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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20
THE MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY, JUNE 20, 1877.

That can't tell. I only know that she
died here, and that buried her"
Where did she come from" asked Den
ison.
That can't tell YOU either, gentlemen
But III tell you all l do know. In those
DAYS was the only white man here.
had come here about six years before from
Eoon, about 400 miles from here, and. as
had learnt the language, 1 got on very
wen with the natives and was doing big
business There We're not many whale
ships here then, but every ten months or
so a vessel came here from Sydney: and
as had the sole run of the whole of this
lagoon, I generally filled her up with CO.
coanut oil, and was making money hand
over fist.
The house in which I lived then was,
like this one, built of coral lime, but
stood further away toward the point, in
rather clearer spot than this, for the
cocoanut trees were not growing thickly
together around it. You can see the place
from here, and also see that a house
standing in such a position would be WISH
Bile, not only from all parts of the inside
beaches of the lagoon, bur from the sea
as well. 1t used to be regular landing
mark for all the canoes sailing over here
from 'Arhnu-a low-lying coral atoll
densely populated, twenty miles distanct-
for, being whitewashed, it stood out very
clearly, even at night time.
wen, it was a pretty lonely life in
those days, only seeing a ship once a
year; but l was making money, as 1 said
hand over fist, and didn't worry much. NV
Wife-not the present one. you know-was
a BONN Island half-bred Portugee wom-
an and, as she generally talked to me in
English, and had no native ways to speak
OF, we used to sit outside in the evenings
pretty often and watch our kids and the
village people dancing and otherwise
amusing themselves on the beach. Rotau.
the head chief of this lagoon, was very
chummy with me, and sometimes he and
his wives would come up of an evening
and join us.
"One night he told us that canoe had
come from Mill IAN island about three
days sail to the leeward of walters
place., and reported that ship had pass
ed quite close to their island about week
before. At first / thought it was my YES
sci coming up from Sydney, but Rotau
said 1t was not brig, but three-mast-
ed snip, with yards on all her masts
Well, at first l thought it was a whaler,
but then remembered that it was fully
four months too late in the year for a
blubber hunter to be around. Then it
occurred to me that it might be some
coal-laden ship coming to China or the
East indies from the colonies; but won
dered why she was beating to the east
ward if that were the case.
We'll, after we had sat talking for
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

orlillant moonlight and the hull and spars
OF little white-painted brig that Law an
chored in the lagoon about a mile distant
from the traders house stood out as
clearly and distinct as if she were but
fifty yards away from where they sat.
Three of the men present were visitors
Ned Packenham, the captain; Harvel, the
mate, and Denison, the super-cargo of the
Indiana; the fourth was the trader him
self-a grizzled old wanderer of past GO
with skin like unto dark leather. and
frame that, old as he was showed he
was still as active and vigorous as when
he had first landed on Maduro atoll thirty
years before.
1t was long past midnight. and the old
traders numerous half-caste family had
turned in TO sleep some hours before The
strange, wondrous beauty of the night,
and the pleasure Of listening to old Char
lie Walters talk OF early days In the Mar
shalls, when every white man lived like
a prince, and died in his boots from a
bullet or a spear, had tempted the visitors
to send their boat back TO the ship and
accept Charles invitation to remain till
breakfast next morning. II 80 happened
that the old man had just been talking
about stalwart son of his who had died
a few months previous, and Packenham
and Denison, 10 whom the lad had been
well known asked his father where the
boy had been buried.
I'm there" replied the old man, point
ing 10 a small white walled Enclosure about
a stones throw from where they were sit
ling. There's a good many graves there
now. Let me see; there Is Dawney, the
skipper Of the Maid Of Samoa, and three
OF his crew; Petersen. the Dutchman him
that got a bullet into him for foollng
around too much with pistol IN his hand
and challenging natives 20 fight when ne
was drunk; two or three Of my wife's rel
atlves, who wanted 10 be buried In my
bone-yard. because they thought TO make
me some return for keeping their families
after they were dead. my boy Tim; and the
white woman
white woman!" said the mate OF the
brig. did a white woman die hore?"
"Yos." answered the trader, "but les
so long ago that I've Almost forgotten my
self. Why. let me see; I came here IN 40
or ~. Well, think II was some time
about 'is or 49,"
who was she?''
old Walter shrugged his shoulders.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20
THE JEWISH FLAG.
The Meaning of It's Symbols Is No
Longer known.
From the Chicago Tribune.

