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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
Dainty whole Wheat Gems.

A tested recipe for whole-wheat
gcms calls for two cupfuls of the -four
l-1ixcd with a teaspoonful of salt and
two teaspoonfuls of sugar. Separate
the whites and yollss of two egga, beat
the yollss light and add cup of sweet
milk, little at time, beating all tho
while Stir this MIXTURE into the flour,
and when smooth and light add cup-
full of lukewarrn water. Beat the
whites to n stiff froth and add to the
batter; fold them in lightly and quick
ly, and turn into hot gem pans flat
have been thoroughly creased. Bal:o
IN quick oven from twenty 70 twenty-
Ave minutes,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

FREQUENT turning Is tina secret Of
successful broiling.
ALWAYS use wooden spoon for mix
Ing cake, as an iron one discolors the
butter.
A DASH Of cinnamon In a cup OF
chocolate after it is poured is said to
add a piquant flavor.
WEAR well-itting shoes about your
housework. They are less fatiguing
than loose, untidy slippers
If the children have no appetite In
the morning, don't allow them to start
for school without first drinlSing'a glass
of hot milk.
ONIONS, potatoes and cabbages for
soup should always be scalded before
being used, to draw out indigestible
qualities.
In baking bread or rolls put sauce
pan of boiling water into the oven. The
steam will keep the crust smooth and
tender.
Much of the heavy cake and bread is
the result Of the oven door being
slammed when closed. Shut the door
as gently as possible.
IT should be universally known that
sand or flour scattered over burning oil
will cxtinguish it. Every household
in which lamps are used should have {
box filled with sand in convenient
place, ready for all emergencies.
A NEW dainty for afternoon tea, which
can be cordially recommended, is {
macaroon sandwich. 1t is made with
two macaroons between which Il
placed very thin slice of sage cheese
| Comfort
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
CORNS ON THE SOLES.

They May Be Prevented from Hurting In
Simple Way.
~ have made discovery that my
|fellowmen should have the advantage
|of," said the colonel as an amiable
smile fitted over his genial features.
You have probably noticed in the
past that / limped slightly in my
walk. Well, that was due to no old
wound, as many supposed, but was
csused by corn right in the center
Of the bottom of my right foot. Why
didn't l have it removed Why, my
dear boy, suppose it was taken out
by the most expert chiropodists, at
least twenty times, but, like the
apocryphal cat, it invariably came
back. tried everything heard of in
order to obtain relief, but to no avail.
| have the corn yet; it is with me at
this moment, but I am its conquer
err, and / believe could dance a
lively waltz without discomfort. This
is how won the battle: The other day
l was walking the avenue, when
espied pair of insoles in shoe store
window. A happy inspiration seized
me and l went in and bought them
Taking them home removed my right
shoe and stocking, and taking pen
dipped it in ink and placed the fiuid
on that corn. Then placing the right
insole on the floor pressed my foo
down evenly upon it, and the ink or
the corn marked the place where i
would rest cut small hole through
the insole at the spot; put the article
in my shoe, and put it on. The corr
fitted in the hole to nicely, and nov
l do not know I have the inferna
thing when l go out to walk. Their
are thousands of persons who hav'
corns on the soles or heels, and the.
can secure comfort as ! did by follow
ing my process. Chicago Mail.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
SAVANNAH, HARDIN COU
SUFFERED FROM HIS THROAT.
When He Wanted Candy and Peanut"
They Were Not to lie Had.


