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VOL. 7.- NO 40.
Darien Timber Gazette,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
JIT OJIRIEJE, GEO BIG I*l,
CORNER BROAD ANDMORTHWAY STREETS.
RICHARD W. G-RUBB,
Editor and Preprietor,
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RICHARD \V. GRUBB,
Timber Gazette, Darien Georgia.
3i y X •eotory.
lUNTY OFFICERS
County Commissioner* —James Walker,Chairman:
vlam Strain, Isa-*. M. Aiken, J. A. Atwood, l'. H.
Gigurilit, James E. Holme*, Joseph Hiltou.
U-'Hrd of County * Ccmmiuioner* —Spalding
Kenan.
('trie Superior Court —L. B. Davis.
Ordinary— C. 11. Hopkins, Sr.
Sheriff—V. Butler Blount.
Receiver Tax Batumi— W. McW. Young.
Collector—O. 0. Hopkins.
County Treasurer—‘A. 0. O’Neil.
County Surveyor —W. It. Poppel.
Coroner —Philip Maxwell.
The Commissioners hold monthly meetings on
the a ret Wednesday in each month.
CITY OFFICERS.
Ex-OJJlcio Mayor —Junes Walker.
Rr-ttiUcio .1 It'rmen —Joacpti Hilton '. \. Vtw tod,
i-1 im Strain, J. K. Holmes, Thomas H. Oignilliat,
Isaac M. Aiken.
81-aSl>m<* CtIiCMITTEES.
Met im Finance— Messrs. Strain, Atwood
a t Hilt tn.
Co.nwttee on Account*— Masers. Holmes, Oigml
iat and Aiken.
nnmiUo on Harbor— Messrs. Hilton, Aiken
~u i sir.dn.
Con-niliee .n / <’7 and Cemetery— Messrs. Gigrul
il, urf i >d n.l Holmes.
Comnitteeon Pauper*— Messrs. Atwood, Holmes
ad ■ iignJliat.
Committee on Jail —Mcasr*. Aiken, Hilton anil
wood.
Committee on Street* and Lanes— Messrs. Aiken,
Strain *tnd Holmes.
Committee on County Roads —Messrs. Atwood,
Gigu4lliat and Hilton.
Committee on Public Buildings— Messrs. Strain,
.in-1 Aiken.
Committee on Police —Messrs. Holmes, Hilton and
Strain.
Committee on Ordinances— Messrs. Aiken, Strain
in l Atwood.
Gterk and Treasurer —Spalding Kenan.
C’ity Marshal —‘.diaries H. Hopkins, Jr.
Deputy .Hriranat —Aloaao Guyt >n.
Harbor M aster—<r^ ovge Grane.
/*<?/< P'.yncian —Dr. James Holmes.
Inspector (/eneral of Timber —George W. Faries.
Port Wnniens— Isaac M. Aiken, Jolin H. Burrell,
an l James G. Toting.
Jailer —■ Diaries ii. Hopkins, Jr.
Board Phot Commissioners —Dr. R. B. Harris.
Chi.rmaa, U. K. Walker, W. 0.- lark, Arthur Bai
ley, W. L. Fulton, James Laehlison.
Mitchell. Lewis Livingston, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Live Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets first Wednesday
night in each m mth at their hall near the Magno
lia House: James Walker, Worshipful .Master; M.
C. O'Neil, Secretary
UNITED STATUS OFFICERS.
Collector of Custom*, Brunswick District— John T.
Collins. Headquarter* at Brunswick.
Deputy Collector of Customs for Port of Darien
Chides 11. Townsenl.
Inspector —Edwin C. Davis.
Postmaster — D. Webster Davis.
Deputy Marshal —Joseph B. Bond.
SUPERIOR COURT —EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Hon. Wm. B. Fleming, Judge.
Major A. 13. Smith, Solicitor General.
Bulloch County—Mondays in April and October.
Effingham County'—First Mondays in May anil
November. .
Bryan County—Second Mondays in May and
November. _ .
Chaiuam County—First Monday’s in December
March and Juno. .
