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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
FAMOUS CHORlSTER.
Youngstcr Whose Singing Has As
tonished New York ChurchgOers.

Youngstcr whose Singing HAS An
tonished New York Churchgoers.
Harry Chauncey Smith, 10 years old,
IL the name Of one of the most famous
singers in New York city. When q
toddling child four or five years of age
he used to sing every song he heard,
and later began to pick out his accom-
paniment on the piano with one hand;
but on these occasions, when trying to
"play like lady," he would allow only
his sister to be present. He would coax
her into the parlor, shut the door, and
then beg to have the piano opened.
After this was done he would stand by
the instrument for hours, singing
hymns he had learned at Sunday school
and finding the notes to suit.
When Harry was nine years old his
parents moved to New York city, and
he became one of the chorister boys at
All Angels Protestant Episcopal
church. Two years later he, with sew
eral of his young companions, were
transferred to the choir of Grace church.
Here Harry's health improved, his
voice gained sweetness and power, and
he found himself one of the most fa-
nous boys in his country.
He is a sweet-faced, delicate-looking
lad, with large gray-blue eyes and short
blond hair. He is small for his age, and
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
Jnsauitv I'm AnfmaIs.

Even the lower animals are not ex.
smpt from attacks of insanity. In
stances are given of cattle working
themselves into frenzy while being
driven through crowded town, and oi
horses seized with an apparently un,
controllable impulse to murderous fury
A scientist of authority even goes so fal
as to insist, on what appears to be un
contestible evidence, that cats, dogs
and monkeys have been observed t.
have delusions, very similar to those o.
insane people.-Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
ESKIMoS PRESERVING EGGS.
Rapid Depletion of Web-Footcd Birds
I'm Alaska.

When white men first went to Alaska
the natives lived on the products of sea,
land and air. From the ocean came
salmon and seals, from the land came
various mammals, and from the air
came birds. The first visitors were
not interested in game preservation. In
fact, they bartered for the game, Civ
Ing poor whisky for good meat, and
bad whisky for feathers and skin. They
taught the Eskimos how to preserve the
game in oil.
From time immemorial the Eslct-
mos have taken eggs and fowls during
the short season they were available.
There is no system of Gambling eggs
to determine their grade among the
natives. An egg is an egg to them at
any period Of incubation, and as long as
the season lasts they live in riotous
plenty. Formerly they were content
ed with what they could eat during the
season, but since they have come in con-
tact with white people they have
learned more thorough methods, and
now they provide eggs and birds to last
the whole year through. They dry or
pickle the flesh, and the eggs are pre-
served in barrels Of muckaluck-wal-
rus oil. An added goose egg kept a
year in rancid oil appeals to the Es-
kimo's peculiarly cultivated taste.
TO an Eskimo an egg taken at any
time in the season Is eatable; but to
be salable to the whites it must be fresh,
so the Esltimos divide the territory
among themselves and make system
attic round of the nests each day, taking
the fresh eggs, and finally picking the
mother when she refuses to lay any
more, capturing her with moose OF
wire.
Now part of the regular fare Of the
Yukon steamboat is wild goose. Al
the first meal the tourist is apt to re
gard the bird with great good favor
hut as meal after meal passes wild
goose ceases to be a.joy.
This continual depreciation of The
nests, combined with the Pacific coas
market and record huntiSg, has already
| depleted the hocks of web-footed birds
that one time were to be seen in myr
lads during the migrating Seasons
Sportsmen's Review.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
An Amusing Egg Trick.

Here is trick that will amuse you.
Puncture the shell of raw egg with a
pin, and through the hole thus made
extract the contents. When the shell
has become dry pour fine sand
through the pinhole until the egg is
about onc-fourth filled. Then seal up
the hole with white wax, and your
imitation egg will be as natural
In appearance as q real one. Then
tell your companions that you can make
an egg obey your slightest wish, stand
ing on the edge Of knife, the rim of a
glass, or whatever you will. OF course,
no one viii believe you, but you can
prove you are right. The only secret is
to tap the egg gently every time you
change its position, so that the sand
will settle at the bottom, and keep the
egg upright in just the position you
wish.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
SCIENCE FOR BOYS.
How to Produce n Fierce RainstOrm
In TumbIer.

