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The morning news., 1898-12-18

her in time to break the fall, and his best
go-to-meetin' spectacles az the same time,
She, like her predecessor and all other
'fallers' was dragged to the center of the
room and laid out for de visitations oh dc
Holy Ghost
After the second faller' had succumbed
to de power the contagion spread rapid
ly. Women, and occasionally men, COM
meneed TO drop around promscuously on
benches or any old place that happened
to be handy Some fell on the steps. and
some with more presence of mind stroll
ed out and dropped in the sand under the
cocoanut trees Several sensible females
fell into the arms of their beaux, but 1
learned that the etiquette of the sect was
that the novtlaie should be retained in
these arms only until the proper resting
place for one in the throes Of a spiritual
attack could be found. Just what caused
this mental and physical collapse Of equi-
librium was puzzlng. DR. Castillo pro-
nounced It a combination of warm air and
religious frenzy upon cerebrums not over
well-balanced.
No RestOratives Allowed.
when the first victim dropped our
mate, Bob, ran for a bucket Of cold wa
ter. but her attendants would not have it..
You mustn't try to humbug do power oh
de Holy Ghost, man. Mis- Prltchard doan
want no water; she jus wants salvation
"The 'rushin' continued. II was wild,
wierd scene. Without a bright tropical
moon was coming up out Of the tongue
of the ocean, throwing the shadows OF
the little stone church and Its whirlng de-
votees into sharp relief. A gentle land
breeze from the west just stirred the grace
full plumes Of the palm trees
Long legged goldens stood upon the
smooth. sandy beach craning their necks
IN wonder at the sounds which came from
the meeting house. Within the ebony-hued
crowd was still singing, sway.ng and swirl
Ing past the grand stand and its contrbu-
ton box. The pyramid Of silver and copper
coin had gradually grown to q foot OF
more in hight, and the parson looked upon
II with approval The starohed and vari-
colored decorations of the devotees had
sadly wilted so the nights OF their franu,
zeal. The room was hot and the pace was
hotter. None but the ebony-sklnned Anna
IONS Of Andres and the hardened spong.
ers and conch divers Of the Bahamas coulC
stand H.
"The dim glow Of two ships lanterns
We'd with The moon IN shedding an almost
uncanny light over the strange eceue. j
was essentially foreign. African. wild
weird savage, from the Anglo-saxOn pom
Of view. Some old-tlmors were there. mer
who had been slaves and served masters
IN different paris of the Bahamas. Ther,
was atrance fascination Ia 81 an I'll.
faces Of those who fell gradually became
more or Jess fixed and u was said fha
this cOmatose condition frequently lasto,
for several days. Stranger silli, Rev. ia
ther Matthews of the Church of Englan,
Is authority f0f fhe statement that duf.n.
these periods ~ trance or cafalepfy th,
subject frequently felis ~ events wbici
are fakfUg liarf on ISLANDS far remove
and foparafed by hundreds ~ miles %
oaoan. Dnfes 300 nappf nlnRs thus deacrih
90 had been verified many days afterNaFs
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CHRISTMAS eve GAMES.
The Wood Seller, Definitions, TeIe-
grams and the Feather supply.

