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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
A distinction with a difference.

That the quietest and meekest-look.
ing witnesses can sometimes give a
Roland for an Oliver many an examin-
ing counsel has found to his cost A
witness, an elderly Quaker gentleman,
had little habit of making plentiful
use of the word "also" in his replies.
At length the young barrister in whose
hands he was, apparently wishing to
show his smartness to the jury, asked
sneeringly whether "likewise" would
not do as well.
No" replied the Quaker, with
prompt wit; ''the difference is this:
There are some lawyers with talents
most brilliant. Now, thou art law
yer, young friend, also, but surely not
likewise. '"-London It'd Bits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
GOSSIP FOR THE WOMEN.

REV. FLORENCE KOLLoCK, of Illinois,
has not been absent from her pulpit,
on account of sickness, for sixteen
years.
ANNA M. RoTHEsT, of Brooklyn, N.
Y, has been granted a patent for an
upper-case treadle. attachment for type
writing machines.
ENGLAND has more women workers
in proportion to population tn any
other country; twelve per cent. OF the
industrial classes are women.
MARY A. ABRENs was the only WON.
an who qualified to practice in the new
court of appeals recently formed in
Chicago. She thus comes nearest to
admission to the supreme court OF any
Chicago woman.
AN old maids assurance company for
women has been opened in Denmark.
Spinsters can assure themselves by
small sum on reaching the age of thir-
teen, and il still unmarried at forty
are entitled to regular allowance. If
they marry, however, they forfeit all
claim.
THE Rainy Day club, which the
women Of Tacoma organized recently
with the object of encouraging the
wearing of ankle-high dresses in wet
weather, in the interest of comfort and
cleanliness, is finding imitators in
various cities of that region. There is
Wet Weather Club Of women in
Olympia. and another is being formed
in Aberdeen.
MRS REBEccA BOUTWELL, supports
herself by tending tank for the East
Tennessee railroad. She fires up and
runs the engine. When it is out of
order she repairs it. Previous to her
engagement on the railroad this woman
took charge of the sawdust at mill II
had been found impossible for any man
to keep the sawdust rolled away She
not only kept the sawdust down, but
knitted a pair Of socks every day be.
Sides
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
Ruya IL for Taxts.

- A rich parishioner of certain up,
town church met with a severe shock
recently. One afternoon he dropped
into the rectory to see the minister on
business, and discovered on his study
table well-known pale-pink publica-
ton that fills its pages with nothing
but the records of vice and crime The
leaves had just been cut and the four
illustrations exposed to view portrayed
three murders and suicide. When the
minister appeared the rich parishioner
started in to extract the cork from a
vial of assorted wrath, but the divine
stopped him with smile, a aey
"Do not think | read that paper for
amusement" he said. Every line of
it is repellent to me. search it for
texts, and it has given me many"
In proof Of this statement he drew
out some old files of the paper in ques.
ton and showed the rich parishioner
ten lines descriptive Of an inside page
picture which had inspired one Of the
most powerful sermons that he over
preached.-Chicago News.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Arthur Howells Is one OF the neat
est men in his attire. lie spends six
hours n day at his desk, writing usually
from nine till three, with no midday
lunch to divert his thoughts.
Japanese women are merry little
creatures, with sparkling, laughing
eyes The best writings of the country
are from their pens. The girls age
rapidly and soon lose their beauty, but
never their viyacity. E
Rev. Mr., Mandell, of Cambridge,
Mass, gives the poor and their chill
dren free rides in his carriage. In
six years he has give overfive thousand
airings Of this kind to those who would
not otherwise enjoy such thing
~ Queen Olga OF Greece. who has just
celebrated her fortieth birthday, be-
came grandmother at thirty-nine.
The Empress Frederick became grand
mother at the same time, while the en-
press of Austria attained that dignity
at thirty'six. snS'i ''l W. A. 20 1slM ,.,
Herbert Spencer the renowned
philosopher and author is man of
medium stature, with pink.and-white
cheeks and kind, gray eyes. His neck
is encircled by bushy, iron gray whis-
kers. He dresses in excellent taste,
keeping himself remarkably well
groomed" for philosopher.
When Mrs. jefferson Davisobegan
to assist her husband, soon after they
were married, by acting as his amen
uensis, her handwriting was too girlish
to please him, and she determined to
Initiate his handwriting. With tracing
paper she copied and recopied his manu-
script until by, practice she could pro-
duce his writing in fac. smile.
1T is reported that Dom Pedro is
deeply affected bylt emphatic refusal
of the Brazilian congress to grant him
leave to live in Brazil. The emperors
devotion to that country is touching,
and visitors say that tears came into his
eyes every time that Brazil was men
ticned in his presence. All that he
asked was the privilege of dying in
Brazil, and this has been denied him.
Senator Sherman in his library at
Mansfield has a large fireproof vault
containing his enormous private corre-
spondence with prominent men and
women. There is material for a mag
nificent autograph collection in this
mass of letters. Among the most inter-
esting it is said, are the long, conf
dental and affectionate personal mis-
sives of the senator's martial brother
Miss Scidmore, authoress of "Jin-
riltisha Days" commenced her literary
career as Washington correspondent
for the st. Louis Globe-Democra and
other western papers, under the pen
name of "Ruhamah," that being the
portion of her given name received
from her grandmother. Miss Scid-
more was a native of Wisconsin, from
which place she went to Washington
some years ago She is "a contributor
to various leading periodicals, and has
written two books. She has been an
extensive traveller, and went to Alaska
on the first steamer that carried pas
sengers to that latest addition to the
United States.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03

