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SI» SnmMrii T. G. Stacy, Editor and Proprietor. Subscription Pries: $1 per Annum in Advance WEDNESDAY, Ofct, Cth 1875. —The new Episcopnl school opened or Monday last with fifteen scholars, we learn. Arrangements are being mnde to accommodate at least twice that number. —*T o- >-o-n’t you know me? I-i-i used to go to school t-o-o yon. ” Yes, we know you, young man, but never taught you to tangle your tongue with alcohol. —Among the freaks of nature, the latest we have seen is a large yain po tato grown in a conch shell. It was found in the fiel 3 of Mr. Bob Clubb, near this city, and is now in the pos- se. sion of Mr. W. W. Watkins. A cu rious specimen that. —We have found a business man in the town of Brunswick, so little posted as not to know that his town was bles sed with so important an institution rs the “Advebtiseb.” He must, in deed, be a “homely” man. May he be forgiven! —Election time will sooa be here. Listen out now for hobbies —old and now. ^V ho mount the temper ance pony? Ho bids fair to be popu lar. Now we shall advocate the claims of every one who goes in for ‘retrench ment in all things’—except advertising. —A recent letter from N iw York to u prominent gentleman in this city speaks of a '‘hotel” and other im provements here at on early day. Come on, gentlemen, an 1 quit this gassing. We. have heard it long enough. If you mean business start the project at once; if not, cease this blowing. —The stave business still goes for ward notwithstanding the mni y ob stacles that have opposed Mr. Towns. His great trouble heretofore seems to have been the irregularity of his sup ply of the raw material. He now ha 3 in the woods a foreman and gang of hands, cutting and shipping for him, so guess ho will have no further trou ble on that score. Wo commend his vim and energy. —Our young friend Billie Berry, together with a few others, weut < n a fishing tour down*to tha islands lash week. After catehing about two hun. dred fish, Billie thought he would liku larger game, so hoiked himself through the thumb. A vial of chloro form and a doctor were needed soon after he reached home. Good thing yon joined the “Templars" lately, friend, or yon might bo wrongfully recused —Tire Association met in the Bap tist Church of this city last Saturday. There were in attendance eight min isters and about twenty lay delegates. The entire meeting passed off both pleasantly and profitably to r.ll con cerned. On Sabbath, in addition to the usual services, the ordination of three newly elected deacons, Messrs. Macon, Smith and Powell, took place. The ceremouy was quite solemn and imposing. The olprges given both to deacons and members were replete with timely admonitiomoud words of good duet. Association adjourned on Mtmfor night last •9* in fh t dollar. “Something out of Nothing.” In a recent speech before our citi zens on the direct trade movement the above seemingly contradictory loll, guage was used. We were much pleas ed with the speaker’s ideas on the sub ject, and heartily agree with him in the main proposition, that the great aim rtf every one should be to produce as well as consume. We know of no greater evil in our midst than the pre vailing idea with our young men to seek out easy places, such as clerks, agents, drummers, or anything also, rather than get down to honest labor (we mean no disrespect to these offic es). A very few reach points of inde pendence in these various positions, but the mass remain slaves nil their days, and never feel that inward de light produced by consciousness of living for a purpose, nnd not being a drone in life’s great bee-hivo, that ♦hey ore producers of something, turn ing otherwise valueless material into something necessary to the comfort and convenience of mankind. These arc the men who are hewing out the destiny of their country, causing the waste places of earth to bloom like the ro e nnd the thick jungle? of the swamps to pour their quota into the gre it granary of the nation. These are indeed the very men who develop the resources of any country, bring ing from the vast storehouse, rnoiher carta, not only the productions of the soil, but the rich treasures that lie dormant in her forests or buried be neath her waves. Young man, live for a purpose. Let the great object of your life be to cre ate (s > to speuk) something, so that at Lst you shall feel that your life has not been in vain but that you have been a benefactor to your race—“ma king something out of nothing.” Steamship Line. We ore requested by Little field & Co. to state m reply to nur inquiry in lost issue about the discontinuance of the steamship line, that the article in the Femandina Observer was only true in part. The present line will be changed with a view to greater facil ities. A steamer will run from Fer- nandina 11 N. Y. direct every other week, but wo are pleased to Btate that the splendid steamers Montgomery and Huntsville will not be taken off this line but, on the contrary, will make regular weekly trips to N. Y., touching at Port Royal, and cease al together their usual rounds to For- naadina. Both places will thus have b- tter facilities, each having a regular, direct line to and from the great cen tre of trade. To Messrs. L. & Co. bo all the praise of opening up and continuing this route t~ the great benefit not only of our own people, but of merchants in the upper, middle, and south wester 1 ortions of our State. We can see no plausible reasou why, with the pres ent facilities of steamship and pocket line, and proper energy on the part of our merchar Ut, goods should net be sold here at the very closest figures. We are pleased to learn tlmt interior merchants are availing themselves of the great advantages offered by this route, and are chipping largely this way. The new schedule mentioned above will only facilitate matters, and givo us a shorter line