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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05
CHAPTER XVII

CHAPTER ANll.
1t was pretty dark by the time the
Dozen reached the other side of the
river. Rowing up the sluiceway to the
camp was like going along dark hall
way in hotel trying to find the right
door.
This creek looks like a sleeping car
made up at midnight, with all the
lights out" said B. ].
Again and again the boys thought
they had found the camp only to find
their mistake. But at last, after they
had stumbled upon almost everything
else on the island, they stumbled upon
the guy ropes of their tent.
The wind had risen and was swoop-
ing ffercely through the weeds, and
tossing the tent up and down as If it
were a fireman's blanket. There was
wild scurry getting 1.-The tent pegs
hammered in more securely and the
guy ropes all made taut. Then came
a light pattery sprinkle, and there was
a heltery skeltery rush to put things
under cover. The last articles to be
put under cover were the Dozen them
selves.
And then came the rain. And such
rain!
When anyone spoke, he had to yell
to make himself heard across the tent.
Boobies howled:
Il think We have got our tent under
Niagara Falls by mistake"
NO" screamed Pretty, this Is just
the Mississippi; it has been picked up
out of its bed, and is being poured
back in"
well, l hope 1t will stay there
when it gets there" shrieked Sleepy,
this measly island is under water at
high water. and I don't specially care
about the river coming UP and flooding
this place"
That's all right" yelled B. ]. "You
could swim on your back, Sleepy, and
you'd never wake up"
That's what l am afraid Of" Sleepy
roared, IT want to wake up some time.
I'd like just one more dozen wheat
cakes before take my last bath"
(To Be Continued.)
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05
The "POIar Bath"

In this hot weather 1t is quite refresh
ing to hear about the Polar bath"
which became an institution last win
ter in all the principal towns of Nor
way and Sweden. 1t was started a
few years ago by the viking Bath
ing Club" of Christiania.
The Vikings" got up at dawn and
went out to the ice-covered bay of
Christiania. They broke holes in the
ice with axes to make swimming
bath, plunged in, and had a vigorous
swim for two or three minutes. Emerg-
ing they rolled on the ice, and then
rubbed each other down with hard
towels.
This example has been followed all
over Norway and Sweden by men and
boys. Scandinavian physicians say
that the Polar BATH" If taken regu-
larly, renders the body immune to all
winter ailments.
-Pat-"Sure I'd lay down me loife
for yez, Norah!" Norah-"But would
you lay down a carpet for me, Pat
rick 0'-PuUOh
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-07-05

Yes, If you viii let US run bases
on roller-skates," said Clinton
They were not long in closing the
arrangements, and the Lakerimmers
hurried back to the river to take
their canoes to camp. They were in
vited to spend the night in Keokuk,
but feared to leave their things I'M
watched. especially as there was a
stormy look to the sky.
While they were scudding swiftly
across the river, Clinton Foster was
calling up the members of his base>
ball team on the telephone, and also
notifying the morning paper to an
nounce the game. AS the announce
ment of the game appeared in the
same paper that told so wonderful a
story of the Lakerimmers' success as
hfe-savers, everybody in town made
ready to go out and see what these
wonderful beings looked like.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05
Great Distress From Nerves
 and Stomach. Palpitation, Flutter. ing and Smothering. Dr. Miles Nervine Cured
 Me Completely.

"My trouble began with sleeplessness, later lost my appetite and suffered from indlgSs- ton. I was extremely nervous, muscles would twitch, my heart would palPitats and hutter and cause me great distress. lsunefeo greatly from shortnsss of breath and smoih. ering spells until began taking Dr. Miles Restorative Nervine and Nerve and Liver Pills and Anti-Pain Pills. These remedies affected Q radical cure in my case and are the only ones that ever afforded me the slightest relief. l have not had occasion to use the Nervine for sometime, as it has entirely cured me of nervousness, but 1 have and do son, tinue to use the Liver Pills with best results.
 -MRs. L. ]. DRIscoLI, Navasota, Texas
 Sleeplessness, lost appetite, indigo stion, ner- vousness, twitching muscles, palp.tauon, n9I- tering, shortness of breath, smothering, speis see how the disease crept on, addinG symptom from time to time, urtil the suueIer was stirred 10 action. Dr Miles Nervine has rescued hundreds of sufferers from the eonse- ouences of their own neglect, but 1t isnt ~ise to wait to be rescued Rervine SO strengthens the nerves as to make them powerful m tnelT resistance of disease. Keepthe nerves strong and well with Nervine and you need nave no fear that disease will ever get a hold 9n Tou that simple treatment will not throw on' The time to begin is now, today.
 An druggists sell and guarantee hrst 3otae | Dr. Niles Remedies Send for iree DOCK | on Nervous and Heart Diseases. AooIeSs 1 Dr. Miles Medical O., ElkhaTt' Ino'
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05

