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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
DO NOT GROW OLD.


Hints to Ladies' whose Years May Soon
Become Burden.
In Paris elderly ladies are now wear
ing almost exclusively velvet dresses,
trimmed with costly lace, disposed in
basques, collars and sleeve sabots or
frills, says the New York Tribune.
This combination is extremely bccom-
ing and stately.
A woman is never old enough to
neglect her appearance. Nothing can
be more disagreeablc to the sight than
a negligce old lady.
Unfortunately, one often sees one
with the hair dragged in the most un-
compromising fashion away from the
face, brushed close to the head and
fastened under the cap in little knot
about the size of a walnut at the back,
no further attempt at any arrange
mcnt of the coiffure being made; and
this carelessness results in drcadfully
bald appearance, as the spaces between
hair and ears and hair and neck are
thereby rendered conspicuously promi-
nent.
Moreover, many dear old DANES fail
to realize that at their time Of life the
neck should be as little exposed as pos
sible, for it is only too frequently
brown and wrinlSled. 1t would be easy
to dispose little lace about it in order
to conceal the scraggy neck revealed
with too scrupulous honesty.
1t may be added that women over
forty should carefully avoid becoming
too stout, a misfortune brought about
generally by self-irdulgence in the
pleasures of the table, in afternoon
maps, and in a lazy neglect of daily ex-
ercise
Avoid candies. Never cat pastry or
buttercd toast. Prefer biscuits or dry
toast to bread whenever possible.
Drink as little as possible. Accus-
tom yourself to taking tea or coffee
without sugar. Never touch jam, and
If you cannot do without butter
spread it as sparingly as possible.
Lemonade, if made from fresh lem
ons, is good for the health, and tends
to reduce flesh.
Growing old is always, of cou. sc, a
little tragic, especially II II woman ro-
main young and fresh in mind But
she need not grow fat, coarse and
ruddy rs we'll as old.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
THE COCO DE MER.



Curious Sea-Cocoanut Palm Tree of the
Seychelles Islands
There is curious species of palm
tree, which is found only on certain
islands of the group called Seychelles,
in the middle of the Indian ocean, and
nowhere else in the world. 1t is called
the coco de mer, or sea-cocoanut palm
tree.
The fruit is large oblong nut, COW
cred with a thin husll. When the husls
has been removed, the fruit has the ap,
pearance of two oblong nuts, firmly
joined together and weighing from
thirty to forty pounds They grow
in lunches, each containing nine to
ten nuts, so that whole bunch will
often weigh four hundred pounds.
1t takes ten years to ripen the fruit,
which, unlike that of the common co.
coanut, is too hard and horny to serve
as food. The island natives make many
useful and ornamental articles out OF
the she'll But the most important
part of the tree is the leaves, which
are made into mats and baskets. There
is always great demand for these
things, on account of their strength
and enduring qualities.
For many centuries the fruit of this
tree was only known from specimens
of it which, floating out to the sea
from the islands, were borne to and
cast upon the Maldive and other coasts,
the Seychelle islands, the home of the
tree, being then unknown.
So rare and mysterious fruit was
held in high regard in Asia, and it was
believed to be sure antidote to poison.
1t commanded great price in the
orient. Many Asiatics believed that
this cocoanut was the fruit of some sub
marine palm tree.
Such nuts as were thrown up on the
shores of India were highly valued by
Brahmin and IIindoo fakirs or religious
mendicants, who, cutting them apart,
would polish the halves and decorate
them with bands of carving in low re-
lief of inscriptions from the Hindoo
scriptures. SO finished, they formed
sacred begging-bowls, in which the
fakirs received aims of money or food
| Golden DayS.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
HE WAS A "SUCkER."
Bald AIDED Man from the Country Dis
appointed In the Opera.

