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Darien Timber Gazette. VOL. 7.--NO. 3. Darien Timber Gazelle, PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY MORNING, AT DARIE.Y, GEORGIA, CORNER BROAD AND NORTHWAY STREETS. KICHABD W. GRUBB. Editor and Proprietor. SUBSCRIPTION RATES : For one year (in advance) - $2.50 For six months “ CLUB RATES: TFivo copies, each one year % $2.00 Ten copies, each one'year I- 50 ADVERTISING RATES : Per square, ten lines space, first insertion....sl.so Per square, each subsequent insertion 1.00 Special Rates to Yearly and Large Advertisers Advertisements from responsible parties will he piib'ished 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. W ben ex ceeding that space, charged as advertisements Bills for advertisements due upon 'presentation after the first insertion, but a spirit ox commercial liberality will be practiced toward regular patrons. To avoid any misunderstanding the above rules will be adhered to without deviation. All letters and communications should ho ad dressed to the Timber Gazette, Darien Georgia. City Directory. ~ ' COUNTY OFFICERS. County Commissioners —James Walker, Chairman; Adam Strain, John M. Fisher, J. A. Atwood, 1. H. Gignilliat, James E. Holmes, Joseph Hilton. Cierk Hoard of County Commissioners —Spalding Kenan. „ _ Cierk Superior Court —L. B. Davis. Ordinary—C. H. Hopkins, Sr. Sheriff —T. Butler Blount.. Receiver Tax Returns— W. McW. l'oung. Tax Collector— O. 0. Hopkins. County Treasurer —M. C. O’Neil. County Surveyor —W. It. 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, Thomas H. Gignilliat, .John M. Fisher. STANDING COMMITTEES. Committee on Finance —Messrs. Strain, Atwood and Hilton. _ , Committee on Accounts— Messrs. Holmes, (Jignil liat and Fisher. ~ . Committee on Harbor—'Messrs. Hilton, Ho.mes and Strain. ■ Committee on Health and Cemetery Messrs. 1 inner, Atwood and Holmes. _ , Committee on Haupers— Messrs. Atwood, Holmes and Oignilliat. - , , Committee on Jail- Messrs, Fisher, Hilton and Atwood. _ TT . Committee on Streets and Lanes— Messrs. Holmes. Strain and Fisher. Committee on County Roads —Messrs. Atwood, Gignilliat and Hiltou. Committee on Public Buildings Messrs. Gigml* liai, Fisher and Strain. Committee on Police—: Messrs. Holmes, Hilton and Strain. Committee on Ordinances —Messrs. Atwood, Strain and Holmes. Clerk and Treasurer— Spalding Kenan. City Marshal —Charles H. Hopkins, Jr. Deputy Marshal —Alonzo Guyton. HarOor Master —George Crane. Fort Physician— Dr. Tfames Holmes. Inspector General of Timber —George W . Paries. Port Wardens —lsaac M. Aiken, Jonn 11. Burrell, and James G. Young. Jailer— Charles H. Hopkins, Jr. Board Pitot Commissioners —Dr. It. B. Harris. Chairman, K. K. Walker, W. C. Clark, Arthur Bai ley, W. L. Fulton, James Laclilison. Mitchell. Lewis Livingston, Secretary. MASONIC. Live Oak Lodge, No. 137, meets first Wednesday night in each month at their hall-near the. Magno lia H ruse; James Walker, Worshipful Master; ivl. C. O'Neil, Secretary UNITED STATES OFFICERS. Collector of Customs, Brunswick District —John x. Collins. Headquarters at Brunswick. Deputy Collector of Customs for I*ort of Darien Chtries H. Townsend. Inspector —Edwin C. Davis. Postmaster—D. Webster Davis. Deputy Marshal —Joseph B. Bond. SUPERIOR COURT—EASTERN CIRCUIT. Hon. Wm. B. Fleming, Judge. Major A. P. Smith, Solicitor General. Bulloch County—Mondays in April an l October. Effingham County—First Mondays in, May and Novemner. „ , Bryan County —Second Mondays m May anti November. , Chatham County—First Mondays m December March and Juno. . Mclntosh County Fourth Mondays in May and November. , Liberty County—Tuesday a.ter third Mondaj s in May and November. UNITED STATES MAILS. The mails arrive from Sterling, No. 1. Macon k Brunswick Railroad, every morning (Sunday ex cepted) at XU o'clock a. m., departing every after noon at 3p. m. Mail closes at 2 1 ?P- m. Side mail for No. 3, Atlantic & Gulf Railroad, departs B> 2 o’clock every Tuesday morning and arrives at 8 p. ill. every Monday, touching at Riceboro and South Newport both ways. RELIGIOUS. Religious service* at the’ Methodist Church