The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1897-02-21
sprIg Of willow. and safeIy anchored to the
sunken log.

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sunSen log.
Then off to the marsh each armed with
stout club with which TO rap elusive
| frogs on the head. II was hit and miss
and miss oftener than hit.
When half-a- dozen fat fellows We're bag
ged, back to camp by the sunken log.
Build bonfire dress the frogs, fill an
old tomato can with clear spring water
drop In the frogs, salt the whole with gum
powder and pat 1t on the fire to stew
Those used TO be feasts tit for the gods
especially If a neighboring farmer had
thoughtfully cultivated watermelon
patch that would provide dessert
Then in the fall the chums would ''go
nutting' in the big, woods and camp out
over night. They'd start at noon and by
shutdown would have all the nuts they
could carry. After a blackbird stew,
cooked in tomato can over an open fire,
they'd prepare for the night. A big bon
fire was built. Two couches, one on
either side of the fire, were made from
twigs and boughs Of maple and hemlock.
The freight fickered through the big
trees and transformed stumps and logs a
rod away into grotesque grizzly bears and
And then the chums played Indian
scouts. There wasn't an Indian within
thousand miles, but they made believe
that these woods, within hearing Of the
church bells and factory whistles, fairly
swarmed with blood-thirsty red men. And
they really believed themselves daring he
roes taking desperate chances. While
one slept, the other sat on the stump OF q
tree, well out of the freight so that he
could pierce the surrounding darkness,
and watched for Indians. Thus for an
hour or more this trusty sentinel would
sit statue-like on stump, with gun across
his knee, and peer into the night. Then.
when the stars told him his time was Up,
he'd waken his chum and take his turn al
sleep. or, as he put It, at'pounding his
Al last as daylight came on the fire
would seem to get low and there'd be a
chill and damp In the air that made the
chums yearn for home and hot coffee.
At,1 lsa4r ina ffsts rls.1.
night, they'd shoulder their harvest of
nuts and in the early morning twilight
trudge homeward through the swishing
wet grass, just as the all-nlght places up
in the sky were putting out their lights.
And then the chums went TO college to-
gether and were partners in business and
And now one Is gone before, ana the
other stands with uncovered head beside
the grave OF his chum.
Life Is a story OF happy "chuinhood"
and sad partings The old chums Of
thousands of sincere mourners might to-
day be alive and well n they had only
taken as good care Of their health In man
hood as their mothers took OF II when they
were boys. In boyhood days when chums
got home wet and tired from an excursion
into the woods mother not only fed them,
but II there was "A little cough or cold she
promptly dosed them. She didn't let them
try the experiment OF wearing out
Seven out of every ten OF the Chung
who die before their time, die OF that dread
destroyer, consumption, that fostcr-child
OF neglect There Is no necessity for these
deaths, There's a sure and speedy rem
edy at hand. II ~ Or. pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery. II cures % per cent
Of al cases OF consumption n corrccts
all arrangements Of the digestive organs
II gets move on the liver II causes
the lifc-glving elements Of the food to bo
properly assimilltod. II braces up. III
builds np. u drives out impurities 1T
clears the lungs and lets the vlvifyfnq
oxygen OF the air penetrate every luna
cen II Is the great blood-maker and nesh-
builder II rs not only an almost unfalI-
Ing cure Tor consumption and allied dis.