The Wood Seller, Definitions, TeIe-
grams and the Feather supply.
very amusing game Is the woodseller.
and It Is capable of several variations, in
cludIng the ever-popular forfeits Any
number of persons may join in the game.
The person who starts the game writes
the name of some kind of wood on a pa
per, and folds tho paper so that no one
can see the word written upon II. He
then goes around, all the rest Of the play
ers being seated, and says
II have a load Of wood to sell"
Each persof in turn asks:
What klnd?'
The answer IS:
"Flnd out"
Then the person mentions one kind, and
II It happens to be the wrong one, the
woodscller goes TO the next. and 30 on,
until II is finally guessed right. When the
right one Is named, the one naming II be-
comes woodseller.
All who makes mistakes must pay for
felt, to be redeemed at the end of the
game. Those who name a wood twice
pay. The let OF woods Is a long one but
the best known ones are the very ones
that the players are most apt 10 over
look in naming them. A clever person can
make much fun by the manner OF calling
out his wares, and another by witty re-
| ioinders.
Definitions Is another interesting round
game, suitable for young folks, and their
elders need not disdain TO join in The
! leader gives 10 each "A slip Of paper. on
/ which he or she writes the word given
| 10 define. and the definition OF it according
| to the idea Of the writer.
Each player IN turn has the right 20
| give the word. and an these words are
/ written down before the definitions are
written The object Is to allow each one
| liberty IN defining a word 70 be cpigram-
/ matte, p0etical ideal or imaginative
In one game the word wind" was de-
fined as rude b0reaB-blusterinR roarer,"
/ ''the fan Of nature" "a bellows that stirs
up great flies" and tine sailor's friend and
/ enemy" The champion kisser," etc. A
een was defined as "a loss 90 one goose
| md no gain 40 another" 'tho servant of
! thought" "fhe cause Of many a lawsuit "
Theo ie no limit 10 the wise and witty
END foolish things one may 0nd Va those
/ dsnnlfi0nf
When fhsy are all written, ana each sliD
The morning news., 1898-12-18

Washington, Dec. 16-"One of the queer
est of Christmas observances is that m
vogue among the natives of Andres Island
in the Bahama group" says George Reno
who served throughout the CUBAN war aS
q special messenger between the island ana
the United States. ITO an American the
celebration and all Its surroundings are as
unlike his home Christmas as anything
could wen be. It was my fortune TO spsnu
the Christmas of 1897 with the Wreckess
and conch divers of Andros and to witness
their strange Christmas ceremoney
In company with Gen. Joaquin Costiilo
had set out from Cuba with the intention
of spending Christmas an New YORK CITY,
but fate, in the shape of wind and Weath-
er. and incidentally Spanish gunboats' pre-
vented our departure from the cuban coast
at the time appointed, so that Chrisliiias
found us at one OF the least known ana
most out of the way spots in the Worid'
Little Golden Cay. a densely wooded corai
rock, standing In the entrance OF Mionie
Blight, Andros Island.
The great festival OF the year was az
hand, but we were on foreign shores. we
set to work to make the best of il. and eacH
lent a hand in preparing the Christmas
dinner. For many weeks we had had noth'
~a1 to eat but the tough boiled beef ano
green plantain Of the insurgent army aho
our limited amount of cash was invested
at John Bodies store on Andres Ia thf
materials for a luxurious feast we ha'
chicken. sweet potatoes, cocoanuts. sugar
cane, rice plautinas and coffee.
After dinner, while the party sat apou
under the clear tropical sky and lisienef
10 the soft sound Of the waves lapping M
beach, there came from Andros lslahd
lhree miles across the water, the SOUND
many voices chanting Sam. The ola Bh
mama pilot a relic OF ho ten years war
once Impaired the Information mat thl
was The music of The faliere who wou'
nave great Christmas night lohhcailon
ln lieu of Santa Claus ala ihe ffad'
'hli Christmas tree the falieIa afemf
Dner some entertainment ard the par
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TEDDYS FIRST SOLDIERS

