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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
WILLOW CULTURE.
1t Opens a Large Field for Useful and
Profitable Industry.

1t Opens a Large Field for Useful and
Profitable Industry.
Considerable attention has been turned
of late. in this country, to the cultiva-
ton of the basket willows, and their
manufacture. That desirable and
promising industry is opened to us in
this direction is indicated by the fact that
we import willow rods and baskets ready
made to the amount of more than
$500, 900 year. The cultivation of the
willows, and their manufacture, is SIM
pie and easy, and may be carried on
with hardly any capital on any scale,
large or small. They are readily pro-
pagated from cuttings about a foot in
length, taken from well-ripened shoots,
and set in the ground in slanting
direction, and to such depth as to be
nearly or quite covered with earth. Gull
t.vators differ in opinion as to the dis
lance apart as to which the cuttings
should be set, some saying two
feet each way, others eighteen
inches one way by twelve the other.
The closer they are set the less is the
tendency to throw out side shoots, which
are undesirable. The ground in which
they are set should be we'll pulverized,
and should be kept free from weeds by
cultivation, for year or two, until the
plants are well established, and send up
shoots vigorous and numerous enough
to shade the ground, so that weeds will
not grow. The shoots should be cut
close to the ground soon after the leaves
fall In autumn. ..t. tt
A large field of useful and profitable
industry is here open to us. Basket
work may be carried on upon thousands
of farms and in thousands of dwellings
without interfering with other and nee
essary labor. No machinery is needed.
In the long, leisure evenings of winter,
in many farmhouse, while pleasant
talk or profitable reading is taking
place around a cheerful fire, the fingers
of one or more could be fashioning the
plant twigs into forms of usefulness
and beauty; and the product, if more
than sufficient for home needs, would
find ready and remunerativc market.
Why should we send three thousand
miles over the ocean for willow twigs
when we can grow them as easily as we
do corn? And why hire fingers in
France or Germany to weave them into
baskets for us when we can do the work
equally well?-N Y. Independent,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
A Wise Statute.

The Board of Trustees of Cornell
University have passed u university
statute whereby every professor who
shall have served seven years at the in
stitution may have years vacation
on half-pay. This action can not fail
to result in great good to the cause of
education. 1t is a declaration of body
of business men that the efficient teacher
is not only worthy Of his hire, but that
he must not be worn out in the tread
mill of the lccture-room; that he is, in
short, worth preserving. 1t is recog-
milton of the teachers dignity and i'm
portance that can not fail to have its eff
feet upon the profession generally
Current.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
At the Fine Arts Exhibition.

Young Mrs. Blentop to Watkins De-
brush, just introduccd-The likeness is
good and the drawing admirable, but
the coloring is abominable-in fact it is
perfect daub.. ft
Debrush-But, madam, it is just like
old Sornbeck. His face, you know, is
just like warty apple, and has no more
expression than baked pudding. No
artist could make decent picture Of
''Sir, l would have you understand
that we are discussing a portrait of my
father, and"
And, perhaps, madam, you are not
aware that painted it." 81 q"
Both agree that the etchings are more
attractive. philadelphia Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
HOME AND FARM.

