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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12

The economic collapse of Cuba is re
yealed by few salient figures. Sugar
ls the chief article Of export, and 60 pei
cent. of the population live on its pro
duction. In 1894 (before the rebellion)
the total output of sugar was 1,050,00C
tons. This season, up to April 80, only
10000 tons have been manufactured,
and "the total output for the year is es.
timated at less than 100000 tons,' with
good luck. Tobacco, the second great
staple of Cuban trade, is in worse
plight than sugar. The normal produc-
ton is 100000 bales; "this year will see
only $4,000 bales in the market" In q
few weeks the cigar factories in Havana
will close their doors, which will throw
$4,000 men and women out of work.
The value of the exports from Cuba is
calculated to have fallen in one year
from C 100000 to e3,0o0,0O0. No won.
der merchants are of opinion that
Scuba has received her death blow
National Review.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
COSTLY WOODS IN NEW YORK
small Piles of Lumber Worth $4,000
and More-Valuo of Log.

small Piles of Lumber Worth $4,000
and More-valuo of Log.
Lying in some of the great lumber
cards of New York and only showing
their value to the experts and the in
itated ones are heaps OF rare and costly
woods, some from the countries of the
equator, others cut from American for
ests. In one single lumber yard it is
no uncommon thing to see a stock that
is valued at $4,000 or more. In one
block near the east river front there
is often $1,O00,O00 worth piled up in the
air or under the cover of rough sheds.
There are several hundred varieties
of fine woods brought each year into
New York, but Of these only few are
known to commerce to any extent. Ma
hogany, French burl, rosewood, curly
ash, American quartered oak, figured
birch, black walnut, Circassian walnut
and satinwood are the fancy timber
varieties that sell the best, their prices
running from three to ten cents foot
for veneers. These figures give no ade-
quate conception of values, until they
are examined carefully. But the calcu-
lation is simple one. A veneer is thin
strip cut from board by shaving ma
chine, 30 veneers being allowed to each
board Of an inch thickness, the boards
of these costly woods running about
two feet in width. AS rule these
boards are eight to ten feet long, and
thus single veneer of mahogany two
feet wide and ten feet in length is worth,
by itself, from 80 cents to one dollar. A
double row of these veneers piled up
five feet high is worth easily $4,000.
These veneers, stacked up in piles in
the sheds, are so brittle that the only
way of shipping them to furniture and
piano manufacturers is to pack them in
cases. A case usually holds 500 sheets,
or from $500 to $500 worth, and is so
heavy that the strength of from four to
six men, with rollers, is necessary to
get it upon truck.
Even unyarnished and unpublished as
these rare woods are in the rough, the
patterns are easily visible and the de-
signs and veiing are very beautiful.
Nearly all these woods are sold in ven-
GERS, for two reasons: first, they are too
costly to use solidly, and second, they
all have u tendency to warp. Next in
popularity to mahogany comes Ameri-
] can figured walnut, from Kentucky,
West Virginia, Tennessee and the west
ern part Of North Carolina. The finest
logs of this timber are to be found ON
the slopes of the Blue Ridge and Cum
berland mountains. So important is
it to get woods of fine patterns that
the leading walnut dealers inspect the
trees themselves before they are cut
down. They employ experienced woods.
men to search over the whole region
where the best walnut lies for months
at a time, and then, the finest trees hav'
ing been marked, the dealers leave the
city and travel through the woods on
horseback themselves, selecting the
most valuable trees, afterward buying
them from the farmers or the owner
of the land.-N. Y. Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
A FIGHTING PARsoN.
Old English Clergyman OF Pugnaciou
fVf.... n n

