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Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-07-24
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pitcher OF the Dallas baseball team.
received news Wednesday afternoon
~ the death n his father at his home
IN Kansas Tie has gone home. and
will be absent about a week
Bryan morning eagle. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1898-1909, 1903-07-24
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Earthquake Shock.

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severe earthquake shock was felt
throughout the island Of ST. Vincent
early Tuesday morning
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The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
UNCLE SAM AND
SPANISH FARMS.
He Is Trying to Sell His AgricuI-
tura1 Implements Now to the Men
With Whom He Fought.

He Is Trying to Sell His AgricuI-
turaI Implements Now to the Men
With Whom He Fought.
Swords I'm beating into plough
shares,
Into reaping hooks the gun"
So said the fine old smith in the poem
that was so popular for many years
after the Civil War. 1t was not so
long ago when it could be found IN
every school reader in the land.
Now the United States is trying to
make the old poem live again in Spain;
for our consuIs and other agents have
received orders to devote lots of their
time to the work of introducing Amer
lean agricultural implements into that
country with which we We're at war
only a few years ago.
And everywhere the peasants and
larger farmers and planters are dis
posed favorably toward these Ameri-
can goods. In many places, indeed In
most places throughout Spain, they
are little doubtful about the value
of anything new. for in many ways
the Spaniard of the agricultural dis
tricts is as far behind the times as is
the Chinanan.
For instance. the practice of farm
ing is not viewed as a great and i'm
portant science, as it is in all progress
sive countries; in Spain it is still con-
sidered as a poor and lowly occupation.
and it is left almost entirely to the
poorest persons in the land. The only
exceptions are the cases of rich Span
iards who have returned from foreign
countries, particularly America, and
have brought back with them a keen
sense of the great profits to be made
by modern agricultural methods.
So thoroughly has agriculture been
neglected in Spain that practically the
only irrigation works in the country
are the remains Of the magnificent sys-
TENS constructed by the great and va
liant Moors long before the discovery
of America by Columbus.
There are not more than half a doz-
en- thrashing machines in the whole
province of Valladold. which has an
area of 5000 square miles and a pop
ulation of almost 100000 persons.
The method of thrashing grain and
rice is to toss the grain on level ground
in an open lot. Then mules or oxen
are hitched to a funny board that IS
mounted on little knife-like rockers.
There are a whole lot of these. A man
stands on the board and the mules are
driven merrily around and around over
the grain. The rocker-k knives thrash
the grain as the board goes jouncing
over it.
The plows are as primitive as they
can be, being made of wood and drag
ged over the field by oxen just as tho
old Assyrians ploughed.
Both plows and thrashing boards
are identical, according to historians
who have studied them. with the i'm
p1ements used in Spain two thousand
years ago. So If Uncle Sam can sue
coed in converting the Spanish farmer
to the use of modern implements, he
will go far toward healing some of the
wounds made by him during the war.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

dogs got sight Of a rabbit and chased
it into the bushes where we lay Sleep
ing. Lion was awake. but ne had
kept perfectly quiet, 1t was only when
the Indian dog came bouncing almost
on top of him that he sprang up with
a growl and began to fight. He almost
killed the other dog. and the Indians
heard the row and came running. They
thought their dog was being attacked
by a wolf and eaten up.
OF course. the fighting between the
dogs woke us up, and Betty and l sat
up and rubbed our eyes and wondered
what was taking place. Before we
fairly understood what was going on
a dozen squaws and boys, each armed
with a club, We're about us, and we
were soon discovered in our hiding
place. 1t was no use to hang back, and
So taking Betty by the hand, / stepped
out into the crowd. The squaws and
children were very much astonished
to see us, and for a long minute moth
ing was said. Then they began calling
to the warriors, and five or six came
running up to lay hands on us. We
were greatly frightened as you may
believe but Betty whispered to me to
smile at the Indians and not seem to
be afraid, and she was almost laugh
ing as they seized hold of us and pulled
us along to the wigwam of their chief.
The Indians must have known at
once that we We're the children who
had escaped them the day before. and
l expected they would kill us at once.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
WHEN ENGLAND WILL
BE C0AL-HUNGRY.