They Were Not to lie Had.
Just as Mr.. Suffer was starting foi
the railroad station with his wife and
children to take very long journey.
Mrs. Suffer suddenly exclaimed;
"See here, John. We can never go
away without some fresh broken can
dies. No one ever went on railroad
journey who didn't have lot along"
"And l." put in Miss Della Suffer-
aged seven, "insist on some peanuts
and cough drops"
That's all right" said Suffer. I'VE
car buy all those things on the train.
There are about ten men who spend
their time marching through the cars
selling fresh broken candies and cough
drops. Whatever else happens to the
traveller he's never allowed torun short
of those commodities"
But when they boaided the train the
army of peanut-venders, cough-drop
dealers and fresh-broken-candy mer-
chants were nowhere to be seem Ordi-
narily the traveller was pelted with
these goods until he had to buy and
eat some in self-defense. On this oc-
casion, however, not single peddler
was in sight.
Outrageous" said Suffer to the
conductor. "Do you mean to say that
the company has ceased to provide its
patrons with fresh-broken candies and
recently-roasted peanuts? What has
become of the fellows who chucked APP
Piles and organges on your lap and
funny magazines and thingsP Is this
concern run by railroad men or whatT'
"Mr. Suffer-" replied the conductor,
"the last time you travelled on this
road you kicked because the train-boy
biffed you in the eye with an apple
which he wished to dispose of and
made your nose bleed with a packet OF
cough drops which he SHE'D at you
with little too much force. You said
you'd sue the company for damages
for assault and battery. The company
got scared at your threats and had the
boys taken off,"
The traveller burst out into torrent
of invective. BLAINE the bloated cor
porations!" he yelled. That's the sort
of ballad and waltz that we shall get
from them until Tuesday comes when
the government will be in complete
control OF all the transportation inter-
| ests."
Then he went back to Mrs. Suffer
in the rear of the car and began some
heated remarks about millennium
or something which it was understood
he had sighted on the starboard offing.
IN. Y. Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20

Lord So-and-So, though enormously
rich, and owner of a large estate, was
evidently Stunned by society. Wish
ing to regain favor, he began by send
ing pheasants to the neighboring gen.
try; but all to no purpose, as they were
promptly returned.
The village squire, wishing to show
his disapprobation Of the noble lords
character, sent note saying that he
could not possibly accept the pleas.
ants himself, so he had given them to a
poor tenant Q
Judge of his chagrin on receiving a
bill from Lord So-and-So, with note
explaining that "having refused to &C
cept the pheasants, they were not his
to give away"
He paid it.--Boston Globe.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20

not exceed thirty cents. One Of these
waists can easily be made in two hours.
The dotted lines Gig. y show the di.
rection Of the cloth. Six buttons are
placed at the waist line to which all the
skirts must be fastened, and in this
way their weight is supported entirely
by the shoulders instead Of by the hips,
which is so uncomfortable, and unques-
tionably unhealthy. The whalebonesar are
inserted between the two thiclnesses Of
cloth, and are held in place by rows Of
parallel machine-stitched lines. find
two bones In front and two behind
quite sufficient. The two separate
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20

Lady Visitor Cooking out on play
ground)-A there are all the girls
aud my little girl among them! What
src they doing?
Schooimistress-They're making q
snow-woman.
"a snow what?"
my young ladies are not allowed to
make a spow-manw-London Punch,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
A Wrongly-Used Word.

"Flitting" is the term used by the
Pennsylvania Germans for family
moving. This is also Scotch usage,
and it is nearer the original meaning
of the word than is the more common
modern acceptaticr. Philologists con-
lecture that the word has reached its
present common meaning through a
fancied relation to the word fleet"
A fitting in the colloquial usage of the
Pennsylvania Germans does not mean
a hasty removal, nor has it any half
humorous intent, such as sometimef
marks the word.-N. Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
WOMAN AND HOME.
A HYGlENIC WAIST.
Perfectly Satisfactory and Uss:ui subStl-
tute for tho Corsat,

Perfectly Satisfactory and Useful substl-
tute for tho Corset.
Many women and girls are realizing
moro and moro the disadvantages of
corsets, and would gladly discard them
II they only knew of something to take
their place. will attempt to describe
a waist l have contrived, which to me
is perfectly satisfactory substitute,
Fig. represents the pattern; Fig, .
the front view; Fig. the whole waist
spread out. 1t extends only to the
waist line, and has but one seam, which
is on the shoulder, the lacing in front
and behind giving it perfect fit. The
material is doubled OF white duck at
twelve and half cents n yard, or heavy
muslin, about one yard is required, and
this, with the cost of the whalebonc,
buttons and two lacing strings, need
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20

held in the left hand and hit with q
hammer This gives uniformly
scanned look to the wood, not unlike
the bark Of tree and throws out the
design in strong relief. After the back
ground is finished the figures may be
accumulated with chisel, and the
feathers, eyes, ETC., indicated. A leaf
or flower pattern done in this way
makes very effective decoration for o
mantcl. At the housefurnishing shopn
very pretty undecorated wooden arti-
cles may be procured, which pattern
in fat relief may beautify.-N. Y.
Tribune
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20