Bald-H Headed Man from the Country Dis
appointed in the Opera.
The man sitting next to him noticed
that the bald-headed person with the
red necktie was getting decidedly
nervous.
Presentlyin the middle of a magnifi.
cent quintet, the bald-headed man
turned round and said:
"Sav!"
"Well?" was the reply, accompanied
by a hardly concealed frown. A lover
of opera hates interruption as Satan
loves good.
"What kind of show is this, any.
way?"
This? Why, this is" The sing.
ing was so beautiful just then that he
stopped and whispered "Hush!-Shw
The other went on:
"Ain't there no comic song coming
along presently?"
For answer there was shake of the
head.
Nobody get into sawmill and es.
cape by the skin of his teeth?"
"No."
mo horse race?"
mo"
''When does the song.and-dance act
come on? Say, amt there any laughs
in this thing, anywhere? Gee, but |
reckon l struck the wrong gate alto
gcther! l come in town to-day and
Gslled feller what was the best show
in town and he told me this was it.
And I've been sitting here an hour an
they amt done thing but shout and
weep and run around like beetles try.
ing to turn right side up. 'Tain't like
any show ever | seen! Whatever is it,
anyway"
But the other man had moved away
to where he could hear the music with.
out interruption. The bald-headed
man hailed an usher.
ANY Amazons' march in this?" h,
asked. The usher shook his head.
ANY Midway Plaisance dancing?"
MOP
"Well, then, blame the luck" said
the bald-headed man, reaching for hi,
hat 81 guess I'm sucker l"- Chicago
Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
WOMAN AND HOME.
DAINTY AND BEAUTIFUL.
Honey-Sconted Sw set Alyssum and
It's Possibilities.
1t Is a Comfort In tho House and De-
lght Out of Doors-COpVoniont and
Effective Ways of Grow
Ing tho Plant.

Could have but one plant either for
the border or the window garden it
should be that dainty, honey-sconted
little darling, sweet alyssum, says Dart
Fairthorn in Vick's Magazine, Small
of growth and bloom, by those who
never sec beauty except in dazzle it
might be considered insignificant, but
to the real flower-lover who will not
be entirely given over to scarlet ger
aniums and hollyhoclks it possesses q
beauty all its own, There is such u
distinct individuality about its dainty
blossoms, such an air of good cheer
and comfortable adaptability to cir
cumstances-entirely borne out, too,
by its life-such winsomc sprightli-
ness and altogether lovablencss that it
always reminds me of bright-faced
children whenever see it.
1t is the laugh of the flowers. Some
of them preach and some of them pray,
but the sweet alyssum laughs right
out loud" The whole border may
preach, the lilies droop their lovely
heads, like penitents in prayer" the
callas lift their snowy chalices in mute
protest against the whole worlds
wickedness and the impurity of earth
generally; but the sweet little alyssum
nothing daunted by the sermoni2ing
of statelier 1owerS-will run riot over
the ground, screening its impurities
from sight, filing in chinlls with it's
beauty, caressing the feet of roses and
rue alike, and seeming to my GRANT
fancy to be keeping up running ac-
compartment of cheerful comment or
an undcrcuTent of perpetual merri-
ment all the while. Like childhood it
is irrepressible.
The seed of the sweet alyssum, not
SO fine as to be difficult to manage, is
fiat and round, of q light brown or tan
color, and stored full of vitality. Plant
twenty-five of them in hnc sandy
loan, and with ordinary treatment you
may be reasonably sure of as many
plants, each one of which will be
of interest from the first moment il
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10

sends up it's initial four trim, pretty,
light green leaves. When once these
are thriftily growing you may be al
most sure of your plant.
like to SOW the seed in boxes in the
house; it is so very interesting to watch
them grow. 1t takes such very little
time for the seeds to poke their little
green promise above the soil, and so
very soon the smiling blooms appear.
1t is a good plant for the amateur to
begin with, being such slight tnx on
the patience, as few plants admit.
When your tiny plants are two inches
high transplant into thumbs and pinch
out the top Going on with the growth,
continue the shifting and pinching
processes until they are in four-inch
pots, then desist; you will have finely
rounded compact little plants which
will soon be perfect little pyramids of
fragrant blooms.
A convenient and effective way Of
growing the alyssum is to SOW the
seed directly in long narrow boxes
fitted to the window sill and about
four inches deep It's needs, grown
thus, will be light, moisture, not too
hot a sunshine, very occasionally weak
liquid manure and-room to spread it
self. Given these, it will more than
reward you for your care of it by send
ing out, surprisingly soon, munifi-
cencc of dainty bloom, small and shyly
at first, as though half afraid of it's
first impression upon you, but waxing
stronger and stronger, and sweeter
and sweetcr, until you grow to love it
in the heartwhole way its winsome-
ness deserves. The seed may bo sown
directly in the border where it is to
bloom or it may be transplantcd with
perfect case. Sown thicl1ly, it makes
beautiful edging plant or distinct
line in q ribbon bed. But do not let
it grow too ranlily, keep it trimmed
and pinched in, and in place, and if
after awhile it is going too much to
seed shear it back sharply. 1t will
then spring up to a fresh growth and
be all the lovclier for the seemingly
rough treatment. Then in the autumn
you will find around the larger plants
the tiny four-leaved ones springing up
which are just what you want in guam
tity for your window garden. A pretty
effect is produced by growing the
alyssum in clumps between taller
plants. 1t will spread itself out like
an oval mat and be mass of bloom.
Sweet alyssum makes beautiful
bracket plant. 1t should then be
| pinched in less, rather allowed to grow
in its natural wayward beauty, and
though the branches attain no great
length it is pretty in such position.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10