'rf fnioik County Fourth Mondays tn May and
Noixmber.m , „ ,
Liberty County—Tuesday after third Mondays
in Mav and November.
UNITED STATES MAILS.
The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1, Macon A
Brunswick Railruid, every>u >rning (Sun lay ex
cepted) at it) o clock a. m., departing every aiter
noon at ;i p. m. Mail closes at i\ P- ***•
Side mail for Nc. J, Atlantic .fc Gulf liailroa 1.
o’clock every Tuesday morning and
arrives at \ p. m. every Monday, touching at
Rieeboro and South Newport both ways.
RELIGIOUS.
Religious services at tae Methodist < iiureh
every San lav morning at 11 oclock, and evening
a t s o'clock." School at the Bilge every Sunday
afternoon at ;3 y % o’clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas
tor. .
Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. ana
p. in. at the Methi bst Church, colored, ive\.
L. ‘I Smith, pastor.
* -
m .*% A ) • i A 1 EAR. or s."> :o i-0
1 I Sill in m your own lo.mU y.
\ F|* 1)1,-; . w >;ueu Vi 4 well as
fjl II! I, I -i-11 St*n> m.;k more h.u U >
'.yiiUGU umi suu-l bov. V- one
~ * 4U Itoid An mousy SI.
Any me can do th.* -.Turk. You can m ite r ' m
to *. n hour by Pivoting vour ev dm
*ud op-ir-. ,im to the business. It -os's u’■ 11U .
to try the business. Nothing like it -t-r '* , re
be ..re. l<u*in<ss pleasant and ntrii tly h moral ■•?.
Hoarier,if you want to ku >w all about Hi” n-st
paviug baiiuens before the public, sen! us your
ari tress aut we will seari you toll part* ulfr* *n •
private terns free: sample* %orh *’■ *> ' l! "c.
you -4U th-.n make up your tnin.l mr yoursel,.
Ari It's.. tIEOStAB STINSON & 00., Portland. Me.
jnne 2<i
Garden Seed.
\\TE IAVJ R Hi
V Oarrien .Seed, juit re.eiveri, conmatmg m
part of
BEETS, CABBAGE,
CARROTS, CUCUMBERS,
CELERY. EGGPLANT.
LETTUCE. OKRA,
ENGLISH PEAS,
B3ANS, TOMATOES.
SQUASH, OYSTER PLANT,
EARLY CORN, PEPPER. Etc.
W. H. COTTER & 00.,
OMfljietu Md Apetheomf
Professional Cards.
ALTER A. WAY,
Attorney-at-Law and Ileal
Estate Agent,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Will practice la the Superior Courts of the
Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also, in the
Federal Courts in cases cf Bankruptcy, etc. Par
ticular attention given to the collection of claims
and the examination of land titles. april‘2s
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 Court 6 at Savannah, Georgia.
april2s-ly
T E. B. DeLORME,
Li.
Attorney & CounsHor-at-Law,
and Notary Public.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Office on Broad street, near Timber Exchange.
July!
SPALDING KENAN,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Offers hi. professional services to the citizens of
Darien and vicinity. He can be found at ail hours
day and uight, at his office on Screven street, next
door to Mr. Wilcox's dwelling house. augs-iy
jTyt. R. B. HARRIS
Offers his professional services to the citizens oi
Darien, and surrounding country. All calls prompt
ly attended, both medical and surgical. Office
under the Masonic Hail, in old Custom House
building.
J J. ABRAMS,
Attorn e y-at- La W,
Commercial Building,
june6-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA.
HENBY B. TOMPKINS. B. A. DENMABK.
mOMPKINS A DENMARK,
Attorneys-at-Law,
No. 105 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Practice in. the United States Courts, and in the
Superior Courts of the Eastern Circuit.. je6-tf
Miscellaneous.
LOOK OUT.
HOYT’S COLOGNE, CORNING S COLOGNE.
LUBIN'S EXTRACTS, POMADES,
HAIR OIL, TOILET POWDER.
