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VOL. 7.--NO 41.
Darian Timbsr Gazelle,
PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING,
.jr njtaiEjr , geoiigm,
CORNER BROAD AND NORTHWAY STREETS.
RICHARD W. GRUBB.
Editor and Proprietor.
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RICHARD W. GRUBB,
Timber Gazette, Darien Georgia.
City Di -eotory.
COUNTY OFFICERS.
County Commist><me <"*—Jaifei W Chairman;
X.’lHlU >itsn*a. U.w M. .UiL*a. V. vWooj, L. li.
J.iiiirtH L. HoliUwß, Jo**pU Hii m.
C,erk ki' irj of County Commissioners Stalling
Ken .a.
C >rk Superior Court —L. B. Davis.
tjrdinary —I. 11. t£ >pn.xii:*, Sr.
.S f—i\ liutier Blmut.
lieetuwr T uc &e*un w—W. MoW. Young.
j, up Oo;,tutor—O. 0. JLopfciiM..
County Trrwa tr—A. • O S .1.
C •uniif Suny tor —. :i. c’oppel.
Coroner —vl ' i
Tho Ooiiun vsii>aerH noil monthly meetings on
•t?ie tir*i Wo luoa lay in evil m m h.
CITY OFFiGLRtf.
g*-() ucio Mayor t— Jam ts V ;lker.
£/,-!) t. ■ v .1- termers —1 osepU .lilt >ti .1. A. A wood,
,r_ \ , mll strain, .1. K. lluini.;*, I’ll >mas il. Gij'Uilliat,
14A.k0 -ft. AiiSfii.
n c vrt mho tv > nchi rruxe.
'j.wnittee <m Finan-x— Massre. Strain, Atwood
,n-i Ilium. , .
C-.n.udtse on Accomi’* —\te*#rs. Hoi min, Gignu
:i. lii I .ilkOLl.
•'unmiltee on Harbor —Messrs. Hilton, Aiken
%wi st r an. __ ..
C .n mitt" on Hew! and Cemetery— Messrs. <iignu
• :at. \trool and H*->lini*. , _ .
Committee on Paupers— Messrs. Atwood, iloimes
slid . T ANARUS,. ,
Committee on /ait’—Messrs. Aiken, Hilton and
VtWO.nl. ~ ...
Committee on Streets and Lanes—.AesHTS. Aiken,
Strain and Holmov. . . .
Committee on County XowU- Messrs. Atwood,
(xigailliut and Hilton. a . .
-aif/er -m / J -'Vic Bui'dinjs— .Messrs. Strain,
• ignilliat, *nd .Aiken. _ , ,
Committee on Police— Messrs*. Holmes, Hilton end
Committee on Ordinances —Messrs. Aiken, Strain
nd Atwood.
f’. /-,V a/id Treasurer —Sii.vlding Kenan.
City Marshal —Uiiarlos H. Hopkins, Jr.
Deputy Marshal —Alonso Guyton.
Harbor Master —George Crane.
/C/7 Physician —D). James Holmes. .
Inspector General of Thalter —George VV . Fanes.
Hort Wurdcas— lsaac M. Aijven, Joini H. Biiireii,
and James G. Young.
Jailer —Cluries H. Hopkins. Jr.
Board Fuat Commissioners—Dr. H. B. Hams.
Chairman, B. K. Wilier, vk Bai
ley, W. Li. Fulton, James I*e!ili^n.
Mitehell. Lewis Living*!on, Secretary.
MASONIC.
Live Oak Lodge, So. IJ7, dr • Wedno:
sight in e.icii mourn h their haii new' vl -gno
lia House: Jnmea Walker, Ui n.
C. O’Neil, Secretary
UNITED STATES OFFICERS.
CoUnlor of Cast.’,ns, Brunswick District —John T.
Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick.
Deputy CoUector of Customs for Port of Darien—
Chtries H. Towuaend.