"A little ginger or grated nutmeg
put in sausage meat will improve its
flavor for most persons. The Caterer.
1t is now stated that raw potato is
far more effectual in identifying ths
complexion than any cosmetics. The
face should be rubbed with the freshly
cut vegetable, then washed and then
treated to gentle friction. - Cincinnati
Times.
To destroy the black buffalo or car
pet moth, which eats straight lines across
carpets, dresses, etc., take corrosive
sublimate of double strength, one table,
spoonful in quart of boiling water,
and saturate the floors and woodwork
thoroughly.-Boston Bulletin
-Hickorynut Cake: One cupful Of
butter, two cupfuls of sugar, half cup
full of milk, four eggs, one cupful of
chopped raisins, one cupful of chopped
hickorynuts, two cupfufs of flour, half a
teaspoonful of soda, juice of half a
lemon. Bake in two square loaves, and
frost The Cook
Cranberry Sauce: A young house,
keeper thinks she has discovered the
proper way to cook cranberries For
quart of berries place pint of water on
the stove with sufficient sugar. Let the
water come to boil, and when boiling
put in the cranberries and boil brislSly
about fifteen minutes. Western Rurat.
Egg Sauce: One cup of chicken
broth, heated and thickened, with table,
spoonful of butter rolled thickly in
flour; poured over two beaten eggs;
boiled one minute, with tablespoonful
parsley stirred in; then seasoned and
poured upon pounded yelks of two
boiled eggs placed in bottom of bowl.
Stir up, and it is ready.-The Household.
Most farmers feed corn to every
thing. Corn to the cows, corn to the
calves, corn to the colts, and corn to the
pigs. What were oats made for? For
all young animals. Corn is good to
fatten grown-up animals and to be a
part food to fatten young ones. Very
little of it should be used for food for
young animals, as it does not contain
enough of the elements to make per-
feet body.-Troy Times.
Nothing furnishes silver more
quickly than rubber, the ring around
the neck of fruit jar being enough to
color whole closet foil of silver in one
night. Coal gas is also inimical to
bright silver or plated ware, but a lump
of gum camphor in closet will do
much to protect the goods. Silver
spoons, discolored by contact with
cooked eggs, are easily frightened by
rubbing with common salt. Chicago
Times.
Mustard Dressing: Some one ask
ing for a recipe for nice mustard dress
ing will find, think, that this will suit
Take six eggs with three teaspoonfuls o.
mixed mustard, one teaspoonful of salt
one teaspoonful of sugar, one and one
half cup of the best salad oil, half cup O.
water and one cup of vinegar Mi,
thoroughly and place in a water bath
Stir constantly until it creams, then pu
away for use. If kept in cool place il
will be good for long time. T0rcnt(
Mail.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

The buffalo and elephant are used
Instead Of horses by the Burmese.
The pistol was invented in Pistola,
IN Tuseanny, by Camille Vitelli, in the
sixteenth century.
Jennie Lind will sing in public next
GUNNER for the first time in twenty-five
years. fer appearance will be for
charitable purpose.
In first-class passenger carriages on
English lines they put pans OF hot water
IL the compartments to keep the passen-
Cers warm. Stoves are not used.
Consul William Slade, of Brussels,
SAYS the average size of farms in the two
Flanders is about seven acres, and that
farmer will support his family upon
the profits of tract of six acres.
M. Gossc, it is said, found means to
restore the life-like expression to the
eyes of dead bodies. He places few
drops of glycerine and water on the cor
sea; life-like expression is reproduced.
Since 1880, when diggings for am
Der were commenced under the Sma-
land Peninsula in East Prussia, the yield
of the veins has greatly increased. In
1864 the revenue was $4,000 against
1926, 900 in 1888.
1t is understood to be Queen Vic
toria's pleasure that the jubilee of her
reign shall not be celebrated until the
completion of fifty years from her acces-
sion. That period will be accomplished
on June 20, 1887.
"A medieval wedding-dish is now to
be the fashion at Gallo aristocratic mar
riages-the peacock served up in his gay
plumage. This old custom was revived
at the Princess Marie of Orleans we'd
ding with Prince Vlademar, the most
exalted royal parsonage present being
the carver.
AT recent meeting of the Hatters'
Association of Austria, in Vienna, the
President spoke with pride of their
emancipation from Partisan fashion
makers. Four new winter styles of hats
were devised, three of which bear the
names of Viennese observation-disclosures,
Suppe and Millocker.
1t has been found that thick wells
over pictures produce injury instead of
serving for protection. The two master
pieces of Rubens in the Collegiate Church
at Antwerp, for instance, are becoming
darker from year to year, owing to the
effects of the thick wells with which they
are covered and an effort is being made
to remove wells from all the master
pieces OF art in Belgium.
Tho total number of books and pc
riodicals published in Madras during
last year was SlS. Of these l42 were in
English, 539 in the vernaculars of the
presidency and rs in the Indian classical
languages. The most noteworthy lit
erary feature of the year was the great
increase in the number of original works
in the vernaculars, which were 343,
compared with 225 in the previous year.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
PERCHERON HORSES.

