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ingly," said the curate; ''but l find ID
rather muddy. 1 notice, however" he
continued, pointing TO the farmers boot,
which had a prodigiously thick sole, THAT
you take a very sensible prseautiOn to keep
out OF the wet"
wei, you see, Mr. $" said the farmer,
81 have a club foot"
The curate, Who was the shyeSt and most
sensitive Of men, fed iron the house, so
much was ae grieved over the uninteutiOnaI
cruelty of his speech. James Payn says he
always considered this story very hu-
moTOus and Ouce tOldit III his ''beS [ manner
at a large dinner party III 4 house where
he had never diEed before. During the
narration he received a violent kick under
the table from his next neighbor, but sup
posing il to be accidental, went on talking
The tale was received in total silence, and
it was sometime before general conversa-
ton was resumed. THAT was a very
amusing story" whispered his neighbor
Mr.. Payn was little Indignant at the want
of appreciation shown by the others, and
reJOined quickly: But exceedingly stupid
people TO tell it tor mo, my dear fellow;
1t Isn't that. Our host has club-foot."
The morning times., 1895-08-18
FARMING Is THEIR HOBBY
Rich Women Who Till the
Soil for Gain.
HETTY GREEN'S PLANTATION
Mrs. Plat Raises Oranges
and Mrs. Stanford Has
a Vineyard.
HETTY GREENS PLANTATION

There are LADY farmers a well as
gentlemen famrers" now, and the women
who are boasting the title are fuding
out that 1t means a snug pockettul of
pin money besides great deal OF health
and fun. Monsieurs great inter est in
his crops and his blooded stock are now per-
fectly understood 10y Madame, for she, too,
has caught the fever aud has taken to
raising things"
There is much talk about the selling
OF Mrs Leland Stanfords diamonds for
the benefit OF the Leland Stanford, jr.,
University, but those who have known
Mrs Stanford We'll the last TWO years
are not surprised. She has needed money,
not only for the university but for Vina,
that wonderful California farm OF hers,
aud the diamond money goes largely into
yina aud Vina's Interests.
MRS. STANFORD GOES INTO 1T.
Vina was bought in the days when
the Staufords were rolling in railroad
stocks, and it was the ideal Arcadiau
home. Now that the stocks are IN liti-
cation aud unproductve, Yina has been
turned, as many another fine country
home might be, into a means OF support,
aud it is for improved farming apparatus,
new stables, new wine presses and work
horses that the diamonds must 20, for
Mrs. Stanford has discovered that she
can make money as a lady farmer, and she
sees that many things must be bought
in order to get the highest moueyed returns.
a visitor to the great Yiua ranch finds
Mrs Stanford there on a visit But
her visits are so frequent that yjna is
home all during the productive mouths,
aud in California this means Marty every
The morning times., 1895-08-18

for every drop of spare grape Juice and
has made arrangements TO make much wine
herself. The diamond money VIII enable
this lady farmer TO purchase wine presses
and 10 establish in California the finest
and largest wine distilIerv ever owned
and carried on by woman BY way OF the
hcalthfulness OF this outdoor occupation
for women 1t may be told that never before
has She enjoyed such health, although
she now works early in the vineyards and
late over books, while accustomed 10 doing
nothing but carcss her blooded dogs and
acceptthe homage eofheruniversitys students
HETTY GREEN MAKES MONEY.
People are beginning 10 understand Hetty
Green better than they did AS the richest
woman in America and the poorest dressed
woman in the world, as the woman without
any home in city over which her mortgages
spread like blanket, aud the woman who
The morning times., 1895-08-18

business of transportation to get her prod
ucts through promptly. Her oranges are de-
liyered at the door within week of being
taken from the trees, while the ordinary
orange OF commerce loiters on its way for
months
The mushroom farm OF Mrs. A NJ
Palmer, wife ofthe theatrical manager, and
herself president of the famous Profes-
siOnal Woman's League, is one of the best
paying agricultural affairs ever managed
by woman. 1t took much capital, as
Mrs. Palmer sent a man to Europe to study
mushroom culture before building her hot
houses. She raises many thousand bushels
The morning times., 1895-08-18
HOW TO TAKE OUT STAINS.
Ammonia, Chloride of Lime @ nd Cam
phor All of Use.

