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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
BRIDE-STEALERS KILLED.
Lochinvars in Greenland Must Be Clever
to Escape with Life.


In Greenland people seldom live above
sixty years. They have but one sick
ness, and that is such as in this coun-
try is called consumption. They are
sick about four years. AS soon as they
are taken i'll they are placed in house
by themselves and all that is done for
them is to throw them piece of blub-
ber as they would to dog. If sick
people get well they are smart; If they
die they are no good, and they are
thrown into hole in the snow, together
with their furs and spears. Fires are
lighted with a flint, and man who owns
flint is wealthy, and he guards it as
carefully as man in this country would
lump of gold.
The domestic life of the people is
very simple, and yet subject to very rigid
regulations. When wife is wanted
from among the maidens the enamored
young man watches his opportunity,
and while the parents are away or not
observing he steals her and takes her to
another house. If caught in the act he
Is killed by the parents OF tne girl. ii
they are dead his own parents do the
deed, as they consider that man who
is not smart enough to steal girl for
his wife is not smart enough to kill a
bear, and therefore should not be al
lowed to live. A man must live with
his wife for life.
A pure-blood Esquimau lady is of very
quaint and curious appearance, especial,
ly from an American standpoint. She
is usually about three feet four inches
in height, and as she weighs on the
average 100 pounds, it can well be i'm
agined that she is pretty stout In an
Esquimau's eyes she is probably hand
some, buS not so in an American sense.
Her face is peculiar and almost impos'
sible to portray Her hair is black, but
in America changes to golden. Her eyes
are large and full of animation. Hel
usual attitude is with her chubby hands
folded in front of her, her short, curved
arms resting close against her person.
Her movements are easy and quite
graceful and her voice low but clear
and distinct IN. Y. Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
HUMOROUS.

Alpine guide, who has tied himself
to two tourists-"Now. gentlemen, if
either of you slips, speak quick, so that
can cut the rope at oncew-Fliegende
Blatter.
-"Mercy, Sidney! what makes you look
so serious?' Pm writing some verses
on spring" BLANK verse, or rhyme?'
"Blank, so far. I've only got one line"
-Harpers Bazaar.
--Pater-"On your prospects will de-
pend my acceptance of you as son-in-
Jaw" Would-be Son-in-Law = "H m.
Well, my prospects depend entirely on
your acceptance of me as your son-in-
law."-Life.
We'll rate -Father-"Clara,I i think
the Count will propose tonight" Clara
excited )-"What makes you think so,
papa?" Father-'I discovered him in
the hotel to-day looking me up in Brad
streets. "-Kearney Enterprise.
Young ladies-would you guess it'-are like
arrows, don't you know,
They can not pierce a single heart until they
get beau;
And like the arrows, which without bow can
nothing do,
Young ladies, TIL they get beau, are in a
quiVor, too.
Oakland (Cal) Echoes.
-Mother-"Willie, where are the
dried pears that we're in the pantry%
Willie-''All gone, mamma" Mother
81 know that, you naughty child. Did
you eat them?" Willie (boldly)-."H
could when it says on the box 'Evap-
grated Fruit Guess they just 'vap-
Grated fore l could get 'em."-Pitts-
burgh Dispatch.
-"How did you succeed in farming,
Plowdeepe? Make fortune?" "Nawl
Lost two thousand the first year, and
then abandoned the business and re-
turned to the CITY," what are you do.
ing now?" Editing an agricultural
journal which has for its motto: How
to make money on the farm Demo
rest.
-"Have you seen NJ. Millack's famous
painting, The Angleworms,' now on
exhibition" said the boy to the fish.
"Come ashore and we'll have look a.
it. "Naw," said the fish, "and / think
it has been over-rated, You mistake my
identity, I'm not a sucker. The fitful
fretful simmer on the waters surface
probably distorts your view of me. Cal
again in June" "Pll drop you line,
said the boy.-Merchan Traveller.
Miss Brainy (of BOSTON, q wan
to have you send home a suit of clothes
for my little brother Willie. He il
eleven years of age" Salesman-"Yes
madam. Should you say-er, that h,
was large or small for his age?" Mis-
Brainy-'Well, I don't know that Willie
has any superhuity of adipose tissue al
compared with other boys of his age
but he is usually in the habit Of arriving
at his destination with both pedal ex
tremities firmly placed on this mundan,
! sphere."
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Max O'Rell was recently invited to
write an article for the North American
Review on the subject of Comic Jour
nalism in America" THAT means all
your journals" he replied, ''for they are
all comic"
Gladstone has published one hun
dred and ninety-nine books and pamph-
lets. This does not include his maga-
zine articles or any of his speeches.
He has all his life been assimilating
knowledge and giving out ideas.
-Stepniak, the exiled Russian Mill
ist, lives quietly in London with his
gifted wife, and the two spend much
time in the British Museum, ransack-
ing books and making many notes.
Stepniak is an industrious writer, and
is rarely seen at the clubs or in So
clety, although he has host of friends.
Bret Harte is as dainty and fastidi-
Gus in all his ways as he is in his writ
ings. 1t is related of him that once
while visiting friends with his family
he was late at breakfast one morning,
and Mrs. Harte explained his tardiness
by saying that she left him "trying to
match a cravat with the stockings he
had decided to wear for the day"
Queen Victoria has written two
books which have never been published.
They are volumes of travel, and recount
her impressions of various places on
the continent. She has been so an
noyed at the criticisms of her published
works that she has refused to have
these manuscripts put into print. They
will be published after her death.
The Peking Gazette appears in two
editions, one written and one printed
daily, with exception of festival days.
The written edition appears on the day
Of the date the paper bears. The printed
edition, which has to be cut in wood, an
operation which takes a considerable
time, appears some weeks later. Only
the most important news is given in tho
written edition; the other publishes it
quite fully.
Browning was at dinner at the
house of friend when he saw the phon-
ograph for the first time. He was
greatly interested in it, and started to
repeat to it 1.-The Ride from Ghent to
AK" When half through he stopped
suddenly and exclaimed: "Pve forgot
ten the restw The phonograph dutiful-
ly repeated all he had said, including
the exclamation at the end, and the
film upon which the poets language
was impressed is now preserved as a
precious relic.
Thomas Nelson Page, in paper read
before the Nineteenth Century Club re-
Gently, said that in the South, poetry,
in many respects, had not kept pace
with prose. Dialect had undoubtedly
been used by Southern writers to ex-
cess, but there was much to be said in
its defense, and in defense of those who
used it. On the whole, the South pre-
sented field for literature such as
could not be found elsewhere, and the
conditions for literature existed there
as they did not in any other section OF
country.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
SAVANNAH TENNESSEE THURSDAY

