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The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08
TYPEWRITERS TO
WRITE ARABIC,

One OF the queer proofs of the prog
ress of the world is the fact that Amer
lean manufacturers have gone into the
business now of making type writing
machines that will write Arabic.
1t is not 30 many years ago that a
typewriter was an object Of wonder
even In the big cities of the United
States. But soon travellers may expect
to drop into the tent Of some fighting
Arab sheik in the Arabian deserts and
find him writing letters to his friends
on a machine made in America
The profit in making an Arabic type
writer is due to the fact that Ara bic
Is not the language of merely the per-
sons who live in the land known as
Arabia. Arabic is one of the classical
languages of the world. IT Is the lam
guage of millions of the better educated
people in all that part Of the world that
is not European or American. Western
Asia, Northern Africa from the ATTAIN
tic Ocean to the Red Sea, great parts
of India and many other territories
throughout the Oriental world, use Ara
bic as their written and official lam
guage. Consequently the field for a
typewriter with Arabic characters is
a wide one.
The machine does beautiful work, for
Arabic writing Is much more ornamen-
tai and decorative than our practical
writing that has been simp1itied for
business purposes. There are eighty
four characters. Many Of them are
twice ~ wide and deep as others. Ger.
tain letters must have three different
forms on the machine. because differ
ent forms are used for the beginning,
mt|1le or end Of a word
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/ gained receiving party, but were con-
stantly on guard, and, capturing each
friend In turn. led her to the semi-cir-
Gle OF handsome matrons and bright
faced girls. A bevy of the Frat" boys
were also on duty through the parlors,
bent on conducting guests into the din
ing room. where still another patroness
presided over a table glowing with
candles and roses-red, OF course this
being the favorite color with men of all
ages. Walters were on hand to serve
coffee, frappes, sandwiches, cherry Ice
and cakes
The energetic committee had sent
howers to the patronesses and their as
sistants, all Of whom wore light gowns,
most of the girls selecting organdies,
and there was a bewitching array of
aigrettes, half wreaths and glossy hair.
IL Is quite the proper caper just now
for the young girl to have her hair
dressed so that It CLEANS like copper.
So admirably had the boys made their
preparations and so thoroughly en- rap
porte were they with the gentle art of
entertaining that the staid patronesses
caught the spirit of the occasion and
declared that they had never seen any
thing better done.
incidentally, II might be mentioned
that the young men consulted a sta.
toner of authority in the matter of
cards. and sent out bits of pasteboard
for invitations no larger than a lady's
visiting card. The name Of the fra
ternity was engraved across the center
and In the right-hand corner was the
address In the left-hand corner was
written. not engraved, the date and the
hour of the tea.
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blue lady in der winder?" said the girl
contemptuously.
'Yah-yip me her!" Jip
gasped.
The girl stepped to the window and
quickly drew from it a wildly blue
picture. which Jip grasped and then
gave up his two cents. But he didn't
get down from the counter Immediate
ly. He pressed his fresh lips against
the picture with alteration.
"Aw! git out!" said the maiden. and
the 5-year-oId boy went away, hug
ging the valentine.
He darted and dashed once more along
the Row. until in a retired corner. sit
ting upon some steps, he found himself
among some older newsboys.
Use got a valentine." he shouted as
he squeezed himself in between two big
boys.
Jip had no objection to showing his
valentine to TIE others. and ii trans
nired that they. also. had become pos
SCISSORS of pictures which they each de-
signed to send away that night.
Up to that time Jip. whose knowl-
edge of letters was beautifully blank.
had remained satisfied with LONELINESS
of his picture alone. But one of the
newsboys recited with pride some verses
of poetry written beneath one OF the
others.
II know de mug wot writes DEM" he
said confidently. land he told me he
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son on a trip to the West Indies, from
which he returned a good sailor and
with his health much improved
He went to the guardship lying in
the Tharas and as a reward for the
progress he mace in the study of
navigation, was put in command of
one of the small boats attached to the
large ship and used to patrol the
channels leading up to London. So
by the time he was fourteen he was
a good navigator, a skillful seaman
ard a capable pilot.
An expedition was fitting out for
Arctic exploration. and as it was to
be "a wort Of hardship and danger it
was decided that only grown men of
good physique should be allowed to
60. But Nelson was filled with de-
sire to sec the wonders of the regions
of perpetual ice and snow and
through the influence of his uncle.
