davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

The imagination of no story-teller
ever created beings so strange and
terrible as the real ones that Uncle
sam has been finding in the past years
in his trips to the underworld III
it there dwell animals so wonderful
and so fantastic that. if one were to
put them into a fairy story, you might
well be excused if you declared that
the creatures described are too grotes-
que for even a fairy story.
This underworld is not far away
from us The thousands of inhabitants
that it has dwell within a few miles
of our own coasts-the Atlantic, Pa
cifc and Gulf of Mexico shores.
Travellers on steamships on any ocean
are only a mile or so away from
things that would terrify them un-
speakabIy if they could see them.
But that mile of distance is a mile
straight downward; and no being form
ed like one of US could exist there
for an instant. The unimaginabla
weight of that mile of water would
crush man into nothingness. 1t
brushes great iron spheres that are let
down into it now and then by Uncle
Sam.
Yet there is busy life there, in the
blackness of everlasting night. Weird
forms crawl and glide and swim
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

and would have died had the balloon
rot been provided with arrangements
for releasing the gas and descending
without their aid.
Even now. although we have caught
many of the uncanny creatures of the
deep sea, no human being. from the
greatest scientist down, can even guess
what wonderful things would be seen
If we could get down into it. All that
abe nets and graphing hooks and
travis have fshed up the only faint
hints of what really exists. 1t is
as II person. dwelling on some inn
mense mountain peak above the clouds,
were to drop "A line down through the
vapors and then try TO guess at TIE
real world below from the few stray
things that he might fish up. He
might FISH up a branch Of a tree. but
that would not tell him Of the magnifi
cent forests. lie might catch little
bird, but he would not be able to learn
fTcm II how MANY millions OF winged
creatures there are. lie might hook
a mouse. How could he Imagine from
II what mighty animals roam the earth
beneath him?
So Uncle Sans long sounding wires
and travis have brought pp big and
little creatures from sqauy thousands
~ fathQma deep, but be- knows thar
although he may nah that way Tor
many gears ~ come, be need n0t hope
- catch any ~ the eWlft and huge
beasts fhat may dNeil dogn there. ~.
indeed ~ capture even n fair proper
Ton - ere smaller ones.
Aness haN haH leafnea enough ~ che
k@f& snsw tbs hfess hgbese, ~
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

very pretty daylight picture of your
church to which the lens gives a sort
o. stereoscopic effect Now open the
flap and shut the cover on top, as in
figure 1. You now no longer see the
church by direct but by transmitted
light, no longer by sun, but by moon
light. Evening has come; the stained
glass windows are lit up, the moon is
shining and host of stars glitter in
the sky
No intelligent reader will be at a.
loss fog subjects for the panopticon.
~ winter scene by direct light becomes
summer by transmitted light One
picture is taken with snow on the
ground and another of the same scene
in summer is pasted face down on thu
first and every part matched as exact
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

man that she did not give kim a box
on the ear.
This man was not a charcoal burn
er, but he had a large flock of goats
and many pigs, and it was Baban's
duty to mind them. One day, when
the orphan boy was almost -fwelve
years old, one of the goats fell over a
cliff and was killed. 1t was not at all
Baban's fault, but he knew that he
would be severely punished for it. He
was sitting on stone crying, when
little girl suddenly appeared before
him, and a sweet voice asked
boy, why do you cry? I thought
boys were always whistling and laugh
ing
lone of the goats has fallen over the
cliff" replied Raban, and l shall be
tied up and whipped for it. They may
even burn my feet with hot GOALS
~ have heard of you,' said the girl
as she sat down beside him. 81 am
Fan-Fan the fairy, and 1 hear about
many people. You are an orphan boy,
and it was bad that you came here to
live. There are sores on your feet, cuts
on your hands, and it is easy to see
that you have been ill-used. Would you
like to go away?"
But where could / go?" asked Ba-
ban.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

