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Darien Timber Gazette. VOL. 7.--NO. 24. Darien Timber Gazette, PORLWMC STKRY FRIDAY MORNING, jiT ffAHUtJr, OEOHOIJt, COItXHB BlXifiD AND NORTMWAY STREETS. bichard w. qrubb, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION HATES : For on® year (in advance) SQ.SO FO* six months " I-BO CLUB HA.TEH : Five copies, eac.U one year |2.00 Ten copiO, each one year 1.50 ADVERTISING HATES : Per square, ten lines space, first insertion....sl.so Per square, each subsequent insertion 1.00 ■PBCIA* Eat*s to Toaiilt and Labo Advtuitisiois Advertisaments from responsible parties wUI be published until ordered out, when the time is not specified oa the copy, and payment exacted no ncommunication® for individual benefit, or of a personal character, charged as advertisements. llarriages amd obituary notices not exceeding four lines solicited lor publication. Whim ex ceeding that space, charged as advertisements. Bills for advertisements due upon presentation after the first insertion, bat a spirit of commercial liberality will be practiced toward regular patrons. To avoid any misunderstanding the above rules will be adhered to without deviation. All letters and communications should be ad dressed to the undersigned kAßD 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 —i' ■mam ■wst vvkK\ ■ gw*.-**. ■—•- • 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. \V. IT. COTTER • CO., feb22-tf pru r i . an •--'•arias. MEW EDITION. WEBSTER'S UNABRIDGED. 1828 Pag**’ 3000 Ei^raTlngt, Four Fajrs Colored Plates. Now added, a SUPPLEMENT of over 4800 XEW WORDS and Meanings, including Ruch as have corns into use during tile past fifteen years—many of which have never before found a place in any English dictionary AXSO ADDED, A NEW Biographical Dictionary of over 0700 NAMES ofNoted Persons,ancient and modern, including many now living, giving Name, Pronunciation, Nationality, Profession and Date of each. GET THE LATEST. NKW ifiOiTlON contains a Supplement of over 4600 new words and meanings. Each new word in Supplement has been se lected and defined with great care. With Biograohma! Dictionary, nowadded, of over 9700 names ofNoted Persons. GET THE BEST Edition of the best Dictionary of .the Eng lish I.anguage ever published. D finitions hao always been conceded to oe better than in any other Dictionary. I lustrations, 3000, about three times as many as in any other Dictionary. The Diot’y recommended bv State Sup’ts of 35 States, and 50 College Pres’ts. In Schools, about 32,000 have been placed in Public Schools in trie 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 bv G. & C. MEfiRIAM, Springfield, Ms. ALSO Webster's National Pictorial Qictionart 1040 Paqts Oc*av*. 600 Engraving,. 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 THE BALTIMORE 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 WEEKLY AMERICAN. Specimen copies sent free. Address, CHAS. C FULTON, American Office, SeptS-tf. Baltimore, Md. 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.