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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

three years before the mast he had
shown such remarkable ability that
the captain with whom he was sail
ing offered him the position of first
mate in spite of the fact that he was
only eighteen years old.
The owners of the vessel, however,
decided to. give the young man the
place of first mate on another one of
their ships, the Cantor, sailing in the
Holland trade. When the boy officer
went on board the Cantor at Philadel-
phia he found the crew drunk and
mutinous and the captain unable to
control them.
cambridge soon had the men under
control, the ship hauled out into the
stream and what liquor there was on
board thrown overheard.
This crew was a tough one and had
no respect for the captain, who, in
turn, was always "nagging" them.
When the Cantor dropped anchor in
the harbor of Rotterdam the sailors
managed to get gin from one of the
shore boats, and that night they got
drunk and attacked the captain and
second mate, intending to kill them.
Hearing the noise of a scuffle young
cambridge grabbed his pistols and
rushed on deck to find that the sail
ors had the two officers down and
were just about to murder them with
their knives.
Two men were bending over the
second mate. cambridge brought the
butt of one of his heavy pistols down
on the head of the nearest sailor and
grabbing the other by his color, trip
ped up his heels and sent him spin
ming backwards down a hatchway.
Before the men could recover from
the surprise of the sudden and unex-
pected assault, the boy mate had
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

for none of the children had ever been
away from home and the grown up
people of the tribe had never been
further than the nearest white mans
settlement, and in that place there
are no such Contrivances for the
amusement of children. Nor could
il be learned that any picture of mer-
ry-go-round had ever found its way
into the Seminole country.
The little boys of this tribe do not
play at being soldiers. but they do
play at being hunters. They throw
long sticks over their shoulders and
say they have rifle. Then they
go into the woods and make believe
to shoot game with the stick.
The Seminole boys and girls have a
had habit of eating between meals. A
big kettle, filled with stewed meat and
vegetables, always stands ready with
a big spoon in 1t for any one who hap
pens to feel hungry and they will
sometimes get up even in the middle
of the night to take a spoonful of
stew.
The streams in the Seminole coun-
try abound in FISH and the little In
dams soon become good fishermen.
But their ambition is to be trusted
with a shotgun. and as soon as they
are old enough they are allowed to
take one and go into the woods to
shoot wild turkey. When the Semi
mole boy is allowed to do this he
counts himself no longer a child but a
man.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

dolls made of sticks, with pieces of
rag wrapped around them, and they
are as fond of them as white girls are
of their wax dolls with winking eyes.
The Indian children build little
houses for their dolls and call them
camps" while the boys take little
bows and arrows and go into the
woods to shoot small birds. saying.
when they return. I'VE have been
turkey hunting"
Boys and girls sit around a piece of
earth into which they stick blades OF
grass and call it a corn field.
One amusement of which the little
Seminole Indians are fond is playing
with teetotums. They take a dried
deer skin and peg it out tight on the
ground. Then they take the round
roots of peculiar grass called deer
foot" and, thrusting through them lit.
tie sticks about as thick as a match
and twice as long, they set them
whirling on the deer skin by rubbing
the upper end of the stick quickly with
the palms of their hands. This they
call having dance"
They also play at leap-frog, use the
skipping rope and build ''see-saws. :"
One traveller who penetrated to the
remote districts of Florida in which
the Seminoles live saw a very we'll
built merry-go-round which the little
indian children had made.
They must have originated the idea
of the merry-go-round themselves,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

this exercise and through no con-
ceivable circumstance can one wrest-
Ter force his opponent to allow him
two falls without throwing him even
once.
In ordinary wrestling the question
of weight is a very important one. To
be ten or twenty pounds lighter than
your opponent is a serious handicap.
In clown wrestling, on the contrary,
skin and not weight is the important
factor, and the dwarf clown may often
overcome the giant
In the illustrations the reader wifi see
that two clowns are lying on their
backs. Their left legs are raised and
locked together. The object of each
clown is TO make his adversary raise
raising his own right leg.
The diagram shows two heavy
black lines crossing each other. The
shorter of these is known as the
scratch and the longer of the lines
Is known as the belt line.
The four black circles in the dia-
gram, two of which are marked
right" and two of which are marked
left" are intended to indicate the
position which the shoulders of the
wrestlers should occupy relative to
the belt line and the scratch.
When the shoulders of a wrestler
are in one of the circles marked left
he will raise his left leg. When the
shoulders of a wrestler are in one OF
the circles marked right he will
raise his right leg.
A match consists of six bouts, three
in right" three in left" The wrest-
Ter obtaining the greatest number of
falls will, of course. win the match.
1t is agreed sometimes that a fall"
shall not be counted until both legs of
one or the other of the combatants
are thrown across the belt line, in
other words, until one of the men is
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01
THE STORIES OF
PETER AND ELLEN
Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch.
BY GERTRUDE SMITH.

