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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
HACKING YOUR TRUNK.
Unless You Are an Expert Follow tho Ad-
yIcc Given Below,

Unless You Are an Expert Follow tho Ad-
vico Given Below.
/. Gather from the four corners OF
the domicile those things which will
be needed, and leave to a long rest
those not needed.
g Roll tightly all smaller undergar-
mcnts, nightdresses, towels, etc, thus
securing much more room.
3. Wrap each boot, slipper and shoe
in piece of tissue paper, tie mates to-
gether, and slip them into convenient
crevices
A. Put all toilet app rtenances, each
separately wrapped, in soft bag, in a
corner at the top of trunk
8, Stuff, with tissue paper, the rib
bon loops on bonnet and hat, the
sleeves of dresses and toes of boots and
slippers. Cover waist trimmings with
the same paper.
G. Pin tapes to loops and sides OF
headgear, and tack those tapes to sides
of hat box, thus securing hat and bon
net from being crushed or mashed.
Z. Cover the contents of each trunk
with large soft cloth, and pin to the
outside of this a paper containing q
list of the contents of that particular
trunk.
s. Lock the trunk and put the key il
your purse, and your purse in the
pocket of the dress you will wear while
traveling.-Good Housekeeping.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
The ctndy of Manners.

An eastern female college has intro
duced into it's curriculum systematic
study of manners. 1t is to be hoped
that other institutions of lcarning-es-
pecially public schools-will take up
like course. AS nation we are sadly
deficient in this respect In attempting
to avoid elaborate and often absurd
ceremonies of European polite life, we
have gone to the opposite extreme, and,
as consequence, sometimes Americans
of the most refined nature appear rude
and uncouth We need to know more
of the convcntionalities Of elegant so
ciety, without going into the finical
questions of etiquette that are bother
some and unimportant. Teach our
young mon and women the politeness
that comes from a gentle heart and a
delicate perception. -Womanl1ind
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
HOMEMADE BOOKLET.
$ Pretty and Dainty AS Any Purchased
Article Could he.

As Pretty and Dainty as Any Purchased
Article Could BE.
The little book shown in the accom-
panying illustration can be made at
home, and will be as pretty and dainty
as any purchased book could be, be-
sides having the additional recon-
mendation of being constructed vita
ones own fingers and stitches. Tho
poem may be original or selected from
Whittier or some other favorite poet,
and may he written upon the type
writer or written in ones own hand
writing. Heavy, unruled paper, with
a rough surface should be chosen for
the pages. The cover is cclluloid, and
may be Of white or some delicate tint.
1t is perfectly plain on the edges, and
has cyelet holes at the back, which eX-
tend through all the pages within. A
ribbon passed into these holes forms all
the binding" needed and is tied in a
careless bow on the front cover. A
dainty Christmas or birthday card Is
fastened to the celluloid with tiny bows
of baby ribbon at alternate corners II
one is gifted with his brush or pen, the
card is doubly pretty if ornamcnted
with an original design-a bit of land
scapc in sepia or water colors, or
cluster of flowers dropped upon it. In
this case the greeting will be in orig
inal lettering Merry Christmas" OF
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18

One of the Inconvenience to travel
ers in the countries of the Latin none
tary union is the constant Withdrawal
of the issues of different minis and the
passing of the coins, no longer current,
upon strangers. The French govern
mcnt, to reduce the evil, lately pub
lished placard with reproductions OF
the coins that are out of date. They
are no fewer than thirty-seven in num-
Der, and include those bearing the baby
face of little King Alfonso, with the
date 1894; the dollar of Emperor Maxi
milan, the five-franc piece of Joachim
Murat, 1918; some of the Swiss coins
and all the papal coins. A supplement
shows coins still current, and includes
those of the first Napoleon, among them
one of 1912, representing him as first
consul. and one of 1918, with "Napo-
leon, Emperor" on one side, and "Re,
publique Franchise on the other.-N
Y Sum
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
A BRILLIANT WANDERER.
The Historic Comet Which Appeared the
First Nenr of the War.

