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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20
Solar MYTHS.
HartN9rd C0urdlLt.


To call sOmethi., a "solar myth" is to
invest it with a good deal of dignity and
obscuriJy. 1t affords nearly as satisfac-
tory an explanation of remarkable pas
sages in the Bible as the phrase ''cOsmic
dust" does of the glowing western skies
which our eyes have wOnderingly admired
OF late.
1t is our duty and privilege to dispense
information. Concerning "cOSmic duSt'
we are not prepared just now to speak,
but, having discovered what q solar
myth" is, we cheeTfully proceed to en-
Tighten the public.
solar myth is a story. Mrs. Harris
was one. The recipe is simple. Take any
important or unimportant historical per
sonage Of more than a century ago, and
find other ones like him in different lands.
Mix weli-tOgether, find discreditable de-
tails about them, and serve up hot. For
instance: John Smith loved Jessie
Brown. So did Tommy Black. These
things being thus, the latter punched the
formers head, and fractured the base of
his skull, so that he died. Jessie went to
the funeral in "A red EetticOat, and drove
back from it with Tommy Black, faintng
in his arms, in Jaunting-car. Very
well Now comes in the Max Muller
mythical element.
In the Danish legend the female charac-
ter wears her red kirtle and come home i'm
a boat. In the Sanscrit poem Of Jasya
BraSua, she walks over the sea III the
evening, shOd with golden sandals The
Chinese romance Of 'Je-se-brO-ne' is in
twelve quartO volumes written lOng-Ways
down SIX columns on each page Of thin
rice-paper, but it All comes to the same
thing. The explanation Of the parable is
50 perfectly obvious Git always is, you
know ,, that the meaneSt intellect, though
he be hlde-bOund Christian believer,
cannot fail to perceive it, especially when
commanded to do so. on pain OF being pro-
n0unced an utter idiot by some peremD-
tory solar mythOlogist
Jessie Br0wn-Jasya Brasua-Je-se-
bro-ne-pOOr girl, is the evening red or
the dawn, ali the same. j. Smith is the
sun. /. Black is, naturally, the night
and IN some varieties Of the Smith myth
takes the female form. The red kirtlp is
the sunset hue-hightened in some in
stances by"COsmic duot:'' the boat, horse
car, or other vehicle is the descending or
ascending car of PhGbus. The gold SAN
dals are just what the poets speak OF in
describing the dawn as 'skimming the sea
WIN ilylng feet of gOld,' and have been
embalned in African NEUROLOGICAL verse
as well:
But yer golden slippers must be nice and
clean
When yer ride up in lie chariot in de morn.
Q dem golden slippers!
Use gwine to walk the golden street!
Such, in the rough, is a ''solar myth"
and this Smith myth illustrates the proper
scientific method Of its construction. 1t
is very pretty, and, when applied to Moth
er Goose, Robin Hood, and the manifold
maryels OF Hebrew literature, its results
are simply astonishing The ''solar
myth" is an invaluable instrument i'll the
annAratuE of mOlprn Rihlinal riflniarln
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20
\ Montana woman's Heroism

A woman living near Glendive was the
owner Of a pet dog, which, on last Thurs
day was playing. when it gave a yelp of
almost mortal terror, as a large eagle,
with wings larger than a blacksmith's
apron, swoOped down and picked up the
little cur in his muscular talOns. With
the true Western woman, brought up
amid all the dangers of a rough border
life, and with no tight-titting skirt to pre-
vent the free movement of her limbs. to
think is to act. On the instant this noble
representative Of noble sex flew into the
Kitchen where her husband kept his shot
gun, with which, In the early DAYS, when
blOOdthirsty Indians were rampant on
the plains, he had often gone out and
shot fool hens. She bounced out of the
front door, gun IN band. In an instant
she directed her eagle eye into the air,
where, soaring about ten feet distant, she
discerned the emblem of our national
liberties with her yellow poodle grasped
cOnyulsiyely, but firmly, in its claws.
For a moment she ran her trained eve
along the barrel of the gun in the direc-
ton of the Bird closed her LIQUID Orbs
with a shudder, and banged away. When
she opened them the eagle was prospect
ing interstellar space and the dog Law
scattered around in fragments all over the
yard. She Wept bitter tears, and, as she
picked up the pieces and told her Youngest
boy to grease the sausage machine, she
sWOre in broken Missouri, and with many
a sob, everlasting war on the shotgun
policy.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20
THE WHITE ELEPHANT.
The Most Sacred Beast.

