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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
NOTES FOR FAIR WORKERS.

Miss SCHLIEMANN, daughter of the
famous arch@ologist, has made an i'm
portant Greek find on her own account.
SWEDEN ranks first in the number Of
women graduates in medicine, philolo-
gy and jurisprudence in proportion to
her population
DIR. MARTHA ROBINSON, of Cleveland,
has been her fathers partnerin dentist
ry for five years, and the old gentleman
leaves all the difficult operations to her
care.
The Portuguese minister at Washing.
ton has made application for space in
the womans building at the worlds
fair for exhibits from the women Of
Portugal.
Mrs. e. C. LoFTUs is mining super.
intendent in California, and thorough
ly competent one, though she follows
her profession only when her husband is
absent from the mines. Hero own mine.
the Golden Gate" is said to yield $685.
900 annually 1t was by her advice that
her husband bought it.
AN effort is being made to show by
an exhibit in the woman's building at
the worlds fair the relics and data OF
the past and present literature, musical,
dramatic, industrial and philanthropic
work of women. The Irish portion OF
this exhibit promises to be particularly
complete and interesting
MRs ALICE LINCOLN, Of Boston, has
effectually proved that the price paid
by poor tenants for the miserable
quarters which they call homes il
sufficient to furnish them well-lighted,
well ventilated and comfortable rooms.
To convince the public of this, she
rented one of the most unhealthful
of these houses. had it thoroughly
cleansed and repaired, lowered the
rents, and finds that she has n generous
dividend on her Investment The house
is called the Good Luck house, and Mrs.
Lincoln has studied the subject Of
tenement houses tor twelve yeprS
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25

stranger" said discouraged-lool1
ing man on Il country road. stopping
the driver of red blackboard behind
which a mule was hitched, 'lSin l walk
behind in your mules dust?"
walk behind in the mules dust?
Get right in here and ride with me.
That mule would kick your brains out
if you get within reach of his heels"
That's what I'm sufferin' for"
"Who are you anyhow
"The champion fool in seven states"
"Good gracious! What have you
done?"
Its this way, stranger; / moved
here week before last and got acquain-
ted with the Widder McNabb, who has
eight children and face that would
stop Chinese funeral. She let it drop
casually that she owned eighty thous-
and dollars worth of bonds, and dyed
my whiskers and acted giddy till she
accepted me. We were married yester-
day and this morning she showed me the
bonds. They were issued fifteen years
ago by the Hudson Bay & Gonetoglory
railroad and she'had papered the gar
ret with them. l don't feel in no mood
for ridin', but If you'll let me walk be-
hind in that mules dust I'll be much
obliged. ."--Burdette, in N, Y. Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
Making a Hill to Tremble.

Curious and interesting is the fact
that the playing of children on the
slopes of Flamsteed hill, on which the
observatory of Greenwich stands, sets
the hill into vibration to such an extent
as to interrupt observations which de.
pend upon the motionlcssness of tray
of mercury. Hundreds of children are
accustomed in the evening to romp upon
the hill outside the observatory walls.
Joining hands they run headlong down
the slope and tumble in heap at its
foot. The result is that the solid hill is
thrown into such state of tremor that
the vibrations continue to be felt at the
observatory until long past midnight
and for many hours after the tired chill
dren have been asleep Youths Com
panion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
GULF WEED.
Views of Or. Krummel In Regard to the
Sargasso Sea.

NttNb VI bTs htSaEu w INV
Sargasso Sea.
The Sargasso sea, or floating masses
of gulf weed in mid-Atlantic, which i'm
peded the ships of Columbus four hun
dred years ago, has been the subject Of
careful study by DR.. Krummel, a Ger
man mareographer, who takes diff
fcrent view of its origin from that com.
monty accepted He shows, to begin
with, that the idea is much more ex-
tensive than Humboldt supposed The
middle or thiclsest part is elliptical in
form, the great axis lying along the
tropic of cancer, and the foci at forty
five degrees and seventy degrees west
longitude. Around this are more ex-
tensive but thinner accumulations of
the weed, which vary with the prevail
ing winds.
The gulf weed (fucus natans), which,
with its little round berries, is not
unlike the mistletoe in form, but of a
brownish-yellow color, has been thought
to have lost its property of roofing on
rocks, and to have acquired the power
of living alloat 1t has even been
suggested that the sea marks the site
OF Il submerged continent apparently
the lost Atlantis. DR. Krummel holds
that the weed has simply been drifted
up to its present position by the Gulf
stream and its aflluents from the West
Indian islands and the gulf of Mexico.
1t is now proved that the Gulf stream
is not single narrow ''river of the
ocean," as Maury POLITICALLY described
it; but consists of number of currents
not only from the Mexican gulf but
the Antilles. The weed according to
DIR. Hummel would take fifteen days to
float as far north as the latitude Of
CapeHatteras and five and half months
to reach the Azores. In the Sargasso
sea it becomes heavy and sinks; but
the supply is kept up by the Gulf
stream. DIR. Krummel is certainly
right in giving the Sargasso sea amuch
wider area than Humboldt did and
than our maps usually portray. 1t has
been encountered some two or three
hundred miles northeast of Barbados;
but whether the weed is solely carried
from the West Indies and the gulf is
perhaps open to doubt.-London Globe
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
CUNNING FOR RED HEADS.
His Passion for Popping nt Them strong
Even In Death.

