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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
AN HISTORIC SPANISH BELL.
Cast Two Hundred Years Ago in the
Reign of Philip v.

New York, Feb. 17.-In the picturesque
tower of st. Johns Protestant Episcopal
Church in Ellicottville N. Y, there hangs
a particularly pleasing and sweet toned
bell, which every Sunday and on church
days and holidays calls the congregation
together for worship, and which during
our late war rang out the announcement
of our victories over our Spanish foes
It's history dates back to about 1897,
when the church was nearing completion.
At that ime one of the residents Of Eli
cottvih.ss visited 1Sss.' 4S46, and wdile there
he was informed that a Yankee ship,
lately from Spain, had arrived in port,
and that its captain was an old acquaint-
ance. He hunted up the ship, and dur
ing the course of a visit to its skipper
learned that there was an old church bell
on board.
The captain had got hold of 1t on one
of his trips to Spain and had used it for
ballast for his ship. 1t had been with him
for three or four voyages across the
ocean, but he was not unwilling TO part
with it for a reasonable sum. The country
merchant made conditional arrangement
for its purchase and returned to his home.
A popular subscription was started, and
when the $125 necessary for the purchase
of the bell and its transmission TO Eli
cottville was raised, the order was sent
for its forwarding. But by this time the
old bell was dancing over the waves on
another journey to European countries,
and it was not until months afterward that
word came that 1t was awaiting the order
Of the purchasers.
1t was raised to its place in the steeple
with great labor and for nearly thirty
years not only summoned people to divine
service, but was rung regularly every day
at a. M, u m. and 9 p. m. 1t was also
used as a fire alarm, and on occasions of
general rejoicing, such as the Fourth of
July and Washington's birthday.
The bell was cast during the reign of
Philip ", and for more than a century
hung in monastery on the outskirts of
Malaga. In 1888 Maria Christina, queen TO
Ferdinand VII, grasped the Teins Of gov
eminent on the death Of the King in the
name of her daughter Don Carlos pro-
tested and laid claim to the throne, in ac-
cordance with the Salic law forbldding to
females the right of succession, which Don
Carlos claimed had been Illegally abro-
gated by Ferdinand.
Maria Christina was compelled to es.
pouse liberalism in order to secure sup
port The Inquisition was abolished, the
Jesuits expelled, and many monastaries
and churches where the priests had been
especially obnoxious TO the liberal party
We're sacked and burned In the encounters
which followed. Malaga was the site of a
strong, liberal movement, and the monas-
terry, in which hung the old Angelus made
by Bargas, over a century before, was
turned into heap Of ruins. Some enter
prising dealer in junk afterwards sold the
bell to the ship captain for ballast.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
Glass blowing Extrmordinarv

The Emperor Nicholas wished TO illu.
INMATE the Alexander column In a grand
style. The size Of the round lamps 10 be-
used for the purpose was Indicated and
the glasses ordered at the manufactory.
where the workmen exerted themselves
In vain, and almost blew the breath our
OF their bodies in the endeavor to obtain
the desired size.
The commission must be executed-thah
was self evident; but how?
great premium was offered to the one
who could solve the problem Again the
human bellows toled and puffed The OBJ
ject seemed unatiainabe; when at last
long bearded Russian stepped forward and
declared that he could do 1.-THE had strong
lungs, he would only rinse his mouth first
with q little water TO refresh them
He applied his mouth to the pipe ana
puffed TO such purpose thai the vitreous
ball swelled and puffed nearly 10 the re-
quired dimensions, up TO them. and be-
You'd.
"Holdl Holdr' cried the lockers on.
"You are doing too much; and how did
you do It all?"
The matter is simple enough" answered
the long beard. but first, where Is my
premium"
And when he had clutched the promised
bounty, he explained.
He had retained some OF the water In
his mouth. which had passed thence into
the glowing ball, and the becoming steam
had rendered him this good service.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
THE OLD HORN BOOK.
Not More Than One Dozen of Them
I'm Existence.