from New York than we now have—obviating the necessity of touching at Feman dina en route to Brunswick. Musical piracy—stealing a march. GENERAL ITEMS. Fat beef and Hay ti potatoes are the delicacies of Fort Meade, Flo. A man named Griffin was mmrder- rd nnd robbed near 51 C .R .R. last week. Milledgeville has had a fire. Loss about $7,000. Third Avenue Bank of New York has suspended. Will probably pay fifty cents on the dollars. A western editor takes poultry in exchange for “ads.” We would not mind risking a few. The U. S. Grand Lodge of Odd Fel lows has been in session at Indianap olis, Ind. 10,000 were in processio.i on the 22d. Lawrence Lippman Esq. has been elected president of the St. Mary s Literary and Library Association, The authorities of St. Marys are vbout to build a new dock and are contemplating erecting a new market. The orange trees in the vicinity of Lake City, Fla., never looked finer than now—so says the Reporter. The Cubans will now hoist the black flag. Look ont, Spaniards, or you may get paid back in your own coin. Rev. Mr. Corley, in Columbus, has been delivering out door, moonlight sermons. The attendance has been large and great good done. No appointments have been made of cadets to West Point from the 8th and 9tli Congressional districts of Geor gia. A chance for some one. Macon is to have, during Fair week, a grand pyrotechnic display. There will be forty scenes represented by firoworks. That will be a rich treat, indeed. A man was found dead on a public road in Kentuuky. recently, with four teen bullet-holes in him, and the cor oner’s jury rendered a verdict of “Death from undue excitement.” 1,500 stands of arms, 500,000 car tridges, and two batteries have been successfully landed in Cuba, by the Uruguay. Later—No disembarkation of the expedition of the Uruguay has been made on this Island, notwithstanding the American newspapers have pub lished to the contrary. [Signed] Valmazeda. There is a lie out somewhere.—Ed. Messrs. S. L. Bums & Co. are buil ding a fine steam tug at St. Marys to be used in their business. It will be a propeller, made of the very best oak and pine timber Why can’t ship building be made profitable in Geor gia where timber is so plentiful? 40,000 Figians have died in four months time from plhgue and starva tion. Those who embraced Christi anity, as a general thing, died as they had lived, “in thefnith.” Many, how ever, returned to their idols in the hour of greatest need. —Spring chickens, fish and oysters, and the like, have been in considera ble demand for the past week. Cause —Baptist Association. —Mr. D. A. Moore’s shoe shop was entered a short time since and relieved of two pairs of fine boots. The thief has not been found yet, although one pair of the boots ha9 been recovered. They were found on the feet of a man who had them to “stretch - * for another man, who “bought them from an un known party,” he himself not being in town when the theft was done. Hard matter to catch a thief these days. “S9L j —The machinery, etc. for Dodge & Co’s saw mill on St. Simons Island will be here soon. The work will be gin in due season. Mr. W. A. Fuller will probably have charge of the entire business. They could not have selected a better man. Miscellaneous. An Iowa editor is about t > organize a currier pigeon news-corps. Babies are described as coupons at tached to the bonds of matrimony. John Henry had a guest to dinner the other day, and during a pause in the conversation the enfant terrible spoke up: “I wish I was you?” “Do you, little boy, and why do you were me?’ “Cos you don’t get your ears pinched when you eat vittles with your knife.” A western journalist, whose wifo has just presented him with twins, and M ho, for this reason, was compelled to reglect his paper for one day, wrote the day afrer, the following excuse: “We were unable to issue our pape.i yestex'day in consequence of the arri val of two extra males." Economy is beginning to prevail again At a funeral, Saturday, nine men appeared with unbl eked boot heels. Daring a late tornado in Minnesota, two sheep were carried a mile by the wind, and finally landed in a tree top, where they were found pinned to gether by a board that had been driv en through their bodies. Anybody who does not believe the story can go and see the sheep, and the tree, and the board. She stepped into the car, radiant with youth, and looking cool and bright in her flower-trimmed hat and speckless suit of linen. Four young men immediately offered her their seats. She accepted one with an en trancing smile, and instantly gave it t. a poor, wau, little, old woman who had been standing for ten blocks, where-upon the young men did not know whether to get up again or not, and tried their best not to look fool, ish. Girls, beware of transient young men. Never suffer the addresses of a stranger. Recollect that one good farmer’s boy, or industrious mechan ic, is worth all the floating fops in the world. The allurements of a dandy Jock, with a gold chain uround his neck, a walking stick in his paw, a three-penny cigar in his mouth, somo honest tailor’s coat on his back, and a brainless though fancy skull, never can make up the loss of a good father’s home, a good mother’s counsel, and the society of brothers and sisters; their affections last, while that of such a young man is lost in the wane of a honeymoon. ’Tis true. Three things to govern—temper, tongue auu conduct. Three things to think about—life, death nnd eternity. New Advertisements. New Jewelry Shop. Wm. DOERFLINGER, Formerly witn Charles Doerflinger on Bay Street has taken the room between the DAVIDSON HOUSE AND POST OFFICE, where he will he pleased to meet his Wends* and all who may wish any work done in his lino. Sat israction guaranteed, with moderate prices. Be will toon have a select stock of FINE JEWELRY to which he Invites the attention of the publlo- dro him a call, and tilt trial