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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
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turned his head i something hadn't hap
Right in front of the school a stately
elm spread its umbreHa-like branches, and
in the top of the tree lay a nest that had
hitherto been safe from boyish assaults
because the limb on which it rested was
dead and no boy was quite daring enough
to venture a 150-foot fail even for the sake
of quartette OF eggs.
Now, however, Taddy proposed that ST.
las fly up there and get the eggs. No
sooner were the words out of his moeth
than Silas spread his majestic wings, gave
jump and flew gracefully TO the top of
the tree. The boys gave a three times
three and I believe at that moment he
could have had anything that any boy
owned, they were so proud of him. Miss
Iosee came to the door and told him that
she had never seen any one fly as well as
he, which; as she had never seen anyone
fly at all, was rather a foolish thing to
say, but then some people like to make
you think that nothing is new to them.
Silas found the eggs all right and leav-
ing one in the nest, put the other four In
his hat. Then he spread his wings to
fly down, but felt that, oh, horrors! they
were dwndllng. He hoped like robin
from bough to bough, and at last reached
the lowest limb in safety. There he rest
| GQ q moment ana lSll lOi Ills WHl5os AANS
were gone! The trunk of the tree was too
| thick 10 shin down, and the limb was
too high to make it easy falling, so he
| sat there and listened to the jeers of his
| fellows until Seth Reynolds, who had held
somewhat aloof from him when he had
| wings, went into the school woodshed and
| brought out a ladder, on which Slas nim-
| bly, gained the ground.
He stood and surveyed the boys a min
ute There was no mistaking their ex-
preston. Disgust was plainly marked on
| all their features except Seth's It was as
If they had said: "A fellow thatl put us
in the way of having the buliest times
that boys ever had and then go and lose
his measly old wings, isn't acting square"
But Seth said kindly: I'm glad the
wings didn't let you fall, SHE, and l dare
say you're better off without EN-"
Silas gave Seth one of the eggs. Il was
tired of wings said he, with lofty
glance at the other fellows.
Sour grapesr' sneered Hank Summers.
Charles Batch Loomis
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
WILLIE'S GAMER AS.
Two Cheap and Reliable Ones That
Are Fixtures on Either Side of
His Nose.
Elsie Barker Gay.


Elsie Barker Gay.
Willie had been out in the park all Sat
urday forenoon watching one of the older
boys take pictures with his camera.
Papa" he said that same evening af-
ter dinner. 81 wish you would buy me
camera"
The doctor smiles indulgently at Willie,
and knocked the ashes off his cigar into
the CRATE.
aren't you satisfied with the cameras
which you already have2'' he asked.
1.-THE cameras I have?" repeated Willie
in surprise. why, l haven't any, pa
pa"
Eyes, Willie, you have two perfect cam
eras, and you take pictures with them
every moment of the day."
Willie was speechless with surprise, and
his papa continued:
1.-The cameras speak of are your eyes,
and they are far more wonderful and per-
feet than Johnny Smiths big black one.
Each of these little cameras has a lens
in front, which we call the crystalline lens,
and which acts just like the lens lin the
camera The rays of light, passing
through this lens, throw the picture bot
tom side up on the retna, or sensitive film
OF the eye
Johnny Smith told US said Willie,
that his pictures always came out bot
tom side up. But what becomes Of the eye
pictures after they are taken"
The pictures taken by the little eye
camera" the doctor answered, ARE all
packed away in the brains cells, and they
can be afterwards developed and printed
by a wonderful process called memory.
DO you remember the game of football
which we saw in coming through the park
yesterday"
ooh, yes! A lot of big boys, with funny
things over their faces. were fighting to
get hold of a large ball, and they sprawled
all over each other till they looked like
one big animal with forty arms and legs"
"There!" exclaimed the doctor, you
have Just developed and printed a picture
which was taken yesterday by your eye
camera, and you have done it by the pro-
cess of memory with the assistance of
will. This will faculty is a necessary agent
i'm every action, and Johnny Smith could
not develop and print one of his camera
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

