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VOL. 11.
NEWLY fitted up.
LABORING MEN’S HOME
Restaurant & Lodging,
Wm. B. Brown, Proprietor,
183 Bryan St., SAVANNAH, GA.
Meals at all hours. Choicest brands of
wines, liquors and cigars al ways on hand.
j?e in in i-zr’T• s
HUMAN HAIR EMPORIUM.
Ladies’ and Gents’ wigs made to order.
Also Fronts, Toupees, Waves, Curls,
Frizzes and Hair Jewelry. We root and
make up ladies’ own combings in any
desirable style. We have character Wigs
and Beards of all kinds to rent for Mas
querades and entertainments. Ladies and
children Hair cutting and shampooning.
Also, hair dressing at your residence if
required. We cut and trim bangs in all
of the latest styles. Cash paid for cut
bair and combings of all kinds. All goods
willingly exchanged if not satisfactory.
Kid Gloves Cleaned.
R. M. BENNETT,
No. 56 Whitaker St. Savannah, Ga.
FRANK LIN F. JON ES,
AT STALL NO. 31, IN THE MARKET,
Announces to his friends and the public
ihat he keeps on hand a fresh supply of
the best Beef, Veal and Mutton, also all
kinds of game when in season, and will
be glad to wait on his customers as usual
with politeness and promptness. His
prices are reasonable and satisfaction is
guaranteed. Goods delivered if desired.
DON'T FORGET. STALL NO. 31.
GREEN GROCERY.
—o —
HlbNItY FIELDS
THE OLD RELIABLE
GHEtEEIN GROCER
WOULD inform his friends and the
public that he still holds the fort
t his old stand corner South Broad and
East Boundry streets, where he keeps on
hand constantly, a full supply of fresh
Beef, Veal, Mutton, Pork, Fish, Poultry,
Eggs, Game and all kinds of Vegetables.
Prices reasonable—to suit the times.
Goods delivered if desired.
Lost Her Silver.
One of the best stories of the season is
told of a hostess at a recent fashionable
luncheon in Washington. She ordered
to be placed among the table decorations
a set of salts of exceedingly handsome
and novel design, which, coming from a
very dear friend, were among the most
highly prized of her wedding gifts. One
of the servants placed the name cards
against them. One of the guests, after
admiring the salt, find supposing from
the card resting against it that it was in
tended as a favor, tool; it up and put it
in her pocket, and most of the other
guests, one by one, followed her exam
ple, while the dismayed hostess, utterly
unable to understand the meaning of
such proceedings, looked on in speech
less surprise. When her guests depart
ed she counted her treasures and found
that she had but two left. The next
day came the explanation. A polite
note was received from a lady who had
been present, saying she had neglected
to take her favor, mentioning it, and
asking the hostess to kindly send it. It
was sent.
Not So Very Large.
A rather good story is told at the ex
pense of Ira Shafer, the great legal ex
pounder, of New York. Some live years
ago Mr. Shafer had occasion to appear
in one of the courts of Providence, R. I.
Os course, he appeared for the defense.
.As a New York attorney he naturally
put on a few frills, which did not en
dear him to the Court and the other at
torneys in the least. Finally a ruling
of the Judge threw the bumptious Mr.
Shafer into a state of mind. He ex
pressed his opinion, as to the provincial
ism of Providence, and intimated tliat
he was not receiving the consideration
due a distinguished representative of
the New York Bar. “Look here, Mr.
Shafer,” said the Judge, “we all under
stand that you are a New York lawyer
of distinction. New York is, a big
city, too; but if all the rascals and shy
sters were sent to the, penitentiary, it
wouldn’t be a bit bigger town than
Providence.” Mr. Shafer’s respect for
the Court was very much increased at
this point in tlie proceedings.
Knows It.—The King of Denmark
won’t liave a soldier in his army unless
Uu* man liae a large and robust nose.
Buch noses indicate firmness of ehar*
acter.
Bow Easy, It Is.
How easy it is to spoil irday,
The thoushtlessX*wL of a cherished
friend,
1 he selfish act of a child at play,
The strength of a will that will not bend,
The slight of a comrade, the scorn of a foe.
The smile that is full of bitter things—
i hey all can tarnish its golden glow,
An take the grace from its airy wings.
' ow easy it is to spoil a day
By the force of a thought we did not
check. 1
I Little by little we mould the clay,
And little flaws may the vessel wreck,
The careless waste of a white- winged
hour,
That held the blessing we long had sought,
| The sudden loss of wealth or power—
And 10l the day is with ill inwrought.
