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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21
A Bold Enterprjse.

"Any one who will read an advertisement Of
the New York Ledger printed elsewhere in this
paper, will learn of an outburst of enterprise
In journalism such as has never been presented
TO the American people. The Ledger is out in a
new FORM and is printed on fine quality OF
paper, with illustrations by celebrated artists.
Not contented with this elegance, Robert Bon.
ner's Sons have enlarged the Ledger from
eight pages to sixteen pages, but have reduced
the subscription price from three dollars to the
absurdly low price Of two dollars year. In
addition to all this, Robert Bonner's Sons an.
nounce rs contributors to the Ledger staff Of
popular, eminent and distinguished writer's that
Is simply astounding. "-Enterprise Adpocdte.
The advertisement referred to above Is
printed in this paper to-day. Read 1t for
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21
NUGGETS OF NEGRO WIT.

EFF yo' got no shoe don't tromple in de
brambil.
Yo' JESS follow buzzard and yo' boun' fin
dead boss.
MIGHTY high-minded cat. Dc milk Jug
war empty.
BHoAsE yo' eat egg Monday, whaffo yo'
banker for hen on Tuesdayl
BRER BAR, he done got cotched by him
foot, Mister Man by him tongue.
"WHo my bossl' AK de Copperhead, and
dc lightwood chunk he say: II is"
BLACK man skoot fru de bresh. Mebbe he
chase snake, mebbe snake chase him.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21
A Unique Time-Piece

A Western jeweler has invented q
novel time-piece. On a steel wire
stretched across his show window a
stuffed canary hops from left to right
indicating as 1t goes the hours OF the
day BY pointing with its beak at a dial
stretched beneath the wire and having
the figures from l to "a When it
reaches the latter figure 1t glides
across the window to agaih. There
Is no mechanism that can be seen, all
Che works being concealed inside We
bird. Weekly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

to experiment with uncertain remedies,
when afflicted with any Of the ailments for
which DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov-
cry is recommended, as it is so positively
certain in its curative effects as to warrant
its manufacturers in guaranteeing 1t to
benefit or cure, or monay paid for It ia re-
skin and scalp diseases, salt-rheum, letter,
and all scrofulous sores and swellings, as
we'll as consumption (Which is scrofula OF
the lungs if taken in time and given fair
trial.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21
Illusion.

When In that joyful summertime
Through sunny lanes our way we wended,
Repeating now and then rhyme
or lovers joys and sorrows blended,
How very light Of heart were we,
AS swiftly fed the gladstone hoursl
No happier days than those could be-
There was no bliss like unto oursl
All mel now sorry is my look;
I'm not Us happy as mon may be-;
Inever thought T. have 10 cook,
Do chores, match silk, and hold the baby
And SO my song is far from gay,
Unstrung's the once SO merry Tyre
For, too, / rise ere dawn OF day
To plan and build the morning fire.
Nathan NJ Levy, in Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

FROM the Ceniropolis, Kansas City, Mo-,
December LIST, 1887.
There is nothing so valuable to US as
health, but we do not realize this until we
are deprived Of it. How many of our read
ers awake in the morning with dull pains in
the back and head, and find 1t a hard task
to perform daily dutiesl These are symp-
toms of Malaria, and we know from per-
sonal trial they may be completely eradi-
Gated by Shallenberger's Andidote for Ma
laria. lis simple and effective remedy,
and we advise our readers to try 1t.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

~ CAN heartily say to any young man
who is wanting good employment, work for
johnson q Co. following their instructions,
aud you will succeed" So writes the agent
of b. f. johnson & Co., 1909 Main ST.,
Richmond, Va, and that's the way all Of
their men talk.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

In the construction Of his palatial sum
mcr home on his island in the st. Lawrence
river, near Alexandra Bay, George M.
Pullman, Of Chicago, has provided for the
perfect preservation of the room in rough
structure Of the early days in which Gen
eral Grant slept while Mr.. Pullman's guest.
The cottage is to be built around the room,
but the dead soldiers old quarters will re.
main unchanged in every particular, in.
GLIDING the furniture.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

