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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-26
ATMOSPHERIC STRATA.


Interesting observations Made on tho
East Coast of Greenland.
The tendency of the air to form strata
of different density and of different tenn
perature, is often indicated by coli
umn Of smoke rising through the still
morning air to a certain height, and
then spreading out as cloud. Nat
urally the warmer air, being the
lighter, will be above the heavier cold
air; but as the atmosphere gets all its
heat from the surface of the earth, the
warmer air is at first beneath.
1t takes more force to break up these
layers of air and start currents of cir
culation than is popularity supposed.
This will be discovered by those who
have occasion to be abroad on country
roads in the early morning. Driving
into thick wood, or even under the
lee of woodland, they will, on chilly
August morning, suddenly come into a
warm streak clearly left over from the
heat of the day before. 1t does not rise
and give place to the colder air though
it is sensibly lighter.
Some observations made on the east
coast of Greenland by the German Arctic
expedition, in February of 1870, yielded
most interesting results. The first re-
port is from an elevation of nine hum
dred and Ell nteen feet. AT that height
the temperature was fraction more
than twenty-five degrees below zero,
while, at the level of the sea close by,
the thermometer indicated at the same
time temperature of about twenty
eight and one-half degrees above zero.
Here was a difference of almost fifty
four degrees within less than thou
sand feet elevation, and the warmer air
was beneath. In this instance there
was strong north wind blowing at
the top of the mountain, no sign of
which was had below.
Another observation, made on the
10Th of the same month, is Of interest
when taken in connection with the one
mentioned above. In this case, at a
height of more than one thousand nine
hundred and sixty feet, the tempera-
ture was found to be twenty-seven de-
grees above zero. Below it was near
zero. Here, the difference in elevation
was double what it was in the former
case, the difference in temperature half
as great. but now the colder air is at
the bottom. Nothing is said as to the
wind at the time.
comparison Of the two observa-
tions, however, viii show decided
qualification of the air in high lati-
tudes. Such an arrangement over des-
erts is shown by mirage and other phe-
nomena. = ToHth's CopaDaaio1h
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-26
One Dollar Per Year.

How foul libel this is upon us we
will let our cashier say in his official
capacity.
1.-The truth OF the matter Is this:
With far less technical training than
man requires, IA woman becomes the
keenest and most accurate of business
managers, excelling particularly in
those departments which make the Sc
verest demands upon an intllitive judg-
ment. All over Great Britain the larg-
est and best hotels are now managed by
women, in Berlin, Dresden, Leipsic,
Madgeburg, Zurich, and in many other
great cities of the continent specially
in Paris great 'magasins' and shops
can be found, admirably directed by
women in all details; and in New York
City the banker and capitalist will tell
you of sound and conservative judges OF
business questions and enterprises
amopp women of refinement, social
standing and domestic tastes. F"
To this, the unqualified testimony OF
an expert, let me, as a woman OF affairs
and domestic tastes,n add that after
years given to calm and careful study
of the subject, hold and practice the
belief in the capacity of my sex to UNI
derstand business as well as men can.
Furthermore, that a good woman's
sense of honesty and honor in financial
matters is-ceteris paribus-of a finer
order and nicer quality than a good
mans. She will go hungry rather than
defraud the butcher and baker, stick
taper in bottle and set it on her par
lor table sooner than order from the
candlestick maker what she has no
prospect of paying for. Debt is to her
disgrace; the thought OF compromise
with creditors on twenty-five cents on
dollar when she owes one hundred is a
frightful calamity.
| She abounds in charities to degree
that causes her money-making brother
to shudder, yet discriminates in the
choice of objects more wisely than he,
who confesses this in the consignment
TO her of such as demand iudicious in
vestigation and personal inquiry. In
tuition gives her much help here; pa
thence with details and native tact give
more.
We ask, then, of husbands and fathers
only fair play. Let Our Girl be in.
structed from early childhood with
stated sums Of money, to be managed
altogether by and for herself. As she
grows older let these be set to her &C.
count in bank, and cover her personal
expenses of clothing, ornaments, brio
a-brac, books, etc. The mother may
counsel and warn TO save her from dis
aster, but she must trust her own dis
erection for the most part. A slip or
two, or even stunning fall, will worl
oait future good for her. Deposit, draft
and discount will cease to be enigmas to
her, and the worth of money become a
fact she will never forget. | pledge
my judgment for the assertion that she
will never overdraw her account more
than once, If then.
The wife thus trained will bring 9th
err capital to her husband with personal
charms and, possibly, fortune. He will
gain business partner, safe, clever,
clear-sighted-the only one the world
affords whose interests will be absolute
? ly identical with and inseparable from
his own. -Ma,fon Harland, N. Y. Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-26
SUFFRAGE SLIPS.

