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iJlie 'jnvnnnnh c libnnc. Published by the Tsibumb Pub&fam. Go r J. H. DEVEAU2L Manago. I R. W. WHILE, SoMotTOB. j VOL. 11. tntewdy fitted up. LABORIHgIeN’S home Restaurant & Lodging, Wk. B. Brown, Proprietor, 182 Bryan St., SAVANNAH, GA, Meals at ail hours. Choicest brands of wines, liquors and cigars always on hand. BEN NETT’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 t>f the latest styles. Cash paid for cut hair and combings of all kinds. All goods willingly exchanged if not satisfactory. Kid Gloves Cleaned. R. M. BENNETT, No. 56 Whitaker St. Savannah, Ga. FRANKLIN F. JONES, IT STALL NO. 31, IN THE MARKET, Announces to his friends and themubllc that 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. 81. GREEN GROCERY. HENRY FIELDS THE OLD RELIABLE GMR.EEIN GROCE Ft 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 fresu Beef, Veal, Mutton, Pork, Fish, Poultry, Eggs, Game and all kinds of Vegetables. Prices reasonable-—to suit the times. Goods delivered if desired. It Was His Own Nose. I have attended the MardiGras festiv ities for the last thirty years, but never remember to have been so amused as a dozen years ago, when I went to the ball with a general of the quartermaster’s de- S>artmeut. The general was a man of ine figure and imposing bearing, and would have been very handsome except for the fact that his countenance was decorated by' a nose enormous in size, bulbous in shape and a deep purple in hue. While at the ball the gallant of ficer fell in with a masked lady of most peaceful figure and camage, with whom be danced a numl>er of times, and final ly requested, as a particular favor, to unmask. After a great deal of hesita tion the lady consented, exhibiting to the general’s delightful gaze features as pleasing as her figure. After a few com pliments liad been paid her, the lady said: “But, sir, you should also un nask.” “Madam,” said the general, a look of surprise spreading over his fea tures, “I am unmasked.” His compan ion gazed at him with incredulity, but finally it began to dawn upon her that the rubicund and trunk-like proboscis to her escort s face was a work <of nature and not of art. W’ith a shud der, and a little shriek, she glided away, leaving the general nearly' mad with rage and indignation. He at once made his way to his hotel, and never again ■was seen in New Orleans,— St. Loui» Globe. • Once over the bar at its entrance from the Gulf, the Suwant-e River holds its way with a deep cmrent, in places of forty feet, far up through the forests of the best hard pine in the State. It is the Penobscot of Florida. It has soma good land upon it where plantations have heretofore been made, but after a while generally abandoned. The dark river lias, too, ita romance, ns being the place which gave rise to the melody wliieh, like “Home, Sweet Home,” the affection of the heart will never let go. lor it was here that a French family in the time of Louis XIV came over and settled upon the Suwanee and made a plantation. After a while the father and mother ami all died save one daugh ter, who, disheartened and desolate, re turnfxl to France, and there wrote, adopting in part that negro dialect which she had been familiar with on the phuitation in her girlhood, a feeling tnbute to “the old folks at home” in Wieir graves in the far-off country. The Dervish. Unto Prince Abdalasis came one day A Dervish, saying, “I have fasted still For six long years on bread and water, till My flesh is sore, yet God seems far away." The prince made answer: “Fasting thou may’st fare Half-way to God, His threshold reach by prayer." The Dervish went his way, and in six years Again came back. “I pray both day and night. At Mecca and Medina, and in sight Os every mosque of sanctity; with tears Have I made pilgrimages to each spot Os holy fame; but God—l found Him not.’’ The Prince then kindly answered hirn: “By prayer The threshold of great Allah do we wm. But *tis almsgiving that doth lead us in To stand before His glorious presence there Go forth; give alms: thou flndest Allah when Thou flndest tby poor suffering fellow men-" The Derv sh heard the word, and turned to to go. Perplexed and grieved he toiled along the road. “This one coarse loaf that charity be stowed On me is all that I have to bestow Will the great Allah deign a thought to take On such mean offering given for His sake?’’ Within an hour a crippled beggar came And reached his hand a charity to crave; Kindly his coarse brown loaf tho Dervish gave. “T.s all I have, friend; take it in God's name." 1 hen suddenly around alxnit him there A mighty splendor dazzled all the air. The Dervish bowed his head. A light divine Did overflow him from a heavenly place. He knew it was the light of Allah’s face. “Now need I seek no pilgrimage nor shrine Wherever one poor soul asks alms of me, I know, O God, even there I can find Thee.” —[Constantina E. Brooks, in Harper’s. Woman’s Life in Holland. A few days ago your correspondent was explaining to some ladies the privi leges pertaining to their sisters in Amer j ica, says an Amsterdam letter in the I Milwaukee Sentinel, and casually men tioned that women in some parts of the United States enj yed the privilege of voting. The incredulous look which in stantly appeared leads to a letter, telling the more favored daughters of the land of the free what part in the economy of life women in Holland occupy. The dis tinctions of privileges as to freedom, etc., between married and single women are so thoroughly established by social custom as to be observable in the every day associations of the sexes. A native will readily discover whether the couple walking on the street in front of him are married or not, and this discovery is made very easy by the strict adherence of the populace to an ancient custom in troduced into the country when under the iron rule of “Alva the Bloody, ’’ the cruel tool of Philip the Second. An unmarried lady always takes the right arm of her escort, while the mar ried one selects the left side of her hus band. So deeply has this custom en tered into the life of Hollanders that at a church w.d ling the bride enters the edifice on the right side of the groom, the young wife returning on the left side of her husband when the ceremony is performed. No unmarried lady in this country can dream of going to church, concert or any other place ot pul 1 c assemblage without the escort of parents or male members of her family. She cannot take a walk, pay a visit or go shopp n' unaccompanied by her mother or some married lu ly friend. The Hollander fatlfer is not like his American competitor, troubled in the evening ; with the thought that his daughter is i flattening the j>ockctbook of a poorly paid dude by an indiscriminate indul gence in ice Cream or oysters. Until the I betiotbal of the young lady has been 1 announced, she remains the sole charge > of her father or mother, and she makes ac quaintances always in the presence of a third party. The Ho.land young lady docs not go to the theater with a gentle man who has been introduced to her a week before, neither does she vary her beau to suit h r dress or complexion. Unmarried daughters in this country SAVANNAH. GA.. SATURDAY. MAY 7.1887. are chaperoned to all places of amuse ment; even dancing parties arc inter spersed with songs, recitations, etc., for the amusement of the ciders of the family, who sit around tables, socially sipping their coffee, or other favorite beverage, while the younger members glide over the waxen floor to the fitful strains of music. Here the young must make the best of their opportunities, for when it pleases the parents to seek the quiet solace of the home, the daughters also quit the gayety of the ballroom. Parents here certainly have a responsi bility in raising a family of daughters, but are no doubt comforted by the thought that “The hand that rocks the cradle, Is the hand that rules the world.” The betrothal, which sometimes con tinues for years, is considered as bind ing as the marriage ceremony and is sel dom broken. The good news is duly communicated to all the friends and acquaintances by a printed letter, signed by the parties interested and their parents; a notification of the fact is made in a special column of the city’s news papers. To become a benedict in this watery clime is enough to make the stoutest heart quake, as below the age of 30 the permission of parents is essen tial, and if death have removed them, the “voogden” or guardians have to ex press their satisfaction. An elopement has never taken place in the Netherlands. Three weeks before the wedding day the couple, accompanied by their parents or guardians proceed to the City Hall and make their intentions known to the proper official, when a legal notice of this intention is placed in a frame in front of the Court House, remaining there for twenty days. The interval between the notification and the bridal day is a period of uninterrupted festivities, the families of bride and groom vicing with each other in giving dinners and dancing parties. In this city three days in the week arc set apart for wedding days; Wednesday, Thurs day and Saturday. Wednesday the lower classes marry, as no expense is at tached to the ceremony. Thursday’s marriage costs 25 guldens, and on Satur day double that amount, or S2O. At last the wedding day arrives; flowers and evergreens are strewn in front of the house; the young couple, attended by relatives and friends, proceed to the stad hu’s, where the marriage knot is tied by the Mayor, he being the only one allowed to perform the civil ceremony. Immedi ately after a religious ceremony takes place. The necessary ceremonies being concluded, the parly proceed to a case or hall, those musically inclined singing lively songs on the way, and the others gaily responding to the facet!