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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
FORGETTING SELF,
A Hard Thing to Do-The One RENE dy for
Seifishness Is to Remember Others.

A Hard Thing to Do-The One Remedy for
Seifshness Is to Remember Others.
Truth is many-sided. II should de-
scribe the house in which l an sitting
from the front, it would seem a very
different house from the one you might
describe from the rear, and yet the
house is the same. So il l ask you
this week to do what seems the oppo-
site OF last weeks advice, you are not
to jump at any conclusions, though /
did say then Watch yourselves" and
i do say now Forget yourselves :"
Simply two ways Of dealing with the
Ego" which are not contrary but
quite harmonious. Indeed, l might 90
so far as TO assert that he who keeps
control of self will be most likely to
forget self.
Did you ever try to forget thing
and have it stay almost persistently in
your thoughts. seemingly because you
did try? Perhaps you are not ole
enough for that experience yet. but 1
requires a firm exercise Of will to turn
the thoughts elsewhere.
Now think the hardest thing in tn
world 10 forget is self. You try it 70
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20
FOR OUR YOUNG FOLKS
WHY SHE CRIED.

There sat silly little lass
Upon bed Of posies,
Her tears believed the summer grass
And twinkcd on the roses.
snow, WHY'S all this grief'' l said,
And all this doleful crying"
The maiden sadly shook her head.
And answered, softly signing:
"All yesterday wept" said she.
"And then this morning could see
IT was quite without reason;
So now mourn the stupid way
In which l spent that lovely day
The fairest of the season.
o dear % dcar-O dear-O dear
The fairest OF the seasonl"
So there she sat, the silly lass
And nothing could content her;
The roses and the summer grass
No grain Of comfort lent her;
Nor any word that could say
Would ease her doleful crying.
VI can but weep for yesterday"
She answered, sadly signing:
"'T was all so foolish-that l see
And that is not the worst" said sho:
"'T is not my greatest sorrow;
can not eat-I can not sleep
And all The day weep. and weep
For fear I'll weep tomorrow!
o dear-O dear-O dear-O dear
Ifear I'll weep tomorrow"
-Eudora S. Bumstead, in St. Nicholas
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

. day, and see ifyou don't find II so. !
know OF but one remedy. and that is to
remember others. II you look at it. in
all this world there are only yourself
and other people; yourself-one; other
people-well, something over thou
sand millions l suppose. 1t seems
fairly absurd to spend ones thoughts
on the one, and forget the millions, yet
that is the way some people appear to
live. You know If you hold a cent
close to the eye, 1t will obscure the sun.
and there have been persons known to
do that.
Self-forgetting is only another name
for unselfshness- Now would not be
unjust to you, but, honestly, ism t selfish
ness quite prominent characteristic OF
a boyp may mistake, but it does
seem to me as rule that girls are
more apt to deny themselves for others
than boys are. Not because they are
naturally better. but certain facts in
their usual training and circumstances
make them moro thoughtful and con-
siderate.
Indeed, writer already quoted in
these talks says in regard to some mis-
takes in the home training: 1.-The UNI
selfishness OF the sisters, and the fond
ness Of tho mother for her boy, and the
fact that the boy is rarely at home, all
contribute to habit of sacrificing every
thing to the young lads pleasure or
profit, which has the worst effect on
his character in after life. Boys
receive from women themselves in the
nursery, and when they come home
from school in the holidays, a regular
education in selfishness.
That is forcibly put. but fear it has
much truth in it, and ! repeat it to you
boys, that you may notice and correct
any such tendency just see how many
times this week the mother and sister
deny themselves in little ways and at
tentions, which you receive with such
lordly manner, and without the
slightest notion that any body is put
out for your sake. am willing to be-
lieve the fault is thoughtlessness, and
the way TO correct that is to be thought
full Thoughtful for the mother and
sister, thoughtful for the comrades at
school, thoughtful for all whom you
meet, caring not so much for your own
comfort, or what you esteem your own
rights.
Remember that the largest lives,
from whom the Masters down, have
been those filled with thoughts for 9TH
ers. This thought encouraged will grow
as you grow, until 1t takes in all the
world. Then there will be in your heart,
not the one self alone but crowding on
it the thousand millions and more o.
others, whose interests and whose wei.
fare you are to consider. But boys,
you will not jump into such self-for.
getting as this. you must grow into it
In the old days Christ told His disci
pies to begin their work at Jerusalem
so | think with us all we must begir
with that which lies nearest just here
|, in your own homes. in your own schoo
rooms, on your own Fairgrounds, yo,
must forget self and remember others
Look out for number one" is one o
the meanest precepts of so-callet
worldly wisdom, which deceive with al
air of sagacity and prudence. Within
the covers of the Book you will find an
. other quite the opposite: Look no
every man on his own things, but ever.
man also on the things of others. -
!, From Talk with Boys" in N. Y. Oh
server
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

