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Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26
AN ORIGINAL TURKISH BATH.
Nothing Like the Luxurious Process
That We Know In This
Country.

About the first real craving that
strikes the unsophisticated American
or Englishman upon his arrival in
Damascus is the desire for Turkish
bath right on the spot where the ia
nous bath was originated" said
traveller in the New York Times. "His
reXt decision is that New York or
0 London Turkish bath is about as
far ahead of the Damascus article as
mothers pies. beat the bakers. In
view of the eastern origin of these
baths / naturally expected to find
something of luxury.
Entering one of the finest baths in
the city, ] was at first sight much
pleased with the general appearance
Of things. Dog of a Christian that
was, ] entered a large open court, in
the center of which gushed splen-
did fountain, while the scene all
about was at first impression one OF
an oriental fairyland. All around the
fountain on raised platforms were
combination chair couches upon
which orientals were lolling as only
orentals can. Some were reclining,
some mapping, some slipping coffee,
some smoking the narghileh, some
chatting, and one was going through
the red tape contortions required by
Allah when the 90 Moslem prayers
ire offered.
"As if to carry out the fairyland
idea, instead of being conducted to
private room, in conformity with the
views of propriety of the western dog
of an unbeliever, was expected to
lisrobe before this miscellaneous
audience. Also, before the audience
in the street whenever the door was
opened My clothes had to store in
drawer under my couch. The pub
icity of the dsrobing act was modi-
fed somewhat, however, by the at
tendants, who by the use of towels
formed n temporary screen. After
this they gave me wooden sandals
with high strips fastened to the
soles, which converted them into
sort Of high silt. / saw no use for
this contrivance excepting to further
the chances of breaking my neck.
| With these stills on | was taken to
the hot ROOM where there was a
temperature not higher than that OF
New York city on hot summers
night. After remaining here some
time there was some slight rubbing
and deal of leg pulling and arm
jerking.
Desiring a shower bath, believer
in the True Faith aimed garden
hose at me and doused me with such a
sharp stream that had all the show
err | wanted in three seconds. Then
they wrapped me in Turkish towel
and turbaned my head for me and
led me to n couch and bade me rest.
I rested, wishing for an hour in my
fnvorite Turkish bath in New York
city. far from the land of Allah. with
in earshot of the clanking trolley car
and in district over which reigns
only Sheik Tim Sullivan.
"As, mere idea of satisfying
curiosity nothing can top the visit to
the Damascus baths. But, unlike the
Turkish fig, the Turkish bath is not
at its best when sampled on the
| spot,"
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26
A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK.
Her Father and Did business
on That Basis.


This incident is recalled because oi
the fact that the travelling freight
agents recently made flying visit TO
the city, and incidentally held their
fifth annual convention, says the De-
troit Free Press.
A daughter of one of this frater.
nifty married prosperous young
business man of Detroit. Throughout
the impressionable period of child
hood she had heard much of rebates.
The word was endlessly repeated in
her fathers conversation, and was
not to be detached from her mem
DRY.
When the couple were about TO en-.
gage in housekeeping her husband
told her to figure out about what
her household expenses would be, al
low margin in her favor, and fix
the answer as determining the amount
of the weekly allowance he would
give her.
She had long conference with the
grocer, meat market attached and all
vegetables in season. 1t was decided
approximately what the weekly bill
would be for her small family, ana
then she asked about rebate.
Rebate" he echoed, 'why, bless
your heart, I've put everything down
to The lowest notch. Couldn't throw
off cent. Couldn't think of it. [
must put everything high if you In
sist on rebate
"Well, that's just what do.
Every smart business person gives
and takes rebates. Papa always
thought more or less of them than
he did of anything else in the world
except himself and ready money. If
] can't get a rebate, I'll so some
where else. I'm no novice when it
comes to business. Please under
stand that. What would trade and
commerce be without rebates? l
leave it to yourself"
So the grocer advanced his price
20 per cent, and allowed her Is per
cent. rebate, an arrangement highly
satisfactory to herself. She secured
an equally gratifying bargain with
the dry goods merchant, the milk
man, the dressmaker, the coal dealer
and the ice man. Her husband scru-
tinized the figures suspiciously, but
his chief aim was TO have certainty
and a system, so he made the al
| lowance.
During the recent cyclone in stocks
he participated. At the finish he was
squeezed sponge, and ready to be-
gin life anew as a farm hand or a
sewing machine agent. She cheerily
opened up her rebate fund, counted
out $1,000, enabled him TO cover so
that he cleaned up competence, and
then took him into the back yard ia
solemnly inform him that he would
never prosper, unless he looked close
| ly after the rebates.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26

A LITTLE NONSENSE.

