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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-04

Green, owned by Frank Wilson; Kan
CARGO. owned by Mccoy stables; Julia
a, owned by G, w. Robinson; Polly
Carr. owned by Dr.. Conroy, ogden;
Jimmie II, owned by Il. G.. WINNER;
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-04

June Wilkes. owned by Or. Hummer
baugh.
Haf-mile dash, purse 500.
Three quarters-m dash. purse 500.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-04
PRESIDENT Ro0&EBzZTS ssaszSs TnzAiEES.Xo:

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stables
for home is pc al
horto the 8psnetyo youngsters
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-04
FAMILY OF BALL PLAYERS.
Bobby Cargo Has Six Brothers In the
National Game.

Bobby Cargo, who plays third for
the Nashville club. comes from a base
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-07-04

BE patriotic See the Fireworks at
saltalr July 9Th.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

Tom couldn't sing any more than can
a giraffe but he let louse half dozen
frightful screeches which might have
been those of a bird. but which were
not.
Then Zeke sat on the grass and seri-
ously studied out his case. He de-
cided that he must be hypnotist. A
wave of the right hand made people
believe what he said and do what he
ordered, while a twist of the left wrist
took the Stiffness out of them.
He did a number of experiments
which proved all this by bringing Tom
Stringer to himself. But each time the
bully raised such rumpus that ZeKe
decided to keep him in silly state all
the time; so he hailed an expressman
and ordered the cage taken to the
schoolhouse.
He made the man think he was han
ding trunk. and the way Tom was
bumped around filled Zeke with glee.
Zeke went in ahead and settled Prof.
Rogers by wave of the hand. ana,
later, the pupils. when they. giggled as
the box was brought in.
1t was explained to the teacher and
pupils that Tom Stringer was a strange
monster, and the professor put on two
pairs of spectacles the better to exam
inc the discovery.
JUST u Sllt lIlIBS up, AchC tulu AVHi
he was a kangaroo and the boy jump
ed until he bumped his head a dozen
times. Then Zeke made him think he
was a rooster, and the way he tapped
his arms and crowed made tears come
to the eyes of the children whom Zeke
had brought to themselves so they
could enjoy the performance.
When told that he was an elephant,
Tom swung his head from side to side
and stuck his nose through the wood
en- bars as if asking for peanuts. Then
the boy hypnotist forgot himself and
waved the wrong hand at the Gagged fell
low, who Immediately came to- himself
just as Zele said:
Children, this is a real live monkey
recently capturfd on the scorchIng
plains of Gazamabook. He is a mon
key in more ways than one, so please
do not annoy him by poking rulers
through the bars. He is stin very
wild"
Truth to tell, Tom was wild. When
he saw the trick being played upon
him he gritted his teeth in rage and
threatened to do all sorts of naughty
things +o his captor.
For half an hour he was exhibited
in the schoolroom until finally he
shook one of the bars loose and was
soon chasing Zeke around the room.
The 200 children made wild dash
for the door, but Zeke waved his
hand and Tom at once turned silly
again. When everything had quieted
down, Zeke waved his right hand at
the teacher and suggested that the
school be dismissed for the day This
was at once done. and the little ones
started home filled with glee.
Zeke figured it out that IL he left
Tom silly he would get into trouble;
- 10 IL l. IL II
Tom would whip him. 1t was fright
full condition Of affairs.
TN make a horse of him." finally
muttered Zeke.
A wave of the hand, whispered
word, and there was Tom cantering
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
CHAPTER V.
ON THE MISSISSIPPI.

All this excitement took place not
far from a small farmhouse. When
II was all over the farmers wife came
out to watch the boys bail out the wa
ter. She said to them;
rs there goin' to be a Children's
Convention down the river some-
where?"
The Lakerimmers were so much in
suited at the word children" that they
hardly answered.; but Pretty, who
could not help being polite if he tried,
forced a siclIly smile, and said:
Il don't know, ma'am. Why do you
ask?"
"Becuz," the woman said, there wuz
a little boy went by here a few days
ago, and he wore a cap and feathers
Ike yours. He spent a day and a night
at our place, and 1 mothered him as
we'll as 1 could, seem as how he look
ed kinder lonedsum. But he would not
tell me where he was goin', 'cept to say
he was amin for the Mississippi. See
in you Children with the same kind
of fixins made me think as how mebbe
there was to be Children's Conven-
ton down the river somewhere"
All the Lakerimmers looked at each
other, and, though they said not
word, their eyes exclaimed:
"B. H.
How long ago was it that this boy
passed here?" Quiz asked.
About three days, I reckon" the
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
and get all the candy he wanted for

