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VOL. 7.--NO 44. Oarisn Timber Gazette, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, j r H.IK/K.r, GEO JIG CORNER BROAD AND NORTHWAY STREETS. RICHARD W. (GRUBB, Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES: For one year (in advance) $2.50 for six months “ 1.50 CLUB RATES : five copies, each one year $2.00 feu copies, each one vear 1.50 ADVERTISING RATES : Pe' square, ten lines space, tirst insertion... .$1.50 Per square, each subsequent insertion 1.00 Special Rates to Yearly asd Laboe Advebtisebs Advertisements from responsible parties will be published until ordered out, when the time is not specified on the copy, and payment exacted ac 'Communications for individual benefit, or of a personal character, charged as advertisements. “ Marriages and obituary notices not exceeding four lines solicited for publication. When ex ceeding that space, charged as advertisements. Bills for advertisements due upon presentation after the first insertion, but a spirit of commercial Überaliiy will be practiced toward regular patrons. To avoid any misunderstanding the above rules will be adhered to without deviation. All lettors and communications should be ad- Iressed to the undersigned, RICHARD W. GRUBB, Timber Gazette, Darien Georgia. City Directory. COUNTY OFFICERS. County Commissioners —James Walker, Chairman; Adam Strain, Isaac M. Aiken, J. A. Atwood, T. H. Gigailliat, James E. Holmes, Joseph Hilton. Cierk Board of County Commissioners— Spalding Kenan. . Superior Court —L. B. Davi*. Ordinary— C. H. Hopkins, Sr. Sheriff—T. Butler Blount. Receiver Tax Returns— McW. Young. Tax Collector— O. C. Hopkins. County Treasurer —M. 0. O’Neil. County Surveyor —W. R. Poppel. Coroner— Philip Maxwell. The Commissioners hold monthly meetings on the first Wednesday in each month. CITY OFFICERS. Ex-Officio Mayor —James Walker. Ex-Officio Aldermen —Joseph Hilton, J. A. Atwood, Adam Strain, J. E. Holmes, Ihomas H. Gignilliat, Isaac M. Aiken. STANDING COMMITTEES. Cos *imittee on Finance —Messrs. Strain, .Atwood . ud Hilt *n. ...... Committee on Account*— Messrs. Holmes, Gigml dat amlFiaiier. CommiUee on Harbor— Messrs. Hilton, Ho mes and Strain. Committee on Health arui Cemetery— Messrs. Tiflher, At wood and Holmes. Committee on Paupers— Messrs. Atwood, Holmes and Gignilliat. Committee on Jail —Messrs. Fisuer, Hilton and A: wood. Tr Committee on Street* and Lanes— Messrs. Holmes. Strain and Fisher. Committee on County Roads— Messrs. Atwood, Gigniiliat and Hilton. ommittee on Public Buildings —Messrs. Gigml -1 at, Fisher and Strain. Committee on Police —Messrs. Holmes, Hilton and 'train. Committee on Ordinances —Messrs. Atwood, Strain and Holmes. Cierk and Treasurer —Spalding Kenan. City M.irsnat —Gnaues H? Hopkins, Jr. O'paly MxrstuL —Alonzo Guy t m. ;/ irbor Master —George Crane. Ptrt Pijsiciin —Dr. J dine* Holmes. Ii pj.cior (Jc-iierui of Tioitjer■— Georgy} W. r ir.es. : *h’i ir.i 'lens —F-a.i • M. iiien, Joiiu H. iJu.retl, a t la.ue- i. x'ULig. • ,ir *, • i. . 1 'p-v U L Jr. >xr: P C,u iu si<raers—o-'. it. -. iLiivi • ..nan, .v. V. v , W. C. 11/.X. . -i,i. •*ai •V. ... Fiu; ia. ii n * -j.*- ilisou. . . aA' *-L •i-recur a . J \ *.*.-’. , ~ , -.ii, . me* o drs: *v T o iue.s ia\ iii _ i ,u -a. a u ..iJ* ’ a ill a-.M' tie M igu >- lia House; ;vu s vVocsaxpiti* M..t>.e.'; .vl. 0. o’Ne.l, Secretary UNITED STATES OFFICERS. Cniecior of Customs, Brunswick District —Joan i. > -iiius. Hea i itr .evs a? iniu.nvica. Dep.ity Co;Uctor •>/ Customs joe Pori oj Darien— otl S H. I'. 'A IaSOU .. Inspect-* - - .dw.a *!. Davis. ■ a.( - / -■/. .Vob* tv iavis. , .1 i (U: —Jo - j.l A. t>on i. • ..i ,\l •. o r it . .ASIMRN GiHUCTIT. ■* :1. ;>. .v U;.J : a Age. •t • .i. B. Sill:, a. >;u aor general, i ••.•'u r.i -i v..; •. • ... .pi S ond o-’fot.er. ao.ia oil >un-.. ■■ M ii . -.a. i A tlbe: .o iiia; /—S'.*-.; >a ’• Mon 1* •■ in da. 1 - an 1 ; > v-mber. a i . u oumy—sr’ir • vi.ondays in Deceiube' ; ■I a a . J ua-i. t/>. *! ..>, Courtly Fourth Mondays in May aim j V ’ ' ‘Mr. ’ ..