AlOW w " - iCECc
In q TumbIer.
To produce realistic illustration of
rain shower and the winds that ac-
company its formation is an interesting
experiment, though your rain will not
be of water but of alcohol. Take a
glass cylinder closed at one end, about
eight inches high and four inches in
diameter, and partly fill 1t with % per
cent. alcohol. Cover it with an or
dinary china saucer, and immerse il
In bath of hot water until the whole
becomes warm, but without allowing
the alcohol to boil. Then take the yes-
sci out of the bath and place 1t on
table In cool room. Soon you will
notice marked change taking place
in the contents Of the glass. Thick
vapors will appear on the surface Of the
saucer until an exact reproduction Of
clouds in miniature floaos high above
the surface of the alcohol, and tiny
raindrops fall into it. This rainstorm
will continue for nearly half an hour.
Then you will perceive the upper sur
face Of the clouds is gradually clearing,
and that condensation is taking place
further down the glass.
Here you have the ocean represented
by the alcohol, over it the rain descend
ing from the clouds, and above all the
clear atmosphere and serene sky.
Should you wish to witness genuine
storm, veritable tempest in tum-
hler, you have but to replace the warm
saucer by cold one Immediately upon
taking the glass out of the bath. The
rain will then descend in torrents and
gusts, as If driven by fierce wind.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26

Hanuman, and that to the god who
had leaped from India to Ceylon mere
matter of 80 yards more or less was Of
small Importance. Hot foot the party
pursued the monkeys back to the tenn
pie. They found them in high state Of
excitement, jumping on and off the roof
into the branches of a large fig tree and
making a tremendous noise. Compla-
Gently sitting on gargoyle, frills round
his wrists and evidently highly pleased
with his personal appearance, was their
chief. AS before, at the sight of the
men, all those who could escaped into
the sheltering trees, but he, still i'm
peded by his handouts, did not move.
A volley Of stones, however, forced him
upwards to the pinnacle of the roof,
where he chartered volubly.
The thing was evidently growing be-
yond joke. A bit of rock hit him in
the ribs. He managed to secure 1t, and
with mighty effort to release his arms
from their silken letters. For second
he stood erect, grasping in one hand the
heavy stone, round which he had
wrapped the torn garment. He flung
1t back straight al Passmore, and had
the latter not jumped nimbly aside
there might have been vacancy in the
dragons. With boo of mingled con-
tempt and triumph, as it seemed to his
hearers, the ape sprang into the tree
and was gone. But the servants and the
beaters, and above all the old Brahmin,
swore that it was Hanuman himself,
who, in the very attitude of his efligy,
had defied the white Raksasas and
avenged the insult to his shrine.
Capt, Passmore married the heiress
He cherishes a few torn shreds of q
satin undergarment, and makes his wife
excessively angry whenever he alludes
to them. He delights in suggesting
that once in southern India, before theil
marriage, Hanuman caught her at mid
night secretly doing penance at hi,
shrine. She had been out of temper
with her lover, and fny punishment tn,
monkey god sent her home in desha
bile. while the whole camp turned
out to rescue the essentials OF her cos
tune.
Mrs. PASSWORDS more plausible ex
planation is, however, that her ayah
taking advantage of dusk, had huns
her drenched garments outside on thu
tent ropes to dry, and that the monkeys
while frightening her out of her wits
seized upon one of them, and made OF
with it.-St. Paul's.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26

has particularly sweet, gentle manners,
though ne rides bicycle and is devoted
to dogs and flowers.
Speaking of this his sister says: at
would be hard to tell which he likes the
most-music or flowers. He will spend
all his money on flowers, and do all
sorts of imprudent things for the sake
of his music. One day during dreadful
snowstorm he had practice at the
church, and it seemed impossible to
keep him at home, although he had a
bad cold. So we sent out for carriage,
and, of course, it took some little time.
All the while | had to be most positive
in refusing to allow him to start out be-
fore it came. Next to music, think he
likes arithmetic and history, though
until quite recently he has disliked the
former, because suppose he has just
begun to understand it. During the
summer months the whole family go to
Canada, and Harry spends the holidays
fIoliclsing like other boys. Music and
books are forbidden, so he takes long
rides through the country on his wheel
goes boating and fishing on the lakes
or runs wild through the woods with
his dogs. Each fall he comes home q
trifle taller and healthier looking, ready
to work hard with his music and books
At the Christmas service of Grace
church he sang solo: 'IIear Ye,
Israel" II was the first time the piece
had ever been sung by boy, and had he
never done anything else the rendition
of that piece would have made him ia
nous.
His salary is ten dollars per week; hi.
chorister clothes are given him, as wei
as free tuition in music.--Chicago Int,
Ocean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26

drive them back, or they'll play old
Harry, and brighten Miss Vane."

