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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
Not Quite Alone.

AS he entered the car he saw at a
glance that there was one seat with a
young lady in it, and he marched straight
down the aisle, deposited his grip and
overcoat, sat down and Familiarity OBJ
served:
81 entirely forgot to ask your permis
sion."
That's of no consequence, she re-
piled.
Thanks. Travelling alone, eh?"
almost, but not quite. My husband
is in the smoker, my father and brother
are in the seat back of us, and the two
gentlemen across the aisle are my un,
cles. The conductor, who is cousin Of
mine, has just gone forward, but will
return soon, and will introduce you tc
my aunt if you will go back few
seats"
"Aw! Aw! | see!' gasped the man
and the floor of the car suddenly became
so red-hot that he picked up his baggage
and his feet and lit out for the next one
ahead.-N. Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
One Dollar Per Year,
DRUNK ON COFFEE.


The Experience of u Man Who Drank II
Very strong.
81 don't know what's the matter with
me, " said one man TO another in a North
Side street-car the other day. about
half an hour after eat my breakfast |
feel SO queer in my stomach, My appc-
tite is good and I'm all right for about
half an hour, and then hardly dare
cough
"H'm,' mused the other. "Do you
take your coffee pretty strong?'
"Swc. That's the only way it's fit to
drink taught my wife how to make
coffee, and it can bear up an egg when
it comes on the table. No weak coffee
in mine.
81 tell you what's the matter You're
just getting over coffee drunk, You
know how you feel when the liquor is
dying in you. Well, there you are
"Pshaw, A man can't get drunk on
coffee"
"O can't he? Well, I've been as
drunk as lord on it. One night am
other fellow and had lot of writing
to do, and it took all the wits we had
about us to do it, too, and we had to sit
up late, and to keep us awake we
brcwed pot of coffee, and made il rs
strong as aqua fortis; and may be
stronger, don't know. My land! how
the ideas came. In drovcs. No hunt
ing for words. They all came in and
gave themselves up. | noticed | was
getting pretty gassy, and we laughed
good deal. I'd been swilling away,
drank, may be, three or four cups,
when got up to get match for my
cigarette, and found | couldn't walk
straight My head was as sober
as Judge, but my legs were
drunker than fiddler. And then |
began to notice myself and found that
my hands and feet felt about as big as u
hickory-nut And then | discovered
that unless | hung onto my chair I'd hit
the ceiling. Twas just ready to float. |
let the coffee alone after that and in
about ten or fifteen minutes | was all
right again. But o! my stomach! |
felt as if | had been going to church
sociables and feeding on ice-cream and
cake for year
MAY be it was the cigarettes did IT,"
so! no. Cigarettes will cause insanity,
consumption, premature badness, pa
ralysis of the vaso-motor system. fits,
rheumatism, ingrowing nails and Il at
tired feeling-if the newspapers are to
be believed-but they can't make me
drunk. am too well acquainted with
them remember the time, though, when
they did make me drunk. ! had been
smoking cigarettes the same as man
smokes cigar and didn't see much
to them. | thought they were pretty
weak stuff. You don't inhale, said a
friend we'll let's call him friend any
how. You want to inhalc it-breathe
it in. Aw! don't cough, but it was too
late. ] had coughed and pretty nearly
loosened my cervical vcrtebra. Keep
yourself from coughing by an effort of
the will | did so successfully, and in
three whiffs | was staggering. That
settled it. / was cigarette fiend.
There's lots of things a man can take to
make drunk come besides whisky ]
have heard you can get drunk chewing
tobacco | don't know. | have never
tried. Well, here's my street. Chicago
| Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
SAVANNAH TENNESSEE, THURSDAY FEBRUARY 49,
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Stanley refused his autograph to the
autograph-collccting pages of the
United States Senate,
--Sardou is an advocate of cremation,
He says: Burned, Burned! 1t will af-
ford me great pleasure to be burned
Scott received e279 Is. as his share
of profits of the Lay" and then he
sold the copyright for $500. As many
as $4,000 copies were disposed of before
$780, when the edition of his works
with biographical introduction was pre-
pared,
The late General Terry was one Of
the few civilian commanders who won
the respect and admiration of the West
Pointers, That is to say, his soldierly
qualities were so pronounced and effect
i've that his lack of military education
was never spoken of to his disparage-
ment.
1t is said that once a certain person
asked Robert Browning as TO the mean
ing of one of his poems, The poet
started to explain and said its meaning
was so and so. Then he stopped eX-
planning and said: 81 am not certain
what meant. Ask the Bro wning so
ciety. 1t knows"
To-day Stanley looks like fine,
dashing English General, whitc-haired
and with the warmth of tropical climes
in his face-a General still in middle
life--and good for a dozen more cam
paigns. His manners are grave-dis-
tinguished, and he has the air of com
mand, which is not astonishing, for he
is born commander.
The Home Reading Union has more
than 5000 members scattered about the
world, some of them in Turkey. They
take certificates, not of knowledge ac-
quired, but of books read, and the
courses of reading which the union ar
ranges seem to be very pleasurable ex-
ercises as well as productive of an ac-
quaintance with the best things in En-
| glish literature.
Miss Lillian Baird, aged nine years,
is becoming famous as the youngest
problem composer in the world. She
has fine instinct for chess, which has
been cultivated by much practice and
an hereditary talent for problem com
posing. Her first problem, composed
before she was eight, has been printed
in about twenty chess columns in En-
gland, Germany and America!
Great care has to be taken now
about Queen Victoria's movements.
Not only are stairs ascended backward
and very slowly with the ebony stick
in constant demand, but even in hel
own apartments Her Majesty moves
about as little as possible. An alert
devoted Scotchman is her personal at
tendant and is never out of the hearing
of the little table-gong which the Queer
strikes whenever she requires his sev
ices Her Majesty does not walk sin
gle yard unnecessarily.
-Rudyard Kipling is not yet five ant
twenty. In appearance he is short
stout, pale-faced, brown-mustachcd In
dian-born man, with keen blue eye!
and resolute face, on which time ant
incident have prematurely traced many
tell-tale marks, though a boyish smile
at times breaks through his almos
melancholy expression. He wears &;
pair of spectacles with divided lens
which, together with a scarlet fez, Civ,
him somewhat cynical look and call
himself 1.-The man who came from no
where" In manner he is somewha
Shy
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
HE WAS NOT DISMISSED.


