davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
A WORD OF CAUTION.
Never Recomm end Your Dressmaker to
Friend Ii You Are Wise.

Never Recomm end Your Dressmaker to
Friend II You Are Wise.
Unless you are willing to run to
the risk of breaking the cordial rcla-
tions that exist between you and an
other woman, don't recommend dress
maker to her notice, for it isn't woman
nature to forget the origin of botched
gown, despite protestations to the con-
trary. 1t will be readily admitted that
n dressmaker who suits one woman TO
Il, and who has always proved salts
factory to one patron may do nothing
to please another. 1t is always more
or less of an experiment, as
any woman knows, to try a new
hand at ones gowns. The best
of dressmakcrs often fail, just
as very often one-dollar-a-day seam
stresses turn out very creditable pieces
of work, and when one entrusts dress
pattern TO hands unknown its ultimate
fate is lottery. Enter that lottery
unadvised-if you would have no gnaw-
ing regrets-let your friends try their
luck with no encouragement from you,
If you wish to preserve peace OF mind
and continued friendship.
The whole question of gown-making
is vexatious one to the one who can
not afford to place it in the hands Of
an unquestioned authority and pay the
bills that follow. The woman who
knows that it is a necessity for her to
employ cheap dressmalsers, to be her
own designer, to wear bodices with un-
bound seams and to put on the
skirt facings herself in order to
save the time of hired hands,
new dress presents direful possible
ties that bring wrinkles and serves
in their train. There are women who
have settled the matter by patronizing
the really excellent ready-made gar
ments now to be had at any of the
larger stores, but when one is under
five feet in height, and every skirt is
designed for woman five feet five
| inches, or when one is blessed with alb
normally long arms attached to mar
row chest and even the sleeves of to-
day, big as they are, do no cover the
bony wrist, the dressmaker is the only
avenue to approach when new gown
is in contemplation. And those of the
short stature or the long arms know to
certainty that when they try new
pastures there are sleepless nights and
hours of worry and bother in store for
them.-N. Y. Telegram.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
DIAGNOSIS BY WIRE.
Unquestionable Advantage of Having a
Telephone In Every Household.

Unquestionable Advantage of Having n
Telephone In Every Household.
The benefcent uses of the telephone
are not as yet fully understood. The
other night young Smythe awolse
about half past three with an excru-
ciating pain in his stomach. The more
he squirmed the worse he grew. FL
nally the terrible thought flashed upon
him that he had been poisoned. In a
moment he dashed out of bed, down
stairs to the telephone and demanded
to be switched on to his physicians
number without delay.
For heavens sake, doctor, come at
once! I'm poisoned"
The M. d., who had also crawled out
of bed to answer the summons, growled
back what makes you think SOP"
"Frightful pain-awful cramps-in-
sides on fire-hurry up, or I'm dead
MANI
"Humph! Does-er-docs your stom-
ach make any noise?"
"Yes; kinder grows-must be arsen-
ic, or something"
"Growls, Ell? just put the phone
against the pit of your stomach. Ali
/ thought so-you'vc been to the
French hospital fete this evening,
haven't you?"
Yes, sir"
Exactly. You're suffering from
general fermentation of lemonade, crab
salad, fruit cake, picked oysters and
Roman punch. You're all right Just
take little peppermint and ginger
then go to bed and grin it through. ~
| San Francisco Examiner.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
ARE THEY IDENTlCALq
1t Is Now Said tho Capacity to Smell and
Taste Have the Same Origin.

