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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17
A New Fire Quickener.

The servant girl who pours kerosene
oil on the fire. seems to have disap-
peared pretty completely. Perhaps she
has been to considerable extent ex-
terminated. At any rate we don't
often read of cases of explosion and con-
Migration, though the vigilant house.
keeper, if she happens into the kitchen
may still detect an odor which tells her
that the girl must have poured oil on
the kindling either before or after it
was ignited. But the Listener has a
case which may explain why kerosene
accidents are not so frequent. The
servant girl has discovered new fire.
auickener. 1t was in Boston, and not
long ago, that the mistress of house,
not much given to going into the
kitchen, entered one day, unexpectedly,
lust in time to catch her kitchen maid
in the act of emptying spoonful of
granulated white sugar into the fire.
Sugar is exceedingly inhammablc, and
its application made the fire flash up in
excellent shape. The head of the
house had noticed that he was called
upon to pay for great many barrels Of
sugar, and his wife had wondered at
the family's enormous consumption of
that article, but she did not wonder
any more. especially as the girl, under
pressure, confessed that she had regu-
larly been using the sugar to quicken
the fire. Sure, mum" she said, 1--WE
must have the fire, an the coal burns
that slow that me heart is broke waitin'
on it."-Boston Transcript.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17
A Really Terrible Penalty.


The Austin Colored Invincibles drill
In their hall once week. Captain
Skidmore, who has been recently
elected, is determined that discipline
shall be maintained. After drill was
over, he made brief speech to the In.
vincibles about the necessity Of their
attending drill regularly. He said
Il wants de members OBJ dis COM
mand to understand, onct for all, dat
we meets regular cherry Friday ebening
at eight o'clock, in dis heah hall, and
de member what fails ter put in an ap.
pearance will be-"
"Shot to deffp' interrupted Corporal
Jim Webster.
"Drapped from the ranks for de.
serter?" asked Lieutenant Sam John.
sing.
"Wusser den dat" continued the
Captain, amid a solemn silence that
was almost painful; ''de member what
fails to appear will be looked upon as
habin' been absent from de drill!'-
| Teras Sitiings.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17
THE SNAKE IN THE GRASS.


= zoe 70 all honor, all virtue, and good,
~ .uis serpent OF most multitudinous brood;
80. only In coyerts OF dark does 1t Turk,
~u' we see In our midst its most venomous
work.
~ me wnifest OF souls II leaves its foul slime,
-. ANU '1s victims are many-the man in his prime,
~, rne beautiful maiden, the wife and the child,
no priae whose young life has been all unde-
filed
. 1ru cause to be wary. for nothing, alas
'as 30 venomed fang as 1.-The snake in the
grass
hino me this moment OF some Ihave seen,
D,ircumspect as to conduct, and honest OF men,
nu. know OF the poison that lies oft of sight,
ana know Of the wrong they will make OF the
Fight;
30 IN crossing lfcs highway, watch for the foe
VINO Is waiting to lay all my fondest hopes low
watch Tor the enemy, wary and wise,
AS tne serpent In Eden, who comes in disguise
anu wish that all Others could avoid as they
pass,
ANS worst of all reptiles, "the snake in the
grass"
--iittea A. MdnpiIts, In GOOD Housekeepin1.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

81 wish could sell all | write"
remarked a certain author to a lady.
There are those" replied his com
panion, sweetly. "who say you can't
write all you sell. life.
Mrs. Barkley, are you familiar
with Songs without Words? 80, yes,
quite. Mr.. Barley frequently sings
them when he comes home in the
morning. n-7crre Haale Express.
MANS brains do not win woman,
Mr.. Erudite," remarked Miss Flippant,
scornfully. Il see they do not" re-
piled Mr.. Erudite; "and did you ever
notice that few women win mans
brains?' Harper'S Bazr.
One of the leading American COL
leges has resolved to dispense with a
"class yell" next year. An institution
of learning that will thus aim deadly
blow at the higher education of our
youth doesn't deserve the patronage of
the American people. Football may
go next. NorriS.owa Herald.
-"You should have counted on the
expense OF married life before you
entered upon it," said the young hus-
bands friend; ''it was only question
of common sense and reason that you
should have exercised" Common
sense and reason?" echoed the youth
full benedict; "why, | was in lover
Chicago Globe.
Railroad SUPPLEMENTARY OF
the passenger cars need repairingP'
Head Examiner-"Yes, sir; No. 306 is
in very bad shape; ought to go to the
shop at once" "Whats the matter?"
Two of the windows are SO loose that
any ordinary man can raise them. sir. !"
Time.
Editor Society journal Ito repor
ter)-"Mr. Jinks. the directors have
ordered me to raise your salary. You
bring in more society scandal than al
the other reporters put together. '
THANK you. The advance will
be handed over to my wife. 1t is her
| by right" Editor-"How so?" Jinki
-"She is the secretary of the ladies
anti-gossip club. cartoon.
"A gentleman who has recently
aiken up French, and who loses no op
portunity of airing the little knowledg
he has thus far acquired of that Ian
guage by translating and proncuncinI
such words and phrases rs his friend
might encounter in his presence, wa
thus addressed by an acquaintance
"If you only knew as much English a
you do French. what q success yo
would ber'-Isras siffinse
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17
THE CAMPHOR TREE.
StupendOus Laurels That Attain a Height
of Three Hundred Feet.

