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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
NElGHBoRS.

Jack and JAMIE live side by side;
They're neighbors close In eozy way,
And oh, what pleasure they have indoors
Or out In the street at play!
Ah deary me! II they'd always agree,
What fun they could have in their play
FOR Jacky and JAMIE keep house and
School"
And sometimes they set UP store and
trade;
But once in awhile things don't so right,
And they quarrel then, I'm afraid.
Yes, deary me! These two disagree
And quarrel at times, I'm afraid.
Then they play apart for the morning
through,
And never neighborly word they say;
But they don't seem happy-I wonder
why
And II isn't pleasant day,
All, deary me! Why can't they agree,
And make 1t a pleasant day?
But after luncheon they sidle out,
And jamie, perhaps, has a piece Of cake,
And she stands close up TO the garden
fence,
So Jacky bite can taks.
For, deary me! They soon would agree
II Jacky bite would take!
She holds 1t out with sidelong glance,
And Jacky moves up and takes bite.
| And then-the trouble Is past and gone;
| They will play together till night.
Yes, deary me! They now can agree.
And they'll play together till night!
Youths Companion.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
THE ECCENTRIC EGG.

varying densities of the liquids account
for the erratic actions of the eggs.
To make an obedient egg we require
an egg which has previously been
blown. Through the hole you pour
sufficient quantity of silver sand to
fill quarter of the egg, and then seal
up the hole with wax. Having done
this, your egg can be made to assume
any position. You can perform the Co.
lumbus egg trick with the greatest
ease, YOU can balance it on the fiat
part of knife, on its sides or on its
pointed end, the only care being taken
each time to well shake the egg in or
der to allow all the sand to collect at
the desired spot.
This is the obedient egg; now for the
disobedient one-the egg which will
only stand in one position, viz, on its
pointed end, and which if subjected
to any amount of shaking cannot be
made to assume any other position.
Through the hole in the top pour
some shot and add small quantity OF
sealing wax. Then hold the egg over
a gas flame, taking care not to crack 1t
The wax and shot will then melt, ant
when cooled, and the egg is placed OF
the table, it will assume an upright
position and nothing will cause it tc
take any other; it can be knocked
down, but it will Immediately jump W
again into its old position.-Golder
Days.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
GIRLS WITH POOR VOICES.
Apparent when Speaking
In Public.

The most noticeable defect in an
otherwise excellent dramatic per-
formance recently given in this city
by a set of college girls was in the
matter of voices. OF the large cast
there was just one young woman who
possessed voice of anything like
requisite quality. Hers was both rich
and carrying and it was an added
pleasure to listen to her lines as she
spoke them from the contrast. with
the others, says the New York Sun.
Thin, throaty tones or, worse, those
with a distinct nasal intonation, are
bad enough to the sensitive ear when
used in the key of ordinary conver-
sation. When it is needed to expand
such voices to the declamatory point,
then lack of volume, displacement
and mellowness are painfully evident.
Faithful practice may do much to
correct faults of emphasis and inflec-
ton, but the most sanguine coach
will not undertake to make over a
poor voice in a course of three or
even six weeks rehearsals. The pos
sibilities of the speaking voice are
beginning to be understood. Parents
are discovering that it is wise plan
to cultivate in their daughters and
their sons, too, for that matter, an
agreeable voice for the speech of life.
Instructors in the art of develop
ing the exquisite mechanism and
wonderful capability of the human
speaking voice are springing up on
every side. 1t cannot be long before
1t will be a positive reproach for a
woman of education at least to speak
in shrill, nasal or unplaced tones.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02

WIT AND WISDOM.

