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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-19
HUMOROUS.
The sugar trust will never bust
But ever firmly stand;
It's well prepared and can't be scared,
For IT possesses sand.

inc sugar trust Will noFor puSt
But ever firmly stand;
It's well prepared and can't be scared,
For IT possesses sand.
Omaha World.
WHATS the matter, my MANI Why
do you look so sadP" II have lost my
wife," mo wonder you look sad"
Besides that, have also married
another. Fliegende Blatter.
--Easterner = 'Is Nebraska very
healthy State?" Western man-''very
healthy Well, sir, there's an old man
in Omaha named William Shakes
peare, and hang me if l don't believe
he's the original. IN. Y. Weekly.
pat is this true that hear?"
'.An' what's that, Yer HonorP" THAT
you are going to marry again."
That's so, Yer Honor" "But your
first wife has only been dead a week"
"Sure she's as dead now as she liver
will be, Yer Honor" ."-Pick-me-up.
Mrs. De Merritt = II suppose.
Major, that since the war the old
time colored aunty is rapidly becom-
ing thing Of the pastP" Major
George A. Kernell-"Right you are
madam, right you are. The boys con-
slider themselves lucky now to be able
to put up white chips. "-Terre Haute
Express.
Here. John. am going into the
country on my vacation tomorrow.
"Yes, SIR" Pack up my oilskin suit.
my rubber boots, my tarpaulin hat
and half a dozen umbrellas" "Yes,
sir. Any thing elseP" That's all, I
believe Hold on, though! You might
put in a salt fish or two. I'm bound
to keep dry II it's possible thing. -
Boston Transcript
Where's the foreman
Of the composing-roomp" Editor
.Oh, he's gone off on a vacation"
s.For his healthP" Yes. In our Week.
ly Theatrical Gossip the copy gave
him to set up read: Miss De Rouge,
the opera queen, has some very
noticeable fads, and he got it pads
so he asked for vacation. -TiEe.
-'Disapp'inte in Oklahoma"
Nary disapp'int." But what are you
coming back for with your family and
stuffP" CANT git no claimP" Then
how does 1t happen you are not disap-
pointed?" "Wal. Betsy, she's allus
preached t they want no other fool
sech a blamed FOOLS l be; but sence
TUX her down to Oklahoma she hair I
he'd nuth'n To say. Puck.
Expected too much. Merchant
You think your son would make us
satisfactory errand boy. do you'"
Mrs Moriarity--"Whatever ,, do. sor,
e do it very quick" Merchant (turn-
Ing to boy) flames. take this note
up to Captain Centerfeld at the ball
ground and be back in twenty min
utes." Mrs Moriarity-.Niver moind.
Jimmy. Come ahn home It's not q
bye they're wantin', tie an angel
Life.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-19
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

rather venerable academies That at
South Berwick was incorporated in
1871, and those at Fryeburg and East
Machias the year following.
"A concise prayer said to have
been offered by an earnest New En-
gland deacon was as follows: Lord.
give us grace to know Thy will and
grit to do it"-Brooklyn National
Monitor.
Miss Kate Drexel, the wealthy
young lady of Philadelphia, who re-
Gently entered q convent OF the Sisters
Vt Mercy at Pittsburg, has decided to
build college for the exclusive use
Of colored people.
Mr. A. II. Baynes. the honored
secretary of the Baptist Missionary
Society of England, recently gave a
striking proof of his unselfish devo-
ton to the cause of foreign missions
by declining the offer OF an appoint
ment with a salary five times that
which he is in receipt OF from the
society.
"A minister was told of Mr.. K.
who lived in a town where he had
been pastor few years before: "Mr.
X. thinks the world OF you, and that
| there is no one whom he ever heard
whose preaching he liked so we'll"
And he answered: II wish he had said
so while / was pastor. 1t woud have
made my work easier and my lifc
brighter. !"
The Los Angeles public schools
are organized on a liberal basis and
rank among the best in the county.
The superintendent, Prof. w. M. Freis-
ner, receives salary of $4,000 per an
mum, and his deputy. Prof. A. 4.
Baker, 81, 500. The principals, twenty
one in number, receive from $95 to
$l35 per month. There is a special
principal of drawing at $135, and
one of writing at 1925 por month.
Teachers hold their positions at the
pleasure of the Board. and are on pre-
baton until their work is approved,
when they are permanently assigned.
The last Harvard College bulletin
shows that our American colleges have
counted some long-lived men among
their graduates. Nathan Birdseye. Il
graduate of Yale. lived to be more
than one hundred and three years old;
Rev. John Sawyer, of Dartmouth, was
also over one hundred and three when
he died; he received from his college
the degree OF d. ID. at the age of one
hundred and two; Judge Timothy
Farrar, OF Harvard, lived to be over
one hundred and one, and received the
degree of LII. d. on the completion OF
his hundredth year. M. Chevreul. tho
French chemist who recently died in
his one hundred aud third year, had
also received a degree from Harvard
College
The late Rev. DR.. Nathaniel Bur.
ton, of Hartford, was, says Connecti-
cut paper, very unconventional man.
Some years ago he heard a great many
complaints about the length of his
prayers. To settle the matter he EN-
ploycd n stenographer on Sunday tc
take down his prayer On reading il
over he was overwhelmed with aston.
ishment at its length, and determined
to shorten it thereafter. Speaking ol
the matter afterward he said: III
seemed sacrilege to me when people
began to animadvert on the length ol
my prayers, but they kept on all the
same (never harshly. though. in 8
single instance) and by and by went
over to their side, and have had {
comfortable amount OF peace evel
since"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-19
THE FIRE-FLIEs.