Captain Sucking, he was allowed to
go with tho expedition.
The exploring ships remained in
the Arctic seas all summer and met
with many adventures, narrowly es-
Gaping from being caught in the ice
through the long night of the north
ern winter.
Young as he was. Nelson had COM
Ioand of one of the ships boats and
when the vessels seemed hopelessly
hemmed in by the great fields and
fios ting mountains of ice he was sent
to find massage to open water.
On one occasion the boy officer was
discovered by his captain out on an
ice foe at some distance from the
ship, engaged in a fight with a big
polar bear. He had fired his gun
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did, dat dose lines Is de best ting in
the powtry line ever was writ, an he
ought to know. cos he makes Twin
at it,"
Jips heart sank.
rs poetry got to be on 'em, Ned?" he
asked.
"Surel"
"Wot does 1t say on my pictur, Ned d?
You read It," said Jip timidly.
Ned took the lovely portrait of the
two-cent lady in blue and read the dog
gerel beneath 1t:
| You think because your dress Is fine
Because your jewels gaily shine.
You are above the common folk,
/ Who groan beneath your heavy yoke!
| Ali Naughty lady! Pride is tall
| The harder then shall be your fall"
OH screamed the boys, "Jip's girl
has t'rowed i'm over! Ups got to get
event"
But Jip seized the Lady in Blue and
gazed upon II in CONSERVATION. until
his eyes filled with tears, and he buried
his face against the stone of the alley.
Newspapers demanded the bigger
boys attention, and they ran away
laughing. but the little fellow remain
ed behind very miserable The pic
ture was sweet, but such words! He
could never send his lady them.
Slowly he prepared to tear up his
two-cent treasure.
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One day, however, after long and
gloomy revery he said to himself, 81
will be hero, and confiding in Provi-
dence brave every danger"
He has left on record that ever af-
ter that hour he did not doubt that
he would one day become a great
man. His health improved fast and
at the age of eighteen he was COM
missioned a lieutenant and sent on a
voyage to the West Indies where he
was made commander of one of the
small vessels which accompanied the
frigate Lowestoffe.
The Revolutionary War was on
then and Nelson's first exploit on
reaching his new command was to
board a captured American privater
in a sea so heavy and angry that the
other British officers had hesitated to
try it,
At twenty Nelson was made captain
of the British man-of-war Badger.
From that time his rise in rank and
reputation was rapid until he became
the idol OF his countrymen and seem
ed to carry victory with him wher-
ever he went.
While Nelson was a boy he was
always studying in spite of his active
life as sailor, and when he was eigh-
teen he passed his examination for
the rank of lieutenant with honor,
displaying such knowledge of his pro-
fession and a fund of general infor-
nation, that 1t surprised the officers
who examined him.
1t was work and study with him
all his life until he fell dead on the
deck of his flag ship in the moment
of victory in the great naval battle of
Trafalgar.
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lace-surrounded and lowering about
eccentric church porches.
Ups pointed finger jabbed at the
window glass promptly and located
the valentine he desired. He breathed
a great sigh of joy and relief and
danced for happy moment.
"She's dere;" he cried, and whisked
into the store.
A pale and austere maiden Of II
years rose from behind the counter as
Jip entered and looked at the boy with
a reproving eye.
But Jip had already clambered on a
| tall stool and was reaching wildly
across the counter. holding out two
| pennies.
"Wot dye want little boy?" the
naughty maiden demanded. cit off
me counter"
Glib me herl" yelled Jip trium-
pha ntly IT have two cents an it's me
own, and youse can't keep her no
more, youse can't"
"wot dye want? Git off me coun-
ter will yer?"
Jip sprawled across the counter and
beamed and wrigsled ecstatically.
Glib me der loidy In blue" he cried
and waved the price.
Dye mean the valentine of the
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08
SAVANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY. FEBRUARY g. 1908

of flowers and birds of amazing beau
ty few through IL.
So sweetly did they sing that mems
souls melted when they heard War
riors laid their weapons aside and
kneeled to listen. Enemies forgave
each other. War and hatred disap-
peared from the world and there were
only love and the song of the birds.
Most glorious of the birds was one.
