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THE FREE PRESS.
SAVANNAH, WEDNESDAY MARCH 15.
A Practical Husband-— He was a
wonderfully practical man, and she
was marvelously poetical. To her,
life had been a dream edged with gold
and'filled in with the loveliness of rose
ate hues. But to him had appeared
everything in the homespun garb of
everyday life. He is a country mer
chant, and buys his goods iu New York.
His partner always went to the city
on business connected with the grocery,
bu' his partner was recently taken ill,
and our extremely practical friend was
obliged to go. It was his first visit
to the great city, and he was to be
gone, three and iys It was a momentous
event to his fond wife. Do the best
she could her mind was troubled with
forebodings. It is difficult to tell just
exactly how he felt, but while it was
evident he realized the importance of
the step he was about to make, still he
never lost sight of the facts that a
mighty responsibility was resting on
bis shoulders, and that all private em
otion must be subserved to public in-,
terests. His carpet bag was packed
and bis band on the door to pass out
of the house, when she bade him good
bye. She put both arms around his
neck.
“John,” she sobbed, “you are going
away.”
Th s was so palpable that it would
have been madness to attempt a denial,
bo be merely observed :
“ Look out for my collar Maria.”
“ You will think of y our wife while
you are gone 1” she whispered huskily
He was a trifle nervous uuder the
Eressure of her arms upon his collar,
ut he spoke reassuringly.
“I will bear it in mind, my dear.”
“You will think of me as mourning
your absence and anxiously waiting
your return i she mummied.
“You can trust me to attend to i',”
he replied, with as much firmness as
if it had been a request for six barre's
of mackarei
“And you’ll he careful of yourself
for my sake V she suggested iu a
broken voice.
“ I will see it attended to, mydear;
but it is almost time for the train,’’and
he gravely sought to remove hei arms
from his neck.
“John, John !’’she convulsively
cried, “don’t forget me !”
“Maria;” he said, with a tinge of
reproaeh in his tone, “I have a mem
orandum to that effect.”
And then she let him go—still tear
ful, but confident,“it would be attend
el to .”—Danbury News
The Famtly Teeth. —A toothless
couple in one of our rural districts,
concluded, after much jaw, that they
Would gum it no louger, that, m fact,
the family rou t be provided with a
Dew set of teeth, These worthy peo
ple were hot give t > ostentatious dis
play ; tliey believed in having some
thing for a rainy day ; they also
firmly believe the doctrine that they
twain were one'flesh, and, hence one
pair of spectacles, brass bound, had
long sufficed for their united eyes,
why should not one set of teeth work
equally well? Accordingly, those
aged mouths r.-paired to a neighbor
ing dentist, and lo ! the triumph of
mind over matte- —a set of teeth
thqf will bite off a .plug of tobacco
for “father’'or nibble Sunday cara
way aud chatter haimlcss goss p for
“mother,” with equal, precision ! Life
has now fresh z st, and found anew
relish- I- is lovely and beautiful to
see them! at the little round table
ready for dinner
First the old lady picks up the
je, tli—they are always lying about
ha dy—s i, s them in and makes-a
good use of her privileges while fa
ther is laying up a generous stock of
piovisi us on itis p ate Pres ntly
he leans back it* his chair, puts down
bis knife and folk and says, cheer
fully, “Come, m ither, give me the
teeth!” Then the old lady,with true
conjugal alacrity, tou hing to behold,
catcbe them ou‘, ‘ amis them acto<s
the table to the oM g> utleman, who
dexterously claps them in bis own
month, and the fani ly eating goes
complacently on, till, perhaps “moth
er” comes to a hard spot and demands
the molars. So lack and foith, like
a weaver’s s'tv tit-, busily ply the
teeth till the ‘•qn'aie meal is ended.
The light of friendsliip is like the
li 0 !lt of phosphoru —seen plainest
when all atound is dark- — C/ou-eJ /.
IN GENERAL.
The man who is curious to son how
the world could get along without
him, can find out by sticking a cam
brie needle into a mill-pond, and then
withdrawing it and lookingat the ho'e
An honest reputation is within the
reach of all men. They can obtain it
by social virtues and by do'n<r their
duty This kind of reputation, it is
true, is neither brilliant nor startling,
but it is the most productive of true
happiness.
The best wife is she who keeps her
husband away from temptations. l’he
best husband is he who lovingly stands
by his wife to guard, cherish and
protect her. The best parents are
those who teach their offsprings that
in all the world is no such dear and
life-lifting place as home.