martial you'll You'll get five years for it,
my man"
But even as he spoke the colonel
knew that he darent make court
martial matter of it to his own ex-
posure and disgrace. 1t would have
been better far for Jim if he had; since
a strong hint from his commanding
officer to the sergeant of his company
was enough to make Jim's life a burden
to him. He was harassed to madness
by petty, daily, singing and inces-
SAINT impositions and punishments, all
of which he duly and justly set down
to the vindictive malice of the colonel
Little wonder, therefore, that poor
Jim, whose tongue and temper were
not always under control, used threats
at all times, and in all places, and to
all men, against both the sergeant and
the colonel, but especially against the
colonel
One day, under the usual provoca-
<ion, he was relieving his feelings by a
burst of strong language against the
colonel whom he stigmatized as "a
cur and coward who deserved to be
licked like dog, and would die dogs
DEATH" when one of the men cried
"Hushr Corbett, on looking round,
perceived Lieut.. Massey, who had al
ways shown kindly interest in him as
q fellow townsman.
Look here, Corbett, just keep that
tongue of yours quiet, or you'll get into
trouble before you know where you
arei' Massy said, sharply.
Jim saluted, stammered an apology,
and asked permission to make private
statement to the lieutenant
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
BEES IN INDIA.
Serious Obstacles to Hunting in the TeraI
Forest

Serious Obstacles to Hunting in the TeraI
Forest.
Among the living things of the Terai
forest were some that we could very
well have dispensed with-the bees, to-
wit Ordinarily they were harmless
enough or, at the worst, only became
aggressive when their hives were dis.
turbed, but then, as many hives were
attached to low branches of the dcnser
cover or to the trailing cane, it was nc
extraordinary occurrence for the ele-
plants, in beating a jungle, to very
much disturb several families of these
insects, and then it was often enough
case of sauve qui peut.
For time during one, if not two, OF
my Terai expeditions, the bees did not
wait for any provocation whatever;
they swarmed down from their hives
in the upper branches of trees, and at
tackled us simply because we were in
sight; and some trees carried hives
(black and crawling on the surface,
and each three or four feet in depth)
enough to set up an extensive apiary,
say from twenty to thirty. One day
they fairly beat us out of the field.
Jacky Hills, Combe Benson, and l
were carried off in different directions,
and by singular consensus of opin-
ion we came together again, not at the
cover-side, but in our camp. That day
the bees would not leave us alone;
wherever we went one lot of attackers
followed, or new lot relieved them
Blackwood's Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
Priests who May Have Wives.

Priests of the Armenian branch of
the Roman Catholic church are al
lowed to have wives. They must have
married them before they become
priests and may not marry while they
are actually priests, they must remain
apart from them for some days before
they celebra mass; if the wives die
they may not marry again. The
Armenian church, except that it rec
ognizes the pope, isza separate organ
ization; it retains its own liturgy and,
rs indicated above, has its own &C.
clesiastical laws, which may and do
differ from those of the strict Roman
Catholic church. -MinneapolisJ Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
DID HIM A GOOD TURN.
Had Ills Friend Arrested, hut 1t Saved
His Money.

