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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
By H. IRVING KING.

went to the wars again. The courage
of the boy astonished the old soldiers
with whom he became very popular,
and who exerted themselves to protect
from harm their young comrade who
took no care of himself.
Rupert saw many battles and sieges
in this campaign, and when he return
ed he had become famous. His I'M
Gle, King Charles, invited him to visit
him at London. The court of King
charles then was the most splendid in
Europe. 1t was thronged by the
most famous painters. sculptors, mu-
sicians and scholars of the time
The King was delighted to find that
besides being a famous soldier, the
boy loved art as we'll as he did him
self and knew as much about it, while
as scholar he held his own with the
learned men of the court.
Rupert stayed in England until he
was Is years old, studying all the time,
and especially devoting himself to ac-
quire a knowledge of naval affairs and
of seamanship and ship building.
The University of Oxford made him
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

boxes. And, oh, how they laughed.
There were candy figs, and candy
sheep, and candy birds, and candy
ducks, and candy cows, and candy
elephants, and candy apples, and can
dy peaches and little candy men and
women in these bright-colored boxes.
And grandma laughed and said
We'll, children, what do you think
OF grandma's candy?"
And all the children clapped their
hands and said:
ooh, it is splendid. splendid, grand
pal"
And Polly Parrot said:
Polly want candy!"
And grandpa gave Polly candy
fig, and Polly sat on the window sill
and ate her candy fig.
And the children sat and talked
and laughed, and ate candy birds, and
candy peaches and candy ducks, and
all grandma's funny candy.
And then they all played hide-and-
seek again. and grandpa and grandma
played, too.
1t was splendid surprise party;
the very best party that Peter and
Ellen ever had, even at grandpas
house.
And when 1t was time to go home,
grandpa said:
NOW, If you will all come out
doors / will show you the funny way
you are all going home from the
party"
And they all went out doors, and
there was a big load of hay. And
grandpa took all the children home
on the big load of hay.
Peter and Ellen, and ArabelIa and
Araminta, Rogie and Reggie and
wonderful Jane and John, all lived
quite near together So grandpa put
them all on the big load of hay, and
away they went down the beautiful
road-home from the party.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

jumped with it into the last carriage
in the train of the fugitives, and drove
off lust as the hostile soldiers appeared.
The cOurtier not being used to ham
ding babies, tossed Rupert into a COM
partment of the carriage upside down,
where the child would have suffocated
had not his vigorous squalling called
attention to his perilous condition.
Thus early did Rupert begin that
series of extraordinary adventures by
which his life was pre-eminently dis
tinguished.
The exiled family took refuge in
Holland When Rupert was three
years old his father wrote: "The little
Rupert is very learned to understand
so many languages"
When he was 10 years old Rupert
could converse in every language
spoken in Europe, and he could not
only read but speak Latin.
He had learned also to ride and
fence to handle a musket and pike,
the latter a heavy iron-tipped staff
carried as weapon by most of the
foot soldiers in those days.
Rupert at that early age was familiar
with geometry and the science of build
ing fOrtifications. 1t is said of him
that lat the age of eight. he handled
his arms with the readiness of an ex-
perienced soldier
Rupert went to war when he was 49,,
accompanying his cousin, Prince Hen
ry Of Holland, in a campaign against
the Spaniards. The campaign was
short and successful, and on his re-
turn Prince Henry held a tournament
10 celebrate his victory, as was the
custom in those days-knights and
gentlemen contending with each 9TH
er in an enclosed arena.
Rupert was a big boy for his age,
and his body had been developed by
an out-of-door life and gymnastics. At
this tournament the boy beat all his
competitors, though there were grown
men of experience in such affairs. And
he did it, writes the English ambassa-
dor who was present, with such grace
as drew the hearts and eyes of all the
spectators toward him."
The next year he enlisted as a pri-
vate soldier in his cousins army and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
THE STORIES OF
PETER AND ELLEN
The Surprise Party.
BY GERTRUDE SMITH.