I believe that pure and noble love
must have begun in esteem, at least
on the woman’s side. Men know little
in reality of women, and credit them
with so much, that they rre ready to
fall in love with mere beauty, fancyi
ng that the fair face must be the in
dex to every perfection.
We like short courtships, and in
this Adam acted like a sensible man
He fell asleep a batchelor, and woke
a married man. He appeared to have
popped the question almost immediates
ly after meeting Md’lle Eve, and she,
without any flirtation or shyness,
gave him a kiss and herself.
It is related of Sidney Smith that
once,,on Entering a drawing room in
a West-eud mansion, he found it lined
with mirrors on all sides. Finding
himself reflected in every direction,
he said that he “supposed he was at
a meeting of the clergy, and there
seemed to be a very respectable at
tendance.”
The little town Batavia, Clermont
county, Ohio, which contains only
seven hundred and fifty inhabitants,
is a good place for raising office hold,
ers. In 1872 forty-three of its citi
zens were federal officers, and at this
time twenty-four are employed in
Washington, and some others hold
government offices elsewhere.
Speak kindly in the morning, it
lightens the cares of the day, and
makes the household and' all its af
fairs move along more smoothly.
Speak kindly at night, for it may he
that, before the dawn, some loved
one may finish his or her space of
life for this world, anl it will be too
la'e, to ask forgiv. ness.
Five of the swe test words in the
English language begin with H.,
which is only a breath, Heart, Hope,
Home, Happiness, and Heaven.
Heart is a hope place, and home is
a heart, place and that, man sadly
mistaketb who would exchange the
happiness of home for anything less
than heaven.
The United States consume an
nually 1 040,000,000 pounds of but
ter lor table use, and for culinary use
about one-third more, making a total
for home consumption alone 1,387,-
000,000 pounds. Amount of annua!
exports about 15 000,000 pounds An
uai product of but er alone 1,402.000,
000 pounds : value 8420 600 000.
Each truth spa 1 kies with a light of
its own, yet it always reflects some
light upon another; a truth whil
lighting anoth r. springs from one in
order t<> penetrate anoth; t. Ihe fiirt
truth is an abut dant sense, from
which all other are colored, and each
par icuhif truth, i t its turn, resembles
a gi'i at river whic divides into an
i finite numbe; of rivulets. —bcheuc’u
z-*r
There i- a strange literary curiosity
in E'tglatid known as the “Wordles*
Book.” It does not contain a word,
but the color of its leaves are suppos
ed to interpret the thought. Two
black leaves symboliz ■ the unregen -
rate heart, of man ; red, the blessed
redemption; white the purity of the
soul,wash and in the blood of redemption,
and gold, the radieot joy of heav
enly felicity.
Prof'. I) vies, the eminent matlima
tieian, in c uv ring with a young
friend of Ins upon the importance of
system in studying, as W'ell as in
every thing else, took a pi* op of pa
per and wrote off for him the follow
ing important rules :
1. L-am one thing a a t ine.
2. Learn tha : thing well.
3 Learn its connections at, far as
possible, with all ot er things.
4. Be ievc that t*> know e\cryiking
of something, is b tt r than to know
omething of everything.
Save the Buffaloes.— The Lower
House of Congress did a good act in
i passing the bill introduced by Mr.
Fort of Illinois for the preservation
of buffaloes on the plain. It provides
that it shall be unlawfu’ for any per
son not an Indian to kill, wound, or
in any manner destroy, any female
buffalo of any age found ht large
within the boundaries of the United
States; also, that it shall he unlawful
to kill or wound any greater number
of male buffdoea than is needed for
food, or can be cured and preserved
for market. The penalty is SIOO
fine or impisonrnent for thirty days,
for each offense. The object of tne
bill is not to prevent the killing id
buffaloes by settlers, emigrants and
others for food or for narket, but t >
arrest the wanton slaughter of them
for their hides, or for mere t-p rt.
Lieutenant Colonel Bracket men
tions the example of a man who killed
with his own hands ninety-nine one
day without taking a pound of meat,
and another of a party of sixteen hun
ters who killed twenty-eight thousand
in a single summer. Hundreds of
thousands of them have been killed for
their tongues alone . If the bill shall
only arrest this wholesale slaughter
of them it will do same go >d —St Louis
Republican.