The ''unnaturalist'' of the London Daily
Telegraph gives little account of his
impressions Of the "white' elephant. He
says: "The elephant is not white, but Of
a very disagreeable, leprOus-looking shade
of flesh color. This Is probably the first
time one Of these albinOs has ever gone
out Of Asia, and the chances are that it
would not have done so even now il the
present sovereign of Burmah had not been
IA lunatic. King Theebaw is as mad as
any halter ever was. and a rutian as well.
All that be has done vet in the way of
eXtraVagant execution of his auto
cratic power is as nothing compared
to the sale of a white elephant.
Hitherto it had been death to remove
one from the kingdom. or even to conceal
the fact Of the existence of such an ami
NAL; for to do so was sacrilege in the
worse degree. But to sell a white ele-
Thautl There is no language in Asia TO
express the infamy of such a transaction,
since the white elephant is the sacred en-
blem and abode of Burman divinity. 1t
is addressed as Lord Of Lords Priests
PROSTATE themselves as it passes by. All
the hOnOrs OF worship are paid to it. A
noble of high rank has to be its chamber
lain. Its retinue is tit for prince Of the
blood royal. Not that such albinOs are
very rare; in India, for instance, where it
is not sacred, elephants patched with pink
are by no means uncommon.
SYMBOL OF KINGsHIP.
"But from time immemOria, when the
old Court of Ava was a great power in
Asia, it has been one of the emblems Of
kingly rank. a symbol Of a divinely given
sovereignty, the incarnation of the faYOrs
OF heaven, nay, lncarnate divinity itself.
Sickness among the sacred animals was
OminOus Of coming evil; their demeanOr
and gestures afforded auguries, suspicious
or sinister. They were the OracleS of
Burmah, and, more than this, the Pala-
dia too. Yet for the sake of dollars King
Theehaw has sold a white elephant. He
has plenty m"re, it is true-Gnd elephants
are expensive pets to keep-but in all its
history did Egypt ever descend to striking
bargain over god, or Rome or Greece
part. for cash or other consideration, with
anything that is reveTed? That the ele-
plant will like it is hardly probable, since
it is one thing to be a sacred animal, fed
upon all delicacies OF the season, and with
nothing to do but march on great Occa-
siOns IN procession, and quite another
to become the property OF Snowman.
These natural curiOstieS are prOverbially
delicate in constitution, and for all that
the new pOssessOr knows His Majesty
may have sold him one that was already
IN i'll health. King Theebaw is quite
INSCRIPTIONS enough for any enOrmity-
even getting the best of an American
speculatOr.
H.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20

The secret of the universal success of
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20

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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20
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A Valuable Medicine.

DR.. w. II. Parmelle, Toledo, o., says:
81 have prescribed the acid in large
variety OF diseases, ana have been amply
satisfied that it Is valuable addition to
our list OF medicinal agents."
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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20
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But yer golden slippers must be nice and
clean
"hen yer ride up in lie chariot in de morn.
Q dem golden slippers!
Use gWlne to walk the golden street!
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1884-01-20
LOUISIANA STATE LnTTERY CO

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Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-29
The South and the Torih.
Nashville Banner.

A Banner reporter interviewed
the representative southern men
who were in attendance at the
Southern Immigrant Society, and
and not one was of the reform school
of Mr.. Henri Watterson. They IA
vored protection to southern indus
tries to the end that they become as
powerful, as productive and as
profitable as those of the north and
east, which latter have been built
up under protective tariff. In
the same issue was also an inter-
view with northern capitalists, who
were prospecting in the south, and
who complimented Tennessee as
being one of the richest states in
natural resources in the Union.
They likewise expressed themselv-
es in favor of a tariff that would
protect labor and encourage south
ern development. They said they
could make iron in the south as
cheap as it could be made in Eng
land if no higher wages were paid
laborers than are paid in England.
But they were not willing to reduce
American workingmen to the con-
ditIon of English paupers, and con-
sequently favored protective tar
iff for their benefit. We mention
these things as a pointer to those
perspiring politicians who are Civ
ing heed to the Wattersonian here
sis on the tariff question. Southern
and northern men, of the views
expressed, will ultimately control
southern politics, if indeed they are
not now all-powertul i'm several
southern states, and democracy can
take warning that if it's next nation
al platform contains a tariff for
revenue only" plank, the "solid
SOUTH will be solid no more for
ever.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-29
Why the Play Was Interrupted.
Boston Globe.