And one afternoon grandpa came
over to see Peter and Ellen. He came
on his big white horse, trot, trot.
And Peter and Ellen were swinging
under the apple trees, in the garden.
(Peter had a swing on the limb of
one apple tree, and Ellen had a swing
on the limb of another apple tree.)
And grandpa fastened his big white
horse by the gate, and came into the
garden and said:
'Hurrah! Peter and Ellen, put on
your little hats, and go home with
me, and see what you can find at my
house."
And Peter and Ellen went into the
house, and asked their mamma if they
could go home with grandpa on his
big white horse.
And mamma said:
"Oh. can't let my darlings go to-
dayI"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

And grandpa said:
Yes, you can, too"
And grandpa whispered something
to mamma, and mamma clapped her
hands and laughed and said:
oh, you dear old grandpa, how
pleased Peter and Ellen will bel"
And Peter wondered what grandma
whispered to mamma, and Ellen won
dered, too, but they were too polite
to ask.
And mamma said
All right, you may go home with
grandpa, children, and know you
will have splendid time"
And then Peter and Ellen went out
to the gate. and grandpa put Ellen be-
fore him, on the big white horse, and
Peter sat behind him, and away they
started, trot, trot for grandpa's house.
And Ellen said.
GRANDPA, wish l could take my
dear Polly Parrot with me. I'm afraid
she will be lonely without mel"
/ And grandpa said:
oh, dear, what child she is for
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
HOW TO DO
CIRCUS TRICKS
The Belt Tackle or Help" That
Will Enable Boys to Practice
All Kinds of Tumbling Without
Danger.
LESSON NO. 1.
BY j. c. BEARD.

Circus performers appear to use so
little exertion in accomplishing their
feats of tumbling that young spectators
are apt not to realize the difficulty of
the performance.
Nothing seems more reasonable to
the ordinary boy than that on going
home he himself may do many of the
wonderful things he has witnessed.
Many accidents here come from this
false conception of the difficulties and
risks attending acrobatic work
Various contrivances have been de-
signed to provide some safe way of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

Ever since Tommy Baker had been
a youngster he had read industriously
all of the literature of the Rockies,
and he had filed away in the crumpled
recesses of his brain more Indian wars
than ever were recorded by historians.
Ihere was a marked similarity to
these incursions of the red man. Ac-
cording to the Buckskin Pete library,
the Indians usually picked out for at
tack the house occupied by the young
woman who was the temporary object
OF Peters affections. They swooped
Gown upon the place, and when the
inhabitants were reduced to the last
cartridge, which they invariably re-
served for the girl, Peter happened
around the corner of some mountain
ana ana killed off the thirty-five or forty
Indians left. Next week it would be
some other girl, but it always ended
~ fresh scalps for Peter.
tommy had been reading this style
u literature for some years before he
oeclded to start West and do little
dominating on his own account. He
~ as moved to this decision by the fact
eLdt he had played hockey at school
t ana Ben Tompkins had told him that
eene paternal Baker was aware of this
ttdact and had promised the teacher
r sndt Thomas should receive due cor
teGIon on his return home.
II Is not pleasant thing to be
espd4hked, and for a prospective Indian
tLshter IA years, old to come to such
hlulllllation was a thought not to be
t 1orhe. Bill Smith had a real pistol
~ I,idt ne was willing to sell for so cents.
az was not very good pistol-not at
al. the weapon for an Indian fighter,
S saS II would do until after his first
snl' because Indians always carried
eT9u guns, and he could help himself.
ne ne mad made a whole dollar the past
bos out of muskrat skins, and Fort
~. paid him the money that morning.
ars would get Bills gun Qndian fight
%, ,S away call revolvers "guns") and
. vest Possibly after the lapse of
year' when his name and fame be-
5 san TO drift back East. his parents
n, oelu repent their harshness, and he
Ht I,-d to himself his victorious re-
49, buckskin-clad and decorated
-" scalps. The president Of the viii
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY JANUARY H. 1908

manded of the Indian what murderous
design he contemplated.
Little boy fool" said the savage.
Tommy was taken aback. This was
not the way the Indians talked in the
books he had read.
I am Terrible Tom, the Indians
Curse" he yelled in a shrill voice
that was not at all the thunderous
tone proper in an Indian extermina-
tor. Il have penetrated your murder
Gus designs, and / am about to kill
you, Chief Eagle Feather" Tommy
was proud of that He had borrowed
1t from ''Buckskin Pete's Revenge"
and he thought it rather fine.
No me name. Me Joe Smith," said
the Indian laughing.
Tommy, Inundated, reflected that
the best way to cover the deficiency
was to begin exterminating at once
Without further parley he drew his
trusty gun (trusty was the right
world.
But alas! before he could pull the
trigger a heavy hand fell on him and
before he could call to mind any of
the fine speeches Pete had used when
at the mercy of the red men, the In
dian was sitting on a fallen tree and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