The Historic Comet Which Appeared the
First Year of the War.
The wonderful "War Comet" of 1861
sprang SO suddenly into view and
blazed as to astonish the astronomers
and brighten those unlearned in come.
tary lore half out of their wits. The
unlearned declared that the civil war,
which was just getting well under
Roadway, must have something to do
with it. However this may be, it burst
forth, unheraled and uninvitcd shin
ing with greater brilliancy and magni-
tude than any phenomena of similar
nature which that generation had ever
seen. On the night of July of that
year it exhibited a most wonderful
spectacle. In the evening the nucleus
did not appear to be larger than "A star
of the first or second magnitude. AS
the small hours of the morning APP
preached, however, the nucleus visibly
increased in both magnitude and
brilliancy. The tail waved back and
forth over our little world in a
most threatening manner, at times
sending rays almost to the zenith. On
the morning of July 5 the astronomers
announced through the daily papers
that the head of the great comet was
only separated from the earth by dis
lance of 12,O0O,O 900 miles. According to
report sent out from the Cambridge
observatory the comet appears to have
passed its ascending node between the
27th and the Goth of June, in longitude
279 degrees. the longitude of the earth
being PIT degrees at the same time.
On October 10 its tail extended over a
space of $4,000, 900 miles, and at several
points was not less than 10000, 900 miles
in width.
At first it was generally conceded
that it was the famous comet of 1856
the one which caused Emperor Charles
V. of France to resign his imperial
throne, he taking it to be a warning
from God. All surmises were subse
quently set at rest by the discovery
that it was the famous Thatcher comet
discovered by Prof. A. f. Thatcher al
the Rutherford observatory in New
York city.-St Louis Republic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18

DESSERT DISH IN VENETIAN GLASS.
dessert service in Venetian glass, dec
grated in quite new style and made
especially for the queen. The service
consists of two large and six smaller
dishes, each shell-shapcd, of pale opal
escent pink color, never made before,
mounted with griffon splashed with
gold, and part covered with what APP
pears from a short distance square
of real lace of exquisite workmanship.
On closer investigation, however, these
covers turn out exceedingly clever imi-
tations of lace designs, enameled by
hand and afterwards fred to render
them durable. The lace design on the
two large dishes consists of combina-
ton of rose, thistle and shamrock,
with butterfly lowering between the
flowers. On the same dishes the grit
ton holds a shield on which the royal
crown is enameled in color. Shape,
coloring and decorative workmanship
of those dessert dishes are of the ut
most elegance and delicacy.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
PlTH AND POINT.

No nan who claims to be doing
business for God has any right to use
short yardstick. Rams Horn.
81 thought Blinkcrs went fishing
to-dayy' Nope, guess not" Did
you see him?' "Yep, and he had a
string of fish. "-Intcr-0ccan.
-She-Did you ever know of mar
ried couple who never quarrcled|" lie
Eyes, one. They were killed in a
runaway accident as they left the
church. IN. Y. Heralf.
She is back from the beach, the pretty dolr
Therich mans darling daughter,
And her bathing suit she can use next year
For 1t hasn't been touched by the water.
N. Y. Press
--Banl1s-"Whatd do you think of the
story about Jonah being three days in
side of the whale?' Tanks-"lt's a
good thing; I've given my wife worse
excuses than that."-N. Y. World.
The Sons of Wisdom.-Father IRE.
provingly)--'My son, don't you know
that workman is known by his chips?'
Son-'I can't say that do; but know
that poker-player is. Detroit Free
Press.
Mrs. Mulgrew-"Are We goin' to
sind yer boy Tommy back to school
this week?" Mrs. O'Dooley-"No, in
dade; me ambition is to make an alder
man of him phwhin he grows up, an il
he got too much eddication he'd be
shpoiled for the position intoirely."-
Brooklyn Eagle.
"A young man, fresh from college,
wore as scarf pin jeweled gold po'
tato bug. One day he called the at.
tention of an old German bookseller
to it, asking, isn't that pretty,
Dutchy?" "Ja, ja," was the reply.
"Dot ish der biggest pug on der
schmallcst botato hat efer seen"
"A young man, just home from col
lege, wishing to inspire his little sister
with awe for his learning, pointed to a
star, and said: "Do you see that bright
little luminary? It's bigger than this
whole world" "No, faint" said she
"Ycs, it is" declared the young col
legian "Thcn why don't it keep of
the rain?" was the triumphant re
joinder.
Mr.. Sidnev-"Aro you the police
man on beat near my house?" Polio,
Constable Toulson-"Yes, sir" Mr.
Sidney-''Would you mind standing
near our kitchen entrance next Satur
day afternoon for few minutes? w,
are having some trouble in getting /;
girl, and want one who comes on Sat
urday to have every possible induce
ment to stay. "-Tit-Bits.
"A New Employment.A boy wh'
had visited the Office of certain
irascible merchant a good many time
as messenger, and had heard how tn,
old man talked to offending clerks
lost his place and at once applied t,
him for position. Give got nothin,
for you to do" was the ill-naturcd re
Spouse to the boys request, but itneve
phased him. 81 don't want nothin' t,
do" he replied promptly. What ar
you coming to me for, them" sob,
jest want place to set around in We
Office, SOS you can cuss me whenevc
you git mad an there amt anybod
else handy. I'm kinder used to tina
sort of thing; my pa amt no Sunday
school scholar himself"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
M'MuLTY's STORY.
II APPLY Illustrated "How Great n Matter
Llttlc Fire klndleth."

