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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-26
INDEX ~ NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

Meetings stockholders Peace River
Phosphate Mining Company.
Special Notices - Ship Notice,
Strachan & Co, Agents; Ship Notice,
]. f. Minis & Co., Agents.
The Haywood Go-Carts-Lindsay &
Morgan. 4.-,.
Silver Polish-The Gorham Co.
Savannah Theater-James O'Neill, in
"The Manxman," Wednesday Night.
Cheap Column Advertisements-Hel
Wanted; Employment Wanted; For
Rent; For Sale; Lost: Personal; Mis-
cellaneous.
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News from the seat of war in Colo
RADIO is to the effect that each side is
time we may expect to hear that the
firing has begun and that the plurali-
ties in both House and Senate are be-
ing reduced
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-26

The swells at the Waldorf Astoria
must hereafter do their drinking be-
fore 1 o'clock in the morning. at least
for a time. Under the new police COM
missioner the all-night licenses of all
New York hotels and restaurants have
been held up.
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-Towne-Karbon was Boosting about
the size of his new baby to-day. He
says 1t weighs a ton.
Browne-How ridiculously extrava-
CANT 20 say a baby weighs a ton
Towne-But his idea Of a ton is De-
culiar He's coal-dealer, you know
Philadelphia Dress,
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The American people so far have
failed to show the least sign of an in
clination to boil over with rage be-
cause the Germans have been doing
target practice on Venezuelan forts.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-26

The New Jersey Legislature has be-
fore it bill to prohibit the slaughter
of pigeons in trap shooting matches. 1t
is said the bill will be passed by a
large majority
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THUNDERBOLT LINE Especially.
City Market to Casino, via Bolton
Street Junction.
COLLINsVILLE LINE.

IT at OIUuIuS anu LdIS ANS.J
Beginning at 500 a. m. cars leave
Bolton and OFT streets every is min
utes; returning, cars leave Estill ave-
nue. and Waters road at 6:07 a. m. and
every Is minutes thereafter. connecting
with cars on Thunderbolt line, until
1900 o'clock midnight.
Through cars are operated between
Market and Thunderbolt via Collins
vile and Dale avenue as follows:
Lv. Market. Lv. Thunderbolt.
6:45 a. m. 1880 a. m.
e.AS N m 7.20 n m
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The weather.

The indications for Georgia and East
ern Florida for to-day are for fair
and warmer weather, with light to
fresh east to southeast winds.
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Col. Samuel Sims, who died at Rich
HILL Mo-, few days ago. was a citi-
zen of three American republics during
his lifetime, and he never moved away
from his farm when he changed his
citizenship and allegiance. First he was
citizen of the republic of Texas, then
of the Confederate States. and last of
the United States.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-26

The vocabulary of profanity that is
being employed against the coal man
these days can be revamped to use
against the ice man next summer.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-26

California believes she has now en-
tered upon her banner orange season.
The fruit is said to be perfect, the
crop large and the prices fair. 1t is
estimated that $4,000 carloads of or
anges will be shipped out of the state,
and that the crop will put SIS, OOO, 900
into circulation in Southern California.
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The magic of Richard Cookers name
in New York is something marvellous.
1t was reported few days ago that he
was on the eve of returning to that
city from England. and Immediately
there was agitation and excitement
from the Battery to Harlem. Then
there came an authoritative denial of
the report by cable, and New York
gave long sigh and got busy with her
work again.
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WEST END LINE.
S-4Nl- Do.Ir