We watched the frc-fiies flashing
Through the dusky and dewy air
Like gieam OF wandering lanterns
Here and there.
What brlght-winged and jewcled crca,u,o.
Radiant gold or burning red,
They must be, the eager children
Thought and said.
So we caught one, soft outfiash no
Near us, bore him tenderly
To light within, that better
We might see.
Well, and was his body golden,
Girdled round with FURNISHED rings,
And did quills OF silver feather
Make his wingsf
No; we found our fine light-g;yer
Just small, plain, gray brown ny.
With no outward sign OF splendor
To the eye.
And we thought one can not always
Take the garment as sign
OF how lar and bright some inner
Light may shine.
Mrs. Clara Doty Bates, in Our Little Ones
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-09-19

President Carnot Of France, is a
literary man by inheritance aud habit.
He has written a good deal of poetry
which has never appeared in print.
Parisian publishers have tempted him
in vain.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

,ape further damage from his terrible beak,
and one free talon, uttering the harsh cry
which they only utter when wounded or in
trouble.
1.-THE eagle no sooner saw me again than
he rushed toward me with all the force at
his command, hampered and crippled as he
was, and for ed the fighting at once. had
made a moose in one end Of my rope. As
the eagle came tearing toward me. his
sound wing raised several inches from his
side, tho wounded one dragging helpless
and bleeding on the ground, his powerful
hooked beak thrown open, the feathers on
his neck bristling like the hair OF an angry
bull, and the chain clanklnga as he dragged
the heavy trap on his leg, he was o start
ling picture Of intense hate and ~unbounded
fury. I had never faced 50 fierce q pres
ence nor could I have imagined one. ]
knew that by the plan I had formed for
capturing the eagle I could quickly over
power him If ! could manage it successfully;
so l stood my ground, and when the i'm
mense bird was Almost near enough to
strike me with his beak I quickly tossed the
moose over his head. It slipped down over
his wing, and / drew it close by o sudden
and strong jerk. Ithen al to one side and
tied the other end Of the rope to q sapling.
The eagle was now shorn Of the great help
Of its once powerful wing, as 1t had been
Of the use Of one Of its enormous talons by
the trap. Yet he pulled the rope taut and
shook the sapling from root to top in his
efforts to get ct me. As he thus strained II
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
Ingenious California Girls.

For some time past it has been the
custom of a number of young ladies
employed in a dress-making shop to
repair to the Capitol grounds at the
noon hour to partake OF their lunch
con. They invariably sat beneath a
large cedar tree, the wide branches Of
which afforded q generous shade.
Several young men about town OBJ
served this fact and almost daily they
could be found shortly before twelve m.
lounging under a tree not far distant
from that beneath which the ladies
sought shelter. This was. of course.
annoying to the young ladies and each
of them has provided herself with q
large p~aras0l, all Of which r opened
when the grounds are reached and
placed around in a circle. This forms
q perfect corral three or four feet in
height. within which the young ladies
can partake of their lunch and recline
at ease free from the prying eyes Of
the curious young men.-Sacrament0
(Cal.) Bee
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