and get all the candy he wanted for
nothing.
"Fll be jiggered if this doesn't beat
anything I've ever SEEN" muttered
Zeke, as he got outside and quickly
placed the candy under his vest, one
piece at time, until he was passing
the Stringer home, when he spied Tom
out i'll the yard putting the finishing
touches on the cage.
Zeke at once determined to try his
new power on his old enemy, so he
walked boldly into the yard where the
town bully was hammering away as If
his very life depended on it.
Hello. Tom said Zeke, in pleas
ant manner. You are getting things
in shape quickly, aren't your"
II amt replied Tom in harsh voice
as he hammered on another board and
left just room enough to stick Zeke
into the wooden cage. Then he nailed
the last board.
What do you intend. to do with it?"
asked Zeke. as If he had never seen
or heard of the cage before.
Tom gave an extra hard blow at the
last nail, threw down his tools and
stood facing his enemy
I'm going to use that box to cage
a monkey just about your size he
said, as he made a quick dart for the
Zeke forgot all about waving his
hand and saying something. for the big
fellow came at him with a wild rush,
and for a few minutes there was a live
ly time in that part of the yard.
Then Zeke remembered his reason for
being there, and reaching around so
that Tom could see his hand, he yelled:
Hold on there, Tom"
The bully instantly stopped thump-
ing Zeke's face and asked in a wobbly
voice, as If he were afraid:
What do you WANT"
Just you climb into that LITTLE bird
cage" said Zeke He waved his hand
a few times more 70 make sure his
funny new power was In good working
order, and Tom. as II in a dream. slow
ly crawled through the hole which he
had left for the other boy
The instant he had the tough bully
IN the cage. Zeke grabbed the hammer
and nails and quickly Imprisoned Tom
who acted ~ II he were accustomed -
being Gagged every day.
Zeke stood back and proudly gazed
upon bis work. You certainly are "a
bird" he Raid with . smile. Please
cling for your feed. Nice birdie"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

shutting, clumsy thing when it has to
move'in a pen.
"A giraffe catches cold easily, and IL
is no fun to dose 1t when it has to be
done on a rolling, staggering ship.
'"rhe giraffe is bad sailor, too, al
though not so hard as camels that US
TALLY act like spitefuL. fretful, vindic-
tive children. They get homesick and
moan and complain like selfish human
beings.
THE elephant is a good old sailor
man. He takes whatever comes along
and never says a word. 1t is a little
hard on him to get no green food on
a long voyage and sometimes the dry
food spoils his stomach. Then we have
10 give him mighty doses of physic.
He doesn't like that, and az there ISN'T
much room to jump around on ship.
there are more comfortable jobs than
being doctor to sick elephants on the
ocean.
mo, the wild animal dealer does not
have an easy and delightful life as all
the young folk think when they read
about his romantic trips into romantic
lands after romantic beasts. It's a
hard calling and only few grow rich
from it. Yet none of us ever seems to
want to leave it once he gets well into
, 1T"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

sure on this point), the colors are fast.
that is, will not wash off when the rab-
bit is put into the water.
Figure shows a small BOX. The box
should be from an inch to an inch and
a half in diameter, and must be made
of wood. Various sorts of powders for
polishing silverware are sold In this
kind of box.
Place a spiral spring in it. A part
of the spring from an old curtain rod
will do very well.
Fasten one end of the spring to the
bottom of the box in such a manner
that when 1t is compressed into the
box it will have a powerful tendency
to jump up like jack in the box.
Figure shows a small stick just
long enough to fit into the box.
The end of the stick is hinged TO
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