An Act Which Secured IA Conductors Pro-
motion Instead of Discharge.
Not long ago freight conductor on a
Maine road won promotion from an act
that he supposed would give him the
grand bounce.
One day his freight train bound west
was side-traclled, awaiting the arrival
of the express approaching from the
west The freight train was so long
that several of the rear cars could not
be crowded upon the siding. but extend
ed for short distance along the main
line.
Now, rules prescribed that brake
man with flag should guard the rear
of the train, but as no train was expect
ed from the east these precautions were
disregarded, and flags were displayed
only for the benefit of the express. The
conductor sat in his perch in the cabooSc,
and below buzzed the passengers, two
elderly ladies, and an old gentleman,
infrm and palsied. All at once there
was rattle and roar, and around
curve from the east dashed an engine
drawing a work train. Nothing could
avert collision between the incoming
locomotive and the rear of the freight.
For about minute our friend the con-
ductor, did a pile of thinking, coupled
with wondrous alacrity. Like flash
he was down into the car and was dash
ing for the door, dragging an astounded
a1Ja,,l,y 1aJt Y111ar aanb nr,,, Tho old
man, responding to the trainman' fran
tic yells, hobbies after as rapidly as his
infirmities would allow. When the in
evitable crash came, the putting quartet
were at safe distance from the wrecked
caboose.
OF course, the unhappy conductor i'm
mediately received notice of suspension,
and this notice was duly followed by a
summons to the managers Office. That
official, after sternly regarding the hui
inflated employe, proceeded to deliver
what the conductor supposed would be
sentence of immediate dismissal, joined
with some scathing remark.
But this is what the manager said:
"Mr -, you deserve discharge for
neglect of duty. You should take moth
ing for granted in railroad matters, and
your neglect to display signals is mex
cusable However, your quick wit and
promptness of action has saved to the
company thousands of dollars that 9TH
erwise must have been paid to those
three passengers or their heirs. You
are young man. have heretofore been
faithful and | think this one lesson will
prove amply sufficient to insure faith
fulness in the future. We have decided
to promote you for your service to the
company, and you will hereafter serve
rs conductor on the passenger train on
- branch. Chicago News,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
ANCIENT COSTUMES.
The Skirt and Bodice of Scores of Years
Ago-The Serpent in Fashion.