and steaathy nocturnal expeditions to kidnap women and children from adta- cent villages. Young chiefs coming to the throne signaiized their accession by unproyoked wars of conquest. The lack of centralized governments made all Central Africa a mass of confusion and anarchy.
 Enter now the slave buyer on the scene. In the first instance he has already found the institution of slavery firmly established in the native social system. All that he must do to procure servants is to make a bargain with some African slave-owner. This he does by presenting that worthy with ciotn' beads, salt, shells. gun-powder. guns or rum. From this It is not Tar cry 10 persuade some African chief controlling number of warriors to make expedi- tions against weaker tribes, and thus capture many prisoners. who are brought to the foreigner and sold. large part of the price Is paid in arms and ammu| hilton to furnish the means for another foray. So the wretched business goes on. The demand for men at the coast stimulates the trafic in the interior un- til the remote recesses of the continent feel the influence of the call from the coast. In this way vast territories have been drained, and whole tribes depopu- lated. The caravans of slaves from the | interior of the coast had sometimes to march a thousand miles to their destt- nation. Many succurnbed to starvation exhaustion, abuse, or were murdered be- cause of refractory conduct Long chains of men and women were fastend together with wooden yokes and poles and thus driven over the wide plains and across stony mountains. They left a | trail of skeletons, of blood, and of tears, | from the great lakes to the Atlantic It | is no exaggeration to say that for every man exported from Africa ten people. directly or indirectly, perished. Ameri- can slavery cost Africa as many souls as | the entire population of the United States. The traveller over the Interior
 of Africa finds every other town a ruin. grown up in palm trees and pine apple
 thickets, once planted by an a6undan' population. It is probable that the
 major part of the vast tribes of the Bifh- badi, Bakongo. Balunda. Tungombe Bachoko, Baschllange, Baluba. Baran'
 ganze, and Bampende perished in the course of the slave trade during the first | half of the last century.
 The amazing profits accruing to the
 middlAmen in this man-traffic have never
 been fully disclosed to the world. IT
 the course of my efforts later 10 re
 deem domestic slaves in the Centra basin above Rhodesia, often purchased the freedom of an adult man for twenty
 yards of cotton shooting. valued at $3
 expenses of transportation included Rarely was a man valued at more thar ls5. They could even then be bought bS thousands at that price. Men frequent Ily bought wives for less the price of q large hog Yet these slaves sold al Loanda for s2OO. a profit of 400 per cent
 Small wonder that the rapacity ant greed of the whole world turned toward
 west Africa for scores nf years.
 Boston and Bristol, Lisbon and Mar
 aeIIles found ''black ivory" as profitabl' as London and Brussels have found golt and rubber Since.
 (To be Continaed.)
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05

ousy of rival chieftains and kings. and the absolute powers vested in many of these last named digritaries.
 For ages the Africans have efslaved one another The custom dates back to pre-hebraic times In Egypt. The bankrupt debtor was often sold to set tie his debts. or became the property of his creditor. In times of famine. parents sold their children, or even bound them selves to procure food. Punishment for crime frequently took the form of en- slavement. Captives in war were held at exorbitant ransom. or preferably en- slaved. It was a law of African inter national etiquette that any one who caught runaway slave might seize and hold him. The kings sentenced offenders to servitude and often increased their personal following in this way. Children of slaves belonged to the masters of their parents. Mutilation and death were common forms of punishment for system of concurbinage was based on this domestic slavery. Female slaves whose attractions were sufficient to cap tivate their masters became concubines, notwithstanding their having husbands of their own who still retained their marital relations. The children of these concubines, by their masters were re- garded as slaves. The savage Africans lived in a state of continual petty war
 fare. It was rare that one chleftaincy obtained over more than five or siv thou
 sand square miles. Owing to the fact that foot-travel was the only means of communication, towns a hundred miles apart were as remote from association as London from St. Petersburg. and the
 social and linguistic differences were often as great. Men of one tribe ven- tured into the territory ot another at the risk of their lives. The most trivial incidents were made the occasion of a fight, If the aggressor felt reasonably sure of a victory. Men made predatory
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05