pictures without it. Some day will ex-
plain how it works.
Now, I want to show you how the lit
tie eye camera, like the big one of Johnny
Smiths, can be adjusted for taking pict-
ures at any distance. Do you see the lit
tie black spot in the center of my eye?'
eyes, papa"
THAT is really a round hole which let's
the Hight into my camera. When the OBJ
ject which / want to photograph on my
retina Is very near, the eye camera does
not require much light, so the round hole
called the pupil becomes small CONTRACTS,
we say and shuts off the excess of light
which, if let in, would blur the picture
The doctor then held his finger within
few inches of his nose and told Willie to
watch the pupil of his eye become smaller.
Then he looked away toward Willie
mamma at the far end of the next room.
and the little round hole in his eye grad
ually grew larger and larger, till It nearly
covered the blue circle or iris, and Willie
said:
"Oh, papa, it needs a lot of light to take
mammals picture in your eye camera
when she stands away off there, doesn't
it?''
Then the doctor drew Willie toward him
till the two looked deep into each other S
eyes. Suddenly Willie made a discovery
WiACH deAAShtSu MN so lfldt ne CldppeQ
his hands together and jumped up and
down. 'Oh, papa!' he cried. My picture
is being taken in your eye camera, and
can look right through the little hole and
see it!'
The doctor laughed.
That is the view finder of the cam
era in which you see your face" he said
1T is only the reelection OF the picture
which is being taken on the retina, for on
the sensitive film of the eye camera. if
you could see il, the picture would be
upside down."
The doctor then rose to his feet, threw
away his cigar and said:
IF you will get on your hat and coat.
my son, we will go over 20 the art museum
and take photographs with our eve cam
eras of all the beautiful paintings there
We will pack them away in our brain
cells and after we get home we will de-
velop and print them by the memory pro-
cess. l want to see If that memory de-
veloper and printer of yours is in good
working order for that of a boy of your
age"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

the rescurer was threatened with absolute
ruin, as the animal would eat him out of
house and home IN a month.
There was no way out OF the difficulty,
as according to the unwriten law a gift
OF this kind could not be given away or
sold without subjecting the giver 10 pun
ishment. so the poor owner of the elephant
saw himself staring ruin in the face the
huge creature keeping him engaged all
day IN hauling food for Il. His house
stood by turn in the river where many
persons crossed, and as the stream was at
tin2s raging food, boats and men were
often carried down and put 10 great an
noyance.
The elephant was bathing in the river
one day when It suddenly occurred to the
despairing owner 90 utilize II as ferry
boat There was no time when i could
not go over In safety, and the plan was
at once put into execution harness
was made for the elephant, with long
rope as a trace, which was fastened 10 q
heavy boat. The latter was loaded with
passengers and successfully towed over
the river, to the great delight OF the ma
tive. who now saw IN the elephant with
the enormous appetite, source OF reve-
nue.
Elephants have often served In this way.
Some are employed IN towing vessels up
rivers, single elephant being strong
enough 60 tow a large ship; the elephant
wades in shore where the water - knee
deep. the ship being kept In the channel
by the rudder after the manner OF canal
boat. IN ancient times IN India famous
general used elephants 60 bridge stream.
He possessed battalion Of over 800 ele-
plants, and approaching a river where the
stream was TOO rapid for his troops 70
cross, he ordered the elephants In and had
them placed side by side, facing up and
down stream Then planks we're brought
and laid from the back OF one elephant to
that OF another, and over them the troops
passed IN safety, the only trouble experi-
enoed being the showers OF water which
the elephants kept up by sucking up the
refreshing liquid IN their trunks and toss
ing II over their bodies, after their fashion,
of course deiuging the men.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
ABOUT NESTS.
Cosy Homes That Are Now CompIet-
ed All Over the Countrv

Cosy Homes That Are Now CONFLICT
ed All Over the Country.
Each bird finds its own nest beautiful. {"
says the French proverb, but 20 human
eyes there is a mighty difference. The
dove, for example, is shocking bad
housekeeper either wild as the wood dove.
or tame as the domestic pigeon. TWO
sticks, three straws, a suspicion of coarse
grass, and Madame Dove Is ready 10 lay
her two pearl-white eggs and brood them
with a touching devotion Neither she
nor her mate have any shame In such a
nest. They never hide It, In fact they
seem to take pains to set 1t where IL must
be plainly seen.
The warblers each and several are pat
tern nest builders. First they choose a
spot of safe seclusion, then pitch upon
some cup of twigs and line II and cushion
il with The finest soft fbers, fine grass,
horse hair human hair, bits OF string In
choosing they are curiously intelligent. If
a handful of variegated threads be spread
out where they can find them, all the sad
colored ones will be used. the gay ones left.
Not so with the cat bird His cat-call
has something savage, so 1t Is perhaps
not strange that he has also "A savage taste
for red. Bits or red flannel are a dear de-
light TO him He will tug and tug at
them, picking them up, letting go, then
selzing them again, until he has found the
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
READING ny THE MILE.


