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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22

handing that the Government of
Spain relinQuish its authority and
government in the Island of Gu.
ba, and to withdraw its land and
naval forces from Cuba and in the
Cuban water, and directing the
President of the United States to
carry these resolutions into effect.
"Whereas, the abhorrent condi.
tons which have existed for more
than three years in the Island of
Cuba, so near our own borders,
have shocked the moral sense of
the people of the United States,
have been a disgrace to Christian
civilization, eliminating as they
have, in the destruction of Uni.
ted States battleship, with 266 of
it's officers and crew, while on a
friendly visit in the harbor Of Ha
wanna, and cannot longer be en-
dured, as has been set forth by
the President of the United States
in his message to Congress of
April II, 1898, upon which the ac.
ton of Congress was invited;
therefore,
"Resolved, by the Senate and
House OF Representatives of the
United States of America, in Con.
gress assembled:
81. That the people of the Is,
land of Cuba are, and of right
ought to be, free and Independent.
"2. That it is the duty of the
United States to demand, and the
Government of the United States
does hereby demand, that the
Government of Spain at once re-
linquish its authority and govern.
ment in the Island Of Cuba and
withdraw its land and naval for.
ces from Cuba and Cuban waters.
SO. That the President of the
United States be, and he hereby
is directed and empowered to use
the entire land and naval forces
of the United States, and call into
the actual service of the United
States the militia of the several
States to such an extent as may
be necessary to carry these reso.
lutions into effect.
~. That the United States
hereby disclaim any disposition or
intention to exercise sovereignty,
Jurisdiction or control over said
island except for the paciiication
thereof, aud assert its determine
ton that when that is accomplish.
ed, to leave the government and
control of the island to its people,
These resolutions went to the
President Tuesday, and will have
his signature. The work of rush.
ing the troops to the coast begun
Tuesday in earnest. A bill has
been introduced in Congress call.
ing for 10000 volunteers. Havan'
ne is very much excited, and in
Madrid war is considered newt.
able. Spain is reported to be try.
ing to float a s2O,OOO,OOO loan in
London. At this time, war seems
iminent.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
EFFECTS OF THE jarvis
la ",

We publish this morning an
article showing the effects OF the
Jarvis law in the three large
counties Of the state, Davidson,
Shelby and Hamilton. Its oppon'
ents have derided it and have
claimed that ii was working in
jury and not good, that itprevent'
ed the ends of justice being at.
tanned, etc. Yet a close study OF
it's operation and its saving to
State and county which it effects
would convince every citizen that
it is good law and should be
kept on the statute books.
Undoubtedly the effort will be
made by court house hangers-on,
professional witnesses and small
fry politicians to repeal the act,
but the voters should take care
that their representatives are in
structed not only to uphold it, but
to give it even wider latitude
than it now possesses. In David
son county the total saving in court
costs, state and county, for the
first year of this laws operations
was $12,6S2.43; in Shelby county
the saving in state costs was SILL
4O4.62; in Hamilton county the
costs of the Circuit Court and
grand jury for the May and Sep
TENDER terms 1897, was $40, 1890
less than 1896, when the law was
not in existence. In criminal
cases the costs of the State were
$4,000 less under the Jarvis law
than under the old system. Ii
should also be remembered that
this is only the beginning. The
law as yet has not had a fail
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22

DR.. j. II. McLean's Strengthen
ing Cordial and Blood Purifier is
admirably adapted to make "a
little health go long way" Its
curative power is largely attribut'
able to its stimulating, nutritive
and tonic properties, by which the
energy of the system is recruited
1t is pleasant to the taste, easily
borne on the stomach, and harm
less under prolonged use. Price
SOC. and 81 a bottle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
CORRESPONDENCE.
Hamburg.

John Galbraith of Clear Greek,
was in town Sunday.
Tom Stanley of Adamsville, was
in town Friday.
Tom Atkins visited relatives at
Pittsburg Sunday.
We are glad our chewing gum
agents are having good success.
Mrs. G. @. Fraley and family
had a pleasant visit to her daugh-
ter in the country Sunday.
Robert Wardlow is having
good success in learning to ride a
bicycle. OP-To'DATE'
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22

The largest order ever given
the government for submarine ca.
bles to be used for torpedo pur'
poses has been received at the
Kerite Cable Works, at Seymore,
conditional upon early shipment
The order is for fifty miles OF
single conductor submarine ca
BILE and fifteen miles of No. Z sub.
marine cable.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
A Month of Historical Events.

