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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04
ANAkCY STORIES.
Anancy and Tiger--A Creole Nur-
Sery Tale.
No. /.
BY WILLIAM THORP.
BY WILLIAM THORP.

Once 'Don time, Anancy an Tiger
were both courtin' de same young
lady. Dey was berry jealous oh each
other. So Anancy go to his lady's yard
an say to her dat Tiger was noting
better dan his fathers ole ridin' horse.
Little time after. Tiger call pom his
sweetheart. But de young lady say to
him, Go long. sab! How can You come
courtin me when you know you is
noting hut Missa Anancy's fathers old
ridin' horse"
"warra" cried Tiger, who tell you
dis one great big He?"
Hi" said de lady us dis a way to
speak to me? Go long wild you. you
ole good-for-nothing jackass ridin
horse"
MY faders," said Tiger What is
dis! I tell you, ma am what I do. ]
60 straight long to Bredda Anancy
an make him tell me what time ] cher
turn into him fader ole jackass ridin
horse"
So de lady say to him, Well go
long, Sah!"
Then Tiger take up him stick, an
him put him junky pipe in him cheek
an go to Anancys yard. When him
get there, him find Anancy sick in bed
wild fever. SO him lift de latch, and call
out. "Bredda Anancy! Bredda Anan-
cyl"
Anancy hear him berry well, but
him just say, so soft, so soft, Dear
Tiger, you call me-
Tiger reply: Yes, I call you.
want yRl to tell truth to-day. My lady
sweetheart tell me you say l noting
but your fader's ole jackass ridin
horse. 1 come to make you prove it,"
Hi" said Anancy don't you see
1 hab fever! My stomach pain me bad.
an / hab just taken doctors medi-
cine!"
"Cho," replied Tigar.
After I hab just eaten two pills
Bredda Tiger, how you tink I can go
TO de lady house to prove dat rude
word dis night"
Il don't want argument wild you,
Bredda," said Tiger. but you mus
jus show de lady dis night dat 1 not
your fader's ole jackass ridin' house
"Oh King" cried Anancy. AN dis
cataplasm pom me chest. it burn me
so! Howsomever. l try to go wild
you to de lady
Then Tiger says, well, Bredda,
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out l will have to put on little caps
and gray dresses. Ough! Let's have
a run and forget it,
AS they passed the Episcopal
Church Bobby stopped. Singing was
going on.
Sam, lie down and wait"
Sam settled himself in the sunshine,
his head between his paws.
The church door was open, and
Bobby crept softly into a pew and sat
down on a footstool that she might
not be visible. A full. clear voice
filled the church with a solemn,
chanting anthem.
In all her life it seemed to the girls
music-starved soul she had never
heard anything so beautiful
Il could" she thought, Il could
learn TO sing like that"
The music stopped and Bobby waited
for it to go on. She had been romping
all the morning with Sam and was
tired. She leaned her head against the
pew; she could hear the organist and
the singer talking and then-and then
Bobby was fast asleep.
Il wonder whose dog that is" said
the organist locking the church door.
AS the key turned in the lock Sam
sprang up and whined then, as they
walked away, he caught the ladys
dress. The organist drove him away,
but again he caught the dress, whin-
ing, barking and running back to the
door, saying quite plainly, There is
some one there"
When the door was opened. Sam,
who was going to risk no mistakes
rushed forward straight to the pew
where Bobby was hidden.
what little girl is this?" they asked
| in establishment.
Bobby rubbed her eyes. where is
the singing"
Wake up, dear; you have been
| asleep. Did you come in because you
| heard the musc?"
Yes; wasn't it lovely? Who was
it?"
The singer was not proof against
1T was l." smiling. Il am Miss
Mason, from Boston. Do you like
music so much?"
Don't 1! I was going to be a great
singer, too, but papa died, and now l
live with my grandmother. She is a
Quakeress. She doesn't love music"
Il do; so suppose you come with
me to my cousins, where / am visit
ing, and will sing some more for you
and you can sing for me-"
Bobby knew she was due at home,
but she went with Miss Mason, Sam
| following.
When she did go home, Miss Mason
went with her and had a long talk
with Mr.. and Mrs. Armor, shut up in
the dark parlor.
Bobby and Sam waited impatiently
in the hall until they came out.
Bobby said Miss Mason. you are
going to live quietly here like a good
! girl until you are older. In the mean
/ time my cousin will give you music
! lessons. 1t will do no harm to let
! the voice rest awhile-then we will
! see"
/ Grandfather kissed her my song
bird is going to have great opportuni-
| ties for good or evil. Which does thee
think it will be?"
oh. good grandfather, good; only
l can't be good like a Quakeress. I
I must be good like my own self. And
there are good people in the world who
aren't Quakers, aren't there?"
Sam wagged his tail in assent. AS
dog he had proved himself to be a
good deal of a success, but he didn't
think he would make much OF a
Quaker.
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deep and to the casual observer it
was nothing but a small depression in
the sand.
But at the bottom of the pit, buried
in the sand. with only his antennae
and the tips of his mandibles showing,
the ant-lion was waiting-waiting
patiently until some poor, unwary, lit
tie creature should come that way
and be so foolish and unsuspecting
as to venture near the edge of that
perilous little pit. He had not to wait
so very long, for near by there was
a colony of ants. which the ant-lion
knew quite well, and, after awhile,
first two or three wandered out. then
a dozen or so, and fianally some hun
dreds.
The first few looked at the pit and
passed by, then one unwary one
climbed to the top. rested just q sec
ond, and slid down the loose sloping
sides Of the pit into the very jaws of
the ant-lion. These pincer-like jaws
seized him instantly and held him
tightly until every tiny drop of the
juices of his body had been sucked
out. linen. when the ant-lion had
reduced the fat little body to a mere
shell of dry and shrivelled skin, he
put it on his head. gave his head a
jerk, and throwing the little carcass
outside the pit, settled himself as be-
fore, with just his antennae and mani
bles projecting, and waited for the
next one.
He was not quite so successful.
however, with this one. for in some
way or another, the little victim es-
capped the cruel jaws and scuttled
around the pit hurriedly, looking for a
way of escape. But the loose sand
was difficult to climb, and the ant
hon had another and more clever de-
vice when the first one failed, as it did
occasionally.
AS the ant ran around and around
the pit. and attempted to climb the
sides, the ant-lion threw up sand with
his head, so that every time the ant
got the least little way up the loose
sides, he got covered with sand and
the weight of it dragged him back
again. In vain he tried to throw 1t
off; no sooner had he shaken himself
free of one lot than another covereI
him, until at last, overpowered by the
weight and eXertion, he drew closer
and closer to his enemy. Then the
cruel pincers caught him. his blood was
sucked out and his body thrown aside
like the first one.
When the ant-lion had had q good
feed, there was quite a number of tiny
bodies outside his pitfall, mostly the
bodies of ants, but there were one or
two small beetles, n spider, two flies
and a bee. To this little collection
presently there came some other ants,
who, after looking at the bodies went
away and after awhile returned with
several other ants. These ants, in
turn, also went away and brought back
others, until the sand around and about
the ant-lion's pittall became quite dark
with their small bodies.
After some time, not only hundreds
of ants had assembled, but thousands
and thousands, and these thousands
gradually surrounded the trap of the
ant-lion, made their way in a body to
the top of the pit, and then, without
the least warning, there was a sudden
avalanche of sand and ants which went
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