And one night when Peter and Ell
len were sound asleep-Peter in his lit
tie bed in his little room. and Ellen
in her little bed in her little room-the
door-bell rang-ting-a-lingl ting-a-
ling!-6own stairs.
Mamma and papa were reading, and
mamma jumped up and said:
"Oh. who can it be?"
And papa jumped up and said;
"Oh, who can 1t be ringing that
bell?"
And mamma and papa went out in
to the hall and opened the door, and
there was Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch.
And Uncle Carl smiled all over his
funny face and said:
ooh, don't let Peter and Ellen know
that I've come. want to surprise
| the dears."
And papa laughed
"Ha! ha! Oh, come right in. Uncle
! Carl Apthorp Fitch; Peter and Ellen
are both sound asleep upstairs in their
| little beds"
And mamma threw her arms around
Uncle Carts neck and said:
ooh, you blessed brother. you fun
| ny, big boy! How glad Peter ana FL
len will be to see you"
And Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch
walked into the hall and said:
"Well, here we all are. Ha! ha! hal"
| Gle laughed very loud).
| And as he came into the hall his
two big dogs came bounding in, too
| Uncle Carl always brought his big
dogs when he came visiting), and the
two big dogs were carrying a basket
between them-a very large basket,
with two round holes In the top.
And mamma laughed and said:
"Oh. you funny, big boy, Uncle
Carl. what have you brought for Pc
! ter ard Ellen IN that basket"
And Uncle Carl laughed very loud.
ha! ha! ha wait TIL you see!
brought a wonderful startling sur
prise IN that basket for Peter and FL
len. And Uncle Carl laughed again.
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I ha! ha! ha! He laughed very loud.
And little Ellen woke up and sat up
in bed and called:
Peter! Oh Peter! hear some
one laughing downstairs"
and Peter woke up and sat I'D in
bed and listened.
Il wonder who it is?" he said. LET
us get up and run down and see who
it is, little Ellen"
And Ellen jumped out of bed and
said:
Yes, let us run downstairs on tip
toe, and see who it is"
And Peter jumped out of bed and
they both went out into the hall and
down the stairs on tiptoe together.
And Uncle Carl laughed very loud
and said to mamma:
Peter and Ellen will be Surprised
in the morning when they fnd me
And papa said:
"Sh! don't speak so loud, Uncle
Carl; don't laugh so loud, or Won viii
wake up Peter and ElIen!"
And Peter and Ellen came down the
stairs on tiptoe, and peeked into the
ROOM and there they saw their dear
funny. big Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch
CThey had not seen him before for a
year.)
And Peter said:
oh! oh! OH it is Uncle CARL"
And little Ellen screamed for Joy
and said:
"oh. goody. goody, gander! 1t is
my Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch"
And Uncle Carl caught Peter and
Ellen both In his arms and Rugged
them and kissed them, and said:
We'll, / thought II / laughed loud
l would wake you two up. Ia! ha!
ha! ! laughed like that, very loud, on
purpose to wake you upl"
And mamma said:
"Oh, you naughty, big boy, TO wake
those children at this time OF night"
III was half-past ten by the clock)
And Uncle Carl sat down and took
Peter on one knee and Ellen on the
other. and said:
why. goodness me. couldn't walt
iii morning to see these blessed chill
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brought down two more with the butt
of his pistol.
AS he raised his arm for another
blow his foot slipped and he went
down on one knee. A man sprang at
him with knife and Bainbridge fred
his pistol But the powder flashed in
the pan. The descending knife caught
ITS point on one of the brass buttons
OF the boys coat and, being thus de-
hected, made long rip in the cloth,
but did not reach the officers body
The second mate now pulled him
self together and with the aid of one
of the sailors who stood by the offi-
