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The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-10
PEARLS OF THOUGHT.

Destroy ignorance and let progression
progress
Every utteranoc creates some kind o.
an impression.
Calumny is like coal; if it does not
burn it win soil.
Real glory springs from the silent CON
quest Of ourselves
Avoid temptation through fear you
may not Withstand it.
Never speak evil Of any ono. BE just
before you are generous.
Colors are extensively used IN ths
decoration of black toilets.
Our acts make or mar us; we are the
children Of our own deeds.
II is an irrefragable law OF mind that
moral efforts become easier by repetition
He who docs not engage in the quar-
rels of others will have few Of his own.
Every man has throo characters chat
which he exhibits, that which he has,
and that which he thinks he has
Irresolution Is worse vice than rash
ness. He that shoots best may some
times miss the mark, but he that shoots
not at all can never hit it. IrrcsoIution
loosens all the joints Of state; like
an aguc, it shakes not this nor chat limb,
but all the body is at once in fit.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-10
largest Tree in The World.

Notwithstanding the wonderful di-
mansions of California trees, the reputed
largest tree in the world is not TO be
found among them. but is situated in
Mascot, near the foot Of Mount Htna.
1t is called the Chestnut Tree of
Hundred Horses and moreover is be-
lieved to be one Of the oldest trees in
the world. It's name arose from the re
port that Queen Jane Of Arrayon, with
her principal nobility took refuge from
a violent storm under its branches. At
one'timc it was supposed that it con-
sisted Of clump Of trees united, but on
digging away the Garth the root was
found entire at no great depth. Five
enormous branches arise from one great
trunk, which is two hundred and twelve
feet in circumference. A part Of the
trunk has been broken away and its in
terror is hollow, and IS large enough to
contain a flock of sheep or two car
riages driven abreast through it. 1t
stiT bears an abundance Of fruit, and
its collectors have built hut within
the trunk, the better to promote their
York Prairie Farmer.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-10

A man at work on tho Huntington
bridge across the Ohio, near the foot Of
Central avenue, was standing ON one Of
the piers at least twenty feet above tho
water All around the base Of tha pier
were broken stone, driven piles and all
sort Of debris, on which falling body
could be dashed to piecea Nowhere
about the pier was there any deep water,
save in a narrow hole the upper part Of
which had an area Of not more than four
by six feet. While the man stood upon
the edge Of the pier, unknown to him
huge stone, suspended from a derrick,
was being swung toward him into its
place. 1t struck his shoulder and in
stautly he was plunged headlong Did
he strike tho rocks or piling belowl
Not at all. He made as neat dive as
ever did the most expert swimmer d.
rectly into the wells hole already de-
scHbed, and came out uninjured. Had
he been swcrvod a foot to tho right his
brains would have been spattcrod upon
the rocks. II CiuciuDaa Tunes Star.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-10
Organized Female Thieves.

new method of stealing has just
been detected at Vienna, Austria. A
number Of women established employ
ment Offices for placing shop-girls, and
succeeded in gaming the confidence of
numerous store-keepers. The young
ladies they recommended were first in
structed to rob their employers and hand
over the proceeds of their thefts to the
agents. The latter made regular rounds
every day. On entering a store the
agent would make small purchase, for
which she would pretend to pay with a
large note. The fictitious difference,
consisting of money stolen, was then
openly placed on the counter and
pocketed by the agent. The latter re-
tanned fifty cents or 81 of every days
takings of each girl, and paid the re-
mainder to the latter The whole gang
is now in custody. The occurrence may
lead to the introduction of our system
of a cashiers desk in every store to re-
place the ordinary money drawer ac-
cessible to every employe. The losses
of some of the store-keepers are esti-
mated at So, 600 to "a, 600.
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-10
THE SCARLET CLOAK
BY ELIZABETH CUMMINGS.