At the Post Oflice.-"Is there any
mail for me?" "What's your name?"
"You'll find it on the letter."-Indian-
apolis News.
1t is a mistake to tell ones troubles,
which is a mistake often made greater
by telling them to some one who TALKS
too much.-Atchison Globe.
The early cucumber joke may be
laughsble, but when it comes to dou.
bling man up it isn't in it with the
real thing.-Chicago Daily News.
Towne-"Henpeck tells me that his
wife actually pulls his hair when she
gets mad" Browne-"Why doesn't
he keep his hair cut short?" Towne-
II asked him that and he says his wife
won't let him."-Philadelphia Press.
Reporter No. IL hear you were
fred?" Reporter No. 2-"Yes, but 1T
was my own fault. In writing np the
accident forgot to state what might
have happened had the disaster oc-
Cured an hour arlier."-Baltimor
World.
Housekeeper-"Why did you leave
your last place?" Servant-"Faith,
the lady an her husband was always
quarrelin'." "What did they quarrel
about?" "Bekase / wouldn't lave till
me twS weeks was up!"-Philadelphia
Record.
Little James had been telling Wis
itor that his father had got new set
of false teeth. "Indeed," said the Wis
itor, "and what will he do with the
old set?" sob, s'pose," replied lit
tie James, "tbey'll cut 'em down and
make me we If them."-Pittsburgh
Bulletin.
Accommodatlng.-"Come back as
soon as possible" said her mistress to
Magic, who was going home in re-
sponse to telegram saying her moth
er was i'll. "Yes, num-" promised
Maggie. A day or two later letter
came: Dear Mis- Smith: will be
back mex week pleas KEEP my place, for
me mother is dying as fast as she can
To oblidg Maggie. ."-Lippincott's Mag.
| aZine.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
HELEN's PET PoRCUpINE.

three forked sticks. Each one of the
men took one of these sticks, and the
boy took hatchet and climbed the
tree. When all was ready, the boy
cut off the limb of the tree, and down
came the porcupine. Papa and the
two men caught him with the forked
sticks.
Then they took bag they had with
them, got him into that, tied string to
each end of the bag, put pole through
and papa and the boy carried him
through the swamps and woods seven
miles to the nearest house. There
they hired boy to take them in a team
ten miles into Bridgetown. When they
got there, papa took box and put
some wire over the top. "Bluenose,"
for that is what we call the porcupine
was then fixed to bring home. He lost
a good many quills on the way home,
for most all the people wanted one as
a souvenir.
At first l wasn't very well pleased
with my birthday present, but papa
has fixed q neat little bedroom down
underground for him to sleep in when
it is cold. He told me to feed him,
and take care of him, and Iwould soon
learn to like him. Every morning
Bluenose is up watching for me to
come and feed him. He makes little
whining, crying noise that seems to
say: 'Do get me some breakfast" j
give him birch leaves, apples and sweet
corn. / do not know what / shall do
when the birch leaves are all gone, for
he seems to like those very much. Per
haps they make him think of his old
home in Nova Scotia. When give him
an apple he sits up on his hind legs
takes it one of his paws and eats it,
Just as | have seen monkeys eat. lie
doesn't drink any water. Dogs don't
seem to like him, but great many
have been up to his cage to see him;
some stand and bark at him; Others
look and run away. Even if he isn't
handsome, he is a gentle, kind old fell
low, and / would feel very bad now to
lose him.-Helen G. Fuller, in st. Mich.
| O1as
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

James Mortimer, the translator into
English of Capt. Dreyfus' book, is q
journalist, dramatist and an author
ity on chess. He is the author of the
"Chess Players Pocket-Book and
Manual of Openings"
The honorary degree of doctor of
laws has been rendered by the Univer-
sity of Dublin to Hannis Taylor, of
Mobile, formerly United States min
lister to Spain, and author of the
"0rigin and Growth of the English
Constitution" and of international
Public Law"
A monument to the late Rev. Elijah
Kellogg, the preacher and writer of
books for boys, is projected in Maine,
and three towns are laying claims to
its location-Portland the city of his
birth; Brunswick, where he was edu-
Gated, and Harpswell, the little sea-
coast town where he preached SO
many years and where he died.
The civilian Black Memorial
Light" the beacon erected on Quart
Point, Isle of Null, by contributions
from the admirers and friends of the
late novelist, is now flashing over the
waters he so often and SO beautifully
described. 1t is handsome castellated
structure, As feet above high water,
and visible 12 miles away in clear
weather. The cost was $500. III
at is given to few men to be HON
ored by so many literary memorials
as DR.. Arnold (the famous master of
Rugby has been," says AnnaB McGill,
in the Book-Buyer. Coleridge, Arthur
Clough, Matthew Arnold, Dean Stan
ley, Thomas Hughes-all these have
recorded his wonderful personal in
fuence, his beautiful loyalty to his
friends, his fidelity to great prin-
ciples. iu
Mrs. Robert Louis Stevenson, says
the Critic, has taken up her perma-
nent residence in San Francisco. She
has built house overlooking the bay,
| and filled it with memorials of her
husband. Adjoining her, and forming
l i'''' VI uSi hVuSN, 10 Anab Va iNi oOh
by her first marriage, Lloyd Osbournc,
and his family. San Francisco was
Mrs. Stevenson's home before she was
married, and there she met her hus-
band. a.IY
Once in awhile the severity of a
critic does an author service. An
drew Lang once performed an Office
of that kind for Barry Pain. Mr..
Pains first book, "In Canadian
Canoe" was youthful and immature
| production, and was severely treated
by the critics. 1t is said 'eyery editor
in London felt the punishment too Sc
we're for the crime" and to express
a practical sympathy, orders began to
pour in on Mr.. Pain, who presently
had more than he could do.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
81 % A YEAR.
HAS PET pORCUPlN2.
Little Girl, Living at Amekhury,
Mass, Tells About a Queer .reA-
ture Her Papa Gave Her.