in some way a modification of that
young midshipman's.
There had been some measuring of the
deep sea before that invention, but I
was slow and crude work. for il was
no light task to haul up the heavy
rope that had to be used in order to
bear the strain of lifting a so or 100
pound weight out of many hundreds of
feet of ocean. Too often the weight
would tear the rope long before it was
brought to the surface. Young Brooke's
invention made il possible TO let so
of the weight when it touched bottom,
so that all that needed TO be hauled
up were the very light tubes, filled
with samples of the bottom. and other
instruments that were attached TO the
line.
Then came the use Of wire instead of
a rope. and from that moment on
young Brooke's invention was of the
utmost Importance for when piano
wire was used it became possible TO
reach hitherto undreamed-of depths,
and every nation adopted Brooke's ma
chine for holding the wire steady and
never letting it snarl or become strain
ed. and his device that made it IN
necessary to haul up the weight.
Then came 1872. a year forever ia
nous in the history of the globe. tor
it saw the departure of the grand
expedition. that taught US what an
amazing world we live in.
The Challenger was a British ship,
but Uncle Sam was not far behind
Only two years after the departure of
that ship, and before much had been
heard from it, his men were off the
coast of New England. and brought
home a mass of Incredibly grOtesque
and bewildering fishes, such as no hui
man eye had seen before since the
creati of the world.
In 1880 Uncle Sam built his steam
ship Fisk Hawk. the first large vessel
built by any nation to study fish. The
beautiful Albatross followed. Since she
was launched she has made more than
six thousand deep-sea soundings and
has hauled nets and dredges 10 water
from 900 feet to 10000 feet deep more
than 1000 times. Nearly 300 books and
pamphlets have been written a. the
result of her work.
She has made the deepest haul of a
net ever made inLSle world. 1t was off
the Tonga Islands in the South Pacific
and her trawl was sunk to the bottom,
% 900 feet below her keel Animals
were found down there, living where
the water constantly is only just above
the freezing point and where there is
a pressure of 5000 pounds to the square
inch. We human beings on the land
live under pressure of only Is pounds
to the inch.
Uncle Sam not only has made the
deepest net haul ever made, but he
has also touched the deepest spot ever
found in the ocean. II was with his
ship Nero when she was surveying the
Pacific Ocean for the new cable. In
the Western Pacific Ocean she drop
ped her sounding rod and the wire
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28
THE PANOPTICON--AN
INSTRUMENT OF MARVELS
Easily Spend Much Time, and 1t
Makes Wonder-Pctures Out of Ordinary Illustrations
Clipped from Papers,
By j. CARTER BEARD.

So surprising and marvellous are the
results that can be obtained by the
panopticon, and so easily is it to make
that every reader should try hand and
skill at the work of constructing one.
If it is possible to get one, a lens of
some kind is required. The panopticon
sometimes is made without a lens, but
a much better effect can be secured by
using one. A glass from an old pair
of spectacles will answer in default of
anything better.
The length of the instrument to be
constructed depends upon the focus of
the lens used. Let us assume for the
sake of simplifying the following de-
scription that the focus of the lens is
five and half inches.
In that case make box of stiff card
board six inches long, four inches in
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

extending across the top and down
each side as far as the reinforcing
strip of cardboard at the bottom. See
figure g. This should be done in a
clean and workmanlike manner, with
a sharp knife.
Next cut an opening about three
inches square in the top of the box
half an inch or so from the split just
made, and fit it with a cover hinged
to the box at the upper end of this
opening by a small strip of cloth glued
so as to form a hinge. This is shown
in figure 4.
A flap hinged at the lower end with
a strip of cloth that secures it to the
bottom of the box must be cut to fit
the large end of the box. See figure 5.
When closed it is to be fastened with
"a small loop of elastic caught over
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

church windows with a bit of ink eras
er or of fine sandpaper, until it is quite
thin and transparent. Do the same
with the moon YOU have marked out.
Pierce small holes in the sky with a
needle or pin for the stars. Paste bits
of different colored tissue paper or bet
ter still of gelatine over the church
windows to look like colored glass and
over the moon paste bit of light yell
low tissue paper or of gelatine.
Hold the picture up to the window
pane, it can be fastened there tempo
rarily with little pellets of beeswax
at the four corners, and go over the
back of it, where the sky appears,
with dark blue or blue mixed with
black and the foliage with blackish
green.
If you now put your picture in the
slit left in the panopticon, shut the
flap at the end and lift the cover on
the top as in figure 6, you will see a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