eyed that he would stay rooted to the
spot until Clementine returned.
What she said to the genius Of the
jar as she flew upstairs with it only the
mandarin can reveal. ssaS
|, sAssRandall paced the floor, pulling
his mustache and wondering If Clemen-
tine's keen sense Of humor would carry
her safely through the trying hour, she
came shamefacedly into the room, bear
ing in. ON hand the blinking old man!
DARN, and in the other the pleading
letter he had borne so long hid in his
clever old bosom. ~
Randall met the dear girl more than
half way, and as she whimpered gently
on his shoulder he promised never,
never, never to tell ..,ti' tta .r.5'
And when they were married, if you
believe me, that ridiculous old ginger
jar accompanied them on their we'd
ding trip, and Randall packed the
bosom Of the grotesque mandarin full
of Clementine's bridal roses, there to
fade, and there forever to remain.
r. Now, as Randall never told, and
Oementine never told, the entire re-
sponsibility of this revelation lies be-
tween you and me and the ginger jar.
Emma Carleton. in Romance.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
WHAT GLOVE DO YOU WEARY.
AA So nov HTl w NNH.- stf.iA VIA. III
Not So High, by a Great Deal, as 1t Was
Some Time ApO. It'd ID Il

AE. f" tt| fIthM# NTTT |NNH.. rf.HI VIA N
Not So High, by a Great Deal. as 1T Was
hrs Some Time Ago, sa1q 2
You don't buy gloves by their, num-
Der now as you used to. Instead ,ofthe
old What number, please?p the sales
woman measures your hand and tells
you you wear Q smaller glove, Judging
by the number, than you have bought
for years You wonder how your hand
has contrivedtogrow smaller 1t makes
you blush to think you have betrayed
the fact to the attendant that you ever
wore glove of the number you have
asked for your hand is 80 much smaller
uow$ You can never tell how it has
come about. You know that those scales
insist upon adding five or six pounds to
your weight, and yet here is this glove
two sizes too large at least.
She seems to know how TO ignore
your embarrassment She says, sweetly:
y Really, you are mistaken; you never
wore a glove as large as that. 1t must
be 51s you want. Let me measure your
hand. Yes, it is 81, ut isTnot often
ladies ask for size too large"
''Do they buy them too small?"
mo, they don't buy them too small
exactly, because we fit them, but it is
many glove that goes to the repair
ing-room from the first attempt" A
food of light crosses your embarrassed
brain. guGvg1 Boz sbUh lH0dIrh 9Ef
The managers of glove stores are
balancing up the profit side of their
ledgers by changing their numbers on
gloves and you can tell your friends
now that you wear 81, where before
you were obliged to acknowledge to 81
and 6.-N. Y. Mail and Express.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
WHAT SHOULD A WOMAN sE3

