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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
The TURN OF THE TIDE.

You may fondle your fame. like a hunter
his game.
And exut In the roar and the rattle,
While the multitudes shout and the can
non blaze out
The praise of the victor In battle;
But the victor will pine when the shout
ings subside,
And another will shine at the turn Of the
tide.
You may garner your gain, like a farmer
his grain,
And boast OF your bonds and your
money;
You may gather your wealth by struggle
or stealth,
As gathers the bee Its honey:
But your honey will pail In the heat Of
your pride,
And turn into gall at the turn Of the tide.
You may subjugate men. as swine to the
pen
BY the rod Of the tyrant are driven;
You may flourish the whip with a merci-
less grip,
While force to your fingers Is given;
But your fingers will fail, and the men
you deride
WIN flourish the fail at the turn Of the
tide.
You may prosper by wrong. as tyrants
do, long,
And rule like pitlless Nero:
And the truculent slave may Justify rave
In praise of his maculate hero:
But the tyrant will quail when the Judge
shall decide,
And the right will prevail. at the turn Of
the tide.
George Whitman. d. D., In Chicago
Standard.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
WOOD FOR ART LOVERS.
Mig Prices Paid by Americans for
Beds, Tables and Chairs Made
of Genuine Teak.

The eastern disturbance has been
productive in our peaceful American
cities of large sales of all sorts of en-
broderies, carvings, bronzes and fur
niture of Chinese manufacture.
Only a small quantity of the black
and red carved Chinese wood has found
its way far into the United States, for
Americans have only recently begun
to appreciate its beauty and its espe-
cial adaptability to our country houses.
There is now demand for it, though it
fetches as handsome prices as the best
old undergraduates teak is what
the householder desires in preference
to what comes from Bombay. Bombay
teak is a softer wood and most elabo-
rately carved in rather meretricious
patterns, while the furniture makers
of Canton use only the rudy ironwood
of Tonquin, which, in its natural state,
is the color of our rosewood, and which
when dry is as hard as metal. From
time immemoral the cabinet makers
of Canton have fashioned this beauti-
full wood in the pure Chinese shapes,
carving it while the sap still ran in the
fiber and seasoning it afterward and
making beds, tables, chairs, tea
stands, sofas, ETC., for the mandarins.
Sometimes the ironwood was left in
its natural red-brown color, highly
oiled and polished, and then inlaid
with mother-of-pearl or ivory, and al
ways, in place of any trifiing uphol-
stery, for the seat and back of chair
or sofa and for tops of tables, hand
some mosaic disks of warm red stone
or rosily veined marbles were set in as
needed. To soften the stony seat loose
cushions stuffed with gorgeously en-
broidered leather or silk were tossed
in the chairs. A mandarin household
furnished magnificently throughout
with teak was what gave the idea OF
imitation to the English in Hong-Kong
and to both English and Americans
when they settled in the coast cities of
| China.
For years Canton has done a -four
ishing business in the manufacture
of this special type of furniture, and
with an eye to trade the Cantonese
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08

learned to copy the shapes of Euro
pean furniture, to upholster in tufted
silk and satin and thereby forget
their classic Chinese forms entirely.
This is to be lamented, for now that
teak is coming into fashion on this
side of the Pacific, the buyers clamor
for fine specimens of the pure old
Cantonese shapes.
The American purchaser prefers his
teak chair or table to be stained
black, its seat and top to be of mar
Bile, and he does not vince at pay
ing a good big price A genuine man
darin's bed of red-brown wood, dec
grated not only with fanciful carv-
ing but record in ivory figures
along the panels of the mandarin's
noble deeds in peace and war, readily
commands $3.50. A table from q
princes palace library, its top a mo-
sale of pebbles as bright and varied
as a platter of jewels, fetches lit
tie short of $500, while a superb chair
of classic old Chinese shape, its seat
and circular center of back Of warm
red marble, is worth no less than
$3.50.
These rather abnormal prices are
asked because now that the french
own Tonquin they levy heavy ex-
Fort duty on the ironwood taken
from their forests, and a second lib
eral duty is paid at the American
ports before the eastern furniture can
be brought in: The situation, how
ever, is no damper on the enthusiasm
of the teak-furniture collectors In the
United States, who are decided upon
having the best and who buy the
richest embroideries they can lay
their hands upon TO use in making
cushions for their costly chairs and
tables and for draping the wicker
mattressed beds where generations OF
pig-tailed princes have slept the sleep
of the just Chinaman.-Chicago Rec
ord
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
SLEEP AND BEAUTY.
Rosy Cheeks and the Hue OF Health
Depend Largely on the Rest
Woman Takes.