My papa, in company with two other
men and a boy, went into the Nova
Scotia woods in the autumn for va
cation trip. When he went away he
promised to bring me some Kind OF
pet for my eighth birthday, and a
porcupine is what he brought, lie
seemed like an ugly-looking pet with
so many sharp quills sticking out all
over his back, and Iwondered how
papa ever caught him. lie said when
he was away out in the woods, seven
miles from the nearest house, he saw
him way up on the limb of a birch trees
getting a breakfast of birch leaves.
The first thing papa did was to cut
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
DOCTORS DISAGREE.
Eminent Astronomers Who Are ~
Odds About the Temperature
of Mars.

= Astronomer Brooks, of Geneva,
thinks Mars is inhabited. Astronomer
Holden, of New York, thinks not. DIR.
Holden thinks men would freeze in
Mars. Brooks thinks that DIR. Hold
ems assumptions arc not warranted
by the facts. But the two astrono-
mers seem to disagree about the facts,
for DIR. Brooks, who has seen the Mar
tian canals, says that DR.. Holden dis
believes in hem, says Harper's
Weekly.
But supposirg DR.. Holden to be
right about tbs frostiness of Mars,
why should moi unfreezable creatures
live there? DR.. 5. d. Mcconnell, in the
Evolution of In mortality" "speculates
hopefully abou the ability of active
and progressive human souls to build
up for themsel es during earthly life
u physical fab lc, made of indestruc-
tible ether, which shall survive the
body of flesh, and flourish comfortably
in frost, flames or water. These in
destructible bodies would be material
and fit to express the physical life Of
rational souls. They seem to be very
much such bodies as ghosts and spir-
its have always been understood and
expected to have, but DR.. Mcconnell
makes them seem likelier and more
comprehensive by suggesting that
they be made of n real substance, and
that the substance is the luminous
ether. He writes in the light of such
recent additions to our knowledge of
this ether as have come through
the experiments of Struve, Helmholtz.
Lord Kelvin, Dolbear, Tesla, Ront-
gen and others, and through the work
ings of the IN ray and wireless tel
egraph apparatus.
1t don't really bear on Mr.. Holden's
views about Mars being inhabitablc
to say that ghosts could live there,
for he has not been speculating about
ghosts, but creatures like ourselves.
But Mars as place of residence for
souls with bodies made of indestruc-
tible ether, is more interesting than
Mars with no one on it at all. More
over, if rational beings with indestruc-
tiblc bodies which can pervadc matter,
are scientifically conceivable, modi-
fled bodies, not necessarily indestruc-
tible, but adapted to Mars, are con-
ceivable also.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
Ruined His opportunity.

"Yes, there is no doubt he stole the
hoss. But jest as we wuz goin' to
string him up he said somethin' about
playin' tn concertina for th' last
time. Well, tn boys all liked music
an there wuz concertina in Ike
Hunken's cabin thet had belonged to
tenderfoot that passed in his checks
dozen year ago. The boys fetched
it out an Bill Stump told tn fclIer
thet if he'd play Rock o. Aget' clean
through we'd let him go. SO we all
sat round an the feller started i'm
"Did he play it?'
"Played it clean through. But we
hung him jest tn same"
How was that?" Nd VI
9Th dern kiyote played it iz rag
times"--Clcyeland Plain Dealer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
LATEST People on Earth.

