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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31

score the two players are due for match
game In which they stand two feet fur
ther away from the pole.
II. If a player in throwing should accl-
dentally lose her balance and step forward
over the limit line one point is scored
against her.
Is. If she throws with both hands she
forfelts her remaining throws and the
next player takes her place.
II. The players must all use the same
set Of hoops, no player being allowed TO
bring her own hoops with her.
10. A time limit of one minute is i'm
posed upon each player. No player can
hesitate over one minute in making her
throw.
Is. AS many rounds can be played as are
necessary for one player to complete her
score of twelve successful throws.
Another variety Of grace hoops is played
with a pole which is fully six feet tall.
The hoops are larger. and the player can
take her choice of position She can stand
either directly under the pole or four
feet away from it. This is easier for the
muscular player than the low toss.
Grace hoops Is a very healthful summer
game, as it exercises the arms and chest
and gives diversion without WEAKNESS.
Helen Ward.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31

cream valenciennes. Units of heavy silk
passementerie and black lace were APP
phqued over the entire corsage. The neck
was finished with a high collar of black
chiffon bordered with narrow cream va
Genciennes that had two ACCORDION plait-
ed ends ending at the bust line The mar
row ceinture was of black velvet with sill
yer clasps.
Such dainty youthful blouse was built
Of pale rose taffeta with narrow stripes of
deep violet forming a plaid. It was made
on the bias and fastened at the left Shout
der and under arm seam. At the front
it had square yoke of deep cream gauze
laid in horizontal plaits The taffeta was
brought up over the yoke in the form of
: point at the front. 1t was finished with
two puffs that were edged with
a narrow band of lace and the same lace
continued over the shoulders to form
shoulder straps.
The sleeves were close fitting for a little
distance above the elbow; there they were
mounted by three puffs gathered with dou-
bic rows of headings between. The collar
and ceinture were of deep violet velvet
Bruges, English and Venetian lace trim
so many of these dressy corsages and not
a few of them are yelled entirely in these
laces
One of the chic black and white corsages
was made of checked faille. 1t was a
blouse fastening a the left side where
there was a strip of ACCORDION plated
gauze inserted. Across the front the
corsage was trimmed In most original
way with narrow strips Of English lace
forming checks. The sleeves were close
fitting and long. They were trimmed at
the top with tabs Of the lace Black vel
vet was employed for the tall draped coll
lar and narrow ceinture.
4 corsage made of bluette Yelling over
the same shade Of taffeta was very dressy
1t was one series Of little horizontal tucks
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31
ANIMALS IN WARFARE.
ELEPHANTS Struck TERROR TO
THE ROMAN HOSTS.