•• V County—Tue< lay after third Mondays -•i. Jii ! November. UNITED STaTES MAILS. *he .anils arrive rom S erbug, No. I, Mai >u .v ntUHwi -k Raiiroa l, every morurng (Sun lay ex • epted) at Id o cioca a. m., departing every alter avu at ip. m. Mail closes at l p. m. Side mail for No. and, Atlantic Ouli liaiiroa i. iep.lrts.ll-4 o'clock every lues-lay morning uu 1 •.'ives at p. in. every .Monday, touching a. he ,3 boro and South Newport both ways. KELIv.Ti.OUS. Religious services at ho Methodist Church every Sunday morning at 11 oclock, and evening u -o’clock. School at the Ridge every Sunday a ter noon at 3*4 o’clock. Rev. H. E. Harman, pas- Rellgious services every Sabbath at 11 a. ra. and • n. m. at the Methodist Church, colored. Rev. E. M. Smith, pastor. UTO SI,OOO A YEAR, or $5 to S2O dav in your own locality. No risk. Women do as well as Sen. Many make more than the on aunt stated above. No one f can iatl to make money fast. Any one can do the work. You can make irom 50 cts. to $2 an hoar by devoting your evenings ud spare time to the business. It costs nothing to try the business. Nothing like it ever offered before/ Business pleasant and strictly honorable. Reader, if you want to know all about the best paying business before the public, send us your address and we will send you full particulars and private terms free: samples worth $5 also free; you can then make up vour mind ior yourself. Address GEO ROE STINSON & CO.. Portland, Me. june 20 Garden Seed. \\TE have on hand a supply of fresh ' - Garden Seed, just received, consisting in Part of BEETS, CABBAGE, CARROTS, CUCUMBERS, CELERY, EGGPLANT, LETTUCE, OKRA, ENGLISH PEAS, beans, tomatoes, SQUASH, OYSTER PLANT, EARLY CORN, PEPPER, Etc. W. H. COTTER k CO., Dr*gjfits and Apothecaries. Professional Cards. alter a. way, Attorney-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 giveu to the collection of claims and the examination of land titles. apriV2s W. ROBERT GIGNILLLAT, Attorney-at-Law, DARIEN, GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all legal business in the Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and in the United -States Courts at Savannah, Georgia. april'2s-ly T E. B. DeLOHME, 1 J. Attorney & Counselor-at-Law, and Notary Public. DARIEN, GEORGIA. Office on Broad straet, near Timber Exchange. J uly‘2 JQR. SPALDING KENAN, DARIEN, GEORGIA. Offers his professional services to the citizens of Darien and vicinity. He can be found at all hours day and night, at his otfiee on Screven street, next door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwelling house. augS-ly 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, Attorney-at-La\V, Commercial Building, jnnefi-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. HENRY B. TOMPKINS. B. A. DENMARK. rjIOMPKINS 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 O'O'-3?. 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 ami medicated. Give us a call. W. H. COTTER k CO., feb'22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries. NOTICE. Wheelwright and iJlacksmith X AM NOW PREPARED TO DO ALL IUNDs 1 of Wheelwright and Blacksmith work at Short notice. BUGGIES, WAGONS AND SIGNS PAINTED. ■ p-ii :ti - Paten: A tachmont for shafts (agreat ■ iviuj o. .-.me u ! money 10 all who use them: ,re kept on hand. U! smds work done in first-class style. All ; , rr <He neon!-! or uarieu an 1 Mclntosh .' mntv is a tri 11. Alt work warranted. ROBERT MITCHELL, jed-tf Seeond street, Darien, Ga. 11l * MTf l A LIMITED NUMBER Oi a:J ] *■ { 11- -ive. energetic canvassers to sf rill I imiS -ugago in a pleasant and profitable business. Good men will find this a rare chance TO UIK ' *\RY. will pie *so mswer this advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they have been engaged in. None but those who mean business apply. Address jeJO-ly. Finlky, Harvky it Cos., Atlanta, Ga. MONTH guaranteed. sl2 a day ■.'home male by the industrious. Capital not required: we will start •m. Men, women, boys and girls make money faster at work for us than anything else. The work is light and pleasant, and such as anyone can go right at. Those who are wise who see this notice will send us their addresses at once and see for themselves. Costly