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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-08-19
AN EXPLANATION.
Illustration of the Popular Idea of So
Called "Meanness."

Illustration of the Popular Idea of So
Called "Meanness."
"Meanncss is often confounded with
economy, and generosity with waste,
but they are far apart. Meanness is
the fruit of miserliness and selfish
ness. Economy is the fruit of the no
blest idea of generosity and unselfsh.
ness. An economical person saves on
ribbons and gewgaws to have surplus
for beneiiccnce and nnselfish purpose.
Economy is duty; meanness sin.
There is no true generosity that is de-
tached from economy The following
conversation, overheard between two
women on a horse-car, illustrates a
very popular idea of so-called "mean-
ness
"Did you see Mrs, K at the en-.
tertainment last nightP"
Eyes, | did, and dent she look aw.
fully plainP"
II thought so. I've seen her wear
that plain black silk dozen times be-
fore.
ayes; and that bonnet OF hers! why,
it never cost six dollars"
"And no jewelry at all?"
"No; and they say she is worth fully
half million"
"Well, | call it downright meannes;
in any one to dress like that when they
can dress better. Why, you and l were
dressed better than she."
Indeed we were"
And they say Mrs. K is close and
saving about every thing. She's aw
fully afraid her servants will waste
something, and she never lays out
dollar for lots of things you and
wouldn't hesitate about buying, ever
if our husbands are on salaries.
81 declare, / hate such stinginess
What do you suppose makes her Sc
miserly?"
Thescause of Mrs. ks so-callet
"miserliness" is given in the following
extract lately taken from paper pub
lished in the city in which she lives:
''Mrs. Ii. l.. K has just given tel
thousand dollars to the fund bein:
raised for the Orphans Home in thi
city. The same generous and noble
minded lady has also given ten thou
sand dollars towards an institution TO
the education of poor boys and girls
Her constant charities in other direc
tons are said to be very large. y
Yossths Companions.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-08-19
WOULD MAKE THINGS LIVELY.
If we're q railroad brakeman
III lnllnr The sta1inns 90 plain

If we're railroad brakeman
Id boiler the stations so plain
That the man who was going to Texas
Would go clear through to Maine
I'd open the door of the smoking car
And I'd give him such mighty roar
That the passengers back in the sleeper
Would all fall out on the floor;
For couldn't afford n tenor voice,
And couldn afford to speak
In the sweet, soft tones of Eolian harps
For eleven dollars week.
If were baggage.master
I'd rattle the trunks about;
I'd stand them up IN the corner
And I'd tear their bowels out.
Iwould pull the handles out by the roots,
| would kick their corners in,
And strew their stuting all round the car,
And make them lank and thin.
For couldn't afford to wear kid gloves
Nor put soft pads on my feet
Nor to handle things gently, when all my pay
Just keeps me in bread and meat.
If we're railroad conductor,
As through the train i d go.
I'd have for every question they'd ask
The answer all ready: Don't know"
I'd miss connections for lots of men,
I'd run lone passengers past
I'd tell them twas eight, when I knew twas
ten,
And I'd swear their watches were fast.
For couldn't afford to be civil
When knew every man in the load
Would look at my watch and ring and say:
He stole them things from the road"
Pittsburgh sunday Globe.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-08-19
PiTH AND POINT.

1.-THE rambling old farmhouse" is
not confined TO the East since the West
began to enjoy monopoly of cyclones.
Darlington Free Press.
WHATS perbation, Jimmie?" said
one ragged street urchin to another
"Doncher knawpn was the response.
"Naw." "Well, perbation's when a
feller's gittin' square wild himself. ~
Boston Post.
-Marblehead (Mass.) young women
have got up nice kind of party,
where the young men in attendance are
required to sew across the bottom OF an
apron. The young women give 'em
needles, but no other points. Boston
Globe.
"A Nice Man to Handle Morphine
Druggist: "Perhaps with little in
genuity we can fix up that broken show
case, so that no one will know the diff
ference" Clerk: Ingenuity! What's
that? Some of that new sticking.stud
we got in yesterdayp''-M Y. Times.
--"Now, who can tell me something
about Solomonp" asked Cedar street
Sunday-school teacher while reviewing
her class upon the illustrious Biblical
characters. "He runs cigar tore on
Main street." promptly responded a
small boy whose acquaintance with
Buffalo surpasses his knowledge OF
Jerusalem. -Bu6alo Courier.
Little Johnny: "Pa, did you read
in the paper how parent was fined
twenty-five dollars because his little boy
hung on a street carp" "Well, what
of itP" asked Colonel Fizzletop. "Oh,
nuthin', except thought maybe you
wanted to give me som, nickels to buy
car tickets. When l have car tickets
don't swing on the street cars. "-1eraS
SVtingS.
He and she:
He sat and twisted his blonde mustache;
She toyed with strayng curl,
And silently thought OF her other beau
And he of his other girl.
AT LAST.
She stood with her head ON his shoulder
laid;
He toyed with the straying curl;
| She had no thought of her other beau,
Nor he Of his other girl
The Donkey's New Departure: A
Donkey who was tired of Drawing his
Masters Cart about went to the Cow
for Advice, saying: "You have nothing
to do all day long, while l work like 9
Slave. Tell me how l can escape this
Drudgery. "All you have to do is tc
run away and Smash the Cart" replied
the Cow The Donkey determined tc
follow the Advice, and next morning
when he set out to the Forest with the
Cart after Faggots he suddenly KICKED
up his heels and started off on a gallop
"Ohhor' exclaimed the Peasant as HI
put on the whip; 81 see what tn
Trouble is with you! / am Feeding yo'
Too Many Oats. Hereafter your ration
will be Reouced one-half." Moral
There is such thing as being to-
Smart. Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-08-19
A TIMELY RIDE.


