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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
THE EARTH'S GROWTH,
A Constant but Very Slow Accretion from
Meteoric Dust.


The earth, travelling in its orbit around
the sun and onward with the entire So
lar system around some unknown and
still greater center of attraction, is con-
stantly traversing new regions of space,
which it depletes of meteoric dust and
meteovites, thus steadily-no matter
how slowly-increasing in diameter.
Now let this growth continue till the
earth has just twice the attractive pow
er which it now possesses, we should
then have twice the number of meteor
ties and double the quantity of dust
falling annually upon it than now.
Fortunately for our heads the earth
has not as yet attained very formidable
dimensions, but we may look upon it as
an established fact that it constantly
gains in weight and that in proportion
to such gain its attractive power stead
lily increases.
The attractive force of the sun is so
enormous that perpetual hail of meteor
ties and a torrent of dust particles must
rush upon it from all directions, and
some of the foremost observers are now
of opinion that these falling bodies are
the sole cause of the suns heat
In the light of this theory our earth is
young and growing and not an old and
dying planet-a planet with future,
which ought to be cheerful news to all
of us, although we shall not live to reap
the benefit of it, and the sun, far from
being on its last legs as an aspiring lu-
minary, is steadily gaining in heat and
lighting capaeity.-Ameriean Geologist
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY
man, set out upon journey over rare-

man, set out upon a journey over rare-
ly-traveled mountain route.
One night the two stopped for lodg-
ing in lonely cabin in the mountains.
When morning came Mrs. Freeman dis
covered that her husband was miss
ing from the apartment to which they
had been assigned Inquiries developed
that he had arisen before daybreak, had
taken the team and ''lit out" Mrs.
Freeman was distracted and rushed in
the direction her husband had taken.
For several days she wandered in the
wilderness, and when searching party
found her she was almost, if not quite,
maniac.
Time has not entirely obliterated the
affects of those terrible days and nights,
and the stamp of her suffering is in the
womans face.
The sporting men believe the account
of her suffering and are most liberal
patrons. At all events, she is entitled
to the scanty livelihood she earns upon
the streets, and should not be scoffed at
by those ignorant OF her history. 1t is
said that ''Gad" Freeman is now in New
Mexico and that fortune has favored
him Of late. --Sacramento (Cal.) Letter.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
ONE WOMAN'S HISTORY.
From Diainonded Ease to Peddling Papers
on the street,

on the street,
The people of the capital city have
recently become familiar with the fig
ure of an old woman, who may be seen
on the streets every day engaged in
selling newspapers. She always wears
an old scarf tied about her head, long
cloak which gives evidence of many
years service, a dress badly frayed at
the bottom of the skirt and rough shoes.
There are people in this city who re-
member that only twelve or fourteen
years ago she wore silks and satins
and diamonds. She was then in Truckee
and living in gorgeously-furnished
wife of Cad" Freeman, faro dealer
well known in Sacramento. 1t was the
popular belief in Truckee at that time
that Mr.. and Mrs. Freeman were worth
$685. Reverses came, however. Some
of the fly boys" 'got in" against Free
mans game and passed in their checks
for thousands.
The dealers sack was growing small
and he and his wife finally pulled up
stakes" and came to Sacramento. Free
man made an effort to retrieve his fort
unes; but his bad lucS followed him and
nothing came his way. The Truckee
"Hoodoo," which had driven Joe Potter
to the Black Hills and to his death,
seemed to have clinched to Freeman
and he could not win a bet He was
worse than four-time loser.
The great Northwest was then COM
ing into prominence and the tide of en-
igration was setting in that direction.
Freeman thought that change of resi-
dence might change his luck, and he
went to Washington Territory, accom-
paniud by his wife.
1t was the same old story of hard luck,
and it is stated that Freeman finally got
down to the financial bedrock. 1t is
also said that he became morose and al
most beside himself. and that he finally
Imagined that the woman who had chung
to him through thick and thin was the
cause of his ill-fortune.
Atall events, the story goes that Free
man determined to get rid of the wom-
an. He had not the heart to harm her,
it seems, and it has been told the writer
/ that he hired a pair of horses and a
buggy, aud accompanied By Mrs. Free
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
OUR GREAT COUNTRY.
How 1t Appeared on Map Made Sixty
Three Years Ago.