Inspector —Kdwin C. Davis.
Postmaster —D. Webster Davis.
Deputy Marshal —Joseph 13. Bond.
SUPERIOR COURT—EASTERN CIRCUIT.
Hon. Wm. B. Fleming, Judge.
Major A. B. Smith, Solicitor General.
Bulloch County—Mondays .u April au l October.
Klhagham County—First Mondays iu May and
November. w .
Bryan County—Second Mondays in May and
November. . _ .
Chatham County—First Mondays in December
March and Juno.
Mclntosh County Fourth Mondays tn May ana
November. ,
Liberty County— Tuesday alter third Mondays
iu May and November.
UNITED STATES MAILS.
The mails arrive ir >m Sterling, No. 1, Macon &
Brunswick Railroad, evexv m ruing (Sun day ex
cepred) at 10 o’clock n. m dej ai ng every aitei
noon at Jp. m. M i*l and) • *> P- m ; .. .
Side mail lor No. 3, Athii.i * & Cui. Railroai ,
departs "6 o'clock every Tuesday morning * u <
arrives at H p. m. every M uiday, touching a:
Kiceboro and South Newp >rt uoth ways.
RELIGIOUS.
Religious services at Melholist 1 hun h
every Sunday morning at ii *l.ck,:inl evt-i u
at S o’clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday
ai’ternoon at 3.1, o’clock. Rev. I£. E. Harman, pas
tor. • .
Religious ser?i<-es every Sabbath at 11 h. m. and
3 p.m. at the Metho'Lst Church, colored, Bev.
L. H. Smith, pastor
•Hi S“4an VO $(.,000 A YEAR, rss to *2O
US' Ln>| TiV in vir nwn
\ 1 DI Li ril. Women 4j w<*ll as
In I iif St 1-lieu. M-’.nr in Vue mire than ih-.'
Sjr 11U U U mount stated above. No "n.t ,
7 ~*n ail to make money m-.
Auy me can do the work. You ran make .rom
60 ct. to $2 au hour by devoGng your ,'V 'U ; ri;D
and spare time to the tiueiness. It imata n
to try the business. Nothing like it ever effort o
t' Oora. Business plensaut an l sirirtly h,.'nor„iii: ,
Ke*fsr,if vou wan' to know U about the best
paving business before the public, send us your
Wrest. n 1 we w.ll sen 1 you hill pyticul tr and
private terms free: samples worth s•> *:s >
you can then make up your mind tor vourseit.
-Vd trees GEORGE dTLNBON A CO.. Portland. Ms.
June 20 _ _
(warden Seed.
\\TE HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY OF FRESH
’ v Harden Seed, ju*t received, consisting in
part of
BEETS, OABBtOE.
CARBOTS, CUUUHBEBS,
celerV, eggplant,
lettuce, okra,
ENGLISH PEAS,
beans, tomato ns,
SQUASH,OYSTER PLANT,
EARLY CORN, PEPPER, Etc.
W. H. COTTER * CO.,
AW-t#seetre.
Pfofo3sional Cards.
VTJ'ALTER A. WAT,
Attorney-at-Lavr and Heal
Estate Agent,
DARIEN, •- GEORGIA.
Will practice iu the Superior Courts of the
Brunswick and Lantern Circuits. Also, iu the
Federal Cour:s in cases of Bankruptcy, etc. Par
ticular attention given to the collection of claims
and examination of land titles. april2s
y y ROBERT GIGNILLIAT,
Attaruey-at-Law,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Prompt attention given to all legal business in
the Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and iu the
United States Courts at Savannah, Georgia.
apnli.Vly
r e. b. Delorme,
1 u
Attorney & Coimselor-at-lsaw,
an<s Notary f’lstiiic.
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Office on Broad stract, near Timber Exchange.
July 2
SPALDING KENAN,
DARIEN, GEORGIA.