LILLY WHITE, PUFF BOXES,
ROUGE, TOILET SETS,
And in fact, a full assortment of Perfumery and
Fancy Toilet Articles. Soaps—toilet, laundry and
medicated. Give us a call.
W. H. COTTER & CO.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
NOTICS.
Wheelwright and liiaclisiuitli
T AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL KINDS
L of Wheelwright and Blacksmith wyrk at Shori
notice.
BUGGIES, WAGONS AND SIGNS
PAINTED.
Gorham's Patent Attachment for shafts (a great
saving of time and money to all who use them)
are kept on hand. , , , ...
All kinds of work done in first-class style. AU
I ask of the people of Darien and Mclntosh
County is a trial. All work warranted.
' ROBERT MITCHELL,
Second street, Darien, Ga.
111 I SITm A LIMITED NUMBER of
Utf niu f jk! lactive, energetic canvassers to
If fill 8"& engage in a pleasant and
profitable business. Good men will find this a
rare chance
TO MAKE MONEY.
Snch 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
je'2o-ly. Finley, Harvey & Cos., Atlanta, G>.
ictl nA n MONTH guaranteed. sl2 a day
! II (I I! | it home made by the industrious,
'k *% 111 ICapital not required; we will start
li Is si I you. Men, women, boys and girls
J\j Uw ;a ike 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 ior
themselves. Costlv outfit and terms free. Now
is the time. Those already at work are laying up
large sums of money. Address TRUE k CO.,
Augusta, Me. june2u-ly
Collat Brothers.
Perform Tfieir Promise
New Inducements to the Purchasing
Public!
jjr yr* in Every !*■ p frlim tit !
i; re- irons tin- Jobtjer- !!
spee'al Hr tv tr-ftt* >r Bayer* ! ! !
Solid Fact! Ro,ill Fa, ' t
Savannah Prices in Darien.
In Gfroeeries,
Hardware,
Wood ic Willow Ware-
Crockery,
Stoves,
Glassware,
Sadie ry.
we OFFER BPEGIALITI. S IN DRY *iX)DS
J: Blankets Sho-a .f all . -al-.-.iQ ma
shine HQ*i hand ewel. in ’•tock a lue
selection oi Ladies an i Gent hand-made Boots
&n.i .Shoes. We are offering the fluest line oi Gent>
FURNISHING t.QODH.
Clothing,
Hats.
Trunks
Valices,
Whia* we carry in endless variety and 'onsmntiy
receive from Nortnem markets onl/. thanking
you for past favors and .aliening a continuance
of the same, we arc your*,
„YMfc CCfIXAT BS-THERW.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, MARCH 26, 1880.
JUST OUT.
Hood’s Great Book
OF THE WAll.
Advance and Retreat,
Personal Experiences in the
United Stales and Confed
erate States .trmies.
By General J. B. Hood,
Late Lieutenant-General Confederate States Army,
puplished for
The Hood Orphan Memorial Fund.
—BY—
General G. T. Beauregard.
New Orleans, 1880.
The entire proceeds arising from the sale of
this work are devoted to toe Hood Orphan Me
in irial Fund, which is invested in United States
Kegis.ed Bonds for the nurture, care, support
and education of the ten infants deprived of their
pareuts la. summer at >ew Orleans, (the welan
ch >l\ incidents of which sa • bereavement are
otil iresh in the public minds, iTie book is an
elegant octavo, containing 360 pages, with a hue
photograph likeness and a line steel engraving,
made erpressly lor th.s work, four lve maps of
battle tiei'is, bound in haudsome gray
Fuglish cloth ihree dollars, or in a line
sheep binding with marble euge, three dollars
and fifty cents—ln hall bound Morocco, library
style, lour dollars, or iu best leveut Turkey Mo
rocco, full giit sides and edges, five dollars.
On the receipt from any person remitting by
mail or express, 01 the amount in h registered
letter or by a postal order, bank draft or check,
a copy will be immediately sent free ol postage,
registere l ac*jec nd-class matter.
The volume is published u the best style of
typography, on elegant paper, with illustrations,
executed at highest specimens of art.