"Speakin' of stories gittin' started"
remarked old Mr. Multy, as he rear
ranged the piles of brown wrapping
paper into more comfortable cushion
on the top of the nail-lScg, lit does beat
all. 1t come mighty nigh goin' hard
with oil Jim Johnsin once ON account
of story CROWN little"
Tell us about it," said the young
new clerk, to whom most of the corner
store stories were as yet new,
"Well, you see" began Mr.. Multy,
cold Dekin Swaller come home to din
ner one day, an he happens to say to
Mrs. Swaller; Il met young SINNERS
to-day, an he said that he heerd that
Jim Johnsin was thinlSin' of buyin' the
wilder Spriggins' place
"Jes as soon as the delSin had gone
down town agin Mrs. Swaller puts her
shawl on an steps across to Anastashy
Sopers, an says; What do You s'posc
I heerd this mornin'? Jim Johnsin has
bought the wilder Spriggin's place. l
wonder if he's goin' to take the wilder
along with the rest of the propty?'
"'Jes IS like as not, says Anastashy;
AN his wife not dead yet six monthsv
"Soon as Mrs. Swaller d gone, Anas.
tasty skipped over to Of Mrs. Grumpy.
She had to talk loud to the OF lady ac-
count o her deefness, an even then
Mrs. Grumpy admit ketch quite all she
said, an had to guess some.
"Anastashy says; Have you heerd
the news? Jim Johnsin's goin' to marry
the wilder Spriggins for her propty.
"'How%
"Jim Johnsin's goin' to marry the
wilder Spriggins for her prop'ty,'
"'No! Is 'e?'
THAT'S what they say. I allus
heerd he thought good deal of the
wilder fore his first wife died
eyes, that's so. What they goin' to
do with Jim's two childernY
"'I don't believe the wilder II have
'em round. They'll prob'ly have to
send em to the orphan asylum
"'How?'
"'0rphan asylpm.' An Anastashy she
happened to think she'd left three pies
in the oven, an she skipped home fore
the old lady could half git the thing
straight. She had roomatics so bad
she couldn't git out to carry the news
along an she was on nettles till young
Mrs. Fred Gadabout come in, an then
she says, all of a tremor: Did you
hear the news? jim Johnsins goin' t.
marry the wilder Spriggins to git the
farm the old man Spriggins worked 50
hard to pay for
Goodness graciousp
"'How?"
"'Goodness gractOusP
"Who dd?'
"'I say, GOODNESS GRACIoUsv
eyes, | guess so. An Jim's two
children has gone cleah crazy bout it
an they're talxin' bout sendin' 'em t.
the 'sylum.
"'You don't tell me p
"'How?'
"You don't tell meP
"I haven't heerd, but there's beef
talk that Jim thought good deal o
the wilder fore his first wife died, an
that maybe he pizened her.
"'Mercy He ought to be hungp
"'HoWp
"Ihey ought to hang himr
"'Well' says the old lady, kind
chucklin', knowing-lil1e to herself
we'll says she, if he marries the wild
der Spriggins heHcish they had. '"-Har
per's Magazine
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
MAKING A LIVING.
1t Was Hard Thing to DO On Such n
Farm.

Farm.
The farm lying along the hillside was
one of the sorriest imaginable, and the
two-room cabin on it by the side of the
road was a perfect match for it. The
proprietor of the domain was sitting
on wood pile in front as rode up.
"Good-morning," said; "can get
drink of water?"
81 reckon So" he replied, and in a
minute or two he had gourdful ready
for me.
"That's good" remarked after fin.
ishing the lot
"Iave some more" he asked; otis
about the only thing that is good
round here"
ut isn't very good farming coun,
try, is it?' l said, looking over the
place.
He shook his head
How much of farm have you?" ]
inquired.
"Sixty-three acres"
Got any family?"
"Me an the OF woman"
"Well, you ought to make living
for that many without very hard
work"
"But I've got ter make a Twin fer
twelve"
81 thought You said there was only
two in the family"
That's what / did, mister" he
grinned, "but on farm like this here
one, mans got to work as hard tc
make a Twin fer two as he would have
to fer a dozen on farm most any
where else"
As had no further argument to Of
fer, proceeded on my journey De
troit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
NIathod In Her Vanity.