Off *rs his professional services to the citizens of
Darien and vicinity. He .••an be found at all hours
day and night. *♦ his oth ° on S'reven street, uexi
door to Mr. Wilcox's dwelling house. augs-ly
nit. ii. B. HARRIS
Offers his prolessi mnl services to the citizens of
Darien md surroundiug country. All calls prompt
ly attended, both milit-al and eurgi-uil. Office
under the Masonic Hall, in old Custom House
building.
T J. ABRAMS,
A tto ruey-at-LaW,
Commercial Building,
jun<.*6-tf SAVANXAH, GEORGIA
HENHY TOMPKINS. H. A. DENMARK.
jUJ.MPKINS A DENMARK,
Attomeys-at-Law,
No. 105 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA.
Practice in the United States Courts, and iu the
Superior <' mrts of the Eastern Circuit. jed-U'
MiscellaneoTiß.
XxDOIaL OO' 5 !?-
HOYT’S COLOGNE, CORNING’S COLOGNE,
LUBIN'S EXTRACTS, POMADES,
HAIR OIL, TOILET POWDER,
LILLY WHITE, PUFF BOXES,
ROUGE, TOILET SETS,
And iu fact, a full asuortment of Perfumery and
Fancy Toilet Articles. Soaps—toilet, laundry and
medicated. Give ua a call.
W. H. COTTER & CO.,
feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries.
NOTIOB.
VViieelxvi'iski and ItlacksmitK
T am NOW PREPARED TO DO AIL KINDs
I. of Wheelwright and Blacksmith work at Simrt
notice.
BUGGIES, WAGONS AND SIGNS
PAINTED.
Gorham's Patent A ta liment 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. All
I ask of the people of Darien and Mclntosh
County is a trial. All work warranted.
ROBERT MITCHELL,
ie6-tf Second street, Darien, Ga.
_i U —— ——
ISI \ a LIMITED NUMBER of
MM fa ? a I P’S 1 active, energetic canvassers to
Bf fill I faSJengage in a pleasant and
profitable business. Good men will find this a
rare chance
TO MUCK HONEY.
Such will please jmawer this advertisement by
letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what
business they have been engaged in. None but
those who mean business apply. Address
j Fctlky, Harvey k Oo- Atlanta, Ga.
MU\ C\ \ MONTH guaranteed. sl2 a day
ill i il Ii home made by the industrious
Yx *€ I It ICtpifal not required: we will star:
IP? 1| T 5 I a on. Men. women, boys ami girls
r-M w/ make money faster at work t ,i r its
’ than anything else. The work is
light and pleasant, and such as anyone can go
right, at. Those who are wise who see ihis notice
will send Us their ad.Despes 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. Address TIU K At CO.,
Augusta, Me. jnne2o-ly
Collat Brothers.
Perform Their Promise
New IndiiceniPiits to the Purchasing
I’itlilie!
Or ire* In Every B-partnent !
Braes t'rt.ni trie Jobbers ! !
spt>r ai Drives trmti'uir Buyers ! ! !
Solid Fact! Solid F ‘ u ' t
Savannah Prices in Darien,
In Groceries,
Hardware,
Wood 6z Willow Ware-
Crockery,
Stoves,
Glassware,
Sadlery.
-IITE OFFER SPECIALITIES IN’ I’RY OtXJItS
and Blankets. Shoes of all grades.in pegged tua
shme and hand sewed. We keep iu stock a fine
selection of Ladies and Gents hand-made Boots
am'. Shoes. We are offering the finest Une of Gents
FURNISHING GOODS,
Clothing,
Hats,
Trunks.
Valices,
■which we carry in endless variety and constantly
receive from Nortnern markets only. Thankimg
you for past favors and saliciting a continuance
of the same, we arc yours,
~K f OIL AT BROWERS.
DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 2, 1880.
JUST OUT.
Hood’s Great Book
OF THE WAR.
Advance sol RoSroat,
Personal Experiment in the
United Stales tnid Confed
erate Slates *&rtnies.
