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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01

as devil" and angel" These choose
the "colors" until they have sides of
equal strength, which they indulge in
a mild form of tug of war, mother"
acting as umpire. The colors who win,
be they angelic or the other kind then
shout at their vanquished Rotten
eggi" This is essential to the game, it
appears, but most regrettable.
Mother also appears in the Devil
in the Band Box. She is seen surround
ed by her children, when a man"
must approach and request a match to
light his pipe. Mother replies, Il
haven't any" The imam" shouts, Your
kettles boiling" and having thus dis
tracted mothers" attention, kidnaps
one of the children. Mother pursues,
but is invariably distanced. The man
however returns braZenly, and by a
similar trick gets another child; and
SO. again and again, until he has stol-
en- the entire family 1t is now moth
er's turn, and by like strategy she
gradually RECEIVERS her children and
discomforts the man." Thus all ends
happily.
But Rings constitute the greater por-
ton of the little girls amusement. A
ring is a chant-London Bridge, ALI
around-the- mulberry bush, Ring
ound-the-rosy-all are rings. OF the
newer rings, Johnny -sailor-boy and
Walter-W er-wild- flower are the best
liked.
The latter is perhaps typical, and
this is how it is played:
The girls form a ring, hand in hand.
one girl in the center. and sing:
Walter. Walter, wild flower,
Growing up so high,
We are all young ladies
And all must die.
Excepting Susan Brown
She is the finest flower,
Flower flower, fair flower fie, for
shame!
Turn your back and tell you beau s
name.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01

among themselves: then the chief
stepped forward a few PAGES. We'll,
he said in his foreign voice, Vat you
shentlemen want eh?"
1--WE don't want anything" said
Woo. I'VE just dropped in to pay a
little visit but l guess from our warm
reception we won't stay very long.
You look like a bloodthirsty lot of ruff
fans"
Hearing the fairy speak as any
healthy boy might speak, the chief for
got that it didn't pay to fool with the
lads.
you no speak to me in data way"
he shouted fiercely. II cutta your
head off queek," Then, with a roar Of
rage the chief few at Woo, when
suddenly was heard a duh boom, fol-
lowed by whizzing sound, and a por-
ton of the rigging came crashing to
the deck.
Instantly the pirates scampered to
the port side of the ship, and before
Willie and his companions could see
what the matter was the rough look
ing men were standing by the guns
and We're firing a broadside at an
American battleship which was not
more than a quarter of a mile away.
Boom; booml boom! went the guns
of the pirates, and back came the an
swering shells from the other boat.
1t was so unexpected that Willie and
Woo began to crawl behind one of the
guns for safety. When he did think
he pressed his button, and immediate
ly the pirates began to rush around
and talk as though the boat were sink
ing.
Willie told the others to stand up, he
had fixed it so that they couldn't be
injured, and then they looked out upon
the big vessel which was bearing down
on them.
1t did not make long for the pirates
to fly from the mast of the ship
white flag, the flag of truce. Not only
that but the pirates could find no shells
or cannon balls, for which that press
ing of the button Willie had turned all
the deadly balls into magnificent bou-
quets of flowers.
THE pirates were wild with anger and
fear. and when they saw Willie and
his friends laughing they at once knew
their strange visitors had something to
do with it, Two or three of them
spoke to the smoke begrlmed chief,
who gave an order in a terrible voice,
and the whole crew rushed at Woo
Wang.
But they never reached him, for Will
lie touched the magic spot. and in
stantly every pirate had ball and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01

there on that little rope, which under
ordinary circumstances would hardly
have held a tiny rowboat
They could see the sailors on the
other vessel looking at the wonderful
exhibition, and then a great shout
went up and the band tried to Guido
itself.
The heavy guns of the pirate ship fell
out and into the water with great
splashes, and then barrels and other
things began to fall, until the water
was literally covered with all sorts of
merchandise.
The balloon was fully 5000 feet in
the air when Woo said he would like
to see what kind Of a splash the boat
would make were it to drop that great
distance.
You are better at the fairy business
than anyone 1 ever saw" he said to
Willie. Il have done a great many big
things in my 10000 years of life, but I
never thought of doing a thing like
this"
Willie was very much pleased at this
compliment, and taking out his knife,
he cut the rope.
Down went the immense ship with a
rapidity that was astonishing The
men on the battleship could be seen to
be very much excited and with reason
for with one great splash, a splash that
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01
WOMAN RANCH OWNER.
Her Ranch ia Texas II Thirty Miles
Square.

