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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

must be an affinity more or less close.
If 1t is virtuous to bruise the serpent's
head, it must be praiseworthy to shoot
gator on sight. Such, at least, seems
to be the creed of the average tourist in
Florida; the sport (?) Of pumping
lead into the. great, clumsy, unresist-
Ing lizards has almost exterminated
them along the most popular routes of
travel, while the prices now fetched by
their hides tempt hunters to follow
them to theremote swamps and ever
glades.
1t Is pity; for baking in the sun
shine by lake and river OF, floating laz-
lily on the still waters, they lend trop-
ical picturesqueness to the otherwise
often tame Florida scenery.
A few years ago the steamers on the
upper st. John and Ocklawaha rivers
were veritable gunboats, as far as the
alligators were concerned, and whole
broadsides OF rifles and pistols were
turned loose whenever a snout or tail
appeared. Workmanship was tested
perhaps, but in a wanton, useless be-
struction. Of humble life, or the agony of
lingering wounds.
The sport has almost ceased, not by
virtue of the Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals, but for the same
reason that the slaughter of buffalo
has stopped on the plains. Some day,
perhaps, some humanitarian legisla-
ture will give the alligator statutory
right to live--and sun himself; for,
though shiny clamimy, repulsive and
friendless, he is not the ferocious ter
ror he is often made to appear in "Flor-
ida Adventures"
1t is true that he is first cousin to
the really savage crocodile of the Nile
and the Gauges, and that the same or
true crocodile-enormou in size, fe-
rocious in temper and voracious in ap-
petite--is found In the Florida ever
glades south of Okeechobee; but the
alligator, as rule, is shy, timid and not
disposed to attack human beings.
They have a weakness for pigs and
puppies, and special fondness, 1t is said,
for pickaninnies-negro children; but
the instance inwhich they have been the
aggressors in attacks on grown peo-
pie are rare, and in South Florida the
natives wade or swim in the lakes or
rivers, often where large ones are
numerous and in full view, without any
thought of danger.
But when wounded or cornered an
alligator will fight savagely, and is an
exceedingly formidable antagonist.
Awkward and clumsy on land, he is
quick and agile in the water, and uses
either end, head or rail, with dexterity.
A blow from his tail will knock man
senseless or break an arm or leg; and
when once his powerful jaws close on
anything the hold is almost impossible
to loosen. If he cannot readily drag
off what he has grabbed he will turn
over sideways and try to twist it Off.
For instance, II a man caught by one of
his feet was holding to a boat or stake
he might be able to output the beast,
but the turning over sideways would
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

Housekeeping Is not always home
making, and the modern woman is be-
ginning to find it out. To live for the
house and its glory is one mode of exist
ence; another mode is to make the
house exist for the sake of the people
who are to adorn it. The former is
housekeeping; the latter is homemade
ing You can discern the difference be-
tween home and house directly on
entering domicile if you are half way
observant. You can tell by the books
ind the tides and the arrangement of
the divans and the pillows and the
lamps. The real state of things is IN
the atmosphere, and is as discernible as
though written on the wall.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
Napoleon's Death-Bed Statement Abou,
EngbIen

When Napoleon was on his DEATH
bed maladroit attendant read from
an English review bitter arraign.
ment of him as guilty Of the dukes
murder. The dying man rose, and
catching up his will, wrote in his own
hand: 81 had the Due d 'Enghen seized
and tried because it was necessary to
the safety, the interest, and the honor
of the French people, when by his own
confession the Comte d'Artois was sup
porting sixty assassins in Paris. I'm.
der similar circumstances | would
again do likewise.r Nevertheless he
gave himself the utmost pains on GER
tain occasions to unload the entire re-
sponsibility on Talleyrand. To Lord
Burlington, to 0'Meara, to Las Cases,
to Montholon, he asseverated that Tai
leyrand had checked his impulses to
clemency.-Prof. VIM. NJ. Sloane, In
Century.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