"A German fell into lager beer
vat the other day, and seeing his dam
ger began to drink as hard as he could
to save himself from drowning by re-
ducing the depth Of the fluid, and it is
thought he would have succeeded had
not floating cork got into his throat
and lessened his swallowing power. =
N. Y. Weekly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

"A sandwich company, which pro-
poses to sell its wares in Offices, on the
streets and in bar rooms and cafes. has
been established in New YORK. The
company will have uniformed peddlers
who will carry neat willow baskets.
The sandwiches will be sold for five
cents each.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

"A Hays City (Kan.s paper recently
printed the following remarkable card
Of thanks: ..Mr. and Mrs. Garland
wish TO express their thanks to the
friends AID neighbors who so kindly
assisted at the burning OF their hotel
Monday morning.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

in speaking recently of his career
as surgeon and poet DR.. Oliver
Wendell Holmes said that he could
not tell whether he had taken mora
pleasure in removing limbs than in
| constructing feet
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

The story is told Of a Frenchman
who went into shoe store in one OF our
cities and gave the CLERK no end of an
noyance. At last the CLERK sought to
get revenge, after having shown nearly
every style of shoe on his shelves, by
bringing forth pair Of boots and plac-
ing them before the customer with the
remark: Nov, sir, here's an excel
lent thing. just suited to you in every
way, half sole and all French calf"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

First old-time parson (deiecttdly)
There are no pulpit Founders nova
days Second old-time parson (more
dejectedly)-And there are no pulpit
expounders either.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

Superstition among fashionable
people Is on the increase Boston Sat.
wdsy Evening Gazette
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-06-20

The University of Pennsylvania
has added 10 its many courses school
of journalism.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-12
MRS. LANGTRY VERY ILL.
She Is Alleged to BE Physical Wreck of Her
Former Self-The Cause of Her Trouble.

LONG BRANCH, July 11.--Mrs. Langtry is
again at Long Branch, ill-very i'll. the doc
tors say-and it is possible that her strange
career may be nearing a close The opera
tion she had performed year ago. for the
purpose of relieving her of a distressing
case of catarrh, left her in a weak physical
condition. from which she never recuperat-
ed, and for some time past she has expert
enced great difficulty in breathing, and
it is said that her lungs are now affected,
also.
The Lily is the latest of theatrical celeb
rites to be laid on the shelf, and it has
gone hard with her to miss the excitement
and popular applause which count for so
much to women of her makeup. Mrs.
Langtry Is physically wreck of her for
mer self. Without going back to the peri
od when, In the freshness of her beauty, she
burst upon the blaze of fashionable circles
of London, those who saw her when she
first came TO this country would hardly
know her as the same woman now. She
looked like blooming young English
Hebe then, her blue eyes still bright with
youth, her complexion fresh and peachy,
and her figure -willOwy and superb. She
looks old now, her eyes are dull, the crows
have come to stay, her face is colOrless,
and her complexion like that of all actresses
and stage paint, and her figure is portly
and inharmOniOus.
She is not occupying the same cottage
this season that she did last. but has rented
one of Oliver Doud Byrons cottages for
the summer.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-12
YOUNGSTOWN RELIEF DISTRIBUTION.
A Full Statement of the Work and Expendi.
lures Of the Flood Commission.