rracticing new feats. Among them
none more simple, than the belt
tackle, or, as it is commonly called
"the help
1t is constantly in use by the great
majority of circus men. All the Or
binary feats-back somersaults, front
somersaults handsprings, ETC., can, by
means of this arrangement, be prac-
ticed without the slightest risk to the
performer
AS can be seen from the illustra-
tons the belt is a very simple device.
1t is made from "a wide canvas. A
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

Among those who became famous
curing the English civil wars between
cromwell and Charles L, the most ro-
mantle figure is that of young Prince
punert of the Rhine, the Kings
rephew, who fought many battles for
his uncle and, besides becoming a SOL
5ier OF renown, was a sailor of fame
snd a man learned in history, litera-
lure. languages and many arts and
sciences-especially chemistry.
The young prince was born leader
~ men. The Cavaliers, as they
charged on the field of battle, used to
sbout. For God, for the Cause; for
the Church, for the Laws; for Charles,
King of England, and Rupert of the
Rhine"
soon after Rupert was born, his IA
Fher. the King of Bohemia, was driven
nut of his capital and country by an
Austrian army. In the hurry of de-
narture the baby was forgotten and
left lying on the floor of the palace,
where it was found by a courtier, who
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

very soundly spanking the new exter-
minator. 1t was not a strictly Indian
mode of treating a captive, but it was
an effective operation, and when TWEEN
ty minutes later a much amused In
dian and a streaming white boy
emerged on the high road, Tommy
very willingly turned in the direction
of Easton, resolved to take the second
whipping that awaited him with the
stoicism OF a true Indian fighter Pete
was ever brave in defeat and ne could
at least initiate his hero in this re-
gard, but he was firmly resolved that
he would fight Bill Smith for selling
him a gun.
He was we'll on his way when the
Indian called him back. Here, boy"
he said and gave him a yellow cir
cular. Heap good" he declared, and
then he was gone. Tommy sat down
on a stone as soon as the Indian was
lost to view. The circular announced
the virtues of certain Indian herb
compounds and said that Prof. Mont
morency and troupe of real Indians
would be in Chester all that week.
Tommy still has his first scalp to
get.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

Emperor William of Germany Is a
man of opinions. as the world has long
since learned. 1t has learned also that
his opinions generally are founded on
Judgment. This holds true as to the
views expressed by the Emperor on the
nature and influence of music, the Oc-
casion being the Inauguration of a new
school of graphic arts and music in
Berlin. you know" said the EN-
peror. what a good educational in
fluence 1 ascribe to music and it's cul-
tivation. 1t is, above all, to be con-
sidered in its influence on the temper
ament and on the entire soul life. Mu-
sic enlightens, elevates and forms the
soul"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

moment, and showed that it was in
the last stage of exhaustion. Then il
fell, rather than jumped in, though ii
saw the men plainly.
1t struck out for the opposite shore,
though able only to keep its nostrils
above water, and as the boat was in
it's way came directly toward it.
"A birch canoe is a ticklish thing.
Anton was excitedly afraid that the
deer would strike and overturn it.,
since it showed no disposition to go
aside; so, instead of dipping his paddle
and sending the craft out of harms
way, he seized a slender pole lying in
the bottom and struck at the buck.
THE deer, evidently fearing 1t
would drown--or knowing that it
would-before it could get across,
grasped the pole instantly with its
teeth and hung on. Anton jerked the
pole a couple of times and though he
pulled the animals nose under did not
break its hold.
"The canoe was rocking dangerous
ly, and his companion, grabbing a. pad
die. began to work the craft toward
the bank. The deer held on to its end
and Anton held to his, and so the trio
made their way strangely and slowly.
THE deer did not struggle once IL
was permitted to retain it's grip. and
was towed along. When shallow water
was reached it dropped the pole and
started for shore.
1T was so weak that it fell on the
edge of the water, but managed to
scramble to its feet, and the next in
slant into the woods at a walk The
men had no weapon, and would not
have Killed it anyhow.
"A minute or two later three of the
gaunt, wolf-like dogs of the Indians
appeared. They had been running
hard, but were game for twenty miles
more. They saw the white men,
wheeled and darted back into the un-
derbrush.'s
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

