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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
simple Cure for Headache.

An apostle of physical culture says,
that an excellent and never failing cure
for nervous headache is the simple act
of walking backward Tea minutes is
as long as is usually necessary to prom.
enade. 1t sometimes, however, re-
quires more than ten minutes to walk
at all if one Is very nervous" But ir
Is not understood that it is necessary
to walk a chalk line. Any kin of walk
ing will do, provided it is bac kward. 1t
is well to get into long, narrow room,
where the windows are high, and walk
very slowly, placing first the ball of tho
foot on the floor, and then the heel.
Besides curing the headache this exer-
else promotes graceful carriage. 4
half hours walk backward every day
win do wonders toward producing .
graceful gait
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
NOVELTY IN PINCUsHIoNs.

not flower shipped from one of the
sprays. This should have spangle for
the center and be caught down very
neatly with fine blue silk. Sprinkle
eight other flowers over the white satin,
putting them on in the same and leav-
ing plenty of room for pins between
them. Run gathering thread round
the edge of the satin. Lay the latter
right side downward and fill generously
with bran or cotton wool, lastly lay
ing the small circle of card on the top
and round this gathering in the draw
thread very tightly.
Glue or stitch this white cushion in
the center of one of the gray-covered
centers, fixing it quite firmly and con-
cealing the outer rim of the cushion
with sprays of forget-me-nots. These
are sewed down so that each slightly
overlaps the former one until perfect
wreath is made. Sew on the second
gray-covered circle, which forms the
bottom OF the cushion, and edge with a
fringe. Raise the forget-me-nots so
that these stand up slightly instead Of
lying quite fat round the cshion.-Chi-
cago Chronicle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03

Gertrude. "Mr. Castleford is down
stairs, and mother says you are to come
--cs Mysie looked rebellious.

Gertrude. "Mr. Castleford is down
stairs, and mother says you are to come
as Mysie looked rebellious.
"But you must change your arcss;
you can't come down in that. Has any.
thing happened? You look very queer"
"No," said Mysie, with strange lit
tie laugh; 'at least, nothing of impor.
tance. / will come down in few min
ttes."
And In very short time she was In
the drawing-room, and Herbert Castle
ford, as he looked at her, thought he
had never seen her so beautiful. He
had loved her for years, but had re-
ceived so little encouragement from
Mysie that he had never spoken; but
tonight he had determined to put his
fate to the test, while Mysie, with a
pain in her heart that seemed almost
physical in its intensity, was saying to
herself that if Godfrey could forget
so easily, why so could she.
And so II came about that few hours
iut'T SIT ittuEuct, W NV phh Aooiii
having pledged herself to Herbert Cas-.
tleford. Instead Of the little hoop OF
pearls she had never worn, she pos.
sessed handsome diamond ring; and
the dead flower and the pearls were
put far away out of sight, to be for
gotten-if possible.
Six months had passed and Herbert
Castleford was pressing for an early
marriage. Mysie and her mother had
gone away from home Immediately
after her becoming engaged. Mysie
complained of the cold and looked sc
delicate that her mother took her away
to the south of France, where, soon
after, Herbert followed them.
Mysie seemed willing for the wed
ding 10 lake place whenever they liked
to arrange it. So matters were being
hurried on to suit the inpatient lover
when, one day, Gertrude ran into the
room where Mysie and Herbert were
sitting.
"Look, Mysie!" she cried. "IIere's 9
lovely bunch of flowers from that dear
count! Isn't he silly? And they arr
such beauties. Only smell them. o,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
81 NEVER SENT IT."

