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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.
Marshall Wilder Corrects Some American
IMPRESSIONS of English Character.

Marshall Wilder Corrects Some American
Impressions of English Character.
l learned, also, that the English have
acquired the virtue OF deliberation and
never are in hurry or fret. 1t is not
necessary for me to inform the reader
that England is the greatest business
nation in the world; yet all the busi-
ness is conducted in quiet, leisurely way
that seems to an American like childs
play, but is dead earnest all the same.
Your English banker will be found in
some little building not at all like an
American bank and with very few
clerks in sight. Nobody rushes breath
lessly in or out; yet the amount of busi-
ness transacted daily in that dingy little
building is enormous. Instead of being
glum and unhappy, as most of our tour
lists imagine them, the English give
more time and attention to their enjoy
ments than any other respectable people
in the world. They do not crave ex-
citement, like some Americans; but the
genuine enjoyment-rest for the body
and qualification for the eye, ear and
palate-they do love, and they spare no
efforts to obtain it. Because they do
not go wild over good work at the opera
or theater, and make a noise with their
hands and feet Englishmen are sup
posed by Americans to be unapprecia-
tive or listless; hut they are nothing OF
the kind, as You will find out for your.
self If you sit beside one whom you
know and talk with him between the
acts When Judging an Englishman BY
his appearance and manner in a crowd.
dent forget the old saying: "Sdll
waters run deep"-Marshall Wilder ~
Lippincott's.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Humphrey Ward has opened .
school in London in which the new re-
ligion as she has outlined it in Robert
Elsmere." is to be taught
The Princess Theresa, daughter of
the Prince Regent of Bavaria, must be
added to the list of royal authors. She
has written a book Of travels.
Sir Edwin Arnold has denied that
his poem, ''The Light of Asia" was
written for the purpose of exalting
Buddhism at the expense of Christianity.
He says he would not give one verse of
the Sermon on the Mount for twenty
epic poems like the Mahabharata.
The late General Schenck was pop
ularly believed to have published book
on poker playing, but his explanation
was that the book was published by a
lady whose guest he was while Minister
t. London, and for whom he had writ
ten out the rules of the game at her re-
quest
George Macdonald, the novelist,
says that in the course Of conversation
with Tennyson on the Northern Farm
er," written in Lancashire dialect, Ten
nyson confessed that his cook, who was
of Lancashire birth, told him that she
could not understand the poem, and
that the dialect was not Lancashire
speech.
M. Vandal, who was Postmaster
General of France under the second en-
pire, and who used to run the BLACK
Cabinet" in which peoples letters were
opened and read, died the other day.
One of his tasks under the empire was
to unseal and read the correspondence
to and from all the political exiles liv-
ing in London, Brussels and other cities
adjacent to Paris.
Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett is
said to have an income of about $50, 900
year, made up Of the royalties paid on
the play of "Little Lord Fauntleroy'
and on the sale of her books, together
with her editorial salaries and the like.
The New York Ledger, alone, pays her
SIS, 900 for serial, and she gets $500 q
year for editing children's department
for syndicate of newspapers
The late DR.. Charles Mackay has
left behind him large quantity of un'
published manuscript, most of which
has been quite recently written. 1t in
cludes a novel in two volumes entitled
For Loves Own Sake;' ''Old English
Rhymes Made New; Handbook fol-
Poets and Versifers OF the Nineteenth
and Twentieth Centuries;" "Pheniciar
Origin of the Grecian Mythology
"Stonehenge and Druidism;" walk!
and Talks Among the People," and {
number Of poems dating up to the yer,
latest day the deceased author was abl,
to hold pen, the quality and vigor o
these last showing, it is said, no sign
of decreasing vitality or failing intel
lectual power
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
HORRIBLE TORTURE.
The Punishment of Ling Che Inflicted on
on Chinese Criminals.