every Sunday morning at 11 ■> -lock, and evening at 8 o’clock/ School at the Ridge every Sunday afternoon at 3' 2 o’clock. Rev. H. L. Harman, pas tor. * Religious services every Sabbath at 11 a. m. and 3p. m . at the Methodist Church, colored, Rev. L. H. SmitU ! _pastoiv_ i _______ m— —— TO sfi,ooo A YEAR, or $5 to S2O v day in your own locality, do risk. Women do as well as nen. Many make more than the amount stated above. No one f can fail to make, money fast. Anv one can do the work. You can make from 50 ets. to $2 an hour by devofing your evenings and spare time to the business. It costs nothing to trv the business. Nothing like it ever offered before Business pleasant and strictly honorable. Reader if you want to know all about the best paving business before the public, send us your address and wo will send you full particulars and private terms free; samples worth $5 also free; you can then make up your mind : for yourself. Address GEORGE STINSON & CO., Portland, Me. jnne 20 _____ Garden Seed. ■tm HAVE ON HAND A SUPPLY OF FRESH W Garden Seed, just received, consisting in part of BEETS, CABBAGE, CARROTS, CUCUMBERS, CELERY, EGGPLANT, LETTUCE, OKRA, ENGLISH PEAS, BEANS, TOMATOES, SQUASH, OYSTER PLANT, EARLY COHN, PEPPER, Etc. W. H. COTTER & CO., Druncrists and Apothecaries. Professional Cards. YyrALTEB A. WAY, Attornej-at-Law and Rea! I'statc Agent, DARIEN, GEORGIA. Will practice in the Superior Courts of the Brunswick and Eastern Circuits. Also, in the Federal Courts in cases of Bankruptcy, etc. Par ticular attention given to the collection of claims and the examination of laud titles. april‘3s ■yyr ROBERT GIGNILLIAT, Attorncy-at-Law, DARIEN, GEORGIA. Prompt attention given to all lsgal business in the Eastern and Brunswick Circuits, and in the United States Courts at Savannah, Georgia. april2s*ly IE. b. Delorme, j. A tloraey & Cotsiispfoi -at-Law, and Notary Public. DARIEN, GEORGIA. Office on Broad street, near Timber Exchange. July 2 j y,t SPALDING KENAN, DARIEN, GEORGIA. Offers his professional services to the citizens of Darien and vicinity. Ih- can be found at all hours day and night, at his office on Screven street, next door to Mr. Wilcox’s dwelling house. augs-ly^ TAll. 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 Hail, in old Custom House building. J J. ABRAMS, Attoiiicy-at-LaW, Commercial Building, june6-tf SAVANNAH, GEORGIA. HENRY B. TOMPKINS. B. A. DENMARK. mOMPKINS & DENMARK, Attorueys-at-Law, No. 105 Bay Street, SAVANNAH, GA. Practice in the United States Courts, and in the Superior Courts of the Eastern Circuit. jeQ-tf WM. GARRARD. T. W. MELDP.IM. W. W. ERASER. f \ ARRARD, MELDRIM & FRASER, ll Attoa’aeys-at-Law, DARIEN ------ GEORGIA. Office at the Magnolia House. Marl9-Iy ■ CAREY W. STYLES. | W. J. WILMA MS, | J. U. VINCENT. UTYLES, WILLIAMS & VINCENT, Attorneys & Counselors At Law, BRUNSWICK, - - - - GEORGIA. Will practice in all the Courts of the Brunswick Circuit. In the Supreme Court, of Georgia, and in the U. S. District and Circuit Courts for the South ern district of Georgia. L? id cases a specialty. Office in Littlefield & 2iso' > new building, on the Bay. apr-j-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. AY. H. COTTER & CO., feb22-tf Druggists and Apothecaries. Ml A LIT3"n A LTMITI - D number of rlt Is It*i ! I active, energetic canvassers to SB rial 1 La Sh? engage in a pleasant and profitable business. Good men will find this a rare chance TO 31 IKK MONEY. Sack will please answer this advertisement by letter, enclosing stamp for reply, stating what business they have lieen engaged in. Nono but those who- mean business apply. Address je2o-ly. Finlky, Harvey k Cos., Atlanta, Ga. MONTH guaranteed. sl2 aday y*‘ 11 Ia Hat home made by the Industrious. A gill loapital not. required; we will start j!| j tA 11 Iyou. Mon, women, boy.