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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
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iections that were offered to the consti-
tuition when 1t was submitted to the
States, and they were aimed at almost
every provision except the one which
failed altogether in practice -the meth
cd of electing the President All the
shread prescience failed to discover its
impracticability or to touch the unsound
spots.
Such facts are the justification of the
unwillingness Of the English-speaking
race to trust in political exploration to
any light but that of experience. The
argument for granting representation
to women when it was decided to tax
them was irrefutable. The counter al
legations were mere specters OF senti-
mentality. But, nevertheless, the
grant was resisted as a rash expert
ment. Mr.. Greeley said that the laws
affecting the property of women which
were passed in New York in 1860 had
probably saved five thousand women
from starvation. That was palpable
benefit But he would not agree that,
as logical consequence, the women
should be enfranchised. That was an
other question altogether, upon which
shone no light of experiment This
has been the feeling about the general
suffrage But the demonstration at the
Boston election OF the perfect simplicity
and feasibility Of the equal mingling OF
men and women at the polls, not only
without confusion or disagreeableness,
but with entire propriety, and without
the least settling of the foundations OF
society, which has been the gloomy APP
prehension of many worthy prophets
who happen to have been peering into
dark closet instead of the outer air
has done more, probably, to hasten
generally the practical re-enactment OF
the New Jersey constitution OF 1776,
enfranchising all persons upon certain
conditions, excepting the religious con.
dition, than the eloquence of many
conventions and the logic of unreason-
able treaties.
This centenary of the constitution
will be marked by three notable events;
an extension OF the suffrage already ac-
complished beyond the provision and
confidence of the older century; the
opening to women of the ancient
schools of learning, not quite upon
equal terms with men, but upon certain
conditions whose performance will
wisely depend upon experience; and
the appearance of Mr.. Bryce's THE
American Commonwealth" a compre-
hensive and philosophical survey OF the
political development of the country
during the century of its constitutional
existence. The first two must be
counted among the most interesting
signs of the opening century, and the
last like De Tocqueville's Democracy
in America" as one OF the great
treatises which the progress OF the
American Republic is certain to evoke
from the most competent political stu
dents and observers. George William
Curtis, in Harper's Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
THE PERSUASIVE PEppLER.

ne arlfted In in a quiet way,
N"u NO soitly said what he had to say
And we all sat still,
1o' MS manner was bland and his voice was
ne seemed like an innocent trusting child
How could we kill
q VISITOR who came in like that
VINO didn't forget to take of his hat,
49,, Or wipe his feet;
no talked in gentle modest way,
anu spItly said what he had to say
In tone Discreet
ne Told OF the wares he had 20 sell,
nut SO gently he told what he had to tell
That we still sat still,
Eor ne was so quiet, and SO polite
rnat none OF us, somehow, could make it seem
right
To try to fill
me circumambient air with him,
" 70 dislocate him limb from limb,
AS we used to do
When agents called and bothered us SO
mat we really sometimes didn't know
just what We had done till il was all O.
Yer and we'd got through.
so he mildly sold US scissors and knives,
AND matches, and hair-oil, neck-ties, and lives
OF the Presidents,
Eiastics, and buttons and needles, and thread
And shoe-strings, and pencils with movable
lead
Cor thirty cents)-
AND when he went out, in his quiet way,
After bidding us all a soft 'Good-dayl"
With a lghtened load,
We all looked blankly at what we'd bought
And we all exclaimed, with common thought
''Well, I'll be blowedr'
-Somerville Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
The Business Girl.

The business girl, says an exchange.
is new feature of life in the city. The
business girl is not particle afraid of a
man. She is not forever thinking of
how to catch one, either. She dresses
faultlessly, looks her prettiest, is very
polite, and has soft girlish voice, but
she does not flirt or ogle or sigh or
primp herself while she is in mems
company. She is like man in two
things: First, she dresses at home, and
never appears to think of her clothes
again until she changes them. Second,
she regards men as they do each other,
in perfect equality and with perfect
confidence.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
CHINESE ASTROLOGERS.
Remarkable Sagacity of the FlOwery King
dom's Imperial Family.

