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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


The public executioner in England,
James Berry has written book en-
titled ''Men and Woman / Have Exc
cuted."
-Mudie's great library in London
has put into circulation since its toun-
dation nearly four million books. An
annual ticket costs a guinea, and for
this sum diligent reader can peruse
books that it would cost him about ST.
900 to buy.
"A leading New York publisher en-
ploys at a large salary a young lady
who is useful to him alone on account
OF her memory. She has read almost
every thing in the whole range of fic-
tion, and can detect at once borrowed
plots and expressions
Prof. Huxley's autograph is offered
for sale attached to q letter containing
the following passage: 81 look upon au-
tograph hunters as progeny of Cain,
and treat their letters accordingly.
Heaven forgive you if you are only an
unusually ingenious specimen of the
same race"
DR.. Holmes gives good hint to the
budding authors who shower their
volumes upon him when he speaks of the
Paris omnibuses which carry the sign
"complet," prefacing this with the re-
mark that after certain period in life
it is always with an effort that we ad-
NIT new author into the inner circle
OF our intimacies.
Young Roland Bonaparte, at tn cage
of twenty-five, was enabled by reason of
his princely title to marry young Miss
Blanc, the daughter of the Monte Carlo
banker, who died soon after her mar
riage, leaving to her young husband one
of the largest fortunes in France. He
devotes himself to scientific pursuits
writes books and gives lectures on the
various parts of the world which he has
visited.
Violet ink, once regarded as par
donable feminine vanity, has come to
be the favorite of all writing fluids. 1t
has the advantage over black in that Al
flows more easily and is softer to the
eyes, consideration of the utmost i'm
portance to those who do great deal of
writing. For this reason it has been
called the authors ink and among those
whose manuscripts are written in violet
are Mrs. Humphrey Ward, Catherine
Hillard, Margaret Deland, Mrs. NJ b.
Field, Emily Faithful and Edith Ses-
sins Tupper.
Few persons are aware that Mr..
Gladstone's father spelled his name
Gladstones until February 10, 1885,
when by royal letters patent permission
was given him to drop the final S. In
speaking of the library of Mr. Gladstone
at Hawarden the other day the Pail
Mall Gazette said: "Mr. Gladstone is
not only himself selecting all the books
and arranging them on the shelves with
his own hands, but in each case he is
marking those passages which seem to
him most important and which havo
had most influence on his own mind and
life. The library will thus be an actual
collection of books that have Influenced
him."
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
One Dollar Per Year.
TIME WILL TELL.
Tho Coming Triumph of Woman suffrag-
lists.


know, as every man knows, says
George William Curtis, many woman
Of the noblest character, of the highest
intelligence, of the purest purpose, the
owner of property, the mother of chill
dren, devoted to her family and to all
her duties, and for that reason profound
ly interested in public affairs. And
when this woman says to me; "You are
one of the governing class. Your Gov
ernment is founded upon tho principle
Lpf expressed consent of all, as the best
security of all. l have as much stake in
1t as you, perhaps more than you, be-
cause | am a parent, and wish, moro
than many of my neighbors, to express
my opinion and assert my influence by
ballot l am better Judge than you or
any man can be of my own responsible.
tiles and powers | am willing to bear
my equal share of every burden of the
Government, in such manner as we shall
all equally decide to be best BY what
right, then, except that Of mere force
do you deny me voice in the laws
which | am forced to obeyW What
shall l say? What can l say? Shall
tell her she is ''owned" by some living
man, or is some dead mans ''relict," as
the old phrase was? Shall | tell her
that she ought to be ashamed of herself
for wishing to be unsexed; that God has
given her the nursery, the ballroom,
the opera; and that if these fail, He has
graciously provided the kitchen, the
wash-tub and the needle? Or shall l
tell her that she is lutte, moonbeam,
rosebud and touch my guitar and
weave flowers in her hair?
We can be patient. Our fathers won
their independence of England by the
logic of English ideas. We will persuade
America by the eloquence of American
principles. In one of the fierce Western
battles among the mountains, General
Thomas was watching body of his
troops painfully pushing their way up
a steep hill against a whitening fire.
Victory seemed impossible, and the GEN
eral-even he, a rock of valor and of pa
triotism-e exclaimed, "They can't do it!
They'll never reach the topw His chief
of staff, watching the struggle with
equal earnestness, placed his hand on
his commanders arm, and said, softly:
thine, time, General; give them time;'
and presently the moist eyes of the
brave leader saw his soldiers victorious
upon the summit. They we're Ameri-
can soldiers-so are we. They we're
fighting an American battle-so are we.
They were climbing precipice-so are
we. The great heart of their General
gave them time, and they conquered.
The great heart of our country will give
us time, and we shall triumph.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.
The Methodists build two houses Of

