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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
GanriltF 31Ianfrrn.
Three W0rkmen.

do you know the three organs that do most
of the v Ork of removing the waste products
from the human body"
Sitting in the office of the Brighton I1tdepen-
dent, at Brighton, Mass Mr.. Edgar W.
knights, the publisher Of that journal, asked
me the above question. 1t was a hot day in
August, 1884, and naturally thought the sub
iecE too heavy for the weather. | was even
less inclined to discuss it because ! knew little
or nothing about it-and frankly said so.
''That is about what | expected" remarked
Mr.. knights: most people have WOnderiul
capacity for ignorance in that direction. The
three organs are the skin, the lungs and the
kidneys. Contrary to popular belief, the ali
meutary canal has very little to do with 1t.
The kidneys, either from OverwOrK or other
causes, become diseased. Nowadays kidney
trouble is Vss'y common. Almost every body
has more or less of 1t, if they only knew it.
And in a certain stage il becomes not only
painful, but dangerous. In fact. cases are
known OF people being beyond help before
they thought themselves in the least danger.
My experience is to the effect that when
threatened with kidney trOuble-Whether 1t
Is constitutional or the result OF a cold-the
best thing to do IS 10 place a Benson's Capclne
Plaster right over the kidneys. These plasters
work better than any internal remedy know
Of. In most cases the relief is almost lmme-
date, and, if presevered 10, they produce eX-
cellent results even in advanced stages OF the
disease"
'Benson's plasters cured me of kidney COM
plant, giving immediate relef.'-R. ullef,
Sanitaria, Polk county, Fla.
81 was troubled with Inflammation Of the
kidneys, used a Benson's plaster and got ea
TREY gCeA 1cithOUt any OtbeT medicine 1chdf-
eCer."-W. II. Mitchell, 10 Parmenter street.
Chicago.
Ask to sec the Three Red Seals. Imitation
OF BensOu's plaster are sold under similar
names. When buying BensOn's examine the
plaster yourself before it is wrapped up. TIE
genuine has the Three Red Seals trade ma k
on its face Look for the Three Red Seals.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
THE SLEIGH RIDE.


Ike hills we're white with trackless snow,
The skirting woods stood grim and gray,
whose leafess bows, like skeletons,
Await a resurrection day.
Low IN the west q waxing moon
Hung her lamp on the brow Of day;
Throwing a soft uncertain ray,
Along the white, Hnbroken way
Where shadows shiyer IN the bIeeLS,
Like phantom forms that fancy "e"'e7'
But harki A sound comes on the hl5Ht'
A distant echo soft and low,
Then silence dies. as swift ana clear,
And wildly sweet. the rlpples grow.
The merry sound Of silver bells,
The thnd Of hOofs upon the snow
Bright rills Of laughter, clear ana sweet
Ee waves that kiss where waters meet
And an the waste Of cleaning white,
BUSHES q picture brave and bright.
swift a. the wind, flying steed
Carries q freIghted sleigh along.
whence from Russian depth OF fur,
Herriiy Heats the laugh and song.
Wrile Love, with busy fingers binds
Two hearts with the mystic fetters strong.
ard promises OF sweet delight
G-lls all the future warm and bright.
y Is the '-old, OLD story told
Forever new, and yet so old!
Short ours Of blonde. and tresses black.
somehow, nearer AMI nearer grow
> SGmeh5V. closer the bearded lips
Have leaned 10 those Of scarlet glow.
a rl then - but how such things occur,
Jue cannot quite explain. you know
Ilat little god. so blind ana bold,
" .5h lawle5s creed, dciie7 control;
Bat - Eel the snow has passed away.
The bells VII chime syedtiog day
i. N. Z.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
Charles Bad Guesses.