Beauty has its foundation in physi-
cal well-being, which must be under
stood and obeyed, these laws being
clearly indicated in our physical and
mental constitutions. They demands:
Proper food and drink in such guam
titles as the system is capable of read
lily assimilating; air and sunlight in
abundance; sufficient exercise, rest
and sleep; an agreeable temperature;
perfect cleanliness. The whole secret
of perfect form and rosy cheeks lies
in pure blood, produced by wholesome
food, by healthy and active vital or
gans, oxygenated and vitalized in
well-expanded lungs, and kissed by
the life-giving sunlight on the sur.
face of the warm check. She who will
have the color she coyets on any 9TH
err terms must buy it of the apothe.
cary and renew it every time she
makes her toilette. We cannot in.
sist in this connection too strongly
upon the Importance of that essen
tial-- sleep. 1t is perfectly hopeless
to expect rosy cheeks and the hue
of health if care be not taken to de-
vote proper number of hours to
sleep. The actual number depends
much upon the individually. Y
Weekly.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

Germany exports to Canada about Nx
times as much as she imports from that
country On the whole, however, Ger
man products are gradually losing
ground in British North America
In Born 60 and Labuan postage stamps
10 the value of 100000 were sold last
year, though the postage on the mail
from these two countries does not ex-
coed $4,000 year. 1t is the collectors
who buy the stamps.
The ten largest German cities are to-
day Berlin, 1,Ss4,345 inhabitants; Ham,
burg, 7O4, 500; Munich, 100000; Leipsic,
Ass, l2O; Breslau, 422 AIS; Dresden, $685.
$40; Cologne, 37O,6S5; Frankfort, $751;
S13; Nuremberg, 26O,743; Hanover,
234, 1856.
At small village near Namur dis
covery has been made OF 900 pieces Of
Roman money in perfect state of pres
ervation, belonging to the third and
fourth centuries, and bearing effigies
of no fewer than Is different emperors
and expresses.
A Chinese poem celebrates the
praises of a Chinese beauty named
Alice, who lived about the time of the
much-lamented Emperor Mo-vang, in
the eleventh century. She was said to
have the largest eyes and the smallest
feet of any lady of her time.
A veritable quick luncheon" it lie
said, is to be had at a restaurant in
Paris, where dinner of several courses
composed of concentrated food in the
form Of tablets can be consumed in a
few minutes. The entire meal indeed,
can be carried about in the vest pocket
or pocketbook.
German capitalists have planned the
construction of railroad through the
Samoyede peninsula with the object OF
bringing the wheat of western Siberia
quickly and economically into the
world market. The wheat will be
shipped by the OBJ and its navigable
tributaries TO Obdorsk; then by rail to
the seacost and thence by vessel 70
| London or other ports
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
prnner WnY 10 Eft Shoes

People would find less difficulty with
ready-made shoes, says an experienced
salesman, if they would stand up to
fit them on, instead of sitting down.
Nine persons out Of ten, particularly
ladies. want comfortable chair while
they are fitting shoe, and 1t is with
the greatest difficulty you can get
them TO stand for few minutes even
after the shoe is fitted. Then, when
they begin walking about, they won
der why the shoes are not so comfort
able as they were at the first trial. A
woman's foot is considerably smaller
when she sits In chair than when she
walks about. Exercise brings large
quantity OF blood into the feet.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
pITH AND POINT.

Jealousy is lis own reward, and Il
usually happens that it gets tn. 7,
Herald.
"My boy, don't put sugar on yom
hash. It's very bad form" Willie
"But it's awfully good taste."-Yal,
Record.
There is good deal said about keep
ing abreast with the times, but the real
important thing is getting ones work
done up on time,-Atchison Globe.
1t is folly to attempt to please every
body. 1t matters not in which direction
a man faces he must of necessity turn
his back on half the world.-Chicago
Daily News.
A Surface Indication.-"Lucy has
gone away to boarding-school,' said
one East end girl to another. $50 !
heard" "But don't think it is very
heightened school," "Why?" 'Be-
cause it has terms instead of semes.
ters." - Pittsburgh Chronicle Tele-
graph.
Whom Did She Mean?-Mr. Burt
I'D hate to be that man Wiggles; he
has to ask his wife for every cent he
spends" Mrs. Blurt-"Good for him;
! know a woman who has to ask her
husband for every cent she spends, and
usually gets only half she asks for
Ohio State Journal.
"You don't seem as fond of poetry as
you used to be-" remarked the waste
basket. "No," remarked the Office goat;
I'm suspicious OF it. l picked up q
poem yesterday that looked very sweet
at first sight, but it turned out to be a
bit of satire. l never tasted anything
so bitter. philadelphia Record.
"Yes," said the author, "when get
started writing novel / do lost con.
siderable sleep over il" "Oh! well"
exclaimed the critic, who had neat
way of Disgusting bitter dose of sar-
casm under the sugar-coating ofappar-
ent flattery, what your loss is your
readers gain. catholic Standard and
Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
HEIR TO THE CALF OF MAN.
An American Who Inherlts n Little
Island Near the Isle of
Man.

