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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
YOUNG Man Dies Of Gun Shot Wounds

Emmett Calhoun, the young boy who
was accidentally shot by his brother on
December Is. while out hunting near his
home at Greenville. Ca, died today at
St Josephs infrmary as a result of lock-
Jaw.
He had a severe wound In the right
shoulder, and when brought to Atlanta for
treatment IL was thought that he would
soon recover. He progressed nicely until
several days ago, when lockjaw developed
and ne dEed yesterday smorhing.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
WOMEN,
. As COWBOYS.
CAPTURED
ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY Wo-
MEN ARE TAKEN CAPTIVE BY
WcToRIoUs BRITISH
TROOPS.

CAPETowN, Jan, R.-The latest cap
ture by the Kimberly column Is a Boer
lager near Mokwant (Phokwane) with
great numbers of cattle. guarded wholly
by women under the leadership of tho
wife of the commandant DeBeers.
One hundred and fifty of the women
were acting as cowboys and only six men
were connected with Che camp.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
SOLDIER WAS CAUGHT
ON HOTEL FIRE ESCAPE

SAVANNAH. Ga. Jan. 8.-Rolla l..
Summerlin, a young man who seems to
be a United States soldier. was arrested
this morning on the fire escape of the De-
Soto hotel trying to enter the room OF a
guest. He was turned over to the superior
court on a charge of burglary. Summer
lin claims he was drinking. He was in
his stocking feet and armed with hatch
CT when caught.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
Liberty Bell in Savannah Yesterday.

SAVANNAH. Ca. Jan. s.-The liberty
bell en- route TO the Charleston exposition
is scheduled TO arrive in Savannah at S.15
o'clock this afternoon.
1t will be given a great reception.
Mayor Ashbridge Of Philadelphia, and
others accompanying the relic are to be
entertained at a fish supper at isle Of
Hope this afternoon.
A carriage ride to points Of intereDt VII
first be taken.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
Big Banquet Awaits Arrival Of Shaw.

DIES MONIES, Iowa, Jan. S.-Arrange-
ments for the big banquet to be given by
the Grant club. of Des Moines. to Leslie
NJ. Shaw upon his return from Washing
ton are practically complete. II VIII be
given at the Savoy and $50 prominent
guests from all over the state will be
present. The attendance has been lin
tied to men on account of the great num-
Der who have signihed their intention Of
being present. Governor A. B. Cummins
will act as POSTMASTER. A reception COM
mittee of about 100 members has been an
nounced. At its head is Ex-Governor
Frank ID. Jackson, of Des Moines.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
ereat ovations to Ole Liberty eeII.

HARRISBURG. Pa. Jan. THE pass
age of the Liberty bell through Harris
burg yesterday was not marked by any
formal greeting on the part of the city Of
ficials and organizations. Union station.
however and other points of vantage.
from which the precious relic could be
viewed were crowded. A delegation OF
citizens from Newcastle and other points
in the Cumberland valley met the train
here as an escort through that region.
This is the first time the bell has gone
through the historic valley and prepare
tions have been made in every town and
hamlet along the route to accord It a fit-
ting reception.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
MARCONI MAY LINK
ALASKA AND AMERICA

CHICAGO, Jan. ALASKA and the United
States may soon be connected with a line Of
wireless telegraphy. Seattle. Wash, capital
lists are negotiating with Chicago firms for
equipment for the proposed line. and the pro-
motors believe that with the opening Of the
summer season the line will be in operation
between Nome City and Seattle,
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
GLENN LIBEL CASE
AGAIN POSTPONED

sANDERSVJLE. Ca. Jan. S-The
Glenn libel case was again continued IN
the county court here today. Professor
Glenn did not come to Sandersville this
time and the case was continued by agree
merf.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
LIBERTY BELL OFF
FOR CHARLESTON
GUN SALUTE is FIRED BY NAVY
AS RELIC STARTS ON ITS
JOURNEY.

