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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
FALL OF SPANISH FAMILIES.
One Great Mistake ON the Part of Our
Government.

One Great Mistake ON the Part of Our
Government.
OF the causes that in one generation
led to the downfall and poverty of fam.
lilies possessing such fabulous wealth
the land trouble must be admitted as
chief.
The foundation of these fortunes was
In the great tracts of fertile soil OBJ.
tanned often from the government only
for the asking; of the wilderness they
were soanxious should be occupied the
authorities were only too willing to
make large concessions to would-be
settlers of the better class.
Sometimes the gift was made with
little or no legal contract, and gener-
ally the Mexican government was fa.
tally lax in designating the boundary
lines of her grants. The secularization
of the missions increased the trouble a
hundredfold, leaving SO many leagues
of the best lands with no owner save
the poor Indian, whose rights, then as
now, no one was bound to respect.
The years preceding the American
occupation were period of turmoil in
the lonely province of the Pacific coast
The californians, weary of misrule,
wishing to be governed by one of them
selves, quite regularly revolted and
sent home the ruler foisted upon them
by the home government.
There was a strong desire for a
separation from Mexico, which. had
never done them justice, though the
leaders must have been aware that in
such case their territory was too
sparsely settled long to continue an in
dependent state, and they must have
felt the necessity of an alliance with
some stronger power as an event that
might occur in the near future.
Had our government then managed
with more generosity and wisdom it is
probable that this princely domain
would have come to us peacefully with
nothing but fraternal feelings on each
side, and this sensitive, hospitable peo.
pie would have been spared the bitter.
ness of defeat-a bitterness more gall.
ing to such high-spirited, impulsiye
race than the more stolid Anglo-Saxon,
Overland Monthly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14

The same for her, and she was buried
ms she had lived and died, as she had
been born even-the second fiddle.
But once, just once, and once only,
during the course of her life she had
been first. and this was how it hap
pened: :,
She had lived as child in a small
country town where religious dissipa-
tion was the only kind Of pleasure toll
Grated: the kind of place where a
camp-meeting is diversion, and a
temperance revival (barren of converts
save stray strangers) wild exhilara-
tion: the kind of place where the Bible
forms the subject of ordinary conver-
sations, and where every baby, not to
mention every man, woman and child
in the village limits, can quote Scrip
ture and do battle with texts.
Upon one occasion the Sunday school
superintendent, wishing to still further
nromote this habit, offered prize to
tho child who could in given time
learn the greatest number of Bible
verses. The Second Fiddle, just then
displaced from her accustomed niche
IN the household and her mothers
heart by a newer arrival and addition
TO the family list of children, took for
hsr text "Desoistion." and collected
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
Threatened Return of Earrings

The fashion OF wearing earrings, says
the London Court Journal, has been
lately written against as return to
barbaric taste or want of taste. Any
how, earrings have crept slowlysbut
surely back into public favor. Some
appropriate new place to make usc of
for the surplus supply of diamonds has,
it appears. to be found, although the
front of the dress offers a wide field for
display. The long pendant earring, It
is dreaded, say perhaps once more
come back into, fashion-such as our
grandmothers once deformed their ears
With. Netherland ladies still wear
these unsightly appendages when they
are in full costume, with side plates Of
gold on each side of the head.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
TRIPLES FOR FAIRS.
Things That Are Easily Made and Can BE
Sold at a Fair Price.

GOlu hb u II
great variety of attractive and in
expensive trifes for sale at fairs can be
easily fashioned out of heavy water
color paper. Calendars and blotters,
music and picture folios, photograph
cases and picture frames, as well as
note-paper and postal-card cases, are
among the dainty and charming things
that little taste and ingenuity can
contrive. OF course, a little skill in the
use of water colors, so that graceful
flower sprays can be painted, will be
rreat advantages; but much can be ac-
complished with a free use of gliding
and soft-toned ribbons. Beware of
bright reds, vivid blues and crude
greens; the days of these have gone by.
A charming blotter nine by twelve
inches, has rough torn edges, which
are deeply splashed irregularly with
gliding, and diaganally, from lower
left-hand corner to upper right-hand,
is lettered some suitable motto, as:
written thoughts are living things"
Underneath this fasten three or four
leaves of blotting paper, tying all to
gether with generous bow of old-rose
ribbon, fastened in one corner. Very
pretty cases for hosiery, shoes, gloves
and handkerchiefs are made of fine
linen or pongee, etched with simple de-
signs in blue and white, copied from
old china plates. --Demorests Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
One Dollar Per, Year,
DoMEsTlcATEp WOMEN.
Their Lives Are Happier Than Those Led
by Their advanced" Sisters