AT the Salem Female Academy, Win
ston, N. c., photography, telegraphy
and type-writing are among the studies
for which diplomas are awarded.
AS an instance of the pay of men and
women in the Government Departments,
1t was shown not long ago that the men
in the Dead Letter Office receive on the
average one dollar a day more than the
women, and this Notwithstanding the
fact that the women do most of the
work.
The late Emperor of Germany dis
liked to hear any one speak slightingly
of women. When he was Crown Prince
an officer once remarked of wounded
comrade that he was weeping like
woman" "Never make that compare
son." said the Crown Prince, with
frown. Crying like an unweaned child
would be better. Women have more
fortAude than men,"
WHEN the women get the ballot, there
will be as much difference in the ap.
pearance of the places where votes are
cast, as there is now between the cabin
of ferry-boat intended for gentlemen
and that intended for ladies. The form.
err is not fit for human beings to enter.
while the latter (where both sexes meet
is as clean as parlor. That is what
the polling places must be made.-M Y
Pioneer.
In 1890 Condorcet, in his treatise on
che admission of women to the rights OF
citizenship in France, says: Nov, the
rights of men result solely from the
fact that they are rational beings, sus-
ceptible of acquiring moral ideas and
reasoning on those ideas. Women,
having the same qualities, have the
same equal rights. Either no one indi-
vidual of the human kind has true
rights, or all have the same, and one
who votes against the right of another,
whatever be that others religion, color
or sex, from that moment forfeits his
own"
WORTH even more to woman's posi-
ton and woman's rights than any pos
sible legislation or politics is higher
education for the coming woman, con-
trolled by the new ideas on this sub
ject. 81 want in this school that one
sex shall have equal advantages with
the other, and | want particularly that
the females shall have open to them
every employment suitable to their
SEX" These are the words uttered by
Senator Stanford in connection with the
Leland Stanford, Jr., University of CAL
ifornia. A good deal of such education
has already been provided for, and ia
effects are already being felt-BostoF
TraascriDt.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-26
Scinece of Baseball.

Lovers of baseball may find it con-
venient to keep in mind this explana-
ton of the pitchers curve from Mr..
r, A. Proctor: If the ball is advanc-
ing without spin, or is spinning on an
axis lying along its course, the cushion
of compressed air carried forward by
it is conical-or rather conoidal-and
therefore resists the progress of the
ball equally on all sides, affecting only
the velocity. But in the case of the
curve, where the ball is spinning on an
axis square to its course, the air in
front of the advancing side of the spin
ming surface cannot escape so readily
as If there were no spin, and escapes
more readily on the other side. Hence
the resisting cushion of air is thrown
toward that side of the ball where the
spin is forward, and removed from the
other side, and the ball is detected
from the region of greatest resistance.
I-Arkansalc 7rarelsr.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-26
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