England has Just been informed by
the Royal Commission on Coal Sup
ply that she may expect a coal famine
in the year 1945-whlch is not so far
off when you come to think of it,
The coal in the tight little island"
will not be by any means exhausted in
1945 but all of 1t which lies at a less
depth than 1000 feet will have been
taken from the earth and burned up.
1t is estimated that all Of Englands
coal will have been transformed into
heat and smoke by the end of a period
of from $50 to 300 years. After that
time, if coal is still used as a fuel. 1t
will have to be brought from the
United States or China. Nobody knows
how large the coal deposits of China
really are, but they are known to be
immense.
The Royal Commission estimates that
even II the expectation of coal from
England should be prohibited by law,
it would only delay the using up of the
natural coal supply for about nifty
years beyond the time when the sup
ply will be exhausted anyway.
However, $50 years is a long look
ahead. and some other fuel may appear
by that time which will make the
burning of coal as old-fashioned as the
burning of wood is now.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
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feel hungry, so him creep saftly, saft-
ly to BREEDER Tacooma's groun' an walk
up to where him know de biggis' ba-
nanas grow. But when him get to de
place him see de stick da stan up in de
groun', and as it was dark him didn't
see clearly.
Hi" say Anancy to himself. 81 do
wunner who dat is. Mex me ask him
fe find out what him doin'."
BREEDER Anancy him no coward, so
him JUS walk up to de stick an say:
Good ebenin', broder, an a howdy
dis evenin'."
But de stick, him no answer.
''Warra you da do yah at his time
OBJ night, breder?"
But de stick, him no answer.
BREEDER. if you don get out Of
BREEDER Tacooma's groun', me go tell
him an hab you put in jail, say
Anancy, berry angry fe tink dat some
body but himself steal from his frien'
Tacoma.
But again de stick him no answer.
Hi! but dat mex Anancy well veX,
so him bawl out:
Il tark to you all de while an you
no answer me. A where all you man
nahs garn? I bet you 1 lick you, sah!"
When de stick still him no answer,
BREEDER Anancy lick him one big blow
via MN nan, an OBJ course MN nan
stick pom de tar which covers de tar
pole.
Dis vex him more dan ever, so him
say:
"Cho you fool-fool You tink you
beat me, Ell? I bet you lick you wild
me odor ham,"
So as de stick still say nuttin, An
ancy lick him blow wild be oder han,
an dat han catch fas in de tar.
Hi. now mex me kick you!" bawl
Anancy, but still de stick him neber
say a word.
So him kick him, an him one foot
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

The chief had stern and very ugly
looking face, and he scowled savagely
at first, but after some talk with his
warriors about us he grew better ma
tured, and we could understand that
our lives were to be spared. One of
the scuaws. who had lost her husband
in battle and her child by sickness.
got Betty. while l was given to an old
man who was lame, and had to have
somebody wait on him. The name of
my master was Red Moon, and the
name of Betty's mistress was Talking
Woman. These are funny names, as
you win say, but the Indians are
named after almost everything one can
think of, even to bugs and snakes. My
master had a rather pleasant face, and
l hoped he would use me we'll, but the
squaW who took Betty was fat and
ugly-tempered, and 1 felt sure she
would have but little pity for the poor
orphan girl.
Go be continued.)
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

stick pom de tar.
Il bet you kick you again, you fool
fool. Lego me one ham an me two
han an me foot! A why you hold
dem?"
Anancy kick de stick again, an dat
mex him one han an him two han
an him one foot an him two foot all
cotch fast pom de tar-pole.
Dis vex up poo BREEDER Anancy wus-
ser dan cher, so him cry out:
Me Laid! if you no let me go dis
mint 1 bet you 1 butt you wild me
head"
But de tar-pole no let him go.
Den Anancy butt him wild him head,
an him head stick fas', too.
Now, poo BREEDER Ananey was in bad
fix. Him was cotch fas' pom dat tar
same as dem nail up goat skin fer dry
pom de wall. Poo Anancy, him didn
know what fe do, so him begin fer
cry.
Me Laid! I neber tink dat me
would cher come to dis. Can any pus-
son tell me what wrong ting me do fe
TEX a walk in me own groun'? Poo
me boy! Poo me boy! Me done for fe
true!"
All dis time BREEDER Tacoma him
had hide benin big mango tree, an
him larf to himself an say:
To-day fe you, tomorrow fe me.
Dis you groun', Ell, BREEDER Anancy?
We will see.'
So Tacoma bawl out as il him jus
come up, an him seem berry much sur
prise an him say in a mek-up MOURN
full voice:
"Warra! an is dat you, BREEDER An
ancy? Me berry much shocked fe see
you dere. Me put up dat tar-po1e Re
catch de man dat done tief all me
good vittles, an now me catch me
BREEDER Anancy. You is de tief Me
catch you, an you hab fe hang dere
till you bones drop off,"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