To a Tribune reporter, Mr.. A. S.
Chamberlain, who for 40 years has been
the proprietor of the "Old Bulls Head
Stables" New York City, said: Il
keep exchange and sale stables for
horses, thousands of which annually
come to my stables from all parts of
the country. don't deal on my own
account to any extent. The French
horses have good feet and stand the
pavements better than the Clydesdales,
and bring a better price on the market.
The Clyslesdales are short-ribbed, slim
wasted and lack action. Compare
lively few of them are now brought to
this market. The demand is largely
for French horses. would advise the
farmer and breeders, who are breeding
horses to sell on the New York market,
to breed from French horses in prefer.
ence to all others. &C Chicago Tribune,
Percheron stations of the finest quality
and with choicest pedigrees, registered
in the Percheron Stud Book of France
are annually imported in immens,
numbers. Within the past two year.
1000 have been imported and collected
by one firm alone.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14


and silver bracelets, rings, with emer-
aids and other precious stones; gold pins
and buttons, and all the varieties OF
ornaments which the jewelers. art has
produced, while the poor bought pins,
earrings bracelets, finger rings and
necklaces of the cheaper styles of filled
work.
From 1860 to 1870 the factories in
creased from 46S to 68l in number, and
the yearly production from $40, Ais, 600
in value to 1922, 104, 200. In 1870, 10,-
O9l people were employed in the bust
ness. The growth of those ten years of
imitation and speculation has not been
maintained, however. The chief centers
of the jewelry trade are Providence, r.
l., which has IS establishments; Phila-
delphia, with 55 factories; New York,
with 200; Bristol County, Mass, with
So, and Springfield, Mass, Boston, Gin
cinnati, San Francisco and Newark,
N. j. The filled work is mostly made
in New England and New Jersey.
A great many alloys of gold are used
in the making of ornaments. Silver is
used pure, being alleged only to give it
hardness. Gold is fused with copper to
give it red color, and with silver to
give it silvery luster. 1t is seldom
used purer than twenty-five carats, nor
inferior to fourteen carats, because it
would tarnish and stain below that
purity. 1t is given either polished,
dead or frosted surface, and is often
deliberately ornamented by soldering
gold wire upon it to form pattern, or
by chasing with tool. In large fac
tories corps of designers is kept
steadily employed in producing new
patterns in pins, bracelets, rings, ETC.,
ideas being borrowed from every source,
ancient and modern.-N. Y. Herald,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
. Indigo.Carmine.

To obtain indigo-carmine use only a
very good quality of indigo, preferably
Bengal, which should be washed in a
hot diluted solution of sulphuric acid.
Then one part indigo and five parts
sulphuric acid, &C deg. B., are mixed
together in leaden vessel; the indigo
being first very finely powdered and
dried. The vessel should be kept cool
and the indigo should be added to the
acid little at time, the mixture being
well mixed. A heating of the mixture
should be avoided, as IL would cause
free sulphurous acid, which would i'm.
pair the good qualities of the finished
product. DRY Goods Bulletin.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
A CITY ON WHEELS.
AStrange Town Which is Wheeled to Other
Positions at Pleasure.


Positions at Pleasure.
In q recent number of the american
Carriage Journal some interesting par
ticulars are given of small city, as it is
called, on wheels. About one hundred
huts are fixed on these rollers, which,
when the season arrives, are drawn on
to the ice in Saginaw Bay, Lake Huron.
The population of this "city," to which
the name is given, is about five hum
dred. Every hut is furnished with cook
ing utensils, hammocks and stove, and
is occupied by three men, whose bust
ness on the ice is to engage in peculiar
method of fishing. A hole is dug in
the middle of each hut to the
water about yard square. One of the
fishermen then takes live fish of
the herring tribe and drops it into the
water, after fastening it to line. The
fish dives away as quickly as possible
until it is pulled up, when it returns to-
ward the hole, followed by great num-
Der of pike and other large fish DESTROYS
TO feast on it. The fishermen stand be-
side the aperture with harpoon, and
when the pursuers arrive then a thrust
of the four or five-pronged instrument
seldom fails to bring up some of the
large fish. In some of the huts about
two hundred of these fish are thus
caught by the end of the days work.
This congregation of huts has very
weird appearance at night when the
fishermen carry out their vocation by
torchhght, which attract the fish with
out the herring bait If there is not an
abundance of fish at the chosen spots
.he huts are wheeled to other positions
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
a.Ifi =,