By General J. B. Hood,
Late Lieutenant-General Confederate States Army,
pupliahed for
The Hood Orphan Memorial Fund.
—BY—
General G. T. Beauregard.
New Orleans, 1880.
The entire proceeds arining from the sale of
thia work are devoted to the Hood Orphan Me
in rial . und, which is invested iu l mted States
itegis ed Bonds ir the nurture, care, support
ami education of the ten mtunts deprived of their
parents lad summer at .aew Orleans, (the meian
ili -ly incidents cl which sad belt av? iuent are
*tili fresh in the public minds. I’he book is an
elegant octavo, contai' ing 36h pa-t s, with a tiue
photograph likeness and a line steel engraving,
made e tor th s wi.rk, four Ur, e maps of
battle helua/ bound iu Lands*, me gray
: ngiish cloth ibree dollars, or in a line
sheep binding with marble cage, three dollars
and fifty cents—ln half bound Morocco, library
style, four dollaro, or iu best levent Turkey Mo
rocco, lu’i gilt sides and edges, five dollars.
On the receipt irom auy person remitting b\
mail or express, 01 the amount iu a re isteretl
letter or by a postal <>rd a r, bank draft or check,
a copy will be immeniately sent free ol postage,
registered hh sec nd-elas* matter.
The volume is published u the best style of
typo* raphy, ou e *vaut paper, with illustrations,
executed at highest specimens of ar .
The author, the sul>ject. the purpose all alike
render it worthy a place in very library,—on
every a- su. -or upon the book shelf of every
house in the country.
Agents waited iu every town ani county in
the . uiied Stat -s. and a preli reuce will be given
to houorahl\ r discharged veterans trorn the army
To the la lies, who 1'- to a desire to express their
sympathy with T.-e Hood (J.p .an Memoii,i Fund
the sale of this bookamon their circle of friends,
willaif'-rd an excellent ■ ay of contributing sub
stantial aul to ao deserving a Ck.use.
i* ir Kit st Klc„ Atl-
full ru ar*,
(If n l G. i’. React it EO/UiD, Publisher,
On behalf of the LLooR Memorial Fund.
j3O-tf. New Orleans, La.
KEORGTA & FL SrIDA
INLAND
STEAMBOAT COM PAN V.
The Darien Line!
SavanusCi.St. ('ath rtne’s. Oolioy, Pariun,
Fnion Island, St. Simon’s Briisnwick,
St. Mary’s au*l Feiiurndjua.
Connecting at Darien with stenmers for all land
ings on the Oconee and Alt am aha Rivers.
J* 1 *o**® 0 **®
I i<rr-: A
* ir- y.ill ;. J
DAVID CLARK
Captain P. H. WARD.
\\7"ILTj leave wharf, foot of Bull street, every
H MONDAY and THURSDAY at 4 p. m., for
above points, coiineco.ing at Brunswick with Ma
con Brunswick and Brunswick and Albany Rail
roads for all points on the line of those roads, at
Femundina 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' rales 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 au*.l with the Macon and Bruns
wick Railroad.
THOMAS WHITE, Agent, Hotel Wharf.
Darien, Georgia.
SPECIAL NOTICE.
C APT. THOMAS WHITE, Agent, is authorized
to adjust, promptly, all claims at Darien.
W. F. BARKY, General Agent.
J. N. HAUIIIMAN, Manager,
eep22-tf Savannah, Ga.
Singer Sewing Machine.
JULIA CLARKE HAVING SECURED
the agency for the genuine and old reliable Sin
ger Sewing M whine, 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 acting in Darien for Messrs. Ludden
,v* Bates music store. Savannah, and will be pleas
ed to take orders for auv thing in their line. Give
her a call opposite Mr. Reuben Walker’s offices.
Darien, Ga., December 26th, 1879.
A GREAT SOUTHERN PAPER.
