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The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

Bobby; and when she crossed the line
again, she looked once more at tn,
watch. Then she hurried back to the
cottage, her cheeks flushed. and g
smile on her lips.
The following Saturday afternoon g
larger crowd than usual gathered al
the tree. Mr.. Barry had given out WORD
that he had a surprise for the race-at.
tendants, and that had caused much
excited talk among the little folks and
interest among the older ones. Pres
entity he got on a chair. and held ur
his hand for silence.
Gentlemen and la-d-i-e-s!" he said
like man making speech. THE final
race of the Mountain Springs Cham
pionship Meet will be run this after
noon. / beg to announce that up to the
present, Thomas Gordon Is the cham
pion of the course. If he wins this race
to-day, he wins the prize-if he loses. IT
will go to the winner of the next two
out of three / beg to announce that
the contestants for this race are
Thomas Brighton Gordon, and" He
paused for a moment amid breathless
silence, and then went on
Bobby Wardl"
Bobby did not hear the murnlur of
people as she stepped out and took her
place; she was looking up the hill to
where the Barry baby sat, cooling and
gurgling to itself in its carriage. The
nurse girl was sitting on a bench under
the tree, rolling the carriage back and
forth with a foot, while she read, and
for moment Bobby felt as IL she
would much rather be there than
where she was. But only for a mo-
mert.
She Strengthened the bow in her hair,
tied particularly tight to. keep from
getting into her eyes, settled her belt
she was wearing her shortest and
lightest summer dress--fnade sure that
her soft kid sandals were tightly strap
ped, and crouched down as Tommy
was doing. She noted the little look
of ehagrin and superiority on Tonlmy's
face--he did not relish racing with a
girl, he had told Mr.. Barry--but 1t did
not worry her.
"Goi" cried Mr.. Barry again, and the
two children were off like fash.
Side by side they ran, while the on
lockers watched them with GREATNESS
interest indeed. Bobby was keeping up
with the champion. A girl running as
well as a boy! It was astonishing.
They turned the curve, side by side,
and started back. Half of the distance
home had been covered again, and
could this be possible Bobby was ac-
tually gaining. A groan went up from
Tommy's hackers. Bobby's admirers
laughed and cheered softly; they were
afraid to do too much. On came the
children, and then--something startling
happened-Bobby stopped short.
She etood with one foot still for
ward, looking up the hill. and inyol-
n arfITf oUn
was still running, followed her glance.
The baby carriage had gotten away
from the nurse girl and was running
down the hill, straight for the fishing
rock, which stood five feet above the
deepest hole In the creeki
The nurse was screaming and at
tempting to catch the carriage, but as
1T gained Roadway every moment Bob
by knew she could never do it, For a
moment Bobby's eyes turned to Tom
my, who was nearing the goal, unmind-
full OF the threatening tragedy, and
then--she turned back
The carriage already had reached
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

Portuguese ventured clear around the
Cape of Good Hope to get it.
Uncle Sam needs an immense amount
OF it. He imported more than eight
tons of it last year. If. by some shock
ing accident it had all arrived here at
once and been tossed broadcast over
the land, what a tremendous sneezing
1t would have caused, from Uncle
Sans most northern Eskimo, sitting in
his ice hut on the slopes of the Arctic
Sea, 10 the alligators in the most
southern bayou of Florida!
All of Uncle Sans pepper did not
come from the East Indies. One-half
ton came from the West Indies. Egypt
and China sent some, too.
Egypt is sending us many more pro-
ducts than one would guess. We get
tobacco, tea, sugar, opium, olive oil.
raisins, figs, dates. cotton, hides and
skins and butter from that ancient
land.
Uncle Sam buys something every
where. even in the most unlikely places.
His book shows that he bought horses
in Sweden and Norway, bones, hoofs
and horns in all sorts of places from
Venezuela. in South America, to Japan,
milk in Denmark and Mexico. feathers
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