Ono Sunday afternoon while sitting
on his piazza he noticed q large alli-
gator floating about two hundred yards
out in the lake. Getting his rifle he
took a shot at him, and from the strug-
giles and laundering he was sure that
The ball had gone true and that the alli-
gator was shot through the brain.
lehving his rifle and getting into his
boat he rowed out to the beast which
he found apparently dead and floating
feet up. Coming alongside he leaned
over and taking hold of a foot attempted
ITO attach line, but his touch had the
effect of galvanic battery. The alli-
gator, which was twelve feet long and
would weigh perhaps five hundred
pounds, made tremendous leap and
swirl and landed full length In the boat
his great jaws only two or three inches
from Meals feet MS he sat in the stern,
while his tail extended out over the
bow. He had been shot in the eye and
part of the brain-pau was torn away,
but his other eye, wide open and blood
shot, cleaned wickedly at Neal, while
his great jaws worked and snapped con-
vulsively.
Meals first thought was to turn a
back somersault into the lake, but, I'M
fortunately, he could not swim, and for
awhile sat still, paralyzed by fright.
The alligator, however, except the
blinking of his eye, the jerlSy working
of his jaws and the slight waving of his
tail, lay quite and made no effort to at
tack; and at last pluclSing up cour-
age Neal began padding backwards to
shore with the least noise and motion
possible.
In telling of it Neal says that he was
afraid to draw long breath, and with
every motion of his paddle he expected
to be seized by those terrible jaws
lying so close that the fetid breath
made him sick. After what seemed an
age he felt the stern of the boat CRATE
on the sandy shore, then he did tumble
out backwards and scramble up on the
bank, where he fell in faint.
His plucky wife, seeing that some
thing was wrong, ran down with his
rifle and gave the alligator finishing
shot, which, in its death struggles, COM
| pletely demolished the boat.
An even more exciting adventure,
and one in which high degree of pres.
ence of mind and ready courage were
shown, occurred not far from Mag.
giore.
William Morton and a party of friends
were seining and Morton was dragging
one end of northumberland net,
When in water about three feet deep q
large alligator padded up, curious, APP
parently, to see what the commotion
and seine dragging meant
Morton happened to have stout
stick in his hand and without thinking
of danger struck the alligator hard
whack across the snout. Instantly the
beast darted at him, and selling him by
the right wrist attempted to drag him
into deep water. For second or two
there was pull and struggle, Morton
yelling for help, and with his feet
planted firmly on the bottom trying to
hold his own. But finding that he was
at a standstill, the gator suddenly be.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

country, where ice and refrigerators
are not very commonly used, is the re-
peated going down and up cellar stairs
to carry and obtain food that must be
kept cool in hot weather.
To build the waiter that is shown,
cut an opening in the pantry floor three
fourths of an inch larger than the size
of the waiter From either end of this
opening nprights of two by four scant-
ling are let down to the bottom of the
cellar, where they rest firmly upon fiat
stones. These uprights contain the
pulleys over which run the cords that
are attached to the bottom of the wait
err, as shown in the diagram. These
pulleys and the cord are the same as
are used for raising heavy windows.
Guides, not shown in the diagram, hold
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
RECEPTACLE COR SHOES.

How Clever Girl Made Use of Dis
cardcd Outing Parasol.
A returned summer girl has found
novel use for her discarded outing par
asol. She has removed one-half of II
and fitted it with a fiat back of paste
board, as shown in the illustration, GOV.
ering both this and the outside of the
remaining half with cretonne to match
the furnishings of her room. Each seq
ment is furnished with a lining, which
forms the pocket for pair of dainty
slippers or shoes, and as the pocket Ia
no deeper than the length of tho shoes,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
His Father Is All Right.

'My father" said the small boy to
the woman who was calling on his
mother, us a great man. lie knows
what time it is without even looking
at his watch"
What do you mean, Tommy" asked
the visitor.
"Oh, when l holler out and ask him
what time it is in the morning, he al.
ways says it's time to get up. And
when | ask him what time it is in the
evening. he always says. Time to GO
to bed, Tommy. '"-Philadelphia Amer.
lean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
Tho Latest IN Funeral Flowers.