since you so kind and so i'll. I don
mind carrying you on my back"
So Anancy rose up, and take down
him riding saddle from de rafters.
Hi! said Tiger, What are you
going to do wild dat?"
Just put it pom your back. Bredda.
for me to sit down soft, becausing you
see I is so sick"
We'll den" said Tiger, put it on"
Then Anancy got him bride and
reins.
Hi" said Tiger, land what you go
ing do wild dem?"
Just to put pom your mouth, Bred
da, TO pull you up when you walk too
fast"
"All right" said kind Bredda Tiger.
put dem on"
Then Anancy took out him horse
whip
Hi said Tiger, AN what you
goiu' do wild dat?"
when fly come pom your ear.
Bredda, 1 take dis whip an lick it off"
Tiger say. well. take it,"
Then Anancy buckle on his spurs.
Hi" said Tiger, what you goin'
do wild those?"
Brush de flies off Bredda. when
dem come pom your sides"
Put dem on. then"
Then Anancy made Tiger stoop
down an mounted him. an Tiger be-
gan to walk off.
But as him walk to fast, Anancy pull
him UP by de bride
stop, Bredda Take time; my head
Surt me so!"
Presently Anancy take him horse
whip an whip Tiger pom de ear.
Hill" said Tiger, what dat for sab? o"
"Cho! What a stupid fly! Shoe, you
N.Y."
"AU right Predda " said TIGER "hut
mex time don't. lick so hot"
Presently Anancy stick him spurs in
to Tigers sides.
Tiger GID one big jump an cry out,
"Warra! What dat?"
"Dem boddersome flies. Bredda."
Then Tiger came TO do lady house.
an just as he enter de yard Anancy
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04
TO MAKE A LINKED
PAPER CHAIN OUT OF
A PLAYING CARD.

