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Darien Timber Gazette.
VOL. 7.--NO. 24.
Darien Timber Gazette,
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Timber Gazette, Darien, Georgia.
City Directory.
" ~ COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Commissioners —.Jimcs Waiker, Chairman ;
.vlam Strain. Isaac 34. Aiken J. A. Atwood, T. H.
Giguilliat, James E. Holmes, Joseph ililton.
Cutrk Board of County Cos in miss toners Spalding
Kenan. _
Ceric Superior Court —L. 13. Davie.
Ordinary- C. H. Hopkins. Sr.
Sheriff—f. Buti.r Blount.
Receiver Tax Retunu— W. McW. Young.
Tax Collector—O. C. Hopkins.
County Treasurer —51. C. O'Neil.
County Surveyor— W. It. Poppul.
Coroner —Philip Maxwell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings on
the first Wednesday in each month.
CITY OFFICERS.
Ex-Officio Mayor —J antes Walker.
Ex-Officio Aidernum— Joseph Hilton, J. A. A. wood,
Adam Strain, J. E. Holmes, Thomas 11. (iigmlhat,
Isaac M. Aiken.
STANDING COMMITTEES.
Committee on Finance—Messrs. Strain, Atwood
Committee on Accounts —Messrs. Holmes, Giguil
dttee on Harbor —Messrs. Hilton, Aiken
on Health and Cemetery— Messrs, Gignii-
Committee on Paupers— Maasrs. Atwood, Holmes
Committee on Jail— Messrs. Aiken, Hilton an .
Committee on Streets awl Lanes- deafer*. Aikon
Strain and Holmes. ~ ,
Committee on County Roads— Messrs. Atwood,
Buildings —Messrs. Strain.
n 'mice— Messrs. Holmes, Hilton and
6t ™mmMee on Ordinan eu-Mewm. Aiken, Strain
%nd Atweoil.
Clerk and Treasurer— Spalding Kenan.
CVy Marshal —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr.
Deputy Marshal —.Alonzo Guyton.
Harbor Master —James Abdel.
J’ort Physician— Dr. James Holmes.
Inspector General of Timber George • .*.
Port Wardens- Isaac M. Aiken, John H. BurreU,
and James G. Young.
Jailer —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr. _
Aoarrf Pilot Commissioners—' Charles S. Langdoii,
Chairman, R. K. Walker, W. C. Clark. Arthur Bai
ley, Dr. R. B. Harris, James Lachhson and Kotit.
Mitchell. Win. L. Giguilliat, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Use Oak Lodge, No. 137. meets first Wednesday
night in each month at their hajl ne -
liT House; U. S. Ravenel, Worshipful Master, K.
W. Grubb, Secretary
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
Collector of Customs. Brunsu-i -:. he. met— John T.
Collins. Headquarters at Bruns*-ck.
Deputy Collector of Customs for fori of Darien —
Chari * H. Townsend.
Inspector —Edwin C. Davis.
Postmaster —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy Marshal —Joseph B. Bond.
SUPERIOR COURT—EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Hon. Win. B. Fleming, Judge.
Major A. B. Smith, Solicitor General.
Bulloch Connty—Thursday before first Mondays
in April and October. . ..
Etfingham-County—First Mondays in April and
October
Bryan County—Thursdays after first Mondays
in April and October. .
Chatham Connty—Second Mondays in February,
May and Oetober. „ , . .
Mclntosh County—Tuesdays after last Mondays in
April and October. „
Liberty County—Tuesday after second Monday s
in May and October.
• UNITED STATES MAILS.
The mails arrive from Sterling. No. 1, Macon &
Brunswick Railroad, every ni ruing (Sunday e -
cepted) at 10 o'clock a. m., departing every atter
noon at 3p. m. Mail closes at 21* p. m-
Side mail for No. 3, Atlantic & Gulf Railroad
departs 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 eye 1 j,
at 8 o’clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday
afternoon at 3 Y % o’clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas-
Religions services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and
3 p.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 loealitj.
