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The Lancaster ledger. [volume] (Lancaster, S.C.) 1852-1905, 1902-02-01

On that question or any other hs
will find mo there. so far as that
is concsrnsd. The Senator AL.
In mo Mn observation very
Offensive in it's character
Senator Till'nnn: "lt certainly
bad no silusinn 10 lvsching."
~suat"r Spnonsr: "N"."
Senator rillmsn: "And the
Senator undsrsIasdc very well
that | come from section of
country where lynchings given for
crime snd for . good many other
crimes MO very prevalent. Now,
d"e> the S""at~r wish to leave the
Philippine proposition, in wh,oh
he Is dsalIn. with q colorsl pao-
p,s In must infamous and damn
.hl. aud hypo"ritlcsl way, s.d 20
South asd hold thom up a. exam
pies that We are dealing with in q
sianlsr w.,2 mean tie colored
ps"pl hero vt homo. Are ws to
hsv. two rules of conduct in re-
gard /" the col"rsd people, one in
the Philippines, hy which We
butcher thsm a.d shoot Christian,
ity into them, and mother in the
South. uhsrs We are allowed to
pruLsct our Wives and chlldrsn2"
o-ns,or opoon.r: elf We had
the same rule FOR colorsd people
in the Philippines ~ the Senator
refers to lD the South, God help
the colorsd nan in the Philip.
plnes.
Senator Iillmsn: "God help
him in the Philippines new! You
have already butchersd IN three
years three tim.s ~ many a. the
Spanisrds did in three centuries.
Senator Spo.nsr: cit Is one
thing to kill men with arms in
their hands against a government
and against the nagl 1t is anoth-
or thing to burn thsn."
Senator TiIlm.n: "You burn
them in Kansas, sir "
Senator Spoonsr: "Whsn.ver
it is done it is an outrageous
crime"
Senator Tillman: sit iss very
easy thing for . man who has not
come in contact with them in close
quar- tsrs to thsorizs and ssati-
msntalizs 40 to what other people
ought to do"
Senator Tillman was admen.
ishsd oy the President pro TEN
that no must not interrupt \
Senator without first obtaining
leave, to which he replied that be
was "tsuntsd in = way that no
white man from South Carolina
could submit to.
After . little celloquy Senator
Iillmas said:
. "Now, know that for = fAfmisf
like me to discuss the legal points
with giant In tn. law like the
6snator from Wisconsin, j is q
lsmsrity that would lay me ops.
TO the accusation Of that old dog
,srsi thst: "Fsols rush IN where
angsls fear to tresd," and | am
'osl enough to ask hin whsa he
quoted the Constitution q moment
'go lr regard to the power of
Congress in dealing With territory
md other property, dld be include
men as other property, whose
liberty and lives an | all rights are
. bejsopardizsd or to he destroyed
q this country, and whether they
re any property; whether people
re proPertyi You bought thsn
t ~ head, it Is true, but did /
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February 1902 and then and there
spply to Hon ID, zones Probate
Judge, for a filni dl1crarge as such
Administrator.
- -. Jane T.. Edwards,
Adm iaistratrix.
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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

voice croaked out suddenly whats
the matter with Billy"
The captain started as though shot.
The megaphone dropped from his
hands. Then he looked at the forward
deck and beheld the bedragged form
of the raven walking slowly and pain
fully across toward the scuttle.
Whether he had escaped from John
and returned unobserved, or they had
decided not to take him with them. the
captain never knew When he raised
the mega phone again the boat was out
OF sight behind the wharf.
A month later the little vessel was
working in from the Gulf stream. The
glass was falling fast and the scud
were flying. There was every indica-
ton Of the approach Of the great storm
that swept the coast at that time. Har-
Dor was ahead. and everything that
could move was getting in. Far away
two large schooners we're coming along
before the rising gale, their masts
crowded with twice as much canvas as
they should carry. An hour more and
they would be safe II the cloth held.
The land was in plain view on the
westward.
The captain was on deck OF the
"Tautlne" watching his racing craft.
He was running for the home harbor
with all he dared to carry and would
get in with his Southern cargo before
1t was too late. The foa m roared to
leeward, pushing up to a white comber
that flowed over the lee anchor stock
and along over the top OF the rail and
deck. He watched II and then turned
seaward where the dull blue haze with
the white scud beneath told Of what
was coming. There, with her head
pointing seward, was a small schoon-
err. Her mainsail was close-reefed and
two men struggled with the bit of lib
that would balance her while riding out
the blow. He seized his glasses to note
the hardihood OF the men who would
put to sea when the chances were so
heavy against them and a harbor fair
under their lee. While he gazed he
saw one Of them stop in his work and
wave his hand. Then he recognized
Billy. The next instant they passed
on into the drift ahead and disap-
peared.
He made his home port and learned
that schooner was missing from the
fishing feet. She was never heard of
Afterwards. The raven he concluded
was too fine a fowl to be brought
home missing" He carried 1t ashore
tenderly and had 1t cared for by a
fancier who soon had the bird sound
again. Then cage was made, and a
silver chain with a leg-band was
bought and Jim was made an inmate
OF the after cabin. He was fed with
the best the ship afforded, but while he
often asked What's the matter with |
Billy" he was never again known to I
say, He's all right"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

