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The St. Louis Republic., 1903-10-04

STUDENTS practice organ, OF well suited
70 church Of 800 seating capacity; three maru-
sis: thirty stops: all mechanical registers:
Mason & Harniin make; fne conditons pipe top.
cost $3.50: viii sell for 500: easy payments.
Tlnffruaufs TTrn Olive 81
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KIMBALL pianos are the most popular in
Etrurnenfs In the world. over 10000 have been
rnade and sold- PriceE are low and terms Of
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NEW Columbia disk machine. with two doZ
en records: will sell for $50: also one Cleveland
bicycle, gocd as new; leaving city. 2lol Arse
nal st.
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oCR selection OF new and used pianos Is the
largest in St. Louis. There Is a great advan-
tage In having such assortment 20 select
from Easy terms any instrument
KIESELHORST PIANO CO.
Established 1879 9i4 Olive IT.
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MANDOLIN. guitar lessons &c; quick, thor
ouEh course: instruments loaned Tree. Miss
Putnam. 1I21 Leonard
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MRS. BRIDGE-Ofnce hours 70 :: no met
IrIna Ens Iaclede ave. klnllch :sgt.
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pYEING. CLEANING. REPAIRING

BOOkS-PAPERS.
JEHOVAH and Lucifer contest between good
and evil tcust 81. Tor &C at CraWforu's Old
BOOK Sturu. books wanted
JEWELS OF Masonic oratory tcost SD. for
&c at Crawford's oil Book store
ODD Fellowship. tn. History OF tc1st So.
for &c AZ CraWfOri's Book store
REPUBLICAN Party. Its History. BY Hon
orabis John d. Long Secretary OF the Navy
cost 81. 5oc at Crawf1rd's Book store.
wEBSTER's EncycloDedia and Atlas OF the
World tCo-t E.tU. 81 Al CrlwfOrd's Book
store. Fourth and Chestnut: books bought
DENTISTRY.
DR. HARTMANN. dentist; examination free:
crowns 81: plates best teeth. 81 20 s.. first
INK people. daily or sunday. n cor. Eley-
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PAINLESS DENTISTRY.
Examinations free WE TELL.
GeG. YOU THE TRUTH. First
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@lf(E Crown and bridge work q spe-
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25

