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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
WILL COME MARCH 10.

Catcher Bresnahan. of the New York
National League Baseball Club re-
team will arrive here on March 10 in
stead of the 18th, as previously sched-
uled. The team will come by rail and
will be composed of about twenty-fi
men. They will make headquarters at
the Pulaski and will practice twice
dav for three weeks
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
A SOUTHERN BELLE.

A beautiful Georgia Girl, Vice.
President Of the East End Palmetto
Club, of Savannah, and prominent
socially there, relates the following
experience:
You certainly have pro-
duced the finest medicine for
suffering women that there
is to be had in the country.
l want to recommend it es-
pecia1ly to mothers. I was
seventeen years old when my
darling boy was born. Felt
very exhausted and weak for a
long time, and it seemed I could
not get my strength back. Ny
sister-in-law bought me a bottle
of DR.. Pierce's Favorite Pre-
scription CATER I had tried sew
eral of the other remedies which
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
APPLICATION DENIED.
Judgment Against Lesson and
HopeweII stand.

Chattanooga, Tenn, Feb. 1s.-Judge
George P. Want, presiding at a special
session of the United States Court in
this city to-day decided the applica-
ton of Messrs. Lesson and Hopewell
of Boston, who sought to be released
from paying judgments in favor of the
East Tennessee Coal Company amount
ing to $4,000. The application is de-
MED and the Judgment stands.
The case grew out of transactions 4
number of years ago, in connection
with the affairs of the East Tennessee
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To Get silver Service.

Mobile. Ala. Feb. 19.-The battle
ship Alabama. under orders to report
here to receive the silver service to
be presented Feb. "a by the citizens of
Alabama. arrived off Fort Morgan this
morning and is az anchor there
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
JUVENILES Ar GOLF.


Club, played the first game of tour
nament series yesterday afternoon in
Moses back yard. The play was at
eighteen holes and the prize a magic
lantern with twelve slides. The sec
ond game Of the tournament will be
played at the same place next Thurs
day afternoon.
The scores made were as follows:
Case, 49,; Bisbee, 1874; Krouskoff, 1914;
Bevell, 102, and Moses, 81.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
Named hx RooseveIt.

Washington, Feb. 19.-The President
to-day sent to the Senate the follow
ing nominations
ostmasters-William II. Cooper
Laurinburg, n. c.; Alexander NJ. Long
Rockingham, ". c.; James NJ. Pardue'
Sweetwater Tenn.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
SPORTING NOTES.

A meeting was held in Jacksonville
this week for the purpose of organiz-
ing an automobile club chartered as the
Florida Automobile Association. The
charter has over one hundred members,
a number of whom are Northern
chauffeurs. 1t is proposed to give races
and promote automobiling in the state.
1t is probable there will be no boxing
match next week, as the club wants
to open the new rooms on March 5
with the best card ever given in this
city, and there is no use to pull off an
other match in the old hall. Tommie
Hogan and Tommie Feltz will likely
be the opening attraction, but if not
the club has another good pair of box
ers to put on.
Young Jollie, of this city, who claims
the ITO pound boxing championship of
the state. is in trairHng for his go with
Young Kelly in Augusta on the night
of March 4. He thinks he can make
good his claim.
Catcher Bresnahan, of the New York
baseball team, who is now in the city,
will start a force of men at work in
a few days preparing the grounds for
the use of his team which will arrive
here March Is for three weeks stay
in preliminary practice.
There is some talk of matching Pat
Raedy, the boxer. who has been in this
city some time without anything to do
in his line, with Fred Douglas for a ten
or fifteen round bout. The go will
probably be one of the preliminaries
to the opening of the new club rooms,
and should be interesting.
Has Terry McGovern his old punch
yet? This is a question being roundly
discussed by the sports who saw his
performance against Joe Bernstein a
few days ago, and the general opinion
is that the Boorklyn boy has lost A
good part of his steam. IL 70 he will
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20
CITY BREVlTlES.