Old English Clergyman OF Pugnacious
Tendencies.
Mr.. Bellairs, an old English clergy.
man of pugnacious tendencies, stood siS
feet two in his stockings. He had once
been wounded as midshipman on board
the Spartiate at Trafalgar and after
ward got n commission in the Fifteenth
hussars, where he was one of the best
lightweight bruisers in the regiment
Subsequently he took holy orders anA
went to do duty for friend in War
wiclishire. The ribbon weavers in thl
congregation were an excitable lot OF
men, and when he got up to preach
they evinced their dislike to him as q
stranger to the parish by catcalls and
unpleasant epithets. Thereupon, adj
dressing them, he said:
"You are pack of cowardly fellow.
who would not dare to act as you are
doing if you thought could defend my
self, but have served the king in hi,
navy and his army, and if you will pick
out your best man will go into the
churchyard and have it out with him.
They did so. Their champion got Sc
verely the worst of the encounter
Then they took the parson on tkeii
shoulders, set him again in the pulpit
md listened to his sermon as quiet as
mice, and when the old incumbent died
petitioned the lord chancellor, in whose
gift was the preferment, to appoint
Mr.. Bellairs, who at the time of hi;
death in 1872 was the honorable canor
of Worchester and had made Bedworth
O model parish long before. No mar
was better known, both as clergyman
and magistrate, in Warwickshire
Lord Hill, the peninsula general, al
whose house he was often guest, used
to illustrate his versatility by asking
him when he arrived: (which Is It tc
be this time-cockpit or pulpit?-Pul'
Mall Gazette.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
PITH AND PoINr.


--'How did the critics treat Jingoll'i
music?" "Um. Well, the kindesi
thing they said about it was thasi it was
not original. "-Washington Star. N
BY Actual Count. Mamma, 1 saw
dog to-day that had only three legs
Weren't you awfully sorry for him%
'No'm; he had one more leg than ]
had.'-Tit-Bits.
Variations in Styles.--"0yercoats
are to be short and trousers tight this
winter" "Well, Pm all right, only my
trousers will be short and my overcoat
tight. Chicago Record.
Willie Hohenzollern has taken to
painting pictures, The law against lese
majestic protects him from the conse,
quences he would otherwise incur
Cincinnati Commercial Tribune.
$50 you are no longer a newsman,
but an usher in a theater? Well, how
do you like the changer" s'First rate!
/ always felt was not born for litera-
ture, but for the stage" ."-Fliegende
Batter. ha Npoti
--Tailor-"1 shall not go away till
you have paid this hill" Student
II have no money" Tailor-"If you
have no money, why do you study?"
Student-"Who says I study?"-Flie-
gende Blatter.
Correctly Named.-"Flashly has
published volume of fugitive verse;
slow can he call them fugitive when
none of them have been published be.
fore?" "Oh, Flashly himself says that
he was chased out of 200 offices in which
he had tried to sell hem."-Brooklyn
Life.
Another View of It.-Deacon Over.
pious-'I assure you, Mr.. Shrewd, that
/ have, under all circumstances, firm
and mistaken trust in Providence" Mr..
Shrewd-"Oh, maybe, but that isn't
the point, Brother Overpious. The
question is, has Providence any trust
In YOU ?"-Uarlem Life,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
NEW STYLE OF FEATHER FAN.

NEW STYLE OF FEATHER FAN.
mounting of some white fans, with
very elegant effect. Among the more
elegant and expensive fans one again
finds the painting Of the empire date
mounted with white ivory or highly pol.
ished pearl sticks; the price is $35. One
with inlaid border of gold on the pearl,
quite large in size and very exquisite
as to painting, is $50. Lace fans are, as
rule, conspicuously absent. A new
make of fan numbered among recent
importations and likely to prove popu.
lar during the winter season for dress
occasions is composed Of ostrich feath'
ers. The novelty introduced consists in
triple tip peeping over the top at in
tervals and adding decidedly to the gem
eral effect.-Chicago Chronicle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12

edestrian-What's all that fuss
about in that house-wedding?
Resident-No. A new baby arrived
last night, and all the women in the
neighborhood are going into ecstasies
over it.
"Who is that tall man all the women
are crowding around?"
"He is the minister, come to FIX date
for the christening" 8u
"And who is the short man who at.
tracts so much attention."
"IIe is the Doctor" ~
"Ah! see. That no-account fellow,
who is pushed out of the way or run
over, is the hired man, presume?" .
mo; he's the father."-N. Y. Week
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
A Considerato MAYOR.

French mayors, among their other
functions, have to provide family names
for children born out of wedlock in
their communes. One has been found
In central France who considerably
gives every child a name with "de" in
II, IL the hope that the particle may help
II socially in after life,--N, Y. Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
Asleep at the Throttle.

