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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04
One Dollar Per Year.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Sartoris (Nellie Grant, is liv-
ing at South Kensington, London.
General Grants memoirs have been
issued in the celebrated Tauchnitz edi-
tion of Leipzig.
There are two clergymen in Con-
gress. Messrs. Owen, of Indiana, and
Anderson, of Kansas.
-Bibb, Gagg, Dodd and Rigg are
monosyllabic names of four lawyers in
Gage County, Nebraska.
"A Southern critic hkens certain
literary lady's sonnets to "the silvery
texture of cobweb endowed with the
durability of pear"
George Parsons Lathrop says John
Boyle O. Reilly was born physically in
Ireland, intellectually in Australia, and
POLITICALLY in Boston.
Nellie Gould, the only daughter OF
Jay Gould, Joined the West Presby-
terian Church in New York recently.
Mr.. Gould was present at the service
~ Y. Sun.
When Congressman Reed, OF
Maine-now one of the leaders in Con-
gress-lived in California he was de-
scribed as "lubberly, red-headed
school-teacher from Maine y Chicago
Journal.
Mr.. Murfree, the father of Charles
Egbert Craddock, the novelist, is q tall,
patriarchal Tennesseean, who is said
to betray by his looks the pride he
feels in his daughters success. Mrs.
Murfree is a pleasant little woman.
with quiet voice and elderly appear
ance.
Colonel Thomas b. Davis of Pied
mont, w. Va, recently declined to at
tend matrimonial matinee in Balti-
more because he chad no dress suit"
but, despite his reprehensible poverty
in this regard, he inclosed his check
for So 1000, which doubtless suited the
bride H1ra4fF
Leopold, of Belgium, is one of the
most democratic of Kings. He saunters
about Brussels in the most leistrely
way, and is as familiar a figure on the
Rue Royale as President Grant used to
be ON Pennsylvania avenue. He is
fully six feet tall, and has an angular
form and an awkward manner. ~
Colonel E. q. Judson, "Ned Bunt-
line," is described as an elderly man.
short of stature and badly crippled by
wounds received during the war. He
says that he is paid from $4,000 to
$500 for his stories, and that under
pressure he has produced six hundred
pages of foolScap manuscript in six
days.
-Schaefer, the billiardist, when
playing wears full evening dress He
has fine diamond stud in his shirt
Vignaux also wears full dress suit
His diamond stud is worn in his shirt
collar Schaefer carries his cues in a
green sack and piece of chalk in one
Of his vest pockets. Vignaux carries a
jointed cue in a leather case.-N Y.
Mail
General Schenck has settled down
in his old age to the practice of law in
the city of Washington. II is said that
he is obliged to return to his profession
in order to make a living. This is a sad
lesson for the ambitious young men Of
this country who believe that COM
plete mastery of the principles of draw
poker is all that is necessary to COM
mand the wealth of the world. - Ctica-
go Times. ,.,.3 -....
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04
A WESTERN DuGouT.
Interesting Description of n Western Hab
itation by q Nebraska Lady.

Interesting Description of n Western Hab-
itation by a Nebraska Lady.
Having lived among dugouts and
sod-houses for about twenty years, 1
send herewith description, which will
perhaps give your readers some idea
of their construction and appearance.
Perhaps some people think a dugout
must necessarily be avery dirty place,
and that nobody but savage would
live in one. But ! know a great many
prairie farmers that have lived in them,
who are not Savages, but for intelli-
gence and culture will compare favor
ably with those who inhabit log
houses in other States. Dugouts, as a
rule, are very comfortable, especially
in winter in localities where wood and
coal are scarce and high, and the horse
and COW need all the corn. Some of
these habitations are so nice and home-
like within, that one forgets they are
dugouts. Many who come West to
get homes, are too poor to build fine
houses, so the dugout and sod-house
became an institution among us
Westerners. 1t is fortunate thing
for us that our Western soil is so favor
able for the purpose. As soon as our
homesteader has fastened on his
land, he looks for a suitable site for a
dugout, which will be at the side of a
shallow ravine, or some place where
he finds bank facing the south, if
possible. The bank should be pretty
steep, and not very Might've or six
feet at the front is about right, The
first step is to dig hole, or perhaps
it would sound better to say make an
excavation, the necessary size and
shape. There is no need to spend time
or thought on the plans for this "earth-
ly tabernacle" for the parlor, dining
room, bedroom and kitchen are all in
one. A small room is often added for
a cellar, but the best way is to dig the
cellar entirely separate from the living
room but near enough to be handy.
The first settlers that came in, when
wood was plenty, had fire-places in
their dugouts, which, on account Of
ventilation they gave, made the habita.
tion more heslthful. When the exca.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04
WONDERS OF THE HEAVENS.

