davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
OUR COUNTRY CHURCH.


You may have your city churches, full OF lux
ury and style
With operate singers and star preachers to be.
guile;
Butif you want religion hat Will keep old Adam
down,
You ought TO Join our little church that is In
Waybackt6sn.
Its straight-backed pcws uncushIoned don't
slccpiness invite;
No gaudy decorations mar It's walls and coil
ings whlte
No stained glass window pictures your atten.
tion takes away
From what our faithful preacher has the fear.
lessncss TO say
Though homely in his features and more home
ly in his dress,
And palmer in his language than the sinners
Andawkwnrd In his gestures he can preach a
sermon that
Goes straighlor and hits harder than ball
from Kelly's bat
He takes The good old Bible as just meaning
what 1t reads
Ole doesn't try TO twist 1t for city Christians S
necds).
And while he, maybe, shocks you with his elo-
quence uncouth,
He sends you home made better by the plain,
unyarnished truth.
In taking up collections for expenses to be met
He's business all over, and he $ never known
hcarer get his dinner till the whole amount
is raised
And then in grand Doxology the noble work is
praised.
Tho sweetest and the prettiest of all the girls
In town
Sing in our country choir, but their voices can.
not drown
The standing congregation who with simple,
fervent vim
Roll upward to the heavens each old fashioned
tune-book hymn.
We have our sewing circles where the sisters
swiftly sew
While passing latest village news with pleasure
10 and fro.
And when the minister drops IN and "brothcrs''
There's moro OF sweet companionship than is
In cities found
We have our prayer meetings where we each in
turn arise
And humbly state our sinfulness, encouraged
by the cries
OF f"Praise the LORD and "Glory" and "Amens'
from brothers who
Would feel ashamed to do it II within city
pow.
o, yesl Our little country church in wayback.
town can take
For genuine religion and true fellowship the
cake.
And If the so-called Christians in the city
churches would
Come in and share our blessings It might do 'em
lots OF good.
H. G. Dodge, In Goodall's Sun
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
THE MODERN VIKING SHIP.
A Close Copy of the Boat In Which Lief
Erickson Sailed.

A Close Copy of the Boat In Which Lief
Erickson Sailed.
Nine centuries ago Lief Erickson, ol
Lief the Lucky" found his way, it is
claimed, to the shores of America in
one of the sea-slsimming dragons, and
skirted along our New Englnnd coast
long before Columbus crossed the At.
lantic in his caravels; and the stone
tower at Newport, the age of which no
one seems to know, is thought by many
to have been built by the Vikings
crew.
Prominent Norwcgians interested in
the debate as to whether Erickson real.
ly did make this voyage, have patriot.
ically contributed money to have ship
built in all respects similar to the one
found at Gokstad. She was sent across
the ocean on visit to America and the
Worlds fair as part of Norway's OK
hibit She is seventy-seven feet long and
sixteen feet wide. Her ruddcr is on
tie starboard or "stcerboard" side.
and she flies the ancient and
dreaded red flag and raven of the
pirates of old. She has thirty oars,
worked by relays of rowers from a
crew of eighty picked Norwegian
sailors, who brought her over the sea
with sail and oar, just as their forcfa
theirs came so long ago, amid icebcrgs
and storms.
There is one difference, however; for
instead of landing on a rock bound
coast inhabited by savage Indians, they
are welcomed by new nation, great
and free, in whose harbors is many an
iron war-ship greater and more terri
bic than the Viking ever dreamed of.
But these men-of-war did not meet to
destroy one another in battle, but for
the purpose of celebrating the coming
of that other great sea-rover and dis.
coverer, Columbus.
When the Palisades of the Hudson
looked down upon the seemingly
antique caravels. themselves molern
besides the Viking ship, perhaps the
old rocks sleepily wondered at the ab.
sence of the good ship Half Moon
the craft of their old friend Hendrix
Hudson; for to them it seemed that the
old Dutch vessel might well have Joined
the procession of historic ships that
long ago discovered America. - st.
Nicholas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16

No one can tell exactly who made the
first piano for the reason that it has
gradually evolved" from an instru-
ment as much itself as one could well
imagine. In the twelfth century it
appears to have been gigantic dull
elmer, which was merely an oblong
box holding series of strings ar
ranged in triangular form across its
center. In the thirteenth and four
teenth centuries the "clavichord,"
another musical monstrosity, had de-
veloped from it, and was used we'll up
in the eighteenth century. About I'LL
Christofali of Padua invented a real
piano, but it is said to remind one of
coal box when compared with the ele-
CANT and perfect toned instrument OF
today
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
PiTH AND POINT.