Two young ladies were overheard talk
ing glibly and confdentially on a sub
urban train. 'Now, Mary" said one,
s'tell me why Charlie and you quarreled."
"Because he's a ninny; that's the reason.
You know he's been coming to see me for
two wears. and l could see Just as plain as
anybody else that he was head over heels
in love with me. But he didn't seem to
have any snap to him, and / got real i'm
patient, just as any girl would have done.
A few nights before Christmas he called
to see me, and before he went away
said: Charlie, | want to make you a
Christmas present, but ! want to be sure
it will suit you. 1t is something real
nice. warm, useful, and ornamental, and
will always stay with you "A scarf"
he said. NO, not a scarf said, though
it might embrace you. 1t weighs about
a hunked pounds, and Pye heard you say
you thought it very precious! 'Oh, |
know. he said, "A bicyclei BY this time l
was nearly mad. but l made one more
effort. Not a bicycle, | said, but it can
walk, has a mouth, eyes, pretty hair, and
IS very aflectionate' ''NOw l know ne
said, and what do YOU think the nlnny
guessed that time? A big Newfoundland
dog! ! was never so disguised in my life,
and have not seen Charlie since. He's
treated me real mean, and now leap year
is gone, and l just hate him. Oh, there
he IS now at the other end of the car.
Amt he sweet? l wish he would come
and talk to u.s.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
wHATYOU MIGHT CALL NERVE.
Unless Truth is Indeed Stranger than
Fiction to at Least One New Yorker.


& saw an exhibition of what you might
call nerve the other day up in Delaware
cOuntv.n said Deacon Charles n. Bean of
the public stores. 81 was up there on
business last week, near Harpersfield,
and an acquaintance took me out to fish
for pickerel through the ice. On our way
to the pond we came to a couple of men
chOpping in I'll e woods. My friend knew one
of the men, and stopped to talkWith him.
The other man kept on chOpping. He had
made but two or three strokes with his AK
when it flew off the handle. The sharp
blade whizzed through the air, passed
close to my friends head, and, striking
the other chopper, whose name was
Hagar. cut his nose off close to his face
as clean as if it had been done with a
razor. The man who had lost it put his
hand up to his face in startled sort of
way, and looked down at the severed nose
as if he could hardly believe his eyes.
When the full force OF the situation
struck him ne looked at his fellow chopper
with an expression of surprise and deep
injury on his face, and said:
Jewell, Jack, you're ADJ nice TEL
low, amt YEP"
"Hagar then stopped and picked un his
nose and. pressing his handkerchieftO his
bleeding face, astounded both my friend
and myself by resuming the subject upon
which they had been talklng-W0lCQ was
the making of a contract FOR some chop
ping-as if nothing of consequence had
occurred to interrupt it. My friend,
however. started the other chap to the
village after a doctor, and wanted to take
Hagar home at enee. on his blackboard.
Hager wouldn't hear to this, and said he
would cut across to his cabin through the
woods and wait for the doctor, and he
started of, without any apparent hurry.
carrying his nose in his hand.
<'When we returned at night we went
ont OF our way two miles to inquire after
Hagar. We found him chOpping up fire
wood in front of the cabin. There was a
bandage around his face. When we
asked him if the doctor had seen him he
said:
Eyes, he's been here. He stuck the
nose on in it's old place and bound 1t
there, and said he believed it would grow
fast again. as he had known of such
things happening. Say, L came blame
near getting mad at Jack when that ak
flew off to-day. He's always cutting up
some dido or Other.'
Then we drove back to Harperstieid. l
had letter to-day from my friend. He
had Just come from visit to Hagar. He
says the man is getting along, and that
the nose will grow fast again, sure. Now,
these are facts, and | tell you that Hagar
struck me as giving an exhibition OF what
you might call nerve"
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
A GREAT FDUFICE.
Erected in Country Whose Common
People Are Daily Starving

The new Cathedral Of Moscow cost
more than $10,000,00O. 1t has been half a
century in constructing, but the wonder
is not that the time is so long, but rather
it has been so short. The great Cathedral
Of st. SaviOuT's is erected as a memorial
of the deliverance Of Russia from NapO-
leon BOnaparte in 1912. Less than three
months after the retreat Of the French
the Emperor Alexander J. issued a decree
that the church should be built, and a
few years later the foundations were laid &.
1t took 90 years to erect the building and
cover it in, and the scatfOlding was taken
down in 1858. The scafl'0lding alone cost
$50, GOO. 1t has five great gilded copper
cupolas surmOunted by crosses, the cen
trail one of which stands $40 feet from the
ground.
The whole building is faced with mar
BILE, and the interior is pronounced the
most exquisite in its decoration in Eu-
rope. There are magnificent paintings,
elegant windows, costly candelabra, and
the floor and wall are inlaid with many
varieties Of marble.
There is nothing in the world to equal
the gorgeous splendOr Of the altar and its
accomplishments, and the cathedral covers
$4,000 square feet, and will accommodate
comfortably in its central area-fOr it is
in the form Of a Greek crOss-10, coo WOr-
shippers. The bells for this church cost
913, 900. The largest weighs twenty X
tons, and the smallest only thirty pounds.
The most elegant balmoraI skirt is of
! poppy red tricot cloth, trimmed on the
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
ADVICE TO MOUners.