outfit and terms tree. Now is *},,> time. Those already at work are laying up large sums of money. Address TRUE CO., ougusta, Me. ‘ _ june2o-ly Col lilt Brothers. Perform Their Promise New Inducements to the Purchasing Public! Drives tn Every Department! Drives from tlie Jobbers ! ! special Drive* from our Buyers ! ! ! Solid Fact! Solid Fact Savannah Prices in Darien. In Groceries, • Hardware, Wood <& Willow Ware Crockery, Stoves, Glassware, Sadlery. E OFFER SPECIALITIES IN DRV GOODS and Blankets. Shoes of all grades,in pegged ma shine and hand sewed. We keep in stock a flue selection of Ladies and Gents hand-made Boots and Shoes. We are offering the finest line of Gents FURNISHING GOODS, Clothing, Hats, Trunks, Valices, which we carry in endless variety and constantly receive from Nortnern markets only. Thanking yon for past favors and saliciting a continuance of the same, we arc yours, n2B.tf. COLLET BROTHERS. DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, APRIL 23, 1880. JUST OUT. Hood’s Great Book OF THE WAR. Advance anj ReSraat, Pcrsotut! Experimces in Uir United Stales and Confed erate States elrmies. By General J. B. Hood, Late Lieutenant-General Confederate States Army, puplislied for The Ilood 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 m rial l und, which is Invested in United States ltcgis ed Bonds for the nurture, care, support and education of the ton infants deprived of their parents las summer at New Orleans, (the melan choly incidents of which sad bereavement are still fresh in the public minds. The book is an elegant octavo, containing 30u pages, with a tine photograph likeness aud a line steel engraving, made expressly tor this work, four large maps of battle fields, bound iu handsome gray English cloth iliree dollars, or in a fine sheep binding with marble eage, three dollars aud fifty cents—ln half bound Morocco, library style, four dollars, or iu best levent Turkey Mo rocco, full gilt sides and edges, five dollars. On the receipt from any person remitting by mail or express, 01 the amount in a registered letter or by a postal order, bank draft or check, a copy will be immediately sent free of postage, registereu as sec ud-dass matter. The volume is published in the best style of typography, on elegant paper, with iMustrations, executed at highest specimens of arA # The author, the subject, the purpwlo. all alike reuder it worthy a place iu every library,—on every desk—or upon the book shelf of every house iu the country. Agents wanted in every town an 1 county in the United States, and a preference will be given to honorably discharg' and veterans from the army. To the ladies, who feel a desire to express their sympathy with The Hood Orphan Memorial Fund the sale of this book anion ' their circle of friends, will afford an excellent way of contributing sub stantial aid to so deserving a cuse. For Term*, Jiat.-s to Etc., Ad dress with full ffarticnlars, Gfn’l G. T. Beauregard, Publisher, On behalf of the Hood Memorial Fund. j3O-tf. New Orleans, La. Divis’ Brothers,corner of Bull and York streets Savannah. Ageuti lor Savannah aud Darien. GEORGIA & FLORID INLAND ST EA M BOAT COM S> A NY. The Darien Line ! Savannah. St. Catharine's, Dohoy, Darien, Union Island, St. Simon’s Brusmvick, St. Mary’s and Fernaudina. Connecting at Darien with steamers for all land ings on the Oconee and Altamaha ltivers. f \fi: h DAVID CLARK Captain P. H. WARD. \Y7!- r T leave wharf, toot of Bull street, every t t . U 8 AY and FRIDAY at 4 p. m., lor bovepomis, connecting at Brunswick with Ma con Brunswick and Brunswick and Albany Rail roads for all points on ihe line oi those roads, at Fern.indin a with Transit Road for Jacksonville. : edir 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 an i downward trains of ihe 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 chums at Darien. W. F. BARRY, General Agent. J. X. HARRIMAN, Manager, sep22-tf Savannah. Ga. Singer 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 <!t Bates music store, Savannah, anil 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 ‘26tli, 1879. A GREAT SOUTHERN PAPER. TIIE NATIONAL FAMILY PAPER of the SOUTH. 