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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11
THUMB AUTOGRAPHS.
The Most Reliable and Safest Means OF
Identification.

The Most Reliable and Safest Means OF
Identification.
Two men of science in two different
countries Mr.. Francis Cation in En-
gland and M. Bertillon in France
have lately recommended a means OF
Identification which policemen and de-
tectives, with all their ingenuity, seem
never to have employed. These gen.
tlemen have observed that the human
thumb dipped in ink, in blood, black
lead or in any other loose, adhering
substance, and pressed upon a sheet OF
paper, leaves mark which is per-
fectly character istic of the individual.
Mr.. Cation has remarked that no
two persons thumbs make The same
mark; the lines and depressions in the
skin. which make series of wave
lines when pressed upon paper. arc
never the same III two different iGai-
viduals.
1t is urged that this fact would DO
of very great value in the administra-
ton of justice, because criminal s
thumb-mark would be sure means OF
identifying him, no matter what dis
guise he might assume.
II business man wishes to mako
use of signature which it is quite
impossible to forge or counterfeit, he
has only to dip his thumb in the ink
bottle and make mark with it in con-
nection with his written name. No
other thumb will make the same
mark, and it would be practically inn
possible for any one to initiate this
new kind of autograph" with pen
or other mechanical means.
sin testimony whereof / hereunto
set my hand and thumb" the new
form of subscription may. some time
in the future, run, the seal having by
that time, perhaps. completely gone
out of use, as it has now except on Of
fetal documents and with fashionable
letter writers.
The experiment with the thumb.
mark may be made by any one who
will take knife-blade, hold it over a
lamp until it is black with smoke, al
low it to cool, apply the thumb to the
black surface and then press it lightly
upon slightly sticky bit of paper.
such as the back Of postage stamp.
Examined with magnifying glass.
the differences in the thumb-marks Of
different individuals come out very
strongly.
According to Mr.. Gallon, thumbs
run in family groups, dividing them
selves, as it we're, into seven or eight
distinct types or grand divisions; but
within these divisions the differences
are SO ma ed as to leave no chance
for confusion Youths Compsaioa
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


The Methodist Episcopal Church
now has 2,154, 297 communicates.
against 2,O93, 935 last year, indicating
u net gain in 1888 of over 80. 600.
In the great Baptist College to be
erected in Chicago, which has a
5000, 900 gift for its bottom founda-
ton, young women are to have ex-
actly the same privileges as young
men.
The Moravian Church has, In its
American Province, II, PIG commune
cants, an increase of 253 the past
year, 1,341 n-communicants, and 81
269 children. The number dropped
last year was 512, and the number
excluded 10.
The smallest church in the world
is said to be the Catholic church at
Tadousac, at the mouth Of the Saginaw
river. Its extreme capacity is not
more than twenty people. This
church is supposed to have been
founded by Jacques Cartier.
The yearly increase OF ordained
men in the Anglican Church seems to
be in excess of requirements. The
clerical deaths last year were 46O, and
there were but 70 new churches built,
while there were 734 ordinations. The
unbeneficed clergy in England now
number from 10000 to 1000.
AT Cornell ladies are eligible for
election as members of the Phi Beta
Kappa Society. Misses E. l.. Berry
and E. L. Gilbert were lately elected
by the faculty from the junior class.
1t is an innovation probably not con-
templated by the parent chapter, from
whom Cornell's charter was derived.
OF the young women who have
graduated from the girls colleges Of
New England during the last eight
years, IL per cent are married; o.
those who have graduated from the
co-educatlonal colleges of New En-
gland, 26 per cent. are married; while
OF those who have graduated during
the same time from the Western col
leges (all co-educationaD 36 per cent
are married.
The statistics of the United
Presbyterian church show that tina
body has 1853 ministers, of whom "a
are "without CHARGE" 903 congrega
tions, and 101, S5S communicates, al
increase of 1856 for the year. There
has been gain in the contribution:
for home and foreign missions, churcl
extension, education and ministerial
relief. The total of contributions To-
all purposes is $1,110, 1858, an increas
of about 800,
The Johns Hopkins Hospital wa
formally opened in Baltimore recent
ly. 1t is said to be the most richl.
endowed, largest and best institution
of the kind in the world. 1t is opel
to the poor as we'll as to the rich. |
cost $4,000 900, and the seventies
buildings, with one or two exceptions
are connected by covered passages
Telephones connect the differen
apartments, and every thing about tn
institution is wonderfully complete
There are buildings for physicians
nurses and students, as well as for pa
tients and contagious diseases. Tn
lecture-room for clinical instructio
will accommodate 250 students.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The largest circulation on record
Is that attained by the volume "Hymns.
Ancient and Modern" Twenty million
copies have been sold in the eighteen
years of its existence.
Mrs. Eliza j. Nicholson, editor Of
the New Orleans Picayune, says that
the happiest moment of her life was
when she saw her first poem in print
and received ten dollars for it.
Success in literary life was held to
be rare by speaker, Joel Benton. at
banquet in New York. He said that
the successful men among those who
lived a Bohemian existence, depending
on the receipts from the sale of their
writings to magazines and newspa-
pers, could all but be gathered in a
Fifth avenue stage.
Isaac Pitman, the inventor Of the
system OF shorthand writing that
bears his name, is a good example of
vigorous and Industrious old age. He
Is past sixty-six years of age, and
works daily from six in the morning
until six in the evening. He used to
work from six in the morning until
ten at night, but now says that he is
getting too old to work all day.
Mrs Burnett received recently a
letter from an Englishman who claims
to be genuine Lord Fauntleroy, the
last of his line and unmarried. He
thinks he bore a strong resemblance
in his childhood to "Little Lord
Fauntleroy." He described himself
and his circumstances at length, and
asked Mrs. Burnett to write him how
she happened to use his name and BIZ
ography in her story. He also invited
her to visit the Fauntleroy estate in
England. Mrs. Burnett never knew
that there was a Lord Fauntleroy in
the world till she received this letter.
She selected Fauntleroy as the name
of her little hero simply because il
pleased her fancy.
Rev. w. A. Sunday is gentleman
of the muscular Christian school ap
parently, if recent reports of his ex
PLOTS are to be regarded as typical
He plays baseball six days as righ'
field, and breaches on the seventh
when he gets chance. On recen
Sunday, fresh from the victory Of hi'
club over the "Giants" ON Saturday
he delivered sermon in the New
York Young Mems Christian Associa'
ton hall. taking as his text "a Ger
tain man found himself and beholt
he was wandering in the field. l
was baseball text, but the sermon il
reported to have been practical. clio
quent and impressive. In fact, Rev
Mr. Sunday may be said to have as oret
a success.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11
FOR OUR YOUNG READERS.
IN pREAMTowN.

