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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-02-15

then fasten a piece of wood across
them.
Figure shows the outside of the
skate. The foot rest is to be fastened
on the inside of the skate-that is, the
side toward the skates.
Fasten straps to Figure s and Fig
ure as indicated in the diagrams.
Both foot rests, the one for the right
foot and the one for the left foot,
must be exactly the same hight from
the ground.
Fasten the wheels in position by
running a bolt through both sides of
Figure (see 3D." Figure 3, showing
the head of the bolt.) The bolt serves
as an axle for the wheel.
1t is much more difficult to skate
with a clowns wheeled contriv-
ance than it is with the ordinary
skate; but when the art is once learn
ed it will be found that many feats
can be accomplished which are well
nigh impossible on the four or two
wheeled rollers.
l have never seen the one-wheeled
skates used outside of a rink and I
cannot say whether or not ir. the mat
ter of mere speed they are equal to
the common skate.
1t would be an interesting expert
ment to try, but in the matter of
graceful fancy skating, as have men
toned, the one-wheeled clown skate is
without an equal.
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Cut second piece such as shown in
Figure 2.
The widest part of this stick should
be seven inches longer than half the
diameter of the wheel. The narrow
part of the stick should be one foot
long
Fasten a bracket-shaped piece of
wood to Figure as shown in Fig
ure A.
Fasten second bracket-shaped
piece of wood to the top of Figure
/.
Fasten Figure 1 and Figure 2 to-
gether by mailing or screwing a piece
of wood las shown in "a" Figure -
across the barckets.
The piece of wood CA" in Figure
- must be wide enough to allow the
wheel, which is indicated by the black
circle, to pass freely between Figure
l and Figure after they are fastened
together.
a foot rest, such as shown in Figure
6, must now be fastened to the lower
part of Figure 2.
The back of Figure is intended
to represent the lower part of Fig
ure 2.
Figure is made by fastening a
brace, such as the owe shown in Fig
ure 5, on each side of Figure 2 and
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similar cases-but she won her certifi-
cate, and 1 was glad to be proven a
poor prophet.
"A poor girl appeared in the school
and the town. and her parents, too
poor to pay her board, soon followed.
They had large family and no work.
The meager allowance of daily bread
was shared by all. and this girl studied
each night into the small hours of the
morning by the light of one candle.
'She was finally taken ill. Nature
had rebelled. L called upon them in
their one room, furnished only with
two chairs and one bed, and from the
latter the heroine of this drama smiled
upon me like a reflection Of that light
which always wins its way through
darkness.
well, our teachers relieved the i'm
mediate stress, the father found stray
school, won high rank, and is now
winning laurels in the summer school.
Here is little daughter who is lifting
the whole family; her brothers and
sisters will follow in her steps.
II am particularly interested just
now in one case in our present sum-
mer school. 1t is that of a rural
teacher, S5 years old, the father of a
family of twelve children, and with a
salary vi Sou per 1OT IluC
months of the year. If he can go
through this summer school and win a
higher certificate, he will get $40 per
month.
He has thought of this for the past
year. 1t has been his one dream by
day and by night. He and his wife
saved and pinched, but the pinchings
from $50 per month, after fourteen
months had been filed, were INSULT
cient.
Did he give up the prize? He was
not made of that metal. He had a
house-a mere cabin-but it was the
home of his wife and children. 1t was
his all. He sold it for $50, and with
this money paid three months rent
in humble quarters, and left little
money for their support.
How he got here from his distant
home L know not. The first l heard
of him kind friends in San Juan were
giving him Judgment and he was
walking back and forth night and
morning, a distance of seven miles, TO
the school. He was doing this, too.
with no breakfast, for he must start
too early for even the cup of coffee
which furnished the breakfast of his
friends.
Then friends raised a contribution
to pay his fare on the street cars. He
king. He will win. He has it in his
eye"
These are the brave hearts who will
praise the land o fGeorge Washington
this year in Porto Rico.