Orion and His Neishbors-The Little Dog
and the Twins, Auriga and Taurus.
Ii the observer goes out between ten and
eleven o'clock at night, at this time Of the
year, and faces the south he will see the
consultations here represented high up in
the sky, and extending from side to side
across nearly the whole southern quarter OF
the heavens. Orion is readily recognized
by the three stars forming the belt, lying
somewhat askew, in the center of a paral-
telegram, two of whose corners are marked
by thefirst magnitude stars Betelgeuse and
Rigel. This belt may serve as a convenient
measuring-stick for an observer, as it is
just three degrees in length. Another
celestial yardstick is furnished by Rigel
and Betelgeuse, which are about eighteen
degrees apart The belt OF Orion, as
we said before, serves to point out the
chief of all the stars, Sirius, which may
be seen in the center OF the map at
the bottom. The first bright star above
Sirius, and appearing in the left hand side
of the map about on level with Orion, is
Procyon the leading brilliant of the small
constellation of the Little Dog. Above
Procyon is the constellation OF the Twins,
marked by two first magnitude stars, Cas-
tor and Pollux, and number OF smaller
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04
HUMOROUS.

"A Louisviller has been arrested for
cutting up piano. All reforms meet
with severe checks at first.-Louisvtlle
COurier-Journdt
-"How's Mr.. X, our old-time writing.
master?" asked Tom, who had been
visited at college by his friends-Dick
and Harry. "Oh, fourishing, flourish
ingr' was the reply in chorus - Golden
Days.
Hello, old chappy! Been maxim
any money latelye' 81 should smile;
got m pockets full" LEND me a.V.
will yerf" "Oh, L can't, yer know;
it's all in one dollar bills. ."-French
Paper. af ,af ra.. ...,s
-"Don't you like this roomp" asked
the principal of the new teacher. "Oh,
yes, l like the room well enough re-
piled the miss, who had large class of
boys, "but find it very sonny. IN
Y. Ledger .. a+
You have never been abroad, !
believe, Miss Mildewp" mot yet; but
when papa saw my new Spitz dog this
morning he said he should probably
send me to Paris in the Spring" y
Philadelphia Press.
johnny Gust after Sunday-schooD
Say, Jack, what is sockdolagerp.
Jack-Why, don't you knowp Its
what they sing in church when they
get ready to go home. The minister
gets up and says: ''Let us now sing the
sockdolager. Boston Beacon.
-"Well, they must have some big
furniture in Europe remarked Mrs.
Snaggs. "How so, my dearP" inquired
her husband Why, here's the Ser.
vians marching on a sofa, but the
newspaper has got sofa spelled with an
il / wonder why they don't learn to
spell common words" - Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph
They were just married, and he
was about nineteen years her senior.
She threw her arms around his neck
and said: Il am your darling, amt
I?' This was soft, even for wedding.
day. He replied: Ess, 90 iz; ess,
indeed, 90 IL oore husbands darling
This was at least ten years softer
Chicago telegram.
-Husband-The census taker wa,
in, dear. He demanded the age ol
each of the family, and / was obliged
to give him yours. He said it was the
law. Wife (enraged)-Law! Wha
do care for lawP John Smith, did you
tell that man my age? "Yes, l tolt
him you were twenty-three. "Well
l suppose the law has to be respected.
N Y. Sun.
=" Do you recognize this instru
mentP" said the lawyer to the prisone
at the bar, pointing to written con
tract II think dc" calmly respond
ed the man addressed. "Will you b
kind enough to inform the court wha
the nature of this instrument ise'
you drew the instrument up, l be
J lieve?" asked the prisoner. Il did,
replied the tormentor. Then shoul'
say it was a wind instrument -
Yoakers Statesman,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04