Doubtless others have noticed
these historical facts and coinci.
dences:
April 10, 1775, battle of Licking
ton.
April "a, 1916, first engagement
of Mexican war.
April II, 1861, Sumpter fred on.
April Ii, 1861, Sumpter sur
rendered.
April Ia, 1861, Lincoln's first
call for troops.
April 0, 1865, Lees surrender.
April IA, 1865, Lincoln assassin
ated.
This is quite a record for April
in the United States. Some peo-
pie are wondering if April, 1898,
will add to the list another mem
orable date.-Ex.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
Dl. Bells peppermint Chill

Dl. Bells peppermint Chill
Tonic cures chills permanently.
A sure appetizer. A perfect
blood purifier. A complete
strengthened. 1t will give color
to the face and change that sal
low complexion to a beautiful
rosy hue. II corrects disorders of
the stomach and aids digestion
Overcomes nervous depression
and low spirits. 1t will restore ex-
hausted and nursing mothers to
full strength and energy and make
bone and muscle children. Guar.
anteed.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22

ASK any merchant onthe Ten
nessee River, and nine out of ey.
cry ten Will tell you they will sell
more Plantation Chill Care than
any other medicine, because they
and their customers know that 1t
will do all that is claimed for IT.
For sale by j. ". DeBerry.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22

T. j. Boyd and b. B. Branum
were rounding in their cattle
Thursday.
Quite u crowd of young folks
spent Sunday with the Str. Shelf.
field while at Duncans Landing.
COUSIN JOE.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22

Chambers & Son, Pittsburg
Landing say they sell more Plan,
tation Chill Cure than any other
tonic, because it gives better sat.
isfaction. 1t is guaranteed. j. W.
DeBerry.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22

Mcleod 81 Co., Hamburg, say
they can only sell Plantation Chill
Care because the people have
tried other chill tonics and find
Plantation is the one they can de-
pend on to cure chills and all ma
iarial troubles. For sale by j. W.
DeBerry.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
Nixon.

The Sixth Civil District Sunday
School Association will convene
at Wesley Chapel, beginning at 2
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
For Circuit Judge.

We are authorized to announce
d. w. BROYLES
as q. candidate for Judge of the Ninth Judicial
circuit composed Of Maury, Lawrence, Giles,
Lewis, Wayne and Hardin counties, subject
to the action of the Democratic party.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
For County Register.

We are authorized to announce
G. w. BINGHAM
as lhe Republican nominee for Register of
Hardin county, election first Thursday in
August 1893.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
ANNOUNCEMENTS.
For County Court Clerk.
We are authorized to announce
A. A. WATSON

aas The Republican nominee for County
Touri Clerk Of Hardin county, election FIRST
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1898-04-22
= rec Cuba.
Joint Resolution Declaring the
People Of Cuba Free and indie
pendent is Adopted by Both
Houses of Congress- Use of
Army and Navy to Effect 1t.

"Joint resolution for
The recognition of the
independence of the
people of Cuba. dc.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

tion This work is tedious and delicate, requiring special artists, and of neces- sity, therefore, quite expensive. The model of the Grand Palais des Beaux Arts, on a, scale of 0.0l meters has oc- cupied a number of sculptors more than a year, and cost more than 3O,0OO francs.
 For the construction of these models the architects give to the sculptors eX- act designs of the ground plans and ta- cades which they are to reproduce. on a bench especially designed for this purpose the sculptor establishes true plane surface which serves as base for the whole construction. On this surface he traces with much care the plan of the edifice, without regard to the interior details, as the model IS only intended to show what can be seen from the exterior.
 The principal parts are made sepa- rately, then mounted and joined to- gether with liquid plaster paste to form a whole. Each part is given to special workman. The profiles are cut in sheets of zinc, and take the name of "gabarits." These, guided by a straight edge, are drawn over layer of fresh plaster, reproducing all the sinuosities of the profile. All the cornices and the straight and curved holdings generally are made in this manner.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