What is a horn book? Don't be asham-
ed to say 81 done know" for that is
precisely what Mr. Gladstone said when
some one wrote to him to ask if he had
one in his library. There are only a few
them known to be i'm existence. the fam
Gus British Museum Library has but
three, and only one has been found in the
whole of the United States
A horn book was nothing but piece
of wood on which a slip of paper with the
small letters and capitals printed In or
der was pasted and then covered with a
piece of transparent horn so that the chill
dren could not spoil or tear the paper
while they were learning their letter. II
was made in this way: After the piece
of wood usually oak) had been cut in the
shape of a square paddle the printed sheet
was pasted on the broad surface: the horn
was laid on top, and over il one of the
pieces of thin narrow brass, through the
central part of which an iron tack was
driven Then the other strips of brass
were tackled on around the edge. and the
horn and brass strips clipped off even.
The child was thus provided with strong
and durable copy of the letters from which
It could learn to read.
The earliest horn book of modern times
dates to the year 145O. but it IS thought
certain that similar devices were used I'm
Rome and Greece. IL not in Egypt Books
were too expensive in the early DAYS of
printing 20 entrust them to the tender
mercies of children, and so the horn book
was invented. Horn had long been used
for window panes, and its hardness and
transparency naturally suggested It's use
as a covering of the paper The earliest
specimens Of this first primer contain
besides the capitals and small letters and
Arabic Numerals, a copy Of the Lords
Prayer which thus formed the child's
reading lesson.
The nobility of England and little kings
and queens were not satisfied with so com
mon a thing as a horn book, and so theirs
were made with silver backs and had fin
err and clearer horn over the printed slip.
or the letters were engraved on the silver
There Is one still In existence which was
presented by Queen Elizabeth to a little
lord of her court and 1t is OF course very
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

Most gracious majesty. behold your
sultana."
Sometimes Il IS the mans own grand
father, or younger brother. In any case
it Is sure to be the cause of much mirth
No follower OF Mahomet, from the SUI
tan down, ever sees the face of his bride
until after they are married
A Clever Trick with DominOes.
one person brings forward a set OF DOM
NOES from which he has already extract
ed one. This he keeps out of sight, but
knows what it is. 1t must not be q dou-
Bile, however. He then toses all che DOM
inoes but this one on the table and stirs
them around and tells the company that
they may place these all in line in any
way they like. only that the numbers
must follow each other in proper sequence
and that before they do It he win tell
them what numbers will come out at both
ends This seems Impossible. but u is
quite true. The domino in his pocket
VIII have the two numbers upon IL, like
five and four, or six and one. No matter
what it is the numbers on the two ends
Of the line will be the same as those he
holds. IL they wish and they generally
do to see this done over again. that dom
mo should be secretly mingled with the
others and another one taken. This calls
for adept management. No one misses the
one domino from the others.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

watched critically has every movement.
Melek Men was habituated from infancy
70 the royal state of sultan. lie had a
palace full of servants, Wallets, cooks and
standard bearers, who were followed by
regiments of soldiers. and to the duties of
his rank he was forced to devote the great
er part of his life. But as soon as his
hour of liberty sounded he would speed
away TO the low, plain house, built like
the nest of bird upon the ground: and
perching upon his cuhson, his delicate
chln resting on his little fist he would
gaze off into the clouds
Movzaffer-ed-Dine, who was at that
time Valiahd of Irant Cor her appareuO
lived al Tabriz with his four sons. He
loved them all with deep devotion, but ID
seemed to me he loved Melek Men the
best. Court etiquette and the customs
or the country forbade him to live with
his family. but he clung to Melek Men.
and the child was with him almost con-
stahuy. When he was with his army the
Shah housed Melek in a little hut close
to his own, and when he went upon his
tiger hunts and when he pursued the nrg-
hall into the abrupt rocky heights which
look down on Hadji Tehai and when he
drove the bears up TO the tail SUBMITS
of Sehend. whenever It was possible he
carried with him the delicate Choa-el-Sal-
tanet.
The palace of the Shah, the home of
Choa-el-Saltanet, is a city in itself; a city
composed of palaces which are set in diff.
ferent parts of a beautiful and vast park
The pavilion in the garden of the orange
trees Is furnished with terrestrial globe
made of solid gold. on this globe ae
oceans, the continents and the islands are
formed by precious stones. The seas are
emeraids, and India is mapped out in
amethysts. Africa is in rubies: Persia is
in turquoises, and France and England
are in diamonds. All the names of the
countries are picked out in brilliantly cut.
many facetted smaller diamonds.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
THE SHAH OF PERsIA's SON.
He Studied Geography From a Solid
Gold Globe.

