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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02
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Chrysanthemum the Queen.

The rose is no longer queen of flow.
ers for twelve months in the year. Dur
ing October and November she must alb
dictate in favor of the chrysanthemum,
that graceful japanese beauty, who has
won the love of horticulturists and So
ciety with equal speed. The decorative
value of the chrysanthcmum is so great,
it may be grown at the minimum of ex-
pense, and it lasts so long even after
cutting, that its popularity is not to be
wondered at. In addition to these adj
vantages, no flower lends itself more
readily to ''improvement"-the mystic
ious operation by which gardener
paints the lily all colors of the rain
bow, and even has the impudence, in
spite of the poets, to make violets as
much sweeter as he can. There is no
doubt about it, man likes best those
forms of natural beauty which permit
the fattering reflection that he can,
after all, give a few points to nature. -
Kate Fields Washington.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02
FARMER PLANTER.
LEAKS ON THE FARM.
Look After Them Personally If You Would
Stop Them.


Stop Them.
The greatest leaks In any sort of BUSH
ness are the small ones 1t has been
stated, and we believe truthfully, that
woman with n spoon can throw out
OF the window, what man with
spade throws in at the door.
The successful man in any line is the
one who looks carefully after every
detail. There is nothing more impor-
tant on the farm than having good
tools, and you can not possibly have
good implements unless you take good
care of them. Do not leave it to your
hired help to put away your tools.
They are not interested in saving you
money. 1t does not matter to them if
your plows are left out in the weather
and get rusty. They are paid for their
work, and if new plows or hoes have to
be bought, it does not come out of their
pockets.
There is only one way for farmer to
make farming pay, and that is to stick
to 1t personally. When you see farm
err going TO town and leaving hired help
at work, expecting them to work when
his back is turned just as If he were
with them, you see man who is not
going to make both ends meet When
you see farmer leave the care of his
stock to ''the hands," it is only ques-
ton of time until his stock will not be
worth caring for.
Farmers, as rule, envy the men OF
business in large cities, because they
imagine they are more successful in the
accumulation of wealth. They never
stop to consider how much care and
anxiety the successful merchant is a
prey to. 1t never occurs to them that
that man works without even a short
vacation in summer, six days in every
week from one years end to the other.
1t never occurs to them that the mer-
chant who succeeds is he who goes to
his work early and leaves it late and
gives personal attention to every
detail of his business all the time
He is constantly on the alert
lie does not know what it is to have a
"laying-by" time. 1t is just such dill
gent perseverance that brings success,
and if the farmer only exercised the
same care and attention year in and
year out, he could not fail to succeed.
There is never day in the whole year
when there is not some work which
could be proftably done on the farm.
Every minute should be improved and
made to count, and the man who pur-
sues this course will succeed, it mat.
tiers not whether he is farmer or a
banker lawyer or railroad magnate.
Keeping constantly at it is the keynote
to success. Try it and you will be as
tonished how easy matter it is to sue
coed. Southern Farmer
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02

the cows, "this oil business is mighty
queer, and if you didn't take it, if you
truly didn't take it-let's creep out to
the shop tonight after the folks are in
bed, and watch out for the scamp who
did. What dye say?" auw
Alec welcomed the scheme eagerly,
and the two boys arranged their plan
of action. When it was nearly mid
night, the pair softly descended the
stairs and let themselves out of the
kitchen door.
A big moon shone in through the low
window of the shop, lighting the fat
stone bottle, newly filled with oil, that
stood on the wide shelf beneath.
The boys heard noise almost as
soon as they had entered, and quickly
crouched behind some barrels. Here
they had good view of the shelf.
At that moment the moon hid her
face behind cloud. All was dark.
Mysterious sounds were heard by the
young listeners joe 'thoughtHit might
be rats, but to Alec's excited mind even
Indians or pirates were possible, and
his teeth chartered. But his desire to
have vengeance on the thief overcame
his fears, and he held his ground
More seuffling was heard presently,
and then it became evident that some.
thing was reaching mp to the shelf
When the moon once more kindly threw
her light in the little shop, behold
four large rats were seated complacent.
| ly on box on the broad window ledge,
the top Of the box being just even with
the neck of the bottle.
Alec and Joe leaned over the barrels
| almost to the extent of falling in order
to see the performance. One rat de-
liberately turned around and let his
tail down the neck of the oil bottle
and then, carefully withdrawing the
dripping member, he gracefully sub
mitted it to his three rat companions
who licked off all the adhering oil
Then another rat took his turn al
thrusting his tail into the bottle, and
in this way all were served. By and
by all four rats scampered off.
The mystery of the oil bottle wa.
solved at lastl
81 swan to gracious!" calculated
Uncle Gopher, when the next morning
the boys laid the result of their mid
night researches before the family.
.aThe KNOWN critters!'
"Well, sonny" said Uncle Gopher tc
Alec, Pm sorry enough that l sus
pected you of bein' what you want
but you see, your reputation was agir
you. Maybe you amt ever heerd it
hut n good name is with more thar
great riches. If you think you see
through it clear enough to try to build
up better sort of reputation thar
what you brought here, you needn't &c
away"
Alec thought he saw through it. He
had found out that sharp tricks did moi
pay. and he resolved thenceforth to
live so honorably that his word should
be as good as Joe's or Albert's. Jose
phine Gates, in Youths Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02