How easy it is tospoil a life!—
And many are spoiled ere well begun—
In home light darkened by sin and strife
Ordownward course of a cherish? 1 <•
By toil that robs the form of its graoe,
And undermines till health gives way;
By the peevish temper, the frowning face,
The hopes that go and the cares that stay-
A day is long to ba spent in vain,
Some good should come as the hours go
by.
Some tangled maze may b? made more plain,
Some lowered glance may be raised on
high.
And life is too short to spoil like this.
If only a prelude, it may be sweet;
Let us bind together its thread of bliss,
And nourish the flowers around our feet.
I Watchman.
A PICNIC EPISODE.
Clayford was the home of some very
pretty and attractive young ladies, what
ever else might be said of the young
men. Certainly dainty Mattie Crondit,
queenly Helen Murray, and her sister
Kate were maidens upon whom a con
noisseur of female charms might have
deigned to bestow more than a passing
glance.
Now, if there was anything Clayford
as a community excelled in, it was gos
sip. Its proficiency in this was not to be
wondered at, perhaps, considering the
fact tlgit every family worth considering
at all was related by natural ties or by
marriage to every other family; and it
was perfectly natural that anything af
fecting one individual was a matter of
interest to all the others; and so when
Charley Brouse entered the church on
probation it was a subj *ct for widely
different comment from every member of
this heterogeneous family.
The fraternity at the store loudly de
clare'! that Charley Brouse neve r ba
known how to be civil and now he never
would; while, on the other hand, th
church-members set their seal upon it
that Charley Brouse was destined for a
great and shining career; and in this
circle of popular opinion he became the
“bright particular star.” Long before
his six months’ probation was at an end
he was by acclamation elected superin
tendent «f the sabbath-school, and more
than ever, if possible, mammas doted
upon him, and stern fathers held him
up to luckless sons as a pattern of ex
cellence.
Just previous to this event the shrewd
est of Clayford’s female gossips had pro
mulgated her firm belief that “Charley
Brouse had a kind of hankering after
Kate Murray, and as for Kate, la! she’d
snap at the chance any minit.” But her
story had not gained much credence,
for Kate had numerous beaux, such as
they were, and no one else had Observed
that he had paid more attention to her
than to any of the other pretty girls.
At this juncture in affairs a Sabbath
school picnic, the only public amuse
ment the church society ever indulged
in, and to which even the store sent its
quota of delegates, was held in the
forest skirting the bank of the little
lake. It was the event of the season,
instituted each year solely for the
children’s benefit, and to the credit of
the riders be it confessed this holiday
c rdributed not a little to their enjoy
ment. The lake offered its placid sur
face to those who cared to risk their
lives on the few weather-beaten boats
drawn high up on th.* beach, and the
“forest primeval" held many a sylvan
retreat for rustic lovers and places of
concealment for the boys and girls who
scampered among its shadows in the
game of “hide-and-seek." and it was
SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. APRIL ‘M. 1881.
amid this scene and while deep in the
mysteries of this game, that little Ada
Billings, by a lucky chance, was able
to throw more light on the subject en
grossing the public mind than the ablest
of CBytord’s gossip-mongers had done.
On good authority it is safe to say the
child was innocent of intentional spying,
and only in the zest of animal spirits had
tun away from her comrades, thinking
they would hunt for her, and so stum -
bled upon a scene that cause I her little
heart to beat fast with a new sensation
and her eyes to open wide like two big
blue-fringed gentians. In this state of
open-mouthed wonderment she stood an
instant and then turned and ran as
swiftly as her little feet could carry her
straight to her mother, who was sitting
in a circle of Clayford's best people-
Flushed, tearful, and dripping with
perspiration, sh--flung herself, face down
ward, into her mother's lap.
“Why, Ada, what ails the child!’ ex
claimed Mrs. Billings, giving her a
vigorous shake. Bui Ad i only buried
her face deeper and did not answer.
“Ada sit right up, and tell me want's
the matter, this moment!" demanded
Mrs. Billings, half impatiently, yet with
some concern in her voice.
Thus adjured, Ada slowly raised ner
scif, and keeping her face bidden bv
her hands, said between her sobs:
“ I—saw—the— superintendent—kiss
ing—Kate—Murray—boo—boo!”
The circle looked aghast.
‘‘Where? When?" gasped Mrs. Bit
lings, excitedly.
“Over there in the woods. I didn’t
mean to see it," faltered the child.
It was a thrilling moment, for Mrs.
Billings. The knowledge all Clayford
was almost dying of curiosity to learn
lay right here in her hands. She deter
mined to make the most of her oppor
tunity.