THE NATIONAL FAMILY PAP: ROF !HE SOUTH.
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I improved till il ba cow nearly at aine lto
perfection. Th*‘ last issue •ame to us enlarged tt>
4- columns, is realty a grand number in every re
wp,v*t, and everybody should s* j nd for it witiiouf
delay, iu future u will combine all of the best
feat tires of all of the papers of theday, and justly
be called the nationa Jaunty paper of the South, tor
it will soon reach aim***: every family. If wi.lcon
tain every poy-dble variety ot reading matter.with
■ ■ •
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gle copy $2 50. Don : u t. *r;.g-*n r -.
Address J. H- A \\ . 13. SEALS,
d‘v,- r. Allan a, Ga.
ANNOUNCEMENT.
lITK feel GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY
ft friendn and cuhi >mers i->r their lifcral pat
r-tng<- during the pan: year, au 1 we triv- entered
anew year with the determination to deeorve a
larger share ot th.ir trade. W- do not keep cheap
drugs, but pell a GOOL \NI‘ PURL ARIR I.K t ?!■
.MilTdi INE ap low an it can be sold. R-member
that we have constantly in stock a full assortmeu
ot
PURE MEDICINES,
PAINTS. OII.S,
VARNISHES.
PATENT MEDIUTNES of all kim'.s,
HAIR DYES,
11A1R OILS,-
HAIR BRUSHES.
TOOTH BRUSHES.
And the beflt article of No. 1 KEROSENE OIL at
lowef priepp.
I*repariptionß carefttlly compounded night or
d * r ' W. H. COTTER A 00..
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1880 in its own fashion, now pretty well under
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or the uecessily of resolute vigilenee on ill© part
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ernment that the founders gave. us. The debates
and acts of Congress, the utterances of the press,
:he exciting contest ot the Republican and Demo
cratic parries, now nearly equal iu strength
throughout tn* country, directly and effectively
upon Hu* twenty-fourth Presidential election, to
be held in N >vember. Four years ago next Nov
ember the will of the nation, as expressed at the
polls, was thwarted by an abominable conspir
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le repeated in 1S80? The past decade of years
opened with a corrupt, extravagant, and insolent
Administration intrenched at Washington. The
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and breaking its power. The same, men are now
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to places from whence they were driven by the
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mentous questions: The Sun will be on hand to
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iu looking at the minor affairs of life, and in great
things a steadfast purpose to maintain the rights
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tion against all aggress* rs. Thk Sun i prepared to
write a truthful, instructive, and at the same time
entertaining history of 1880.
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SAVANNAH GEORGIA.
GOOD SELL EROS.,
PROPRIETORS.
HOUSE IS NOW OPEN FOR THF. RLUEP
-1 tion olguestß. It h:w been thoroughly ren
ovated, snJ ip now Lein}, extensively repaired.
Liberal arrangements made with weekly bonders.
no T 2I-tf. Proprietors.
Administrator’s Sale.
MONDAY THE Bth DAY MARCH, 1880.
GEORGIA -Mclntosh County:
ITNPFRand by virtue of an order of the honor-
J able Court of paid county, to the undersigned
hp drained rator of the ep'*'e of Charles A. I’a\!P.
(J,. -eaped. will be pold at thestor*- ot 'lie doceased,
at Cain Creek, in this county, on Monday, tbe Mb
day of March, U -0, the i>erpoual property re
in utj.ng uiMioldbelonging to na:d egjate.c u-ip:in;.
o> Ship Chandlery. Qroi-eriep. Hardw r- and st. :l
fixtures. Ac. S-dd for the benefit oi the heirs auf
cr ■ liters of saidc-ptate: Terma of pale cash.
ROBERT P. PAUL,
feb27-2t. AdminiPtrator.
per copy, to single snbs< rib--rs, is the
y rL ,UU price oi' the Philadelphia WEEKLY TIMES
<ytse .■. te rwy address.
A Fierce Combat.