48 Columns. Do you Take it? rpilE SUNNY SOUTH HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY X improved till it has now nearly attained to, perfection, rhe last issue came to us enlarged to 48 columns, is really a grand number in every re spect, and everybody should send for it without delay. In future it will combine all of the best features of all of the papers of thedav, and justly be called the national Jamil y paper of the South , for it will soon reach almost every family. It will con tain every possible variety of reading matter,with splendid illustrations,and everything to entertain, amuse and instruct a family. Make up clubs in every community and send right along for it. Clubs of five can get it tor $2 each, a year. A sin gle copy $2 50. Don’t wait for agents. Address J. H. A: W. B. SEALS, d26-tr. Atlanta. Ga. ANNOUNCEMENT. \\7E FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY \ V friends aurl customers for their Liberal pat ronage during the past year, and we liave entered anew year with the determination to deserve a larger share of their trade. We do not keep cheap drugs, but sell a GOOD AND PURE ARTICLE OF MEDICINE as low as it can be sold. Remember that we have constantly in stock a full assortment of PURE MEDICINES, PAINTS, OILS, VARNISHES. PATENT MEDICINES of all kinds, IIAll; DYES, HAIR OILS, HAIR BRUSHES. TOOTH BRUSHES, And the best article of No. 1 KEROSENE OIL at lowest prices. Prescriptions carefully compounded night or dav. W. H. COTTER At C 0.,. fe'bsJ-tf Druggi-ts and Apetneeari** TIIE SITN FOR 1330. The Si n will ileal with tlm events of the year 18HR in its wn fashion, now pretty well under stood by everybody. From January 1 until Decem ber ;U, will be conducted as a newspaper, written iu the English language, and printed for the people. Asa newspaper, The Sun believes iu getting all iht* news oi ihe world promptly, and presenting it iu the most inteiligable shape—the shape that will enable its readers to keep well abreast of the age with the least unproductive expenditure of time. The greatest interest to the greatest num ber—that is, the law controlling its daily make-up. It now has a circulation much larger than any other American newspaper, and enjoys an income which is at all times prepared to spend liberally lor the benefit ol its readers. People, of all condi tions of life aud all ways of thinking buy aud read The Sun; and they all derive satisfaction of some sort from its columns, for they keep on buying and reading it. in its comments on men and affairs, The Hun be lieves that the only guide of policy should be common sense, inspired by genuine American principles and backed by honesty of purpose. For the reason it is, and will continue to be, absolute ly independent of party, class, clique, organiza tion, or interest. It is for all, but ol none. It will continue to praise what is good and reprobate what is evil, taking care that its language is to the point and plain, beyond the posibility of being misunderstood. It is uninfluenced by motives that do not appear on the surface; it lias no opin ions to sell, save t hose which may be had by any purchaser for two cents. It hates injustice and rascality even more than it hates unnecessary words. It abhors frauds, pities fools, and de plores nincompoops of every species. It will con tinue throughout the year 18H0 to chastise the first cl iss, instruct the second, and discountenance the third. All honest men yitli honest convic tions. whether sound or mistaken are its friends. And The Sun makes no bones of telling the truth to its friends and about irs triends whenever occa sion arises for plain speaking. These are the principles upon which Tiie Sun will be conducted during the year to come. The year lrtsO will be one in which no patriotic American can afford to close his eyes to public af fairs. It is impossible to exaggerate the impor tance of the political events which it has in store, or the necessity of resolute vigilence on the part of every citizen who desires to preserve the Gov ernment that the founders gave us. The debates and acts