Their Lives Are Happier Than Those Lea
by Their advanced" Sisters
1t is u great mistake to think that be-
cause woman is domesticatcd she
must, in consequence, be dull, dowdy,
cld-fashioned, and altogether out Of the
social sphere. A domestcated woman
need not be n mere domestic drudge,
whose thoughts and conversation are
confined wholly and solely to her house
hold duties, the servants and care OF
the nursery; who can take no interest
In art, literature, politics or society.
1t is quite possible, even in these days
of rush and hurry, as many women
have proved, to take u personal and
practical interest In her home and be-
longings, and at the same time keep in
touch with the deeper, fuller life of the
outside world. To look well after her
own household is the duty and should
be the pleasure of every woman. Even
those who have to leave the shelter OF
their homes to work in the busy world
outside-and what number of re-
fined women have to do this in the pres
ent day--need not neglect their homes,
for it is not so much time that is neces-
sary for the smooth working of house,
hold as thought, methods sand punctual-
ity. If the machinery is put in good
working order, not much time will be
required to put it in motion each day.
Women's duties are varied as well as
domestic, for it is duty as well as a
pleasure to move in pleasant society,
to keep up old friends, and make new
acquaintances-a duty we owe to our
selves as well as to others, for none OF
us are meant for self alone, A domes-
ticated woman can fulfill these duties,
for, living in the calm and peaceful at
mosphere of a well-ordered home, she
has the time that the woman, who is
always rushing about and trying to do
everything, cannot command.
The truth is that the women who
lead lives of excitement and rush do so,
not because they really like it, but be-
cause it is what they consider fashion,
able. If the tide were once turned,
they would gladly follow 1t, and, in
following it, would discover that their
lives were fuller and happier than in
the days when they ran about, breath
lessly, with complaints of no time, and
a bustling air that deceived no one ex-
cept themselves.-St Louis Republic
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
ABOUT The HAIR.

FINE, scanty hair means weak de-
velopment, bad health, melancholy or
childishness.
THIN eyebrows are sign OF apathy
and flabbishness. The nearer they are
to the eyes the more serious, profound
and social the character.
HAIR growing low on the forehead
signifies strong constitution and long
lived ancestry; peak coming down on
the forehead shows excellent powers OF
observation, honest purposes and a
fractions temper.
EYEBROWS gently arched signify the
modesty of a maiden; horizontally and
in straight line they show vigorous
character; when horizontal for part
of their length and short, strength Of
mind is united with frankness and
goodness.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
plTH AND POINT.