being or see one, they are as anxious as he is to avoid the encounter.
 Evolves are easily kept away if dogs are around, the barking of dogs Suffic ing to alarm them. Otherwise blank cartridges should be thrown around the outside of the tent, as the smell of powder will always drive them away.
 Travel in Alaska is unutterably dreary. AS far as the eye can reach there is an apparently endless eXpanse of snow and ice. Sometimes in the distance one will see a cape or head land and hope for vegetation or human habitation beyond, but when the poins is reached it only reveals what one has looked upon for days, perhaps weeks and monthS-a monotonous, barren world of ice and snow The earth never seemed so vast a place as dur ing that trip on it's surface. I thought that the higgest part of the world lay within the Arctic circle
 It was my first experience with a dog team and 1 am told I have made the greatest number of miles-33So, from Point Barrow to Katmai-so far travelled by one man with dog sleds. Some of my Shipmates had advised me to take my dogs into the tent at night in order to get acquainted with them, that they might not be so willing to desert me. Well, tried it to my satis- faction. Crowd eight dogs into a tens scarcely large enough for three per sons and have them jump over you in fight-tothe-finish contest all nigh., during which you lose fingernail or two, and what few clothes you have and you will come to the conclusion that you would rather part with a dog once in while than get thoroughly acquainted with him. No matter how many miles an Alaska dog has travelled or how tired he is at night, he is all ways in prime condition for a fight.
 I lost about fifty dogs altogether. Some l was obliged to shoot, some went crazy and some ran away. I secured more from the natives as I went along, and from the whites who had trading posts. When the flesh on their feet wore through from travel on the snow 1t froze again, and I would have to shoot them to end their suffering. In order to keep dogs in good condition they should never be fed on cooked fish. Dry or frozen fish should be their diet, with seal oil to keep them warm. They should not be driven more than three days without an in termission of one days rest. I only used mine four days when 1t was ab- solutely necessary, in order to make 8 station, where they could recuperate.
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

tie over $570,0 1000, and even that was left in trust to Mrs. Kirkham instead of be- ing divided between her and Ter daugh- terS.
 Mentally tortured with her domestic differences and greatly in need of money to settle outstanding obligations Mrs.-or Lady, as she prefers to be called-Yarde- Butler came to this coun- try and tried to make a financial set clement with her family, but failing to convince her mother and sisters of the desirability of her plan quarreled with them so seriously that the breach has never been healed.
 The death of Mrs. Kirkham partly settled the difficulty over the pr 0perty, but as Mrs. Yarde-Buller has not as yet come into possession of her share she has had much difficulty with impatient creditors, and has been forced 10 i've very quietly. Her two sons, who seem to have inherited not a little of the brave Kirkham spirit which won their grandfather deserved renown, are both loyal to her. One of them is a lieu tenant in the British army, but the other is with her in this country, and in all her difficulties, whether she be right or wrong, she is sure of their syn- pathy and unswerving affection.
 The worst faults of this much talked- about woman seem to be an almost un- limited capacity for getting into legal wrangles with her fellow creatures, not regulating her expenditures by her tangible income, and taking no pains whatever to avoid "the speech of peo- ple."
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
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younger brother of Lord Churnton (Baron Thurston)-and for several years after that event was one of the reigning married belles" of London so- ciety.
 For time her second marriage seemed a happy one, but soon dissen- sions arose between herself and her husband. She was high-spirited and in dependent-a typical American girl ln this regard surely, though she makes great point now of being made by her marriage an English woman-inclined to be trif1e more free in speech and act than her staider English associates, and she possessed a fine capacity for spending money, which capacity was not equaled by the amount which MT. Yarde-Buller thought sufficient for her needs.
 It can readily be seen that under these conditions there was fine field for domestic difficulties. And as it was not in her nature to endure reproof or admonition with even simulated pa tience the family life of the Yarde-Bu lers was for some time a most unhappy one.
 The death of her father complicated matters for the unhappy wife, for it was found that his property, the value of which was estimated to be at least $2,0O0OO0, really amounted to only a lit
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17
to pr. F. L Wheeler of Oak1and

to Of. F. l.. Wheeler of Oakland.
 Of the four not one save Leilah ever gave evidence of being in any way spe- cially different from the well-appear- ing, Well-educated we'll bred people among whom they found their friends and acquaintances; and even she, dur Ing the brief years of her first mar riage, found her happiness with her husband, her home and her pets, and later with the two baby boys, to whom In spite of her vagaries she still clings with an unsWerving devotion which proves that whatever her outward faults may have been, and however much she has become prejudiced against others of her own blood, a true Womans heart beats in her bosom.
 There are some who knew beautiful Mrs. Blair" as she was called in those happy days, who declare that from the loss of her husband dates the begin ming of those small peculiarities of thought and speech and conduct which have since given her unpleasant prom thence before that portion of the world who love to criticize, comment and condemn. Be that as it may, after a time she fancied that she could once again find happiness, and in 1886 be- came the wife of young Englishman of fine family and presumably large re- sources - Walter Yarde Butler, a
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

