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The broad ax., 1899-12-23

Ny doctor said would die, but Piso's
Cure for Consumption cured me.-Amos
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

, Rare does a woman keep an expense
account after she has added It up the
first month.
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

You should read the Star Plug Tobacco
advertisement in this paper. They make
the most attractive offer ever made for the
return Of their Tin Tags
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

"She says her face is her fortune"
We'll, she'll never be married for
her wealth."-Philadelp Bulletin.
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

In all the capitals of Europe. except
London, some theaters are kept up By
government support.
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

The war department Is considering
the desirability Of having a Cuban ex-
hibit at the Paris exposition.
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

In an India there are only z2.oos
miles 81 standard and narrow gauge
r.ilroads.
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

It's a wise man that shapes his plans
to 1t the inevitable.
The broad ax., 1899-12-23
Goes Cough BaIsam

The older a man grows the less he
thinks he knows.
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

Noah was the original weather prog
nosticator.
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

Anybody can fire on q gun, but n
takes practice to hit the target
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

A vigorous appetite Is the effect OF using u
K Browns Iron and Quin.ne BitterA
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

when All Else Falls. Try Yl-KI
Cares COrns and BuniOns without palm Never fnnA
Drug stores mall l5c. YLKl Co. CrA9forasynlsln 4
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

Philadelphia Bulletin: His wife's
name Is Mercy. She keeps him busy,
tooP
Doing what?"
why, running on errands Of Mer-
ey."
The broad ax., 1899-12-23
THE GRIP CURE THAT DOES CURE

Laxative Brorao Quinine Tablets removes
the cause that produces La Grippe. Z W.
Groves signature Is on each boz. &c
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

Handsome is that handsome does.
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

ofacres Of choice agri-
cultural LANDS now
opened for settlement
IN Western Canada
Here II grown the cell
ebrated NO. 4 HARD
The broad ax., 1899-12-23

Three hours later Enstaee Kehogan
swayed down the street singing, He
kissed Her Meath the Mistletoe-"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18

The emperor of China has some
strange duties. One of these is the or
lering of the seasons. 1t is summer in
America when the sun warns the earth,
and not till then, but in China it is
summer when the emperor says 1t ~
summer. AS soon as the emperor de-
clarcs that summer has come, every
body in China puts off winter clothing,
and arrays himself in summer garb, no
matter what his feelings say on the
subject. All domestic arrangements
are made to suit the season, as pro
claimed by the emperor, although they
NAV not suit the individual at all. The
nearest approach to the Chinese custom
of ordering the seasons is the practice
observed in France in all public build
ings. There it is winter on and after
October l.. Fires are then lighted in al
government Offices, and the servants
exchange their white summer waist
soats for the thicker and darker ones
of winter. At that date the public il
braries are closed at four and in The
streets the sellers of roasted chestnut.
make their appearance. In oilicia
France it is winter, no matter what tn,
weather may say, and no matter wha
unofficial France may think.-Youth''
| Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
BIGGEST GAME CLUB.
Canadian sportsmen Have Organ
tEed TO "Preserve" 10000 square
Miles of Territory.

Sportsmen's clubs have become com
mon enough with rich men who delight
in bagging game, and many of them
have been organized upon a grand
scale, but all become Insignificant be-
side the proposed st. John club, which
will preserve 10000 square miles of
Canadian territory.
OF course, this will have to be fenced
in, and the cost of this fence will be
$1.25O,OOO, which gives an idea of the
magnitude of the undertaking.
The organizers of this club and most
of the members are Americans, al
though there will be few prominent
Canadians and Englishmen. The men,
bcrship will number many thousands,
which is possible because of the re-
sources of the great territory. The
initiation fee has been placed at $500,
although this will likely be increased.
Already more than 100000 has been
expended in securing the fishing waters
of Lake st. John and tributaries. All
the rivers flowing in from the north
and west, some of which ace 200 and
200 miles long, and all the waters cou'
nected with them, are included.
Arrangements are also being made
with the Quebec government for Sc
curing two immense tracts for game
parks, each having 1000 square miles
They will be fenced in with wire net.
ting. In addition to moose, deer, elk
and caribou, it is proposed to stock
these parks with the best species Of
foreign game and birds from localities
having similar climatic conditions.-N
V World
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
HIS BATH NOT A SUCCESS.
Being In Hurry lie Forgot 10
Take on His Under
clothes.