This recipe requires three slices Of
Boston brown bread, one quart Of
cream and one-half pound Of sugar.
Toast the bread In a cool oven, then
roll AID sift it through q fine sieve.
Put one pint of cream in the farina
kettle on the fire; add the sugar and
stir until dissolved. Add the remain
ing cream and set away to cool. When
cold freeze. When frozen beat in the
brown bread. remove the dasher and
repack as directed. Set away two
hours, end then Il u ready to serve,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20

parts of the waist are neatly bound
around the edge with tape or narrow
bias binding.
think this simple waist has decided
advantages over corsets; it is much
more hygienic, as it exerts no unnat-
ural pressure on any part of the body.
1t can be washed as regularly as any
other article Of underclothing. Ger
tainly 1t is much less expensive than q
corset, and can easily be made by any
one at home.-Country Gentleman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
/ am aweary, aweary;
would that l were deadi

The fatigue which follows labor
among plants and flowers is of far
different quality from the WEAKNESS
which so overpowered this detected
Mariana" though it tires the body, it
acts as tonic to the dropping spirits,
banishing for the while morbid
thoughts and bringing sweet dream
less slumber to eyes heavy with I'M
shed tears. Thus the pleasant toll be-
comes the realization of the old myth
of Ant@us, receiving from his mother
et "A new strength" and is an admira-
bic sure for t.lt vague troubled men.
tai state known as depression. --Har'
per's Bazaar.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
A Perfect Treasure.

Toni have seen the girl want to
marry. l stood behind her at the win
dow this morning, and it took her seven
minutes to buy a fve-cent. elevated
railroad ticket.
Kitty-Did that make you want to
marry her?
Tom-Yes; ! figured she could never
spend my income at that rate.-Brook,
lyn Life.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
Sure Sign.

1t was in geography lesson tc
Standard /. in an elementary school
After speaking about boundaries Of
countries, the teacher said
Nov, suppose l was in France
pointing to that country and l went
into Germany, how could tell ,7hen
had left France and entered Germany
One youngster, aged seven, immedi
ately answered: "You would hear the
German bands, please. London Tit
Bits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
Ita Que Drawback.

Mrs. Homer-Dear me, / must COM
nienoe housekeeping tomorrow, and
hate It'll"
Mr.. Homer-whY, bow ia that2
nss. Homsr,-It dirtIes everything "
o,ssppolt
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
Spring Work.

Some one, more practical than senti-
mental, has observed that could Mari
ana have reused herself to tako an in
terest in her neglected garden, had She
tklied up the fower-plots and ham
mered nails in "the knots that held the
peach to the garden wall" the moated
grange would have seemed less lonely,
and she would have had a wholesome
diversion from the haunting thoughts
which found expression in the sad re.
fraln:
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
Recruits Ready.

Stranger-I wish you'd let me know
as soon as you want recruits, in case
there's war with SPAIN
Recruiting Officer-Ah? Want to en-
list? What capacity?
Capacity! Why, contractor
Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
FLAT RELIEF WORK,
Pretty and Useful Things That Are Easily
Made ut Homo.

Made Bt Homo.
With gauge, chisel and a hammer
very good effects may be produced in
fat relief by unsl,illed labor, as the IL
lustration Of little cabinet made by
small boy of ten will show. The mate
rial was California redwood Ia soft
wood, The outlines of the cock and
hen were first drawn with pencil on
the doors Of the cabinet before they
were hung and then marked out quite
deep with sharp chisel, smartly
tapped.
The background was then taken off
with vertical strokes of small gauge
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20

Locke fancied that he was great
writer on the subject of education and
seems to have valued his educational
writings more highly than he did She
Essay go the Human Understandings"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-06-20
And Gets Him. Too.