GERS, they rescued the captain and
drove the crew forward where they
were allowed to get sober and re-
pentent.
The captain, however was scared
by his experience with the. unruly
crew and refused to go back to the
United States in the Cantor.
So young Bainbridge came home
in command of her and under him the
crew behaved themselves all the way
over.
His way was to treat the sailors
squarely. feed them we'll and keep
them busy, and so he always had a
happy ship.
The owners of the Cantor were de-
lighted with the way Bainbridge man.
aged things, and as soon as he was
nineteen they made him captain Of
the ship.
After making three voyages as cap
tain of the Cantor, cambridge was
made captain of a new ship, the
Hope. On his first voyage in the
Hope he had an encounter with IL
small British man-of-war. the cap
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you shall have a starting. wonderful
surprise"
And Peter and Ellen kissed their
funny Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch good
night, and both ran away to bed. And
in the morning, oh. very early, Peter
and Ellen woke up and dressed and
ran down stairs and into the garden.
And in the garden. oh. very early,
Peter and Ellen found their funny,
big Uncle Carl. and there in the gar
den, too they found the surprise bas-
ket.
And Uncle Carl said:
Now, open your eyes very wide,
children, and you'n see what comes
out of the basket"
And Peter and Ellen opened their
eyes very wide and out flew three dear
little birds. One little bird had bright
red feathers. and one little bird had
bright green feathers and one little
bird was blue and white.
And Uncle Carl said:
These are trained birds, dear chill
dren. They will do whatever l tell
them to do, Come, Molly; come. Dolly;
come, Dot" Cthese were the little birds
names), and Uncle Carl held up his
hand. His fingers were wide apart
and the letter birds flew out of the
basket and lit on his fingers. And Un-
Gle Carl said:
Nov. give me my breakfast, Molly
Dolly and Dot" And these little birds
flew into Uncle Carts pockets and out
they came in a minute, each with a
crumb of bread, and these little birds
fed Uncle Carl his breakfast right
from their little bills.
And Ellen danced around and clap
ped hands, and said:
oh Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch, how
cunning they are!"
And Peter said:
What else can they do, Uncle
Carl?"
And Uncle Carl said:
Watch, and you shall see. Come,
Molly. and Dolly. it is time for little
Dot to take a ride"
And Uncle Carl took wee, wee lit
tie wagon out of the basket and put
IT down on the garden path, and Dot
flew into the wagon. and, oh, what do
you think? Molly and Dolly pulled
the little wagon by two little rib
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And Uncle Carl said: mo: guess
again"
And Ellen said:
II guess it is little white mouse"
And Uncle Carl said: mo; and now
run away to your little beds. / am
not going to tell you what it is in that
basket until morning"
And Peter said: 900 a.,n>.
"Oh, please tell us tonight, Uncle
CARL" ~sH
And Ellen said:
"Oh please tell us tonight, dear
Uncle Carl Apthorp Fitch"
And Uncle Carl said: mo. I'll not
tell you tonight. but come into the
garden tomorrow morning early and
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swamps, where their descendants live
to this day.
AS soon as the Seminole child is
four years old he is set to work at
some light task about the house. He
stirs the boiling SOUP watches the
fire and replenishes it with sticks of
wood, aids in kneading the dough for
bread, washes and pounds the
"koonti' root, a sort of potato, and
contributes-in many other ways to
help his mother in her work.
But the children have plenty of time
for play, too. The little girls have
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01
WHAT THE LITTLE
SEMINOLES PLAY.