''Tell about the borrower being the
slave of the lenderl If there's a slave on
earth, Tn one to the Pettigrew's," and
Mrs. Holden hastily laid down her
work. ''Tilly'8 coming as usual with a
pint bowl, and Ptttigrews grocery's not
two blocks off! 1t does beat all - ''You
ought to be accustomed to it by this
time, mother" said pretty Winnie
Holden, looking up with smile. 81
don't think they can help it believe
they are uneasy without something of
ours. Last week it was the wafle-iron,
and the tluter, and this week it's the
rolling pin, and the mouse trap" A
sharp rap at the door was followed by
the appearance of an untidy little girl,
who announced III high, mon otonous
voice, that my maid like to borrow
huff ginger ter put inter a ginger cake,
an some pumpkin pies, an Miss Win
ME, mayn't we take your corn-poppcr3"
Il suppose we ought to be accommo-
dating" said Winnie, blushing. ''Per-
haps other people borrows more than we
do"
''They don't---I mean nice people
, DON'T" said her mother conclusively,
and the two sewed on in silence.
Winnefred Holden was, like other
y pretty girls, very fond Of tasteful
clothes, and her desire for them was
emphasized by the fact that her means
of gratifying her tastes were limited.
Her father had been in the hardware
business thirty years, and had no pos
sessed business capacity, might have
had the best trade in the village. But
he was tiInid, conservative man, and
had never moved from the narrow shop
in which he began, though the business
centre had shifted and left him on a
back street Mrs. Holden had that
rarest and most telling of gifts, 'fac-
nlty," and nothing went to waste in the
little brown house, whose snug comfort
was the envy, by more than one neigh
Dor. Winnie had received careful
education, and wanted to teach, but
she had no aptitude for the work, and
her father knew it. 'You weren't
Fmade for it, he said to her. "Stay at
home and learn housekeeping and
\ homemaking; your education is not
sufficient for you to start out yet"
Winnie obeyed, but her allowance
was small and she often thought long
ingly of what she might earn, were her
father willing. Scarlet cloaks had Just
come into fas hion, and now she never
! looked into the glass, that she did not
think how becoming one would
be to her dark eyes
and hair. Carrie Pettigrew, red
headed, freckied, plain-faced little
thing of fourteen had one, made with
white silk lining and white silk tassels.
Winnie felt her deprivation moro keen
" than ever and did what she had
never done before, asked her father to
observe the coveted garment. give
seen it, - he said IN his quiet way. "a
fool and his money soon parted. I'm
afraid Carrie'll wish her turkey red
cloak blanket when snow flies.
? it was the last day OF June, and that
evening, DR.. and Mrs. Grannis, the
The Savannah tribune. [volume] (Savannah [Ga.]) 1876-1960, 1888-03-10
In White.

In white, like fairest flower Of May,
Pure, in her cradle-b bed she lay.
In white-a girl in gladstone play,
She lived as life were always day.
In white-her lover by her side,
She proudly stood h3ppy bride.
In white, she lay on bed of pain
A lily press'd down by the rain.
In white-a halo round her head,
She lived; men looked and call'd her dead.
In white, her spirit, like flame,
Uprose to heaven, whence it came.
-[George Birdseye.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13
AN HISTORIC SPOT.
A Chapel Crypt In Paris Full OF Relics o.
the Great Revolution.

A Chapel Crypt In Paris Full OF Relics OF
the Great Revolution.
One of the most interesting places
in Paris is now open to visitors. This
is the Crypt of the famous chapel of
the Carmelite friars, whose convent
was used as a prison and also as q
human slaughter-house during the
Terror The crypt has been thrown
open to the public since the beginning
of last week It is situated in the Rue
de Vaugirard, which may be reached
easily from the main boulevard. The
chapel-crypt contains many relics of
the age of blood, which was inaugur-
ated by the great revolution, among
them being the skulls and bones of the
priests who were massacred in 1892.
These victims were about 200 in NUM-
Der, and they were literally hacked to
death by the marsellies, to whom they
were delivered up by Maillard. In
March, 1898, the garden OF the convent
was turned into an al tresco dancing
place called the "Bal des Tilleuls," !"
where the s.Grilles d Egout" and ia
Goulues' of the day distinguished
themselves by their choregraphic
cochonneries. Later on the convent
prison contained within its walls Jo-
sephine de Beauharnais, who had been
marked for the guillotine, but became
wife of the First Consul Bonaparte; the
lovely Nine. Tallien, the Nine. Gauth-
ereau of the directory, who also wore
Greek fllets like her modern imitator'
| Vergniaud, Nine. de Custine, and the
two poor mountebanks, the Loisons,
who were found guilty OF treason
| against the powers that were by having
| dressed one of their marionettes in
| their ..GuignoI' theater in the Champs
Elysees as Charlotte Corday and made
it sing out, Down with Maratl'' Tt
a comparatively recent period some o.
the inscriptions written on the convent
walls by unhappy and illnstrious pris.
oners were still yisibla -stpy'fs for;
London Telegraph
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13
A BOYS TIMETABLE.
The Pleasant and Unpleasant Things Ii
Little Freddy's Life.

