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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21

had been trying TO scare the lau. had
never seen live panther, and neverex-
pected to see one, at least about here.
| thought so little about it that didn't
mention the matter to the Birgin people
l didn't want to alarm them for nothing,
and spoil their pleasant strolls iii the
woods, when they were doing Mrs.
Birgin so much good.
''The next morning | took my shot
gun and went over to the cabin. | only
looked to see that it was loaded and
supposed the load Of buckshot was in
the left barrel, as usual, as the boy had
never interfered with it before My
carelessness, for that's what it was,
came very near being disastrous.
'Mrs. Birgin was feeling stronger
than usual that morning, and we walked
a long way from the cabin. One of the
servants went with us and carried big
basket Of provisions, We camped for
lunch in pretty little ravine over
near Little river. After lunch Birgin
and myself crossed the little ravine and
left the women sitting on the bank,
Birgin had his revolver in his belt, as
usual, and began hammering on rock
looking for specimens, and sat look
ing on, with my gun over my knees.
suddenly heard stir in the under
brush on the other side of the ravine
turned my head, and you can imagine
hew | felt when | saw full-grown
male panther only a few feet back of
where the women sat. 1t had probably
been attracted by the smell of the pro-
visions and was making observations.
81 confess lost my head little, as
was not hunting for panthers But
then, did you ever happen to meet 9
full-grown panther in the woods? You
had touch of buck fever when you
were up here last fall and fired at your
first deer. A panther is a great big cat,
and when one is interfered with it is
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
The Discreet Woman.

A recent writer has summarized the
qualities of 1.-THE discreet woman" some
thing as follows: She can think as we'll
as speak; does not rely on her 'woman's
instinct" to teach her how to do every
thing, but is willing to be shown that
which she does not know and taught
that which will be useful to her; gener-
ally manages to have reverse force of
knowledge which is not persisteutly
displayed on every possible and impossi-
BILE occasion; does not tell lie, large or
small, if she can help it, but if one
seems q necessity she 'sticks to it,"
though heaven and earth combine
against her; she does not tell the why
and wherefore of every thing known
or supposed, even to her best friends;
does not display her power over any
man, or demand any thing as her right;
but knows her rights and how to get
them without friction or ill-will. To
this it may be added that she mingles
kindness with rebuke, gentleness with
firmness, consideration for others with
an earnest care for the special interests
of herself and her family, and in speak
ing of her neighbors dwells with more
satisfaction upon their good deeds than
on their shortcomings Good House
keeping.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21

apt to make things lively unless it il
disabled with the first shot Otherwise
it is better let alone.
my first thought was to give the
panther dose of buclSshot, and l took
quick aim and let go my left barrel
over the heads of the women. | knew
by the light recoil that something was
the matter, but cou Id not understand
it. sent the other charge instinctively
The panther was less than one hundred
feet away.
"You can imagine the effect of the
bird shot in the face of a robust anC
hungry panther. 1t simply maddened
him. The beast prepared to spring
upon the women, but could do nothing
with only an empty shotgun. At my
first shot Mrs. Birgin had turned an6
caught sight of the panther just above
her and fell in dead faint.
"The huge beast made the spring, bu'
went wide of his mark and rolled dowr
the bank to the bottom of the little
ravine. Birgln had been equal to the
emergency. He sprang up instantly
when ] shot and drawing his Colts re
volver sent thirty-eight caliber slug
into the panther's right eye. A second
slug caught him in the center of the
forehead just as he sprang clear of the
ground. He just grazed the form o.
Mrs, Birgin and was dead before he haG
rolled down to the bottom of the glen.
"Birgin hurried up the bank to at
tend to his wife, who soon recovered
and | went to look over the panther
Its face and neck were peppered with
the little bird shot, but the empty sock
ct and the hole between the eyes told
the story. While l was overhaulins
the panther Birgin came down anC
looked on. Now know what | hav,
been practicing all this time for wal
all he said. He told me afterward tina
he did not wal. to fairly get the sights
but his long practice made it impossible,
to miss his aim.
"Birgin and the girl helped Mrs
Birgin back to the cabin, half carrying
her most of the way. | skinned tn,
panther leaving on the head and claws
Birgin took the skin with him to Buf
falo when his wife's health was fully re
stored in the fall.
"For awhile the boys had good dea
to say about cunning for panther will
bird shot, but they won't soon forget tn
two shots with which Birgin brought
down the only panther ever killed il
these woods with pistol, "-Rocheste
| IN. Y Democrat
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
RECRUITING FOR HAREMS.
How the Girls Are Trained and Where
They Are Taken From.