Put Them to Flight with Eire-Car
Artillery ana Hannibal Led an Ar
my of Elephants Across the Alps
Into ItoIy-He Also Used Cattle TO
Clear the Romans Ont of Narrow
Pass-Bees, birds, and Dogs Have
Figured in Historic Flights.
From the Philadelphia Press.
Nowadays when men engage in war
and wish to make improvements in their
mode of fighting they begin to cast about
for some new sort Of machine; but when
the world was younger aud they didn't
know much about mechanics, the fayorite
scheme was to hunt up some new kind of
animal and train it TO help them fight.
Even now we haven't given up the plan
altogether, but war dogs and horses aud
pigeons are not half so important as guns
and railroads and telegraph lines.
In the beginning il was all very differ
emit Men began to tame animals before
they had invented much Of anything, ana
the story OF the experiments they tried
with various kinds Of beasts is extremely
interesting. In some cases these ventures
were remarkably successful but not al
ways.
Let US start with the biggest beast Of
all, the elephant He is really wonder
full fighting animal; he almost seems to
have been built for that very purpose.
His thick hide is like Grmor; his msks
are like heavy lances; his strength and
weight made his impetuous charge almost
Irresistible, and his back was SO huge that
wooden towers filed with soldiers could
be carried on it,
His very aspect was terrifying. and be-
fore the rush Of q long line of these enor-
nous creatures any troops lighting with
no better weapons than swords ana bows
and spears We're fain 10 break ana run.
Besides all this the elephant. entered in
to the fight with great zeal and relish
provided he didn't set 100 seriously hurt
himsclf--and his great intelligence made
il easy TO guide and control him up to
certain point
But here came the drawback, for a Graz
ed elephant was about as dangerous to
his own side ais a powder magazine in the
midst Of fire. If by any mischance he
didn't defeat the eNcmy he was pretty
certain to defeat his friends.
The first use or the elephant IN war is
older than history. The earliest mention
Of D. probably, is in the srotesque legend
OF ScmIramis.
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was the stratagem of Hannibal His
army had been cOoped up among the
mountains, and the Romans held the only
pass by which he could hope to escape.
But Hannibal was never at a loss. Gath
ering together the great herds of cattle
which he had recently captured. he fast
ened lighted torches to their horns, and
during the night drove them upon the
Lodges overhanging the pass.
Al first they moved in quite orderly
fashion; and the Roman guard, hearing
the measured tramp and seeing a multi
tude of lights, concluded that the Garth
sinians Were trying to force their way
over the hills, and rushed to meet them
As they approached, however, they were
greeted by mad bellowings instead of hui
man voices, and the torches began to toss
about in the widest confusion; for. as the
blazing faggots burned low, they heated
the horns of the cattle, and the pain
caused the poor beasts fairly to run
amuck. So the soldiers were quickly I'M
deceived-but meanwhile Hannibal had
seized the pass.
Even bees have been called in as allies
ana no person of experience will question
their fine qualities We are told that the
most signal victory gained by their aid
was at the siege of Chester, England. The
Danes were endeavoring to run a tunnel
under the walks. The defenders succeed
ed in breaking hole through the roof of
the mine, ana AFTER Va1nly throwing down
stone and pouring in big caldrons of hot
liquor, they finally dumped a lot of bee
hives among their burrowing enemies.
That settled 1t. The mine was hastily
evacuated. and the demoraiized Danes,
with impaired eyesight and swollen, smart
ing limbs, We're actually stung out Of camp
by the pursuing swarms.
Birds, also. occasionally prove them
selves efficient helpers; even geese-for ev-
erXDOdV has read bOv a flock of these SIN
pid creatures once saved the Roman cap
nal by giving a timely alarm when the
Gauls were scaling its battlements.
In like manner crows have often given
warning of the stealthy approach Of saw
ages prowl!ng through the forest. The
use OF carrier pigeons to carry dispa tches
from ships or places cut off by siege op-
erations is too familiar for comment.
The value OF war-dogs. both as aids to
sentinels and as bearers of messages and
ammunition, has been so much discussed
OF late that though the subject is full of
interest, IL Is hardly worth while to spend
time upon Il here
In early times, especially among bar
barous people. the bigger and hercer va
rteues were also employed as actual fight
ers. being armed with huge spiked collars
to make them more formidable. The use
Of bloodhounds to run down escaped pris-
oners is well known even in modern days.
or all the animals used On war the horse
Is. OF course, by far the most important.
through all ages man has made him
trusted comrade on the field OF battle;
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driving 1t In until only two feet stood I
above the green lawn.

driving 1t In until only two feet stood
above the green lawn.
Then they made the hoops for 1t.
A willow tree which grew near by gen
erously donated its slenderest branches
for the hoops, and a young lad, the only
one Of the family-too young to go to
war-assisted in bending and making the
hoops. There were twelve of them, for
twelve is the magic number in grace hoops
If there had been no willow there they
would have used wire, very coarse and
highly twisted. until it formed a heavy
rope. If they had used the wire they would
have wound ribbons around it and left
little bows and ends hanging As it was
the willow served the purpose better. Soon
they had twelve light beautiful hoops
The rules for grace hoops of the season
Of 1893 are very much ike those Of grand
mothers day, yet with a few changes.
Here they are. just as laid down by the
club; and just as adopted by all the grace
hoop circles.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31
REAL KINGS OF MANILA.
Priests to Be Found Everywhere.
Natives Picturesque Dress.
From an Exchange