must be made nearer together than is
shown in Figure ..
The ropes are attached to the belt
by meanA~of two rings, one of which
is sewed on each side of the belt. Any
hardware store will furnish such rings
for few cents.
Run a strip of canvas through the
ring and then sew the strip to the belt
as shown in Figute Z.
New clothes line is quite strong
enough to answer for the rope. Either
metal or wooden pulley blocks will
answer.
If there is no convenient place in
the house to rig up a belt, 81 tree or
big post out of doors does just as
well. Fasten the belt to one of the
limbs just as you would a swing.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
DIAGRAM.

rope runs from each side of the belt
to a pulley above the athletes head.
If some one a little heavier than the
performer holds the ends of the rope,
it is easy to help the athlete clear of
the floor
Often two men are detailed to help
the performer-one man for each rope.
To make the belt, get piece of can
vas about one yard long and ten
inches wide.
Fold it across sdewise and sew the
edges together, as shown in Figure 1.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

1t is impossible to do much coach
ing in the art of tumblng through the
medium of an article.
Faults vary so with the individual
that it is out of the question to make
the cvzN nary trainer uses most when
he is giving advice is. Take things
easy"
In other words, keep your muscles
relaxed as much as possible.
Watch expert tumblers whenever
you have a chance and practice con-
stantly.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
BUCK TowED BY A BOAT.
Nearly Upset CanOeists, but They
Let Exhausted Beast Go.

Let Exhausted Beast Go.
From the New York Sun.
Deer in extremity will sometimes do
strange things. Not long ago Anton
Lessale, with a companion, was in a
birch canoe on a pool in one Of the
upper branches of the Wisconsin river.
They had been looking for cedar poles,
and were floating idly"
They heard the noise Of dogs in the
woods, and supposed that some In
dams from the Flambeau reservation
were chasing deer. The Chippewa uses
deer dogs. in spite of the state law,
since he lives on United States reser-
walton and skips back to it when il
danger of arrest.
Five minutes after the men heard
the banks a big buck appeared on the
bank Of the stream. 1t paused for a
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11

"Connect at Casino with Thunder
bolt Line.
MONTGOMERY AND THUNDER
BOLT LINE.
Via Cattle Park and Sandfy.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
THUNDTRBOLT LINE,

IttONOGhbOlLl LINE
City Market to Casino via Brough-
ton, st. Julian, Habersham and Boil
ton Street Junction.
Beginning at 700 a. M, cars leave
the City Market for Thunderbolt ev-
cry Is minutes, until 200 p. m, after
which time cars leave every 10 min
utes.
Cars leave Bolton Street Junction
Is minutes after leaving time at City
Market.
Beginning at 7:0S a. m, cars leave
Thunderbolt for the city every Is
minutes, until 2:25 p. m, after which
time cars leave every 10 minutes as
long as traffic warrants.
COLLINSVILLE LINE.
(Fair Grounds and Dale Avenue.)
Beginning at 6:45 a. M. cars leave
Bolton and OFT streets every Is min
utes. Returning, cars leave Estill
avenue, and Waters Road at 6:52 a.
M, and every Is minutes thereafter.
connecting with cars on the Thunder
bolt Line until midnight.
WEST END LINE.
Gincoln Park)
Beginning at 7:2O a. m, cars leave
west side of City Market every 40
minutes until / p. m, after which
cars leave each terminal every 20
minutes until midnight.
g. o. NAGLE.
Manager.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-01-11
MONTGOMERY LINE.

