t to get any therselves. Tell cook to kepe the kitchun dore shut so I won’t kno thare’s ham an’ eggs for break fas. Is my squirl fed reglar? I guess Towser thinks I’m dead. Tell mama I’m afraid I’m sick I’ve got such a quere feel in’ in the pit of my stumak.” I tell you Lil’s a brick ! She’s got a key wot fits my dore, an’ she’s brot me a nue book, a kunk o’ cake and a candel, The cake tasted awful good. If Robißon Craso was shut up ina room would he stay there ? If I had some sissors I’d cut up my blan kets, tie ’em in a rope, an’ let myself down from the winder. I had no sissors, but the sheets tored easy. I made a long string, tied one end to the liandel of the buro drawer which stood near by, crawled out of the window,, got a good hold o’ my rope, like the folks does when the house is a lire, an’ let her slide. Wot happened afterwards, I can’t de scribe, ’cause wen my bed struck on the brick ary I didn’t kno anything for a good while. Mebbe the buro drawer come out —mebbe the sheets werint tide tight enutf all I kno is that I saw stars suthin’ like streaks of lightning, an’ then—all was dark as nite. Father sez, when I had corned to: “Ho is incogible, I give him up,’taint no use. Oh wot a pity he come to at all.” Fra, wot did they have me for ? I didn't ask ’em too. Why didn’ they have regu lar good little boy sent to ’em by Mrs. Mc- Candish sted of such a bad,bad boy as me? I guess if papa was hept on bred and wa ter, like he was a criminal in the penny ten sherry, he’d tare the sheets up worse'n I did. Folks are so unjust to their chil dren.” Tlie Society Young Man. A young man, against whom there is nothing notorious, lias several ways at the present day of entering society, should line kith and kin be unable to command the ordinary mode of ingress. A good tenor voice will open the doors of houses which otherwise would be closed. A marked ca pacity for theatricals is in itself an intro duction to the highest. An amusing talk er will generally end by finding his legs un der the mahogany in most desirable din ing-rooms. Music, comic, songs, a talent forgetting up cotillions, mimory, ventril oquism, conjuring, are all means to an end. I know one man who was asked out a good deal simply and solely because he had a name as being a clever designor of mono grams, in the days when monograms were the rage. When he dined he had to de sign; as another man, where he dines, has to sing, play, amuse talk, or talk. Society conducts its hospitalities on a very com mercial basis. You are welcome because you are noble, illustrious famous or wealthy and thus by your presence reflet credit on your hostess. If you are none of these things you are invited because you take place of the professional singer, musicians or entertainer. There is no obligation on either side. You get your dinners out of society, and society gets its equivalent out of you. But to the man who has no equiv alent to offer, society is the coldost of host.. —London Society. Romance of a l’oor Young Girl. In 1876 a young man named WillianS- Freeman rented a farm near Wellsville; Allegany county,New York. |ile enj loyed an elderly woman as housekeeper, and her nephew assisted in the farm work. Dur ing the summer of 1877 several burg! iries were committed in the neighborhood, and stolen goods having been found secreted in Freeman’s barn ho was arrested. He protested innocence, and it was expected that he would he acquitted, hut on being brought to trial he pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to eighteen months impris onment. An application was made for his pardon, and the physician of the prison in his visit ascertained that the prisoner was a woman. She was removed to tho female department, and she told the his tory of her life. Her parents were German emigrants, and she was bom on the ocean. Losing her father by death her mothi it married again, and at eleveh years old she left them and worked as a servant in ,a farm house. After that she disguised her self as a boy, and did farm work in a dis tant part of tho country, and worked one season on the Erie Canal. After two years she returned to the vicinity of her former home, no one recognized her. For ten years, under the name of William Freeman, she worked witliont any suspicion that she was not a man. In regard to the crime to which she pleaded guilty, she said took that course under threats of lier housekeep por’s nephew, who was the real burglar. She was pardoned, assumed her rightful dress, and as Mary Ann Shafer, returned to mother’s house. After that 6he obtain ed employment in a shoe store, and has since married the merchant from whose store they were stolen, who is now located at Limestone, Catsraugus crtftnty New York. The real burglar fled the state on his guilt becoming known. Bad Country for Doctors. — A mediae! man in Spoleto, Italy, called in to attend a child who was ill, was informed by the fa ther that, should he cure the infant, two thousand lire would be liis reward, but that should he failJie would infallibly be shot, lie undertook the case and the child shortly after died, whereupon the father, true to the compact, brought his gun and at once put an end to the labors and the life of the unhappy doctor. In Italy ju rors are generally lenient to a murderer, and the owner of the gun was adjudged to pay a fine of t wenty thousand lire and suf fer ten years imprisonment only. At Westville, Ohio, a few days ago a par ty of men put two kegs of gunwowderun der a citizens house and blew it up, as a persuder to him to leave the town. They atoned for the act the next bay by redoub ling their imprecations cf the South for its lawleUaeso.