WALT WHITMAN is said to he very mu Ii
bothered by would-be poets, who ask him TO
read and criticise their productions. The
story goes that few days ago an nbitious
young poet called upon him with 4 tragedy
entitled columbus" saying that ho wanted
Mr.. Whitman's opinion on its merits.
mo, i thank ycu," said the latter; Il have
been paralyzed onccn
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

Ye College Graduate.
He can give the laws OF Scion,
He can draw tho flag OF Colon,
He can write a Babylonian !. o. U.
He can make q writ in German,
He can draft Turkish flrman,
But the English common law he never knew.
He can write his thoughts In Spanish,
He can make o speech in Danish,
Aud recite such Sanscrit Us would turn your
brain;
The Muallakat Arabic
He can scan in feet syllable,
But he couldn't tell old Shakespeare from
Mark Twain
He can fathom all the mystery
OF old Ethiopia history;
lie can namo ono thousand Morse Kings-more
or less;
He can mark the Roman bound ries,
And describe the Aztec foundries;
But has never seen the STATUTES of u, S.
He can trace the radius vector
With geometric sector,
And can give the moon diameter In footj
Ho can analyze the arum,
Classify the coptic carum;
But he can not tell cabbage from beet.
w. A. Buxton, in Yankee Blade.
In Pecuniary Parlanco.
In all LIES ways and walks, for chicks as well
as hawks
IT'S money talksl
Schemes may be strong or weak. and schcmers
bold or meek
Simoleons speak,
Some men have truths to teach, some sour
grapes 10 reach
Piastres preachl
Some arguments are tame and some designs
are lame
Dollars declaiml
Some empty heads may rattle, some urge mea
on to battle
But pennies prattlel
Some even havo "Darrel," some glorious ap.
parel-
But ceases" carroll
Hang banners on our walls yea, hire domes
and halls
But COIN calls
Some men uphold State, some conquer angry
fate
IT'S "plunlzs" that pratei
Some men there are make bets there, some
boast that they are ''vets" there
Gold gets there
Thank Heaven for sites and msrcies, and now
out with the purses
TITS cash conversesl
IN. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

REcEYT discoveries made by the use Of
the spectroscope show that all the heavenly
bodies appear to be composed Of the same
chemical elampnts
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

WHY rub, and toll, and near out yourself
and your clothes on washday, when, ever
since 1854, Dobbins' Electric Soap has been
offered on purpose to tighten your labor.
N0W try it. Your grocer has it.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

ALWAYS avoid harsh purgative pills. They
first make you sick and then leave you con-
stpated. Carter's Little Liver Pills regulate
the bowels and make you we'll Dose, one pill.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

KING GEORGE, of Greece, can play al
kinds of tunes on hand bells aud VINE
glasses of different shapes. He can also
played only by the Tzegaues of Hungary.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

Oregon, tho Paradise Of Farmers.
Mild equable climate, certain and abundant
crops. Best fruit, grain, grass, stock country
in the world. Full information free. Address
Oregon Immigration Board Portland, Oregon
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

All are entitled to the best that their
money will buy, so every family should
have, at once, bottle Of the best family
remedy, Syrup of Figs, to cleanse the sys-
TEN when costive or bilious. For sale in
SOC and $l.00 bottles by all leading druggists.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

DON'T neglect Cough. Take some Hale's
Honey of Horehound and Tar instanter.
Pixies Toothache Drops Cure in one minute.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

Rotation of crops solves the labor
nrohlcm on the farm and economies
labor by distributing work through
Che year.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

Don't hawk, hawk, blow, spit, and disgust
everybody with your offensive breath, but
use DIR. Sage's Catarrh Remedy and end it.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

NUMEROUS observations made in France
show that on meeting an insulated metallic
or carbon conductor the solar rays com
municate to it a positive charge; that the
amplitude of this charge increases with tho
intensity Of the rays and decreases with
the hygrometric state of the air.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

AT Cochocton tPa) pie-eating match
last week the winner disposed Of eighteen
pies In one hour and half.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

A CoLoRED man of Yorkville, s. c., on a
small wager, recently ate seven dozen fried
eggs in four hours.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21
Entitled to the Best.