PHILADELPHIA. Jan. 6.-The old LIB
erty Bell. accompanied by Mayor Ash
bridge and an ofhial escort of city coun-
cilmen and city department heads. started
on it's journey to the Charleston exposi-
ton at O'Clock this morning.
AS the special train left the Pennsyl-
vania railroad station a salute Of p
guns was fired at the League Island navy
yard.
The bell is scheduled to arrive at
Charleston at 10 o'clock next Thursday
morning.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
oconee County Has Issued New Bonds.

Oconee county has issued 5000 IL
per cent bonds for the purpose Of erect
ing a new jail. The issue was recorded
with Secretary of State Phil Cook Tues
dav afternoon.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1902-01-09
Harmonv Grove Man Buys MiII PIant.

Harmony Grove Man Guys WIII FIant.
HARMONY GROVE, Ga, Jan. 6.-Mr.
c. ]. Hood. cashier OF the Northeastern
Ranking Company, at this place. has
bought the entire plant Of the Tennessee
Milling Company located at Estill Springs,
Tenn.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

To make the coasts safe for ships, 1t
Is not enough merely to keep the lights
burning brightly. They must be of
many different kinds. If they were all
of one kind they might mislead a mar
liner and wreck him instead of saving
him, because he might suppose that a
certain light marked the entrance to
his harbor, when really Ii was quite
another one, marking hidden shoal.
Therefore, Uncle Sam has scores of
different'kinds Of lights. Some of them
are fixed" that Is, they shine steadily
and without motion. Others. are flash
es." These lights revolve swiftly. and,
as their glasses are ingeniously curved
and full OF angles, like your mothers
cut glass bowls. they throw flashes Of
light out with perfect regularity. Still
other lights are Intermittent" They
shine out for a certain number Of sec
onds. and then they are dark for q
short period, and then tney shine
again. Then there are lights that are
red. Some OF them are "fxed" and
others are intermittent" Uncle Sam
has a few green lights. too But he
likes neither the red nor the green, pc
cause the colOred glasses interfere with
the strength Of the beams. and often
especially IN the dreaded sea fORa. the
sailors cannot see them until they sre
80 close that their vessel 10 in danger
before they know a.
The method ~ which the lights are
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

shall always remain in one spot. 9th
crs of Uncle Sans assistants live on
shore and only row or sail out each
afternoon to light the lanterns that
they have in charge. Some of them
do not even need to row out. They
can walk along shore and attend TO
their duties.
Wherever those lights are lit they
are inviolate. You have read of the
sacred fires of Rome. Uncle Sans
lamps are the sacred fires of the Re
public. Whoever dares to NEEDLE with
them would be sent to prison for many
years, and he might even be executed
for murder II his act should result
In the drowning of any one. 1t makes
no difference, although the light hap
pens 10 he only a common oil lantern
on a pole stuck IN the mud. For many
years Uncle Sam had a red lantern
hung on n tree on a bank Of the 81.
Croix river In Whitloeks Mil, Maine,
70 show the steamers and tugboats
plying between fgastport and Calais
where 70 make a certain turn 20 keep
the channel. That probably was the
most simple and rude lighthouse IN
the country. But II served ~ pur-
pose for the time being, and II WIS
Just a. official As the massive and
powerful structures that cost 500 600
and more 20 build.
Where The lighthouses are far away
from tbs land, ~ most Of them are,
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

door opened and a little girl entered
the hut and said:
Good morning, Grandma. l heard
that you were in trouble and have
come to see what / can do"
Whose child are your" asked the
widow in great surprise.
mo ones, Grandma, / am Fan-Fan,
the fairy. Did you ever see fairy
before?"
Never in all my life, though / have
heard of Them I have been told that
fairies are good to people in distress"
80 they are. And now let us see
what l can do for YOU"
The widow told her story, and shed
many tears over It, and she had just
finished when the owner of the hut
came stamping in and roughly ex-
claimed:
well, your time is UP and you must
get out. What is this little girl doing
here?"
II am fairy, sir" replied Fan
Fan. "Have you no pity in your heart
that you would turn this poor old
woman out doors?"
. What is that TO you? Can make
homes for people who have no money!"
II fear you are hardhearted man."
said Fan-Fan, land il you do such
cruel thing you will be punished for
It,"
1T don't want to be talked to by q
child like you" cried the man. This
old woman must pay me or get out.
If you are fairy and can help peo-
pie in distress why don't you help
herr"
II was going to do that. SHUT your
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21
you go, and / viii stable my cattle in