Stupendous Laurels That Attain a Height
of Three Hundred Feet.
One of the most useful and magnif.
cent productions of the vegetable king
dom that enriches China, and more
particularly the provinces of Kiang-si
and Canton, is the camphor tree. This
stupendous laurel, which often adorns
the banks of the rivers, was in several
places found by Lord Amherst's EN-.
tpssy above fifty feet high, with its
stem twenty feet in circumference.
The Chinese themselves affirm that it
sometimes attains the height of more
than three hundred feet, and circum.
ference greater than the extended arms
of twenty men could embrace. Cam.
phor is obtained from the branches by
sleeping them, while fresh cut, in
water, for two or three days, and then
boiling them till the gum. in the form
of white jelly, adheres to stick
which is used in constantly stirring
the branches. The fluid is then poured
into glazed vessel, where it concretes
in few hours. To purify it the Chi
nese take quantity of fine-powdered
earth, which they lay at the bottom OF
copper basin; over this they place a
layer of camphor, and then layer of
earth, and so on until the vessel is
nearly filled, the last or topmost layer
being of earth. They cover the last
layer with the leaves of a plant called
pc no, which seems to be species OF
mentha (mint). They now invert a
second basin over the first, and make
it air-tight by luting. The whole is
then submitted to the action OF a regu-
lated fire for a certain length of time,
and then left to cool gradually. On
separating the vessels the camphor is
found to have sublimed, and to have
adhered to the upper basin. Repeti-
tions of the same process complete its
refinement Besides yielding this val
liable Ingredient, the camphor tree is
one of the principal timber trees OF
China, and is used not only in build
ing. but in most articles of furniture.
The wood is dry and of light color,
and although light and easy to work,
is durable and not likely to be injured
BY insects. Bdll0u's Monthly
4
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17
SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY.

"A Vienna engineer proposes to
,ondense the solid part of the smoke
as it arises from the coal, and the car
bon which is formed is to fall back into
the furnace. 1t is to be done by cleo
tricity.
"A new preservative of iron and
steel has been found in modification
of the we'll known Japanese gum lac
quer. After many experiments, the
preparation has been finally adopted
for the imperial japanese navy.
Professor Absolute, of Berlin, has
succeeded in getting photograph of a
rifle bullet travelling at the rate OF
1900 feet q second, the plate which he
used for the purpose being exposed for
only 0.00007G of a second.
Eucalyptus leaves and extract have
long been used for the removal and
prevention of scales in steam boilers.
Scientific authorities recommend it,
and engineers in public service have
been advised to use it by the engineer
ing authorities at Washington.
In Germany substitute for lignum
vitae in certain mechanical uses has
been found by impregnating soft wood
with oil and subiecting it to pressure
to increase its density. Thus pre-
pared, the artificial is said to have all
the properties of good lignum vitae.
AS the best method of waterproof
ing soldiers clothing, the Belgian Gov
eminent has adopted dipping the goods
in acetate Of alumina and then drying
in the air. The clothing is not in
jured, and is said to offer no obstacle
to perspiration after treatment.
-Soapstone incorporated with oil,
after the manner of a paint, is said tc
be superior to any kind of paint rs a
preventative. Soapstone is to be had
in an exceedingly fine powder, mixes
readily with prepared oils for paint
use, covers well surfaces of iron, steel,
or stone, and is an effectual remedy
against rust. 1t has been known to
protect some stonework, such as ODE
lisks, in China, for ages past.
"A Russian ply sician named Portu-
galotf declares that strychnine is an
infallible cure for drunkenness, ad-
ministered in simultaneous injections.
The effect of the strychnine solution is
to change the craving for drink into
positive aversion, and this change is
effected in day. Aftera treatment Of
eight or ten days the patient may be
discharged. The strychnine is adj
ministered by dissolving one grain in
200 drops of water, and injecting five
drops of the solution every twenty-four
hours.
The plan has been proposed by 6
competent authority in such matters
that in order to insure greater strength
and consequently more safety in ropes
used for scatfoldiug purposes-particu
larly in those localities where the at
mosphere proves destructive of hemp
fiber-such ropes should be dipped
when dry into bath containing twent!
grains of sulphate of copper per litrc
of water, and allowed to soak in thi
solution some four days. BY pursuing
this method, which is claimed to b,
much more practicable and effectiv,
than any other yet resorted to for thi
purpose, it is found that the ropes will
thus have absorbed certain quantity
of sulphate of copper. which will pre-
serve them for some time both fro m tn
attacks of animal parasites and from
| rot.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17
A Husbands Generosity.