The Skirt and Bodice of Scores of Years
Ago-The Serpent in Fashion.
The chief point of interest in the ret
respect of the years fashions is the de-
cline and disappearance of the tournure'
There is not vestige of its bumptious-
ness left The line of fashionable beauty,
in so far as skirts are concerned, is an
oblique one at the back, sloping broadly
out from the bottom of the waist to the
edge of the fan-plaited skirt. Skirts
have grown steadily longer, until now
the fashionable street gown is longer
than the house dress of 80. Broad bands
of velvet, lace, fur or passementerie, or
one or more flounces about the bottom
of the skirt assist in spreading it wide
at the feet to stimulate the appear
ance of fan. This skirt is very
much gored, fans out only at the
edge, and lies some inches on the
ground. 1t must not be taken up by
the wearer even in New Yori's dusty
streets, but sweeps on the pavement to
the wearer's dignity and grace, but to
the skirts swift ruin and destruction.
Bodices, too, have grown gradually
and decidedly longer, until now even
evening gowns are made with quaint
long Louis Nv. coats with valois sleeves
and Henry ii. ruffs. When they are not
shaped in the stiff outlines of courtly and
historic quaintness, they are not cut at
all. apparently, but wrapped about the
figure a la Cleopatra, with no seams of
fastenings at all. Sleeves have been
exaggerated to most stupendous pro-
portions, and even now, that they are
somewhat modified, require almost more
cloth than the petticoat Their last
years shoulder puffs extend quite to the
elbow this season, and the lower part is
fitted in closely to the arm, only to flare
again at the wrist and fall over the
hand.
All the royal insignia of former great
ness blazes on the shoulders now of
stanch republicans whose fathers or
husbands made their pile in petroleum
or lard. The Medici and the Tudors,
the Bonapartes and their royal enc
mics, courtiers and Princes of all pc
riods, have contributed their magnifi-
cence to the glory of the year that is
gone. Even Charlemagne has added
his mite to the general sumptuousness
in the shape of an opera cloak. AS the
sleeves increased in size, the bonnets
diminished until the outlines of the
fashionable woman are decidedly sug-
gestive of a kite standing on the smaller
end And now Cleopatra has started
her collection of vipers ''the trail of the
serpents" is over it all. Twisted about
hats and bonnets, twined about the
wrists or the bare arm above the elbow,
braided into the coiffure or clasped
about the neck, the serpent rears his
ugly head and flashes his jeweled eyes.
Years hence, when the antiquarian
studies the dress of the close of the
century, he will find it but reproduc-
ton of famous in former centuries
grouped with regard as to anachron-
ism, extremely artistic in effect, but de.
VOID of individuality or distinctiveness.
N, Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
iERViNE\ il iii1i NJ: \|6Hic jiiiii
StomachRLiver Cure
The Most Astonishing Medical Discovery Of
the Last One Hundred Years.
It is Pleasant to the Taste the Sweetest Nectar.
1t is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Milk.

This wonderful Nen Tonic has only recently been introduced into
es country South American Medicine Company yet
great agent has long been known by hab
ants Of South America who rely almost wholly upon its great medicinal
This valuable South American medicine possesses powers
qualities hitherto unknown the medical profession This medicine has
completely solved the problem of the Of Indigestion Dyspepsia Liver
Complaint and diseases of the general Nervous also all
forms falling health from whatever performs this by the Great
Nervn Tonic qualities which possesses and by its great powers
upon the digestive organs the stomach the liver the bowels No remedy
with this wonderfully valuable Nervne Tonic builder and
broken down constitution also of permanent value the
and diseases the Lungs than consumption
of females of all ages Ladies who approaching the critical period known
change life should not fail to this great Nrvne Tonic almost
constantly for the space of two three years. 1t will carry them safely
the danger This great stengener and curative is of nemabe
value t aged and nm, because its great enegng properties will
give hold life 1t will add ten fifteen the lives of
many those who will half dozen bottles the remedy each year.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
A Salutary PrecautIon.

