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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. lnsTde roittje —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. mhl4-lm 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. mhl4-lm 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. mhl4-lm 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. mhl4-lt Einilvont) Sr&rtulrs. Atlantic and Gulf Eailroad. a 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, mhll-lm