A well-known msthete recently adj
vised women never to pass mirror
without looking into it, and observant
persons perceive the wisdom of this in
junction. When one is shopping, for
instance, full-length mirrors are fire.
quently encountered, and q passing
glance is sufficient to reveal the dis
ordered veil or hat, the strip Of braid
torn from the bottom Of the gown, the
bow or hounce awry or any other de-
feet in the toilet, and it is then an easy
matter to remedy the shortcoming,
which, neglected, would stamp one as
lacking in proper regard for tidiness.
Therefore, the modern woman glances
into every mirror as she hurrics along
and takes furtive peep now and then
into the jeweled glass suspended at her
belt, caring not one whit if some of her
friends deem it vanity, as long as she
Is thus treasured of her neat and trim
appearance.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18

Jones-Who is that big man they've
Just carried by on stretchcr?
Wones-Oh, that was Herr Redblood,
the anarchist, who in his speech last
night offered to lead the mob till the
streets ran with blood to his waist
What's the matter with him
now?
Wones-A mouse ran up his trousers
leg and he tainted dead away.-Cincin'
natl Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
AN C'LD-TIME HANGING,
1t Was Made Gala Occasion and Helped
Trade.


Executions were not then restricted,
MS they now are, TO the prison yard, in
the presence of limited number OF
witnesses, but were celebrated con-
spicuously on an open field, before "a
large and often rollcking and tumul'
tuous crowd of spectators.
Sucha body remember to have seen
gathered on such an amphithcatcr
more than sixty years ago to witness
the hanging of Il murderer. The man
was farm hand, and well known.
When under the influence of strong
drink he was sullcn, truculent, and
dangerous; but when sober, he was so
prcvcrbially quiet and inotfensive
that he was the easy-going
butt of his associates. While at work
one day in harvest-time, moving a
meadow near town, he drank freely,
and became tipsy; whereupon one OF
his comrades INDUCED in long-continued
and rough horse-play at his expense,
till in an access of passion inflamed by
rum he turned upon his tormentor and
slew him on the spot. OF course he was
Immediately arrested, and never shall
forget the wave of horror that swept
over the little town when the news of
the murder was bruited, and the victim
was carried to the home of his parents
on barn door. During the trial
was crowded to overlooking with
people, who focl1ed in from the
country for miles around to listen to
the grewsome details of the Staying,
and to gaze upon the murderer as he
was escorted to and fro by the'consta-
bles between the Jail and the court
house. For several days Immediately
preceding the hanging THAT was before
| the day of railroads, it should be re-
| called (multtudes from the country for
| twenty and more miles around flocked
to the town to see the execution, and
some of them 'to turn an honest pen
n.y." On the fatal Friday the big
Field" surrounding the gallows was
fringed with booths and tents for the
sale of cakes, pies, small beer and other
refreshments, intcrsperscd at frequent
intervals with farmers wagons laden
with watermclons, muskmelons, APP
pies, peaches and other fruit, the enter
prising vendors of which drove brisk
trade under the very shadow of the
fatal tree. 1t was estimated that on
that tragic summer day over twenty.
five thousand people, large proper
ton of whom were women and chill
dren, were clustered around the gallows
to witness the dying throes of the
wretchcd man. And, thoughtless boy
though | was, was shocked by the
horrible Indifference to the dread event
for that poor soul which was mani
tested and by the still more horrible
jesting, profanity and drunken com
bats that were INDUCED in. 1t was a
saturnalia of brutishness and indiffer'
cnce never to be forgotten ID
Deshler, in Harper's Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
Early Rising.