They Are Taken From.
The Revue Britannique contains an
article descriptive of the training oil
girls for harems. Their education is
begun at very early age, children OF
from seven to ten years being usually
chosen for the purpose. The girls are
then sent to regular harem school,
where they are educated and taught
various accomplishments. Those in,
tended for the Sultan's harem are
taught music and French; if, however,
as they grow older, they are found to be
stupid or wanting in good locks, they
are sold as slaves to the lower nobility.
Girls from Persia and Afghan4stan are
in great demand, particularly from the
latter country. Circassians generally
supply the Turkish slave market, not
only with their own children, but with
girls who have been stolen in their in
fancy from Russia and the Roumanian
provinces of Hungary. The Gypsies, it
is stated, up to the present time entice
young children away from their homes
and travel with them to the market of
Top Home, where there is a constant
demand for good-looking girls Some
few years ago these thefts became so
common that the Hungarian Govern
ment instituted an inquiry into the
subject and since then the trade has
decreased, but it is still carried on
secretly to certain extent One of the
rules of the sultanic harem is that
when slave has reached the age of
twenty five and does not meet with the
approval of the Sultan she is immedi-
ately removed and married to one of
the court officials, whose taste is not
consulted, hut who acquiesces in the
inevitable with truly Oriental indiffer-
ence.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
One Dollar Per Year.

The courses are TO be systematic and
obligatory, to extend over three years.
to combine lectures with seminary work,
and to terminate in State examina'
ton with a diploma for those who
pass.
Another movement is the Realkurse
fur Frauen, recently inaugurated at Ber-
lin, which aims to give women advanced
instruction in mathematics, physics,
chemistry, political economy and Ger
man, the instruction being such as will
make women more independent in their
relations to modern life
Parallel with all this is the decision
of the Prussian Ministry in regard to
women teachers. In 1870, when men were
scarce, because the war needed so many
Of them, women were tried as teachers.
Now it is decreed that whenever fe'
male teachers place becomes vacant il
can not be filled by man, as was pro
posed by n provincial government but
must be filled by woman, This is an
entering wedge in the matter of higher
education, and every one is watching
eagerly for the outcome.
The whole position is better under
stood when one realizes that the girls OF
Germany enter school at seven or eight
years of age and are graduated at fifteen
or sixteen. ''The last years are devoted
to a furious examining process, and at
nineteen their education is merely
"reminiscences. The ambitious and tai.
ented young women are obliged to go
abroad to study, because they have nc
opportunity at home.
After all the longing eyes that able
and appreciative women have cast at the
opportunities for learning in Germany,
is it any wonder that movements like
that of the Weimar Association are
awaited with breathless interest? Ger.
many does things so well and thorough
ly that the imagination o'erleaps itself
in picturing the final results of Ger
many's awakening to her obligations to
women and to the State in this matter
Emma Atkinson Almy, in Woman's
journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
FEEDING A BIG SNAKE.
Vhe Appetizlng Meal of Rabbits That
BOa-ConstrictOr Delights In.

BOa-Constrictor Delights In.
Three eorpulent rabbits of Belgian
breed were Gagged in soap-box quietly
awaiting their fate. They were the
meal for which the snake was anxiously
awaiting. He had not tasted meat in
four months and his voracious nav
yawned like a bottomless pit for the I'M
fortunate trio in the soap-box. Mana
ger Bell appeared and drew forth one
of the rabbits. After stroking bunny
on the back for moment he opened
the door to the snakes den and thrust
him in. The huge bora had coiled him
self up in corner, but at once reused
himself for action. He was fully
twelve feet long, and having recently
shed his winter coat, his skin glistened
and shone like satin. He raised
his head a foot or so from the floor and
viewed the first course of his quadri-
annual meal. The rabbit showed no
signs of fear, but rather seemed to en-
Joy his new quarters. The snake slow
ly lowered his head and cautiously be-
gan to stretch himself along the side of
the den. He never once took his eyes
off the rabbit, which was still uncon-
scious of his danger. Suddenly the rab.
bit began to act strangely and to cut all
sorts of ridiculous capers. He would
leap back and forth over the snake, and
then rub up against it, and appeared to
be fascinated. Slowly and stealthily
the snake turned his head about until
it was within foot of the rabbits
launches Then, quick as a flash, he
! darted forward, seized the rabbit in his
mouth, and in another instant there was
nothing to be seen of the little ANNA
save the tips of his ears, which pro-
truded from between the folds of the
snake.
The huge serpent then raised his
head full two feet from the floor, darted
out his forked tongue and Kissed horri-
bly, at the motley group watching him.
If there was any struggle on the part Of
the rabbit it was not visible. The
snake had him in his awful coils. Then
the coils slowly, but with a strength
which was terrible to look at, began to
tighten until every bone in the poor
rabbits body must have been broken.
This done the coils relaxed, and the
limp, lifeless body of the sportive rab
bit of few moments before lay ready
to be swallowed. First the serpent
nosed his victim all over. The eye
balls of the dead rabbit were protruding
from their sockets, and by way of be-
ginning the boa licked them with his
tongue. Once more he coiled about his
victim, leaving its head and shoulders
free. Then he opened his monstrous
jaws and, taking "bunny's" head there
in, began to swallow. Soon the head
and shoulders were out of sight, and in
less than fifteen minutes the hind legs
followed. Chicago Inter-Ocean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
In W0MAN'S BEHALF.
BE JUST, AND. FEAR NOT.