The author, the subject, the purpose all alike
render it worthy a place in very library,—on
every desa — or upon the book shelf of every
house in the coiiutr*
Agents wanted in every town an t county iu
the i nited States, and a preference will be given
to honorably discharg and veterans :rom the army
T ) the la t\es. who feel a desire to express their
sympathy with T c Hftod Orp .an MenuniU' fund
the saie <M‘ tnis bookamon their circle of friends,
will afford an excellent way of contributing sub
stantial aid to so deserving a c-use.
For IVf ih, Rale* to V ;'*£! t*, Et<\, Atl
tlreha wiiti full Particulars,
Gfn’l G. T. Beauregard, Publisher,
On behalf of the Hood Memorial Fund.
j3O-tf. New Orleans, La.
GEORGIA & FLORID
INLAND
STK A3l JiOAT ( 031 V VN V.
The Darien Line I
Savannah. St. t’atharine’s.llofaoy,Darien,
Union Isiantl, SI. Simon’s Brusinriek,
St. Mary’s and Fcrnantlina.
Connecting at Darien with steamers for all land
ings on the Oconee and Altamaha Rivers.
k# Aid
DAVID CLARK
Captain P. H. WARD.
A TTILL leave wharf, foot of Bull street, every
M MONDAY and THURSDAY at 4 p. in., tor
above points, connecting at Brunswick with Ma
con Brunswick and Brunswick and Albany Rail
roads tor all points on the line of those roads, at
Femandina 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 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.
Darien, Georgia.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
CAPT. THOMAS WHITE, Agent, is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at Darien.
W. F. BARRY, General Agent.
J. N. HARRIMAN, Manager.
sep22-tf Savannah, Ga.
Sincrer Sewing Machine.
JULIA CLARKE HAVING SECURED
the agency for the genuine and old reliable Sin
ger Sewing Machine, is now prepared to serve all
those who are in need of the best machine that
is made, and at very reasonable prices. Mrs.
Clarke is also actirg in Darien for Messrs. Ludden
k bates music store, Savannah, and will be pleas
ed to take orders for any thing in their line. Give
her a call opposite Mr. Reuben Walker’s offices.
Darien, Ga., December 26th, 1579.
A GREAT SOL rHERN PAPER.
THE NATIONAL FAMILY PAPER of the SOUTH.
48 Columns. Do you Take it?
r-< HE SUNNY SOUTH HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY
i improve:! ull it lias now nearly attained to
perfection. The last issue came to us enlarged to
4 -olumus, is really a grand number in every re
-pect. and everybody should send lor it without
jelav. In future it will combine all of the best
features of all o: ;he papers of theday, and justly
be called the national Jamity paper of the,South, for
will soon reach almost every family. It willeon
i-tin every possible variety oi reading matter.with
splendid iHn-i rations,and everything to entertain,
kintbe and inst rilct a family. Make up clubs in
every community an-l send right along tor it.
j u b% ■1 live can get it tor s*2 each, a year. A sin
•a- 12 50. Don 1 w tor agents.
Vddresa J. H. & W. 13. SEALS,
d'-M’-ir. Atlanta, Ga.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
IITK FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
frienri-*nd customers for their liberal pat
r,.n >,.'•• luring the past year, and we have entered
-i u-w vear with the determination to deserve a
iar.-.-r share of their trade. We do not keep cheap
-II but sell a GOOD AND PURE ARTICLE OF
MEDICINE an low as it <an lie sold. Remember
that we have constantly in stock a full assortment
PURE MEDICINES.
PAINTS, OILS.
varnishes.
patent MEDICINES of all kinds,
HAIR DYK-S,
HAIR OILS.
HAIR BRUSHES.
TOOTH BRUSHES,
\i},i > le Imw. ar'icie of No. 1 KEROSENE. OIL at
lowest prices.
Prescriptions carefully compounded night or
J * y ' W. H. COTTER A CO..