Children of a Tribe That Is Almost
Lost Play Much Like White Child
rem in Big Cities.
After the Seminole war in which
the brave chief Osceola was defeated.
the government ordered all the In
dams in Florida to remove to a reser-
walton in the West. Most of them
went, but a few took refuge in the
regions lying among the big Florida
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01

1ren' Now what do you think I've
Drought you In that basket? Put your
car 10 the mole in the top and guess
what is in that basket"
And Peter and Ellen ran To the
basket, and Peter put his ear to one
little round hole in the top, and Ellen
put her ear to another little round
hole in the top and listened.
And Peter said:
Il guess 1t is a squirrel" And Uucle
Carl said:
mo; guess again" And Ellen said:
II guess it is a rabbit"
And Uncle Carl said: mo, guess
again" 't .s+' .oa
And Peter said:
II guess guinea pigs"
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made to turn the beginning of a
back somersault.
If the reader will experiment lit
tie with some companions he will
soon learn what is meant by the be-
ginning of a back somersault, par
tlcularly if he appears to yield some
what and then pushes down with his
engaged leg.
The hands of the wrestler must be
hept on the floor and cannot be
used in any way.
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he twisted his opponents arm back
until only a little more twisting was
needed to throw it out of joint. He
then demanded that two falls be al
lowed him or he would give the extra
amount OF twist and dislocate the
arm.
The man whose arm was in such
danger was necessarily not in a posi-
ton to argue the question and had
to sacrifice the match
No such clement enters into clown
wrestling. No limbs are broken at
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-01
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-He-"But poverty Is no disgrace"
She" um-m, no; but there are no
medals connected with It, either."-~
Judge.
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M. B. LANE, President.
GEO. C. FREEMAN, Cashier
G. L. GROVER, Assistant Cashier.
STATEMENT OLE
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-18
FOR A BEASTLY CRIME
WILDLY Stands Trial at IrwinviIIe
Politics i'm Irwin.


Irwinville, Sept. 1.-THE most i'm
portant criminal case that will. it is ex-
pected. be tried in the Superior Court
here this week, is that of the state,
against ]. E. WILDLY. white man,
who is charged with a terrible crime
with his 16year-old daughter. The evil
dence against WILDLY is said to be very
strong, and public sentiment in the Sec
ton where he lived is decidedly against
him.
Ben Phrone, a negro, is in Jail
charged with murder, and it is thought
a hanging will be the result in his case.
A large number of negroes and whites
have been bound over under the CAL
vim Vagrancy law, and the outcome OF
the cases are being watched with in
terest. A number of local attorneys
say that the Calvin law is unconstitu-
tional, and that they will test it in the
Supreme Court if their clients are con-
victed.
In a three-day session last week the
grand jury returned about sixty true
bills. 1t met again Monday and will
be in session all the week
The political pot in Irwin county has
begun to boil in earnest, and candidate
for the various offices are being free
ly discussed. Friends of Hon. Wright
7. Paulk, Henry T. Fletcher and Mar
ion Dickson state that each of these
gentlemen will be a candidate for the
Legislature.
Hon D. NJ. Roberts. judge of the
Superior Court of this circuit. has Cd
position for reelection in Capt. ]. H.
Martin, Hawknsville. Both have a
strong following in Irwin county, and
already the race is becoming very in
teresting Solicitor General John +.
DeLacey, also, has opposition. Hon. E.
d. Graham of McRae. one of the leSed-
Ing lawyers of the Oconee Circuit, be-
ing his opponent.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-18
Angnstn Nenrs Nntea

Augusta, Ga, Sept 17.-Judge Gary
mas been presented with a petition tn
appoint game warden for Richmond
county under the new game law mass
ed by the last Legislature. II is
probable he will appoint Mr. Joseph
Doughtery.
c. II. Pettus, commercial agent of
the Seaboard Air Line here, has re-
signed to take effect Oct. !. when he
VIII assume management of the Harris
LIthla springs and hotel in South
Carolina. He will be succeeded bv 7
II. Flythe now travelling freight agen:
AT Columbia
Inc handicap tournament in the y
NJ. c. a. Tennis Club ended this even
ing with the finals IN doubles. tire
Whitney brothers winning the cham
pionship over speth and Bailey IN
three stralght sets. so. 60. 6-2.
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H. B. Boyer,
Local Forecaster
Court at Waycross.

Waycross. Ga, Sept. lin the City
Court this morning Mr.. 5. V. Jenords,
a prominent farmer convicted or cruel
ty to animals, was fined $25 and costs
by Judge Reynolds.
The case of the state VS.. Bladen, who
was charged with stealing a boat from
Mr.. Charles West, was tried this morn
ing. and Bladen was acquitted.
Mike Teston, a young white man.
who was charged with stealing an ice
book from Mr.. 7. A. Wheeler. was
tried and acquitted.
NJ. G. Edwards, an old negro. plead
guilty to selling wine, but sentence has
not been passed.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-18
SNOW BALLS
SPECIAL NOTICE.

l have sold my wholesale butter,
cheese, produce and commission bust
ness in Savannah to Messrs. I'M. Dreyer
& Co.. and they are authorized to col
lect all accounts due me- l bespeak
for my successors a continuance of the
patronage given to me. B. ENRICH
With reference to the above. we beg
to say that we will continue the bust
ness at the same stand, and solicit a
continuance of the patronage bestowed
on Mr.. Ehrlich n
j. NJ. DREYER & CO.,
Both phones No. 524 POP Bay St, west
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SPECIAL NOTICES.