II seems her husband had been out very
late celebrating, and as he came home in the
rose flush of the morning he thought it
would be a capital idea to take bath be-
fore getting into bed First OF all and most
important it would contradict any wrong
impression as to his condition, as his wife
sometimes had wrong impressions when he
had been out late at night, Women are SO
suspicious.
So he went boldly to the bathroom and
was soon splashing around as gayly as "a
canary. In fact, he created such an un.
usual commotiop that his wife woke up
and went to see what was the matter,
Suddenly he saw her gazing through the
door with look so cold aud contempt.
nous that it struck chill to his very
heart. But lie made dive for the soap
and went on industriously with his ablu.
tons.
What are you doing there, Peter!' she
asked him.
He made the effort of his life to appear
debonar and perfectly sober.
Cant You see what am doing my deary'
Unanswered, with another prodigious splash
''l'm taking bath"
Don't YOU think il would be good idea
for YOU to take off your underclothes!' she
asked him, with frozen reflection. as she
passed out OF sight. Chicago Inter Ocean.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
FISH IN SAMOA.
Phenomenal Promptncss and
Regularity Every Year.

Ono strange feature of this sea life
Of the tropics is the regular occurrence
of migratory swarms of fish of very
small size, that return in huge num-
bers year after year with such abso-
lutte regularity that the natives calcu-
late on the event on certain day in
each year. and even within an hour or
two of the day. One such swarm OF
fish forms the occasion Of an annual
holiday and feast at Samoa. The fish
is not unlike the whitehall for which
the English Thames has so long been
celebrated, and each year it arrives at
Samoa on the same day in the month
of October, remains for day, or at
the most two days, and then disappears
entirely till the same day of the follow
ing year. Why it comes, or whence,
no curious naturalist has yet discov-
cred, nor has anybody traced its on
ward course when il leaves the Samoan
group; but the fact is unquestionable
that suddenly, without notice, the still
waters of the lagoon which surrounds
each island within the fringing reef
becomes alive with millions of fishes,
passing through them for single day
and night, and then disappearing for
year as though they had never come.
A visit to Samoa enabled me to see
this strange phenomenon myself, and
to witness the native feast by which il
is celebrated year by year. had
been in Samoa for month, and in that
month | had enjoyed almost surfeit
of beauty. | had coasted the shores
of its islands in native canoes; / had
bathed in the warm, still waters of its
lagoons, fringed to seward by the
white reef on which the ocean broke
in golden spray, and to landward by the
silver beach of coral sand, flecked with
the tremulous shadows of the swaying
palms. ! had climbed with my ma
tive guide to the abrupt hills, covered
with dense forests of tropical lnNur'
lance, through the arcades of which
caught glimpses of the flash and lus-
ter of the oceans myriad smile; and
again we had plunged into deep val
Ieys among the hills, where little head
.ong streams murmur under the shade
Of the wide-spreading bread-fruit trees
and wave the broad leaves of the great
water lily of the Pacific islands.-Owen
Hall, in Lippincotts.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
pIrH AND POINT.

The lawyer deals in brains and dis
poses of them by the case.-Chieago
Daily News.
Electricity in Franklin's time was Q
wonder; now we make light of it,
Golden Days.
The feeling that he will be talked
about if he is not present to prevent it,
is what prompts lots of people TO go into
society.-Atchison Globe.
I'D like to look over some of your
collars" said the young man, in the
haberdasher's, "0h! then you want to
see some of the low styles" replied the
dealer.-Yonkers Statesman.
Parson Goodman - "0h, brethren!
what shall we do to be saved?" Deacon
Joslyn just back from New York trip
and very tired) blow out the
gas, and use the rope in case of fire.
Judge.
Mother Clearing Ethel say hel
prayers) -"And let us all live to a goot
old age" Ethel-"Tll not pray foi
aunty to live to old age" Mother tas
tounded) "Why?" Ethel - "'Caus'
she's ashamed of her age now. Puck
Arthur-"Miss Sweetzer came mighty
near accepting me last night" Harry
THAT 500" Arthur asked her j
she cared enough for me to marry me
and she said yes, indeed, but there were
times when she ought to practice self
denial. Boston Transcript.
The English Law.-0ld Lady, de
sire to leave all my property to char
ity." Lawyer-"Your relatives nigh
try to break the will; why not give tn
property to charity at once?' Old Lad.
sob, dear no! They'd put me in
lunatic asylum."-Funny Cuts.
The great detective paused 9Th
horseless carriage containing the muir
derer passed here just 20 minutes ago,
he said. The other man looked aston
shed. "But | see no wheel tracks" h
cried. NO" said the great detective
calmly, "but if you'll sniff little you'll
get the odor of the kerosene. "-Cleve
land Plain Dealer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
SIBERIAN TERRORS.
Where Criminals Move on Like tho
Wandering Jew, HIT Always
Further East.