How 1t Appeared on Map Made Sixty
Three Years Ago.
Nothing is more interesting than to
examine, if occasion permits a map of
the United States sixty years ago.
Such an atlas has lain, for many years,
in an obscure corner in the Advertiser
Office, unopened and unexamined. 1t is
OF the date of 1884, and was published
by Anthony Finley, Philadelphia. How
strange to the eyes of the present gen.
Grafton the outlines which mark our
"Rupert's Land" Mexico includes what
we now know as California, New Mexico
and Texas. But single entire State
Missouri-appears west of the Nlissis-
sippi river, although the "Father OF
Waters" then, as now, divided Louis
lana in twain. Arkansas appears as
Arkansas Territory" and beyond to
the westward stretches great unknown
country, called Missouri Territory"
Trackless uneXplored, the maker of the
map considered this vast region of such
slight importance that it is not even
shown upon the map, save upon the
general map of the continent. In the
region of the great lakes appear the
Northwest Territory" and Michigan
Territory" The name of Kansas, Ne
braska, Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin,
Colorado, Arizona, the Dakotas, Mon
tana, Oregon, Washington and Idaho
are nowhere visible. And this sixty
years ygo, trifle of time when COM
pared with English, French and German
history! Surely our country has sud-
denly awakened and found herself great.
Boston Advertiser.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
HUMOROUS.

Good Point. - "Now--
now-now-" Sympathizing Listener
Eyes, that's true There is certainly
no time like tho present. Harvard
Lampoon.
Mrs. Fussy-'I wonder why DR..
Fourthly always has his sermons type
written" Mr.. Grump-"Out of puro
gratitude; you don't know how that in.
vention has doomed the matrimonial
market. Life.
-He-'Now that you have made mo
the happiest of mortals, can kiss you?"
She (Boston)-" Never having had any
personal experience of your osculatory
abilities, Mr. Gesner, do not know if
you can, but you may."-Philadelphis
Inquirer.
Doctor entering the room of an
ague patient)-"Well, have you taken
the medicine left?" Patient-"Not
yet, Doctor" Doctor-''How's that?"
Patient-"Why, am only following in
structions on the bottle. Shake we'll
before taking and l haven't finished
shaking yet."-With The Wits.
81 can't see how you can make so
many beautiful poems," said the little
pork packer to the poet. 81 can't see,"
said the poet, show you can sell so much
pork. The distribution of genius seems
to be capricious and uncertain; but let
me tell you, my friend, that you weren't
in the soup when inspiration was ladled
out."-Puck.
-Traveler-''Oh, kind sir, take all,
take all, but leave me this, my pocket
Bible, a parting gift from my mother
when l was a boy" The Highwayman
las he gathers up very poor haul)-
keep your prayer-book an be gone"
The Traveller item minutes later)-
"Well, that was pretty close shave.
If that chap had known that Bible COW
cred two thousand dollars in bank notes
he wouldn't have been so quick to let
me keep it."-Town Talk.
They Were Both Happy.-"Hello,
Benz Just back from the Christmas
festivities? What means that stupen-
dous smile that bursts from the laven-
der calyx of your new suit?" II am
very happy, dear Tom. Congratulate
me, old fellow. Miss Ida Emeline Fam
tickle has just accepted me. But now
look at you, you seem to be overflow
ing with happiness" 81 am, dear Ben.
Please congratulate me, also. l just
I this morning received letter from
Miss Fanickle releasing me from my
engagement. brakes Magazine.
Brought Him to Time.-"You arc
not going to stay down town late to-
night, are you, John?" Not very late,
Maria. l have to help put a man
through the third degree at the lodge.
I'll come straight home as soon as it is
over" Kindly, but frmly)-''If you
can repeat the password, Six slim
slick saplings,' distinctly when you re-
turn home from the lodge, John, the
outside guardian will admit you, and if
you can't you needn't ring any alarm
at the outside door. You'll stay on the
outside ali night, my dear" John came
home ssrly.-Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
TENAClTY OF LIFE.
The Contrast Existing Between the Male
and Female Sexes.

