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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
HIS FIRST EXPEDITION.
The Prosecutions of the Beers First Started
Livingstone to tho Wilderness.

The Prosecutions of the Beers First Started
Livingstone to tho Wilderness.
Between Livingstone and his Boer
neighbQrs, however, there was little
love. lie accused the Boer farmers of
cruelty to the natives, and they resent
tui his interference, and threatened to
drive him out of the country. He pub.
lshed their msdeeds in the Cape news
papers, and in revenge for his structures
they finally set fire to his house and
burned him out.
This II was which first induced Liv-
ingstone to travel 10 the north, in hopes
of finding land where he could follow
In peace his vocation as missionary, and
where the Boer farmers could no longer
modest him. In his search for the ideal
territory he had in view he entered re-
gions utterly unknown to the best-in-
formed geographer, and made many dis
coveries of Importance. 1t was then
that he discovered Lake Ngami and the
southern feeders of the Zambesi. 1t
was from this motive that he was led
to continue his journey across the Fam
best, to follow its course TO its head
waters, and to make his way to San
Paul de Loanda in Angola; and this was
why ne retraced his steps and followed
the Zainbesi TO the eastern ocean, where
his first series of remarkable adven-
lures terminated after 16 years of travel.
Just as the Boer persecution had start
ed him on his explorations and diverted
him from his cherished missionary
work, so the great reputation he OBJ
tanned by these brilliant feats OF travel
and valuable discoveries of great lakes
and rivers tended to separate him stih
further from his true role. He had re-
yealed the existence of a tropical world,
of luxuriant savannas and extensive
forests where animal life was prolific
and the vegetation was of marvellous
variety and growth. The Zambcsi river
was 1000 miles long, the lakes were full
OF sweet water, the soil was fertile and
well repaid cultivation, the native prod
ucts were varied and useful, and as for
the natives, when let alone by the row.
ing Arab and unmolested by the Por-
tuguese hnlf-caste, the account of his
long residence among them ard his
many adventures with them proved that
they were good deal better than Eng
lisb people had any notion Of. Hoy
ever the slave trade was rampant in the
interior. whole districts were being
devastated and thousands of buman be-
ings were annually perishing through
lie bloody violence adopted by the
Arabs. The sights in the slave ships
hold were not to be compared in bor-
ror to what lie had seen in African kraal
and camp.
Livingstone was much occupied Wi h
delivering addresses in the principal
British cities, and after warming his
audiences with his glowing pictures o.
African lands, he would make THEN
flesh creep 10y telling them of the whole
sale murders perpetrated by the Arab
and Portuguese marauders, and then
close with an appeal for the help OF
Christian England to stop these horrid
inhumanitcs.- Henry NJ. Stanley, in
Century.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26

Grafton. Any stiff, white paper will
serve, but regular water-color paper
Is best. 1t can be bought by the yard.
A yard and half will make good
sized shade. Ordinarily they are made
about IL inches wide and Is inches in
diameter. The edges should be curved
and the ends slanted, so as to make the
upper edge slightly smaller than the
lower. The paper is decorated, of
course, before the ends are fastened to-
gether. The fastening is a little wire
clasp something like those used to fas-
ten together sheets of manuscript, but
without the brass head. The point of
junction may be covered with ribbon
band, ending in bow at the top and
bottom.
Those who cannot paint sometimes
paste gilt or silver paper over the white
in decorative designs, and the result
is pretty enough for common use.
These pretty shades have the great
advantage that, while they veil the OBJ
jectionable glare of the light, they do
not subdue it so unpleasantly us the
tinted or fancy paper shades. They
are also more in keeping with the new
styles in lamps and bric-a-brac i'll gen.
eral. Wire frames made purposely for
them sell at so cents and 81; but it is
easy to make wire frame to Fl u Tub.
The small candle shades are very
easily made, and a number of them
perched about q candelabra give pref
ty effect. They need not be more than
four or five inches in diameter and
three inches wide. These may be stuck
together with liquid glue, and the dec
Grafton conceals the point Of junction.
Any kind of fancy paper may be used
for any of the shades described, but
when one begins to use dark tints there
is danger of hiding ones light, which
Is open to objection unless subdued
light is Ircferred-as in studio or
Turkish room.
ANNIE LAURIE WOODS,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
AN ASCENT OF MOUNT ARAFAT.
Tho View from the Summit OF the Noun
tain OF tho Ark.