--Nell-"What was Mrs. Newlywed's
maiden name2" Belle-"Her maiden
aim was to get married. "-Philadel-
phia Rasord.
-He-'I wonder what she meant by
telling me she could never marry a
man" She-"Perhaps she said it to
encourage you. Life.
Fannie, what Is the capi-
tai of Connecticut?" Fannie severely
81 don't know. told you we finish
ed geography last term. "-Brooklyn
Eagle.
"A Big Success did you make a
hit with that red tennis blazer of
yours down on the farm?" "Did I? 1t
struck the bulls eye the first time l
wore it."-Indianapolis Journal.
Bobby Mamma, where is dream
and?' Mamma-"I don't know. my
son. Why do you ask?" Bobby
dreamed last night l had a bicycle. l
want to go and get it." = Harper's
Bazaar.
Papa, where are the most dia-
monds found?" asked Willie. "In some
body else's hand when they are
trumps," growled papa, who'd been
having hard luck at whist. -Harper's
Bazaar.
-"What makes men of mature years
wear SO sad an expression?' 'Proba-
bly, they are so mortified to think they
have forgotten all they thought they
knew when they lefb school. ."-Boston
Transcript.
-"Good-by, old slowl' shouted the
bicycle; you are not In my class. /"
Anyway" retorted the cart horse, II
am not as awkward as you are. /
don't fall down standing still."-cin-
cinnati Tribune.
-Client-'You have. saved my es-
tate. How can lever recompense you?"
Lawyer-'I am disposed to make it
easy for you, with several payments,
you know. am, willing to take the
estate as the first payment. detroit
Tribune. al -
The Game is Off. IL have been
looking for you all the evening" he
said as he approached her in the con-
servatory; II want you to be my part
ner-" This is so sudden" she
gasped. at whist" he concluded,
and now there is coldness between
them.-Datroit Free press.
Ten Times One, is Ten. mo, he's
no BETTER" said a woman, when the
loctor came to visit her husband.
you told me to give him as much Of
the powder as would lie on 10-cent
piece. hadn't 10, but gave him as
much us would go on 10 ones, and he's
worse, II anything. "-Household.
king Oscar of Sweden once passed
through little town, which was fes
lively decorated for the occasion
Among the rest, huge Transparency
affixed to gloomy looking edilice, at
tracted his attention. 1t bore the in
scription, welcome to Your Majesty!'
In gigantic letters. "What building il
that?" the king inquired. THAT is the
county prison, your majesty" replied
one of the aldermen. The king laughed
and was heard to observe: Isn't tha
carrying hospitality little too far?"--
| Tit-Bits.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
A CHICAGO MAN sQuELcHED.
Suppression OF a Nuisance In the Smoking
Room of an Ocean liner.


Room of an Ocean Llner.
1t was in the smoking room of a
transatlantic liner bound for New
York. Chicago musician, we'll
known in his native city and the west,
was Of the number. The smoking
room was crowded, for it was blowing
great guns and the ship was pitching
badly. so that walking was not good.
Nearly all were seasicS. Probably
the worst of the lot was New York
lawyer, who was lying silent and suf-
fering.
Chicago's champion was loud talker
as well as good one. He had secured
the floor very frequently that after
noon. OF course, whenever possible,
he had tucked in an argument for
Chicago's greatness. The hearers be-
came surfeited. 1t was Che-caw-ger,
Che-caw-ger, Che-caw-ger. Finally
eastern politeness was exhausted, and
no one answered his last sally. At this
he seemed to suddenly become aware
that he had overdone the job, and. as
If to cover his retreat, he sought shell.
ter by abruptly. changing his subject
Of conversation and inquiring:
II wonder what land we will see
first?"
At this the seasicl1 New York law.
yer, who had been silently and for a
long time taking it all in from a fai
corner, raised his head and slowly
growled:
If Chicago is half as big as she
thinks she is we shall see Chicago
first"
The effort was vociferously applaud
ed. 1t brought down the ship, and
was an extingu;sher for the westerner
who was not heard to mention Chi
cago again during the rest of the trip
IN. Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14

such an overwhelming number OF texts
bearing upon this word and condition
that she was easily first in the race.
In fact so long was her list, so perfect
her command Of her strange spiritual
wares, that the entire time usually de-
voted to the Sunday school session did
not suffice to enable her to repeat them
all. She stood up there on the plat-
form and reeled off melancholy texts
in her even, mournful, monotonous
voice until the sun had sunk and 1t be-
gan to grow dark Then the superin-
tendent advanced, and, lifting his
hand to stop her, announced that sho
had so palpably won the prize that ii
was needless to hear any of the other
aspirants or even to allow her to finish.
1--WE congratulate our little friend"
he said, pompously, upon her dill
gence and fine knowledge of the Sc rip
lures, and we take great pleasure, the
minister and /, in giving into her hands
this token of our appreciation and apI
proval."
He handed her small, shoddily.
bound scarlet-eovered New Testament,
and she took it and sat down with a
swelling heart She recognized the
pomposity of the uperintendent's tone,
she knew how worthless was the tri-
umph she had achieved, but she did
not care. Nothing mattered to her
now but this sweet, perfect joy of con-
quest. Perhaps fate, knowing how lit
tie of triumph would fail to her share,
made this small victory the sweeter,
perhaps the God who tempers the wind
to the shorn lamb made this breeze OF
success even more bland and delight
full than the air of prosperity usually
is, perhaps = who can spell out the
causes of human joy or sorrow?
She went home that day walking on
air, treading on roses. What mattered
it that other children sneered at her
choice of subjects? What mattered it
that some Of them had even limited
that she had won the prize unfairly?
What mattered it that even her mother
thought the time spent in earning her
poor little joy little excessive? The
law of compensations is a sure If
slow power, and there was bliss enough
in this one minute of success to balance
a lifetime of failures. And this was the
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14