Hamilton was seventeen and the sec
ond a few day after his eighteenth
birthday.
When the Revolutionary War be-
gan Hamilton became captain of
artillery at the age of nineteen.
He took part in the Battle of Long
Island and distinguished himself by
covering the American retreat. The
boy captain also distinguished himself
at the battles of Trenton and Prince
ton, and on one occasion, when the
American Army was retiring across
the Raritan river in New Jersey, Ham
ilton with his battery held in check
the British who, under Lord Cornwall
lis, were closely pursuing Washing
TOMS army, until all the Americans
were safely across.
Finally, at the age of twenty, HAM
ilton became aide-de-camp and private
sectary to Washington. AS, after
that, he can no longer be considered
boy, we there take leave of him.
He was as brilliant and successful
as man as he had been as a boy, and
his name is one of the great ones in
American history. He was killed by
Aaron Burr in a duel fought on the
shore of the North river, just north
of Hoboken. Many tens of thou
sands of persons pass the monument
over his grave every day. 1t stands
close to the railing on the south side
of Trinity Churchyard, New York.
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holes are made in the skirt Just above
the hoop so that the operator can see
where he is going
The various attitudes which the
giant may assume and odd move
ments which he may make are very
amusing. BY lowering the giants
head aid crouching down and then
gradually resuming an erect position
and extending the head to his utmost,
the operator may make the figure pass
through all the stages OF growth from
a dwarf to a giant.
BY swaying the head from side to
side and inclining the body at differ
ent angles, the figures may be made to
dance.
A bow when executed by a rubber
giant is almost delightfully."- ridiculous
The figure is, Of course, an excellent
contortionist and can be bent into all
sorts of curves. II can bring its head
down and stretch 1t through between
its own legs in most ludicrous
fashion.
In all straight or curved positions
the operators body must carry out
the lines set by the stick; he must be-
come, as II were, a continuation of the
stick to which the giants head is at
tached.
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business of his employer, Mr.. Kruger,
during the absence of that gentleman
in New York and that he had con-
Quoted it successfully.
At once young Hamilton became a
celebrity in the islands and wealthy
planters contributed to a fund to send
him to New York for a college educa-
ton. There, at the age of II, he took
his place prominently among Ameri-
can patriots by his speech at the mass
meeting.
Shortly after Hamilton's great
speech, able and well-written pamph-
let's taking the side of the British
against the Americans, began to be
circulated throughout the colonies.
They were signed "a Westchester
Farmer" and as many people in this
country were still undecided as to
whether British oppression should be
resisted or not, the pamphlets had an
effect on the public which the patriots
much regretted
Many persons rushed into print to
answer the arguments of the Farm
Err" but of all the answers only one
was so good as to attract universal at
tention.
This one called forth another
pamphlet from the Farmer" and that
pamphlet provoked another answer
from the same source as the first.
These answers to the Farmer"
We're signed "a Sincere Friend of
America" and were hailed with de-
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light by the friends of liberty, both in
this country and in England
They were so brilliant that folk
thought they had been written by
some learned man of wide experience
in the affairs of government. Some
thought John Jay had written them
and some thought William Living
stone-both prominent men at the
time.
The answers showed that the writer
was thoroughly familiar with the prin-
ciples of government and with the
British Constitution. He seemed to
know all about foreign governments
and what they would be likely to do
If America revolted. Also there was
shown in the answers a surprising
knowledge of military affairs.
At last it was discovered that the
answers had been written by the same
marvellous boy"-as they began to
call Hamilton-who had made the
great speech at the New York mass
meeting.
Professor tyler says of these an
swers of Hamilton: This beardless
philosopher, this statesman not yet
out of school, this military strategist
not yet" rid of his roundabout, ex-
hibits a range and precision of knowl-
edge, a ripeness of judgment, a seren-
ity, a justice, a massiveness both of
thought and style which is almost in
credible in one so young"
The first answer was written when
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Stevens bleached trousers was well
circulated about the village.
That evening the printery made de-
liverty of the ballots to Mr.. Jackson
and after the most exciting contest in
the history of the town Mr.. Jackson
was elected.
The children sent him a bill for s.. so,
but beyond a note OF thanks they re-
ceived no reply for more than a month
Then one Saturday afternoon one OF
the Jackson trucks drove up to the
door of the printery and unloaded a
brand new Gordon press and huge
boxes of type. With it was a note
from Jackson which read:
My Dear Children-I send payment
for my bill. which you will please re-
ceipt. The story of how you withstood
Stevens temptation is known to me,
and 1 know that you saved the cleo
which l hope will be frequently put to
and shall see that the printery of
Francis & Co. shall get my work,
since it has proved themselves to be
reliable. Faithfully yours.
Thomas Jackson"
For moment nothing was heard in
the office. Then even the silent part
ner let out a yell that startled the
head of the family and brought him
out to see IL another can of I've had
been upset.
The printery has bank account
now and the handsomest printed check
in the village with the line, "Off1cial
Printery for the Village of Hastings"
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lar bill. II paid IS for the other ball
lots, he said. smoothly. Il am willing
to pay $40 for the ones Jackson or
dered, and you won't even have to
print them. Just upset that type and
tell him you couldn't get them ready
III leave the money now. 1 can trust
to your honor"
The three looked at each other.
Fifteen dollars for the printery in one
day was a terrible temptation. The
clerk had ordered two sets of ballots,
so that they could not very we'll
charge Mr.. Jackson more than half
that sum for his single set 1t was
an awful temptation, but George was
equal to the situation. He picked up
the bill.
Mr.. Stevens" he called after the
retreating figure. Better take this.
The printery of Francis & Co. intends
to do right by all of its patrons"
Stevens turned angrily. What DO
you mean?" he demanded. Don't you
want the money!"
I'VE want the money" George re-
torted quietly. but we want honest
money"
With a face red with anger Stevens
snatched the bill and at the same
time struck out at the boy. George
swiftly stepped to one side and instead
of hitting him Stevens arm swept over
the table and upset the can of I've with
which they had been cleaning the type.
With a howl he dashed out of the
place, for the I've had spilled over his
legs. Two hours later the story of
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25
THE STORIES OF
PETER AND ELLEN
The Rainy-Day Story.
By GERTRUDE SMITH.