tain OF tho Ark.
At last we stood upon the summit of
Ararat-but the sun no longer pierced
the white vapor; fierce gale drove
across the forbidden region and
whipped the eye straining TO distin-
guish the linus of SHOW and cloud.
Vague forms hurried past on the wings
of the whirlwind; in place of the land
scape of the land of promise we
searched dense banks of fog.
We were standing on the spot where
the ark Of Gopher rested, where first
the patriarch alighted on the face Of
an earth renewed. Before him lay the
valleys of COO years of sorrow; the air.
lest pinnacle supported him, bound
less hope filed his eyes. The pulse of
life beat strong and fresh around him;
the busy swarms thrilled with sweet
freedom, elect Of all living things. In
the settling exhalations stood the bow
Of many colors, eternal token Of Gods
covenant with man.
Although the summit of Great Ara
rat, which has an elevation of 1916
feet, yields in height to the peaks of
the Caucasus in the north and to Dem
avcnd (),400 feet) in the east, nearly
800 miles away, yet, as Bryce in his al
Inirablc book has observed, there can
be but few other places in the world
where mountain so lofty rises from
u plain so low. The summit Of Great
Ararat has the form OF dome and
Is covered with perpetual snow; this
dome crowns an oval figure, the length
of which is from northwest to south
east, and it is therefore the long side
Of this dome which you see from the
valley of the AraXes. On the southeast.
as you follow the outline farther, the
slope falls at more rapid gradient
of from 30 to IS degrees, and ends in
the saddle between the two noun
tains at height of nearly 1000 feet.
From that point it is The shape of Tie
Little Ararat, which constitutes the
outline toward the east; it rises in the
shape of graceful pyramid to the
height of 1880 feet, and its summit Is
distant from that of Great Ararat Il
space Of nearly seven miles. The south.
eastern slope of the lesser Ararat CORE.
spends to the northwestern slope OF
the greater mountain and descends tc
the floor Of the river valley in long
and regular train. The unity Of the
whole fabric, the intimate correspond
ence Of the parts between themselves
in word the architectural qualities
Of this natural work at once impress
the eye and continue to provide an
incxhaustible fund of study, however
long may be the period Of your stay
Scribncr's,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
AN ICE QUEEN.
First white Woman to Cross the
Chilkat Pass,

First White Woman to Cross the
Chilkat Pass.
The first white woman who ever
crossed the perilous Chilliat pass in
Alaska, and for three years has lived
far north of the most northerly Of the
new Alaskan gold camp, sometimes for
weeks with no other white person near,
arrived in San Francisco week or so
ago. She used TO live in New York,
by the way, although not actually a
New Yorker. She is Mrs. II. N. Beau
mont, the wife of the post trader at
Fort Yukon. She is young woman,
native of Belgium, and though she
has spent the greater part of her life
in Europe and in the big cities of this
county, she is quito in love with her
life among the Indians upon the edge
Of the Arctic circle.
When Mrs. Beaumont crossed the
Chilknt pass she had to wear mems
clothes, and natives mems clothes, at
that She had 10 walk, and had to help
drag the sledges loaded with freight,
too. The snow was notably deep, even
for that region, and crossing the pass
was, and is, considered hazardous
undertaking for man. She and her
husband were the only white people in
the region, and the nearest white wom-
an at any time was several hundred
miles away. Sometimes Mrs. Beaumont
was left alone for weeks at time,
while her husband went down the ri, er
to procure supplies, and at such times
she did all the trading with the In
clans coming to the post with furs.
After awhile there was Il baby 20 help
her through the lonely periods, and
later another came.
The far northern part Of Alaska Is
by no means snowy waste, or ut all
n forbidding region. Mrs. Beaumont
told an interviewer, although it is, Of
course, somewhat drcary through the
long winter. Fort Yukon Is away
north of the Forty-Mile creek gold
fields, but next year she will have COM
paratively near neighbors in the new
camp called Circle City, near the Arctic
circle, only nine miles from Fort Yu-
kon. But it is not likely even then
that she will have many women callers
of her own race.-N. Y. Commercial
Advertiser.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
WOMAN AND HOME.
THE NEW LAMP SHADES.
They Are Called "Emplrc," But Look More
Like Tubs.