principal stars are located. The bright
star Procyon, in the Little Dog, is very in
teresting and remarkable, because astron-
omers have found that it is accompanied by
an invisible companion. This unseen star
betrays its presence by pulling Procyon
now this way and now that. OF course
these motions could never be detected by
the naked eye. But the refined instruments
OF measurement used by astronomers en-
able him to detect them, and he is even
able to make not wholly untrustworthy
estimate of this mysterious dark star, and
its distance from Procyon. The two are
unquestionably revolving around one an
other, but, as it's companion is invisible,
Procyon seems like some Traveller of the
sky staggering under burden.
The two first magnitude stars in the
Twins mark the heads OF these interesting
celestial brothers. The right hand and
northernmost is Castor, and the other is
Pollux. Everybody knows the romantic
story OF these brothers as il is related in
Grecian mythology. Castor is one OF the
most splendid Of the double stars. IL does
not require a very powerful telescope
20 separate the two components OF this
beautiful star, and the effect OF the two
stars almost touching one another, and
outshining any diamonds, is indeseriba-
ble. The feet OF the Twins, marked by q
row OF stars through which Saturn IL Just
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04
A NARROW ESCAPE.
The Amenities of Life rs Displayed by
Members of the 4" Purfesh."


The Amenities of Life as Displayed by
Members of the /" Purfesh."
An oldish, thick-set man, with side
whiskers and bald head, got on the
train at Amsterdam the other day to
come into the city, and he was obliged
to take a seat alongside of young
man who wore eyeglasses and parted
his hair in the middle. The oldish man
seemed annoyed because he couldn't t
get a seat alone, and the young man
took no pains to conceal the fact that
he was mad at being disturbed.
"The place for. dudes" said the old
man, as he wriggled around, sis in the
baggage-car."
"And the place for hogs" replied
the other, sis on freight train.
HIN. How do l know you aren't a
pickpocketp"
"And how do know you aren't a
murderer"
"H'ml / think I'd better call the
conductor" a
man."
Don't you talk that way to me-"
"And don't you try to bluff me-"
At that moment the conductor came
along, and as he took the oldish mans
ticket he gave both a sharp look, and
said:
IF one of you try any of your tricks
on this train I'll make it the saddest
event of your lives"
"H'm! 'Scuse me" said the oldish
man to the dude as the conductor
passed on. II didn't know you be.
longed to the purfesh.
"And 'scuse me, partner, I'm just
out of the cooler, and don't know any
of the new gang. Let's shake. IN
Y Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04
ORION AND HIS NEIGHBoRs.


stars below them and in the direction of
Orion. In a row OF these twinklers appears
at this time splendid star, almost equal
to Sirius itself in magnitude, but lacking
the dazzling scintillations OF the Dog Star.
1t is the planet Saturn, which, in it's great
thirty-year journey around the sun, has
now arrived in the midst of the splendid ar
ray of consultations grouped around
Orion. The observer will notice that
Saturn is near two small stars.
Still higher, near the center of the upper
part OF the map, is Auriga, with one first
magnitude star, called Capella, another of
the second magnitude not far from it and
several small stars at some distance below.
Lower than Auriga, and in the upper right
hand part of the man, facing the scattered
little stars marking the lions skin that
Orion is supposed to hold in his hand as
shield, is Taurus, or the Bull. cluster OF
stars forming V-shaped figure marks the
head of the Bull. These are the Hyades.
The little cluster of stars above and to the
right of the Hyades are in the shoulder OF
the Bull, and are known to astronomers
under the famous name of the Pleiades.
The observer will notice that the first mag
nitude stars, Rigel in Orion, Sirius in the
Great Dog, Procyon in the Little Dog
Castor and Pollux in the Twins, Capella in
Auriga, and Aldebaran, the brightest staI
in the head OF the Bull, mark the corners o.
an immense six-sided figure, which once
recognized can never be forgotten. Betel
geuse in Orion and the planet Saturn are
within this great hexagon, and on opposite
sides of its center, Saturn being the upper
most.
But no one can pretend to a knowledge
OF the stars who is not acquainted with thu
forms of the consultations. Accordingly
we give pictures OF those that we hav'
named, showing in what parts OF them tn,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04
SNOW JOKE.

