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The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

SIR" said the fine old gentleman, sud-
denly becoming highly melancholy and
morose. Melancholy and morose is
when a man does not see another
mans joke.
You see," said he plaintively. my
feet are like all the rest of the Land
of Giggleography. They don't belong
anywhere, and so they can't ever man
age to get together and agree to go
to any one place in particular.
Now, my nigh foot there, the one
1 call Shoe Fly Chats a little pun of
mine, you know, seems to have come
Spanish blood in it and always heads
toward Spain. And the other nigh
foot q call that one Shoe Fly, too, be-
cause it's such a good pun) is Ger
man foot, and tries to walk to Ger
many every time I move. And then
when they are pulling in opposite di-
rections, my third foot q have named
my third foot Shoe Fly to distinguish
1t from the others) tries to go to Eng
land, because there is a little English
in its great toe, l suppose"
How about your fourth foot?' ask
ed Simon, to whom this knowledge
was somewhat more interesting than
the, location of the capital of Ohio or
Pennsylvania.
my fourth foot?" repeated the fine
old gentleman. looking very perplex-
ed. "Oh. you mean Shoe Fly! Why
didn't you say so right away? Every
body knows that my fourth foot's
name is Shoe Fly. That's the way to
tell my feet apart-Shoo Fly, Shoe
Fly, Shoe Fly. and Shoe Fly.
LAS 1 was going to say when you
would have interrupted me. if 1 had
permitted you to do 1t, that fourth
foot of mine is the well known foot
that man has in the grave. You
have often heard of that, have you
not, sirP"
At these words a small dog that had
been sitting thoughtfully and artisti-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

with more quickness than is to be
found often in the old, II hope that
you are satisfied now that you are off
the map"
us that so?" said Simon with an
infuriating mixture of carelessness and
incredulity. Incredulity is a polite
way of showing another and stronger
person that you think he is not telling
the truth.
Yes" said the fine old gentleman
making an openely painful effort to
control his feelings. you are off
the map Everybody gets a wish once
in his life and it mostly happens to be
the one wish that a person Is most
sorry to have come true when 1t
comes"
The fine old gentleman paused to
recover his breath which had playfully
escaped from him while he was talk
ing.
This place" he continued severely,
'is where you wished to be. 1t is en-
tirely off of the map. 1t is the land
of Giggleography."
why do you wiggle SOP inquired ST.
mon. The fine old gentleman was GER
tainly squirming and wiggling in an
extraordinary manner. Extraordinary
is something that is different from
what we think is correct.
"It is all owing to my feet, young
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

the case may be, and knock off-that
is, set the ball in play by knocking II
toward mis- opponents goal. The cap
tain may knock the ball into the air
or along the ground, but he must
knock it hard enough to cross the
central line, because none of his side
may touch the ball until 1t has crossed
the line.
The moment a captain has knocked
the ball across the line his side may
charge after il. If a captain, at the
first blow, does not knock the ball
across the line his opponents may
cross the line and come to the ball.
and they may take as much time as
they like about it, because the ball
cannot be touched untf1 they reach IL.
The object of each side is, Of course,
to get the ball within their opponents
goal--that is, between the boundary
stones A and B or D and c, as the
case may be.
A ball must hit the ground after
leaving the bat or no goal is counted.
In other words. the ball must bounce
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

Gus sort OF foot gear. This foot gear
is nothing more or less than tin cans
strapped or tied to their feet.
ii in the diagram shows a can with
strap attached ready to be placed on
a players foot. The straps are at
tached by driving ordinary nails
through the straps and can and then
clenching the nails on the inside.
Boys sometimes strengthen the cans
by fastening short sticks on the inside.
These are indicated by dotted lines
in the diagram.
The bat (shown as F in the dia-
gram) can be whitfield from any tough
wood.
There are two varieties of bats
which vie with each other for popu-
larity-one with round head like F,
the other, with the head squared off
like Z.
An ordinary rubber ball, though IL
is sometimes used. it not a good ball
with which to play King Can. A rub
Der ball is too light and bounces too
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

