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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-11-17

or four feet in diameter and not only
that. but it likewise appeared to be all
mouth. The head was by all odds the
largest part of the fish, which did not
seem so very fierce, but which swan
along slowly and deliberately, looking
neither to the right nor left and chew
ing the water in a half-hearted fash
ion.
Willie had never seen or heard of this
fish before, so he did not know II Is
a common species along the coast. its
ordinary name being the angler.
This name is given to the species be-
cause of the peculiar method it en-
ploys in the capture of food. The ang-
Ter is of dark brown color and when
hungry lies fiat on the bottom of the
ocean, keeping very quiet and gently
moving the silvery flags or films on its
nose.
Little fish are curious and inquisitive
| creatures and are as foolish as boys
| and girls are supposed to be. When
the little fishes see these pretty silvery
things waving in the water they run
UP to them to see what they may be.
The angler waits until a large number
of these foolish little fishes get around
him, all gazing at the flags Then he
suddenly opens his monstrous mouth
and gives one big suck. The conse-
quences are that the little fishes are
drawn in by the suction and thus END
their short lives in the stomach of the
angler.
Not knowing what 1t might be. or
what ii might do. Willie was frighten-
ed But the angler fish passed him,
and continued to swim straight ahead.
Willie then breathed easier, but It
was only for a moment. His heart
sank again when he saw this strange,
bgmouthed creature making on a line
for Woo Wang. The fairy was walk
ing along in a very unconcerned man
ner, never so much as thinking of dam
ger.
Nearer to him came the angler.
which as he reached a point directly
behind Woo Wang. opened wide his
enormous mouth.
Willie saw the movement. and near
~ tainted with fright when he saw
that the mouth was big enough to
take in a barrel. He had presence of
mind enough to shout:
woo, Woo! Look out! Quiok!'
Woo Wang turned, but not quick
enough to escape. When he looked
back there was that immense mouth
opening before him like the month of
a crater.
Wee made a very quick dash to get
away. but unfortunately he went in
the wrong direction. The angler gave
a good, strong suck, and into the
mouth went the fairy.
Without moments hesitation Will
lie rushed forward to save his friend
But he was too late. The great jaws
closed with hard snap, and once more
Woo was a prisoner.
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The Appeal., 1901-09-07

away the ground under their feet They
are daring thieves, too, and will keep
loading up while the beach watchmen
are foundering through the sand to cap.
ture them. Not until the officers get
close enough to begin shooting do these
pirates deem it necessary to steer out
for the open sea. The famous beaches OF
Rockaway and Long Beach have suf-
fered SO extensively from their depreda-
ttons that the ocean, breaking in where
great acres and acres of land had been
cut out and started away, made alarming
inrcads. :, e-s
They were cheerful piratical creatures
Of this school who tried few years ago,
when the sea rose and washed high on
Rockaway Beach in big storm, to help
Its efforts with shovel and pick. Their
intention was to open a way clear
across the land at the lively summer
settlement Of Seaside. In this case they
did not wish to steal sand. What they
wanted was 70 cut away enough shore
so that the mighty surf which was rum
ming would sweep across and open new
inlet. That would have given them a di-
rect means of reaching the open sea in
stead OF sailing several miles 20 the regu-
la. inlet. Their simple piratical souls did
not harbor the slightest scruples about
the flooding of the village or other posi-
BILE calamities, and they were grieved
and Indignant when the baynen appeared
ON the, scene and stopped hem with
clubs.
An unknown but certainly able and de-
serving pirate was the one whose white
sloop dropped in with the tide one night
last year Off Bar Harbor and anchored
among the big steam yachts. The an
chorages was so full Of craft that one
more was hardly noticed. That night
there was big dinner, followed by a
dance on one of the big fellows. AT mid.
night the white sloop hauled up anchor
urobtrusively and began to drift around.
aimlessly. Finally she rubbed along the
side of one steam yacht. There she held
for time. Then she drifted down q
little further until she rubbed against
another of tire fine craft. This operation
was repeated from one steam yacht to
another Several times .sharp-eyed deck
watches hailed the s1oop. Each time the
answer came, readily enough, that the
craft had lost her anchor cable and had
I gone adrift, but was just fetching up,
This lulled suspicion. But the next morn
ing, when it was found that the
cabins of almost a dozen steam yachts
had been stripped clean, there was a
great hunt for the white sloop. There
being about one thousand white sloops
along the Atlantic coast. the search did
not produce brilliant results
An ingenious pirate was the owner and
captain of blunt-nosed, ugly heavily
built New London fishing steamer. He
got his eye on a fine wooden pier off Nor
tons Point. sconey Island, near where the
Atlantic Yacht club anchorage is now.