Inc Iart Blaycu Dy u Laine hoy III tic
Revolutionary Struggle.
1t may seem at first that the boy men,
toned in this incident, which is given
bv Edward Everett Hale in his "Boy
Heroes" did nothing either heroic or
remarkable, but it is good Illustration
of the value of doing ones very best
under all circumstances.
There was boy whom l will name
Luke Varnum. He was fifteen years
old, and he was lame of his left foot.
SO, when every other boy in Number
Five, and every man, old and young,
shouldered his iirelock and marched of
to join General Stark, and go and fight
the Hessans at Bennington, Luke was
left at home. He limped out and held
the strrup for Lieutenant Chittenden to
mount, and then he had to stay at home
with the babies and the women. The
men had been gone an hour and hall
when three men galloped up on horse
back. And Luke went down to the
rails to see who they were.
lis there nobody hereP" said one O.
them.
Yes" said Luke, al am here.
~ see that" said the first man laugh.
ing. what l mean is, is there nobody
here can set q shoe?"
II think can, said Luke. al often
tend fire for Jonas. can blow the
bellows, and can hold horses foot
Anyway, l will start up the fire"
Luke went into the forge and took
down the Undertook and struck light.
He built the fire, and hunted up half-a-
dozen nails which Jonas had left unin-
tentionally, and he had even made two
more, when a fourth horseman came
slowly down on walk "What luck, "
said he, $50 find forge with the fire
lightedr
ave found one," said Marvin, "with
a boy who knew how to light it..
The other speaker flung himself of
the horse meanwhile. And Luke pared
the hoof of the dainty creature, and
measured the shoe, which was too big
for her. He heated it white, and bent
it closer, to the proper size.
at is poor fit, " he said, "but it will
do"
ut will do very well, +" said her rider.
"But she Is very tender-footed. and
do not dare trust her five miles unshod.' v
For pride's sake, the first two nail;
Luke drove were those he had made
himself. And when the shoe was fast,
he said; "Tell Jonas that | het up the
forge-and put on the SHOE"
1--WE will tell him. sad the Colonel
laughing, and he rode on.
But one of the other horsemen tarrie(
"a minute, and said; boy, no ten mer
who left you to-day have served you
country as you have. 1t is Colone
Warner"
When l read in history how Colone
Warner led up his regiment just in tim
to save the day at Bennington, | am ap
to think of Luke Varnum. When
read that that day decided the battle o
Saratoga, and determined that Americ
should be independent, | think of LUX
Varnum. When | go to see monument
erected in memory of Colonel Warne
and General Stark, and even poor oil
Burgoyne, l think of Luke Varnum an
! others like him. And then sometimes
wonder whether every man and boy {
us who brsvely and truly does the yer
. best thing ne knows how to do, docs nc
have the future Of the world resting o
him--Toptfs cernpGHioa
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-08-19
IN A KETTLE.

Minnie's Queer Hiding-Place, and How
She Was Found.
Minnie's grandpa had large farm.
He kept horses and cows, chickens and
pigs. There was great bsrn--such 8
nice place to play hiss-and-seek.
One day Minnie was playing with
her cousins. 1t began to grow dusk.
hst they thought there would b time
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-08-19

-"Hallo" calculated an anxious
guardian to his lovely niece, as he en-
tered the sitting-room and saw her in
the arms of a swain who had just
popped the question and sealed it with
a smack. 'sWhst's the time of day
now?'' II should think it was about
half-past twelve" wss the cool reply.
"Yeu see that we sre almost one"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-08-19
READING FOR THE YOUNG.
SAYING AND DOING.

