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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29

don't get no chance. But some tisy God
tole me be able to do sumfn for you;
den you see what Cuba do"
John Seroolsy's day came sooner than
he expected. A week later they lay roll
ing in one of those ''tlock' calms which
spoil many a clippers passage.
The tropic sun brought the pitch
bubsling out of their deck seams. The
black painted rails were almost hot
enough to blister your hand. The sails
hung scorched and listless in the still
air. All round the ocean lay like dull
glass, the horizon fickerlng in the
heat.
The day before they haRzcspFht a
shark. Tom oennit had -cie6hed its
backbone, intending to make walking
stick Of it, and had hung it by line to
the martingale, so that the salt water
should finish the work of cleaning the
bone of the remaining fragments Of
flesh; it lay just beneath the surface.
slowly waving about like white wa
ter snake.
"Tom-Tom Sennit!" yelled the sail.
or. Here's the chum of your backbone,
smelling around his mate. Hurry up,
or you'll lose it'll"
Tom ran up the ladder. A big, brown
green shovel-nosed shark was lazily fol-
lowing up the bone as it waggled
through the CLASSY water. Tom climbed
over in haste to haul up his treasure
lie had been cleaning the tar off his
hands at the slush cask, and they were
slippery with the grease. In his hurry
his hold slipped, and he fell splashinp
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29

pITH AND POINT.


Two Phases-"Pop, what is iner
tia?" "Well, II l have it, it is pure
laziness. but II your mother has 1t, II
Is nervous prostitution. Rec.
ord.
s'Do you do much climbing, Har
oldY" asked the newly arrived guest
swell, in way do" said Harold. "pa
pa climbs all over the mountains and l
climb all over papa."-Harper's Round
Table.
First Student--"What makes you
look so melancholy" Second Student
-'I have been tooied. l asked my ia
ther to send me GO marks to pay my
tailor, and few days later received
the-receipted tailor's bill!" - File.
gende Blaetter.
-Lucy-"Clara's honeymoon was
completely spoiled" Alice-"How?"
Lucy-"The papers containing the &C.
count of the wedding did not reach
her."-Brooklyn Life.
There are three things yet to be
discovered, perpetual motion, flying
machine which will fly and a woman
who does not face to the rear when get
ting off a street car.-N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
-"I love the very ground beneath
your feet" he cried, passionately. "Al-
phonse." She was transfgured, but
she didn't say word about the ground
beneath her feet being mortgaged for
more than 1t was worth.-Detroit Trib-
une.
Occasionally Happens. - Smith
81 read an interview with you in one
of the papers" Robinson-"Yes. !
never was more surprised in my life"
Smith.-"Didn't you talk to the reporter
at ALP" Robnson-"I did, and he must
have put down exactly what l said."-
Brooklyn Life.
81 guess" said the rural housewife
as she thought over the duties of fall
cleaning, "that we will go to bed with
the chickens" SWELL" exclaimed the
colored man of all work in an audible
undertone, 81 doan' obieck ter putin
locks an burglar alarms on the hen
house. Eb'ry puhfession hab Difficult
ties that must be overcome. But when
it comes ter s!eepin' wifi de chickens !
must say dat white folks is sut'ny gettin
suspicious. ."-Washington Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29
WOMAN AND HOME.
WHAT is LIFE WoRTHq
smportans Question Answered by Mrs.
Henry Ward Beecher.
q

Smportans Question Answered by Mrs.
Henry Ward Beecher.
What is life worth?
Just what you choose to make it and
10 more.
As you SOW, so will you reap. Ii from
the first hour of responsible living you
choose to live only for self, for your
own comforts and pleasure, regardless
of the wishes or comforts of others-if
o habit begun in childhood, thinking.
first of all how will such course or act
profit me, is allowed to gather force as
years roll on, your life will be worth
very little.
While the young blood rushes wildly
through the veins, and, careless and
reckless, you plunge from one excite
ment to another, still more selfishly re-
gardless of the wishes or comfort Of
parents and the closest friends, for you
there may be kind of mad enjoyment.
But will it last? And while it lasts
what is It? What is your life-what is
such life really worth? How soon will
all such unnatural excitements and self
ish pleasures wear themselves out?
How soon will they prove a totally in
sufficient stimulant and leave you al
ways reaching out after more, which,
when gathered, may prove just as
worthless ard unsatisfying.
Or, If In your heart you are longing
for wealth instead of riotous pleasures,
and if you determine to secure 1t and
labor for it until you have spent all your
young years, it begins to flow in upon
you, and instead of finding pleasure in
Il YOU become a miser. You hoard your
hard-earned wealth, instead Of using 1t.
What have you gained? Your bank ac,
counts swell to large proportions, but
you live on the barest pittance, giving
your family only the most common
necessities, while your ledger at last
shows you to be worth millions. What
has your life been worth?
Or, il you enter into manhood, am
bition becomes your besetting sin, and
YOU turn from friends, and suitable
amount of family pleasures and sympa'
thy with the world at large, urging
every faculty to secure a worldly repu
tation that shall outshine all others
what shall it be worth when you get It'll
For, with all the applause that awaits
your achievements, there may be nc
words of praise for your goodness, a.
well as your high standing and worldly
distinction. There may be no sac
homes that give you loving gratitude
for your generous kindness, no thanks
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29
The Flower Girls of London.