North and South —The Louis
ville Courier-Journal reveals the
starling fact, that since the inaugu
ration of the National Government
there has been spent about $190,000,-
000 of public money on public improve
ments in the Northern States, while
the expenditures in tlie South have
not exceeled $17,000,000. It adds
that this is the more surprising when
we remember that the Southern States
have at all times, except during the
war, furnished one half to three
fourths of the exchauge with which
we have paid our foreign debts and
that in default of Southern productions
the supply of gold and silver would
be inadequate to pay the annual inter
est charges Ou the national debt,
and the Government of the United
States would inevitably have dis
honored its foreign obligations.
Thr abbots of Mount Miliary, in
Ireland ; Sept Fonds, and Mariastern,
n Turkey, all monasteries of the Trap
ipist order of monks, have decided to
purchase laud in Maryland to estab
lish a house in the United States, and
have appointed as their agent Brother
Francis de Sales, who will probably
to-day present his credentials to the
Archbishop of Baltimore.
The Order of Trappists is the sever
est in the Church. Perpetual silence
is one of their vows, and dispensation
is given to speak only when necessity
demand it, or of those few of the broth
ere who fill offices in the monastery,
which demand Occasional conversa
tions. They are not allowed meat,
eggs, butter, cheese, fish or oil. They
sleep on narrow beds of straw, raised
a few inches from the ground They
dig and refill, and dig again and refill,
from time to tiin, their own graves,
as a reminder of their mortality.
They rise hours before dawn, and
after prayer and ifieditation, betake
th* m-clvrs to their respec ive employ-,
merits. Among them are blacksmiths,
shoemakers tailors, carpenters, farm
ers, dairymen and millwrights The
Trappist monasteries named above
arc very wealthy, but their wealth has
accrued from the industry of their
mem Iters.
Professor Term int, mineralogist to
Queen Victoria, has just furnished a
full description of the Imperial State
Crown. He summarizes the jewels as
follows : One large ruby, irregularly
polished, and large broad-spread sap
phire, sixteen sapphires, eleven em
eralds, four tuhies, 1363 brilliant
diamonds, 1273 rose diamons, 147
table diamonds, 1273 rose diamonds,
four dropshaped pearls, and 173
pearls The mown was made in
IS3B with jewels tak*. u from the Od
crown, and others furnished by com
mand of her Majesty.
An Americmiz'd citizen Was call
ed on a a witness in a case before one
of the justices lately, and when the
oat!) was administered he raised both
hands and said; 1 1 shall spoke nod
dings what aint drew', if ev r I hope
to die so quick as a minute.”
The strawberry takes i*s name from
an ancient custom of putting straw
beneath the fruit when it b.’gan to
ripen. Its delicacy wa* praised both
by V ; rgil and Ovid’
atramstipß nirt Strainers.
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—TO—
FLORIDA!
THE ELEGANT BIDEWHEEL SALOON
STEAMEH
GENERAL SEDGWICK,
Captain.l. FITZGERALD,
HAS liEEN PERMANENTLY PLACED ON
the route between Savannah, Ga., and Pa
lutka, Fin. touching at Doboy, Darien, Bruns
wte.k, HI.. Mary’s. Fernandlna, Jacksonville,
Palatka, and all intermediate points.
Will leave Savannah EVERY TUESDAY
at hi o’clock A. M., arrive at Jacksonville
WEDNESDAY MORNING, Palatka same
afternoon.
Returning, leave Palatka EVERY THURB
- MORNING, Jacksonville FRIDAY
Morning, arriving at Savannah SATURDAY
MORNING
Connecting at Darien with steamers for the
Altamaha river; at Brunswick with the Ma
con and Brunswick Railroad; at St. Mary’s
with the up-river steamers; at Fernandlna
with the Florida Railroad; at Tocol with the
St. John's Railway for St. Augustine; at Pa
latka with steamers for the upper St. John’s
and Ocklawahn rivers.
For freight or passage, apply to
lIICHARDSOj} & LAWRENCE,
mhlt-tf Padelford's Wharf.
REGULAR LINE
FOR ATJG-USTA
And All Way Landings,
THE STEAMER
CARRIE,
Capt. a. c. cabaniss,
WIL LEAVE PADELFORD’S WHARF
EVERY TUESDAY EVENING at 4 o'clock.
Freights as low as by any other line, and
reeived at all times.
For freight or passage apply to
RICHARDSON & LAWRENCE,
mhl4-tf Padelford’s Wharfs
®ooU, 3LumSrr,
WOOD'. WOOD!!
SEYMOUR C. STEWART,
(Agent,)
Dealer in Oak, Ash and Pine,
SAWED OR UNSAWED.
Orders promptly attended to and FULL
MEASURE GUARANTEED.
Yard footofZUBLY street, on Canal.