Even In Death.
We heard shot fired across the street,
followed by rush of men along the
board walks, and went over to find a
man lying on the floor of saloon with
the blood pouring out of bullet hole
in his side. The bartender stood be-
hind the,bar with a smoking pistol in
his hand, and he was the coolest one in
the whole crowd
"Jim, how did this happen?" demand
ed the town marshal who was on hand
with the two deputies.
"The usual way-just the usual way,
Tom" was the bland reply. you've
known me for two years, and you know
never take advantage of anybody.
That's so, You've always played
fair. | wonder who he is?"
Dunno. He was in here yesterday
for the first time
The marshal went over to the man,
propped his head up on an overturned
chair, and examined the wound. The
strangers eyes were open and full OF
intelligence, and as he looked around on
the crowd a faint smile passed over his
face He was a typical border man
rough in dress and ugly of visage.
"What's your name, stranger?' asked
the marshal.
"Pete Smith"
"Wherc from?"
"Nevada."
"How about this shooting?"
The man chucllled and smiled as he
glanced over at the bartender. Then
he quietly said
"Lool1 at his ha'r-the color of it!
I've been huntin that color tur the last
two years. He'd made my tenthI'
The bar-tender's hair was red.
'I heard about him hundred miles
away" resumed the stranger, ''and |
cum here to wipe him out. Hain't
nothin' agin him except his ha'r."
"Ten you meant to kill him?' asked
the marshal.
"Sartin. I'm down on that sort O
ha'r wanted TO give him a show,
though, and so I whooped when l
started to draw. Gun got tangled and
he got the drop on me. He plugged
me plumb center and I'm conner.
"Does he talk straight?" asked the
officer of The man behind the bar.
"Yes. ! didn't know that he object
ed to the color of my hair, but when he
whoopcd l grabbed my gun and drop
ped him."
"Do you know that you are dying?"
asked the marshal, as he turned to the
stranger again.
"Sure, but I've told you all you'll
ever know. Just plant me outside and
make no fuss"
"What's this?" said the off Ger as he
moved the mans body so as to uncover
his right hand, which grasped his
shooter.
ct didn't get it out in time for the
bartender, and so l was layin' low for
somebody else Is there red-headed
man in the crowd?"
'No," said the marshal, as he looked
around
'If thar was Td-Td try pop at
him. just my luck take the gun! l
wanted to make the number ten, but
I've run up agin barbed-wire fence"
At that moment doctor who had
been sent for came hustling in. He
was red-headed man. HelInelt to eX.
anime the wounded man, but the latter
waved him off, sat up, and hoarsely
shouted:
"This crowd has played me low down.
You took my gun away and then rung
in rcd-headed man on mel Whoopl
Whoopv'
He fell back, gave sort of shiver,
and was dead IN. Y. Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
IN A WARM STYLE.
rhe Young Lawyers Dictation to His
Typewriter Sounded Strange.