Now we hear the plaintive scrape
or the spade;
And the snow-balls take a shape,
10 evade
Which the mortal tries in vain,
And his language Is profane
When the basement of his brain
They invade.
Now the small boy makes slide
On the walk,
And he straightway doth derlde
Sons of York
Who first step upon and Slip.
And then tumble up-kerbllpl-
While the maker off doth SKIP
With squauk.
Yes indeed the time is here,
You must know,
When the seasons bleak and drear
And foe
To whatever may be gentle
In man, and detrimental
Is this awful, sentimental
ice and snow.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04

Auriga is called Menkalina. THERE'S some
mystery about this constellation. 1t is
ordinarily supposed to represent chariot
eer, but nobody seems to have been able to
account for the goat and kids that tradi-
ton places in his left arm. The Greeks
were unable to agree as to the meaning Of
this constellation. DR.. Seiss says it repre-
sents a shepherd, and gives religious sig
nificance to it. The ancients seem to have
attached somewhat similar meaning to
it, as savior and protector to those in
distress, for Aratus wrote; a,
"If thou wouldst gaze on starry Chsrioteer
And hast heard legends of the wondrous
Goat
The Goat and Kids that on the purpl'ng
deep
Oft look to rescue foundering mariners
Vast-loomng shalt thou find on the Twins
His form bowed forward"
The right foot of Auriga rests upon the
point upon the left horn of the Bull, which
is marked by lone star ofthe second mag
ntude, called FL Nath. This brings the OBJ
server to-the great constellation ofTaurus,
which contains two of the most beautiful
groups OF stars in the heavens, whose
names we mentioned above-the Hyades in
tut Dun ncdu Uiic lciduco III hio
shoulder. The brilliant reddish star in the
upper left-hard part of the V formed by
the Hyades is the celebrated Aldebaran, a
star that is known to every sea captain,
and that is much used in astronomical OBJ
servations as the moon not infrequently
passes over it in her monthly journey
around the earth. Close observation will
show that the light OF Aldebaran is OF q
pale rose color. different from that Of any
other star.
As the sun is in the constellation of Taurus
in the spring, the Bull was naturally con-
nected in the minds OF men in olden times
with the breaking up OF the winter and the
opening Of the season OF flowers. So we find
| Virgil writing OF the time:
"when with his golden horns in full career.
The Bull beats down the barriers OF the
year"
The Pleiades are so closely clustered that
they seem to averted vision like piece OF
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04

An admirer Of ex-senator Conk-
ling has sent that gentleman barrel
of chewing gum, believing it win cure
his dyspepsia.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04
p SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE

breaking his way, are dipped in the Milky
Way, which the observer will see in moon.
less night winding along between Sirius and
Procyon, passing over the heads of Orion
and the Bull, and through the middle oi
Auriga. We
Capella, the brightest star in Auriga, is
almost exactly overhead between ten and
eleven O'Clock at this time of the year. 1t
is one of the most beautiful OF all the stars,
and belongs to that class OF suns which re-
semble our own sun in composition and
age. tbs, however, a far larger sun than
ours. In other words, il we could place our
sun by the side of Capela itwould sink into
comparative insignilicance as a star, The
second magnitude star, some eight degrees
east OF Capella and in the shoulder OF
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-03-04

Hello, old chappy! Been maxim
any money latelye" 81 should smile;
got m pockets full" ''Lend me asV,
will yerP" "Oh, l can't, yer know;
it's all in one dollar bills. ."-French
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-23
.yeEersonian Simplicity.

Special to TIE DAILY TOMBSTONE.
 JERSEY CITY, N. J., Sept. 2S.-The President and Mrs. Cleveland and party arrived here at 3: :15 p. m. in a private car of the President Of the Delaware & Hudson Railroad and Canal Co. No one left the car while it remained in the Pennsylvania rail- road depot. Comparatively few peo- pie were aware of the arrival of of the party. The President was engrossed with his mail and newspapers, while Mrs. Cleveland appeared to be inter- ested in the usual depot sights. At :45 p. m. the car was attached to the limited Washington express and left for the Capital,
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-23
Solved at Last.

He stood for long time looking into the display window of gents furnishing store, and by and by he gave himself sort of kick and ex- claimed:-
 "Humph! Just like mel"
 "What is it?" asked boy who came up.
 "I'm a fule!"
 "For why"
 "For because I've been wonderin' for two years how fellow got into one of these outton-bihind shirts, and I've just diskivered that he don't have to turn around in it to bring the busum to the front? Bub, you may kick me d nIckePs wutb.-Detroit Free Press.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-23
Charged VEifh Murder.
for the Capital

Special to THE DAILT ToAssToNEl.
 HANFoRD Sept. 23-Coroner's Jury in the case of c. s. Hayes who was killed at Lemoore, Sunday evening brought in a verdict charging Henry Beaver with the murder. It appears that Beaver who is young man about 19 years of age residing at Ls- moore was rejected suitor of Miss. Smith end that she was engaged to Mir Hayes. Circumstancial evidence Is strong tending to show that Beaver though motives of jealousy did the shooting. There is great excitement over the affair as Hayes was highly esteemed. Beaver was taken this morning to visalia and committed to iail. His examina ton is set for Oc- tober 4th.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-23
Banquet for Gen. Nailes.


