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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
.he same time and save an extra trip

the same time and save an extra trip
this busy season."
ut does,n replied Mr.. Downs; that's
W hat calculated on when i told Beth
l would take her."
"You surely are mistaken" and
grandma raised her voice trihe higher.
well, we'll, mother, we won't quar-.
rel; the almanac will settle it."
The boys passed on, but what they
had heard wakened train OF thought.
st would be a monstrous good joke
If grandpa should get hold of the wrong
almanac and miss the day. | wonder
how Beth would feel getting into town
e day after the show" and win rolled
over and over on the grass at the
thought of Beth's disappointment.
1T wouldn't be much trouble to slip
an old almanac in the place of the new
one; there is pile of them in the gar
ret, and ten to one grandpa would never
know the difference" said Jamie.
The plan was so brilliant one that
the seining for minnows seemed very
tame, and the boys dropped their nets
and ran back to the house, consulting
as they ran.
A hurried search for an almanac tc
suit their purpose, and as quickly down
stairs again, for it was nearly time foi
the men to be in to dinner There was
no one in the large, airy kitchen, anC
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
THE AMERICAN GIRL.
According to Good Authorities She Is
Not What She Was.

This charming product of the western
world has come into great prominence
of late years in literature and in for
eign life, and has attained a notoriety
flattering or otherwise to the national
pride. No institution is better known
or more marked on the continent and
in England, not excepting the tramway
and the Pullman cars. Her enterprise,
her daring, her freedom from conven-
tionality, have been the theme of the
novelists and the horror of the dow
ayers having manageable daughters.
Considered as stock" the American
girl has been quoted high, and the ALI
ances that she has formed with families
impecunious but noble have given her
eclat as belonging to new and con-
quering race in the world. But the
American girl has not simply a slender
figure and fine eye and ready
tongue, she is not simply an engaging
and companionable person, she has eX-
cellent common sense, tact and adapta-
bility. She has at length seen in her
varied European experience that it is
more profitable to have social good
form according to local standards than
reputation for dash and brilliancy,
Consequently the American girl of
decade ago has effaced herself. She is
no longer the dazzling courageous fig
ure. In England, in France, in Ger
many, in Italy, she takes, as one may
say, the color of the land. She has re-
tired behind her mother She who for.
merly marched in the van of the family
procession, leading them-including
the painting mother-a whimsical
dance, is now the timid and retiring
girl, needing the protection of a chap
erone on every occasion. The satirist
will find no more abroad the American
girl of the old type whom he continues
to describe The knowing and fasci-
mating creature has changed her tactics
altogether. And the change has re-
acted on American society. The
mother has come once more to the
front, and even if she is obliged to own
to forty-five years to the census taker,
she has again the position and the
privileges of the blooming woman of
thirty. Her daughters walk meellly
and with downcast Of still eXpectant)
eyes, and wait for ign.-Charles
Dddley Warner, in Harper's Magazine.
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SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