Bobby-Pa, Is there any Office that
has to seek the man?
Pa-Yes, Bobby; the police Office
Judge.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-09

The faculty Of Harvard by t!7o~
thirds vote hare declared that intcrcoi-
legtate football ought 70 be abolished.
The recommendation is advisory Only
and the committee on athletics is Tot
under obligation 70 adopt it except u2-
on it's own conviction that the interest
of the university would thus be pro-
NOTED. Tie consensus Of opinion among
the best educational elements in the
country has long been against football!
rs It has been played Of late years. IT
has ceased to be sport. 1t has become
mere thuggery. Prize fights forbidden
Ly law in nearly olI civilized countries
and possible now Only by defiance and
elusion Of police rarely presented Mere
revolving features than have been Wit
cessed in professnd gcntiemeu's games
Of football conducted In the name and
under the auspices Of great Institutions
OF learning. Indian games IN the Ole
rock Enclosures Of South and Ceutral
America were not more sacrifcial VI
life o. limb; the cripp!ings, msiTn;n;,s
md deaths due to football for few
years past reaching an aggregate that
may we'll make college authorities con-
slider whether such. q game. so played,
belongs in 81 era Of civilization or tf
recreation deemed c1ploitiVe Of SILL.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-09
Primitive IilumirationS.

r From the moment when people ceased
to observe the regular bedtime Of ami
mated nature and began to sit up at
nights, there began new era in hu-
man affairs. We don't know much
about that Palpeolithic man who hunt
ed bears and rhinoceros and such small
deer about our primeTal forests; GER
tainly not enough to say whether he
used lamps or candles, or perforce
contented himself with the rudy glow
Of the fire, around which he would sit
with his family, toasting mammoth
marrow or grilling hyena steaks or
other toothsome morsels.
Perhaps our primitive nan was too
fond Of fat as an article Of diet to care
to waste it in experiments, else he
might easily have invented the rush
light, so simple and primitive is it, and
still made and used in primitive house
holds such as you find now and then
among the Welsh hills
A bundle Of dried rushes dipped sew
eral times in melted mutton fat, there
Is all the process. and a capital minia-
turs torch is the result, which the most
boisterous winds can hardly eXtin-
g,lish. Now, something OF this Kind our
primitive man may have Known how
to make. II he had not arrived at
his muttons, the fat Of the cave bear
or the bison might have served his
turn.-All the Year Round.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-09
Th4 Market Place.

There is no doubt that the protection
which used to be accorded to the mar
ket place from the earliest barbarian
times has played an important, though
not an exclusive, part in the emancipa-
ton Of the medieval city. The early
barbarians knew no trade within their
village communities; they traded with
strangers only, at certain definite spots,
on certain determined days. And, II
order that the stranger might come to
the barter place without risk Of being
slain for some feud which might be run
ming between two kins, the market was
always placed under the special pro-
lection Of all kins. 1t was inviolable,
like the place Of worship under thu
shadow Of which it was held.
With the Kabyles it is still annaya,
like the footpath along which women
carry water from the well; neither must
be rodden upon In arms, even during
inter-tribal wars. In medieval times
the market universally enjoyed the
same protection. No feud could be
prosecuted on the place whereto people
came to trade, nor within certain ra-
dius from It; and If a quarrel arose
in the motley crowd Of buyers and sell.
ers, it had to be brought before those
under whose protection the market
stood-the community's tribunal, or the
bishops, the lords, or the Kings Judge.
. A stranger who came to trade was
guest, and he went on under this very
name. Even the lord who had no scr.I-
pies about robbing q merchant on the
high road respected the Weichbild, that
Is, the pole which stood in the market
place and bore either the Kings arms
or glove. or the image CT the local.
saint, or simply cross, according to
whether the market was under the pro-
tecti9n Of the King, the lord, the local
church, or the folklnote-tle Vyeche.-
The Nineteenth Century.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-09
WHERE BRAVERY eoRsooK HIM,