ways been noted for their ferceness,
their intrepid bravery and their love Of
war. They have always been the best
riders among all the Indian tribes, and
have always demanded a chief who
would lead out these savage character
istics in them.
"The ways of Providence are myste-
rious and past finding out" In the
light of what has been accomplished,
and what will yet be done through
Quanah Parker, Cynthia Ann Parker's
capture was not altogether an evil
VIM. A. Bowen, in N. Y Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
Testing HIS Affections.

Hostetter McGinnis = Miss Esmer-
elda, if you only knew how much l love
you. There is no sacrifice I'd not be
willing to make for your sake.
Esmerelda-Is that so? Are you real
ly in earnests
Il ana, indeed Try mer'
Then marry my oldest sister, so it
viii be my turn aext"-Texas Siftings
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24
In WOMAN'S BEHALF.
A NEW WORLD.

A song, for the mists are breakingl
A songof the golden day!
The night has been long and dreary,
And the twilight cold and gray.
But far DER the waters
The beams OF the dawning shine.
And inlets and shore awaken
And glow in the light divine.
A song for the Congress OF Nationsi
An anthem Of woman's faith
Braver than heroes OF story,
Stronger than life, or death,
No more, o Queen-mother, thy jewels
Shall for sacrifice only be met,
We bring thee thy guerdon OF glory,
And new world we lay at thy feet.
Alice M. Guernsey, in Woman's Journal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-04-24

According to Sir Edward Arnold,
Edgar A. Poe and Joaquin Miller are
the two American poets who are sure to
live forever.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21

than buchanan has all The conditions
mills and
rolling mills and mill
I'm tlocato in tho South.
The facilities arcun passed.
Il lines railroads
of tho
Ohio and
the
brick
turing site
nboths
Nisdc of
of success
::: 6: :; c.. ::-..., Virginia
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
REMEMBER THIS.