the rope 1 succeeded IN clipping the feed
bagd0wn over his head, and then clasped
the eagle around the body, supposing that
he was now at my mercy.
But" although blinded. pinioned and
dOubly crippled, the eagle was still uncOn-
quercd. As I stood clasping the great bird,
e~ndeavoring to secure the mouth Of the bag
about his legs, he suddenly threw himself
against me. Hesprangcl clear OF the ground
and striking me in the breast with his one
free talon, with one fierce downward strOka
ripped my clothing from me and made two
deep burrows in my flesh clear to the waist
The blood Strcamed from the wound, and,
supposing that l was badly hurt, I hurried
home as fast IS I could 90. The eagle was
trapped, shot, bound and incased in . bag.
and still he held the field.
o reaching home I found that my wound
bad enough, but nothing to be fright
q about but it put me out Of the notion
OF further contest with the eagle. lscntm my
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
FARM N FIRESlOE.

Watering troughs by the roadside
1t convenient distances are highly ap-
preciated by travellers. and are sure
indications Of kind and h~Ospitable
farmers.
Fruit that is q little green Is best
for jelly. This IL especially so for
grapes. as they may be used when the
! skins are only turned red. i think
much Of the complaint about jelly not
setting well is caused by the fruits
being over ripe.-The Home.
Paradise Pudding: Tho yelks OF
eight eggs. one-half pound OF bread
crumbs. sugar to swecten. four apples
pealed and chopped small. grated rind
Of one lemon. M pint OF milk; mix
all together and steam in q buttered
mold two and One-half hours; serve
with sweet sauce.-Yankee Blade.
Chopped beet and minced parsley
In alternate rings are often used as a
garnish for a salad. and with a border
of the same on top. the dish Is quite
decorative. Naturtium blossoms give
q pleasant flavor. and a row Of them
adds much to the appearance OF a dish
Of lettuce.
Fertilizer for house plants: POtas-
sium carbonate. potassium phosphate.
magnesium carbonate. sodium silicate.
Of each One part: potassium nitrate.
two parts; in two thousand parts OF
water. A little Of this solution poured
occasionally about the roots Is SAT- to
favor greatly the growth Of house
plants.
The American Agricultural. in an
exhaustive article on the cultivation OF
oats. says the reasons why the average
yield Of oats il SO low are weeds. vet
and undrained land. starvation, poor
filth and late sowing. and adds: IA
very large proportion Of Our land is 50
vet in the spring for Al of under
draining that it is not in fit condition
to pillow until it is too late to SOW oats
with any reasonable expectation Of get
ting a large yield"
speaking Of weeds. aWestern jour
nal says: 1T is a most costly mistake
20 let them grow till light cultivation
will not destroy them. Among small
plants no cultiyatOr is better than q
good sharp-tOOthed rake. Stir the sur
face every few days with this. and the
labor and cost Of cultivation will be
reduced by half. and the better growth
secGed will be surprising to q who
has = tried the plan Of killing the
weeds in their early youth"
Raspberry Sirup: Mash and press
with u spoon some very ripe raspber-
ries, let them stand a few hours in .
cool place, then strain them. Allow q
half pound of sugar to each pint OF
juice and boil it at once Let it boil
slowly for half an hour; skim it well. or
when you have taken it from the fire
give it a stir. and any Gun will sink
to the bottom. When quite cold fill
small dry bottles. cork them well. using
only new cOrks. Stand the bottles Up
right in a cool place. A little fine and
fresh salad oil poured On the top before
cOrking is said to insure the keeping Of
the strip any length Of time.-Medical
C1aSSicSL
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

boy to where q couple Of men were threshine
buckwheat for me in . distant field to tell
them to go and finish the capture. They
vent and succeeded in overpowering the
ugly bird, and brought him t~riumphantly in.
followed nearly all the way by the flock OF
into bouts of rejoicing owe the downfall Of
tho terrible foe that had played such havoc
with their over-cOnfideut companions. Tbs
eagle was released from the trap and his
sweep Of wing measured. 1t was nearly
eleven feet from tip to tip. He was tied tos
strong stake in the yard, but his terrible
temper forbade all attempt to care for the
frightful wound the trap had inflicted on hi.
leg and for he broken wing. He refused
to eat and died in three days His stuffed
figure is now in q Philadelphia museum"
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
RAISING GOOD HORSES