At first thought it would seem quite
impossible to make linked chain out
of an ordinary playing card without
the aid of mucilage. You will natural
ly ask yourself how one endless link
can be made to go into another with
out cutting each and FASTING again.
Yet the trick is simple enough.
Every playing card consists of two
sheets of paper pasted together. BY
using a keen penknife it is possible
to slit these two layers apart. The
Sitting must not extend far. Be-
fore you begin it look carefully at
the picture of the card in the illustra-
ton. You will see that at the long
edges marked "a" and "B' the card
it slit and opened up. These Sits
should extend exactly one quarter of
an inch into the card. Then the
opened-out edges are folded back, as
shown in the picture.
After this is done bend the card
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

on and on, until not only was the ant
lion buried in his own pit, but the nj,
was filled up to the very brim.
A good number of the ants them.
selves had been sacrificed, but the
larger number had crawled out. lew
ing the sand to bury the ant-lion in
the very same way that he had tried -
bury their companions. In vain he
tried to burrow his way out; his tinv
enemies were too much for him and
heaped piles and piles of sand upon hin,
until he was suffocated in the very nit.
fall that he had planned and made TO,
their destruction.
The ant-lion was caught in his own
pitfall which only goes to substantiata
the old proverb to the effect that Large
numbers of small things will overcoma
a large one"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

Black-eyed susan. so common a res
ident in every open field. is not a
native of our Eastern states. but an
emigrant from the West. She came
quite by accident with some Glove,
seed, and liked US so we'll that she's
stayed ever since. Possibly she was
not SO well appreciated there as here,
At any rate. she was known by
much less flattering name, for West
erners unfeelingly dubbed her mig.
ger head"
Dressed in the suns own colors, she
has no fear of hot weather, but flaunts
her yellow skirts as jauntily In the
dog-days of August as in the carIv
spring. The farmer may bear her
grudge for boldly trespassing upon
his grain fields, but we are ever glad
to welcome her cheerful countenance
at a season when other flowers have
faded and gone.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

rise in him saddle, like jockey run
ming race, an lash Tiger we'll wild him
whip.
Hi" cried Tiger. you lick too hot"
But Anancy lash him de more, till IT,
ger gallop, and stick him spurs in Ii
gers side an drive him right up to de
lady's door.
Then Anancy take off him hat to de
lady standing dere an say. Hi! Mis-
sis, did me no tell you true dat dis
Tiger noting but me ole fader's jack
ass ridin' horse" So him leap off tt
ger an go in an kiss him sweetheart.
But poor Tiger glib one groan and
gallop off. an him neber heard Of
more
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

Among the curious features of Chi
cago's centennial celebration is the al
legged discovery that this is not the
city's centennial at all. Monroe Nathan
Work, a negro student in the Univer-
sity of Chicago. in a thesis on negro
real estate holdings in Chicago, puts
forward the claim that the first set
tier was Jean Baptiste Point de Sable,
a San DOMINICAN negro. who came in
to Illinois with the French settlers and
built a log cabin on the north bank of
the Chicago river in 1777, or twenty
six years before the arrival of John
Kinzie's party.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04
FLOWER PICTURE TO PAINT.
BInvk-Eyed susans.

