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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
A Tough Watch Story.

On his last birthday, month or two
ago, youngster in knickerbockers
who lives in the East End received
from his father a silver watch, the
price of which, it is safe to say, did
not exceed fifteen dollars 1t will not
surprise you to hear that the boy took
the watch to pieces after it had burned
in his pocket but three days. When
every wheel lay in his hand the boy
naturally fell to thinking how he might
put the watch in running order again.
He must be something of a mechanical
genius, for he succeeded in getting the
dismembered works inside the case in
some sort of shape. 1t is hardly a re-
Election on the boys skill, either, that
after the mechanism was put together
it failed to respond to the winding
stem. But the boy persevered. He
detected the root of the trouble in the
balance-wheel, which seemed to inter-
fere with other parts of the setting.
So at the balance-wheel he tinkered,
until, to his unfeigned establishment,
after he had lacked up the wheel with
bandage of cotton thread, the watch
began to tick again. Pittsburgh Dis.
patch.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
A Tempest in a Teapot.

This phrase is one of the modifica-
tions of an old proverb which can be
traced as far back as the time of
Cicero. who quotes it as common
SAYING. g., Gratitudius excitabat
fluctus in simpulo, ut dicitur' ("Grat-
itudius raised tempest in ladle, as
the saying is'O-"De Legibus," ill.,
16. Athenaus, who wrote in the third
century, makes the Gutc- player Dorian
ridicule Timotheus, who undertook to
initiate a storm at sea on the either,
by saying: II have heard greater
storm in boiling pot" The French
form, tune tempete dams une verre
d'eau" ga tempest in glass of
water'O, was first applied to the dis
turbance in the Republic of Geneva
near the end of the seventeenth cent
ury, and is variously attributed to the
Austrian Duke Leopold, to Paul, Grand
Duke of Russia, and to the French
author, and tourist Linguet Balzac,
in his "Cure de Tours" assigns the
authorship, without any apparent evil
dence, to Montesquieu. The English
phrase is an evident "reminiscences of
the French teapot" being suhsti-
tuted for the sake of ALTERATION, but
it is doubtful who first gave it cur
rency. Lord North is said to have APP
piled the phrase to the outbreak of
the American colonists against the tax
on tea; but Lord Chatham is also said
to have characterized London riot
in the same terms. -Lippincott's Mag
azine
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
A Radical Change.


In recent address before a ST. Louis
audience, Susan b. Anthony argued
that the female suffragists were not
striving to establish any new principles
of government, but that they were
merely endeavoring to emphasize q
principle as old as government itself
the right Of every citizen to voice in
the government. This right was en-
bodied in the Constitution, but by rea-
son Of the false construction put upon
that instrument by the Supreme Court
at Washington. the women were COMPEL
ed to ask for right to which thcy were
fully entitled in all fairness and justice.
Such women as Hannah Corbin, Mary
Otis Warren and Abigail Adams had
keenly felt the injustice done their sex
in denying them the right of the bal
lot, and their names stood upon the
pages OF history as having protested
against this crying wrong. The women
of New Jersey were the first to vote, and
they participatedin the election of Wash
ington, Jefferson and Adams, but In
1907 this right was denied thom. In
1910 the constitution Of that State was
amended by the insertion of that
beautiful little word ''male" in the
suffrage clause. Every step of the
way had been contested inch by inch,
and as late as 1910 women were denied
the right to speak in public. At the
great anti-slavery convention held in
London in that year, the question OF
admitting the female delegates from
America was discussed for three days,
and at the end of that time was mega
tived by large majority. Not only
were they not allowed to give express
sion to their thoughts and opinions in
public, but were practically debarred
from employment in the many trades
and professions by which an honest
livelihood might be obtained.
"All this, however," said she, ''has
undergone radical change, and now,
to-day, they are to be found in every
place where man goes to earn an honest
dollar The only trouble is that they
are generally paid smaller wages md
given inferior positions, no matter what
their capabilities.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
One Dollar Per Year.

