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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07

vital point of the day, and it is very inter-
esting to watch them then. No sooner
is the attendant heard to approach, than
each little bunny gets up on his hind legs,
dances a jig laps his tongue around the
wire of the door and INDUCES in all sorts
of graceful and disgraceful antics. l feel
very little can be said for their manners
individually or collectively, as each clam
ors impatiently for his share, apparen ly
quite unwilling 10 await his turn. Pc
Since the raising of rabbits on any eX-
tensive scale is quite a new industry in
this country, il was found necessary al
Woodstock to import a large portion of
their original stock from Eng and and Ger
many. One very much interested in the
subject speaks of his surprise upon visit
ing a rabbit show in Germany, TO note@the
interested and intelligent way in which
the children there used the catalogue, be-
traying a knowledge of the different
breeds that would astonish the average
American child.
The Belgian hare has attained great pop
ularity in this country both as pet and
a market product and is perhaps the most
widely known of all the high-bred rab-
bits 1t is usually distinguished by
handsome coat of rufus red, fecked with
black, although there is the black Bel
gian mare which is greatly admired for
its beauty. OF the stock imported at
Woodstock. one of the finest market rab-
pits has proved TO be the fleinlSH dIdHt,
from the prize winning strain a Crystal
Palace London. This rabbit is distin
guished by it's large round head, bright,
bold eyes, strong erect ears,~ massive
shoulders and powerful legs and feet,
combined with unusal size. Its correct
color is dark steel grey, and it is con-
sidered altogether a noble looking animal.
On account of their exquisite beauty the
biack-and-tans are reared exclusively for
pets They were imported from Eng
land where sixteen years of careful
breeding has developed in them perfect
colorings and markings. Their bodies are
covered with a fine black, glossy coat,
marked with tan around the eyes, ears,
nose and on the neck. chest and feet the
under portion of their bodies being tan
and white. They are natural pets, being
very docile and fond of caresses.
The boy ambitious to start in on lit
tie business of his own, cannot do better
that to experiment with small rabbitrv
after, of course, informing himself thor
oughly upon the subject. At present the
West, particularly the Far West, offers
the best market for well-bred stock.
Della 7. Davis.
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which perched upon the brute's neck, was
picking up huge logs and carrying them,
according to their length and thickness
to other stacks, where the elephants piled
them with almost human intelligence and
eXactness. Freddie remembered this gov
ernment dockyard. for he had been taken
to watch the elephants once before by
his father. He was greatly interested and
wandered about freely. He chatted to the
mahouts and others, but 1t seemed they
We're all very, very busy, for. they did not
answer nor, indeed, seemed to see the lit
tie boy at all. Freddie did not mind that !;
there was so much to watch.
At last he came to a corner of the yard
where a big elephant was standing all by
itself, swaying from side to side, chained
by one leg. Freddie recognized 1t by its
size, as one which his father had allowed
him to ride on in care of the mahout
when he was here before. Naturally the
boy wished to enjoy a ride again. There
was no attendant near to help him up, but
somehow he found that the swarthy tur-
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THE BOY AND THE JUGGLERS.
.eDorNGs OF ORIENTAL MAGIcrAN.y
Mysterious Adventures of an Anglo
Indian Boy.
BY P. Y. Black.


The shooting party with their guns and
their gunboys and their dogs and their
dogboys disappeared over the hall. Papa
kissed his hand as he vanished, and Uncle
Fred halloaed. Poohl AS if these tokens
of consideration for him atoned fer their
unI<indness to the little boy! He wanted
to go so badly, and they said he was tco
little. Very absurd of them it was, to BE-
sure, and therefore Freddie got his bow
and arrow. and. with the rightaously Of
Tended dignity of an S-year-oli very-near-
ly-thoueh- not -yet-quite- grown-up man, set
out ahuniug all by himself.