“Ada,” she solemnly commanded,
“jess you go right on and tell us all
about this—don’t you skip a word,”
holding up one finger threateningly.
With drooping head and scarlet cheeks
the child continued: “I was runnin’
the sand, and was jest stoppin'
to turn round an’ go back, when I heard
somethin', an' I looked up the bank an’ I
saw the supcr’teudi nt and Kate Murray
gettin’ up from a seat; and his arm was
’round her, an’, an’ he kissed her, an’,
an’ hugged her; an’ he kept his arm
round her, an’ they came this way, an’ I
run back, that’s all. ’
“You’re sure that’s all?" urged Mrs.
Billings, anxiously.
At this moment the couple under dis
cussion sauntered into view, cairn,
umufil'd and sedate, and only those who
had ju.t learned their secret knew the
meaning of the glad light in their eyes
and the brilliant bloom on Kittie’s face.
“1 do declare, they make a purty
couple,” whisper' d Mis. B'ackmm to her
companions.
And so said all Clayford when it had
become accustomed to the fact that it
was really to be a match; but little Ada
could never aga n quite reconcile the
solemn, dignified superintendent and the
proper young lady who sang like an
angel in Sabbath-school with the senti
mental pair she had overtaken in the
woods.—[Chicago News.
A Little Mixed.
Professor Snore, of the University of
Texas, is a man who is very apt, when
he becomes excited, to transpose his
words. Having occasion to rebuke his
son, William, who is liecomin" rather
fast, he said :
“You must thing this stop. Only
yesterday I saw you parading Austin girl
with an avenue of the opposite sex on
your arm, a burning dog stuck in your
mouth, and a little cigar trotting along
behind you.—[Siftings.
Neither One Meant Anything.
Jocular passenger to matter-of-fact
conductor— “Knocking down much to
day?
The conductor modestly but firmly
knocks him down.
“S ty !’* (picking himself up a sadder
and a sorer man (can’t you take a joke ?
I didn’t mean anything.**
“I didn’t, either.
He Did Net Want to be Peculiar.
W. 11. Crawford, a railroad conductor
who has seen service on the Chicago,
Burlington and Quincy, Wabash, Union
Pacific and Hannibal and St. Joe sys
tems, and who began as a peanut boy,
was at Bros I street station yesterday.
A friend of Crawford’s, who runs a
train on the Pennsylvania, said: “One
day while Crawford was employed on
the Wabash a sweeping invitation to
conductors to send in their resignations
was forwarded bv the general superin
tendent. Crawford was on ■of the un
fortunates. His resignation was for
warded and accepted, and in return he
received the pay due him and a letter
strongly indorsing his ability as a rail
roader. A few days later he applied to
the superintendent of the II innilia! and
St.J >e for a train, presenting the Wabnsl
indorsement.
“1 see," said the St. J>o chief, “this
letter says you understand the bu-iness,
but makes no reference to your integrity.
Now, .Mr. Crawford, if I should give
you a train, what percentage of the cash
receipts would ymi be willing to turn
in to the company?”
“Whatever has been customary with
the old conductors," was Crawford's
answer.
“But they have been keeping it all,”
remarked the superintendent.
“Well,” said Crawford, with a smile,
“that will be satisfactory to me.”
To his surprise the superiutendent
told him to come around on Monday and
he could have a train, adding: “1
rather like your frankness.” j Philadel
phia Times.
Waterproofs for Fishes.
But did you ever see a woman fish?
1 don’t mean a female fish, but u woman
in the act of fishing. If she’s got to go
outt » buy a paper of pir.s or a yard of
ribbon when it is wet she’ll load herself
up with a rubber tind a pair of arctics,
and an umbrella and a neck protector.
She is too delicate tor a dr<q> of rain to
touch her. But she'll go out in a boat
on a wet day and let the ruin come down
on her and the waves dash over her, an I
stand soaking like the hardiest sailor
man. There were four ladies once went
fishing. They selected t very rainy day,
and tlv yhad their waterproof cloaks and
head and feet covering. They were nil
by themselves when they took a boat
and went to fish. It was in Maine.
Wdh true feminine c.irne-dnc ,s they
started <IT without anything to put the
fish in. They had an clcj.int time
until they caught a pickerel. When
they caught the pickerel they din’t know
what to do with it. It was alive and
flopping. They had it in the bottom of
the boat. They wonderc I why it didn’t
lie quiet. At last a happy and benign
thought struck one of them. ‘ Poor
thing! It’s getting nil wet lying in the
rain.” And s>e whipped off her water
proof and wrapped it up in it. Eich of
the four caught a pickerel, and each of
the four wrapped it up in her water
proof, and the rain wet them through to
the skin; but they kept their fish dry
all the same.—[S m Francisco Chronicle.