No risk. Women do s well
men. Many make more than the
amount stated above. No one
r .can fatl to make money feet.
Any one can do the work. You can make f (>n *
50 eta. to $2 an hour by devoting your evening
and spare time to the business. It costtf
to try the business. Nothing like it ever offeree
before. Business pleasant and strictly honorabl .
Header, if you want to know all about the best
paving business before the public, send us your
address and we will send you full particulars and
private terms free; samples worth $5 also nee,
you can then make up your mind for y
Address GEORGE STINSON A CO.. Portland, Me.
June 20 .
Garden Seed.
WE HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY OF FRESH
Garden Seed, just receirod, consisting in
part of
BEETS, CABBAGE.
CABBOTS, CUCUMBERS,
CELERY. EGGPLANT,
LETTUCE. OKRA,
ENGLISH PEAS,
BEANS. TOMATOES. .
SQUASH, OYSTER PLANT,
EARLY CORN, PEPPER, Etc.
W. H: COTTER & CO..
Droggtkte tad ARStfwcwle*-
Professional Cards.
YY'ALTKB A. WAY.
Attornej-at-Law and Ileal
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
ami the examination of land titles. april2s
Yy ROBERT GIGNILLIAT,
Attorney-at-La\v,
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. DeLOIIME,
J.
Attorney & Couisselor-at-Gaw,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Office on Broad street, near Timber Exchange.
July 2
JJR. SPALDING KENAN,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Offers his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and vicinity. He carfbe found at all hours
day and night, at his office on Screven street, next
door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwelling house. augß-ly
|jll 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,
A t to rnc y-at-LaW,
Commercial Building,
juneG-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HENRY B. TOMPKINS. B. A. DENMARK
rpOMPKINS & DENMARK,
Attorneys-at-Law,
No. 105 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA
Practice in the United States Courts, and in the
Superior Courts of Ihe Eastern Circuit. jeiv-tf
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Miscellaneous.
X.00.53L OUT,
HOYT’S COLOGNE, CORNING'S 001.001'”,
XUBiN'3 EXTRACTS, POMACES,
HAIR OIL, TOILET' POWDER,
LILLY WHITE, I'UiT BOXES,
ROUGE, TO 11, KT SETS,
And in fact, a full assortment < Perfumery un
Fancy Toilet Articles. Hips—; Kundry aa
medicated. Give us 11.
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NOTICE.
Wheelwright and 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 m first-class style. Ah
I ask of the people of Darien and Mclntosh
County is a trial. All work warranted.
J ROBERT MITCHELL,
Second street. Darien, Ga.
11l 1 MTrn A limited number of
Va n i'* 1 H lactive, energetic canvassers to
If (111 I taU engage in a pleasant and
profitable business. Good men will find this a
rare chance
TO MAKE NONET.
finch will please answer this advertisement by
letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating, what
business they have been engaged in. None but
those who mean business apply. Address
je2o-ly. Finley, Hahvey A Cos., Atlanta, Ga.
A MONTH guaranteed. sl2 a day
it home made by the industrious.
Capital not required: we will start
you. Men, women, bays 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 us their addresses at once and see for
themselves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now
Is the time. Those already at work are laying up
Urge esms of money. Address TRUE A CO.,
AMfCst*. MV* Jae29-Ty
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 5, 1879.
GEORGIA & FLORIDA
INLAND
STEAMBOAT COMPANY.
.—•
The Darien Line!
Savannah,St. Catharine’* Doboy,Darien,
Union Island, St. Simon’s Brusnwick,
St. Mary’s und Fernandina.
Connecting at Darien with steamers for all land
ings on the Oconee and Altamaha Rivers.
Steamer City of Bridgeton
\ITILL leave wharf, foot of Bull street, every
TV TUESDAY aud SATURDAY at 4 p. m., for
above points, connecting at Brunswick with Ma
con Brunswick and Brunswick and Albany Rail
roads for all points on the line of those roads, at
Fernandina with Transit Road for Jacksonville.