had made the ''pier-head jump" under
provocation. That is they may have
deserted their last ship with cause and
left everything they owned aboard her.
This was not an uncommon occurrence.
There had been much in the papers re-
garding the brutality of American
shippers, written by persons whose
knowledge of both the occurrences and
the shipping laws governing them was
based principally upon desire to make
space rates in the newspapers. Some
of the stories, however, might have had
a bit of truth. At least the skipper
hoped so. He would do we'll to get
pair of much-abused and highly val
liable seamen. He pondered long over
the subject and finally came to the
conclusion that he might spare his wife
for single voyage, but he would hard
ly care to part with his prizes.
But the voyage was for the South and
winter was at hand. Also the skipper
was gifted with voluble wit. He ex-
planned to some length that prejudice
was essentially woman's vice. 1t had
caused much evil in the world. and he
was astonished that so discerning
person as his better half should stoop
to such a thing. His argument was so
logical and well-put that he became
enthusiastic during his lady's thought
full silence. She appeared to be lis
tening, but she was really bordering
over problem of dress and warm
weather. By some trick of fate the
problem and argument came to the
same conclusion simultaneously. That
is, according to madame-who had
heard little, If any of her husbands
talk-it would be better to put up with
the uncouth crew than cold weather.
Having made I'D her mind on this
point, she smiled pleasantly at the old
man and assured him that his argu-
ment was convincing and that she was
sure he was right. 1t would be, after
all, too hard to forego the pleasure of
his. company for so long a time. Where
upon the skipper patted her affection
ately upon the cheek and made a men
tai note of some Of his best epigrams
developed during the discussion. Then
he went into the pantry to drink his
own health and congratulate himself
en- his logical mind.
In a few days the "Tautline" was
ready to sail. She dropped down
the harbor, hosting her newly
bent mainsail upon new
mast with steel rigging well set
UP for going to sea. AS she was but a
small craft it took but a short time to
get her under canvas and she was soon
headed away to the southwark.
In a few days she was abreast of the
Carolina coast
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

and perk its head in a most absurd
ly human manner while it looked
gravely up at Billy.
WHATS the matter with Billy" it
would say in a hoarse croaky voice.
Then it would wait to see what eff
feet the words had upon the doctor"
who would gaze steadily at the bird
for few minutes while he kneaded
some duff or peeled potatoes, his huge
shoulders bent forward and his long
sinewy neck craned out Billy's eyes
were shifty and faded in color but at
times they looked as If little sparks
lurked within their fishy depths.
The fowl would hop around until the
eyes of Billy would hold it in check.
Then 1t would give a raucus croak
He's all right. Billys all right" And
Billy would watch the bird keenly as
though he distrusted it greatly, but
feared it more.
John would look on without a smile
The bird seemed perfectly human in
Intelligence to him and he wondered
at 1t and treated it with the greatest
consideration. He would feed It with
choice bits of food and never under any
consideration attempt to eat without
first Offering it niprsel. When he did
on one occasion start to carry out his
"whack" of the meal to secluded
spot on deck, the fowl promptly choak-
ed forth in protest, Poor old Jim.
poor old JIM" he cried in his unnatural
voice. hopping rapidly after his master.
And John was forced to turn and share
his berth.
The uncanny cerature attracted the
captains wife, who tried to make a pet
of it. She explained that the splitting
of the birds tongue was the usual
method employed by fanciers to enable
it to talk, but the skipper thought diff
ferently. Tongue or no tongue the
raven meant much more than an ordi-
nary bird to him. Its brain was not
located in its mouth, he explained, and
If he had bad luck on this trip the bird
was likely to come back missing"
He soon formed a fascinated interest
in the creature, and before three days
had passed he had gotten a little on
his nerves, as he expressed It, and
started suddenly whenever the fowl
uttered his query about Billy.
On the fourth day the little vessel
was off Point Lookout. The weather
had been clear all day, but toward
night il thickened, and the wind fresh
ened up from the southwest, making a
lumpy sea, into which the vessel drove
her nose uneasily.
The captain was tired. He had been
working his ship trying to get IN close
enough to make harbor at Beaufort
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