From the Chicago Tribune.
King David's banner-so called for want
OF a better name-has been formally
adopted as a standard by a little band OF
Jews in Chicago. and the sight Of the
flag has raised in many hearts a hope
that the old dream OF re-occupaton
Of Palestine by the tribes OF Israel may
become a reality. 1t is a simple affair,
this flag; merely a piece Of white silk
sx5 feet in size, with a double triangle
OF blue worked In the center There Is
no Jew In this city who knows the true
significance Of the symbol Even such
learned men as Rev. DR.. Emil c. Hirsch
and Dr. Bernard Felsenthal, the latter a
past master In the science OF archaeology
are unable 20 satisfy themselves as 20 It's
meaning or origin. There rs nothing In
biblical or Talmudic. or national lNera-
ture by which It's history can be traced
Despite this the double triangle OF blue
rs recognized and reVered by Jews the
world over. The symbol is seen in many
places and used In many ways. but 10
far as known the flag now owned IN
Chicago Is the only one Of its kind IN
existence.
This banner was first unfurled last
week 90 a session OF uniformed rank
lNIHt No 70 VI AAAf AAtN'Ii fNNfNh western
Star order. held al the Leasing club
house on West Taylor street. on that
occasion IL was referred 10 as the Jew
ish national flag, but exception o. taken
10 this by intelligent Jews for the good
reason that history falls 10 show that
their people. even IN the hight Of their
power and glory under the leadership
OF King David ever had national ban
ner Tradition leads the antiquarians to
believe that some OF the tribes. ana nota-
bly, that Of judah, may have had stand
ards OF their own, and there "a warrant
for this IN tho references 10 the lion
Of the tribe OF Juddh." which are accept
cd as indicative OF the tribal emblem
IN the days OF the ancient Jew, however
mysticism nOurlshcd, and there were q
number Of orders. strong IN membership
and influence. each OF which had its own
particular symbol Among these was the
order Of Kappalaar Of Kappaists, "A sort
on Ancient Free Masonry. This was one
0f the most widely dinused and powerful
III the mystic organizations. and u b.
not improbable that the double triangle
" q modernized adaptation OF their an
Client sign or emblem.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

When she sees pretty girl coming gaily
along with her best beau she attracts her
attention. Would you like your portrait
on ivory for a miniature?" she asks. And
II Is a very callous young man who can
refuse to pay for it. A piece of prepared
ivory is brought out ana the picture TAX
en- Il is beautifully developed next day
and sent home in little velvet case. price
80 1t is a good sum to pay for a toy, but
II the toy is a charming little miniature
for a watch chain il is dirt cheap at twice
the price.
Bicycle handkerchiefs are "taken" for
souvenirs with a photograph on one cor
ner. And for clubs a photograph is taken
upon ribbon the club color. This is tied
to the machine. A Denver club, with col
ors ? deep red, has all it's club members
Photographed in group upon a big flag
which il carries on gala days. Each mem
Der has ribbon tied to the wheel, and
on the ribbon is picture of the club
house
The taking of these is a difficult bust
ness, and a very profitable one for the
girl cyclist who will follow it up.
There are wheelmen who cannot ride
when having their pictures taken. They
get nervous and wobble. The very expert
photographer provides landscape screen
for these and has little invisible supports
that keep the wheel upright when stand
ing still. The cyclist mounts the wheel.
leans against the wooden framework be-
hind the screen and is taken in the atti-
tude of a scorcher.
There's millions in it for the camera
bicycle artist and lots of fun in 1t for
the people that get taken"
Harry Germaine.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