ing the rules so that they will not con-
tradict each other and so that they
will cover all disputes likely to arise
The heavy black lines in the dia-
gram show the outline of a field for
King Can. There is no special size
for the field. The size is governed
by the space available. The game can
be played either on the hard stones OF
the city or the soft ground of the coun-
try.
Mark out rectangle somewhere
near sixty by thirty feet. A piece OF
chalk or coal will answer for mark
er" in the city and sharp stick will
do the work in the country. The width
OF a city street, from gutter to gutter.
makes very good width for
a field.
Mark off a triangle in two corners
of the field, as shown (see and u
A line through the center of the field
is convenient but not necessary.
1t Will be seen that the boys shown.
in the illustration are wearing curl
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sent out to discover the name of the
person who had made herself my god
mother so unceremoniously, she and
her companions had moved on. Not a
sign of them was left, except the ashes
or the fire that they had lit in their
camp
This was fine beginning, you will
say, and perhaps you would be right
about it. l don't remember what I
thought at the time, but as the report
is that l began to cry as soon as the
gypsy woman left the house, and kept
1t up for some time, the probability is
that l was somewhat angry at the
way l had been treated. That is why
| say that people should be very care
full about the feelings of children. I
have no doubt that grief at that time
had something to do with my growth.
If l had been consulted 1 think I
would have been several feet taller"
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wrong way to use their paddles.
These little people did many other
things exactly contrary to what we
do and during my first three or four
days among them / was much amused
every hour in the day.
There were goats on the island, but
all had long tails like COWS, and their
horns pointed forwards instead of
back. The dogs were hardly larger
than common rats, and were all bob
tailed, the same as rabbits
All the rabbits you ever saw had
longer hind legs than fore ones.
Nature made them thus so they could
take leaps. There were rabbits in
jolly Land, but their fore legs were
the longest, and when they started to
run they hoped backwards.
The first time 1 saw one OF them do
1t I laughed so loud and so long, and
so many of the people laughed with
me. that the King came out to learn
the cause.
He soon began to laugh, too, and
we were merry crowd for half an
hour.
There were some animals 1 had
never seen before and had to ask the
name of. Among these were pigs.
Instead. of having bristles, like all pigs
| had ever seen before. they had fur
like woodchuck, and instead of root
ing up the ground with their shouts,
they scratched with their hind legs.
There were many other curious and
funny things to be met and I laughed
so often and so hard that my sides
finally became sore.
One of the funniest things to me
was that they should take me for a
giant and think me so smart. / was
neither larger nor smaller than any
other boy of my age, but could not
make them understand it.
Their way of feeling tree was for
a hundred or more men to climb to
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easily. An ideal ball for King Can
may be made by winding up worsted
yarn until 1t makes a ball an inch and
half or two inches in diameter and
then covering the worsted with either
leather or strong cloth, as shown in G
of the diagram.
To begin the game, select captains
and let them choose up sides. BY a
too-up decide which goal each side
shall defend.
Place can right side up at and
one at ], and place boundary stones
or cans at A, B. c and d.
The side which wins the toss-up can
either choose which goal it will de-
fend or it can take possession of the
ball At the beginning of game the
captains may arrange their men In
any fashion they choose ON THEIR
OWN SIDE OF THE CENTRAL
LINE.
The captain will then step within
his own goal, the triangle ] or 1 as
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

cally like poster on the fiat scenery,
looking very spruce, though inclined
to pine, pitched his voice into rough
bark.
AS soon as the little dog began to
bark, the fine old gentleman began to
waggle away hastily with his eight
feet trying earnestly to go in different
directions.
Simon then observed that the little
dog had been trained. He sna pped at
the feet and drove them in as straight
course as possible, just as q collie
dog drives sheep. Whenever he snap
ped at a foot it would scamper along
and crowd in among the rest to hide
so on the whole, while the fine old
gentleman's walk was more curious
than useful. still he managed to move,
which is more than can be said with
entire truth about many things such
as mountains and long poems.
While the old man was still wag-
Cling along in the fiat and violet mid
die distance, Simon beheld a strange
company approaching with impor-
lance and majesty. Majesty is when
you walk very straight and think that
you are more than a pint.
Appalling to say, each of the per-
sons who approached thus, had from
three to four heads, and
The great voice cried thunderously:
ITO be continued next Sunday"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