that are bought in London are sent ON
to the German city where they are
again sold to the merchants who offer
them to the consumers.
Furs reach Leipzig from all the
strange parts of the world, some OF
which are hardly known to white men
except by name. The Alaskan Indians
and Eskimos. Canadian half-breed
trappers, Siberian hunters and Aus
tralian bush dwellers all work indi-
rectly for the German merchants. Their
catches may go through many hands,
but they finally reach Leipzig. The
primitive hunters of China and Indo-
China, who kill their small fur-bear-
ing game with pointed bamboos and
CO tch 1t In pitfalls as they did CEN
turtles ago, Tartars and Arabs, Abys-
siptans and Zuls, all are working for
this city. which is known to most
persons as great center of the book
publishing business. but scarcely as a
fur dealing town.
The greatest quantity of furs comes
from Bokhara in Turkestan, which
produces almost one million of the
beautiful astrakhan skins every year.
These skins are shipped in a raw state
by caravan and over mountains and
deserts, through lands where Darius
and Alexander fought across the Cas-
plan sea 10 Russia. There a railroad
takes them to the big city of Nishni
Novgorod where most Of the skins are
dressed and finished. Then they. go to
Leipzig to be sold.
Russia and Siberia send almost all
the sable skins that are taken in their
immense hunting grounds to the book
city," Two millions of squirrel skins
are shipped TO 1t. each year from Rus
STA alone. Thirty thousands foxes and
one million lambs are killed annually
to supply the demands of the Leipzig
fur traders.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

time and were put to work in the small
boat carrying stuff ashore
hey, there, you bloke at the bow
oar, cried the skipper, you there,
Whatever your name ISL"
Call me Billy, SIR" said the fellow.
An me Yohn," chimed the other.
You, Billy, you go along and bring
the boat back, see?'' said the captain.
Aye, aye, sir. I'll do it. I'd like to
get few kilograms an letters Off II
youse don't mind, fer me frien's
mightn't know where was at If I
don't-see? p
He pulled off his cap respectfully,
and now for the first time the skipper
noticed that his head was as smooth
as his face. Only a slight stubhle of
hair stood above his scalp and match
ed In both length and color that of his
unshaven face. He looked like some
strange sort of unclean vulture with
MS long, sinewy necksand large hooked
nose. The smirk on his ugly features
added to his general uncouthness. The
captains wife came on deck while he
was talking and viewed the boat and
crew. AS the small craft drew away
she demanded of her lord:
is that man going with us?"
He is" answered the skipper.
Then you may put me ashore" she
said with some energy. IN go back
to my mothers. I'd like to see my
self going to sea with such men," And
she disappeared down the companion
way with wrathful jerk which told
of trouble.
Here was a problem. Men were
scarce and wages high. The skipper
had shipped two men and signed them
on for less than one-half he could get
first-class American sailor. They
were both very strong, and when they
had no clothes to speak of no dis
charges from other ships to give them
respectability, it might be possible they
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

william Miller came aboard the small
coasting vessel "rautline" while she
law with her mainmast ashore and her
rigging hanging in dilapidated festoons
If rope and iron along her bulwarks.
And because her captain had shipped
many men that season, and had sent
some to Jail and put others on the
beach, he was willing to ship Dutch
men. William Miller could speak
English as well as the average West
side tough, but his companion spoke
little and understood less. Therefore
when William came aft to see the skip
per he did so to act as spokesman, and
his companion Jagged in the rear.
What dye get?" said the skipper,
shortly.
william drew himself up to his full
hight Of five feet two.
I'm an old man-o'-war's man." said
he, with dignity; AN I've several
thousand dollars comm to me in prize
money I was gunner on the
What dye get?" snapped the skip
per-
We'll, as masters mate gets forty
a month, but / kin earn more'n that as
a sailor. I'm a sailor from clew to
earring"
You're -. Get ashore quick!"
growled the skipper.
Take u.s.. capn, take US wild youse,
cried John, coming up behind. 81 gets
eighteen dollar, but / takes less
The captain looked over the head of
Miller, and beheld a strange looking
object. 1t was the figure of a very
short, squat man of Dutch blood, who
carried in one hand sailors canvas
bag and in the other a black fowl,
which was either a raven OF a crow.
He held the bird lightly, and the crea-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