am so pleased! Look! here is a bit OF
heliotrope and some maiden-hair that
will just do for YOU"
To her surprise Mysie turned as pale
as death, and shrank back, looking al
most appealingly at her lover, who was
watching.
As their eyes met there was some
thing in his-an expression, a con-
sciousness, what? Mysie did not
know, but great trembling came over
her.
A hundred thoughts seemed to pass
through her mind in a moment; but
of one thing she was certain-Herbert
Castleford knew MI about those play
ful, loving words spoken out on the
terrace on the never-to-be-forgotten
night.
Then, leaning forward, she asked, as
If they had already been speaking to
one another:
GLOW did you send it from New
York;"
"I--that is-what do you mean, Ny
sie?-I never sent It'll"
Seeing that Mysie's clear eyes seemed
TO read him through, he attempted no
more denial, but caught her hands in
his, and irnplored her to forgive him.
81 came out to look for you that
night he said, "and heard what you
were saying just as Gertrude came
upon you from the other side; and it
was such a temptation, for | loved you
dearly--much better than he did. 1t
was all done for love of you, Mysie!"
And she tried to wave him away, but
instead fell fainting to tht ground.
When she recovered Herbert Castle.
ford had gone. A few hasty lines from
him besought her forgiveness, and told
her that Godfrey was now on his way
back to England to find out why she
had not written to him, and that he
hoped they would have been married
before Godfrey could arrive, but that
HOW he would go away and never
trouble her again.
"You will forgive me, Godfrey, won't
you,' she said, "for doubling you like
that? But it seemed so terribly true!
Look! Here is the envelope and flow
cr."
sand here is the flower you gave me, v
saidGodfrey. "There'snot much differ
ence, certainly, between them, but as
for the envelope-well, must give you
n few specimens Of my handwriting
when go away again, so that you may
not be taken in so easily"
'But ] shall never let you go away
again" said Mysie.
And that was how they arranged it
-Forget-Me-Not.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
One Dollar Per Year.
FLOWERS FOR FOOD.
Dandeiions and Nasturtiums Make vev
Dainty Salads. u

There is nothing new in the use or
flowers as edibles, they are eaten va.
riously in various parts of the world,
and in many cases form a really impor-
tant article of food. In India, for in
stance, the bassia tree blossoms are held
in high esteem, in spite of their sweet
and sickly taste, while the flower buds
of capparis spinosa, plant which
grows on walls, ETC., in the south OF
Europe, are pickled in vinegar in Italy
and form what are commonly known as
capers. The ordinary cloves of COM
merce, familiar to all housewives, are
the unexpanded buds OF q small ever
green, cultivated in several parts OF
the East and West Indies.
In our own United States many a
humble cook has discovered the value OF
the green dandelion as vegetable. The
first shoots only are fit for food. Later
they become bitter and stringy. Cut
of the roots, pick them very carefully
and wash weli in several waters, then
put them in saucepan of boiling wa
ter, add tablespoonful of salt and
boil and hour, When done, drain and
chop fine, then FRY them with table
spoonful of butter, salt and pepper TO
taste, stir until thoroughly heated and
serve with an egg or butter sauce.
Another method of treating dande-
lions is TO wash the leaves through sev.
eral waters, then chop them into small
pieces. Beat an egg, add a half cup OF
cream to it, stir over n fire until 1t
thickens, then add piece of butter the
size of walnut, two tablespoonfuls OF
vinegar, salt and pepper to taste. Drop
IN the dandelion and stir over the fire
till they are wilted and tender.
Salads of dandelions and nasturtium
blossoms are made and served exactly
ms one would serve lettuce Choose the
best and tenderest shoots, wash and dry
them thoroughly, carefully cover them
with n French dressing and serve inn
mediately.-N. Y. Journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
INFLUENZA AND SUICIDE.
Instances Where Sclf-Destructlon Was tho
Result of Bad Colds.


Result OF Bad Colds.
A case which occurred lately at
Dover, where a Scottish gentleman
committed suicide, is Of Importance
in one particular. AT the inquest it
was pointed, out that he had not been
himself since an attack of influenza
two years before, and that in all prob
ability this attack was the primary
cause of the self-destruction. The inn
portance of this fact, with regard to
motives for suicide, should not be dis
regarded, and we are of opinion that
large number of the unexplained
cases of suicide which have occurred
lately are in all probability to be as
cribed to post influenza cerebral
changes. During the six epidemics
which have spread over the country
since the winter of 1SS0-0o, very large
proportion of the population has suf-
fered, while many of these must have
developed nervous symptoms. To turn
to a particular instance, a case in court
not long ago depended on the question
whether man had committed suicide
or not, but the fact that he had had
an attack Of influenza two years be-
fore was not insisted on, owing to the
length of time which had elapsed be-
tween the attack and the death-just
about the same time, it will be noticed,
which elapsed between the attack and
the suicide in the first case. Medical
iurists will do well to remember that,
if the actual effects of influenza, though
protean, are feeting, the after results
in many are of long duration, insidious,
and often of nervous character, lead
ing to the cerebral instability.-Lon-
don Medical Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE suNsHlNY WOMAN.
She Is Always Welcomed and Blessed as
the EloMcrs In MnY.