The Young Lawyers Dictation to His
Typewriter Sounded Strange.
The door leading from the reception
room to the young lawyers private of
fee was not quite closed, yet he no
doubt thought it was,
A gentleman calling on business
heard voices in the next room, and
seated himself in chair near the door
and awaited his turn. AS he inno-
Gently sat there he heard something
like this, amid the clicking of type
writing machine:
"Tulip Gushing, Pigston, Kan.-You
know love you-dear sir-what makes
your cheeks so red? They're pretty as
roses-I desire to inform you that--the
other girls aren't in it with you
l hold for collection your prommis-
sorry note-you've got such lovely
hands! They ought to be playing a
piano or golden harp instead of an
old typewriting machine-given the
9th of january think June, with its
moonlights and hammock parties, is
lots nicer. don't vou-in 1891, for two
hundred dollars-I wish had two hun
dred million dollars; I'd give every cent
of it to you-payablc in six months
after date-loan me your gum awhile
with interest at ten per cent.-had
your hair curled to-day, didn't you?-if
YOU desire to forward the amount
like the way you dress your neck-or
shall l send note there for collection?-
But really must put my lips close to
your ear or you can't hear what | say.
"A prompt reply will greatly obligc-
your ear is awfully warm-yous truly,
etc"
Then the waiting man grew weary
and went away wandering what the
man in Kansas would think when he
got such Q latteg minneapolis TTik
une,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
PAINTING IN EARLY DAYS.
How the Invention of oil Colors by Van
Eyck Came About.

How the Invention OF OIL Colors by van
Eyck Came About.
We possess but little positive lnowl-
edge concerning the technical processes
employed by the painters of ancient
days, but painting in fresco seems to
have been the favorite method. They
also painted on boards, as is proved by
the fact that many of the most valuable
pictures of ancient Greece were movable
and canvas was an unknown article at
that time These were called tabula
picta (board pictures), or tabula
(boards). They were painted in water
colors, or something resembling such,
with size, and fixed or protected by
some peculiar variety of varnish in the
manufacture of which an oil of some
kind was employed. Another process
was the encaustic, in which wax was
used to deepen the 'colors and render
them of a more brilliant hue, heat being
employed in working with this sub
stance.
TO Jan Van Eyck, famous Flemish
artist, supposed to have fiourished be-
tween 1410 and 1441, is usually ascribed
| the honor of discovering the process of
painting in colors mixed with OIL Con-
siderable doubt exists as to the validity
of this claim, but nevertheless the story
concerning the alleged discovery is a
very interesting and curious one. He
painted panel picture, and, having
vanished it in the usual way, set it out
in the sun to dry. For some unknown
reason-perhaps the extreme heat of the
sun, or the fact that the board was not
| properly seasoned-it cracked and
was consequently ruined. This set
Van Eycll to thinking of some
way by which such an accident could
be prevented. He accordingly set about
making a varnish which would not re-
quire the heat of the sun to hasten the
drying process These experiments
were for long time fruitless, but at
last his efforts were crowned with sue
cess and he found that linseed oil and
nut oil met all the requirements for
which he was seeking. He boiled them
together and thus produced the varnish
for which so MANY artists had longed.
Shortly afterward he found that by
mixing these oils with his colors they
became more brilliant and forceful than
water colors, and, best of all, required
no final vanishing,
In connection with this discovery
there is told thrilling tale of murder
Van EyclS impaired the secret to one of
his pupils-Antonio of Messina-and
he in turn communicated it to another
painter named Dominica Beccafumi.
After using the process for a time the
latter taught Andrea del Castagno, a
fellow artist, how tc mix and apply his
colors in the Undiscovered way
Castagno, fred with the desire of be-
coming sole possessor of the secret,
foully assassinated Beccafumi, and hav-
ing no rival he soon became rich and
honored. Shortly before dying, how
ever, his gully conscience afforded him
no rest, and on his death. bed he con-
fessed his dastardly deed. - Detroit
Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
BE A WOMAN.

OFT I've heard gentle mother,
AS the twilight hours began,
Pleading with u son on duty
Urging him to be man.
But unto her bluc.cyod daughter,
Though with love words quite MS ready,
Points she ont the other duty
strive, my dear 10 be u lady
What's a ladyG Is It something
Made Of hoops, and silks, and airs,
Used to decorate the parlor,
Like the fancy rugs and chairsl
Is II one that wastes on novels
Every feeling that is humani
II tits this 10 he u lady,
his not this 10 be woman.
Mother thcn unto yorr daughter
Speak OF something higher far
Than TO bc mere fashions lady,
Woman Is the brightest star
II you in your strong affection
Urge your son 10 be ? true man,
Urge your daughter no less strongly
TO arise and be woman.
Yes, woman! Brightest model
or that high and perfect beauty,
Where the mind and soul and body
Blend to work out lifc's great duty.
BE woman, naught is higher
On the gildcd crest Of time;
On The catalogue CT virtue
There no brighter, holicr name,
New Zealand Graphic
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
Lack Experience.

o. Bach-One can easily tell that
Slowit, the paragrapher on the Morn
ing Jolelet, is married man, he is
always joking about tartar wives and
mothers-in-law.
Longwed lack experience, my
friend. If Slowit was married he
wouldn't dare Joke that wRv,--Bostog
Post
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
Matter of Pressinr Imnortance.