you go, and will stable my cattle in
the hut"
For three years the widow managed
TO satisfy the ayaricious man and re-
main In her lowly home. Then, as
summer came on, she fell i'll and could
work no longer at anything to bring
In money. There were no neighbors
near at hand to render her assistace,
and IL a traveller called at the hut to
ask his way he left neither words OF
sympathy nor money. When the poor
woman had been unable to pay her
rent for q month the owner came 10
see her and said:
Tomorrow you must go away. AS
you can pay no longer / will not have
you here another day"
But where can / go?" asked the
widow. 81 am old and crippled and -
and have not one shilling in the house
II you turn me out / shall die by the
roadside"
THAT is not my affair."" gruffly re-
piled the man, land ] shall be here In
the morning 10 see that you go"
When the owner OF the hut had de-
parted the widow fell TO grieving and
sobbing and night came on. She had no
sleep that night for thinking Of what
she would do. There was only one thing
for her, and that was TO become n
wanderer and beg from door 10 door
She was making up a bundle ~ ner
few garments next morning when the
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

Lamplighter Uncle Sam must manage
in some way to feed his assistants who
live on them and to keep them supplied
with coal for themselves and for the
engines that set the lights and steam
whistles and bells to going and with oil
and other materials. He must be ready
at a moments notice to hurry to the
relief of a lightship, for those vessels
mostly are helpless, not being fitted
either with engines or sails, and when
a storm tears them away from their
anchors they drift at the mercy of the
sea.
So Uncle Sam keeps a big fleet of
vessels that do nothing else but light
house business. They are of all kinds.
There are about thirty-five big boats
called tenders, that are expected to go
out in any storm that blows. and any
sea that rolls whenever necessary. He
has a dozen big steam launches and
three sail tenders. The big boats are
fitted with immense derricks and
booms, so that they can take hold of
a huge iron buoy and its ninety or one
hundred fathoms of chain and the ton
or so of rock or iron that is used for
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21
CHAPTER X.
AT LAST!

The simultaneous alarm! This is the
call that has power to thrill every fire.
man, no matter how young or how old
in the service. 1t means that some
where in the great city mighty blaze
is defying the fire fighters. 1t means
that every company within a radius of
miles is being summoned to the scene.
It means that lives are in danger and
that thousands of dollars. even mil
lions, are going up in smoke. 1t means,
perhaps, that many of the brave fire
men dashing to the scene may never
leave 1t alive. Yet to the last man they
Jingle with excitement. greedy for the
struggle with the flames.
And Dams company was aquiver
with excitement. Was it really coming
at last? Five alarms had sounded, and
at each signal the horses at 46 engine
had trotted out for the hitch and had
trotted back to their stalls. Ashton. the
lieutenant, who had been downstairs
watching the hitch, started up He was
almost at the head of the stairs. with
several of the men at his heels, when
the telegraph struck again.
"One!'
Ashton turned back.
Two Three! Fouri"
The men went down with a rush.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