The following calculation is interest
ing: Suppose one boy, aged ten years,
determines to rise at five o'clock all the
year round. Another at the same age,
indolent and fond of ease, rises at
eight, or an average of eight, every
morning. If they both live to be sew
enty years old, the one will have gained
over the other, during the intervening
period of sixty years, 65,745 hours,
which is equal to 2,739% days, or just
seven and half years If similar
calculation were applied to the whole
country, how many millions of years
of individual usefulness would it prove
TO be lost to societv?-Good Health.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
One Dollar Per Year,
TOO MUCH ORDER.
1t Makes Homo Llfo just as Intolcrabls
as a Lack of system.

as Lack of system.
A house in which there Is no orderly
routine is very uncomfortable place,
no doubt, but too much order may DO
equally disagreoable and wearing, tho
nerves of the family being rasped az
were those of people who lived with r..
Wilfer's wife,
People to whom order is not the
means to desired end, but the end
itself, give themselves and others a
great deal OF needless trouble. A chair
or n book out of place distresses them.
A blur on the window pane drives
them to distraction, unless they can at
cnce remove it. A meal slightly de-
laycd beyond the appointed hour loses
for them its SAVIOR.
Order Is their fetch. In vain their
friends beg them to be philosophical,
to try elasticity rs n sort of buffer
against annoyances. They shake their
heads YEARLY, and keep on fretting.
And the frctting marks their foreheads
and indents their lips and writes Its
record on their faces, while husbands
and children sigh for q little cheerful
happy-go-luclSy disorder. The daugh-
ter of the over orderly mother is often,
by the law of reaction, an absurdly UNI
systematic pe.Aonage. -lIarper's Bazaar
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
The Wee Ones Thumb.

Nothing too strong can be said
against permitting children to suck
their thumbs Charming and heart.
delighting as this common occupation
of the baby is to the average mother,
nothing will more surely ruin tho
shape Of the hands. II is the cause OF
broad, fiat thumbs in after life. There
are preparations to put upon the baby's
thumbs which will render these rosy
digits less palatable, and after one or
two attempts baby win soon forget the
Injurious habit
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18

Cast iron weights 444 pounds to the
cubic foot, and 1-inch square bar will
sustain weight of 16,5OO pounds;
bronze, weight 595 pounds, tenacity
$4,000; wrought iron, weight $50,
tenacity $4,000; hard 'strucS" steel,
weight 400, tenacity 7S,OOO aluminium,
weight 1853, tenacity $4,000. We are ac-
customed to think of metals as being
stronger than wood, and so they are,
generally speaking, if only pieces of
the same size be tested. When equal
weights of the two materials be COM
pared, it is then found that several
varieties of wood are stronger than
ordinary steel. A bar of pine just as
heavy as bar of steel an inch square
will hold up 1875, 1000 pounds; the best
ash 175, 900 pounds, and some hemlock
100000 pounds. Wood is bulky. 1t oc-
cupies 10 or IL times the space of steel.
The best castings made for the United
States navy have tenacity of 65, 900 to
$4,000 pounds to the square inch. BY
solidifying such castings under great
pressure, tensile strength of $4,000 to
100000 pounds may be obtained. Rail.
Way Review.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
Guarding the sacred Cows.

You will understand the despotic
character of the government of Nepaul,
when | tell you that the manning or
wounding of COW is punished by i'm
prisonment for life, and that it is death
by the sword to kill cow, even by
mischance, because the animal is
sacred. The old savage law which pre-.
Scribed torture to compel confession
and mutilation as a part of punish
ment, was in full force until after the
return from England in 1851 of the en-.
lightened prime minister, Sir Jung
Bahadur, who then abolished the bar
barous code--St. Nicholas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
Changed by Kindness.

"We were married thirty-seven
gears" a man said who had lost his
wife, "and in all that time she never
gave me a cross word. But | shall
never forget the first time scolded
her One morning when we had been
married about two years, | found a
button off my shirt. threw the gar
ment at her and said, in a rough voice;
Sew button on she got button
and sewed it on, saying: Forgive me,
husband, had a great deal to do yes
terday and l forgot it, but it shall
never happen again Her gentle words
almost broke my heart. l could have
gone down on my knees to ask her for
giveness. She made different man of
me, aud the world has been a different
place since she died"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18

There's one thing | hope" was the
bitterly-spolen remark of the boy who
had been subjected to parental disci.
pline.
"What2" asked the neighbor boy
THAT wnen my grandfather licked
father fur goin' in swimming he done y
good. "-Washington Star
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18

"a Glad Birthday" or the beautiful
German word, "Glucls," for well wish
ing. In the latter case, to follow out
the idea and give it double significance,
the capital G may be a horseshoe, and
the following letters constructed of
horseshoe nails, rs shown in the illus
trntion.-Amorican Agriculturist.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1894-10-18
A BRIGHT Girl.

Mrs Hightone-It must be so com
forting to hear such good reports from
your daughter at Vassar
Mrs. Malaprop = Yes, Emily is a
bright girl and am very proud of her;
only yesterday she said in her letter
that she could surely wear glasses by
the end of the year.-IIarper's Bazaar.