PITTsBURG, Pa. July 11.-A statement of
the work done by the committee of the
flood commission has been given to the
public. This says that in round figures
the expenditures to date for relief in the
C6nemaugh valley. including the amount
of S5OOOOO appropriated at Tuesdays meet
ing of the commission at Cresson Springs,
aggregates $2,2O0,OOO. This expenditure,
the statement says, includes the work of
the Pittsburg. Johnstown and Philadel-
phla relief committees, and the flood COM
mission; also, disbursements of the contri-
buttons abatement of nuisances and pay
ment of military detailed to staff and po-
lice duty. The statement says that all
funds placed in the control
Of the Governor have been transferred to
the relief commission. There is an implied
understanding that the Pittsburg and
Philadelphia committees will also transfer
their funds. and it is also desirable that all
the moneys in the hands of other commit
tees be placed under the jurisdiction of the
commission. The statement also says:
"Relief has been given in all needful direc-
ti0ns with the greatest dispatch consistent
with the best wisdom that could be brought
to consider the case"
"The problem confronting the commits
sion in the COnemaugh valley" the state
ment says, sis of the greatest magni-
tude, demanding the utmost celebrity
and the wIseSt and most deli
cate discrimination. The number of
persons to be fed has varied from maxi
mum of 81 $50 to present commissary-rOll
of 1000. The number of distinct claims to
be passed upon. many of them involving
the interests of families of dependent rela-
tiOns, aggregate nearly 1000"
The statement then recites the decision
of the commission made on June "a, to ap-
ply the funds contributed for the relief of
sufferers To relief work exclusively, and on
such plan as will give the money TO the
most needy sufferers. To carry out this
plan. Judge Cummin one of the members
OF the commission, is now at Johnstown,
and Is energetically at work. Sup
plies of food and clothing will be
gwen as long as required, although
1t Is hoped that this form of relief
can soon be discontinued. Additional
houses will be erected and furnished as fast
as the ground on which to stand them is
selected. The S5OO.0O0 III cash appropriated
at the CressOn meeting. it is thought, Will
average considerably above 500 to each
claimant. The sums required for the Johns
town district will cover all the moneys
coming into the State from outside sources,
with large amounts in addition. The ap-
| preparations for other localities are from
| general contributions, made within the
| state OF Pennsylvania. The commission
| publishes a complete statement of It's work.
New York to-day transferred $3.50 200, and
Philadelphia $4,000 to the Conemaugh
+, Hood commission.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-12
TO BE PROSECUTED.

Tho Embezzling Deputy Revenue Collector
at Omaha to Suffer for His Crime.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Attorney
general, having examined the reports of
Special Agent Spalding with reference to
the embezzlement of John Calhoun, deputy
collector at Omaha, to-day ordered his
prosecution on the criminal charge of en-
bezzlement. The special agents report
shows that for months prior to the turning
over of the collectors Office to Mr. Peters,
the deputy collector had been systematic
ally pocketing moneys forwarded for
stamps, and making 10 returns of the same
The total amount of the defalcation- cannot
be ascertained, but so far as footed up
amounts to between six and seven thou
sand dollars, with additions coming every
day to swell the amount.
The special agents report also shows
that Calhoun destroyed all letters contain
ing Enclosures which he received. simply
making memoranda of the amounts for his
own personal information, and that when
confronted by the evidence of his guilt. he
confessed his crime, and endeavored,
through his father, to make restitution of
the amount. Collector Calhoun at once
made good the defalcation, and promised
the government should lose nothing, in the
hope of preventing a criminal prosecution
of his son. 1t looks as if nothing can
save young Calhoun from the penitentiary.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-12
SHE SAVED THE BOY.
A German Maids Heroic but Fatal Plunge Into
= Lake Mohank to Rescue Child.