kets, when your own flesh and blood
stands in need of country air as much
as any of en-"
Mrs. Crane fell to securing her bright
milk pans, while her husband stared
ont of the window and thought hard.
Summer after summer this good
farmer had entertained poor children,
often two at time, and usually those
in bad health; and all the time his con-
science would persist in asking:
where's Marthy's boy?"
Martha had been the farmers pretty
sister once, but she had willfully mar
ried a worthless fellow against her
parents wishes, and had long since
reaped the reward of her disobedience.
After few years of misery she died,
leaving behind her little boy called
Alexander.
Shortly afterward his father also
died. and now Alec was living some
where in New York with the fathers
family.
TWAS generally believed that they
were poor and shftless. and that Alec's
wits were acquiring nimbleness far
from desirable. At least, such were
the rumors that occasionally reached
the farm. by reason of Alec's unfortu-
nate reputation, Gopher Crane had
been unable to make up his mind
to welcome his y nephew to the
farm. He felt sure that if Alec. once
set foot on the farm it would be for
life.
eyes, / mean Marthy's boy" said
Mrs. Crane, presently. HE may be
worthless as all git-out, but duty's
duty. Besides, Deacon Beazely's wife,
who went down to York in the spring,
found out considerable about the fam
ily for Inc. She said that maybe he
was ruther sharp and antic like, but it
was her opinion that Alec stood dread
full in need O. homin'. Come, Gopher,
let's take him on faith"
Good Mrs. Crane turned her soft eyes
full of entreaty on her husband.
"You're good woman, Phebe, " said
he. finally. "Well, send for Alec. He
can be our fresh air for spell, if
you like" w..
Martha's boy was really trifie more
"antic" than was thoroughly comfort
able for others, but, according to his
lights, he was not really bad boy
True he had a reputation for sharp
ness that rejoiced his soul. He was at
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02
HE KNEW HIS MEN.
)ne Hotelkeepcr Who Had Often Enter
tanned Polite Wheelmen.

)ne Hotelkcepcr Who Had Often Enter
tanned Polite Whcelmen.
A facetious hotelkeeper whose house
Is much frequented by wheelmen, and
who, consequently, is thoroughly ia.
miliar with the peculiarities of cyclers,
has hung in a conspicuous place at the
desk card setting forth the advan.
tages of stopping at his hotel. Here
are few of the advantages: This hote
was built and arranged for the special
comfort and convenience of wheelmen
On arrival each rider will be asked how
he likes the situation, and if they SAY
the hotel ought to be placed nearer
good roads the location will be imme
diately changed. Riders will be wei
coined with delight. The mud
der and grcasier their clothing
the greater the proprietor's deligh
to welcome them. Wheels may
be stored and cleaned in the parlors
where velvet carpets are provided fol
that especial purpose; the piano is moi
n racing prize, and is therefore intend
ed for cyclers to play upon at all hours
of the day and night dinner is served
Mt all hours, and wheelmen are served
first, the regular guests getting what
there is left, if there is any, The clerl
has been carefully selected to please
wheelmen. He can talk cash prizes OF
crooks, play poker, mend pneumatic,
straighten cranks or handle bars, shake
for drinks at any hour of the day OF
night, knows all the roads for thou
sand miles around, has full stock OF
oil, wrenches and inflaters, puts on the
gloves with anyone or acts as trainer
timer or checker whenever requested
The landlord is always pleased to heal
that some other hotel is "the best in
the country" for wheclmen. Chicago
| Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02