"Lahd!" say Anancy. BREEDER Ia
cooma, you say me is a tief! Hi, Bred
err! you musn suit me so. sab! You
call you ole frien' tief? Me neber
tink you would say dis unkind word
| bout me-"
Well" say Tacoma. IF you dom
done it, a who done it?'
1T tell you fe true. BREEDER. fe me
see it wild me own eye. AS I was
warkin pas you groun' me see BREEDER
Monkey creep an creep, saftly, saftly
right up to where you bes tings dem
grow, an me tink to myself, I go cotch
dat tief fe me frien' Tacoma So
goes in after him, but jus as me come
TO de big guava tree me lose sight OBJ
him, an when me come out me don't
tink dis tar-po1e was him diggin' up
you yams. So me lick it an cotch fas'.
BREEDER Tacoma, do please mex me go,
sah!"
Now, all dis time BREEDER Tacoma
was comm to tink dat him don mex
one big mistake, but him member what
him hear benin de big mango tree, so
him say:
BREEDER Anancy, answer me dis ques-
ton. What mex you say dis groun
belong to your"
well, BREEDER. mex me tell you. You
know how frighten' BREEDER Monkey is
fe me? Well, JUS say dat to frighten
him."
"All right, BREEDER Anancy, I believe
you. an I let you go if you promise
me fe help catch BREEDER Monkey"
Course I promise, BREEDER Tacoma;
but do, please, JUS pull me often dis
tar. 1t berry uncomfortable. "
So poo fool-fool Tacoma, him pull de
tief often de tar-pole an lie him go.
An as Anancy crep' away into de
bush, him say to himself:
To-day fe you, tomorrow fe me.
MY turn come mex fe say: 'Cunnin'
better dan strong.'"
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

Yet, see! Despite all sorrow and af-
Fiction
A happy spirit turns all grief to fie-
ton!
And thus the Sea Turtle that Polly
met
Was gay and genial, though he was
so wet.
And though he knew that almost any
minute
The dinner bell might ring-and he'd
be in it.
Nay! Nay With courage he hid his
emotion
And welcomed Polly to the Under
Ocean.
The Sea Turtle had not much educa-
ton:
The CAMP" he carried showed his
humble station:
Yet he had some refinement handed
down from such
Ancestors who had met French Chefs
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

Now. chillum. long time ago BREEDER
Anancy tink him berry cleber gentle
man. In fac, he tink himself so cleber
dat him say TO himself
Me no cherry day somebody; me
cunnin' man, so me mex me Twin off
dem dat is fool-fool."
So Anancy neber plant yam, or po-
tato. or cocoa. or muffin at all, but
ius live pom him friends provision
proun's when dem wash lookin'.
Now, Anancy hab one berry dear
frien' name Tacoma, an him tink
scornful to himself. Tacoma, him
big fool-fool! But Anancv mex one
big mistake fe once in him life.
Ebery day, when BREEDER Tacoma
went to him groun to dig vittles, him
notice dat somebody had done TEX
away all de biggis' tings dat him grow.
so him tink to himself:
"Cunnin' better dan strong
strength. Man neber so quick but
Massa Debil him quicker"
So him plant one big stick in de mid
die of him groun', an him cover it all
over wild tar.
Night come, an BREEDER Anancy him
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