II shone scarlet. and that was its dear
breast. 1t shone green, and that was
It's soft body. 1t shone golden and
that was from its tiny helmet and its
long, long tail.
Wherever this bird appeared men
knew that the God Quezalcoatl was
nigh. So they learned to know the
shining bird as the bird of their Sun
God and they called it Quezal.
1t was the Golden Age of America.
But there come a day when Tezcatli-
poca. the God of Darkness, gave Que
zalcoatl a magic potion that made him
old and weak and filled his heart with
unutterable longing for his home in
TlaPallan. And he went to the shore
of the sea and he stepped into his
great shell canoe and went out into
the sea never to return.
When his shining boat disappeared
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dom do any good. II the pupil is in
momentary expectation OF being struck
he gives but a small part of his at
tention to the lesson, and he falls into
a cringing, sneaking carriage which
spoils even the best OF tricks
The trick of firing a pistol is very
popular with both boys and older peo-
pie, and it is very easy feat to teach
a dog.
Rig up stand such as that shown
in Figure l. and tie a small cap pistol
to the upright bar. Cock the pistol
but do not cap. it. Tie a string to the
trigger of the pistol, as shown in the
diagram. Fasten a bit of food to the
string and let your dog have the It'd
bit
When he pulls away the food he will,
of course, pull the string and so let
down the hammer of the pistol
After this has been done several
times, tie a rag instead OF food to the
string and reward the dog from your
hand every time you induce him to
pull the rag.
After the dog thoroughly under
stands what is wanted of him a cap
may be placed on the pistol.
A dog may be taught to ring a din
ner bell (see Figure p by exactly the
same process.
Climbing a ladder (see Figure 81, is
more difficult to teach than pulling
on a string. Yet many pet dogs learn
to climb ladders without any training.
Hold a piece of meat just out of the
dogs reach and encourage him to reach
it by climbing. Reward him at short
intervals even If his attempts are far
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Valentine parties win be popular as
long as hearts are young and heels re-
spond TO music, and in planning the So
cial evening for her family of half
grown children, 1t is a wise mother who
counts upon the assistance of her boys.
The capabilities Of boys in this line
are seldom appreciated. A girl is in
structed in the proper way of receiving
guests and lcok ng after treir entertain
ment, while the average boy in the
average family Is duly informed as to
clean collars. new ties and other toilet
accessories. and then left to his own
devices.
II the mother would only try the lad
she would find him taking 10 the duties
of host like a young duck to water. A
boy likes to feel important. and being
the host in reality as we'll as on the
face of the invitations, fills him with
a sense of importance, to which he in
stantly rises. AS a cure for bashful-
ness, the responsibility of looking after
the comfort and pleasure Of others
works like a charm. A girl, especially
after she passes a certain age. is apt
to steal off in a corner with her best
friends and leave less favored guests
to their own devices. A boy is more
broad-minded than his sister. and, un-
hampered by furbelows and those vio-
lent intimacies of girlhood, divides his
attentions more evenly.
One of the first lessons taught the
cadets at both West Point and Annap-
oils is their duty to their guests. When
their sisters and mothers, to say Moth
ing of pretty girl friends, rally for any
of the social events for which these two
national training schools are famous,
the cadets are obliged. by certain un-
written rules. to play the host right
royalty every moment during which
they are free from duty. They must
see to IL that their sisters dance cards,
or those of the aforementioned pretty
girls, are filled before the night of the
dance. They must also average II so
that no dull or idle moments will come
to the guests while in Annapolis or
West Point. This is one reason why
men of the army and the navy are SO
popular in all drawing rooms.
One of the most charming social
events given this winter in a large
Eastern city was a Frat" tea, man
aged entirely by young men Of the fra
ternity. The fraternity colors and de-
signs were used in the decorations and
the AFFAIR moved with a smoothness
that would put many a hostess to
shame.
The boys appointed a committee OF
1--WE who. In turn. invited five girls 70
assist the Ave patronesses In receiving.
The young men trusted 10 no well-or-
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zal feathers. This was done by catch
ing the birds with bird lime, very care
fully taking the two long green feathers
from the tail and then liberating them
again.