In Siberia murder is rarely punished
by death; the criminal is only sent
farther east. If the crime is repeated
he is passed on TO distant and more
inclement zone. Some convicts at the
Lena mines were credited with being
murderers to the fifth degree, The
nurse of my motherless boy was an ex
lie who had killed her husband One
lost the sharp sense of antipathy to the
criminal so instructive in the west.
Robbery accompanied with murder is
common enough. | saw four crosses
on the road just as ! entered Irkutsk,
one of which marked the spot where
ten people had been murdered in open
daylight. At night robbers wrap them
selves in white calico, and, invisible in
the snow, cut the luggage from behind
the sleighs. Near the mines consider,
able trade in Illicit spirits is carried on
by the spirit nocu, as the smugglers
are called. These buy contraband
vodki at WITHIN and carry it into the
mining districts, where they make a
fabulous profit liz exchange for stolen
gold. They travel along obscure foot
paths which cross the main road at
well-known points.
These are VIGOROUSLY dangerous
spots, from the murders that take place
near them. Travellers gallop swiftly by,
peering anXiously around. Shafts of
old disused mines hold ghastly secrets,
] was told that over hundred frozen
corpses lay in some of these, and that
the company is afraid to reopen them
for fear of the scandals that would
arise. Returning home one midnight
from a distant mine, | rode toward a
light in dell, to find two mounted
Cossacks keeping watch over the body
of man who had been murdered few
minutes be.ore. Men are slain for a
pair of boots or even passport.
| repeatedly met or overlook bands
of exiles going east, in slow, loose or
der guarded by Cossacks. Escapes are
not mfrequent, but they are made at
q terrible risk Days may pass by with
out food, and flies and mosquitoes are
more deadly than wolves. Escaped con-
victs travel by night, and peasants fire.
oucntly put food outside their huts for
these poor runaways, Forged or stolen
passports are carried, but many n man
is detected or captured by slight errors
in their preparation. The Cossacks
have to deliver at the journeys end the
exact number Of conyicts they started
with; and ghastly tales are told OF
peasants kidnapped to make up the mum
Der for those who have escaped en-
route. Once when | was travelling on
a by-1oad with governor of a district
he pointed out to me ragged man as
an Escaped" lie covered him with his
revolver and called the man to him
saying: "Show me your passport! y
The man turned white and trembled
"Unbutton your coat!" shouted the Of
ficer. The man obcyed and fell on his
knees. There were the polished iror
chains that he had not been able tC
remove. The officer broke into merci
full laugh, and throwing him piece Of
silver, allowed him to escape. --Bostor
Globe.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
A Startling Answer.

A Latin professor was explaining the der.
ivation of our word "ostracise" to his class
in local academy the other day. lie told
the story Of the early Roman republics and
the scheming of the politicians of the
times. lie related how, when any man in
the republic became obnoxious to his neigh.
bors, they used to write his name on an
oyster she'll Qatin-ostreum SHELF and on
the receipt of a specified number by the
consuls that man was banished, killed or
otherwise removed in some one of those
pleasant ways the old Romans had When
he had finished his explanation he said:
Now. the boy here in the front scat
what did We derive from the old Latin use
of the shell, which was called ostrcum?'
The answer he expected was far FROM
what he got, for the little student with
tpectacles in the front seat arose and dc
livercd himself thus:
From the Roman habit of using shells.
to get the best of people we derive the
present Coney Island she'll game, which is
9, fascinating and costly sport. Brooklyn
Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
Miss LOCkheart's
LETTER TO MRS. PINKHAM.
[LETrrR TO MRS. rISKHAM NO. 67,rotl