Gerald N. Carey, heir apparent 10
the little kingdom of the Calf of Man,
who has been working as an assist
land, British Columbia, was at the
New Markham hotel one day lately,
stopping in Denver, he said to make
hurried examination of mining MAJ
chinery. He was on his way to Eng
land and the little island off it's coast,
which is owned by his uncle, whose
heir Mr.. Carey is, says the Denver Re-
publican. He registered from Peal,
Isle of Man, for the very good rea-
son, he explained, that there is no
town or city on the Leg of Man, and
also that the family for several years
past has spent a good deal Of time
on the neighboring island, where he
was born.
81 am going back to Mainland to
join my uncle, w. L. Drinkwater
Carey, who, through the death of my
grandfather, has lately come into
ownership Of the Leg of Man. said
Mr.. Carey. "The little island is sep
arated from the Isle of Man by mar
row channel. 1t is in reality a part
| of Mainland. In old times the peo-
| pie were the same and their laws
and customs and habits of life were
identical on both islands. The Calf
of Man is much the smaller. My IA
Their would have inherited the island,
as he was the eldest son, but he died
several years ago. I am my uncle's
heir, and some day / may be the
owner Of the island, which we are
pleased to call kingdom, although
1t is not quite that.
"But we do claim absolute owner
ship of the island, even to the min
erals that may be found, and the
reason that my uncle has sent for me
at this time is that l have gained
some knowledge of minerals and min
ing since coming to America, and !
shall make a thorough exploration OF
the island to discover If there is min
eral in it. For long time we have
| tHOuBHb tHdb tutTt WAS IL ITCH lOue Oh
silver running through the little do
main, and my uncle wants me to
make test Of it. If there is silver
in paying quantities, of course, we
shall work it,"
W. L. Drinkwater Carey claims to
be more than n tenant of the little
island. lie has entered upon his lit.
tie kingdom, which is smaller than
the principanty of Monaco, not as a
tenant of the LADY of Man." who is
Queen Victoria, for he claims abso.
lutte ownership. The island has beer
in the possession of the Careys foi
many generations, coming into the
family through a grant from Kline
Edward as a reward for meritorious
service. There is but one inhabited
house on the island, the old seat OF
the Careys, substantial stone build
ing that is surrounded by 100 acre,
of cultivated land.
The present owner OF the Calf o,
Man has lived most of his life in tn,
United States. He left home "a year,
ago, and has been a resident Of Chi
cago almost ever since. He returned
only few years ago to enter int
possession of his kingdom.
|
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
THEM CHAINED.
Sck Upon English Scouts
I've De Wet Too Much
I Trouble.

e is reported to be, the
dant, Christian De Wet,
low giving the British in
mo end of trouble, is capa-
Br, though of a sort that
hys please his antagonists.
. three yeomanry scouts
foners by him. The Boer,
ire to be burdened with
hese three yeomen, on
before him, that he had
ispatch for Gen. Rumble
tild undertake to person
to the general he would
k their liberty. Naturally
8ted at the proposal, and
We De Wet their word of
liver the missive into Gen,
= hands. They received
lope, well sealed, and
yard appearance of con-
important document.
may have thought it
.oposal from De Wet to
lender. In any case they
saddling up and covered
baste. On reaching Run
ters they insisted on
(tter to the general per-
his opening 1.-THE three
pding as his audience
ythe contents as follows:
le-Dear Sir: Please chain
devils, as / can't catch
y. Yours, DE WET.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
FEAR OF WILD ANIMALS.
There Is Really Less Ground for II
Than for Dread of
Lightning.