I'd know when bedtime came, dears, IL all the
clocks stood still,
And the sun should keep on shining above the
green old hill:
For it's then the little children no longer care
for play,
But want to go to Dreamtown. thousand miles
away.
How do they go to Dreamtowni They shut their
eyes and 10,
Across the moonlit valleys and DER the hills
they go:
And quite before they know 1t, so the wise
people say,
They're in the Dreamtown country, q thousand
miles away.
What do they do in Dreamtowni oh, every
thing that's nice.
There sweet things are so plenty they never
have price.
You've but to take and eat them, and those who
go there say
There is ne place like Dreamtown, a thousand
miles away.
They tell of Mince Pie Island, and Roasted Tur-
key Hill,
Where they go when they get hungry, as folks
In Dreamtown will;
And you've just to take your choice, dears, Of
least so I've heard say,
or all good things in Dreamtown, thousand
miles away.
There's q grove where flre-crackers grow In
punches on the trees,
And mill that grinds out marbles, and sucf
like things as these,
And every body helps himself TO all he wants
they say;
For that's the rule in Dreamt own, thousand
miles away.
There's nothing that you wish for when you are
wide-awake
That isn't found in Dreamtown. They tell me
that they take
The biggest kind Of sugar-plums, and dolls are
picked each day
From every bush in Dreamtown, o thousand
miles away.
Goodnight. my drowsy darlings. The sleep,
eyelids close,
And straight to this strange country each littl'
traveller goes.
When morning-glory trumpets are blown a
break OF day
You'll all come back from Drcamtown, thou
sand miles away.
-Eben E. Rexford, in N. Y. Independent.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11
VERY FUNNY INDEED.
How the Average Woman Repeats n
Humorous Story.