So seriously has the city of London
taken the custom of buttonhole bou-
quets worn by stockholders that it has
actually given the women who sell flow
ers recognition. The flower girls, as
they are all CALAMITY called, are per-
mitted by the regulations to set down
their baskets and sell their flowers
around the iron ratings opposite the
royal exchange. They are among the
most respected stallholders in the city.
They are uniformly polite, as they may
well be, since they may be said to be on
speaking terms with all the youth and
gallantry of Threadneedle and Throg-
morton streets, and they are very skilled
in the making of boutonnieres.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29
GYPSIES OF GRANADA.
Somads Who Are Fond OF Singing and
Dancing.


Dancing.
/ see the gypsy smiths at work, buried
in the bowels of the earth, somewhat
suggestive of Vulcan in Mount Etna.
Gypsy music is played, gypsy songs
are sung, and at last the floor Gf so it
may be called is cleared for q gypsy
dance. 1t is such as, perhaps, can no
longer be seen anywhere else in Eu-
rope. I had come 600 miles for it.
| was prepared for something curious
in every sense of the word, including
that of the secondhand bookseller. |
found ditwas just as well l had lefta home
that estimable, but hardly fin de steele
lady, Mrs. Grundy, whom on all other
trips L had made my travelling COM
panion. 1t was a bacchanalian, satur-
nalian orgy. The accompaniment was
as primitive as the performance.
Guitars there were, but they must
be regarded as concession to the civili-
zation represented. by myself. The
really appropriate music to the show
was supplied by clacl, of castanets and
clap of hands. The saying that variety is
charming is all humbug. Nothing more
exciting can be imagined than the dull
clack, clack, clack, clap, clap, clap,
threaded upon an endless chant
which only at intervals breaks
out into stentorian chorus OF
Olel The correct spelling, / suppose,
is Hola! but these gypsies call it Olcl
The drone of handicap and castanet, the
varied phantasmagoria of dance which
Knocked in turn every phase Of human
passion, the Asiatic faces and still more
weird mixed jargon of Asia and Eu-
rope, the sense of being entombed In
broad daylight, and the half light made
darker by the reflection of distant forge
fres-all this, and the feeling that one
was assisting al some mystery of Trog-
lodytes, gave the scene a hundred
charms for one fresh from nation OF
shopkeepers. 1t simply beggars de-
scription. An artist might have done
some justice to it, and I need hardly
say that these gypsies are in great de-
mand as models. The king himself
boasts of having sat for the immortal
Fortuny.---Gentleman's Magazine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29

MRS. HENRY WARD BEECHER.
giving for the fallen raised by your eff
forts and redeemed from sin. What is
your life worth?
But there is value which no words
can fully reveal in life made perfect by
good deeds and unselfish labors, to help
and redeem the suffering and the de-
graded. There is infinite difference
between life of selfish indulgence and
life which secures divine happiness by
living to do good TO others.
look back upon the life of one who
was called to his reward many years
ago, who started out an orphan and all
alone, a poor boy, to make his way, un-
aided save by his Heavenly Father.
By industry and by doing well what
ever he undertook, little by little he laid
by very small sums at first. He had the
feeling that however email it might be
he would be happier and no poorer II
from his scanty earnings he took q
small proportion to try to help other
poor men to get start.
When he died he had become possessed
OF fair proportion of wealth, but OF
the large body of people assembled at
his funeral all could tell, with tears, OF
the good they had received through
him. There was no ostentatious dis
play of his good deeds, but rather a
very humble intimation of his own
merits Among the last things he said
to the clergyman, who repeated them as
he stood in tears over the coffin, was:
"The great mistake of my life, which
dwarfed my ability to do good, was that
did not become Christian when O
young lad. How much more good
might have done! How much better G
man | should have been had given al
my life-had l begun younger! Thai
is the lesson which l hope you will teach
the young"
Now, what was this mans life worth
He sowed good seed wherever he went
and in the glorious mansions where hi'
freed spirit has gone he is reaping his
rich reward. - Mrs. Henry Ware
Beecner, in N. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29