terly against the secondary place to
wnich she was perpetually relegated,
but to no purpose.
iwill play any part in the whole
orchestra, from the conductor down to
the man who looks after the cymbals
and the drums" she said once, "but |
: absolutely decline to be the second
violin"
But as she grew older she recognized
that only by playing this very instru-
ment could she have any part in the
great orchestra of life, and she pa
tiently began to accustom herself to
being second fiddle. And all her life
this fate pursued her.
She loved man, and he fancied he
loved her long enough to give her that
heeting glimpse of bliss which Satan
is supposed to allow his victims before
dragging them down to the bottomless
pit, but just as she began to think that
the wonderful gift of love was really
to be hers, he fell in love with her sis
ter, and she became the second fiddle
again.
=. Love was offered to her again, and
because her heart was hungry she ac-
cepted it, and became the wife of a
man who harped on the string of his
first wife's virtues until it Jared her
nature out of tune; motherhood came
TO her in the same secondary way. Her
husbands child, whom she loved with
q perfect, self-abnegating, altruistic
love, cared far more for her selfish fa-
ther than her unselfsh stepmother,
and again, she struck the chord as
signed to the second fiddle.
Fame came to her late in life, but
I: Just as she tasted its glories her'sister
also became famous in greater de-
; gree, and once more she sank from the
new, sweet, longed-for rank of first
violin to that of second fiddle.
,sEven in death she was denied the
fleeting honors and dignity which
comes to most lives this ouce. She had
often wondered how this would be. In
@her bitter moments she had foreseen
and prophesied it, saying that she
=. would be only the second fiddle even
in death. but the sting of 1t embittered
her last moments.
She died suddenly, death resulting
froma railroad accident, and for one
whole, long, perfect day she was the
only care Of those who surrounded her.
~ shall be first once after all" she
was thinking in the vague, wandering,
unreal manner common to those who
are near to death, when nurse came
softly into the room and told her that
her husband was dying.
She shrank back upon the pillow
shocked, less at the dreadful news than
at the sudden realization of the fact
that now she must die as she had so
often dreaded, with only casual sor-
row to bless her memory, and the hope
less look, so strange in death and SO
noticeable when she lay in her coffin,
settled slowly over her face. "
Next day her husband died, and she
followed him .closely-so closely that
the people who paid the last honors to
him found 1t almost impossible to do
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14

purpose, apparently, of that Sunday
school prize. 1t gave her the only per-
feet gladness she ever knew; it fur
nished the element Of success neces-
sary in some degree to the completion
of every human life.
She cherished that small, common
Testament far more than she did either
of the gorgeous gilt and leather COM
binations given her on her dreary we'd
ding day; she treasured it far moro
than the plain little copy of Tennys
sons poems which had been presented
to her on her graduation day, and
which had given her nearer approach
to pure pleasure than usually fell to
her lot.
For the Testament represented her
share of that which is the desire of all
human hearts-the longing to be first
with somebody, something, sometime.
The Testament was the only outward
and visible sign" of her worldly sue
cess 1t was the insignia of rank won
in the only victorious battle of a long
campaign.
And this is why she loved it; this is
why, when she was dead, they found
it clasped in her cold, stiffened fingers,
and pressed close to her silent heart.
o. tragedy of the second fiddle! O,
strange, harsh, echoing minor chordl
Can it be that in some far-away land
where love, music and success are as
commonplace and normal as heart
hunger, discord and failure are Tor
seem to be) here the second fiddle may
be promoted to the rank of first violin,
perchauce even of conductor? Or is it
true that in the life which touches
ours "the last shall be first" and the
first violin of less import than the sec
ond fddle-which makes perfect in
terval possible?-Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
Peculiar Appreciation.