OF all questions asked by people who
have never been much out OF doors none
seems so simple to the old-timers as
that which concerns the dangers to
which the camper may be exposed from
the attacks of wild beasts. 1t is chief
w women and children who ask such
questions, but it is evident that in the
brains of many inexperienced persons
is firmly established belief that wild
animals are dangerous-that wolves,
panthers and bears prowl about seek
ing whom they may devour. This be-
lief is in all probability survival in
part of earlier days, when the most civ
ilized men dwelt largely in the east,
where might be encountered lions
which would attack them, or hyenas
ready to snap up the stray child wan
dering away from the camp, or bears OF
the type encountered by the irreverent
infants who apostrophized Elisha, and
also in part of that time when the
weapons of primitive man were so fee
BILE and of so little avail against the wild
beasts that these were justly to be
feared.
This feeling, says Forest and Stream
already existing is encouraged and
strengthened by a certain amount OF
the writing of the day. The average
man and woman love to read bear or
panther or wolf story not less than
do small boys and round-eyed children
| listen with pleasure to the tales of some
venerable uncle or grandfather who re-
lates the story of the wolves that used
| to howl about his cabin or visit his
sheep fold when first he settled in the
country.
In this land of America, as many
know, there are no such things as dan
gerous animals, though there are crea-
lures which may be made dangerous.
The wolf, the bear and the cougar are
| far more anxious to get away from man
than man is to get away from them.
If given the opportunity they will al
ways slip away and run, and if they
fight it is because they believe that
they have been cut off from every ave.
L
nue. of escape. Where an animal has
been wounded it is a different matter.
Then often considerations of prudence
are forgotten and the animal acts on
impulse, instead doing what it knows
to be wise; but even so, there is much
more danger from wounded deer than
from wounded panther, and vastly
more from wounded moose.
But for the average man who is trav.
cling through a new country where
wild animals may be plenty, who stops
when he has made days march and is
at home where night finds him, there
Is not now nor ever was more danger
from the wild animals of the country
than from the lightnings which blaze
in the summer sky. Many more people
have been killed by lightning than
have been run over by stampeding buff
falo herds or killed by unwounded griz'
Ely bears or by all the other animals OF
the prairie put together. One might
almost say that more people have been
struck by falling meteorites than have
been killed by panthers or wolves. And
yet from day to day the newspapers
continue to print bear stories, cata.
mount stories and wolf stories, and
probably they will do so until long
after the last bear, catamount and vol
shall have disappeared from the land.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
$1.OO A YEAR.
PRINCESS CLEMENTINE.
Daughter of Belgian King 10 lie
Nun In Spite of the Pro-
tests of Her Father.

Princess Clementine of Belgium,
who will soon enter convent ana
take the veil against the protests
of her father, has desired to retire
into religious life for the past two
years and has been thus far restrained
by parental authority.
The princess is the third and young
est daughter of King Leopold of Bel
GUM. She was born on July 80, 1871
One of her sisters is married to
Prince Phillip of Saxe-Coburg, and the
other, who is eight years older than
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
THE IDEAL HUSBAND.
He Not Only Provides Well for His
Family, hut shows Constant Con-
alteration for His wife.

The man who makes the best hus-
band has temper calculated to bear
the wear and tear of everyday life.
He does not fly into a passion at
trife, or vent his rage at things that
nobody on earth could have prevent
ed. He may show his righteous wrath
on occasions, and rail at persons or
things that deserve it, but he doesn't
harp on the annoyance for hours aft
erward and make everybody about
him miserable. A good proportion of
men who take to drink do it because
they have little else to occupy their
time. When a man takes to doing
nothing from choice, look out for
that man. He is pretty sure to soon
drift into bad habits. The best of
husbands is considerable; he is always
thoughtful regarding his wife, per-
forming various acts likely to minis
ter to her comfort. If men had any
idea how women love to be taken care
of and looked after they would, per-
haps, exercise their own powers in
that direction little oftener. Con-
sideration smooths wife's ways for
her. When husband comes home at
night and he meets her, tired and
worn with the burden a1d cares of
the day, of which he knows nothing,
a kind word will cheer and comfort
her as nothing else will. - N. Y,
| WReklY
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
Ind While BesIeged.