Directions for coloring: Centers. DARK
brown; petals, deep yellow; stems.
green.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-10-04

Now all these things are clearly
shown i'll the picture if you can only
find them. What are they? The full
list will be printed next Sunday.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-02

hearing, showing them a telegram
from Racine Thus the public hear
ing for Thursday night was decided
upon.
A comment which administration
members make upon the action Of
Senator Whitehead is that they cannot
believe he is fully sincere in his re-
quest that the tax bills be given pre-
cedence over the assembly primary
election bill for the reason that the
10 days allowed in his program will
not be sufficient for the reception OF
briefs from the railroad companies.
These briefs were to have been pre-
scented to the committee by the cor
porations not later than Thursday OF
this week but a member Of the com
mittee said last night that the time
had been extended until March 1.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-02
INTERNATIONAL MEET
NOT LIKELY THIS YEAR

Cambridge, Mass, Feb. 24.-Captaln
Lightner of the Harvard track team
declares that he knows nothing OF a
challenge having been sent to OXFORD
and Cambridge for an international
track meet and denies that any has
been received from the Englishmen.
Further than this Captain Lightner re-
fuses to say anything, although ne
states that to his mind it is very
doubtful if any meet will be held this
year between the Americans and
the Britons.
Captain Thomas of Yale has charge
Of the arrangements on this side, and
a week ago he had conference in
Cambridge with Captain Lightner.
The conference was strictly confden-
tial, but Lightner's statement that he
does not believe any meeting will be
held would indicate that the crimson
and blue have finally come to that
opinion.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-02
MRS. DOWIE
GETS DIVORCE

Carina, Iowa. Feb. 24.-Mrs. Eliza
beth J. North-Dowie was YESTERDAY
granted divorce from John Murray
Dowie. father of the Zion healer, Of
Chicago. A couple Of years ago Mrs.
North was in Chicago on Visit ana
attended the meetings Of the Zion
healer. She met and became intatu-
ated with the father of the promoter
of Dowieism and later married him
Later she deserted her husband, al
leging he was repulsive, overbearing
and cruel and brought suit for divorce.
She was to allow her husband, $4,000
which was yesterday paid him IN
gold. Mrs. North was probably
worth 100000 at the time of her
marriage with DOwie.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-02

Washington, Feb. 24.-In the SEN
yesterday, discussing the indiana
postodice affair, Senator Tillman
id he proposed to surprise his
lends and astonish his enemies, if
> has any, by being very mild and
mperate in what he would say.
If we had known at the beginning
the civil war;" he said, what we
NV know. there would have been no
ar" He inquired why large ma
nifty of law abiding people Of Indian
a should be punished because there
as small lawless and brutal ele-
ent. 1T was contrary" he said, ito
e fundamental principles of Anglo
lxOn jurisprudence" Replying to
me remarks made by Senator
boomer, Senator Tillman said: ut
not claimed by the widest ass that
ans over the southern states with
wax skin on him that the federal
vernment is not supreme, but there
IRE some cOgnate propositions which
We been ignored"
He said that in the south the PEG
have a constant reminder that
Fir ancestors 35 years ago were con-
8red. 1--WE are perpetually re-
nded," he said, accenting his words,
at we are in the union, but not Of
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-02
WANT IMMEDIATE PAYMENT OF
$500 IN ADVANCE.
MINISTER BOWEN REFUSES
Reminds Saxon Representative OF
Terms of Protocol, Which Pro
vdes for Payment March ia
Hitch on the Matter Of the Return
Of Captured Ships.