Remarkable Sagacity of the FlOwery King
dom's Imperial Family.
The household of the Emperor of
China includes thirty UMBRELLA bearers
and seventy-hve astrologers The as
trologers, who correspond to the signal
service bureau of this country, pre-
dict every day the weather for the
morrow. If they predict rain the UNI
brella-bearers take day off. If they
announce fair weather, on the other
hand, the acknowledgements, mandarins
of the overshoe and macintosh men
report at the palace at $3.50 a. m.
The Emperor of China may be a
heather Chinee, but he knows enough
to copper his astrologers and meteor
ologers. AS an instance of the sagaci-
ty of the Chinese Imperial family in
this regard we may mention the sig
nal refutation OF judicial astrology
made by Hung-Beef-Tung, a grand
uncle of the present Emperor. Chow
Chow, president of the Imperial Col
lege of Astrologers, came to Prince
lungs palace one morning and said:
Scion of seventy thousand genera
tons of lungs, your poor servant has
dreamed q dream Meseemed that
thou and l were transformed into
great black dragons. Our wings were
of equal length, and with equal fight
we scared through the upper air. !"
WELL" asked the Prince, gracefully
polishing his middle fnger-nail with
the fat of dagger of the first dynas-
ty, "what of it, young fellerP"
This, my puissant and graceful
lord, that thy life and mine shall be
long and Of equal length. Astrology,
Colonel Hung, is infallible.
You are iar!' cried the Prince,
and slit the astrologer's weasand. And
it seems that Chow was liar. Fol
Old Hung survived him twenty-eight
years and would be alive now If he
had let opium alone. Since Chow s
death the Chinese astrologers have
by Imperial order, confined their pre-
dictions to the weather. II they max,
a correct prediction they are executed
but thus far none have incurred tn,
penalty. The American signal-serv
ice bureau has still something to lear
from Chinese methods. IN. Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
DECIDEDLY DISCREET.
The Arguments of Man Who Knows a
Good Thing When He Sees 1t.

The Arguments of Man Who Knows a
Good Thing When He Sees 1t.
Lazarus Baker, an old negro that is
q prominent feature of the custom
house at Nashville, Tenn, was asked
the other day what he should do II
war should come up between the
United States and Germany.
"Whut'd dopA
"Yes, what would you do?"
"Well, sab, femme see." He
scratched his head for few moments,
stuck out his chin and meditatively
rubbed it, and then, slowly shaking
his head, he remarked:
Il amt perpared, sab, ter gin my
'cision on dis yere matter. Dis mat
ter dat comes up an buzz like night
flies in de common whirl O. dis yere
lite can be 'cided on at err few minits'
notice, but when de buzz O. de fly o.
small circumstance gives way ter de
bellowin O. de bull O heavy 'portance,
wy, den, we needs time"
ais 1t possible that you would hest
tate moment if your country should
need the use of your strong right
armp"
"Oh. de country has had de use O.
my strong right arm, an O. de lef' one,
too, fur some time. rs been handlin'
Gubernment truck fur er good many
days, l tell YOU"
You know what mean"
"Oh, vas, sab, rs mighty smart
erbout ketchin' at whut err pusson
means"
"Well, would you, or would you not
fightPn
"Lemme tell you-iemme tell you.
Now, eff l wuzter fight an git killed
couldn' sarve my country err tall, an
sides dat, I'd put my country ter de
trouble O. buryin' me. but, gwine or
ez l is now, l is O. some use ter my
ountry-sweeps out de whole O. di:
house ever day-an', sides dat, my
folks will bury me when 1 dies"
"You ought to be ashamed to &C
knowledge that you wouldn't fight fol
a Government that freed YOU"
"Lemme see bout dat. 1t WI
wrong fur me ter be err slave, wan
FTP" --
"Yes, undoubtedly"
"Ah, hah, an de Guberment acte,
right in freein' meP"
YES"
"Wall, den, doan owe de Guber'
ment any thing, jest bercase d
Guber' ment done right. De Guber'
ment hill me longer ez er slave den j
has KEEP me in Office ez err free man.
"You must acknowledge that yor
are a coward"
"Yas, sab, does dat faek, eff ter
err coward means dat / doan wante
git hLrt- l neber could STAN pain
nohow.
I'm the event of war wouldn't yol
be willing to go along as a member o
the commissary department.
'.Whut he halter doP''
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Colonel T. w. Higginson's ellis
tory Of the United States" has been
translated into Italian.
Emperor William, of Germany, is
publishing an elaborate daily court
circular, which he edits himself.
Mrs Harrison, wife OF the Presi-
dent-elect, is fond of literature, and is
leading member of the Katherine
Merrill Club of Indianapolis.
The most recent translation Of
Bunyan's Pilgrims Progress is
that in the language of the Fantis,
who occupy district in Upper Guinea,
on the Gold Coast.-The Advance.
Miss Katherine Wormley, trans.
later of Balzac, is the daughter of
Rear Admiral Ralph r. Wormley, of
the British navy. Her maternal grand
father was brother of the American
Commodore Preble.
Mrs. Mary P. Mortified, an En-
glish lady of great scientific attain
ments, recently died at the advanced
age of ninety-four years. She had
inst completed an important scientific
work, which was written while she
was suffering from the illness which
occasioned her death.
Captain j. M. Johnston, city edit.
or of the Lancaster (Pa) Intelli-
gencer, who died short time ago,
was compositor when a young man
and put in type Poe's Raven" from
the original manuscript. This manu-
script he kept and held it as sacred
possession until few years ago, wher
he sold it for a large sum to George
w. Childs, of the Philadelphia Ledger.
Miss Anna Dickinson is in the
forty sixth year of her age, and is sale
to be quite as smart and clipper as
ever. Her first appearance as lect
urer was made in Neponset, Mass.
just previous to the war Of the REBEL
ion. She delivered an anti-slavery
lecture in that place at the instance o
Mr.. Hiram W. Blanchard, an old Gar
risonian abolitionist. Mr.. Blanchard
is yet an active old gentleman.
"A London dispatch to the New
York Post says an English court ha
decided that any article, either orig
inal or compiled, which may appea
in newspaper can be copyrighted
At recent meeting of London news
paper proprietors the editor of tn
Telegraph complained that on two oc
casions he paid $4,000 for Telegram
which was reproduced literally b.
other papers two hours afterward.
AT the recent dinner in Londo
given to the contributors of the ''En
cyclopadia Britannica, the interest
ing fact came out that of the SOC
copies sold of the work, 10000 wen
to the United States. The Americans
therefore, have bought four times a
many copies of the encyclopedias" a
the English themselves have, althoug
the work is of English conceptio
and publication. This country has thu
absorbed a million quarto volumes {
this work.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
ITEMS FOR WON EN-.