Cedar Keys, and all points on Florida Central
Railroad and Jacksonville, Pensacola and Mobile
Railroad, and with steamer Flora, Captain Joe
Smith, for all points on St. Mary’s river,
Through rates of freight to aud from Northern
and Western ports.
Steamers conne-t at Brunswick with tho up
ward and downward trains of tho Brunswick aud
Albany Railroad and with the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad.
THOMAS WHITE, Agent, Hotel Wharf.
Darien, Georgia.
SPECIAL. NOTICE.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITE, Agen , is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at iarien.
W. F. BARRY, G era Agent.
J. N. A IRIMA nager,
C^vyOO.ff
p~HEALTH • STRENGTH
yjggji|i -HAPPINESS - I
mSBM
ffifelTTEBS
IRON BITTERS,
IIIWII Dll Ikliu) eases requiring* certain
A Great Tonic, and efficient TOXICt
especially in Imogen-
Nall, Du cpsti a ,
IDHU DITTCDO intermittent *’e
mufl Di 11 tnoi rer fi# H ant w uf A *z
A Sure Appetizer. % t Veiigth, Each of
Energy, etc. It en
riches the blood,
RITTFRv strengthens the mus
inun Dll ILP.O) cles.and gives new life
A CoBQpUw strecgtbner. to the nerves. To tb®
aged, ladies, and chll-
dren requiring recuper
■ nnu DITTCnO atlou, this valuable
InUM Qi IlHOi remedy can not be too
iMUiiunibiiU) highly recommended.
A Valuable Madicine. tt actft like a charm
on the digestive organs.
_______ A teaspoonful before
IPnlj R TTCDv meals will remove all
inun Dmt.no, dyspeptic symptoms.
Not Sold as a Beverage. TRY IT.
ißftt nrrTPno Sold by 3,1 Dru S?' 6t * l
InON BITTERS, the browu chemical co.
For Delicate PemalM. BALTIMORE, Md.
Mi; HOTEL,
SAVANNAH, GA.,
Cheapest and Best
HOTEL IN
THE SOUTH.
Rates v 1 53 and $2 DC
per Day,
.iccordin r to location of
Hoorn.
j OS, IIE RSCI IB ACII,pr op’r.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
TITE FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
VY 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 tliei-• trade. We do not keep cheap
drugs, but sell a GOOD AND PURE ARTICLE OF
MEDICINE as low as it can lie 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,
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.
ONLY J A YEAR
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EMIL A. 6CHWARZ. NIC SOLAS SCHWAHZ,
Emil A. Schwarz & Bro.,
DEALERS IN
CARPETS & FURNITURE,
125 & 127 Broughton. St.
SAVANNAH, Gat.,
Carpets,
OH Cloths,
Matting,
(Vlißi 170//uS, Itfjg'.v, Jflats. ■
FUrUSTITITIIE,
In Variety and Style.
Curt ins, Cornices,
WINDOW SHADES.
UPHOLSTERY SHADES.
AND
TRIMMINGS.
Wall Paper & Decorations
CHURCHES, OFFICES AND PUBLIC
BUILDINGS FURNISHED.
EMIL A. SCAWARZ & BRO.,
Oct3-tf. _ Knvnnnuli, Ga!
AT COST! AT COST!!
P. KELLER,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
4 N EXTRAORDINARY CHANCE TO LAY IN
J V your
Fall & Winter Goods.
at unusually low prices. lam now offering the
above inducement, in consequence of a desire to
mako a change in myjbusinesa. My stock is en
tirely NEW not haviny saved a dollars worth in
the late FIRE, consisting of
STAPLE AND FANCY
DRY GOODS,
Mon, Boys and Yooll s
Clothing
In Endless J'arielies.
Gent’s Furnishing Goods.
Hats,
Trunks,
Valices, &c.