Always on a rainy day there was
one thing little Peter and Ellen did love
to do-they did love to put on their
little rubber boots and rubber coats and
rubber caps and take their little UNI
brellas, and go out into the shining
rain, and down the road to the little red
house where Denny lived. Denny was
big little boy. He was nine years
old, and he could think of more things
to do on a rainy day than any one
you ever knew. She always helped
Denny think of things to do on a
rainy day.
And one day 1t was raining, oh, very
hard. Out of the sky the bright drops
were chasing each other so fast you
could hardly see the trees in the gar
den, when you stood. by the window
And mama said:
cit is raining too hard for you to
go to Donny's house to-day, I'm
afraid"
And little Ellen said: "Oh, mamma,
we like to go out when it rains very
hard"
And Peter said:
I'VE like to hear the beautiful rain
come patter, patter on our little UNI
brellas!''
And mamma said
alright, you may go; 1 know the
beautiful rain will not harm you"
And Peter and Ellen put on their
little rubber boots, and rubber coats,
and caps, and each took a little UNI
brella, and went out into the shining
rain, and down the road to Donny's
house.
And Ellen waded in all the little
brooks beside the road, and splashed
the water and laughed and said:
81 love a rainy day. love to go
down to Donnyfs house to play"
And Peter waded in the brooks and
splashed the water and laughed and
said: I'm duck; quack! quackl
quack!"
And little Ellen said:
"Oh, yes. we are ducks; quack!
quack! quack!"
And Peter and Ellen went on down
the beautiful road in the shining rain
to Donny's house.
And Denny opened the door and
said:
Hello! Peter and Ellen, was
just looking out of the window for
you"
And Peter and Ellen went into
Donny's little red house. And little
Ellen said:
What are we going to play this
rainy day, Donny?"
And Denny laughed and said:
"Well first, little Ellen, we are going
to make six little loaves of bread!"
And Peter looked cross and said:
ooh. Donny, boys don't want to
make bread"
And Denny said:
I'VE are going to make six little,
tiny loaves of bread, and then feed
my little white mice"
And Peter said:
"Oh, Denny, have you some little
white mice?''
And Donny said:
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"ONLY A BOY" STORIES
True Narratives Of Fine Deeds
Done by Brave Boys.
No. 4-ALEXANDER HAMLT TON.
By H. IRVING KING
No. 4-ALExANDER HAMILTON.
BY H. IRVING KING.

shortly before the outbreak of the
revolutionary War a great mass meet
ing was held in New York to protest
against the oppressive action of the
british ministry. At that meeting there
appeared upon the platform a STRIPPING
Of II. spare and small of stature, and
looking even more youthful than he
was.
To the establishment of the as
sembled people, this boy stepped for
ward and addressed the meeting in a
speech of such eloquence, force and
logic that the next morning his name
was upon every lip in New York and
his fame spread rapidly throughout the
colonies.
He was Alexander Hamilton, then
a student at Columbia College. His
name already was well known in the
British West Indies, on one island
of which he was born. At the age of
Is he had written for a newspaper
in St. Christopher an account of a
tropical hurricane which had devas-
tated the island. When it was found
that the article had been written by
a little boy everybody was amazed.
On inquiry it was found that three
years before, at the age of II, the boy
had taken entire charge of the large
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25
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candy cones. and Donny's mamma be-
gan to tell the rainy day story:
Once upon time" she said, there
was a little caterpillar who lived on
a big sunny leaf in the garden. And
this little caterpillar used to look up
and see the beautiful butterflies flying
about over his leaf in the sunshine,
and he thought: oh, dear, 1 wish 1
were a butterfly; beautiful butterfly.
and could fly about and see all the
dear flowers in the garden. I'm so
tired of being a caterpillar and lying
here on this leaf all day!
"And one day the little caterpillar
woke in the morning and found him
self in very dark little house, so dark
that he could not see one ray of light
And the little caterpillar thought: oh,
dear, I'm sorry that l complained! l
would far rather lie on my leaf and
look up at the sun and the butterflies
flying about than be shut up in this
dark place!"
"And then the dear little caterpillar
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25