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dren are filled with enthusiasm about
everything American. They have
learned to chatter in English like any
boys or girls in the United States, and
they have learned to be very proud in
deed of being members of the big fam
lily of Uncle Sam.
One of the American supervisors
of public schools reports from Saba
ma Grande that the pupils of the fifth
and sixth grades converse excellently
in English and that in the coming
year the fourth grade will be better
than the next grade higher than this
has been in the past year.
Whatever the pupils read" he says,
they understand Mhen it is spoken,
and they are rarely at loss for an
answer to a question. Conversational
work is not confined to the reading
lesson alone, but is spread out to
the town hall and the children, from
the little tots to the young ladies. talk
ed English at me the whole evening.
/ have seldom spent more pleasant
evening"
The anxiety Of Porto Rican children
20 learn is pathetic. One boy, who is
studying IN the hope that the Ameri-
can government will send him 20 the
United States to school. has 20 earn
his living during the day and has only
the evening 10 study. He cannot,
therefore. enjoy the help Of teacher,
but must get al his knowledge alone.
He wrote the following letter 70 the
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them, but by ability and hard study.
Crichton now devoted two years to
the study of philosophy, music and
languages. AT the same time he
practiced craftsmanship and fencing so
that he soon became the best swords
man and horsernan in Scotland.
Among other accomplishments he
learned to dance and to compose Latin
verses. When he was getting along
towards II his father thought 1t was
time he set out on his travels.
At this time the education of no
young man was considered complete
until he had made what was called
the grand tour'-that is, visited the
principal cities of the continent-and
young men of good family, as erich
, ton was, went from court to court with
. letters of introduction where they were
well received by the reigning princes
and acquired a knowledge of the
world.
When Crichton set out on his trav-
els he was familiar with twelve lam
guages, could play on a variety of
musical instruments and sing beauti-
fully, besides being familiar with mill
itary science and having his mind
stored with a great fund of learning
of various sorts.
AT the age of II this accomplished
boy appeared in Paris to become the
wonder of his own and all succeeding
times.
1t was the custom in those days for
the learned men to hold public dis
cussions in which they argued over
the most difficult and profound ques-
tons of science and philosophy. Soon
after his arrival in the French capt.
tai the daring hoy wrote placards and
posted them in the most conspicuous
places in the city, challenging the
learned men of the day to meet him
at the end of six weeks at the coll
lege of Navarro and dispute with
him in any Science, liberal art, dis
cipline, faculty, whether practical or
theOretic, and this in any of twelve
specified languages"
At first the people thought that this
was joke of young Crichtons and
when they found that he really meant
it they were astonished at his bold
ness. 1t soon was noised abroad,
however, that this boy from Scotland
was really a most extraordinary youth
and learned men came from many
places to debate with him at the APP
pointed time and place.
The debate was held before an inn
mense audience and Crichton not only
more than held his own in it, but
astonished all who heard him by his
PAOlOhnQ Ills WA anu AIS
keen, clear mind
No one of the learned men was able
to cope with him in argument and he
was praised and congratulated pub
licly by the president and the profess
sors of the college.
At that time the King of France
was Henry III, and his court was
the most brilliant and gay of any in
Europe. Every day there were tour
naments in which the knights clad
in complete armor and mounted on
horseback, charged against each other
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, that which he had issued when he
| entered Paris, and, in the presence of
the Pope and many of the cardinals
he met and vanquished in argument
some of the most learned men of the
time.
Then Crichton went to Venice, where
he astopished everybody as he had at
Paris and Rome.
A writer of those times says of him:
His memory is so astonishing that he
knows not what it is to forget, and
whenever he has once heard an grafton
he is ready to recite it again, word for
word. He possesses the talent of COM
posing Latin verses upon any subject
that is proposed to him, and in every
! different metre. Such is his memory
that, though he will repeat them back
wards, beginning from the last word
of the verse. His orations are unpre-
meditated and beautiful. His person
is exceedingly handsome. He Is a re-
markable horseman and a wonderful
breaker of horses; he has remarkable
skill in the uses of all kinds of arms
and is an admirable jouster; and he
both sings and dances to perfection.