-; and girls FJ ;aake 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 tliis notice will send us their addresses at once and see for themselves. Costly outfit and terms free. Now is the time. Those already at work arc laying up large sums of money. Address TRUE A CO., Augusta, Me, june2o-ly Coliat Brothers. Perform. Their Promise New Inducements to the Purchasing' Public! Strives in Every Department! Strives frenrthe Jofthers ! I Special Drives Iron* our Buyers ! ! I Solid Fact! Solid Fact Savannah Prices in Darien. In Groceries, Hardware, Wood & Willow Ware Crockery, Stoves, Glassware, Sadiery. OFFER SPECIALITIES IN DRY GOODS anti Blankets. Shoes of all grades,in pegged ma shine and hand sewed. We keep in stock a fine 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 you for past favors and saliciting a continuance of the same, we arc yours, n2B-tf. COLLAT BROTHERS. DARIEN, GEORGIA, FRIDAY EVENING, JUNE 25, 1880. JUST OUT. Hood’s Great Book OF THE WAR. Advance and Retreal, Personal Experiences in the United Slates and Confed erate States Armies. 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 the Hood Orphan Me morial Fund, which is invested in United States ltegisted Bonds for the nurture, care, support and education of the ten infants deprived of their parents last 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 360 pages, with a fine photograph likeness and a line steel engraving, made expressly for this work, four large maps of battle fields, hound in handsome gray English cloth ibree dollars, or in a line sheep binding with marble cage, three dollars and fifty cents —in half bound Morocco, library style, four dollars, or in best leveut Turkey Mo rocco, full gilt sides and edges, five dollars. On the receipt from any person remitting by mail or express, oi the amount in a registered letter or by a postal order, hank draft or check, a copy w ill he immediately sent free oi postage, registered as second-class matter. The volume is published m 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 every library,—on every dpsk—or upon the book shelf of every house in the country. Agents wanted in every town and county in the United States, and a preference will bo given to honorably discharged 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 among their circle of friends, will afford an excellent way of contributing sub stantial aid to so deserving a cause. For Teriiis, Kates lo Atrents, Etc., Ad dress w ith fail Particulars, Gfn’l G. T. Beauregard, Publisher, On behalf of the Hood Memorial Fund. j3O-tf. New Orleans, La. Davis’ Brothers,corner ofßulland York streets Savannah. Agents fur Savannah and Darien. Notice to Pilots and Masters of Vessels. Quarantine Station, Dcboy, May 14,1880. A LL COMMUNICATION wit hvessels arrived be l\ lore they have been boarded and inspected by the quarantine officer, has been forbidden by proclamation by the Mayor and Fort Physician. Therefore, all temptations to the violation of this rule must be removed. Towing a boat in from the bar or within it, or allowing a line to be thrown to her or the boat to make fast by her own application unless to relieve her from danger, before the vessel has been declared free from the Port Physician,is hereby forbidden under a heavy penalty. All confidence in the quarantine wil be lost, if boats are seen being towed in by inroming vessels, or lying along side by such vessel before such vessel have been hoarded and inspected by the quarantine officer for the idferenoe is plain, that the parties of the boat are on hoard and in free communication with (what may be) an in fected vessel. Tliis practice must cease lienee-for ward,and all parties interested will take'notice al though it involves anrl unpleasant duty on the Port Physician. JAMES HOLMES, M. D. may2l. Fort Fhysician. MTntosh. Sheriff Sale. FIRST TUESDAY IN JULY 1380. WILL BE SOLD BEFORE THE COURT VV House door in the city of Darien,and coun ty ot Mclntosh and State of Georgia, between the legal hours of sale, on the First Tuesday in July. 1880, the same being the 6th day of the month, the following described property to-wit: Will be sold to the highest and best bidder,all ofthenorth eru portion of wharf lots six (6),seven (7) and eight (l); situated in the city of Darien eounty and State aforesaid: bounded north by Broad street, on the cast by Ritenhouse street, and running south to wards the river commonly known as the north branch of the Altamaha