In Cornel's last batch of graduates,
10 per cent only were women, yet they
won GO per cent. of the fellowships.
The fears that education and suffrage
will take away the womanliness of wo-
men are baseless chimeras. Whatever
makes woman predetermined makes
her by just so much better wife and
mother -Woman's Journal.
INGoMAR, in tho play, says: II had
the world to make I'd have no woman
in it, but in the next scene he appears
very demurely carrying the sachel OF
his lady charmer. Such is yet to be the
fate of all schemes of public enterprise
that leave woman out
The women of Denmark, TO the num-
Der of twenty thousand, have petitioned
for the right of suffrage A social
and political" school for women has
recently been opened at Copenhagen,
where modern history, constitutional
and moral law and psychology are
taught
THERE is a successful woman insur-
ance agent in Auburn, N. Y. Two
years ago, at the death Of her husband,
who was prominent insurance man,
she decided to continue the business
She has been so successful that the men
in the same business complain that by
her winning manner she is getting all
the custom.
A JOINT resolution proposing an
amendment to the constitution OF the
United States was favorably reported
on February Is. by Senator Henry w.
Blair from the select Committee on
Woman Suffrage. The proposed amend
ment declares that the right to vote
shall not be abridged by the United
States or any State on account of sex.
The New England Farmer says: TOO
much about the schools is made mat
ter of political barter. Women pay a
good per cent of taxes in many places.
and alarge amount OF property in every
town. If not directly taxed to them, is
in reality owned by women. yet they
have no voice in expanding the taxes.
Let them for their children's sake act
concertedly and demand that comforta-
Bile. healthy rooms for teachers and
children are built before there are any
more public expenditures for show or
matters secondary to education
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
HUMOROUS.