WHAT DAISY SAID.
"If I'd carriage all my own"
Said little Daisy Wood,
SIN sure l would not ride alone,
Like Miss Rebecca Hood;
I'd ask poor people, large and small
Who never go to ride at all;
I'd be SO kind and good"
WHAT DAISY DID.
"Ohl take your dirty dolly, Ben,
And don't you ever dare
To put her in my cart again
With lovely Lady Clare;
That horrid thing all rags and dust
Has soiled my lady s dress and mussed
Her pretty golden hair!"
-Emfna G. Dotpd, in Our Little Ones
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-08-19

i'm England a militia officer is new
or recognized BY his military title un-
less in uniform and on duty,
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

tenure of power is a slight one, and
even small detection in the Liberal
ranks would render the alliance with
the Parnellites futile one. Justin
Mccarthy, in an article in the New
York Independent, says that the
Irish people are willing TO surrender
their standing in the Imperial Parlia-
ment sitting at London for an Irish
Parliament sitting at Dublin. He
says that such an arrangement would
place Ireland on the basis Of the Do
minion OF Canada and Australia, and
weuld give her ministry responsible
to her own people. The fact is that
1t would be surrendering much. The
true solution Of the question would be
to allow each of the two Kingdoms OF
Great Britain and Ireland (the
official nomenclature which describes
the isIands) to have its own local leg
stature and ministry and to have, be-
sides, and this TO hold place over all
AN Imperial Legislatures as at pres
ent, TO attend TO the common con-
Germs of the two countries. This
would be on the plan Of the Congress
of the United States and the Legisla.
lures of the several States, and a
most excellent one IL has proved tc
be. According to Mr.. Mccarthy,
even the separatists are ready to ac-
cept the form of Home Rule involved
in local Parliament sitting in Dub
lin as settlement Of the questions
at issue between the two peoples.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

THERE is very general agreement
amongst the press OF Southern Cali
fornia that it would only be right and
proper to hold the State Conventions
OF both parties in Los Angeles this
year. The old, stereotyped style OF
calling these assemblies together in
Sacramento, San Francisco, or some
other place up north, it would be well
to honor in the breach rather than in
tho observance, at least now and
then. Another point upon which
there is an almost universal agree
ment is that there Is little need for
calling these bodies at an earlier date
than, say, the middle of August. The
elections in the old days were held in
September. As they are now fixed
for q ,iate nearly two months later ii
would be a highly sensible thing TO
bear that fact in mind in calling the
Conventions. Long campaigns are
fAtiguing and expensive and subserve
no useful purpose whatever. They
wear out the patience OF the masses
and both the patience and the peck
cts of the nominees.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

THERE are many signs that both at
Santa Monica and Long Beach this
SUMMER there will be quite a boom,
The former place has been very quiet
for some years past, and though
prices have held up remarkably well
there have not been many transac-
tons. Great numbers of people will
this year take up their summer resi-
dence at both resorts. The addition
of the steamer Falcon to the amuse-
ment resources OF Wilmington and
Long Beach will be greatly relished
by the habitues of Long Beach. With
the facilities now afforded by the
wharf at the latter place, delightful
ocean excursions will be Of frequent
occurrence. The Santa Catalina Is
lands will also come in for their share
OF attention and campers there will
be quite numerous. There are ru-
mors of new railway developments
which, il carried out, cannot fail to
put money in the purse of Santa
Monicans and in manner compen-
safe them for their long waiting for
the sunburst OF prosperity. The orb
of day seems to be on his way, how
ever, and the first CLEANS Of his COM
ing are already trembling on the
horizon.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