men engaged had not turrcdrp.
Capt. Bunker did not care to go to
'sea shorthanded, and had ordered am
other man from the crimp who was
doing his work. When that sailors rob-
ber appeared with John SeroolSy, the
captain had objected. lie did not want
colored men.
"Wal, cap'n," the crimp said, II amt
got nary another livin' thing on twp
segs to give ye. If you would wait till
morning, now"
But this was out of the question, 40
the darlSy was bundled aboard.
He was only half black, after all.
His father had been Scotch sugar
planter. But his crisp wool and the
white palms Of his hands and the soles
of his feet, would have shown, If moth
ling else, his origin.
The men made no objection to him,
but Mr.. Andrews, the mate, was the
sort of man who must have some one
to knock about, and John Serooky, or
"Cuba," as the crew called him, came in
handy. So Cuba had to take it.
IL the mate wanted to let off steam
he would perhaps stumble across the
s1ariy, and then, with cuff. calculate:
what in thunder are ye doin', We
clumsy black lubber?"
To which Cuba would answer moth
ing, but would scowl wickcdly from be-
meath his lowering eyelids.
L. l.
Cuba was Tom Sennit. "Sennit' was
but purser's name. Tom was one of
those rolling stones who can only live
when rowing and rowdy. He began to
sympathize with the lonely darby,
which presently bore fruit in an oc-
casional gruff word or two of greeting.
Cuba Instantly noted the kind atten-
tion, though only the flash of his dark
eyes showed it. But it made the man
expand.
They had run into the Doldrums be-
fore the final climax came. The weather
was over-capricious, even for that for
salSen region. They took week to
make decent days run. Mr.. Mates
temper became worse-he must open
safety valve or burst. He chose the
former alternative.
Cuba was coilmg up the braces on the
main deck after a bout OF "box haul
ing" Andrews slouched up to him.
Don't you know how to coil up a
rope better'n that? Call yourself a
sailor?"
"All right, Mist Andrews" answered
Cuba, proceeding with his job and never
turning his head.
Tom Sennit, who had been overhaul
ing the main buntlines, was just de-
scending to the deck.
Don't give me any of your niger
sarce!" roared Andrews, adding 4
string of choice expletives.
"All right, Mist Andrews" said Cuba,
with grin.
"What, you black trash! You'll laugh
at mel" And the mate, whipping be-
laying pin from the rail, made wild
swipe at the darly's head.
A nigger's head is the hardest part
about him. The mate forgot that, or he
might have kicked Cuba's shins in pref
erence. But it did not matter, for Cuba,
seeing the blow coming, clutc'lcd the
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29
The rhimbre Coll Getting Fad.

Collecting thimbles which have been
the property of female celebrities has
become the latest craze. The cream OF
a collection owned by wealthy
Gothamite is the thimble Of that ex.
cellent needlewoman, Queen Elizabeth;
one which belonged to Queen Victoria
when girl of 14-this is solid gold
and useful-looking silver thimble, but
very small. That worn by the mother
of George Washington is also in this col,
lection. A thimble much worn onca
belonged to Princess Alice, and is
rather large; one whose owner was the
princess of Wales is extremely dainty,
of gold and enamel.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29
A MEDAL FROM CONGRESS.
Americas Tardy Recognition of the In-
ventor of the Life Boat.