lLElltk ~ hkS flNkHhM NO. OT,IOdl
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had suffered for years with dropsy;
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from the pressure of the water. ] had
the worst kind OF kidney trouble, faint
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at time. also had female weakness
and the doctor said there was tumor
in my left side. The pains I had to
stand were something dreadful. A
friend handed me little book Of yours,
so got your medicine and it has'saved
my life. ] felt better from the first
bottle. The blcating and the tumors
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! Only the women who have suffered
with female troubles can fully appre-
ciate the gratitude of those who have
been restored to health.
Mrs. Pinkham responds quickly and
withoutcharge to all letters from suffer
ing women. EIeg address is Lynn, Mass.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
HIS LITTLE BUNDLE.
II Wasn't Much In Size Hut the Naluo
of 1t Astonished the Hotel
Clerk.

A quiet.looking, smooth shaver man, with
straw hat pushed back from his forehead
registered from an adjoining parish at the
Gruncwald one evening and laid package
on the counter, The package was about
the size OF an unabridged dictionary and
was wrapped up in an old newspaper that
bore the stains OF travel 1t was tied with
piece OF white cotton string. II wish you
would take care of this little bundle ior me
overnight, said the stranger. "Al right,
sir, replied the clerk, and, reaching for the
receipt book, proceeded TO fill out blank.
What's the value?' he asked, mechanical.
ly. "SiXty.hve thousand dollars" an
swcred the smooth shayen man in an off.
handed tone. What" gasped the clerk,
his pen averted in midair and his eyes as
round as cart wheels. "Sixty-tve thousand,
repeated the guest; "and, by the way, |
guess III just seal up that wrapping. II
beems about to fall off"
He opened the paper and disclosed a rect.
angular block of $40 bills, packed as tight as
sardines. Theye were nearly all well worn,
but nevertheless the grimy mass looked
strongly tempting. It's tremendous poten.
tialty drove a>spur into the Imagination oil
che dullest chap in the corridor, and every
body began to tell what he would do if he
were rich Meanwhile the smoothshaven
man readjusted the cover, secured it with
wax, pocketed his receipt and walked off
lie was a country banker bringing deposit
TO his local correspondent-N. o. Times
Democrat,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
Fnnston,s Ambition.


Gen. Funston, writing to friend in
Kansas from the seat of conflict with
the Filipinos, makes the following SEN
sible observations:
ION general principles I am not an
eXpansionist, but believe that since
we were, by an unfortunate train of
circumstances, thrown into this thing,
we should stay with it to the bitter end
and raw-hide these hullet-headed
Asiatic rufiians until they yell for
mercy And after the war | want q
job of professor of American history in
Luzon University, when they build it.
And I'll warrant that the new genera
ton of Filipinos will know better than
to get in the way of the band wagon Of
Anglo-SaXon progress and decency."
When Gen. Funston has finished
these Asiatcs, we are anxious that he
should have an opportunity to raw hide
the bullct-headed Americans who at
tempt TO stand in the way of Anglo
Saxon progress. -Chattanooga Press
Up in the mountains, fifty miles from
the City of Mexico, is the town of Cuer-
nevaca, says the Chicago News. There
the Emperor Macmillan made his sum-
mcr capital during the few years of his
troubled reign. In Cuernevaca he had
little home to garden called "Olnda,"
and there he and the beautiful Empress
Carlotta spent the few happy days of
their stay in Mexico. Adjoining
"Olinda' is the Jardin de la Borda, a
magnificent garden and park, built at
the cost of 81 100000 by the Mexican
millionaire Jose dc la Borda. In this
garden, with its marble terraces, its
beautiful canals and summer gardens,
Macmillan and his wife recalled the
glorics Of the French court and of the
beloved Baris, which the emperor was
never to see again.
Macmillan was at Cuernevaca when
word came to him that his throne was
threatened and he left his summer
home to go to his death. Now 'Olinda'
and its gardens have been sold to Il.
Heuers, rich German merchant, and
another relic OF the Mexican empire
has lost its identity.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
Could Remember some Things.

Travelling Missonary-And how many
children have YOU, Mr., Burdocky
Farmer Burdock (doubtlully) = Well,
now, dunno, There's Dick and John and
Kate-wife, how many children are there
around here!
His Wife-Nine; five boys and four girls
Travelling Missionary-A fine family and
fine farm, Mr., Burdock. You keep stock,
| presumey
Farmer Burdock-Oh, yes; I've got l7S
head of Jersey cattle, $50 sheep and 81 hogs
N. Y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
How to Reach Two Famous Resorts.
An Outing Hint from "Outing."