play In the gardens every day until the
time came for my brother and l to leave
for Florence.
ROOseVeIt's Roman Infantry.
just before Christmas we ran across
each other in Rome, and learned that
both families intended to stay there for
some time. As soon as Theodore heard
this he decided right Off that he would
have TO organize a company OF soldiers,
and he hustled right out and gathered all
the boys OF the American colony he could
find and formed his first command-the
original Rough Riders, | suppose you
might call them, for while 1t was an in
fantry company, I'm afraid we did ride
roughshod over the prejudices Of amazed
Roman citizens-certainly of their pet
DOGS which happened to be in the streets.
The first thing Theodore insisted upon
was that every boy in the military compa-
ny must have a gun; and rs we couldnt
get real muskets we obtained somehow
enough toy ones TO go around and an inn
mense quantity OF paper caps. Just where
all the ammunition came from I don't
know 10 this day but Theodore ged 10
have plenty for everybody when 1t was
needed. Nobody thought OF questioning
his right TO command. somehow, and he
was absolutely relentless when II came TO
the matter Of discipline and drill-such dis
GlDilne ana SucN UfllI as an 1l-ycdF-Oid boy
would know Of, / mean. Just what Ills
idea was 1 don't know. Perhaps he Inn
agined that Italy might go to war with
the United States some time, and that IL
would not be a bad idea TO let the city Of
Rome see how ferocious a company OF
American soldiers would look At any
rate. by the time Christmas arrived we
we're drilled sufficiently to suit Theodore
and on Dec. % he marched US about the
city, much to our satisfaction and greatly
to the entertainment Of observers, / have
no doubt.
while we were in Rome we spent a
great deal Of our play time on the Pinchon
HIM. where we had great hunting expedi-
tons. Dogs were our game, and they
represented anything from fox to a grz-
zly bear or q tiger. We used to creep up
close 10 the poor beasts and suddenly bang
away at them with our paper caps and toy
guns, and they always fed in terror. 1t
seemed that they were not used to such
treatment, they didn't understand the fen
that American boys had, / guess. Any
| how. they didn't seem over fond Of Us.
1T has been nearly thirty years since
that company OF original Rooseyeits
| Rough Riders broke up in Rome, when Il
was time for our families 10 separate; end
very few Of us have met more than cnce
or twice since But as I look back az
/ Theodore Roosevelt, the masterful, ener-
| getic boy Of 1869, Il seems perfectly natural
that. even as young man. he should al
ready have reached commanding position
/ ln national affairs. n could not have
/ been otherwise. The soul of honor. truth
/ fui, free from any mean action Or Thought
D. must have shown, as q boy, 70 bis cid
ersthat remarkable future bld fair 70 b.
4 h'N' ..ss....s..---.. ~2i'E" ssPFa,
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tv was rowed over to the scene of the semi
barbaric and altogether grotesque Chris
tian celebration.
Long professions of men and women,
singing and chanting weirdly, were al
ready winding their way along the beach
to the meetin house where the falh' ;
was to take place. The parson stood on a
raised platform at the end of room
about forty feet long. In front of the
platform was a table supporting a con-
tribution box. Each gaily bedecked buck
selected his partner from the gOrgeously
gotten up women, and then the 'rushin'
commenced.
Christmas Cnke-WnIlS.
1T was a species of religious cake-walk,
or galop, 10 a time and tune resembling
Johnny, Get Your Gun and the shutting
of many feet and the clapping of hands
as the bucks and wenches circled about
the room. accentuated the downward beat
of the measures in the emphasis peculiar
to the sons of Ham.
Arm in arm, the perspiring swaylng,
singing crowd swung around the room,
leaving the center clear. AS each couple
passed the contribution box a small coin
was dropped in, the 'rushers loudly chant
ing in weird tones and with rhythmic ca
dence. to the music indicated here:
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pound exhorter expressed it Before many
minutes had passed the bottom OF the
wicker contribution basket was covered
and tuppence by tuppence a pyramid or
silver and copper pieces commenced to
grow in front of the parson. IL some
doubtful darkey, with more courage than
coin. was caught in the act of dropping
in a wire nail or other substitute, or rush
in TOO many times without the grace to
ante up, he was promptly stopped and
called to account.
You tricky niggah, you tink dat YOU
can fool dis church wild yo' trash Ise
got on my long distance specks an If yo'
could fool me yo' can't fool de Lawd. He
knows a tenpenny nail from tuppence
JUS as well as any storelSeeper on An
dros Island. What's mo- g won't stan
no humbuggin' Yo' go down in yo' pocket
70 de right kind ow cash or surrender yo'
pa'tner to a proper gentleman what re-
spects de requirements of de Almighty.
Now. my good breddrin and sistern, 90 on
wild dat rushin an let de spirit OBJ dc
Lawd an de pure silver OBJ salvation po'
fo'th.'
The rushin' was resumed On swept the
dizzy throng of black and brown bucks
and bellies again, their voices raised a note
higher and the skirts Of the women up
lifted as they shouted and shuaied around
ment grew more intense. Some, the older
and stronger ones, whlrled, swayed and
sang in the middle of the room. The par
son himself soon came under de infu-
ence,' but he kept a sharp eye on the
pyramid of coin, as it rapidly assumed
promising proportions. Here was a new
sect from Nassau in sight already. Sing
oh, sinners an let yo' souls hab free COM
munlon wild de Holy Ghost, and hey
sang.
The First Taller.
Suddenly big. bouncing wench threw
her ans aloft, gave the theological shrek
and ffopped fiat on the floor.
De Holy Ghost hab entered de DO Of
6e meetln house, praise GawdP solemnly
announced the parson.
Il looked toward the door, but saw no
one save Sam, the siX-fOot pilot Then my
eyes in wonder wandered to the falntiug
female Kind friends Of both sexes drew
her from the outer 'rushin' circle path
to the center of the room, which was COM
paratively clear and there she lay fiat on
her back. apparently enyled by the entire
assembly, but peace and quiet were not
IN her soul. She shouted and groaned,
sang and struggled.
with shoulders, elbows, heels and
back she hunchei along the floor. Some
times she tacled 90 starboard sometimes
10 port, then with "a cetacean founder she
would wriggle away under fair wind.
Two enthused souls Of the male sex fol-
lowed ana famed her with their straw
hats. whsle several women stood close by
singing praises 10 God for 'annuder sin
ner saved
1.-THE Woman's name was Betsy Pritch.
ard. ana fhc Was the hrst faH~r Of tho
evening u oas not many minutes. how
ever, before another glory shout sounded
| from near the platfcrm. u came from
fhe Plentiful nps ~ young conGldafe
and the pars0n himself being pear. caught
The morning news., 1898-12-18