americas Iardy hccognitiOn OF the ms
ventor of the Life-Boat.
In 1878 Joseph Francis received the
unusual honor of the thanks of congress-
In 1888 gold medal was voted for his
services to mankind, and on April 12,
1890, in the historic blue room of the
white bouse, at Washington, this bean.
tiful medal, the most costly one ever be.
slowed blythe government of the United
States upon an American citizen, was
formally presented to Mr.. Francis by
President Harrison. Mr.. Harrison re.
ferred to the medal as the tribute of
grateful country to a citizen who had
rendered conspicuous service to man.
kind, and in his address, said:
"The tributes you have received from
foreign countries to the value of your
life-saving appliances are now tardily
but generously and fittingly confirmed
and crowned by this testimonial from
your own. 1t was not enough that the
savage wrecker should be driven from
the coast-for the arm of the sympa-
thizing watcher who had taken his place
was still shortened, and impotent to
save. You have given it power-you
have made it possible for the shore to
send succor to the ship. You have in
vented and suggested appliances that
have saved many thousands of human
lives. Not many of these have been able
to know or to thank the man who saved
them; but the nation to-day voices the
gratitude of these and many thousands
more who will owe their deliverance to
you. In the name of the American con
gress and the American people, place
this medal of honor in your hands"
The medal is of large size. 1t cost
$4,000. 1t was designed by the we'll
known sculptor Augustus st. Gaudens.
A portrait bust of Mr.. Francis, in relief,
fills the center, and is surrounded by 3s
diamonds. This is the inscription:
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29
COUNTRY OF CLlFF-DWELLERs.
Tribes That Live In the Desolate Regions
of the Southwest.

Tribes That Live In the Desolate Regions
of the Southwest.
Inhabitants? Indians, coyotes. rat
tlosnakes, rabbits, prairie-dogs and Nor.
mons, in the heart of it; while along its
borders and in the valleys where water
is or can be brought are ranchmen with
stout hearts--as need there is to wiring
livelihood from this desolate frontier.
Villages there are in favored places,
and few towns with faces set firmly
toward the Twentieth century as to the
utilities, while the amenities are but
fitfully in evidence.
The Indians who inhabit this region
are of two types. In the upper middle
portions are the Utes and the Navaios,
the relics of nomadc tribes, but wander
ing legally no longer, save within the
confines of their reservations. More
scattered are the Pueblos or Village
Indians, living much as they did when
the Spaniards found them centuries ago,
in their great communal l-storied houses
of stone or adobe. OF these Pueblo In
dians, the Moquis, far away from "any-
where" in the heart of the land OF which
| write, are the most primitive in dress,
habits and tradition; while the Zunis,
Acomas, Lagunans and Isletans, to the
south and east, and dozen or so fad
ing remnants of once powerful groups
strung along the upper reaches of the
Rio Grande, are variously and frequent
ly viciously tinged with the ways and
follies of the white man.
All over this great stretch Of coun-
try, so hot in its untempered summer
sunshine that you wish you had not
come, so bewitching in its skies and
clouds and atmosphere and hills that
not for worlds would you have staid
away, are the ruined homes of the for
gotten people. You will find them at
the doors of Navajo wickiups deep in
the wilderness, where old women sit
weaving blankets in the sun. You will
find them hundreds of miles from the
white mans dwellings or the red mans
haunts. Sometimes on high piateaus,
sometimes in broad valleys, some
times hung along the crags of well-nigh
inaccessible canyons, or perched, lit may
be, in dizzy security atop of some gil
gantic rock which rises sheer and soli.
tary above the plain, over which it has
kept 80 long unheeded vigil.--1. Nit
chell Prudden, in Harper's Magazine.
-----------------------------
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29
THE CORDED POODLE.
He Is an Amusing Dog aud tho Popular
Fad of tho Day.

fhu OF tho bhy'
One of the most amusing dogs to look
upon is the corded poodle. His hair
hangs down to the ground all around
him in cords. He looks like the mate
rial for fine piece of rope, and doubt
less an excellent cable could be con-
structed from him. Corded poodles
are very rare and valuable. Mr.. Graves,
of Tolleshunt darcy, near Maldon, in
the county of Essex, in England, is the
owner of the most remarkable coli
lection OF them. The toilet of the cord
ed poodle is not like that of the orii-
nary French poodle, although that is
elaborate enough. This rare kind OF
poodle has his hair clipped off for a
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29

"Your daughter says that if she can
not marry me she will marry no one"
That's just what she would do should
she marry you" roared the old gentle
rauu---Detroit Free Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29
Camphor for Corsets.