between the boundary stones In order
to count
A goal counts five. If a ball goes
into the can or 1 ii counts fifteen.
Thirty points win the game.
When a ball is knocked out of
bounds it is put in play by the cap
tain of the side which knocked 1t out
of bounds 1t is put in play just as
at the beginning of game.
If a can slips from a players foot
he must stop playing and keep out of
the way until he has fastened it on
once more
The game will not be stopped on
his account. Players canont strike the
ball unless they are to the right OF IT.
A players right means his right when
facing his opponents goal.
1t is surprising how fast boys can
manage to get about with cans strap
ped to their feet. Try the game. 1
think you will find it equal to any
think that boys play.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
GAME OF KING CAN
BY J. C. BEARD.

The game of King Can is very little
known to boys throughout the coun-
try. 1t is played only within the lin
it's OF very small district.
The boys seem to have invented 1t
themselves and to them. therefore, Is
due the credit Of having evolved a
game which. in time. is likely to be-
come very popular. Like all other
games which boys invent, there is lots
of dash and vim in King Can. Not so
good a quality, but one which is also
very characteristic OF a game invented
by boys is that the rules are not very
we'll defined.
have taken the liberty Of arrang-
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS SUNDAY MARCH % 1908

had to tell her. and insisted on trying
on the night-cap, but, somehow or
other, she couldn't make IL At. No
matter how careful she was. there was
always something wrong about it: it
would be wrong side outwards or hind
side before, or IL would fall out of her
hands, in spite of all she could do;
and finally sne gave it up, saying that
she must be getting old. But found
out afterwards that the cap would fit
only me and one other-my enemy.
1 hadn't met him at that time, and
therefore I didn't know him.
But 1 came to know him after
awhile, and 1 came to know a great
many other people, some good and
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

some bad. I hardly know how to tell
you all about the RED flannel night
cap. l had so many adventures with
1t. some queer and some ridiculous,
that it would take me two or three
days to tell them. The fact is, can't
remember everything that happened.
1 only know that from the time the
night cap came into my possession l
beg6n to find myself busy with adj
ventures. They followed on one an
others heels so fast that there were
days when I was sorry 1 had the
night cap. and if l could have seen
my godmother 1 should have returned
1t to her"
(To be continued)
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22

That is the kind of a story 1 like"
said Sweetest Susan.
Fair to middling," remarked Wally
Wanderoon. ''but a trifie long for the
matter that is in it."
TITS story for girls" said Buster
John, land it does pretty we'll"
Buster John made no further criti-
cism. and Wally Wanderoon seemed to
be rejecting. IL caught that chap
The Savannah morning news., 1903-03-22
STORYTELLING MACHINE
Being the Queef Object Fosnd by Buster John.
Sweetest SUsan, Drusfl1a and Billy Biscuit
Under the Goidance of Wa1ly Wanderoon
By JOEL CHANDLER HARRIS.
Copyright, 1903, by S. S. Mcclure Company.

The Little Old Man Who Is Look
ing for the Good Times We Used
to Have, Disappointed by the
Machine Story, Tells One Himself,
All About a Red Flannel Night
Cap.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
GERMANY STILL HOLDS OUT
(Conttnued from First Page.)