Property i'll Glasgow is now
cheaper than i'll any town in
the Southwest, and she has i'll
dustries already in course of
construction which will bring
a population Of 900 persons.
nov13, 1G,21,22
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21
NO PLACE in the South offers

superior advantages to those
seeking Manufacturing Sites
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1890-11-21

Mines the richest
The No furnace of the New Company now in
operation.
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05
- ,, 1D,D1rNr TrEsDAy ATGIST IS9O-TWELNE PAGES

LEGISLATION do these black voters want Nch'
on effort has been induStrOUSly made TO CON
,incc our lawmakers az Washington thar thcy
aid not look with favor upon the Lodge Dill
But the dispatch which we published rcceh'l!
etrectually disposed of that small game a
number uf the leading cOlorcd men OF the
south are now at Washington they nave or
c9nizcd the southern states COlorcd Repub-
liean Association. in which every state IN the
south is represented. and they have appointed
\ committee to prepare an address to the Sen
ate. urging the prompt passage OF the LOdgo
bill
Ex-Congrogsman Mcnard, in recent con-
versation with representative Of THE IRlB-
tNE. remarked that /" i'll nearly every speech
made by Southern white men sOlt OF ancient
and divine right t. rule is assumed. This is
based wholly on the alleged uiitncsS OF the
negro to discharge the duties of citizenship
q question which has been legally settled by
the Fourteenth and Fifteenth amendments.
The point at issue is not one of mental fitness,
but whether or not. being invested with the
lctal right 10 vote, the negro shall fully enjoy
and freely exercise that privilege" We com
mend these remarks tD Colonel NatterSoil.
Would he favor an educational qualification? ?
And if 50. wcuId he make It general, so as to
bear equally upon all the voters of the country ?
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05
PERSONAL.

II IS said that the lion. hannibal ITamn docs more
fishing aud catches fewer Ash than any other man IN
Maino.
The Hon. 0. Mowat, Of Toronto Canada, is with
HIS family at Lisbon, y. II.
Much impat.ence Is expressed at the delay In com
pletng the memorial 10 Randolph Caldcc0tt IN st
Paus Cathedral London.
General 4. +. spinner cyTrcasurcr Of the United
states, IS steadily sinking lie is now almost ell
tIcly blind.
Mr. and Mr,. STANLEY have solid silver dinner
service consisting Of 3G table forks. "a table spoons
"A dessert spoons. 2l dessert forks, - teaspoons
soup ladle gravy spoons, sauce ladies' 10 dessert
knives. Is dessert spoons l. dessert forks, Is Ice
spoons helping spoons. pair grape Scissors par
sugar t,ncs, 4 dessert dishes, cpcrgne, entrce
boat. These desirable articles are pcseLIcU oN tIo
Emln Pacha Relief Committee 70 " Henry NJ. o'aheY,
ON mis- wedding day, Juy u, 1900, In conIne'uolt0n
If Guty noby done and Sieat enterprise sPeuuulS
achieved in Darkest Africa
There +, great regret at Eoston It the Hon. Mecn
Chambcylaius retirement from the infringement OF inc
BOSTON Publc Library, which he has hcld ior twelve
yts,ls III health Is the cause oil MS Tsghatoh'
Report has Il that General Lord Wolscley was offered
hut r,;,<cd the appointment Of "Gold stick" As a
p1or man he did rot feel justified in accepting a
po-t!on which would have entaied considerable ont
lcy from MS private purse II not until his Lord
.p', refusal nad been received that LOd lloWcS name
submitted.
The Hon. f. j. Phelps. formerly Minister to England
talc, much interest In baseball
Eady Wildc's name has been placed on the civil
ncreiuu
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05

them are presumably cuiltlcsS OF serious oi-
fence: yet they are all subjected 70 lndccch'
questioning from men. which rohS th"m oI WIN
little self-respect they retain and haS'ehS 'h'lf
downward progress in careers o! vice. Every
humane consideration points 10 the neceS'l'!
OF having a matron in the sfailon-hou>e VINO
ran receive women when brought IN, iHtcif0-
cate them, attend to their wants and search
thcm whenever this process is necessary. J Nc
right kind OF woman in such position could
do much to intiucrce for good even hardened
roundcrs. and certainty she could protect IN
noccnt women and those arrested for the ilrSt
time from insult and degrading examination.
We understand that the Police Commission
rrs are not prepared - attempt the general
applcation Of the law passed by The Legs
atrrc. What they are willing to do Is to adopt
the system tentatively, designating two sta
tion-houseS in the lower part Of the city where
women may be detained under the supervision
of matrons. and probably excluding male prison
o,,s otocethcr. These StatiOn-hOuscS would be
selected 50 as TO make il practicable 70 take
women 70 them from large area OF the town :;
and an effort would be made 10 tcSt the prac-
tjcaI vaine of the reform before extending Il
70 all the police centres. While THIS would
be most inadequate method Of executing the
law. it would be gain to have even two
station-houscS set apart for women and prop
erly administered: and if the reform be once
fairly introduced lis extension Uouid only be
n question of time. At Police Headquarters
there is already "a matron. and exemption from
a(1rrnt and indecent questioning Is secured IN
all important and upusual cases OF arrest.
The fact that vile and Incorporate classes OF
women frequent the S;ation-hoUscs ought not
to cyclndc them from the same safeguards
against degradation Ii is humane law which
ought to be Immediately enforced and prac-
tically tested.
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05
NATRONS N STITION- HOUSES.