awhile, my wife called the children in and
put them to sleep, and Rotau and / and
his wives sat outside bit longer smok-
ing. All the rest of the natives had gone
away, and the beach was deserted. II was
a moonlight night, almost as bright as
IL is tonight, and the sea was smooth
as a mill pond 50 smooh, in fact, that
there was not even a break upon the reef,
and the trade wind having died away,
there was not the sound of a leaf stirring
in the palmgrove, and only just a lip
lap lip-lap' OF the water in the lagoon as
IL swished up the sandy beach.
I'VE had been sitting like this for about
half an hour. when Nera my wife, just as
she was coming out Of the door to join
us, gave a cry.
Tie Kaibukel Look at the shlpr
II jumped up and looked, and there,
sure enough, was a big ship. just showing
round the point, and close mat least. not
more than a mile away from the reef. She
showed up so plainly on the surface OF the
water that ] could plainly see that she
was under all canvas-except her royals
and such.
For moment was a bit scared, re-
Numbering that there was not a breath Of
wind, and yet seeing her moving; then
remembered the current and knew that
she must have run up to the land from
the westward before dark. perhaps, and
that as soon as the breeze had died away
the current. which runs about four knots
Off the weather side OF the island, had
caught her, and was now moving her
along. Even by the moonlight / could see
that she was a fine-looking ship: and by
her sheer high bows. white-palnted deck
houses, and the cut OF her sails. took her
TO be either a yankee or British North
American
Il always kept my whaleboat ready In
those days, and so, after looking at her
for a bit and seeing she was steadily drift
ing along 10 the northeast. and would be
out OF sight by the morning, made ~ my
mind 20 board her. But just as had ask
ed Rot0u 10 get one OF his women 70 hunt
up a boats crew, he sang out:
Listen. Ted. hear a boatr
''In another moment or two ] heard Il
myself plain enough-click-clack. click
clack; and at the same time saw that the
ship was heading away from the land
" That's queer ! thought: and then Ro-
tau. who IKE all natives. had better
eyes than most white men. said that she
had three boats out towing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

showed white and CHASTITY In the moon
light.
LAS soon as she was within a hundred
yards of the beach hailed them TO keep
a bit to starboard, as there was a big
coral bOwlder right in front of the spot
they were steering for
Aye, aye, answered the man steer
ing and he did as / told him. In anoth-
er minute or two the boat shot up on the
beach and we crowded round them.
" Stand back please, says the officer,
speaking In a curious, hurried kind Of way
and then / saw that he had pistol in his
left hand, and that the men with him
looked white and scared, and seemed TO
take no notice Of us.
But they didn't give us much time to
wonder at their looks Two of the men
jumped out, and then we saw that there
was another person In the boat-a woman.
She was sitting on the bottom boards
lying against the stern-sheets, and SEEM
ed TO be either asleep or dead. The officer
helping them, they lifted her up out OF
the boat and carried her ashore Then
the officer turns 10 me, ana / saw that
though he tried to speak quietly he was
In devil OF "A furry over something.
" What's all this? ] said; what's the
matter? What have you got this pistol Ia
your hand for and what IL the matter
with this woman
"He put the pistol out Of sight pretty
Nhltht anu men, Eptdkiif 20 rapidly thdf
/ could hardly FOLLOW him, said that the
lady was the captains wife. And she had
been taken SD very suddenly and her hus-
band. seeing my house 80 close 20, had
determined 10 send her ashore and see
N anything could be done for her
" That's id queer / said. why
didn't he come with her himself? Look
here. ! don't believe al this. How the
devil did he know that even though the
house Ia here that white man lives in
it2 And / want 90 have a look az the
woman's face. She might be dead for All
] know.
"By this time my wife and one OF RO-
tau's wives had gone up 10 the woman
and / saw that, although she wasn't dead
she looked very Ike II, FOR her eyes were
closed and she seemed quito Unconscious
Of al that was going on. She was young
about % or so-and was rather pretty
" Please take her 20 your house, says
the officer. And as goon az we have tow
ed the ship out OF danger the captain will
come ashore ana see you"
Hold on. says I, and grabbed him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20
TINE CARD.