to remove from its place heavy stand
ard lamp of wrought iron. She could
scarcely stir it, and an athletic young
relative, prompted by courtesy, hasten
cd to her assistance; but she declined
his aid, vexed with herself at having so
little muscular ability. Putting forth
all her strength, she at length brought
the lamp to the desired posi-
ton. Every day she carried
the lamp from one place to
another as the occasion arose for it.
and in five days she found she could
easily carry the lamp in one hand. and,
If she wished, hold it at arms length.
Her muscles were ready to respond to
even an irregular effort TO educate
them How few women can open car
window! The frantic, futile, puny
striving avails nothing, except to enlist
a mans sympathy and muscle in the
contest The popular notion which as.
signs all the physical strength to the
man, and expects next to none OF the
woman, does the latter great physical
injustice. 1t is exercise which is need.
ed to secure proper circulation, proper
nutrition, and consequent building up
of tissues which are the component parts
of healthy body.
These are only q few of the direc-
tions in which, through etiquette, wo-
men are socially in voluntary bond
age. Grace Peckham, M. d., in Chris.
| tian Union.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
The Wise Girl of To-Day.

30 mammal she said. with little
burst of girlish confidence, what do
you Think Mr.. Iddyot proposed last
night!''
"Ah. did he, my dear? And what
did my little girl say?"
''Oh, told him that an engage
ment was too solemn and sacred a
thing to me to be entered into with
out serious and prayerful considera-
ton; and that l would give him my
answer in week. And now, mamma
mine, we must go right to work and
find out if he really and truly has If
teen thousand year and cottage at
Bar Harbor"
You dear. wise little girl" cried
the fond mother, folding her child to
her bosom and weeping softly over
her.-Puek.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
HUMOROUS.

--"Old Mr.. Skinner is a very chart
table man, isn't hep" "Oh, yes; OF
course. But if he ever casts his bread
upon the waters you bet he expects il
to come back sardine sandwich. -
The Ratchet
Managing Editor-"I think we
can stand another minion editorial. !"
Writing What, minion YETI
Well, I'll write you daisy" Manag-
ing Editor Qaintly)-"No bouquets,
please. Washington Critic.
-Farmer-'I didn't have any money
for the paper, so / thought l would
bring you in load of turnips." Ed
itor-"Yes; that's as good to me as the
money. Er-before you go, Mr.. Hay
seed, there's little matter I'd like to
speak to you about" Farmer-"Well,
what is it?" Editor-"You don't want
to buy load of turnips, do you"-
Judge.
Mrs. Bullion-"I'm afraid, Mary
Ann, that you are inclined to be ex-
travagant" Mary Ann-''Me, extrav-
agant, is it? Sure yez are mistaken. "
Mrs. Bullion-"You burn too many
candles" Mary Ann-"Me, burnin'
candles? Divil wan!" Mrs. Bullion
THAT'S very odd. As passed the
kitchen door, when the butchers
young man was here last night, l am
sure l heard him speak to you about
your taper waste. America.
-Napier's famous dispatch from
India announced his victory in one
word: "Peccavi"-which is, by inter-
probation, Il have Scinde." Very much
of the same kind was General de Bour-
mont's message to the French War
Minister in 1880, when the Dey of Al.
giers escaped him after being taken
.'Perdidi Diem" 81 have lost Dey. v
1t is said that Drake, when the ships
of the Armada turned their sails, sent
to Elizabeth the word "Cantharides'
that is, THE Spanish fly" This las
is probably fable. Temple Bar.
-Clara-"Oh, mother, we had such
fun at the party! Young Smith pro
posed that he and i should go through
a mock marriage ceremony-just il
fun, you know; and it was too funn,
for any thing. Afterward, some of tn,
older people who heard of it said W,
were really married; but we're not
are we?" Doting Mother-''Of cours,
not Besides, young Smith couldn'
support a wife if he had one" ''Oh
it wasn't that Smith. 1t was the othe
Smith, from Gold City. the one VIII
owns bonanza mine, you know.
'.Eh? That Smith. My dear, a mar
riage like that before witnesses
binding. ~. Y. Weakly
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
IN WOMAN'S WORLD.