Flowers for funeral offerings are
oftenest now sent loose in box, set
pieces being justly regarded as stiff
and plainly suggestive. Wreaths, are
still used, Int they have become so full
as to have lost the hollow OF the center,
and are, instead, round mat Of flow.
ers. Something different in floral de-
signs for these sad occasions is The oval
wreath, Of which one side is made BOZ
id'y CT ferns and leaves and the other
half as solidiy mass Of flowers,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

they are kept in place. 1t may be CIV
cred with white duck from an old gown
that is no longer serviceable and edged
with q fall of coarse lace about the top.
Use only small parasol, and If you
have not frame of the right size you
may fashion an umbrella shaped bag,
so constructed that the effect will be
that of half open parasol.-N. Y.
Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
A Dock and n Doctor.

Tramcar Driver-Me and my off
horse has been working for the COM
pany for twelve years now.
Passenger-That so. The company
must think a great deal of you both
well, dunno Last week the two
of us were taken sick and they got a
doctor for the horse and locked me.
Get up Their now. Betsyl"-London Tit.
RitS
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
French Laws ConcernInr NAMES.

1t Is not generally known that in
France it is forbidden under severe pen
alties for anyone to give infants under
one year any form of solid food unless
such be ordered by written prescrip-
.:on signed by legally qualified medi-
cal man. Nurses are also forbidden 20
use in the rearing OF infants copfided
to their care at any time or under any
pretext whatever any nursing bottle
provided with q rubber tube.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
Satisfied to Think.

Don't you ever take nice long
walk in the woods?" she asked.
No" he replied.
but just think Of the quantities OF
autumn-leaves that you could bring
home with you!"
II do. Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

the waiter in place, and cause it to rise
and fall without fitting. These guides
may be in the form of a smooth groove
In either upright, in which hardwood
pegs upon the sides Of the waiter run
smoothly, or they may be of some other
character, as circumstances suggest.
The waiter itself has side-pieces ex-
tending from the pantry floor nearly to
the cellar floor, the cords being at
tached to the lower end. The top will
come flush with the pantry floor, and
may well be made of wood to match
that floor. The weights should be open
boxes filed with bricks, SO that the
weight can be varied from time to
time, as circumstances demand.-Webb
Donnell, in Country Gentleman,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

When washing summer silks remove
all grease or other spots with chlorc-
form, then make a solution of a tea
spoonful of ammonia and little soap
in pail of water and into this dip the
silk again and again until il looks quito
clean. Do not wiring it out, but press
between the hands. Rinse in water
from which the chill is gone, then hang
in shady place until partly dry, when
lay between two cloths and press with
a hot iron until it is quite dry.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
Appropriate.

Fozzleton-Every time you measure
me for pair of trousers you measure
me little short
Tailor-That isn't my fault.
"Why not?"
Because you always come in that
way. THE American.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
An AntIloritr.

Hungerford-Do you believe, doctor,
that the use Of tobacco tends to shorten
mans days2
DR.. POWELL know that II does.
tried to stop cnce, and the days were
about ninety hsurs long. Truth
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
CompIeting tho Definition.

Johnny-Papa, isn't presentment
sort of feeling that something is going
TO happen?
Papa-Yes; a feeling which you scl.
dom hear about until the thing has
happened. Puck.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

"How does your father manage to
catch such big fish as he talks about?"
"Oh, it's easy enough" replied the
boy, who was with him on the vaca.
ton trip.
Does he have any special tackle?"
mo, indeed. He just finds nice,
shady spot and throws his line into the
water, and lies down with his hat over
his eyes and just dreams."- Washing
ton Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
DEACON HoPEFu[ q DEE


Dear friends, when am dead M gone
Don't have no woef,n tAkia'g on. I9fs lg. y
Don't act so tarnally bercft
on enough thoy weren't no sunshine left
Don multiply spqrFtFH 9woesfS 80
ny sorry look 81 yiclothes III
An make tho trohbicss1fiihlrs wJrse ! /
ny alters follerin' hoarse.
Mnen depdrt It's my idee ,tSiSiDL
ahe most consolin' thing to mo
Id be to hear the ones tried
To comfortbere sforel died fttl "a fif
say, sort o smilin' through their tears,
we'll cnnyhow. fer years an years
we had hhrlHtcsso ietBlbe glad NJ III
An 'nanNlau ull iet ne 10y wSyc had" /
II amt no use to make fuss
When death comes after one OF us
The ways of Providence, low, W
Arc ns they should be. ennyhow,
Thingssuit me purity mlddlln vol, ~ M
An even at funeral
I'd sing, amid the grief an woe:
Praise God from whom all blessin's how.'
nixon Wqtefnaps 10 liza w. bulletin
~ u
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

I'm the war of the revolution Mas
sachusetts furnished mere troops to
the army than any other state
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
THE FLORIDA ALLIGATOR
Ruthless Hunters Are Driving Him
Out of Existence.
The saurIan Is an Ugly Customer When
Aroused-A Lively Fight in the Water
Adventures That Show His
Fierce Propensitics.