Mr.. S. P. Goodwin says that his Vale
Royal Dairy is not for sale. A rumor
to that effect, he says has been cur
rent.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-20

Land Company at Hartman, Tenn.
Hon. William Hepburn Russell of New
York was present, representing the
company.
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YOU CAN Ger a copy

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be in a bad fix when he tackles Billie
Maynard a short time hence.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
Found Among Their Old
Grandmother's Pos
sessions, it Worked its
Charms Successfully

Yet their hesitation lasted but a minute, then
they began to shout;
'fwhere are our housesq" "Give Us back our
homesl" Restore our streets and our dwellings"
bring back my store, you rascal" cried fat msr-
chant where's my tanneryl" shouted another
man. "Yes, and my plumbing shop9" "And my
real estate Office, my safe and life insurance poll
ciesp "And my millinery shop with sll those brand
new bonnets, direct from Paris" tive lost all my
new furniturep shouted woman; "snd I've only
paid one instalment it, toop "WheFe have you
taken my library Z" demanded another man. 81 had
twelve thousand rare books ten minutes siDcss and
now I find only blank booki" you've got my
weeks washingP screamed an old woman, "snd
I'll have ths law on you"
%What right have you" demanded policeman
sngrily. eto destroy all these houses3 You never
had charter from the LegislatureP
Robin was truly alarmed, although had he stopped
to think he could at have restored everything
to It's former condition, but in bis excitement he for
got TO wish properly and he cried:
II wish sonnething would come after you all a
piesiosaurus or something like thatP
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
LOST HER WISHING CAP

Among other things he had given her wishing
cap, which, as you know, enables the lucky wearer
to wish for anything and have it instantly. There
was one funny drawback to this cap, which was that
one could not make the same wish twice. but after
all, with careful management, that easily
aged 1 should think. Yet she unfortunate
as to get into the most terrible trouble by her
wishes and when she finally eXtricated herself from
her difficulties she impusively wished that the cap
would hide itself where she never could find it
again.
It vanished. and although in after years she
often searched for 1t, for she was sure 1t was in
the house somewhere, she never set eyes it again
When she was dying she called Robin to her bed
side and whispered TO him;
BE careful and avoid the wishing cap" But of
course, he had never even heard of such thing,
he imagined that his old grandmother delir-
ious, and thought no more Of the matter.
After she had been buried they closed her house.
and thus it remained until ono day, when Robin was
u years old, Annette proposed to visit the cottage
They opened the door and entered the silent dark
ened hall, and it seemed # their grandmother
must be sleeping there, familiar was everything,
and so undisturbed. Opening window and letting
the sunlight stream into the rooms, they were
shocked TO see cobwebs and flies where she had SO
carefully excluded them always, and Annette saidt
TOOK THE TREASURES HOME
Its shame to have all these lovely things
spoiled by neglect. Everything is getting rusty
and mOtheaten- Let Us take home as much as we
can carry, and every time we come here after this
remove something"
Robin agreed with her, and they selected very
many objects; in fact, many that they could not
carry half Of them But at last each one had de-
cIoed Just what was the most precious, and home
they went, with their arms filed Their mother
laughed when she saw them, but she said:
Tomorrow viii send man with a wagon and
bring home everything. 1 had intended doing #
for long time"
So everything was brought home, and the chill
dren enjoyed the task Of arranging the beautiful
strange objects IN their situation and the task
took some time, too, for there we're very many Of
them
Summer was almost gone when again Annette
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31