The pier originally had been connected
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aot be responsible for one-tenth of them.
Uncaught, often fired at with aim good
enough to riddle the sails, the sloop con-
t1nued on her victorious way until men
had nearly given up hope of getting her
Then, made over-confident, the pirates
entered one of the little harbors along
The sound in broad daylight and were
taken prisoners while they were asleep.
But only a small percentage of their
plunder was recovered. The vast bulk
Of it had gone to enrich the Red See
trade.
have little to fear. SO long as they re-
frain from murder they are comparative
&ly safe from organized pursuit. Their
operations, although they are really
great in the aggregate. are in so extern
sive field that no one locality Is suffi-
&ciently injured, except in cases like the
+ one cited, to do more than pursue the
thieves to the limit of their local juris-
lction. So all they need to do is to keen
On the move The federal goternment Is
! tie only one that could follow and hunt
them down everywhere, and none Of
them, taken singly, has become danger
ous enough to call for action by the nav,
department..
Hundreds Of them regulate their lives
by the seasons, as do the birds, follow
ing the summer up and down the coast
They are good hunters and naturally ex-
cellent fishermen, and turn to either
work readily when circumstances make ii
profitable. They have no food problem.
The farms along 5000 miles Of coast
5ffer them the pick of the crops, and the
marshes and channels provide the rest
abundantly. They live glorious, free.
careless, idle life. The late spring an6
summer finds them scattered from Cane
May northward. When the warm day.
vanish they cruise lazily southward.
picking up their peculiar living on the
way, for every place is good for their
business.
They are as daring as they are Jazy
and think nothing of cutting OUT q
few yachts from feet lying at anchor
Immediately in front CT crowded cIut
house. They pick out time In the night
when the flood tide has stopIed running
Then. when the pleasure boats are riiina
with scarcely strain on their anchorage
ropes, the pirates sloop drops idly fdowr
with the wind and steers innocentl,
through the feet. As the pirate drifts
close by the tenantless yachts which he
has singled out he gives each anchor line
q swift slash with a keen knife. There
being no tide the ropes do not part at
once. BY the time the eb5 tide run,
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enough organization always to warn each
other and to help each other out in case
OF capture or pursuit. 1890 - ~ II
Most of them are owners of small ves-'
sells ranging from twenty to thirty-fiv
feet water line. Usually they are pro-
vided with big holds like oyster boats
and>with q little cabin. They are s1oop-
rugged and can be handled easily by two
men, which is the extent Of the crew in
most cases. Generally they are battered
and worn and dirty, with grotesquely
patched sails and frayed and ragged rig
ging.
They have no fixed haunts. The At
lantic coast, with it's thousands of miles
of salt bays that are protected from the
ocean by long sand spits, furnishes
cruising and stealing ground that is sur
passed nowhere in the world. The coyes
of Maine, protected by the rocky islands,
! in the inlets and bays around Cape Cod,
| throughout the network OF channels on
| the south shore Of Long Island, in the
Albemarle sound and Pamlico sound and
clear away down to Key West they are
equally at home. Lying in the sedges or
up quiet creeks during the day, in pic
turesques innocence. they s..up saiI' at
| night to harry and pillage. Everything,
from wrecked steamship to an an
| chored rowboat, p1eases them They
have no prejudices, and the only things
t.for which they cannot find use are things
that are guarded with a loaded gun.