A lull line of LADIES, SIEN and CHILDREN
Shoes,
Notions,
Milinery Goods.
I have also on hand a fine stock of
Groceries,
Cigars,
Liquors, &c.
Tlio highest market price paid for Rdugh Rice.
STORE at the head of Broad street, next to MR.
JAEMS WALKER. P. KEELER.
nov2l-2m. Darien, Ga.
#"\A WEEK in your own town, and no
ft | I IS Icapital risked. You can give th“ busi
-7 . a trial without expense. The best
i \| || I opportunity ©ver offered tor those wil-
I/ V# work. You should try nothing
■ else until you see for yourself what you
can do at tho business we offer. No room to ex
plain here. You can devote all your time or only
your spare time to the business, and make great
pay for every hour that you work. Women make
as much as men. Send for special private terms
and particulars, which we mail free. $5 Outfit
free. Don’t complain of hard times while you
have such a chance. Address H. A; CO.,
Portland, Maine. juno2o
For Rent.
rjpHE GENERAL’S ISLAND BOOM IS OFFERED
for rent. For-terms, &c., apply'to the undersign
ed on Butler’s Island. JAMES M. OOWPER.
Darien, Ga., October 31,1879.
Oats For Sale.
rpWo(2oo)hundred bushel, of Pure Mexican rust
proof SEED OATS for sale by H. A. WEIL.
Darien, Ga , ivorisaher 31, IS7P*
Tilt* Child of Tho South.
Mrs. Fanny Downing in the Portsmouth
(Ya.) Daily Times, writes:
We notice from the papers of that city
that Mrs. Jackson has placed her young
daughter Julia, tho only one child of the
hero now living beyond thestars, and who
may be regarded as the special pet and
object of moat intense and respectful
interest to his native Virginia, at a school
in Baltimore.
Those who remember the incidents at
tendant upon the period of the not long
prior to the fatal ending of the life in
which the fortunes and future of the South
were bound up, will recall the deep devo
tion of the warrior to his baby daughter
and the many touching stories told of his
tenderness and love. How he, in whose
iron hand was the desii ly of a nation and
the ordering of the lives pf tens of thous
and of his fellowmen, would sit, and hold
ing in his the tiny fingers and little pink
waxen palm of the “little baby,” would
gaze on her infant loveliness till all else
seemed forgotten in the contemplation of
the little creature who was to him the
special revelation of tho love of the Al
mighty he worshipped with such match
less fidelity.
Tlielast time we saw this object of his
intense affection was when sent on a spec
ial visit to us by hfir devoted mother, and
when she was a wee lady of some six years.
She w r as then a reinakubly lovdly and at
tractive chlid, with something of the
grandeur in her brow, forehead and ex
pression of her father, and frum that time
to tho present, all accounts represent her
her as in all respects well worthy to be
tho child of Stonewall Jackson. Higher
desert than this can no mortal claim or de
sire. We wish more now than ever that
this child of a thousand hopes and many
prayers bore the name we so much desired
at her birth, “Virginia S.onewull,” which
united the two grand and -well beloved
names. But no name can make her dear
er to the South and Virginia, which watch
over young life with mingled feelings of
the tenderest love and the most trium
phant pride.
The Best Thoughts.
The w’ild oats of youth change into the
briars of manhood.
The door of a secret sin supposes it is he
they are talking about.
It costs us more to be miserable than
wauld make us perfectly happy.
Great souls have wills; other only feeble
wishes.
Attention to small thfhgs is the econo
my of virtue.
Repentance is the heart’s sorrow’, and a
clear life ensuing.
Men may bend to virtue, but virtuo can
not bend to men.
Beauty and death make each other
seem purer and lovelier, like snow and
moonlight.
It is a solemn thought with the middle
aged, that life’s last business is begun in
earnest.
When a great man stoops or tr
the small men around him become great
er.
Despise not advice, though even of the
meanest. The gabflling of geeso once
preserved the Roman State.
A man’s own safety is a god that some
times makes very grim commands.