WHY WILL YOU SUFFER from Agu
and Malaria when Gilmore 5 Aromatic Wine
will cure you. For sale by II. d, Godfrey
Nadeau Block,
WILL YOU SUFFER with Dyspepsia and
Liver Complaint Shiloh's Vitalizer IL
guaranteed to cure you. Sold by @. y.
Heinzeman 122 North Main street.
CONFINED TO THE BED FOUR MONTHS
and almost blind, and cured by one box OF
Gilmore's Neuralgia Cure. For sale by II.
ID. Godfrey, Nadeau Block.
GROUP, wHooPING COUGH ana bron-
chitis Immediately relieved by Shiloh's
Cure. Sold by +. @. Heinzeman, 122 North
Main stree
For lame back, side or chest, use Shiloh
porous Plaster. Price 2h cents.
GIVE YOUR CHILDREN. for coughs and
ness, Gilmores Magnetic Elixir For sale
by II. ID. Godfrey, Nadeau Block.
sHILOH'S yITAIIZERi Is what you need
REORGANIZATION. Loss OF Appetite, Dizziness
aud all symptoms OF Dyspepsia. Price SO
| and 10 cents per bottle Sold by ]. c. Heinze
man, 122 North Main street.
REV. u. B. ERRELL, Of Pavilion, N. Y,
says of Gilmore's Aromatic Wine II be,
lieye II to be most desirable remedy 10 be
placed In every family" For sale by H. ID.
Godfrey, Nadeau Block.
MR.. A. HIGGINS, OF Wyoming, New York,
says he had the piles for 40 years. and was
cured by using Gilmore's Pile Specific. For
sale by II. d. Godfrey, Nadeau Block.
sHILOH's COUGH and CONSUMPTION Cure
iEROld by us on a guarantee. II cures con-
sumption. Sold by o. r. Heinzeman, 10
North Main street
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27
FINANCE AMI TRADE.
the New York stock Market.
New YORK, February 20. Government

the New York stock Market.
New York, February 20. -Government
bonds dull and strong.
There was some depression in stocks
this morning ON reports industriously
circulated that the trunk lines had prac-
,ically consented to pro rate with their
connections west of the Missouri river on
transcontinental business, which st was
argued as equivalent to ageneral disrup-
ton of the pooling arrangement to con-
troll traffic between the seaboard and the
west. First quotations were generally
/ to 1 per cent. lower than last evening,
and there were further fractional declines
during the first hour, but the lowest
prices were made before ii o'clock, and
from that time until the close the mar
ket was very dull, showing only slight
fluctuations but slowly creeping upward,
so that the highest prices OF the day
were established by 2 o'clock. During
the last hour the market was very dull
and about steady until near the close,
when IL showed renewed strength and
the close as compared with last evening
shows changes pretty evenly divided be-
tween small gains and losses.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

SAN FRANCISCO. February 26.-John
Dicke, employed in the subsistence de-
partment of the United States Army. in
this city, was found dead this morning
lying on the sidewalk within block OF
his home. Upon examination being
made at the morgue deep cash was
found over the right eye which was
given with club or caused by fall.
As the body was found face up and
gold watch and chain he always wore
missing, 1t is supposed that the former
theory regarding his death is correct
and robbery was the incentive for the
murder. There is no clue to the perpe-
TRAITOR.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS into the cause OF
the death of John Dickie, whose dead
bod was found on the street this morn
ing with a wound on the head and minus
his watch and money, showed that il
was not a case of murder. but that death
resulted from rupture OF the heart. Hi;
valuables were found at his home.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

As the returns continue to come in
from all parts of the world we learn
how terribly we suffered in the storm
OF few weeks ago. The London
Times had cable dispatch which
treated San Francisco about as we
had been accustomed to represent the
scene OF the Java eruption. The
same telegram told OF the frightful
damage caused by snow storms i'll
Los Angeles. The unhappy editor of
the Los Angeles HERALD, cinched up
in his exclusive citrus belt, cannot be
everywhere at once, and when he has
each foot planted on calumny, and
another SANDER clutched in each
hand, the INSCRIPTIONS London pa
pers are free TO set loose as many
more rs they please. --SdH Francisco
Post.
We assure our sprightly contempt
rary that he credits us with more con-
cern in this matter than we really
feel. As we contemplate the great
cannon ball trains of oranges rolling
out OF Los Angeles by three trans
continental railway routes divine
spirit of serenity takes possession of
our soul. BY the way, what has be-
come of the shipments OF the citrus
fruits from the northern belt? One
would think that the low rates Of
freight would coax a carload or two
from the snug harbors on the slopes
of the Sierras. 1t may be, however,
that these oranges are too good for
the people Of the East and are re-
served for mastication by the selfish
fellows who live up in Colusa and
other northern counties.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