AS all the robberies and thefts Of the
modern pirates are committed where
legal authority is hard to reach and
where every man looks out for himself,
few complaints are entered against the
|, thieves and the public rarely hears of
their deeds until One of them becomes
as daring as was the famous ..blacs
isloop'' that robbed the coast from Point
Judith to New York two years ago The
s.sblack sloop" pirates had swift boat
and nerve. They tackled everything from
"a cottage to a steamship. and hardly a
| night passed without a rich haul being
/ made by them. Unlike most of their
class, who make it their practice to sail
! far away as soon as they have made a
haul, the pirates of the black sloop re-
mained along that particular part Of the.
! coast despite the fact that hundreds of
sailing vessels and steam and naphtha
launches, not to mention police boats,
We're on a keen hunt for them steadily
4 for months.
After two months this pirate was as
much OF a terror to the coast shore as
i any old time pirate ever was It was
hard time for all sioops that were paint
ed black. for whenever one appeared In
any of the harbors she was kept under
/ surveillance until she sailed again.
During this time 1t became plain what
an enormous amount OF piracy there Is
1 along the Atlantic coast, for in the gem
eral excitement over the mysterious de-
Ioredations hundreds OF robberies were re-
ported from places 30 tar apart that it.
was evident that the black sloop could
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strongly the pirate is miles away waftins
well out of sight for his prey. AS the
tide begins to speed toward the sea the
half-severed anchor ropes part, and the
yachts drift down to where he is waiting.
Ihen 1T is an easy matter to strip
! them
The stripping is done Thoroughly. %The
| pirate has ready market for every item
| OF boats fitting His first care is to
| unreeve all the running rigging The
standing rigging is cut away the lacing
of the sails is cut and they are rolled up
and bundled into the sloop. Then the
pirate has the most valuable part of the
sroils, and It doesn't matter SO much to
him If he has to run for It, But If there
still is time, the brass fittings are his
| next care.
He takes no chances while he is dis
maEtling yacht. If vessel comes with
In sight, he sails away without waiting
and loiters at safe distance till the
coast is clear again.
Another branch of piracy that is a fa-
vorfte. around the pleasure resorts is to
Esail in.on dark nights and hook onto as
many rowboats as it Is possible to tow.
An agile crew OF two-one to handle the
! ttller and the other to cut the painters
Of the rowboats and hitch them to the
sloop-can steal from a half dozen to a
dozen boats within few hundred yards
of a boat llouese and no one on shore
will be the wiser for it until daylight dis
closes looted anchorage.
Pursuit Of these thieves is SO difficult
and so very likely to be entirely fruit
less that the victims usually pocket the
loss and make mo- official complaint
About the most that they can do is to
keep sharp lookout for their boats
wherever they go.
! few years ago Jamaica Bay. the
great saltwater fishing resort of New
York state, was visited by pirates, and
las nearly as could be discovered several
hundred rowboats were taken One boat
keeper, who lost half dozen boats.
hunted in vain, and after two years
made up his mind that he never would
see them again. Then he sent one Of his
sloops down to Pamlico sdund, and the
first thing that his captain saw down
there were two of the stolen rowboats.
The pirates had not even bothered to
change their color or their fittings and
identif tification was easy. The owners
showed that they had purchased them
In good faith from stranger.
When stolen rowboats are to be sold
near the place whence they were taken.
the thieves usually have clever dodres
Tor changing them SO that their former
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with the land, but the water mad eaten
the shore away and it stood out at sea
in solitary grandeur. The fishing boat
Ca ptain liked the looks of it, and there
after, whenever he happened to be near
it, he would lose all his cunning at the
helm and regularly managed to blunder in
and ram the pier. After several weeks of
faithful ramming the entire pier gave
way one day when the sea was unusually
heavy, and the captain thankfully
steamed around in the wreckage until he
had all the timbers made up into a fine,
large raft, which brought a good price
from New York RED sea trader
New York, New London, Baltimore, Sa-
vannah and many other seaport. towns,
big and little, occupy much the same
commercial position Gin a smaller and less
public way) toward these. pirates to-day
as did old New York and jolly, ship-shape
Bristol toward Captains Tew. Mason and
Hoar and their colleagues. Two hundred
years ago the merchants Of those two
towns were in the business of abetting
and even fitting out pirates openly. 1t
was a common thing to see armed ships
lying peacefully in the harbor that every
body knew would fly the Jolly Roger as
soon as they got off soundings.