A traveller who visited the Sand
wich islands claims to have discov.
cred among the natives there the
"laziest people on EARTH. lie writes
that during his visit to one of the
islands none of the inhabitants did
any work to speak of: They squat.
ted, chatted, laughed, played, and
acted in other ways more like a lot
Of little folks on summer evening
than the responsible heads of house.
holds. Nature gives them enough to
eat without any considerable labor
and they seem contented with what
they thus receive. At Honolulu and
other points work is done, but alto
gether the people of the islands are
as lazy as they are happy.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
Dress in senate,

1t is not always safe to judge a
man by his clothes, but dress goes
long way in certain localities. If
anyone doubts our democracy, let
him spend II day in the gallery of the
United States senate, the least dig
nifcd upper house" of legislation in
the world "Bcfo' de wah" all men,
bers were clean shaven, wore black
frocks and high stocks, beavers, peg
top trousers, and solemn air OF
public Importance privately ex-
pressed. They believed in their
hearts that they were statesmen, and
the world acknowledged them as
such. Dignity was the chief quail
ity, pride their most cherished pos
session. The old-timers, like Morgan,
Teller, Cockrell, Berry, Proctor and
Daniel, still wear their before-the-
war clothes, dignity and pride, but
the post-bellum regiment of politi-
clans is uniformed in the sack suit
or the cutaway.--N. Y. Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
TRICKS WITH EGGS.
How Bright Boys and Girls Can Have
Lots of Fun and Mystify Their
Elders md Friends.

Procure three glass bottles, and fill
them with liquids as follows:
A, fresh water.
B, well salted water.
C, salt water containing only half
the quantity of salt used in b.
Now take your egg and place it into
jar A, and you will find the egg will
sink to the bottom.
Now take another egg and place 1t
in jar B, and it will remain on the top
of the liquid.
If third egg be placed in Jar c, it
will sink into the center of the water
and there remain.
To the ordinary onlooker this ap-
pears astonishing, but of course the
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
Dangers at Sea.

The sudden decrease of the tenn
perature of the sea-calsed by an
iceberg-would be shown by ther.
mopile placed on the ships bottom.
Edison says an apparatus on the
keel sensitive to sounds transmitted
through the water would detect the
noise made by steamer miles away.
A wooden funnel, or hood, on deck
collects and reveals sound inaudible
20 the unaided ear. An Englishman
has invented modified Marconi APP
naratus 10 warn vessels from rocky
soasts seven miles away.-N. Y, Sun.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
rilling for cocoanut Tartn.

Cook in top of double boiler for
about ten minutes cupful of milk
and a quarter of a pound of freshly
grated cocoanut, then cool; beat two
eggs and quarter Of cupful Of sugar
until light, add teaspoonful of crack
sr dust to the cooled mixture and favor
with vanilla; fill into small patty pans
lined with pie crust and bake in mod
crate oten.-Housekeeper.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02
A seIf-Made victory.

81 can't understand how Dooberby
got reelected treasurer OF our club"
"Why can't you?"
"Well, he got more votes than
shere were members present, and |
now eight that didn't vote for him."
Chicago Record-Herald.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-08-02

Newfo following
well chewed before he hardly knew
He
him
smoking
high ne
little terrier well off his feet and nearly tore the ear from
lighted
ninmn He
fa6a h eft a asadderan II
The age-herald., 1901-04-28
BY Jvttvs CHAMBERS.

sentation. Do these asservat,ons win them any more favor from those inter ested in condemning them? Not at all.
 On the contrary, it seems to make Athe
 hostility toward them more intense. Sure
 ly this Is not the American Christian spir- it that is so vauntingly preached and
 written about In thousands of puipits and hundreds of religious publications.
 am not . Christian Scientist. but hold 1t to be the duty of every citizen to do all that in him lies toward sustaining and strengthening the principles of toler- atian and freedom of opinion. Be Chris tian Science a "dclusion," fad" am "imposture,'' CT vhiatercr else it's op- ponents assert i. is. those that adhere to- tt are entitled. to fair play and can be- nevc and practice what they please. pro- vided they do not Infringe upon tre' rights of others and obey tho law. The growth of the ''cult." as it is the fashion to term 1t, Is one of the most remarka- ble events in religious history and it's progress sesms to haxe only begun. In. a maFveleusiy short period of time 1t has attracted to itself a very large follow ing among persons of wealth. culture and social prominence. Handsome and costly places of worship have been erec-. ed by it's adherents in various cities of the union and fin England The total val-. ne of the church property held by the Scientists in the United States is esti- mated at twelve millions. of dollars. The number of members is said to be over one million. Onepof the churches in Bos-. ton claims to have the largest consre- gation in the world. between ffteen and sfNteen thousand persons. These figures are stxrtling and 1t is mt furprisinE that the evangelical churches are beginning tn bs alarmed sk tlR asf0nishiuus stnersnss
The age-herald., 1901-04-28
ShaM the cAziseaN 5cAevtAsts Be Tersecuteda