Car leaves west side of City Market
for Lincoln Park 600 a. m. and every
40 minutes thereafter until 11:30 p. m.
Car leaves Lincoln Park for Market
$40 a. m. and every 20 minutes there
after until 1900 O'clock midnight
FREIGHT AND PARCEL CAR.
Leaves east side of City Market TOR
Thunderbolt, Cattle Park, Sandfy, Isle
of Hope and all intermediate points
9:15 a. M, 1:15 p. m, 5:15 p. m.
Leaves Isle of Hope for Sandfy,
Cattle Park, Thunderbolt and all in.
termediate points-6:00 a. m, Hoo a.
M, 800 D. m.
Freight car leaves Montgomery al
$50 a. m. and 2:35 p. m, connecting at
Sandfiy with regular parcel car for
city
Parcel car from the city carries
freight to Montgomery on each trip.
Regular parcel car carries trailer on
each trip for accommodation OF pass
engers.
Any further information regarding
passenger schedule or freight service
can he had by applying to
q q. NACT.F. Manager
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1t is believed that the current week
will see the conclusion of the hearing
before the Anthracite Strike Commits
sion. After the testimony is all in it
will require about five days for the
lawyers to present their arguments,
and then the commissioners will make
up their finding. Within a. month,
probably, the verdict will be rendered.
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FConnects at Sandf1y with parcel car
to city.
sConnects at Sandf1y with parce: car
for Isle of Hope.
'"Goes to Montgomery on return trip
from Isle of Hope
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LYNCHINGs DECREASING.

The campaign Of education against
lynching which the newspapers have
led for a number of years seems to be
bearing good fruit. There were fewer
of such crimes of violence last year
than for twenty years. In 1902, accord
ing to the data of the Chicago Trib-
une, which makes a speciality of such
occurrences, there were ninety-six
lynchings in the United States
last year, a decrease Of thirty
nine as compared with the year
before, and of 159 as COM
Pared with ten years ago. There have
been fluctuations during the period of
the last ten years, but the tendency
has steadily been towards a decrease
1t must be borne in mind also that
ten. fifteen and twenty years ago the
news field was not covered as COM
pletely as it is to-day. In the eighties
the news gathering facilities of the
daily papers were not as comprehen-
sive as they are now, hence in all
proba ability there were lynchings in
those days that did not find their way
into the public prints. Now, however,
it is reasonably certain that every
lynchlng that occurs is promptly made
public. Thus it may be assumed that
the figures for last year are accurate
and embrace all lynchings that occur
red.
During the five years after 1885 the
lynchings in this country averaged 1872
a year From 1898 to 1897, inclusive,
the average was III. From 1892, how
ever, with few exceptions, there was
a steady decline in the number, until
the average for the past five years has
been 112. Last year, for the first time
since a record has been kept, the num-
her was less than 100. 1t is a hopeful
sign, and shows what continued agi-
tation in favor of the orderly process
OF law will do. There is still much to
be accomplished in the way of stamp
ing out the spirit of mob law under
severe provocation, but since the
lynchings have been reduced two
thirds in ten years, the friends of law
ana OrueT nave just reason LOT COu-
gratulations. The majority of lynch
ings continue to occur in the South.
for reasons that are obvious, as will
probably continue to be the case for
some years to come. But the number
of lynchings that have occurred in the
North recently have caused the
Northern people and papers to regard
the matter in more tolerant light;
that is, they do not now condemn the
South as a whole for the act of
lawless mob in some section of it. They
have been brought to acknowledge
that a Northern mob will lynch quite
as quickly as a Southern mob under
certain circumstances. Lynching, in
deed, is a national evil, not a sectional
one. 1t may not be stamped out for
long time to come, but the trend GER
tainIy seems to be in that direction.
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MONTGOMERY AND THUNDER.
BOLT LINE.