lost merely because everybody was
afraid OF II.
1T is a sight to see the trouble and
excitement that attend the shipment
of a giraffe. We can't drive the tall,
frightened brute up the gangplank, of
course. The giraffe generally Is 50
nervous that 1t would leap into the
sea.
80 we haul II up in it's crate, with
It's long neck sticking out. And every
minute of the time we watch with fear
lest it should get so excited while it
is being swung on board. that 1t will
thrash its head against the side of the
ship and either break it's neck or frac-
ture its skull.
The least excitement drives a gi-
raffe so frantic that it leaps with I'M
comfortable fear. The greatest danger
is that II will break its legs. They are
so long and thin and the brute is so
ungainly and awkward when confined
in a small space that the least trip or
stumble will bring 1t crashing down
and then it is goodbye, giraffe!
This Is largely because a giraffe
needs good many yards of space for
one step. Therefore, although ii is so
graceful and swift when it iopes over
an open plain where its long legs can
spread far out as it runs, 1t is poor,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

around on his hands and knees, with
Zeke on his back.
"Gitap there! Glongl" and away
went the boy horse and his rider.
They passed hundreds of curious peo-
pie, who couldn't understand why Tom
Stringer should be making such fool
OF himself. The first thing Zeke knew
his fanciful horse was going very rap
idly. All attempts to stop him failed,
and the rider had all he could do to
keep from falling off.
He yelled whoa" a hundred times
or more, but the horse didn't seem
to know what it meant and the first
thing he knew they were down close
to the place where a new bridge was
being built over the creek.
Zeke, with death staring him in the
face, at last got his hand around so
he could wave 1t in Toms face and
Tom stopped.
But, horror of horrorsl He stopped
right at the jumping off place. and so
quickly that Zeke was sent flying over
his head and into the muddy water
where he floundered around while Tom,
who had been brought out of the silly
state, stood on the edge and never once
offered to help.
Zeke was almost drowned before he
reached the shore and his clothes were
ruined.
That night when the boy hypnotist
reached home his kind father took him
out in the barn and all the neighbors
smiled knowingly when they heard
coming from that building a large
number of sounds which would very
likely have been made by a boy Just
about the size and age OF Zeke IL a
man about the size and strength of
Mr. Higgins had been dressing him
down with a rawhlde whip, a whip
like the one which Mr.. Higgins always
kept In the barn ready for use.
But II must be admitted that none
Of the neighbors saw any operation OF
that kind; all they could do was to
guess.
IL was long time before Zeke told
his friends this story. He said he tried
20 hypnotic his father, but the power
seemed 20 have run away down and ID
wouldn't work a bit.
This tale " true. honest Injun, and
al the boys who live In the town Of
Ifkesviilo have many times seen hang
Ing On the barn door the whip which
Mr. Higgins used during that terrible
few minutes ~ long aRo
40 b. continusd,l
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

ANY of you remember seeing a
young fellow about our size with cap
like ours?''
Two or three of the bystanders look
ed at each other, nodded their heads
and said:
THAT must be the Md that was lay
in around here lookin' for passage on
one of the boats
That's So" said another villager.
''3e said he wanted to go to sea and be
a sailor. He thought he would begin on
one of those river boats
"a heap he'll learn about sailing on
one of those stern-wheel mudscows,"
said a third.
Tug broke in anxiously, How long
ago was it that you saw him last?"
Seems to me 1 seen him this very
mornin'."
"Hooray" cried the Lakerimmers;
but a wet blanket was thrown on their
delight by second villager who said
IN tell you what. l remember old
Capt. Mudd telling me he was goin' to
take the boy on his boat. L said to
Mudd, We'll, Mudd,' says, I'm sorry
for the kid says l."
"Why?" said Quiz.
Because, said the villager, "old
Capt. Mudd is one OF the meanest men
on this river, and that's sayin' a ter
rible heap. He's a cheat and he's a
brute besides. and his boat is a regu-
lar old sieve, machinery all patched
and busted and the old hull mended
like a picket fence"
How did old Mudd come to take
the kid along?" said the first villager.
ITS the first kind act 1 ever heard of
his doin'."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