relish the idea of being preserved for that purpose
himself
AS the ants went away in great hurry, as they
always did, he said:
Owe must get out Of here at once. have heard
that sand wasps sting spiders and flies and things
so to preserve them alive for food, and III bet
the ants do the same thing. They've gone for one
of the stingers, I guess, to come and fix wish
an anteater would come along now and just root US
out" Il N.
The next moment they fell overheard backward
great hole appeared in the roof of the egg hall
and rush of daylight streamed IN. Then they saw
the long, hairy nose of an animal that seemed
mountainous turning up the hills of earth eagerly
and making meanwhile great snuffng Both of
the children saw its long tongue tapping up ants by
hundreds, and they had merely time to dart side
wise and dash up a hill of sand ere it tumbled
crest pile of soil upon the spot where they had
stood.
They ran with all their speed, and only. when hid
den in deep forest of grass under raspberry bush
did they stop to draw breath Altar of they
the anteater so far away that they could not tell
his head from his TAIL but after all that is always
difficult matter I think.
eve aren't much better of" exclaimed Annette.
'I do wonder what has made US so small See the
flowers and the grass Oh, lock there is a humble
Dee as Dig as cow ana hes coming TINS WayF
FOUND A LONG LOST RING
"He makes noise like an autemebilel" said
Robin, 'eBut dent think he will harm us
Suddenly Annette saw something cleaning in the
grass near them, and, making toward it, she ex-
olaimedi
"Oh lookl Here's an immense gold ringl I'm
sure It's gold-and leokl there's diamond in itp
Robin to it, and, sure enough, there lay
ring huge that they beth had difficulty in climb
ing ever into it's circle of geld great diamond,
dulled by dirt and dust and get shining in its depth
with liquid fame was set In the ring and ca the
inside they saw three great letters carved the
shining surface.
e V. Pr" cried Robin. @why those are grand
mas initials This must be the ring she lest when
she first came here to live"
eyes," added his sister, Il have aften heard her
tell how she lest 1t IN the garden the very first time
she went into it, and how she always searched for it
every spring Well, we have found it, but what
good viii it de usl We can never move it.S
N0h, deaEl' cried Robin "What pityl I do
wish We were big again, SO could carry it right
home to mamma"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
ATTACKED BY THE ANTS

Hardly had the bird vanished than along came
another ant, eagerly smelling and waving his feel
ers aoft, and to escape him they dewn the tun-
mel and then, when in almost complete darkness
they came to a turning, they stopped there hoping
the insect would pass them by, but he had scented
them and stopped.
Then, while they trembled and pressed themselves
fiat against the earth wall as possible it felt
along until its shaFp-pointed antennae brushed
against Annette's dress. Then it reached out its
trent legs and seized heE
She uttered a scream, and Robin tried to tear her
away freEn the huge ant, but at that instant up
came another as if summoned, and he grabbed
Robin instantly. Then they were carried away, but
quite carefully and tendery, along passage after
passage, far down into the underground halls,
where the ants kept their eggs, passing the room
where the queen ant sat surrounded by her workers
and soldier ants guard, but Of course they could
not anything of this as it was dark as midnight
there.
When they reached the egg storeroon they were
deposited beside several great white eggs and these
were plainly visible, because a tremendous FREELY
was suspended from the ceiling to light as well "a
to warm the apartment. There were numerous dead
flies. rather flies under the influence of some sort
If narcotic, lying about, and Robin knew enough
about ants to be that they were preserved as
food for the little newborn ants, but he did not
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31

there sat Robin in satins and silks gems and laces
looking like Ehzabethan courtier, and then as
she turned her eyes down she that she also
in similar fine array and all covered with cleaning
pearls and diamonds. They both sprang up and
stared at one another. ........-
owe are bewitched, I really believer cried the
girl she felt of great string of pearls big
marrowfat peas
Something's surely happened to US today" add
ed Robin Just then a cart passed by and the driver
stared at them In establishment and said:
"Where are you from2 Is the circus a-comin' z"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
TWO STRANGE BEASTS