She Is Always Welcomed and Blessed as
the Flowers in May.
When we come to count over the
qualities that cndear our friends to us,
almost all of us think first of cheerful
ness, says a writer in the New Orleans
Picayune. Sunshiny men or women,
who bring bright thought or word or
even a glad smile with them, are always
welcome as the first flowers in May
Each heart knoweth its own bitterness,
each soul has its own troubles and tri-
ais ard vexations, and SO we turn to the
one who can tighten our sadness with
the radiance of a cheerful spirit.
Sunshine of the soul is largely mat
ter of cultivation, for there are few so
fortunate as not to have some grief.
The selfish sit down and brood over
their sorrows. They give themselves up
TO fits of dependency and moodness,
and are n kind of moral wet blanket on
the pleasure of all with whom they
come in contact. They tell you their
sorrows and bcdew you with their
tears until it seems there must be Il
kind of luxury of woe in which they re-
joicc.
After all, the cheerful spirit is but an
example of shat brave attitude to-
ward life" Of which Steverso wrote,
1t is the courageous bearing of inevita-
BILE burdens; determination not to
fret and not to add to the sorrows Of
the world the griefs of one'a own heart.
A woman who had many sori ows aud
heavy burdens TO bear, but who was
noted for her cheerful spirits, once said
in explanation: "You know l have had
no money. had nothing / could give
but myself, and so | made the resolu-
ton that / would never sadden anyone
else with my troubles. have laughed
and told jokes when / could have wept.
] have always smiled in the face OF
every misfortune. l have tried never
to let anyone go from my presence
without happy word or n bright
thought to carry with them. And hap
piness makes happiness. I myself am
happier than would have been had
sat down and bemoaned my fate"
This gospel of happiness is one that
every woman should lay to heart What
It means to man TO come home al
night to cheerful wife no one but h,
who has had to fight the hard battle o
life knows. If he is prosper Gus it is ar
added Joy, but it is in misfortune thn'
it shines like n star in the darkness. A
complaining wife can kill the last bi
of hope and courage in sorel,
troubled heart, while cheerful on,
gives new courage to begin the fgh
over again.
The mother who let's her childrel
grow up TO be moody and discontented
subject to blues and sulks, is failing il
her first duty. She is handicappin;
them in the race of life Cheerfulnes
is one of the prime requisites to success
and happiness. The sunshiny man o
woman has everyone for a friend, TO
this sad old earth must borrow Il
mirth; it has sorrows enough OF Ii
own.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
FOOD FOR INFANTS.
Boiled MILK Is More Easily Dlgested Than
tho Raw Article.

Boiled MILK Is More Easily Dlgested Than
the Raw Article.
The Journal of Practical Medicine
quotes several articles on the feeding
of infants-a subject to the Importance
of which the profession has only re-
Gently awakened. Practical and every,
day experience shows that when mills
is boiled it is not only more easily di-
gested, but that 1t has nutritive value
quite equal to the raw article. Ex-
periments undertaken by DR.. c. Cha
NOUN, first with kittens and afterward
with infants, showed after exhaustive
and repeated trials that the kittens fed
on boiled milk were "twice again as
fat" as those supplied with the raw
milk, and that the boiling of milk is
the means of preventing the loss of in
Vulnerable lives by gastrc-iDtestinal
disease. Not only 10, but it is more
easily digested, and agrees with far
greater percentage of cases than un-
boiled milk. There is ample authority
for this view of the case, but certain
points must be attended to, else the
results will not be so favorable. First,
all the vessels in which the milk is car
ried, boiled and afterward kept, must
be scrupulously clean. Nothing else
but absolute freedom from dirt will
suffice. Then it should never be boiled
in an open vessel this should have
close cover. Lastly, 1t need not be
kept at 2l2 degrees Fahrenheit for more
than 20 minutes. This is sufficient to
sterilize and cook it, and no further
boiling is necessarY
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PlTH AND POINT.