Palmer, the war CORE
accompanied the relief
the allies to Picking,
Jed a bottle of ale all the
Entsin to the Chinese cap
how welcome it would
d when he crawled out
poi, emaciated and FAM
e did," writes Palmer,
e beer and to ask why
plumn had been 90
!. He has gained ten
aw him last. Rice und
EN- to be fattening."-
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
SAVANNAH COUNTY, TENNESSEE 1901.

always been her cry. "Your childrer
need a strong will to govern them"
"Yours is strong enough" he said,
grimly.
81 could not be burden, although
l have money" She lifted her head In
proud way.
"Try me- he said. "See if l find yoy
q burden"
"You don't understand" Her eyes
filed with tears. 81 will never marry
you. am too delicate!"
"You SHALL" His lips took deter
mined curves she had never seen be.
fore. 81 have been patient man, but
now"
"There's the young minister" she
rose, hurriedly. Entertain him few
minutes, please" She slipped from the
room.
"Marry her in spite of herself. Now!
Now! Where there is a will" He
started ms IL an electric battery had
charged him at the next thought. mo
license needed" He greeted the min
lister quietly, The conversation moved
idly as they waited for Miss Hill to
come in again.
After she had spoken to her guest,
Mr.. Horace crossed the room to where
she stood. His shoulders were well
back. his head held high, his step that
of a conqueror. Brother Simms," he
said, gravely, "you come at most
opportune time. My counting is the
talk of the neighborhood and we are
going to put an end to the gossip"
"Mr. Horace. this is so student" the
minister gasped.
unlike my courting,' grimly.
'But the family is away!"
"It is Miss Hill ] want to marry. Will
you perform the ceremony, Brother
Simms?"
"Not without witnesses" The minis
ter drew himself up with sudden min
isterial pomp.
Mr.. Horace stepped from the window
and swept the landscape with anxious
eyes. The clang of a cowbell cut the
soft air. Old Ben was crossing the
yard, his grandson, boy of ~ or IA
years, following him. He came over
to the porch in obedience to the sum.
moning hand, and his eyes grew large
as he entered the house with the boy
The cows were slowing filing through
the barn yard gate. The sun had set
and its soft light filled the room. The
minister opened a prayer-book. The
expression on Miss Hills face puzzled
him. He remembered that she had said
nothing.
miss HILL" the minister began.
Would / force her to marry me
Brother Simms?" Mr.. Horace's eyes
were full of entreaty as he turned then
on her.
"Are you willing, Miss HIP"
"Yes," family. Then in clearer
tones: Perfectly willing"
There was an exultant ring in thu
mans voice as he made the responses
the woman's voice was low, but audible
Ben shuffled forward and congratu
lated them; "but she don't act like
herself" he muttered as he went out.
The minister's departure left then
alone. Old Mr.. Horace drew his brid,
to his heart and held her there in 81
lence. A man has wisdom straight
from the gods who refrains from
speech at such time.
Horace" Mr.. Horace's wife's voic,
was full of regret. "If you had mar
ried hefore-now am old"
| rat her fondly, and the,
lther, these middle-aget
pt will they say?" sh
people-and the neigh
faint rumbling Of wheel
viii say old Horace Stringfiel
ed himself at last" He pat
3and, and chuckled as hi
patient neighing grew NOR
sold fellow" he called, an,
|ang ike boys, "be patient
lie overo
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
An AssumDtiOn.

"I never saw man put on such airs"
said the street car conductor. as he
rung up fare.
"He merely said that he hoped for
some consideration because he was
regular patron"
That's what | object to. The idea
OF his assuming such superiority and
calling himself "a patron He knows
as well as do that we just permit him
to ride. "--Washington Star.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
Nh Lonuer Youpu

"Come, children" said Mr.. Widwer,
introducing the second Mrs. Widwer,
"come and kiss your new mamma"
''Gracious!" exclaimed little Elsie,
"lf you took her for new they stucE
you, pa."-Philadelphia Press.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
The secopd Mood

Stockman-You remember that
"polnter" you gave me on the street
yesterday?
3onds-Yes; what about it?
Stockman-Why, / tried it, and as q
consequence I've come around to see
Il you couldn't let me have q retriever.
Richmond Dispatch,
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08
An Al Enemy.

Casey-Whoi don't We pay Cassidy tn
tin cints ye owe him?
Costigan--Faith, Cassidy up sucl
a good foight Oh wudn't be friends wit
him fer anything.-Judge.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-03-08

Booth Girl-Take chance and help
the poor orphshs?
Stinge-No, I'm not buying tonight
am merely an observer.
Booth Girl-Ah, close Observer
Philadelphia North-American.