They Are Called "Emplre," But Look More
Like Tubs.
The newest lamp shades look like in
,erted tubs. They are imported from
france, along with other things Napo-
leonic which have deluged the markets
for two years, and are called Empire
shades.
Those which come from Paris are
hand-painted, and range from one dol
lar to twenty in price, according to the
size and the elaborateness of decora-
ton. The largest shade is about as big
as large dishpan-or, TO speak more
accurately, about "a inches in di-
ameter ut its lower edge. Its width
Is Is inches, and IL it were not trans
lucent we should have literal repre-
sentation of 1.-The light under bushel.'
The material, however, is white paper,
decorated in light colors, and in pat
terms to suit the fancy of the artist.
One of the prettiest is u representa-
ton of Apollo driving the chariot of the
sun over masses of fleecy clouds, with
three maidens in his wake, who look as
if they might represent Morning, Noon
and Night. 1t is pretty idea for u
lamp, with the suggestion of turning
night into day.
The very large shades are intended
for piano lamps and the like. There
are, of course, smaller sizes for the tiny
Dresden ornaments that are supposed
TO illuminate a lady's boudoir. These
nre very daintily decorated with cupids
and blossoms, and are very small-not
more than six inches across. The same
style is used for candle shades, and
they look like tiny illuminated drums
standing on stills on the mantel piece
or dining table.
Small Dresden lamps are the correct
thing for the dinner table-one, two
OF three, according to the length of the
table. These are trimmed with little
decorated tubs and give the table quite
the air of being ready for Nine. dc
Somebody -or-other's feast of hundred
years ago.
Low lamps to stand in corner OF
the floor are another fad. They are
about 2h feet high, chimney
shade and all, and are made of some
heavy, dark porcelain such as larg,
plant jars are made Of.
Amateur artists can take the oppor
tunity offered by these shades for dec
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26

games, and will undoubtedly achieve
still higher distinction in this particu-
lar field. Mrs. Showalter is n southern
belle, with petite figure and a most
charming manner. She is at present
In Kentucky, but expects to come east
in few weeks for the purpose of talk
ing part in the international chess
match by cable which will be contested
In April between the women of Eng
land and America,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
1--WE ARE UNDER THE OCEAN,"

by little, reduce to nothing the final
shock of stopping. But what is the use
Of all these explanations? Would nota
trial be hundred times better?"
And, without waiting for an answer
to his questions, the colonel pulled
sharply a bright brass knob projecting
from the side Of one of the tubes. A
panel slid smoothly in it's grooves, and
in the opening left by its removal per-
ceived row of seats, on each of which
two persons might sit comfortably side
by side.
"The carriage!" exclaimed tho
colonel. "Come in"
l followed him without offering any
objection, and the panel Immediately
slid back into it's place.
BY the light of an electric lamp in the
roof l carefully examined the Garage |
was in.
Nothing could be more simple; a
long cylinder, comfortably upholstered,
along which some SO arm-chairs, in
pairs, were ranged in % parallel ranks.
At either end valve regulated the at
mospheric pressure, that at the farther
end allowing breathable air to enter
the carriage, that in front allowing for
the discharge Of any excess beyond q
normal pressure.
After spending few moments on
this examination / became impatient.
"Well," l said, fare we not going to
start?"
"Going to start?" cried the colonel.
1--WE have started"
Started-like that-without the least
jerk, was it possible? 1 listened at
tentively, trying to detect sound OF
some kind that might have guided me.
If we had really started-if the
colonel had not deceived me in talking
Of speed of 1900 lSilometers an hour
we must already be far from any land,
under the sea; above our heads the
huge, foam-crested waves; even at that
moment, erhaps-taking it for mon
strous sea serpent of an unknown kind
whales were battering with their
powerful tails our long iron prison.
But heard nothing but q dull rum
BILE, produced, no doubt, by the passage
OF our carriage, and, plunged in bound
less establishment, unable to believe
in the reality Of all that had happened
to me, sat silently, allowing the time
to pass.
At the end Of about an hour sense
of freshness upon my forehead sudden
ly aroused me from the torpor into
which had sunk by degrees.
raised my hand to my brow; 1T was
moist.
Moist! Why was that? Had the tube
burst under pressure of the waters
q pressure which could not but be for
midable, since it increases at the rate
of ian atmosphere" every ten meters Of
depth? Had the ocean broken in upor
us?"
Fear seized upon me. Terrified,
tried to call out-and-and I found
myself in my garden, generously sprin
kled by driving rain, the big drops o.
which had awakened me. had simply
fallen asleep while reading the article
devoted by an American journalist X
the fantastic projects of Col. Pierce
who also, I much fear, has only
dreamed.-From the French, in STRAND
IMaGazine,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26