river one hundred and fifty feet the said northern portion of said lots six (fij, seven (7) and eight (8) is improved with dwelling house and kitchen. Levied on as the property of L. F.. B. Deliorme, trustee, by a virtue of a mort gage fi. fa. issued from the Superior Court of Mc- Intosh county iu favor of S. T. and E. J. Knapp. Terms of sale cash, purchaser paying for titles. T. B. BLOUNT, Inno9-td. Sheriff Mcl. Cos. Ga. Singer Sewing Machine. yjHtS 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 tho best machine that is made, and at very reasonable prices. Mrs. Clarke is also acting in Darien for Messrs. Ludden A 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, 1879. A GREAT SOUTHERN PATER. THE NATIONAL FAMILY PAPER of the SOUTH. 48 Columns. Do you Take it? rpHE SUNNY SOUTH HAS BEEN CONSTANTLY 1 improved till it has now nearly attained to perfection. The 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 thodav, and justly be called the national family 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 for $2 each, a year. A sin gle copy $2 50. Don’t wait for agents. Address J. H. & W. U. SEALS, d2fi-tr. Atlanta. Ga. ANNOUNCEMENT. \\TF. FEEL GRATEFUL TO OUR MANY t t friends and customers for their liberal pal ronage during the past year, ami we have 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 PURL 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. HAIR DYES. HAIR OILS, HAIR BRUSHES. TOOTH BRUSHES. And the best article of No. 1 KEROSENE OIL at lowest prices. Prescriptions carefully compounded night or dav. W. H COTTER & CO.. feb22-tf Druggists and Ap dhecarics. THE SUN FOR 1880. The Sun will deal with the events of the year 1880 iu its own fashion, now pretty well under stood by everybody. From January 1 until Decem ber 31, will be conducted as a newspaper, written in the English language, and printed for the people. Asa newspaper, Thu Sun believes iu getting all the news of the world promptly, and presenting it in tlie most intelliguble 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 for the benefit ol its readers. People of all condi tions of life and all ways of thinking buy and read The Sun; and they ail derive satisfaction of some sort from its columns, for they keep on buying and reading it. In its comments on men and affairs. The Sun be lieves that the only guide of policy should lie 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 of 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 has no opin ions to sell, save those which may be had by any purchaser for two cents. It hates injustice and rascality even more than i hates unnecessary words. It abhors frauds, pities fools, and de plores nincompoops of every species. It will con tinue throughout the year 1880 to chastise the iirst cliss. instruct thesecon 1, and discountenance the third. All honest men with honest convic tions, whether sound or mistaken are its friends. And The Sun makes no bone i of telling the truth to its friends and about its triends whenever occa sion arises for plain speaking. Those are the principles upon which The Sun will be conducted during the year to come. The year 1880 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 the Republican and Demo cratic parties, now nearly equal in strengtli 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 of the nation, ns expressed at the polls, was thwarted by an abominable conspir acy, and promoters and beneficiaries of which still hold the officers they hold. Will the crime of 1876 he repeated iu 1880 ? The past decade of years opened with a corrupt, extravagant, and insolent Administration intrenched at Washington. The Sun did something towurd 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 sneeeed V The coming year will bring the answer to those mo mentous questions: The Bun will be on band to chronicle the facts as they are developed, and to exhibit them clearly and 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, anil iu great tilings a steadfast purpose to maintain the rights of 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 subscritions remained unchanged. For the Daily Sun, a four-paged sheet of twenty eight columns, the price by mail, post-paid, is lift cents a month, or #rt SO a year; or, including the Sunday paper, an eight-paged sheetof fifty-six columns,the price a <."