Ammonia, always useful to the house
keeper, has especial advantages in the
summer time by its power of removing
lemon stains. A housekeeper, who has
learned this simple household fact by expe-
rience, suggests that little pamphlet be
prepared. to instruct all housekeepers in
the different methods of removing stains.
Many simple means are not widely known.
For removing the stains of strawberries
and other fruits from damask, hot water
is often sufficient. Deep stains may be
removed by a solution of chloride OF lime.
White stains from hot dishes upon pol
ished table are removed by rubbing the
spot with spirits of camphor.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26

fashion through the city summer like
three female musketeers of the brush.
They have taken big, roomy apart-
ment with eight large side windows
looking out over a vacant lot, which,
with It's abundant grass and nodding
daisies, comes as near being meadow
as any place could within the city linn
its. So they are assured plenty of light,
air and pleasant outlook during the
warm days and nights.
The furniture of the little double draw
ing-room Is all OF bamboo and wicker,
one big divan being piled with cushions
covered entirely in blue and white
slips. There is piano of white enamel
In one corner, and low table to match
for the magazines and summer litera.
ture. There are a few plants, but very
little brlc-a-brac, and only as much fur
niture as is needed. The windows are
uncurtained, but shaded with Venetian
blinds, which keep the house cool dur
ing the day. The doors are hung with
bamboo curtains, and the breeze keeps
them tinlSling musically all the time.
The general effect is that of GOODNESS,
cleanliness and space.
The dining-room is fitted like the
parlor, and in this apartment there is
great bay window, which extends
across one entire side of the room.
Here these ingenious girls have sort
of conservatory of vines and plants,
not shutting out light and air, as In too
many cases, but trained close to the
walls and spreading over the ceiling.
| Swung across this sylvan nook is tas-
seled hammock of white cord, and upon
| It big pillow in lace-trimmed mus
lin cover rests invitingly. 1t is difficult
to imagine one of these young women
climbing to this airy retreat, but as 1t
| swings in the air which comes through
| the open easement 1t looks restful and
summary.
One Of the attractive objects in this
room Is big glass punch-bowl, resting
on the white embroidered linen DOYLE
on the buffet. Here the mistresses of
the establishment propose to brew
cooling lemonades Oh hot summer even
ings, with glaciers of ice therein and
berries and fruit floating about upon
the surface. The chance visitor within
this pleasant summer abode will be re-
galed with draughts Of this liquid
blessedness.
The breakfasts, dinners and suppers
upon which these girls will subsist will
be selected for their appropriateness to
the season. Fruit will furnish large
part of every meal, and they are to
take turns in making out menus each
week for the maid to follow. And the
best of it all is that the entire summer
plan, including everything, is not 60
ing to cost them more than ten dollars
week each.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26

There are doctors and doctors, but
one OF the most intelligent of all these
friends of humanity was one who had
the courage recently to give bit of
advice to the head of family not
many miles from New York. The head
of the family was robust but exacting,
healthy but irritable-in short, ver-
liable Hector.
II don't know what is the matter
with my family DOCTOR" he said, but
my wife is nervous, my children are
suffering from something, don't knos
what-in fact, the whole house is uF-
set. Even the servants seem vacil-
Iatiug and bordering on nervous pros
tration."
~ think it would be all right" said
the doctor, if you would take six
months tour of Europe-alone."
''I?' cried paterfamilias- ''The only
well member of the family2"
YES" said the doctor, gravely,
you ought to travel-for the health
Of your family. ."-Harper's Magazine
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
WHEELS OF REFORM.
Made TO Spin by n Jealous Lover OF Truth
In Tempting Signs.

A reformer, with cast-iron principles
Of justice, can find plenty of odd Jobs
to fill in his spare moments. Firm
ness, together with a judicious dis
play of consequential Importance, will
often make the laws Of corporations
totter, and pat argument bring them
to the ground.
There was sign in the window of n
New York ice cream 'parlor" reading,
TRY our strawberry ice cream with
the strawberries frozen in" When
those cooling words caught the eye ot
the reformer on recent hot day his
wilted spirits revived, and he entered
the place radiating peace and good
will.
strawberry" he said, confidently,
beaming upon the presiding Hebe.
Then he sat back and thought how
good the frozen Strawberries were go.
ing to taste. When the dish was
brought he scanned it closely, but
failed to see any material signs of the
berries.
"Where are the strawberries?" he
asked, the genial expression giving
way to one of stern inquiry.
"There amt none in dish cream"
said Hebe. "Only our quart bricks
has the Strawberries frozen in."
What do you mean them" said the
customer, humping the floor with his
stick, "by putting such sign in the
window? That is promise that this
firm is bound to fulfill. want some
cream with strawberries frozen in. ]
insist upon having it. If the public In
general consents to be bamboozled by
that fake sign l don't, so run right
along and get me some frozen straw
berries"
II tell you we don't sell it by the
plate" said Hebe, who was beginning
to show symptoms of hysteria.
I'll have plate of it, said the man,
''or the firm must take in that sign
and make me an apology"
The girl then left the field to the pro
prietor, who approached the customer
with a conciliatory smile.
Very sorry, SIR" said he, "but we
are just out of strawberry icc-cream.
docs the sign come down?"
ut does"
And now the reformor goes three
blocks out of his way to pass that store
for the sake of experiencing over agair
| the satisfaction of an accomplished
| purpose. IN. Y Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
One Dollar Per Year.
SENSIBLE sTAY-AT-HoMEs.
How Three Clever Girls VIII Spend vcry
Pleasant Summer.