The Methodists build two houses Of
worship every day in the year.
The Wesleyans have fifty-one
chapels and other preaching places in
Italy, and eighteen in Spain and Portu-
gal.
"A dozen colleges and seminaries are
now raising money toward supporting
one of their own students as foreign
missionary.
Mccormick Theological Seminary
Presbyterian), Chicago, sends seven of
its thirty-nine graduates to the mission
field.
In New Haven, Conn, some of the
churches are debating the propriety of
setting aside the Interna tional Sunday
school Lessons and adopting Prof Har-
per's inductive plan.
Rev. Albert Gallatin Morton, of
Amesbury, Mass, is still preaching in
pulpit that he has regularly filled
since 1925, without, in single instance,
writing out sermon.
The incumbent of st. Stoph ems
Launceston, England, is chosen by pop
ular suffrage. Every rate-payer under
$50 has one vote, another being con-
ferred for every additional 925 of rata
BILE value, up to maximum of six
votes.
Newton Case, to whom Hartford
Theological Seminary is indebted for
its valuable library of 45, coo volumes,
has announced his intention to erect at
once a flre-proof building adequate for
the present needs and large growth Of
the library.
in the cornerstone of Protestant
Episcopal Church, whose erection was
begun recently in Brooklyn, there was
placed a photographic cylinder incased
in tin, upon which member had spok-
en-, in the name of the congregation, a
message to those who shall at some fut-
ure time uncover the stone.
The Cohansey Baptist Church, at
Roadstorm, near Bridgton, N. j., has
just celebrated its two hundredth
anniversary. The first pastor of this
church was Rev. Thomas Killingsworth,
who was settled in 1690. The church is
the third in age in New Jersey and the
thirteenth in the United States.
The 5000 loyal Methodists of Cleve-
land, O., after two years of unremitting
effort, have raised $4,000, and have
paid all debts on the twenty NJ. e.
churches of that city; IS, 600 remain in
hand to apply on two new mission
,hapels. On June s these liberal peo-
pie held a Jubilee over the event.
Rev Francis J. Clay Moran has been
raised to the rank of Protestant Episco-
pal Archdeacon of Annapolis His
rights and privileges are larger than
those Of other archdeacon in this coun-
try. and are nearly equal to those of the
canons in the Church of England 1t
Is the first time that the rank has been
used in Maryland. 1t is now done in
order that Bishop Paret may more fully
carry out his plans of missionary work
among the colored people of the State
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
Dawes wife still lives-divorcod from

Dawes wife still lives-divorced from
Dave!
"One more reason may mention, and
this, alasl veritable one Once upon
time | was fortunate enough to win the
love and troth of one of natures noble
men; our marriage-day was set, and
while | was preparing my trousseda my
poor Will was sent to Lyons by his en-
ployers, to make large purchases of vel
vet. The steamer in which he sailed
caught fire in mid-ocean, but after some
hours all hands were rescued by pass
ing brig; this ship, too, was doomed; in
dense fog she encountered an iceberg
and again my poor Will, with the 9TH
ers, was in mortal danger; he was in an
open boat, drifting here and there, for
three days, and then she was sighted by
an Italian fruiter, bound for Naples.
The privations and exposures incident
to this perilous voyage were too much for
one poor creature, and after lapse Of
many anxious weeks one day received
a letter written in Italian, by kindly
priest who had attended my lcved one
in his last moments, 'ereticO" though he
was. An old letter of mine containing
my address, was found in one Of his
pockets; but for that might never have
learned his fate. He sleeps peacefully
in sunny Italy, and that is why am an
old maid"
Such was Helen's true story. The
yonng girl to whom she had entrusted
her M. S. had just finished copying it on
her typewriter, when a well-known
newspaper correspondent came to her
Office, bringing friend, and asked her
to take down some matter for him.
''Just take Mr.. Burtons story in short
hand" said he, 'and write it out after
wards. He has story, | can tell you,
and he's going to let me use it. Just
think, he started for Europe fifteen
years ago, to be gone about month;
first Of all, his steamer was burned to
the waters edge, and every body took
to the boats, but were soon picked up by
a Norwegian brig; she ran afoul of an
iceberg, and again he was out in boat;
this time he was hauled in by an En-
glish sailing vessel, which took him and
few others to Montevideo In the
hurry-skurry of leaving the brig, he and
another passenger exchanged coats and
trousers, and Mr. Burton found himself
in Brazil with no money and no letters
of his own. He had just heard that the
poor fellow who got his clothes died in
Italy, and is buried under his name.
However, to go back to himself; he
happened to see some American papers
soon after his arrival in Montevideo,
one of which mentioned the death of a
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
A Medical Mans Explanation.