The Pleasant and Unpleasant Things In
Little Freddy's Life.
My little nephew ran across para
graph, somewhere, which said that
any body could save at least two hours
of wasted time day by running on
timetable.
Freddy brought the clipping to me-
and asked what it meant. l told him
that | supposed that it meant that a
person could save two hours day by
having all his work or amusement
planned and arranged beforehand
such and such thing to be done at
such time, and another thing follow
ing directly after, and so on.
Freddy seemed so much interested
that advised him to make out a time
table for himself, and try running on
it for few days. He said he guessed
he would because two extra hours
day would be great help to him in
learning to strike out the fellows, and
possibly would secure him the coveted
position of pitcher in the school nine.
The next day Freddy submitted the
following to me:
FREDDY's TIMETABLE.
A. NJ.
645 to Gettin up.
to 73O Bath and gettin reddy fer
brekfus.
730 to Brekfus.
to 800 Prairs.
820 to $50 Hard study.
$50 Start fer skool.
9 Get there Ga feller must have sum
fun in life).
9 to 1880 Study and resite.
1890 to 1045 Reses (out to be longer).
1045 to II Study and resite.
p. NJ.
- to 1915 Coin fer lunch.
1915 to 1880 Eatin it.
1890 to Sloos of things. Playin ball
mosly.
to 8 Skool agen. Tuffest part of the
day.
Skool over. Fun begins.
8 to 6 Bace ball. Bisickle ridin.
Coin to walk (sumtimes with gurD.
Slidin and skatin in winter. Flyin
kite. Bothrin the dog. Penuts. Coin
to ride with pa. Shoppin with ma
Gwen l don't kno it befourhand)
Handy. In bad wether readin. Sloos
of other things.
9to7 Dinner (grate time fer me.)
Z to $50 Nothin much. Don't feel
/ like it.
73O to 8 Pa gets dun with paper an
reads sunthin alowd.
s Sez must begin to study.
s to SIS Kickin aginst it.
815 to 915 Study.
915 Gwup to bed.
915 to 935 Windin waterbury watch.
935 to 945 Undressin and gettin into
4 bed.
945 till mornin. Crate big time with
dreems, but feller can't stop to injoy
thing much. Wonder wy dreems CAM
hang on more like reel things?
/ p S. Ware do thos too eNtry ours
cum in?-PduL Pdstnor, IN Puci.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13
FANCY THAT.

The woods rang out merry laugh,
As two vent gaily by
the taller head was his by hall,
But hers the saucy eye.
beneath her old brown summer hat
he stole glance or two.
Then vowed he loved her-fancy that,
And ever would be true.
For her reply he stays and fingers,
And shs to vex and tease,
Tells slowly on her dainty fingers
Sveethearts by twos and threes-
,sThe little fingers Tommy True,
The next is George Pratt,
T think them all as nice as you"
She said, '5ust fancy that"
The two then wandered slowly home,
His heart was full of pain;
He vowed In other lands he'd roam,
And ne'er come back again.
She dashed aside her golden hair,
And sang in merry tone:
IA brave heart wins q lady fair.
A faint heart conquers none."
Beneath the old oaks spreading reach,
She made him understand
How friends could have a finger each,
But he her heart and hand.
They found 1t then upon the ground,
Her crumpled broad -brimmed hat;
But 10 this day they have not found
The reason--fancy that!
-.iiherson Itglong, in Chicago Saturday Euen
HsraId
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13
HOTEL BLACK LISTS.


a Tourist Keeps Track og Rooms Where
Suicides Have Occurred.
Front, show this gentleman TO room
406. Go with the young man, please.
That is what the clerk at q popular
downtown hotel said to timid, pale-
faced stranger who had applied for ac-
Communications.
"One minute, boy" calculated the
guest. Il wish to understand matters
fully and he hauled from an inner
pocket long, black book which he
opened with great precision. After
scanning few of its leaves, he said:
.No, sir; not me. You cant get me
into that room. I'm paying for the
privilege, Mr.. Clerk. What's the mat
terp Well, that room Is marked, put
on this blacklist here. Seea What
does it meanp I'll tell you in a very
few words. may not be as practical
as some of you New Workers, but up
my way j am considered practcal
business man. am great lover Ok
newspapers and as my business re-
qnires great deal OF travel l make p
point OF noting all the hotel suicides.
The papers usually publish the NUM-
Der Of the room In which suicide or.
murder occurs. Well, I keep track OF
| these particulars and enter them in this
| book. find that room 406, to which
| you now wish to send me, was the
scene of suicide last fall. ! possess
| little nerve, but not sufficient TO oc-
cupy room that is marked. II you
have no other I'll try some other hotel
All right, sir. Good day.
And as the practical business man
started out the clerk muttered souo-
thing about cranks and thenewspaDera
IN Z. Nail and cypress
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