Lady Ito applicant for coachman)
-"Are you an EnglishmanP" Appli-
cant-"No, mum; was born in Ire
land; but I've lived so long in Ameriky
that s'pose do seem quite English,
you know" -Harper's Bazaar.
-Alawyer's brief is very long,
And Mr.. White is black,
man is dry when he is green,
And when he's tight he's slack;
fire is hot when it is coaled,
lamp is heavy when it's light
shoe is bought when it is soei,
A man can see when out OF sight.
-"Pa, | have about concluded to
wed for title and become the Count
ess de Assinine. What will you settle
on the CountP" 81 will settle on him
with both feet and an ox-gad, backed
by two hundred and seventeen pounds
avoirdupois. "-Yonkers Gazette.
Woman Ito tramp" Have you.
any friends or relativesp" Tramp
have brother Bill" Woman-"Is
Bill tramp, toop' Tramp -''No;
Bill didn't turn out very well. He
tried most every thing and finally
drifted into the milk business. y
Time.
What wonderful painter Rubens
was!' remarked Merritt at the art
gallery. YES" assented Cora. at
is said of him that he could change a
laughing face into a sad one by a
single stroke" why" spoke up
little johnnie in disgust, "my school
teacher can do that. Detroit Free
Press.
1t is well for young married
couples on wedding tours to observe
certain rules, and one good one is fol-
the husband to remain seated in a
crowded car while his bride hangs on
to the strap. People will imagine then
that they have been married long,
long time. --Yonkers Statesman.
-Lawyer-"Will your honor put the
usual question to the witness as to hi:
religious beliefP' Judge-"Witness
do you believe in the existence of +;
Supreme Being that controls the af
fairs of men?" Witness-"Yawohl
Shudge, dot vas my wife Katrina. Do
woman vas der bossr'
The salary of the King of Same;
is twenty dollars a month; and al
American wouldn't wear the clothe
the King appears in on state occasions
for twenty dollars week. Twent!
dollars mouth is small salary for
King. but it may be that he is FIRE
quently presented with few shares o
Pan-Electric stock in exchange for hi
influence. -Norristown Herald.
-Jobson-"Hang portieres, sayr
Dobson-"Correct. They general,
are hung. But why do you dislik
themP" Jobson-'Well. few year
ago. when a man was angry, he coul
bang the doors, and so relieve hi
feelings Now, well, you can't bang
portiere- There seems to be reall
nothing left to do but keep cat an
tramp on it."
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
A MUMMY INTERVIEWED.

He Patiently Listens to a Few Old Jokes
and Drops of to Sleep Again.
Good morning, Mr.. Mummy. Woke
up at last, have youP Any objection
to being interviewed
Don't see that l can help myself very
we'll.
What is your agep
Three thousand years.
You seem to be pretty well preserved
for SO old a man. Ever drink?
I'd like to, for I'm awful dry.
Did you belong to the royal family
of Egypt
Yes; one of the Ptolemi. IL
thought SO.
Why?
You're so kind.o stuck up.
Yes, I've been stuck up in this niche
for long. time.
Hadn't you better lay off your
wrapsP You won't feel them when you
go out if you don't
You must take me for medium.
WhyP
You speak about laying off my raps.
see. Are you in the original pack
age in which you were put upP
| am. It's mixture of myrrh-
The myrrhtherers!
Sulphate of soda, saltpeter-
Did they salt Peter for itP
Cinnamon, resin
Excuse me. We're you beau in
your dayp
Well, rather.
Then they wanted to resin the beau?
but go on.
Asphalt and bitumen.
Bit-tu-men! No wonder they
bound you over to keep the peace.
But what is your outer covering, your
ulster, as it wereP
About a thousand yards of papyrus
1t must have made your papyrus-tle
round pretty lively to accumulate al
of that.
He was a Ptolemi, sir proudly).
Wellp
| Would you expect him Ptolemi with
out suitable embalmingp
OF course not. No Egyptian woult
do it in your day. According to report
there was nothing that would max,
an Egypt-shin around equal to tn,
necessity of preparing family mum
my so that it would keep. Any of tn,
little jokes of mine strike you a
novelp
No. heard them all when was
kid
Mummy signs YEARLY and drops OF
to sleep again. Texas Siftings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21
AN UNFORTUNATE HABIT.
A Few Words to Men Who Speak Disparat
ingly of the Other Sex.