The Ordinary Individual Covers Two
Miles with His Pen in the Course
of Lifetime.
you read a thousand miles," Is the cal
culation of a clever individual fond OF de-
tails. The eyes of the average busy man.
In reading alone, travel one thousand
miles, which is equivalent 10 an ocular
trip" a third of the distance across our
continent. Even the busiest man probably
travels with his eyes nineteen miles OF
type yearly, and there are doubtless many
readers who travel six times this distance.
If you read a yellow-backed novel, your
eyes have traversed from a mile to a mile
and half of type.
The busiest pen cannot keep up with
this pace. With ordinary use, your pen
has not travelled over two miles during
an average lifetime, Perhaps a Klpling oy
a lola, IL he live to be 60 or whereabouts,
has journeyed 100 miles with his pen;
that is he has not Travelled as far as from
New York to Albany.
A fluent speaker utters between 1000
and 5000 words In the course of an hour s
uninterrupted speaking; 70 words a minute
is a fair average.
The proportion of sickness In human
life is nine days out of the year.
The healthiest occupations In the world
for women are Bookkeeping and flower
raising.
The length of life of tradesman is only
two-thirds of that of farmer
Only one man In 2Os is over six feet in
hight.
The colored race embraces one-tenth OF
the living members of the human family,
or about 15O,OOO,OOO individuals.
An Edinburgh professor has made the
calculation that IL men were really as big
as they sometimes feel, there would be
room in Edinburgh for only one professor.
two doctors, three lawyers and reporter.
In Germany. seven or eight people of
every 100 use bicycles. About 1000, 600 bicy-
Giles have been made In Europe and Amer
lea.
The failures in the year 1898 were IL, 1872
in number, with liabilities amounting to
$l4S,6S225l, against liabilities OF $lS2 5S1, III
in 1897
The number Of church-goers in tho
United states in 1898 was 27,7i4523; an in
crease for the year of over $4,000
The fastest times reported for the mile
are:
nailway-S4 seconds.
Iceboat-1 minute.
Steam yacht minute So seconds.
BICYCLE minute S5 2-5 seconds.
Horse minute 3515 seconds
Ocean liner-2 minutes 20 seconds.
Runuing-i minutes 12% seconds.
Rowing minutes IS seconds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
GROWTH OF THE OYSTER.
On beginning Its Career the Oyster
Is So Small That 100000 Would
Only Cover a Saunre Inch.

Is So Small That 100000 WOuId
Only Cover a square Inch.
The mollusk Is its own architect and
the shell grows as the fish inside grows
being never too small 1t also bears its
age upon its back, for on its shell are sue
cessive layers, overlapping one another
technically termed Shots and each one
marks a years growth. Up to the time
of its maturity-that is, when four years
of age-the shots are regular and success
sive; but after that time they become ir-
regular, and are piled upon one another.
so that the shell becomes bulky and thick
ened.
Fossil oysters have been found with
shells nine inches thick, whence thew
would be judged to be 800 years old, one
TO two million oysters are produced from
a single parent. and their scarcity Is ac-
counted for by the fact that man is not
the only oyster-eating animal, many spe-
cles of fish subsisting almost entirely upon
the mOllugk
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
SILENT BALI.
1t Is Played with AN Air Balloon, IL
hit with the Back of the Hand.