of Congress, the utterances of the press, the exciting contest of tho Republican and Demo cratic parties, now nearly equal iu strength throughout the country, directly and effectively upon the twenty-fourth Presidential election, to be held in November. Four years ago next Nov ember the will oi' the nation, as expressed at the polls, was thwarted by an abominable conspir acy, and promoters and beneficiaries ofwnich still hold the officers they hold. Will the crime of 18715 be repeated in 1880? The past decade of years opened with a corrupt, extravagant, and insolent Administration intrenched at Washington. The Sun did something townrd dislodging the gang and breaking its power. The same men are now intriguing to restore their leader and themselves to places from whence they were driven by the indignation of the people. Will they succeed ? The coming year will bring the answer to these mo mentous questions: The Hun will be on hand to chronicle the facts as they are developed, aud to exhibit them clearly aud fearlessly in their rela tions to expediency and right. Thus, with a habit of philosophical good humor in looking at the minor affairs of life, and in great things a steadfast purpose to maintain the rights ol the people and the principles of the Constitu tion against all aggressors, The Sun is prepared to write a truthful, instructive, and at the same time entertaining history of 1880. Our rates of subscritious remained unchanged. For the Daily Sun, a four-paged sheet ot twenty eight columns, the price* by mail, post-paid, is •! cents a month, or $0 fiO a year: or, including the Sunday paper, an eight-paged sheet of fifty-six columns,the price is (>r cents a month, or #7 70 a year, postage paid. The Sunday edition of The Sttn is also furnish ed seperately at #1 20 a year, postage paid. The price of the Weekly Sun, eight pages, fifty six columns, is #| a year, postage paid. For clubs of ten sending $lO we will send an extra copy free. Address I. W. ENGLAND, Publisher of The Sun, New York City. ! HMIL a. SCHWARZ. NICHOLAS BCHWAIIZ Emil A. Schwarz & Bro., DEALERS IN • # CARPETS & FURNITURE, 125 & 127 Broughton,St. SAVANNAH, GA., Carpets, Oil Cloths, Matting, Crum Cloths , Hug .Hills. TT’XJX^.KrXT'XTITLII!, In Variety and Style. Curtains, Cornices, WINDOW SHADES. UPHOLSTERY SHADES. AND TRIMMINGS. Wall Paper & Decorations CHURCHES, OFFICES AND PUBLIC B UILBIXGS FURNISHED. EMIL A, SCHWARZ & PRO,, Administrator’s Notice. GEOliGlA—Mclntosh County: Ordinary’s Office, March 31st, 1880. \ 9 COPY OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT of Converse Parkhurst,deceased, late of the State of New York, properly certified, together with a duly authenticated copy of the probate thereof and of the judgement of the Surrogates Court,of the County of New York and State of New York, admitting tin* same to record, having been duly filed in this office .and there being no executor or executors resident oi the State of Georgia, named in said will,and Adam Strain of said county.having applied for Letters of Administration thereunder, upon the real and personal property of said es tate in the county of Mclntosh and State ot Georgia, these are to cite and admonish all and singular the heirs and creditors of said Converse Parkhurst de ceased, to l H‘ and appear before the Court of Ordi nary of said county, on the first Monday in May next by 10 o’clock a. in., then and there or before that time to file their objections, if any they have to the granting of said letters testamentary, other wise Letters of Ad minis t ration cum tastamento an nex*) will be issued to the said Adam Strain on said estate in Georgia as prayed for. O. H. HOPKINS. Ordinaty Mel. C. Ga. Darien, Georgia, April 2d, 1880. . J. J. SUTTON, BUILDER and CONTRACTOR DARIEN, GA. Flans. Specifications anil Estimates furnished. I guarantee to my friends and the public to give entire satisfaction to all work entrusted to me No Wood Butchers employee. *<,s junc27-ti J £. SUTTON. Mr A per copy, when sent in clubs of IP, is the ,0U price of the FhiiadelpUia WEEKLY TIMES one year, to any address. A Russian Czar. A recent issue of a