the bottom of nearly every bit OF mis-
chief that happened in his neighbor-
hood. TT.
helped Uncle Gopher and his two boys ;
loo and Albert, about the place, and
ON occasion he rendered assistance IN
the kitchen, where doughnuts and the
snappiest kind of gingersnaps were sure
TO be found at any hour.
Alec declared that life on the farm
was dandy fun" He played a few
kept we'll within bounds the sharpness 7iss,s
for which he was famed in his little
circle in the city He seemed to know
when he was well of.
Uncle Gopher was an easy.golng sou.
on every point but -Sne. and ,i tna = was .ss
ais shop-a littlef6unty puAs on VIZ
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02
A Popular Host.

Traveller Eth? Has this hotel changed
hands?
Clerk the old landlord busted
up-owed thousands of dollars to all
the provision dealers in the neighbor-
hood. For every ten dollars he took 10
he spent twenty.
Traveler-Too bad, too bad. He'a
the only landlord / ever met who know
how to keep hetel.-N. !. Weekly,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02
what to Do with Old Bones.

More or less on every farm there is
an accumulation of bones-that is they
will accumulate if they are saved and
everyone should be saved. Even il
they can not be put in proper shape for
use on annual Quick-growing crops
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02
ALEC'S REPUTATION.
Row He Found That Sharp Tricks
Didn't Pay.

ORE fresh air
children COM
in'!" said Mrs.
Crane. "Land
O. love! Gopher,
Pm tired of EN-.
We've had 'em
lame, halt and
blind, and I'D
like a change.
Not that I've a
t h i n e a G i n
fire S Ii airs.
Far from it; it's
a noble charity.
But don't seem
hardly fair to
keep on enter
tainin' t h e S G
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02


Meantime the oil continued to disap-
pear, until finally Uncle Gopher de-
clared that Alec certainly must be the
thief. and that unless within three
days full confession was made he
should ship him off, land that he
''need never show hide nor HAN on the
place again" ~ 81 as
Alec was in despair. He had never
known the delights of home before.
TO go away from the farm now would
break his heart He was miserably
convinced now that if his reputation
had been for honesty and truth, instead
of trickery and sharpness, he would not
have been suspected.
"Say, now" drawled Joe, his cousin,
as the two were modify driving home
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02

IL fell overheard" said the sailor,
''and the shark came along and grabbed
me by the leg" "Aud what did you
do?" 81 let him have the leg. ] never
disputes with shark"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02

-Teacher-"What foreign prince has
made the most memorable impression
on our country" Pupil-''I know, sir"
Teacher-"All right, my boy. What
prince was it9" Pupil-''The footprints
OF Columbus"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02
BARN, where he did his repairs on rainy

barn, where he did his repairs on rainy
days.
1t was his firm and fond conviction
that if it had not been his let to be a
farmer he would have made very ex-
cellent mechanic. The big grindstone
| and all the little whetstones and glue
pots and carpenters tools OF various
kinds were the JOY of Uncle zopher's
heart Hitherto nc one had been bold
enough to me idle with them. VI
Among the treasures of the shop was
a stone bottle, without stopper, FLIED
with sweet oihv 1t stood on broad
shelf beneathqthe window. One morn.
ing this bottle was found to be empty.
Only the night before it had been new
ly filled As the shop door was always
kept locked, and the key to it cleverly
conceded behind the kitchen door, it
was clear that some one of the house,
hold was the offender.
ssomebody sheen tamperin' with my
ile," announced Uncle Gopher, looking
Lseverely over the tops of his spectacles
straight at Alec.
Alec anXiously undertook to clear
himself of this awful charge.
! There, lad, carefulp' said Uncle
Gopher; my boys didn'ttake it, know,
for they've said so, and what they say
is sure' to be true; but you'll don't
know about you"
Alec made the most frenzied protes-
tations of innocence. Perhaps no one
believed him, but, for the time being,
the matter was dropped.
Alas! the contents of the fat stone
bottle in the shop disappeared again,
and Uncle Zopher's face grew stern.
''If you'd only tell the truth, Alec
dear!" entreated Aunt Phebe, with
tears in her eyes. Come, now, just
for mischief, didn't you do it?'
'Nopep' maintained Alec, stoutly.
No confession could be wrung from
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-02-02

Battles are thoughts insisted upon.
BANS Horn
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-14
BY TELEGRAPH
Foreign News.