Nicholas Lang, proprietor OF the
reliable grocery store 30 Barnard
street. Savannah. Co.. Jan. 20, 1908,
snys'
Lippman Drug Company, PrODrie-
tors of r. .P.:
GentIemen-I called ON your
worthy firm to-day to tell you that
for many years 1 have tried much
medicine, and In fact, every means
I'm MY power to get cured of the
terrible rheumatism which has I'M
dermined my health for a very long
time. even visited Hot Springs,
Ark, but all to no purpose. At last
in sheer desperation took a course
of p. p. p, Lippman's Great Remedy,
and 1 rejoice to state that am en-
tireIy well.
p. II. p. did the work to my entire
satisfaction and made a radical and
prompt cure,
(Signed) rs NICHOLAS LANG.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-18

Texas Rainfall Reports-Galveston
2.32; Corpus Christi, trace; Ballinger,
40; Beeville, .0S; Dallas trace; Hen
rietta, 80; Kerrville, 1.04; Temple,
04; Weatherford, 10
Light Frost-Corsicana, Tex.
Heavy Rainfalls-Brownsvil Tenn,
200; Charlotte, n. c., 266; Greensboro,
N. c., 254; Batesburg, S. c., 200; Liv-
ingston. Ala, 124; Thomasville, Ala,
1.2S; Yemassee, S. c.. so; Savannah,
Ga, so; Waycross, Ga, 1.65; Calves
ton, Tex, 2.22.
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MEETINGS.
IHNDHTM LODGE 10 4s, F. 8 4.

LANDRUM LODGE NO. As, r. & A. VI.
A regular communication Of n
this lodge will be held at Ma Xxx
sonic Temple this (Friday) ev- w
ening at Sis O'Clock.
The E. A. Degree will be conferred.
Members of sister lodges and trans
lent brothers cordially invited to at
tend. By order
w. T. HOPKINS, W. NJ.
W. C. TRAVIS, Secretary.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-18
CHARLESTON WATER WORKS

VIII Be Ready for Operation, 1t Is
said, on Oct. 10.
Charleston. S. c., Sept. T.-Generai
Manager J. H. Dawes of the new wa
ter works company announced to-day
that the new system of water would
be ready for actual use Oct. IS. He de-
clared that the water from Goose creek
would that day be flowing through
every main in the city.
There is much rejoicing over this
piece of intelligence here, as the pres
ent supply of water has been made
more inadequate this summer than ever
before, which is saying great deal.
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NOTICE.

Savannah, Ga, Sept. ii, 1903.
BY order of the Hon. A. H. Mac
Donell, Referee in Bankruptcy, all par
ties indebted to The S. W. Branch Co.
are directed to make full and imme-
date payment to
LOUIS w. ROBERTS, Receiver.
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OF included in averages.

sNot included in averages.
Remarks-Rain has fallen in all
districts of the belt. over the western
half a decided fall in temperature has
occurred, carrying a light frost south
ward to Corsicana, Tex.
Observations taken at the same mo-
ment of time, Sept. II, 1903, p. m,
18th meridian time.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-18

River Report-The hight Of the sa-
vannah river at Augusta, at a. m.
(75th meridian time) yesterday was
lib feet a rise of "a feet during the
preceding twenty-four hours.
Cotton Region Bulletin, Savannah,
Ga, for the twenty-four hours ending
at a. M, 18th meridian time, Sept.
II 1on2
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-18
Charleston Gala Week.

Charleston. s. c.. Sept. 1.-THE mer-
chants Of Charleston have begun their
annual agitation In favor OF holding
q gala week this fan They propose
20 make more elaborate anair than
Il has been for years A. q meeting
81 merchants held tonight the plans
for carnival were FUZZY discussed
.a.' details were not nnally arranged.
'hir
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-18
SPECIAL NOTICE.

For rent, that splendid detached
brick residence 1907 Whitaker street,
near Waldburg. An elegant modern
home, in perfect condition. Apply to
EHAS. F. FULTON.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-09-18
AT GROoT's MARKET.

The best of Veal the best of Lamb
the best of Steaks. the best Of every.
thing that's good 10 eat
Liberty and Jefferson streets.
Both phones 454.