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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-08-30
Our Country's Danger.

he greatest need of our land to-day
is an education away from the fearful
danger of haste to be rich, cultiva-
ton of the quiet and improving arts,
an encouragement of genial and be-
nevolent lives, a preservation of home
virtues, a teaching of the truth that
moderation best serves the cause of
happiness, and a demonstration that
in helpfulness to others, man best
helps himself. While wise laws can
do much to suppress some of the worst
features of the gold hunt, it is to the
press. the school and the church that
we must look for the incubation of
the purer and loftier ideas that will
meet and overcome the materialism
which the peculiar conditions of our
country have fostered, and which the
thoughtless minds of our youths so
readily accept. Contented minds are
more conducive to happiness than
riches, glory, or fame. In our life
work let us remember that it will
profit us but little if we gain world
of wealth ana lose contentnent and
happiness.-Dr. H0sCard cras5y 10
Forum.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-08-30
HUMOROUS.

The ancients believed that the
earth was square, but that was proba-
bly, because they had never been round
much. -LoweH Citizen.
Farmer OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES you
get through digging what are you going
to dop' Amateur Gardener--"Put a
porous plaster on my back.-Lfe.
Papa" Now run away, Bobby
Papa's busy Bobby (holding up his
Joined hands cupwise) Drop nickle
in the hole, papa, and you'll see me
go. "-JuCige.
-Woman's work is never done. The
reason of this is that she hires a serv-
ant girl to do it. This may be trifle
obscure, but the germs of eternal truth
are in its bosom. Puck.
-"Of all seasons of the year, DIR.
Diagnosis" she said to a young ply
stefan who was helping her look at the
moon, (which do you most prefer?" 81
think prefer the watermelon season, "
he replied in low business tone of
voice.-Epoch.
Mrs. Smith (engaging SERVANT
"Can you writer" Servant" Yes,
ma am" Mrs. Smith" Vol, here Is
card; write my name on it. (Serv.
ant writes Mrs. A. B. Smythe. " Mrs,
Smith Cooking at iD-"You are en-.
gagged. Time.
Summer visitor at farm house tc
old lady :" Your son, l understand, is
pedagogue in Boston" Old Lady
81 guess not, unless it happened late
ly. When he writ me last month he
was teachin' school and dom right
smart. ~ Washington Critic.
:" All, Clara" said a young sur
geon CATER hospital hours) as he sank
upon his knees, "would that l could
gain possession of your heart!" ".Yol
can, Mr.. Sawbones," replied Clara
promptly, but blushingly; and with
out giving me ether either. IN Y
Stsia.
Naomi" Henry, there was n,
rain-storm last night, was there?'
mot that | know of. ''Did you fall
into the water?" s'Certainly not
WhyPn Il think papa must have beef
mistaken" What do you mean
Naomi?" He said you were terribl,
soaked last night. Nebraska Stat
Journal
In the parlor-Wiggles-" Ara
leila, darling, may | kiss youP" Ara
bella" Yes, sweetest; but kiss me OF
the left cheek, please Wiggle
doing SOL" And may l ask, dearest
why the left cheek?" Little Brothe
(poking his head through the door,
Because Jack Waggles has bee
kissing her right cheek all the after
noon, and it's tired The engage
ment is not yet announced. = Ton
Topics,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-08-30
One Dollar Per Year.
stance of the women in charge of