The Most PFO0table Industry for FAR
with . Listis Capital
Just now there is no one crop = -
duced on the farm that begins to pay
the profit realized from well-bred
horses. The farmer is invited to look
over the whole field and then say II it
is not SC. Nor il the demand all for
one kind by any mannerO OF means. All
that is called for is something good; be
it roadster. carriage or draft. The day
of the scrub in hOrse-breeding has
passed. that is to say. the demand all
along the buying line being for some
thing good, the producer, the farmer
breeder must. in order to meet the
market, produce what is wanted. if he
wishes to breed and sell at a profit.
There is room for AL the good breeds
known to American farmers because
they each have a place which they can
fill to ad Vantage. The farmer who
trots of to town with a span Of 1900
pound P~ercher0ns or Clydes shows not
alone his good sense but his thrift.
because when called upon they will
DULL q heavier load over the road. be
it good or bad, than q pair of little
miserable scrubs. On the same prin-
ciple the man who has a pair Of Cleve-
land bays in front Of his barOuche Or
carriage. has style, pluck. courage and
grit. They can get yer the ground at
a ten-mile pace for hours without feel
ing fatigue. and then after feeding and
. bit of rest. urn around and go back
again. And what is true Of these is
prominently true Of the American
trotter in whom We have a c~Oncentra-
ton of courage and vim. a plucky and
enduring fellow that will m~easurably
90 as fast as the road will permit, and
never give up so long Is the power Of
endurance lasts.
But let US be friendly one with the
other. Every man to his taste. We
do not all car for trotters. some even
believe it sinful to breed a horse that
q outstrip his neighbOr on the road.
much more show him on the race track.
Sinful men have queer views of other
mems practices, but tolerate their own
with a graciousness that is both '.child-
like and bland" They forge: the old
maxim, there are none good" but are
carried away with a species of right
eousness unknown to any but them
selves. Be 1t then u duty to breed
only the best. seeing that whatever we
produce of that character is wanted at
paying and profitable prices, and that
it is the horses turn Just now. Once,
it was hemp and tobacco, then it was
ShOrthorn cattle; these were for a short
time overshadowed BY the Herefords.
then the black doddies came to the
front until we exhausted the beef cat
tie supply. The noblest Roman Of
them all has the field to-day. and the
demand is for good horses Colman's
Rural Wori'
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
The sight of a mother and chi

The sight of a mother and child
who r quite i~nseparable. not merely
through the mothers solicitude or the
child's helplessness. but through gen.
uine preference for each others soci-
ETY., is one of the most beautiful in the
world. Motherhood, beautiful under
all circumstances, takes an added en-
bellishment from an affectionate COM
partnership of this sort.-Standard.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

+ any person WHIT
doubted that s
wounded eagle was 6
desperate customer
for . mar to tackle
aid Lewis Williams
OF Berks County.
Pa, to . New YOrb
Sun reporter, ''cou!d
have witnessed ~
encounter that ] had
with one once on the
Blue Mountain, in
T~ulpehOcken Town
ship he would have
had his doubts re-
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
A sure method-"You 9.

"A sure method-''YOu s-s-s-say
you c-can tell a f-feller h-h-hOw tito
av-v-void stut-tut-tuttering' f-f-for
wo-w-one d-dollar?" Yes" ''W-weli,
h-h-h-eere's y-your d-d-d-doll-ollar.
H-how c-can / ~av-v-void stut-tutler-
ing?' Don't alk."-Harper's Bazaar.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

1880 AUSSO yV01
Mr.. Albright. What can I do for your
"'Wall, / sent here the other day and had
some funeral tickets struck of fur my wife"
Il hope the job suited you, sir"
"Wall, yes. the job was all right, but it
turned u that my wife want dead"
'.AhI"
Eyes, ali. I had dun paid for the tickets
INC was about to enc them out when the
old lady come to. So, you see, I amt got NO
use for the tickets"
s'Of course not"
"And I lowed that I mout get you to taxi
EN- back"
'sWhy, my dear sir, 1 can't do that"
"Wall, but you see they amt no use tc
me. Wouldn't like to end out . lot Of
funeral tickets for my wife when she's in
Tar health with an average appetite. II
wouldn't look exactly right, you know"
''That's all very well, but I don't want
them"
"Wall, send me yo' paper one year fur
them, any way"
mo, sir, I won't do that"
"Wall, then, say six months"
mo, / wOn't-wOn't send it to you ten
minutes"
"NOw here, mister, I'm out q dollar and
forty cents on you. 1 tellyou what, take me
to dinner with you and We'll call it square,
ats square already so far as I am con-
cerned."
81 have seed q good many men, Mister
Editor, but you mir the most p~izenous fellow
I ever struck. Good day. Ef I ever ketch
you out in my neighbOrhood I'll waller
you."-Arkansaw Traveller.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

"A book recently appeared. entitled
Lectures to Married Men," 1t did
not sell. as there was NO demand for Il
the present supply being ample
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
~"P,zENoUs" EDITOR.