FRANCES HoDGsoN BURNETT is getting
rich at the rate of from $4,000 to $4,000 o
wear.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

If afflicted with Sore Eyes use DR.. Isaac
Thompson's Eye Water. Druggists sellit 2S
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

ACCORDING to the best astronomers soi
modern times, nothing but the widest
desolation prevails on the surface Of the
moon, and that mountains exist OF 100
miles in diameter, the peaks of which rise
often from 1900 to 1900 feet in altitude"
thus precluding all possibility Of our satellite
being inhabited.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

RArLRoADERs have asked the Government
to compel the use Of automatic brakes and
cOunlera.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

NEVER fail to cure sick headache, often the
very first dose. This Is what is said by all
who try Carter's Little Liver Pills.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

CALIFORNIA will make 100000 gallon,
less of wine this year than last This is be
carse so large aportion Of the grapes went
not TO juice but to raisins. The willy vine
yarders found that they could squeeze more
money out of dried grapes than by squeez.
ing wine out of the fresh ones.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

THE Gear of all the Russias plays hand
some silver cornet.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

A PHILADELPHIA man committed suicide
rather than take some physic ordered by
the doctor,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

Coon farming consists as much in over.
coming adverse circumstances as In i'm
proving fully favorable opportunities.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

QUEEN MARGUERITE, of Italy, makes her
self happy at the piano.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

Best, ca siest TO use and cheapest Piso'i
Remedy for Catarrb. BY druggists. 25c.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

MANY initiate, none equal, "Tansilrs
Punch" Americas finest sc Cigar.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

A PATIENT figurer has found that in 81,
000, 900 years the sun will be as dense as thu
earth.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

The Duke of Connaught amuses himself
with the flute.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

NEARLY every vessel clearing from San
Diego. Cal. nowadays carries from ten 10
thirteen tons Of honey.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

The Duke Of Edinburgh is persistent
but poor yiolinist.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

THE Prince Of Wales plays the banjo fair.
ly well.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21

THERE are 1000 kangaroo skins received
IN Newark, n. J., every week.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-11-21
rrme,s Change.

The hours late; the silver moon Is full;
While from the covert OF the maple shade
A youth in song asks: "Art thou sleeping,
lover
Ard wakes nights echoes with his serenade.
Fleet years go on; the hours later still;
The moons full, too, but in the doorway deep
That same youth now his latchkey softly turns,
And only prays that she may be asleep.
-Exchange
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
FOotgear of Nations.

The Egyptians had shoes or sandals
made ordinarily of leather, but some
times of palm leaves or papyrus.
Chinese persons of rank wear boots
with thick soles and legs of fine cloth
or silk that reach halfway up to the
knee.
The japanese in their houses wear
light shoes or slippers, with woven
soles without heels, or else GO in their
stocking-feet
Wooden shoes, or sabots, are worn
now among the peasants in many
countries in Europe. Their advantage
is in their cheapness and durability.
Among the Southern Indians, where
no protection is needed from the cold,
a shoe is made consisting simply of q
sole of thick hide bound on the feet by
thongs.
There are a variety of boots and
shoes used in China. The common shoe
is made of thick, heavy felt, with 3
still thicker sole made of woven straw
or layers of felt.
In the sixteenth century boots were
generally worn in England and France
and the boots of the cavaliers were
made with enormously wide taps that
were rolled or folded over.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17