If you should happen to see little
book that Uncle Sam has just pub
lished, called Sources of the Agricul-
tural Imports of the United States"
YOU hardly would consider it a delight
ful story book. 1t is full of tables of
long figures in fine print and most de-
pressing to the view, like a rainy Sat
urday.
Yet that book really is as pleasing
as a game. You can do with it what
Robert Louis Stevenson's children did
when they gazed out of their windows
and over the garden palings and i'm
agined for fun that the land beyond
was a far strange country and that
the familiar brook was mighty noun
tain river roaring through the heart of
Asia and that the neighbors were men
of savage climes.
Uncle Sans dry book of figures is
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

part of the body are covered with
she'll that is harder than that OF most
ether varieties of crab. But his I'M
fortunate tail end Is soft And, un-
happily for the hermit crab, there is
no delicacy that the other sea. crea-
lures love quite as much as they do
that soft tail.
Under these circumstances the her
nit crab has had to become a house.
holder. He searches for snail shell.
and when he finds it he investigates
1t moment to make sure that there
are no other occupants, and then he
backs in with funny, threatening mo-
tons of his big claws.
IL the shell that he selects happens
10 be occupied by the snail or other
rightful owner, the hermit crab drags
1t away to some safe hiding place and
then calmly thrusts his mighty shears
into it and eats the unlucky resident.
Having thus simply cleared the prem
Uses. he gets in himself.
Occasionally a hermit crab cannot
find a suitable shell in his haste. Then
he takes anything that Is convenient.
As q result, hermit crabs have been
found living In all kinds OF queer hab-
itations. One was discovered living
=
of a tobacco pipe. Many OF them live
In sponges.
The hermit crab Is afflicted with an
infrn1 temper and a constant desire to
change. Consequently 1t happens often
that one hermit crab, meeting another
hermit whose house he likes Better
than his own, will essay to take 1t by
force. Then there is battle at once.
No healthy hermit crab in full posses
sion of its mind and faculties ever re-
fuses fight. Sometimes the crabs
will seize each other like bull dogs and
hang on for hours. each trying to pull
the other out of his house.
The hermits come in all Sizes There
are many SO small that they can live
in a barnacle shell Another species
loves to eat the tiny black sea snais
out of house and home, and move into
their miniature apartments. Others are
so big that the biggest whelks or the
sea have shells only just big enough.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

the track between Bobby and the far
Their end, and was rushing as straight
for the dangerous rock as If the Barry
baby, laughing with joy at the ride,
were directing its course. If it reached
the rock and plunged over
Bobby bent her head again and set
her teeth Fast as she had been run
ming before. 1t seemed like walking to
the way she went now! The little SAN
dals seemed to be the fairy-story sew
en-language boots, and yet, to Bobby,
1t seemed as If she were barely crawl
ing.
81 must reach 1t, musti' she cried
to herself. u sob rising in her throat
as she strained every muscle to in
crease her speed. The carriage struck
small stone, swerved a trifle, hest
tated and then rushed straight on
again. Bobby was within ten feet of
it-eight-sixl The CARRIAGES front
wheels reached the top OF the long
smooth stone. and then
Bobby stumbled and fell A groan
went up in earnest from those who
were watching her heroic efforts, but
she heard it not. One small hand
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

ions, too. England sends us the most.
Then comes beautiful Bermuda, the
land of lilies. Then come Spain, Cuba,
the British islands in the West Indies,
Italy, Canada, Mexico and France. A
few years ago We imported many thou
sands of bushels from Switzerland.
Now and then few come from China.
Uncle Sans children really do need
lots of food. Such a thing as cheese,
for instance, comes to them from TWEEN
ty-one different countries, and some
of them are the very last ones that
you would think of as shipping cheese
to America. Who would suppose that
Uncle Sam gets some of his cheese
from Turkey? Almost a ton of it was
sent to us from that country last year.
The year before we even got some from
Egypt.
Eggs make a curious story, too. The
Chinese empire shipped more to us
last year than did any other foreign
country. The Chinese hens had to lay
fast to supply our demand, for $4,000
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