Old Lord Bellomont, whose bones lie in
au unnamed grave in st. Pauls church.
yard, found this out when he was sent to
New York by the British government to
stop the Red sea trade The sRed sea
trade was nothing but the fitting out of
ships to meet the big pirates off the
African coast and receive their spoils,
which were brought home and sold here
openly. The Red sea trade~ of to-day
IN the seaport towns is neither so open
nor so extensive, but it has not slarunken
to entirely Insignificant proportions, as
the police of New York discovered a few
months ago, when one Of the Red sea
traders bought a whole railroad barge
full of scrapiron from one Of his friendly
pirates. This little act of buccaneering
was committed under the statue of liber-
ty, where the barge was lying peacefully
at anchor. Her owners thought, with
some show Of reason, that she was as safe
as the statue itself; but the next morning
there was nothing left to justify the be-
lief. Soundings showed that she had moi
sunk. ForSdays the search for her was
unavailing, but at last the police found
her hidden away nicely in dock on the
Jersey shore behind lot Of old canalboats
and ancient wrecks. The Red sea traders
We're working merrily on her when the
! police swooped down on them.
Most of the coastal pirates of this shore
are Of the type Of the KIN yon Kull pi.
rates. These sea rovers, who have col.
lected tribute in the narrow channel be
tween Staten island and New Jersey 70,
many Years. are veritab1e sea gypsies
Generally they play a lone hand Only
occasionally, when such rich prize as q
long and weakly manned freight TOW
offers do they combine. But they hays
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full of as sweet and pleasant
gentlemen of the sea as ever
scuttled a ship or slit a throat in the
days Of the famous buccaneers. All that
the romance seekers need do is to keep
their ears open. They may not see any
of the piracy of to-day, but then they
must remember that Captains Thomas
Tew, William Mason, John Hoar and
William Kidd did not give performances
in full view of the audience, either, ex-
cepting, of course. the unlucky particular
audience that was most vitally con-
cerned. #5a. .-5s
To-day it is necessary for the huge
tows that pass through the Kill Won Kull
the deep and narrow waterway that lies
practically inside Of the city Of New
York, to go armed. Many Of them carry
private officers to protect themselves
against the new brothers of the black
flag. Only a few weeks ago whole fleet
of these pirates boarded tow Of Central
railroad barges and looted them thor
oughly. 1t was real old-time, slap
dash affair of boarding and carrying, and
1t was accompanied with quite satis-
factory amount of shooting.
The oyster pirates of the Chesapeake
kidnapping or numbering recently, but
they have not experienced a sudden
change Of heart, and there is no milen.
mum in sight that will justify the dis
armament of the government launches
that have been put into commission to
hold them in subsection.
Morgan and Bluebeard have gone to
their reward; perhaps better and hap
pier Spanish main has been established
for them in the far beyond; but the Span
ish Main still is not an entirely delightful
place. There are able philanthropists
who stand ready day and night to pay
embarrassing attentions to any vessel
that happens to run up on the Florida
Keys. ship that hits the Old Provi-
dence island group, near where old Ron
cador caught and chewed up the brave
oid kearsarge, might as we'll dive into
MIL OF white ants. They would not
strip the wreck any more quickly.
All along the American coast, from
Eastport, Me-, to Biscaya Bay, Fla,
there is hardly an oyster or fishing
ground that is not guarded for most ex-
eellent reasons, with shotgun and rifles.
The famous thief who stole a redl1ot
stove has a whole fleet of counterparts
on the sea. Iney are the pirates who
steal the shore bodily. No sandy beach is
safe from them. They steer their big
s11ocps and schooners in bodily and load
UP with the white sand, which brings q
tempting price from builders Tie pleas
ure resorts, being on the finest sand
beaches along the coast, naturally suffer
severely. Many are IN const ant conflict
with the men who try actually to take
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HOSE exacting souls that sigh
for the days Of Capt. Kidd and,
Morgan really should not re-
pine. The Atlantic coast is
full of as sweet and pleasant
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
FLOWER AND TREE.