Taste Have the same Origin
The man who smoked in the dark
one night and discovered that when he
couldn't see the smoke all the pleasure
of burning tobacco was lost Is not
more remarkable than the individual
who has now discovered that the senses
of taste and of smell are identical.
This gentleman advances the theory
that the sense of taste depends upon
the number of minute tentacles which
constitute the surface of the tongue and
he says that some men have three
times as many of these as others. The
latter never become gourmands and
their sense of smell is, says this OBJ
server, deficient.
In proof of these assertions it is said
that when you have u bad cold you al
most lose both these senses, that you
can neither detect delicate odors, like
that of perfume, otherwise so noticea-
BILE, nor identify the flavors of different
kinds of foods and drinks. The smoker
who has severe cold finds that his CT
gar or cigarette yields but little pleas
ure, and he finds that his glass of claret
or champagne at dinner is almost as
fiat to the taste us so much water.
Brillat-Savan" who lifted cooking
from the kitchen to the library, and
made gastronomy fine art, said that
of all the senses in their natural state,
taste procures us the greatest number
| of enjoyments. For this he gives six
reasons, as follows:
Because the pleasure of eating, taken
in moderation, is the only one that is
not followed by fatigue.
Because it is common TO every age,
time and condition.
Because it must return once at least
every day, and may during that space
of time be easily repeated two or three
times.
Because it can combine with all our
| other pleasures, and even console us
for their absence.
Because its sensations are at once
more lasting than others and more sub
ject to our will.
Because we have a certain special
but indefnable satisfaction, arising
from the instructive knowledge that,
by the very act of eating, we are maxi
ing good our losses and prolonging our
existence.
These are the reasons advanced by
this eminent writer to prove that taste
is the most important of the senses.
| He was also one of the first to SuSDect
the identity of the senses of taste and
smell, and he said that of two guests
seated at the same banquet one may
have delicious sensations while the
other seems to eat only because com
peeled, the reason being that the latter
has tongue and nostrils only poorly
furnished for enjoyment. 1t is thus
that the empire of taste has its blind
men and its deaf.-N. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
IN BULFlNCH STREET.
How the People Take Their Pleasures
Saloons and Doorsteps.


The German and Italian poor have a
commendable habit of taking many OF
their pleasures out by families. Not
so the people of Bulfinch street.
Large numbers of family men forsake
their families for the saloons and sitch-
en- barrooms few for the theaters.
The rest smoke their pipes stolidly in
the windows, on the doorsteps or in
the kitchen, too tired to move about,
too ignorant or hampered by INSULT
cient light to read. The men who go
to the saloon are not necessarily the
worse; they may be simply the more
enterprising They 60 no doubt, be-
cause they are thirsty, but also be-
cause of a strong social instinct And
in at least one of the saloons frequent
ed by them there is considerable men
tai stimulus in the talk at the tables
There are women in Buliinch street
who work ont regularly during the
day, and wash, iron and sew far into
the night for their own families. These
are exceptions. AS class, they have
more leisure than the women of bet
tcr-to-do streets. They ignore utterly
the trifing household cares that wor-
ry the life out Of the conscientious
middle-class houselIeeper, and they
have no burdensomc society obliga-
tions. They are always gossiping on
the stairs. They stop for chat at the
grocery or the beer-shop.
They often take possession of their
doorsteps in the forenoon and hold
them until bedtime, leaving them only
for meals or other more animated door
steps, sometimes pretending to sew,
sometimes without even that pretense.
A few women take their pleasures in
the kitchen barrooms with the men,
and some of these have brutal faces
But the faces of the majority of the
Bultinch street men and women are
neither wicked nor wretched. They
express stoliG, animal content. - Fo
|
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
Comics Revenge.

Connie, who is seven years Of age, and
! young woman with an incipicnt
rein of humor, came home the other
day from school with fearful eyes and
flushed cheeks. A sympathizing aunt
happened to be the only person in the
house, and to her Connie poured out
her woes thus
"Auntie, hate Miss -, my teach,
er. She slapped my hands to-day. Oh,
hate her -" And her small white
teeth gritted with anger.
The aunt remained silent and Con
ME continued in high key and with a
suggestion of dire threat.
but she shall never do it again. No
never again. I'll take care of that.
II mean" said the young woman
changing her tone to one of the most
utter meekness, that in the future
intend to behave myself. Y. AID
vcrtiser.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
Shaving the Dead.

The regular price for shaving a
corpse is five dollars. That sail Wash
ington BARRIERS are expected to receive
this amount for removing the hirsute
from the face of dead man, but, as
in every other line of business, the
cut-rate has secured footing and
prices vary, Perhaps it would be safe
to set the average price for shaving a
corpse at two dollars and fifty cents.
In the northwest section of the city
the people are very liberal with the
BARRIERS who are called upon to per-
form this gruesome work and in somc
instances they have been paid as high
as twenty. five dollars for making the
corpse ready for burial. In the sec
tions of the city where the poorer
classes reside the BARRIERS don't fare SC
well, and in many cases they have
failed to collect anything for this
work. Washington Post
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23