Druggisrb' and AjSJrtWMCrf* -
SMIL A. soil WAR*. KIC KOLAS SCHWARZ
Emil A. Schwarz & Bro.,
DEALERS IK
CARPETS & FURNITURE,
125 & 12 1 Broughton.St.
%
SAVANNAH, GA.,
Cai’pets,,
Oil Cloths,
Matting:,
Crum Cloths , Hugs, Hints.
FURNITURE,
In Variety and Style.
Curtains, Cornices,
WINDOW SHADES.
UPHOLSTERY SHADES.
AND
TRIMMINGS.
Wall Paper & Decorations
CHURCHES, OFFICES AND PUBLIC
B UILDINGS FURNISHED.
E AIIL A, SCIiWAKZ &. BRO„
SOUTH. SOUTH.
PULASKI HOUSE,
SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
GOOBSELL BROS.,
PROPRIETORS.
r JTHIS HOUSE IS NOW OPEN FOR THE RECEP-
I lion of guests. It has been thoroughly ren
ovated, and is now being extensively repaired.
Liberal arrangements made with weekly Loaders.
noy2l-tf. Proprietors.
Administrator’s Sale.
MONDAY THE Btli DAY MARCH, 1880.
OEOIi GlA —Mclntosh Centnty:
rTNDF.R and by virtue of an order of flic honor-
U able Court of said county, to the undersigned
as administrator ot the estate of Charles A. Davis,
deceased, will be sold at the store ot the deceased,
at Cain Creek, in this county, on Monday, the Bth
day of March, IHH), the personal property re
maining unsold belonging to said estate,consisting
of Ship Chandlery, Groceries, Hardware and store
fixtures, Ac. Sold for the benefit of the heirs and
creditors of said estate. Terms of sale cosh.
ROBERT P. PAUL,
feb27-2t. Administrator.
Citation by tlie Ordinary.
GEOUGIA —Mclntosh County:
ririo AI.L WHOM IT MAY CONCERNWHF.KE-
L as Glasgow Handy, ot said State and county
applies for Letters of Administration on the estate
ot Tenah Cummings, deceased late of said county.
These ar- 1 therefore to cite all and singular the
kin Ire and and creditors of said deceased to be and
upp ir at my office in the time prescribed by law.
and show cause (if any they have) why Letters of
Administration should not issue to the applicant.
Given under my hand and official signature this
March the Ist, 180, CHAS. H. HOPKINS.
Mar-h 5 td. Ordinary, Mcl. Cos.
JLe A WEEK in your own town, and no
f ( 2 i | Scapital risked" You can give the busi
s h Kness a trial without expense. The best
i\l 11 S pportunity ever offered for those wil
8J U filing to work. Y’ou should try nothing
a e i BP 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 time or only
your spare time to the business, and make great
pay for every bourthat you work. Women make
as much as men. Send for special private terms
and particulars, which we mail free. $. r i Outfit
iree. Don’t complain of hard times while you
have such a chance. Address li. HALLE. 1 1 k CO.,
Portland. Maine, RlS—j
Administrator’s Notice.
GEO li GIA —Mclntosh County:
N'OTICE is hereby given that the subscriber has
been duly appointed Administrator of the es
tate of Charles A. Davis, late of Cain Creek, in the
county of Mclntosh, deceased, and has taken upon
himself that trust by giving bonds as the law' di
rects. All persons having demands against t lie
estate of said deceased, are required to exhibit the
sam -. and all persons indebted to said estate are
called upon to make paymefit to.
j e bl3 ROBERT I*. PAUL, Adm’r.
HIDES, DEER SKINS
-AND—
Wax 'V€7'£txi.toaL.
F AM PAYING THE HIGHEST CASH PRICES
l for the above. No commUsiou or drayage
charged. lam selling ROUGH RICE above quota
tions at all times. Sacks returned 10 shippers.
Send to me before shipping elsewhere.
M. Y. HENDERSON,
nov2l-2m. 160 Bay Street, Savannah, Ga.
Application for Homestead.
GEORGIA —Mclntosh County.