Upon the whole he is the wonder of
wonders, and the paragon of the age"
Leaving Venice, the boy went to
Padua, where there was a celebrated
university. He announced publicly that
they were teaching things all wrong
at this university and that he could
prove it. A day being fixed for the
discussion he did prove it against all
the professors of the Institution.
From Padua Crichton journeyed to
Mantua. In that city there had ar
rived a man of great size, powerful
build and immense skill with the
sword, who went about provoking peo-
pie to fight with him, when he would
kill them invariably.
When Crichton arrived the giant
had just killed three of the most pop
ular men in the city and was Boosting
of it while all the people mourned.
But the brave Scottish boy was not
afraid and in fight which was wit
messed by all the court of Mantua, he
overcame the bully and killed him
with his sword.
Crichton, now turned twenty years
old, was engaged by the Duke of Man
tua as companion and teacher for his
son, Prince Vincenzo, and stayed at
the Mantuan court more than a year.
Then came his sad death. One night
as he was returning from a party
| through the moon-lit streets playing
upon his guitar and singing as he
went, he was set upon by a band of
masked jewellers. With his great
skill as a swordsman he soon put them
/ all to flight except the leader, whom
he disarmed and seized.
What was his establishment on tear
| ing off his captive's mask to see that
he had caught his pupil. the Prince.
Asking pardon for the rough manner
in which he had handled him, erich
| ton dropper on one knee and taking
his sword by the point, presented the
, hilt to Vincenzo The Prince, being
| of revengeful and sullen temper and
also flushed with wine, grabbed the
sword and plunged it through the
breast of the noble Crichton.
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Department of Education Of Porto
Rico:
1T is true, am in a position with
the San Jaun Light and Transit Com
pany. but can too little that scarce
ly 1t is not sufficient for me to address
myself. 1 have prepared myself to can
be a teacher the next time for being
not able to pay one who could give
lessons to me. This letter will not be
correct but it is sign of my progress
in the English language. 1 wait for
a satisfactory answer, for 1 go every
time forward and forward. 1 spend
some hours at night in studying alone,
by that reason all that 1 study l try
to understand it we'll for l have no
other man who can explain me that |
study at night. That is the poor life.
At the end of September 1 will be 16
years Old"
The principal of the Insular Normal
School has splendid stories to tell of
some of the girls who attend that in
s1tution. Here is one.
"A little girl. under age for the school,
came to us. She was under size, with
black eyes cleaning over the high
cheek bones of the Indian and from a
head covered with the close twists of
the African.
She has no father. and her mother.
VIII large FAMILY, is IN the deepest
poverty. Her preparation for school
is very meager. 1 see the hopeless
ness of the situation and tell her
she is too young, too poorly prepared.
But 1 want to be great teacher -
she declares.
Il attempted to reason with her. I
turn her own arguments-the extreme
poverty of her mother-against her,
and urge her not to add to the bur-
dens of this mother by wasting money
IN such hopeless undertaking as try
ing to win a teachers certificate in one
term. But argument is unaviling. ]
am always met with the same words:
1 must be a teacher. / must earn
money for my family. Please give me
chance. Only give me a trial.
WHO can resist this? Only a
chance-a chance to be something.
Who can refuse a trial? But in two
weeks / have to repeat the advice, and
the same is repeated by all her teach
ers. She is apparently doing little,
though working so hard.
But she persists. she begs for a
longer trial. Her eager eyes, full of
tears, have the desperation of hunger
in them. AS l look through the tears
and recognize that clear grit on
which the best in all civilization is
founded, 1 say, God bless you! Go
ahead!'