1t IL Played with AN Air Balloon, II
hit with the Back of the Hand.
This game Is very much more amusing
than one might think from its name and
all that Is necessary TO play il is an air
balloon and yard or two OF white tape.
Let an even number Of children (any
number from two 20 twelve range them
selves in straight lines on either side OF
a piece Of tape which is stretched across
the floor to form a dividing line between
them. Each row OF children should be
about three PAGES from the dividing line.
so that there may be six PAGES between
sides; the players should be about an arms
length apart.
% The balloon is hit up into the air, and
the aim of the players must be not to let
1t fan on the ground. Ii must be hit only
with the back Of the hand; the players
left hands should be placed behind them.
Any one who shouts or even speaks must
pay a forfeit, as also must any one who
moves from his or her position Should
the air ball fall, Il counts one against the
party standing on the side OF the tape oa
which II rests. Whichever side loses twen-
~ first has lost the game, the other hay
Ing won Il.
IL is a mistake to suppose this a gamo
for only the little ones; even grown-ups
have been known to find il great sport,
and the paying Of forfeits adds not a little
TO the fun. NJ d.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

When Prof. Morse was trying to secure
an appropriation from Congress to build
the first telegraph line, he met with con-
siderable opposition from skeptical MEM
bers, who knew nothing Of electricity. and
thought that Prof Morse was either a
charlatan or a lunatic, and his invention
a clever fraud.
He was finally successful, as an the
world knows, and telegraph wires now
cover the earth, while the daily receipts
run up into the millions. Yet u was only
ffty-four years ago, Ia 1916, that the first
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

effect of turning one usually comes wide
of the mark.
There is a trick, or rather a feat OF
strength, which even the strongest man
will be unable to do. as easy as II looks
Place your two hands, open, in front of
you, so that they touch each other as
shown In the illustration. Holding the
hands together in this position. using a
little strength 1t will be found impossible
for anyone to pull the two hands apart by
taking hold of your wrists from beneath,
as shown herewith. his thumbs being to-
wand the wrist.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

1t was lecture delivered by learned
puryeyor OF liver pills. ana illustrated by
diagrams OF The frame OF man. That. -
he explained, pointing ont a totally differ
ent spot lis where mans liver H."
Excuse me-" observed the man In epec-
tacies, hut am surgeon, and that's not
where the liver is"
Never you mind where his liver Is,'f
rotoried the lecturer. III It was Ia hts BIZ
zoe or left ear my pills would reach i and
shake IA fof him. "-rit-Bits
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
A Useful Coin.


It is not generally known that the FIVE
cent nickel coin Of the United States cur
rency was designed with special reference
to its use as a unit OF weight or measure
ment by the decimal system, but 1t is true.
For some reason the metric system,
though its use has been 1egalized in this
country, is not popular with the Ameri-
cans, and 1t has not come into general use
and perhaps never. will. If it does the
usefulness of this coin will at once be-
come apparent. It Is exactly five grammes
in weight and two centimetres in diameter
This is, of course, not an accident, and
If there shall be any change in our system
of coinage, other convenient measurements
and weights may be adopted according to
the same system.
Four Notes I'm n Canary's Song.
In the song of a canary. four notes are
recognized by dealers and they can tell
by listening to il for few minutes
They are the water note, which Is a rip
pling, gurgling, attractive bit of warbling,
Nike the murmur of a rill a flute note,
clear and ringing; the whistlng note, of
the same class but much finer, and the
rolling note which is a continuous melody,
rising and falling only to rise again.
1t is in the last named note that the
American birds fail They can not hold
H. Another difference between the two is
that the German canaries are night sing
ers-they will sing until the light is ex-
tingushed But the American birds put
their heads under their wings with the
darkness.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

II a pound of coal be subjected to a dry
distillation. and the products and resid-
uals treated chemically by the processes
for obtaining the well-known coal oil tar
colors, The one pound so treated will Yield
enough magenta TO color 800 yards Of
flannel. vermilion for $50 yards. aurine
for 12O yards, and alizarine sufficient for
155 yards of red cloth
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

telegraph Office was openel in Washington,
and the receipts from April l to 4, inclu-
sive were only one cent. On April the
receipts rose to 1872 cents and on the 9th
and 7th fell off to nothing April 8 the
office took in $l.32, and April ., $1,4 What
curiosity these figures are nowadays
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
A CURIOUS FERRY.
How the East Indian Put the Rnjah's
GIFT 10 Good Use.
n