pApT
 The heroic and sainted young Samuel I.anslAy. son of an eminent AiaoAn~ fudge. law-partner at one time ot oeno for Morgan. preceded me into Central C Africa, but died at his post at the moutn of the great Kongo River So Oenee nie',e I am the first son of Southern siaVs owners to penetrate Central Africa ana to return to tell the story. HaVing gone tb Africa with the background or slavery and reconstruction, and with the hesto question looming so large on the hori.oi of our present political ana sociai nIe' i believe I learned some things or pecu- liar interest to our Southern peopte' n,, a indeed not few which 1t might Oe "e" for all Americans to know
 Years ago. Leighton Wilson. Of South Carolina, a slave-owner. went 70 the West Coast of Africa to work TOT the nArroes. His representations to Lord Palmerston. by which the briusn heet for suppressing the slave trade was Aepe in African waters. resulted Tn olrectls iiberating, or in saving from enslavement A,,a tires as many Africans as were freed by the proclamation of Aoranam lincoln, The first American martyr 10 Central Africa was young Lapsley. the son of a slave-owner. The most III Ausntlal man of his age with the natlVe Africans was Henry M Stanley reared in the slave regime of the Soutn' anu a soldier in the Confederate army.
 It will be thus seen that I went to Africa with the point of view of South ern white man on the negro question. T3ut I tried to divest myself of all pro vincial prejudices, and in this account shall endeavor to write what saw, Witn- out fear or favor.
 With it's towers spires. minarets. fort ress and cathedral glistening in the gold en sunshine of an azure tropical day' the old city of San PaolO de Loanda. as tts rorantic looking Moorish outlines ioonn m from the hills of Angola before Che annroaching travellers eyes, appears daItghtfully innocent and peaceful. Nc ku1pestion of the scenes Of carnage and rapine. from which it's ancient splendoi rose ,er,ain in it's slumbering repose or 4he crescent harbor above the huan1d hanks. But one short generator ago the spreading plateau behind tne WaHs of inc old African town was the seat ol such awful cruelties that tne lnhas'i0 lion recoils at the recital
 TIbe occasion of my visit to Loands xvos in the course of an effort to pene frate into the center of the. hongo-Dam hesi Divide at the time when the open D ansy of Rhodesia and the Kongo had peer I Attracting so much attention Inls oI' 8 sPortuguese city had the honor or peint 9 Hfhc only one in two thousand hhes " which an American consul was accreolt ad and bore letters of introduction t' tT-'s gentIeman from the Department O state in Washington. Our consular rep resentative was Mir. Frank weston whose father had left Virginia after th Ci,,,l War and made his home in Lon don. The son had travelled about eX tensively, and finally ended his ~anoer ings as a merchant and Amerlcah con
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05

of obstinate acne and of badness due G bacteria. Erysipelas and minor erup- lions have been treated with good re- suits. At the F1nsen Institute are rooms for exposing patients to electric-light baths and to sun-baths. and an exhaus- tive and promising investigation of the influence of light in various nervous diseases and In insanity Is in progress.
 
 "Eiloxican," containing silicon, oxygen and carbon, is obtained by the action of carbon on silica at temperature of <5o0 degrees F. in the electric furnace. the carbon being insufficient in quantity to cause complete reduction of the silica The new material is attracting attention as a high-temperature resisting substi- ute for refractory clays.-magnesia, lime and graphite.
 The curious study of voice hgures's has been followed for years by. an Eng fish woman, Mrs. Watts Hughes. who has been entertaining Londoners with her remarkable results. She sings into an "eidophone,"--a simple instrument consisting of a tube, a receiver and a flexible membrane-and each note sets up vibrations that cause tiny seeds. lycopodium and other dust and even color paste" to dance into definite and constant patterns. The shapes inciuds snakes. spirais, stars and wheels On one occasion a beautiful daisy appeared, and, she strove for weeks to learn it's secret. at last finding the precise infection of the particular note that yields it, so that she now produces at will daisies of great beauty. even with successive rows of petals and petals delicately veined Other notes give pansies. Others picture sea- monsters. serpentine figures recedina into infinity, and still others form trees. ..aAam AnTt =. foreground of rocks. and with the sea bahind.
 With his new apparatus for giving arti- ficial circulation of the blood. Dr. Koulebko of ORetsHshprgs has succeed ed in reminding the hearts of animals that have been dead as long as 12s hours While attaching great practical inn- portance to this achievement, he believes that 1t shows greater possibilities, in artificial respiration than have yet been dreamed of. and that in cases of stran- gulation, etc. where the yiscera are un- injured. many lives could be saved by much longer artificial respiration than is now practised. This should stimulate inventors. at this season of drowning accidents. to produce some simple device for persistently continuing artificial respiration. &
 With the new horseless carriage of George Winter. an English experimenters 1t Is claimed that thirty miles an hour can be maintained by wind power in large open spaces. like deserts. The wagon has four-foot wheels with seven inch fiat steel tires. the front wheels be- ! ing twelve feet apart and the rear ones eight feet and the silk sail of 234 square | feet is carried on a thirty-foot bamboo mast The wagon runs in a light breeze. and steers, in any direction.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05
American Sports.