"A common calamity Is a great
.rncher Of human brotherhood. od.-Ram'i
iorn.
Habit is garment easily put on,
but when 1t is worn threadbare it can
not be put off Eas easily.-Ram's Horn
1T is only fair that when patient
has faith in doctor, the doctor should
treat the Observation-Disclosures Rec
ord.
My wife reads a great deal OF
poetry" remarked Washington min
ister. "You have quite n literary house
hold then" eyes; she's poetic and
I'm prosy."- Washington Star.
-McSwatters- say that he's
no poet; how do you know7" McSwit-
ters-"Why, man, he can't get his
poems published anywhere, but in the
magazines" Journal.
-"John," said his wife, what are
You doing?" Figuring" he replied.
''Figuring on what?'' "On which we
can better afford to do-buy coal or use
the parlor furniture for fuel. Wash.
ington Star
81 don't believe the world goes
round so fast all the time," said Jack
to his teacher. "And I'll tell you why.
jumped up in the air yesterday, and
1t didn't slide from under me bit"-
Harper's Bazaar.
Piano Progress. s.-Snuggs-"S your
daughter is taking piano lessons?"
Buggs-"Yes." Snuggs-"Is she doing
much with it?" Buggs-"oh, yes; she's
driven all the neighbors into the other
end of wn."-Detroit Free Press.
-Tommy's Mother-"Pshaw Tom.
myl You oughtn'tto have been fright
ened because the yacht rocked little.
Look at little Cousin Nellie; she wasn't
scared bit" Tommy-'No wonderl
She had me there to look after her."
Teacher Clearing arithmetic CLASS
recite)-"Milse, if you should see seven
birds on a tree, and should shoot
three of them, how many birds would
remain?" Mike-"Nary one, mum; the
rest O. them would he afther flyin'
away. boston Courier.
I'm Brooklyn the other day." said
man, 81 saw something that / had
never seen before, and that was a
vender selling live chickens. He had
them in crates on n wagon, and he
cried them just as he might have cried
ANYTHING else: "Chickens Live chick
ens!"
-AQuestion of me.-Young Spoon.
amore docking at his watch) )-"Deai
me, it's nearly eleven o'clock! didn't
think it was so late. Did you?" Miss
Iphigenia (heroically suppressing a
yawn)-"No, indeed. 1t seemed to me
about twenty-one hours earlier, Chi
cago Tribune.
Angelina (anxiously)-"Are you
sure, dear, that you don't regret it, and
that you don't sometimes miss your life
as bachelor?" Edwin with cheerful
conviction) )-"Not bit. | tell yor
what, Angy, l miss it so little that if
were to lose you-a-I'm blessed if
wouldn't marry again. ."-Tit-Bits
Mr.. Simpson-"Willie, why didn''
you take off your hat to your aun
when you passed her?". Willie Simp
son-"Because, pa I was over to hel
house yesterday, and she wouldn't give
me piece of pie" Mr. Simpson
"Then you should be doubly polite tc
her, Willie, for having saved your life.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
ERRORS a CENTURY sAeo.
Miss Helena Wells Warned Her Pupils
Not to Say "Plnafore.Y