THERE are 5000 women in charge of
post-offices in the United States.
A BUFFALO woman was made dea-
coness of the Episcopal Church. Bishop
Coke officiated at the ceremony.
Mrs. MARGARET V. LoNGLEY, for
merly an active advocate of woman
suffrage in Ohio, and now residing in
South Pasadena, CAL, is the author of
the "Four-Finger Method of Manipu-
lating the Typewriter and the Cali
graph"
NEARLY 1900 women in this country
are commercial travellers, 2,136 are
architects, chemists and essayists, 22S
professional journalists. 800 authors,
2,O61 artists, 1882 professional mu-
sicians, 519 government clerks, 2,432
physicians and surgeons, rs lawyers.
165 ministers, PIC stock raisers, 56,S09
farmers, 154, 800 teachers.
ATHENS has paper called in Greek
the Woman's Journal. 1t is edited by
Nine. Callirhoe Parren, Greek wo-
man, who says that ''in Greece the
rights of women are almost nil, for Sec
ondary instruction has not yet been de-
creed, and we can only ask and work
for the moral and intellectual enfran-
chisement of Greek women"
WOMEN ought not to allow them
selves to be made mere hewers of wood
and drawers of water for charitable
institutions and work. All they need
to do to secure for themselves proper
representation in the management OF
such OF the results of their labor is to
demand it. But they ought not to be
reduced to this necessity. 1t ought to
be accorded to them as matter OF
principle and as a matter of course
Interior.
at is no wonder that men, knowing
the true inwardness of political meth
DDS to-day, should insist that the do
main of politics is unfit for their wives
and daughters TO enter. But we know
1t too. and our desire is to purify and
exalt the ballot. The many demon
strations already furnished that women
are unhurt that they still remain
womanly. still attend 10 domestic or
other duties as before. after trying a
hand at voting, should furnish sufficient
proof against this argument, used in
former times with some effect, but now
shorn of any force. Mrs Mary L
Tucker.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
NEW YORK FASHIONS.

NEW YORK FASHIONS.
Millinery and Dry Goods Novelties for
Spring and Summer.
Soft low-crowned toques are the
most popular head-covering Of the sea-
son, and they are worn en- suite with
costumes of nearly every description.
The display of India silks for spring
and summer gowns is very attractive
and beautiful. The lovely and refined
silver and dove-gray p,tterns are
strewn with figures N white and old
rose, and the tan and green silks with
Pompadour figures in deep olive, tea
rose and Persian lilac.
All shades of green appear this sea-
son in greater variety than ever. Some
of the new tints are exquisitely deli
cate and beautiful, and combinations
of green with certain shades of blue,
brown, rose and Venetian red are
seen in Paris gowns and millinery.
New tailor-made costumes for spring
wear, in Directoire, Princesse, Empire
and strictly English styles, show an
astonishing range Of fabrics in their
construction. These models, however,
distribute themselves with amazing
equality, considering the partisanship
generally shown by women in matters
of dress. Those who are already seek
ing novelty in gowning, and have tired
of the styles just mentioned, have
elected for the classic Greek models
which have appeared among the ex-
elusive creations of Paris and London
modistes and tailors.
Crevette or blush-rose pink are most
fascinating colors to wear beneath the
soft tulle draperies of London smoke
or those of amber or silver crepe
lisse. When worn by golden-haired
blonde or woman with dark eyes and
clear, rose-tinted complexion, the eff
feet is very lovely. Ornaments are
not required, though half-wreath of
crushed roses, diamond stilet-
to in the hair, and diamond orna-
ment suspended from jeweled dog
collar greatly elaborate the toilet.
Pale primrose-yellow and geranium
pink are effective and very popular
Innings for elegant house robes of Hen
rietta cloth or India cashmere, in
Egyptian red, turquoise blue, or pale
olive. London smoke and ashes OF
roses are again in fashionable favor.
The former is gray with CLINT OF
cream yellow in it; the latter has a
faint rose tint Both shades are what
modistes call trying to most complex
ions, unless toned by wine, golden
brown, or old rose, three colors for
which they have unquestioned affinity.
All the stringless bonnets are &C.
companied by delicate mask walls.
Jetted net walls are worn with jet mil.
linery, and the Hading walls are worn
with Princess bonnets, English tur.
bans, Directoire hats and English
walking hats of felt and velvet The
turban hat Of other days is altered
in the matter of style; the crowns be-
ing lower, the brims narrower, and the
trimmings less towering in effect. IN
" Post
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The late Edmund Quincy, OF Bos-
ION, on hearing much OF popular
novel and being asked if he had read
it, said: mo. l have been waiting
for it to blow over"
Colonel Elliott F. Sheppard, the
editor of the New York Mail and Ex-
press, carries a tortoise-shell handled
cane. On the broad gold band dividing
the handle of the cane from the stick
the following suggestive text is en-
graved: "a soft answer turneth away
wrath"
Zone hears great deal nowadays
about the difficulties between author
and publisher, said an author, "but
can think of at least two women who
discovered an admirable plan to avoid
all trouble of this kind. Ireier to Miss
Braddon and Miss Muloch, both of
whom married their publishers.
MIR. Sturgeon, the famous Baptist
preacher, has for many years been in
the habit of sending fresh hooks to
country clergymen who are unable to
buy such books themselves. Heber
Newton, of New York, has been doing
the same thing and other clergymen
have been doing similar good work.
Noah Brooks and William D..
Howells are among the few well-knOwn
writer's who have learned to manipu.
late the type-writing machine. Mr..
Brooks, who has been used to dictat-
ing his literary productions to a stem
ographer, now sits down to his type.
writer and plays on the keys as he
composes. He finds that this process
saves a great deal of time.
eel sailed" says George KEENAN,,
the Century's Russian explorer, from
New York for San Francisco pale
faced, gloomy, morbid boy, only nine
teen years of age, and weighing only
120 pounds, but rough outdoor life sc
quickly restored my health that before
| had been in Siberia year ! weighed
1856, and could endure more hardship
and privation than half the atives. "
Stevens, the bicyclist, who has
gone to look for Stanley, is described
by friend who spent a summer in hi
company as fellow who delighted il
all kinds OF athletic sports. "He wa'
splendid swimmer, a good boxer
and could pull an oar against a pro
fessional. In conversation he wal
reticent and modest I never hear(
him advance an opinion unless he wal
asked to give one, and | never heart
him willingly talk about himself. o
all the men | know who could bes
withstand the hardships of trip tt
Central Africa | think he is the bes
adapted"
II he american language" is get
ting on. Very soon English reader
will have to read Yankee fiction will
crib" in which it shall be trans
lated word for word Gas nearly as tn
diverse idiom will permiD into tn
vulgar tongue still retained in thes
islands. The compositors began it b.
misspelling most of our words, so tina
their own mothers wouldn't kno,
them. But their literary accomplish
have gone step further. They hav
coined new tongue in the earth
tongue whose compounds are as ny
brid as Volapuk, whose vocabulary
as pellucid as that of "the Jabber
wocky. Pail Mall Budget.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
He Disappointed His Friends.