Connects at Sandy with parcel car
for city.
sConnects at Sanity with parcel car
for Isle of Hope
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about four pounds. 1t had been
taken from some settlers house or
wagon. The old Indian did not like
coffee, and 1 do not think he had ever
tasted of the sugar. All horses love it,
as you know, and when 1 had made up
my mind to be friends with the ponies L
stole handful to put under their noses
7 he afternoon ] went out with the SUI
gar some of the Indian boys were asleep
in the edge of the grove, and some were
fishing in the creek, and they paid no
attention to me- The first animal VINO
let me touch his nose was an old pack
horse He liked the taste Of the sugar
so well that he followed me about, and
after an hour 1 coaXed. some of the war
ponies within reach | did not try to
pet them too much at first. 1 went out
tho next day and the next, and on the
fourth day 1 could walk up to any of
the ponies as easily as if / had been an
Indian boy The herd boys wondered
very much at this, as | had been care
full not to let them see the sugar.
AS to the dogs, l made friends with
them on every hand and told Betty to
do the same. We even went hungry
sometimes in order to feed them and
make them our friends. One night l
got up at midnight and wandered
around for half an hour, but though
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and now and then a warrior looked at
me in a half-kindly way.
Every time we were alone for a min
ute Betty and talked of how we might
escape. At night, so far as we could
tell, the Indians did not keep any
watch of us. We were always so tired
when night came that we were asleep
before any one else. By day we could
wander about as we chose, as the red
men had no fear of our going too far.
The band to which we belonged had
about $50 ponies. About thirty of these
were used as pack animals to carry the
burdens when the village moved, and
to bring in wild game after the hunt
ers had killed 1t. The others were
hunting and war ponies, and there
were some very fine animals among
them. These ponies were always kept
in a herd near the village, and four
or five boys had charge of them. When
a warrior wanted his pony it was
brought to him by one of the herd
boys.
1 want to tell you that Indian dogs
and ponies are very suspicious OF white
people, I had been a captive for three
weeks before / could coax a dog to
take a piece of meat from my hand.
When had time to spare, went out
to the herd to look at the ponies, but
at first not one of them would let me
come within fifty feet of him. They
would stand and sniff and snuff and
stare at me, and II tried to come near
er they would go galloping away. Both
Betty and l had decided that IL we
made our escape It must be on the
backs Of two ponies from the herd, and
so, the very next day after my Tight
with Talking Woman / went out to
the herd again to try and make friends.
Among the provisions in Red Moons
wigwam was package OF brown sugar
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great wig, which they throw over the
bottom and back of the up-turned
basket.
Setting the hat on the wig. they bind
the whole firmly in place with strings.
Then they thrust the pasteboard CYL
inders into the arms of the old coat
fasten the gloves with pins to the cuffs
ana button the garment securely
around the waste basket.
Then they place the whole affair on
top of the box. The magician SLOWLY
waves his wand about the extempo-
rized head and calls out:
ARMS virumque inspiratus sum.
The Latin for chain is vinculum,
Holy holy gum
Come to life."
AT once the figure becomes animated
waves its arms wildly in answer to the
magician's gestures, answers questions
and sings song. After this perform
ance is ended, the box is opened again
ana found to have nothing in it but the
basket, which. however. now is full of
dainties to he distributed among the
assemblage.
This trick, which is most impressive
is very simple one.
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almost fell over a dozen of the ours
none of them barked or raised any
alarm. The next night Betty went out,
and it was the same with her.
1 told you of war party starting
out for the settlements under the lead
ership of the chief Gray Horse. The
party was gone ten days, and after the
fifth day there was much anxiety in
the village concerning them. As nearly
as could make out when they finally
came back they found the settlers pre-
pared for their coming and had met
with stout resistance. Indeed, thsy
had been driven back with a loss of
two killed and three wounded, and
they would have returned empty-hand-
ed II they had not happened to run
across a pioneer who was travelling
over the prairie in search Of a spot to
locate n claim, the same as we had
done. He had all his household goods
In a wagon drawn by two horses, and
there was a wife and three children.
There was no escape for them after
they had been sighted by the Indians.
The pioneer wounded one of them but
1t was only short time before all the
party were dead. When the Indians
reached the village, which they did one
day at noon, one Of them was driving
the wagon. Beside the household goods
it contained provisions, powder and
lead and a number of tools the Indian
were glad to get. There was an axe, a
shovel and a spade and hoe. and they
knew how to use these things as well
as white men.
II the war party had not captured the
wagon they would have returned in
such an ugly mood that Betty and I
would probably have been put to death
at once. As II was, they were very
sullen, and the squaws and children
set up sad wailing over the dead and
wounded, and 1 was covering In Red
Moons wigwam when he made motions
70 me to go and get Betty and hide In
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T chairs placed in position to sup

four chairs placed in position to sup
port it.
What is in this box, oh, Master?"
asks the assistant of the magician.
at is not very light"
The magician answers: How can
1t be when the light is all shut out
We will proceed to throw little light
on the subject by opening it."
The two boys then let down the
side of the box furthest from the
spectators. Then they lift up the side
nearest to them.
The sides are hinged to the box
with stout pieces of leather.
When it has been opened the box is
seen to be entirely empty.
The assistant says:
Master, you say that magic can
Guido science. Science can make a
little box called a monograph talk and
sing. If you can make this box talk
and sing no one can help believing
you"
The magician answers: my son, I
can do more. I can make it furnish
Thanksgiving bonbons for all our
friends here.
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THE GOOSE AIRSHIP
Inc Story of a Strange Thanks
giving Day Flight for Life,
BY A. B. HAwsER, MASTER.