He had tramped the wilds Of Africa ant
seen the wild giraffe,
And had gazed on lions fierce with great
est brashness;
He had listened with tranquility to the
striped hyenas laugh,
And faced tigers with a courage that
was rashneSS.
He had scrapped with big prize tighten
in the zenith of their fame,
And had fought dozen duels with th'
greatest of temerity;
Ee had entered burning buildings and
saved women from the fame,
And had swum Niagara's rapids with
celerity. = :;
ue'd played quarter back at football and
had come out safe and sound,
And had waded through gunpowde'
with a candle that was lighted;
He had rescued prisoned miners in the
caverns under ground,
And in scenes of slaughter he was
much delighted. ..ssssS.ssssss
When no one knew just how the clotA
that's bullet-proof would work,
He had worn it while the maker expert
mented;
There was scarcely a known danger his
courageous heart would shirk,
And the more the risk the more he wan
contented.
But one bargain day, while saunterinl
past mammoth dry goods store,
When the weather was a-swelterine
and a-simmering,
And his friends dared him to try to pas.
the women round the door,
He refused, for his courage went O.
glimmering.
New York Sun.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-09
Cross Examining a Witness

A well-known criminal lawyer, who
brides himself upon his skill in cross
examining a witness, had an odd-look-
ing genius upon whom to operate. The
witness was q shoemaker.
you say, sir, that the prisoner Is q
thiefr'
Eyes, SIR, cause why, she confessed
TT
"And you also swear she bound shoes
:or you subsequent to the confession" 2"
81 do, SIR
"Then," giving sagacious look to the
court, 1--WE are to understand that you
employ dishonest people to work for
you, after their rascalities are knownT'
"Of course; how else could get as-
distance from a lawyer?
The counsel said "Stand aside" in q
tone which showed that if he had the
witness head in chancery little mercy
might have been expected. The judge
nearly choked himself in futile en-
deavor to make the spectators believe
that laugh was nothing but hic-
cough, while the witness stepped down.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-09
The Debtor and the Dentist

A curious story reached me Of the
manner in. which man to whom bill
was owing dealt with his debtor. A
certain gentleman went to a dentist
for complete set of artificial teeth. BE
wore them for a considerable time, and
ignored the repeated requests fol-, pay
,nent, which the dentist made. At last
to add insult to injury, the gentleman
, with the false teeth called on his credi.
tor and loudly protested his annoyance
at the repeated requests for payment
with the further remark that the teeth
did not fit "Oh," said the dentist will
you kindly take seat that may look
Ct them?" The visitor did so, and the
dentist carefully drew. the teeth out
Then, with a stroke of the pincers, he
deity snapped the setting into pieces
and flung the teeth into the waste
basket. Then having apologized that
any work Of his should have caused an
royance, he delivered a graceful, bow
and sent the toothless one home to the
bosom; Of his, family.-Birminsl,ar
Daily Post
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-04-09
Had Fast Trains Even Then.

Had Fast Trans EVen IneA.
# anybody were asked what com.
harrison exists between the speed OF
railroad trains now and fifty years ago
b. would probably say that hardly any
can be made.
The difference, however, IS far less
than is generally supposed In May,
lS48, the Great Western Railway en-.
gine Great Britain was driven by En-
cineer Almond from Paddington to
Didcot, ffty-three miles, in forty-seven
minutes, starting and stopping. When
we consider that the brakes in those
days were very crude this is pretty fast
tcaveling.
Nor was this done once, but repeat
edly.
The broad-guage expresses are ire
Guently timed at the rate Of a mile IN
forty-eight seconds, or seventy five
rallies an hour. and even q higher maxi
mum was attained for short distances.
The Bradshaw for 1S4S shows that
the morning express was timed to
leave Paddington at $50 o'clock and
start again from Didcot at 1O:47. Al
lowing four minutes for the stop at
Didcot the train must have been OIL
cially timed at mile a minute.
The railway records show that th'
.rain often arrived under time.
These facts should silence a grea,
many persons who pirate about the
phenomenal progress recently made In
railroad matters in general and rapif
transit in particular.