from an Exchange.
A traveller in the Philippines, writing to
an English paper before the Spanish war,
gives the following picture of the streets
Of Manila before Dewey had visited the
islands:
Heaps of priests, you say. Rather!
Friars of orders gray and orders brown,
orders black and orders white. Ay, they
are the real kings of Manila! The padres
are chiefly of two types, ascetic, or the re-
verse, very much So Rome, as represent
ed in The 'Filipinas," has no happy me-
dunn.
Uniforms, too, everywhere. Yes. the
officers look very we'll and ride well, too.
This is the happy hunting ground for the
impecunious Spaniard, his FL Dorado; the
officials come out here poor enough, but
they always go home with well-filled peck
cts. You want to know how they manage
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31

mounted it. When the English cavalry
fed the horse ran away with his captor,
Notwithstanding all his efforts to restrain
him; nor did the animal stop until ii was
at the head of the regiment of which, ap-
parently its master was the commander.
The melancholy, and at the same time,
ludicrous figure which Macdonald present.
ed when he thus saw himself the victim
of his ambition to possess a fine horse,
which ultimately cost him his life upon
the scaffOd, may be easily conceived.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31

Washington, July PA name has been
found at last for the remarkable naval
battle between the American and Spanish
fleets that resulted in the destruction of
Cervera's squadron. The absence of a
name has been felt in the clumsy at
tempts made in official reports to refer to
the engagement. Lieut.. Whittlesey of the
navigation bureau, has evolved a name
that is likely to be formally adopted for
the engagement. 1t is THE Battle of
July Third" He does this for the reason
that some of the most famous battles that
the world has known have been christen-
ed as of the date upon which they were
fought. Thus 1.-THE Battle of July First"
was attached to the famous naval engage
ment, fought in midocean between Lord
Howe's fleet on the one side, and the COM
bined French and Spanish fleets on the
other, which resulted in the memorable
victory for the British navy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-07-31

j. c. Bennett of New York has bought
and turned over to the health board go of
the 10-cent internal revenue stamps which
poor children have 10 have on the health
certificates issued to them before they can
apply for work In the vacation season.
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Her Trouoles.-she was in great dis
tress. whats the matter" inquired her
brother
she sohbed. Il frockle so easily mother
says there's no need Of my staying at the
seashore more than day or twc.e-Wash-
ington Star.
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SUMMER WAISTS THAT
WILL NOT FADE,
COlOrs That Withstand the Hottest Julv
Sun.

Oun"over p
characterization silk Shades.
wright S9S
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Same Great Memories.