About tliree weeks during the heau
tiful sunny wotitiior we have h.ul whioli in
duced the trees to bml and bloom, I was
walking in my garden one morning, think
ing about preparing for an early start for
spring vegetables, when I saw a large rat
tlesnake sunning. My tirst impulse was
to go to the house, get a gnu, and kill it.
But looking around I saw a very large house
cat cautiously creeping upon the reptile.
Anticipating a tight, and etpnilv desirous
of getting rivl of the cat, which killed chick
ens, I concluded to witness his attack up
on the snake. The cat crawled upon its
stomach, pulling along on its feet, whisk
ing its tail from side to side, and every
now and then stretching its neck to view
the snake. When about eight or ten feet off
the snake suddenly coiled up, sprung its
rattle, faced the cat aid darted its forked
tongue out rapidly. The cat commenced
a rapid circle around the snake, so fust iu
fact that the eye could hardly keep up
with it. At last it got near enough and made
a dart at its enemy, but through providen
tial r. usons it went high above the snake,
which also struck at the cat thus break
ing its coil. The cat went too far, and by
the time it had turned to face its foe the
reptile was again coiled and ready for the
attack. The same method was carried on
for four or live times, occupying at least
half an hour. The cat wished to catch the
snake, hut seemed aware that if it missed
the neck it would be certain death. At
the sixth assault they met, and instantly
the snake was wrapped in several folds
around the body of the cat, which used its
sharp claws with deadly effect. The cat
had been bitten on he head and neck
several times, and both continued to tight.
The snake was torn nearly to shreds, but
did not unloose its coil around its victim.
The poison was swift and deadly, but be
fore the cat died it caught the snake’s head
m its mouth and crushed it, and lighting
they died, the snake enwraping the cat
in its coils. The snake measured 4 feet 8
inches, and had thirteen rattles.- Ameri
cus Republican.
Wedded Love—A Puttiedic Incident.
“Make the bed easy, Mr. B,” said old
Uncle Abe to the undertaker, who was
preparing the coffin for liis aged wife.
“Make the bed solt and easy, for her old
bones are tender and soft, and a hard bed
will hurt them.” He forgot for a moment —
that old graj-haired;man that she was
dead; that the old bones bad done aching
forever. Sixty-four years had she walked
by his side a true and loving wife—Sixty
four years ! Just think of it iu this age of
divorce. Sixty-four years had they dwelt
under the sorrows of life; together mourn
ed over the collin of their lirst-born; to
gether rejoiced in the prosperity of their
sons an.l daughters, and now she has left
him alone. No wonder lie forgot. Her
loving hands had so long cared for him,
for be bad been the feebler of the two.
“Untildeath do us part,"said the marriage
service that had united them so many
years ugo. Death had parted them, but
the love still survived. Tenderly had he
cared for her all these years and now tender
ly did he watch the making of the last bed of
liis still loved wife. He had bravely breast
ed the storm of life with her by his side,
but now that she had gone be could not
live, and in a few days t o;. laid him by
her side. New Orleans i . ayune.
Miracle Through Prayer The city
of Buffalo, New York, is greatly excite !
over tbe marvellous recovery to health of
Mies Carrie F. Judd, alter being confined
to her bed for two years from the effects
of an injury to her spine, caused by a fall.
The cure is attributed to the effects of
prayer. The patient liad been j u charge
of several physicians, who were unable to
effect any r- lief, though two thousand dol
lars were :A]n tided. Application was at
last made to Mrs. Edward .Mix, a colored
woman of Wolrottsville, Conn., who Lad
been instrumental iu effecting many won
derful cures. Without seeing the patient
she advised abandoning all medicine and
trust alone in power of prayer. She ap
pointed a certain time for commencement
of this new treatment, and presided at n
prayer meeting of females, when the c s.
was made a subject of prayer. I ' - w:.s
done, and before half an hour had elapsed
the patient turned over an l raised herself !
up, and with assistance walked a short. .
distance. In four weeks from that line .
she was able to walk down stalls. Sc)
now walks long distances, teachers her ;
class in Sunday school aud looks better |
than ever before in her life. Recently |
she traveled forty miles to attend the !
marriage ot her brother.