Tomorrow, Maria. will be your
birthday, and want to give you some
appropriate present What shall it
be?'
Whatever your kind hears may
suggest, John"
Next day. Maria. you know how
your poor back has suffered from pull.
ing of my boots in the evening. II
will not suffer any more, my love,
Seel have brought you nice new
bootiack which ] viii use hereafter in
stead. Chicago Tribune
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17

Not Used to Traveling.-Stra
Cat hotel bar)-"Best whisky. please. y
Bartender (severely)-'This is a pro-
hibition town, sir" Stranger-"Ah,
excuse me- (moving away.) Bar
tender (excitedly) -"Great Scott,
stranger. haven't you sense enough te
get sick?"-Drake'S Magazine,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17

"A site and s17O.000 have been
offered by the legatees of the late Sir
Joseph Whitworth to the authorities
OF Owens College, Manchester. En-
gland, for the erection OF a hospital,
together with 5000 wear toward il
painteuanee.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17

"A travelling man remarks that any
elbow who makes love to q widow is
literally counting daneer. Merchant
7fqreler.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17

Telephones are great convenience
and yet people are all the time talking
against them f0aksrs Salesman
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17

--chaussier dried man in a kiln
and there resulted only twelve pounds
Of solid matter.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-01-17

Go HENCE, correspondent wishes
us to explain the meaning of the term:
From Alpha to Omega" We shan't
do it. We have had politics enough
for one season, and propose to let up
ON the machine. We never heard of
Alpha, anyhow, and as for old Omega,
may he be durned!-DetroI Free Press.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-21
TWO SUMMIT RECORDS
Has MIR, Lane or Mr.. Smyth the Right
to Use the Name?

Has MIR, Lane or Mr.. Smyth the Right
to Use the Name?
The troubles Of the Summit Record, a
weekly newspaper, were aired this morn
ing before Vice Chancellor Pitney.
In 1882 Newton Woodruff started the
paper. and, according to the bill filed in
the case built up large patronage of
subscribers and advertisers
In 1884 he sold the good will and plant
Of the concern to William H. De Forrest.
De Forrest was in active business, and
soon found that he had not the time to
attend to the newspaper. so he conveyed
the concern to David M. Smyth, who, it
10 alleged, was to carry it on for the bene-
fit of De Forest Smyth lived in New
York, and becoming financially embar-
rased made an assignment of all his
property for the benefit of his creditors
to George R. Sheldon, of New YorK.
Under this assignment Sheldon sold the
Record with the rest of Smyth's property,
and Thomas +. Lane bought it in for $500.
Lane undertook to publish the paper,
but soon discovered that Smyth was
going on publishing paper which he
called the Summit Record, and what was
worse. was getting all the cream of the
advertising and all the legal printing.
Moreover, the postmistress of Summit re-
fused to deliver to Lane the mail matter
addressed to the Editor of the Record"
The bill which sets forth these facts
prays for an injunction to restrain
Smyth from publishing newspaper
under the name of the Summit Record.
An answer has been filed to the BILL in
which the claim is set up that Lane dis
continued the publication of the paper
ana that anyone then had a right to take
it up and carry it on.
The argument was still on at recess.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-21
F.s. EMMONS SERIOUSLY ILL.
His Friends Fear He Is Suffering o
Settled MeianchoIia.

His Friends Fear He Is Suffering o
Settled MeianchoIia.
The many friends of Mr. Francis s.
Emmons will hear with real sorrow of his
severe illness. For several months past
he has suffered with nervous trouble
which has finally eliminated in mental
disorder. Early in October DIR. s. r.
Forman advised him to leave home,
hoping that an entire change would
benefit him. He went to Chicago, but
grew homesick and came hack in a few
days. On his way home. as the train
neared the Horseshoe Curve, he went out
on the platform to get a better view of
the scenery.
In some unknown manner he was
thrown from the train and by a miracle
escaped death. Since his return he has
grown rapidly worse, and on Saturday
his actions showed plainly that his mind
was unbalanced. About ten O'Clock a.
M. he told his wife that he was going out
for short walk; instead he went to the
police station and surrendered himself
Stating that as he had broken many of the
laws OF the Decalogue he wanted charges
preferred against himself.
Chief of the Police Murphy i'm
mediately saw he was out of his mind
and sent for his brother, who at once sent
for his (Frank's) wife and the doctor.
After a great deal of persuasion and
humoring he was induced to go home
with his wife. He is now in a precarious
condition
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-21
[ X T I RIA Y!
ANNIE GREEN CONFESSHS
The Little Kearney Faker
Tells the Truth.