the Indians. You probably know that
a dog never gets turned around, but
can find his way day or night. We
should have kept straight to the east,
but 1 do not suppose we had gone
mile before we lost the direction. The
night was pretty dark and there was
nothing to guide us, and it was no
wonder we were soon taking the wrong
direction. Lion tried to lead the way,
but we thought he was wrong and
would not follow him. Had we done
so he would have taken us a true
course. When we would not follow
him he sat down and howled and aft
er that he crept along behind us and
would hardly glance at the rabbits and
coyotes running across our path.
We walked all night long, holding
hands most of the time, and resting
about once in two hours. I may tell
you now that, instead of keeping
straight to the east we walked in a
circle. We walked at least twelve
miles during the long hours of dark
ness, but all our travelling was thrown
away. When daylight came we were
within half mile of the grove where
we started from. AS we stood still
and looked around us and recognized
the place, we both sat down and cried
in our disappointment. The dog had
tried to be our guide, but we would
not follow him, and this was the re-
suit. Betty was the first to wipe away
her tears and speak. She said
Never mind. Sam. We will hide in
the grove during the day, and tonight
we win make another start and follow
Lion. The Indians did not come back
yesterday, and perhaps they won't to-
day"
1 became ashamed of my tears and
led her into the grove and built
small fire to cook our breakfast by.
When it had been eaten we hid away
in the bushes and were soon fast
asleep. AS we had been walking all
night it was no wonder we were tired
and sleepy.
l will now tell you what happened
about mid-afternoon, while we were
still fast asleep. The Indians who had
killed father and M. Graham had
come a distance of about fifteen miles
from their camp. AS soon as they got
back it was decided to move their camp
over to our creek. They started early
in the morning, being about 200 men,
women and children, and at o'clock
in the afternoon they reached our
grove. 1t was curious enough that
they should come to the very spot
where we were hiding, but that is what
they did. Betty and l were sleeping
so soundly that we did not hear them
arrive, although they must have made
a great deal of noise. While they were
putting up their wigwams one of their
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

firmly fixed into 1t by little pegs that
are driven into this narrow strip Of
wood just mentioned. They must be
driven near one end OF the platform
SO that the hind hoofs of the donkey
rest upon the support near the other
end.
The various sections Of the donkey
then are fastened together by knot
ting strings through holes, which must
be pierced carefully with a fine awl
in the proper places.
The stand to which the completed
thing is to be attached consists OF two
fiat pieces of wood six inches long,
two inches wide and three-fourths Of
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

similar projection. Thus the stand can
be held firmly in place by merely CIV
ing a few twists to the peg.
Now, extending six inches at right
angles from the end of the stand,
across which 1t is placed, and farthest
from the peg hole, you must fasten
the long, narrow support for the DON
key.
Two small disks about one-fourth Of
an inch thick must be made now.
One is glued to the headquarters just
behind where the Irvine is passed to
join this section to the next. The other
disk is glued just in front of the joint
in the neck of the animal.
All that remains now to make the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

will not have reason to feel proud of
his achievement.
Here are the parts that must be
made separately: The head and neck;
the forelegs and forequarters or
shoulders and the hinder part of the
body.
Whittle them out of thin, tough
wood. A cigar box will furnish ideal
material.
The shoulders and forelegs must
then be fastened to a little platform
support consisting of a piece of the
same wood as that out of which the
donkey was cut. This piece is eight
inches long and about one-half inch
wide. The forefeet of the donkey are
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
R0ENTGEN RAYS AS
LETTER THIEVES

European postal authorities have be-
come worried about tine Roentgen rays
The postmasters of various countries
have realized that there is nothing to
prevent unauthorized persons from APP
plying the rays to sealed mail matter.
and thus possessing themselves OF the
contents without taking the least risk
of detection. The only protective meas
ure that they have been able to de-
wise as yet is one that has just been
suggested by an Austrian chemist He
proposes that the inside of all envsl-
opes be nainted with a solution Of
bronze, which metal is impervious to
the Roentgen ray.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
CATCHING FISH WITH SHARES.
The Queer Method Used in Hawaii
To Catch MOrays.

The Queer Method Used In Hawaii
To Catch MOrays.
The Hawaiians fish very often with
a snare for the big eel-like morays and
for crawfish. In snare fishing for mo-
rays or publ, long stick is employ
ed, with a moose arranged at the end,
the string working the moose reaching
clear to the end of the pole. A bait
made of almost any kind Of pounded
fish or crab is thrown into the water
in favorable spots, especially around
rocks, where the publ live in holes and
crevices.
The moose is slipped up close to one
of these holes, and when the publ
sticks it's head through it in order to
reach the bait the line in the hand is
pulled which draws the moose tight to
the end of the pole, pinning the puhis
head there and choking 1t to death,
after which it is drawn to the surface.
In fishing for crawfish a long pole
Ito which dead bait has been tied
about three inches from the bottom) is
put down in the water in front of a
hole in the rocks. AS the ula comes
out of its hole to get the bait another
pole, with a crotch or fork at the end,
to both ends of which e moose is fast
ened, is slipped under it's tail and sud
denly jerked, which tightens it, and
the animal is brought to the surface.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