MRS. WINsLOW's SOOTHING SYRUP
should always be used when children are
cutting teeth. It relieves the little sHf-
Terer at once: 1t produces natural, quiet
sleep by relieving the child from pain, and
The little cherub awakes as "bright as a
button" 1t is very pleasant to taste. 1t
soothes the child. sOftens the gums, al
laws all pain, relieves wind, regulates
ire bowels, and is the best known remedy
Tor diarrhaa, whether arising from teeth
ing or ether causes. % cents bottle
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
A Lucky "Memphis Ledger and Appeal

The $4,000, the Second Grand Prize in
the Louisiana State Lottery, drawn yes
terday at New Orleans, was partly held
here, and partly in Cincinnati and San
Francisco. Among the lucky men is Mr..
Gus Phillips, a route carrier on the Led
ger and Appeal. He has One-tenth of the
ticket and is entitled 10 $1,000. He will
visit the New Orleans Exposition and
present it to NJ. A. Dauphiu, in New
Orleans, to be cashed in person.--Hem-
Plus (I'ala. Ledger, Dec. It.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
SPECIAL.


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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
Imitation Sealskin and Fpr-LiRed Garments.


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Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25

The most elegant balmOral skirt is Of
poppy red tricOt cloth, trimmed on the
inside as well as outside with many rows
of ValencIennes or MOresque lace.
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
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ropoun 10 u c
n1s
take advantagcof this extraordinary and unpre
Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-25
IL BATTLE o. sHILOH.

Extracts from an Accourt BY Gen. Grant
Of the struggle at PIttsburg Landing
4 son ofAIbert Sidney Johnston gives
tire Confederate side Ofthe Story.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26

Two streamlets I know; whose head-waters clear
Interm;ngle their murmurng song:
But one seeks the north, and the other flows south
BY roundabout course and long.
And the streams which at first blended every low
strain
Flowing unto the deep sea,
Leave constantly wider the distance between
-As between you, love, and me.
Two hearts once knew, who dwelt side by side,
And whose thoughts interwined with each other;
But differing aims led by separate paths
And each finds their Joy in another.
And the two which at first close together were bound
Drift apart on the worlds changing sea.
And the distance grows wider as years roll by,
As between you love, and me-
Helen Nj. Winsiow.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26


One summer afternoon a group of children
were playing at the end of pier which projects
into Lake Ontario, near Kingston, Ontario.
The proverbial careless child of the party made
the proverbial backward step off from the pier
save him, and their cries had brought no one
from the shore, when, just as he was
sinking for the third time. a
superb Newfoundland dog rushed down
the pier into the water and pulled
the boy out. Those OF the children who did not
accompany the boy home took the dog to q con-
fectioner's on the shore, and fed him with an
great variety of cakes and other sweets as he
would eat. So far the story IS, of course, only
typical of scores of we'll known cases. The in
dividuality of this case is left for the
sequal. The next afternoon the same
group of children were playing at the
same place, when the canine hero of the
day before came trotting down to them with the
most friendly wags and mods. There being no
occasion this time for supplying him with deli
cacies, the children only Stroked and patted him.
The dog, however, had not come out of pure So
liability A child in the water and cakes and
candy stood to him in the close and obvious
relation of cause and effect and il
this relation was not clear to the
children he determined to impress
it upon them. Watching his chance, he crept
up behind the child who was standing nearest
the edge of the pier, gave him sudden push
which sent him into the water. then sprang in
after him and gravely brought him to the shore.
To those of us who have had high respect for
the disinterestedness of dogs, this story may
give melancholy proof that the developments
OF the intelligence at the expense of the moral
nature is by no means exclusively human.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
A Wonderful Clock.