No one was permitted to wear quezal
feathers except the Emperor Monte
zuma's famous crown was made of
hundreds of the green tail feathers, up
held by fine strips of precious wood and
bound together with gold, so that when
donned, the crown stood almost three
feet above the forehead of the wearer
A splendid figure was the Aztec EN-
peror who wore this feather crown. His
cloak was made of almost equally pre-
cious bright blue feathers. On arms
and ankles he wore rings of solid gold
His belt was gold set with gems and
he bore in his hand golden spear set
with the richest jewels of the secret
mines of Central America.
So the unhappy Montezuma was
clothed when he sat in council. So he
was clothed when he received the
bloody Cortez and his men.
In the great temples the beautiful
quezal birds were worshipped as II
they were gods. Besides being worn
by the Emperor and his heirs, their
feathers were used for only one other
purpose-to deck the likenesses and
figures of the Aztec gods and the bat
tie insignia of the Imperial warriors.
The mythology of the Central Ameri-
cans is almost wholly lost. The May
ans who loved the quezal, were for
gotten race ages before Cortez found
the wonderful Aztec Empire in its g1o-
ry. But few of the legends have sur
vived in vague forms, and one of them
is the beautiful one of the quezal birds
creation.
Once upon a time, says the legend,
there arose a great man in Central
America. His name was Quezalcoatl,
and he was noble to behold and had a
great heart. TIe was born far away
in the Land of the Sunrise, Tlapallan,
which lies across the seas and never
is darkened.
His face was fair and he had shining
eyes. A full beard flowed to his breast
and his look was the look of calmness
and peace.
Long he waited in the sun-land Of
Tlapallan, till the right time. Then
mighty sea-shell, and it was blown
over the deep as foam is blown along
from ridge TO ridge of the rollers. So
he landed on Mexico's shore.
Clothed in pure white. he wandered
through the land. He asked for no
sacrifice of beast or man for his altar
He accepted offerings only of flowers
and fruits. Gentleness, friendship and
love were all that he preached.
Where he trod the earth rejoiced
Green lay his path behind him. Bar
rem lands became rich. rich lands be-
came prodigal. Cotton sprang up
everywhere. Maize grew to such d.
mansions that a man could carry only
one ear at time. Fruit flied the land
with it's fragrance.
And wherever Quezalcoau appeared
the air became filled with the perfume
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without killing the bear and was now
ABOUT to attack the enraged animal
with his dubbed musket.
The captain fired a gun from the
snip which scared off the bear. and
probably saved Nelson's life.
When the captain scolded him for
his rashness the boy replied, II want
ed to kill the bear in order that I
might carry the skin home to my
father"
After many adventures and hard
ships, in all of which young Nelson
so conducted himself that he won the
admiration of both officers and men,
the exploring vessels returned to
England, where Horatio, now lust
turned fifteen, found himself some
thing of a young hero among his
friends and relatives and throughout
the navy.
From being a pale, sickly boy, Mel
son had become a short, stout youth
of ford complexion and athletic ap-
pearance. But being ordered on duty
in East Indian waters he fell ill and
returned home broken down in health
and much discouraged.
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below the horizon. the maize became
small and the cotton died and the
hearts of men awoke again to war
In the battles that came. the tenn
pies of Quezalcoatl were thrown
down. His priests fed from place to
place. till at last only a few still wor-
shipped him and performed his rites
in the deepest of the deep forests in
the mysterious mountains.
Then these few faithful ones died,
too. Palms and creepers covered the
ruins of the last of the affairs. Cen
GRAFTON followed genera ton and passed
away and at last all the races of the
Mayans passed away and the Aztecs
came and grew mad built new ma
ton over the runis OF the old.
While the Aztec nation was still
young the Mayan nation had been so
long forgotten that no man could tell
aught Of them except dim stories half
remembered. The Aztec nation be-
came very, very old and then it, in
turn. passed before the white man
from Spain.
Through all the ages one creature
has remained unchanged and beau
| tiful and ever free. 1t is the quezal.
And 1t still flies in its ancient splendor
! through the lost land of long dead ma
tons in Central America.
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08
THE LADY IN BLUE.
NEW YORK NEwSBOY'S
VALENTINE.
NEW
BY p. Y. BLACK.

"Poipers! EWING polpers! Loidy!
Yer ev'ning poipers! Poipers sun?
Ere y'are! Thank We, mum!"
Jip got out of the crowd with rush,
his last paper sold, and darted up
Park Row. He ran and dashed and
darted across the streets for several
blocks, such little. grinning bright
eyed youngster that people made way
for him at once with a smile.