Tobacco water will destroy bugs and
worms on rosebushes.
Only well rotted manure should be
allowed to come in contact with the
roots Of trees.
Don't try to transplant a cyclamen
after the bulb has begun to throw up
green leaves. If you do, you will lose
your bulb.
Vines may be set in the spring and
also in the fall. 1t is said the clematis
does best if set in the latter season,
while the wlstaria, honeysuckle and ia
pan ivy are by preference to be planted
In the spring.
One reason why plants often do not
succeed III window culture is the want
of moisture in the air. Anything that
tends to supply this lack is so much
gained On this account plants often
do best in the kitchen window.
The petals of a single flower fall
sooner than do those Of a double one
for the reason that the inner petals are
transformed more slowly and retain
the power Of adherence they need
when performing their original func-
tiOn
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
Pas Awful Ignorance

Most every day when I'm at school
The teacher tells us things
About the birds and animals
And Presidents and Kings,
And then, at night. when l asst pa
II what she says Is so.
He reads his paper right along
And says: "Oh, l dunnol"
One day she told us that the world
Is round, just like a ball,
And that there's nothing down below
It's etandin' on at al.
asst pa If she told the truth.
He read his paper. though,
And put his feet up on a chair,
And said; "Oh, / dunnol"
And once the teacher said the sky
Amt heavens floor, and tried
To make us think no angels walk
Along the other side.
And so that night asst my pa
And all he said was oh,
Don't bother me about such things,
I'm busy--l dunnOl"
One time a bigger boy, he said
The doctor didn't bring
My little baby sister in
A bOx-nO such a thingl
That night I asst my pa If what
That big boy said was so.
And pa he answered: "Oh, keep still
Confound it, I dunnol"
I used TO kind Of think somehow
That my pa knew a lot
But that was wrong. or III me did
L guess that he's forgot.
Since I've got started into school,
Most every day or so
! hear about a hundred things
Pa doesn't seem to know
Chicago Record-H -Heral
Evening journal., 1901-12-27
WAYFARER'S NOTEBOOK
Teaching PinocIe


One of Wilmington's wall-knOwn
business men since learning to play
pinocle has become so fascinated with
the game that he determined to teach
it to his wife. The evening set apart
for this painful undertaking was last
Monday and the wife, after hearing a
lengthy explanation of the game, told
hin that she did not believe that she
would like it after she had learned, but
to please him she allowed herself to
be drawn to the card table under the
bright glow of the evening lamp. The
experiment almost ended in a tragedy
and the few minutes of the first les
son were occupied in about this way:
Now, dear. here are your first four
cards."
Well, John, l know they are
cards and / am aware that there are
four in number You certainly must
think me awful dumb.
NO, dear. you are not dumb, but There
must be a. beginning"
do begin then John, and quit being
so disagreeable.
John said no more, but proceeded to
give eight more cards TO each hand,
until ne had regained his composure.
Now, dear. l have turned up the
nine of diamonds, that is the disc
and counts me ten"
"Ten? Why, John, you know there are
only nine spots upon it, and it can
not count ten"
You must not interrupt me, Mary,
il YOU want to learn the game"
Il didn't ask you to teach me to
play said She bridling UP.
Oh. we'll, let it go at that; you lead. -
What will l lead?"
We'll now, Mary, don't lead a king,
an ace, a queen, or a trump
Now. John, why in the world don't
you want me to lead any of them?
know you want to win the game and
then boast of il"
Very well, my dear, just play what
ever you please"
She had the king OF spades and John
took it with the ten spot.
This raised another protest, and il
was fully FIVE minutes before the argu-
ment was finished.
After taking the trick John melted
hundred and fifty trump.
His wife looked sick. This was fol
lowed by eighty kings. She began tc
get mad, but when he swung in with
double pinocle and a loud laugh, she
could stand MO more Throwing the
cards she jumped up with flashing eyes
you are a nasty, mean cheater, and
you have just done this to make a
fool of me. and l never want to heal
Of your old pinocle again"
John drifted out to see how the boys
were progressing with their Christina
celebration.