bend they saw small stern-wheel
steamboat moored to rough pier. And
they all rejoiced. to think that they had
run their fox to corner, and began to
plan the various things they would do
to Mr.. Mudd and his boat, once they
had got B. ]. safely away from his
clutches.
They put new elbow grease into their
work, and were straining their eyes to
read the name painted just over the
wheel. Just as the letters were begin
ming to take some kind of shape, they
heard the bell ring family in the en-
gine-room giving the signal:
Half speed ahead"
They saw the splash of the rope as
II fell into the water. and was eira gged
aboard like a captured snake. Now
they rowed even more frantically than
ever, and as the boat was not going
at full speed, and as it's full speed was
very slow, they eventually reached a
point where the sharp eyes of Reddy
and Heady could read the name
| have forgotten whether that name
was The Wild Rose" or the "Squaw-
chunk"-I only know that it was some
very pretty name, and was not Hiram
Q. Mudd."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
THE QUEER CASE
OF ZEKE HIGGINS
PART NO. s.
The Zekesvllle Wonder Changes
Into a HypnotiSt and Does
Strange Things.
BY HARRY BAXTER MASON.

Zeke Higgins cried himself to sleep
many time after he discovered that
he couldn't keep people doing things
by winking at them; but one morning
when he went down stairs to breakfast
something seemed to tell him to ask
his father for cents. Zeke had asked
the same thing hundreds of times be-
fore. but it always took week to get
cent.
His surprise, therefore, may be i'm
agined when his father went down into
his pocket and came out with a shiny
nickle. zeke- bit into it to see if it were
good, turned 1t over a few times in a
dazed manner, and looked at his IA
Their in surprise. He did not know that
in asking for the money he had waved
his hand in a. peculiar manner.
Holding out the scent piece, and
making a similar motion, Zeke, just
in a spirit of fun, remarked:
Il guess, father, you might as well
make 1t quarter, I may need it to-
day in school"
Once more Mr.. Higgins brought forth
20 cents in small change, which he
turned over to his son without a
word.
We'll, I'll be jiggered," said he to
himself. Il don't quite know what this
means but it certainly looks to me as
If father has been robbing few banks
and has so much money he doesn't
know what to do with it, I guess L
might as we'll get all 1 can while this
feeling lasts and going back he wav-
ed his hand and asked for 81.
He almost dropped dead this time.
His father pulled a wallet from an
inside pocket and promptly handed two
81 bills to the boy.
Zeke got out of the way quickly for
fear his father would repent and take
the money away. Out in the street he
saw huckster. Waving his hand he
said Say, there; give me some good
peaches
The huckster looked at him for a
second, climbed into his wagon, sort
ed out a dozen of the best he could
find and handed them over to the boy
All Zeke could say was: well, I'll
be jiggered!"
Then he ate the peaches.
Just to try things he went into a
candy store, waved his hand and told
the girl to give him a box of cream
chocolates. This she did and she re-
fused payment, smiling very sweetly
and asking him to drop in any time
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
Reddy and Heady both gasped:
tsxN-II.-. 3l,t- S~ ,aoS -,,,r HAat

Reddy and Heady both gasped:
'Fellers, this is not our boat"
Everybody fell backwards complete
ly tagged out and exhausted. They let
the canoe drift as 1t pleased for a long
time. simply putting in their paddles
when 1t was necessary to keep ner
headed straight. They cast their eyes
down in detection, and paid no atten-
ton to scenery or anything else. Sud-
denly they were awakened and startled
by hearing a chorus of laughter COM
ing across the water.
They looked up and saw sight that
could not have surprised them more
had it been a sea serpent.
What they saw-and what saw them
was an eight-oared crew of boys of
their own age, all spick and span in
rowing costumes, and looking very
proud of their new racing shell. The
strangers had reason enough to be
proud of their boat, but they had no
occasion to be proud of their manners,
because they made no pretentions at
concee Rng their ridicule for the Lake
rimmeis as they dropped and sprawled
in their birg-bark canoe, all facing to
the front like people in a passenger
train.
(To be continued.)
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

by the hinge at C and the other end
is caught under the mucilage at d.
Ordinary powdered blueing will an
swer as the magic powder" which
makes the water opaque.
The second time that the magician
places the rabbit in the basin he uses
both hands. In the right hand he
holds the rabbit in the left hand he
holds the box. The magician is care
full to keep the back of his hand to-
ward the spectators and even a girls
hand is large enough TO hide an inch
and a half box.
The box containing the spring Is
placed under the rabbit. The water.
OF course Quickly softens the nuci-
lage and allows the spring 10 escape.
thus throwing the rabbit out OF the
water.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