80
Dtoau - 'no i,olu '""' We mus Plo"
I'm o. oe"lil SUI 'o' 'u''0" "oop'
MUST Work Win VIII ana cease 10 weep
rro,.o.s ana ,,o,,,,ons noro,h, avail
rho hor,,as, nil no tr,,,,aao ,,,ald
7, ,,.,.a,iar.s ,,,a,,, - a.,
NO work nave done w'lhih TINS heiu'
rr-o ,,ords =, ,rro ,,rocross,ro ,horrht
Ntnst sca,torod ho h,, yoico ana ,e9
~ ,,or,,ir,,o os s,ra no, oro,h,
"i'H'i VIC q"ioN0"0' Ai'N'' VI ''on
Tho vrong has LONG Withstand the RIGHT.
And deaf has been To losic's mower.
Bold prejudice and stubborn might
"o"'' P''e ''
For woman 10 the front hath come.
And stretches forth her empty hands:
Tho long oppressed. she claims her own
She asks for freedom and demands
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
Unconsciously Sarcastic.

Mr.. Cooley with strong musical fer
vor)-Perhaps you'd like to have me
give you rendering of my last ballad?
It's called: mo sleep comes to my fe-
vered brain"
His New Landlady-Mr. Cooley, if
you are aware that that is piano bed
stead, think you are very unkind to
make fun of it-Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
Miss Agnes Harris. seventeen yea,

Miss Agnes Harris, seventeen years
old, of Pittsburgh, swore out a warrant
against Harry Davis on a curious
charge. In her affidavit she states that
Davis caught her in his arms on the
street and rubbed her chin and cheeks
with his stubby, stiff beard. Her face
panied her for some days and then sores
were developed and physician had to
be called in. Davis promised TO pay
the doctors bill, out later refused to do
so Hence the present suit for assault
and battery.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21

Fond Mother-"Edward, how die
your clothes get so torn2 Have yor
been fighting againf" Eddie-''No
ma'sm, I've only been umpirin' game
between the Angels and the Root hos
or Dies. IN. Y. Ledger.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21


continued to improve, would take them
further and further into the woods, each
time in new direction. On these trips
/ always carried my double-barreled
muzzle-loading shotgun, and it's worth
three of any breech leaders | ever hand
led. In the left barrel | always had a
heavy charge of powder and buckshot,
and in the other barrel charge of fine
birdshot Deer were out of season, and
all we cared for was few birds for Mrs.
Birgin.
Zone afternoon my boy, who was then
a lad of fifteen, had been out with my
shotgun. He came home at night a
GOOD deal excited. He had met some
of the boys, and they had told him about
a panther that had been seen and heard
in the neighborhood. He talked so
much about the panther that he forgot
to tell me he had fired the charge of
buekshut and left both barrels loaded
with bird shot
Il didn't take any stock in the story
about the panther, and thought the boys
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
A slow Animal.

6oslin (applying the whip)-rd like
to pass that man ahead there, but I
don't think can do it with this horse.
Dolley-Ot course not That horse
couldn'tpass a resolution. West Shore.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-08-21
GOOD MARKSMANSHIP.
Saved His Wife's Life by a Quick
a. Pistol Shot.
He Was City Man, but He Knew How
to Use Revolver Pretty Well
Story Told by an Old AdIron-
dack Guide.

Els, WE have a
large variety of
people here in
the woods during
the year. Some
come to hunt and
fish, others to
look over t h Q
timber and ir on
lands, others in
pursuit OF health.
] h a We hardly
known a season
when we did not
have at least one
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-01-07
THEY LOVE SWEETS.
How Bread Is Made In Different Coun-
tries OF Asia.