The French tutor Of Choa -el-Seltanet,
called the Sunbeam OF the Earth" writes:
was presented to the little Prince OF
Persia the 9TH of April, 1891. He was then
just 10 years old. had been sent for to
teach him French, and entered at once
upon my duties His name Is Mellk Men
Sovra Mira, or Melk Men; but It Is the
custom in Persia to designate men by their
picture name" given them 10 describe
their peculiar characteristics, and, there
fore Choa-el-Saltanet, the Sunbeam OF the
World Tor the government of Persia.)
The more ] learned Of his characto. the
better liked him. He was a docile, in
telligent and gifted pupil; and a sincere,
affectionate and faithful friend. The
little boy had wonderful memory, and II
was not long before he talked TO me flu
entity In French. Has memory made Il.
during the first months, unnecessary for
him 10 study hard. grew so fond Of him
that 1t worried me because instead OF run
ming about and playing like children Of his
age, he would sit for hours perched Ike a
bird upon his chusion. looking far away.
often with tears in his eyes; then coming
suddenly out Of one OF his dreams. he
would run to meet me and lowering
about. ask me thousand questions upon
philosophical subjects, reasoning like o
man in support Of his own broad views.
He lived the usual life Of a young Per-
sian prince under the vigilant eye Of an
aged and very careful governor who
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
NoNaNeNeoNaAoN 0oOeNoaaNeAeAnAo AaAaAaAaS

handsome. The ordinary horn book from
which Tommy Jones and Susan Brown
learned their A, b, c, was really OF horn
and cost but penny or twopence at most.
One of these was sold at auction in 1893 for
1928 so rare have they become. All that
could be gathered for exhibition in 1882
were eight, and they aroused a great deal
of interest.
As late as the beginning of the nine
teenth century the little children in Eng
land used the horn book and 1t is said
that their shape was so convenient that
the teacher sometimes used it upon the
head or hand of a stupid or lazy pupil.
The Pilgrim Fathers undoubtedly brought
over horn books with them, for the only
one found in this country is exactly like
those made in England. Some of the
wooden horn books were covered on the
back with leather 90 add to their durabn-
ity. Still more elaborate ones had pic
lures under each letter, just like the pic-
ture alphabets in our A, b. books-un-
der A was an apple, under B a bull, under
c a cat, etc. On each of these there is a
line of advice at the top and bottom of
the page: He that ne'er learns his A,
B, c, Forever will a Blockhead be. But
he that learns these letters fair, Shah
have a coach to take the air.
The most interes ting form of the horn
book undoubtedly was that one made of
ginger bread. 1t had all the letters on il
like a real horn book, and according to
the poet:
"To Master John the English maid
A horn book gives of gingerbread;
And that the child may learn the better,
AS he can name he eats the letter;
Proceeding thus with vast delight,
He spells and gnaws from left 10 right"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
PAGES II TO 20.

meters. Excitement Is great in all the
little villages near Il. The inhabitants
had to fly in all haste, for the fall OF the
mass would come sooner or later.
To prop up the descending mountain by
some system of support would appear the
project OF pygmies undertaking the work
of Titans.
Besides, the causes OF the phenomenon
are those which are stronger than we.
They are for the most part Of constitu-
ton Of the mountain itself. and atmos-
pheric conditions; two things which we
cannot govern.
Every time that this phenomenon of
sliding Is observed. the mountain Is COM
posed OF inclined planes, among which a
bed OF clay Is found placed Immediately
above very hard bed, Of granite. per-
haps.
Rain filters without any sloppage lust to
the layer Of clay. collects on IT, softens IL
hnally, and causes IL to lose its adherence
to the granite. So, loosened from It's sun
port, the bed of clay, which would nor
move II Il were on a horizontal plain.
slides, carried along by its own weight
because il Is on an inclined surface. carry
ing with 1t all the mass of earth that il
supports
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
ANIMAL SUICIDES.
The Tragic story of "a Fish THAT De-
libernteIy Tore Itself 10 Pieces