RoNDoUT, N. Y, July ia sad drowning
affair, in which remarkable heroism on the
part of a brave woman led to the sacrifice
of her own life. took place at Lake Mohank.
in the Shawangunk mountains, last Friday,
the particulars of which have just been re-
ceived. Among the many guests summer
ing at one of the hotels there is German
family named Brink. of New York city.
One member of the family is a bright little
osy-cheeked lad of nine years. A German
maid named Ottalie Lang was intrusted with
the care of the children, including the boy
above referred to. On Friday last. about
o'clock, the boy, attended by the maid,
went out for q ralnble upon the high and
picturesque bluff which towers above the
land. The boy and maid were busily en-
gagged picking wild flowers and shrubs.
Suddenly the boy, who was venturing too
close to the edge of the projecting rock. fell
over its ledge into the lake. some twenty
five feet below Without a moments hesi-
fancy. and with brave womanly instinct,
the heroic maid plunged into the lake to
save her young charge
Both were observed to strike the water
by a party who were rowing on the lake,
and the latter Immediately pulled toward
the maid and the boy who were struggling
in the water. The heroic young woman,
who was q good swimmer and of medium
height and build. was seen TO hold the boy
up in the water and afterward. seemingly
from exhaustion. to drop him. She then
disappeared beneath the water. The rescu-
ing party reached the boy and saved him
but before they could get close enough to
the sinking heroine she disappeared, never
to reach the surface again alive.
The sad accident was witnessed by hun
dreds of guests from the hotel plazzas and
Others who fiocked to the brink of the lake,
bur were unable to render timely assist
ance. Some of the women tainted when
they saw the two struggling in the water.
The body was recovered III about hfty feet
of water and an inquest was held. Inc
brave woman was about twenty-five years
old, and had no relatives or friends in this
country
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-12
PENSION DECISIONS.
Important Ruling Affecting Agreements Be-
tween Attorneys and Applicants.

Important Ruling Affecting Agreements Be-
tween Attorneys and Applicants.
WASHINGTON, July 1.-THE Pension Of
flee recently granted a claim for a pension
filed by George Hindson, but only allowed
the attorney in the case IS as his fee, not
withstanding he produced an agreement
between the claimant and himself by which
he was to receive SIS. The attorney took
an appeal to the Assistant Secretary of the
Interior, and in long opinion, made pub
lie to-day, the Assistant Secretary overrules
the action of the Pension Office, and allows
the full amount contained in the agree
ment. He says that the reason assigned by
the Pension Office-that s. was considered
an equitable amount as fee, taking into
consideration the amount OF money re-
ceived on the certificate (SS0)-may comport
with an appreciative sense of the clients
needs, but it has no recognition in any part
of the law bearing upon the agreement
This is considered very important decis-
ion, affecting a large number of cases. and
it reverses the practice of the Pension
Bureau in this respect.
Assistant Secretary Bussey. of the In
terror Department, has rendered a decision
reversing the action of the Pension Office
in rejecting the claim of Solomon Dudley.
late private of Company c, First Tennessee
Light Artillery. Dudley's claim for pen
sion alleged tnat Wnlle using gun-Darrel
for a poker at a fire, in making coffee for
squad of men near Nashville, Tenn, in
February, 1865 it exploded and wounded
him in the upper third of the right arm.
The question In the case to be considered
and decided. according TO Mr.. Bussey, is
whether the claimant was in the line of
duty when he was hurt or whether the
wound was the result of culpable negli-
gence on his part Mr.. Bussey holds that
the soldier was performing duty that was
properly required of him when the accident
occurred, and in using for poker the APP
parently empty gun barrel he did a natural
and reasonable thing. The supposition he
says. that he (the soldier) used the gun
barrel for the purpose indicated in a care
less or culpable way is not consistent with
the promptings of self-preservation and
cannot be fairly entertained. All the facts
in the case 90 to establish line of duty and
the incurrence of the alleged disability
therein.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-12
KILRAIN AT COLUMBUS.
The Party Fears Arrest, and Takes the Di
Road-SherifY and Posse I'm Pursuit.