ScaliGCr. the philologist of the six
tccnth century. who edited several OF
the classics. was so certain of his mem
Org. says the London Standard, that
he undertook to repeat long passages
from Latin works with a dagger AT his
breast. which was to be used against
HIM IN the event of his memory fail
ing: while Seneca. the tutor Of Nero,
could repeat two thousand words eX-
actly rs he heard them. Pope could
turn at once to any passage, which had
struck him when reading. and Lsyden,
the Scottish poet. who died in the early
part of the century, was also remarka-
BILE for his memory. Leyden Is credited
with having been able to repeat an act
of parliament or a lengthy legal docu-
ment after having heard it once. The
newspapers of January. 1920. contain
frequent illusions to the case Of n man
named Thomson, who drew plans of
a dozen London parishes, including
every church, chapel, yard, court,
ument, lamp post. and innumerable
trees and pumps. without reference TO
a single book and without asking a
single question; and an English cler-
gyman mentions a man of weak intel
lect who lived about the same time
who could remember the names and
ages of every man, woman and child
who had been buried in the parish dur
ing t~hirty-five years, together with the
dates of burial and the names of the
mourners present at the funeral. That
great memories are not the product OF
civilization Is proved by al instance
recorded by DR.. Moifatt, the great
African missionary. DR.. Moffatt once
preached a sermon to n group OF ne
groes. and was shortly afterward at
tracted by the gesticulations of a young
savage addressing a number Of blacks
On going up to the group he was
amazed to hear the savage reproducing
his own sermon word FOR word.
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all the members had acQuI'scot IN
Nolsrrs' Views. Even Bil, acSnowl-
edged that being I'M a circus was not
too much 10 pay FOR 4 possible victory
over the WATERSHEDS. SnlGg,cs had ac-
Quilted himself g~loriouyly. and he
walked with them down the street,
proudly conscious that I've had been
admitted 10 the charmed circle OF his
most ambitious dreams.
II lacked but two weeks to tho An
Of August. and all their spare time
was now devoted to practice. Snag-
giles wis given the position Of pitcher,
and watched ~unNiOusiy. for III his play
would depend much " their possible
success. ~ first hr was q little awk-
ward and sclf-COnN,iuus. but within Il
week had established himself In the
boys confidence, and thoroughly IA
miliari2od himself with the game. Nyt-
IDENTIFY he made baseball the stud. OF
his thoughts by day and dreams by
night. He was seldom seen without a
ball, which was necessarily making eN-
p""riincntdl trips into the ali In all man
ner of curves and twists. one day he
invented a peculiar curve. which filled
the boys with enthusiastic delight. II
the WATERSHEDS did not catch on to II.
was the unanimous verdict. they would
hay" no show for the championship.
At last the mompntous day arrived,
ana the HillNicws and WATERSHEDS met
on the field. the one eager and hopeful,
and the other confident and superCil-
ious. The visiting stub went 10 the
bat first, and there were many broad
smiles exchanged among them as the
ungainly %Snagglos hurried CNpcctantly
TO the pitchers position.
But for "A time the IIillvicws laborcd
under q disadvantage; they were merry
GUS and excited, while their opponents
We're calm and n%unchalant. The close
of the NTH inning found thc score 4
to ! in favor Of the Watersheds.
This won't do" demonstrated Rodg-
crs. rs the Iiillyicws scattered toward
their respective positions In tn" field,
we've got to brace mp. You made an
awful nun that last time. Bill. Just
take the balls easy ana don't get cX-
cited. And YOU. Green. don't stand 80
far from your base. You've already let
two men in by that Carelrssness. Let's
see II "" can't keep them from getting
a run this Inning. Give them some
more of your twistcrs, %Snagglcs. and
dom be afraid of powder. And now,
fellows, all of you remember that on
the mex four innings depends the
championship. Break yonr fingers and
legs If you want to, but don't make
any more muffs or wild throws
This admonition, or the fact that the
members of the visiting club were be-
ginning to have a just-as-we-expectcd
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y EN SI'oNbS lffI'ED.
expression. appeared to have a marked
effect. The liillviews played better,
and were more concerted in action. A
hot ball. sent by Snaggles to the see
ond base. and from there passed on
to the third. and then home. made n
double play, and put out two men. A
moment later Williams. the catcher,
adroitly .ook a foul tip from the strik-
or's bat. and so the WATERSHEDS went
back into the field without adding to
their score.
II was now Bill's turn at the bat,
and the apprehension Of his compan-
ions was presently justified by his be-
ing caught out on a foul. Then came
S~nagglos, and rs he awkwardly took
his position. the pitcher OF the Water
sides delivered his ball with more con
fdence than usual. II would he easy
to put that fellow out, he thought.
The first ball was passed, but the
second was met by Il quick, sharp blow,
which sen 1t over the head of the
short-stop, and over the head oe the
lcft-fclder, who was running backward
with his arms raised frantically IN the
air. and far out into the grass, be-
yond the limits of the ball ground.
Before It could be recovered and
thrown to the pitcher %Snaggles had
made the circuit Of the bases and was
back receiving the congratulations OF
his friends.
"Whew." Rodgers heard one OF the
WATERSHEDS calculate, Il wonder where
they picked up that streak OF Light
ming"
After Snaggles came Andrews, with
n basc-hit, which carried him TO tho
second; and Green, who WAS sent TO his
first on called balls. Then n short,
muscular fellow, named Thompson,
made a hit, which took him to the
first, and Green TO the second, and let
Andrews in. But the next batter made
another foul, and by some miscalcu-
lation both Thompson and Green were
put u before they could regain the
bases they had vacated, That closed
| the sixth inning, and the score was
even.
The seventh and eighth innings were
ties, and when the WATERSHEDS went 10
the hat on the ninth there was little
said by either side. This inning would
probably decide the championship.
Those in the field were now silent
and watchful. The basemen leaned
slightly forward, with their eyes fixed
on the batsmen; and the shorl-stop
and left-felder advanced or receded,
according to their estimate OF the diI-
ferent batsmen. S~naggles had ceased
gr!nning and chuckling, but his long
~cadiyerous face was even more gro
tesoue in it's sobcrness than In its
mirth. He sent in his balls with stud
led care and force, and impaired to
them all the puazling curves he was
master OF.
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was a terrible end. even - a. unhappy
marriage, and Lady Ayimer. rcmeiu
Der, had been married for love.
We'll. hat exciting day dragged II
sr!f away. Dorothy would have Dick
1, nd OF Il telegram TO Esther and Var.
bara, announcing his return home. i'or
Barbara had recovered very slowly
from her accident. and having taken 4
chill, which was followed Ivy an at
tack Of bronchitis. had been pcrcmp-
tCrily ordered off to Bo1rncmouth,
whittier Esther had taken her.
There was SO much tO tell Dick, so
much for Dick to- tell her, and they sat
almost all the afternoon by the fire
talking. And Lady Aylmcr kept watch
by the bed Of him who had lived 80
wicked a life. and prayed with heart
and soul for that mercy which he had
never troubled To ask for himself, ana
could not ask, now that it was too late.
For it was too late Lord Ayimcr
never opened his eyes consciously on
this world again. For several hours he
lay breathing hard and II )nsCiOus Of
oil the remedies applied To him, and "
the means 10y which The doctors tried
to arouse him from his stupur. MI in
vain, The life which might have been
II noble one. but which had been given
over to all manner of evil. slipped
away. anG about i o'clock, while Dicl;
and his wife were still sitting by the
fire talking. with the lights turned low,
Lady AylmCr came gently in. Dick
knew In a momcn from her mannet
what had happened.
Lady Aylmer. is it.
And. in answer Lady Aylmer took
Dorothy in her arms and kissed her.
My dear she said, 'yon are Lady
Aylmcr now"
THE END.
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ing the unconscious old lord into Dor
othy's bedroom, your wife cannot in
any case stop here. Oh, is that the
baby? What a love. But, tell me,
would it o be best for her to take
the child to Belgrave Square? sup
pose you have a nurse, my dear?"
"Oh, yes. Esther would make me
have "A nurse" Dorothy answered.
Then just take what you are likely
to want for the night and let the nurse
pack up a few things for the child, and
take her now, Dick. The carriage Is
still here. Tell them who she is, of
course; and see that they make her
comfortable. 1t Is better for her to be
out of the way of this"
81 would rather stop, Lady Aylmer,'
cried Dorothy. Don't part me from
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CuApTrR NXXIII-VontinuclD
"Your wife. picl;,' criod Lady Ayl.
mer opon,np bcr owes wider than ever.
.Why-but tharc. I wont keep YOU.
Come with mo. 7 have the brOugham
here. I've been sccirg Constance Soy-
mour off. she has boen s,ayinc a few
DAYS with me-. will drive you where
Won like. the can can brirs yoar lus-
.
'"That Is ayfuuy good Of you" sni
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Two Missionary Heroes.