Honk! Honk! Honk"
Listen" said Capt. Rutland, raising
himself little in his bunk. 1.-THE
geese have come in. Now, if my leg
wasn't busted the way it is, we'd have
Thanksgiving dinner, after ALL to-
morrow"
ne lell back again with a groan, and
looked longingly at the old muzzle-
ioading shotgun in the rack.
capt. Rutland was an oysternan and
'Iaihmer, and his shanty stood all
alohe on one of the sedge islands that
o0t the salt boys of the Atlantic coast.
rive miles of water, open to the sweep
VI the great waves that drove through
we inlet, lay between it and the main
ANU and the gale that had been blow
n n Ior two days with no sign of abate-
froth. INC OA'8iii -'-
me boom of the big sloop had
bb.oKen while the captain was driving
as through the inlet the night before,
T l1u mad sprained his leg in it's smash.
az only craft left at the shanty we're
snde, w nat bottom skiffs and a little
cra e "a. oox used for shooting duck, a
An ALL more fiimsy even than canoe.
ona. me boats were quite useless for
H. water of such character as was
pay then. and it was evident that
motS, would be no way of going to the
ne ,olniand to lay in provisions for the
~ C gay which was Thanksgiving.
Mr. eIl, never mind, father" said
bas, rutland, wen have to do the
clans we can with salt pork and fish and
inner ~ out of them"
Anow," said the captain dolcfui-
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ly. II wouldn't care for myself. for
you know we don't generally have
much better fare out here in the shan
ty. But I'm thinking of you and the
kid. l wish now hadn't had the fool
ish idea Of celebrating Thanksgiving
here instead of ashore"
1.-THE kid" listened but said nothing.
He was twelve years old, thin and
brown. Silently he eyed the gun in the
rack and tried to ''size it up" to as
sure himself that he could handle it.
but he asked no questions.
Instead, he thought a lot; and the
result of his thinking was that long
before the dawn next morning he arose
softly from his bunk. Like cat he
groped to where the ammunition was
stored. Then he drew the precious
gun from the rack and let himself out
of the door.
The great wind seized him as II it
were a man lying in wait, and twisted
him around before he could brace him
self. A landsman would have thought
It madness to venture on the open
water in such a gale, and especially
in the crazy sneakbox. But Jim Ru-
land was as accustomed to gales on the
water as city boys are accustomed to
wind-swept streets.
Stretching away for more than eight
miles beyond the snanty lay MARSH
smooth as table and brown as straw
paper Between it and the shanty roll
ed the choppy waves of creek a quar-
ter of mile broad.
This marsh was O famous "hy-over."
Wild fowl swinging in from the sea
often seem TO follow some invisible
trail OF the air, and the f1ocks will fly
over the same spot on a marsh or
cape or headland year after year. Such
spots are known as ''hy-overs.
The grass on the marsh for a mile
directly in front of the Rutland shanty
had died down so that 1t offerent no
cover, and any human being there
would have been visible to the birds
while they still were miles away. So
Jim had to work his way well up
through the little creeks that tntersect
ali salt marshes to reach the high grass
near the middle.
A sneakbox can float wherever there
are a few inches Of water. Therefore,
CONTINUED on Page Twenty-eight)
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Get dry goods box large enough to
hold boy. He must be able to sit and
to kneel in it.
Hinge the two sides with pieces of
stout leather nailed to the box.
One side, which is intended to be
turned toward the company, is so
hinged as to open at the top. The
other is hinged to open at the bottom
of the box.
A hole big enough to admit the
arms, head and shoulders of the per-
former is sawed out of the top of the
box. The piece must be sawed out
carefully, so that it can be fitted in
again, and thus be taken out or put
back as occasion requires.
When the dressed-up waste basket
is set on top of the box, the two arms
of the coat, distended by the paste
board cylinders, are held up so that
the hidden performer, having taken
out the cover to the hole in the box,
can put his hands and arms into them.
His head then projects up into the
bottom of the box.
Under pretense of arranging the
dressed-up basket the magician and
his assistant can assist the performer
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he hung poor Polly up to dry