fell asleep, and slept and slept long.
long time. And then one morning he
woke, and, oh, what do you think ?
He found two little wings on his
bodyl And the caterpillar spread his
wings and flew up. up. up, and out
into the garden. And the caterpillar
laughed. 'Ha, ha! l have my wishl l
have my wings! I'm not a caterpillar.
I'm a beautiful butterfly now, and 1
can fly all around the gardenl'"
And Donny's mother said: THAT Is
all of the story, Peter and Ellen"
And Peter said:
And now we must go home. little
Ellen"
And they put on their little rubber
boots and rubber coats and caps. and
took their umbrellas and went home
through the rain.
Do you wonder that Peter and Ellen
loved to go down TO Donny's little red
house when 1t rained?
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THE GREAT
HASTINGS PRINTERY
Wherein Turks the Tale of a Hot
Village Election.
By c. G. DONALD.

George Francis & Co. were organized
at last. At first it was to have been
francis & Henderson, for Harry Hen
uerson was the junior partner. After
ward 1t was decided that it would be
better to make Nellie Francis the Of
nee boy. and, in order to avoid I'M
pleasant complications, such as salary,
they made her member of the firm
with the understanding that she was
TO be decidedly silent partner.
The firm of Francis & Co. trans
acted job printing business. George
mad been presented with a hand press
that was too large to be regarded<as
mere toy, and Harry's father had
given his son several new fonts of
type. By pooling their interests they
found that they would have a consid-
cradle stock, so they retired to a COR
her and drew UP the partnership. Mr.
FRANCIS leased space in his stable to
the new firm at % cents week, with
the express understanding that they
cleaned their type with I've instead of
benzine.
Both of the boys had grown familiar
with type setting through Harry's
smaller press and soon they not only
nad their printing office established,
out they were in proud possession of
TN business sign, made for them by
1 me regular sign painter in return for
4VO business cards.
me parents of the heads of the firm
mere mildly sceptical as to the last
.ls powers of the concern, but before
ne month was over they had 10 adj
III, III, IL was strictly business. There
were internal dissensions, of course.
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as when Harry made the ridiculous
rate of cents dozen for some cards
to Frank Seymour because Gertie
Seymour was pretty girl. George re-
taliated by printing Gertie herself
another two dozen cards for nothing
at all and after that he and not .Har-
ry carried her school books home for
her.
For a week business was suspended
and the firm was threatened. Then
Nellie told Harry of an order that
amounted to whole dollar and a
quarter and a truce was patched up,
the leading feature of which was the
understanding that prices were to be
fixed by the three partners in joint
session.
Nellie canvassed for orders and
they finally grew so prosperous that
they decided to have a letter head
and call themselves a "Printery."
They even laid in new line of fancy
cards and were considering the idea
of getting out comic valentines when
the town elections came and gave
them higher ideals.
There were no job Office in the
town, for Hastings was not large
enough to support a local paper. The
day of the election the mail train was
wrecked and the ballots that had been
OTQefeQ from the county seat were
burned in the express car. Then the
town clerk turned to the printery.
The printery promptly turned out the
ballots.
Later in the afternoon Thomas
Jackson put in an appearance. Mr..
Jackson was the richest man in Hast
ings. He was running for Office on an
independent ticket and the town clerk
had conveniently forgotten to provide
his ballots.
The printery was very tired. From
the senior partner to the silent one
they had hurried to get the regular
job out and now there was Mr.. jack
son insisting that they print another
set. Never mind making a price,"
he said: .I'll make IL all right with
you; only have the ballots down at
the town hall at o'clock and see that
no one gets them but me-"
Mr.. Jackson had been gone only
half an hour and the forms were al
most completed when the town clerk
entered.
HAS jackson been here?" he de-
manded.
The children said that he had.
1.-THE clerk unfolded a crisp ter-doi-
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and We must bake bread to feed
them"
And they went out into the kitchen,
and when Ellen saw the tiny little
baking tins she clapped her hands and
said:
"Oh, I like to make bread. What
cunning little loaves these will bel"
And there on the bread board were
five large pieces of dough.
And Peter looked cross and said:
Boys don't like to make bread, Dom
ny!"
And Denny smiled sweetly and
said Little Ellen likes to make
bread, and we like to help her, and