Now for the pictures: Cut out a
square frame like those shown in fig
ures and s. We will suppose it to
be a snap shot at church. Color this
with water color. Give the sky a light
wash of blue, and the extreme distance
two. Make the middle distance green
ish blue and the foreground foliage
full yellowish green, with reddish yell
low mixed with green for the darker
portions. If you are careful not to
make the color too strong this will give
a very pretty effect, for the photogra phi
itself supplies the light and shade. Be
very careful not to have the color too
crude or intense. Place the picture
against a window pane with the back
of the picture toward you. This will
enable you to see through thep aper.
Trace out carefully with a sharp lead
pencil the windows of the church and
draw a moon in the sky. Take the pic
ture, place it faced own and rub down
the paper inside the outlines of the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

diameter at the large end and one and
a half inches in diameter at the small
err end as shown in figure one. The
sides, top and bottom of the box are
made of one piece by bending the card
board In order to make the bends
clean and straight, the cardboard is
first cut to a little depth where it is
to be bent. Care must be taken not
to bear down on the knife too hard.
The overlapping edges can be glued
together, or fastened by piercing holes
at regular intervals and sewing with
coarse thread, well waxed. See fig
ure 2.
The bottom of the box is next to be
reinforced with a strip of the same stiff
cardboard, which, when glued and
thoroughly dried, can be sandpapered
off at the edges so that the surface
will be smooth.
A slit about one-eighth of an inch
wide is to be cut at about half an
inch from the large end of the box,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

! ran out until it registered a depth of
| 31614 feet
TO get the wire down into such a
depth as that and then haul Il in again
| is a work requiring more than three
hours To sink a deep-sea net and
| bring il back on board requires all day
| if - is sent down as deep as three or
four miles.
The wire that IS used for sounding
is wound carefully on a reel that Is so
fun of blocks and balance wheels and
levers that it looks like an engine the
great object is to send the wire out
free from kinks. A kink is PRACTICAL
~ the only way in which ii can be
broken. for il is tempered beautifully.
The reel is built firmly on little
platform overhanging the side of the
ship. When sounding is 10 be made
the weight to take it down Is at
tached. and then sometimes a dozen
appliances are hung to il here and
there one thing is 4 thermometer TO
register the temperature on the bot
tom 1t is so made that il does not
begin to work until ii strikes the bot
tom, and after it makes its record it
stops. Another appliance opens When
it reaches the bottom, fills itself with
a sample of sea water, and shuts again.
Another tube, with valves, collects
mud or sand A cylinder may be sent
down to register the pressure of the
water. Everything that is attached to
the wire represents much labor and
thought to make it perfect. 1t must
work just right, for no human hand
can reach it after it begins its voyage
inIp tn, urder world.
When the word is given the wire is
released and down it goes, slowly and
steadily. Men watch it constantly that
it shall not go too fast. Whenever a
certain number of feet have run out a
little more pressure is applied to the
brake on the reel to counterfeit the
weight of the wire So finely has this
been figured out by Uncle Sam that the
reel usually stops revolving the very
moment the wire touches bottom, even
though that bottom be four or five
miles below.
The great deep sea nets are attach
ed to slender wire cables which are
wound on drums that also are provid-
ed with ingenious brakes to take up
any sudden strain. After the net is
down the ship either steams ahead
slowly or drifts with winds and cur
rent according to circumstances. When
the word is given to reel in the en-
gines complain and groan at first. for
generally the net sinks deeply into
the ooze and it is hard work to oraak
it from the bottom. But as it ascends
the sea washes the mud out of 1T and
finally it begins to come up steadily.
Then you may be sure everybody on
board climbs up on deck to see what
will arrive al the surface. Even in
a ship like tie Albatross, that makes
SO many soundings every year, the in
tersst never flags. For every dredg-
ing Is in a new spot in that unknown
world of the ocean. No man can tell
what terrible or wonderful thing VIII
appear. ]. w. NJ.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