Meridian Time-One hour slower than city Time.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

or her and begs the privilege of a snap
shot She can take 1t either riding or
dismounted. If young woman wants
picture of herself in costume the picture
is taken standing. If she prefers a pic
ture of her wheel, it is taken riding. One
is as easy as the other to the expert pho
tographer. .s.,
These pictures are taken home and de-
veloped. They are then mounted in the
leaves of a book that is labeled Bicycle
"Reminiscences The book is full of "af-
ternoons' with pictures of the wheelmen
and women, and notes about them Some
times the autograph is attached
This little book is very nice 10 keep as
a record of the bicycle season.
The camera bicycle girl, like as not, is
at work making money by her cleverness.
She is paying for her wheel that way.
Any girl with camera and borrowed
wheel can make enough money IN a few
weeks to buy a high-class bicycle. This
Is the way she docs IL:
she wheels out 10 a good place in the
road and there dismounts with her cam
era. As wheelmen come along she halls
them and asks TO take their pictures. If
she does not like TO call out she resorts
10 strategy She stations herself half
way up a steep hill, and when the cyclists
Hismount to take a long breath they see
her and want TO know what she rs doing.
f"frt thing they know they are taken"
The pictures are developed and sent home
aftcrward c. O. ID. The cycling camera
artist does a hourishng business.
There is camera artist IN Rochester
who takes pictures for a fashionable
dressmaker in New York Rochester is
wheel-ridden. People 60 there 10 take
good ride. Everybody rides a wheel and
the city furnishes a patent attachment
Tor self-pumpng the tires In one OF the
public streets As may be imagined. a
great many nice costumes are seen. and
"a certain young woman has been al work
ever since the warm weather began snap
ping or pictures OF the Drottiest dresses
she could ind. These are sent to "a New
York dressmaker, who patterns after
them. She gets beautiful designs without
paying a great deal for them. il beats
dross-maldns as FAR as the camera girl Is
concerned
Another bicycle camera hend takes pic
lures upon hat bands and handkerchlefs
Tor bicycle aouVenirs She isieenerally sta
toned somewhere on the road with her
kit Of tools, consisting OF senstized linen,
SIX, ivory. china, glass and celluloid.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

New York. June behave you seen the
bicycle camera girl?
No?
Indeed, you must have, for she is every
where.
You will know her by the large square
box which is strapped on her handle bars.
The box is full of cameras. Each camera
is full of plates. When she returns at
dusk her plates are full of pictures and
her heart is filed with the pride which
only a camera artist can know-the pride
of having perpetuated a very good thing.
The bicycle camera girl you most fire.
quently see is the one who takes pictures
for her own pleasure. She is generally
alone for the reason that she cannot find
any one as much in earnest as herself.
She carries three or four cameras with
her and is sure of getting some good plates
before she comes home She is conscien-
tious about the pictures, too, and quite
scientific in her research for a good out
door camera. Each night when she re-
moves the plates she marks them and
keeps them separa tes and when they are
developed she knows which was which"
and takes note of the camera that did the
best work So she constantly improves.
This girl who takes pictures for pleas
ure, often has what she calls 'reminis-
cence afternoon" This is a day when
she stations herself at the crossroads. or
selects a pretty spot on road and boule-
ward, and takes pictures of passersby. As
she stands at the selected spot she at
tracts no attention, because wheelwoman
resting along the road is not unusual.
But this girl is far out of the ordinary.
if you but knew 1t.
AS the cyclists wheel along she keeps
her eye on the lookout for familiar faces.
AS soon as a friend appears she halls him
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

"Ah. I thought-the captain has got
frightened at the current and as he can't
anchor where he is he's sending in boat
to try and find place where he can let
go till morning. and is towing off the land
meanwhile.
Il knew the ship was right enough and
could not get into any danger, as the cur
rent would take her clear of the land in
another hour or so. so we all went down
to the point to see where the boat was
coming.
LAS I said there wasn't even so much
as a bit Of froth on the reef, and being
high water no one a stranger to a cor
a! reef would know it was there till he
was going over it in a boat aud looked
over the side We had Just got down
to the point when we saw the boat close
to. She was being pulled very quickly by
four hands and made a devil of a row
coming through the water. The man
who was steering was standing up and
I saw that his cap was off and his face
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