or an adequate guaranty for the even tual satisfaction of their claims as 8 condition precedent to the raising of the blockade. MT. Bowen offered 30 per cent of the customs receipts of Porto Cabello and La Guaira as a quar- anty for the payment of ''all claims" |" Later he consented to give the British government $27, ,500 cash in considera- tion of their contention that they de- sired immediate satisfaction for out rages committed on British subjects. No objection was made at the time either by the Italian ambassador or the German charge.
 The three powers accepted the guar anty offered by MT. Bowen as entirely satisfactory. Then arose the question as to the interpretation of the term "all claims,'' MT. Bowen claiming it meant the claims of all nations against Venezuela and the allies that it referred exclusively to the claims of Great Brit ain, Germany and Italy. It was then decided that the question of preferen- tial treatment be referred to The Hague. Mr. Bowen informed the Ital- ian and German representatives that he would make to their governments the same cash payment offered to Great Britain and an agreement was signed by all of the negotiators accepting 8 sufficient guaranty in lieu of the cash pyament demanded in the original pro- tocols.
 Last Friday night cablegram arriv- ed from the Berlin foreign office inquir- ing about the payment of the $340, 900. Mr. Bowen produced the signed agree 1nent renouncing this demand The matter since that time has been a sub ject of correspondence between the 8er- lin foreign office and the German min ister, the latter urging Germany not to press this matter, Tonight the for eign office refused to relinquish irnme- diate possession of the $340,000 mention ed, though pressed to do so by both Baron Stprnburg and Count Quadt, who feel greatly embarrassed because of the previous understanding and the present orders which they must execute. It is expected that an answer will ar rive here tomorrow from Germany to the final representations made, and up- on the receipt of that answer the sign l ing of the protocols probably will oc- 1 cur. As soon as they are signed orders ] will be dispatched to the blockading ships for their immediate withdrawal from Venezuelan waters.
 1 Mir Bowen tonight gave out signed statement with reference to published statements that Venezuela, or people in that country, were paying him for his
 services here. He said: q absolutely
 refused to take any fee for my services
 as representative of Venezuela in her pending controversy with the allied powers; but I agreed, as I cabled to the department of state from Venezuela and announced on the first day of my arrival here, to accept $5,000 to defray my expenses.''
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
Cfo tiasE f'rsces.

The following are the closing prices re- ported by Prince &t Whitely, Bankers and Brokers, g Broadway, New York; 15 Center street, New Haven. Conn.,:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
TEsTERDAT's STOCK NARKET.
ReIapses Into cOndttion of patty With
 Narrow Ftuetuataans

RsIapses Into Condition of Apathy With Narrow Fluctuations.
 New York. Feb 11-The stock mar ket relapsed into a condition of apathy to-day, with narrow fluctuations, with out any show of interest. Even the speculative combination which made the activity of Monday and took the opportunity to realize suspended its operations. This obvious fact was ac- cepted as an acknowledgement that the efforts to attach outside interest into l the market were again failure. Wall street continues to puzzle itself with efforts to explain this determined in difference on the outside public. As a result of to-day's renewed lethargy there were very few stocks which cov- cred range equal to a full point, and the general level of the market was al- ternately above and below that of last night
  eral Electric seemed to confirm the va rious reports of the absorption of the Stanley Electric company. The rise in Hooking Valley was due apparently to the fact that the same interests are concerned in 8 settlement of the dispo- sition of that property as were in con- ference over the electrical deal There was an unexplained rise of points in New York Dock, and substantial gains were made by the Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie stocks. The gen. eral market showed itself quite indif- ferent to these movements. The late advance in the Erie stocks might be supposed to have had a more substan- tial influence on the general sentiment. But this also was quite ignored There were authoritative intimations that an important announcement was forth coming regarding the Erie finances, but no details were learned before the close. This very lack of specific information would supposedly have melted activity in the market.
 There was nothing in the news of the day to account for the dullness. Ster- ling exchange continued to advance here, but this was neutraiized by a 1 further rise in Paris. Discounts hard l ened in London, but the reduction in the official discount rate by the Im- perial Bank of Germany was regarded as evidence of source of relief for for eign money needs. There was no change in the local money situation. Call loans advanced to per cent. late in the day. This was attributed to the demand to carry over the holiday The market closed moderately active and rather easy.
 Bonds were irregular. The total sales, par value, aggregated S,395000 United States bonds were unchanged on the last call.
 NEW FORK STOCK MARKET. | Opening, Hfghest, Lowest Quotation
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
Eftancial.

REPORT OF THE CONDITION OF THE NEW HAVEN TRUST CO, at the close of business 0n the 6Eh day of February, 1905
 ASSETS. Loans and discounts ..........S 5,01lO Stocks and securities ........... 115,6l1- 2J Premium account ...,.....-.... 5.lSl2o Due from other Banks. Bankers and Trust Companies ......... 50,53.1 .12 Other assets ..-................ T5S. "A Total Assets ..................S1 SIT .2s4. .2G
 LIABILITIES. Capital stock ................S SfO0. COG. % Surplus fund .................. 100000 Other undivided profits. less cur- rent expenses and taxes paid... 6,s65. 1T Special deposits ................ Go, 3G9. @ Total Liabilities ...............S SIT, ,234. 26 State of Connecticut, County of New Ha- ven. ss., New Haven, Cor h., February Il, 1903:
 I, Thomas Hooker, President of the afore- said The New Haven Trust Co, do soiemnly swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowledge and belief.
 THOMAS HOOKER, President. Subscribed and sworn to before me, this 9th day of February, 1903.
 F. L. TROWBRIDGE,
 Notary Public.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
WALLINCFORD.