you shall go with me and / will find
you a better place. All! What have we
here?"
came running, and each had {. stick in
hand, and the man cried out:
"Vagabond of a boy, but why are you
not watching the goats instead of sit
ting here!'
There is one goat missing-it has
fallen over the cliff" added the wo-
man. To-day we shall give the lazy
Baban such a whipping as he never
aid before. Catch him by the hair and
bring him along!"
1T was not Baban's fault, good PEG
pie" said Fan-Fan as she arose.
80 here is a little girl" laughed the
woman, "a little girl all dressed up
like a doll Who are you, and where
did you come FROM"
II am Fan-Fan the fairy, and | rode
here on the back Of a grasshopper."
II don't care who you are" said the
man. "Iiaban shall be whipped, and
you would better take yourself off or
you may get the switch, too. II you are
q fairy why don't you bring US gold 2"
"Because you are cruel selfish peO-
pie, ana have been unlNnd 10 this or
ptan boy. You shall have something
besides gold
Ihea the fairy waved her hand IN the
air and repeated some words they
could not understand. and the man and
his wife 81 once fell 20 beating each
other with their sficka The wife
screamed and the husband shouted
ceaus.sc % Page rscntg ave.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28
THE STORY OF
FAN-FAN, THE FAIRY.
She Furnishes the Cruel Man
and His Wicked Wife, and
She Saves the Boy Named
Baban.

For many years a man named Fabo
had lived in the forest and been a
charcoal burner. He had a good wife
and a son. The name of this boy was
Baban, and when he had reached the
age of 10 he knew little or nothing be-
yond his daily work. There were no
schools, and he could not read or
write. He had never been to village,
and one day when he saw a man on
horseback he was greatly frightened.
If anyone had asked him to describe
a COW, pig or sheep he could not have
done it. You will see that he was a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

set with fringes of teeth like bent
needles, bristling from end to end of
their cape. There are fish with star
ing eyes, larger than the eyes of any
animal of the land, like the
owls and lemurs. There are
other fish with eyes so small that
it is only after long examination that
one finds two tiny specks, no bigger
than the holes that might be made by
the thrust of a very small pin. There
are sharks no longer than a lead PEN
Gil and others many feet long that are
shaped like serpents.
OF the devil fishes and squids alone
there are many hundreds of different
kinds. Some of them are tiny, others
are immense. They are white and red
and black and yellow. Some of them
have their eyes set on stalks, for all
the world as if they were peering at
the world around them through beau
tiful little opera glasses. Many of
the deep-sea fishes have such telescope
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

everywhere They are built so that
they can withstand the pressure. In
deed, they need it to live, for when
ever few of them are dragged up
ward by Uncle Sans deep-sea net,
they die long before they reach the
surface. Some of the more delicate
ones actually explode like balloons
when they are pulled into the upper
waters where the pressure is not great.
Exactly the same thing happens to
them that happens to men when they
go to great nights in balloons. AS they
reach the upper air, where it is much
thinner and lighter than it is on the
surface of the earth. the lack of pres
sure makes the blood vessels swell and
finally blood gushes from the noses and
ears and sometimes even the eyes OF
the air-ship naVigators. Last year
some German scientists tried eXoeri-
me nts with immense balloons to learn
how far men can rise in the air. Sew
eral times they all became unconscious
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

y as possible, 50 that the snowy ground
~ covered with verdure and the bare
branches Of the trees with foliage when
seen by transmitted light.
= garden party with colored Ian
- thA, ship % sea on Gre ana unar,,
DsHFth VIII suggest themselves. Anotb-
sisls ~ subjects Introduces object
Ds seen BY transmitted but not ~
~, enttt hght man IL shown sitttns,
~ % peg with bis night cap ayine ~
&c.,. looking SCARED. though the
~ ~ aifecs light shows nothing
- 'aNsnliiieq hghi. h0Nsysr, : Ehost
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

common shirt stud glued to the up-
per surface Of the box.
cut out square Of cardboard. H.
ting the smaller end 10 the box. IN
this cut a circular hole 20 NJ your
lens and SCI IL IN. ~ necessary YOU
can secure IL IN place with scaling
wax Fasten the square u cardboard
containing the lens into she smaller
en9 ~ the box and the panopieon q
complete q can be made ~ look vor<
Waniike BY painting with aluminun
~ sa-ealied Eol1 paint % with any "a
ihe hifla3tle paints sold Ia the shops
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28
THE GERMANIA BANK