E L w L EN- the
SCRIP ent tribe
an d mankind
there is an an
Gent and heredi-
larry feud, Ser
penis are rep
TIL es; the alii-
gator is q rep
a..
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05
WOMAN AND HOME.
SIMPLE lpuMs.wAlrER.

a Suggestion for Housewives who Are
Tired of stair'olbnblng!iliit
The ordinary dumb-waiter is rather
too elaborate for home construction,
and is, moreover, somewhat expensive.
The construction that is suggested In
the accompanying illustrations is sim
Pile, and the result is dumb-waitcr as
practical in every way as those that
have closet ON the first floor, and n
more or less complicated apparatus for
lifting the waiter from the cellar be-
low. AS to the advantages of having q
dumb-waiter In the house, there can ~
no question One of the hardest thing
about housekeeping, particularly in the
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-12-05

quickly tear him from his hold; and so
II man is attacked by a large alligator,
even in shallow water, his chances of
escape are slim. 1t is fortunate, there
fore, that the ordinary Florida variety
is less viciously inclined than his East
Indian or African cousins.
There have been, however, in recent
years some narrow escapes from alli
gators that have been wounded or pro
voled.
A man nam~i Neaiswho used TO live
on Laid a. sgiore. h Orange county,
FSuted ~ ~. adventur,f to which he at
'''''d Ia IL is l assl sF'3 hairs that 'p-
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04

this amendment the Mexican veteran
got IS a month, and in addition, as
Mr.. O'Neil phrased it, elf he states
that it is not enough to keep him in
the necessaries of life. the pension is
increased to $12 a month" In other
words, the sum of $12 had already been
provided for those who needed the
larger amount, and the extra million
was for putting the others on the same
footing.
Now, under the act of 1887, the Mex
lean pensioners thus provided for may
not have been wounded or, in fact,
even present in any battle or skirmish.
They need not be suffering from ILL
ness acquired in that war or from any
illness at ALL However, the bill,
when it reached the Senate, was re-
ferred to committee, and we find no
record OF any further action upon it.
SO that it cannot be said that the SEN
ate would have agreed with the House.
But the suggestion in both cases is
that serious offset, in the future, to
the natural dwindling of the pension
rolls may come from increasing the
rates payable to great classes Of bene-
ficiaries already there.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04
CHURCHES:

CATHOLIC CHURCH, Arcadia College
and Pilot Knob. l.. WERNERT Rector
High Mass and Sermon at Arcadia College
every Sunday at O'Clock 4. VI. Vespers and
o'clock P. NJ. High Mass and Sermon and
Benediction at Pilot Knob Catholic Church
at 10:30 O'Clock A. NJ. Sunday School for
children at 80 O'Clock P. NJ.
NJ. e. CHURCH, Cor. Reynolds and
Mountain Streets, J. Ii. HURLEY, Pastor.
Residence: IrOnton. Services the second
aud fourth Sunday of cash month at IL A. NJ.
and ! p. VI. sunday School $3.50 A. NJ. Glass
Meeting Sunday afternoon 1T 8 o'clocs
Prayer Meeting Thursday evening. All
are Invited.
M. E. CHURCH, SOUTH, Fort fill,
between Ironton and Arcadia. Rev. j.
NJ ENGLAND, Pastor. Services every Sun
day, II IL A. NJ. and : P. NJ. Prayer meeting
every Wednesday evening, O'Clock. Sab
bath School at $3.50 A. NJ.
BAPTIST CHURCH, Madison street,
near Knob ST., III. L. MoRTON,D. d., Pastor :.
Residence ironton. Preaching on every
month at $50 P. NJ. and on the first and third
Sundays 1T IL A. NJ. Sunday School every
Sunday at $50 A. N. and Prayer Meeting
every Tuesday evening at 1880 P. NJ.
Presbyterian Church, cor. Reynolds
and Knob streets, IrontOn. Services at IL A.
NJ. and l:30 L. NJ. Sunday School at $3.50 A.
NJ. Y. z. 5. C. -, 6:3O P. NJ. Prayer Meet
ing Wednesday, p. NJ. q. III. DUTY, Pastor.
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH, Episcopal, Ironton.
Sunday School every Sunday, at 9:3O A. NJ.
LUTHERAN CHURCH, Pilot Knob.
Rev. OTTo PFAFFE, Pastor.
NJ. E. CHURCH, Corner Shepherd
snd Washington streets. Ironton. III. A.
HENLEY. pastor. Preaching every sun
day at IL A. VI. and 7:3J p. NJ. Sunday
School at 9:30 4. VI. and Select Reading at
PM Literary every TUESDAY night at s.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04
Marion, The Orphan.