Harry, and brighten Miss Vane."
Snatching up a stout bamboo from
against tree, Passmore hurried into
the center of the glade, down both
sides OF which the tents were pitched.
just us the monkeys streamed thI rough
the encampmcnt.
There must have been at least 30
tearing down the wide opening of the
forest in the brilliant tropical NOON
light. Big, gray-whskered fellows,
with long tails curled high up over
their backs. Seeing Passmore and his
bamboo, the rank and file turned and
took to the trees. Only the leader,
huge ape, stood his ground. Some
thing he carried seemed to embarras
him not little. for he held it aloft
with both hands, in order better to ex-
anime II.
BY this time the host and others had
gathered round. "lle looks as if he
had been interrupted in his dressing"
said someone. Lets make him drop
his prize" -, ~ IL
Don't shootl" cried Passmore, see
ing one of the Others had brought a
gun. Hes too human. Let me get at
him with this bamboo"
Here a native servant was heard to
whisper excitedly that neither bullet
nor bamboo would frighten Hanuman,
and that this was Hanuman in propria
persona there could be no shadow of
doubt.
God or no god, however, the circle Of
the monkeys enemies was fast closing
in upon him. Only the menace of his
formidable teeth served to keep his op-
ponents at bay. With sideong gait he
shifted towards tree. What he so
tenaciously clutched worried him more
than ever. He took, from time TO time,
quick angry glances at it. Once, while
thus engaged, and off his guard, Pass
more hit him over the hands with the
bamboo, while the whole party made
n combined effort to wrest his booty
from him. But they had reckoncd
without Hanuman. With roar of rage
and fear the brute sprang off the
ground, thrusting as he did so his arms
| into mysterious bifurcated garment,
which CLEANED in the moonlight with
a sheen of black satin. Passmore and
the host afterwards declared that they
were overtaken by such an uncontrol-
liable fit laughter at recognizing what
it was he had stolen, that they let the
beast slip by as he liked.
| The natives, on the contrary, insisted
that the monkey had bounded 80 yards
or more into the air, higher than the
tops of the highest trees, and of course
clear of everybody's heads. Remon.
strated with on this unnecessary ex-
aggeration, they replied that it was
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
FOR YOUNG PEOPLE.
MAKE A REeINNlNe.

n you never make beginning, lad.
You will never come to the end.
Why. stand at the foot of a mountain, lad
When you can TO Its brow ascend?
The way Is weary, and steep. and long
A toilsome journey, and slow.
but you cannot jump to summit, lad;
Up. step by step. you must go.
There are many weeds In your garden, lad
You must pull them, one by one.
In the time we waste, only dreadlng work
Half life's labor can be done.
Just begin. my lad. and In years to come
That day you will surely thank
That you put your first seed In the earth,
Your first dollar In the bank.
A beginning is promise, lad
A foundation for vast store.
For we have the sweet assurance. lad
He who hath can hope for more.
Therefore hesitate no longer, lad.
Hold your head up, and begin;
IL you make start, and then persevere,
LIES stern battles you will win.
MARY IL. Lambert, In Golden Days.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
Uncertain About IL

Fair Passenger-What time is the
last train to Boston tonight?
Ticket Clerk-Twelve o'clock, madam
"And what time is the first one to-
morrow"
"Eight-thirty."
~Thank you. And now do you mind
telling me which gets there firstY'--
N. Y. journal,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26

Dobson-What became of that man
who had 81 medals for saving people
from drowning?
Dock Worlser--He fell in one DAY
when lie had them all on, and th.
weight Of 'sm sunk him, m,--TitRitN
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
One Dollar Per Year.
AN OLD LOG CABIN.
The Humble Home In Which Lincoln
First snyy the Light,