"And she did go ahead. I do not
know how she lived for a year-that
is, much of the time, for we had many
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up, and some day you may pay visit
to the people who can laugh as loud and
long as you can"
The soldier talked simply to be
friendly with me, and I don't think he
believed half he said, but my interest
was at once aroused. / wanted to set
out and find that island and see what
was to be seen. Indeed, / was on my
way down to the sea shore to find a
boat and put to sea when my brother
Anak met me and took me back home.
l told him what the soldier had said,
and he replied:
Brother, 1t is all nonsense. new
er heard of such an island, and I'm
sure father and mother never did.
Even If there was, how are you to
get to II? 1t is hundreds of miles
away over the water. and if you put
to sea in a boat you would perish
miserably within four days. Do not
think of such a thing"
But did think of IL. 1t was in my
mind day and night, and though was
as jolly as ever | was planning TO do
very foolish thing. A week after
the soldier had told his story l had
determined to set out on voyage.
Had my brother suspected what
was planning he would have told my
father, and then / should have been
severely talked to and perhaps
whipped, but l was very careful in my
movements.
Down on the shore beyond our
house all the fishing boats were always
drawn up at night. had been out in
boats many times, and young as I was
knew something about sailing them. I
also realized that ! must have food
and water in plenty If l was to go to
sea.
The soldier had said the island was
far away, and l might be two weeks
reaching it, The water could get by
filling one of the boat kegs at the
spring, but most of the food must
get at home. 1t took me a week to
secrete the quantity I wanted, and
then l gathered bananas, oranges,
lemons and other fruit 10 add to it,
and one night crept out of bed. made
up a bundle and slipped out Of the
house without any one IS being the
wiser.
There were no fishermen on the
beach, and having filled my key and
slowed away my food l showed the
boat into the water and set out on the
strangest voyage a boy ever under
took
was going to brave perils and dam
gers l did not dream of. and to have
adventures that might bring fear to
the heart of strong man did not
realize this, however, and had anyone
been about when sailed out upon the
dark waters he would have heard Joe
jolly Boy laughing as he set out for
the unknown jolly Land.
(To be continued)
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with long lances. or fought with
swords; there were trials of skill in
which the knights, riding at full gall
Top, tried to catch on the points of
their spears a ring suspended by a
string from a wooden beam; or there
would be some magnificent public
show arranged by the King with great
pomp and splendor.
To this court the boy was invited
and he distinguished himself in all
featS of arms.
In the Journeys and trials of skill
few competitors could approach him
in excellence, and in the whole court
none was possessed of such good
manners and so many accomplish
mentS.
He displayed such a knowledge of
military affairs that he was made an
officer of the Kings army and he
stayed in France for two years, his
fame increasing all the time.
At the age of 10 he resigned his COM
mission and went to Italy At Rome
he published a challenge similar to
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HOW TO DO
CIRCUS TRICKS
LESSON NO. 6.
The Clown on Roller Skates.
BY ]. C. BEARD.

A few years ago boys considered
roller skate with wooden rollers and
straps, a very proper sort of contriv-
apce; but boys demand constant inn
provement in their toys just as grown
people demand constant improvement
in their steam engines and houses,
and boys are very quick to note the
value or otherwise of every change
which is made in their belongings.
When the half clamp and the whole
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Gratis in the next presidential cam
paign.
Assuming that the Republicans
large majorities of 1896 and 1900 will
vanish in 1904 with the disappearance
of the silver issue, 1t is reasonably
certain that the swing of any large
section of New York's 81 900 negro
voters TO the Democrats, and the
change In the same direction of New
Jerseys 2l,000, Rhode Islands 1000.
Delaware's 5000. Maryland's SO. 600.
West Virginia's 1900, Indiana's Is. 600
ana Kansas 1900. would give the
Democracy the President in that year.