This last certainly amounts in theory
to torture of the most horrible kind. 1t
is applicable only to criminals of the
deepest dye, such as rebels, parricides,
women who kill their husbands, or
murderers who kill three persons of
one family, 1t is called variously the
lingering process, the slow and painful
process, slicing to death, ETC., and the
prescribed method seems to correspond
with the last-named term. The skin of
the forehead is supposed to be sliced
down, the checks slashed, the nose slit,
the breast sliced off, the stomach
gashed, ETC., before the coup de grace is
given. But when we come to ask how far
the legal sentence is put in actual ex-
ecution we find some conflict of testi-
mony. Mr.. Giles affirms that "a slight
cash only is made across each collar
bone, and three gashes across the breast
in the shape of the character neaning
1000, Indicating the number of strokes
the criminal ought to have received,) J
and that decapitation follows without
delay" But in the only case where I
have heard of foreign witness the pro-
cess seems to have approximated much
more nearly to the legal prescription
than to this assumption. But methods
of execution seem to be occasionally
employed, at least in the South, which
find no sanction in the code. Cases
have come under the notice of foreign
ers Of death by crucifixion, and of the
victim being suspended by the neck in
a cage in such a way that he can only
touch the ground with the tips of his
toes, and being left to die of starva-
tion. Such proceedings are, however,
distinctly illegal-survivals, probably,
of an age when Chinese rule and
Chinese civilization, which have radi.
ated from the North, were less firmly
established. So that whatever the
law, the usual practice in a given re-
gion would seem to be materially in.
iuenced by local popular opinion; one
who would generalize from experience
in Kiang-Soo would excite a smile in
Kwang-Tung, just as the impressions OF
one who had lived in Shan-Tung would
seem foreign to resident in Fohkien.
-Fortnightly Review.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15

EVENING"
words, which at dat very moment was
bein' read aloud by de man who was ter
have made us twain one flesh. They
were as follers: dearest Clio, when yer
read dis will be far away. God for
give me, but could not resist your
charms. I'm welded ter another, but l
would not give de short time l have
spent wild you fer all dc world beside.
Goodbye forever. Paul Morain."
When it was ended Clio stood in their
midst an screamed: "Oh, father, he
said only last night, Clio, If l am not
present yer may know I'm dead"
Then, with wild shrek, she fell faint
in inter her fathers arms.
How long lay there did not know,
but when come to day were breakin'
an was SO dreadful weak from loss OF
blood could not stan, but l dragged
myself long in the bushes, where my
would-be murderer left me ter die, every
mint turnin' for fear l would see him
standin' over me. But every thing were
quiet 'cept the chirpin' of the mockin'
birds in a patch of hawthorne close by.
Somehow ornuther that birds voice give
me new currage, an l rise up an try
again ter walk, an l find myself face to
face with tarrified figure in white,
who screamed: "Oh, Paul! Paul! ]
knew it! knew itp'
When revive again were in Clos
home. The doctor had dressed my
wounds an Clio were bathin' my temples.
learned from Mr.. Jones that de black
demon who attempted my life had fed,
an if he ever returns he will not have
an opportunity ter postpone anuther
weddin'-not mine, any way, for me an
Clio is ter be married ter-night.-C. S.
Wilson, in Old Homestead.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

The colored Baptists OF Missouri
have started denominational school
with temporary location at Independ-
ence. About 1sO, 600 colored people are
In Missouri, with 800 Baptist churches.
The Baltimore Methodist Episcopal
conference adopted plan for the
insurance Of the churches of the con-
ference, and Rev. George H. thinner
man has been appointed treasurer of the
fund.
The Christian Inquirer thinks that
when a church passes complimentary
resolutions about pastor whom it dis
misses because tired of him, it is like
putting flowers on the grave of man
who has been kicked to death.
The Pilgrim Congregational Church
of Albany, N. Y, has added Spanish
department to its Sunday-school. With
Chinese in one room, Spaniards in
another and telegraph boys 'all over"
things keep moving in the Pilgrim Sum
day-school.
"A church which desired 20 get rid of
an aged pastor who had long served it,
held meeting to consider the matter.
After considerable discussion, one of
the deacons who had hitherto said moth
ing, getting impatient, arose and said.
''Mr. Cheerman, / move that Mr.. H. s
usefulness in this ERE field come to an
eend arter tonight" The motion was
carried.
The Lutheran is, doubtless, the
most polyglot church in America, not
even excepting the Roman Catholic.
Her ministers preach the Gospel to her
people of various nationalities in more
languages than those of any other de-
nomination. These are English, Ger
man, French, Swedish, Norwegian,
Danish, Icelandic, Lettish, Finish, Bo.
hemian lat Minneapolis), Wendish lin
Texas), Hungarian lat Freeland, Pa.),
Savonian lat Streator, ILL ).-Weekly
Witness.
The Baptist Year Book shows tina,
of UNCONVENTIONAL schools there are I
theological institutions, 81 universities
and colleges, 80 female seminaries, 4f
seminaries and academies for males and
females, II institutions for the colored
race and Indians, making total of 1873 cd
ucational institutions, with an aggregate
of 1,2O6 instructors and 2O,54 pupils, Of
whom 2, 1853 are preparing for the minis
try; total value of property, Sl9,649, 1854
amount of gifts in 1889, $so5,562' vol
umes in libraries, 474,414
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
Emile Zola's Impolitenes,.