-Fifty-seven out of ninety.seven
high school principals in Michigan are
women.
"A lady who recently died in Glas
gov, Scotland, has bequeathed $3.50 900
to Gen, Booth for the Salvation Army.
The year book of Boston university
for 1891 has been issued, and shows the
whole number of students to be l,020,
an increase of 02 over the preceding
year. OF these the College of Liberal
Arts contains 1926, the College of Music
Z, the College of Agriculture 1850, the
School of Theology 141, the School of
Law 1893, the School of Medicine ll2,
the School of All Sciences 90 Us students
being registered in more than one de-
partment).
He was only cabman, that humble
Christian who died the other day in Ed
inburgh, but he did not consider his vo-
cation incompatible with the service OF
his Master. His cab bore the inscrip'
ton: what think We of Christi" and in
the hay-loft of his stable he used to
hold meetings for prayer and testi-
mony. His mates called him "lloly
Peter" 1t was the kind of holiness
which attracts and does not repel. He
reached the masses" without making
any fuss about it. Congregationalist.
Phillips Brooks was asked some
time ago to furnish sketch of his ca
reer for the record of his class in Har-
ward, and replied in the following char
acteristic fashion: II shall certainly be
at commencement, and shall not miss
the dinner on commencement day. AS
to your question, have little to say.
have had no wife, no children, no par.
ticular honors, no serious misfortune
and no adventures worth speaking of,
1t is shameful, at such times as these,
not to have history, but have not got
one and must come without"
The Gethumane Baptism church was
organized in 1856 in Havana with only
three members. This was the first
evangelical organization in the LELAND
of Cuba. Rev. Albert j. Diazo, who ha6
fed from Havana as an exile, was con
verified in New York, returned to Cuba,
and as the fruits of his labors the mem.
bership of his church is now LOTT. Five
other churches have been organized
with 81 preaching matrons, 4 ordained
ministers and II missionaries All the
services in the churches and Sabbath
schools are conducted in the Spanish
language.
-Evangelists of the Wesleyan mission
in China report falling off in their
sales of Christian books At first they
were disappointed but on examination
found that one reason was that the
towns were already supplied in a good
measure. The tradesman would say as
the books were shown him: 81 have
that and that and that" and, although
he might not have full realization OF
what they meant, yet the fact of theil
being for sale everywhere was signifi
can't of a wonderful change. Another
reason is found in the fact that as the
novelty of European travellers has worn
off European books are less of a curios
ity, and the purchase of a copy means
far more now than few years ago.
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One Dollar Per Year.
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Capt. w. II. p. Hams Of the steam
ship Etruria has just completed his
5Olst voyage across the Atlantic. He
first went to sea as an apprentice III
1888, and got his first command of
Cunard steamer in 1864.
John Stephenson, who built the
first American horse-car, is more than
eighty years old, but still vigorous and
energetic, His mind is yet busy with in
ventions, and he can accomplish as
much work in a day as a man many
years his junior.
Hundreds of strangers apply for
permits to go through the Edison lab
oratory at Orange and many seek in
terviews with the great electrician.
Very few have their wishes gratitied.
A notice is posted in the little office at
the entrance to the effect that Mr.. Edi-
son is always exceedingly busy and can
see no one, All callers are referred to
Mr.. Tate, his business manager, and
permits to inspect the works are almost
invariably refused
While Queen Victoria was in west
ern France returning from Grasse, re-
Gently, a telegram awaited her at one
of the stations where halt was made.
The postmistress refused to give it into
anybody's hands but the righful recip-
lent, and all the diplomacy of the royal
train was put in action to induce this
Jealous functionary to waive rules and
regulations In favor of the queen Of
England. Madame only yielded to the
pressing solicitations of Gen. Ponsonby
and secretary of the British embassy.
The editor of one of the leading
magazines says in Current Literature
eve print twelve numbers in each year
In each number we print on an average
say twelve or fifteen articles. Suppose
we say that in the course of a year we
print 100 articles or so. Now, how
many manuscripts do You suppose are
offered us in the course of year?
Something over 1000. If we chose to
make up the entire magazine from
years beginning to years end out OF
the voluntary contributions, we should
still perforce have to reject about $500
or 5000 articles"
james Whitcomb Riley, having
been asked what he did to warm up an
irresponsible audience when he was
lecturing, answered: 81 do not try.
You know | am near-sighted, and with
out my glasses I'm not worth straw.
| Wan ,rha,, I | houa nnlI onH
critical audience, l just take off my
glasses and lay them in the desk. Then
the house may be just as uneasy as it
likes, for | can't see thing. The
whole house might get up and leave
and I'd never know it. 1t doesn't pay
for an audience of mine to be cold, for
let them do all the freezing.
Edward Eggleston, the author"
says Harper's Weekly, "resides away
up in northwestern Vermont, in the
midst of the primeval woodland, and
far removed from any railway, in a
rambling old homestead rejoicing in
the quaint designation of Owls Nest.
His versatility is as amazing as his
energy is unbounded. He has been a
preacher, poet journalist, a novel
list. and is now historian. For sew
eral years past new tales from Mr..
Eggleston have been as scarce as
angels visits, the reason being that the
popular novelist, in a heroic moment,
set aside the better portion of decade
in order to write History of Life in
the Thirteen Colonies"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
SAVANNAH, TENNESSEE, THURSDAY, JULY 2,

at would be just perfect If the boys
were here. lam so glad, grandpa, that
we lost the Fourth"
win and Jamie spent restless day.
An uneasy conscience is never COM
Portable companion, and their magnifi-
cent joke looked almost like false
hood to them, and to do anything to
make their little sister shed tears was
not manly, look at it in any light they
might, They had to watch their chance
to replace the almanac, and their laugh
at the thought of how mystified grand
pa would be when he came to consult
it again was faint one.
They were at the gate, one on each
post, to watch for old Whiteface, and
when she was seen swinging up the
road they called out:
''Tell us all about it, Beth Did you
scream at the firecrackers? Where are
the peanuts? Did you see all the cele-
bration?"
The fun of their joke had all re-
turned, and they kicked their heels
WIFI ucllSnJ'
II didn't see any frecrackers, an
swered Beth, but, boys, the lion was
splendid! | heard him roar, and the
monkeys were so cunning"
Will and Jamie looked at each other
What did she mean? Where was there
any lion?
"Wasn't it queer? The almanac oas
wrong, and we lost the Fourth, so
grandpa took me to Paxton to see the
animals. | wished every minute you
were there, it was so splendid!'
The boys climbed slowly down from
the post and went into the house. This
was something they had not expected.
Beth had seen what they had wanted
to see all their lives--a real lion, and
heard it roar! This was the result of
their joke. There was not even a
smile when grandpa walked straight
to the almanac and took it down, ex-
aiming it with puzzled face. Their
punishment seemed greater than they
could bear
1t was a quiet family that evening
grandpa, deep in thought, trying tc
solve the unaccountable behavior OF
his faithful almanac; Beth, tired and
happy, and the boys mute with sur
prise at the ending of their magnificent
iolIe.-Louise Thrush Brooks, in Chica
go Standard.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
HUMOROUS.