New York Press.
 We are fast growing to be sport-lov- Ing nation. Our full list of games num- bers about sixty, You would hardly be- Iieve that possible. without counting Here is a pretty full summing up: Fish ing. hunting, archery baeksammon checkers chess. bagatelle. baseball. blcy- cling, billiards. boxing, bowling. poker whist. hearts (and a score of other card games), cricket, croquet, curling, dice dominoes. football, fenlng. fox chasing golf. yachting. ice-boating, skating, Ia crosse, lawn tennis. ping pong, shuffle board. pedestrianism, running. horse rae ing. rowing. sculling, canoeing. stean yachting. polo. swimming, trap shooting handbaI, racquet, kite flying. and rabbi coursing. Which is the most popular Are there more fishermen than hunters Nearly everybody plays cards. Mlllion follow baseball. Hundreds of thousand see the races. And most of those wh walk think it work,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05

In occasional eclipses-like that of last April-the part of the moon iD shadow disappears from view, seeming to be completely plotted out. The theory that these dark eclipses are due to atmos- pheric dust Is being discussed by sstro- nomers. and Is thought to be probable.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-07-05

The Finsen lamps are now credited with ten cures of cancer of the sktn out Of twenty-two cases treated. and with cures
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-15
Two Good Farmers.


~ Newspaper mensrc sometimes
guyed and criticised because
they have something to say oc-
casionally about farmers aud
farming. We are told by impli-
cation if not in direct terms, 10
mind our own business and stick
to our own last. Yet the news
q paper man who keeps up with all
the State papers necessarily sees
much that any one farmer does
not, and when he sees an item or
reads of what is done in one sec
ton be can do good by making II
known 10 others. For example.
we clip two ParaR raphs from pa.
pers widely apart, the first being
from The Fayette Banner:
Quite a lot OF home raised ba.
con has been brought to town by
the farmers and sold TO our mcr.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-15
The Farmers Institute is
Part Of Our Edueational
. System. 4

II rom the earliest account Of
human action in the division of
human labor, the world has rec.
osrized ,hsisoii titer as the foan-
dstiontof ALI other ceilings. Up
on the results of his labors,1 the
laxuries and the living of all 9th
ers have depended. Hence the
world has leaned with helpful in
terest toward the tifler b Z soil.
and it has been the purpose ofin-
telligent msuksnd to help the
farmer, and make his Efforts
more perfect and more fruitful.
An increase . acknowledge "a high.
e. education, was early adopted
as a means or doing that, but his.
tory fails 10 inform Us VIVA,
methods were originally cmplo,
ed for the increase of agricuitur.
al knowledge. Tha, some efici.
~ ent means were SD used is prov.
ed by the results. The teeming
Egyptian population ,hatancient.
ly existed in the marrow valley OF
the Nile, the vast bordcs of non.
producers those cultiyators or the
soil maintained, the monuments
OF thep agricultural greatness
that exist 10 this day. and the bis.
toric evidence of the expectation
Of corn 10 feed other peoples and
nations, afford abundant proof OF
high state OF agricultural art,
which could have been attained
only eya more or less pcrfcc,
system OF agricultural education.
1t is unfortunate ,hatueithcr ira.
dition nor history acquaints us
with the system.-Ex.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-15