The Legislature passed law two years ago
providing for the employment OF matronS IN
the police stations Of this town Ordinarily no
time would have been lost by the Police Com
missioners in availing themselves Of an Oppor
tunty for increasing the enormous patronage
of their office but nothing has been done in
this instance. They have declined, Ostcnsibly
from motives OF economy and r(tronchmcnt, tn
carry ont the projected reform We apprehend
that no objections would have been offered if
they had been armed with authority II strength
en- the clerical force or the rank and ic; but
inasmuCh as this new class Of patronage was
net of any political value they found il con-
vcnicnt to block the reform by asserting that
the expenses Of the Department were already
too high: and that it would be impossible to
induce the Board Of App0Uionmcnt 70 con
slider any increase in the salary list. The
Charity Organization Society and influential
advocates OF the reform have successfully eX-
erted themselves to overcome This official rc
sistancs, and il is now understood that the
matter will be taken up and discussed at a
meeting OF the Police Commissioners this week
They certainly have been very deliberate in
carrying the statute into execution.
This * matter Which IN the interests Of
public decency ought not TO be further de-
ayed. A large number of women are taken
every night TO the houses, where they
are questioned by officials and not inircquenty
their clothing is searched by men. Could any
thing be moro degrading than to subject even
the criminal classes Of women Systematically
10 such IN inquiSition. II is bad enough when
dcpravcd. drunken and abandoned women are
confronted with men and forced to answer
questions and to state their cases and personal
wants; but how cruel and beartlcSS the process
becomes when women are arrested for the first
time or merely on suspicion, Nineteen out of
twenty women taken TO the station nhouses are
discharged without punishment, and many of
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05
CoLORED MEH F0R THE LODGE B1LH.

COLORED MEH FOR THE LODGE BrLL
II repeat | affirm" Henry WatterS0n lately
remarked in THE Louisville COurie,-Journal.'
that there is not the least disposition any
whore among the whites OF the South to inter
fer. with the suffrage Of any black man who
Knows what vote is, and what it means, and
is capable of casting il for hImSciI.' H. WI
be observed that Colonel WatcrSOn takes
GOOD care not to assert that his brethren at
the South allow all the black mcn Of
that section who arc voters under the Con-
stltution of the United States to exercise the
right Of Suffrage without interference. lie
makes a yoyy different Statcment. one that is
carefully guarded. The southern Hourbons
according TO the Colonel. ar good enough not
10 bulldOzc the black man who kEoWs what a
vG.o Is. and what il means. and Is capable of
casting it for himself. IN other words. these
"whitcS Of the South" in defiance OF the Con-
siitutiOn Of The tinted states. practically im-
pose an educational qualification upon coorcd
Southern voters The organic law imposes no
such qualification. The Fifteenth Amendment
simply provides that " the right OF citizens of
tho United states to vote shall not be denied
or abridged by the United States, or by any
State on account OF race, color, or previous
condition of scryitudc.
II is manifest therefore, that Cosuci Wat
torSon is 10 hc regarded aS having made an
admission which goc> - shoWehc necessity Of
seine additional legislation Tor thc protection ot
the hlac. voters of the South. The whites Of
the South for whom he speaks are evidently
st''l laboring under the impression that ours is
,N-it -, l.. ugt bot
sort of Government. 1t is a Government OF
the people, without regard to race, colcr, or
previous condition OF scryitude. What kind Of
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05