We would have her gracious aud gentle,
With q lSindness TO walk side by side
with sympathys smile for the sunny,
With sympathy's tear for the tried.
We would have her tender and truthful;
b voice with sincerity's sound,
And, above every act Of her earth-lifo,
These virtues to ever abound.
With the air OF the carr est and thoughtful
Which can merge into merrIer words,
= And win with her warmth and her wisdom,
All persons her presence includes.
With spark OF the FIRE OF tho fearless,
That can frankly and firmly defend
The right in its hours OF oppression,
And steadily stand by friend,
With a conscience so carefully cultered, "'
And OF such "a delicate mold T. lf. I'd
That naught OF doubt-lainted nature
This crystalline chalice could hold.
We would have her womanlv always,
With tn coyness that close to her cllngsi
For to be womanly woman, .---a---'-.---
= Is the crown OF all womanly things,
We would wish her feryent and faithful,
Faithful and fond to the end;
And, strange tho 1t seem, have found these
Aye, oil OF these--in friend. .HElgid
Josie Frazee Cappeman in Detroit Free
.. Press 4 tf'f-t t' H. t p ''.|t
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
A FARRiER LASS is SHE.
The Unusual But Profitable Trade Fol

The Unusual But Profitable Trade Fol-
lowed by a Young Tennessee Girl.
When Amelia Rives was doing some
good work which gave promise of some
thing better than has yet been fulfilled
for her she gave to the world of fiction
a rather strong and interesting char
acter in THAT Farrier Lass o Piping
Pebworth," character which one will
remember and might think of along in
the same day with THAT Lass O Low
rie's" and Blanch Towards "Guenn."
A unique. feature of the Farrier Lass
was that "sher could shoe horse as
well as any man. A girl-blacksmith,
even in these days of advanced woman
hood, was something not yet reckoned
of in social philosophy, and many peo-
pie, while conceding that the "Farrier
Lass o Piping Pebworth' was good
and wellwritten story, yet criticised
the fair young authoress for straining
after unknown conditions and striking
effects. Whether or not this farrler
lass was purely a creation of Miss
Rives' fancy the fiction is now justified
by fact in the person of Miss Frances
Cunningham, of Memphis, Tenn.
Miss Cunningham owns and manages
q smithy and wagon manufacturing and
repair shop She can do anything from
lifting up horses foot and mailing or
shoe to putting together the newly
manufactured parts of a carriage, road
cart or wagon. The history Of thi:
young woman is an interesting one, anc
one which should stimulate the couragt
of many another poor girl who findi
herself suddenly left on the world, no
only dependent upon her own resources
for self-support, but with a family de
pending upon her for all the neeessarie'
and comforts of life ffri
Five or six years ago Miss Cunning
hams father, manufacturer of the Gun
bingham WAGONS" much used through
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
SHE MADE HIM REMEMBER.
But This Process Made His Hair Stick
SIraieht on End.

But This Process Made His Hair Stick
Straight ON End.
On several occasions her husband had
carried about him in his pockets for
some days important letters which she
had asked him to mail for her. Recent
ly she gave him letter addressed to
himself, with the request not to read il
until be reached his Office. although it
struck. him as a very strange proceed.
ing he nevertheless concluded to COM
ply with her wish. Arriving at his
place of business he opened the letter
and read as follows: ssta role
My DEAR HUsBAND--I must herewith In,
form you of a circumstance which will prove
to be very dlsagreeable to you, but II Is my
bounden duty to tell you OF 1t. have. once
for all, determined to bring this matter to
your notice, let the consequences be what
they may. For week past have seen that
this must DO done, but have thus far re-
Trained. The supreme moment has at last
arrived. and the crisis is at hand. l am com
peeled to speak out. Do not Judge me too
severely, but bear up like man.
Blythe time he had read thus far his
hair stood on end with horror, and with
trembling hand he turned the leaf
and went on further:
We are completely out Of soapi Please 60
at once to our grocer and order box OF
IS soap and have It sent home In the
course OF the afternoon. I also want a
| dozen of IS five-cont package starch.
| have adopted this mode OF asking you to
| do me this favor so that you may not for,
| get ID.
Nor did he forget ii. -Philadelphia
Times. 1si ~ a
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
HUMOROUS.