Unlimited, propelllng it at the speed Of
l,S00 kilometers an hour almost
that Of cannon balll-so that our
carriages, with their travellers, in the
space of two hours and 40 minutes
accomplish the journey between Boston
and Liverpool"
eighteen hundred kilometers an
hour." exclaimed.
"Not one less. And what extraordi-
nary consequences arise from such q
rate of speed! The time at Liverpool
being four hours and 40 minutes IN
advance of ours, traveller starting
from Boston at nine o'clock in the
morning arrives in England at 1888 in
The afternoon. Isn't that q journey
quickly made? In another sense. on
the contrary, our trains in this latitude
gain over the sun more than 900 kilo-
meters an hour, beating that planet
hand over hand; quitting Liverpool at
noon, for example, the traveller will
reach the station where we now are at
"a minutes past nine in the morning
that is to say, earlier than he started!
LA! ha! | don't think one can travel
quicker than that"
| did not know what to think. Was
l talking with madman?-or must
credit these fabulous theories, in spite
of the objections which rose in my
mind?
"Very well, so be It'll" said. 81 will
admit that travellers may take this mad
Drained route, and that you can obtain
this incredible speed. But, when you
have got this speed, how do you check
it? When you come to stop every
thing must be shattered to pieces!"
"Not at ALL" replied the colonel,
struggling his shoulders. Between our
tubes-one for the out, the other for
the home journey consequently
worked by currents going in opposite
directions-a communication exists at
every joint. When train is approach-
ing an electric spark advises us of the
fact; left to itself, the train would con-
tinue its course by reason of the speed
IL had acquired; but, simply by the
turning of n handle, we are able to let
in the opposing current of compressed
air from the parallel tube, and, little
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
Queen Louisa of Prussia and the Rose.

Before parting, Napoleon spent q
few moments at her side, and at the
end, turning, pulled from bunch
beautiful rose, which he offered with
gestures of gallantry and homage. Hes.
itating a moment, the queen at last
put out her hand, and said as she &C.
cepted IL: AT least with Magdeburg.'
Madame" came the frigid reply, 1t
is mine to give and yours to accept"
But he gave his arm TO conduct her to
the carriage, and as they descended tho
stair together the disappointed guest
said, in sentimental and emotional
voice: SIS it possible that, having had
the happiness to see so near the man OF
the century and of all history, he will
not afford me the possibility and the
satisfaction of being able to assure him
that he has put me under obligations
for life?" With solemn tones, Napoleon
replied: Madame, am to be pitied;
it is fault Of my unlucly star" Queen
Iouisa's own lady in waiting related
that her sovereign's bitterness overcame
her at the last, and as she stepped into
the carriage she said: "Sire, you have
cruelty deceived me."-Prof. Sloane, In
Century.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
A Wise ITinIster.

The potentate was plainly ngitated.
"My couriers," said he in angry tones
to his minister of war, Inform me that
all is in readiness to squelch the rebels
who have dared to question our author
ity, and yet find you delaying the adj
vance. If thought there were any
treachery-"
Have patience, o brother of the sun
and boss of the moon,' replied the min
lister, In the tone of one who was sure of
his ground. eve are but waiting for
them to get out set of postage
stamps, which we will rush in and
seize, and by the sale of them pay the
whole expense of the war"
"Verily," said the admiring monarch,
"thou hast head like tack. "-Indian-
upolis journal.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
BURNING THE WHITE DOG.
a Supcrstitious Indian Ceremony SIN
Practiced In New York.