Paper treated with mixture OF
waterproof.
Girls are beginning to look toward
dentistry as a field where their wits
and industry may win fair reward.
The vanilla bean grows wild in
Mexico, and, fresh from the forest, sells
at ten or twelve dollars per 1000.
-Prussian blue is got by fusing
horses hoofs and other refuse animal
matter with impure potassium carbon
ate.
With Edison's new phonograph
tubes are fitted to the compositors'
ears and connected with the instru-
ment. which is set to talking or stopped
by pedal arrangement. The phono-
graph talks off a sentence into the
printers ears, and when these are full
he stops the machine until he has
transformed the words into type.
in the ordinary sixteen candle-
power incandescent lamp, according to
Prof. Ernest Merritt, only from four
to six per cent. of the energy actually
expended is available as light. the re-
mainder being wasted as heat. To
lessen this waste is one of the greatest
electrical problems now awaiting solu-
tion.
A noted French scientist has
reached the conclusion after numerous
experiments, that the most brilliant
displays of the aurora borealis occur at
an elevation of not more than thirty
eight miles, while a pale glow may
possibly be produced as high as eighty
two miles. but that no auroral discharge
is possible at a height of 124 miles.
Oil of peppermint in vapor diluted
even to part in 100000 will kill cock
reaches in an hour, they dying in con-
vulsions. One drop of the oil placed
under a bell-iar covering cultivation
of cholera bacili will kill both bacilli
and spores in forty-eight hours. 1t is
also regarded as among the best surgi-
cal antiseptics, and of great value in
pfthisis and diphtheria.
| DR.. Richardson, of London, who
has given great attention to the subject
of human food, says that neither the
teeth nor the digestive system of man
is adapted properly for animal food,
nor for purely vegetable diet, but for
one of fruit" If man is to be classed
according to his adaptation to any par
ticular kind of food, he should not be
called a fesh-eating or vegetable-eat-
ing, but afruit-eating animal.
-Concussion of the brain is scienti.
fically defined as ''being, in a physio.
/ logical sense, sudden and more Oh
less complete arrest of the brain men,
tai and physical functions, brought
about by external violence. In every
case of injury to the head the brain il
made to vibrate more or less forcibly
When the vibrations are feeble the in
jury to the brain structure thence re
sulting is but slight; when they arr
severe the mischief may be great"
"A new insulating material ha'
been produced in France, composed o
one part Greek pitch and two part
burnt plaster. by weight, the latter be
ing pure gypsum raised to high tenn
perature and plunged in water. Thi
mixture when hot is a paste, and cal
be applied with brush, or cast il
molds. 1t is amber-colored, and cal
be turned and polished. Its advantag
is its endurance of great heat an,
moisture without injury to its insulat
I. ing properties.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13
A Considerate Husband.

There amt any blemishes about
this animalp'' asked the would-be pur-
chaser of COW.
mo, she is all right; but / must tell
you, candidly, that sometimes she
kicks when she is being MIXED" re-
piled the owner of the cow.
That's all right. My wife does the
milkin'. p Te1as Stftings.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13

Detectives swooped down upon a
funeral at Newbern, Tenn, and cap
tured desperate horse thief SO quietly
as not to disturb the services in the
least.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13

Scientists say that the only article
used as food from the mineral kingdom
is common salt In that case we should
like to know the kingdom scientists
consider cheap sugar belongs to, Puck.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13
FROGS AND SNAKES.
Some Facts From the Snakery of tn,
King of Dude.

Some Facts From the Snakery of the
King of Dude.
The late King of Dude had built a
snakery in the gardens of his palace at
Garden Reach, near Calcutta. 1t was
an oblong pit about thirty feet long by
twenty feet broad, the walls being
about twelve feet high and perfectly
smooth, so that a snake could not
crawl up. In the center OF the pit
there was large block of rough ma
sonry, perforated so that it was as full
of holes as a sponge. In this honey
combed block the snakes dwelt, and
when the sun shone brightly they came
out to bask or to feed.
His Majesty used to have live frogs
put into the PIT, and amused himself by
seeing the hungry snakes catch the
frogs. When a large snake catches a
small frog, it is all over in an instant,
but If smallish snake catches a larg-
ish frog, so that he can not swallow it
at once, the frogs cries are piteous to
hear. Again and again have heard
them while out shooting, and have gone
to the bush or tuft of grass frcm which
the piercing cries came-sometimes in
time, sometimes too late to save poor
froggy though the snake generally got
shot. As final story let me tell how
a frog has been seen to turn the tables
| on the snake.
Two gentlemen in Cachar some years
ago saw a small snake seize a small
frog and attempt to swallow it. But
suddenly a large frog jumped forward
seized the snakes tail, and began to
swallow the snake. How the affair
might have ended can not be told, be-
cause my friends imprudently drew
near to watch the combat, when The
frogs and snake took alarm. and the
big frog disgorged..the snakes TIL, and
the snake released the little frog, and
they all scuffied off. But the tale il
perfectly true. and both the gentlemen
who saw it are still alive; and only
regret that it rs not my good luck tt
see the affair with my own eyes
Longnsan's Magazine.
|
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The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1888-12-13