Don't make changes in food oi
ewes near lambing time. Stick
10 clover bay and don't feed corn.
Do not oscrfccd the young pigs
when they begin TO cat II they
become stuffed and poddy lodi.
gcstion aud scours will result.
Keep milking the hcifer UP 10
the last six weeks before she in
due TO comes fresh again. This
VIII get her into the habit OF bold.
ing ou' in her milk all the rest, OF
her life.
The adagc saws: III you want
n thing well done. dol, Yourself
That's WIN the COW prefers lick.
INK herself TO being licked by the
hired man. He hits only the
bumps.
be sure the colts have strong.
well fitted hai,crs. II the halt.
ers are not well fitted they will
soon learn 10 rub them of, and q
habit is formed that IL almos, im.
possible TO cure.
Some cows hold up their milk
because the mixer is no, a good
one and they do NOT enjoy the
process. Another nan nigh,
milk them and have no trouble
that way. II pays TO study TIN.
characteristic in the earioos
members OF the herd.
Three weeks before cows arc
due TO give milk we should stop
giving them heavy feed. No
meal should be fed during ibis
period. Wheat bran /. the hes,
OF anything at this time. II the
COW ~ after .hs, .,ateped aud fed
carefully there will be prastical.
no danger from milk fever
Journal.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-15
Peas Cut or Turn ed
Under.

would like Ia have your views
on whether it will DC more prof.
table TO let pcavincs rot on the
ground or 10 cut them for hay. |
will plant peas after oats and |
want 10 know whether TO cut my
peas or no,t Now the question
il will the land retain the beneft
OF the pea fertilization 10 the
>amc extent IL the vines are cut
OF or allowed to rot on underground
or better. plowcd under?
want tn build up nv land aud
ut the same tine want 10 be at 40
loss for labor put on II. Ny land
was broken IL TO l. inches deep
with \ Disc plow. ] will use a
disc harrow on the oat stubblc,
then plant peas, which is best in
put drills or broadcast | have
found ~ hard on "a mower to cut
peas when in rows. | am no,
much o. a qucsiioner but hope
you will be able to make ont wha,
| want to know.
Ans. by all means cut and
save your pcavines. You have
made the crop why lose il. pca-
vines are worth about $500 per
ton for fcr,iIizing the soil. aud
from Is TO 30 dollars for hay or
food. Why lose the differences?
II you feed the hay and save the
manere YOU &C, both values.
Save what you have made.
;. SOW broadcast for hay.
Plant 10 drtil or peas to pick
Southern Cuitisator.
|
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-15

SWEa&S&AE% kn&E AMaE
chants during the last few weeks.
that weighed 90 ana hams.
IS pounds. havebeen brought in
and one farme brought
in enough bamsYot his own rails,
ing to pay for all The guano he
will use this year.
And this from The Evergreen
Courant: r.,dt m,41 lnotI ~sIl
The Rrewton News tells OF an
Escambia County farmer who
killed 2,S0o pouads. Of, pork. and
has corn, potatoes, meat, syrup,
cows and hogs 10 sell. This Is
the typical Independent agricul-
turist.
While these are not by any
neaSs solitary inssanees, thsy
are suggestive. One of them is
from the mountain region OF Ala
ba INA, and the other from the
pine lands Of the Southern por.
ton, yet each OF the farmers is
self-sustaining and independent.
What one man has done another
can do. II not. why no,?--Ex
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-15
Stock Farm
Registered Red Poll Cattle.

Doc six year old hn.l....... Sl7
Que | year old bull ........ lp
Two 5 months old bull. each :
One ; month old bull ....... :
, 10 ". "a grade bull. each. :.
81 ". II grade bull calves ).
10 head OF CHOICE high grade
Jersey hei.crs :,
80 head OF choice high grade
Jersey cows. i
JSO. NJ. WHITE.
Whitestown, Miss.
The Southern farm gazette. (Starkville, Miss.) 1895-1909, 1903-08-15

IIoard's Dairyman and the
Southern Farm GaAelte $l.O0 per
year.
Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1903-04-24
Why Iney Sell.

Is it strange that lot 80 by 80,
containing 500 square feet, sells
without agents when compared with
one 100 by 40, containing only 1000
square feet, or less than one. hall as
much?
Our streets are 40 tt. and alleys I6
IT,, while alleys on other pl. is are
only 10 it,, useless for teams to pass.
Every A lots face on two streets,
and have two alleys. No lot with
out street or alley.
When we sell a lot, vein fact, give
one, (the size of other lots away to
the purchaser. In the past ten days
we have sold s more lots and we still
have more TO sell.
We furnish perfect title, without
any conditions or restrictions.
Terms to suit reliable purchasers.
Yon can nuy tnese ! eautiful lots
in BelIeview ouly OF,
C. nEeK
l.. V kFcK