ltbernteIy Tore Itself 10 Pieces,
The pride OF our Pacific coast AQUARIUM,
was a starhsh. For several days after
us capture the huge starfsh gave evidence
OF being satisfied; then IL grew restless
and two days later the following an
nouncement appeared in a local paper.
Terrible suicide Torn in pieces by him.
self. Gruesome particulars"
Those who read the item before thov
reached the last line were Mortified ana
wondered who the victim could be: bur M
the end of the notice the reader discov.
cred that the suicide was only the blr
starfish The act was evidently premedi.
tated and accomplished mostly al night,
but enough was seen in the daytime n
convince the observers that 1t was nurelv
a case Of suicide.
In inc tank were two large land crab,
kept as scavengers, and when the III,
stafhsh was found torn in two portions n
was supposed that the crabs were Tho ort-
prits, and, sad to relate. thew were a.
once executed destroyed on purely cir
cumstantial evidence.
AHu Jay Following the starnsh was dia.
covered in three pieces, and by carafrI,,
watching it was seen that the animal IVA.
slowly and deliberately rendipp itso,s
apart It's plan was to extend its raw,
IN opposite directions. secure a strong bola
WIN us sueiSer-linsd arms and pur.
That an animal could pun itself IN ,n,o
m this way seems beyond belief ~. ~
Hesh gradually gave way, and IN few,
hours the starfish was diveded again mis-
pelns continued until the six arms ,ya,..,
severed from The body. "e''
hach severed arm, far from diving sear,.
co possessed with all the vlgor Of tba
original one, and to all intents ana mr.
poses was separate animal.
Inc object of the suicide IL kno,,r.
there Is no gruesome secret. IL Is nereIy
the attempts of the animal 10 protact a.
self from suffocatlon or starvation In ,ba
tank there was an insufficient air au,ni,,
ana the star Immediately began 10 eaIva
the question OF self-preservatIon after the
FASHION suggested by nature This was 10
economic, throw off certain parts. So 4.
reg was detached, just as a crab viii Jerk
or crushed or injured member in full
talth that another will grow.
III now the water could have been SIM.
plied with Its proper quota of air there IL
no doubt but that the suicide would have
been stopped, but the unfavorable condi-
tions continued, and another arm was
torn off, and another until the body re-
manned attached TO but one arm. ana
there was nothing more to cast Off.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19

A valuable camel, working In an oil
mill in Africa, was severely beaten by It's
driver Seeing that the camel had treas
ured up the injury and was only waiting
a favorable chance for revenge, the driver
kept a strict watch upon the animal
Time passed away; the camel knowing
that It was watched, was quiet and obedi-
ent, and the driver began to think that
the beating was forgotten. when, ono
night. after several months had gone by,
che man was sleeping on a raised plat
form in the mill, whilst. as is customary,
the camel was stabbed In corner
Happening to awake, the driver saw by
the bright moonlight that, when all was
quiet, the animal looked cautiously
around. rose softly and stealing toward A
spot where a bundle OF clothes and a
bernous, thrown carelessly on the ground.
resembled a sleeping figure cast itself
with violence upon them rolling with all
it's weight and tearing them most vi
ciously with its teeth Satisfied thai its
revenge was complete, the camel was re-
turning TO its corner, when the driver sat
up and spoke. At the sound Of his voice.
and realizing the mistake Il had made. ths
animal was 80 mortified at the failure and
discovery Of its scheme. that il dashed
it's head against the wall and died on the
spot
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
THE SNAKES MARK.
p.,na nm Account of the Finding of
the Lost Treasure of the HnIloWeIl
Family.
Nv p. Y. BLACK.

,,,yrieht. 1898. by the S. s. Mcclure Co.
,svnopsis of Preceding Chapters: Justin
gaIIowen quarrels with his uncle and
leaves Boston together with his chum,
o1iaI Haskell. The two escape on the
shin of Dixey Lynch, who likes Justin,
,,,t tries twice to kill Oziel. Because Of
,+e neculiar snakes mark on has forehead
tho sailors fear Justin. The ship anchors
off Long Island and provisions for long
,.ovaee. Oziei discovers the plots of the
ssfors. who again try 20 kill him, but
s,cceed only in leaving him behind. Oziel
makes his way to New York city, where
he chances upon Murrin, Justin's uncle.
The two fit out a stout ship and overtake
LYNCH and his crew. A sea fight follows
and the pirates are overcome. Lynch and
Donnereau are taken prisoners and make
a comDact with Murrin. A landing is
made on the treasure island. Murrin and
his men quarrel with Lynch and the
hacks. Justin and Oziel escape into the
surrounding thicket and come upon par
~ Of natives executing the snake dance.
Justin recognizes the OLD hiSn priest as ms
father. Oziel loses Justin and meets the
priest who tells of his being cast on the
island unconscious, and ignorant of the
uast. He is now in danger as the snakes
mark was disappearing. The natives ac-
cepting the sign receive Justin as his sue
cessor. The old priest, seeing his son in
danger from the wrath Of Donnereau,
rushes from a hiding place and kills him.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-02-19
Mountains which walk.