BY G. +. Holder.
one Of the most singular ferries IN the
world Is found in India and was started
under very peculiar circumstances. A GER
tain native, who lived near branch Of
the Ganges, rescued from tiger a rajah,
and 10 a transport Of gratitude the latter
nearly impoverished the man by pre-
senting him with one Of the finest and
largest elephants m his stud. Only a
rich man could support an elephant. and
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

MT n D. ~ yors To -I1lD9II5 ~ tL
they could do good. had large spots all over my
body and these broke out into running sores and
endured all the suffering which this vile disease pro-
duces decided to try s. S. s. as last resort, and was
greatly improved. followed closely your 'Drec-
tions for Self Treatment and the large spoches
chest began grow paer and smaller and before long
disappeared entirely was soon cured perfectly and my
skin has been as clear glass since. cured my
self at home after the doctors had failed completely
1t is valuable time thrown away to expect the doctors
to Contagious Blood Poison for the disease IS be-
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
HOME CURE
FOR BLOOD OLSON.

There is not the slightest doubt that the
doctors do more harm than good in treating
Contagious Blood Poison; many victims of
this loathsome disease would be much better
off to-day il they had never allowed them
selves to be dosed on mercury and potash, the
only remedies which the doctors ever give for
blood poison.
The doctors are wholly unable to get rid Of
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
s. s. S. FOR TIE BLOOD


the
Of entirely Hence
where it
constitution private home treat
all We all medical
publicity
Write full to Specific Atlanta
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09
Beware of the Doctors
Patchwork; You Can
Cure Yourself at Home.

this vile and only attempt to heal up the outward the
and endeaor keep shut in with their constant doses oil potash
the fight continued indefinitely the drugs dong esste
mored than the disease ITSELF
Mr Newark j.. II had spent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

The colored race embraces one-tenth o
the living members of the human family
or about 150O000OO individuals.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

A fluent speaker utters between 700
and 5000 words In the course of an hour
uninterrupted speaking; 70 words a minut
is a fair average.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

The proportion of sickness In human
life is nine days out of the year.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

The healthiest occupations In the world
for women are Bookkeeping and flower
raising.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-04-09

The length of life of a tradesman is onl,
two-thirds of that of a farmer.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-07
ATLANTIC CITY 8ARD

Mr.. II. S. Hcaton and wife of Rich
mond. are visiting their relative, Rev
w; L. and Mrs Williams at the Meth
oolst parsonage on Central avenue.
The revival at LeIiies' Memorial NJ
~ Church. which has been in progress
tor the past three weeks. has not been
without fruitful results. There have
been number of conversions. and the
church has been spiritually built up.
with good weather this week the
work OF curbinS, gutterinS and grad
ing OF Colley avenue will begin.
The Junior Epwcrth League of Le-
kies Memorial Methodist. Church will
meet for devotional exercises at ,
O'Clock this afternoon. The program
VIII be varied and interesting.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-07
EWs OF NORFOLK ON PAGES TWO THREE, FIVE AND SIX,
BRARBLETON WARD.

At II o'clock this morning Rev. DIR.
j. u. Barrett, pastor of the Memorial
Christian Temple, will begin a series
of sermons on the Seven Churches of
Asia. lie will open the course on the
Church of Ephesus, which, though a
working church. was nevertheless a
dying church.
Miss Ollie Saunders. of 1913 South
Maitby avenue. is visiting friends In
Fox Hill, Va.
Rev. Or. ]. j. Hall and wife returned
yesterday from Philadelphia. The
Doctor will deliver an address at the
new Baptist Church in Park View this
afternoon.
Miss Eva McClanan. of West Bran
Dleton avenue. is on three weeks WIS.,
1t to relatives In Princess Anne coun-
ty.
Rev. Lloyd T. Williams, of Trinity
NJ. 10. Church. and Rev. Paul Bradley,
of Liberty Street Church, South Nor
folk. will exchange pulpits this morn
Ing.
The funeral of Mrs Mary Edmonds.
who died Friday evening at the home
OF her daughter, Mrs. wilkins. No. lSs
Maple avenue. will be held from the
residence at O'clock this afternoon.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-05-07
New things in Belts,
Hosiery and ParaSoIs.

Novelties of the highest
order, that are Serviceable in
the extreme. Possibly the
Bow-knot pattern is the most
striking thing in the Parasol
kingdom-we have it.