® and con gratulations of the passers by. When all are indoors a large silver bowl, used only at births and marriage feasts (and loaned if not owned), filled with brande wyn and raisins, is brought forth and circulated among the guests, who drink the liquor with an iron spoon. After ward a substantial dinner is given, last ing, interspersed with singing, dancing and amateur theatricals,’ etc., until the following day, and to leave the festive board before the dawn is considered in decorous. To marry by proxy, or, as it is called, “marriage by the glove,” is prevalent in Holland, and is caused by the fact that many of the eligible young men, after having fl fished their education in the schools of the Fatherland, depart for Dutch India to engage in some lucrative commercial enterprise or to accept a po sition in the colonial service. Th scarcity of marriageable white ladies in that clime induces the would-be husband to write to a friend in Holland, inclosing a wish for a wife. The friend selects a willing young lady, generally with a sub stantial dot and otherwise conforming closely to the specifications of the letter. A photograph of the favored one is in closed in the return epistle. After the lapse of a few months, a soiled left hand glove, with a power of attorney is re ceived from the far away bachelor. The friend in Holland marr es the selected ' bride in precisely the same manner as if he were the actual groom, and the young wife departs in the next India mail steamer to bring happiness and pros perity to the lonely one in the far East. A marriage of this description is as bind ing as if the bridegroom were present, and never repudiated. If either party to the glove marriage should die before meeting in India, the survivor would share the property of deceased in accord ance with the laws. The laws in Holland in regard to the legal position of the wife are very much behind the age, and the husband can do about as he likes with the person and property of his helpmate. The laws are silent as to the wife's claim on the hus band, but legal gentlemen assure me that this apparent void in the law book is caused by the invariable devotion of the Hollander to his home and its in mates. Love for home, wife and chil dren is nowhere more thoroughly illus trated than in the Netherlands, and cases of neglect to provide in every pos sible way are very rare in the land of dykes. The wives of the lower classes and their daughters try in every imaginable way to aid the husband in procuring a living. In summer time you will observe hundreds of them on their knees in the public squares armed with a three-inch iron spike weeding the grass blades from between the stones, for which they re ceive twelve cents per day; others are engaged in wheeling sand into outward bound merchant ships to be used as bal last. You will sec a woman pushing a wheelbarrow containing about 200 lbs. of sand up a broad gangway inclined about thirty degrees, at a gait simply wonderful considering that the wheeler is of the weaker sex. Passing a little farther on you will meet a small procession on the towpath of the river Amstel, consisting of the, mother and two or three daughters, harnessed to the towline of a canal boat, very much in the manner of American mules. They hang, as it were, in the harness, and the swinging, regular walk used by them proves that a great part of their lives has passed in that way. When the boat comes abreast you feel like using a rope’s end on the father of the family, who, placidly smoking a pipe, sits in the stern steering the vessel; but your anger will cool when investigation shows that if he took to the towpath and allowed his wife the helm all damages for collision, etc., would have to be paid by him. You cross a railroad track, and, cast ing a glance along the iron path, a female dressed in red tunic and glisten ing helmet, waving a white signal flag, catches your eye. She is the “watch man" at the crossing. At every railroad in Holland this position is fillo 1 by a woman, and railroad offic als assure me that no accident has ever been caused by a watch woman’s carelessness. They receive 20 gulden ($8 per month); a male would receive double that salary, and might get intoxicated once in awhile; hence the railroad is benefited both ways. The Teach r*s Ring. One day recently, the following amusing incident occurred in one of our district schools, unfortunately at the teacher’s expense. A class in the Second Reader, unapt in ornithology, was read ing about the “golden robbins” and their peculiar habits. After they had finished reading the teacher asked the class if any one co’*'d tell her the color of the golden robbin. All were silent. Think ing to enlighten them upon the subj ct she took a handsome and apparently costly ring from her linger, and, bolding it up before the class, said; “What does this look like?" Up jumped a precocious youth of 7 v< ,rs and shouted: ‘ ’Brass! [Erie (P.nn.) Observer. More Than Sh ■ Bargained For. She —Well, 1 declare! 