The letters of the excellent Miss
Helena Wells, written in 1904. ION
Subjects of Importance to the Iiappi'
ness of Young Females" have long
passed into the dusty regions of an
cient libraries; but when she added
from her long experience rs gov
erness, "a few practical Lessons on
the Improprieties of Language and Err
rors of Pronunciation, which fre-
quently occur in common Converse
tiop," she touched upon n subject of
perennial interest, still green after
hundred years.
In looking over her lists of vulgar
errors II is curious to find that the
very peculiarities we now associate
with Mr. Samuel Weller are among
those from which II was necessary to
wean young ladies of good family in
London century ago. Their teacher
warns them not to say "weaf' and
''w vinegar" will" and "vindor" and
witch" She begs them on no account
to be heard saying 'ill-conwenient," p"
"howsever," "hisself," "affeard." or
"attackted." She warns them against
"nothink" and Handkerchief" and
"Lunnon." Other inelegancies, still
heard freely in high circles in En-
gland, and sometimes in America also,
were the object of solicitude to
this good lady in 1894. The omission
of the final e and of the preliminary h,
the use of ''wile" and 'weat" and 'be-
old'' for while and ''wheat" and "be-
hold"-on these Anglicisms the gov
ernesses of a century have, it would
seem, labored in vain. Other peculiari-
ties, then visible or audible, seem now
to have disappeared. Does anyone now
say ''ny,npth" and Triumph" of
which she complains? In some cases
she simply records swing of the pen
dulum, which has since vibrated the
other way. She bids them, for in
stance, say ''obleege" for ''oblige." I"
Now this was the genteel pronuncia-
tion of the time; as we know, for in
stance, by Goldsmitb's famous couplet:
Dreading cen fools; by fiatterers besieged
And so obliging that he ne'er obliged.
Webster and Choate said "obleeged," :"
but we do not now hear it. Miss Wells
also affords an instance of the final
exit of a very obvious pronunciation
based on etymology, but now quite
lost. She tells her pupils that they
must not say -"pinafore, but pin
before" The reason is plain: 'afore"
was a vulgarism. But in this, as in
many other case, the vulgarism has
got the upper hand, and euphony is
stronger than etymology Fancy an
opera OF "Pinbefore. ."-Harper's Ba
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16

II was evident that his friend had been
anxious TO conceal from the crew the
fact that they were being photographed,
for every figure in the group was as
natural as possible. II was more than
likely, Mclean thought, that neither
captain nor crew knew what camera
was.
The second to last picture surprised
Mclean. The men were grouped
around the wheelsmen, and were evil
IDENTIFY discussing some subject with
animation. One of the men was look
ing directly at the camera at the time
the shot was made, and his expression
was one that might have alarmed Fred
ericlls if he had not been so absorbed
in his work.
The next picture was a revelation.
Mclean watched il as itcame out, and
at first thought it was failure.
There seemed to be too much of the
central figure, and the man was SO
close % the camera that his figure was
rather out of focus. If the figure had
stood up straight its head and shoul
ders would have been out of the pic
ture. AS 1t was, Mclean saw that II
was the picture of u man cronching
along toward the holder of the camera.
When the picture was fully developed
and Mclean held it up before the red
light he was startled to see that the
crouching figure held in his uplifted
hand long Italian stiletto The pic
ture was evidently taken the moment
before the stroke was given. The man
aimed at was doubtless the unconscious
photographer, who busted with his
camera, did not notice the figure steal.
ing upon him.
Mclean finished that negative with
| more care than he ever took with a
picture before. He printed positive
as soon as the negative was dry, and,
although the figure was out of focus,
anyone could instantly recognize the
face as that of the captain of the Fly
ing Scud. The little picture was evil
dence enough to Mclean that his friend
had been murdered, probably to get
what money he had on his person. But
he realized that it still was not evidence
enough to enable him to convict the
murderers at court in Venice.
| He made lantern slide of The pic
ture, hired a stereopticon and made his
the law "a man entitled to take deposit
tions) into his confidence.
When the schooner again arrived in
Venice Mclean got one of the men to
come with him to his rooms He
wished, he said, to hear again how his
friend came by his death, and he
promised the man money if he would
give him faithful account OF the acci-
dent. At McLean's rooms the man told
the tale that had already been told.
''Do you believe in tn C devil?" asked
Mclean when his story was finished.
Sure" replied the man in an awed
whisper.
"Then come into the next room and
will show you some of the DEVILS work.
You Will see what he says became OF
my friend"
The man drew back. He had no de
sire to see any of the devils work.
"Then it is true what the devil says,
that you killed my friend"
81 didn't kill him" cried the sailor
st was" Then he checked himself
and was silent -.-. ..
The officer of the law stepped out Of
the other room, and, seeing him, the
sailor appeared to be afraid to refuse to
enter.
The room was pitch-dark. Suddenly
there appeared on the wall group Of
men around the wheel on board the
boat. The sailor at once recognized
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
HEAD REST FOR BACK OF CHAIR.

but the most effective are the oblong
cushions with feminine looking frill
Of lace all around them. For service
as well as ornament blue denim, with
initials or a design worked on in
scarlet, is v.zy pretty.
A nice addition to the big rocking
chair is the long, round pillow covered
with velvet or plush and finished with
puff of soft silk at each end. This
can be hung by means Of ribbon or a
fancy cord over the back of the chair
and is exceedingly pretty as well as
useful. Green velvet and light blue or
pink silk is a favorite combination,
blue and brown is effective and two
shades of one color always harmonize
well. Care should be taken to make
the pillow perfectly round.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
Renovating an Old Chair.