"Oh. my Lawd, an you, Mister Pa'son'
See DAT silver fallin' IN de box
ft'l save dem souls what need salvation,
An keep US nlggahs from fallin' on de
rocks.
Here we come 20 De arms OF Jesus.
Jus' make way TO de chosen OBJ Dc land
Sc my gal wid a bran new ribbon.
ghe'U make an angel. Grab her by Dc
hand-
fl-fsr no our wings Do way dey's ehahin',
Dq+.s de- way Ne Eit an power
up,ry 90 black man, stop Dat quakin,
Il- ds0bU done g.t you in g. hour
"Onward. rlrclns afDund ihe room IRON
,t,Ff fo len. the crowd kept swiriiug
.g,rg moment growing warmer noisier
ana closer 30 % Lawd. ~ one ola 90.
The morning news., 1898-12-18

by vessels that brought what was sup
posed to be the first tidings.
Accidents. storms and wrecks IN distant
paris of the Bahamas have thus BEEN not
foretold, but apparently pictured upon the
retina Of the eye that could not possibly
look on the scene by any physical means.
OF the truth or falsity of this phase Of the
phenomena it was impossible for us to veri-
fy, though the statements are vouched for
by eminently respectable white residents
of Andres Island"
The morning news., 1898-12-18
CHRISTMAS WITH The
BAHAMA "FALLERS." ;"
rd JollifcatiOn Of the Andros
Island Blacks.
The Weird