ana Eemale sexes.
1t appears from the gathered statistics
of the world that women have greater
tenacity of life than men. Nature wor-
ships the female in all its varieties.
Among insects the male perishes at a
relatively earlier period. In plants the
seminate blossoms die earliest and are
produced on the weaker limbs. Female
quadrupeds have more endurance than
males. In the human race, despite the
intellectual and physical strength of the
man, the woman endures Ion gest and
will bear pain to which the strong man
succumbs. Zymotic diseases are more
fatal to males, and more male children
die than females.
Deverga asserts that the proportion
dying suddenly is about one hundred
women to seven hundred and eighty
men; one thousand and eighty men in
the United States in 1870 committed
suicide, to two hundred and eighty-fve
women. Intemperance, apoplexy, govt,
hydrocephalus affections of the heart
and liver, scrofula and paralysis are far
more fatal to males than females. Pull
monary consumption, on the other hand,
is more deadly to the latter. Females
in cities are more prone to consumption
than in the country. All old countries
not disturbed by emigration have great
majority of females in the population.
In royal families the statistics show
more daughters than sons The Hebrew
woman is exceptionally long-lived; the
colored man is exceptionally short
lived. The married state is favorable
to prolongation of life among women.
DIR. Hugh proclaims that there are from
two to six per cent. more males born
than females in the living population.
From which statistics we conclude that
all women ought to marry, and that as
men are likely to become so scarce, they
can not be sufficiently priced by the
other sex.-N. Y. Ledger.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
PERSONAL. AND LITERARY.

The Duchess of Hamilton devotes
much time to personal supervision OF
her dairy, one of the finest in England.
The late Sir Percy Shelley, son Of
the poet, was devoted to theatricals and
tricycling. He has placed his fathers
papers at the disposal of the Shelley
Society.
Copies of rare books and editions
are now manufactured in Germany and
France by means OF chemical process.
The facsimiles are good, but their
durability is uncertain.
Frank B. Stockton, who stands at
the head of American short-story writ
ers, is thin, intellectual-looking man,
with fascinating smile and pleasing
mode of conversation. He is typical
American in appearance, of the highly
strung nervous kind.
"A little fellow hailing from Cork
was the first newsboy that ever sold
copy of the Sun in the streets of New
York and the Sun was the first paper
thus sold. The name of the lad was
Bernard Flaberty, but he is better
known to fame as Barney Williams, the
actor.
Major j. B. Pond says Richard A.
Proctor, the astronomer, cleared S3l, 900
in one lecture season in Australia, and
John B. Cough, Thomas Mast and others
have made as high or higher amounts in
this country. Major Pond thinks that
Bill Nye is increasing his bank account
by about 81, 900 week from his writ.
ings and entertainment.
Mr.. Marion Crawford, the novelist,
Is handsome, stalwart man, who re-
sembles no one so little as a literary
man. He stands fully six feet high, is
ruddy of face, broad shouldered and long
limbed, and can walk forty miles at a
stetch. When engaged on any delicate
piece of writing he walks more than ever,
for he holds, with Mill, that the best OF
all mental spurs is long walk, and that
fatigue of the body clears the mind.
Walter SCOTS diary was privately
printed many years ago, while Mr..
Lockhart was writing Sir Walter
biography, but the greater part of it was
suppressed, as it contained severe casti-
cations of literary, legal and politica!
friends, both Wings and Tories, and
was evidently not intended for publica.
ton in the lifetime of these gentlemen.
Lord Cockburn and Lord Jeffrey used tc
say that no sum would be too large tc
pay for the privilege of reading through
the whole diary.
-Apropos of the late Robert Brown
ing, one of the last letters he wrote tC
this country was to Allan Forman, O.
the New York Journalist, in response
to query as to what was the news re
ferred to in his poem entitled "Hov
the Good News was Brought from
Client to AK" The query started
from discussion in one of the leading
clubs of the city, in which history anC
fiction were ransacked to supply tn,
answer, and over six plausible explana
tions were offered. Browning put al
extinguisher upon the party by writing
that the poem was not based upon an,
fact, but was merelya matter of magma
ton, in which he had used the name
of the towns and the riders on accoun
of the romantic atmosphere of that par
of the low countries.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
One Dollar Per Year.