HOW Ihree Ntevcr Gtrih VIII upenu NotS
Pleasant Summer.
To the woman fond of the gay pleas
ures of the resorts affected by summer
wanderers, and Of tho social Joys Of
fered by Saturday night "hops," the
annual going away, is, of course, q
never-failing delight. To the house,
keeping mother, also, who partalres
herself to some questionable farm
house with her brood, the escape from
household worries Is genuine relief;
but the typical stay-at-home Is the
woman who cannot content her soul
with a sleeping room which is one bed
and bureau wide by q trunk and
wash-stand long.
To such women the uncurtained cool
ness Of the city home, with its modern
improvements, offers an ideal stopping
place during the warm months, espe-
cially so II part of the family has gone
away and the force of servants has
been reduced. Then the unregenerate
stay-at-home wanders about at her own
sweet will with her back hair in braid,
and wears morning wrapper at lunch
con ifshe wants without fear ofcallers.
A charming stay-at-home parade has
been planned by three clever New York
girls who intend to go to Europe next
summer, and are economizing this sea-
son for that purpose. One of them Is
school-teacher, one a stenographer,
and the third china decorator These
young women all make good salaries,
and are sensible girls who have planned
to live together in happy-go-luchy
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
Electric Candles in England.

The electric candle is in great re-
quest in England for the lighting and
decoration of dining and other tables.
An ingenious device for lighting the
candles is provided by placing small
pads under the tablecloth, and taking
the current from them by means of two
pin points in the base of the candle
stick. The candles, of courke, are ex-
tinguished on being taken from the
table, and are relighted when they are
replaced in the proper position. They
are so arranged that the bulb and the
glass imitation of wax candle can be
removed, when the candlestick can be
used for an ordinary candle. When
used with shades of colored silk, the
electric candle makes one of the pret-
tiest additions to a dinner table that it
Is possible to imagine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
HOW TO MANICURE.
The First Treatment Is by All Odds the
Most Difficult.

Most Difficult.
Hot water is the first requisite, and
thorough washing or soaking of the
hands. This is best attained by having
the hot water poured into basin con.
tinually for two or three minutes. The
hands must be allowed to soak for full.
ly five minutes, and it is well, instead
of soap, to wash the hands thoroughly
in bran, which makes the skin soft and
white. After the hands have been thor
oughly cleansed the nails should then
be attended to, says Harper's Bazaar.
With piece Of orange-wood stick
sharpened to point, and bit Of jew
elers' cotton rolled around the point
and wet with the acid that comes for
this purpose, every particle of dirt and
stain should be removed. The hands
must then again be washed, this time
In warm, not hot water. Scissors very
sharp and fine must then be taken, and
all loose flesh at the side of the nails
carefully trimmed. The nails must be
shaped in a pointed oval. All roughness
must be filed away and the flesh at the
base of the nail pushed smoothly and
firmly back so that the half-moon, sup
posed to be point Of beauty, can be
discerned.
1t is no longer considered good form
to have SO much polish on the nails
that they look as though they had been
buttered, as was the fashion two or
three years ago. But certain amount
of polish is necessary. Rosaline put on
over the entire nail and the end Of the
finger, then washed off again and the
nails polished briskly with polisher,
makes the hands look trim and pretty.
The first manicuring is by all odds the
most difficult. After the nails and
hands are once got into good condition,
fifteen minutes each Monday morning
will keep them in proper condition all
the week through if only ordinary care
IN washing the hands, with an occasion
al rub from the polisher, is given.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
GATHERINGS GENERALS.
Celebrated Soldiers who Figure In Russian
History.