A Few Words to Men Who Speak Disparag-
ingly of the Other Sex.
sit is as much as you can expect of
a woman, any way.
An irrepressible young man friend
of twenty was the speaker, and | was
the audience. The audience had a
strong inclination to box the speakers
ears. / made no answer to this re-
mark about lady who was at least
twenty years older than the speaker,
for | could not think just what course
it would be wisest for me to pursue.
Ned deserved scolding; that was
very evident; but if | gave him one l
was sure that | would be doing the
very thing he was trying to get me to
do, and it is discouraging to scold a
young man only to hear him break
out into fit of hearty laughter just
when you begin to think that you are
really making an impression.
do not enjoy hearing young men
speak disparagingly of any woman; but
it is especially disagreeable when the
woman happens to be their senior
by several years. 1t shows a pitiful
lack OF the feeling that true gentle
men always have for the opposite
sex. 1t is very common style of wit,
know, and not at all hard to acquire,
especially among certain class. But
have seen men who could not indulge
in it with any sort of success, let them
try as hard as they would. '.Some-
times try to get off some such a joke, "
q young man said to me not long ago,
"but | know that it falls fiat; and ]
feel almost as mean as would were
joking about sacred things. fear thai
they who hear my joke may get q
wrong impression of my mother ant
sister, for it is so natural to infer tina
such remarks are but the result of per
sonal experience.
That man had the instincts of @ true
gentleman. Even in fun he could no
speak slightingly of woman because
of the love and respect he bore for hi
mother and sisters. That there ar
not more such men is chiefly the faul
of the home training that they receive
Little boys who are allowed to speal
in that way of their sisters or their lit
tie girl friends never realize that the
are forming a habit which, in afte
years, will stamp them as ill-bred an,
ungentlemanly. l have even heart
little fellows of nine and ten speak o
their mother in way that was actual
ly insulting, and in the presence of tn
father. Instead of being reproved
they received a fattering appreciation
of their wit, in the form of an lily
concealed laughter.
at is so cunning" the parent
would say, to hear so young DO
adopting the manner and speech of
mani" A man, perhaps, but not
gentleman. The time will come whe
the mother will dislike in her youn
man son what she now thinks so cut
in her little boy; but when it doe
come, she will then be powerless {
break him of the habit she carelessl
allowed him to acquire. -Minneapol
Spectator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-03-21

we got to the depot in New York We
judged we hadn't better go all at once,
so and my family started ahead, and
my uncle's folks were to start in if
teen minutes, and the saw-mil cousin
crowd in half an hour.
We found the place by the help of a
policeman who went ahead, and when
we knocked on the door and they let
us in, they 'peared some surprised,
but said they was glad to see us. We
sat down around on the chairs and
some OF our children went out in the
hall and began to fight with their chill
dren and pound them up pretty bad,
and l was pleasant and told them /
hoped they had a COW and said l
s'posed they didn't have no boarders
up in the attic, cause we wanted
plenty of room. Pretty soon Uncle
John and his folks dropped in, and
after few minutes the rest of the
procession; and the town children
being all cleaned out the new ones be-
gun fighting with ours
"Quite a pleasant little family re-
union," says !. Yes, very pleas
ant, " says my wife's cousins husband,
looking round sort of fierce; ''any
more comingp" | told him l thought
the family was now all together, and
we settled down and began making
ourselves at home, and the man whose
business took him so much into the
saw-mill took stick out of his pocket
and began whiting.
We pretty well filled the house, but
no more than they had filled mine, SO
l didn't care and we enjoyed ourselves
for couple of weeks. The first meal
we thought they didn't eat any thing
but soup, there being nothing else in
sight and only a couple of small dishes
apiece around of that, though / did
manage to get third. Then they
cleared every thing off the table, but
didn't get up and go away, so stayed,
too, and | begun to think mebby they
was going to hang on till it was time
for the next meal; and the saw-mil
relative had got out his stick and be
gun whiting again, when they
brought us something more, and / seer
they wasn't going to try to keep us or
soup alone. The meal was broke W
that way several times, most of the
dishes rushed off and clothes brusf
run over the table-cloth, and it began
to look once as if the saw-mill end o
the family would have to get another
stick; but they wound the thing up a
last. All their meals were spasmodi'
that way and had periods of great de
preston, as | might put it. | neve
seen any thing look lonesomer thai
their table when they cleaned it of
next to the last time.
Most every day some of them use'
to ask us if we s'posed the stock ant
every thing was all right out home
and l told them we arranged ever,
thing before we came away, so tina
we could stay a couple of weeks jus
as we'll as not. When that time wa
up, though, we came back home.
Mr.. Meadowland concludes:
This is all of my experience wit
summer boarders so far, or making
return visits. AS | said, my house j
thoroughly renovated and refur
nished, and / think if our relative
keep away next summer that | ma
be able to make some money. l think
mebbe, they won't bother us much, a
they didn't say any thing about CON
ing out after we had been there da
or two. Fred III. Carruth, in N. J
Tribune.