in Alden. on the Red Sea. and China,
Austria and Guatemala, grease as far
away as Australia and cider in Cuba
and Spain.
He sent to the Island of Malta, to
Servia, to Spanish Africa, 10 the Ca
nary Islands and to the mouth OF the
Amazon river for goat skins.
The free men of Liberia. the African
Republic, sold him coffee. as did the
yellow Samoans, negroes from the Con-
go and the Central Americans, who
gaze out from their palm-tree-clad hills
over the
"Dashing. silver-fiashing surges OF San
Salvador"
When you eat your mince pie and
plum pudding on this Thanksgiving day
you might remember that the piums,
prunes, raisins, lemons and other nice
things that go into the pleasing COM
pounds are imported from Turkey
France, Portugal, Austria, Greece, the
West Indies and dozens of other dis
tant places. AS you sit by the fire in
the evening you can imagine a whole
bookful of stories about the many for
eign children who helped to gather the
goodies to help you celebrate the great
day properly. J. w. M.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

win the dog. after all, mightn't he?"
Yes" said Bobby, thoughtfully. rs
1t a pretty one?'
THE prettiest can get In the city.
He will be here Tuesday. Coming to
see the baby now?"
Bobby's face Frightened at the men,
ton of her pet. LAS soon as / take
mama her work." she answered. Then
she asked suddenly:
"Mr. Barry, how long did it take
Tommy to go around the track to-
day?'
Just two minutes and eighteen sec
onds," answered Mr. Barry. 'I am
keeping the time on all his races so he
can have a record to show when he
goes home"
81 guess he will have the dog to
show, too" said Bobby. somewhat
wistfully, and then she ran into the
cottage.
The next morning a strange thing
happened-strange for Bobby, that is
to say, for she got up at o'clock. She
dressed herself quietly, and taking her
mothers watch, slipped out of the cot
tage. She went to the starting point of
the track and put her toe on the line
Then she looked at the watch and
darted off down the track. The soft
tread of her little feet astonished no
one, but a ground squirrel or two, for
no one was stirring that early. except
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

"but am not lost. why are you going
to whip those poor people?''
Because they have not paid their
taxes"
But how could they, pay? Can you
not see for yourself that they have no
crops? There is neither barley hay
nor potatoes here. There has been too
much rain and not enough sunshine. -
That makes no difference to me, -
said Hassan. THE King needs money,
and I must get 1t for him. Abed must
pay me or both of them shall be
1ogged."
You are cruel, unreasona bic man .
exclaimed Fan-Fan. II do not believe
the King would permit you to do this
II he knew of IT,"
"Yeu had better go and tell him and
see" sneeree Hassan- Il know what
| am about, and again tell YOU to "a
away
;, Il will see the King sure enough. but
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

he had barley and potatoes and hay
to sell. His wife worked with him in
the fields, and they worked very hard.
Never had Abed been behind in his
taxes, although there were times when
1t took his last penny to pay them. He
knew what would happen to him If he
did not, and he always lived in fear
At last, in this past summer, when it
rained almost every day, there was not
enough sunshine to make the crops
grow. Abed and his wife worked hard
err than ever. but 1t was no use. The
seeds rotted in the ground and the
bayfield, was flooded. and when the
taxgatherer came around and asked for
his money Abed had to reply:
You see how 1t is. have raised no
crops, and so I have nothing to sell.
/ don't know how / am to get enough
to eat, let alone paying taxes"
You know the law" said Hassan.
THE law says you must pay your
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26
THE STORY OF
FAN-FAN, THE FAIRY.
In Which It Is Narrated How
Two Men Changed Places,
and One of the Places
Was Uncomfortable.