Celebrated Soldiers Who Figure In Russian
History.
The soldiers to whom Catherine was
indebted for the glory of the Russian
arms included Rumiantsof the con-
queror of Kagoul; the savage Kamien-
ski, who would bite pieces of flesh
out of his men at the maneuvers, and
who stripped his prisoners in thirty
degrees of cold, and dashed cold water
over them until they were literally
frozen; the prince of Nassau-Siegen,
who was beaten by Gustavus of Sweden
at Svenskund; Joseph Ribas, upon
whom was written the unusual
epitaph, that "hy his own wits he be.
came good general, an excellent
diplomat, and even an honest man.
and, most famous of all, Suvorof, or
Suwarrow.
This celebrated general, who figures
inaccurately in Byron's Don Juan, "
was never defeated in the field. He
was short of stature, being only five
feet four inches in height. Suvorot
was idolized by his soldiers. He had
implicit faith In his star, his conceit
was unbounded, and he behaved some.
times like raving lunatic. He would
come out of his tent stark naked and
turn somersaults on the grass. His
other eccentricities were equally
amusing. At times apparently hu-
name and averse from the shedding Of
blood on other occasions he sane.
toned the most awful massacres. II
was his deliberate conviction that
there were only three great general.
in the history Of modern warfare
Turenne, Laudon and Suvorof. Lon
don Sa turday Review.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
The Invitation of the Streams.

From this summer the whole earth
became to the boy, as Tennyson de-
scribes the lotus country, "a land of
streams" In school-days and in town
he acknowledged the sway of those
mysterious and irresistible forces
which produce tops at one season, and
marbles at another, and kites at an
other, and bind all boyish hearts to
play mumble-the-peg at the due time
more certainly than the stars are
bound to their orbits. But when vaca.
tion came, with its annual exodus
from the city, there was only one sign
in the zodiac, and that was Pisces. =
Henry van Dyke, in Century.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
THE ARID WEST.
A Region that VIII Always Retain Some
what of Its Wildness.

A Region that VIII Always Retain Some
what of Its wildness.
We must not lose sight of the fact
that strips of highly organized and in.
telligent country life will be limited
to the immediate vicinity of the water
courses, and will always be separated
by broad areas of irreclaimable lands,
useful at best for pasturage, and in
some regions an absolute desert. There
will always be wild phase to far
western life Our realm of adventure
and hardihood-of the cowboy, with
his spurs and soinbrero, of the big
freight wagon, with it's six or eight
mules, guided by q single jerk rein;
of hunting expeditions for deer, elk
and mountain sheep; of the prospector,
with his led horse, loaded with
grub stake, blankets, pick and pan; OF
the pack train winding up the noun
taih gorge; of camps beneath the stars
on lonely plains, or on the sagc.brush
wastes, where the dismal howl of the
coyote breaks the silence of the night
VI lOlidhOC, VI SOuldRCs
and of rude physical life is not going
to disappear.
The sedentary dweller in the rich
and populous irrigated valleys will al.
ways be brought into close contact
with the bold rider, the daring hunter,
and the venturesome seeker for gold
and silver. Let me repeat, in conclu.
sion, that the comparison have al
ready used. The single furrow run
across a twentyacre field represents
all the area that can ever, by the
the largest enterprise and the most
liberal expenditure, be reclaimed for
cultivation in the arid region, and the
remainder of the field represents the
area that will always remain in its
present condition of pastoral plains,
mountains and deserts. e. V. Small
ley, in Forum.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
GRABBED THE WRONG DOG.
The Minister Thought 1t was Snap Com.
ing Up the Aisle, But 1t Wasn't