"Stand back, gentlemen! Clear the
trackn shouted the police, and as the
quickly-gathering crowd surged back,
steamer No. came up the street, the mag
nificent black horses striking fire from tie
pavement. r.t
But hold! A wheel comes off the steam
er is overturned, and the brave firemen are
picked up bleeding and senseless!
An investigation revealed the fact that in
oiling the steamer that morning the steward
had neglected to put in the hnch-pin. A
little neglect on his part had caused loss
of half million dollars. The busy marts
of trade are full Of men who are making
thesame fatal mistake. They neglect tlieil
kidneys, thinking they need no attention
whereas if they made occasional use OF
Warmers safe cure they would necer say
that they don't feel quite well; that II tired
feeling bothers them; that they are plagued
with indigestion; that their brain refuses
to respond at call; that their nerves arc all
unstrung Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
A "REMINISCENCES.
True History of the Once Famous "KOb.
ert Heller"


"Robert Heller" the noted magician,
was really William Henry Palmer, a ma
tive of Canterbury, in England. AT the
age of ten years he was musical pro.
Dizzy, and at sixteen he appeared in con.
cert, and had composed several brillian,
stndies for the piano-forte. His musical
career was hindered by his boyish fancy
for the illusions of magic, at first mere
recreation, afterward an infatuation.
While still a student he left the ROYAL
Academy, in company with another
young and noted artist, and at the Thea.
ter Royal, Rochester, he gave his first
magical entertainment. The result was
not brilliant. The friendly confederate
sat in front box, with greatly waxed
mustache, eye-glass and other disguise,
but owing to anxiety he lost his presence
of mind at critical periods, to the dscom-
future of the wizard and the disgust Of
the audience, from whose missiles the
two young adventures escaped through
a window at the rear of the stage.
In 1852 Robert Heller" came to the
United States, and soon afterward he
drifted to Washington. There he became
professor of music, was organist at DR..
Halls church, became lion in the dip
lomatic society presided over by Lord
and Lady Napier, and married Miss
Annie Kieckhofer, a daughter of one of
the firm of Riggs & Co., bankers. But
his infatuaton for Bohemian life was
not overcome. His marriage was not a
happy one, and he persuaded an old
English gentleman named Philips, the
father of Washington bookseller, to
furnish the funds for new necroman-
GERS outfit. Soon afterward he OBJ
tanned the services of his step-sister, Miss
Ada Palmer, as confederate, and with
her he travelled around the world. Re-
turning to the Atlantic coast, he died at
the Continental Hotel, Philadelphia,
No2cmbcr q, 1878. Ben. Perleu Poors,
mBost9n Budget.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

"A young clergyman who had come
to supply the vacant pulpit of the church
in q New England village, had an ex.
tremey boyish appearance, and made
his way almost unnoticed into the pull
pit, where he was concealed from view
by the reading-desk in front of him. But
an old lady who sat close on the right OF
the pulpit in consideration of her deaf
ness, was much concerned to see boy
in the place of the expected clergyman.
So she arose very softly, stepped on tip
toe to the pulpit-stairs, and, beckoning
with her forefinger, whispered loudly in
coaxing accents: Come down, my boy;
you mustn't sit there; that's the place for
the minister!'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
CHINESE BANKS.
The Complete Banking System Obtaining
In the Celestial Empire.

kho Oonpfcte Drinking system ODtHfufnE
In the Celestial Empire.
The ways of business houses are by no
means the same the world over. Ac.
cording to resident of Hong Kong,
some pecularities of custom attend
banking transactions in that place. He
says that the interior of the bank con-
sists of large sombre hall kept fairly
cool by the waving of innumerable
punkahs We wish, suppose, to cash a
check:
"Schroff!'' shouts the clerk, and i'm
mediatcly answering to the term-not
German, but corruption of the Hindoo
word Sarrof banks clerk-there glides
forward one of the native cashiers, with
smooth shaven skull, four-foot pigtail,
and spotlessly white flowing garments
He is silent and rapid in his movements,
and though his scanty stock of English
is scarcely Ineligible, he salts
factorily carries out the transac-
ton in hand, your own compli.
Gated pencil and paper conversion OF
UUuIluS lllO uOlldIS anu CcHlS, DclOy
easily distanced by the schrolf's peculiar
method of calculation. Taking up
"a counting-machine, his long, 1.-the
fingers move over it far more
quickly than the eye can follow; he
plays on it with the rapidly of lace
making.
"All right as regards the total" says
the. traveller. 'Now give me three
pounds in small CHANGE For a sup
ply of five-cent pieces is indispensable in
| China.
A means has been devised for avoid
ing the WEAKNESS of counting out the
three hundred tiny silver coins repre-,
scnting the sum in question. A pile Of
them is poured on that wooden tray,
containing one hundred reccsses, each
of which is just deep enough to lodge
one five-cent piece, and shallow enough
to prevent the possibility of two such
lurking together. A jerk of the
wrist; the one hundred re.
cesses are instantly filled, the surplus is
swept off, and you have your correct
amount, the schroff tucking up his
enormous sleeves, as the money il
poured into your hand, to disarm pos.
sible suspicion that he is concealing any
stray coins in their folds. - Youths Com
pd'it0n.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
One minutes Imprisonment in TAI