Thdh'l'e to a Mother. Children, look
in t.-osc ey> , listen to that dear voice, no
tice the feeling of even a single touch that
is b stowed upon you by her gentle hand !
Make much of it while you have that most j
pri cions of all gifts, a loving mother.
Read the unfathomable love of those eyes: !
the kind anxiety of that tone and look,
however slight your pain. In after life
you may have friends— fond, dear friends
but never will you have again the inex
pressible love and gentless lavished upon
you, which none but a mother b stows.
Often do 1 sigh in my struggles with the
dark, uncaring world, for the sweet, deep
security I felt, when, of an e\ einirg, nestling
in Li r bosom, 1 listened to some quiet tale
suitable to my age, read in her tender and
untirrng voice. Never can I forget her
sweet glance cast upon me when I appear
ed asleep; never her kiss of peace at night.
Years have passed away since we laid her
beside my father in the churchyard, and
still her voice whispers from the grave,
and her eye watches over me, as I visit
spots longs since hallowed to the meniory
of my mother.
“Some things,” said an excited politician,
“can be foreseen und foretold; and now
1 foresee and 1 will now foretell that the
day will soon come when our liberties will
be no more. This is ascertain, my fellow
citizens, and it is as sure, us that Romeo
founded Rome.
A Boston preacher said: The little good
any of us can do must he done with our
hearts thumping against the hearts of our
b How-men. And every young woman in
church looked at every other young wo
man, and smiled approvingly.
When a loaicr enters toe sanctum af an
editor and the editor says, “Glad to see
you're back,” what does he mean ?
$2.50 A YE A It.
Yoiinx V* blows.
They are an attractive and frequently an
engaging class of ladies, that till a very im
poranr niche in society, the subject both,
of and admiration. We have seen them,
remarks a writer, in the first throes of
their bereavement, when they utterly re
fus'd to be comforted, declaring that their
iMj s ail lay buried with their tirst and
only loses in the new made grave of their
if ar ‘bq>are.i; and their streaming eyes
b; hind mourning veils have cause the
sympathetic sob to well up from the bos
oms of nil who listened, lint, as time wore
on, we nave ohm rved with satisfaction —
for we would not have them weep always—
tha! comfort invaribly comes to the young
widow's heart, and that hope is restored to
her troubled mind. We were called upon
some tim • ago to attend-the funeral of a
young and noble fellow who left a pretty
widow to mourn his untimely taking off.
M,he sal by the side of her unconscious
love, dressed in tliQ most somber, hut at
the same time most becoming mourning
witii hi r lovely hair arranged with imiuite
labor . nd care in glossy linger puds all
ovt r her shapely h< ad, and her black bor
dired handkerchief went ever and anon
to her streaming eyes. Occasionally she
talked m tones soft, tremulous and to ina
nimate clay that was soon to bo hidden
a ay forever, telling him her heart would
always throb for hiiu alone, and what a
dr ary blank the world would ever be with
out his pre cnee. fhcu, ia despair, she
besought the undertaker to let the lriends
till (be earring- and drive away,leaving her
her dearly beloved with her. But funeral
went on in the usual way and the fair mourn
er returned to her stricken home crush
ed and disconsolate. But, thanks to the
soothing hand of Time, ore her widow’s
weeds had grown the worse for wear, or
her spotless cap had become mussed or
soiled, she rallied sufficiently to marry
the dear friend of her late departed; and
her loving heart now reposes on
the bosom of another. How fortunate it is
that their young, crushed affections have
such a wonderful elasticity, as soon as a de
sirable provocation presents itself. Pity ia
akin to love, and the former sontiment
awakens kind sympathy for the fair
mourner that quickly ripens into a tender
ness that soothes her young heart into a
sweet forgetfullness, and makes life
around her look bright once more. She
becomes the pet of society, a pleasant com
panion, a charming sweetheart, and a dan
gerous rival; and we pity the girl that has
to battle against her. We have seen
young widows of but ordinary attractions
carry off the palm from wealth, intellect
and beauty combined, and wonder them
selves at their own success. Even after
the lirst season of their sorrow is over, and
they have ceased to excite sympathy any
more, their ripeness and tact make man
an easy and willing victim to their subtle
eiiarn s. Their best experience, their tu
tored hearts, and the aching void of their
late loneliness give to their manner that
vase, grace and naturalness that is women’s
chief charm and makes the young widow
the envy of women and admiration of
men.— Ex.