Some of the nice children on
Commonwealth avenue recently
proposed to surprise their parents
with a dramatic performance with
the distinct understanding that no
adult was to witness rehearsal or
to ask about the nature of the play
written by young miss of ten
years, who was to assume the role
of heroine, assisted by lad of the
same age. On the night OF the per-
Torrance the parents of the chill
dren assembled in the front draw
ing room of one of the large residen-
ces and waited for the drawing
aside of the portieres with COM
mendable patience. The first scene
represented the wedding of the hero
and heroine and the departure of
the former for the wilds OF the west,
where he was to reap his fortune in
raising cattle and mining. This
went off finely and the portieres
were closed with loud burst OF
applause. A lapse of ten years was
supposed 10 have passed between
the first and second acts, and when
the act commenced the young hus-
band had returned, and his wife,
not looking a day older, greeted her
spouse in a formal manner and even
asked him to remain and dine with
her, which he consented to do.
While seated at the table eating ice
cream the husband told how he had
toiled for wealth and acquired mil
lions, all for the sake of the dear
wife he had left behind. This had
such an effect on the matron that
she finished the ice cream, sighed
to think there was no more on the
table, and then addressed her hus-
band, speaking earnestly and firm
ly: "You have done WE'LL" she
said, "but while you have been at
work l have not been idle. You
shall see what / have accomplish
ed" She touched bell, and a
white capped bonnie entered the
room, leading a toddling infant
year old, and followed by nine 9TH
ers of various ages, one for each
year of married life. The actors do
not to this day understand why the
play was interrupted by shouts Of
laughter and applause from the
fathers and mothers who were pres
ent. At any rate, they say the play
was a success, but the parents think
it little Frenchy in construction
and plot.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-29
Lay On, McDvf

Some plain talk from one who
knows what he is talking about,
the Chattanooga Democrat
Now for a plain common-sense
talk: We are sick and tired of
this hypocritical gush about "the
people" 1t is only INDUCED in by
demagogues and political towards.
When you find rascal who has no
well-deflned ideas about public
matters, or who has not the
moral courage to express his opin-
ions when he had any, he is always
at the head of "the peoples" col
umn, and yelling for "the people,"
This practice in Tennessee has been
carried on ad nauseum. All good
men are getting soundIy disguised
with it. Instead of seeking to
enlighten "the people, about the
moral and business effect of public
measures, the object of many jour-
sentimental gable and gush will be
most palatable, temporarily, and
then they set their organ to grind
ing. Such journals are a disgrace
to the profession, and ought to be
kicked out of decent society as a
public affection. The real good of
"the people" and the well.being of
the State require it. They are a
living menace to the regulations of
good men and their slanderous in
situations are not withheld from
the most exalted judicial bodies of
the State and nation. They are
breeders of agrarianism and their
tendencies are communistic. They
are the aggregation of cowardice,
demagogy, rascality and many
other elements no less contempt
BILE.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-29
An Agricultural Greed.

We believe in small farms and
thorough cultivation we believe
that the soil lives to eat, as well as
the owner, and ought therefore to
be manurCd /; we believe in going
to the bottom of things, and there
fore deep blowing and enough of it
all the better if it be a subsOil
pillow; we believe in large crops
which leave the land better than
they found it, making both the
farm and the farmer rich at once !;
we believe every farm should own
a good farmer; we believe that the
fertilizer of any soil is spirit OF
industry, enterprise and intelli-
gence-without these lime, gypsum
and guanO will be of little use /;
we believe in good fences, good
farm houses, good orchards, and
good children enough to gather the
fruit; we believe in a clean kitchen,
a neat wife in ii, a clean cupboard,
a clean dairy, and g clean consci-
ence; we believe to ask aaman's
advice is not STOPPING, but of much
benefit; we believe that to keep a
place for everything and everything
in its place saves many a step, and
is pretty sure to lead to good tools
and keeping them in order; we be-
lieve that Kindness to stock, like
good shelter, is saving of fodder; we
believe that it is good thing to
keep an eye on experiments, and
note all, good and bad {; we believe
Il is q good rule to sell grain when
it is ready; we believe in producing
the best butter and cheese, and mar
keting it when it is ready.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-29
She Settled HIM.
Detroit Free Pless.