l met Emile Zola at the American
consulate this afternoon. He came in
while l was talking with Consul Rath-
bone to look over the papers in the law
suit case and to give his signature 1t
is curious to see how rough and imperi-
Gus his manner is. He spoke to Rath-
bone as one would not speak to dog.
This is, however, his usual manner, and
nobody pays any attention to it How
he ever manages to turn out one Of
those bulky volumes of his every year
is difficult for any one who has seen him
use the pen to understand. He seems
to hold it between his third and fourth
finger in the clumsiest manner possible,
and writes as laboriously and slowly as
any child at sehool.-Paris Letter,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15

we'll, an walls from top to floor was ono
mass Of vines an flowers, an then /
mustn't forget the oranges. There they
hung in great profusion, green, gold
an yellow, for wasn't / to wed the
brightest flower in all de orange king
dom? How we'll ] remember dc las
evenin' spent at Clos before our mar
riage, an when, l kissed her goodbye
under the jesamine trellice she looked
up like timid fawn, an said: 'Now,
Paul, you won't run off, will you?" an
she really look so frighten dat said
"Well, Clio, II am not present you may
know I'm dead"
Littlo did / think dat in less than
forty-eight hours dat little heart then
pressed SO close to my own would be ag-
onized over dose words.
1t was our weddin' night, an again 1t
was dark, but l could not afford to STUN
BILE, SO had pervided myself with Ian
tern an went briskly forward. was in
sight Of de little cabin lighted up so
bright it looked like fairyland. In i'm
agernation saw my Clio waitin' for me
an said: 81 am comm, sweetheart,
soon ter be yours foreverP'
Could be mistaken, or was there a
muttered sound near by me. Oh, God!
A moment more an was lynn insen-
scribe with de blood flowin' from FER ter
rible cash in my head. At de house all
was eagerness an anxierty, an some
suspicious remarks begun ter be mado,
but, thank God! l did not hear them nor
know dat fiendish hand penned wicked
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
BRITISH RED COATS.
when tho Army OF England First Wore
Garments of Red.

Garments OF Rcd.
When, in 1851, the Duke of Yelling
ton asked Lord Stanhope, then War
Minister, as to when the English army
first wore red, he was told that the Gus
tom dated from the time Of Charles II.
Tho Duke thought it was earlier, and
Lord Macaulay said that he was right,
and that the Commonwealth army wore
red. This was, however, not exactly
the case, and the statement was wrong
in more than one respect Major Hon.
Harold Dillon, in an article in Colburn's
United Service Magazine, shows when
this color was first adopted:
AS early as the campaign in Spain, in
1867, in support of Peter the Cruel, and
also in the following reign Of Richard
H., the English soldier appears to have
been in white with red cross Of st.
George on his breast and back. At
Agincourt, in 1415, the English archers
are mentioned as mostly wearing no
armor and some only doublets, and with
their hose loose, evidently to give them
greater freedom of action. Caps of
boiled leather and of wicker work
crossed with bands of iron constituted
their best head pieces. 1t was only
after long campaign, or series Of cam
paigns, that tho ordinary soldier could
provide himself with portions of de-
fensive armor.
During the wars Of the Roses the
badges of the respective leaders would
be the chief distinctions in the armies,
all speaking one tongue and being Of
one race. However, in 1461, there is evil
dence of red being adopted, for . small
number OF men at least when con-
| tingent for the army of the King maker.
the Earl Of Warwick, was sent from
Rye dressed in red coats. In 147o de-
tachment of fifteen men sent from Can
terbury for the Calais garrison, and
others for London, were supplied with
red "jakettis" of cloth at IS
> yard, having on them ''roses 0!
white karsey" as badges. Henry VII,
n lass, instituted the Yeomen Of the
aard as kind of body guard, and
,sy may be taken as the nucleus
the preseutstanding army of England.
ay consisted Of picked men, and were
ID one-half with bows, the other
4 with hand guns. Their dress. as i
i'll continues. was red. d.-Moptresl Star
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
SUFFRAGE SELECTIONS.