> cents a month, or 115 a year, postage paid. The Sunday edition of The Sun is also furnish ed separately at #1 20 a year, postage paid. The price of the Weekly Sun, eight pages, fifty six coin nuiß, is #1 a year, postage paid. For clubs of ten sending $5lO we will send an extra copy free. Address I. W. ENGLAND, Publisher of The Sun, New York City. EMIL A. SCHWARZ. NICHOLAS SCHWARZ Emil A. Schwarz & Bro., DEALERS IN CARPETS & FURNITURE, 125 & 127 Bronglitoa-St. SAVANNAH, GA., Carpets, Oil Cloths, Matting, Crum ClothS , Rugs, .Hats. FUR^ITUEIE!, In Variety and Style. Curtains, Cornices, WINDOW SHADES. UPHOLSTERY SHADES. AND TRIMMINGS. Wall Paper & Decorations CIIUIICITES, OFFICES AND PUBLIC B UILDINGS FURNISHED. EMIL A. SCHWARZ & BRO., AN ORDINANCE. An Obdinancf. to require the owners f unoccu pied lots to keep the same clean, and f Tbid the planting of rice or the sobbing or ov- r .owing of lands within the corporate limits o. the city of Darien. Sec. 2. Be it ordained, that from and after the passage of this ordinance, it shall be the duty ol the owner or owners of each unoccupied lot in the City or Darien, at his or their own expense re spectivelv to keep the same clean and free from all garbage,rubbish, tilth,weeds and undergrowth aud any owner of such unoccupied lot or lots who shall tail or refuse after 10 days notice from the city marshall, to comply with the terms of thin ordinance; upon conviction thereof before the po lice court of said city, shall lie subject to a fine not exceeding dollars or imprisonment not exceed ing days. Sec. 2. Be it further ordained, that no person shall plant rice or wet culture or prosecute any other business within the corporate limits of said cit\ bv which the soil shall be overflowed, . r wa ter soaked, or the drainage ot said city obstructed andiu the event of the violation of any one or in ire of the provisions of this act, it shall be the duty of the corporate authorities of the city to abate and Stop the said rice plantiug or other injurious oc cupation as a nuisance in the same manner as is now prescribed by law'. Sec. 3. Be it further enacted that,all ordinances in conflict with this ordinance bc.aud the same are hereby repealed. Darien, Georgia, April 16th, 1880. J. J. SUTTON, BUILDER and CON TRACTOR 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 nr.;- Ko Wood Butchers employed, rijii june27.fi -I -7. SUTTON. Married or Single. If we may believe our Paris contempo rary, Le Globe, the married state is one which every man and woman should de voutly pray for. Not only is life prolong ed, but society is benefited to a degree that few have conception of. According to the statistics given, which are said to be gathered from other countries beside France, marriage would appear to be the best assurance against death, sickness, crime and suicide. It seems, that the life of a single man at twenty-five is no better than that of a married man of forty-five, and a widower of from twenty-five to thir ty is not likely to live longer than a mar ried man of forty-five to sixty. In fact, celibacy ages a man by at least twenty years, and the state of a widower is stiil more deplorable. Single women and wid ows are, it appears, similarly at a disad vantage, except in the case of early mar riage, which Le Globe states is a fruitful cause of death in women when it is con tracted before the age of twenty-five. Wid owers, according to these statistics are much more likely to be short lived than widows; in fact, below the age of twenty five the chances of death are three or four times that of married men. This danger, however, diminshes after tlio age of from forty to fifty. Widows also are, ns a rule, much shorter-lived than married women up to forty. With regard to crime, taking 150 criminals, the proportion of single to married is about two to one. In a population which furnishes 100 male married criminals, there are 170 sin gle men, and in one with 100 females the