Why the King looked with favor
upon such a man as Abel Ell Hassan
no one could tell. The King was mer-
ciful and just. and wished his subjects
to be content Hassan was cruel and
selfish aud cared nothing for the COM
plants of the people.
He was the Kings tax-gatherer; and
no matter how poor the crops or what
misfortune had overtaken a man Has
san demanded the full payment of his
taxes and punished him If he did not
pay. But he took care that none of
the complaints of the people reached
the ears of the Kihg, and the people
were helpless against him.
One of the Kings subjects was named
Abed. He was a peasant, or small
farmer, and when a good season came
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

these ports have certain days when
everybody comes to market. Then one
may see, early in the morning, as soon
as the wonderful sulphur-yellow dawn
pegins, long lines of small black dom
Aeys winding down the narrow paths
y, the beautiful mountains that rise
ealInost from the sea. Each donkey has
T T%o cunning baskets, one on each side.
1Aey are made of plated palm leaves
ohu of stout grasses, and they are
stuned full of all the strange products
Va the land-great vans and immense
sweet potatoes, pineapples that fill the
t aot morning air with delicious doors;
a. a. little red bananas, great plantains
IKE yellow bananas.aonly much longer
ana not nice to eat raw; big piles of
ranges and grape fruits, green coffee
ferries just as they have been picked,
and beeswax.
- IN looking again through this window
III ~ Uncle Sans, we see that most ia
Ili4lar and commonplace thing, the
oIlon But where do you suppose we
ie e It coming from? From Egypt, the
bu 'ru OF obelisksi and pyramids and
NuIied Pharoahs.
we call on many other lands for on
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

IKE a window that opens into the
story lands of the world. The stories
jump all around, from the Pacific. ISL
ands to London and from the Azores
to Australia. And some most common
articles suddenly get new interest
when we see from what queer places
they come.
For instance, where do you suppose
the most of our imported beeswax
comes from? 1t is sent from the ISL
and that we made free-Cuba And its
neighbor in the vivid blue Caribbean
sea, Santo Domingo furnishes the next
greatest quantity. The black republic,
Hayti, which is on that same island,
also supplies a great deal. In Hayti and
Santo Domingo the beeswax is brought
to the dingy little seaport places by
natives from the interior. Most of
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

dozens We're sent to Yankeeland. Hens
in Canada, Mexico, Japan, England
and France had to help.
The sheep herders of all the world
had to watch flocks for us. Rough,
lonely men in rude shanties in Aus
tralia and New Zealand, breeds
in the wide plains of Argentina in
South America, sedate, faxen-haired
little shepherd boys in Belgium, Ger
many and France, wild, armed Mon
golian rovers in China, mounted Tar
tar herders % the Russian steppes,
Peruvian Indians, blanketed Uruguay
ans-all tended sheep whose fleece
finally reached Uncle Sam.
uars in the Argentine and in Peru,
fiesh-eating parrots in New Zealand
and robbers in China that the big re-
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26
THE CRAB THAT
NEEDS A HOUSE.

A most amusing and curious crea-
ture is the hermit crab. He belongs TO
the biggest crab family that there Is.
There are thousands of different kinds
Of him. and hermit crabs can be found
In all waters. from the cold north to
the equator.
The hermit crab is shaped like a
prawn or lobster. His head and upper
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26
WHERE UNCLE SAM
DOES HIS MARKETING

He Tells About 1t in Little Book That Looks Most De.
pressing Because 1t is All Made Up of FIGURES but
Really 1t is Window That Looks Out into Story Book
Land-Stranse People That Worked to Feed and CIothe
the Children of the United States-Advenures of Wool
and the Entertaining Travels Of Beeswax and Onions
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26
Dorothy Atepds Dapcips Glass opsatuday Hterpoops

For the dancing lessons, Dorothy's
mother bought for her a beautiful dress
of pale blue. and everything else that
she wore was of the same lovely soft
color. Even the stockings, shoes and
bow were of that tint.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

The other girl was dressed all in red.
Paint the boy at the left with black
for his suit, a white collar and light
blue tie and light hair.
The boy at the right wears dark
blue suit with white bands on his sailor
collar.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

The distant figures are to be painted
as follows: The girl in pink and the
boy in blue.
The floor and the background should
be treated with a very faint smooth
wash of thin and very light bufr color.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-10-26

THE QUEER HERMIT GRAB
WHEN HE is OUT OF HIS RES
DENCE."
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-27
liPToN'S CHALLENGE.