Mrs. c. N. Whitman of Denver owns
the largest ranch of any woman in the
world. 1t is not located in Colorado,
but in Texas, near Tascosa, and is
called the J.. S. ranch, after Lucien
Scott the first owner. The ranch is
thirty miles square, and is-devoted en-
tirely to cattle raising. Hundreds of
cowboys are employed upon it, and
boarded at houses some miles distance
from the residence. The weather gets
very hot in summer. and Dust storms
blow for weeks from the same direc-
ton. 1t is also a difficult place to
bring up children because of the lack
of educational advantages. Therefore
Mrs. Whitman makes her home in Dem
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01

Susan Brown dn the center) con-
fesses that she loves Jimmy Jones
Qet us say, and the chant resumes:
Jimmy Jones is a nice young man,
He comes to the door with his hat IN
his hand.
Out walks she, dressed in silk,
A rose on her bosom, white as milk
She pulls off her glove and shows him
a ring;
Tomorrow the wedding will begin.
But the course of true love never did
run smooth. for here the young lady
is smitten as with a mortal illness, and
the Ring ends:
Doctor, doctor can you tell
What win make poor Susan we'll?
She is sick and sure to die
And that will make poor Jimmy cry
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01
POPULAR STREET GAMES.
They Have Changed Much in the
Last TwO-Score Years.

They Have Changed Much in the
Last TwO-Score Years.
A Boy of Yesterday stopped to watch
some children playing in the street.
One of the boys covered his eyes in the
old, familiar way, and the Boy of Yes
terday was confident that he was to
witness the good old-fashion game of
IL spy" But the subsequent develop
ments were so at variance with the
familiar rules that he was distinctly
puzzled. So he sought counsel of his
nephew, Major (aged IL.
why, that was Run-a mile" Major
answered. The Boy of Yesterday ex-
planned that Run-a-mile was foreign
to his experience, and drew from Major
the following:
In Run-a-mile the boys count out
and 1T" hides his eyes. He is then
touched by one boy. who Immediately
conceals himself with the others. When
tt has counted 100 or so. he starts
out to find the TOUGHER" Each play
er. when discovered, steps from his
hiding place, but offers no information
as to the whereabouts of the touch
er"-unless, indeed. he be that same.
in which case the exciting race to home
occurs, and If 1T" gets there first he
may set any task he pleases for the
TOUGHER" TO perform. even to the rum
ming OF a mile. But 1t is safe to as
sumo that this penalty is seldom eX-
acted-or paid.
Now, that is a far cry from hide-and-
seek. SO, too. is willy-willy wolf, i'm
which 1T" is the "wolf" and reverses
the usual method by hiding himself.
The others then try to find him, and
the successful boy sets up a shout of
II spy!" The wolf cries. stand"
and the boy must not move until he
shouts II spy willy-willy wolff" Al
this the wolf makes after him, and
when the boy is caught he becomes
himself "a wolf" and must help TO
capture still another until all are
wolves" An interesting technicality
Of this game is that, should the boy
cry. II spy willy willy dog or
horse" "or any other name except
wolf" the wolf may not stir from
his position.
Prisoners base also survives. but IN
two novel forms.
In one OF these. Red-R Rover "tt'
stands in the middle of the street and
calls.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01
Girls, GAMES

The little girls of the present day
may not be so inventive of new games
as the small boys, nor yet so active in
playing them. but they are of a surety
more ingenious, original and sentimen-
tai For instance, Statues-in which
"eeny, meeny, nina, mo" is used to Sc
4eet-the- sculptor, who then arrauges
her playmates in line and names the
several era lions which she wishes
them to portray-such as (the Littlest
Girl told the one who was interested)
sad" glad mean" 'kissink." %.
The child who is most successful in
each pose goes to the head of the line.
Another new game is Colors. A
mother is selected who assigns to
each girl a certain color to represent.
Two other little maids are nominated
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01

made a roar like that of Niagara Falls
doubled a hundred times, the great
thing struck the water.
Up went the water in all directions
and one huge wave swept clean over
the decks of the battleship which rock
ed as though it had been touched by
tidal wave.
The twenty odd pirates. still cling
ing by their hands to the fighting tur-
ret, were twisted around and around
by the rocking motion They looked
like tops. Then they all fell to the deck
and the adventures could see the of
ficers pounce upon them and carry
them below.
A great mass of foam settled all
around the spot where the boat had
sunk, the sailors seemed to let out an
other great shout and the balloon and
its precious passengers fioated away
until the battleship was a mere speck
on the broad ocean
(To be Contiuued)
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01
woo WANG, THE FAIRY.
-
BY Harry Baxter Mason
CHAPTER VII.
ABOARD A PIRATE SHE.
CHAPTER VII.