Two men graduated from a WE'LL
known medical school, and both went
into practice in New York. One was a
bright fellow and hard worker and a
modest man, the other man of showy
parts and not given to overwork. The
latter soon secured handsome prac-
tice. The other got little practice, and,
when making call upon his classmate,
remarked: ''How is it. j., that you, who
never worked in school, who often came
to me for assistance over knotty mat
ters, which l rendered land ]. admit
ted all as stated, have large practice,
while am not yet earning a living9"
Come to the window and l will explain
to you the whole case. OF every hun
dred persons you see passing up street
eighty at least are fools. | an doctor
ing the eighty, while you are attending
to the twenty wise men. .'--Brunswiek
iMe) Telegraph.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
HUMOROUS.
when your wife writes a letter all kisses
and honey,
Look out for the postscript: "Tm all out OF
money r'


Pittsburgh Bulletin.
Indignant Guest-"Waiter, l have
drank five glasses of water waiting for
that beefsteak. When am | going to
get it?" Waiter-"In about four glasses
more. "-Texas Siftings
-"Can you show me the grub that
makes the butter1y?" she inquired,
sweetly. "Buckwheat's the grub, but
'taint in season." answered the horid,
ignorant farmer. Baltimore News.
-Blinks-"You don't mean to say
you've found sure way to make money
at the races?" Jinks-"Sure as shoot
ing. never fail" Blinks-"My! myl
Do you buy tips?" Jinks-'No, | sell
them."-N. Y. Weekly.
Hitherto Patient Boarder-" -"Mrs.
Starvem, ! can stand having hash every
day in the week, but when on Sunday
you put raisins in it and cali it mince
pie, l draw the line. Harvard Lam
poon.
Casey lin grocery store)-"Give me
pound of tay." Grocor-Green tea or
black tea?" Casey-Grane tay, in
coorse. Do ye think I'd go back on me
colors, ye spalpane?"-Light.
Census Enumera tor-"Well, have
finished a big days work, and I'm
tired" His Wife-"Tm so sorry l can't
help you. Now sit down, dear, and tell
me all you found out about our neigh
bors,"-N. Y. Sun.
His Worship-"I must really make
an example of you-you como here so
often" Prisoner-"Don't be too ard
on me, guv'nor; you amt 'ad any trouble
with me for eighteen months. Why,
only come out this mornin'p'-Funny
Folks.
-Distracting. Customer - swell,
Shears, what did you think of the
Bishops sermon on Sunday? l saw you
in church." Barber-"Yes, sir, but to
tell the truth there was man sat in
front of me whose hair wanted cutting
so badly that 1 couldn't hear a word. "
The Jester.
-Nokes-''What is the real difference
between wit and humor?" Stokes-"rll
tell you. Wit consists of the funny
things written by men who are now
dead; humor consists of the funny
things written by men who are now liv-
ing. g."-America.
--Yabsley-"If ever l marry shall
marry woman of education" Wick
wire-"I used to talk that way myself
But in fact, never had a thought of
marrying the present Mrs. Wickwire
until one day got letter from her an
nouncing that her uncle had dide' and
left her $4,000 dolers' "-Terre Haute
Express.
Uncle Hiram-"This is a queer
world" Gothamite-"Whatm makes you
think SOP" Uncle Hiram-'Wal. a
painter feller came down to my place
last summer. and while he was loafin'
aroun' painted picter Of my yaller
dog. heard afterward that he sold ii
fer 500, SO l brought up the dog think
ing could git at least q cool thousan'
for him; but by goshl can't evsa give
him sway."-Munsey's Weekly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
In WOMAN'S BEHALF.
CONCERNING THE BALLOT.