Fast, safe, superbly equipped and most
carefully governed, one need not wonder
at the great popularity of the New York
Central. No other line affords such facli.
ties for through travel between the East and
the West as this wonderful four-track sys-
TEN. In the possession of the Grand Central
Station, located in the heart of New York
City, and within trihing distances OF all
iirstclass hotels, this railway offers greater
advantages than competing lines. Spring,
summer, autumn and winter, it has attrac-
tions irresistible The great Northern vii.
derness, the playground of the State, now
beckons its thousands. As autumn falls,
Americas scenic masterpiece, farfamed
Niagara, will claim its annual host OF pill
grims with its majestic power, the fierce
turmoil OF the Whirlpool and all the pie.
turesque surroundings, the awesome Cave Of
the Winds and several other minor attrac.
tions of the vicinity. And when winter
comes, then the entire scene transformed &c
what seems faryand of marvellous frost
dressings, of icy forts and snowy palaces;
OF cleaning crystal prison barriers vainly
striving to bind the roaring, foaming plunge
of water-.will present a spectacle OF weird.
mysterious beauty which is not duplicated
in the world.-Outing.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
curiou. custom.

In China il is the custom for guests at din,
ners TO run around between thecourses, This
is supposed to keep the diners digestion in
good condition, but the nervous hustling
American needs something else, and there is
nothing better than Hostetters Stomach
Bltters. II a man or woman is suffering
with constipation, indigestion or any stom-
ach trouble it's their fault ii they don't get
well, Hostetter's Stomach Bitters will cure
them. See that private Revenue Stamp
covers the neck OF the bottle.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18

"a man in 10 Davies county sent two
dollars TO New York for the purpose Of find.
ing out how to make 800 day" And did
he find nut?' Eyes. lie received letter
containing slip on which these words were
printed: Get a job in mint. Chicago
Times Herald
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18

81 am told she is one OF the Four
Hundred. while her husband isn't"
"Ycs. Her husband made his money
in trade. YOU know.
How about her money!"
"0h! she made hers by marrying
Puck.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18
Then the Talk Lnnguished.

Stranger (who has been out between
every act at the theater)-These high
theater hats are a great nuisance.
His Next Neighbor-Well, | don't
know that they are any more of a
nuisance than these broad theater
breaths.-N. y. World.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18

An honored member of the Kentucky
colony in New York city, says the Sun,
was reading his county paper the other
evening after the cares and burdens of
the day, while his wife sat near him en-
gagged upon her needlowork and evil
IDENTIFY thinking of mother, home and
friendss.-
WELL" said the husband, looking up
from his reading, that is really one OF
the most remarkable occurrences ever
heard of. Indeed, IL seems incredible"
what is it?" inquired the wife with
out stepping her work.
Listen to what this says" and he
read as follows:
"Georgc Harp, of Fayette county,
while visiting his son-in-law in Madi-
son county, mistoot carbolic acid for
whisky and made toddy of it, which
he drank, aud died from its effects a
few minutes later"
Il don't see anything so astonish-
ingly remarkable in that" commented
his wife. People arc making mistakes
like that almost every day"
But, my dear, he mistook it for
whisky
well, he had to mistake it for some
thing. He wouldn't have taken it on
its own account, would hep
"No,' he halted, but you don tseem
to understand, my dear and there
was shade of annoyance in his tone.
Il do, too" she answered, slightly
nettled at the insinuation. II don't
think am any stupier than some other
members of this family"
What she might have said further OF
what he might have said will rever be
known, for her eyes fell upon the head
of the paper in his hand and she
stopped.
"0h, Harry" she exclaimed, "why
didn't you say you were reading from d
Kentucky paper? And to think, too
that he made toddy out of it! I'm al
most glad we live in New York, aren't
you?"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1899-08-18

Il should like to have you paint my por
trait, but 800 marks is too much. Mr.. kraus
painted portrait of a friend OF mine for 500
marks Very well, I'll do it for the same
price--but tell you in advance it'll be an
awiully accurate likeness" = Fliegende
Blaetter.