A train came creeping into the city
hall station. All the way from Forty
second street south its movements had
been strangely erratic. Invent by fits
and starts, plunging forward with sud
den jerks, stopping so suddenly as to
throw passengers off their feet, and al.
together making things very uncom.
Portable on the cars. Down the grade
from Chatham square the train ran
swiftly, then brought up with another
sudden jerk, which made the passengers
look inquiringly, at each other. And
then it struck the final switch and went
creeping, crawling up beside the station
platform that land turtle might envy
At last the train came to standstill
The passengers disembarked and
locked down the platform of the sta.
tlon. As they passed the locomotive
they all instinctively looked at 1t. There
sat the engineer fast asleep, with the
engine hard against the bumper.-N. Y
World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
WOMAN AND HOME.
SIMPLE REMEDIES.
Some That Have OFTEN Been OF Service
IN Emergencies.


Some That Have OFTEN Been OF Service
IN Emergencies.
We often laugh at old-fashioned peo-
pie who keep regular stock of REM
edies, and seem able to offer cure for
almost every i'll, but these same home
ly pedicines have often done much
good while waiting for a physician, or
in case of an accident when to wait
might have been fatal or have caused
permanent injury.
The following are only few hints
whose merits are known to the writer
and may be of service in any emer-
gency:
For a cold, for hoarseness, or when
pneumonia is threatened, take equal
parts of dried hops, pennyroyal and
sage, place in kettle and pour about
quart OF boiling water upon them;
let these boil for few minutes, then
stop up the spout and place cloth
about the lid, opening in such way
that it can be brought up over the pa
tents face; let the fumes be inhaled
as hot ms possible. When not using it,
II should gently simmer in the same
room, and will make the atmosphere
moist and grateful to the sore lungs.
At the same time the chest and soles
of the feet should be rubbed with tur-
pentine and sweet oil alternately.
For inflamed eyes take piece Of
alum and with it stir the white of an
egg until it becomes creamy con-
sistency, then spread between fold
of thin linen and lay upon hand
kerchief, after which bind it over the
eyes.
For burn take one part fresh lard
and two parts baking soda, mix to-
eether and spread upon pieces of white
or cream tissue paper, lay these gently
upon affected part, and bind on with
muslin strips. While waiting for the
lard and soda the burn should be
bathed with witch hazel.
For earache or toothache put a large
cup of salt into skillet, and heat IL
until very hot, stirring all the time.
Put it into cloth and tie with a string
into a loose bunch. Hold this us hot as
can he borne over the ear or cheek.
Ii covered with thick piece of flannel
the heat will be retained longer.
For bruise or sprain, battle with
hot water and afterwards bind on a
cloth saturated with hot witch hazel.
These remedies are so simple and
harmless in their nature that they can
he used by anyone, and are sure to
help, II they do not always cure
Workman. t.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
AN ANCIENT COSMETIC.
The Cool and Healing Cucumber Used ~
Beautifier.


Beautifier.
The GOODNESS of the cucumber has
been ascertained to be scientific fact
1t is always considerably cooler than
the surrounding atmosphere. 1t has
also long possessed some reputation as
cosmetic in the old meaning of the
word, "healer" of the complexion, not
a "beautifier." The cream Of cucum.
bers is prepared from the pulp OF
peeled cucumbers, with a mixture OF
almond oil and other ingredients. Pur.
chase from trustworthy druggist
four ounces of almond oil, add quar-.
ter of an ounce each Of white wax and
of spermaceti. Put these ingredients
In jar, and set the jar in saucepan
with warm water reaching up to with.
in two inches Of the rim. Let the wa.
ter boil. A marmalade jar is just about
the right size to use. When the wax
and spermaceti are melted into the oil
add five tablespoonfuls of thick juice
of large, nearly ripened cucumber
Obtain the juice by pressing the pulp
on fine hair sieve. Color the cream
with few drops Of spinach green.
Use enough to give very delicate tint
of green. Pour it to harden into sew
eral small jars. 1t is an excellent cure
for sunburn, and is very healing and
soothing to the skin.
Wash the skin at night thoroughly
with warm water before applying the
cream. Dry off all the moisture soft
damask towel will absorb, and rub the
cream of cucumbers gently into the
skin. In the morning wash 1t off with
warm water, and tone the skin with
bath of cold water to make the tissucf
firm.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12