Then wild outcry arose in the rear of the crowd
and there was great scattering. Robin ran out on
the porch and saw at once that a huge gray animal
was charging the disturbers, animal so immense
that his funny head far too small for his great body
and with a neck many yards in length, was held
high as the third-story windows. His sharp, white
teeth glittered in the sunlight and his claws
held aloft In a very threatening manner he ad
yaneed upon the amazed people, who however, did
not wait for his approach but ran hastily, with
many loud cries of fear, through the woods.
Some ran into the cellar, others dived into foun-
tSins or climbed trees, but most of them with
all their might and vanished in the thick shrubbery
The plesiosaurus was rather slow and failed to
catch any of them and when he found nobody IN
sight he turned his attention to the house and tried
to climb into the windows.
He could get his head and long neck in almost
anywhere, but his thick, clumsy body was much too
unwieldy to enter even the wide doorway, but 1t
was awful to behold the destruction he made among
the chairs and tables in the front parlor. Mrs Pen
dleton had fed with her children to the top floor,
and here Robin looked out of the window at the
great gray body SPRAYING below and shouted:
81 wish a megatherium would get after you and
drive you away"
Hardly had he uttered these words than terrible
Hzard-like monster rushed from the woods and at
tackled the plesosaurus from behind before he could
get his head out of the window. The megatherium
all spines and hard knobs, was far formidable
than the first saurian, and, besides he had him at
disadvantage but he made an awful fight.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
The Story of An Ancient
Wishing Cap and the
Trouble it Caused for
Two Children

4 NNETTE and Robin Pendleton often visited
their granc,slother, who lived in a cottage
beside a forest brook, and while they played
among the old-fashioned. flowers comprising her
garden-foxgloves lilacs, hollyhocks and dahlias-,
over which the bees and butterflies came as soon
as they got the cold out of their legs IN spring
time and remained until winter threatened to
catch them, and where always several bluebirds.
orioles and wrens built nests every year, the
bent old woman came and sat on the porch
and watched them. Her eyes were too feeble
to see them few feet distant, hut her hearing
was almost as perfect as ever and when tho
children often said ooh, I wish I had this or
that" Il wish I were somewhere" or II wish l
we're bird and could fly" or made other childish
wishes, she bent over in her rocking chair and
chuckled silently. They never noticed this action
particularly, hut long afterward Robin remem-
bered it.
She was strange and uncommon woman this
Grandmother Pendleton Long before anybody else
had ever heard of microbes bacteria and germs she
knew all about these interesting creatures, and she
never ate any fruit without peelng It. always boiled
all the water she drank and never allowed fly or
mosquito to enter her cottage Rats and mice, even
cats and dogs, she declared, brought diseases, as
we'll canary birds; and carpets, she insisted, were
responsible for more sickness than anything else
HERE IS A SECRET
She made her husband shave every day because
germs landed in whiskers and sometimes she even
contemplated cutting off her hair for the same
reason She never allowed her children TO eat
candy pickles OF ice cream, nor drink root beer,
coffee or tea They had to drink hot water before
every meal But. strange to say, she was almost
constantly a sufferer from rheumatism, neuralgia
and dyspepsia and although she lived to be nearly
1O4 years DID, she complained almost daily of some
thing other.
Of course, she was not strict with her grand
children because, you know, grandmothers can't be,
and she let them have everything they wanted; so
you may be sure they were very fond Of visiting her,
and went there as often as possible.
Her house was filed with wonderful things gath
cred from all over the world Strange lamps, idols
of jade and bronze mystic carved prayer sticks
from Indian lands, crystal balls from China, rare
BIRDS stuffed agators, flying fish, musical instru-
ments pipes embroidered silks, incense Jars from
Japan and praying wheels from Thibet, skins from
the North and fans from the South, pearl baskets
and hookahs from the East, water jars and moose
horns from the West-in fact, from garnet to cell
lar the little house was crammed, and you may
imagine what place it for children to play in.
Now III tell you a secret while one Is looking.
Grandma Pendleton was as near to being witch IS
one could be aE<-<tiu not really be one. In her
youth she had been loved by great wizard. who had
died and left her his property after teaching her
some of his awful art.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
ANOTHER WISH GRAFIFIED