J'ERRMIAH OWENS has applied for exemption
of personalty and setting apart aud valuation
of homestead, and 1 will pass upon the same at 10
o’clock on the first Monday in April, 1880, at my
office in the city of Darien.
CHAS. H. HOPKINS.
March 5, 1880. Ordinary, Mcl. CO.
J. J. BUTTONS,
BUILDER and CONTRACTOR
DARIEN, GA.
Plans, Specifications and Estimates furnished.
I guarantee to my friends and the public to give
entire satisfaction to all work entrusted to me
No Wood Butchers employed. - A a
june‘27-ti J -E SI TTON.
Notice.
T HAVE APPOINTED SHERIFF T. BUTLER
1 Blount as mv Agent in Darien, who is duly
authorized to collect all out-stauding accounts
and receipt for the same. All those indebted to
me Will please call upon him and settle.
, feb’JO-tf. BRUNO PFEIFFER.
! A,-> n/I per copy, to single subscribers. In the
| price of the Philadelphia WEEKLY TIMES
1 tcccr * *wy advlraee.
Au Illinois Romance.
[From tin' Chicago Tribune.]
It was night.
And such a night!
The wind came in savago gusts from its
lurking places ou broad prairies that
stretched away to the westward, and howl
ed in mournful cadence the requiem of the
dying year.
Yes, the old year was dying. It would
soon be deader than a smelt, and the de
mise of that youfig tisli means business.
A young man with flashing eye and clear
cut lips, around which hovered the rem
nants of a cold, crudel smile, nervously
strode across the floor ofa richly furnished
room in one of Chicago's most elegant
mansions. For more than an hour he pa
ced the apartment, never once striking a
trot. This showed that lie was a natural
pacer. In his right hand he held a tiny
piece of paper, which fluterered in the
breeze created hv the clip he was going.
That piece of paper was from Penelope
McGuire, a proud and haughty beauty,
the only daughter of a man whose de
mense was one of the most extensive on
Aberdeen street.
Perhaps she has been given the young
man the breeze* in which the note fluttered.
But, apaiently, she hadn’t.
No,no. The missive told him of her undy
ing love, and how his image was never ab
sent from her maiden fancy. That look
ed as if you could bet on the girl; but who
can tell the working of a woman’s heart.
This is what bothered the young man
and had sot him to pacing. 11c had woo
ed the maid with all tho ardent nature of
his soul- and innumerable boxes of candy.
Was this saccharine margin to be swept
away by a sudden decline of her love for
him ?
Not if he knew it.
“ ’Twas but yester e’en," lie said, “That
I saw her boarding a car as the clocks were
striking eight, and yet the false creature
thinks to explain away her action by say
ing she was going to see a sick friend,
.She little knows that J saw her bangs, and
know full well that no woman wears them
unless she is going where she can be seen.
But slie shall trifle with me no longer; I
will scorn her preffered love”—and he seat
ed himself at an inlaid ebony writing desk.
The next day’s mail bore to Penelope
the following miss:live:
Noboddy can pla me for a sucker. Awa
fals woman and practis your wiles on an
utber. George.
“Do we need compulsory education?”
public min.
“Well, I should remark.”
A Pretty Picture on Devotion.— While I
was lecturing in Washington 1 saw a lady
with a pretty, intelligent face and bright,
eloquent eyes that were rarely lifed tovur i
the speaker, and then only for a flash of
time. They were bent upon her husband’s
hands almost constantly. Brilliant and
accomplished a few years ago, she had
gone down into the world of voiceless Hi
lence, and now all the music and all the
speech that comes into her life comes
through the tender devotion of her hus
band, and as I watched him telling off the
lecture on his nimble fingers, while her
eager eys glanced from them to bis sym
pathetic face. It was a pretty picture of
devotion. They were so young to have
this cloud shawdow the morning skies of
their lives, but as I glanced from the voice
less wife to her husband I thought how
beautifully the sunlignt of his devotion
was breaking through these clouds and
tinting even their afflictions with a tender
radieuce. This discipline of attending
Upon suffering is a good thing for a man.
It rounds out bis life; it develops his man
lier, nobler qualities; it makes liis heait
brave and tender and strong as a woman’s.