There were dozen men on the car
who saw Mr.. Blank waiting on the
crossing ahead, and one of them re-
marked:
Now you see if he don't lead right
of by saying what an open winter this
is"
Blank stepped aboard, entered and
greeted half dozen people. and,
while all were holding their breaths,
be said:
Gentlemen, what a cool summer
Es had lass yeary-Det-oit Free Press,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18

Last husbands respect Is in
creased, not lessened, if he see in his
wife the ability to produce that which
stands the commercial test of availa-
bility. One perilous rock is removed
from the channel of life. and with
Hope at the prov, and Pleasure at
the helm and Love, the captain, di-
recting all, the good ship Home swings
cheerily from her moorings when the
wife, as well as the husband, is a
bread winner.-M E. Sangster, in
Once Week.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-04-18
VOL. VINO. Is.
A LITTLE CHILD.

years and years have passed away,
Alas can forget?
enough baby comes no more 10 play
Iplay with baby yeti
ihcar her childish prattle stll,
One little k SIS / crave.
Although know beyond the hill
inc snow lies on her grave,
Anu when the tears I'LL in my eyes
This thought to me is given:
FOR every little child that dies
An angel blooms in Heaven.
sweet thought that consolation brings
no hearts whose cup OF sorrow
.finds no relief in earthly things,
But look for lifo's tomorrow;
Nnen all this grief and pain and WOO
with which this world is rife
Shaii IND release and we shall know
coos everlasting life.
ARD SO for those with tear stained eyes
rms sacred thought is given;
FOR every little child that dies
An angel blooms in Heaven
--.'eorge Wilmot Harris, in Chicago Times
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23
rKoknmn Disnatch-1

Judge Woods should be promptly impeached
and made TO lay aside the ermine he has de-
hauched, The sense of outrage that must al
the state will forever detest the man and exc
crate his fragrant and unspeakable act of NAL
feaSance. The state may well hang her head
in shame and humiliation over this judicial
outrage The spectacle Of a federal judge i'm
pedng judicial investigation into a crime
against the ballot, overriding his own instruc-
tons of but uine brief weeks ago, in order that
the greatest scoundrel of the age might not be
punished for his high crimes, is seldom wit
messed in any land When the court cOnnives
at the defeat of justice, and the judge joins
hands with felons, civilization has taken a back
ward step.
Judge Woods will live in eternal infamy and
oboquy deep and damning will AFFORD him q
friendly grave.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23
rPittsburg Postl.