1t is said that G. A. Danas royalty
of 121 per cent. on each volume sold OF
the American Cyclopedia has yielded
Mr.. Dana over 100000.
The ChurchnGn estimates that
profitless ventures in church journalism
in New York alone amount to over a
quarter of million dollars.
james Whitcomb Riley never gives
out poem for publication till it just
suits him. He often works them over
making many and laborious changes.
Miss Catharine F. Simonds COM
pleted fifty years work as teacher in
the Franklin School, Boston. In honor
of her long service, she received among
other presents, purse of $3.50 in gold.
Sir Edward Baines is the Oldest ac-
tive journalist in Europe. He is eighty
eight years old, is editor of the Leeds
Mercury, and began his journalistic
career three years after the battle of
Waterloo.
Justice Gray fairly revels in
French novels. Since he went on the
bench he has drawn from the library
over thousand copies and he is a con-
slant buyer of such books. They are
his recreation.
Mrs. Augusta j. Evans, the author
of BeulsSh" and other stories, is an
enthusiastic lover Of flowers. She has
a bed of geraniums which botanists
pronounce to be the finest in the world.
Her home is in Mobile, Ala.
Senator Hoar is said to be the best
informed man in the Senate on all mat
tiers relating to American history. He
knows the constitution and the Feder-
alist papers by heart. He is a book
collector and knows the inside as well
as the outside of books.
of eighty-six Jewish periodicals,
eighteen are published in the Hebrew
language, fourteen in English, and
others in German, French, and Rus
sian. The Jews have forty-nine syna-
gogues in New York city, and a larger
Jewish population there to-day than
can be found in their own city, Jerusa-
lem.-7he Pacific.
Miss Charlotte NJ Yonge, the nov
elist, Is devoted member of the Church
of England. With the proceeds of her
novel 1.-The Heir of Radcliffe" she
fitted out the missionary schooner, the
Southern Cross, for the use of Bishop
Selwyn; and ten thousand dollars from
the profits of "The Daisy Chain" are
said to have gone to the building of the
missionary college in New Zealand.
Miss Amelia B. Edwards, the nov.
elist and Eyptologist, is like Charles
Egbert Craddock in one thing. She
studies the scenes of her stories with
great care. One of them describes run
ming the blockade at Charleston Har
Dor. Miss Edwards Investigated maps
and pictures of the place, charts max
ing high and low water in the chan
nels, and actual bills of lading to show
what kind of goods were shipped
She talked with officers and sailors o
experience at the time, and made /;
special study of naval terms under thu
late Admiral Sir Thomas Hastings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-26
OBLIVION.


Alack the day! upon a time, not many years
Within the city OF New York little Smith
was born.
He kicked and grew (as babies WHY until one
summer day
He found himself just twenty years upon LIES
stormy way.
And then began HIS troubles dire. He loved a
little maid
Who would not marry him because "His name
is Smith, she said.
81 do believe one-half mankind bear that same
appelation,
And though love you, John, | must refuse
your application.
The Legislature would not change his name for
such within.
TITS good enough for u.s." they said land
good enough for him."
You see it happened-strange to say-they all
were burdened with
The self-same name-that ancient name, the
myriad name OF Smith.
He vowed to travel far away to climes unknown
before,
And Haggard- like explore their depths in search
OF fame and gore
To many foreign lands he went but whereso err
he came
He found some former yoyager had carried
there his name.
The dry-goods clerks in every land, the sailors
on the ships,
When asked TO tell their names they formed
his name between their lips.
The merchants and the doctors, the MOBILES
yes the Kings,
Pronounced the magic name OF Smith with
varied mutterings.
sadder and a weary man, he sought his ma
tive shores.
But scarcely had he put his foot on Castle Gar
den floors
When wait ng for him stood the maid he loved
so long ago;
She started back, then cried aloud in tones
full-fraught with woe;
"If you had waited but one day might have
been your wife,
But Just year ago. dear John, tied myself
for life"
What is your manner" John frantic cried.
",This is cruel myth
With downcast eyes she answered low: my
name-my name-is Smith"
Five minutes later John was carried homeward
in hack,
And just FIVE minutes after he lay dead upon
his back.
The mourners at his grave we're few. He was
unknown to fame
But on his tomb in bold relief they cut: Smith
was his name"
Thomas Able, In Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-07-26
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