About every year a new variety Of
diamond" is put on the market, usual
ly accompanied by guarantees that it
contains such and such per cent CT car
bon. These things are all glass. There
are no halfway or partial diamonds any
more than there are halfway vege-
ables, or fruits that contain so per cent.
of apples and so per cent. of tomatoes.
But the market for "Ollahoma dia-
monds," alaska diamonds" "Pata-
gonia diamonds" and the like continues
in spite of. or in consequence Of, the
hard times. They look pretty well for
nearly a week. But there is just one
kind Of diamond, md that Is diamond
--BrooLlyn Earle,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
MAKING PAPER FLOWER POTS.

opposite margins, and dabout fve.eighths
of an inch from each end, cut radially
half way across the strips, as shown BY
the lines b in the diagram. Now coil
the strips and slip the ends together
along the cut lines and the flower pot
is complete, as shown down in the
lower sketch. When the seedlings or
cuttings have been placed in these pots,
they should be plunged into sand or
soil until ready TO be shifted to larger
pots or to be transplanted. The plant
may then be readily removed without
disturbing the roots, by simply tear
ing off the projecting slip $, and the
paper unwrapped from the foil. These
paper pots can also be used 10 great ad-
vantage in starting young strawberry
plants.-Orange Judd Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
FASHION IN FANS.
The Only Decided Novelty of the Year Ii
In Feathers.

In Feathers.
The empire size and style decidedly
continues its sway, and is, in its short
ness of build and small semi-circular
proportions, convenient to handle and
to pack away. There is, therefore, in
fact, less necessity for the extra "tray,
cling fan" The very small fan, how
ever, still bestows itself conveniently
into the handbag, and II its breezes be
small, so, as rule, is its price. In paper
coverings of japanese manufacture and
design one finds it from cents to rs
cents, and in less perlshable form, with
plain colored cloth, without decoration,
at 35 cents; stamped in flower designs
at 65 cents, and again hand painted at
one dollar.
OF the larger size, claiming no special
period of its own, one finds a large as
sortment of pretty japanese fans; the
wooden sticks are largely stained to
match the predominating color Of the
background or painting of the upper
portion of the fan. A lacing of cord on
the outer sides Of the fan is bynomeans
novel, but very pretty addition. The
priccof a well-made Japanese fan y
one dollar, although one can purchase
one at half and even quarter that price,
of good quality and pretty appearance
Another dainty make of fan is thin
gauze covering. Spangles are much
used in the ornamentation of fans.
Paintings on gauze of odd-shaped
medallion pictures Of the empire pc
riod, with spangles outlining the pic
ture, are very dainty; price, $1,000. Tor
toise shell sticks are used in the
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
wlde Rings as sweIl JewelrY.

Rings that cover the finger from the
knuckle to the joint above are the latest
designs in the matter of swell iewelry.
Their only disadvantage lies IN the fact
that the number worn must necessarily
be limited by the size of ones finger.
Moderate sized diamonds surrounding
some single large stone, or set Just
above it ina pear-shaped group, form
the usual setting.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
Now comes the :" Sum Cure.v

A revival of the old "bluc glass" fad
is to be found in the sun cure. The new
sun cure is closely allied to the rest
cure, and may be very easily tried at
home. A sunny window, an easy
couch, certain amount of resolution
and determination, are all the requisites
for the treatment which is supposed TO
give health to the delicate and wonder
full freshness and youth to the faded
and detected.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
The Hair of a Wax Eigure.

Almost the most difficult part of the
delicate work of making wax model
of life-sized figure is that of placing
the hair in the head. To make this nat
ural only one or two hairs can be stuck
In the wax at once, and the process is a
secret known to only few persons. In
deed, it is said not to be known at all
outside the Tussaud family.-Chicago
Inter Ocean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
Take Care of Your Vein.

1t is great temptation when one
enters the house hot and tired to take
off ones veil and fling it aside into a
crowded drawer, letting it lie there,
runpled and shapeless, until next
called into use. Nothing is so easily
spoiled, SO easily made shabby as the
dainty bit of gauze now universally
worn. To preserve it properly it should
be carefully stretched on the width and
folded, preferably over bit Of card
board or other stiff material.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12

smith, read so many cases ,,f peo
pie being buried alive. Is there no
remedy for it?
Jones-The only remedy i know is
for the legislature to pass a law com
pelling doctors to finish their work
properly.-Texas Sitter.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
PAPER FLOWER POTS.
They Can BE Used to Great Advantage
In the Garden.