The Ripest Year of Human Life.
The venerable Junes Jackson, who
was the Nestor of the medical profession
lor so long u time in B Mon, used to say
that a man came to the prime of his
effective faculties when he was sixty-five
years old. He said it was true that the
curve of physical strength was then de
clining. But experience, an 1 the ability
to act, which comes from experience,
are, of course, constantly improving
while memory holds. According to Dr.
Jackson, the curve of experience, and
the curve of physical life cross each
other at the age of sixty five.
Among the lashionahles,
Mr. Swell (who has rented a fashion
able apartment house) —We needn’t be
ashamed of this, my dear.
Mrs. Swei'— No indeed; it is perfect
ly love y, and such a fashionable
1 locally!
Mr. Swell---That’s the beauty of it.
‘ And now my dear, if you will send I\r
j kins out for a loaf of bread and half a
| pound of butter, we will have something
j to eat.—[New York Sun.
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PEARLS OF THOUGHT.
The truest wisdom is a resolute deter«j|
mi nation. ||
A handful of common sense is wori»
a bushel of learning. |
He that caresses you beyond his cus>4
tom, either wants your assistance, o®
means to deceive you. ?
As fire is discovered by its own lightd
so is virtue by its own excellence. |
For him who docs everything in it»
proper time, one day is worth three. f
Towers are measured by their shadow,!
am) great men by those who are envious!
of them. g
Deference is the most complicated, the!
most indirect and the most elegant of nil!
compliments. 1
One should conquer the world, not t<M
enthrone a num, but an idea; for ideas!
exist forever. I
The truths that we least wish to hear!
are those which it is most to our advan
tage to know.
It is more from carelessness about ths
truth, than from intentional lying, that
there is so much falsehood in the world.
Simplicity of manner is the last at
tainment. Men are very long afraid of
being natural from the dread of being
taken for ordinary.
Dumbness Cured by Hypnotism.
“Hypnotism” has been employed with
considerable success in Paris for soma
time past by Charcot and others in the
treatment of hysterical disorders; but st
case just related by M. Clovis ilugUea
in the France is perhaps the most iUO
cessful example of its application so far
recorded. A young lady of twenty was
attacked six months ago with a nervous
ailment which completely deprived her
of the use of her voice. Electricity was.
tried, and with a .eriuin em.untof suc
cess at first; but it lost its effect after i»
time, and it was at length abandoned
dispair. As a last resource her fricii Is
applied to Dr. B jriilon, tin? hypm't e
-specialist; and after a consultati n v. ov;
Charcot he decided to undertake the.
case. *•
After having brought on the mesmeric
trance by the usual means, he suggested ]
to the patient to say, “I am twenty” as I
soon as she awoke. A minute altcrwiirds I
she opened her eyes, and nt once uttend l
the words without the least trace of
effort; but there her power of articula
tion ended. The next lay the sugge%o
tion was that she should converse with
the doctor, and this she did with ease,
though she could not exchange a single*
remark with any one else present. Fi
nally, at the third seance, Dr. BerilloU';
ordered her to speak whenever and with,
whomsoever she please 1 thenceforward;,#
Sine : that time she has boon able to
her tongue freely, and her voice is ai
clear and d istinct as it was before the
ttuck. Messrs. Myers and Gurney will
not fail to m ike a notcofthi- case.—[Sfc.
James Gazette.
Ancient Roman Acquedoota.
The Remans know ’.he syphon and
its use, but in their ignorance of metal
lurgy they were unable to use it as aa
economical means of crossing valleys
when the volume of water was consider
able. They did not use cast iron, but
employed lead pipes of a crude charac
ter, as also clay pipes; and they knew
hew to prepare solder. The builders of
their acqueducts had some acqufcif tanee
with the mo le of levelling, the ftrsfru
ment they use 1 being a sort of fore
shadowing of the modern level StiU
they knew that the means they adopted
rai dit lead them into error, and the,
.“5 ' I
preferred to err on the safe side, giving
their acqueducts a great fall, from on*
in 500 to one in 750.—[Chicago
An Experienced Cook.
Lady— “Have you had much experi
ence as a cook? ’
Applicant —“O, I have. I was
the cook of Mr. and AiT. Peterby for
three years.”
“Why did you leave them?’’
“I didn’t leave them. They left mA.
They both died”.
“What of?’’
“Dy>p' paia.’’—[Siftings.
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