unmarried of the same sex reach tho high figure of 250. The number of suicides a mong single persons,including widows and widowers, is also out of all proportion to that of married men and women, the rela tive rate being five to one. The same set of figures point to single life as most pre judicial to health. Consumption is a dis ease which affects single persons much more than those who are married. M. Jaunsses, of Brussels, has given his opin ion that it is twice as fatal in the case of widows and widowers than with married people, and it is far more deadly with sin gle persons from the age of twenty-five to forty. Lo Globe sums up in view of all these facts that a married life is the most to be desired, and appeals to its country men to follow the example of other na tions and not put off the happy state too long. Tne marriage deiconvenance is too deep-seated an institution in France for the considerations set forth in our contem porary to have much weight, and we fear that however correct the statistics given may be, that few readers of the Paris pa per will be induced to change their bach elor,life asd happy peres do familie. Does it pay to find fault ? You who are the wise keepers of houses, and the dear keepers of hearts, does it piay ? There are Heavy burdens to bear all day—manifold cares from the rising to the setting of the sun blunders made by those who should have known better, many a thing to annoy; ■ut don’t make cold and cheerless the home atmosphere by finding fault. There is no blight more tjeadly in its tendency—- nothing that can more surely disturb the harmony of home; nothing that will recoil more quickly upon yourself—than the habit of fault finding. Not that errors should go unrebuked, or mistakes uncor rected; but note such down in your mem ory, and, when the work and care tumult of the day and are all over, "then call the little ones and larger ones around you, and then tell them soberly but kindly of the wrong-doings, and see if you are not amply repaid for your forbearance by the smile and the tear, and the little word of contrition and promise of amend ment. Y’ou will be a thousand times hap pier when you lie down to sleep, and a sweet forgetfulness has settled over your little flock, than you would have been had the blue eyes now closed been filled with bitter tears that overflowed at unkind cen sure, or had the little golden head droop ed under the shadow of your constant frown. How 7 fair, and sweet, and satisfy ing life mi|flit be to us all if we could forget to fret, and find fault, and complain. Don’t save your words for praise and apprecia tion until it is too late. You love the lit tle children—the dear little children ! And if they do speak loud, and leave doors open that snould be shut, and dis turb the order of the house, don’t find fault. It won’t pay. Another Story of Lincoln.— General McClernand and Commodore Kountz, of Pittsburg, during the war originated a Mississippi campaign. The latter went to Washington and enlisted Secretary Stan ton in his favor. The trio waited on Lin coln, and Stanton explained the project and named McClernand to lead the troops. “But,” said Mr. Lincoln, “I liato to put McClernand over Grant; Grant is doing well enough.” “Yes,” resorted Stanton, “but to carry out this programme we must have a dashing man.” With bis usual merry eye twinkle Lincoln replied: “O, if you want a dashing man I’ll send for Pope. He came dashing into Washington you know, with not a man behind him, and when no man in Washington had the least curiosity to see liim !” Hear wliat tho unjust judge saith in Hungary: Some time ago a man died bankrupt, and, though he did not leave his widow a single penny, he bequeathed her a very large unpaid bill at a local public bouse. His creditor did honor to his memory by bringing action against his widow tor the payment of her hus band s drinking account. She proved that she was penniless, but the judge con demned her to pay the bill with costs, on the ground that by her evidently capri cious and impracticably temper she had driven her husband to the public house, in order to find there the comfort and peace which were denied him at home ! Betting on Wasps.