—Bob Burdette.
The God Hymen.— Danchet, the French
poet, tells us, respecting the definition of
Hymen, that he was a younger man of
Athens,obscurely born but extremely hand
some. Falling in love with a young lady
of distinction, he disguised himself in a fe
male habit, in order to get access to her,
and enjoy the pleasure of her company.
As he happened to be one day in this dis
guise with his mistress and her female
companions, celebrating on the seashore
the rites of Ceres Eleusina, a gang of pi
rates came upon them by surprise and
carried them all off. The pirates, having
conveyed them to a distant island, got
drunk for joy, and fell asleep). Hymen
seized his opportunity, armed the virgins
and dispathced the pirates; after which,
leaving the ladies on the island, be went
in haste to Athens, where he told his ad
venture to all the parents, and demanded
her he loved in marriage as her ransom.
His request was granted, and so fortunate
was the marriage, that the name of Hymen
was ever afterward invoked in all future
nuptials; and in progress of time the
Greeks enrolled him among their gods.
Years That End in Nine.— Beware of
the years that end in nine! We give the
following facts for what they are worth:
In 859 the Adriatic was frozen; in 1179,
eight feet of snow in the temperate zone
until the month of April; 1209, sleighs
could pass on the Cattegat between Jutland
and Norway; 1339, hard winter, the peas
ants of Scotland eat grass like a certain
King of Israel: 1409,the Danube was froz
en. IGO9, frozen bread was eaten at Court
of France 1039, the port of Marseilles froze;
1059, the rivers of Italy were frozen over;
1699, terrible winter; 1709, the famous
winter that saddened the last years of
Louis AIV., the earth was frozen for two
metres down; 1729, 1749,1769, the rivers
froze; 1789, the year of the revolution; 18
09, the Seine was frozen; 1829, snow lay
on the ground forfifty-four days in France;
that of 1839, was, was also a rigorous winter.
In France the winter of 1879 has been un
usally severe.
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Self-Respect.— Always remember no
one can debase you but yourself. Slan
der, satire, falsehood, injustice these can
never rob you of your manhood, they may
denounce you, they may cherish suspi -
cions manifold, they may make your fail
ing the target of their wit or cruelty; nev
erloe alarmed—never swerve an inch from
the line your judgement and conseiene
ha\e marked out for you. Th y cannot by
all t eir efforts take away your knowledge
of yours If, the purity of ebu actor and
the gene.osity of your nat e While
these are left, you are, in \ oint of fact,
i uuka.Taed.
$2.50 A YEAR.
A Bad Man.
The meanest man lives in Fond dn Lac,
oud his name is Captain Mang&n. A few
days ago a poor unsophisticated corn doc
tor struck that town and began a business
career. He was one of tbor.e innocent
minded and unsuspicious corn doctors
that stand on a dry goods box on the
Street corner with a lighted torch at night
and plead for suffering humanity and
twenty-five cents. He had no idea there
were base, designing men iu jtho world,
or he would have entered the ministry and
tried to lead them to’the better life. He
was a very beautiful young man, and his
conversational powers were rare and of a
high order. In his audience, one evening
was this Capt. Mangan that we were telling
about, who was all through the war—not
in the commissary department—and got
shot full of holes andmaimed for life.
The Captain told the corn doctor that
he had been a great sufferer and money
would be no object if he could get relief
from a bunion that was dragging him down
to a premature grave. The young man
came down off his dry goods box, remark
ing that he did not want anything softer
than that bunion, and Captain Mangan
pulled off liis boots and sock. There is no
question but that the men who make ar
tificial feet and legs nowadays have got
the thing down to a science. The corn
doctor Have the foot a close examination
as close as he thought was necessary—and
then turned away like one overwhelmed by
some great sorrow, some secret grief,
which ho cannot confide to others, but
must carry hidden in his own bosom while
he walks up and down the earth till death
at last com os to his relief
The Perils of Bachelorhood.
Few conditions in life are from free trou
ble with probably the single exception of
being the husband of a cross wife. In that
case yon are only to "do as yon are told.