FOURTEEN women are elected county
-Four OF these have served before.
A PREACHER said he did not think he
should vote at all on one occasion, but
his friends prevailed on him by saying:
Come, we want good votes" Why not
say the same to women?-Mrs. Elizabeth
L. Fry.
THE average woman is in every way
as competent and is as entitled by
every consideration of fair play to ex-
ercise the right of suffrage as the aver.
age man. By all means let them vote.
-Haverhill Gazette.
CANON WILBERFoRcE, in great
speech at Calcutta, said: "At the bot
tom of almost every great movement /
see a loving, self-sacrificing, God-fear-
ing woman, pulling the strings and set
ting every one right"
THE women voters of Wyoming have
been modest, capable and wise in exer-
cising their right of suffrage. If we
can't get into the union with female
suffrage, let us stay out until reason re.
turns to Congress. II. V. S.
Groesbeck
WOMEN who have entered the field Of
journalism generally succeed A mum.
Der of our daily papers employ women
reporters and their work invariably
gives satisfaction. Mrs. Frank Leslie
is an example of what women can dc
when she determines to succeed and
gives her energies to her labors.
WHERE woman suffrage obtains, won.
en- vote intelligently and safely, and il
does not appear that their place is sole.
ly at home, any more than that the
farmer should never leave his farm, the
mechanic his shop, the teacher his desk,
the clergyman his study, or the profes-
sisnal man his Office, for the purpose oi
expressing his wishes and opinions al
the ballot-box.-Hon. Thomas w. Pal
mer.
some timid men would have the agita
ton for woman's rights stop, lest it di
vert some woman from home duties, ans
teach her that her individuality is no
altogether merged in that of her hus
band. Do not be alarmed. Whel
woman has learned that she is an indi
vidual, with opinions, rights and duties
and you have learned to respect her in
dividuslity, you viii find her far NOR
: interesting. valuable and lovable, bet
as wife and mother, than before.-Gel
sral Wm. /. Singleton.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
SERvlA'S BOYlSH KING.
he Child of Thirteen Who Rules the De
batable Lands in Eastern Europe.

batable Lands In Eastern Europe.
Alexander l. of Servia is, with the
exception of the little King of Spain,
the youngest monarch in Europe. The
eyes of Emperors, statesmen and people
all turn with interest and anxiety on
this boy King whom destiny has called
in troublous times to the throne OF
Servia.
Alexander is represented as a bright,
brave, handsome lad; but he has a sad
history behind him in the domestic and
political troubles which have ended in
the divorce of his royal parents and his
own enforced separation from his
mother, Queen Natalie; while the posi-
tion of Servia, as frontier kingdom be-
tween Austria and Russia, will in the
near future demand the utmost wisdom,
firmness and patriotism for the mainte,
nance of its independence.
In 1886 the young Prince Alexander
made journey with his mother to the
Climea: thence to Florence, and finally
to Wiesbaden, where Queen Natalie had
hoped to remain and educate her son.
But in 1888 a demand was made for
the boy through General Protesch, and
he was taken to Belgrade to assume the
grave responsibilities that might we'll
daunt the bravest of men.
The education of the young King is
being carefully superintendent by Dr.
Lazar Dokitsch, assisted by Nine. Pei
ingre, talented lady of Swiss birth
who instructs her royal pupil in the
elementary branches,
Alexander already speaks German,
French and little English; but until
recently he has not been taught Rus
sian. Russian influences, however,
seem now likely to assert themselves in
the royal household of Servia The
Gar has sent to the young King an
autograph letter and the decoration of
the grand cross Of St Anne.
II is difficult to predict the future dos
tiny of Servia; but the young people OF
the present generation will follow with
peculiar interest the career of Alex.
ander l., the boy King, who now holds
such a conspicuous position among the
monarchs of Europe.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
HUMOROUS.