On a side street from the Row he
halted, painting, and pressed his nose
against the glass of little store win
dow. The window was full of coarse
ly colored pictures, the stereotyped
valentines of the East Side-abnormal
youths in gaudy clothes, impossible
ladies' in fearful costumes, cherubs,
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dogs, cats, white rats, parrots. ETC.
are able to perform, for 1t Is really
not at all difficult to teach these ami
mails. Often only one or two lessons
arc needed to teach a dog some anus
ing feat.
When a master. after constant
trials, fails to teach his pet the trick
he desires, it is almost always tho
fauIt of the master. Either he has
lost his temper too frequently and
frightened the animal, or he has not
held tc one system of teaching and.
as a consequence, he has confused his
pupil.
K Is impossible to explain to an an
irnal what is desired of him. The ami
NAL can only learn to associate GER
tain signs or words with some action,
and he learns this only by constant
rel clifton.
II tine words or signs which are
meant to direct an animal are con-
atantly changed the pet Will never
be > bic 10 understand what is wanted
% him.
whippings confuse animals and sell
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In the tall and dreamy forests that
clothe the backbone of Central Amer
lea there fit the most beautiful birds
in the world and most beautiful of
them is the quezaL
No one who ever has seen one of
these wonderful creatures, would
dream of being able to convey more
than a pale hint of their beauty.
The quezal is a small bird, not larger
than a wild dove. 1t has a head dress
that is exactly like an antique helmet
in shape. flashing golden green
plays over it.
The plumage of the body does not
lie in orderdly rows, feather fitting
into feather, as in most birds. Instead,
beautiful plumes lie in bold waves and
overhang the body These immense
feathers can hardly he said to be col
ored They are rather like jewels,
for they flash in the richest emerald
green than can be imagined.
The same glowing green extends over
the two middle feathers of the tail,
which is three feet long and floats out
on wind when the quezal flies. The
other feathers of the tail are black
all white.
Breast and lower body of the quezal
are scarlet--a scarlet so intense that,
when one sees a quezal fit through the
primeval forests of the Central Ameri-
can cordilleras, the eye gets a con-
fused idea of tongue of flame lick
ing through the trees.
The quezal is a sacred bird in almost
all Central America to-day, to at least
the extent that the killing and expor-
tation of the bird is frowned on al
most everywhere, while in many local.
tiles there is a Heavy fine and long I'M
prisonment for any one who UNDER
takes TO disturb the royal creatures.
There is belief throughout the Gem
trail American countries that the que
zaps heart breaks in captivity, and 1t
certainly is well established that 1t is
almost impossible to keep the bird alive
IN a cage.
On account of this characteristic.
Guatemala has used the bird as the
symbol of freedom on its coat of arms.
When Cortez landed in Mexico he
round temples that were erected in hon.
or of the quezal. The feathers of the
bird were valued at more than gold.
ana the killing of quezal was a ma
uonal crime. Every year the Emperor
OF Mexico. sent men out to gather que
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08
HOW TO DO
CIRCUS TRICKS
LESSON NO. s.


By ]. Garter Beard.
When, either for the sake of amuse-
meut or profit. one undertakes to
teach an animal tricks, dogs are by
far the most satisfactory pets with
which to work.
They are more easily taught than
any other kind of animal, and they
can learn more complicated and diff
ficult feats.
Another item in the dogs favor is
that, when he is properly handled he
will enjoy both his lessons and his
performances and he will make it evil
dent that he enjoys them. Any sort
of dog can be taught tricks and not
infrequently some yellow, short-haired
plebian from the street has more ca
pacity for tricks than blue blooded
poodle.
The young trainer must not fall in
The Savannah morning news., 1903-02-08

to the mistaken notion that the ability
to learn a trick quickly is the most
desirable quality in an animal. Some
pupils learn their lesson far too rap
Idly and forget them within the next
half hour
Do not expect too much from one
pet. Public exhibitors are able to
show large number of tricks because
they have so many animals to call
on.
Each pupil, as a rule, knows only a
few of these tricks. A dog ought,
however, with a proper amount of
training, to learn enough tricks to
satisfy a reasonable trainer.
Good management by a trainer can
often make one good trick appear to
be several tricks by working some
Slight variations.
1t is surprising that so few pets