Walls have ears; here are mountains
with legs.
The one which at this moment occupies
attention by exciting anxiety. Is not max
ing its first attempt. 1t is some time ago
that IL was displaced, and cut off the pas
sage of the trains for Mines, France, then
the movement stopped, and II was thought
that the dreadful phenomenon OF sliding
had finished.
IL began again; In forty-eight hours, the
Mountain of the Gulf had leaped over 30
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

The merchants OF Boulder have agreed
to close their stores at IL o'clock on the
morning of the fourth of July. All
stores. however will be kept open on
Monday evening previous. The Gro.
GERS association at its meeting last nigh,
decided that on account of the danger Of
runaways on the fourth no deliverys will
be made on that date. All persons are
requested to make their purchases in
time for delivery Monday.
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

Capt. T. ]. Sipple. who recently spent
several days in jamestown, says that
rcining interests are looking bright in
that section. Messrs. Barbee and Wagie.
who have been working the Gold Ledge,
Col. A. E. Bowen's property. under bond
and lease Tor some time have added
several other properties to their list and
are shipping heavily. Among the mines
recently acquired by them are the
Montgomery properties. the Terry
properties, the John w. Grady belong.
ing to R H. Whiteley, L. J. Talbot and
Tom Lafferty. He says that the Woody
people are quite active and promise
considerable work on their group Of
mines during the coming summer.
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

On account of the heavy strain upon
the structure. the university library is
being removed from the upper floor of
the main building to the basement. The
building has been declared unsafe with
the books on the upper floor, but it was
thought that the appropriation for the
new library building would be available
this summer so the removal was post.
poned. The books now, with the depict
ed state of the treasury, may have to
stay in the basement for a couple oi
years
Daily camera., 1899-06-28
On top Of the seat of

On top of the seat of
a hack which stood on
the corner Of Walnut
and Tenth street last
evening WAS AN unusual
combination. A thor
oughtred Scotch terrier
WAS enjoying a romp
with a little strips d NAL
tese kitten, and the way
the terrier would "maul
tes,e" and cuff the kit
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

The ball game between the Boul-
der Reds and the Elyria team to be
played on July 4,h will be called at 10
a. M, so as not to interfere with the
Chautauqua opening exercises. 1t is
the ambition of the management to
secure a few more spectators on the
grand stand than on the hill side. but a.
yet the reverse has been the case.
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

The death of S. w. Hall resulted from
consumption last night. He came here
Tor the benefit of his lungs short time
ago. but he was too far gone before he
started. The remains have been en-.
balmed by Undertaken Trezise and will
be shipped to Harrisville. West Virginia,
tomorrow morning.
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

Miss c. M. Crockette, public reader
and teacher of elocuton and dramatic
art is located at corner 10th and Hill
Miss Crockette is in Boulder to give a
course of eight weeks instruction Any
interested are invi'ed to call
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

Charley Frey. who has been following
his trade IN Denver for several months
past, has returned to Boulder to remain
permanently. He stayed in the capital
city long enough to see the effects OF the
smelter lockout. and says he doesn't
like il,
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

La Neve Foster went up to Springdale
yesterday to look over the ground for the
proposed tramway from the Standard
mine to the mill. He expects to secure
the contract for this huge work. con
structlon on which is to be begun in the
near future.
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

Melvin Thornburg. the Longmont
boy who was seriously injured by being
thrown from 4 horse on Monday is now
in the University hospital. An opera.
ton was performed on his skull yester.
day. but his recovery is considered
doubtful.
Daily camera., 1899-06-28

The best local and other talent has
been secured for the entertainment to be
given next Friday evening in the Ma.
sonic Temple under the auspices Of the
Relatives Union. and the entertainment
promises to be one Of great success.
Watch the paper for the program. Ad.
mission 7S aud s. cents.