New York. June 1s.--Have you seen the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20

In Effect June 6, 1897.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20
A MYSTERY OF THE SOUTH SEAS.
One of Louis Becke's Uncanny Tales
of the Pacific Islands.
From the london chrnni

From the London Chronicle
A group of four men were seated unon
a traders veranda, at Maduro. one of the
Marshall Islands They were smoking and
talking about old times The night was
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-06-20
The BICYCLE Girl WITH The CAMERA
She Stands at Every CrOssrOad Taking Pic
lures of the Cyclists.

shots Of
WheewOmen For Hat BAND.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-08-18
Rough on Bachelors.

Charlotte Smith, the president Of the
Woman's Rescue League Of Boston, has
sent an open letter TO the chairmen OF the
republican and democratic committees in
which she handles bachelor politicians
without gloves. She protests against the
nomination of Edwin Curtis and josiah
Quincy for mayor of Boston. She says:
Both Mr.. Curtis and Mr. Quincy are
bacht lors, and the Woman's Rescue league
holds that no man can be good, honora-
BILE and upright citizen and hold position
of public trust, conferred upon him by
the honest citizens of Boston, who has not
entered into the holy bonds of wedlock.
Bachelors have always been failures as
chief magistrates and legislators in this and
every other country for the reason that the
morals of city or country cannot be up
held except by one who is Himself bene-
dict and tears all that is morally wrong.
Both candidates are bachelors and bach
elor politicians are narrow-m minded, selfish
egotistical and cowardly.
1t is about time to organize anti-bachelor
clubs in this state. 1t should be the pur-
pose OF every Young woman to look up the
record OF every man who is looking for
votes, and, should his moral character be
such that would urf5 him for office, then
his shortcomings should be the point of
attack by the anti-bachelor women Of
Massachusetts,. There are AZ 900 girls
between the ages of 20 and 20 years in
this state who cannot fad husbands, as
there is that number Il IS men.
Bellows Falls times. [volume] (Bellows Falls, Vt.) 1856-1965, 1897-08-18
WESTMINSTER.

A young child of Fred n. Pierce, living at
the south part of the town, died Sunday.
Mrs. Robets and daughter George of Put
ney are stopping with her daughter, Mrs.
George C. Wright.
The potato crop seems to be almost q fail
ure in this section; almost every farmer re-
ports the yield very light.
Mrs Lucy Fisk gave an interesting account
of her trip to the Holy Land at the Y. p. S.
G. Z. meeting Sunday evening.
Dr. Beddy was married in New York city
last Saturday and returned with his bride
Monday night to his home here.
Charles Nj. Washburn and bride returned
from their bridal trip Friday evening, and
left for their future home in NARROW, N. H.,
Saturday.
Letters remaining uncalled for at the post
office: Mrs. Samuel Brady, Warren F. Carr,
Miss p. A. Norris, Joseph Wade, Mrs. c. w.
Hathaway, Mrs. Nettie Morrison Cady.
Good Judges estimate that nearly $1,000 or
more was taken by pickpockets last Friday,
and goodly number of our citizens fur-
nished liberal share of the same.
Foreman George Ii. Hall thinks that he
will be able to commence canning corn next
Thursday, the 2ith. The corn has made 4
very rapid growth, owing TO the hot weather
of the past six weeks
The writer has received the following,
which will interest many in this place: "Died
at Central Falls, X. l., Wednesday, July Is
in the list year of her age, Persis 5. Burt
wife of AlonZo L. Burt, formerly of Rock
ingham, VT. Mrs. Burt was Persis S. Stod
daTd of Westminster, VT, sister of the late
Ezra L. Stoddard, and the last of the family
of Amasa and Betsey Willard Stoddard.