London paper says: He is haunted by fears of sudden death and by the dread of assassination. At these times he moves about on apparently soli tary walks with a large dog, but there is always a policeman handy to keep th* sacrilegious from approaching him. When well he devotes much of his time to tailor ing, changing his costume with much stol id perseverance, and he likes to be attend ed by a humpbacked Privy Councillor, who acts as foil to his line figure and sets it off, for lie is a well-built man, tall and straight, though rather too German in the rotundity of certain of his curves. His father, Nicholas, who was in many respects a notable sovereign, had him very carefully brought up, and foreseeing that lie would want support, perhaps de votion, in after life, to counteract his apathy, surrounded him with some very, very select young men, who could be re lief upon. This little band of cronies have hung together over since. They have liv ed with and on the Emperor without in terruption, from the time of his accession until now. He provides for their wants; they diji their fingers into his purse when ever they are so minded. He is a loosely-lmng Emperor, more like the good fellow of a free and easy than the despotic master of millions, when in the midst of these his familiars. He has been known to sit in his shirt sleeves, astradle on a chair, hob-a-nobbing with them. The late Count IStrogonofi, was a preux cheval ier and a very high-pacing person general ly, once broke in upon the party thus em ployed. The Emperor looked at him with those unutterably mournful eyes of his and held out a champagne glass to be refil ed from a bottle which stood by. The old soldier drew himself up and answered sternly; “Let those that love you less than I do perform that service! ’ The Czar showed no sign of displeasure, but within a few months Strogonoff was deprived of his offices, though he was nearly connect ed with the imperial family, his son hav ing married the Grand Duchess Marie. When His Majesty is in the humor he plays a good deal at cards with liis own chums, and it is rather a good thing for these gentlemen, for whenever one of them is in want the Czar will lose to him the sum of which ho stands in need, as a delicate method of giving it, anil this meth od of bestowing substantial favor is per fectly well understood among them. The Czar is a good shot, and has done some grand things on bears. He some times wears a pelisse which once covered a fine bear he brought low with his own hands; and it has been so exquisitely dress ed that it is valued at about £2,000, which is even more than is ever paid either for the sable or the black fox. He can ride, too, though not in the English fashion, and he would be puzzled by a sharp burst across the country. Lately his physicians have recommended him to walk. His personal deportment is excellent. He stands and marches well. He shows to advantage in uniform, though for sev eral years he has willingly clothed himself in mufti. His manners are those of a gentleman, and there is something ex tremely sympathetic about him. He pro duces the impression that one would like to know him better, if only he were not an Emperor. It is this unfortunate circum stance which takes amiability out of him, sets him upon his dignity, and gives a certain funniness to his aspect. His fath er really could be dignified, but be can’t. There is a chubbiness and nervousness in his proceedings upon great occasions which reminds one more of a drum-major or tugleman of Landwelir than an autocrat. Formerly the Emperor, as might have been expected from one of lethargic temp erament, was averse from moving about; latterly he has been troubled by a perpet ual restlessness. He lives very plainly, and bis table is sparsely served. A beef steak for breakfast, a roast gelinotte salad j for dinner form the staple of his fare. H s appetite is not robust, and he sleeps badly. Advertising Rates. The growth of the newspaper press in power and influence is shown in nothing more clearly than in the rates which the great metropolitan journals get for adver tisements. The cheapest column