1t was just about sunrise, the coo est.
incest time-o'day in India, and mama was
not yet up and the servants were busy
elsewhere, so nobody said him may" In
a little while Freddie found himself a good
distance from the bungalow. on the boun-
Diary of the tea plantation, where the
wilderness began and all was strange ana
new to him. OF course, with his bow an
arrows, he was now on the lookout for Ii
gers and elephants and mammoths and
things, but perhaps he was NOT very, very,
unduly anxious to see them. At any rate
he was gratihed to observe, of a sudden,
quite unexpected and amazing $ ght
Two brown men, one quite 0 d and the
other quite young, were in the shadow of
the trees They were SIR pped 10 the
waist, and the old man wore a GUNNER
bund and sandals. while the Young, wiry
mans legs and feet were bare. The Old
man was evidently instructing the young
er and supervising lesson far m5re IN.
teresting to Freddie than the worrying in
tricacies of reading book and the mutt
plication table. Fish, flash! Flickerty
flick. Up in the air, CHANGING in the
mornings santing sunbeams quiyered
prodigious number of knives. They must
sometimes have touched the juggler's
hands, but so deity did the young man
finger them, that the knives darted about
his head and body like a swarm of goat
dragonhies, grazing his ears. soaring
above his turban, swooping TO his knees,
but never by any accident touching the
ground until, with swift Clatter and
clash, they all came together in the jug
glers grasp, and he laid them down.
Now, the little boys eyes and mouth
were soon very wide open indeed, and
when the feat was over, his unconscious
legs had borne him, step by step, right
up TO the jugglers, where his brown hair
and pale face and pretty suit of snow
white duck contrasted strangely with their
dusky skins and bright black eyes and
clothes of glowing colors. He was inn
mensely Interested. and rather awed, but
by no means afraid, for he had been
born in India, and was accustomed to
commune in a lordly manner with all sorts
of natives. Even travelling jugglers were
not unknown to him as species of In
dian, which. if one had to be a native,
would decidedly be preferable to any
other. So. when the swarthy men sa-
laamed humbly, to the little sahib, the boy
acknowledged their salute, and said, with
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"Since the time av Shamus O'Brien we
haven't had the rale thing in the way CT
Faneyins," said McChuck. "Now's our
time. A tin can allus comes TO the yally
dog waits. the ovid saying is, an nov
we have a great opportunity to twist the
British lions tail. I'm forced to admit that
the British lion has a divil av a wiry tail.
Good people hev been a-twistin' on ii for
nanny years. The more We twist, the
louder the ovid boy roars, and roarin'
makes his tail grow longer Everybodys
wild us now The masses is rlsn' in the
Dimmycratic Club. Mayor Van Wyck is
goln', Andy Freedman is goin', John F.
Carroll Is goin'. all at the head av rfgi-
ments, an our business is to organize"
'NDo we walk?" asked McCloskey.
mo, never!' said the inspector. THE
Dlmmycratic Club hez chartered all the
automobiles, with cordials under the safes.
an we will all ride Andy Freedman
has got felly named Paul Boyton from
Coney Island to manage the artillery
Andy says this felly hez been sflootin' the
chutes for five years and knows the shoot
in business from top to bottom"
MeCloskey then made an eloquent plea
for postponement cf the invasion, on the
ground that he had no winter fiannels.
and McFlnnerty grumbled about dropping
his new job.
IF yez don't injoy the lice av bein' shot
at, thin viz kin be musicians, surgeons.
chaplains and special correspondents"
sad McChuck. as he held up a large en-
listment blank and commanded his follow
ers 10 come forward and show that they
were ready to die in order to twist the
British lions tail. He told them that eacn
volunteer could choose the commanding
officer he wished to serve under At the
end of half an hour ten good men and
true had duly enlisted, as follows. with
job preferred in the service and command
er preferred.
Daniel McChuck, bother, Col. A. b.
Gardiner
Michael Flaherty musician. Mai. Me-
Chuck.
Michael McCloskey, correspondent, Gen.
Prick oHoulihan, grave digger John
f. Carroll.
j. McFinnerty. chaplain, no commander
wanted.
D. Sullivan, typewriter. o'Donovan
Rosa.
Algernon Ryan. automobile washer,
sylvanus Murphy, chiropodist, King
Menelik.
Hypophosphites Reilly. bartender, Jira
Jeffries.
John Smith. fighter. Capt. Rafferty,.
II kick on No. TO-" said Hypophos
Reilly, when the list was tackled to the
wall ION the ground that he's irrelevant.
immaterial, an out av plumb wild de rest
av u.s." whereupon John Smith who had
the nerve to want to fight and nothing
else, was thrown out.
"In conclusion, gintilmin.' said Me-
Chuck, IL want t. congratulate yez in adj
vance on yer magnificent records and dis
cretion. Ye air thrained diplomats Hang
In won't hurt the likes av We, fur We are
all experienced rubber necks, an. be-
sides, an which is more to the pint ac-
cordln' to yer choice av occupashun in
the Faneyin army, II amy bloody Brit
isher shud capture We. we wud escape
hangn' on the ground av bein' non-com-
bustibles."