"What is this social struggle VIC hear
so much about?" ut is partly getting
In yourself and partly keeping other
people out."--Louisyille Dispatch.
"a woman's disposition can be
shown by the pitch of her voice."
"More especially when the pitch is not
used to blacken another's character"
Philadelphia Times.
Improved Witchcraft.--"I suppose
the witch in your new play rides
broomstick?" "Broomstck? What
ails you? She rides a carpet-sweeper."
Chicago Record-Herald.
Carrie-"I suppos2 you'll think it
funny, but Billy White has asked me
to marry him." Bertha-"Funny, you
dear creature! Why, it's positively
ridiculous" Boston Transcript.
Nell-"Tm surprised ather marrying
him. She used to say she'd never mar
ry man who didn't have fortune
with at least six ciphers in it," Belle
swell, his fortnue is all ciphers."-
Philadelphia Record.
IL understand" said Mrs. Malaprop,
"that you've been building fine big
church in your town." "Yes," replied
the visiting clergyman, 'it isn't very
ornate, but there is nave in our
church that" Gracious! you don't
say. l hope he didn't steal very much"
Philadelphia Press.
A Practical Juliet. - Reginald-"l
love you, Madeline. For you would
give up family, position, wealth."
Madelne-"Hold, Reginald! Giving
up family is all right fain would
be spared mother-in-law; give up
your position if you can get bet
ter one; but please hold on to your
wealth. We may need it."-Kansas
City Journal.
Manager Ito new actor)-"Your
performance of Hamlet is the very
worst I've ever seen. If there had
been any money in the house, / should
have been bound in honor to return
it at the doors. AS it is, several friends
have sent in and peremptorily de-
manded that their names should be
removed from the free list. ."-Glasgow
Evening Times.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26

The great question of the elixir Of
life has been veXing philosophers for
centuries. A scientific man has now
entered the field with new theory
for prolonging mans mortal span.
A man, he says, has definite nun.
Der Of waking hours allotted to him,
and the fewer he uses up the longer
will his life last. If, therefore, he is
contented to sleep most of the time,
there is no reason why he should not
live for 200 years. He adduces the
case of the negroes as an illustra-
tion. The expert may very possibly
be partly correct, but whether the
life he prescribes would be worth liv.
ing may be doubted. The allotted
threescore and ten years spent in the
Ordinary way would probably be in
initsly preferable.--London Globn.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.

A jury at indianapolis has acquitted
n man charged with passing counter
felt money, the counterfeits having
been put into a Jackpot" during a
poker game.
In recent interview Bjornson de-
clared that Europe consists OF two
races-the French and the others.
"France," he said, ''has surrounded
herself with a Chinese wall"
DR.. Hannah w. Longshore, the first
woman to practice medicine in Phila-
delphia, has just celebrated her
eighty-second birthday. She has been
a physician in the Quaker City for half
a century, and was born there.
NJ De Witte, the Russian minister of
finance, is one of the few men who
have risen above the bounds which
aristocracy imposes upon his class.
He is of humble peasant origin, and in
his youth walked several hundred
miles to join the ears army
Rev. DR.. John Wa tson clan Mac.
laren') and others recently dined with
w. S. Caine, NJ. p. Mr.. Caine offered
to give $50 to hospital fund through
the man who would make the best
pun on his name within five minutes.
Brains cogitated for awhile, and then,
just as the time was about to expire
and Mr.. Caine thought be was to es.
Tnh lNntcN,, rnt1. Atnnnft ho
in such a hurry, Caine."
81 think said A. Bronson Alcott
in one of his conversations, when a
man lives on beef he becomes some.
thing like an OK. If he eats mutton
he begins to look sheepish; and, il he
feeds on pork, may he not grow swim
ish?" "rhat may be-" said DIR. Walker,
of Cambridge, who was one of the
listeners. "But, when a man lives on
nothing but vegetables, think he is
apt to be pretty small potatoes"
Edward Tuck's gift to Dartmouth
college of 100000 for building for
the Tuck School of Administration and
Finance, already established by him
with an endowment of $350,000, is q
noteworthy event. Mr.. Tuck's plan
promises to bring Dartmouth college
into relations with the practical busy
life of the United States. A school for
the training of tirst-class business
men will attract to Dartmouth many
young men of ability.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26
Hwy To WnHI RenI Lnce