JUST where is the dividing line be-
 \ tween mere harmless eccentricity
 and that which the doctors con-
 sider insanity, and how soon will
 Lady Yarde Butler reach and
 cross it?
 This is the question which is just now being seriously considered by all those who are, from either friendly or mercenary motives, interested in the present welfare and ultimate fate of the woman whose cratic conduct for several years past has estranged her from many of those who should be near and dear to her, and placed her to great degree under the ban Of public opinion.
 The story of the life of brave General Kirkham's eldest child reads almost like purely imaginary and not over pleasing romance. Little did the gallant soldierfathert think, when he, for the first time, cradled his first born in his strong arms and looked down at the innocent little face, fair and sweet as the" petal Of an apple blossom, resting against the breast of his dark blue uniform, that that pretty babe would make her self theme for the ill-natured gos- SiP CA tNc COlliISIlS, Iiiit oiiC '" O~ANA render her loving mather's last days most unhappy through an unseemly legal Wrangle over wealth which late had in store for him, but of which he then did not even dream: and that she would find herself, in her later years, practically deserted by all the friends of her youth, at war with her sisters, accused of vulgar drunkenness arrest ed and driven through the streets of Oakland in a patrol wagon, and forced to endure an examination as to her mental condition before she was al- lowed to regain her freedom.
 All these things have, however, hap pened to Mary Leilah Kirkham al- ready. As to her future, since she has lost none of the. spirit which in the past has led her slender feet through many devious and thorny paths, it seems more than probable that it will be no more peaceful and conventional than her adventurous and stormy past has been.
 Leilah was won by David Boyd Blair, handsome and very agreeable man, or whom she was both fond and proud Tn those days before she had begun to think of titles and London society tr1umphS. and made her home in com fortable but unpretentious house not Tar from the family mansion. Julia married an army man-Major Murry Davis of the Eighth United States Cav alry-and died twenty years since. The third daughter became Mrs. James D. SafTord, and the youngest was welded
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

V
 of last year as third mate of the whaler Belvedere. he has had an
 experience that few men would
 have the courage to voluntarily undergo, that of walking thousands of miles in the desolate Alaska territory to carry news of the icebound ships and save his comardes, from starvation Success in reaching civilization meant life to hundreds of helpless men. Fail ure meant death, through hunger, for all of them.
 "The most trying and difficult DOT tion of the journey" said MT Tilton, in relating his adventures, twas that which I encountered between Cape Lis bon and Point Hope I found myself imprisoned on an ice foe. After work ing my way down the mountain to reach ice-traveling on the ice being the preferable mode in that country-I came to the waters edge. Turning back I found water again. The ice had sep arated, leaving me on floating island with cliffs so high on either side that to reach shore was impossible.
 Arctic ice becomes shelved by con- stant pressure The only means of es- cape ldy III QlSiOQSli1S d Cdhe UT layer of the vast mass upon which I was drifting and utilizing it as boat. By chopping with an ax, using also an ice pick, shovel and snow knife, and pry- ing with tent poles, l succeeded after eight hours of the hardest work of my life in detaching my improvised boat. Upon this I padded distance of half mile or so,. reaching, ice which l could travel over for about six miles. then made landing, and for the rest of the day and the next night did not break camp, so exhausted had the trip made me.
 ''Yes, I encountered number of wild animals. Tn the far north, in what is called the Point Barrow district, the ice is very jagged and in crossing it one is apt at any turn to come directly upon polar bear. If cornered, or en- countered too quickly for them to es- cape, they are desperate fighters, and man travelling in that district should | keep his rifle in constant readiness to shoot I was obliged to kill two in my journey. If they scent a human
The San Francisco call., 1898-04-17

Several of my dogs I brought clear through with me from Point Barrow
 Once l hired a native guide who got lost. Then my Seafaring knowl- edge came to our rescue. Taking my chart, parallel rule and compass actly as though I were at sea and We came out all right. l would rather take ten thousand journeys by water than repeat that Arctic journey on land.
 But my trip was not altogether de- void of humorous incident. When trav- cling between the Buckland River and Norton Bay, on the Kouack River. I had walked all day, intending to make Norton Bay by dark, but failing to do so pitched camp. I had just finished a supper of hard tack and canned meats when I heard mournful noise outside the tent. I called out, asking what was the matter.
 ''The reply came that it was an h. dian father, searching for his son, who he feared was lost, he having gone to his hunting traps fully twenty-four hours before and had not returned.
 'I invited the man in to eat. He sat down Turk fashion and proceeded to devour a tin of baked beans, three large, partly frozen biscuit, three cups of coffee and some canned meat. asked him if he would not have some more, when ne rose 10 go.
 No, he replied, sadly, I cannot eat until have found my son. I have no appetite when he is perhaps in danger"
 Not being overstocked with pro- visions I was very glad I had not been obliged to appease the old mans hun- ger when he had his normal appetite with him.
 'The missionaries were invariably most kind to me. At Point Hope I objected to taking native woman with me, but her husband would not go without her. I believe that I owe my successful trip from Point Hope to her faithful care, and advise all travellers to secure. if possible, the services of a native woman. She repaired my boots and clothing daily carried my deer skin stockings in her packer and even slept on them in order to dry them. Her knowledge of what was necessary to preserve the health proved of no small value to me-