First Saw the Light.
Twelve years ago the cabin In which
Lincoln was born was torn down, and
the logs were hauled to an adjoining
farm and used in the construction OF
another house. The old farm has prac-
tically been abandoned, and nearly all
the people in the neighborhood had
quite forgotten, second time within
decade since the death OF Lincoln,
that he was born on the "Lincoln Spring
farm" as the place has always been
called. The Lincoln birthplace is "a
miles southeast of Louisville. 1t can
be reached from Louisville by going to
Elizabethtown. in Hardin county, n dis
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26

The oldest doll in America is th.
property of Mrs. H. o. Brown, of Read
ing, Mass. She is dressed in the Louis
XIV. style, and Capt. Gamaliel Hedges
brought her from China III y-ars ago
for his little daughter In Salem.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
A Natural Inference.

First Lawyer-Ibelieve those jurynlen
ire loaded
Second lawyer guess they are;
the judge just charged them.-N. Y,
Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26

Observation-Disclosures do you
knowwhatitisto be pressed for money?
Reddingham-S -Sterlingworth, am
married man Of ten years standing.-u
Detroit Free Press
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
Cannot I'm dcrstnnl II.

"What can't understand" said vii.
bur, "is why in winter, when it's cold
and we'd like to keep warm, we've snow.
balls to play with; while in summer
when we'd give million to be cool
they give us fireworks on the Fourth oi
July" "-Harper's Round Table.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26

The rattlesnake is from two to siS
feet long, his rsstles are from one to sis
Inches,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26

Curly hair never looks well after a
bald spot begins showing on top OF a
man's head.--Atehisou Globe,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1897-03-26
HANUMAN'S REVENGE,
RY MRS. DELLIxGmAm.

hECT in black mar
BILE ON a rude altar,
sheltered by the
pointed roof OF q
diminutive tie M
pie, stood lIanu,
man. The ape
face, high, uncurl.
ing tail, and arm,
raised to throw,
beSDOke the n,on.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-10-19

Now Mr.. Hanna may VII be
open to attack, his candidacy
may well invite mud linging.
but his Dem cratic rival for the
seat in the United States Senate,
which Mr.. Hanna now holds by
grace of appointment, and which
he desires TO hold on to by grace
of election, is not the one to
throw mud at his opponent. His
own skirts are not clean e ough
ID ma e J I'D ;linging profitable.
He can Ill ford 10 reduce the
campaign to q personal level.
Mr.. McLean has not as yet made
this plunge irrevocably, be Las
not as yet so far turned his back
on the silver issue that he cannot
fget back, but if reports do n t
much be il him he has shown
that principle ests Ii htl.y upon
his brow, that greed for place
not a regard for principle is up
permost in his mind; that he is
ready to purchase self, advance
ment by an Abandonment of
principle. And he is not alone
among those giving evidence Of
a longing to put the silver ques-
ton to one sid Where he leads
others are ready t 70 low. That
he can profit by turning his back
ID S iver, and making the cam
align one for spoils. is not at
likely. All the Democrats of
Ohio are not ready TO go with
,in, and then there are thops-
ands OF men in Ohio. formerly
Republicans, who have acted
with the Democratic party on
the silver issue, but who cannot
be expected to stand by the
standard bearers of hat party if
they abandon the silver issue
The American.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-10-19

In no section of the mineral
belt are the prospects more
promising than in the state of
Idaho. The great mining tidal
wave that is gathering force all
along the line will strike Idaho
with full power, for its mineral
advantages invite the closest
scrutiny. AS "a commonwealth,
Idaho suffers from inadequate
railway facilities and always will
on account of the topography of
the panhandle, bat the fact that
a great deal of the ore produced
must ind an immediate outlet
into adjacent states will in no
wise interfere with the develop
ment 81 her GO ming districts or
discourage capital from seeking
investments within her borJs RS.
Placer mining is receiving a
great deal Of attention in Idaho.
and there, as well as elsewhere,
it i found that the old timers
did not strike bedrock, but stop
ped operations whe a false bot
tom was encounter Il. Thus e. e
old workings ofer spl : did IL
ducea ent to the modernly equip
ped miner, AMI 10 state can boast
of a wider area of such profitable
ground. Idaho is scanned with
rich veins of quartz and in ad-
dition to her already great mines
the future is full of promise to
the prospector. Littl. wonder
that the eye of the eastern in
vestcr is conferred a. on that
state. 1t is q jewel in the crown
of the mineral empire.-Western
Minjrg World.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-10-19