Killed at the Marriage Alter. — In the
midst oi the great events of the war, such
incidents as the following wero compara
tively unnoticed, and left to be long after
ward related in print : Miss Annie Pickens,
daughter of the Governor of South Caroli
na, was to be married April 22, 18C3, in
Charleston, to Lieutenant Andrew de
itochi lie. The wedding party waß as
s’ rubied in the Pickens residence, and the
clergy man was asking the bride if the was
r. y, win u a shell from a Union gun in
harbor brok - into the room and burst.
Nine persons were hurt, but only Mias
Picken’s wound proved fatal. She boretho
pain with wonderful fortitude,and was un
mo- I when informed that she had only
an hoar or two to live. Ue Itoclielle
said that ho woul 1 like her to have her
~o bis wife, and tin poor girl smiled sad
ly in assent. The guest remembered the
ue nc as far more pitiful than they can
describe. The bride lay on the so ia her
dre -ed dabled in blood and her hair
dishevelled bile her pallid lace was so
. ;ing with agony that her efforts to smile
became futile. The ceremony was hur
e !i. performed, though the bride’s
‘•Vi s' was in a faint, labored whisper, and
fu r li s har.lly moved in response to her
' sban 1 kiss, She died immediately af
' Eldei i- inett os Newspapers.—
When -James Gordon Bennett was run
ning the N ” York Herald the paper con
i u and live coluiuus to the page, or one
column hhh than t;ie Daily Pest. He was
of the opinion that it was preferable to run
a small leipcr, well tilled, and says in the
piquant and pertinent way: “A word on
of my paper. For y ears past the
peoj ann< yed by immense
s .’is bnngiugly made up without con
cert of action or individuality < fcharacter
res rv oiis of crude thoughts from differ
ent pi rsons who were knocking their
h mis together without knocking any
thing rei , arkably good out of them I ha ve,
avoid- ti the incovenience. 1 si. 11 give my
r- aders the cream of current events. My
sheet is moderate in size, but neatly print
ed on good paper, with legible type. When
u overflow of pattonage shall demand
more room as it will I w ill enlage, but I
as l would a pestilence those enor
mous sheets the pine barrens of intelli
gence and taste, which have undoubtedly
been sent into the world as a punishment
for its growing wickedness.”
Take a Taper. Nothing presents a sad
der commentary upon the present condi
tion of • m-h ty than the large number of
families, both in town and country, but
more especially the Litter, that subscribe
to no pa rof any kind. Hundreds and
thousands of families are thus growing up
utterly ignorant of what is transpiring in
the world around them—ignorant of the
mighty e vents of the day. 15ut who can tell
he vast amount of injury that is being
indicted on the rising generation—those
who are to take our places in the busy
world at no far future day—growing up
without any knowledge of the present or
the past; this ignorance, too, being imbu
ed into them by the sanction of those who
should, and doubtless do, know better,
did they only think of the injuries effects
of their in ar.e course. Let the head of
! every family think of this, and place in
' the hands of those for whom he is re
js. osiLle the means of acquiring some
knowledge of the moving panorama iu
| which we act our different parte.