The transfer of these close states from
the Republican to the Democratic coll
unn IN 1904 would add ninety-elght
electoral votes 10 the 154 which they
viii get frog the solid South and Me-
vsda, which viii go 10 them IN any
event. This would mean a total Of 2s2.
or thirteen more votes than the
2s9 which viii be a msJorlty OF the
electoral college
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'"ONLY A BOY" STORIES
True Narratives Of Fine Deede
Done by Brave Boys.
No. FLAMES CREIGHTON.
By H. IRVING KING
No. FLAMES CREIGHTON.
BY H. IRVING KING

One of the most remarkable boys
the world ever knew was the Scot
fish boy, James Crichton, known to
fame as ''the Admirable Crichton."
He was scarcely more than boy-on-
ly in his twenty-second year-when he
was killed, leaving fair fame which en-
dures to this day. At an age when
most boys are attending the primary
school, young Crichton entered the
University of ST. Andrews, then the
most celebrated institution of learning
in Scotland. He was barely. II years
old when he took his degree of Bach
elor of Arts, and two years afterward
he was graduated with the degree of
Master of Arts.
1t is doubtful if before or since,
two such titles indicative of learning
have been conferred upon one so
young. And it was not by influence
or favor that young Crichton obtained
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Washington's birthday has become
the popular school holiday of Porto
Rico. The character of the first Presi-
dent has taken powerful hold on the
children, and even the younger ones
nave gathered surprisingly clear
idea of him and are able to write ex-
cellent composition about him.
they are ahead of their young fell
low citizens in the United States In
one respect, and that is that they can
write and tell about George Wash
luston In two anguages-Spanish and
English. They have learned to call
MIN The Father Of Our Country" just
Az school children do here.
me Star spangled Banner" IL al
ags sung with immense enthusiasm
I'D Forto RICO schools. Indeed. the chill
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GAMES OF THE
OMAHA INDIANS
Some Extra Good Ones That White
Boys Could Play to Advantage.
BY II. IRVING KING
By II. IRVING KING.

Among the Omaha Indians, now set
tied on reservation in Nebraska the
children have a series of games which
are as popular with them as football
baseball and mumblety-peg are among
white children.
These games are played to-day by
the Indian children in the same man
ner as they have been for unknown
centuries. One game is called man
cinbangi.
The boys take tall sticks of red will
low in their hands, and, standing in
a line. throw them so that they strike
the ground at an accute angle and
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Value of the Negro Vote I'm 1904.
From Leslie's Weekly.

As Republican supremacy in the
canvass Of 1904 may depend on the
retention of the black vote by that
party, we realize the interest which
attaches in both parties to the anti
negro crusade among the Southern
Lilly White" Republicans, and to
President Roosevelt's opposition to
any discrimination on account Of COL
or. Politicians also should realize the
significance OF the movement organ
ized among the leaders OF the colored
race in the South to demand enact
ment of a law TO pension former
slaves, under penalty, in case OF re-
fusal, Of an appeal to the colored vot-
ors in the North 10 bolt the Republic
can ticket IN 1904. on the basis OF the
vote Of 1902 for Congress or state Of
ficers. the transfer Of the negro vote,
or any large section Of Il, from the
Republican 20 the Democratic side
would mean a victory Tor the Demo-
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number of innings have been played,
the side having made the greatest
number of goals is declared winner
In this game village plays against vii
lage and each community boasts of its
"Tabe-gasi' team as we do of our
baseball teams.
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NO. L.

was born in the land of Siam, in
the southern portion. which is French
possession. My father was a French
soldier and my mother a native woman,
and l was the second child born to
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Yes, ! believe that even inaninate
objects have intelligence OF a sort"
For instance?" well. for Instance,
the policeman al the street crossing. -
Baltimore News.
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WAS HINGTON'S
BIRTHDAY IN
PORTO RICO

It is the Favorite Holiday of the
School Children There, and They
Celebrate 1t With Pretty Speech
es, Essays and Sometimes Plays.
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