Duchess point or any real lace may
be cleaned by washing it carefully in
tepid water with fine soap, rinsing
well and pinning it carefully while
wet on a board covered with flannel.
An iron should not be allowed to
touch this lace, and the points must
be pinned very carefully, so as to
keep the pattern true and even. If il
becomes dry before it is pinned, mois-
ten with a damp spong and let the
lace dry thoroughly before removing
it. BY careful handling the lace may
be made to look as good as new.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26
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v,.....e-Snrcndfng skirts.

The trailing skirt Is an effective
agent for the collection and dissemina-
ton of disease germs. Out of homes
infected with consumption and other
diseases this cumbrous creation goes
forth carrying its death-dealing bacilli
into the streets, public places and cars
where the accommodating apparel OF
other women gives them hospitality
They are thus transferred to homes
not vet contaminated by disease, but
which, thanks to every lady S draper
les. soon become foci for iniectiol,-
Chicago Tribune.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26
81 % A YEAR.
LANGTRY's NEW HAT.
Famous EnEIish Actress sfnscgurn;ed
n Millinery Fashion That
should become Popular.

From across the water comes the
news that Mrs. Langtry has a wonder
full hat which she wears with stun
ming effect in her new play, "The Roy
al Necklace" 1t is a leghorn, that
charming straw OF smooth, delicate
weave which is beloved by every wom-
an who ever looked into hat window,
1t is heavily trimmed with a simple
wreath of May flowers.
As every woman knows, these sim
pie" effects are not simple at all, but
simply maddening" to arrange. Since
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26
Carry Your own Luncheon

It is very curious to notice how
the custom of carrying lunch on
train is steadily coming back into
favor. At first everybody did it, just
as they now do in England, on ac-
count of the absence of dining cars.
When these were introduced the
really fashionable people Immediately
began to patronize them, and left the
lunch basket to those who could af-
ford nothing better Now, however, it
is considered the correct thing to
have ones lunch put up in dainty
basket by q good caterer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26

The English fashion of breakfast
jackets with low sailor collars is be-
ing taken up by many beauty seekers.
1t is n sensible and becoming style,
and the best possible way to acquire
a pretty neck and throat. Any num-
ber of society girls are making a
practice of having all their house
gowns constructed without collars,
and as consequence the improve.
ment in the color of the skin is much
haEtened.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26
Cogent Rensoning.

Lena-I didn't think you would let
a man kiss you on such short ac-
quaintance.
Maude-Well, he thoroughly con-
inced me that II was all my own
fault that | hadn't met him sooner.
= sert Set.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1901-07-26

Jester-I understand that, our pas
tor is going 10 preach through a mega.
phone hereafter.
Jimson--Wly is that?
why, the sleeping members Of the
congregation snore SO loudly that the
others can't hear. ."--Ohio State Jour
nal.
The courier., 1901-04-27

spirit droOps. l can see only the in
termediate sorrow, the shame. the
suffering. the cOncealment, the rejec-
tion, the passionate torment Of men
and women, born to neither one race
nor The other, scOrned by both; innO-
cent exiles; broken, for the sins Of
others, upon the wheels of the world! |!
l feel like battling against that which
threatens to undermine the integrity
Of my own race.
But my friend says the shame is
here and that it can not be ignored.
She says that facts must be accepted
as they are found. l am sure the
clubs must face the situation. And
wonder il they dare say: alt is the
men among you who have sinned; it.
is you, the women, who must pay the
penalty"
could not say it; but there may be
those who can. 1t is certain that the
clubs must face the question at the
next biennial.
The courier., 1901-04-27
The Influence of the Stage.