How the Average Woman Repeats n
Humorous Story.
"Oh. Lii, have the funniest story
to tell you; you'll just die. Mr.. Bates
you know Mr.. Bates?--well, he is
just too cute for any thing. He called
last night, and he and pa got to tell
ing stories. laughed till l was just
tired, and you must hear this story"
"Do tell me, Jul; Pm dead to hear a
good story"
"Well-Oh, it was TOO rich, Lii. OF
course l can't tell it like Mr.. Bates
he's SO awfully clever-but I'll"
'.Do go on"
swell, Mr.. Bates said-but my, you
ought to have seen his face. He can
just draw his face down and his
eyes"
30, pshaw! Jul, let's have the
story"
"Well, then now don't you make
me laugh-there was a man out in
Illinois-no, now was it Illinoisp Why,
dear me-lets see yes, it must have
been Illinois, for Kalamazoo is the
place"
"Why, Jul, Kalamazoo is in Ohio. "
80, how stupid of course it is.
Well, it doesn't matter anyway what
State it was Well, this man from
Kalamazoo-now, was it man? Yes,
it must have been man. for Mr.. Bates
told about how he got his cards-let's
see, was it cards or poker chipsP
Now that is funny. Ican't remember.
Well, anyway, this man from Kala-
mazoo was on train going to-going
too, dear, how ! get things mixed
to Os-Osh-O, yes, Oshkosh; that's
it. Well, he was going to Oshkosh on
a train when another man stepped up
and said-and said-now, what did
that man say? I'm certain this one
was man, and he said something tC
the man from Kalamazoo-wh or
earth was itP"
"Never mind, Jul; go on with the
story"
"Ot course it really doesn't matter
what the man said; but, anyway. those
two men played and played. Then the
man from-now let me be sure-yes, i
was the man on the train; he was-le
me see; didn't Mr.. Bates say he was {
Senatorp Yes, I'm sure he was Sen
ator from Ohio"
Never mind, Jul; what's that go
to do with the story?"
"Now, Lii, you put me out"
Il don't, either; but ! do want tt
hear the end"
"Well, the Senator and the mai
from Kalamazoo played and played
till finally-now, how was that? o
yes; the Senator bet on the game, ant
the other man said-he said-O, Scott
how provoking! Well, anyway, tn
man from Kalamazoo had no chang
for-yes, believe it was hundre
dollar bill, and-and-"
"Do go on, Jul"
"Why, o, yes-well. anyway, Lii,
is not quite as Mr. Bates told it sal
the Kalamazoo man had no change
didn't Ip"
"Yes. yes, and the other manp"
"Well, he-O, yes, now / remembe
! well. he had. n-Washington Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11
LULLABY.

was ioung'n' amongst m pillows,
a., 1oax n sleep with many q sigh.
N some one n tn room above me
was a-singin' a lullyby;
cud hear the cradle a-rock'n'-
Creakety, creakety, TO n fro
N IN woman a-singin' "Hush-thee-
1o--t- p--t-sleep-e-e-go"
Their wasn't o mite OF carpet
AVN tn floor o. thet room, yuh bet,
IN tn regular swing o. the cradle,
Wy kin almos' hear t yet;
m tn sleepy COO o. III baby
Thet was bein' swung to m fro,
!" tn wonderful music o. "Hush-thee-
Go-t-sleep -t-sleep-e-e--go.n
fuh wouldn't "a thought tibet Teller
Thers got down IS low Isl
Would "a felt kinder queer cause woman
Was a-sing'n' lullyby!
N t first felt jest like swear'n',
Thet hotel shud treat me so,
Fur cudn't hear noth'n' but "Hush-thee-
Cot -sleep-t-sleep-e-e
But t seemed ter git soft'r m low'r,
M kinder familyer too
VIZ III cradle a-goin' slow'r,
Jest like my cradle ust ter do.
Til cud almos feel tn motion,
Rock-a-bye-rock-a-b ye-to n fro,
IN my mother a-singn' "Hush-thee-
Co. -t'-sleep-e-e-go."
Fur she sung t t II love Jesus"
Jest g my mother ust ter do,
IN t set my heart all ter achn',
M tn tears ter comm too;
m jest acisht .cud SLOUGH back thar,
NJ my mother cud set thar n sew,
NJ cud hear her, jest oncet sing'n' "Hust
thee
Go-t'-sleep-t-sleep-e-e-go."
Ella Hgginson, in Harper's Weekly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11
HUMOROUS.