then we will feed the white mice"
But when Peter began to knead the
soft dough into nice little loaves, and
put them into the little baking tins, he
thought it was fun, too, and said:
II do like to make bread, if am
a boy"
And Donny's splendid mamma
came into the kitchen and said: 81
am glad to see you, Peter and Ellen,
you have made to-day"
And Ellen said:
I'VE are going to bake the bread
and feed Donnys little white mice"
And Donny's mamma said: "Oh,
feed the little mice crackers, and eat
the nice little loaves of bread you
have yourselves"
And Ellen said
"Oh, goody! goody! I'd like to cat
the two little loaves I've made. with
butterl"
|. And Donny's mother sat down to
watch the nice little loaves of bread
while they baked.
And Denny got some crackers, and
they all went out into the shed, and
there was big wire cage, and six
cunning little white mice running
about. And Peter said; oh isn't II
fun to watch them chasing each other
about the cage?"
And little Ellen said:
oh, see! see! There is a little white
mouse swinging alone in that swing!"
And Denny feed the white mice
crackers, and said:
Almost all animals can learn to
play tricks, l guess
And Donny's mother came to the
door and said: Come, children, and
eat your little loaVes of bread, and
then we will make candy cones"
And they all went into the kitchen
again, and Ellen ate the two tiny lit
tie loaves of bread that she made, with
butter. And Peter and Denny each
ate the two little loaves they made
with butter.
And then Donny's splendid mother
showed them how to make candy
cones on a rainy day.
She boiled the molasses on the stove,
and she made three long candy cones
one for Ellen, and one for Peter, and
one for Denny.
And when the candy cones were
done Donny's mother said: Now,
will tell you a beautiful rainy day
story"
And Peter and Ellen and Denny sat
down by the window and sucked their
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Be careful to avoid all abrupt
angles. The operator should move in
easy curves and with graceful undu-
lations.
A small Jacket like that shown in
Figure 5 can be fastened around the
giants neck just under the collar,
see the collar, Figure g.
Stuff an old pair of gloves with cot
ton, as shown in Figure Z, and pin
them In the sleeves of the jacket.
The length of the stick which sup
ports the giants head must. Of course,
vary with the amount of space which
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25
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can be allowed for the giant to move
around in; but even IL there is plenty
Of room 1t is not wise to have the
stick more than six or seven feet
long; because a great part of the fun
consists In the apparent animation of
the giant, and in his eccentric move
ments. If the stick is too long IL Will
be heavy and unmanageable and the
giant VIII move in a series of Jerks
which will spoil the illusion.
II adds to the effect greatly II more
Continued on Page Twenty-six,
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the giants body is extended at full
length, the lower end of the sheets
should nearly touch the floor.
Fasten a hoop on the inside of the
giants skirts, as depicted in Figure 8,
and attach this hoop to the shoulders
of the operator by means of tapes, as
illustrated in Figure 4.
This will prevent the giants skirts
from touching the floor when he low
ers his head II the skirts dragged
on the floor they would, OF course,
trip the OPERATOR Two very small
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and place the mask, shown in Figure
2, on this improvised head.
Drape a piece of cloth around the
head in such a manner that the abb
sence of hair will not be noticeable.
II a ready-made long, grotesque head
can be obtained, it will of course an
swer better than anything which can
be improvised; but the mask and bum
die of rags are sufficient to create a
great deal Of fun.
Eastern a couple of sheets together,
and gather one end of them around
the neck of the rubber giant. When
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HOW TO DO
CIRCUS TRICKS
LESSON NO. 3.
THE RUBBER GIANT.
BY ]. c. BEARD.

The Rubber Giant" is so called be-
cause he possesses the magic power of
growing shorter or longer at will. He
is trump card in the hands of any
Snowman. A group of rubber giants
made one of the principal hits" in the
BLACK Crook" in which these figures
were first introduced.
Fasten a bundle of rags around the
end of stick as shown in Figure /,
The Savannah morning news., 1903-01-25

Insurance Agent--Now that you
have q wife. don't you think you ought
to take out a life policy?
Newed-Oh, guess not. I don't
think she is going to prove dangerous.
Chicago Daily Newa
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M. B. LANE. President.
GEO. c. FREEMAN, Cashier.
@. L. GROVER, Assistant Cashier.
STATEMENT OF