Its well known that there are alb
solutely no genuine chamois skins in
the market; but. Notwithstanding, all
English firm is manufacturing a new
cloth in imitation of the imitation skins
They will be just as good as the real
skins, it is claimed, and will be sold as
limitations.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-09-08

with few prime selections at $5o5.I2.
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; reported steady for live
hogs at S6.4006-65.
ports Cattle-Reeeipts, 7,000 shipments 5000.
Market Zoe higher for good; others weak; beevss,
sss5s9s 81 Ioosao, cows, bu. and mixed, s1s5
as; Texas cattle. $l.So03.5o; Western rangers. 50
Hors-Receipts 10000; shipments, 5000. Mar
let weak; mixed. $5.9506.40; heavy, $4,000;
light, So 7Oa6.25; skips. "a al 65.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts; 5000; shipments;
"a; Westerns. S3.1013.65S Texans. $2.40d35O;
lambs, S3.5O05.75.
ST. LOUIS. Sept. .-Cattt.e-Receipts, 100; ship
ments. 1,275. Market strong. Choice heavy native
steers 3d. 10000 fair to good native steers S4oO
65.25: butchers steers, medium to choice. S3.oO
"a go; stockers and feeders. fair TO good, s. 800
$40; rangers, eorn-fed, $3eo04-5o; CRASHED
Hogs-Receipts. $780, shipments, 345. Market
steady. Choice heavy and butchers selections $645
G6 60. packing. medium 70 prime $3.50 6.oO;
light grades, ordinary to best. s6.2oo6:4o:
dull. Fair to choice s.. 30a4.5o.
Horses-Receipts $685. shipments, 225. Texans
and Indians, IN carloads, $20037.
KANSAS CITY. Sept. THE Live Stock Indica-
tor reports Cattle-Receipts. 6,210; shipments.
Srss. range Slow and weak cows weak and Zoe ower:
stockers and feeding steers steady; good TO choice
corn-fed, $505-5os common 70 medium, $50
H.
Hogs-Receipts, 2,60S; shipments. 1.6S9. Market
opened steady. closing weak and Toe lower; good
to choice, $3.50 a $40; common to medium, 900
CO. skps and pigs. $405.25
Sheep-Receipts. 967: shipments. none. Market
steady for good to choice muttons at SO. rs IA 40;
common to medium, 1908.
BUFFALO, Sept. Cattle steady; nothing doing.
Receipts, 72O head through 900 head for sale.
Sheep and Lambs-Receipts 500 head through
3. 200 head for sale. Sheep steady. Sales at 3d. so
04.35. Lamts-Canada 100l5c higher, at $500
06.l5.
Hogs-Receipts $500 head through; 4. 200 head
fer sale. Corn-fed 501Oc higher; mixed. $6400
6.55; Workers, $6.150625; light and roughs un-
changed
EAST LIBERTY, Pa, Sept 7.-Cattle-R Receipts,
$50; shipments, $50. Nothing doing; all through
consignments. No cattle shipped to New York to-day
Hogs-Receipts. 2.1O0; shipments 1900. Mar.
ket firm. Philadelphas. $6.5006.65; mixed, $3.50
06.40; Workers.. So. 10a6.20; common to fair,
$5.sO96; pigs, $505.75. Eleven of hogs
shipped to New York to-day.
Sheep-Receipts. 1. 400, shipments, 1900 Moth.
ing doing; nothing on sale; all through consignments
CINCINNATI, Sept. 7.-Cattls-Recepts, AGO;
shipments, 80. Market easy.
Market frmer. Lambs in light supply and higher at
$405.75.
Hogs in good demand; common and light, $50 6 40;
packing and butchers, $62506.7O. Receipts, 900;
shipments, lao.