But of all others, the most trying ordeal is
that experienced by the enjoyer of single
blessedness. In the first place, he is ac
quainted with everybody’s young and love
ly wife. When she meets him in the
stores, just because he has no one else to
buy for she wants him to buy her anew
dress. If he dosen’t buy it he is “stingy.”
Iflie does he has the most brilliant pros
pect at no distant day, of getting shot by
her husband as a reward of merit. Should
ho take a stroll with a neighbor’s daughter,
several of the young men of his neighbor
hood watch to waylay him,and all the oth
er girls of his acquaintance are watching the
opportunity to snub him. If he remains in
the unpleasant enjoyment of fate, all unite
in saying that he cannot get anyone to
have him, and if lie marries, all the wick
ed men and boys of his neighborhood
gather together to “charivari” him. With
the exception of the married man there
is no other being on earth more to be pit
ied. For our part we sympathized with
for a long time, but we c.mi do nothing for
him. His good nature, benevolent dispo
sition and religous awe of the girls and wo
men, place him beyond the reach of any aid
but his own. - Exchange.
What She Wanted.— Here is the sort of a
husband a San Francisco girl advertises
for in the Chronicle of that city: A man
with good looks and plenty of money, gen
erous to a fault and easy to manage, who
keeps his carriage and will give his wife
another, -who has a good time himself
and will let his wifo go to the matinee
and opera without getting jealous o’- look
ing cross, who will give her an open cred
it at a first-class dry goods store and ask
no foolish questions about what she does
with her pin money. A lawyer or leading
merchant would do; a stockbroker, having
a seat in the board, would be prefered. I
would not be unreasonable; in case of fail
ure I would be willing to travel for a time
in Europe; and as a matter of reasonable
and pru lent business precaution, I would
have my husband put a first class residence
and all the valuable silver-ware, furnitnre
and diamonds in my own name, where
they would be safe lrom the importunate
demand of avaricious creditors.
Meanness to Preachers.— The Rev. Mr.
Jack, well known in Baltimore, and pas
tor of the First Presbyterian Church of
ILtzelton, Pa, in speaking of the marriage
fees received by clergymen, informed a
reporter, a few days ago, that he never re
ceived over $25 a year from that source.
He says that he does not know why it is,
but that on such occasions people general
ly show their meanness; and that too, at
ii time when one would think they would
be most liberally disposed. On one occa
sion a man whom he married gave him a
piece of brown paper. He expected to
find the fee rolled up in it; but on open
ing it there was nothing there. At another
time lie married a man who said he had
no money but would pay him in the course
of a few \veeks. He has not heard from him
since. Perhaps this man was disappoint
ed in his bride, and did think the marriage
ceremony not worth paying for. The Rev.
Dr. Forsyth, of West Point, states that he
has had a somewhat simliar experience.
Swear Not at a el. — We learn from an
address but recently delviered in Wilming
ton, Delaware, by liobert Hatton, a prom
nent member of the Society of Friends that
there are a few peculiarities of their doc
trines admitted. Oaths of all kinds are
eschewed, paimarily, because of the script
ual command, "Swear not at all,” and al
so because a judicial oath is a serious im
putation upon a man's character, admit
ting the inference that his mere word is
not to believed. The speaker said that it
made his heart bleed to think that a man
must substantiate with his statement with
an oath to make it credible. The Friends
are also a peace-loving people, and if all
others were like them, wars would -be at
au end. During the two hundred and fif
ty years of their existence as asocity there is
no record of a Friend having fallen in
battle; no Friend has ever met a violent
death in a street brawl; and the names of
Frit nls are not to be found upon the
criminal records. The speaker also ar
gued in decided opposition to a profes
sional theological training. Friends speak
as they are moved thereto by the Holy
Spirit' and deem it wrong to pay for a
theological education and sell the results
of the same for a salary.
Give a girl long eyelashes and small
hands and she will put up with No. 6 feet
an l marry all around a curly-headed girl
! wear ng one’s and a half.