How Bread La Made In Different Coun-
tries OF Asia.
The bread of different Asiatic nations
is worthy Of mention. In China, India,
Japan and Corea by no means all tho
people 1.-Two upon rico. In North China
much wheat is used, and Northern India
is one of tho best wheat-growing districts
of the world. The Chinese boil all their
bread instead of baking it, or if baked
at all it is Drowned after boiling. In
Egypt the bread of the lowest classes is
largely mado of sorghum seed, and in
North India and North China millet is
largely used. Both Chinese and Japan
ese are fond Of sweet cake, and in Japan
o:o Of the most popular cakes is almost
exactly like our sponge cake. 1t is said
to have been brought over from Holland
by the Dutch Christians when they camo
to Japan centuries ago, and you will now
find 1t all over the country. The Turks
are very fond of sweet cako, and tho
sweet-cake pedd1ers of Cairo and Con-
stantinople are the noisiest of their kind.
1t Is the samo with candy as it Is with
cake. Some of tho best candy have
ever eaten 1 bought of pig-tailed mer-
chant in tho Chinese city of Peking. Ho
had nut candy Of all kinds, and he told
me he imported some of his nuts from
Mongolia for his shop. Tho Smyrna fig
paste is noted the worlds over, and you
will find it in every confectioneg's store
in the country. Turkish nugat IS oae of
tho favorite dainties of tho harem, and
it tastes better when you eat it fresh at
Constantinople than when 1T is six
months old and is sold in America. At q
dinner which once attended in upper
Egypt we had a course of candy between
each one Of the other courses, and wo
had at least ten desserts during the meal.
Tho Turkish tooth is very sweet Cooth,
and with sweetened water sherbets,
candies and cakes he makes his thick
blood flow slower and slower.-F. G.
Carpenter, in Omaha Bee.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-01-07
ORIENTAL FOOTGEAR.
Chinese and Japanese Caro- Moro for Ease
Than for Stvle.

Chinese and Japanese Caro- Moro for Ease
Than for Style.
Modern footgear is certainly orna-
mental, but it can not strictly be said to
bo comfortable. For ages the popular
fallacy that small foot indicates good
blood and gentle breeding has caused
people to cramp and distort their feet
until the chiropodists flourish all over
the land.
Orientals, having no such notions, pay
moro attention to ease than style, and
consequently a chiropodist would starve
in India, China or Japan.
Tie Chinese shoe is light, and at the
same time stout and serviceable. 1t Is
warm in winter and cool in summer, and
has tho additional recommendation Of
being cheap; but it is not slightly to our
eyes.
In tho Japanese shoe tho hollow in
front of the heel is made for the sake Of
lightness, and suggests the origin of tho
heel made on most of our leather shoes.
The Japanese in their houses wear light
shoes or slippers, with woven soles with
out heels, or else 60 in their stocking
feet.
These stockings arc made with thick
soles, and are divided like mittens, there
being place for tho big toe and an
other compartment for the four lesser
toes. This bifurcation of the stocking
enables the wcarer to put on the shoe
described above and get good grip on
it with his toe..
Japanese peasants wear, also, a rudo
wooden shoe raised on stills, like the
Persian ceremonial shoe.
One OF the simplest forms Of shoes Is
that worn in Singapore and India. 1t ia
merely wooden cole, with raised heel
and toe, and q peg or post In front. The
shoe is adjusted with this peg between
tho big toe and it's neighbor and the
shoe is held on by o muscular effort OF
tho toes.--Golden Days.
Daily independent. [volume] (Elko, Nev.) 188?-1915, 1890-01-07
An unconac,oua Cntenam.

Brown always mako it G. rule to
conceal nothing from my wife; Itel her
every thing.
Jones-Ycs, and can't soy that I like
you for it.
Brown How SO? Why notT
Jonos-Why, your wifo tells every
thing you tell her to my wife, and my
wife just rakes me over the Goals for It.
--Hupeezis Weekly.
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Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1890-02-25
Ste FLORENCE NisbtingaIe BIT Sin
berpHege.