The Party Fears Arrest and Takes the Dirt
Road-Sheriff and Posse in Pursuit.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
COLUMBUS, Ind, July 11.-This city was
very unexpectedly "honored" this evening
for the space of about two hours by the
presence of Jake Kilrain, the defeated
pugilist, Charles Mitchell, his trainer, and
Pony Moore and Johnny Murphy, bottle
holder at the recent battle. The noted
cOterie of sporting men arrived direct from
st. Louis over the o. & NJ. railroad to Sey-
mour, and from there to this city over the
j., NJ. & /. road, arriving here at p. NJ. At
Seymour the news reached the party of
Sullivan's arrest. The announcement came
Unexpectedly, and disturbed Kilrain, who
evidently feared that his arrest would soon
follow. A conference was held. resulting
in their resolving to leave the 0. & NJ. train
and come to Columbus. and, if possible,
reach Cincinnati by another road safely.
Once there they expressed a feeling that
they would be taken care of by friends.
When the party left the tram here they
were Immediately recognized. and soon a
large crowd surrounded them. They en-
tered hack and were driven to the Bissell
Hotel, where Mitchell registered for all.
fictitious names. They were at once shown
to- their rooms. where Kilrain proceeded to
take a good wash. The Journal CORE
spondent was shown into the room and
asked kilrain for an interview.
Damn the newspapers" he replied,
they have ruined me already
He was stripped to the waist and bore
evidence of the terrible punishment he had
received. His body appeared badly swol-
len and was covered with plasters. A big
spot on the right side, which was not Gov
were in terrible shape. He suffered
intensely as Pony Moore assisted him to
put on an. undershirt. He could barely
stand to have the collar buttoned, and
Hinched perceptibly.
How came you to stop off in this cityi'
inquired the CORE spondent OF Mitchell.
I'VE are safe anywhere. but desire tC
what programme they intended to follow
be refused to talk. He refused TO talk OF
! Sulliyans arrest During their stay at The
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1889-07-12
THE ALIEN LABOR LAW.
A Decision That Cuts Of One of the Schemes
of English Immigration Bureaus.

N DeclSiOn 1nat Suts On One Oh the ScDefuee
of English Immigration Bureaus.
WASHINGTON. July 1.-THE Secretary OF
the Treasury has decided that all immi-
grants who come to this country under
conditions similar to those of the seven
English immigrants who recently arrived
at New York, are prohibited from landing
under the provisions of the alien contract
labor law. An investigation of the case in
question by the Treasury Department.
shows that j. w. Wrightson & Co.. of
London, Eng, have established an agency
for the encouragement of immigration to
the United States, and that they have
agents at Rotterdam and at Seguin, Tex.
Persons are induced to immigrate TO this
country by promise of employment, and
are furnished with a circular letter to the
Texas agent, whose business it is to pro-
cure them work and to care for them until
he does. The immigrant Is required to
sign an agreement TO accept the flrst EN-
ployment offered him by the Texas agent.
Several immigrants holding these certifi-
Gates have been prevented from landing by
the collector of customs at New York, and
the British minister at Washington made
formal complaint against his action. He
represented to the Treasury Department.
that there was no contract, either ex pressed
or implied, in the transaction, and that,
therefore. there was no violation of law.
The papers were referred TO the Solicitor of
the Treasury, and he has Civ en- an opinion
that the papers which the immigrants are
required TO sign, in which they agree TO ac-
cept whatever employment is offered them.
is a contract within the meaning of the
law, and Secretary Window to-day acted
in accordance with this opinion.