.,t-i..l48n. ~, Il tablespoonful
of flour, and mix it into the same guam
tity of castor sugar, add teaspoonful
of baking powder Break two eggs in-
to this, and beat all well together.
Spread on q fiat tin, and bake in
quick oven for five or seven minutes.
Turn out on paper, spread with lemon
and curd roll. When cold cut in slices.
Leeds Mercury.
Vegetable HASH Chop, not very
fine, the vegetables left from boiled
dinner, and season them with salt and
pepper. TO each quart of the chopped
vegetables add half n cup of stock and
one tablespoonful of butter Heat
slowly in the frying-pan. Turn into
n hot dish when done, and serve inn
mediately If vinegar, is liked, two or
more tablespoonfuls of it can be stirred
into the hash while it is heating
Farmers Voice.
Pudding Sauce: One pint water
made into smooth starch with heap
ing tablespoon of flour. Cook ten min
utes, strain If necessary, sweeten to
taste, and pour on it one tablespoon
butter and juice of lemon or other
favoring. If lemon is not used, add
one tablespoon vinegar. This can be
made richer by using more butter and
sugar; stir them to a cream with the
favoring, then add the starch. These
recipes are given by Mrs Mary Hin
man Aber and may therefore be relied
on.-Western Rural.
Cooking Cabbages; A great many
people with weak digestion are afraid
to eat cabbages of any description.
This is a simple means of remedying
the matter. Put about the size Of an
egg of bread crumbs, tied in fine
cloth, in with the cabbages when cook
ing. Cabbages cooked like this can be
used in any possible way, the bread
having absorbed all bitter juices, they
can not harm, while they are digested
quite easily. Another advantage Of
this style of cooking is that the bread
crumbs absorb almost all the smell
which usually accompanies the cook.
ing of cabbages. Leeds Mercury.
"A Veal Pot Pie with Dumplings:
Take scrag of breast neck of veal
and cut it into slices an inch thick.
Fry out several slices of salt pork in
a kettle. Remove the pork, flour the
veal and brown it on both sides in the
fat. Add hot water just enough to
cover the meat. Let it simmer about
half an hour, then season it with pep
per and salt and dredge in little
flour Let it cook gently till tender.
Dumplings: One cup of flour, one even
teaspoonful of baking powder, half a
teaspoonful of salt and sweet milk to
make batter stiff enough to drop
from spoon. Drop by the spoonful
into the boiling stew. Cover closely
to keep in the steam, and cook fifteen
minutes without lifting the cover.
Take out the dumplings, put the meat
into the center of hot platter and
the dumplings around the edge. Dos
ton Budget.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
Mistory of tho barometer.

In the interchangeable Zeitschrift"
Prof. q. Hellmann gives a very inter-
esting account of the invention of the
barometer, which has now been in use
two hundred and fifty years Tori
cell, who died at the early age of
thirty years, was. too busily engaged in
mathematical studies to publish an ac-
count of his discovery, but on June IL,
1914, he wrote n description of it to his
friend Ricci. This letter, and Ricci's
objections to the experiment, were
published in 1868 by C.. Dati. friend
of Torricclli and as this work is now
exceedingly scarce, Prof. Hellman has
reprinted the correspondence, in the
original Italian, in the above-men.
toned journal. Some of the para
graphs, says Mature, are noteworthy
especially those in which Torricelli
states that it was not merely ques
ton of producing vacuum, but Of
making an instrument which would
indicate the changes of the atmosphere
The first continuous barometrical OBJ
servations appear to have been made
in France. In England they were first
taken by Robert Boyle, about the veal
1850, to whom we owe the invention OF
the word barometer" - Scientific
American.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
IIonors Were Easy.

A hardlooling tramp came into the
office of the charities of certain met
ropolitan church with u most forlorn
story of restitution The minister in
charge had previously received un-
favorable reports of this very man from
the Charity Organization society. After
listening to his story he said: 81 have
heard all about you from the Charity
Organization society. They don't think
very much of you"
"Faix thin" said the man, "we're
aven, fur l don't think very much of
thin. IIarper's Magazine,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
PITH