The stranger to the Onondnga In
dian reservation would have been mys-
titled one night recently could he have
seen the strange spectacle of weird
lights ilickcring about the hillsides of
the red men and heard the odd incanta-
tions of half dozen big bucks, who
made the echoes repeat themselves. All
these strange events were accom-
plished hy the sounds of the tom-tom.
To the person up TO date i'll Indian
customs it was known that the medi-
cine men of the Six Nations were OBJ
serving the annual ceremony of chasing
out the witches and devils. All the
hullabaloo was with that in prospect.
Most Of the ceremonies were performed
with the medicine men in full panoply
of the tribes they represented. In olden
times this was the ceremony to which
so much objection was taken, as it was
said to be accompanied By the widest
rcvelries and practices of the most OBJ
scene nature. So strenuous has been
this opposition that the pagans have
been obliged to abridge their former
habits and customs.
TO this day the Bears, the Beavers,
the Wolves, the Snipes and the half a
dozen other clans of the Iroquois ma
ton gather at the council house, where
the annual ceremony Of burning the
white dog Is held. 1t is followed by
II big jollification pow-wow. The Gus
tom seems not to have lost any of its
favor, ard the council house is scarcely
big enough TO hold those who wish to
take part. In former times the dog WIS
burned alive, but now the dog is killed
by one of the sachems and highly t,c-
GRATED with daubs Of red paint and rib
bons. He is put in hiding in nc1J by
house, and at the proper time all the
clans gather and proceed TO the house,
where the sacriiicial dog lays. Pipes
and tobacco are strcwn about him, and
the Indians dance and sing strange
songs. The medicine man makes brief
speech, and then the procession, headed
by two brawny bucks carrying the dog
depending from II long pole moves to
the council house, where there ave fur
Their ceremonies, and the white dog is
thrust into n modern box stove and in.
cineratcd amid the yelling, dancing,
singing and quaint music of these rude
people. On another stove in another
end of the council house are big seeth-
ing kettles of maize, peas, pork and
beans. After the dancing is over each
member of the party is given a pail
OF the strange mixture and this is taken
TO their homes, to be eaten at their
leisure. This is their annual feast, or
white deg meat. In former times the
DOG was eaten, bur that custom fell
into disuse long ago.
1t seems that there must be a second
effort to Danish the witches and devils,
and ten nights hence the same ccre-
mony Is gone through with, in even
greater detail. A house-to-house visit
ic made, and the medicine men crawl
about the floor under the beds and in
every conceivable ont-of-the-way place
in their efforts to chnse out witches and
devils. When this is done another big
jollification dance IL held, and then the
witches and devils are supposed to be
bnnished for the year.-Syracusc Her,
aid.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
A Future Convenience.

Diggles had been working hard for
long time with refractory heating APP
paratus. He came out of the basement
with blue fingers and red nose, and
an expression of repressed emotion OH
his face.
"Maria," he said, there's one comfort
about IT,"
"What is it?"
1--WE needn't worry about Ice next
summer. / think have struck plan
that's entirely reliable. If we want to
get anything good and cold we'll take
il down and put it into that heating
apparatus. Only we must be careful
not to leave it too long, or it'll Freeze
Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1896-03-26
"a TOLD YOU So"
. ono and all have met the man

We ono and all have met the man
Who, ever since the world began,
The gods with knowledge have supplied
Which to the rest has been denied.
But who to a benlghtcd world
His fund OF wisdom has unfurled,
For naught can come OF veal or woa
But no declares: ~ told you sou
Religion. politics and all.
On any subject great or small.
1t doesn't matter what or where,
You cannot take him unaware.
He nothing new or startling hears;
He's been expecting II for years."
And marvels that you did not know
'Twould happen. since he told you So"
He'll cherish his peculiar trait
While life HIS form shall animate.
And show US with his parting breath
The ruling passion strong in death"
And when his doctor shall have said
To mourning kindred: "Ilc Is dead!"
IT'S certain he will not forego
The chance to say: II told you sol"
Nixon Waterman, in l.. A. w. Bulletin.