If piece of camphor gum is placed
in the drawer where are kept dress
waists that are trimmed with steel it
will prevent the steel from furnishing,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29

''''.''''''.''''.''''
The reverse shows ship in distress
with the rescuers at work.
On one Of the early days of April, 1892,
an added honor was awarded to Mr..
Francis, one but seldom vouchsafed-
un introduction, by unanimous consent,
to the United States senate in session.
w. S. Harwood, in St. Nicholas.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29

Love is the greatest and grander'
foundation stone upon which the h'r
man character is built. Lacking it :
man Is moral zero.-Rey. 0. ]. Davies
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29

Hamburg has run ahead of Liver
pool and is now the chief port OF Eu.
rope, If German statistics can be be-
lieyed.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-10-29
BATTLE WITH A SHARK.
HIN sERooKY,


able seaman, was
having rather n
tough time of it.
He was the only
c o ! ore d man
amongst the crew
and would not
h a V e been on
board the Star Of
Freedom at all
had it not been
that one of the
New-York tribune., 1896-04-03
DIED..

Marsh g. dsssh.s s Of p asss &
Funeral from Trinity Church. Geneva April T. At >. m.
BABCOCK-At stonington. Conn.,, wednesday. April l.
CourtIandt g. Babcock.
Funeral services at his late residence on Friday ApFn
rns.rmeat i: at n p; a. M woodawn
BARRows-In Brooklyn April 2. Eusenie. wife OF ROD
New-Haven papers please copy.
BoorHop "Wednesday April ~ isee at No bu1 Ss Booes c
nera rae prvs,e p9a Fday morning. April sd haifpaa
Please omit flowers.
DEvAN-A, Huntington. Long Island; April l. Aa0
Funeral from the house Friday April .. at o'clock
GLEDHIII--suddeny. at Paterson N. j. April !. Will
Funeral at late residence, no l5s strashs. PatesOa
HALI--on the lst inst Annie Abeei. wife Of John \
Hall Of Trenton y. 49,. ,,uv -. invited 70 .,,.,1
the funeral from the residence Of her husband No 240
West state-st., Trenton. n. j.. on Friday morning.
Interment private.
April @ "a RsmS as1 s:Sess % nsS M' 6
year. daughter Of the late John e. ana MARIA EAo
Notice Of funeral hereafter
HoPPER-At Harrison n. Y, April l. Eliza Jane Hoppe':
Funeral from the house. Saturday April T. at 30 D. m.
HoPPIN-At the residence Of bis nephew at Flushing:
Hoppn s Of prOydence r. t. esh year Of his
day. April g. at Q. m
5s ssss Mss j.Ss, 81 1885, s'A
Hudson sunday, April g. at 2 ..
on Tuesday % ,s mOrning March xy 81 James
Relatives friends invited & g attend the funeral
day. April 8, at II a
fe Ms,Ss.s ss,sr b. aged iG
Relatives l fIhd a%s friends are rsspscuy invited
ansIa seTyisss On saurday ARr at 1870
Train leaves New-York at II Oa.
Interment Woodlawn.
P4aoSSs a9ds Mss Thomas aO1 fa,on. 4
this city.
Mrs 1T
Notice Of funeral hereafter.
Funeral rom HRi s late fss residence a.tScSsn j. s.
day. April :. 1896. at 2:ao p. m
STOKES--Suddeny Hartley wife OF James Stokes
Notice OF funeral hereafter.
TArLoR-In wiIlesbarre Penn April l. Of PneuTmon:,
aged 81. years
VAN into % s on Vo vo AB ole
Funeral services at her late residence. No i2s cermon
Inseraens term nG1H't at coid $ Spring S T. g = . "
vREELAXD-A, Morristown; y. j.. THURSDAY, ! Aprs
land. aged 20 years 2 months and days.
services viii ad.asS be sd he i s st 5 S <
c;v e, S. %is% ase 4. #ai'sf
Funeral service. Be held al her late rssiasnss & Ho,
arrival OF train leaving foot Chambers-st New-York
calrisxts Eris r. IN r. waiting. 2 R m
Return train leaves waldwick 4:5s .. m
wARwIcK-At Durham. y. Y. on Wednesday April I
Alexander warwick
Funeral services at Durham on Friday April g. at Up m
wOOD-At Jersey City on March 30 at her residence
No. %. sth-st.. Kate NJ. wife Of William H. Wood
RELATIVES friends the family ins,';d m 70 sss.ga
Fourth Four "s SITS. jersey 1i;' CITY. "' ~'''''