Many AID various are the discussions OF
the new woman" but most of the women
we've seen have no aspirations toward the
emancipation of their sex from any yoke
except the burdensome yoke of i'll health.
They all seem to tlIink-sud think rightly
that their proper field is their home. and to
work faithfully in this field she must be
strong and hearty. Care is peculiarly a
woinan's heritage. But it was not the "new
woman" or any other kind of woman that
We started out to talk about. Ii is a IMAM
In the case this time, and a man, teo, that
thinks he is the newest kind of a "new
man"
From what he tells us, he has good cause
to think so. There is no comparison between
his present state of feeling and that of two
years ago. But let the following speak for
itself. We published a few weeks ago a
statement of the miraculous cure of Mr.. J.
81. Foster, of Carers Creek, now one of the
Hcvaid's men, from locomotor ataxia IA dis
e~se said to be incurable), by the use of DR..
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
The account was read by numbers of pco-
pie who were eye-witnesses Of his bodily suf-
lag and who know what Mr.. Foster stated 10
be true beyond a perad venture of a doubt /:
IL was read by others, also, who believe IL
fast The same as if they, tno, had seen all. be-
cause Mr.. Foster is well known over the
country 10 be a man of unimpeachable vera
city.
SO strong Is his belief in the DR. vii.
liasns' Pills, he has influenced a number Of
other people TO Use them. and all have be-
came as new persons.
One of the number IL a young man of
Southport, Maury County, Tennessee. Mr..
h.F- Murphy. He is only twenty-one yenrs
old, and being of rather a delicate constitu-
his gtA.
Young Murphy SAYS, he verify believes
that very few people of auy ace or cline
hate been called upon to endure the bodily
suffering which he has UNDERGONE.
In an interview with the Herald, he told
words:
Five years ago 1 was attacked with a
severe spell of Ia grippe. which affected me
very much. However, with the summer
f-fere me, | gradually grew better until |
cansidered myself nearly we'll, Nhen 10
Scpsember following | was Frustrated by an
attack Of biliousncss.
Il took the medicine administered by our
3 nmiiy physician and was soon on foo, a.ain,
4 though with a large amount of malaria In
my system. Being in q low state of health,
was Troubled all winter with dreadful
colds and coughs.
The following spring | was aeain At
tackled with another severe case of billions
ness, and only rallied in part from this smell
Chen, at the suggestion ofsome of my friends.
! resored to various patent medicines for
relicf, but without satisfactory results.
The malaria continued. and there was no end
r Q my taking cold, which at last began to
Letfie on my ief lung. which was weak in.
~much as it had undergone the terrible Of.
ecfs Of an absccss when | was quite small.
Is = result expectoration begun and grew
rcrss umil May. 1894.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-10-19

We learn of a big gold strike
in Loon creek. The Boise States
man in speaking of that district,
says the source of gold has been
discovered, and that a prospector
has found and opened a ledge
that is 45 feet wide and compare
lively high grade. Several holes
were sunk in the ledge and the
ore found to be good at each
point.
The Shoshone Journal tells
a good fish story. 1t beats us.
Well pass. 1t is as follows: Jud
Adam caught the rarest speci-
men of bird or fish while fishing
in Wood river last Sunday. yet
discovered. 1t was apparently
about a 4-pound trout. he judged,
while trying to land it, but as he
got it ont of the water it flew into
the air as far as his line would
let it, he then thought he had a
sage hen. The creature had the
perfect shape of a trout, but had
powerful wings and was entirely
covered with a heavy coat o.
beautiful spotted feathers.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1897-10-19

her tears with her snowy hands,
and then, wrenching from the
highest turret of Moro castle the
banner of old Spain. let her raise
its little head, and pressing her
to her noble heart, cry out with
exultant joy, Cuba, you are
free, thank God !"