Rev. DR.. Lyman Abbott has ao-
cepted the call to the permanent pas
torate of Plymouth Church, Brooklyn.
Wesleyan University, Middletown,
Conn, had an income last year of up
ward Of S51 900, of which about $40,-
600 came from the permanent endow-
ment of $660,00O.
The Bishop of Carlisle declared in
arecent speech that men were kept
from religion by the character of mod
ern sermons. He added that sermon
was very often text floating about in
quantity of weak soup.-1he Church.
man.
Methodist itinerancy is fading away;
first the pastoral limit was one year;
then two years; next it was made three
years; then Southern Methodists made
it four years, and now Northern Meth
odists fix it at five years, and presid-
ing elders may be residing elders six
years.
The leading Hebrew congregations
of New York have added a Sunday
service to their Sunday-schools, and
DR.. Hirsch, of the Temple Sinai at
Chicago, has gone so far as to say that
he preferred to preach to men and
women on Sunday rather than to a
handful of women only on Saturday,
and has discontinued his Saturday serv-
ices altogether.
The first American Sabbath-school
of which we have any definite knowl-
edge was started in Ephrata, Lancaster
County, Pa, about 1899, by Ludwig
Hacker, teacher in the common
schools. 1t was carried on by him for
about forty years, and was attended
with some remarkable results. This
antedates Robert Raikes 17SD and
David Blair Q760).
"A novel commencement was re-
Gently held at the New York Manual
Training School. One hundred and
twenty brlcklayers, 1874 plumbers, IL
stone-cutters, 3S painters and 2S car
penters were given diplomas, certifying
to their skill in their respective trades.
This school has been in existence over
seven years, and all more useful man
ual trades are taught.
"A Christian church must be
gathered about the feet of the Lore
Jesus Christ as the visible presence
and incarnation of Gods everlasting
love for man. That divine personal
ity is the bond of union by which i'll
members are held together. In loving
the Christ they cease to despise, hate
criticise, avoid, or suspect each other
all find the best and deepest of eacl
other in that glowing love of tn,
Makerp-A. D, Mayo.
There are churches in which Their
would be more liberality if there wer
more oppenness in financial matters
Deacons and trustees sometimes &C
as If an imputation were cast upol
them when inquiry is made as to tn
receipt and expenditure of moneys
The whole body of Christian peopl
have not only a right, but it is thei
duty to know how the work is bein
done for which they supply the means
A want of system in presenting &C
counts to a church will lead to a wan
of system in CHARACTERIZATION III
Oatiyer
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-02-23
LONDON BLACKMAIIERS.
How American Capitalists Are Bled by TIN g
Vampires of Commerce.

no" american are 1Sleu Dy III Q
Vampires of Commerce.
There has recently come to the
knowledge of American capitalists
and promoters the fact that there is a
systematic and carefully planned
bureau of blackmail in London, the
workings of which are concealed from
the public, but which has proven a
thorn in the side of numerous Amer
lean enterprises. AS far as known
the head of the bureau is q man who
moves in fair business and social cir
Giles in London, and has string" in
two or three newspaper offices. in
GLIDING '.fnanciar' paper. He has
number of correspondents OH this
side of the water, where he formerly
lived for number of years. They
keep him posted as to Americans who
go abroad to raise money for the pro-
motion of enterprises of various kinds.
The minutest details of these enter
prises are ascertained by these CORE
spondents, in order to find any posi-
BILE flaws. On the arrival of an Amer
lean in L opdon to present to bankers
there any scheme of financial opera
tons, he is called upon by this head of
the bureau. who delicately proffers his
services. If these are accepted and
terms agreed upon sufficiently exorbi-
tant, all goes we'll. If not, the unfor-
tunate American finds his project as
sailed vituperously in q portion of the
press, and attacked in Il circle where
the blackmailers move. Often he turns
about and comes home Disguised, real
izing how hopeless 1t is to fight away
from home. II he shows battle. he may
expect TO be bled by lawyers If he
buys peace, rs he can, a perfect army
of smaller blackmailers spring up TO
strike" him. His best course is to
ignore them all. OF course.
But few men have the courage to do
that. A shrewd American promoter.
who told these things from experience,
added this advice: 1.-The best way to
be rid of the vampires is to keep your
self and your project a secret If you
60 TO London to raise money go to an
obscure hotel and lake lodgings.
Keep away from the clubs and ex-
changes Deal only with the bankers.
Give them the fullest opportunity of
investigation. When you get your
money come away as secretly rs you
went l got 800. 900 in London once
and had bogus suit brought to en-
join me from carrying it out of the
country until should have settled a
commission I had never dreamed of
~ T. Letter.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-02-23
A COSTLY TROUSSEAU.
Gorgeous Preparations for the Wedding
of China's Young Emperor.