Annie Green, the little Kearney girl
who claimed to have been robbed and
sandbagged. made confession to the
Newark police this afternoon.
She said that after receiving the $50 her
mother pinned in her pocket, she went to
Newark, bought a watch and chain for
s27, cloak for $3.50. and satchel and a
new pair of shoes.
Then she went to New York and was
taken by two young men to hotel.
She escaped from them by rear
door. went to Harrison, threw
the shoes and cloak in culyert
lay down in some water and got her
clothes wet. and crawled into her fathers
yard, where she was found in state of
feigned unconsciousness.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-21
THE SAILS BEING PURLED.
The Closing Days of the Successful
Yachting Season.

The Closing Days of the Successful
Yachting Season.
This will be busy week at the Jersey
City Yacht Clubs house. About one
half the fleet will go out of commission
The boats are now lying off the boat
house. During the last week five of the
boats were put in winter quarters. The
Greta, Captains Lyons and Ziegler;
Poyche, Captain d. H. Bennett; Miller,
Captain c. d. Miller; Mile, Captain c.
H. Benson, and Annie Forsythe, Captain
Alex Roe, were hauled out and are now
on the beach
The Wabasso Captain J. T. Klumpp, is
on a bluefshing cruise. He ran up to
Bay Ridge Saturday night and5ook aboard
a dozen yachtsmen of the Jersey City and
Pavonia Clubs.
Captain Ed. Davis and two friends took
run down in a catboat yesterday to the
sandbar off Staten Island and in o few
hours hooked fifteen large bass.
Captain Sid Chester started in the
Christine Saturday with several friends.
Their destination is the Shrewsbury
River, and their object is to bring back
load OF ducks. They will be away several
days on the duck shooting expedition.
The Mascot, Captain d. E. Loper.
started Saturday night on cruise up the
Hudson. He will return tonight.
Len Boyd and half a dozen friends were
Captain Loper's guests He will start on
another cruise on Wednesday night.
The Toiler. Captain j. T. Withers, and
the Bonnie of the Pavonia Clubs squad
ron, have gone out of commission.
The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-10-21
STREET AND WATER BOARD.


Charges of Irrequitable Assessments Ex-
amined Into.
The Board of Street and Water Com
Tfssioners' meeting this morning was not
characterized by the transaction of any
specially important business.
The Commissioners of Assessment filed
the final assessments of the proposed
Eighth street improvements; also pre-
provements for Henderson street and
Laldlaw avenue.
Corporation Attorney Edwards re-
turned the two petitions signed by the
McAdoo avenue property owners in ref
erence to changing the contract for a
sewer on that avenue to connect with the
Rose avenue sewer, so as to permit max
advanced that, inasmuch rs all The prop
erty owners interested had asked for the
change the contract be so altered.
The Committee on Streets and Sewers
reported that they had thoroughly exam
Ined into the charges made ny certain
property owners as to the unequitable as
sessments made upon them for the erec-
tion OF the Lincoln avenue sewer, and
had ascertained that they were not valid.
The Commissioners final assessments
were concurred in.
The petition in reference to the Sher-
man avenue sewer, from South street to
Bower street, signed by j. II. Ryder and
Others, was reported upon favorably by
the same committee.
The Commissioners granted the prayer
of M. L. Newbold and long list of petit
tioners asking for the construction of two
main sewers in the Bergen district.
The following petitions were referred
to the proper committee:-One signed by
p. III. O'Neill and Others asking for the
reconstruction of the Wayne street sewer
from Grove to York streets, one signed
by w. f. Rouse and others asking for a
sewer on Charles street, and an applica-
tion for permission to lay private sewer
on Boyd avenue, signed by Charles o.
Van Wort
A communication from Summit ave-
nue. property owners calling attention to
the fact that the contractor for the inn
provements of that thoroughfare was not
faithfully executing his contract was re-
ceived. The signers claimed that but one
line of tagging was being laid at the
crossings, whereas the contract called for
a double line. Commissioner Dugan
showed that the contract called for but q
a single line.
w. Farrier was awarded the contract
for doing the plumbing work on the new
engine house in Warren street. His bid
was $265; James +. Blackshaw's bid was
$27O.
A resolution was offered by Mr.. Dugan
providing for a search tomorrow morning
for sites for the proposed two new school
buildings by joint committee of the
Board of Street and Water Commits
sioners and the Board of Education.