Give a fisherman an inch worm and
he'll take an eel, -Binghamton Repub-
lican.
"A Simple Request. answering
knock Sob my, George" He ia dis
appointed sutton. )-"Won't you please
omit the comma?"-Yankee Blade.
-"What are you studying?" Meta.
physics" ''And what is that?" 81
don't know any better than you.
only study it for pleasure. "-Fliegende
Blaetter.
q thought you made Briggs
clothes?" 81 do" replied the tailor.
"Ther why did he cut you, just now?
Have you had any trouble with him?"
mo. He paid his bill yesterday" -
n. Y. Recorder.
Crawling Out of It.-Teacher--
Tommy, you surely know better than
to state that the deer belongs to the
carnivorous animals" Tommy-"l1e
does if they catch him, ma'am. In
dianapolis Journal.
Reason Enough. -Minister ION Sun
day, to Tommy, who is about to go
a-fshing)-"Why are you digging
worms to-day, my SOM" Tommy
"'Cause yer can't get many 'thout yer
do digl"-Boston Herald.
Poet Ito his practical friend)-"Is
there anything more beautiful than to
see those magnificent swans float upon
the lakes silver surface? How would
love to be like them "What! Go
around with ones stomach in that cold
water all the day! Not for me, thank
you. "-Fliegende Blaetter.
Got His Moneys Worth.-"Does de
coh't tax me fbe dollahs far hitin oh
Sam Stoper?" asked the defendant
Give dollars fine is the penalty" re.
piled the judge, with tinge of i'm
patience in his voice. "Well, jedge,
doesn't want err git de bes' oh nobody,
and tells yer, homes twas wuf moh'n
dat. Wv Washington Post.
-Husband-'I won enough money
last night at poker to get you new
dress" Wife (sobbing)-"I think you
might stop playing those horrid cards,
John. You know what it may lead TO
in the end, and to think that / should
ever be the wife of gambler This is
t-t-too much. What kind of dress
shall l get?"-Cloak Review.
ALI Over With.-"And is this your
final decision?" muttered the young
man hoarsely, as he gathered up his
coat and hat and prepared to depart
ut is, replied the beautiful creature
as she sank back listlessly into the
Turkish divan which her father, who
was a well-known humorist, had placed
at her disposal. ''Then farewell" he
hissed and as he stood on the steps out
side moment later and took last
look at the stately mansion he muir
INJURED. "And this is all. A dress suit
two nights week for three months at
three dollars a night, and nothing TO
show for it,"-Clothier and Furnishes.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
THEN AND NOW.

When they first invented gunpowder,
They did most dreadful things with it
They blew up popes and parliaments,
And emperors and kings with 1t.
They put on funny hats and boots,
And skulked about in cellars, OH
With shaking shoes they laid fuse
And blew it with the bellows, OH
They wore great rufs, the stupid muffsl
cat least that's my opinion), then;
And said: What, hov' and 'Sooth, t is soV
And called each other "Minion.n then.
But now, the world has turned about
Five hundred years, and more, you see;
And folks have learned a thing or two
They did not know before, you see.
So nowadays the powder serves
To give the boys jolly day,
And try their Aunt Louisas nerves,
And make general holiday.
In open day we blaze away
With popguns and with crackers, obi
With rockets bright we crown the night,
(And some Of them are whackers, OH
And ''popr' and ''fzzr and bang" and
''whizzr
Sounds louder still and louder OH
And that's the way We use to-day
The funny gunnypowder, oh!
Laura E. Richards, in st. Nicholas
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02

think that sudden shower had come
up, and he peeped loudly to tell the
Others to run in out of the rain.
Meanwhile, Jamie and Will turned
their steps to the creek, half ashamed
of being so cross with Beth, but they
were very sore at the idea of their care
lessness having lost them the expected
trip to town ON the Fourth, and must
vent it on some one, and Beth was the
only one on whom they could. AS they
passed the milk house they saw their
grandmother busy among her milk
pans, and overheard few words of her
conversation with grandpa, who had
stopped for glass of milk.
at is pity, father, that the Fourth
does not come on Saturday this year,
then you could take in the butter at
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
THE GOLDFISH WAR.
Curious Origin of Long and stubborn
Feud i'm Holland.