LONDON, Mar. l4.-Sir Andrew
Clark, Mr. Gladstonc's physician
states that Mr.. Gladstone has not oot
influenza. He has slept well and i
much better, but remains in bed with
view to recuperation.
LONDON, Mar. IA destructive fire
occurred to-day at Bootle, near Liver
pool. Two cotton warehouses belopc
ing to the Deene Company were burned
the loss involved being about one hun.
dred thousand pounds. In the course
of the confagration wall of one of the
warehouses fell, blocking for sometime
the tracks of the Midland railway.
LONDON, Mar. 14.-Charles Wells
otherwise known as Monte Carlo
Wells, was sentenced to-day 10 penal
servitude for eight years on conviction
of extensive fraud in having obtained
large sums of money from Miss Cath.
arine Phillimore and others.
PARIS, Mar 14:-Af;er 4 debate in tn
Senate to-day on the facts brought out in the
Panama prosecution, the Senate voted conf.
dencc in the government by 900 to j6.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-14

PoPULI5T CoNFERENCE.-According
to announcement, the populist confer
ence was represented at Louisa Court
House yesterday by only Gen. Jas. G.
Field, of Virginia; Colonel Roberts, of
Tennessee, and Colonel Nandeyoort, of
Nebraska. Lengthy speeches were
made by these gentlemen in the order
named to a large and attentive crowd.
A restoration of the currency Trough
the reconciliation of silver was dis
cussed and some impression made upon
farmers. They claimed that zee a I'd
unlimited coinage was the salvation of
the country and evidently fired the first
guns of the peoples party for the ap-
preaching campaign and cried 'Relief
for the people at large" Few, if any,
democrats will be led off by third-party
men in this years election. Farmers
and laborers generally have faith in the
national democracy and believe that
the desired relief will speedily come
from the new Congress. General Field
invited people Of al parties to join the
bimetalic league at one dollar each,
claiming that it was non-partisan.
MANY said that it was a sly move to
capture Virginia, backed by republi
cans generally. Democrats won't be
caught in the trap.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-14
TUESDAY EVENING, MARCH IA, 1893.

WHEN Senator Villas was u Cabinet
officer. under the Presidents form 7
administration, he told ex-Congressman
Gibson, of West Virginia. that no cx-
Confederate holding minor position in
his department should be promoted as
long as he remained at the head there
of, and, when subsequently interviewed
on the subject, could not deny that he
had said so. That was bad enough in
all conscience, though Mr., Villas is a
northern man. But now it is printed
in the newspapers that Secretary Car
Isle, of Kentucky, asked an applicant
for place in his department that IS
vacant. if he had been Union soldier,
and, on receiving negative answer, re-
piled: Sorry, butthe place will be kept
for man of that stripe" Now, the
country is one, and the war has been
over twenty-eight years, and yet all the
people in one section ofit are publicly
informed by n Cabinet minister that
there is ban upon them, and that they
are not the equals of the men who
fought against them in their unequal
contest for the Constitution, States
rights and for home rule and, worst Of
all. are so informed by an administra-
ton that was nominated and elected by
their votes.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-14

AN ANAcoNDA's DoINGS.-Donaid
Burns, snake dealer iii Roosevelt street,
New York, lost large anaconda two
weeks ago by the reptile escaping from
its box and getting away through a
hole in the building The same day
some longshoremen, coming out OF q
saloon, saw a huge snake slipping
along in the gutter,and concluding that
they were suffering severe attack OF
the iim-jams they fled from the scene
to Salvation Army post near by to
take the temperance pledge for a year.
Nothing was heard of the anaconda
until Saturday morning when two la
borers found it in the Roosevelt street
sewer. at the foot of a manhole.
Mr.. Burns was sent for and dug 1t
out. and brought its stiff body to the
surface 1t was about twelve feet long,
with a head about four inches long. In
its stomach were the bodies of halt a
dozen bio sewer rats, which the ana
conda had not had time to digest be-
fore it was frozen to death. The long,
shoremen were indicated, and will
probably break their pledge as soon as
tbey hear that the snake they saw was
not an imaginary one.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-14
Death ola Strange Character