ABOARD A PIRATE SHIP.
AS the giant whale which had been
floating on the surface Of the water
made an inclined plane of itself prepar'
atory to plunging to the bottom of the
sea. Willie decided it was time to quit
the whales broad back and get in out
vi the wet.
Gracious, Woo" he remarked to his
Barry companion, Il wish there was a
balloon, or something, handy"
Look up above you!' said Woo
quietly.
To Wilie's establishment monster
balloon was floating lazily overhead
drag rope swinging within reach. 1t
took the two boys but a moment to
scramble up the sWaying rope 10 the
basket When they were once INSIDE
they gazed over the edge. The WhalS
had vanished and there was nothing to
be seen but a. blue eXpanse Of water.
A brisk breeze had sprung up ana
the young aeronauts found themselves
travelling along at splendid rate OF
speed,
woo. do you suppose there are any
pirates nowadays2" asked VINE,
crazy scheme entering his head.
Not in these waters of course. But
off the coast of Northern Africa they
are pretty thick sometimes. Why, do
you want to meet d boat load OF
them?"
Willie laughed. The other had so per-
fectly read his thoughts. II suppose H.
would take us d good many days to sail
over to Africa, even if the wind was in
the right direction"
II know better way than that,
replied Woo.
Whats that?'
Have the pirates come to us Woo
paused and pressed button. fhere
was a faint sound like that Of escaping
steam, and the fairy-lad seemed to turn
very pale and to tremble violently.
Willie gazed at him in alarm.
"I'll be all right in a minute" said
Woo. This transporting a ull-rigged
ship through mid-air is one of the
hardest tricks for even a well-equipped
fairy; it's really a great strain on the
nerves"-there!" cried Woo, and he
pointed to a mere speck which had
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01

Few women authors have been ac-
corded precedence of Mrs. Craige, who
still retains her pen-name of John Oh
liver Hobbies. She has written many
striking novels and has also written
several plays, two of which have been
produced at the St James Theater,
London. Mrs. Craige celebrated her
birthday on Nov. 8.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-12-01
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The Conservative, 1901-04-25
Cbe Conservative.

A Needed System. small banks. But
there must be
many persons connected with banking
affairs, in one way or another, who are
entirely competent to frame such
system. Instead of abolishing the
national banks, we ought to multiply
and extend them, only making them
real banks of deposit, conducted in good
faith and absolutely secure They ought
to multiply to such an extent that
almost every payment of five dollars or
more, throughout the country, should
be made by means Of bank check.
When we get to that point, we shall have
no further trouble with the demand for
more money.
There are vast difficulties in the way
of providing system Of deposit bank
ing, which shall be
Safety. absolutely safe and
secure. But the
same difficulties formerly existed with
regard to bank notes; and they were, at
one time, supposed to be insuperable.
Yet we have seen a system established,
so perfectly safe that bank note panic
has been for many years absolutely un-
known. There has been no such thing
as run upon any bank by it's bill
holders, for very many years. In fact
bank note is never presented by any
ordinary holder for redemption.
Why should it be deemed impossible
to extend the same security to bank de-
posits? 1t is quite true that no system
could be devised by which such deposits
should all be redeemed in cash, if a
panic seized all the depositors at once.
But it is equally true that no such
scheme has been, or can be, devised with
regard to bank notes, so long as their
amount is large enough to constitute any
material addition to the currency. It is
true, also, that there must always be
some cases in which deposits will be i'm
paired or entirely lost. But the same
thing is true, with regard to bank notes.
There is nothing but government
guarantee behind them, which could
only be made good very slowly by grad
ual collection of taxes. Precisely the
same thing could be done for the pro-
lection of deposits.
1t cannot be too often repeated that
the whole question of currency and
banking is one of
Confidence. confidence, with,
of course, honesty
and integrity in the system, which will
justify that confidence. 1t is a very
common mistake, even among the wisest
men who talk and write upon this sub
ject, to maintain that there is funda-
mental distinction between money and
credit 1t is commonly said that ninety
per cent of business is done upon credit,
The Conservative, 1901-04-25