Then, from there, Ike knows that he
can turn In toward land, stand in as
a sailor would say. He Stands In" till
q great binding flash shoots over the
black sea. That is a mighty lighthouse
of the first order, whose lens turns so
fast that the beams are like the wink
ing of the lightning. The captain
knows that it stands on a high hill
near the mouth of the harbor, and
from that time on he and his crew
must keep their eyes open to pick up
light after light. for Lamplighter I'm
Gle Sam lights the chanenls of his big
harbors as if they were streets now
adays. First they will see little light
that seems to be swimming on the sur
face. "Ah' says the captain, gas
buoy No. Z. That's the entrance to the
channel"
Before many minutes he sees anoth-
e- light swimming on the water. "Elec-
trio buoy number four" he says and
steers sharp westward. for the chart
tells him that the channel turns here.
Once they have fairly entered a harbor
like New York, the sailors will see
lights ahead of them in rows miles
long. They light each side of the chan
mel, show every bend in it. and mark
the way for the ship so that it can go
Up as surely as a man could walk
along a well-lighted street.
Not content with all these lamps,
Uncle Sam has established what he
calls range lights" along the shores
of his harbors. These lights stand in
line with each other. Sometimes one
will be on a reef off shore and the
other will be a mile or more inland.
The sailor knows that he is in the
channel as long as he can keep the
two in line. so that one seems to be
right behind the other. When he has
held his course as long as they serve
him he looks for the next range lights
and again holds them in line until the
floating buoys warn him to turn again.
Thus, a captain not only knows that
he Is in the channel by watching the
buoys, but he is able to steer per-
fectly straight and true by watching
his ranges" And sailors steer all
most entirely by ranges in inland wa
tiers. 1t would never do for them to
try to steer a straight line by merely
looking ahead. An object a few miles
away on the sea will seem to be
straight ahead from various different
points. So a man might imagine that
he was going perfectly straight and
yet he might be miles off his course.
But he cannot go foot off his course
by steering with range lights" or
ranges" to guide him. J. w. M.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

hand was on his brow. He gazed at
her vacantly for a moment, then it all
came back to him.
1.-The chief" he gasped, sis he--he-"
He could not complete the question.
"He was here only two days" the
nurse answered quickly. HE sent you
these" And she laid a letter and a
package on the white coverlet.
Read" he said, family, and In a
firm, even tone, she read:
"Mr. Dear Hale-I am sending you
these, not because you saved my life
(for that there are no words, no to-
kens, to express my gratitude), but
because you have proved true fire
man and did not desert comrade in
danger to save yourself. The appoint
ment was made at the suggestion of
the commissioners, backed by public
opinion. Of my own lifelong gratitude
be assured. / can only add that l am
sure you will do these credit, and that
some day when l am gone you will
wear my five. Faithfully and CRATE
fully yours Corbyn."
The tears welled to his eyes. What
mattered now-"Faithfully and CRATE
fully yours-Corbyn."
1.-THE double trumpets?" he asked,
cropping for the package.
The nurse placed in his hands three
discs of gold.
"Now, take your medicine" she COM
manded, with a suspicious glimmer in
her eyes.
Dan gave a happy cry.
Medicine? l don't need medicinei"
he declared. These beat all the doses
in the country
For the discs bore not the crossed
trumpets of the battalion chief, but the
three trumpets of the deputy chief
Dan Hale was 'in the buggy!"
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21
THE STORY OF
FAN-FAN, THE FAIRY.
In Which is Told the History of
the Poor Widow, the Avaric.
ious Man the Bright Gold.

On the edge of forest about a mile
from where the fairy Fan-Tan was
born there lived a poor widow who
was childless. The hut she occupied
was wretched affair, and yet it be-
longed to man who had no pity for
her and demanded that she pay him
one-half of what she earned from the
sale of roots and barks gathered in
the forest. AS the widow was old and
crippled and had no friends to take her
in, she had to pay what was asked of
her. There were many times when
she had little food in the house. and
when she suffered for the want OF
shoes or clothes; but the owner of the
hut would say to her;
You must pay me just the same. 1t
is nothing to me II you are cold and
hungry. If You cannot pay me, out
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21
The Story of Fighter of Fires.
BY EPPs WINTHROP SARGENT
COPYRIGHT, 1902 BY S. S. MCCLURE CO