phia Record.
One thing aboiS
religion as II cloak
sure to be warm in the ne.
--Inter-0cean.
-Clara-"You haven't SEEM.
gagementr ring yet, have youP" Mauo~
81 don't know. Who is the man?"-
Brooklyn Life.
--"0h, doctor, how do you doP You
look killing this evening"" "Thank
you, but I'm not; I'm off duty, you
know."-Broolslyn Eagle.
-Poet-"IIas the editor read the
poem left here yesterdays" Office
Boy-"I guess so, sir; he's sick abed
to-day. "-Boston Bulletin.
Burglar Gust acquitted, to his coun.
sell 81 will shortly call and see you at
your Office, sir" Every good; but in
the daytime, please. "-Blumenlese.
"A Friend-"If you love her, old fell.
low, why don't you marry her?"
Bachelor Doctor-"Marry her? Why,
she is one of my best patients. IN. Y.
Advertiser,
Not Up to the Standard. Manager
isn't Jenkins tenor?" Agent
"That's what he claims to be, but he
isn't really more than flyer. De
troit Free Press.
Mrs. Mealer-T am sorry to say,
the tea is all exhausted" Crusty
Boarder--"I am not surprised. 1t has
been very weak for some time. Phil
adelphia Inquirer.
-Blobbs-"Do you think the aver
age man is as stupid before he marries
as he is afterward?" Cynicus-"Cer-
tainly, or he wouldn'toget married.
Philadelphia Record.
Woman at the Door-"Are you a
Tramp" Waggles-'No, madam; Pm
de pet model ov dc Moo York cumick
artis's, and somehow has lost my
way ."-Syracuse Post.
Hoax -"Look at those gushing
women saying 'Good-by' to each other. "
Joax-"Yes; reminds me of Shakes
peare: Much Adieu About Nothing,
you now."-Philadelphia Record.
After Marriage. never
give me candy and flowers as you did
before we were married." He-"No;
but / manage to give you pie three
times week. detroit Free Press.
-Winston-"What do people mean
when they say of girl that she is
'quaint?'" Wonston-"They mean usu-
ally that it is charitable not to express
their real opinion of her. "-Somerville
Journal.
Carbohydrates the matter with
the dialect in that story? Isn't it
plain enough?" Magazine Editor
Eyes; that's the trouble. Anybody can
read it without glossary."-Somer-
vile Journal.
Turn back" pleaded the maiden,
ooh, Time, in thy fight, and make me
young again, just for tonight" Ser
tainly," rejoined Time, affably. "About
how far must turn back?" None OF
your bushes Lynn Item.
Mrs. Pecls-"This paper says that
a sea captain says that in times OF
great disaster women are more cool
than men," Mr.. N. Pecl--"I have
seen instances of it." gYou? I'd like
to know when" "When they were
getting married. indianapolis Jour
| nal
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
EXPRESSIVE HUMAN HAND.
Length OF the Fingers nm Index TO Mental
Balance.


Balance.
Much has been written about the
hand. Artists have depicted its per-
lection, physognomists have inter
prcted its shape and expression, CHR
ologists and the gypsy queens have
tried to propheSy from its markings.
But study of its peculiarities by the
inductive methods takes one into en-
tirely new fields, and shows that to in
terpret the significance of the hand
one must start on quite new lines.
There is something, perhaps, in the
fact that the artistic hand has some
what tapering fingers, but beyond this
one deals with uncertainties; and
recollect an idiot youth whose extrem-
tiles had the contour of genius.
If one examines the hands of large
number of persons with nervous en-
dowment he will find curious defects
in the length and relative proportions
of the fingers, The length of the fin
ger is determined by that of the mid
die one. If the index and medius are
closed upon the palm, the ring and
little finger being left extended, the
middle finger will reach close to the
place where the so-called life line runs
down, between The ball of the thumb
and that of the little finger. 1t will
touch the palm just below the highest
part of the ball of the thumb. Tho
middle finger is taken as the standard
of length by which to gauge that of
the Others In II normal hand the
foretinger reaches just to the root OF
the nail of the middle finger; the ring
finger is longer, and should reach
nearly to the middle of the nail of the
medius, while the little finger should
reach the last joint Of the third finger.
Now, in inebriates, epileptics, ncu-
rotics, and the degenerate generally,
these proportions are often not OBJ
| served. The most common defect is
shortaess, especially of the third and
little fingers, though sometimes u dis
proportionate length occurs. Some
times these fingers are unnaturally
slender, or the little finger is slightly
| Dent. Inc most common aOnOrmallty
of the thumb is excessive shortness
with defective mobility. These pr
culiarities, well accentuated, form
what we may call the "decadent hand
the hand that writes our sensuous
novels, the lIauptmann drama, paints
symbolic pictures and exploits pure
atheism. Such hands may be well
formed to the ordinary eye, and may
be attached to slender and graceful
limbs. But this kind of beautiful
hand and arm is found quite as often
among the children of alcoholics and
among those highly cultivated fami'
lies which have become dcgenerated
by vices and vicious crossing. C..
l.. Dana, in Medical Record.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
BORED THROUGH A BULLET.
The Remarkable Feat of n Common Car
pet Moth.