The coal dealer some times, by
mistake, gives the cart driver a weigh.
Washington Critic.
Can a girl be called magnate be-
cause she requires an armature to COM
plete the circuit?- Courant
Speaking of an embarrassment of
riches, the man who held five aces
ought to be able to offer some valuable
remarks. Merchant Traveller.
-Jacques-"The girls, fear, would
not answer we'll at a political conven-
tion." Miss D.-"Why not?" Jacques
-"Well, for instance, when the
Chairman asks: Are you ready for the
question: Time.
-Governor-"You've been running
ahead of your allowance, Jack. -"
Jack-'I know it, dad. I've been
hoping for a long time that the allow
ance would strengthen up enough to
overtake me. IN. Y. Ledger.
Tho names of the defendants Of
the Washington family were published
the other day, and since then q great
many people have probably ceased to
wonder why Washington is called the
father of his country.-Savannah
News.
Little Dick "What does money
talks meant Big sister-"I don't
know" Big brother-"1t means,
Dick, that any lunkhead with cash in
the bank can come here and sit all the
evening without saying & word, and
yet your sister finds him an interest
ing conversationalist." philadelphia
Record.
"How do you account for Georges
not coming for the past three daysP'
asked fond mamma, who had aspira.
tions for millionaire son-in-law.
''Oh, he isn't coming any more, al
ALL" 'Why, my daughter, you didn't
throw such chance overboardP'
"No, mamma, no; but Georges father
is bankrupt" You are dear, good
girl. Hartford Post
/ -"Dear john" wrote his wife, 50
am sorry to say Willie fell out Of ;
swing yesterday and disabled himself
He will not be able to use his arms fol-
a month-so the doctor says. He /.
getting along all right. but it makes
him restless to stay indoors. Wher
you return from the city please bring
him something he can amuse himself
with" "Willie,n said the father
kindly, as he patted the little boy con-
solingly on the head the next day, 81
have brought you that drum l prom
ised you year or two ago you SHOULD
have some time"
Grievously shocked. "Grind
stone, is that the morning pape
you're readingsn "Yes. It's full o
that divorce case. l tell you, Xii
jordan. there ought to be law agains
publishing such stuff" $50 Their
ought And any man that will read j
betrays most depraved taste. Whel
you are done with the paper, Grind
stone, I'll just look at it a moment.
1T is simply outrageous. How an,
man-how any man-cal-" (be
comes deeply absorbed). (WaitinI
nervously for about four seconds) =
Seems to me. Grindstone. it's takinl
you a blame long time to read tia
paper. Chicago Tribune
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11
TAKING THE CENSUS.
A Far More Laborious Process Than In
Great Britain.

A Far More Laborious Process Than In
Great Britain.
The question is often asked, Why
can not the United States census be
token in one day, as is done in Eng
land and many continental countriesP
The reasons are obvious on reflection.
In the first place, England, which we
will take for an example, is COM
pact nation. all The functions of gov
eminent being concentrated at the
national capital. The constabulary
is national, and the census is taken
through it. The skeleton of the body
OF enumerators always exists. The
enlargement occurs through the ap-
pointment Of temporary constables,
working with the permanent con-
stabulary force. This gives England
and like conditions exist in other
countries-a force always in existence,
or easily brought into existence, for
census purposes. Each constable is
supplied with proper quantity of
blanks for very small district. These
he distributes one day and collects
the next They are to be filled out
by the head OF the household, and are
to contain the names and facts relat-
ing to each person living under the
roof at midnight
The United States Government has
no force which can be enlarged TO a
proper extent for a one-day census.
This fact alone would prevent our
Government from following the
methods adopted in Europe. But
there is another reason which would
entirely prevent the adoption of the
European method. The schedule for
the English and continental censuses
is very small affair, compromising
but few inquiries relating to the
name. relating to the head of the
family. condition whether single,
married. etc. sex, age at the last
birthday, the profession or occupation,
place of birth. and whether deaf,
dumb or blind. This constitutes the
whole English census The United
States census comprehends, as we have
seen, very great number of inquiries,
relating to numerous topics.-North
| American Review.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11

"A curious illustration OF the treas
ures of the soil. often overlooked for q
long time, is the discovery of mineral
wax in Utah. 1t was discovered three
years ago on the line OF the Denver &
Rio Grande railroad, covering an area
of $50 acres. Over one thousand tons
a year are secured. 1t looks like the
wax that is made by bees. and can be
used for the same purpose. II Is
mixed with paraffine in making
candles, and is used in the insulation
of electric wires. 1t needs no refining
for ordinary uses. The discovery is a
hint to our landowners that their
farms often contain riches that are
overlooked. The Pennsylvania farm
ers worked the oil fields for genera
tons without dream of the wealth
under foot
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11

lips and took big swallow of its con-
tents before / could jump to him and
grab him. As ] seized hin the bottle
dropped to the floor and smashed, while
he dropped into my arms as dead as a
maui Cyanide of potassium, as l sub
sequently learned, was his final nip,
but it was the fatal potato that killed
him. "-Cincinnati Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11
One Dollar Per Year.

two and tying her shoe on one end.
threw it with all her might out at Jot.
1t came down plump on the top OF his
head so hard that he tumbled of tho
rock. but at the same time Selling the
end of the shawl. he was pulled
ashore half-drownod and quite giddy
from the bump OF the heavy shoe.
That bath in Black brook ''broke up"
Jot's stilt-fever that year.-Youth's
COMPANION.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11