Judge Woods charge to the indianapolis
grand jury is interpreted to mean that Dudley's
ofense is not iudictable. He wrote the villain
Gus letter; no doubt about that. He wanted 10
bride voters; that is certain; he had the money
to pay them: that is made apparent by Wana,
makers contributions. But the court wants
proof that some recipient of the ''fOater" letter
actually bribed or attempted to bride voter.
Not such inferential and circumstantial proof
as the Jury has, but something apparently in
accessible. This is rather queer charge. The
grand jury is not trying case. Its duty is to
investigate a charge and ascertain whether the
facts warrant an indictment on which the man
may be tried 1t has ample evidence to prove
Dudley's efforts to procure bribery, and should
find a true bill
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23
rBoston post1

II is not intended here to discuss the two
different constructions OF the law which Judge
Woods has produced within the short space Of
six weeks Ii he is right now, he was sadly in
error in December. Il is mis- misfortune that
the change in the views of the court which lets
Dudley 90 occurs at such stage of the pro-
ceedings as to form a climax OF the strenuous
exertiOns OF his party associates 10 save this
jealous agent from suffering the penalty of his
acts. II is true that the power remains to the
grand jury to bring in an indictment against
the author oil the ''fOater" letter in spite of the
instructions of the court; but an added signih-
canoe is given the incident by the announce
ment OF the organs that seven of the iurymen
are OF his party ndtherefore nothing more will
be done.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23
louisville Post1

The news comes from indianapolis that bud
ley will not be indicted. Well, it was hardly
to be expected that he would. Backed by a
republican president whom he was largely in
strumentsl in placing in power, and shielded
by powerful party influences, an Indictment Of
conviction was hardly possible. The great
booder knew that he had nothing 20 fear. He
knew what he could depend upon. and when
the first threat OF a prosecution was made
against him he snapped his fingers in derislou
at the idea. he outcome shows that his esti-
mate was not a mistaken one. lie knew
exactly how far he could 90 with safety under
a republican administration and he took
chances on his party being successful in the re-
cent election. OF course there will yet bc
a show Of prosecution, but in view of Judge
Woods rema kable sOmersault it viii be prac.
tically useless.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23
Tern Haurs Gazette. ]

Now Judge Woods, who is a friend Of Dea-
con HarrisOn's has instructed the federal
grand jury which is considering the Dudley
circular letter, so that it is believed to be i'm
possible TO indict Mr.. Dudley. Judge Woods
is technical to the last degree and insists that
before an indictment can be found proof must
be furnished that Dudley not only wrote a
letter counseling corruption Of the ballot-bOx,
but also that some person got the letter in
question and did corrupt voter in accordance
with the instructions. William Wade Dudley
can wrap himself up in instructions of this
sort and ply his trade without fear of molesta-
ton. Meanwhile Deacon Harrison is praying
for buge blast in favor of pure elections
In the South.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23
Philadelphia Times.l

It was a very refined distinction that Judge
necessities of the case were supreme and he
was equal to the occasion. There was no doubt
as to Dudley's guilt but as every active leader
OF every party in the state, from Benjamin
Harrison down, was guilty, differing only in
degree, and as Dudley could not be punished
without Furnishing many others, the Judge was
made to understand that the universally of
punishment imperatively demanded that the
law be fanked in some way, and he performed
that feat with clever adroitness. it was SIMPLY
a treaty of peace between the guilty boodIers
of both parties, and the treaty saves Dudley
from prison stripes. Had he been innocent, or
had he been able TO present any reasonable de
Tense, he would have appeared and demanded
trial instead of skulking in Washington; but
guilty as he is. there are so many others who
guilty that the law is declared off and Dud-
ley can 90 home.
The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1889-01-23
Music Tor the Attic.

Madame shows the new servant up stairs 70
her bedroom in the attic, and says: 1T is here
YOU will have 70 sleep; there is a good bed,
table and a chair; that is all you viii require"
Meantime the servant has been taking meas
urementS with her apron.
"what are you doing that for?"
MADAME, / was only trying II there is room
enough for my piano"