u Examiner lin physics --"What hap
pens when light falls into the water
at an angle of forty-five degrees?' Pu.
pil-"It goes out"
81 "A Rainy Day.-"Come in Jones'
have a drink--are you dry?" Jones
(shivering) =" Chz-chz-z-z-chz-Not on
the outside. pharmaceutical Era.
"a Suggestion to Inventors ''Dear,
the baby's crying. Get up and warm
the milk" II wish the baby were like
the stove.' slow do you mean?"
"a selfIfeeder."-Epoch.
"A New Style in Cellars.-"Pfwere's
the ould man, Mrs. McCobb?" "Mis-
Their McCobb, ma am, is at prisint on the
south side assishtin' in the erection of
cellar, thank yez. indianapolis Jour
nal. stEftVeFtn-g
e DE Long-"Your daughter, sir, has
declined me with thanks. She is lit
erary, you know, and she says she is in
need of shorter articles" Paterfami-
lias-"Um! Couldn't you get her to ac-
cept you as serial?"-N. Y. Evening
Telegram. +fatz
-"Did he literally steal?" said the
Mortified friend when he heard of a
trusted employees downfall "Well,"
was the reply, "as his method was to
fix up the accounts, suppose you
might say he stole figuratively."
The compositor made the reporter
speak of a female orator as ''strong.
winded woman" when the reporter
wrote "a strohg-minded woman" but
the proof-reader let it go, because, he
said, that wasn't much of a mistake.
First Detective--"Whyw was Sleuthly
discharged?" Second Ditto-"He was
accused of fiendish cruelty" First De-
tective what did he do?" Second
Ditto-"He handcuffed a prisoner in
New Jersey during the mosquito sea-
son. "-Harper's Bazaar.
Papa" inquired Johnny, who was
porting over newspaper, lis it a very
bad accident when a man has his ear
cut Off" (which ear?" said Mr.. Skim
phlint. ''The right ear" at is" an
swered Mr.. Skinnphlint, with empha.
sis. IF business man should lose his
right ear, Johnny, he would have to buy
pen rack"
On the Stubble Field happie-"I
cawn't get the impression out of me
mind that I've forg otten something. >
Dumley-"Not your flawsk?" Chappie
mo, nor me loading tools, nor me
compass. Here are me cleaning nipple
ments, shell extractor and me cart
widge bag. Aw, have it now have
left me gun at home! Deucedly awk
ward, isn't it. Brooklyn Life.
Wanted to Be Consistent. = Mr.
Weatherly was sitting In his office, wher
young man came in and presented {
bill for ten dollars. Look here, young
fellow, it seems that you people are il
considerable hurry for money" 81
don't think so, sir. You have owed i
for year" eyes, for year, but le
me tell you that / am fifty-one year.
old. So you see there were fifty years
of my life during which didn't owe it
Just think of lt--didn't owe you a cen
for fifty years NowI don't see wha
better record you want than that. Lee
time even this thing q little-let us b,
consistent, "-.arkanssw Traveller,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
AN UNJUST-APPEAL.
The Continual Cry from Women Thai
Justice BE Done Them by Men.