SAVANNAH, GA.
Capital 5000, 900
Undivided profits $40, 900
This bank offers its services to ctT-
porations, merchants and individuals:
Has authority to act as executor, adj
ministrator, guardian, etc.
issues drafts on the principal cities
IN Great Britain and Ireland and on
the Continent.
Interest paid or compounded quarter
~ on deposits in the Savings Depart
ment.
Safety boxes for rent.
HENRY BLUM, President.
GEO. w. TIEDEMAN, Vice President
JOHN NJ. HOGAN, Cashier.
WALTER r. HOGAN. Asst. Cashier
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

appears. A dog seems to be hstS
without wings. but by iransiil s,s
light b. Is seen 20 be attached 70 49,
coat tail ~ a flying tramp. -
The man IN bed 81 drawn upon "a
side ~ the slide. as IA A. ngule
on the other side the ghost g. ~ h
figure :. seen by transmitted AtNf
appears Ne in ~ figure T. Sox
a similar arrangement - gig Il
and ~ tbe tramp appears 90 ~ -
Squire =
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28
No. 1910. Chartered 1866.
THE
MG|CnlnIS NQiOll| BllL

OF SAVANNAH
CAPITAL $500,0G0. SURPLUS, 100000.
UNITED STATES DEPOSITORY.
J. A. 6. CARSON, President.
BElRNE GORDON, Vice President
w. M. DAVANT, Cashier.
Accounts of banks and bankers, mer-
chants and corporations received upon
the most favorable terms consistent
with safe and conservative banking.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28
The Citizens Bank

CAPITAL $5OO,OOO.
business.
Solicits Accounts of Individualn,
merchants, Banks and Other COrpo-
ratiOns.
Collections handled with safety,
economy and dispatch.
interest. compounded quarterly,
allowed on deposits i'm our Savings
Department..
safe Deposit Boxes and Storage
Vaults
MILLS IF. LANE, PRECEDENT.
GEORGE C. FREEMAN, Cashier.
GORDON L. GROVER, Asst. Cashier.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28
THE GEORGIA STATE

DULLDIINu AND LUAN AoSUOIAI1VN
10 YORK STREET. WEST.
= PER CENT. per annum allowed on
~ deposits, withdr&wable on demano'
Interest credited quarterly.
4 PER CENT. per annum allowed on
" deposits of even hundreds. WIN
drawable at annual periods.
GEO. w. TIEDEMAN, President
u. III. LEVY. Vice President.
+. w. BELL, Secretary.
c. G. ANDERSON. JR.. Treasurer
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28
SOUTHERN BANK

of the State of Georgia.
CdplIdI ......--.... '......... S5O0,UUO
Surplus and undivided profits $45S, 900
DEPOSITORY OF THE STATE OF
GEORGIA.
Superior facilities for transacting a
General Banking Business,
COLLECTIONS made on all points
accessible through banks and bankers.
Accounts of Banks, Bankers, Mer-
chants and others solicited Safe De-
post Boxes for rent
department of Savings, interest pay
able quarterly.
sells Sterling Exchange on London.
81 and upwards.
JOHN FLANNERY, President.
HORACE A. CRANE, Vice President.
JAMES SULLIVAN, Cashier.
DIRECTORS:
JNO. FLANNERY WIN. w. GORDON
r.. A. VEIL WV. GORDON,Ir
n. A. CRANE JOHN M. EGAN
LEE ROY MYERS JOSEPH FERST
n. T. SMART CHARLES ELLIS
EUGENE KELLY JOHN J. KIRBY
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1902-09-28

cea1ssse % Page rsensy ave
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-04
Saves = Woman's Life.

To have given up would have
meant death for Mrs. Lois Cragp
of Dorchester, Mass. For years
she had endured untold misery
from a severe lung trouble and
obstinate cough. "Often," she
writes, Il could scarcely breath
and sometimes could not speak.
All doctors and remedies failed
till | used Dr.. Kings New Discov-
cry for Consumption and was com.
pletely cured" Sufferers from
coughs, colds, throat and lung
troubles need this grand remedy,
for it never disappoints. Cure is
guaranteed by Ikelman Bros.
Price SOC and $l.00. Trial bottles
free.
The Holly chieftain., 1902-07-04
w. +. VINCENT.
Postot1ice-Holly, Colorado.
The same Old Story.

j. A. Kelly relates an experience
similar to that which has happen
ed in almost every neighborhood
in the United States and has been
told and retold by thousands of
others. He says: "Lust summer !
had All attack of dysentery and
purchased a bottle of Chamber
lain's Colic, Cholera and Diar-
rhoea remedy, which l used ac-
cording to direction and with en-
tirely satisfactory results. The
trouble was controlled much
quicker than former attacks when
| used other remepies." MIR, Kelly
is a we'll known citizen of Hen
derson N, G. For sale by lkelman
Bros.