in the New York Herald and Buu commands $39, 723 per annum, and their choice columns bring three times that amount. The New York Tribune gets for the cheapest column $27,794, and for its dearest $45,948 per an num. The Chicago Tribune demands for a column $35,000 per annum. However, the expenses of a great daily newspaper have increased in like proportion, and no publication of the day gives so much reading matter for a given sum of money. Advertisers frequently imagine that they are charged exorbitant rates, but if they should once attempt to reach the same number of people by means they would very quickly discover the error. Nowadays everybody looks upon daily newspapers as a kind of encyclopaedia. In fact, the daily journals constitute a great exchange where the latest information on every subject is to be found, and where buyers and sellers may meet at all times. A good illustration of the importance of an advertisment in a daily newspaper may be found in a prac tical joke which was played in New York. A gentleman, says the New Orleans Times, gave an entertainment at liis house one evening, and some malicious person insert ted an advertisement in the “Want” col umn of the Herald for a number of young men at good wages to be employed only during the evening. They were directed to call at a certain place—the residence of the gentleman in question—at 9 o’clock. The result was that, at the time when the entertainment should have begun, there was around the door such a crowd of men seeking light employment that the guest never even reached the door. The enter tainment was among the things that might have been. Alas! no more women over thirty will ever be married in Chicago ! The law re quires all marriage licenses, with the ages of the contracting partieß, to be published in a daily paper—and of course no lady ever gets over thirty. When ladies meet they always greet with kisess heard across the street; but men more mild, don’t get so wild, they meet, then part, when both had “smiled.” Every man who has become President of the United States hoe been elected dur ing leap year. This is something for the i girls to wonder over. $2.50 A YEAR. Home Life a Hundred l r < irsAgo One hundred years ago not a pound of coal nor a cubic foot of illuminating gas had burned in the country. No iron stoves were used and no contrivances far economizing heat were employed until Dr. Franklin invented the iron framed fireplace which still bears bis name. All the cooking and warming in town as well as in the coun try, were done by the aid of fire kindled on the brick hearth or in the brick ovens. Fine knots or tallow candles furnished the light for the long winter nights, and sanded ffoors supplied the place of ruga and carpets. The water used for house hold purposes was drawn fiorn the deep wells with the creaking sweep. No form of pump wae used in this country, so far as wc can learn, until after the comm mencement of the present century. There was no friction matches in those day's, by the aid of which a fire could be easily kin deld, and if the fire went out upon the hearth over night and the tinder was damp, so that the spark would not catch, the al ternative remained of wading through the snow a mile or so to borrow a brand of a neighbor. Only one room in any house was warm, unless some member of the family was ill, in all the rest the tempera ture was at zero during many nights in the winter. The men and women of a hundred years ago undressed and went to their bed iu a temperature colder than that of our barns and woodsheds, and they never complained. The Press the Bulwark of Liberty. The following is an extract from a speech by David Davis, of Illinois, in the United States Senate: •‘The Press is one of the wonders attending the growth of our in stitutions. In the history of the human race there is nothing comparable to this development. It is not only the bulwark of liberty', but it is the highly popular in structor, more benificent and wide-reach ing than any other agency but the Chris tian religion, of which it is one of tbo main props. Complaint is made that this power is sometimes