Gorgeous Preparations for the Wedding
of China's Young Emperor.
Although the wedding of the young
Emperor of China will probably not
take place before 1889, thousands OF
hands are already busy with the lady S
trousseau and wedding presents,
which have probably never been
equaled in wealth at any other court.
The following are the presents the
young Emperor is presenting to his
fiance before their marriage. after the
actual engagement present. which con-
sists of gold seal, richly inlaid with
jewels, the handle being formed by
two gold dragons. Up to a month
previous to the wedding. the lady is
presented with 10 piebald horses
with complete trappings. 10 gilt he'll
NETS and cuirasses, 100 pieces of satin
and 200 pieces of cotton material as
wedding presents.
The bride receives 200 ounces of
gold, 10, 900 ounces of silver, one gold
tea service, consisting of teapot and
one cup with lid; one silver service.
two silver wash basins, 1000 pieces
of satin, 20 horses withc complete
trappings, 20 horses without trappings,
20 saddles for pack-horses and mules,
and costly gifts are also made to the
parents and brothers and sisters of
the bride. The brides hats are the
most remarkable among the rich
trousseau. The winter court hat has
a rim of satin; the crown is made of
red velvet, from the center of which
rises a button composed of three parts,
each of which is ornamented with
three small oblong pearls of particu-
lar beauty and seventeen ordinary
pearls, while in the center of each part
another splendid pearl is set in gold
and surmounted by q gold phoenix. A
handkerchief worn on the breast is
green. richly embroidered. trimmed
with tassels of jewels and red ribbon.
A gala apron of red and blue satin.
trimmed with otter skin and en-
broidered in gold. dragon fans and
skirts of many different kinds are also
part of this gorgeous outfit, and the
furniture for the future Empress is in
keeping. Shanghai Herald.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1888-02-23
PiTH AND POINT.

Talk is cheap-unless a lawyer
does the talking
Wise men hesitate; only fools are
certain. = Whitehall Times.
Which is the best of the four sea-
sons for arithmetic? The summer
Golden Days.
There is not much color to Gin,
yet it can scarcely be called a sober
tint.-Epoch.
We expect other people to change
their opinions. yet cling tenaciously to
our own.
Pillow shams are going out OF
fashion; but other shams still hold
their own.-Puck
The difference between success
and genuine success is that the lat
ter has more money in it.-New Hacen
Neaos.
THAT sort of self-denial which is
the least practiced. is the denying our
selves lawful things for the good of
others.
Ord r is the sanity of the mind.
the health of the body. the peace of
the city, the security of the State.
Southeu.
1t strikes us that if politics were
religion, ninc-tenths of the American
people would be saved. -Burlingto ton
Free Press.
An ounce of keep-y our-mouth-
shut is better than Il pound of ex-
PLANTATION after you've said it.-Phila-
delphio CaU
1t is as dangerous to interfere be-
tween a philanthropist and his phi
lanthropy as between a dog and its
bone.-London Times.
The best mechanic in the world
can't make pair of boots that are
all right o re of them is bound to be
left -DansUitte Breeze.
-Ole of the most difficult things in
the world is to tell whether a man is
in love or whether he has been drink
ing. -Mercha,st Traveller.
DO not fret 1t only adds to your
burden. TO work hard is very we'll;
but to work hard and worry. too, is
more than human nature can bear
He that giveth to the poor. lendeth
to the Lord; but the trouble with most
people in this world is that they never
make any loans except on collateral
Baltimore american.
The motives and purposes of au-
thors are not always so pure and
high as in the enthusiasm of youth we
sometimes imagine. To many the
trumpet of Fame is nothing but tin
horn to call them home, like laborers
from the field at dinner time; and they
think themselves lucky to get the dim
ner. -Loasqf eItoaU.
Are all arrangements for the
banquet made?' VERY nearly; but
we haven't selected man to respond
to the third toast yet" ''Snipeworthy
would be good man." 'Snipeworthy?
Why, he can make speech. When
ever he tries it he breaks down in the
first sentence and subsidies. well,
that is the reason why suggested his
name. He's the kind of speaker to
have at a banquet. ''-Nebraska State
Journal.