"a voting woman Ali" said he,
"Thats something would hate to seel
A woman shy and sweet should be,
And rule at home all modesilee."
He softly stroked his ample knee,
"But women ought to vote" said she.
''The women, they are moved" said he,
by impulse, as you must agree,
They might be won by sophistree,
With arguments and subtletree,'
He poked with anxious pokes his knee,
"But women ought TO vote" said She
'"ro WELD the ballot calls, said no,
"For strength and integrtee,
And power to solve with certaintee,
The problems OF the centureel'
He spread his hands upon his knee,
"But women ought to voter said she.
This man candidate was he
A city officer to be;
Just then the door-bell jingled free
A sable son OF Afrikee
Had called the candidate TO see
What does you pay for votes" asked he.
The candidate uneasilee
With nervous hand carressed his knee
"Call round election day. said he,
"Wiih Patsy Mack and John Magee
Then held the door all graciouslee
With candidalish courtessee.
us that voter" queried she,
THAT he is strong, must agree;
But can he solve with certaintee
The problems of the centureey'
The orator no more spake he,
Bat madly pounded on his knee.
Mrs George Archibald, in Woman's Journa
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10

lady to whom he had been engaged, so
when a fine position was offered him in
Rio he had no reason for refusing it.
Now that he has amassed q fortune he
comes home to enjoy it-and is generous
enough to let me make use of his ex-
periences. You young ladies are usually
eager novel-readers, don't you think l
can make fine serial out of this?"
The girl had listened intently; as he
concluded she exclaimed:
"What a romance! Mr.. Burton, l
have some copy here which l think will
fit in with your history"
While speaking she handed to him
Helen Smiths M. s.; he had hardly
glanced at it when he cried:
''She says she is an old maidl Where
does this Miss Smith live?'
"She did not tell me; she is to call for
the M. S. at two o'clock"
"Ah, thank you; I'll meet her here. I"
"Why, of course, it was not who
died." the typewriter might have heard
Helen saying, about two o'clock, If she
had not been womanly and discreet
enough to rattle her Rem ington very
vigorously. Don't you remember, Will,
that my fathers youngest sister and 1
were the same age and both of us named
Mary Helen? 1t was she whose obituary
you saw"
"What fool was not to have made
some inquiriesw exclaimed Mr.. Burton,
wrathily. ''But, Mary dear, doesn't our
old engagement still hold good?"
'If you say So"
"f'" he repeated, laughing; then,
tearing Mary Helen Smiths story into
inch-long fragments, he said: This
thing which you had written out SO
carefully has fulfilled its mission; it
shall be consigned to the waste-basket!"
Which was just what the editor would
have said. had he ever seen the NJ. s.
But though he would never have given
Helen the ten dollars for her article, i
think we may rest assured that she con-
siders that it did win prize. Frances
E. Wadleigh, in Young Woman's Maga.
nina
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10

widowed mother, her widowed sister
and infant daughter, widowed aunt
and herself
women hardly sufficed to supply them
with the simplest necessities Of respect
able life, so it was their habit to scan
carefully the wanted" columns of the
daily press, and all the inducements
to agents. as set forth by weekly or
monthly journals.
AS yet neither of them had ''struck
pay gravel" One day Helen's eye was
caught by an announcement in a re-
spectable-loolhing weekly paper, that
1t would give prize of ten dollars to
the spinster who would send it the best
article explaining why she had not mar
ried.
Helen had never written for the press,
therefore she was not conversant with
the many artiflces resorted to by jour
nails to advertise themselves; when she
saw such prizes offered, she was foolish
enough to believe them sincere. At first
she smiled at the request, wondering
who would be willing to thus blazon
abroad her heart-history, but ten dol
lars would be so useful.
1--WE mind to try for the prize" she
suddenly said to herself. "My story is
truly strange one, ard as poor Will is
dead, and therefore the recital can not
annoy him, and as l am blessed (?) with
tho very common name of Mary Smith,
no one will be harmed if do come out
in print My family and friends, all but
poor Will, have always called mo by my
middle name, SO that Aunt Mary and l
should not be confounded, therefore
they'll not be apt to suspect that am
the writer"
Helen was a facile writer, but her
chirography was terror even TO print
ers, so she wisely determined to have
her manuscript copied on typewriter.
She wrote:
''My reasons for being an old maid
are diverse, To begin with, it is doubt
less Kismet. Aunt Eunice has said to
me ever since l left school: You are
too particular, Helep Smith You'll go
through the woods and then pick up
crooked stick at last Now what woman
wants, knowingly, to marry a crooked
stick? l don't, for one. Yet how many
such sticks have dropped in my pathl
There was Bert Wallace; l can never
forget how heartily his sister spoke one
evening, when, after repeating to me
various pleasant things he had said
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
VACATION.