Probably the most wonderful time-piece ever
heard of is a clock described by Hindoo raiah
as belonging to native princess of Upper India
In front of the clocks disk was a gong, swung
upon poles, and near it was a pile of artificial
limbs The pile was made UP of the full. mum
Der of parts for twelve perfect bodies, but all
lay heaped together in seeming confusion.
Whenever the hands of the clock indicated the
hour from l out OF the pile crawled just the num-
Der of parts to form the frame of one man, part
joining itself to part with quick metallic click,
and when completed the figure sprang up,
seized small maet and walking up to the gong
struck one-tne first hour When o'clock
came two men rose up and did likewise, and so
through all the hours of the day, the number OF
figures being the same as the number of the
hour, till at noon and midnight the entire hear
sprang up, and marching to the gong, struck
in all. and then fell TO pieces again.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
The Shadow Picture.
Children's Friend.


Now hold your head just as still as a mouse,
JOSIE" said Maria, as she made sharp point
to her chalk pencil, land I'll take your picture !"
Josie did his best to keep still for five long
minutes, but the effort was so great that he al
most grew sleepy. He could work his hands a
little without spelling the picture, and that was
some relief. Dolly looked on with laughing in
terest as May turned the long, sharp nose of the
shadow. and thought the face looked more like
Grandfather Griggs than thin Josie, but the lit
tie artist kept soberly on. She could not stop
her work of art for such little critics. Dolly did
not know much about portrait taking, any
way.
The time was up at last and weary little Josie
drew off to take a look at himself He laughed,
but did not seem greatly fattered.
AS for May, she busted about, saying briskly,
IT can do great deal better next time. Just
wait one minute, Josie, that's o good boy, until
get my pencil and sheet of paper. I'll take
you lovely this time, see If don't"
Take mel take me" giggled Dolly, as she sat
her fat shoulders against the wall. May was
willing and Josie was more than willing, so Dolly
became the next sitter" if you could call
ona standing up sitter.
This time you could, with little help from
the imagination, tell whose shadow sh4 had
caught, and Maria was greatly pleased. was
her first drawing lesson, but it was by Il ans
her last.
She was never moro happy than when busy
with pencil and paper copying simple objects
which she saw about her. Kind Miss Adams,
who boarded at her home, gave her some good
advice, which helped her greatly. She began
with simply a leaf from the maple, and kept ON
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
A Wise Hen.

San Francisco Post.
Mr. Stirling is the possessor Of remarkable
hen, and relates the following incident in the
life of that sagaeious fowl: She brought up
brood of chickens recently, which event created
considerable excitement and festivity in colony
OF rats, which at once commenced a system of
plumber, contenting themselves with a chick and
a half for dinner daily. The hen stood this mass
acre of innoeents for q day or two. but one
morning as sleek rat, grown insolent from liy-
ing high on the toothsome chicks, skulked along
in the neighhorhood of a chicken, which was
triaing carelessly with a crust of bread, the
wrath of TIE mother was aroused She flew at
the rat, bounced on him, caught HIM by the back,
and CARRYING the robber to q tubfui of water,
dropped him into it with q revengeful ''cluck."
The rat was drowned. and the brood has since
been free from the raids Of the surviving ro-
dants
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
New Disposition of Grandmothers.

New Guinea Letter In st. Jamess Gazette.
Ii was resting day at village far away from
the coast and spreading my chart out on the
middle of the floor in the small native house in
which we were camping. several sitting round,
I was tracing our journey DONE and the probable
one to do, when strange drops were falling
around, few on the chart They came from q
bulky parcel overhead. Jumping up quickly, /
discovered that they were the family grand.
mothers remains being dried. Our chart was
placed on the fire. and the owner was called
Justify. who hurriedly entered and walked away
with the parcel 1t was altogether hurried
time, and spoiled our dinner
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
ssOld In.iin Rubber"