Feud i'm Holland.
To be sure there have been riots and
outbreaks in Holland, as in all other
thickly settled parts Of the world-per-
haps more than elsewhere, for Dutch
Indignation, though slow in lsindling,
makes a prodigious blaze when once
fairly afire. Some of these disturbances
have arisen only after a long endurance
of serious wrongs; and some seem to
have been started at once by that queer
friction-match in human nature, which,
if left unguarded, is sure to be nibbled
at, and so ignited, by the first little
mouse of discomfort that finds it.
There was curious origin to one Of
these domestic quarrels, On certain
occasion a banquet was given, at which
were present two noted Dutch noble
men, rivals in power, who had several
old grudges to settle. The CONVERSE
ton turning on the codfishery, one OF
The two remarked upon the manner in
which the hook (hoek) took the Goldfish,
or kabbeljaauw, as the Dutch call it.
1.-THE hook take the Goldfish" ex,
claimed the other in no very civil tone;
lit would be better sense to say that
the Goldfish takes the hook"
The grim jest was taken up in bitter
earnest. High words passed, and the
chieftains rose from the table enemies
for life.
They proceeded to organize against
each other; bitter war it proved to
Holland, for it lasted one hundred and
fifty years, and was fought out with all
the stubborness of family feuds. The
opposing parties took the names OF
'hoeks' and "kabbelj aauws, and men
of all classes enlisted in their respect
i've ranks. In many instances fathers
brothers, sons, and old-time friends
forgot their ties, and knew each other
only as foes. The feud (being Dutchl)
ragged hotter and stronger in proper
ton as men had time coolly to consider
the question. A thicket of mutual
wrongs, real or imaginary, sprang up
to further entangle the opposing par
ties; families were divided, miles of
smiling country laid in ruin, and tens of
thousands of men slain-for what
Those who fought, and those who
looked on, longing for peace, are alike
silent now. History can not quite
clear up the mystery. know how hard
| it must have been to settle the knotty
| question whether hooks or Goldfish can
more properly be said to be taken,
and how dangerous the littlest thorn:
of anger and jealousy become if not
plucked out at the onset. 1t is certain
that the hooks and kabbeljaauws were
terribly in earnest:
But what they killed each other for
never could make out.
The kabbeljaauws had one advan
tage. When public dinner was giver
by their party, the first dish brought il
by the seneschal Tor steward) was |
huge plate of Goldfish deliberately orna
mented with flowers; something no
ornamental only, but substantial ant
satisfactory; while the corresponding
dish at hook festival contained moth
ing but gigantic hook encircled by I
flowery wreath. Mary Mapss Dodge
In st. Nicholas,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02

cast
Their lot in life and anchored fast;
The yoke of toll the fathers wore,
The childrens children gladly bore
For love OF thee,
Fair country, free
From mountain top to boundless sea-
America America
With loyal hearts and courage strong
They fought the rising tyrant, wrong,
And freely their red life-blood gave,
The nations future good to save.
How brightly Independence day
Greets us through them with banners gay,
And clangs its bell,
The note to tell
or liberty we love so we'll
America Americai
For aye shall fond respect be done
Unto our noble Washington
And those brave souls that shared with him
The musket smoke and cannon din.
Truth, freedom, honor, glory, might
They wrote upon the banner bright
That waved DER them,
Fair starry gem,
Our country's matchless diadem-
America! Americal
Strong union whose might overcame
Opposing foes OF noble fame,
And on whose face intestine war
Could trace no lasting mark or scar,
We cheer thee and thy glories great
OF valiant navy and Of state;
While blue and gray
Proudly obey
Thy powerful and upright sway
Americal Americal
Firm union! where sweet peace abides
In valleys green, on broad hillsides;
Where gallant sons and daughters fair
Guard thy renown with tenderest care,
We hail thy future from the past,
Where shadows came but could not last,
And with warm zeal
To God appeal
For thy success and lasting veal
America America
Grace w. Hal ght, in Good Housekeeping.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02

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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
ONE DAY LATE.
A Magnificent Joke, and How 1t
Ended.


"I'm not a tell
t a / e." a n d
Beth's ey e S
fl IL e d with
tears. 81 only
s a i d w h e n
grandpa asked
me that l saw
you boys in the
pasture. / did
not know that
you let the calf
out and it broke
its leg. You
must not say l
did"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02

Nervousness and
Nervous Prostitution,
Nervous Headache and
Sick Headache,
Female Weakness,
All Diseases of Women,
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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,
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All these and MANY other G,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
Why He Eelt Big.

Bobby-I shot bird with my toy
pistol.
Little Johnny-That's nothing. Last
Fourth l shot my arm full of slugs.-
Indpe
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02
PATRIOTIC.

II in love for our country you share
And "The star-spahgled banner" are versed
in
You Will know, when the bombs burst in air.
Twas national air that they burst in.
-Judga
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1891-07-02

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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,
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