the story as above. Then / heard her
story and was impressed with the be-
lief that she was innocent. He told
me that the amount was S350-two $50
bills and the balance in tens-and also
described the peculiar way he had
rolled it He was so confident that
she had robbed him that l concluded
to hold her. incidentally remarked.
as she was going back to the cell:
'tHaVe you any money about you?"
81 have" she replied, and placed
roll of bills on the ledge. | examined
it and found S350-two $50 bills and
the balance in tens-identically the
same amount and the same denomina-
tons as he had lost. He swore posi-
lively that it was his money, and
wanted to take it. but Irefused to give
it up. The woman was locked up and
the nobleman went away, after the
usual instruction to be at the Four
courts in the morning and swear out
warrant. [ could not believe but
that she was innocent. About two
hours after she had been locked up
the nObleman returned, out of breath,
and stated that he had found his mon
ey. He had put it in the inside pocket
of his vest, something he never did be-
fore, and never thought to look for it
there until he was undressing to retire,
when it fell to the floor. The woman
was released and her money returned,
and the nobleman escorted her, arm in
arm, to her resort.-Serq. Warren For
IN st. Louis Globe Democrat.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
WORMS IN DOGS TAILS,
The Ridiculous Notion That Causes the
Mutiation of Many Animals.

If we recollect rightly, says Forest
and Stream, it is Hugh Dalziel who
tells of time in Great Britain when
dogs without tails were exempt from
taxation, and so to chop off a dogs
tail was to op off with it ones tribute
to the crown. That time, if it ever
existed. it is now as hazy as the reign
of good King WOmba and, in the de-
generate present the most that can be
said in defense of docking the tails of
dogs and cropping their ears is that
fashion calls for such mutilations. And
the whims of fashion are quite as apt
to be dictated by perverted tastes as by
good sense. Witness the dOck-tailed
horses of our avenues and the villain
Gus high check-rain, both of them a
reproach to humanity. The practice
of docking horses tails, it is true. is
not without defense on the ground of
utility. Veterinary surgeons there
are who aver that to cut the tail off
short is beneficial to the physical con-
dition of the horse. Nor are there
wanting advocates of docking dogs
tails for hygienic reasons.
The notion is entertained by the ignor-
ant people and stoutly enough defend
ed that puppy's tail must be cut off
because in the end of it is worm and
this worm is the cause of distemper.
Cut off the tail and thus remove the
worm. say these sapient grannies, and
the dogs will never be ailing. This
svulgar error" of the worm in the
end of a dogs tail is widely prevalent
and thousands of puppies have sacri-
feed their brushes in consequence
thereof. A similar superstition holds
with respect to a mythical worm in
cows tail, which must be cut off to in
sure the COW good health. 1t is not
difficult to understand that the white
cords of the tail, in dog or COW, might
have been mistaken by the ignorant
person for worms and that in this way
the curious belief about their removal
may have arisen. But the strange
thing is that intelligent dog-owners
will accept this ridiculous theory of
the worm in the tail when propounded
by ignorant individuals whose opinion
would be received on no other subject
under heaven aud will countenance
the mutilations which are based on
the silly superstition.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
A Toad Tackles a Snake.

81 saw something when a small boy
said an old stager yesterday, "that
never heard of since, and that was a
toad attack a snake, after the latter
had been forced to let go his hold. Ii
was in blacksmith shop built of logs
in Indiana county. The blacksmith
was working at his anvil when a
squeaking sound was heard at one
side of the shop which attracted at
tention.
Turning to look, the blacksmith
and the narrator saw a large toad
dragging himself into the inclosure,
with 15-inch garter snake following.
The snake had a hind leg of a toad
swallowed. With a pair of hot tongs
the blacksmith caught the snake,
which released its hold as quickly as
possible. Instead of hopping away.
as was to be expected, the toad turned
itself around and, leaping six inches
high in the air came down on the body
of the snake and bit it savagely."
At the time the narrator was innocent
of even the taste of whisky. so that he
says he knows it was real snake that
he saw, and no illusion. When ne told
the story to his father he was forced,
to save himself from a whipping for
lying to bring the blacksmith for proof,
and as the latter as an elder In the
Presbyterian Church and teetotaler,
the rod was laid away for the time be.
ing.-Pttsburg Dispatch.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
Revealed BY a Mummy.