The author of up and Down the IYrawaddy"
relates the following incident of his visit, an
elephants back, to the Caves of Gautama, and
an encounter with huge boa constructor:
Shortly after emerging from the jungle, our
liveliest curiosity was aroused by the eccentric
movements of our elephant, and the sudden ex-
element of his mahout, or driver The man
was leaning over the head Of his beast, exploring
the ground before him on each side with anx-
ious scrutiny, talking all the while to the ele-
plant, in quick, sharp ejaeulations, sometimes
shrill, sometimes subdued, sometimes almost
whispered in his ear
Old Injin Rubber-the name of our ele-
phant--crept forward cautiously Imagine an
elephant on tip toe), hestating, suspicious vigi-
liant. defensive, holding his precious trunk high
IN the air. Presently he stopped short, stared
before him in evident agitation, for felt the
mass of flesh vibrating beneath me as when q
heavy laden wagon crosses q suspension bridge
Suddenly, with trumpet pointed to the sky,
he blew sharp, braZen blast, and troSted for
ward. At the same moment an exultant exclama-
ton from the mahout told the story in word:
:" The boa! the boat
fright in the path, where the sun was hottest,
lay serpent, his vast length of splendid ugliness
gorged, torpid and motiones-not coiled, but
outstretched,. PROSTATE and limp-abjeet under
the weight of his own gluttony The beacon
strictor had just died.
"'Old Injin Rubber paused as if for instruc-
tiOns; he received them from the mahouts boat
hook on the back of his skull. Half q dozen more
rolls and lurches, and he planted his huge fore
foot on the drunken dragons head. The mon
ster wriggled and squirmed, now twisting his
great girth in seemingly everlasting knots; now
erecting all his length, without kink, in the
air; now threshing the ground with resounding
stripes, till at last. beaten out, his strength all
spent even his tail subdued, he lay dead. Then
again and again the elephant tossed the serpents
dying bulk Indignantly in the air, and dashed it
to the earth"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
FOR THE LITTLE FOLKS.


A Jolly little fellow with bright black eyes,
A merry little fellow who makes but little noise,
Who smiles up coyly, with dimple IN his cheek,
chat comes and goes 90 cunning that does not need
to speak.
Comes not any morning dawns not any dsy,
That he fails to visit grandma, over the way
An oldfashioned grandma, all little boys
An old fashoned grandma is better far than toys,
She tells him little stories, listens to his tales,
And if fellows hungry-why, grandma never fails,
With bright rubber boots let it rain as it may,
He tramps to grandma, over the way.
Years fly fast he will soon be man;
Short as his daily journey viii seem hfes little span.
God grant his loving trustful heart viii change not
with years;
God grant his merry eyes may not be dimmed with
tears,
And if on grandma first should shine the bright
eternal day,
We know she'll wait to welcome him, over the way.
Detroit Free Press.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
For His Sake.

Hold closer still my hand, dear love,
Nor fear it's touch will soil thine own;
No palm is cleaner now than this,
So free from earth stain has it grown
Since last you held it clasped so close,
And with it held my life and heart;
For my heart beat but in your smile,
And life were death, we two apart
/ loved you so. And youf ah, well!
have no word or thought of blame;
And even now my voice grows low
And tender whispering your name.
You gagged my love by yeurs-that's all
do not think you understood;
There is point you men can't reach,
Up the white height of womanhood.
You love us-so at least you say,
With many tender smile and word;
You kiss us both on mouth and brow
Till all our heart within is stirred
And having. unlike you, you see,
No other interest at stake,
We give our best, aud count that death
Is blessed, when suffered for your sake
-MHriel.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
How to Keep Your Room.

A lock into the chamber Of boy or girl will
give one An idea of what kind of a man or wo-
man he or che will probably become. A boy
who keeps his clothes hung up neatly, or a girl
whose room is always neat, will be apt to make
a successful man or woman. Order and neat
ness are essential to our comfort, as well as that
of others about Us. A boy who throws down
his cap or book anywhere will never keep his ac-
counts in shape, will do things in a slovenly,
careless way, and not be long wanted in any po-
sition. A girl who does not make her bed until
after dinner-and she should always do it her
self, rather than have a servant do it--and
throws her dress or bonnet down on a chair,
will make a poor wife in nine cases out of ten
If the world could see how a girl keeps her
dressing room, many unhappy marriages would
be saved.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-04-26
Reef Tea Better than Wine.

A young lad was knocked down by team in q
London street and taken to large hospital
One morning the doctor examined him and said:
Nurse, give him two glasses Of port wine
daily" and, looking kindly at the lad, he said:
You will get ON very we'll, my boy"
The young patient looked up and replied:
"Please sir, don't order me the wine."
'Why not my boyg"
'If you please sir. belong to Band of Hope
'O! answered he do you! Well, nurse, give
him pint of new milk in the morning, and as
much beef tea as he likes" and, laughing cheer
well, my lad" And he got quite well without
the wine.