where women were recognized as the
political equals of men.
The success of the Acknowledgement OF
women in Wyoming has fully justified
our rejoicing on that occasion, and now
the citizens of that remote Territory,
who have for twenty years tested the
value of their experiment, are asking
to be admitted to Statehood with the
same generous recognition of the rights
Of women. Can the nation deny the
rights vested for twenty years in the
most law-abiding of its citizens? We
trust not.
Our grand American Woman Suffrage
Association was then and there organ
lied, and its work has testified to its
fidelity and discretion during its twenty
one years of existence. While it has re-
manned constant to its original purpose,
it has indirectly aided in every good en-
deavor for the elevation of woman, and
through her of the race. Other agencies
have co-operated, and the great army of
temperance workers, who ever feared us,
are now striving earnestly for the sue
cess of our cause. Co-education now
commands the approval of the leading
minds of the time. The church, which
feared us as host of intidels, now comes
to our aid, and recognizes that Paul
said: Help those women that labor
with me in the Gospel as well as some
other words that had been endlossly
quoted as sanctioning the absolute sub
lection of women.
Thus the day of the Lord draweth
nigh, when there is to be realization
of the declaration. There is neither
jew nor Greek, neither bond nor free,
neither male nor female, but all are one
in Christ Jesus"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
UNDER ONE UMBRELLA.


Into the rain we two set forth;
High winds were rampant in i
Her scarf, unwound from OH
Flapped silken wings agx
We walked SO near togef4ef that
( My shoulder touched ner jaunty hat;
taste Of Hessen it seemed to be,
Such strange delights encompassed me.
All who shall analyze the power,
This witchery of place and hour,
This contact, slight as touch can be,
Which fills two hearts with ecstacyf
Let me arrange your scarf" said,
She paused TO lift her graceful head.
The breeze had changed from north to south
fancied. from the warmth. Her mouth
was raised an instant, close to mine
JAS Preached down her scarf to Irvine.
Some men are made Of sterner stuff"
.But as for melt was enough.
! lightly touched her lips and left
A kiss upon their crimson cleft,
Which marked an era in my life;
/ asked her then to be my wife.
Six perfect years have passed since then;
To-day bless the moment when
Into the rainfall we slept forth,
While winds were rampant in the north.
-Medora Clarke, in N. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
NEW NOTES FOR WOMEN.

CONNECTICUT oyster dealers say that
the best and fastest oyster-openers are
women.
THE Albany Times, which has just been
made the State paper for New York, is
an outspoken advocate of women suf-
frage, and has been so for many years.
AN EXAMINATION Of subscription lists,
made by Edward W. Box, shows that
seven-eighths of the subscribers to the
magazine literature Of to-day are wom-
en-.
We WANT the ballot. not because we
want to plunge into the dirty pool, "
but because we want to drain it, fill it
up, and plant good seed where it now
stagnates- Hartman.
IRIS stated by several daily papers
that the republic of Brazil, in extend
ing suffrage to ''all citizens who can
read and write" means to include wom-
en-. Our dove is waiting expectantly,
and if this rumor is confirmed, the bird
with the olive branch VIII EronOtiy aP
pear.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
Hadn't Done ANY Thing to IL,

Jeweler examining it)-What on
earth have you been doing to this
watch?
Owner of Watch = Nothing, sir.
Nothing at all wound it up awhile
ago good and tight and it stopped. 1
shook it for half an hour and couldn't
start it, and then l opened it and poked
the balance-wheel with toothpick, and
still it wouldn't go. l want to know
what's the matter with the blamed
thing?-Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
Value of the Vote.

The Pail Mall Gazette thus describes
some of the good results that have come
to the English agricultural laborer
through the suffrage
Lord Spencer's plea for village coun-
ellis was one of the most useful speeches
of the recess Ii is quite true, as he
says, that nothing can be more inn
portant than to infuse life into our viii
lagos, to witty the intelligence of the
poor people in them, and to create
among them feeling of responsibility"
But until the agricultural Iaborer had q
vote, no one cared for him. Now he has
become the pivot round which our whole
system revolves The change in his
status, of which Lord Spencers speech is
the latest illustration. is an immense in
centive torenewed zeaa in the cause of tho
Acknowledgement of women. In politics,
the interests of the unrepresented arc
ignored. Not until your name is on tho
electoral register do statesmen remem-
Der that you exist. Nothing can be
more obvious than the truth Of Lord
Spencer's observation: "What could be
of greater interest than the sanitary
condition of the cottages Of village to
the poor people who live in them, or tho
management of the schools, or the water
supply, or the proper management of the
village charities?' But this truism was
ignored by everybody until the day when
the poor people who lived in the cot
tages of our villages were admitted with
in the pale of citizenship. As it has
been with Hodge, so it will be with
women. Let them seek first admission
to the electorate roll, and all other
things will be added unto them.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13
STATUTORY EXPRESSIONS.
Barbarity of the Laws Toward Women.