MONTGOMERY LINE.
Connecting at Sandhy with Isle of
Hope Line.
Leave 40th and Leave Montgom-
Whitaker Streets. cry for City.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-04

and If these circulars are productive OF
business the man who first submitted
the list of names receives a percentage
on the sales.
Some time ago one of our business men
received request for addresses to
which circulars and other advertising
matter might be sent. This man being
practical Joker, here saw an oppcr-
tunity, and taking the blanks which
had been sent to him filed them with
names and addresses of people who were
known to be total abstainers, who never
were known to take a glass of liquor nor
to have it anywhere about their premf-
ses.
Time went on and the business man
had forgotten all about the incident, but
it was called forcibly to his mind when,
one day, he received a draft from tho
southern liquor house for about $1z, ac-
companisd by a letter. stating that this
sum represented commission due him for
business transacted with the people
whose names he had previously submits
ted.-St. Paul Dispatch.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-04

vide for the children, but as the fedora
tons time was growing short and there
was a lot of good advice waiting to be adj
ministered and threatened to explode I'M
less it was speedily uncorked, action in
the matter of the Poor Mothers club was
postponed until after the programme,
and, finally, on account of the length of
that, indefinitely, probably on the princs-
pie that one may perform charity and
good deeds any day, but that the fedora
ton meetings are the time to talk about
them.
There was one musical number, Mrs
John KleinhahS' rendition of "L'Ipsana
Parolo," recitative and aria from Verdi
Aida. Miss Charlotte Parkhurst accom-
panied her.
Mrs. c. D. Startzman, chairman of the
entertainment. committee, made report
Of the Perry lecture venture, which was
unsuccessful financially. although an un-
expected donation of $42 from a source
outside the federation, more than made
good the deficit.
Miss Viola Troutman reported the dis
tribution of the federation's supply of
clothing among the flood sufferers of
the north side
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-04
WILL BE NO FIGHT.
Washburn Students Say OratoricaIs
Must Be Peacefully Reformed.
Get a Shirt on you.


The Washburn students who have I'M
of the Washburn Oratorical association
in order to make it more representative
of the school say that there will be no
college fight over it and that the reor-
ganization will be conducted peaceably
or not at all. A. J, Bolinger, one OF the
young men who spoke in the Washburn
chapel meeting Thursday in reference
to the effort at reorganization, said to-
day:
There is to be no scrap over the re-
organization of the Oratorical associa-
ton because it is movement in which
the entire school is interested. 1t is not
seriously opposed by the members of the
association, and while I do not know
how all of the stockholders stand on
the proposition, I know of several who
are favorable to the change. The mo-
ton to appoint a committee to formu-
late the plan of reorganization was car
ried without opposition.
IT think a majority of the school is in
favor of adopting a plan which is fol-
lowed in Williams college and others
and has been proposed for Washburn.
1t is that the instructor in oratory be
placed at the head OF the association
and the other officers selected in such
a manner as to prevent the interference
of political influence. We are willing to
buy out the stockholders of the Ora
torical association in order that they
may not lose anything by the dissolu-
ton of the present system of manage
ment If fight threatens to rise over
the proposition the plan is likely to be
| dropped -
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-12-04

For twenty eight years Mr.. Crouch
made good shoes and mended old ones
for the public of Topeka, and for a
greater portion of that time the little
shop at S27 Kansas avenue has been
the rendezvous of Democrats who chung
to the philosophy of old Democracy. 1t
was there that the Democrats of the
first precinct of the Third ward held
their caucuSeS before the spring cleo
ton, and gathered from time to time to
discuss politics and subjects of general
interest. For Mr.. Crouch was an old
time shoemaker. a man of information
who read and pondered as he piled his
thread and awl. Although taking an
active interest in political affairs Mr..
Crouch was wise enough to avoid the
office microbe and although his name
appeared occasionally on the Democratic
ticket for some city or county Office, he
knew it was a matter Of form and to
keep up appearance for the Democratic
vorable conditions. and he never made
a campaign for office.
Mr.. Crouch was born at Galloway,
Saratoga county N. Y, in 1928, and
lived in New York for some years af-
ter his marriage with Sarah ]. Jansen
in 1S4S. In the early '70s he moved to
Kansas and for four years lived at
Americas in Lyon county. Twenty
eight years ago he removed to Topeka
where he piled his trade as shoe
maker until his death In 1891 Mrs.
Crouch died. For eleven years Mr..
Crouch lived a widower. Then he sur
prised his friends by returning east and
marrying Miss Mary Jane Lane, who,
so years before. had been a boyhood
sweetheart. Miss Lane lived at Buell..
N. Y. AS boy and girl they had parted
after a. lovers quarrel and Miss Lane
| had remained unmarried. Mrs. Crouch
survives him. Mrs. J. J. Fuller of To
peka, and Mrs. J. L. Wooiley of Te-
cumseh are daughters by the first wife.