Passions are perhaps the stings without
which, it is said, no honey is made.
Curiosity compels many owedge them
selves into places where they are not
wanted.
There is nothing lower than hypocrisy.
To profess friendhip ami act enmity is a
sure proof of total depravity.
The generality of men expend the early
part of their lives in contributing to ren
der the latter part miserable
We point ourselves in fresco. The soft
and fusil plaster oftlie monument hardens
under every stroke of the brush into eter
ual rock.
The truest help we can render to an af
flicted man is, not to take his burd< n
from him, but to call out his best strength
that he may be able to bear tho bur
den.
It is easy enough to find plenty of men
who think the world owes them a living ,
but hard to find a chap who is willing to
own up that he has collected the debt in
full.
“All the nice men arc married,’’exclaim
ed a bright-eyed beauty the other day,
with a toss of her little head. She proba
bly meant to say that all married men
were nice. Of course they are. It is
marriage that makes them so, and the
thingfor that same little beauty to do is
to take compassion on some miserable
bachelor and make him both happy an
nice.”
Women were never cut out for profes
sinnal base ball players. A determined
woman can do almost anything, but she
can’t slide in on her home base, bark her
shins, sprain her shoulder, put three fin
gers out of joint, and then get up s ailing
as swe tly as if she were eating molasses
taffy while waiting for her best fellow to
take her to the circus.
Observation of the Marchioness of B. to
her husband: “My dear, a well conducted
husband should always announce his ap
proach to his wife’s apartments with a
knock. For instance, we will suppose
Raoul is kissing my hand, unknown to
you. It is less than nothing. But if you
were to enter just at that moment, it is
quite a history.”
Here is a conundrum from Puck which
contains a wicked slander: “When a wo
man carefully slides out of bed in the
dead of night, and by the pale light of
the moon goes through her husband’s,
pockets, why does she always take the
small change and leave the bilLs? An
swer: Because she doesn’t.”
As daylight can be seen through very
small holes, so little things will indicate
a person’s character. Indeed, character
consists in little acts, habitually and hon
ors bly preferred; daily life being the quar
ry from which we build it up and rough
hew the habits that form it.
Study books to know how things ought
to be; study men to know how things
are to h.
$2.50 A YEAR.
The Use of Pain.
The power which rules tho universe,
this great, tender power, uses pain ns a
signal of danger. Just, generous, beauti
ful nature never strikes a foul blow; nev
never attacks us behind our backs; never
digs pitfalls or lays ambuscades; never
wears u smile upon her face when there
is vengeance in her heart. Patiently she
teaches us her laws, plainly she writes her
warnings, tenderly she graduates their
force. Long before the fierce, red danger
light of pain is flashed, she pleads with us
—as though for her own sake, not ours —to
be merciful to ourselves, and to each oth
er. bhe makes the over-worked brain to
wander from the subject of its labors. Slio
turns the overindulged body against the
delights of yesterday. These are caution
signal.-i, “Go slow.” Slie stands in her
filthy court’s alleys that we pass daily,
and beckons us to enter and realize with
our senses what we allow to exist in the
midst of the culture of which wo brag.
And what do we do for ourselves? We
ply whip and spur on the jadttd brain as
though it were a jibbling horse—force it
back into the road which leads to madness,
and go on id full gallop. We drag the re
bellion body with stimulants, we hide the
signal and think we have escaped the dan
ger, and are very festive before night. We
turn aside, as the Pharisees didofold, and
pass on the other side with our handker
chief to our nose. At last liaviug broken
nature’s laws and disregarded her warn
ings, forth she comes—drums beating col
ors flying right in front to punish us.
Then down we go on our knees anil whim
per about it having pleased God Almighty
to send this affliction upon us, and we
pray Him to work a miracle in order to re
verse tho natural consequences of our dis
obedience, or save us from the trouble of
doing our duty. In other words, we put
our linger in the fire and beg that it may
not be nurt. Temple Bar.