II you have dingy old rattan chair
that you have tucked out of sight bring
it forth from the Cutlery closet and
make it as good and attractive as when
YOU purchased it-that is, if it is not
broken. If necessary repair it. Then
paint it black, after which apply var
nish. Run ribbon of any bright shade
through the openwork border and
place a plush cushion of the same
shade upon the seat. If you prefer an
other color than black get enamel in
blue or in pale bronze. Finish the
decoration with a silk scarf OF the how'
cred drapery sort, fastening it to the
chair with large bow of wide ribbon
of the same shade as the cushion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16

we show this strange departure from
the regular growth, but on account,
first, of it's odditJ, genuine twin
daisy; and, second, because if one
daisy is good, two on the same stalk
must be better
Daisies were not made alone for
poets, maidens or farmers. There is
our old grandmother, bless her soull
when we were ourselves so enfeebled
by weakness as to have copious night
sweats such as fairly saturated the
bedding with our oozing strength, she
gathered some Of these charming flow
ers and decorated the interior of the
tin teapot with their beauty-prac.
tically stepped them into a tea and
told Us to drink freely of 1t, when cold.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
pERNlclous PRACTICE.
rho Unuiean Habit OF Using tne Mouth as
"A Catch-All.


There ais multitude of people
who, in addition TO the natural and
proper uses of the mouth, seem to re-
gard it as a sort of handy receptacle,
into which any small object may be
thrust for safe-leoping till wanted
This trait is not confined to either sex
or to any age. Many fond mother
will cry out in alarm at the sight OF
her child running about with play
thing in its mouth, yet the chances
are that If this same mother should
an hour later have occasion TO pay
her fare on q public conveyance she
would fish out, from some ridiculous
receptacle called purse, small coin'
which she would hold between her
lips till ready to make some other dis:
position of it-and this regardless OF
the fact that on an average the coin
had been travelling about the country
for from fifteen to twenty years, dur
ing which time il had been in all sorts
of places and amid all kinds of sur
roundings. This observation is true
of many other things than small coins,
and of fathers as well as of mothers.
Some of the most painful instances
possible have recently illustrated the
danger of this habit. The horrible
death of a well-belovcd clergyman,
the result of swallowing a small cork
which he was holding between his
lips, is fresh in mind; and at this writ
ing man in Albany has his lungs
filled with tacks which he swallowed
in similar manner He was holding
them between his lips, while putting
down carpet, and inhaled them in
laughing at the remark of some one
present. He now lies at the point Of
death, and no earthly power can aid
him. Surely these illustrations and
the suggestions which they invariably
call up, ought to be sufficient reason
why no thinking person should ever
make temporary receptacle Of the
mouth for foreign substances. Good
| Housekeeping
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
CHAT ABOUT DAISIES.
They Were Not Made Alone for Poets,
NgaIdana ar ETa rp,ara

They Were Not Made Alone for Poets,
Maidens or Farmers.
Scores of adulatory verse have been
written by poets of "the fields white
decked with nodding daisies" Gross
dozens of earthen fower-holders have
been filed, by blooming maidens, with
daisies for conspicuous ornamentation.
The more practical husbandman, how
ever, utters imprecations till the atmos-
phere takes on cerulean hue as he
speaks of those pests of his field, them
common daisies"
A very uncommon one, however, is
the subject of our illustration. Not
for its economic or pictorial aspect do
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16