It Is fortunate for the Christian Scien- tist that they are living in the twentieth century. Had this form of religion. or no religion. as he majority of people now believe it to be, made It's appearance two or three hundred years ago, its votaries would undoubtedly have been visited with all the bloodthirsty forms of persecution which wers then inflicted on helpless mi norities, and which in one form or aa- other. still survive in many parts of ths world claiming to be. civil.zsd. That tina spirit of persecution Is not dead is conciu- stvely shown by the bitter attacks recent ly made on the scientists by several cler- syrnen of different denominations. Chris tian Science is." said one of them. "blas
 phemy against God the Father. in deny- ing His personality; against God the Son. fin denying His divinity, and the reality of His atonement for sin. and against the Holy Ghost. in asserting that Christian science itself is the spirit of God. re- gard the leaders as deliberate enemies of frue religion, and wilfull deceivers of those who follow them" There is not . religion on earth against which. at one time or another, that indictment in letter and spirit was not presented Ro- man Catholics. Protestants. Jews, Quak- srs-alI have passed through the. same experiences with the horrible aecompani- rnents of thumbscrews. racks, scaffoids,. stakes, faagots, banishments. Protesta- lions of innocence were of no avail. They only infiamed the prosecuting zealots.. whoever they chanced to be. In the same way the Christian Scientists now declare that they do not hold the beliefs attrib- uted tor them, and denounce' the misrepre-
The age-herald., 1901-04-28
pied. It's former inhabitants have long

pied. It's former inhabitants have long since scattered.
 The house itself is one of the early landmarks of the city, according to the story told by old residents of the vicinity. It was evidently one of the finest resi- dences of St. Louis at the time 1t was built, and no doubt many gathering of the finest folk in town was seen inside it's walls in the long ago.
 The old staircase has hand-carved fili- gree work on 1t; the walls show that they have been painted time after time in col ors artistic and handsome. The timbers used to support the structure are of the massive hand-newed kind. characteristic of buildings erected many years ago. r August Wilkinson who has eoal yard at the corner of Third street and Clark avenue, has been engaged in tearing the building down at the order of the local authorities, and will use the ground in all probability for a coal yard. He says he has been told by old residents that the building Is over 100 years old. Whether the skulls were placed there years ago or more recently he Is unable to say. John Maauine, ST., a retired real estate dealer. has had. tho renting of the house for the last twenty-two years. and he says that !t is probably one of the oldest dwellings, fn St. Louis.
The age-herald., 1901-04-28
4 eAsfIX DISCOVERY.
Skulls Found in Tearing Down an
 Old Building.

From the St. Louis Globe Democrat.
 While tearing down an old building at 217 South Third street recently, August Wilkinson found nearly a dozen human skulls between the rafters supporting tho ceiling of the second story room of the house., They varied in size from that of an infant to those of full-grown men and women. They were kept for time by Wilkinson, but later hauled away with the dirt that was being carted from the premises How long the skulls have been thcrs or by whom they were placed is a mystery that bids fair never to be solved For many years the house has been tenanted, but of late It has-bec unoccu-
The age-herald., 1901-04-28
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of the Scientists. One distinguished d. vine boldly declares that they must be "crushed out" But how? All the Ies- sons of history ,goe to show that physi- cal force, could 1t be brought into opera tion under our governmental system. has ,i,ad the effect of swelling the numbers of those 1t was intended to suppress. It never succeedede any where In any age, and 1sver' will while human nature is con- stituted. as it is at present. A policy of persecuff01 Is ouf of the question The Scientists 10 not belong to the classes upon whonn1t could be safely attempted and the sympathy that it would fnevita- bly, arouse for tlss victims of 1t would be fatal to the causeAadyocated by it's fnsti- gators. There must be no crushing out" Business In tho United States