American, are an imaginative peO-
pie. The faces of an audience watch
ing clever actors work out the roles
of an interesting play reflect the emo
tions in the order they are produced
on the stage. Entirely forgetting
place and occasion by far the larger
part of the audience gasp, or weep or
laugh as the situation is thrilling,
pathetic or droll. Everybody knows
that the play is but a tour de force
and that the actors are not really i'm
love or in pain or dying or dead. that
nobody's heart Is really broken, that
nobody's daughter is shamefully wan
dering at night with bit Of an old
shawl instead Of a hat on her head.
Everybody knows the actors Of the
drama are company Of well-dressed
well-drilled, we'll set-up men and wO.
men, who travel in Pullman cars and
stop at the best hotels. But never.
theless the faces that watch good
actors are wet with tears or convulsed
with laughter, or righteously set in
confirmatOry approval Of the hero's
virtuOus defamation. Some people
are even profoundly moved by theat-
rical performances. Yet the theatre
which is so powerful an agent Of the
The courier., 1901-04-27

emotions. Is neglected and frowned
upon by the very people who are de.
voted to the saving Of souls. The
best ministerial orator who can move
his people to tears or smiles is seldom
able to keep the absorbed attention
OF an audience from the beginning to
the end Of his sermon. The theatre
might be converted into the most
effective means Of teaching truth.
chastity. honesty etc. because people
are but children and the drama is a
picture, a concrete example Of the
good and evil Of whole life com.
pressed into short story or a play
and enacted in an evening before
absorbed eyes.
The courier., 1901-04-27
THE COURIER.

nesus camped down around Toy for
the long siege. Egyptian history is
said to begin about 5000 years ago.
The savants are not agreed and we
might as well leave them discussing
whether the authentic remains be,
long to the period 1000 or 5000 b. G.
The age Of the oldest Sequoia trees is
certlhcated in the tree and connects
us indubitably with the early morn
ing OF history. Yet we would cut
them down for the profit of a furni.
ture company. Before the heroic age
OF Greece began these majestic trees
held the nests Of extinct birds. Pri.
meval men gazed at the straight,
strong bOles in awe. To the abOrigines
the trees were mysterious ancestors.
To the American philistine the big
gest tree was only 100000 cubic feet of
lumber and he cut it down.
The courier., 1901-04-27
OBSERVATIONS.
Arbor Day.

Arbof Day.
'sThe groves were Gods first tenn
ples," and in ancient times they were
often considered sacred. During the
progress OF the centuries, and espec-
tally in these later years, this spirit
of simplicity and veneratiOn Of nat
ural objects has rapidly been elimi.
mated. The next step in this process
of demolition is the appropriation of
Once-revered objects to personal use. :.
In the case Of forest-destructiOn this
tendency is especially deplorable.
The consumption Of timber in the
United States is estimated at no less
than $4,000 acres of groves every twen-
ty-four hours. To the credit of Ne
braska must lie placed the first defin.
ite effort to counteract this wholesale
destruction of forests. At the annual
meeting Of the State Board of Agri-
culture on January 4. 1872, an ArbOr
Day resolution was adopted, and at
the first celebration over a million
trees were planted in Nebraska. Hon.
j. Sterling Morton, Secretary Of Agri-
culture in the Cleveland cabinet, in
stituted the first American Arbor day,
which is now recognized as one Of the
most helpful and patriotic events Of
the year. The popularity of this cele-
bration is due largely to the fact that
it was welcomed by the teachers and
made part of the education Of pupils
in the common schools Of the United
States. About hundred trees have
been planted on the Lincoln school
grounds during the present month.
and ArbOr Day programs were given
in most of the school buildings.
An appropriation has recently been
made by the California legislature
for the protection Of the sequoia trees
Of Calaveras. The diameter of twen-
ty Of these trees exceeds % feet and
are therefore about 10 feet in c:rcum.
etcrence. One tree which has been
cut down by the American lumber
man was 3O2 feet in height and 96
feet in circumference. 1t was sound
to the core and had been growing for
three thousand years. The Indians
spared these trees, they regerenced
them, but the people who have super
ceded the natives cut down the trees
to make sidebOards. bedsteads, and
tables. The Egyptians would com.
NIT lesser crime if they pulled
down the pyramids to get building
stones. Think Of it. here in the new
world are trees which have been
growing organisms for 5000 years.
They are older than the beginning Of
Persian history. Grecian history is
mere guess work till the Olympiads
in 776 B. G. and the SequOias had
then been growing 724 years, The
little green stalk had pushed its head
out Of the ground and was slender
young tree four hundred years old
when the warriors from the Pelopo-
The courier., 1901-04-27
Pigeon n-Shooting.