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PLi A.FTIFTJVLIXjF-i,
Lumber and Wood Yard,
COR. LIBERTY AND EAST BROAD STREETS.
ALBERT S. BACON & CO.
KEEP CONSTANTLY ON HAND A FULL
stock of Planed and Rough Lumber Pickets,
Plastering Laths, Mouldings. Scroll-sawing
and Turning to Order. ......
Full stock of Black Walnut, W hite Pine
and Poplar. .
Oak, Lightwood, Pine and Kindling.
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CHAS- H DIXON.
DEALER IN
OAK PINE, ASH AND LIGHTWOOD,
SAWED AND UNSAWED.
All orders left at Yard, foot of Gas House
Hill, or at residence, No. 60 Broughton street
or at the following places, will receive prompt
attention : L. C. Strong’s Drug Store, Bull st.;
M F. Molina’s Cigar Store, Bull st.: Louis
Vogel's Cigar Store Broughton st.: Claghorn
& Cunningham's, Bay st..; Levi J. Gazans
Cigar Store, Bull st. mhHTn.Tli&Sa-ly
Uoots ana Sljnes
DAN’L koach,
BOOT AMD SHOEMAKER
(Established in 1854),
BULL STREET, NEAR YORK.
Is now prepared to make BOOTS and SHOES
to order, of the best material, and respect
fully solicits the patronage of his old cus
tomers. ■ „ ..
Boots made of the finest calf, Gaiters,
'B9 and 811.
REPAIRING done at reasonable prices.
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mTmA FYOIsT,
BOOT & SHOE M AKER,
Bryanj I door East of Bull Street.
Will make Custom Work to Order. Boots
810.00; Gaiters rS.oo; Shoes Si.OO and 87.00..
Repairing promptly attended to. mlil4-lw
SSohrnc, sßJaiv=lSrfsina, Etc.
J. H. BRED W EL L,
tonsorial artist,
No. 44 Whitaker street.
.shaving, sii.mii inning and Hair fa ting
IN THE TANARUS, A TEST FASHION.
tSiy Give him a trial. mhl4-6m
(xmmm a—— *ws——
Savannah Stencil Works,
W. W. SMITH & BRO., Proprietors,
No. 28 Drayton Street.
Marking Plates of every description Cut to
Order. .Visiting Cards neatly printed from
Copper Plates. H
J. D. W LLLINK
MACHINIST,BU YSS FINISHER,
LOCKSMITH AND BELL-HANGER,
No. 23 Drayton street, between Congress and
Broughton, Savannah, Ga,,
REPAIRS TRUNKS, VALISES, UM
BRELLAS, VELOCIPEDES and CHIL
DREN'S CARRIAGES. , „
FAIRBANKS’ and all other SCALES Re
paired, Adjusted and made good as new.
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Einilvont) Sr&rtulrs.
Atlantic and Gulf Eailroad.
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Gkn'i. Superintendent’s Office, 1
Atlantic and Gulf Railroad, }-
SanannAil, January 22,1376. 1
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, JANUARY
23, Passenger Trains on this Road will run
as follows:
NIGHT EXPRESS.
Leave Savannah daily at 8:40 P. M.
Arrive at Jesup “ 6:50 P.M.
Arrive at Balnbridge “ 8:30 A.M."
Arrive at Albany “ 10:00 A.M.
Arrive at Live Oak “ 2:20 A.M.
Arrive at Jacksonville “ 7:45 A.M.
Arrive at Tallahassee “ 11:10 A.M.
Leave Tallahassee “ 2:15 P. M.
Leave Jacksonville “ 5:00 P.M.
Leave Live Oak “ 10:40 P. M.
Leave Albany “ 3GO P. M.
Leave Balnbridge “ filsl’. M.
Lea ve Jesup “ 5:55 A.M.
Arrive at Savannah “ 8:50 A. M.
Pullman Sleeping Cars run through to Jack
sonville.
No change of cars between Savannah and
Jacksonville or Albany.
Passengers from Savannah by this train
connect at Jesup with train arriving in'Macon
at 3:15 A. M„ dally.
Connect at Albany with Passerger trains
both ways on Southwestern Railroad to and
from Eufaula, Montgomery, New Orleans,etc.
Mall steamer leaves Balnbridge for Apala
chicola every Thursday night; for Columbus
Sunday and Tuesday mornings.
Close connection daily at Jacksonville with
St. John’s river steamers.
DAY PASSENGER.
Leave Savannah, Sundays exep'd, 8:25 A. M.
Arrive at Jesup “ 11:15 A.M.