Primitive Adapted for the Hoi'""S 'i
iIIed an
ReI;gi
The morning news., 1898-12-18

signed, they are folded and put in a vase,
and the best reader Is chosen 70 read
them. The best ones entitle the writer to
a prize
After a game of this kind. which re-
quires concentrated thought, a more lively
one may be played. A good one for this
purpose is where the company present
tries TO keep a feather in the air. For
this game it requires a small, light feath-
er, preferably white. All present sit In
a circle One blows the feather up into
the air and 1t Is the duty Of each to try
70 keep IL from falling and resting any
where. 1t Is not easy to do this, as the
most OF the blowers begin to laugh. The
one who lets It fall must pay a forfeit, and
anyone on whom It falls must also pay
forfeit.
The Game of TeIegrnms.
Have you ever played "telegrams?"
II is a game for q crowd Of young or old
or both. Not a very deep or intricate
game, nor yet particularly elevatlny one,
but, nevertheless full Of jolly, mirth-pro-
voking qualities.
To carry out the idea properly slips Of
yellow paper should be handed to each
participant, and pencils provided for them.
Each one is to write thirteen different let
ters at the top Of their slip. That is. any
thirteen from the alphabetical twenty-six,
but without repetition. For instance, one
might write:
b, 6, X, L, NJ. T. r. W. c, S. H. o. R.
Another:
A. &c, D, f, F. C, II. I. J. x. L, NJ,
and so on.
The slips are then to be passed along
to right-hand neighbors, who must make
an understandable telegram OF thirteen
words. using the characters at the top Of
the slips handed them, for the first letter
OF each word. To thoroughly illustrate,
take the the first example given above
Here Is a specimen Telegram" from Il:
Better go Kingston late Monday. Try
express Willie candy soldier. Hope orders
rushing"
Note the fragmentary sentences. such
as are generally employed in correspond
ence of this sort. The possibilities for
good humored fun in the compiling Of tel
egrams" among a crowd OF friends are
endless. But, OF course. they cannot be
satisfactorily illustrated In public print. As
IN any similar games care should be ex-
ercised In not becoming dangerously per-
sonal.
a. first glance the second example OF
letters as given above 0he fret thirteen
IN our alphabet might seem to be difficult
! Of extension. But such Is not the case IN
the wide latitude OF sense (and nonaense)
allowable IN the game. For instance, here
IS only one way out Of the thousands IN
which it can be- quickly written:
ANY bright colored dress excellent for
Granyiiie's hop key Joins kisses Loving
mother"
Upon completion. the "telegFams" are
gathered up IN q basket snd read aloud
either BY dlslnferesied party Or some
/ body selected from among the players
1 themselves.
1he only way 10 appreciate the game Of
"felegfaus IL % tTy H.
The morning news., 1898-12-18

play IN the gardens every day until the
time came for my brother and l to leave
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-11-30
The Occupation Of Cuba.

The movement to occupy the
western portion of Cuba was ordered
last Thursday. Advices have been
received by the president that the
ST. anish expect to complete the
evacuation of the island by Decem-
Der 20 and turn itover to the United
States on that day. The western
portion OF Cuba will be completely
evacuated by December /, and for
this reason the troops were ordered
to sail at once from Savannah to
take possession. 1t is probable,
therefore, that the American flag
will be raised over Havana on
Christmas instead of New Years
and that the Spanish officials will
be the guests Of the Americans in
stead of the Americans being the
guests of the Spnniards, as antici-
pated. The Spanish commission
ers have put in writing their prom
Use to turn the island over by the
first of January, and it depends
upon the president whether he will
order the flag raised on Christmas
or on New Years day.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-11-30
NOT READY FOR TRIAL.

We learn from parties directly
from SanAntonio that the federal
court at that place called the Ed. + !.
Moreland case for trial yesterday
evening hutwas continued on ac-
count of the absence Of his lawyers,
Messrs. Paulus and Ragsdale, of
Halletsville. It is the opinion Of
the legal fraternity here that the
case viii be forced to trial soon
whether his attorneys arrive or not.
Two Yoakum lawyers received tel
egrams, one directly from Ed and
the other from his brother, Noble
requesting them to come to San
Antonio Immediately. = Ioakum
Herald.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-11-30
LEGAL BLANKS.