Suddenly they found themselves as large as ever.
standing beside the box border of the path. The
grass came almost to their knees instead Of waving
high above their heads, and both Instantly, when
they realized that they had regained their former
SIZE dore into the grass and began to search for the
ring They found it at once, and, you may be sure,
wasted no time in starting for home with the ring
on Annette's finger. It was quite long walk, and
the day was very warm so before they had gone half
the distance they sat down IN the shade of a way
mond.
'How lovely It would be to have lots of themr'
exclaimed Annette flashing the gem in the sunshine
81 would just love to be covered with them as Sir
Walter Raleigh or the Duke of Buckingham was"
They must have looked grandp' added her broth
CT. I'D like to wear such clothes instead of simple
shirtwaists and knickerboekers. wish we both had
the finest suits ever SEEN"
Annette uttered a little shrek of amazement. for
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
THE ANGRY CROWD TRYING TO ESCAPE FROM THE BEAST

said she wished to revisit the DID, deserted cottage
and asked Robin. to go with her. They started off
at once, and soon were in the old house, silent
and desolate filed with cObwebs and flies and dark
as a cellar Everything had been removed, but
away up In a corner of the garnet Robin upon
an ancient faded Turkish cap, which had once been
gay with scarlet and gold its tasse gnawed by rats,
its gold all furnished. He put it on his head boy
Ike as he said:
az wonder where this came from? I never saw
it before. Perhaps it belonged to january"
HIS FIRST WISH
He kept it onshis head when they went downstairs,
and soon he forgot all about it being there. In the
garden. they picked some dahlias and asters, and
made them into a1splendid nosegay. Then sudden
" Robin, noticing great activity among number
of ants in the path, bent down to examine them and
said:
"What pity it is hat they small. for they
are very interesting. wish that We were little
ourselves and we had our camera, 50 that we could
take photograph of them"
The words were scarcely uttered before they both
found themselves standing beside camera its
tripod facing toward the ants nest, out of the dark
entrance of which gigantic head was protruding,
upon which waved a long pair of antennae feel
Annette started in fear and chung to Her
brother Nor was he less alarmed, but suddenly as
the change had been he kept his presence of mind
and said.
"Stand perfectly STILL They say ants can't see,
but only feel smell So perhaps they want notice
US"
Out came tie huge ant, and another followed i'm
nediately, and both hurried away fast if they
were ant doctors Fastening to patient, As they
passed him Robin pressed the bulb of his camera
and took a picture of the insects. While he was
reversing his plate holder to take another If he had
a chance there was a rushing noise above, and
bird so enormous that its shadow covered all the
ground around them came futtering dewn upon
them, but Robin seized his sister and dragged her
quickly into the ant hole, The bird peked his bill
into the tunnel, but they we're safe for the moment
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-05-31
EVERYTHING RIGHT AGAIN

They struggled right there at the front door, and
now and then both would fall against the house with
a shock that shattered the very masonry, loOsened
beams, broke windows and shook down plaster BY
the bushel They roared, Kissed, growled and spit,
clawed up the very trees tore immense holes IN the
lawn broke down statues and fountains, but neither
gained mastery, while the children trembIngiy
gazed down upon the combat in terrible alarm
Suddenly, as the house tOttered and seemed about
to fall Robin bethought himself and shouted:
81 wish I'd never made any wish at all This IS
awful The house viii go next"
He looked about him. There he stood beside An
nette IN the cottagegarden, with the flowers gently
shaking in the summer wind, the bees humnling
drowsily and the big black ants hurryng hither and
thther like messenger boys IN the path. He stared
at Annette, who said
"Goodness, what an escaped Here we are back
again in grandmas garden"
"I was thinking that l must have been dreaming,
replied Robin, "but couldn't both have dreamed
the same thing. / wonder what did 1t
"Iet's go home at once" suggested Annette, "be-
fore anything else happens to US. But throw away
that nasty, dirty old cap. Who knows who has been
wearing it. Some tramp, very likely.
So Robin tossed the old wishing-cap into the
grass beside the fence and they closed the door of
the cottage and hurried home