y Y IL
coming from long line of fishing an
cestors in the north of Scotland, was
poor sailor, which seems contrary to
the hereditary theories of Mr.. Ibsen.
Fredericks wrote to his friend from
Venice, and said he had succeeded in
making arrangements with most pic
turesque lot of coasters who ran boat
from Venice along the shore to the
southern part of Italy, calling at near
ly every port; small trading schooner,
If such a craft could be called schoon-
er. He added that the boat would be
back in Venice in two weeks time If
they had good weather, and he asked
Mclean to be there to meet him if he
could, 80 that they might continue
their tramp together into the noun
tains north of Venice. He gave the
name of the boat which, being slow
craft, they had christened with the
italian equivalent of "TheFlying Scud."
Frederichs was an artist; Mclean was
merely an amateur photographer, who
carried detective camera. Neverthe-
less Fredericlxs borrowed his friends
camera so that if he had a chance he
might take some snap shots where he
would not have time to use his pencil.
Mclean wait ed in Venice for the Fly
ing Scud with some impatience, for it
was several days overdue. When it
finally arrived Mclean was shocked
and Mortified at the news it brought.
On the second day out there had been
a slight squall and FredericlSs, leaning
over the side, had suddenly lost his
balance and had fallen into the Adri:
attic. There were no lifc-preservers on
board, but one Of the men threw
bench to the struggling man and the
helmsman brought the boat round to
the wind as speedily as possible, but
nothing more was seen of the unfortu-
nate artist.
The sailors were rough men of the
sea, but it was evident to the most cas-
ual observer that they were honest fell
lows who told straight story, for each
one corroborated the account of the
Dther. As proof of their honesty they
returned to the magistrate a small
black box which Mclean at once recog-
nized as his own camera, which Freder-
icls had borrowed before he went on
the fatal trip.
Mclean took 1t to his lodgings and
when night came on he lit his red lamp
and got out his developing kit. The
camera contained q roll of film suffi-
cient to take sixty pictures. One or
two of these Mclean himself had
taken in Verona. On opening the in
strumcnt Mclean saw that his friend
had taken about dozen pictures.
These he cut carefully off, and he re-
solved to develop them with the utmost
caution SO as TO have mementoes of
the last work his friend had done on
earth
The first three pictures were of We
roma, and In each of them his dead
friend stood. The next was snap
shot Of the Flying Send as she lay at
anchor, evidently taken as Fredericks
went ont TO her inagondola. The next
was very good picture o. the man at
wheel, and the next . group on deck
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
Cows MIX for Infants.

The query is. sometimes raise,
whether clear cream or part cream ant
part water is best for very young chill
dren. A mixture of good milk AM,
lime water is found to be very good
one part of lime water to two pa Is q
milk. The lime water prevents thu
milk from forming large curds IN tn
stomach. But be sure that Nhe milk !
pure and healthy,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
Steamed sponge Pudding.

One cup of bread sponge, one tea
spoonful of butter. Mix thoroughly
and set to rise in warm place. When
very light, roll thin and spread fresh
or canned fruit of any kind, or jam
Jelly or raisins; or dried cherries are
very good also. Roll it into little
loaf, put on buttered tin, or small
basin, and set in warm place unit
light. Steam one and quarter houry
Keep closely covered. Serve with
whipped cream, or any good sauce.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16

himself among those who stood there
and he gave gasp of astonishment,
muttering to himself.
That picture faded out and the pic.
ture of the crouching captain took its
place. 1t was life-size, and it seemed
to steal along the wall. The sailor
gave cry.
"Thcn you know all" he gasped; "the
devil has told you. You see, signor, il
was not me-"
"Then, if you wish to escape, tell all
you know and tell it truthfully. 1t is
your last chance"
And on the evidence of the sailor JUS
tice was done, for the sailor himself
was stilettoed the day the others were
executed. Luke Sharp, in Detroit Free
Press
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16

Dusty Rhodes stopped to see If
you would give me the recipe you use
for mince pies.
Mrs Dogood-The idea. What do you
want of it?
Dusty Rhodes-Fitz William tried to
make me believe you used three cups OF
Portland cement to one of molasses
and | said you didn't.-Puck.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
Empty stomachs the Safer in Battle.

Surgeon General Sternberg, of the
army. and DIR. A. c. Bernays, of st.
Louis, had fiocked tog ether and were
discussing gun-shot wounds in the low
er part of the body. DR.. Bernays
greatly interested Surgeon General
Sternberg by proposition he laid
down that when man is shot in the
abdomen shortly after eating a hearty
meal the danger is much greater. "a
case of that kind should be operated
upon in every instance" said Dr. Ber-
nays. ''If the bowels are empty or
nearly so, the same wound may be
treated without operation"
Applying that theory to soldiersa"
remarked the surgeon general tenta-
lively.
"Iwould say they ought to do their
fighting before breakfast" put in the
specialist St Louis Globe-Democrat
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16

She knew better than farmer or poet
that there were other virtues than
verse and curse in this little creation OF
God. 1t stopped our night-sweats inn
mediately, and in our builded-up
strength we have thought possibly it
were better to have two daisies grow
where but one grew before.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1893-11-16
VIII Keep HIS Promise.

Didn't you tell me when helped
you years ago" said Downattheheel to
Upintheair, that you'd always remem.
Der it, and that you'd share your last
crust with me?"
81 certainly did; and will when
get to it."-Life.