Gentlemen" said the Governor, who
had been petitioned to extend executive
clemency to a prisoner convicted OF
poisoning her husband, 81 will pardon
this woman, but only on one condition. I"
''And that is-?"
That she shall not 80 on the stage
Life,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
NERVOUS DISEASES,

Asa for class of Nervous Diseases remedy has been able
compare with the Nervne Tonic which pleasant and harmless in
all upon the youngest child or the oldest and most delicate n
ua Nneenhs the ailments which the human family heir
dependent exhaustion and impaired digestion When there
insufficient supply of food in the blood general state of debility Of
the BRAIN spinal and is the result Starved like
starved muscles become strong when the kind Of food supplied and
thousand weaknesses and ailments disappear the As tho
system must supply all the which the vital forces the
body carried is the first to suffer for Of perfect nutrition
Ordinary food does contain sufficient quantity the Kind of numen
repair the present mode Of living and labor imposes
the Tor this becomes that food be
supplied production heSouh American Continent has been
found by analysis the essential elements of which tissue
formed This accounts for its magic power all forms of
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
G. u r Z: S

Broken Constitution,
Debility of Old Age,
Indigestion and Dyspepsia,
Heartburn and Sour Stomach,
Weight and Tenderness in Stomach.
Loss of Appetite,
Frightful Dreams,
Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears,
Weakness of Extremities and
Painting,
Impure and Impoverished Blood,
Boils and Carbuncles,
Scrofula,
Scrofulous Swelling and Ulcers,
Consumption of the Lungs,
Catarrh of the Lungs,
Bronchitis and Chronic Cough,
Liver Complaint,
Chronic Diarrhea,
Delicate and Scrofulous Children,
Summer Complaint of Infants.
cured by this wonderful Nervine Tonic,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19

Nervousness and
Nervous Prostration,
Nervous Headache and
Sick Headache,
Female Weakness,
All Diseases of Women,
Nervous Chills,
Paralysis,
Nervous Paroxysms and
Nervous Choking
Hot Flashes,
Palpitation Of the Heart,
Mental Dependency,
Sleeplessness,
st. Vitus's Dance,
Nervousness of Females,
Nervousness Of Old Age,
Neuralgia,
Pains in the Heart,
Pains in the Back.
Failing Health.
All these and many other C
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19

Mrs. Ella A. Bratton, of New Ross, Ind,
says: ~ can not express how much j owe
to the Nervine Tonic. My system was com.
coughing and splitting up blood am sure /
was In the first stages of consumption, an
Inheritance handed down through several
generations. began taking the Nervine Q
Tonic and continued Its use for about six
months, and am entirely cured. 1t is the
grapdest remedy for nerves, stomach and
lung have ever seem"
Ed J. Brown, Druggist, OF Edna, NO.,
writes: "My health had been very poor for
years, was coughing severely. 1 weighed
only Ito pounds when commenced using
South American Nervine. Ihave used two
bottles and now weigh 100 pounds, and am
much stronger ana better than have been
for five years. Am sure l would not have
llvcd through the winter had not secured
this remedy. My customers see what 1t has
done for me and buy 1t eagerly. 1t gives
great satisfaction"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19

There is nothing in the world more
deliciously charming than the summer
girl, unless it be the same girl sitting
near you by the cosy hearth-fre in the
howliqg winter time. .-Somerville Jour
nal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19
HUMOROUS.

The biggest sponges in the world
are found at the free lunch counters -
Texas Siftings.
-Friend-'I was sorry to hear that
Hithard gave you such beating"
Humorist-"Oh | didn't mind 1t sug-
gested several jokes to me. Yankee
Blade.
-"Thither, let me lithen to yo' wing"
"Listen to my ring, Ethel? What do
you mean?" 'Cauthe, Mamma, she
thaid it tellth the thtory. ."-Jewelers'
Weekly.
A man who for large sums was DR..
TO girl proposed marriage by lr.
But she, nothing rash,
Replied without cash
He ne'er could be hopeful to gr.
Washington Post.
-Frightful Scandal. al.-"Dreadful scan
dial about DIR. PuiX." "So?" Gle claims
to be bachelor, but ] heard yesterday
he'd buried nineteen wives" "Horri.
ble!' Eyes, isn't it? Other men S wives,
| mean, of course. IN. Y. Herald.
An Interruption Tommy Bingo-
"Sister had beau last night, and !
was peeping through the keyhole look.
ing at them when ma came along and
stopped me-" Willie Slimson-"What
did she do?" Tommy Bingo-"She
took look. IN. Y. Sun.
One of the most dreadful forms Of
White Caps is said to be that which ap
pears to man at the top of the stairs
with light in its hand about 2 m.
just as he has succeeded in lassooinl
the keyhole in its wild fight and go'
the door open.-Philadelphia Times.
A boy of the period, who understood
his own value and knew what was ex
pected of him, when asked what wa!
his duty to his father and mother, an
swered smartly: "To take them ou
for walk on Sundays, and not let then
know how much more know than they
do."-Chambers' journal.
The Rising Generation.-Mo Mother
"Johnny, you have been very rude t.
papa, go at once and beg his pardon.
Johnny-''That would be against IN,
principles have my own rights, ant
/ think am the best judge of what
mans dignity will permit him to do
Demorest's Monthly.
-"Who is going to edit the pape
while you are away9" inquired the fore
man of the Weekly Tomahawk printing
Office. my wife" replied the editor
"Will she-will she stay here at tn
Office and look after things as you do?
asked the foreman, with blanche,
cheeks and trembling voice. mo. Sh
will stay at the house and send her cop
down here by one of the boys" Tn
shadow of great dread was lifted fror
the heart of the foreman, and he wen
about his work with his accustome
cheerf. .'lness. He had feared it woul
be nee 'ssary to have the office towt
washed -ChieaQo Tribune
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19