resistance of the women in charge OF
the camp.
Generally speaking, the slur about
women's cowardice is hopeless nonsense.
Under equal training, and when occa-
sion demands, women display at least
as much fortitude and courage Us the
bravest OF men; in fact, they are even
apt to carry the latter quality too far.
ANY one who has seen women follow
the hounds will testify how regardless
of danger they arc More than once L
have seen women override obstacles at
which most men would hesitate. Again,
in less frivolous cases, as in the last
great blizzard, many women have risked
| their life for the sake OF Others, and
that without any compulsion or stimu-
lus of excitement. In floods, conllagra-
tions, during railroad disasters, cpl
denies, ETC., women have demonstrated
their courage and devotion. Last,
though not least, the heroines OF ma
tional revolutions are rs exalted as their
male companions. One has only to
look at the women in the Russian re-
volt. Similar examples could be given
ad infnitum.
As regards regular warfare, especial
" in modern times, there is no obstacle
save one why women could not Shout
der the lnusket. Any normally devel-
oped woman could endure the same
amount OF fatigue and priyation as the
average man, did her training corre-
spond to his. But-and there are u
great many buts-how are our sisters
educated? With boys the fundamental
principle is preparation, physical as
well as psychical for hard and con-
tinued struggle. With girls the funda-
mental principle, in most cases, is the
complexion, or something similar, and
accomplishments However, this is a di-
gression.
+ As, in a combat, it would be criminal
for the leading General, or even sub
altern officer, to endanger his safety,
most military leaders have to keep be-
You'd rifle range at any rate. SO 1t Is
with women. They do not, as rule,
fight in the ranks. G., they do not
march. counter-march or pull the trig-
ger. Modern rules have almost entirely
eliminated direct combat or assault, 1T
is true; but, nevertheless, these have
an active though indirect part in the
!, struggle. Napoleon said that three
' things are. needed for waging wars
money, money, money. Now, in the
wealth-saving and wealth-producing
capacity, women certainly do not play
very inferior role.
- Women do not fight directly, because
it would be criminal to endanger their
v lives They are far too valuable to the
:, national existence of any race to serve
= as lannon's food. What influence
y would the loss of as many young wo
. men as men during the last rebellion
"a have exercised on the growth and de
% velopment of our country? The dis
aster would be irreparable. And tina
d is the reason why women do not light
- - Won,an'S Journal.
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sOR WOMAN READERS.

Mrs RAYMOND, (Annie Louis Cary)
has given $3.50 for free bed in the
Maine State General Hospital.
EDNA DEAN PROCTOR, the authoress,
has given drinking fountain to Hem
mixer, N. H., her native town.
Miss MARY f. LEPHAM and two other
ladies have, for seven years, done the
entire work in. Lepham's bank Of Mar
tinsville, Mich.
The printer girls of Topeka, Kan,
have organized 1.-The Leslie Club"
named after Mrs. Frank Leslie. They
will issue the Printer Girl, which will
be the organ of the printer girls of the
United States.
Mrs. EDWIN S. STEVENS, of Castle
Point, Hoboken, N. j., has presented
the working-girls' clubo that city (the
Industrial Society of Hoboken) with
clubhouse of its own. The house was
built especially for the purpose, and is
believed to be the only clubhouse for
women which is owned outright by the
organization.
DIR. DURAND administered sweetened
water TO hundred patients, male and
female, after their kind Fifteen min
utes later he announced that he had
given by mistake a powerful emetic.
The r1en became instantly violently
sick, the women displayed courage
worthy of Joan of Arc. Man is the
weaker vessel.
DIR. SToRRs says that forty-nine out
of fifty of the public teachers of Brook
lyn are women, and he does not see
why the forty-ive members OF the
board of education should all be men.
Nor do we. The appointment OF wo-
men on such boards has elsewhere
tended to take our schools out of poll
tics and to raise their character.-.N. T.
Independent.
Miss CHARLOTTE M. YoNGE, the
novelist, is devote member of the
Church of England. With the proceeds
of her novel, THE Heir of Radcliffe,
she fitted out the missionary schooner,
, the Southern Cross" for the use OF
Bishop Selwyn; and ten thousand dol
{ lars from the profits of The Daisy
: CHAIN are said to have gone to the
: building of missionary college in New
Zealand.
/ ALTHOUGH woman is incapable o.
l casting vote, yet when she can be o.
assistance in political race, she i
. handed into the arena with all the grac,
q imaginable. In fact it seems to add in
: terest and zest to a campaign-an,
Y feminine enthusiasm is never discour
: aged. We read OF the Chicago veteran
n calling upon Mrs. John A. Logan, au'
+ of her receiving the heartiest reception
Y ever accorded any woman in Chicago
, Strange, we read of no one telling ne
+ to go home and mind her business; tina
It she is unsexing herself Woman
q CAronicle-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-08-30
CHINESE HISTORY.
How 1t Is Compiled bya Commission OF
Literary Men.