Brief sketches arc furnished III an Albany
letter this morning of a large number OF the
members Of the judiciary Revision Commits
sion. which, as heretofore announced, Will re-
sunc its Iabols at Albany to-day. The letter
also contains the report OF the Committee on
the Court OF Appeals. This committee has
found it impracticable to formulate It's con-
cu>ionS until decisions have been reached
relative to the lower courts, but hopes that the
couRe Of litigation may be 80 arranged aS great
lv to diminish The number OF appeals to Inc
court OF highest jurisdiction. The majority OF
the committee are in favor OF continuing
Court of Appeals of seven members. III con-
nection with the report an exhaustive account
Of the work of this court is furnished by ITS
clerk This information will prove o. much
value to the members of the commission III
dealing with this important branch OF their
~,
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05

How times change, 20 br sure Albany and
Troy used 10 lntc each other with hatred so
steady and y,triolic that in comparison thr eur
rent relations oi ST. Panl and Minneapolis seem
positively aNcctiunate, GOt 10 say romaniicol'N
tcndc. But how is it now Why, now the
Albanian and the Trojan have become such fond
friends that there is II talk OF uniting the Two
cites with The seat Of Government at-but the
"details have not yrt been arranged. II IS greatly
tp be regretted that dsagreeaulc persons in Co
hors and Hudson ard other small bargs In the
ncjqlborhood are betting that if either Albany
or Troy ever attempts 20 swallow the othrr, the
massacre which will cnsuc Will be SIMPLY Nici;rn-
Ing. We trust That no slcers Oi this sort VIII!
delay the cOnsgmmati)n Of the union.
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05
TWELVE PAGES.
T8E yTUS THIS MORNING.

Foreign-Fmperor William arrived IN Engia'u
and is the guest Of the Queen at Osborne On TIC
Isle of Wight - The Medical Congress pegah
it's sessions in Berln - Five hundred dca'Ns
day from cholera occur at Mecca. - MI
Edmund Yates comments upon the news IN Lon
don. - The Trans-Caspian Railway is unable
10 handle the business due to the development OF
the cotton trade in Turkestan.
Congress.-Both branches in session. - lie
Senate The Tariff bin was discussed and some
progress was made on the text OF the bilI. -
The House: The General Deficiency Appropriation
bill was presented; Mcssrs. Rogers, Of Arkansas,
and Breckenridge of Kentucky, attacked 1hc
Speake~. who was defended by MessrS. Hencer-
son. of Iowa; Boutellc of Maine. and others.
Domestic-The New-lorll yachts reached Vine
ward Haven - Elections were held III Ala
hama and Kentucky. - In south Carolina
County Democratic Conventions the Tilman f@'-
,ion was genera liz successful - The witnesses
of the execution OF Kcmmler, the murderer, nave
been notified 10 be at Auburn Prison at ciocA
tbs evening.
City and Suburban.-An effort has been made
to form shameful deal between Tammany Han
and the Reform Club. - The fifth aanuel con-
vention of the American Philaielic Association
was begun - The Committee on MuAclpaI
Elections of the Republican Club issued an adj
dress 10 voters recommending a straight party
ticket next fall. - The ceremony OF making
the Pensacola the flagship Of Acting Rear-Admrai
William p McCann, Of tho South Atlantic squad
ron, took place at the Navy Yard. - YAM
attempts were made by the Building Mater'ai
Dealers Exchange to settle the trouble IN the
brick trade. - The funeral of George l.. Schuy
Ter was held at All Souls Unitarian Church. -
Stocks slightly more active. but lower under the
49, ch., ho OSfPDSltJr
reason was uncertainty about the crops and the
money market.
The Weathcr-Forccest for to-day: SLIGHTLY
warmer and fair, followed by cooler and perhaps
showers Temperature yesterday: Highest, 50
degrees lowest, "A: average, 80 1-S.
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05
4musemeuIs.

RROADwAY NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. in tho Air
slJoU THTATRE-sl5-Thc Canuck
CASINo-slj- The Brazilian.
rprN MUsEE-wax Tableaus.
ROSTER a BtALS-s-Carmenci8
MADISON SQUARE GARDEN AMPHITHEAThE-
S-Stransr Concert.
NANUATTAS BEACH-Sirgc Of Vera Cruz
PAIMER'S TBEArRE-S-Thc rcd ltus'aT
STAR TREATRE-S S-Tho Balloon aud woman OF 'no
World
TERRACE GARDEN. 3-Thc Bat
New-York tribune., 1890-08-05

many, and their plan has been welcomed with
eagerness. As quid pro quo. OF course, the
Reformcrs agree 10 support the rest of the
Tammany ticket. Was there ever more
shameful political bargain? Whether the club
as body will indorsc it remains to be seen.