Buildings had begun to fall. and
these heavy streams. the force of
which was so great that nozzles had
70 De lashed, were slowly but surely
browning out the blaze 1t was a
herce hight. The buildings were close
ana OF old construction. Not one was
hreproof, and for years Chief Corbyn
hao urged the necessity of removing
the hretraps or at least doing some
thlng to make them safer. The fire
had started i'll a wholesale drug store
ana repeated explosions had scattered
the flames over the entire block, more
than fulfilling the chiefs dire predic-
mons. The less long since had passed
the million mark.
But he had no time to say 81 told you
so" There were sterner duties at
hand. Only the helmet told of his
rank. His natty uniform coat was
gone. His shirt and trousers and even
his hair were scorched where sheets of
flame in the early stages of the fire had
caught him as he fled with his men
when position was no longer tenable.
tie had fought stubbornly for three
hours, and six times had been forced to
go to the ambulance surgeon for some
small relief. He had even been urged
to go to the hospital, but he hung on,
though every moment it seemed as if
he must drop.
AS Dan ran up with his fresh men to
take the hardest position, he saw Chief
Corbyn standing on the corner in front
of the one building still standing. The
chief's back was turned, as he gave
directions to company that had just
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

made to burn and turn is very SIM
pie. but 1t is the fruit of many expert
ments and much study. For instance,
Lamplighter Uncle Sam has tried ell
sorts of oils and gas and electricity
and he has found that on the whole
good kerosene oil is the best. So most
OF his lights are kept going with It.
Still he has many buoys that are lit
with gas that is contained in recepta-
cles that float in the water and other
buoys are lit with electricity that Is
conveyed to them by submarine cables.
The shining crystal lantern lens is
entirely round, like a huge fruit jar,
without top or bottom. 1t is full Of
prisms; that is, it is cut like a precious
stone so that its face, instead of De-
ing plain, is full of points and curves
to break the light and send its beams
into given directions.
This lens is set over the light
itself. 1t rests on roller bear
ings like the ball bearings in BIZ
cycles, only much larger and
more perfect. So beautifully poised
is the lens that the least touch is
enough to set it turning.
The lights are graded according to
power and size as first, second. third
ing device is used for all except the
first-class, which have mighty lens Of
ten weighing as much as three tons.
They are revolved in a mercury bath
which reduces the friction enough so
that, despite their weight, they can be
turned by clockwork, which Is the way
in which practically all the revolving
lights of the country are kept in mo-
ton.
Every mariner in the world who ever
has occasion to bring a ship into a
United States port is supplied with
charts and descriptions showing just
where the lights are and what kind
they are. So, supposing that a captain
were approaching a strange seaport on
the American coast, he would steer by
reckoning until he saw the first light
house. He would look into his chart
and there would find that 1t was on
a certain ledge of rock so many miles
from the entrance to the harbor. The
chart tells him also that twenty-four
miles down the coast is another light.
a white flash of the second order. So
he sets himself and his deck watch to
look out for 1t. Sailors call that pick
ing up" the lights. Perhaps Uncle
Sans sailing directions tell him that
when he is abreast of the flashing Night
he must steer little south or north or
east or west as the case may be. and
then, after going five miles more he
will see a red light of the third order.
The Savannah morning news., 1902-09-21

eyes for a moment. Now open them.
Now tell me what you see"
The man was too astonished to
speak. The poor widow had been
clothed In rich garments in a trice.
and on the rude table before her was
a box full of gold. While he stared
at her and at the gold carriage drove
UP to the hut. and Fan-Fan said:
II shall take the good woman away
with me. She is no longer poor and
friendless. and l hope there are many
happy days in store for her. Here is
money to pay the debt she owes YOU"
But you must give me gold-a whole
box of gold!' whined the man as he
reached for the box on the table.
Here is gold for you" replied Fam
Fan, and she placed another box in
his arms. 1t was heavy with bright
coins. and the man uttered shout after
shout of joy His happiness did not
last long, however AS he crossed the
fields the box became lighter and
lighter. and when he stopped at last
to open II he found ii was empty, save
for one single coin, and that had turn
ed 10 brass.
"come hacki Come back and give
me more goldl" he cried as he ran
toward the hut. but the fairy and the
widow were driving away behind a
pair OF gray horses, and he was never
20 see either one Of them again.