In the Garden.
A serviceable and yet Inexpensive de-
vice, SO simple that children can make
It, is the paper flower pot, especially
designed for seedlings. On piece OF
stiff paper draw two concentric circles
of six and three inches radius respec-
lively and cut out n portion of the ring
thus formed, about eight inches long
and of the shape of the upper diagram
in the illustration. Using this as pat
tern cut as many like forms from stir
MANILA paper as may be desired. On
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
Led TO Crime.

Kindly individual (going through
prison)-My good man, tell me, what
brought you here.
Embezzler--I tried to keep bicycle
In repair on small salary.--Up-to-D Date.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
And He Isn,t Brave.

"Only the brave deserve the fair"
whispered the sentimental old maid.
"0nly The brave dare live with th,
fair of this day and generation" replied
the crotchety old bachelor.-'nstcat
Free Press
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
Very True.

Professor-1t pains me, William
wherever ] am obliged to punish you.
William know that, sir; but It
doesn't pain you on the same spot
Fliegende Blaetter,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12
Beds for the Children.

The bedding for children's cribs
should be soft and warm, and the COW
ering as light as it can be, consistent
with the requisite warmth during the
cold seasons. After the first year a
horsehair or good flock mattress is
better for children than feather beds,
unless in cases of delicate, thin chill
dren, whose feeble circulation seems 70
stand in need of more indulgence in
warE~th than tile more robust.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-11-12

I'll room in which Napoleon died is
row used US stable.
The Red Cloud chief., 1896-01-17
ENGLAND'S LAST MOVE
SAID TO HAVE BOUGHT DE-
LAGOA BAY.
The Varbcr Is Of Great import in"r IT, th'
Trans,aal Contro,e cray. and Its nitro y
England Would he Resisted by Gr'nuIy
Second squadron Ordered out.

LoNpoN, Jan. LIN spite of all de.
has purchased Delagoa BAY from
Portugal. II this he true the political
situation assumes u different complex
ion and the purchase may prove TO be
the excuse for the assembling OF such
n powerful British fleet as the one
which will I've anchored OF Portland
on Tuesday next. A. it is understood
that the government of the Transvaal
has demanded that Great britain fore
go her right to obtain possession of
Delagoa Bay and as Germany NAV
look upon tins ~ II move which viii!
seriously threaten tho future OF the
Transvanl, the situation, il the rcport
is true, will become more critical.
Efforts are now being made to obtain
n confirmation or u denial of the re.
ported purchase.
In the Transvaai the UitlandcrS If
the Rand, numbering about 30, coo
more or less well armed men. have
been given until six o'clock this eve
ming in which to di>arm, and all those
who do so, except the leaders of the
recent disturbance, will be pardoncd.
As the UitlandcrS are surrounded by
about 10000 well armed Beers, IL may
be presumed that the surrender will
toltc place before tho hour specified.
President Kruger Sent the following
through Sir Hercules Robinson, the
governor OF Cape Colony: 1T il my
intention to hand over the prisoners
so that DIR. jameson aud the British
under him may be punished under Her
MI. loo 40 -
known to Your EXccilcncy my final
decision in the matter us soon as .Io.
hanucsburg shall have reverted into a
condition of quictncss and order. In
the meantime, | request Your Excel
lency to assure the Queen of my high
appreciation of her words and in prof
feriug my respectful good wishes to
express my thanks for the same
II is declared in Berlin that prcsi-
dent Kruger appealed by cable sim
u~ltaneously to Germany and To the
United States at the time OF the
first news of Jameson's raid. His mes
sage To the President of the United
States asked for tho moral support of
the American republic against what
he considered as a British plot to sub
vert the independence of the South
African republic.
The day after The alleged dispatch
of this message to President Cleveland
Ambassador Bayard called ut the
foreign Office here.
The impression here is that the in
vasion of the Transvaal was n plot OF
Cecil Rhodes, with the ultimate object
of the establishment Of u general South
African republic, and it failed be
cause his ability Is ovcr-cstimatcd. A
formal official inquiry seems certain.
The British South African company
has asked that the invasion be- ~invcsti-
GATED.