London, Sept. IS. - The challenge
OF Sir Thomas Upton for another Sc.
ries, Of races for the Americas cup
will be forwarded within a few days,
SO as to reach the New York Yacht
Club by October LIST. Confirmation
was forthcoming today of the report
that the hull of the Shamrock III will
be milled steel instead of manganese
bronze. as in the case OF the previous
challengers. The new yachts design
does not differ materially from those
of the previous Shamrocks, although
there is some divergence from the old
lines forward. The new boat will not
be so costly as the Shamrock II.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-27

TEN which has resulted in published de-
falcations, has adjourned. They alone
could ascertain how many previous
defalcations have been hushed up, how
many |. o. us quietly torn up, how
many thousand dollars Of the peoples
money ito say nothing OF interesU
have been written off" the books.
Give us a thorough American govern
ment, lock, stock and barrel and this
will all cease.
TAXPAYER.
Honolulu, Sept. 20, 1902.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-27

value and the power Of his ballot. The
ballot is the only weapon by which
the citadel of civil honor can be sue
cessfully defended. The voters Of this
Territory must elect men TO the law
making body who are first honest and
finally capable of framing laws which
will properly safeguard the people from
the weak. the dishonest or the cor
rupt official whether elective or ap.
pointive.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-27
THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

Ethel used to play good deal in
her Sabbath school class. One day
she had been very quiet. She sat up
primly and behaved so well that after
the recitation was over the teacher
remarked:
Ethel, my dear, you were very
good little girl today"
"Yes'm. | couldn't help being good,
I've got a stiff neck."-Exchange.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-27
THE LOU. PRACTISE