Agent for Jewelry House-'Fve
got a fine line of diamonds I'd like to
show you" Man Addressed-"You've
made mistake. sir. I'm the propri-
etor of this hotel. not the clerk, -
Sonoma Valley Whistle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-07-11

Rabbits are as popUayly repre-.
scented at the Easter seasoa - eggs are
The trait Of rabbits which causes them
to be known as egg thieves is the
reason for tbs array Of spgar and pager
animals.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-13


John Burns. the leader of the dock
laHorers ON strike tn London. IL fins
specimeu OF the English workingman
politician. 4 very few years ago he
wss regarded with great deal III sus-
piciog. hat the last two general eiec-
tons in England hsve raised his pres
tige wunderfallg. lie is working
man in the true sense Of the term. and
the writer well fecoliects paying him
a visit a few wears ago whilst he vas
living sick in bis poorly furnished
room ~ Lambeth. Almost abe only
articles in that chamber. except
the bed, were the wofks ~ Thomas
CARLYLE. Of whom Barns Il nm ardent
adnlirer. He ~ a fearless snd intense
III earnest speaker. and alssuRh u
rneager education. he possesses hat
strange power of the horn orator.
" hich CARRIES enthusiasm In is vske.
Years atro be ciiamp!ossst home rule
for Ireland when that ssiotect was nos
as fxshionable as II is nov, and M.
Mark Bsaufry, who vas recently
elected n. Y. for Remington. do
clarea he never cpnid have go the
seat but for Borns' enthusiasm and
hard work. That he ~ q rising nsn
- evidenced by the fsct shA he -
elected To ssrve on the London eouuy
council. Burns xas MOI born ~ pa
purple, but his nsme ~ honored ~
millions of the s0ns of toll hryoHd
hat Of princes We shall hear saoss
of him vet
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-13

penned tire following Suppose ~
tesk fSsse;her the coke male during
IKE .aSt twreave months u the Can-
,lesassisle region. the popsiAr name
20 1hs s.sses strip Of coansry about
sofsy miles Reag hy three niles vide.
Shsea lies northeast ami southwest
Sssoss WeSfnscreiana county and tsarf
- fayssss- Load il en- cars and hitch
Them together In continuous train.
start the train going ST the rate az
Twelve miles an hoar. which is about =
TAR average for freight trains, and
fun IL day ard night with
eat . moments stop to cool hot
taSes. or the slightest Stacking apon
snn srssies. Stand beside the track
sfo watch the train roll hy, siav after
day. hour after hour. Night
alter night listen 10 the clsnk.
eiank Of the wheels over the iosnted
rails a. every hour sees is.thO tons a
coSe wb.rieSi pss you. Toward
morning Of the ninth day the signal
lamps on the iass car will mark
the eud oG the train and vou
val esgin - have dreamy sort az
notion ol the magnitude of the coke
industry that is hlsxinr ard smoking
within two hears ride oi piitsharr.
The headlight of the train will h<
:, sei miles away" This was written
sexeFasNears ago and the coke trade
J. a god deal larlser now.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-13

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t.x{fs. -s.r~s ay~snisry snd Stnfrh0o ~
- II. sax DGx.ss. AID ~tnt csasa ~
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Yass. &c settle WV
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-09-13
a H~vivai la the reonsyIvAnis Sros
Industry.

This section II the SehoylkIll valley
experienced big industrial boom To-
dsv. ssys q Reading, Pa. special Of
Sepiemt~s 2 The rolling. PIPE ana
tube r1iils and foundry 81 the ResSng
Iron Company, after an idlea~ss u
six months. resuHsd partial opera
tons this morning and within seek
ar. expected 10 ran fol- iiarsis,i. when
200 men ~ili again b. steadily en-
psoysd. The company sheet NH -
alrea.f-s running. sith Sd neh. no
ilvaine's rolling sliil. after sign!
trouble with a. employees, resumed
work to-day. the builders vases Do
ing increased from x325 - t5ID Per
ton. This mill employs DO slsn. The
Reading Iron C1mp apy has also
established tie rate ~ pi'idisrs wages
ats8so. Besisnlng today, :. X. sey-
feris pnddlsrs, az osyferfs station
this csianty. will received 81 E'ef ton;
ths highest rate paid tn the schuyikiu
valley. AT posisto the p1sddlsrs OF
the Potts iron Compnsy today persn
Enrksng a. al increase ffosr B!3 20
s. ~ per ton. The Gilasgow iron
Company pgddlers sfs nos WORKING
Al the same inereaAe-