How He Abused = Disappointed Native a
the Blu Grass state.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

81 promise you one thing" said the
beautiful maiden as she hung to his coat
lapel, II promise you this. that when I am
your wife / shall study your comfort"
"You will, my darling!"
"Ahl won't II"
"And in what way, my sweetheart"
"Well, I'll never bake bread myself, but
always get it from the b~ake-house."
s-GloriOus!'
"Bur in return for that"
"YeS2"
"And for all my wifely love-"
"Yes!"
"And that I shall seek to promote your
comfort in every thing"
"Yes"
"You will give up your clubs and your
associates who keep you out late at night,
and devote all your attention TO me cherish
ne, love me as you owe me now, think Inc
- sweet and as beautiful as you think me
oow-you will do all that"
"By Jove, l wilir'
''Then, George, l reject you"
"What"
eyes, I reject you. I want TO marry .
nan, not an angel"-B0ston Courier.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23
Roth Ifboral Q

Parsimony was written all over his face.
He entered the store, walked up to the pro-
prietor and said:
sinister, I've two yearlin' calves out yam
Ter. 1 want to sell 'em, an you can name
yer price, too. Pm . liberal man, ! am"
Liberality was written all over the face Of
he country store-keeper. 1t is talismanic
with country st0re-keepers. He looked ut
he merchandise and said:
81 don't want nc calves; but I'll take
hem ON the h0Of for ten dollars apiece. Are
you willin'!"
''Oh yes, perfick, perfck w1llin'. That'sa
good price, I s'pose. I'm = liberal man, ]
AM"
He had just bought them for four dollars
from the maynard son Of the storekeeper.
They had not been branded. This transao.
ion shows the origin Of branding calves IN
Arkansas.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

NE day on old fellow
from Cedar Blufl
~neighborhOOd came
into the office Of the
Franklin (Ky.) Pa
triOt and said that he
wanted to see the
editor on mighty i'm
portant business.
~ AM the editor"
said . man, stepping
forward.
my namo Is ALL
bright" the visitor
remarked, Luke p.
Albright"
GLAD to yoa.
The Red Cloud chief., 1889-08-23

O shoreman that consented to go with him
and ave the other mon. and they put out
It was some time before they could find
the place where the men were. but after
awhile they heard their cry: Help!
Help!' and they bore down to them. and
they saved them. and brought them to
shore. q. that this moment our cry might
be lifted long. loud and shrill, till Christ
the swimmer shall come and take rs lest
We drop . thousand fathoms down.
II you have been much BY water, You
know very we'll that whom me 10 In peril
help must como very quickly, or it will be
Of no use. One minute may decide every
thing. Immediate help the man wants, or
NO help at all Now. that 10 just the kind
of Q relief we want. Tho case 10 urgent,
imminent instantaneous. See that soul
sinking. Bon Of God. lay hold Of him. Be
quick! be quick! O. wish you all UNDER
stood how urgent this Gospel il There
wal Q man in the navy At sea who had
been severely whipped for bad behavior.
and he was maddened by II, and he leaped
into the sea, and NO ooner had he leaped
into the sea than, quick as lightning. an
aibatross swooped upon him. The drown
ing man, brought to his senses. seize1 hold
Of the albatross and held On. The lutter-
ing Of the bird kept him on the wave until
relief could come. Would now the dove
Of Gods convicting, converting and saw
ing spirit might fash from the throne up
on your soul. and you. taking hold Of
its potent wing. might live and live for
ever.
Iwant to persuade you to lay hold Of
this strong swimmer. mo-" you say, iii
is always disastrous for . drowning mai
to lay hold Of . swimper." There is moi
. river or lake but has . calamity result.
q from the fact that when . strong
swimmer went out to saw . sinking mar
: the drowning man clutched him, threw