A forthcoming work by Prof. Mas
pero, on the royal Egyptian mumm'es
which were unbandaged IN 1886,
among them being the great Mosaic
Pharaoh, Ramesses H., contains much
that is Interesting. Among the num-
mics was one of a young man VINO evil
IDENTIFY had been embalmed alive.
TIE brain. heart, stomach, etc., were
intact The body had been tightly
bound in three places, round the
shoulders, 70 und the wrists and loins,
and round the feet, the ligatures being
drawn with such force as to leave.
deep burrows in the flesh. Then he
was covered with thick coat of btu
men. lime, and pounded resin, and
wound from head to foot with ban
dages soaked in some giutlnous prep
aration which causes them to adhere
with such tenacity that they had to be
sawn off.
The agonized expression of the face,
the open mouth, the swollen and
knotted muscles. bore witness to his
desperate struggles. His age was
about twenty-three and in his ears
were small gold earrings. He evil
IDENTIFY was of high rank and the VIC
tim of some unspeakable tragedy
London Standard.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
Ice Cream With Philadelphia Girl.

A young Engiishman the other day
was relating his first experience at an
ice-cream table with Philadelphia
girl, SAYS the Press of that city. He
said: Il was utterly broken up and
astounded don't you know, when. after
finding a strawberry in her half-finish-
ed plate of cream she fished it out on
her spoon and offered it to me.
'!Won't you have itP' she asked.
"'No. indeed l replied, no doubt
looking the horror felt in my soul.
"'Why not?' she demanded, seeming
to be hurt by my refusal.
"'Why, my dear girl. don't you
know [ explained, you have had the
spoon in your mouth.
"Well. what of that?' she pouted,
prettily, as she made her perfectly
paralyzing reply. You'd kiss that
mouth if I'd let you, wouldn't you? |
confessed that | would be only too
glad to do so, and since then | have
made it my business to get better ac-
customed to the ways of the place."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
CircumstantiaI Evidence.

Speaking of circumstantial evidence
recalls to my mind an incident that
came under my observation while I
was in charge of the Chestnut street
police station. An English nobleman,
who was in this country for a lark.
visited house kept by well-known
sporting woman and spent few hours
in the resort drinking. After he had
walked up the street a few blocks
from the house he missed his roll of
money, and, not being able to find it,
concluded he had been robbed. He
went back to the house Immediately
and accused the woman of the theft.
She denied it, and on his complaint a
police officer arrested her. When
they came into the station he told me
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17
A Woman.

I've had his dark eyes overbrimmed with light
Fall on my face,
Stay scarce moment. then Indifferent go
Adrift in space;
I've had the blood, like myriad. hot-tongued
flames,
To my cheeks dart
Before his eyes cold briIliancy-but that
That did not break my heart.
I've known the bitterness that TO him
Was simply naught;
My love and had never entered in
His slightest thought.
I've seen him, careless, meet me in the crowd
And careless part;
And, though paled in anguish. vet lived
That did not break my heart.
/ stood one evening when the opal lights
Tinted the west:
A lovely woman near me leaned,
A rose lay on her breast,
He paused in passing-as his eyes met hers
] saw him start,
Turn to her with one look-one look; but that
That broke my heart.
Savannah News
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1889-10-17

III she did not love him, she surely
did not hate him! And she certainly
pltied him. for she had just expressed
tnat sentiment. And with the hope
that she was acting Alright, Ruth Earle
uttered the little monosyllable that gave
into the keeping of Chester Irving her
heart and hand.
Chester Irving would have no long
waltlngi and Ruth's uncle gave a glad
consent to the marriage, which was
celebrated few weeks later. Laura
Burnett did not grace the event with
her presence. She knew that her
own folly had brought upon her i'll
fortune, and held her peace.-FamiIy
Storu Paper.