CaAwFoRDsvrLE, IND, May 10, 1856.
My daughter, twelve years old, had been af-
ficted for several months with Chorea or st.
Vitus's Dance. She was reduced to a skeleton,
could not walk, could not talk, could not swal-
low anything but milk. had to handle her
like an infant. Doctor and neghbors gave her
up. commenced giving her the South Ameri-
can Nervine Tonic; the effects were very sur
prising. In three days she was rid OF the ner-
vousness, and rapidly improved. Four bottles
cured her completely. l think the South
American Nervine the grandest remedy ever
discovered, and would recommend it to every.
one. MRS. w. S. ENsMINGER.
Slate Of Indiana, Ice.
Montgomery County co.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this May
-. 1887. CHAs. NJ. TRAVIS, Notary Public.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19

In School.-Teacher - "How are
worms a prophecy of vertebrates7"
Pupil-"Because they crawl round"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19

CRAwFoRDsvILLE, md, June %, 1887.
Ny daughter, eleven years old, was severely
afflicted with st. vitus's Dance or Chorea. We
gave her three and one-half bottles of South
American Nervine and she is completely re-
stored. believe it will cure every case OF St.
vitus's Dance. have kept Il in my family for
two years, and am sure It is the greatest rem
sia, all forms OF Nervous Disorders and Failing
Health from whatever cause.
JOHN T. MIsH.
State Of Indiana, L..
Montgomery County, Ss'
Subscribed and sworn to before me this June
%, 1887. CHAs. v; WRIGHT,
Notary Public.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19

Mr.. Solomon Bond, member Of the Society
of Friends, of Darlington, Ind, says: II have
used twelve bottles OF The Great South Amerf-
can Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure,
and consider that every bottle did for me ono
hundred dollars worth of good, because have
not had good nights sleep for twenty years
on account OF irritation, pain, horrible dreams,
and general nervous prostration, which has
been caused by chronic indigestion and dys-
pepsia OF the stomach and by broken down
condition OF my nervous system. But now can
lie down and sleepall night as sweetly as baby
and feel like a sound man. ! do not think
there has ever been medicine introduced into
this country which will at all compare with
this Nervine Tonic us cure for the stomach"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19

CHAwFoRDsv1LLE, IND, Aug. %, 's6.
To The Great South American Medicine Co.:
DEAR GENTS Il desire to say to you that
have suffered for many years with a very seri-
Gus disease of the stomach and nerves. tried
every medicine l could hear of but nothing
vised TO try your Great South American Nervine
Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and since
using several bottles OF it must say that am
surprised at its wonderful powers to cure the
stomach and general nervous system. II every
one knew the value Of this remedy as do, you
weuld no. be able to supply the demand.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-02-19

Harriet e. Hall, OF Waynetown, Ind, says
81 owe my life to The Great South American
Nervine. had been in bed for five months
from the effects of an exhausted stomach,
indigestion, nervous prostratlon and gen.
eral shattered condition of my whole sys-
tenn. Had given up all hopes Of getting well.
Had tried three doctors with no relief. The
first bottle of the Nervine Tonic improved
me so much that was able to walk about
and few bottles cured me entirely. be-
lieve IL Is the best medicine In the world.
can not recommend 1t too highly"
Mrs. NJ Russell, Sugar Greek Valley, Ind,
writes: 81 have used several bottles of The
South American Nervine Tonic, and will say
con slider 1t the best medicine in the world.
/ believe It saved the lives of two of my
children. They were down and nothing ap-
peared to do them any good until procured
this remedy. 1t was very surprising how
rapidly they both improved on its use.
recommend the medicine to all my neigh.
bors"