The Minister Thought 1t was Snap Com.
ing Up the Aisle, But 1t Wasn't
Education may be all right in dog,
but person should be careful in what
line he trains him, rs minister resid.
ing in Williamsburg discovered the 9th.
er day.
He has pug dog of which he is very
fond, and among other tricks, he has
taught him to howl when he speaks
loudly to him.
If the preacher says word above
his ordinary conversational tone the
dog begins to howl like wild Indian.
One Sunday, some time ago, the
minister entered the pulpit and was
just about to begin his service when
he saw his little pug dog come to the
door and start to walk straight
toward him down the aisle.
The minister was in pretty dilem-
ma, for he knew as soon as he began
to pray the dog would begin to howl.
There was only one thing to do,
which was to get the dog back to his
home, which was but few steps from
the door leading into his study.
AS luck would have it, the dog
turned from the middle aisle and took
one of the side aisles that led to the
minister's study.
Quickly the minister left the pulpit
and opened the door of his study just
in time to receive the pug.
He quickly grabbed the dog, and,
holding him in his arms, ran over to
his home.
He had not much time, as it was
after the hour of starting the services
already, so he quickly ran half way up
the front stairs, and, throwing the
dog to the top landing, cried to his
wife, who was in her room: Here's
Snap, Mary; take him and lock him
up"
As the dog alighted at the head oi
the stairs there was an awful commo
tion.
Such snarling, barking and claw
ing he had never known to come from
his pet before.
He ran up stairs TO find his wife try
ing to separate two pugs, locked il
deadly combat. He had carried over
some other fellows dog.-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
SEE, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26, 1895.
PlTH AND POINT.

All governing overmuch kills the
self-help and energy of the governed
Wendell Phillips.
-"They say Wilkes married his
cook" "He did;only she wasn't his cook
before he married her, poor girlV'--
Harper's Bazar
The perfume of her violett
shall never forget,
For the florists bill that came with them
Is lowering round me vet
IN. Y. Herald
Mrs. Pangs-"Is your husband in
Wall street u bearP" Mrs. Riggs
Eyes; at least his typewriter, Miss
Huggus, says he is."-N. 0. Times
Democrat.
Mrs. S.-"Wbat is the name of your
catP" Mrs. W.-"Claude. Mrs S.
Why do you call it ClaudeP" Mrs. S.
because it scratched me. "-Harper's
Young People.
Good breeding carries along with
it dignity that is respected by the
most petulant Ill-breeding invites
and authorizes the familiarity of the
most timid. Chesterfield.
-'T'm afraid" said the bicycle girl,
that we are getting altogether too
original in our ideas of costume" 'Its
worse than that" replied the mother.
I'VE are getting positively aboriginal"
Washington Star.
-Nellie-"Look at those pretty
cows" Maudie-"They are not cows;
they are calves" Nellie-"But what
is the difference?" Maudie-"Why,
cows give milk and calves give jelly"
Pittsburgh Chronicle.
Precautionary. Bring
me some lobster salad and some cucum-
bers." Waiter (bringing pen, ink and
paper)-"Please write your name and
address before you tackle that order"
National Hotel Reporter
between Two Fires -"Jones is in
an awful fix for a nervous man" Jags
How SOP" Bags-"The only way to
keep his baby quiet is to ring the
dining-room bell, and the house-dog
howls whenever he hears it. Brook
lyn Life.
You're wicked, lazy tramp"
shouted the red faced woman. "Mad.
am" rejoined the tourist, calmly, II
decline to be drawn into any con-
| troversy. You will take notice that I
did not claim to be June bride. DE.
troit Tribune.
-Watts-'T went out to Boomville
last week. Where bought those lots,
you know" Potts--"How did you find
the town?" Watts-"There was a sign
stuck up in the middle of a forty-mile
prairie-that's how l found it."-In-
dianapolis Journal.
-He-"Won't you be my wife?
have padded my own canoe for years
and feel sure that could support you. v
She-"Canoe! Nonsense! If you had
said you had sailed your own yacht for
years, might have considered your
proposal. Truth.
MIR. Henpeckt-'Pm thinkin' to buy
a bicycle an talk some outdoor exer.
cise." Mrs. Henpeckt-"Yell bicycle
naething aboot it. Yell talk the wean
oot in the perambulator on the Satur-
day afternunes. Thatll gle ye out
door exercise. Tit Bits.
Mamma, do liars ever go tc
Heaven?" why, no; probably not
Has papa ever told lie?" 81 sup
pose not; he may have" "And nam
ma, have you ever told one? Uncle
Joseph has, and l have, and almos
everybody" 81 don't know but l hav,
sometimes" "Well it must be lone
some up there with only God ant
George Washington. Life.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-09-26
WASHING MADE EASY.

Two Rollers on Handle to Take the
Place of Tender Knuckles.
A simple and effective little device to
take the place of the washerwoman's
knuckles is shown in the accompanying
cut. 1t is an English idea, but may be
brought to this country. 1t consists of
two corrugated rollers mounted on
brass and furnished with handle, and
1t is intended to supersede washing by
hand, which method it most resembles.
The principle employed Is that Of sim
pie pressure, used in conjunction with
an ordinary washing board, and 1t is
claimed that not only does the appli-