Bte WIorsnee WiebtinaaIe BIT Sin
berpHege.
6olsennes 1T elm Ius5us zines an ben
Deuti4en Steicrm WeHenser in @bams
bersbursb, Ba., 9ei4riebenen Sriefes:
Cine Us chlthdtertn.
Oeffnet bic Gbure fit ae unb Wira.
WinSlcw wiro bepeiien, baB le bic anne.
rifaniide 6lorentiner Nadtisau Der ain>
Der 1T. Dason Fnb mir 70 absr3eust,
bab mir unierer Sup" Iebren merben
3u iasen: s@efesnet iei Wrs. Winslcp"
neil lie oerielben bebilfid MGR, user bic
Yerioee bss 3abnens unb 'anbere 3es
iaperlidfeiten fit Sinber %binmes5utcm=
men. Olrs. Winslpw'S Soothing Sprup
ninlmt ben Sinbern bic Sdmer3en unb
tur,rt Dsientrie unb Diarrbce. Or
madt ben @uumen cart, befreit BON
Gnt3inouns uno brinst bas Sinh slidlid
iber Die Yerirbe bes 3abnens binfpss.
Gr thut 9eraoe oa8, mas ct ppr9iebt 3u
tbun, NGes uno nidt meniser. Wir ba<
ben einmul Wrs. Winelow seieben unb
fennen Ne nur ourh ibren Soptbiua
Ssrup fir Sinber. Wenn mir bic Wadt
bdtten. wirben mir le ais Seilanb fir
bic Sinber blnIteIen - mas fe aud in
ber Tbat 1T Der SHrup wirb in
allen Gpptbefen gu % Gents per Jlai9e
perfauft.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1890-02-25
1T bte sdptusfudt umbetlbar2

Man Ieie bas Na@febenbe: SER 6. s.
Morris in @eporf, arfanias, iast: sd lag
an qunsen . MbIee1en fdper barnieosr, unb
meme Greunbe uno Die Merate crtlarten mid
fit unbeilbar idpinbfi9tig. Da fling id on,
Or. Sings neueS sdpinbiudtsmitteI gu ae,
brauden. Sept babe i'd Die brittle Glaf@e uno
bin bereits int Stanbe, bic arbeiten auf meiner
Garm ipieber gu iiberpaden unb au beaufid-
tisen. &c lit Die bette Webiein, bic eS seben
tann!"
Seize Mioblepart in Decatur, Ohio, fdreibt
v@enn i'd nidt Or. Sings nsues Sdninb.
fudts.S eilmittel eebraudt bate, mare i'd fdon
LANCE meinem aunseuleiben erIesen. Die gcrate
batten mid bertits aufsessben. Sept bin id
bel beifem BobIiein."
8robefaiden frei in allen spotbetsn. @boIe.
fale BET 9reib, Sbcmpfon & So.
Freie Presse fuÌˆr Texas. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1865-1945, 1890-02-25

Sci es berorbnet bur6 ben
5tahtretb Der Stabt San Nntonio:
9ection l. Sierbur6 pirb Be-
itin,mt, oaB fit bas nit benz 1. Mdra
1889 b~eginueabe urb nit benz %. Sc
bruar 1890 enbenbe tdbtif9e 0erpaIz
tungsiaar cine 9opffeuer bon 81 bon
e1en mdnnli9en g%etppbnern ser 5tabt
siDiiden q uno 60 Sabren erboben
tDerben ion, bic miubeftens felt 6 Mo=
nateu Dor benz l. Mdr8 1889 in ber
Stabt getuobnt baben unb Die niGt
ausbrhdli6 burG bic 5taatsgeleBe ba.
bDn ausgenommen worben 1nb.
Section 2. Gerner iou fur all.
gen1eiae 3mede fir bas nit Dem %.
Gebruar 1890 enbenbe Jiscaliabr auf
ales 8runbz uuo perI6nli6e Gigentbum,
ianerbaIb ber @tabtgren3en, pel9es
ui6t ausbridliG bur6 bic 8erfaHung,
Die @taatsgeiebe unS bic tdotii6en Ser.
o%ronungen ausgenommen lit, eine adj
valorem.S teuer bon 80 Gents auf lie
500 Steuertpertb gelest uerben.
Section3 3. Gum 3wede Der
3ins3ablung auf bic bonoirte @9ul6
Der 9taot unb GUT W~alesung zines
Qmortlfationss Gonbs CUR i6liebli6en
Wb5ablung berfelben iOG cine Special
Steuer bon Is Gents auf ie 500 ales
in Section 2 erlpdbnten Gisentbumsz
lDsrtbes geiegt iperben.
5ection4 4. SH uebereiaHims
mung nit Der frliber ansenpmmenen
unb bur6 bic Ibiimmung bonn 8.
Wdr3 1882 gebi0igten Orbinau3 foll cine
SpeciaIfieuer bon 10 Gents cuff ie 800
aues Steuertpertbes eingeforbert unb
fiir bag 6iscaliabr 1889 gum 3mede Der
MISUNDERSTANDING her 6fegtliGen ftdbtis
i9en S6ulen erboben perten.
Mngenommen unb ge6iQigt ON II.
Jebruar 1890.
grpan @altagban
Ntteffirt: Mapor,
6. 9. @laubOa, Stabtz@lerf.