During these few days Billy had done
wonders in the Ships galley. Puddings
and pies he made by the score, and
roasts and ragouts from the stale beef
aboard. The skipper began to look to
his mess bills. but his wife cared for
these not at all. Really she found Billy
so essential to the genearl comfort that
terest in the fellow. Her prejudice
was rapidly disappearing. She gave
him many little things from the cabin
mess that he seemed to appreciate, and
in less than a week he apparently
worshiped her. But the hard lines in
his face had not come there suddenly.
They were the product of much suffer-
ing, and deep down in Billy's heart
there was a hardness begotten by years
of fierce and relentless strife. He had
suffered too much to forget.
The weather on the Carolina coast
in winter is bad. The Capes putting
shoales, running almost out into the
Gulf Stream, make navigation danger
Gus and uncomfortable for the coaster
who has to hug the shore to escape
the current. The hurricanes of the
Gulf and West Indies seem to follow
the trend of the Stream, and at this
point strike with uncommon force.
For the first three days the little
vessel headed down the beach with
light airs, so that she made but small
progress to the southwark. Billy spent
his time over the galley fire or upon
the forward deck making wonderful
things out of the ships hard fare. He
appeared to talk much with John and
the colored man who. with the two
Dutchmen, made up the entire crew.
He was earnestly engaged in CONVEX
sation while he worked. but the skip
per never came near enough to hear
what was said, for he disliked tres
passing upon the private affairs of the
Grey. Once or twice he heard Billy
remark that eff times got dull he
could take on a bout, an make
couple O. hundred. You'se won't mind
putin a few on me, 1 reckon"
This willingness to fight pleased the
skipper, for among sailors it is under
stood that a man who will fight will
work. 1t is a step up the scale TO the
top where the best man will work
without fighting. The worthless ones
will do neither
John, the Dutchman with the pet
raven, appeared to look upon Billy as
the natural leader. He would listen
gravely to the black fowl when he in
sisted Billy was all right. The strange
creature would hop about the galley
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-10-19

night before the gale. All about her
the phosphorus flared and famed with
a CHASTITY light and the spume flew
like snow. Her salt was too much for
her, even reefed, as 1t was, and it took
all hands over an hour to secure the
mainsail. Then the mainboom took
charge of the deck. and they fought
to get the guy ropes upon 1t while all
the time the droning snore overhead
increased and deepened, and the little
ship drove along rolling her rails I'M
der at each throw of the increasing
sea. 1t was wild night for all hands
and the dawn broke upon salt-whitened
faces lined and strained from the strug-
gle. 1t was only by continued exertion
and desperate endeavor they could
make the vessel run fast enough be-
fore 1t to clear the living hill that fol-
lowed.
All that night and the following day
the flying vessel held her course, and
as the sea and as the gale wore down
the overStrained crew saw ahead of
them the tall white tower of Morris
Island light But there was now no
stopping. Over the bar they went, with
the sea lifting high in the air, and be-
tween the jetties they passed, tearing
the discolored waters into a white
path. On and on until they were
abreast of the wharves of Charleston.
Here, alongside of revenue cutter, the
hook was dropped, and all hands stag
gered below, exhausted, for a few
hours rest.
"A fairly good run, Billy" said the
captain the following morning, as that
young man appeared in the galley.
Il s'pose 1t was" answered the stout
fellow, but II youse don't mind, I'd
like to go ashore tonight an take on
bout wild some local guy. De exer-
else has got me in good shape, an I
reckon can knock out a few Youse
won't mind putin a ten spot on me,
hey? III be back early, sure"
"Of course" said the captain.
"An' I'd like to take me clothes to
de Chinaman's to clean" said John. II
be back, sur, In wun hour"
You may go by all means" said the
captain.
That evening they went. taking the
solemn fowl along with them. He was
badly ruff1ed, they explained, by the
pitching of the vessel, but would get
we'll by a little time on shore. The
captain watched them being rowed
to the wharf by the black fellow who
was to remain aboard and bring the
boat back. While he looked a hand
stole into his and he felt the arm of
his wife around him.
why is it, he said to her. people
will ship men without discharges or
recommendations 2"
II don't know she answered, but
I do know what you mean. / heard
Billy. Still liked him and think peo-
pie are wrong They should have CIV
en- him chance. 1t seems terrible to
let him go to a certain end like that"
Shall make him come back?" ask
ed the captain.
The woman hesitated. She under
stood what 1t meant.
Yes" she said.
The captain stood thoughtfuIiy
watching the vanishing boat He was
thinking deeply and struggling with
his duty. He, too, knew what he should
do II the sacrifice was not too great.
Then he spoke.
BILLY was hardened and dangerous"
said he, there is sometimes a thing
as suffering too much. But will call
him back"
He reached for his megaphone and
raised 1t to his lips. Then a hoarse