II don't understand how you can be
away from home so much. You are off
travelling two-thirds of the year." said
a homely mother, who stays at home,
to her married daughter. :;
my dear mother, l know why am
away SO much. My husband never ap-
preciates me except when | am away
from him, and want him to appre-
ciate me as much as possible. Texas
Siftinps.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
A Safeguard for Baby.

When the baby is just beginning to
stand and crawl around, novel play
ground that will not be in the way can
be made out Of pine table. Invert
this and pad the bottom with soft
cushions so that the child cannot hurt
himself. Several strands of soft ma
nilla roIe wound around the legs a
number of times win serve as side
piece,' to keep the baby in the play
house. His toys and playthings should
be tied to the legs of the inverted table,
and in this way he can be kept quiet
for hours without any possibility oi
danger happening TO bim.-Queen Of
Fashion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
EGG HATcHiNa in EGYPT.
Method of Incubation Which Is as Old as
the Christian Era


Among the fellahs Of modern Egypt
process Of incubation is in use which
has been handed down from antiquity,
perhaps from the time of Diodorus,
who forty years before the Christian
era, said that the Egyptians brought
eggs to maturity with their own hands.
and that the chickens hatched thus
were not inferior to those hatched in
the usual way.
Ovens are built, consisting Of a cham
ber about eleven feet square and four
feet high, with flatr Above this
another chamber, nine feet high, is
built, with vaulted roof, having q
small opening in the middle to admit
light. Below, larger opening COM
municates with the room underneath.
In cold weather both rooms are kept
closed and a lamp is left burning in
In each, entrance then being had
through the lower chamber.
When the oven is ready the proprie-
tor goes to the neighboring villages
and collects eggs. They are placed on
mats, strewn with bran, in the lower
chamber. Fires are then lighted in
troughs along the sides of the upper
room, the eggs being in two lines i'm
mediately below. The fires are light
ed twice a day, the first dying out at
noon, and the other burning from
three to eight in the evening The
first batch of eggs is left for half day
In the warmest place and then makes
it makes way for the next, until all
have been warmed. This process is
kept up for six days, when the eggs
are examined carefully in a strong
light. Those that are clear are cast
aside. Those that are cloudy are put
back in the oven for another four days.
They are then removed for five days to
another chamber, where there are no
fires, but the air is excluded. After
this they are placed an inch or two
apart and continually turned, this last
stage taking six or seven days.
The eggs are examined constantly
by being held against the upper eyelid
to reveal II they are warmer than the
human skin. The whole process lasts
twenty-one days, but thin-shelled eggs
often hatch in eighteen. The heat re-
quired is eighty-six degrees Fahren,
heit. Excessive heat is undesirable. =
Nature
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
NIGHT ROBE sAcHET.

cotton, perfumed with violet sachet
powder, and lined with blue and pink
changeable silk, with design of blue
forget-me-nots, held together with a
pink ribbon embroidered in the upper
side in silk floss. The edges are finished
with heavy silken cord of blue and
pink, and the sachet is tied together
with blue and pink Dresden ribbon.
These fragrant envelopes are lovely
when embroidered with the ribbon
work which has already been described
in these columns.-N. Y. Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
sagacIty.

II thought you said this Morse you
sold me was an intelligent, reliable
animal"
"It is"
why, it tries to get over the fence
every time it sees girl in bloomers. "
"Yes. That's what shows its intel.
Hgsnce. Washington Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1895-11-14
WOMAN AND HOME.
A WOMAN ENGINEER.
She Runs a Steamboat and skillfully Han
dies the Levers.

She Runs Steamboat and skillfully Han
dies the Levers.
Did you ever hear of q woman steam
boat engineer?
There is just one in America, aud
probably in the world, and she is
Madge Trueworthy, of Scituate, Mass.
No mention is made of her in Uncle
Sans latest register of statistics Of
women's occupations, because fame has
not found her out, but her name is on
record with the authorities of the state
of Name, for to Madge Trueworthy
was issued the first and only steamboat
engineers license ever given woman
within the knowledge of history.
Madge Trueworthy Isl young woman
of twenty-five, slip of a girl, with