Miss Emma Kennedy has entered Yale business college in New Haven.
 Dr. w. B. Wilson is quite ill at his home on Center street. Dr. Cheney of Nwe Haven is in attendance.
 Dr. Boardman of the Emergency hos pital, New Haven, was the guest Tues day of MT. and Mrs Ralph Russo of Center street.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
Government Bonds
Bid. Asked.
Cotton,

Cotton, Reported over private wire by J. L. Me- Lean < Co.,, No. 25 Broad street, New York. New York office, No. $40 Chapel street, Norman A. Tanner manager.
 Omen High Inw Clnse
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
TWELVE PER CENT.

The CALIFORNIA NEVADA MINING co. pays TWELVE PER CENT. dividends, will pay more soon. Its stock now sells at one dollar share (par), hut will be $15O per share on and after the 18th inst.
 T. E. DAVIES, Agent,
 SIS CHAPEL SIT, CITY.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
MOTHER GRAY's SWEET POWDERS

for Children. Mother Gray, for years n nurse in the ChiIdrcn's Home in New York, treated children successfully with q remedy, now prepared and placed in the drug stores, called Mother Grnys Sweet Powders for Children. They arc harmless as milk pleas mt tn take and never fnil. A certain cure for feverishnesS, constipation, headache, worms. At all druggists, 25c. Don't accept any substitute. Sample sent FREE Ad- dress Allen $. Olnsted, Le Roy, \. !.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
MILFORD.

Mrs. Clinton Buckingham died at her home on North avenue on Monday night at Il o'clock after an illness of a few weeks Of consumption. Her fu- neral will be held on Thursday after noon at 2:30. Friends are invited to at- tend without further notice.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
NEW FORK STOCK MARKET.

Opening, HfgheBt, Lowest Quotation
 Following are the closing prices reported by Prince < Whiteiy, bankers and brokers, S2 Broadway. New York, and i5 Center street street, New Haven:
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
Chicago nEarlses.

Chicago Market.
 Reported over private wire by J. L. Me Lean (. Co.,, Mo- 25 Broad street, New York. New York office, No. S40 Chapel street, Norman A. Tanner. manager.
 Open. uign. Low. Close.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-02-12
PAINT AND CLAY CLUB.

Bridgeport Delega tion Attended Exhibit
 Yesterday
 4 number of members of the Bridge port League of KeFamic Art came to New Haven on the liz train yesterday afternoon and visited the annual exlli- bition of the Paint and Clay club of this city.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-03-12
$50 MEMBERS NOW
ON THE LISTS.
Many Want Place of Secretary in
Chamber of Commerce.

Many Want Place of Secretary in
Chamber of Commerce.
The membership of the Chamber of
Commerce continues to boom. Up to
6 o'clock yesterday afternoon $50 MEM
bers had been reported with several
of the subcommittee yet to be heard
from. Mr.. o. S. Kulman, chairman of
the membership committee, is so sat
isfed with the outlook that he thinks
the committee will be able to report a
hundred or more additional members
by the next meeting.
Acting under the authorization of
the board of directors, given at it's last
meeting, he is adding to his committee
numbers of prominent and energetic
men and will continue to add such
from time to time.
The committee of five, appointed to
assist the president, Col. Estill, in MAX
ing up the standing and special Ccm-
mittees, is still at work. Until it has
completed the lists to it's satisfaction
no further meeting of the Chamber of
Commerce will be held.
Several more applications for the
place of secretary of the chamber have
been received, among them being sew
eral from progressive and energetic
men who stand we'll in the business
world. Treasurer McCauley has ap-
pointed as temporary collector Mr.. j.
c. Sloan, who will begin the work of
collecting dues this morning. He will
furnish the members who pay with a
card of membership.