Poet-I have here a little poem which
l would like to have go in as soon as
possible.
Editor-Goodness graciousl Here
right under the table-quiekl-Truth.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25

~ modern fashion, could only Danish
the sunshine from my heart; It's quite de- trop
BUTT won't yanish
"Court pessimsm," urge my cultured friends;
Think how brute force the world sets spin.
ming blindly;
how to blank misery existence tendsl"
(They mean II kindly.
surely they cry, ''at least you can despair?
Condemn to darkness all that once seemed
brightest:
tcel you no loathing for the fate you share?''
No-not the slightestl
Yet fortune, too has mocked me with her
moods;
her hckle wings, alackl she's slightly shalsen;
And left me Care for comrade. while my goods
Tho jade has taken.
"Well, then!' Well then, smile (and so twere
vain
For poor contentment's slave to ape the
poeD.
sYou think Gods balance Tits the loss with
gain!'
Nay, frend-I know II.
London Spectator.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
solomon Refuted.

"A wise son malSeth glad father"
"Not always. My boy was wise
son, married well, but he doesn't make
glad father There ere twins st his
house. life.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25

Don't be continually going to some.
body else's pump for water. Have .
well Of your own and keen it lowing.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1892-08-25
\ PHILIsTlNE CONFESSION.

Faiu would siS,s 81 minor key OF WOO,
IN modern fashion, could only Danish
The sunshine from my heart It's quite de trop
BUTT won't yanshl
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16
The Course of The aterville
Mail

Scarcely has Mr.. Mlliken returned
from Washington when his organ, the
Watervilh Mail, comes out in II two
column attack upon Governor Burleigh.
In point of vitupcrative bitterness We
think it l. about the most indecent thing
that has appeared in this canvass. Not
only does il assail, with the most malIci-
Gus violence. the integrity of the Govern
or, but il asserts that nearly all the Re
publican newspapers of the district
aside from itselt-are guilty of the gross
est dishonesty. We have no desire To
dwell upon this screed Ii is such as
might be expected from a Democratic
paper engaged in n frantic attempt 10
undermine its political opponents. but ii
looks decidedly out of place in the
columns of publication that makes
some pretense of allegiance to the Re
publican party. 1t is Il venom. however.
that carries its own antidole. and 50 far
rs Governor Bulleigh is concerned will
assist. rather than rctard. the progress
of his canvass. If the friends of Mr.
Millillen think that the callse OF their
candidate can best be advanced hv at
lacking and abusing the character of
Governor Burlrigh and the Republican
PRESS VI illiN 'llNilltts WE NlillIlolN f'hi-
cede to them monopoly of this kind ri
warfare. The JoHr0oi has no desire to
engage in it. From the beginning OF
this canvass To the present time there
has not been Il line admitted To it,
columns disabling the character of any
one of the Republican candidates in This
district. our readers will bear cheerful
testimony to this fact. We have re-
ferred only eourteousiy to the various
candidates, and whoever may be the
choice of the district convention we viii
be in position To give him a hearty sup
port. This has seemed to Us to be the Pre-
per course to be pursued by Republi-
can paper as well as the best way to adj
vance the cause of our candidate with
the intelligent and fair-mindcd voters of
the Third District We shall be CON
siderablv surprised if we should prove Ia
be mistaken in that eonclusion.-he nte-
bec jourHdi.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16
SlantlerOtIs.