She hung poor Polly up to dry
With clothespins put in hard and free,
And left her there! A sight to see!
OF course you know, ere it is said,
The cooks face must be fiery red,
For kitchen flames and red roast beef
Make features rich beyond belief.
Her eyes are blue. her hair is black.
Crimson and green her dressing sack.
Polly is CARRIED in pink and gray;
Fill up your brush and make her gay,
For with this picture now there ends
The tale of Polly and her friends.
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You see the box is empty. I place
In it this cake basket" suiting the
action to the word. eve will close
1t up, and when we open it again we
snail see what we shall see."
They close the box.
-. Now, my son." says the magician,
II you will assist me we will make
mans head and shoulders, out of
Whatever we can find here, and by the
ald of my magic wand I win endow it
with life"
They rummage about the part of
me room that lies behind the box and
prlng to light an old coat, a waste
basket, false face, a pair of old
gloves, two cylinders made by rolling
up TWO sheets of pasteboard, an old
nat and mass of excelsior, or perhaps
Vi paper cut into long, narrow strips.
IheY tie the mask to the waste pa
per basket, and shape the mass of ex-
celslor or paper into something like a
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HE THANKSGIVING
WONDER BOX
BY ]. CARTER BEARD.
illustrated by the Author.

Two boys appear in this as the off,
ciating actors.
One boy is dressed in the costume
of a magician. 1t consists of a tall
conical hat and a long robe or skirt
literally sprinkled with figures of
imps, bats and other strange mon
sters which real magicians, for some
occult reason, are supposed to wear.
The other boy is dressed in an ordi-
nary, everyday suit. He acts as the
magician's assistant.
The two enter the parlor, where the
spectators are assembled, bearing be-
tween them large box, which they
proceed to deposit with much care on
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materially in getting into place.
But before this takes place the box
is opened to show the spectators that
it is empty.
In opening the box, the side away
from the spectators is let down first
AS soon as this is done, the boy in
the box slips out and hides behind the
lid, which has fallen so low as to cover
him thoroughly.
In closing the box, the side nearest
the spectators is closed first AS soon
as it is shut the boy slips into the box
and the cover that hid him is closed.
At the end of the performance the
box is opened again, the rear being
opened first, and the spectators again
see that it is empty; but the basket,
thanks to the nimble fingers of the
performer while he was in the box, is
heaped now up with goodies.
After this the box is shut up and
carried away, the boy having crawled
in again.
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DANGERS OF SW0RDFISHING.

Some years ago the New London
sloop yacht Redhot while cruising Off
Martha's Vineyard for swordfish. was
struck by a wounded fish and so bad
ly injured that she sank. The fish had
pierced her bottom with his sword, and
in his blind attack had butted his head
so hard against her timbers that they
were started.
Actually not one of the fifty or six
has a record of complete immunity.
One craft was struck and rammed by
swordfsh twenty times in one cruise.
Luckily none of the attacks was deliv-
cred under such circumstances that
the fish succeeded in piercing her hull
entirely, but the vessel was injured so
badly that she needed a thorough
overhauling after she made port.
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The hand of Fate is always nigh;
And whether kings we are or cats,
Fate's always there to give US rats.
The rule in Polly's case worked true;
Fate pounced on her before she knew.
The wave she sat on brokel Alas!
Waves are as delicate as glass.
This one broke nearly on the strand
And Polly was hurled on the land.
And there-Aha! See ready FateI
The big fat cook lay there in wait.
BY gravy fat made strong and spry,
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Fishing with Spades.

Along the banks of the Fajardo
river, in Porto Rico, there is a queer
fishery. 1t is carried on not with
hooks and lines, but with-spades. The
natives go out with this un-nautical
implement in the dry season and fol-
low the trail along the stream till
they hit on the burrows of the crabs
that dwell on the river banks. Then
they dig down and gather them,
throwing them into bags, just as If
they were potatoes.