Barbarity of the Laws Toward Women.
The great improvements in tho laws
relating to women, writes Alice Stone
Blackwell, in Woman's Cycle, have
been brought about chiefly by women
who advocate woman suffrage, and men
who are of one mind with them. And
their uniform testimony is that they
have found these improvements much
harder and slower to get because the
changes asked for were in the interest
of class that had no votes. Hon. Sam
uel L. Sewell, for years the chief cham
pion of the property-rights of women
before the Massachusetts Legislature,
expressed himself often and strongly to
this effect. But it was hardly neces-
sary. 1t is notorious that the average
legislator will attend first to tho real or
supposed wants of the men who elected
him, and only secondly or nineteenthly
to the wants of class that has no vote.
Witness the respective treatment ac-
corded by government to the Irish and
to the Chinese.
Improvements in the laws for women
are not only harder to get, but harder to
keep, than if women were voters. In
New York, the law empowers every
husband to bequeath the custody and
guardianship of his children away from
their mother by his will A married
mother has literally no more legal right
in her own children than she has in the
Emperor of China's children. Her hus-
band may separate her child perma-
nently from her, at any time, and with
out any reason beyond his caprice.
Once the advocates of woman suffrage
succeed in having the law SO modified
that the mothers consent was necessary.
Nine years after this just and merciful
provision was repealed, and the old
statute was restored in all its pristine
barbarity. Would that have happened
if women had had votes? 1t would have
been political suicide for any legislator
to propose it. Our codes are not yet
'cleared of statutory expressions" al
though women gratefully recognize how
much has been done in this direction.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13

Mr.. Gumpy-''What is the matter
With you, Miss Alice? Did some one
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-02-13

Miss Alice? Did some one
bile you were going through
Alice-''No; and that's
the matter with me. I'm
think how unattractive l
Wing. That's the first tunnel
1t of unkissed since l was
B old. They say the road
hnels, too. Oh, dearl what
day will be. Texas Siftings.
" Louise Baldwin, a young
her, has been appointed
the Agassiz public school.
Mass. Miss Baldwin is
Ned and has had several
hing in different grades Of
% whose head she is now
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1890-10-02
FOREIGN.

DU VERNERs has positively decided
to resign as German minister of war.
MAJOR Won NORMAN commandment OF
himself by taking poison.
IT is reported chat the Emperor William
will visit the United States in 1898, in
which event he will view the worlds fair
Gov. SCHULTz's steam yacht Keewatin
was lost on Lake Winnipeg. Three mount
ed police were lost.
In an interview with an English Catho.
lie nobleman, the pope said that he fer
vently hoped for a renewal of permanent
diplomatic relations with England.
THE Berlin Post announces that Gen.
Leszeynski has been appointed minister of
war to succeed Vernois
In duel between Lieut.. Bete-
stacer and Lieut.. Garder, the former was
killed The duel is the result of quar-
rel in Berlin restaurant.
SLAvIN and McAuliffe were arraigned in
London police court, and were each
bound over to keep the peace in 81 900,
each prisoner furnishing one surety.
1T is reported that civil war is imminent
In Ch1n, owing the contest between con-
gress and the presi lent, who refuses to
choose Il new cabinet. The president is
backed by the troops, while congress has
the support of the people.
IT is reported that the Spanish govern
ment is placing Gordon of troops along
the frontier Of Portugal in consequence of
the apprehensions of revolution in that
country.
THE Canadian government will shortly
abolish the export duty on Canadian logs
shipped to the United States. This will
be carrying out the promise made at the
last session Of parliament by Sir John Nc
Donald, wro said he would abolish the
duty if the American government reduced
the import duty on Canadian lumber one
half