 Special to THE DAILY ToMrsToNEl.
 SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 23.-A special to the Examiner from Albuquerque, N. NJ, says: As mark of their high appreciation of the valuable work done by General Miles and his officers by ridding the Territory of the mur- derous band of hostile savaves, the citizens of Albuquerque have made arrangements to givO d banquet to the General and his staff on Monday evening next, when all the prominent citizens and federal officers of this territory and Arizona will be present. This banquet is intended not only as fitting tribute to the soldier who has done so much for this section of the country, but also to furnish our prom inent citizens an opportunity to be- come acquainted with him.
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-23
PhOtogrnphiHg Uonvicr. A-.talp
ton.

It was your correspondents good fortune to visit the prisop on a recent date, while the prison artist WAS en- gagged ia taking the pictures of 152 arrivals-convicts who had arrived during July and August-and of witt messing the modus operandi of repro ducing their mugs" on paper. Ev- erything was in readiness at 9.30 a. m The artist handed list of names 10 a guard and requested him to bring in d gang of thirty or forty new convicts from the chair shop. The officer soon had the raw recuits in line and marched them across the yard to the gallery where they were seated on . bench along the wall in the outer room. Capt. Luke the receiving off, cer then took the list of names and entering the operating room-where all was ready the camera and chair in position-called out the name of the first man on the list and the guard picking out that man hustled him in- to the room.
 "Sit right down here. What's yei name? Whats yer register number& See that little red star on the wallf Place yer eyes on that and don't move till I tell yer-hold up that head lit tle."
 While this volley was being fired in' to the ears of the trembling convict. the captain grabbed the man by the shoulders squared him back in the chair yanked his head around in the direction of the star on the wallj chucked him under the chin to elevate his head and then pulling around 2 wooden arm attached to the head rest, and containing place ill which to put some pasteboard figures to re-. present the prison number or ths convict pushed it up against the mans chest SO that the number would show in the resulting picture. All these manipulations were gone through with in moments time and then came the ominous "click," of the instantaneous shutter on the camera the exposure was completed. A seo- ond later and the captain yells:
 "NextW
 And in comes another victim. They follow each other in rapid successiOns like sheep comming to ! shearing.- Cor. Globe-Democrat. (
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-23
Railroad Collision.

Special to TIE DAIrI ToMBsToSEI.
 KANsAg CITY Mo-. Sept. 23.-Two freight trains on the Missouri Pacific collided this morning thirty miles past this city. The two trains met on curve and both were ditched Geo Cowles and John Light of 6edalz i'd engineers of the trains were both killed and the two fremen injured. The wreck took fire and about ten cars were burned with 'heir enureurs Seven were loaded with nass. en',ia and ehaep which were oa.1ea o- maine1l, and many -cf she careas-- wer burned. Ftssen # s-.Ias were delayed several hons..
The Daily Tombstone., 1886-09-23

Chas. Cunningham, while riding &. balky mule, was thrown to the ground and had his hip dislocated,
 Mir. Mcdonald made his appears- ance yesterday before Recorder Clun1, and put up all. ante of three dollars for being drunk. Cum "seen" the ante and raked in the pot and McDCnald left for the Chiricahaus.
 THE republicans carried Arizona by over l 100 majority two years aga, At that time the Democrats had g, very strong candidate in the field, MT. Head was the most popular Demo-, crat in that territory. If MT. Bean is re-nominated he will no dpubt beat MT. Smith 1000 votes, and put him under his little Tom bstons in elegant style.-Albuquerque Journal. 4s'' WANTED-A position as manager by sn. experienced, hotel man oi:manY. years in New York, Pennsylvania, and Maryland and who thoroughly understands the business in every de=r tail, and is at present ready to make permanent arrangements for first- class hOuSe anvwhpre m tho coast Of California. Address Hotel this office.
 y,
 WANTED-15 or 20 adobe makers and layers. White men preferred, Apply Ut this office at once for fur ther information.