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DIAMONDS IN RUSsIA'S CROWNS.
There Were 4,2G4 Gems Used in Maxi
ing Three of Them.
From Chambers' Journal.


The crown of Russia is at present pre-
sumably the richest in diamonds. Besides
several valuable collectio in the imperial
treasury there are three crowns entirely
composed of these stones. That of Ivan
Alexiowitch contains ISL, that of Peter the
Great SAT and that of Catherine II 2,5S6.
One of its most remarkable diamonds is
the "Orloff,'' now set in the top of the i'm
perial scepter, and on this account is some
times called the ''Scepter' diamond. The
history of this stone has been much mixed
I'D with that of the Moon of the Noun
tain" another great diamond in the pos
session of the Car. The most authentic
account appears to be that it formed one
of the ewes of the Hindu god Sri-Ranga,
to whom was dedicated magnificent tenn
ple situated on a fortified island in Ny
sore.
A French deserter from the Indian SER
vice who had been at work in the neigh
horbood of this temple, hearing of the
IDOLS "beaux yeux," determined to be-
come their possessor. AS no Christians
were permitted within the precincts of the
pagoda. he, in order to gain the conf
dence Of the priests, became devotee
and so ingratiated himself with the
Brahmins that they confided to him the
guardianship of the inner shrine, which
contained the idol. Watching his oppor-
tunitv one stormy night he succeeded in
forcing one of the eyes out of its socket
and fed with it to Madras, where he sold
the gem to an English sea captain for
90 600 who in turn, disposed of it to a
lew for $4,000. From him it was pur-
chased by Kojeh. a Persian merchant,
who. at Amsterdam, when on his way
from England to Russia, met Prince Or
loft. This Prince, in order to regain the
FAVOR Of Catherine H. under whose dis
Measure he had fallen, bought the gem
from the merchant for the sum of $4,000
and an annuity of $4,000 and presented 1t
70 his imperial mistress, who had pre-
viorsly declined the purchase as too cost
w, but now accepted this truly royal gift
from her ulustrious subject.
The "Orloff'' diamond weighs 1894 carats
and its estimated value Is 800. In size
II ranks first among European gems, and
In beauty yields the palm to the RE
cent" onlv. 1t is said that Wilkie Col
inns novel 1.-THE Moonstone," was sug-
gested by this stone.
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M'CHUCK ENLIsTs FENIANs.
Ten Men Join the Movement and
Name Their Commanders.
From the New York Tribune.

From the New York Tribune.
dihgent inquiry yesterday among the
firearms and provision dealers failed to
reveal any tangible evidence of the exist
ence of the movement" to raise an army
Of 1876 0o0 Fenians in the city of New York
for the proposed invasion of Canada. One
broker in the Produce Exchange, whose
name, is suppressed out of consideration
for his widowed mother said that he
knew of an agitation looking to the ship
ment of a drove of jackasses to Canada.
but he would not paricularize. The only
bright spot in the Fenian movement seems
to be at the Erie Basin, in Brooklyn.
where last night Daniel McChuck, the
well-known Tammany sewer inspector Of
the Twelfth ward. explained the new Fem
ian uprising to his friends He enlisted
ten volunteers. This notice in the Klon-
dixie saloon brought out McChuck's follow
ing TO a man.
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% tI, longer. He enjoyed it all brt no
= inns me modern campaign methods Law,
a ueiilehdous burden on a candidate ~
80 o-li'"St beyond endurance his nbvsicaI
ana mental energies. A''9 piiy sicai
speeches, His Friends. His Tastes
da ne usually prepares his speeches for
EMERY IN the House rather carefnlly,
'I''nS lhem out. or debating them to
" s'eHoe'apher He confesses 10 d.
SIC OF stage fright before every sneecb
anu a.Iu thlnks he would have nervous MOS
J, VIII Il ne knew too long before hand
MI ne should address the House.
RI - DolilVer has hosts of friends and
NV 10 so among them. His tastes
ba sb iiipie' he takes little heed of how
I've sHah be clad, and he has so lire
concern about what is set before hin, ~
CAV mat he would like to adopt the con
ognSeu 1000 and beef extracts of Arctic
itOi e. ; lie smokes few cigars.
a., nave never seen but one tragedy
mat dld not seem like comedy y he
says speaking of the theater. land thar
"@9 hamlet, played by Booth.