How a Mormon Bishop Waltzed.
The Mormon Church looks with disfa
vor ou the familiarities of certain styles of
dancing, and the Bishops have sought to
regulate this mutter among the young and
giddier saints. At a dance in the Seventh
ward the other night, says tho Halt Lake
Tribune, tho Bishop expressed himself
highly displeased with round dances. Ho
said that it was condemned by the priest
hood, and if the saints could not get along
without round dances they had better go
home. Tho young folks remonstrated
with him all to no purpose. “If you must
waltz let me show you liow to do it,” said
he, and he got on the floor w’ith an 183
pound blonde. The band struck up ‘Tlio
Blue Danube.” and away they slid. Down
the hall glide the Bsshop and the blonder
the tips of her fingrrs touch liis, and a
cruel, cold space between them. This was
the Church method the priestly improv
ed arms-length waltz. Soon there was a
slight contraction of the nrnis, and the
space between them gradually decreased.
Presently one arm encircled fair toun.
The blonde was the first to give way, and
her cheek looki and like- a sunflower in a
turnip field, as it rested on the shoulder
of the man of God. Round and l’ound
went they, and the fascinating, werid-like
strains floated like heavenly music to* the
soul. Forgotten was the round dance
dogma of the church and by the calm
smile that stole across his face we knew
that theology was defeated, and one man,
at least utterly indifferent to a future pun
ishment,
II II ~ *
A Sciiiitijai, Coubship.- A young gentle- ’
man happening to sit in a pew adjoining
one which a voting lady occupied for whom
he conceived a sudden passion, and was
desirous of entering intoa courtship on the
spot. The emergency of the case suggest
ed the following plan. He politely hand
ed his fair neigbor a Bible open with a pin
stuck in the following text: Second epis
tle of John, verse sth “And nowl beseech
tliee, lady, not as though I wrote anew
commandment unto.thee, but that which
we had in the beginning, that we love one
another.” She returned it pointing to tho
second chapter of Ruth, verse tenth—
“Then she fell on her face and bowed her
self to the ground and said unto him, why
have I found grace in thine eyes, seeing
that lam a stranger?” He returned the
book, pointing to the thirteenth verse of
the third epistle of John—“ Having many
things to write unto you, would not write
with paper and ink, but 1 trust to come
unto you and speak face to face.” From
this interview a marriage took place.
Precious Words. “What must I do to
be saved ?” Here are words for every liv
ing soul to ask, and treasure up at each
turn of every day of a long life. Alas! how
seldom we put the question to ourselves,
“what shall Idoto be saved V” “Believe
on the Lord Jesus, and thou shalt bo sav
ed, and thy house.’’ Precious words!
Keep them ever before thine eyes; cherish
them in thy bosom; teach them to Thy
house,audio all,to the young,the ignorant
and to sinners; then at the porch of Par
adise tliou shalt tind that St. Paul’s inspir
ed words were true. Yet remember also
the life of faith, the sacrements of grace,
the love by which faith works, the vision
on which faith feeds,- the spirit of the un
seen world with which faith associates the
believer. So only is the promise given to
fatih fulfilled.
To an ordinary observer the mass of peo
ple one meets seem happy and joyous.
Here and there, perhaps, we see a care
worn, sad face, but the multitude pass on
as sunny and snaling as if theie was no
trouble in the world. But could we lift
ths veil and look beneath this gray exteri
or, we shoul< many a hidden
grief, so many ueurts there are that ache
and make no sign, and that is not the bit
terest sorrow that the world- sees and
knows. Those griefs are the sorest and
the hardest to bear which must be kept
concealed and never spoken of.
It takes at least three able-bodied
men to do the guarding for a half doz
en prisoners, but one good, economical
wife will do the garden for a healthy family
of six.
It is just at this lovely season of the
year that the aged matron cuts up the
husband's old overcoat to make her off
spring a pair of trowsers.
Sin has many tools, but a lie is the •
handle that fits them all. —Holmes.