How 1t Is Compiled by "a Commission OF
Literary Men.
A writer in recent issue of the
North China Herald of Shanghai says
that Chinese history is compiled by
permanent commission of accomplished
literary men, who are always at work
upon it. In 1887 an imperial edict
stated that history ought not to be writ
ten for the Emperor's use only, and re-
main shut up in golden Baskets and
marble chambers; it ought to be made
accessible to all officials, that they may
know the mind of the Emperors and the
laws of the land. From the Chinese
standpoint, history is divided into two
parts, one an exact narrative of events,
the other record of what the Emper-
or has said and done. This division
originates two sets of publications, one
in which the officers speak, the other
in which the Emperor is the spokes-
man. In the first, the industry of the
bureau of history is run in the collec-
ton of facts, but there is always dar-
ger that the recorder may be under a
strong court influence. Historical cam
dor can scarcely find place in refer
ence to nations or persons who have
been in conflict with the court. With
this exception, the array of facts
thus recorded is most valuable. The
edicts published in the second series ex-
press the mind of the Emperor. He is
always man who has the advantage
of good training, and if his style is
tolerable and he happens to be fond of
writing his edicts himself, they will all
be transmitted to future times in full.
The scribes, who stand writing when
he speaks, translate his spoken words
into official phrases, and his opinions
and decisions will then pass into Off
cfal history, partly written by himself
and partly by the scribes of the cabi-
net. Besides these there are various
series of historical works-the first
having been prepared in the eleventh
century-to popularize the subject and
place the chief facts of the Chinese an
nails within the reach of common read
ers, who have not the opportunity to
study them in full. The last of these
has just been published. 1t deals with
the reign of Kienlung, from 1856 to
1875, and is in sixty volumes. Every
important public matter is recorded
under the day on which it occurred.
The Emperor has, as usual, the lion
share of the talking, and there is room
for him to say good deal in one hun
dred and twenty chapters, some OF
them very long.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-08-30
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

H. Rider Haggard considers him
self more Of a lawyer than Il novelist.
Maurice Thompson, the Indiana
poet and literateur, is neighbor and
warm friend of General Lew Wallace.
He is chief of the Department of Geol-
ogy and Natural History of Indiana
---One of the quaintest characters in
Portland, Me-, is Benjamin Fuller, a
Pittston farmer, who has read books
for two hours d day for forty years,
and has bigger library in his head
than any man in Maine.
Mrs. Rebecca Taylor, Bayard Tay-
lor's mother, is still alive and hearty,
though well into the nineties. Lately
she went to West Chester, Pa, to see
the handsome memorial window put
into the public library in honor of her
poet son.
Mrs. Arthur Stannard, better
known to the reading public as John
Strange Winter,' lives ON the banks Of
the Thames and has d large garden
running in series of broad terraces
down to the waters edge. Here she
gives pleasant garden parties, attended
by literary people.
The late E. p. Roe used to do his
writing in little workshop at the top
of his home. tits long, narrow, uncar-
peted room, under the slanting roof.
It is well ventilated, and filed with
lazy lounges and chairs, while common
book shelves, a large writing desk and
a cabinet of Hudson river birds are the
only other furniture in the room. Mr.
Roe's hobby was collecting birds and
studying their songs.
Robert Louis Stevenson's dedica
ton of 1.-The Black Arrow" to hi
wife is ingenious and unique. In it he
says: ~ have watched with interest
with pain, and at length with amuse
ment, your unavailing attempts to pc
ruse THE Black Arrow and | thinl
should lack humor indie ed if let tn,
occasion slip and did not put YOU
name in the fy-leaf of the only bool
Of mine that you have never read
and never will"
The Grand Duchess Elizabeth
wife of the Grand Duke Serge Alex
androvitch. of Russia, is a late addi
ton to royal authors. She writes 0
court life under the pen name OF Ar,
Ercilaw, and real people masquerad
through her pages. She is only TWEEN
: ty-four years of age, but she has live
: Lifetime of sorrow in being com
PEELED to marry one man while sh
loved another. Her face is said to e,
press the sad story of her life.
1t is said that if Victor Hugo ha
devoted himself to pictorial art h
would perhaps have eclipsed every on
past or present who made black an
white a speciality. He was never at
5 loss for material-a soft quill pen, wit
!, sometimes hard one to finish up, an
: ordinary writing inks washed in wit
= the feathery end of the pen, with an
D paper that he found at hand, wei
/, often what he worked with. His in
drawings were frequently finished u
8 with coffee grounds.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-08-30
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