I've been having little vacation. wife
Ana twas better than can tell:
Up at the farm, with the old home life
Ere we came to the city to dwell.
And Just as left 1t, was every thing there
ratner and mother and all
fair -' ''Nio' "oio a7
ana .he trees were just as tail.
ana iather was getting in hay, you know,
And he wanted me to load;
twas the clover and herds grass, SO heavy,
that grow
III the meadow across the road.
Ana those fractions old oxen were Just the
same,
Sharp-horned, with the brass button TIPS.
heiped fasten them on, the day they came.
rWas the year of the great eclipse.
When the long, long beautiful day was DER
ana The lowing cows came home,
MY mother stood there at the open door
ana she called to the children to come.
For supper was ready, so one and all
we tumbled and laughed with glee,
In our haste to answer the welcome call.
why wife-what's the matter with mcy'
ana the old wife bowed DER the old mans
head
ana smoothed down his scant, gray hair,
Ana her kiss and tear were one as she said
you've been having nap in your chair"
Youths Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
pOINGS OF WOMEN.

Mrs. LAURA NJ. JoHNs, president of
the Kansas E. S. A., has organized two
new local suffrage associations, at jet
more and Sterling.
Miss SUsANNAH NJ DUNKLEE, of New
ton, Mass, was the first woman to be-
come bank treasurer in the United
States. She has held the position for
Is years.
Mrs. NJ. o. MINER, who lately gradu-
ated in Philadelphia, will return to Hi
awatha, Kansas, and enter drug store
there. She will be the fifth lady phar-
macist in the State.
Miss MARY CoDDINGToN has left S40,-
600 to the City missions of New York, TO
build boys club house. A building in
the Bowery will be erected and fitted
up for that purpose.
MRs. CALLIE L. French, Cincinnati
woman. is licensed as pilot from
Vicksburg to New Orleans and the
Atchafalaya river and its tributaries,
being registered at New Orleans. Mrs.
French has acted as pilot on the Mis-
sissippi river for twelve years, under
the direction of her husband, Captain
A. b. French.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-07-10
THE CIDER WAS OFF.
a Very Fair Article, But Not Up to tn
Standard of Perfection.

a Very Fair Article, But Not Up to the
Standard of Perfection.
AS we sat around the stove the land
lord brought in gallon of cider with a
delicious twang to it, and treated all
hands. / thought it the incest ever
saw, but the man from Ohio smacked
his lips, shook his head and said
doesn't taste exactly right to me-"
"What" cried the landlord, do you
think it adulterated?"
''Tastes that way"
"It can't be. 1t was made by old Bill
Naylor, out here about two miles. Bill
is inclined to be tricky, and so l not
only paid him an extra price, but
watched the whole business of making
this barrel. III bet a hundred dollars
he didn't put in drop of water"
"Mebbe not, but it is off taste"
The landlord was nettled about it.
and he was Offering to make most any
sort of bet when old Bill happened to
come in.
Here, Bill, you are just the man
wanted to see!" exclaimed mine host.
Here's man who says your cider is
off,"
HAS he lost his palate?" asked the
old man.
Something wrong with that cider
something wrong" said the Buckeye
"Bill, didn't pay you extra for this
barrel?"
"You did"
Didn't see all the apples ground?"
"You did"
Didn't see the cheese made?"
"You did"
Didn't stand by while the cider run
into the barrel, and didn't bung it my
self?n
"You did"
Now then, Bill, here's s5 note. 1t
you did beat me in any way the note is
yours if you'll tell me, and I'll agree not
to feel hard about it"
Honest Injun?"
"Yes, honest Injun."
well, then, Tom, soaked the apples
in water over night" said the old cider
maker as he reached out for the bill.
Thought as muchr' ehuckled the
Buckeye. I've been in the cider busi-
ness myself for forty years, and know
we can't be straight to save our necks.
A very fair article, lsndlord-very fair,
but leetle of in the taste. IN. Y.
Sun.