by which sound banks can extend their
business, by means of branches, scattered
through all the agricultural districts; {;
and the farmers must be taught to re-
ceive and pay, by means of checks, in
stead of either coin or bills. Thus they
will gain ten times as much relief as
they could possibly gain by the issue of
more money. The remedy, therefore,
for the present condition of things, even
accepting all the statements made by
representatives of the farming class as
true, will have to be found in an extern
sion of banks and not in any expansion
of money.
We may learn a valuable lesson in
this, as in many similar matters, by the
operations of reck-
A Lesson. less speculators,
and, even, of
swindlers. Such men, if they have
sufficient ingenuity to keep them
selves afioat for any length of time, do
so by supplying some urgent want of the
community, which men of more dull
and cautious minds fail to appreciate.
Magnificent swindlers are generally
men of very keen perceptions, who see
much more clearly than more honest
men do, what the mass Of their fellow
citizens unconsciously need or desire.
The misfortune is that such men, by
abusing their superior knowledge, cast
discredit upon the admirable ideas which
often lie at the foundation of their
operations.
Thus, it is now universally recognized
by historians that John Law had
clearer perception of the needs of Scot
land than any other man of his time,
and that his banking system, which
ultimately developed into magnificent
swindle, was, in it's origin, profoundly
wise and sagacious scheme.
Our own Zimri Dwiggins, although
by no means equal to John Law, never
theless has been sharp enough to see that
which most honest men have overlooked.
His scheme of affiliated banks, each
small, but connected with one large in
stitution supposed to be responsible and
carefully managed, is exactly what the
people of his vicinity needed. The plan
was excellent, but the administration
was very bad. The need Of some such
system remains. Dwigginses are spring
ing up all over the country, and will
continue to do so, because the business
of the country imperatively demands
the accommodation which they pretend
to offer. Every little village needs it's
own bank of deposit, and will certainly
have one within few years. The only
question is whether such banks shall be
made safe and sound, and whether the
The Conservative, 1901-04-25

in the transaction of business, solely and
entirely because it is at present the one
form of absolutely secure, undoubted
and unshakable credit.
Every man who has gold coin,
knows, with perfect certainty, that he
can exchange it for
Gold Credit. anything which he
wants in the civil
lied world, to the face value of that
coin, subject only to differences in ex-
change. But if he goes outside of the
civilized world, into regions where gold
coin is not appreciated, he finds it as
useless as a piece Of paper. If he were
prevented, by law or force, from ex-
changing that coin for the things which
he actually wants, he would rather have
the other things than the coin. To put
it in another form, the only value of
even gold coin, considered as money, is
that it contains, practically in itself, the
promise Of every civilized man to de-
liver goods to the face value of that
coin. In other words, it is the perfec-
tion of credit. 1t is the ideal promissory
note or check.
All that is necessary, therefore, is to
develop banking system which shall
approximate as
Only a Standard. closely to the credit
which attaches to
gold coin, as does the national bank
note of today, and then to teach the
whole people to make their payments by
checks instead of either coin or bills.
When this is accomplished, single gold
eagle, kept in the treasury department.,
as the standard yard is in Greenwich
observatory, might well be imagined as
answering all the necessary purposes Of
coin in the entire country.
All these questions Of currency and
banking lead round, as usual, to a ques-
tion Of taxation.
Taxes. If we could, in a
single day, estab
lish chain of pefectly sound, solvent,
and well-managed banks all over the
country, which would supply the need
of the farmers and planters, they would
instantly proceed to tax them out of
existence. 1t would be difficult enough
to make small banks of this kind pay
expenses, even free from taxation. But
if they are to be instantly loaded with a
tax of one and half to two per cent.
per annum, it would be impossible
for them to live. 1t is quite probable
that this universal mania for taxing the
very money which the farmer thinks he
wants to increase, lies at the bottom of
our entire financial difficulties. This
heavy taxation compels banks to extend
their loans at high rates of interest, thus
taking great risks, whereas they ought
to take none. Surely the perfection of
The colored American., 1901-10-12
He Is a Fraud,

Someone, who signs his nauae "Jno.
Wilcox" )" IL cNnvassinx the saloons in
vaTi Jus Tarts OF the city representing e
himself as the agent Of The ColOrt Il
American. We have no such agent
aud the publ C IL warned against I ay-
ing subscriptions to parties who are
cOnvaasing for new subs cri 0tiODs Do
not pay any sub, "riptiOn b7li Il I3ss ii
comes from tie off 20.