Washington, Feb. 24.-Having failed
in her effort to obtain from Minister
Bowen the immediate cash payment OF
6 500 sterling, which it was prov4G
ed in the protocol OF Feb. 13 should
be paid to Germany 80 days from thar
date, Germany yesterday requested
Mr.. Bowen to give a draft for the
amount, payable in Caracas on the
latter date. Mr.. Bowen declined. at
the same time reminding Herr Bal
tazzi, formerly charge d. affaires at
Caracas, who presented Germany's dc
mand, that he was bound by the terms
OF the protocol, which provided thai
the money should be paid at Caracas
on the 18th of March, to the diplo-
matte representative of Germany.
Just what reason has been given by
the German representative for making
the request is not known. Such a
draft, however, it is presumed, woulG
be negotiable, and the result would be
the Germans could Immediately Oh
tain the money it called for. The
whole matter is presumed to hinge on
the question of the return Of the
ships, national and private, taken by
German vessels during the blockade,
and regarding which there appears to
be hitch. The Italian ambassad0r
called on Mr.. Bowen yesterday ami
explained that he had been informed
by his government Of orders issued by
the admiralty February IA, giving di-
rections for the surrender of the
ships taken by the Italian vessel.
Mr.. Bowen yesterday handed to the
diplomatic representative Of tha
blOckading powers drafts OF the pro
tOcols for the submission of the
question of determination Of preferaD-
tial treatment to The Hague tribunal.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-02
Madison, Feb. "a.

Madison, Feb. "a.
The primary election bill will pass
the senate substantially as it was
messaged over from the assembly.
This is the Interpretation given by
friends of the measure to the actions
of Senator Whitehead, the leading op-
ponent of the administration, in NOV
ing among the members of the upper
house last night after adjournment.
The stalWart leader was soliciting
votes to delay the final vote on the
primary election bill, asking the
votes of friends of the measure, as a
personal favor to him, on grounds of
senatorial courtesy" The admins
tration men say it is evidence from
this conduct on the part of Senator
Whitehead that he cOnfesses he has
not enough votes at his command to
defeat or modify the bill so as to I'M
do the administration.
The program of Senator Whitehead,
as he told it to administration senators
last night when soliciting their
courtesy vote, is to delay the con-
sideratiOn Of the primary election bill
until not less than 10 days after the
committee makes it's report. This
would mean, at the earliest, not soon
er than the second week in March.
The committee has an executive hear
ing on the bill tonight and a public
hearing is set for Thursday night
Should the committee report immedi-
ately after the public hearing, that is,
next Friday morning, the 10 days ask
ed by Senator Whitehead would bring
consideration in the senate to the sec
ond week in March. Senator White
head says he has secured enough
votes to insure the passage Of the mo-
ton to delay.
Among the reasons given by Senator
Whitehead for the delay he asks that
the tax bills, having originated in the
senate, he says, should be given con-
sideration prior to that of bill sent
over from the, assembly. Adminstra.
ton members remark il Ills connec
ton that the tax bills in fact did not
originate in the senate, but were re
ported simultaneously in both houses,
having originated in the state
tax commission Last night Senator
Whitehead in soliciting votes from re
publican senators exhibited a list Of
counties which he said desired to be
heard on the primary election bill be
fore it is voted upon by the senate.
The list consisted of Racine. Rock.
Kenosha, Walworth, Green Lake,
Fond du Lac and Dodge counties.
When Senator Whitehead was before
the senate committee on privileges
and elections last week he said in
reference to the public hearing that
all the counties Of the state should be
given opportunity to appear at one
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1903-03-02
MANY HURT
IN ACCIDENT

Huron, S. D., Feb. 24.-One man
was killed and thirteen others more
or less seriously injured in an accr
dent on the Chicago & Northwestern
yesterday near AthoI Fred A. Bopp
vice president of the bank at Hawkee,
Iowa, was killed. The injured are
P. B. Cribs, member of the state
legislature, Brown county.
L. ii. Larabee, Chicago.
P. Kelly, Aberdeen.
Milla Murray, DekaIb, Ill.
Lille Bitstad, Calendar, Iowa.
Charles Grow, Aberdeen.
t. H. Cameron, Aberdeen.
Rev. H. Eby, Agra, Kan.
James Blair, Sioux City.
w. H. Oftenfen, Wyoming.
Rev. E. Wendall, Centerville, S. D.
j. w. Collier, Belvidere, III
Bert MOsler, Milford S. D.
The smoker and one coach left tn :
track and turned over into the ditch
Bopp was sitting in the rear car and
was thrown out of the window and
killed. The most severely injured
were taken to Redfeld for medical al
tention. The cause of the accident is
not known, but it is supposed to have
been a broken rail.