1 never saw a man with f-o little taste as you have. lit—My dear y< u forget something when you talk like that. She Forget I I forget nothing. W’hut do you mean? lie I m an, darling, that you fail to remember that I chose y.u, of all the women in the world, to be my wife.—- (•I. U Per Annum; 75 wnta /or Btx Months; 60 cents Ttirre Months; Single CopuM I 5 cent* —In Advance. PEARLS OF THOUGHT. JI Ignorance too often mistakes cone ■ for dignity. Impose not » burden on others wh .■Bl you cannot bear yourself. If demands a giant’s strength to stafl duo the weakness of love. The joys of parents are secret, and 1 are their griefs and fears, He can never s|>eak well, who knoWM not how to hold bis peace. Dignity doos not consist in pottsossiffl honors, but in deserving them. He who waits to do a great deal good a l once will never do any thing. 1 p Conscience is the voice of the sou® the passions are the voice of the body.M.l Self-will irso ardent and active, thgfc it will break a world to pieces to make® 1 stool to sit on. I’M Ihe word knowledge, strictly ployed, implies three things, viz.: Trut H proof and conviction. wj What a pleasure it is to give! The ■ would be no rich people if they we ■ ' capable of feeling this. | Virtue docs not give talents, but I supplies its place. Talents neither gil I virtue nor supply the place of it. Weather Errors. Few erroneous notions are spread 1 I : readily and cling so tenaciously as thoi ■ ; respecting the weather. In uotiein B ! common errors of this kind, Prof. Clev< I > land Abbe, the distinguished meteorolc | gist, urges attention to these fact! I That while the moon might well be ex ■ pccted to influence our weather, scicntifl a evidence shows that it does not; tha !| there is no sound reason for believin I that sunspots have any appreciable effec I in producing storms, or other loca I changes; that animal instinct ranki | greatly below Luman intelligence as i I guide to future weather; that the indi- 1 cations furnished by plants are duo tC 'I the hydroscopic condition of the air, tu | are also other “signs, ” and are less deli; I ! cate and reliable than the accurate in- I strumental tests of meteorologists; that 1 electricity and ozone do not produco 1 the effects often ascribed to 1 them; that thunder-storms do not cool! the air, but the cool inrush results, lik©[ the storm, from the rise of hot a r—at| least in many cases; that it has not yeti ; been proven that the removal of forests 1 and the extension of railroads and tele-, graphs have influenced our climate;, that the weather is materially the same as in old-fashioned times, scientific records disproving the faulty recollec i tions of the oldest inhabitant; and that severe storms are no more liable to oc cur at the date of the equinoxes, or on certain days of the week or month, than 1 at other times. —[Arkansaw Traveller. Vei diet of the Ashes. Two barns said to be filled with un ! thrashed wheat were recently burned iv Germany. They were insured, but it was impossible to collect, because tho I claim was made that the contents of the barns were simply straw. When the affair got i>to the courts, chemical ex-. ' ports were ca led to analyze the ashes. Wheat contains a large quantity of phos phoricacid, almost ten times as much aa 'g does straw. Naturally, in the burning of these barns, wood ushes, cement an<fc other mineral substances were mixed with the ashes submitted to the chem ists, but none of theso admixtures cons - tain phosphoric acid. The experts found that of two samples placed in their hands one contained 10.2 [ht cent, and the other 19 per cent, of the acid, thus proving conclusively that tho farmers were in the right, and the insurance companies in the wrong.—[F.reman’a Herald. A Cow Takes Cure of Puppies. The anc ent fables of the dog and the n i elephant is enacted on a >m filer scale in I O c.dcnt fl, this county, savs the Stnta ■ Rmi (Cd.) D inocrat. Sujervisvr J. D. Connolly has a large re! caw winch . i answers to the name of Pet. She may I I Le seen any day wander ng alx>ut fol lowed by two puppies. If they wander j out of her sight ahe cals af.er them until they return to the shelter of their foster mother’s wing. NO. 29.