Talk about pretty girls, but she
was q wild flower and no mistake
She got on the train togo over from
Vicksburg to Meridian and she was
all alone. There was a sort of sid
ling movement among five or six
men, but drummer for Baltimore
notion house got there first. He
grabbed up his grip and walked
square up to the seat and took pos
session OF half of it without asking
a question, and in ten minutes he
seemed perfectly at home. She an
swered his questions briefly, and he
had the hardest kind of work to
keep up the conversation, and as the
train approached Jackson she sud-
denly said:
81 want to telegraph papa from
here. Will you help me ?"
"Oh, certainly. / have a blank in
my pocket. Write your telegram,
and I will run into the Office with
it,"
We missed him when the train
started, but by and by he was found
in the smoking car, his hat crushed
down and his nerves all ON edge.
When asked what had happened,
he drew forth the telegram which
the girl had requested him to hand
in. 1t read
bring your shot gun with you
to pop over a drummer who has
dreadfully annoyed me. Shoot to
kill ~
"To think" he gasped, "that one
so fair pOuId he so murderOuSi Why
Pm all in a sweat, want some of
you to stand by me !"
We got his grip from the seat,
traded hats and coats with him, and
the way he slid from the depot when
the train reached Meridian caused
hotel porter to observe:
"Well, now, but that white face
belongs to an invalid and them legs
to a deer! What sort of coon can
he be ?''
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-29

GODEY's LADY's Book, the adj
vance courier of the April maya
zines, opens this month with the
continuation of Miss Marian Rec.
ves' serial, "The Nut Brown Maid"
a picturesque narrative, which COM
bines a clever bit of character
sketching with the charm of
sprightly story. The heroine, Aga
tina, beautiful orphan girl, left
alone in the world with but a slen-
der purse at her command, at the
present stage of the story is just
launching upon the new life which
il fraught for her with many pain
full experiences. She has two lovers
one OF whom she prefers. though AZ
yet her own heart is wholly free.
1t is upon this point that the main
interest of the story hinges. Agatha
is a clever girl, gifted with that pc
culiar brightness which, when it
manifests itself in a heroine, suffi-
ces to illuminate the whole story of
her life. Another centre of interest
In Godey's this month is the story
of "Tam," a spirited novel from the
allied pens of Ella ROdman Church
and Augusta De Bubna. "Tam,"
is a bit of free hand drawing, an ar
tistic study of a girl, who born of
iIlIterate parents, without Opportu-
niti IS or the means of culture, Sc
cures it for herself, and becomes a
fit object for the love of two highly
gifted men. The early efforts Of
Tam to attain her ideal have awak-
ened a great deal of sympathy
which is now wrought up to high
or pitch as she is about embarking
ON the independent career of an ar
fist There is a delightful mystery
surrounding the girls own senti-
ments. We have not found out
vet whom il is that she prefers, and
Il win be interesting to ascertain
what lies beneath the calm origl-
naIitv of that unique exterior.
These two stories occupy but
small portion of the magazine, now
ever There is an abundant quota
~ hsndsome illustrations of fashions
and fancy work, both in colors ana
black and white, as well as SNORT
stories poems, sketches, sPeciai ar
ticles, etc.
Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1884-03-29
THE April issue Of the Eclectic

The April issue of the Eclectic
Magazine marshalls strong array
OF interesting and well selected ar
ticles, leading the way with one by
Cardinal Newman entitled "The
Inspiration OF Scripture which pro-
fesses to give the view of the Ro-
man Catholic Church on this sub
ject. Other articles bearing on the
interests OF religion are: "The
Christian Revolution" by w. S.
Litty, and christianity and Poll
TICS" from the Saturday Review.
A semi-religions paper of remarka-
BILE interest is by the Bishop of
Carsllle, and is called Thoughts
About Apparitions." Other papers
of interest, scientific in their charac-
ter, are; 'An Invitation to Dinner
by Andrew Wilson, F. r. s. E.,
and 1.-THE Germ Theory of Zymotic
Diseases" III. HI. Stathem's article
ON 'Mozart" gives an admirable
sketch OF that great composer. The
articles. "Tonquin Anam," and
1.-The Guide of Islam," by Capt. q.
r. Gender, R. E., bear on import
ant contemporary interests. Sug-
gestive and readable papers on lit
erary topics will be found under
the heads of "The Wisdom OF
Goethe" by Prof. Blackie; "Some
Polish Portraits" from Cornhill
Magazine and ''The Last Days OF
Heinrich Helm" from the Pail Mall
Gazette. Phil Robinson is repre-
sented by another of his unique pa
pers on animals in poetry, entitled
"Bears and wolves" There is a
capital story. can Adventure in
Southern Italy," from Blackwood's
and a trenchant poem from the
same monthly, "Pessimism."
Published by E. r. Pelton, %
Bond Street, New York. Terms,
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cents; trial subscription for 3
months 81.