Pigeon Shooting.
Harpers Weekly last week printed
a cartoon Of pigeon as large as a
bull being shot from a trap and
catching the trap-shooter by the
throat. Bull-baiting is really a less
cruel sport than shooting at pigeons
thrown from a trap, though we con-
slider it 50 because the pigeon is too
small to hurt the man with the gun
II his aim is poor. Columns have been
written by the superior Anglo Saxon
about the brutality Of the Latin bull.
batting amusement. or the two the
bull.fighter Is more civilized. The
bull is not fettered, he has horns, and
hOOfs, he is swift. he is cunning, and
he sometimes kills the tOreador.
The doves are defenseless. Shut into a
dark box, they are suddenly thrown.
by strong spring. into the air.
Blinded they are as apt to fly in one
direction as another. The man who
shoots them has the sporting instincts
OF the gunner who fires at birds be-
fore they are flushed. The wounded
birds that get away die after days Of
fevered suffering. Birds Of the field,
that legitimate hunters shoot. occa-
siOnallv get away, hut hidden in the
woods or fields they have chance for
their lives, and the birds that are
killed are cooked and eaten.
The courier., 1901-04-27
Poseur.

A Poseur
The Congregational church will
not try Mr.. Heron for heresy, but fol
conduct unbecOming gentleman and
a Christian. The Congregational
church is singularly vague about
heresy. Each church is a law unto
itself. Occasionally but not frequent,
ly Congregational church asks for
the advice Of other ministers of the
same denomination. but there is nc
synod or cOnvOcatiOn Of bishops that
has any power either mandatory or
advisory over any Congregational
church. Mr.. Heron has been expect
ing summons to a he resv trial for
years. But not one mir .ster Of the
Congregational church was willing to
assist Mr.. Heron in his search for
nOtoriety and his desire for martyrs
pose. Lately DR.. Hills, one Of the
manifest of ministers. refused to speak
on the same occasion with Mr.. Her.
ron, not because OF Herron's views,
not because Of any heresy but "be.
cause,' Dr. Hills said, IL am plain
common man." Mr.. Heron is to be
tried for charges Of immortality and if
it be found that his conduct meas
ures up to the standard of the COM
mon layman, who but promises at the
altar to fOrsake all others and cleave
only unto one, he will be acquitted of
the charges.
There are deep pitfalls dug for the
feet of refOrmers.
From Wolfenbarger to Heron the
constant temptation to strike highly
moral, halOed attitude in public, and
yield to temptation while people are
looking the other way, has gained
many victims. Unless man has extra
human strength, it is not given to
him to stand in bright light and on
high places as an example to humanity.
The effect Of worship upon a man is
to make him think himself superior
to the moral law his wOrshIpers OBJ
serve. Man can not be elevated above
his fellOwmen without getting dizzy
then the devil tips him over with
touch. He was made to walk on the
earth. His head is not strong, in
spite of the defamation Of the mans.
rights man. His flesh is weak and
when he elevates himself he misses
the supporting shoulders of the crowd.
The list of refOrmers is long one and
some Of them, by the grace Of God.
have not fallen below the standard
set and cOnformed to by the plain
men. A refOrmer makes up his mind
that the plain men and women of his
day and church or state are wrong,
and that he knows better than all the
rest of his contemporaries. He must
be somewhat of fanatic to get in
,piration enough to overcome the in
srtia or current OF custom and habit
Ind to get even small part of the
world to follow him. Convinced that
ne is right and all the world is wrong
t is not difficult for him to convince
himself that whatever he likes is
light for him. Mr.. Heron has a
mall following and it has made him