— A Cheyenne man will bet on anything. Two of ’em put $5 apiece on a wager that one could hold a wasp in his hand longer than the other could, and the fellow who rubbed chloro form on his hand expected to win, but the other fellow happened to know that male wasps don’t sting and got one of that sex, and they grabbed their wasps and sat and smiled at each other while tho crowd won dered, until the chloroform had evaperat ed, and then the fellow who used it sud denly let go of his wasp and let the audi ence into the secret of how to swear the shingles off the roof. $2.50 A YEAH. Who Struck Billy Patterson] Many persons have heard the question. “Who struck Billy Patterson?” without knowing the origin of it. I propose to en lighten them a little on the subject. Wil liam Paterson was a very wealthy tradet rnan or merchant of Baltimore, in the State of Maryland. In the early days of Franklin county hebought up a groat many tracts of land in the county, and spent a good portion of Ins time in looking after his interests there. He was said to be as strong as a bear and as brave as a lion, like all brave men he was a lover of peace ,and, indeed, a good, pious man. Nevertheless his wrath could lie excited to a fighting pitch. On one occasion he attended a public gathering in the lower of Franklin county, at some district court ground. During the day two opposing bullies and their friends raised a row, ami a general light was the consequence. At the be ginning of the affray and before the fighting began, Billy Patterson ran into the crowd to persuade them not to fight, but to make peace and be friends. But his efforts for peace were unavailing, and while making them some of the crowd in general melee struck Billy Paterson a severe blow from bqjiind Billy at once became fighting mad, and cried out at the top of his voice, “Who struck Billy Patterson?” No one could or would tell him who was the guilty party. He then proposed to give any man SIOO who would tell him “who struck Billy Patterson.” From SIOO he rose to $1,000; but not SI,OOO mould induce any man to tell him “who struck Billy Patterson.” And afterward, in his will he related the above facts, and bequeathed SI,OOO to be paid by his executors to the man who would tell “who struck Billy Patterson.” His will is recorded in the Ordinary’s office at Car nesville Franklin county,Ga., and any one curious about the matter can there find it and verify tho proceeding statements.— Carnesville (Ga.) Register. Some Little Things of Value. —lf your coul fire is low, throw on a table-spoonful of salt, nml it will help it very much. X little ginger put into sausage meat im proves the flavor. In icing cakes, (lip tho knife in cold water. In hofling for meat soup, use cold water to extract the juices. If the meat is wanted for itself alone, plunge it in boiling water at once. 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A Sligat Mistake.— The other day a man walked up to a citizen of the AVest End, grasped his hand, gave it a terrible twist, and at the same time a horrid grimace, and after the clinched him and they had clawed the most of each other’s clothes off they were soperated and the citizen was in formed that the stranger merely wanted to know if they were members of the same secret society. And when the citizen cri ed: “Then why didn’t he ask me like a man?” the crowd looked at him in disgust and said that he ought to know that wasn’t the way folks do. Do you believe in long egagements?” a \\ est Hill girl asked the teller’s assistant whom she was taking home from a leap year hop. “Oh !” he said, absently, “he didn’t know; sixty or ninety days, he rec koned, was long enough, with a chance for a renewal if the man’s paper was good.” And after a moment’s silence she thought this was the stupidest party she had at tended this year, and he wondered all the way home just what she meant by it. A woman had almost won the prise at a mum sociable when someone happened to remark that her baby was crosseyed, and had a very big mouth. It was a ruoar: alvantago to take of her, but the villi;ui had his reward.