I'LL NVsos unVii1L
Editor Evening Bulletin:--I desire to
take issue with you in the bearing
which recent developments at the Capt.
uoi nave upon lhe estaolshmeht %.
popular UT niore specincaiiy county anu
GU! government py the next Lesisia-
'uie'
siea' uea' mas peeh saIu aoou' the
niaenine'! Vi .ne ia.e Nepuoiic vi
ii""ai' CONSTITUTING the jest govern.
neh. w Garth Inc in'es'ieatiohs Vi
tne sehAorlai cohlmi.tee Whicn CLOS
Gu us Sessions ihursuay Au'e pretty
oieai'! shoMh .hat lne cnanse Vi mon
a'ens on 'ne uea.n VI hai"uAau' eie
o'ei'nro" Vi tne queen, 'ne supsti'u-
ion VI 'he Nepaonc ior tue fro'isiouai
oo'eIn'ileut' the ra'sins Vi tne Aheri-
can nag anu the lowering VI tne hawa-
nan einpiein iore'er' euiniha'ihs IN INC
eiee,ioh VI 'ne must h'snis P'N'essu
d deI''ooi '"i eo'e' nnen' e'eI Sfea'eu Wy
eous- eu"hses III ail' any 'io
VI Wnien iiisn' haNe oeen eNpect'u "
nav si'en US Honie felei run Tue
system which mas peei srauu"'is sau'
u,eu upon ,nese lsianus ia" oeeu "
nahse III 'n'ei eNe'"'''e VI Ill H'ine
oniy'
The sugar interests, succeeding the
oI'sihai missionaries III poi'ioai pow
u uhuer Tue nionaFens' nave gwen Us
Tue s"p-snou system Vi "n'cn recent
ae'ai'a'lons are put the na'uiai iesu'I'
ihey aiohe are Tespohsiuie t"r Tue Si''
ua''oh toua!' II any portioh oi inc
e'ee'orate are lax III the'r Poii'iea'
mo'ais 'hes nave eohie hohestS ny "'
ineiuen'"i iunus i'omh "hieh nun
.ihe ''hnieinoiiui puolic inoheS 'euiu
pe drawn without pupic report Oh us
use are Out oreeuers vi uisHohes's.
EAeou'i'e couhoiis' auNisory eouh
CHS ana 1ounciis VI e'a'e io'i'"eu
uiuer tue ioius Vi tne Surs anu
stripes py hl,chen cabinet nave i''
sehei a''on s''eh'iy ien. men IN
uuenee " u'sresa'u Vi ies'si"'''e au-
'hoilN!, h.,'hss anu uia'' e"'ii,!'
H"'"s III VI. pe'p'e oe ua'io' pm
~ nom opehs praoti'eu os 'ne p'eseht
eo,e'"nien' oo'eih'r po'e 70 p"' 'ue
emu VI environment nc po"ey pun
sueu ps nun mas oeen 'aush' MN ny
p,e,vp' anu eNaiip'e rum e"''ies'
sA''uHooa'
Nor Is the executive department
alone In this growing disregard OF the
VIII OF the people as expressed at the
polls ana soiemnly enacted into law by
their elected representatives. Inc
courts OF Hawail since the time when
the memory OF man ruhheth nor TO tee
contrary nave heid II part OF their
powers ana duties 10 lesisla'e as woIi
as decide Whenever eApedieht'
ID treasurer Wrishl the only omcer
VINO mas DorToWeu pubic money loF
nls pr''ate purse or private speeula'
tiohs mas the puDilc rorsot'eh now
the Advertiser good government
crowd howleu wheh Judge Humphreys
stopped the l. y, u practice IN ohice
oi 'he Clerk Oh the supreme court Oh
tnis territory mas the puDlic iorsotteh
tiat ms action was sehera'iy resarueu
ny the oes' government on eai'h
peoPle 10 an INVASION VI an ane'eht pre-
.os"'''e' ihe otar ea'is LOT 'h'es'i'
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-27
MARcoNi IN POOR HEALTH.

New York, Sept. ia cable to the
Sun from Milan says: An enormous
crowd gathered at the Royal Castle at
Pacconigi yesterday Afternoon, await
ing the arrival Of Signor Marconi, who
had been invited there by the King.
.Signor Marconi telegraphed that he had
been suddenly taken i'll and vase ON
PEELED to stop at Bologne. He pro-
ceeded today and arrived at the>castle
this afternoon, with his physician.
Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1902-09-27
CURIOUS CRINKLEs
+++++++++++++++++++4+++4+.

v
Present conditions in Hawaii sug-
gest devout scanning of the heavens
to descry the silver lining of the
clouds.
Not regarding the Senatorial Com
mission as a scapegoat, nevertheless
let 1t be hoped the Commissioners car
ry all of Hawaii's troubles away in
their portfolios only to be returned in
the shape of blessings.
\ u "
The queerest bedfellowship politics
has ever produced is that of Home
Rulism and Carpetbaggism. It appears
the Home Rule convention had scouts
thrown out to find candidates with the
smell of the sea yet on their empty
gripsacks.
Perhaps Treasurer Wright was seiz-
ed with panic at thought of the plumb
ers' bill coming for doing the Capitol
and grabbed the money for fear there
would be nothing left to pay his SAL
AIRY.
u = \
1t is pleasant to know that the Sena-
torial Commission have given an ad-
vance report to the effect that Hawaii
Is the incest place in the world.
u 4. u
Wilcox, by his position on the leper
settlement question, proves he is no
politician. His rightful place, like that
of the poet, must be left to the histor-
ian,