ihtS hOhN's
They were talking about scattering
seeds of kindness, doing good turns
and things Of that sort.
about the best turn ever did q fell
low" remarked one of the circle, "was
to get him arrested"
Everybody looked incredulous, and
one young man remarked sententious-
ly that he hoped the conversation was
not going to be turned into jest
81 am not jesting; mean just what
say" was the response in n somewhat
nettled tone, ''and If you will let me
spin my yarn without interruption you
can Judge whether it was good turn
or not.
Il have friend whom | will call
Tom for the good and sufficient reason
that that isn't his name. When Tom
is sober he is quiet and well-behaved
gentleman who will take any amount
Of pains TO avoid row; but when he
gets drunk, which | regret to say he
does two or three times year, he's
worse than Kansas cyclone on tear.
Well, met him one evening coming
out of saloon choclx full of fight and
whisky
81 did my best to play the good Sa-
maritan role with HIM. tried to get
him into cab No, he wouldn't go
into n cab unless he first licked the cab
driver. In fact, he wouldn't go home
under any consideration unless he had
first had set-to with somebody, and
he intimated that if didn't find him u
victim he would take it out of me-
SIT would have been very easy
matter to drop him, but didn't want
to do that because l knew that he had
cashed a check for one hundred and
fifty dollars that day, and that if he
were left to his fate he would surely
fall into the hands of somebody who
would go through him. 1t CHANGED
that there were a couple of policemen
across the street. | summoned one of
them.
Officer | said, this man is drunk
and disorderly, and has threatened to
assault me, and | want you to arrest
him
with the assistance of the other
policeman he was dragged to the near
est police station, where my charge
against him was formally entered on
the blotter Then he was searched
and one hundred and twenty-five dol
lars-what remained of the check he
had cashcd-was taken out of his
pockets, and he was turned in a police
cell to cool off and get sober.
ale was arraigncd next morning in
Jefferson Market police court, where |
withdrew the charge against him and
he was, of course, discharged. He
was sober enough then to recognize
the fact that his arrest had been the
means of saving his money for him
and he was eternally grateful Now
he goes around with card in his
pocket bearing the inscriptions:
II any good Samaritan finds me drunk he
will confer great favor on me by summonng
policeman aud having me arrested
1.-The safest place for a drunken man
with pocketful of money is a police
cell"
And they all agreed that he had
done the man good turn.-N. Y
| Herald
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
Facts About Postage Stamps.

Postage stamps, stamped envelopes
and postal cards are now all made by
contract, none of the work being done
in Washington. At each factory in
spectors are stationed, who must exer-
else strict oversight of the whole busi-
ness, from the taking in of the blank
paper to the sending out of the finished
product upon acquisitions from post
masters, all of which pass through
the department at Washington. Every
sheet of paper must be accounted for,
and if single stamp be imperfect or
imperfectly printed the whole sheet
containing the defective stamp must
be sent to Washington for examination
and destruction. From three to five
millions of stamps are thus sent to
Washington every week, where they
are carefully counted. checked off and
burned.-Blue and Gray.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10

One and half tcacupfuls sugar, n
teacupful each Of butter and sweet
milk, "a teacupfuls flour, teaspoon
fuls baking powder and 3 eggs. Stir
together quickly and bake in three
layers. Filling: Pare and crate two
large apples, add / teacupfui sugar
and the juice and grated lind Of a
lemon. Place this on the stove and LEI
it cook until it jells; thea remove and
add the yolk of egg. When the cake
ard jelly are both cold spread TIC at
ter over the lavers and serve,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10


the bad news Jim had Just communi-
Gated to her as they sat side by side in
the twilight upon the common.
But why wouldn't he let you, Jim,
as he let Slicer?"
why wouldn't he? Because he
wouldn't; that's why. Because he
wouldn't lie said there were bag
cages enough attached to the regiment,
and he wouldn't have another trollope,
and-and all kinds of bad names he
called you, - hfml'
Called me?"
Called you all all the women of
the regiment who were ON the
strength, and you too. lie isn't a
gentleman, nor man-nor manp
cried jim, excl tedly, and almost in the
same breath he whispered: "There he
Isl"
rs that him? The colonelP"
Ayr he rejoined, with a yet more
vehement curse.
"Jim, she gasped, with sudden in
spiration, suppose l went and axed
him MYSELF"
"Your
Why not? A cat may look at u
king replied Mary, with saucy toss
of her head.
"Begor! they say he can't resist a
purity face" replied Jim, as much to
himself as to his sweetheart; for he
was half converted to her audacious
idea of asking the colonel (what that
officer had already and roughly refused
himself) to sanction his marriage to
Mary.
There's no harm in trying, anyway;
we can't be worse off than we are"
Mary said, rising and making after the
colonel, who was crossing the common
for n nights heavy play with his friend,
Hillman. Soon overtaking him, she
began, in her soft Cork brogue: "Plase,
yer honor"
"Halloa" cried the colonel, turning
upon her look of gross admiration.
"By George!" he cried, as she dropped
her eyes in confusion at the sort of ad-
miration expressed in his "And what
can do for you, my dear?"
'"Plase, yer honor, I'm Mary Barry
MARY Barry?"
''Her that Jim Corbett was axing We
about, yer honor" she faltered blush
ing scarlet, not so much in slyness for
the kind of favor she was about tv ask,
as in shame for the kind of look the
colonel gave her-the insulting leer ot
satyr.
$50 you want to be married, my dear:
Very anxious, eh? Very anxious? by
George, so should 1, if was that lucky
scamp, Corbett And what would you
give to be married to him, Mary? A
kiss? It's cheap at kiss. Just one,
my dear?" he said, after reassuring
himself by hasty glance on each side
of him that they were alone in the
gathering darkness.
Don't sir, don't, for Gods sake
Jim is" But the warning was
smothered by the kisses the colone
gave her. He had taken her in hi.
arms, and held her there helpless till
q staggering blow from jim released
her.
"You-you scoundrelr' gasped thu
colonel. you shall pay for this
Strike your colonel! BY! I'll court
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
Looking Ahead.