The Continual Cry from Women That
Justice BE Done Them by Men.
There is a continual appeal from
womep that justice be done them by
men, and a corresponding overlooking
of the fact that it is from among the
ranks of women that their most bitter
Opponents are too often to be. found.
Men have an inherent respect and APP
probation for honest work, both mental
and physical, and will not deny the re-
suits of il, no matter whose work 1t is;
but with women thereiis wide differ
ence. With them there is an entire
lack of appreciation of labor as labor.
The reason for this is good: Women
have rarely worked or lived collectively
as men have; consequently their life
has always been an individual one, and
peculiarly so as far as their work is
concerned. They may do the same
work that their mothers have done be-
fore them, but at the same time it is
purely personal, where their surround
ings are more or less what they make
them.
In the case of men no career is open
to them where they are not surrounded
on all sides by co-workers, striving for
the same goal, with whom they mist
match their best powers of body and
mind. All the while the men watch
each other closely, so that it one is sue
cessful they may initiate his methods
and if unfortunate avoid his stumbling
blocks. Thus they do their work un-
der the eyes of their fellows subjected
to their criticisms at every turn.
All this is absolutely foreign to wom-
ems experience, for hitherto they have
worked as the individual not as the
class. borg tr'aE .e A3.A..
1t is always difficult to see both sides
of question, but what women most
need is the impartial judgment of their
work, as work done, not as ''women's
work"
There is no possible doubt that wom-
en- will have to learn to accept GER
tain amount of loss of consideration
which has heretofore been shown to
their personality, and assume at the
same time responsibility of mistakes
which it must be feared they are sure
to make while in the act of adjusting
their lives to the changed conditions in
which they have elected to place them
selves.
The fact can not be ignored that there
Is deplorable lack of sympathy be.
tween the women who work and those
who do not. For as women are more
emotional and sympathetic than men,
they are also more prone to intoler-
ance where they are not in accord.
Among men there has ever been GER
tain community of interests; politics
for example, where they meet on com.
mon ground, and where they learn to
measure their power as fractions OF a
unit. Women have not yet become ac'
customed to being part rather than a
whole, for while they may, each one,
be the slave of some one man, 1t has
been as an Individual and not as frac-
ton. So their position has always
been positive, never negative, no mat.
ter how sharply the Limitation of their
free agency was marked, or how con-
tracted the area allowed compared with
that which is now conceded Anna w.
| Reading, in Chautauquan.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03
INFLUENCE ON SoCIAR LIFE.
The Good a sweet-Minded Woman May
no for Those Around Her,

The Good sweet-Minded Woman May
Do for Those Around Her.
Men, as a rule, are easily attracted
by beautiful face, but still it is
is an internal beauty of character by
which a woman can exert the greatest
amount of influence. A true-minded
man, though at first enamored by the
glare OF personal beauty, will soon feel
the hollowness of it's charms when he
discovers the lack of beauty in the
mind. Inestimably great Is the infiu-
ence sweet-minded woman may WELD
over those around her 1t is to her that
her friends would come in seasons of
sorrow and sickness for help and sup,
port. One soothing touch of her kindly
hand woul work wonders on the fever
ish child; a few words let fall from her
lips in the ear of sorrowing sister
would do much to raise the load of grief
which was bowling its victim down to
the dust in anguish. The husband
comes home worn out with the pressure
of business, and feeling irritable with
the world in general; but when he en-
ters the cosy sitting-room and sees the
blaze of the bright fire, his slippers
placed by loving hands in readiness
and meets his wife's smiling face, he
succumbs in a moment to the soothing
influences, which as the balm of Gilead
on his wounded spirits, that are wearied
with com batting with the stern realities
of life. The rough school boy flies in a
rage from the taunts of his companions
to find solace in his mothers smile; the
little one, full of grief with its own
large trouble, finds haven OF rest on
its mothers breast; and so one might
90 on with instance after instance OF the
influence sweet-minded woman has in
the social life with which she is con-
nected Household Monthly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-12-03

Bishop vowler Short, of st. Asaph,
was very fond Of school inspection, as
all who remember him know. He
tried one day to explain the meaning
of ''besetting sim" When he thought
he had succeeded, he went on: "Now
you see that am bishop, living in a
fine house. with horses and carriages
and many servants What do you
suppose my besetting sin likely to
be?" A little girl, who had but i'm.
perfectly understood his explanation,
promptly replied. Drunkenness,
please sir" mo, my dear, no; l
humbly think not" said the bishop.
-avely, while everyone else was con-
s sed with laughter.-Church Times