an inch thick, and one block of wood
one inch thick, three inches long and
two inches wide.
This block is sandwiched lengthwise
between the two long pieces of wood
so that they extend three inches be-
yond the block.
Near the end farthest from the
block a hole is bored in one Of the
pieces in order to receive a peg which
is to be fitted into 1t.
The whole affair now takes the form
of sort of fork, so that the upper
and the lower ends may be passed
over the edge of a mantelpiece or any
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

so much.
Therefore, his dress was stylish. Why
just think
He had a high hat made of coral pink.
His collar was bright green. Twas
made of weed.
His shell, light gold and brown, was
bright indeed.
Blue polka dots on his umbrella were;
and YOU
May paint his trousers bright GRIM
son hue.
Paint Polly's hat a lovely azure blue,
Her dress was red and white. A pur-
pie hue
O'erspread her stockings and her shoes
were red,
Enough to drive each norman from
his head.
Next Sunday If you watch this paper,
Show you how Polly met the Family
Eel.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
CHILDREN OF
THE PRAIRIE
Or the Adventures of Sam and
Betty.
CHAPTER ".

CHAPTER ".
When night came and we had seen
nothing more of the Indians. built
a fire and Betty and cooked some
thing to eat Both Of us thought it
would be the best plan to make our
way back to the settlements as soon
as possible, and we were agreed that
If we started out that night we could
make ten or twelve miles before day.
light We would not be seen by the
Indians at night, and when daylight
came we would find another grove in
which to hide until it would be safe
to go on again.
After we had eaten supper we made
a start. The dog Lion received his
share of the food, and was in better
spirits. He seemed to understand our
plans, and if we had only left things
to him we might possibly have escaped
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
Hill and His RiYnI.

From the New York Press.

IUIII tHe NV 4 OIh T Its5'
A handsome young man from the
South, a stranger in this city, sat on a
bench in a shoe store the other day to
turned to him and said emotionally:
Just three minutes ago Ex-Governor
and ex-senator David b. Hill was sit
ting in the precise spot you now occu-
py." "You don't say sol" exclaimed
the customer. Remarkable coinci-
dence. have wanted to meet Mr.. Hill
many years. He and / courted the
same woman. and both lost her. l
have a fellow feeling for him and wish
I'd been here three minutes earlier"
The woman referred to was Mrs.
James Iverson of Atlanta. and both
men were reported as engaged to her.
Both remain bachelors.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

toy work is to arrange the bob.
This is supported by two strings,
the ends of which are carried up and
secured to the disk. You will see now
that the purpose Of the disks is to pre-
vent The strings from rubbing along
the edge of the strip of wood support
ing the donkey as the bob swings.
The bob itself may be made of any
heavy object. A small bottle full Of
shot will answer very well for a bob.
AS 1t swings to and fro, the donkey
moves. Down goes his head. UP go
his heels, up comes his head and down
go his heels, alternately, so long as the
bob oscillates.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
ADVENTURE NO. d.

Polly Meets n Genial Sea Turtle.
The turtles lot is not so very pleas
ant,
For in his mind hot soup is always
present:
And if you had to think, whate'er you
do,
Some one has got a soup tureen for
you,
Perhaps you'd cease to laugh and jump
and hurtle,
And look as gloomy as the av'rage
turtle!
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
HOW TO MAKE
THE KICKING DONKEY.
By ]. Carter Beard.


The homemade kicking donkey is a
delightful and amiable animals. A
pleasant feature of the beast is that
he is easy enough to make so as not
to become a bore before he is COM
pleted, and still he cannot be made
so easily that the young manufacturer
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

woods as a wild animal can. There are
three clever hunters in the woods rep
resented in this picture. They are so
clever that you cannot see them with
out the hardest and closest kind Of
searching. Yet they are quite near
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

the fourth hunter, who is plain and
clear to behold in the foreground, pre-
pairing the meal. If you cannot find
the three hidden hunters, next Sun
days paper will tell you where they
are
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
SOLUTION OF LAST
SUNDAYS PUZZLES

Answer to Crossword Puzzle.
Nathan Hale.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
PICTURES TO PAINT.

Submarine Adventures-POlIy Visits
the Under-Sea.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01
THE PICTURE PUZZLE.

Of the Three Hidden Hunters.
A good hunter must be able to con-
zeal himself as thoroughly when in the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-11-01

3 Answer TO Hollow Square.
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