In d certain place in Connections
they call the ushers the Smiling Com
mittee,n because it is their duty to
smile upon all newcomers.
Two hundred and thirty-two Zulus
were baptized in the Hermannsberg
mission among the Zulus last year.
There are now 1,52y Zulu Christians.
There are now in New York more
than three hundred religious and char
liable institutions or societies, whose
object is to aid the poor. These or
ganized local charitable institutions
receive and distribute annually about
four million dollars.
Christ did not say: "Come and
see our grand church, come and hear
our eloquent pastor, come and hear
our splendid choir, come and see our
elegant people, come and see what a
good time we have, come to our festi-
val. but don't forget to bring a quarter
with you;h but he said "Go-into all
the world. - Christian Leader
The Chinese, as we'll as the Japa-
nese now have the complete Bible
printed in their own tongue. The
Chinaman is said to be the most inn
itative person in the world. He can
prove his right to the title by at once
initiating every Christian whom he
may chance to see reading the book Of
books. Interior.
In Paris there exists. q society
whose object it is to provide, for the
time being, for all priests who, for con
science sake, have left the Roman
Catholic church and protested the
Protestant faith. Within two year,
past six such converts have entered
the Reformed Church as ministers
whilst others have been aided to pursue
secular callings.
The three great Protestant powers
of the world are Germany, ENGLAND
and the United States. These thre'
powers are represented at tn,
Mohammedan Court of Constantinopl,
by two Roman Catholics and q Jew
Herr Won Radowitz, Sir William White
and Oscar M. Straus, and never hay,
the interests of the Professionals il
Turkey been so well cared for as b,
these three men.
AN essential of a good Sunday
school is weekly teachers meeting
Unless, indeed, the teachers ar
brought together for common train
ing, and for comparison of their re
suits of study, it is not possible to sc
cure that unity of character in TIL
Sunday-school which lifts it above
! mere aggregation of separate classes
The practicability of a teachers meet
J ing in city and in country alike ha
been illustrated In many an instance.
The outward signs of prosperit
are visible in churches of all demon
: nations. There is no lack of churche
in any American city, and there al
preachers for all pulpits. Contrib
: tons in support of the church are Ill
5 eral. In fact, the churches seem to b
doing pretty well. In Californi;
t which is sometimes spoken of as b.
t nighted sort of place, church
about the third building to go up in
new town. No one would think of
0 boom in real estate in place that d
not support one or more churches
a San Francisco Call.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-08-30
Wise Sayings Well Said.

Nothing dries sooner than tear
George Herbert.
Truly, there is nothing in the world
so blessed or so sweet as the heritage
of children.-Mrs. 0liphdnt.
There is a significant saying that
two opposite opinions should not lie
on the same bolster.-Bdyard Taylor.
In the ages since Adams marriage
it has been good for some men to be
alone, and for some women ALSO
George Eliot.
The music at marriage process
sion always reminds me of the music
which leads soldiers to battle.-Hci's-
rich Hcine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-08-30
BABY FAL.


Dainty locks OF gold brown hue,
Eyes OF purest brightest blue,
Lips with budding kisses red,
Cheeks that form dimpled bed,
This, a FAIRY maiden gay
Came Into our home one day,
stealing all our hearts away;
Baby Fal.
She, queen upon throne,
Wields scepter all her own,
Papa, mamma grandpa old,
Unclcs, aunties, manifold,
All to her their homage pay,
All are subject to her sway,
Ruling in her own sweet way;
Baby Fal.
All! the charm not understood,
All the wiles OF babyhood.
Who can tell the wondrous art,
how sbe wins each loving heart,
How she gladdens every day
managing winter into May,
frightening all the future wayi
Baby Fal.
--Add ~. Simpson, in Good housekeeping
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1888-08-30

The uses Of glycerine: As a dress
ing for ladies' shoes nothing equals it.
making the leather soft and pliable
without soiling the garments in con
tact.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-03

But, says Mr.. Earl, ave at the East can
rot spare you any of our labor force"
Probably the East will not be consulted in
the matter. 1t may, indeed, turn out that
the solution of the farni-labor problem
may be shifted eastward. For with our
milder climate, the greater economy of
physical exertion, the absence Of Arctic
rigors, the ability to labor longer and with
the minimum Of discomfort, and the fact
that here there is less Of contention for
existence all around, the labor of The East,
even if it receives but the sxme wage, will
come to us, without SO mach as asking
leave" Of our brethren. In short, the
destiny of California, as we view it, is not
to be defeated by the obstacle Mr.. Earl
suggests. The purpose that makes this a
State of grandest possibilities, and which
Mr.. Earl so eloqeently and truthfully re-
fered to, will not be stayed. The need for
willing hands VIII be met by supply. In
dustrious enterprise will not rust for want
Of physical motors; we extend our invita-
ton to the laber of the East in exact pro.
portion to the demand for it; and it Is
such an invitation, so strong, bright, full
Of promise and performance, that We have
implicit faith that the labor will come to
us as we will need it from the two sources
named, and, as evidences now indicate
from the best class of Iaborers of Denmark
Norway, Sweden, Germany, and some other
| European States.
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1888-02-03