PARIS, Tex, Mar. ll.-Word comes
from the Arbuckle Mountains of the
death of a man said to be Lord Her.
bert, an English nobleman. Some
years since, when man still in the
vigor and prime of manhood, he came
in that portion of the Indian Territory.
and, in an unfrequented spot built a
log hut which he made the home auda
refuge for many fugitiyes from justice.
Last week party Of cattlemen rode by
and noticed his horse standing by the
fence whinnying, and the dog lying in
front of the door whining piteously.
One of the party got down and went in
and found the man rolling and urning
in his bed, deIirious and dying. The
next day he died and the cattlemcn
buried him near his cabin.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-14
NEWS OF THE DAY.


The second reading of the home-ruIe
bill has been postponed until after Eas-
ter
The ice gorge at Port Deposit is all
over, and it is estimated that the dam
age done cannot be repaired for S25,-
600.
The Chinese are preparing to seize
Pamir, while the Russians are sending
reinforcements to the country to resist
the attack.
A dinner was given in Washington
last night by the Senators TO Senator
Dawes, of Massachusetts, who ended
his congressional career of thirty-slN
years.
a widow and her three children have
been murdered by robbers, and their
bodies partly burned by fire that de-
stroved their home in Solmdorl, Ba-
varia.
The democratic Senator'S committee
were engaged during yesterday in ar
ranging the committees. and the result
of their work will be submitted to the
caucus.
Major Fukushima, formerly of the
Japanese legation in Berlin, completed
yesterday at Nladirostocl his horse
back ride across European and Aslatic
Russia.
Iu the corridor of the Criminal Court
in Nashville yesterday Joseph Winters,
charged with being accessory to the
murder of ]. b. Jones, was shot and ia
tally wounded by Thomas Jones, son
of the murdered man.
The Governor of Maine, acting I'M
der the terms of resolution adopted
by the Legislature of the State, has
written Mrs Blaine requesting permits
sion for the removal Of her husbands
remains from Oak Hill Cemetery, in
the District of Columbia, to Augusta.
For the first time during his Jail life
in Washington, Howard Schneider be.
came violent yesterday. He assaulted
Deputy Warden Russ in his cell and
attempted to brain him with chair,
repeating his outbreak of last spring III
the courtroom, wi on he made the
same demonstration toward Distrlc'
Attorney Cole. The officer ovcrpower-
ed Schneider, but there was excitement
in the jail for time.
The French ministry was yesterday
sustained by vote of confdence(297 tc
22S) in the Chamber of Deputies
Premier Kibot aud NJ. Bourgeois
spoke in defense of the course pursued
by the government in the Panama case
Trial Of the Panama cases was con
tinucd, and VI. Bonrge, is, ex-ministel
Of justice, repudiaIcd Tie lnsinualioi's
contained in the evidence of Madam,
Cottu. Charles de Lcsseps created q
scene in the courtroom by confronting
NJ. Bourgeois and resenting the lat
ter's attack upon him. The disorder
became so great that the judge had to
suspend the proceedings.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1893-03-14

A CALF WITH A WISG.-A. Chisholm, L
farmer near Hecla, S D. and who is one of
the leading cattemcn of Brule county, re-
ports that one of his cows gave birth few
days ago to a winged calf. The calf is a
bright, frolicking one and perfect in every
respect save that it has wing growing from
its body Just back of the shoulder-bladc. The
wing is perfectly natural. being iointed to the
body. then extending backward in natural
position about six inches at which point
there is Joint allowing the outer extremity
of the wing to drop downward and forward.
forming an acute angle A natural coat of
hair covers the entire wing. Mr.. Chisholm
cannot account for this wonderful freak Of
nature, but says that during the earl part Of
the season last summer his cattle were nearly
driven from their pasture which bor!ered
III eriver. by the incessant coming and going
of large flocks of wild geese. The calf WIZ!
not be able to fly with but one wing but
there is no telling to what extent wing cul
ture might be developed By assidaous efforts
in the calls progeny.