'"ithstanding the deep impression
lilaue upon MIN by that performance. he
i "a" 1t from the retirement of the verv
back of the box, which ALWAYS Faus ~
eHe lot OF the men in a theater party.
a position, he says. from which he could
not see left field at all
ne Is a lover of books. but not a
pioiomaniac. He prefers a complete
ldst edltlon to any first edition that was
ever printed If he has a favorite an
thor' thing he is not at an sure of II
Is Ienhyson' a liking in which Mrs Dol
Ilver who is Wellesley graduate. bv the
way Joins him. Farming is his hohhv
lie owns fine farm, likes to live on II
ana Is sanguine enough to believe that
some day he will be able to make il nav
expenses. F'
Likes to Go Fishing.
When Mr.. Do!liver is off duty. he likes
TO put on his Oldest clothes. dig can
OF pant, take his rod-'pole" they caD II
Out IN lowa-and go afishing for bass
IN the Des Moines river. 1t is the hest
sport IN the world, he says, the crafty
PefSuadlng of a wary fish to take the
balt Cod-tishing where you drop a
c'othesline into the sea and pun il up
with a small whale on it, is not to be
compared with the keen, artistic delight
OF basS-fishing. Ii is a philosophical
amusement. When he goes afishing
Dolliver communes with nature; he med
itates, he has time to think long thoughts
and all the fish he catches are so much
clear gain.
Mr.. Dolliver is the man who invented
and conferred on Mr. Mckinley the title
of Advance Agent of Prosperity" He
has been one of the administrations
warmest champions
Ruth KimbaU Gardiner
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Russia may be behind some of the
other nations in the rapidity of her prog
ross but she is not behind In adopting
anv new invention of the other nations
which may help her along in the forward
march. The Russian government has
been watching for long time the differ
emit transportation systems of the other
nations. and the result is the following
order: First. All locomotives and ten
ders freight and passenger. all freight
and passenger cars and military trans
nortation cars must be provided with COM
dressed air brakes of rapid action before
Ian. /. 1908. Second. The Westinghouse
system Is the one adopted, and must be
nlaced on all railroads either Of private
Generations or of the government. Third.
All other systems are prohibited. even on
trial The Westinghouse system will be
under the supervision Of a commission.
who will inspect its action during period
of three years, and the findings of this
commission are to be approved by the gov
ernnent-
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Breaking II Gently.-Judge Lynch's
court having attended to the case Of one
Bilious Pete in the usual characteristic
and conclusive manner. Alkali Pete was
selected to break the news as gently as
possible to the bereaved widow. "Howdy-
do. nom" he saluted, when the lady had
come 10 the door In response 10 his knock
1--WE Just dropped around to soyter tell
you that-er-er-your husband amt
a-goln' to live very long" what makes
you think he a.n't2' returned the lady. In
considerable surprise. "B'cuz he's dead
now" was the ingenious seply.-Llfe
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Fred Fired sitting on the Grass
lie simple directness of one used TO be-

the simple directness of one used 10 be-
ing obeyed:
DO 1t again"
The older man turned to the boy at once
with an air of having expected him, and
smiled and salaamed very low in quite a
gratifed way. They obeyed him at once,
and the young native began to perform
even more amusing tricks. 1t was almost
terrifying, but the curious, and rather I'M
nerving thing was that the old juggler
never seemed to take his eyes off the boy.
Whenever Freddie looked at him, he
found him looking at Freddie. so closely
and solemnly, yet SO kindly that the lit
tie sahim was quite awed, and felt sem
ton of respect which he had never ex-
perienced before in his life long dealings
with natives. The old man gave him a
mat to sit on, and smiled into his face
with great. deep piercing eyes and told
him to be good and he would see what
he would see.
The old man then took mango stone
from basket, and carefully planted IL.
Then he covered the spot for an instant
with the basket, and cried out something.
and removed the basket and there was the
young plant already sprouting from the
earth! Freddie gasped. and the plant
grew and grew right before his eyes. 1t
grew ana IL grew ana IL grew, until IN o.
very short time It was a tree. Then 1t
spread and II spread and it spread, and al
last little mangos began to appear, and
they grew and ripened In a marvellous
way, until the fakir pucked a big juicy
one and gave 1t to the boy, who ate II
and found II delicious Then the Jugg.er
waved his hands and-the tree was gone.
Goodness met cried Freddie. II don't
see how that was done"
The old juggler smiled again, and took
a coil Of rope from the wonderful basket.
1t was a very ordinary rope, just, In fact,
a wash line. But the fakir cried out into
the air and threw one end OF the coll far
up, and the marveling boy saw that the
rope spun slowly out, up and up towards
the sky. quite straight as If some one, were
hauling at the upper end. II went up and
up until the end vanished altogether.