1t was a rough, unsightly looking old
farm house. The windows were bro
ken, the doors almost off their hinges,
and the grass had grown over the
walks. It looked as if it was deserted.
But if you look again you will see an
old man sitting in the door way. His
clothes were ragged and in disorder
like everything else. His hat lay be-
fore him on the ground. Everything
indoors was in keeping with the disor-
der without such a gloomy bouse as
it was. You may sometime have seen
one just like it. Although belonging
to sunny June the day is dark aud low
ering; the sky is overcast; no fa1ntest
ray of sunshine comes to brighten the
gloom. A sense of desolation and of
coming evil is over all the place. In
an upper chamber of this shattered Old
building. lay a woman dying. Years
before, she married against her fathers
wishes. and had never been forgiven.
He had said she was dead to him. and
be tried to think so; and yet he could
not quite forget. and grew colder and
sterner. Death came to him, swiftly
and suddenly. no time for relenting or
forgiveness. Too late, God forgive
him. At her bedside sat sweet pale
girl of eight years. She was a fragile
child with large brown mournful eyes.
beautiful dark glossy, curly hair; her
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1895-04-04
Eissour1's Shame.

The antics of the Thirty-eight gen.
eral assembly ought to convince the
people of this state, irrespective oil
party, that they cannot be toe careful
about selecting the men they send to
Jefferson City to make laws. The
masses of the people in this state are
honest, no matter whether they are
Democrats, Republicans, Populists or
Prohibitionists. They do not know
ingly send men to the legislature who
will vote as corrupt lobby dictates,
and yet it is a fact that large number
of the members of the Thirty-eight
general assembly were mere tools of
the lobby. The statement was made
on the floor of the house, and not con-
tradicted, that eighty-two members of
that body were travelling on free rail-
ments are untrue, why is 1t that all
corporation legislation failed? Why
did the house committee on internal
improvements refuse to report bill to
regulate sleeping car charges? Why
port adversely every bill asked for by
the laboring classes and which woald
in the least interfere with the arbitra-
ry rule of corporations? Why did the
house refuse to pass the Julian bill to
tax franchises? Let the people inquire
into these matters. And when the fell
low-servant law was called up in the
bers rush wildly from the hall to avoid
going on record? Let the people look
over the list of absentees They have
been published in The Tribune and will
be republished as often as occasion de-
mands, as well as those who voted for
and against the bill.
The house does not deserve all OF
the peoples contumely, by any means.
The senate killed good fellow-servant
law, a street car fender law, a subway
bill, a measure to procure cheaper tele-
phones, and in fact about everything
the lobby asked it to kill.
Now, how long do the people of Mis-
souri, propose TO stand this kind of work
from the men whom they send to JEFF
ferson City to make laws for the state?
Is infamy to be supreme in the future
and the will of the people set aside for
the demands of corrupt lobby? Let
the people take this matter in hand
while there is yet time, and see that
in the future men are sent to the legis-
lature who will not be controlled abso-
lutely by an unscrupulous lobby. The
fight is on and the press and people of
Missouri propose to press it with earn
estness until the question is solved and
solved right.-Jefersom city Tribune.