--"Jerome," exclaimed n lady to her
little son, "what are you throwing ia
those hens?' "Gold beads, mother; and
the foolish things think they are corn!'
lis your baby strongP" well,
should say so. He raised the whole
family out of bed at three o'clock this
morning, and scientists say that that's
the hour when everybody's strength is
at its lowest point"
--Father-"Do you think you can
support her in the style to which she
has been accustomed?' Suitor-"Not
in the style to which she has been ac-
customed since we became engaged"
Detroit Tribune.
"A Forced Conyert.-"Say, Weary,
wot are you walkin' round in yer bare
foots fer?" "rm tryin' dis yer new
Kneipp cure" "Wot fer, Weary~
"Cause some dinghlasted snoozer stole
me shoes!"-Clevelan Plain Dealer.
mo, sah," said the colonel; 81 never
10 hunting, sab. II is cruelty" "But
you fish, colonel. Isn't that cruelty,
too" "What is fish?" asked the colonel,
in scornful tones; "a creature that has
It's existence entiahly in watah, sah."
Indianapolis Journal.
-"Indced, Miss Rox, you are the only
girl ever loved" began the young man
who was trying to propose to the ell
derly heiress; II suppose you have
had that sort of thing said to you for
the past 20 years, but in this instance"
"Sh!"-Indianapolis Journal.
Same Old Joker-"Bluely's i'm
pecunious brother writes that he
ia in hard lines now and that
he deserves something better be.
cause for every hair in his head he has
done some generous and expensive act"
"He's the same cultivated rascal. The
fellow is as bald as door knob."-Dc-
troit Free Press.
81 wish you would tell me-" said the
agent, who had long been on Mr.,
Snaggs' trail, "what is your insupcrable
objection to insuring your life?" 81
don't mind telling you, replied Snaggs;
"the idea of being more valuable after
] am dead than while am alive is dis
tasteful to me."-Pittsburgh Chronicle
TelPoranh
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
GLASS CABINET.

better and not more expensive way OF
having an intelligent carpenter join
them with wood. Either ground or
clear glass or both combined may bs
used. The ground glass can be deco.
rated (the rough side being out in
every case) with conventional scrolls
and simple landscapes in gold ond alu'
minum paint.
Photographs may be tackled behind
the clear glass, or the glass left tn
disclose the contents of the cabinet.
Several shelves may be placed inside
these cabinets, the height of these lit.
tie houses or pagodas varying from 10
to 25 inches.
BY cementing cut-glass jewels in the
scroll work designs and gliding the
woodwork rich effect is secured.-N
Y. Sunday Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03

He HAD LOVED HER FOR YEARS.
OH their immediate return to the ball
room.
And she looked often at the little
hoop of pearls pledge of her be-
trothal-but never put it on except in
her own room for few minutes.
Somehow as the days went by itseemed
harder matter to speak of that even
ing to her mother, the more so that her
mother had not the faintest suspicion
OF anything of the sort; and so a month
passed.
Then one evening Mysie returned
from a walk and saw letter lying on
the hall table. A glance at her own
name and the postmark-"Ncw York;
and she snatched up the letter, won
dering II anyone had noticed it; then
ran upstairs to her own room and
locked the door to enjoy it in peace.
The fire burned brightly and looked
inviting, and she drew up low easy
chair, and seated herself comfortably
MS she broke the seal of the envelope
What was the faint perfume as she did
so? She drew out a piece OF blank
notepaper from the folds Of which Q
little bit of dead hellotrope slipped, md
fell to the ground.
'.Mysie, you must come down." seid
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
A DIALOGUE IN VERSE.
THE SCRUB.

THE SCRUB.
II should die tonight
Then would YOU look upon my quiet face
And wish me back again within my stall?
would all the years of eating have spent
Devouring all your hard-earned grain and
hay S
with scant return in butter, milk or meat,
with little save a pile OF leached-out dung
And my society to leave behind!
would such life-work make you wish me
back
II should die tonight?
THE FARMER.
II you should die Tonight
10 be ten dollars better off by spring.
That money represents the difference
Between the food that you will guzzle
down
Before the snow melts and the milk and
meat
Ihat you can manufacture from that food.
II you should die -to-night-Pd thank my
stars.
And II you think of dying, let me take
my ak and turn you into beef, at least.
Before you die tonight
es -Rural New Yorker.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03