meeting that / called every man
by his name, although l had seen
none of them for seventeen years
If 1 had met them individually
upon the street | would not have recog-
nized them, but if a comrade had stepped
up and said belonged to Company B of
the Eighty-second Illinois," | would imme-
diately have called him by name. The
General then paid a high tribute to the
, organization of the Grand Army of the
Republic, which teaches loyalty to our
country, respect for its Constitution and
laws. The comrades of the Grand Army
| instil into the mind of their children the
great lesson of loyalty. He that faced the
bullets in the thickest of the fight that his
country might be preserve cannot raise
children that will not die # need be in
| defense of the flag of the Union. He paid
high tribute to the National Guard,
which he claimed was the outgrowth of the
Grand Army. Schiller wrote The Maid
of Orleans" in which the King of France
is made to say: s. Can l stamp armies from
the ground? Does there a wheat-field
grow in the palm of my hand?n The
monarch was in despair, and surrendered
his armies to his English foe When Beau
regards army threatened Washington, the
| Capital of the nation, the American
people stamped from the ground one
! vi lAS illOol NIClOIlOuS, one OF
| the greatest armies that ever ex-
| listed. Napoleon, with his "Old Guard"
! his thousands of brave men, had them
| slaughtered-for what? To make him the
grandest warrior and monarch Of the age
| He was merciless and cruel; he disregarded
| he desires or the lives of the subjects
! They were intoxicated with the renoWn
oftheir leader, they fought bravely wherever
led, simply to satisfy the ambition of a
monarch. We did not go forth to battle
| for the glory of one man, to conquer the
world as did the subjects Of Cesar, or to
enhance the fame of any individual but to
protect our rights, our wives, our children,
our fireside, and to secure the per-
/ petuity of our country. To establish
| the fact that this people could rule them
selves, and that this was Government of
the people by the people and for the
| people. Without asking for anything
more without asking for emoluments
pay or titles, we went to the front
| fought the battles of the war and when
victory perched upon our banners we re-
| turned to our homes and again became
| peaceable citizens. The only title we
cared for was to be recognized by that, the
greatest of all, loyal patriotic and law
abiding citizen. OF such men the Depart
ment of California is composed.
| The remaining programme was as fol-
| lows:
The Volunteer Soldier" Comrade A.
Needham, of Sumner Post.
the Old Days of the G. A. r." E. D.
Sherland
THE Army of the U. S. and n. G. c."
Adjutant General Orion.
Boys Who Wore the Blue in the
Navy" Comrade Bacon of Department
Staff
President of L. S." Comrade Ennis of
| Fair Oaks Post.
"reminiscences of the War" DR.. j. r.
Lame of Sumner.
1.-The Press" NJ. d. Boruck.
Miscellaneous "reminiscences of the
War" Commander Measure of Warren
| Post.
THE City of Sacramento" c. H. Hub
| bard
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CLEyELAND's NEMESIS.
The Man who Wanted to Put Bullet
Into the President.

The Man who Wanted to Put q Bullet
Into the President.
Copyright. 1885, by the California Associated PressI
WASHINGTON, February 2d.-A Polish
Jew named Abraham Isaacs was arrested
by the police about midnight last night.
Information was received by the authori-
ties early in the day that a crank, armed
with a revolver, was asking the way to the
White House in order to procure 81, 900
from the President, which he claimed the
Government owed him When arrested he
was exclaiming, " will kill him will
kill him ~
The fellow appeared to be crazy, and an
nounced his determination of putting a
bullet into Cleveland, as his claims were
not promptly settled. He had in his pos
session, when taken to the station, $500.
He said that he is 40 years old, and that he
has been robbed of thousands of dollars by
the Government. He says he has lived in
Santa Fe, n. NJ, and has been in this city
three years. He refers to all the United
States officers as swindlers, robbers and
thieves. He will be examined by phvsi-
clans tomorrow to determine the question
of his sanity.