Gracious goody! cried Freddie. II
don't see how that was done!'
The old man clapped his hands and the
young man ,leaped at the rope at once, and
seized Il and began to climb up. hand
over hand at a tremendous rate. and he
went up and up and up until he also was
out of sight.
''I never, never did" cried Freddie, who
was now limp with amazement. "Where
did he so to?" Aa
Wherever he wished to co. the Jug
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said. Does the sahib wish to go any

gler said. Does the sahib wish to 60 any
where?'
es' cried Freddie with a sudden hap
Ply though. Where my papa and uncle
are hunting!
In moment the juggler placed the rope
in his hands.
'Clim," said he, and without taking
time to think Freddie climbed.
III
Just how and when it happened that he
let so of the rope he could not tell, but
without any trouble to himself he sudden
ly found that the rope had disappeared
and he was standing In great compound
beside a river By the river banks were
great stacks of lumber, and a small army
of elephants, each in charge of a mahout
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1900-01-07
: A Badly Sprained Arm.
HOUSTON. Texas

HOUSTON, Texas.
DIR. RADWAY & CO-Dear Sirs: August
18th last had a badly sprained arm. After
using six different (what were called rem
edies, / never got relief till l used Rad
ways Ready Relief, which eased the pain
at once and cured me in two days. My
father, who is SO years old. says: Rad
ways Ready Relief and Railways Pills
are the best of all medicines" We keep
them in the house the year round. Re
spectfully, THOS. HANSBOROUGH,
Special Police. City Han.
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baned old juggler was looking into his eyes
again. and the next instant he was tri-
umphantly seated atop of the elephant
He was TREMENDOUSLY pleased at first but
al! of a moment, the beast raised its trunk
and trumpeted with an awful, savage roar
At the same time 1t gave its leg a mighty
jerk, and the iron chain burst and the
elephant was free. 1t roared again and
tossed its trunk high, and then-charged
straight through the compound. The
black men and the white men scattered
in all directions. yelling i'm fear:
Run! run! Look Quit Look OUT The
Rajah's loose! He's mad! Run for your
lifer'
They all ran so quickly that a clear
peth was left for the mad elephant, who
dashed straight through the yard, shat
tered the great gates as if they were or
ange boxes, and. trumpeting furiously
galloped wildly into the far-spreading open
country, Easily and incomprehensibly
as Freddy had got up ne found he could
not now get down, and he was dread
fully afraid, but he seemed fastened 20
the huge beasts neck just behind the
great ears. He would have liked to jump
off, but he could not; he just stuck and
stuck and stuck. He had had no idea
before that elephants could run so fast
The Rajah ran like race horse. The
trees and house flashed past. They came
TO native village and the inhabitants
fathers and mothers grabbing babies and
bowling with fear-dashed and darted and
climbed and crawled to all imaginable
hiding places
".
Crishl crish! through the branches OF
treesl splash! splash through a muddy
river; swish! ewashl through meadows of
high, thick grass, in which tame buffalos
were entirely hidden from sight! Through
wood and river and grass Freddie held on
in n most marvellous manner. At last they
came TO spot somewhat familiar 10 the
little boy, a strip of jungle with a belt OF
open, rolling grassland in front. Through
an opening in the jungle, Freddy saw the
dark green brushes OF plantation, and be-
yond that the roof and upper veranda OF
high BUNGALOW. Freddie recognized his
own home He was given no time to look
twice. however, for suddenly right before
the elephant, directly In its path, there
stepped out from the jungle two big men
with guns. and Freddie saw that they
were his father and uncle. For che first
time the boy found breath to yell
Papa Uncle Fred! Let me DOWN. he
screamed 1.-THE elephant has run away!
He's mad! Stop him! Take me down.
II was impossible to believe, II was alb
surd 10 credit II. Those two big towards
at sight Of the mad elephant and the lit
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PAYNE OF new YORK,
6OIGIvER OF IOWA,
Pen Pictures of the Ways and Means Chair
man and the Lively Western Orator

o,ne,s 5 Not n storv-To,,o-
Inprompu But ,ddro~a make
E6ectve-Dohlver irahspnntcd
pagner, His Friends and FamiIv-covo 49,. '""h-
Famous Nckname
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Mrs. Phoebe Hearts says that her
plans for the new University of califor-
mia will not be realized for ten or fifteen
wears.