Among the almost innumerable
acts of heroism recorded of mission
aries in various parts of the world,
two stand out very prominently
namely the performances of Joseph de
Veuster (Father DAMIEN, the mis-
sionary who devoted his life to the
service OF the lepers of the Sandwich
Islands; and Samuel Marsden, the mis-
sionary 10 and friend of the Maori.
One of the most heroic deeds of the lat
ter was on the occasion of his first
landing amongst them at the Bay Of
Islands on the Odd OF December, 1914.
On seeing the hordes of yelling, armed
a upon the beach. his crew tried
to dissuade him from landing, but
Marsdcn was determined, and stepped
alone, and unarmed, from the boat.
That night he slept in the open air
under n great tree, surrounded by
hundreds of the f~lercest beings that
men could well conceive. Marsden,
however, had no fear, and lived to see
his work successful. On the 18th of
May, 1873. Father Damien sailed from
Honolulu for the Island of MOlokai, the
leper settlement, where, on landing. he
was met by 200 wretchcd beings with
limbs twisted out Of all shape. flesh
rotting from their bones, and all hope
dead within them; yet he went among
them with a smiling face and cheerful
spirit, although he knew the certainty
that sooner or later he would be in,
fected with the same horrible disease
from which they suffered. For twelve
years he escaped the fatal disease
though in constant contact with thu
sick and dying, but in 1885 the malady
appeared in him and though his doom
was sealed, he continued his labor,
undated. His whole life from May
1873, until his death was n long-coD
tinued series of heroic deeds.