Charles johnson, well-lnown local
hunter of Warrington, w. Va, got out
his Winchester rifle, after it had been
standing for two weeks in a closet with
the barrel loaded, and found, upon ex-
tracing the cartridge to clean the gun,
that the lead of the bullet had been
eaten away and poured out of the bar
rel in fine dust. With the dust there
came the dried body of common
moth, and the appearance of the moth
indicated that it had eaten the lead
from the bullet. He showed the moth
and the lead dust to several friends,
and all agreed that everything indl-
Gated that the moth had eaten away
the lead. One of Mr.. John
sons friends happened to be ac-
quainted with Mr.. Frank John
son, of Brooklyn, N. Y, famous en-
tomologst, and suggested that the
moth and lead borings be sent to him
for examination and report. This was
done, and the report was received. Mr..
johnson says the moth was a common
carpet moth, and that the gun, stand
ing against the wall of the closet, had
captured the moth as it fell from some
article of clothing, and the moth, being
unable to climb out of the smooth gun
barrel, had attacked the softest part il
could find, and had gone to work tc
bore its way out. He says that it is
the second time on record, the first be.
ing where a French entomologist had
placed several moths in lead box and
they had eaten their way out. He
stated that the present case was mos
remarkable, as the moth had reduced
nearly an ounce of lead to powder il
less than three weeks, and that with
out food upon which to renew its ener
gies. -Baltimore American.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
Runaway on tho Water.

A runaway steamer must be an ex-
ceedin ely unpleasant sort of sea ser
pcnt for the passengers on board her.
The steamer MarchiOness of Brcadal-
bane, while making the passage from
Rothesay to Gouroclk, met with an &C.
cident to her machinery, and the en-
gineers were unable to stop her. The
captain therefore took her out into
midchanncl and spun around in cir.
Gle until the steam was nearly ex.
hausted, when the runaway was head
ed for Gourocl1, where she was secured
by ropes and the rest of the steam ruI
oH.-London Graphic.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
And This Also !?

Mrs. Newera waking suddenly in the
night)-"What noise is that? Is it you,
Cyrus?
Mr.. Newera-"Y-yes, my dear.
Mrs. Newera composing herself tC
slumber again)-"You won't find any
thing in my pockets.
Cyrus-I put it all in the bank THU
afternoon. "-Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
I3uncO.

Allsali Bill-lIear you run up agn a
green goods man in Moo York. How
much did he git off you?
Sagebrush Sam-lIow much did he
git? | made ten dollars on the deal.
They was tcn-dollar bill on top OF the
pile of brown paper he traded me fer
three hundred dollars worth of shares
in that Their mine of ourn. Cincinnati
UNrihupa
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
Some Spring Styles.

Fly-front coats with box back Of
covert mixtures.
Separate skirts made of crepon,
cheviots and fancy silks in black.
Misses checked coats in different col.
ors, showing ve.vet inlaid Collars.
Silk waists of Rob Roy plaid made on
the bias, with blouse fronts and elbow
sleeves.
Children's REFERS in navy blue, red
and tan, trimmed with tinsel braid and
brass buttons.
Perforated velvet waits IN gold
Boston Globe.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23

Buckle, like Macauley, was reader
of all sorts of literary matter that had
a historic. social or political value.
He seemed to have no choice of au-
thors, and read with an eye to the
probable worth of the matter in his
subsequent work.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
Knew What It Meant

Mrs. Hicks-There! Dick is in the
basement singing 81 Want to Be an
Angel" brushes out)
Hicks Ton her return) We'll, did you
stop his singing?
Eyes; that is, hid the angel cake"
N Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
wants n New Hat.

How is your wifeP"
"Um, her head has been troubling
her good deal this year"
Nervous headacheP"
mot exactly. She keeps on want
ing a new hat every four weeks, IN
v. Advertiser.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23
Something For 1t.

Dick-I have dreadful cold.
Topl-Why don't you take sorne-
thing for it?
nd like to, but | can't get any Of
fers. I'll let you have it away below
cost if you want it."-Detroit Free
Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-05-23

When the sewing machine was in
vented the prediction was made that
It would tighten the labor of women;
as fact, il increased the number Of
truls