the inside of the box where the cross
C is marked The hinge at c may
be made of two bent pieces of wire or
of two double pointed tacks as shown
in Figure 4.
b is a sraali lump of ordinary rnuci-
lage which has been allowed to har-
den. Figure shows how the end of
the stick catches under the lump of
mucilage The mucilage is not fastened
to the stick; it is fastened on the IN
side of the box as indicated in Figure
2, where the cross c is, marked.
The spring is pushed down into the
box and the stick, Figure 8, laid across
it.
One end of Figure is held in place
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

few charms" and finally sprinkIes
some magic powder into the water
which colors 1t and makes 1t Opaque.
The rabbit is then put into the basin
and more charms are repeated. The
rabbit. however, appears to be obdurate
and does not move, so the magician
takes him from the basin and remon-
strates with him.
Then the rabbit is once more placed
IN the water. The magician steps
back from the basin and coaxes the
rabbit. This apparently is a better
method than repeating charms, for the
rabbit suddenly leaps from the water
clear over the edge of the basin on
10 the ground.
Figure / represents the rabbit. II
II is decorated II VIII add pictorially TO
the effect providing 0t Is well to be
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

To make an inanimate object show
signs of life is still more sensational
than to produce a live animal from a
place where there is apparently no
room for one.
When performing the jumping rabbit
trick the magician first passes an ordi-
nary tin or earthenware basin among
the spectators. After the spectators
have assured themselves that the basin
has absolutely no mechanical device
about it, the magician places 1t on
the ground in front of him.
Then he passes a small china rabbit
around among the spectators. just as
he did the basin and then marches sew
eral times around the objects, repeats
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
THE FAMOUS JUMPING
RABBIT TRICK.

How to Make an Illuminate Rabbit
Jump suddenly In Full View of
the Spectators.
Modern magicians delight in produc-
ing living animals, such as ducks,
geese, dogs, rabbits, etc. from all sorts
OF unexpected places; places where 1t
does not seem possible that there would
be room even for humming bird much
less for the animals which are really
brought TO light.
But there is a better trick than this.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24

Poor creature" muttered the clam,
looking after him. what a struggle he
has 10 keep alive"
The locust sat summing himself
Hello, grasahopperl' said passing
fox.
"Grasshopper" shrieked the indig.
nant insect. "I'li sue for libel I am
a loeut and my ancestors were Biblical
chafactefA"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-05-24
CHAPTER VI.


AS the hungry Lakerimmers kept
pushing the water back with their
paddles it seemed to grow heavier and
heavier, while their heads seemed to
grow lighter and lighter. 1t was final
ly as if they were trying to dig their
way through soft asphalt. They be-
gan to wabble in their places. to clash
elbows, and to find their paddle twist
ing every which way in their feeble
hands Finally Sleepy began to groan
and to complain.
We'll at this rate you may catch
B. j.: but when you do you'll only
have eleven after all, for l will be a
deader."
Nobody answered Sleeps remark;
but at last Quiz asked of nobody In
particular:
Il wonder what those evaporated
peaches and condensed cream would
taste like"
At the mere suggestion of peaches
and cream, evaporated or otherwise, all
the courage of the eleven eVaporated.
They drew their paddles into the boat,
and i'm a chorus yelled:
1--WE want something TO eat"
sawed-off mumb1ed Something to
eat sounds too magnificent. Plain grub
will suit me.
Even Capt. Tug felt that he had
reached the last ounce Of resistance
and. seeing a little island dead ahead,
he laid the course for IT. and the men
beached their canoes and climbed out
upon the welcome shore and cooled off
under the thick trees.
They were too hungry 10 stop 20
read the directions as 10 the preparing
of any OF the food. But they never
realized how badly II tasted; 20 every
roofher's son Of them IL was "A regular
Thanksgiying dinner OF turkey, cram
berries and mince pie.
Rest after meals II said 10 be good
FOR digestion. but Tug left his crew
no time 20 take n. A. soon - the last
fnOrsel VAS munched, and the last
crumb picked up and swallowed, he
bundled them one and all back 10 the
tirehome canoe, and started them al
10 padding. As they swept around =