abused, and that we in public life are too often censoriously criticised. It will be a sad day for the re public when criticism upon the acts and the speech of Senators and represent ative shall be curbed, and a still sadder day wlii-n those acts and that speech can not invite she sternest criticism. What food is to the body is to the mind. It lias become a daily necessity and nourishment from the home of the rich to the cabin of the pioneer on the plains, whose brain and muscle are integral parts of the empire in the west. To make the Press wholly in dependent and to widen its influence every restriction of unwise laws ought to be re moved.” Hotels With Cemeteries Attached.— Somebody tells a story of a traveler who put up at a Boston hotel. He was given a room in the rear of the building, and the first sight met his eyes in the morning waa a gloomy expanse of graveyard right un der his window. He was a man of sensi tive nature, and the landscape spoiled his appetite for that day T . As soon as the day’s work was over, he quietly removed liis baggage to nuother house. Here ho asked for a front room and went to sleep in peace; but in the morning, as before, Aurora’s gentle beams gilded a dazzling array ol tombstones across the street in the King's Chapel graveyard. The gen tleman had another day’s bad digestion; bul, being of a courageous disposition, he made a third trial and expressly stipulated that he should not be given a back-room nor front one. The gentlemanly clerk as signed him a cheerful parlor on the west side, and the guest went to bed happy. Ho arose feeling decidedly more cheerful aud drew his curtains to feast his gaze— on the old Granary Cemetary, with tomb stones three hundred years old moulding before him! It was too much for the stranger, lie paid his bill, and departed to bunt up a town “wiiere it wasn’t so un healthy that they had to have a graveyard attached to every hotel.” Formation of Character —lf you ever watched an icicle as it formed, you would have noticed how it froze one drop at a time until it was a foot long or more. If the water was clean the icicle remained clear and sparkled brightly in the sun, but if the water was slightly mudy the icicle looked foul and its beauty was spoiled. J list so our characters are formed. One little thought or feeling at a time adds its influence. If every thought be pure and right, the soul will be bright and lovely, and will sparkle with happiness; but if there be thoughts and feelings impure and wrong, the mind will be soiled, the charac ter deprave and darkened, and there will be final deformity and wretchedness. How important then that we should be on our guard against every evil impulse and de sire. A Mistake Often Made.— Roys and young men sometimes start out in life with the idea that one’s Ruccess depends on sharpness and chicanery. They imag ine, if a mania able always to “get the best of a bargain," no matter by what deceit and meanness he carries his point, that his prosperity is assured. This is a great mis take. Enduring prosperity cannot he foun ded on cunning and dishonesty, the tricky deceitful man is sure to fall a victim, soon or late, to the influences which are forever working against him. His house is built up on the sand, and its foundation w ill be cer tain to give away. Young people cannot give these truths too much weight. The fu ture of that young man is safe who eschews every phase of double-dealing and dishon ty, and lays the foundation of his career in the enduring principles of everlasting truth. There was silence in the school. The teacher had struck the bell calling attei * tion, and every eye was a favorable oppor tunity for the spread of information, and one of the little boys perceiving it raised his hand. “What is it, Johnny?” asked the teacher. “Tommy Miggs’ father’s cow has got a calf, "shouted the excited youngster, his face aglow with the intelli gence. The Philadelphia Chronicle Herald ad vises the girls not to press their leap year privileges until the ice cream season is over. That’s if you want the young fellows to ba as freeze ever with the invitations, voq know, girls.