One minutes Imprisonment in Jail
was the punishment imposed on man
charged in a Clarendon (Ark.) court
with having sold the products of land
for which he had failed to pay the rent.
The trial occupied several days, and up
on the verdict being pronounced the
condemned walked across the courtroom
and placed himself in charge of the
Sheriff, who took him to the Jail, where
he served out one minutes time.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
prof. Rice, of WESLEYAN Universit

Prof. Rice, of Wesleyan University,
in recent lecture, told of freshet at
one time when the Connecticut River
was fifteen miles wide at Hartford and
200 feet deep at Middletown. The
mountains between the latter city and
Meriden were islands in the river that
run to the Sound in two channels. the
new one running over the Wallingford
plains in New Haven. Haren Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

"A correspondent writes: noticed
in the Evening Post specimen of Ger
man translation which brought to my
mind a sentence / took from an old
German grammar some time ago, which
perhaps may be new to you: "a blind
become hen, who to the scratching
accustomed was, after that she blind be-
came ceased not to scratch. OF what to
the poor fool awaited it? Another seeing
hen, who her tender feet wished to spare
this observing, yielded not from her
side; and as often as the blind-become
hen a grain upscratched had, ate it the
seeing one AWAY. /. EUeHing Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

An exchange says that bath has
been established in Albany, N. Y, where
orthodox Jews may - he in accordance
with the requirements of the Talmud.
This custom Is still observed throughout
the Old World, and in some places in
this country. There are two other baths
of the kind in the United States.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

A HINT to the bashful: He handed her
the hymn book with a mark in it where the
hymn began: when shall we embraced"
She passed it back with the mark trans.
ferred to the hymn: SIN the Sweet BY and
by" The parson had marriage fee soon
after.-.Boston Budget.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14
Maryland, MY MARYLAND,

Maryland legislators, who are always
alive to the public interests, have endorsed
the new discovery, Red Star Cough Cure,
because it contains neither morphia nor
opium, and always cures. The price is only
25 cents.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

A paper in Oswego, N. Y, mentions
that James Clark and wife "were born,
died, and were buried on the same
day. The life of this remarkable
couple was very brief, but exceedingly
eventful- Shoe and Leather Reporter.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

"WHY should the soldier never lose his
head in battleln said German Captain to
private soldier. because II he did he
would not have any place to put his cap
on."-Tsrds Siftings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

A VERMONT man recently went into his
yard and whistled for his dog, but a bear
answered it instead Whereupon the man
fed Some men are never satisfied.-N Y
Graphic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

Six Of one and half a dozen of the other
usually implies sameness between two
things. But it is very different when jury
IS equally divided regarding verdict
Puck.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

THE bones of the average man only weigh
about twenty-four pounds, and yet some
people put on airs and step, around as
though they weighed a TONY. Y. hide
pendent
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

TERESA TIA, young violinist, will make
Tua through this country next year.
Good luck Tua-B boston Courier
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

He was mean Young husband who
begged his wife not 10 make any more cake
until be had paid his life insurance dues
EaR Riser .AdpaHcs.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

PIXIES TooTHACHE Drops cure in minute, &c
Gtenn's Sulphur SOip heals and beauties. sc.
GERMAN CORN REMOVER kills Corrs Bunions.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1886-01-14

Tar and secure a place in everybody's
goodwill, not forgetting your rich uncle's.
Troy Times.