Arrive at Tebeauville “ 1:15 P. M-
Arrive at Live Oak “ 5:25 P. M.
Arrive at Jacksonville “ 10:10 P.M.
Leave Jacksonville “ 7:45 A. M.
I,cave Live Oak “ 12:55 P. M.
Leave Tebeauville, “ 4:25 P. M.
Leave Jesup “ 6:50 P.M.
Arrive at Savannah “ 9:40 P.M.
Lucas' elegant Parlor cars between Savan
nah and Jacksonville.
Passengers for Brunswick take this train,
arriving at Brunswick at 1:30 P. M.; leave
Brunswick at 4 P. M.; arrive at Savannah
at 9:40 P. M.
Passengers from Macon by Macon and
Brunswick 4:10 A. M. train connect at Jesup
with this train for Florida.
Passengers from Florida by this train con
nect at Jessup with train arriving in Macon
at 3:15 A. M.
Trains on B. and A. R. R. leave junction*
going west, Monday, Wednesday and Friday
at 11:14 A. M.
For Brunswick Tuesday, Thursday and
Saturday at 4:26 P. M.
ACCOMMODATION TRAIN WESTERN
DIVISION.
Leave Dupont, Sundays excepted, 6:25 A. M.
Arrive at Valdosta “ 8:18 A.M.
Arrive at Quitman “ 9:34 A. M.
Arrive at Thomasville “ 11:30 A. M.
Arrive at Camilla “ 5:15 P.M.
Arrive at Albany “ 7:35 P.M.
Leave Albany “ 8:25 A. M.
Leave Camilla “ 10:42 A. M.
Leave Thomasville “ 1:15 P. M.
Leave Quitman “ 3:12 P.M.
Leave Valdosta “ 4:30 P. M.
Arrive at Dupont “ 6:30 P. M.
Connect at Albany with traiws on South
western Railroad, leaving Albany at 8:20 P.
M., Monday, Thursday and Friday, arriving
at Albany at 7:45 A. M. Sunday, Monday,
Wednesday and Thursday.
Way Freight Train, with Passenger Accom
modations, leaves Savannah Monday, Wed
nesday and Friday at 7 A. M.; arrive at Sa
vannah Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at
5:10 P. M.
Jno. Evans, General Ticket Agent.
H. S. HAINES,
mhl4-tf General Superintendent.
CENTRAL RAILROAD.
OFFICE GENERAL SUPERINTENDS, 1
Savannah, February 19,1876. j
ON AND AFTER SUNDAY, February 20,
Passenger Trains will depart from and arrive
at Savannah twice daily:
Depart - 9:15 A. M. I Arrive - 5:25 p.m.
Depart - - 7:30 P. M. | Arrive - - 7:15 A. M.
For Augusta, Macon, Columbus and Atlanta,
making close through connections to all
points North and West.
Travelers can obtain through tickets, time
tables and all desired information, by calling
at the Company’s Ticket Office. H. L.
SCHREINER, Special Agent, Monument
square, corner Congress street.
' WM. ROGERS,
jnhHd^^^^^^enera^^u^eOntendent^
Dvttcis, fWrtimncs, 3Stc.
DR. ULMER*S
liven EOKBCM
TRADE
°n I|M|C3 for
Vise obi J^J*Oj™U' ! I SE,SES
APERIENT Arising from
'HAR*.
A DISORDERED STATE 0? TH3 LIVER
Snell as' Dyspepsia, Obstructions of the Vis
cera, Stolle in the Gall Bladder, Dropsy,
Jaundice, Acid Stomach, Constipation of the
Bowels, Sick and Nervous Headache, Diar
rhoea and Dysentery.
Enlarged Spleen, Fever and Ague, Erup
tive and Cutaneous Diseases, such as St. An
thony's Fire, Erysipelas, Pimples, Pustules,
and Boils, Female Weaknesses, Affections of
the Kidneys and Bladder, Piles, and many
other dlrordorS caused by Derangement of
the Liver.
This preparation composed as It is of some
of the most valuable alteratives known, is
invaluable for restoration of tone and
strength to the system debilitated by disease.
Some of our best physicians, who are familiar
with the composition of this medicine, attest
its virtues and prescribe it. It is a pleasant
cordial.
Prepared by
B. F. ULMER, M. D.,
Savannah, Ga.
Price, One Dollar. For sale by all Drug
gists. mhl l-eod-3m
HOUSE AND SIGN
PAINTING,
—BY—
YV. A. McARTHY,
No. 44 Drayton Street; Corner York St. Lane,
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