Willie-Mamma, may have some Of
these green candies?"
Mamma-No, Willie; they would not
be good for you now.
Willie--Then won't eat them now,
mamma; I'll put them away until they
get red and ripe, ,-Harper's Young Pee
pie.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10

The file is mention ed in the book of
Samuel Speaking of the subject Israeli
ties, the writer says: "Yet had they
file for the mattoczs, and for the coul-
tiers, and for the forks, and for the axes
and to sharpen the goads"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
Recnlnr schools for scandal.

Nothing so generates the practice OF
and the thirst for gossip as long stay
in boarding house, It. is an unnat-
ural, harmful life, and neither man
nor woman can altogether successfully
GGht against its influences
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10

Tanks (at the club)-Roun dc Bout is
preparing TO GO home.
Banlls-Hc isn't looking for his hat;
he is taking oil his shoes.
Tanks-That's the way he prepares,
IN. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
One Dollar Per Year,
THE OLDEST DOLL.


NhNiNh Nv aNN'sNf
Francella A. Hitchcock, in the Dolls
DrcssmalScr, tells nm interesting story
of the famous Bambino di Ara Coeli,
which Is far older than our grand
mothers or our great-grandmothers for
many generations back. 1t is the old
est doll in the world, and, If tradition
is true, almost rs old as the Christian
religion, for it is claimed to have been
carved out of tree from the Mount OF
Olives in the time of the apostles, and
to have been painted by st. Luke.
However, be this true or not, it has
been in the Eternal City" many hum
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-05-10
One of the Side-Liphts.

Young Bud-Auntie, would you ad'
wise a girl to marry for money?
Spinster-Caroline, one must think
of prospective alimony in cases of this
kind. Judge.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1894-02-26
ANOTHER ARCTIC EXPEDITION.
Walter WelIman and Party to Start for
Norway in Two Weeks.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25-An arctic ex-
pedition. with the north pole as it's OBJ
Jective point, has been quietly organized
in this city, and in two weeks will start
on its journey. Walter Wellman, who for
some years has been a prominent news
paper correspondent here. is the protector
and leader of the enterprise In his party
are three other Americans-Professor Ere
non, of the coast and geodetic survey, who
goes as the scientific observer; Dr. Thomas
b. Mohun, of this city, as medical officer
and Charles c. Dodge, of the Navy De-
partment, as artist and photographer. The
expedition abandons the Greeland route
which has been followed by so many pre-
Vious expeditions. and goes by the way of
Norway and SpitZbergen, the latter
group of islands lying to the east of north
ern Greenland. In Norway ten or twelve
more men join the party, several of them
being scientific investigators connected
with the university at Christiana, and
other men OF experience in the ice fields
The stanch ice-working steamer Ragns-
valid Jarl, of Aalesund, Norway, has been
the party to headquarters, which will be
established at the northwestern end OF
Spitzbergen. Mr.. Wellman believes his
plan to reach the polar sea is entirely
practicable and shows his faith In his
theory by starting himself. Professor Mem
denhall. of the coast survey, Commander
Melville and other arctic students believe
the plan a sound one and the equipment
strong and effective.