For the sake of getting in savage
blow at Governor Burleigh. the Water
willie Mail ISLANDERS the reputable news
papers of the Third District, Republican
and Democratic, a. follows: "lIe has
gained the support of almost the entire
press of the district, in return for money
or place. lie has even gone beyond the
limits OF his own party in this matter,
and has secured silence or active effort
in his behalf from Democratic organs. .
and for the same considerations.
The Mail is is the only Republican pa
per in the district thai advocate, the re-
nomination of Congressman Milliken
and, if we let il oMu editor tell the
story. i about the only honest one.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16
Tuesday ornado.

he lanadh 81 Tuesday aitetneo az
MI WY EYER ia different part- of The
STALE, having zeal Ne-j,lr nivor anl
eau-la- sio.t damage +" fi' petty.
Al Bangor HI tornado struck about
!. II and lasted uue-hali hour. Building,
We're uloofcd aud blown down. tree
upr"nird aud lumber pile blown away.
He lillle Steamer. Annie. Nj caught
Is thu -qaall and upset when only a
-hel distance bcloN The Maine Central
wharf Ms Madeline Adam-. daughter
al Janr- Adam-. ID. Na- drowned
the othcr pa -rngpr- Wrre -aAcd.
Report, from Fort Fairfield and IIoul-
ton state HAT the yale VA terrific there
and did much damage 10 buildings.
Brunswick felt the iull force of thu
tornado. \ large number of chmneys
W"rr blown down. damaging roof,
severely. Many Tree We're uprouted.
y chimney Tell through tle roof. of Ap-
plct"l Hall, Bowdoin College. The tin
roof OF the stock house ui The Bowdoin
paper mill At Top~ham Wa blown of
ami the residence oi \. W. bennett 1T
rop-ham WAS struck by lightning. iniur-
ing two inmates.
The storm was also c-peciall, severe
in he Vicinity of ~aco and Biddeford,
ON Young man va critically injured by
falling barn. hut otherwise the injury
M only Ia tres and buildings, \
Boston ~ Malnp tIa'l. Ha- Lcaily blown
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16

Nothing reveals the characters ri peO'
pie 1uole than the gifts and requests
they make. Could anything, fol Instance.
better exhibit the generosity of AZ rtitu
Frcuclwolnau than the following be.
quest which She is said to have made!
When bleeding her IA surgeon had used
his lancet ST. rlunsily that he cut an III
terry instead Of II vein. On her death
bed she. with charming humanity and
irony, made Il viii hequeathing the op.
orator life annuity on condition "that
he neYer bled any one again so long II,
he lived.
Another story is told of Il Polish prin-
cess who lost her life in the same way,
In her will made i'll extremis, there
was the following clause: Convinced
of the injury that my unfortunate ac'
cident will occasion to the unhappy
surgeon who is the cause of my DEATH
bequeath TO him IL life annuity of POO
dncats secured by my estate, and for
give his mistake from my heart.
wish This may indemnify him for the
discredit which my sorrowful catas
trophs will bring upon him. { Chicago
Tribune.
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16
Number "a
Free rttlc Poverty.

49, f5ais 'ea r@'ItA ar siams-c
Isin-.
IN Ire il4'ie l.t-aHa dior. VII. L.
3l'.lHI PfHpef- eS'IazIte ~ tanaiis- and
sa@r,nt- III In var l,Hu-a.
lhat included persons ii all 49,
lherr Mrrc 3l5. III nuasr lG qear- at
Az. al tbout ihree in '.Yerl hundred 81
liz talal population u -milafa.a
between Is aud 90 yc4a-. thcrs Wel,.
5al.aaf, or about Tour ga eNrf} hundred
n -amr agr
Eight ia elch hundred 81 iho-c h.
tN'7u 90 and - year. 81 g. in all
ar puiper-
Over - toat-. went Y--iA ont al every
hundred. NOR than nnr in fpur dc-
pend on public charity. Of whom thu
total amount- "3i3.962.
Ihe-" arr tn e-imat"- made by cen
eral Booth 81 The salvation Afmy in hi
recently issued book. .'P;mpcri~m. \
Picture.
While strength aud health lat. the
-tnrds Brilpu. g. d ruiz. hear- up -olnr-
lteN. uo matter hoa lYW hi wage.
again,i III" hurdeu- At hi miserable.
Ire. tr.,de rNi,b-ncc.
rul lien cid 5.e #aI4N- n,ar he j.
forced to the poeih,e- La rud his day.
II will b. a -.ld aaf irr america when
W experience. such conditions he1c. a.
", -arlv would under llce trade
The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1892-06-16

At a recent meeting of the British
London. the president reported that the
exports from Great Britain to the Latin
American countries had decreased S23,-
shlinkagc in almost every item of mcr-
chandise furnished by the Emitted King
dom to the South American republics
and the colonies. and it was due. he add
ed. to no exceptional or fortuitous con-
ditons, but to the fact that the mer-
chants of those countries were begin
ming to 90 to the United States to buy
their goods. This is one of the results
of the Republican reciprocity policy.