dancing and the hot crowded ball
room? In all the world for him there
was only one woman, and she stood, her
hands clasped in his, her brown head
resting ON his shoulder, lost in a happy
dream.
"You won't forget me, darling" he
whispered, "when am thousands OF
miles away at the other side of the
world, and letters are long in comingP
You'll remember that ! am coming
back in two years at the latest to claim
my little wife,"
"Oh, it can't really be true, Godfrey,
that you are going tomorrow? It's too
dreadful to think of And it's not |
that will forget; l shall think of you
night and day till you come back. But
you'll most likely meet with some love-
ly American girl-all American women
are lovely, you know-and then you'll
forget all about poor little Mysie Tiaf-
ford, who is waiting for you in Eng
land"
"When l am out on the great lonely
prairies," he said, dreamily, II shall
-just shut my eyes and think myself
back to this night. / shall hear the
band in the distance, shall feel you
once more in my arms and shall smell
the faint smell of that heliotrope you
are wearing"
For answer she took piece OF the
heliotrope from the bosom OF her dress.
"uere's little bit of it," she said.
Sand when you meet that lovely Ameri-
can and you wish that you were free
and that this evening had never been,
then you put that little flower in an en-
yelope and you needn't write word to
put with it, but just address it to me;
md when / get It shall know what it
means, and you will be free"
"What nonsense, Mysie!" he said,
angrily. "Why do you talk like that?
You know"
"Oh, here you are!" cried a shrill
voice. 81 have been looking for you
everywhere. Mr.. Castleford is as cross
as ever he can be, Mysie. He says you
promised him the last two dances and
then you had disappeared, and no one
could find you, while as for you, Mr..
Hamilton, think you had better keep
cut of the way altogether after disap-
pointing Lady May, and goodness
knows who besides"
And Gertrude, Mysie's sister, chatted
on, totally unconscious that she was
most unwelcome intruder.
She and Mysie had always. been
taught that it was their d6fy TO maIit
good match; and Godfrey Hamilton
with no money and just off to America,
was SO entirely ineligible that she sus
pected nothing, and ruthlessly insisted
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03

Worth irving Again,

"Of course, you understand, Miss
Filkins, am bachelor from choice" +"
"0h, l supposed SO, naturally, Mr..
Singleman, knowing you as well as |
do. But you might try again."
TRY again?"
"Yes. Girls are such strange crea-
lures, you know, and she might choose
differently the next time. - Chicago
Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
FLOWER PlNCUSHlON.
An Elaborate Affair, But by No Means
Difficult to Copy.

In recalling some of the pretty and
tasteful knick-knacks seen, the flower
pincushion appears an elaborate affair,
by no means difficult to copy. The
materials required are two dozen sprays
OF artificial forget-me-nots, two circles
of stiff cardboard six inches across, and
some gray silk with which to cover
them; one circle of cardboard Az inches
and one of white satin inches
across; also some tiny gilt spangles
and three-quarters of yard of narrow
tinsel fringe. First cover the two large
cards, each with gray silk, interlined,
If the silk is poor in quality, with mus
lin.
Interline the white satin also, and 10
the very center of it sew q forget-me-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
Seeking Freedom.

"What we have been striving for all
these long years is absolute freedom of
movements" said the new woman, "and
il s because of that that boomers ap.
peal to us forcefully."
"On that theory put in the bald
headed man, quietly, 'it makesme blush
to think what your costume will be in
1Q1n."-Chicago Post.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
TINY GLASS CABINETS.

An Adaptation OF the Popular Glass ana
Ribbon Box Idca-
Those who admire the grass and rib
hon boxes much in vogue n few years
ago will be ready to attempt some new
things in that line which are now seen.
These are glass cabinets. They are
made of ground glass and clear grass,
the panels joined by ribbons or by tho
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
Genuine Enough.

Woodman--They tell me that yol
never get genuine victuals on the stage;
that it is always imitation food which
is uFed.
StN-ns (the actor)--Well, not al.
ways. We often get real eggs.--YoD
kers Statesman.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
Not Contradjcted.

"What ails you, squildig?" asked Nc
Swilligen of his friend. You look as
though you had been in fight"
Il have replied Squildig. 81
punched Spiflin because he said / was
the tallest liar he ever knew"
"That was quite right to resent such
charge. 1t is perfectly ridiculous.
You are only about five feet five inches
tall" - Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tele.
graph.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03
A Theory Worth Notice,

"Don't you know that the wages OF
sin is DEATH?
"Ycs, and that is probably why the
world is so wicked nobody is drawing
full pay these hard times."--Chicago
Record.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03

Mrs. N. PeclS-Papa always was d
great joker.
Mr.. N. Pecl-Thnt's so. When
asked him for you he said: "Talte her,
young man, and be happy."-Indian
anolis journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-12-03

Henry Ill of France, l574-15S9,
was an expert billiard player, and his
example made the game exceedingly
popular in France and the courts Of
Europe.