Alta church fair-Man Ito neighbor)
Look here, I've found a spoiled oys-
ter" Neighbor-"Don't say any thing
about it. They might come round and
take it away from you. "-Arkansaw
Traveller.
-Husband-'I really believe that my
rheumatism has entirely disappeared"
Wife-"Well, l hopo it will not stay
away for good, as then you will have to
buy barometer to find out when it is
going to rain."-Texas Siftings.
-Jimson-"I KANT see, Brer Sim
mons, how yo always manage to maxi
bofe ends meet-I kain'tw Brer Sim
mons-"Ah, Brer Jimson, dat's cause
yo' spreads yo' ends too far apart Don't
spread, chile, an be happy. Puck.
Parker (reading newspaper)-
"Here's something curious. There's
body of negro volun teers in Memphis
who call themselves the Memphis Light
Guards" Barker-''Well, you could
hardly expect them to call themselves
the Memphis Blackguards. Light.
Papa" asked Johnny, "where do
politicians come from?" "Well, my
son." replied the father, with the conf
dence of positive information from re-
liable sources, they come all the way
from ten dollars TO ten thousand dollars,
according to the pull they have."-
Washington Star.
Waiter" said the smart young
man, pushing his plate away from him,
''you may bring me glass of aqua
pura to wind up with" The waiter, who
had romped on Boston Common in the
guileless days of his boyhood, brought a
glass Of water to the smart young man
and changed the figures on his check
from thirty five to sixty.-Boston Bud
get.
-Materfamilias - "Imogen, / don't
think could ever approve of your mar
rying George Rockpate. / should hate
to think that any of my grandchildren
would be like him. He was such hard
headed boy, and it runs in the family"
Imogen-"Yes, mamma, l know all the
Rockpates are awfully hard headed, but
you LHuo0 ioihoinuer euere 10 solJeulnB
CT the brain in oar family."-Life.
Mrs. Erastus Jones-"Lookee ERE,
'Rastus, what you gwine to church foi
wild dat hat on? Don't you see dat hole
right in de top? Don't you know you
got to han dat hat roun' and take up
c'lection?' Mr.. Erastus Jones-"You
shet up, 'ooman. l reck'n know my
business. When | han dis hat roun' |
hold my hand right slap under dat hole
SO ! kin ketch de nickels dat drop froo,
an keep 'em fun 'sturbin' de congerga.
ton by rollin' on de f1o'. / b'leeve in
keepin' things quiet in de meetin-house;
an 'tain't no place for rollin' money
roun' on de fio'.'-Harper's Bazar.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15
TREASURES OF THE DEEP.
Discovery of an Ancient Wreck In the
Port OF Santander.

Port OF Santander.
During the dredging operations now
going on in the port of Santander,
Spain, the well-preserved remains of
war-ship were encountered at the en-
trance of the harbor, partly buried in
sand and mud, which must have gone
down in that spot four centuries ago.
As the dredges could not remove the
old hull, the Spanish Government or
dered it to be blown up, and to employ
divers for saving what could be saved.
The work has turned out very profit
able one, and great care is consequently
displayed. The vessel dates probably
from the end of the fifteenth or the be-
ginning of the sixteenth century. Guns
and other equipments raised show the
united coats-of-arms of Castillo and ARA
gon, and some bear the scroll of Isa-
bella la Catolica, others the crowned f
of Ferdinand the Catholic. AS among
the numerous arms found on board there
are many of Italian or French origin,
and the vessel appears to have served
as transport, it is generally supposed
that she belonged to the expedition Of
Gonzalo De Cordabo against Naples, and
that she foundered on her return from
Italy, laden with trophies and plunder,
on entering the port of Santander. This
surmise is supported by the fact that
among the coin saved, there are, besides
Spanish coinage of the time of the Cath
olic kings, numerous coins with the
head of Charles VIII. of France and
the various Italian States Of the time.
Since the discovery was made the div.
ing and saving operations are carried
on with great energy, as it is hoped to
meet with valuable finds from an expe-
dition that was particularly rich in plum.
/ der.-Iron.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15

made bold ter walk from church with
her one Sunday, an without much OF a
parliamentary I asked her ter be my
wife. She gave me unconditional con-
sent, an the old folks were pleased, so
we lived through that summer in
rapterous state, described as loves
young dream. All the while Sol Peoples
never showed any disquietude,
often met him at Mr.. Jones'
Autumn had come, with j
freshin' days, an Clio an / SO
married, an not a cloud appe
darken our happiness The n
set and every thing we're in re
Our friends had been busy for
p<stin' the little log cabin w
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15

We have Glanced upon decisive and
critical hour of history. Shall not every
one of us be aroused to help the little
band who like the Three Hundred at
Thermopyl@. are struggling to keep the
pass? Another Marathon is before us,
a struggle as decisive, If bloodless, .
strong combat for the safety of our coun-
Try and the sanctityof our homes.-Mrs.
Martha Sewail Curtis
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-05-15

Mr.. Spurgeon. addressing the read
srs Of his latest book of sermons. con-
sludes by signing himself: Yours, at
the end Of thirty-five volumes, most
gratefully, c. II. Spurgeop."