The GAZETTE has on hand the
following named blanks for sale;
Affidavit to an Account,
Bill of Sale.
Bill of Sale--Cattle,
Chattel Mortgage,
Crop Mortgage,
Deed of Trust.
Deed, Warranty. (all CASH
Deed, Warranty, Vendors Lien,
Deed, Omit Claim.
Power of Attorney,
Promissory Note, 10 per cent attol-
ney's clause,
Promissory Note, Vendors Lien,
Release Of Deed Of Trust,
Release of Vendors Lien,
Transfer of Vendors Lien,
SINNER GAZETTE.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-11-30
citation.
TIE STATE or TEXAS.

lin > ~ u ~ w IN-> A'o'
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
Lavaca County,-GREETING:'
Yon are hereby commanded to
summons John Kfejci- by making
publication of this citation once in
each week, for four successive weeks,
previous to the return day thereof,
in some newspaper published
in your county, ifthere be II news
paper published therein, but if not.
then in any newspaper published
in the 10th judicial district; but if
there be no newspaper published in
said judicial district, then in a
newspaper published in the nearest
district to said 10th judicial dis
trict, to appear at the December
term Of the JUSTICES court Of pre-
cinct No. 3, in I.avaca county.
Texas. to be holden at my office in
sinner. on the 10Th dav Of Decem
ber 4 u 1903 ~ ID o'clock. A. m
then and there TO answer n complaint
of Wo,ters Bros i firm composed
of a. and Ar. y. VOTERS.
plaintiffs. against John Krejci,
| defendant. fled o. me Doth day Of
October y 1903 ond numbered
~ Docket. No. 100.
The plaintiffs demand being in
substance \ suit 70 enforce the col
lection oe = certain nronissory note
far 10 sum oe 5000 90. Of date
Noven,ber Il 1891 Ana due and
navable On Or before the list day o,
November 1894 togetbcr-with S
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-11-30
The Baldwin Hotel in San Francisco
Burned--Loss $2,5oo, 900.

The Baldwin Hotel, for almost
thirty years one Of the principal
landmarks Of San Francisco, is no
more. A hre which broke out in
the east end Of the building shortly
before 3 O'Clock last Wednesday
morning, supposedly in the prop
erty room Of the Baldwin theater.
totally DESTROYED the immense
structure, entailing loss of nearly
$500, 900, besides destroying prop
erty that no amount Of money OF
science can replace.
The loss Of life SO far as reported
has boon miraculously light, but
Two deaths occurred rs far as known
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-11-30
AUG, GRAVE,

There is great diversity ofopin-
ion respecting the retention Of the
Philippines by the United States.
President Mckinley seems de-
termined on having them. Wheth-
err his change of front is due to
foreign influence, (England's. pre-
sumably,) will probably develope
later on. One thing is certain;
when the question is brought home
to them the people of this country
will object strenuously to the an
nexation Of these islands.
The Galveston Tribune has this
to say Of the matter;
"lf tho administration intended
at the outset TO take over the Phil
ippines. ii is guilty Of downright
deception in concealing it's pnr-
pose at the time the protocol was
signed, If the purpose is later
development it is none the less an
act of bad faith toward a helpless
power"
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-11-30
Pumped Milk uto Him

Bridgeport, Conn, Nov 23.-Ai
Imprisoned burglar who has heeI
trying 10 starve himself to dealt
had quart ofmilk forciblypumped
into his stomach by the Jail otlic
ials, The operation will be repeated
II the prisoner again refuses to eat
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-11-30

jim CoRBETT has been whipped
again, this time by Sharkcy, the
sailor pugilist. Sporting men de-
clare that Corbett is now Il back
number.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1898-11-30

GENERAL CAsTELLANos has been
appointed Captain General of Cuba
in the stead of General Blanco, re-
signed. He will be the last Captain
General Cuba will have.