If your avocations are mentally or
physically laborious. il they subject you
to exposure in inclement weather. II they
confine you to the desk and are of ma
ture to involve wear and tear on the
brain and nervous strain, you may &C.
casionally require some renovating tonic.
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters is the article
for You, it stimulates the failing energies
invigorates the body and cheers the
mind. Ii enables the system to throw
off the facilitating effects of undue ia
tigue, gives renewed vigor to the organs
of digestion, arouses the liver when in
active which il very often is with people
whose pursuits are sedentary, renews
the jaded appetite and encourages
healthful repose. Its ingredients are
safe and its credentials consist in the
hearty endorsement of persons of every
class of society, are most convincing.
Admirably is it adapted to the medical
wants Of workers.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

simply this and nothing more.
1t came from G. II, Heinzeman's store;
Has proved to be perfect cure,
Pleasant tasting, safe and sure.
That gum tree (eucalyptus) cough syrup,
which is made from the eucalyptus, or blue
gum, leaves of the Australian tree, and dur
Ing It's introduction on this coast has been
proven to be the most valuable remedy for
colds, coughs, sore throat. whooping cough,
bronchitis and consumption. The only
remedy that will not cause heartburn or dis
order to the stomach In cases where con-
sumption has got firm hold. Relieves the
coughing. builds up the weak frame and is
positively superior to any drug cough
remedy. dollar size package for seventy
1--WE cents. @. +. HEtszEMAN, Agent
Los Angeles
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

CHICAGO, February 26.-The proprie
tor of McCormick's large reaper factory
stated to-day the works would again be
started up in few days, committee oil
workmen assuring him about one thou
sand OF the men desired to return tC
work, ne matter what action might be
taken by the Knights of Labor. The
strike began on February l6, l40O men
going out, owing to a refusal to discharge
four non.union moulders.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

Our excellent fellow citizen Super
visor George Kinds has no intention
Of allowing his laboriously earned
good name TO go by default. He yes
terday went into Judge Cheney's
court and asked for Grand Jury TO
determine upon the question as to
whether there was any crookedness
in the award OF the Jail plans. Mr..
Kinds lately sustained severe phys
ical shaking up in Arizona and he has
no intention of suffering from frac'
tured reputation before his bones
have been we'll healed up.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

San FRANCISCO, February 26.-Wheat
Steady. No. shipping. Sl.27i@sl. 80
per GENITAL; good milling, 81. 32A.
Barley-Quiet. Feed, No. |, $l.25
per GENITAL; brewing, 81 .40@$l so.
Corn-Dull. California small yellow
and white, sl.2O@sl.25 per GENITAL.
CHICAGO, February &c. Wheat opened
weak aud I per cent lower, at SO@Slsc
per bushel cash, SOC May, s6ac June.
Closed weak; May 4c lower; sac May.
Corn-Opened weak, at 36f per bushel
cash, $3.50 March, 405c May. Closed
shade firmer and unchanged.
Barley-60c per bushel.
LIVERPOOL, February 26.-Wheat :
Poor demand. New No. winter, is
I'd per GENITAL.
Corn-Demand for spot futures poor;
demand for spot February, As 2ad per
GENITAL, steady; March and April, As 2hd,
easy.
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27
cONSUMPTION,

The symptoms of this disease are gradual
or sallow skin. great debility. frequent
fiushes Of the face. alternating with pale
the slis htest emotion. increased suscepti
bility to colds. Expectoration yellow. per
Dry, hacking cough from tickling In the
throat, shortness of breath. especially upon
going up stairs. chilly sensations, and
pink-red line on the lower gums
More or less pain and soreness are notfca'
BILE about the chest.
Later we have night sweats, diarrhea,
and swelling OF the feet.
II YOU have part OF these symptoms do not
think 1t Is merely cold that will soon pass
off. but take treatment before the disease IL
firmly seated, and you can be cnred..
In the later stages life can be prolonged
and comfort given to the patient, by AID o.
our Limitations, which ease the. coughing
facilitate expectoration, and promote
healthy and refreshing sleep.
Constitutional remedies hasten the cure BY
building up the system generally, purify
ing the blood, etc.
The treatment can be used NJ nome with
out detenttop from businessk
Los Angeles daily herald., 1886-02-27

SEVERAL hotel projects, we are glad
to be- able to say, are now being
mooted in Los Angeles, and we are
not without hope that something will
at last come Of them. A great, first
class commercial hotel. which should
be erected on scale of three or four
hundred thousand dollars outlay, is a
demand of the hour. In addition,
there ought to be one or more COM
fortably appointed hotels for
tourists and visitors, and these
need not necessarily be in the heart
Of the city. ST. vincent's college,
adjoining the sixth-street Park, and
which we learn will shortly come
upon the market, is one Of the most
eligible Of these sites, and it includes
a whole block In one of the most at
tractive portions of the city. For
those who would prefer more rural
homo there ought to be accommoda.
tons such as could be readily pro-