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Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-18

The London Daily Mail announces
that successful experiments have been
made with the system Of recording
conversations over the telephone by q
combination Of the telephone and pho.
nograph. The system is the invention
of e. G. Craven, an English electrician.
who was formerly one Of Thomas Edi'
sons assistants.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-18

breaks out
erated, and
thoroughly
cop.per-c0l,
: viI.ll "
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-18

Washington, D. c., Dec. 16.-fhe
democratic senators have again failed
to arrive at thorough understanding
relative to party policy on Cuban reci-
procity, postoffice investigation, tariff
and the Panama revolution.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-18

The coal from the Glamorganshire
field in South Wales is regarded as
superior to all other steam coal by the
navies of the world. Its rival from
the United States is the Pocahontas
coal from West Virginia.
Columbia courier. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1902-1905, 1903-12-18

Kansas harvests more wheat than
any other state in the Union. In Its
wheat belt of 80 counties not one coun'
ty raises less than 100000 bushels
Sumner county has record Of 6,Sl2''
1902 bushels.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

wood in which has been cut a series of
long, narrow Sits or openings.
A small, round hole is bored
through each strip of wood between
the Sits or openings.
In the heddle, Figure 8, there are
nine openings and eight round holes.
The width of the belt will depend
upon the number of openings and
holes in the heddle.
Run a strong string through each
opening and hole in the heddle, as in
Figure 1.
The strings should be about one
foot longer than the intended belt.
Collect the strings together at each
end as indicated in the Illustration.
Before attempting to make an
elaborate belt of beads or skins it
will be well to experiment with col
Ored strings in order to understand
the principle of weaving.
Lay a piece of colored string be-
tween the two rows of strings, then
lift the heddle until the strings which
run through the holes are above those
which are in the openings.
Cross the colored strings once more
between the two rows of strings, and
push the heddle down until the strings
which run through the holes are be-
low those which run through the
openings.
The belt is woven merely by repeat
ing this process over and over again
Care must be exercised to keep tie
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30
THE TWO-FACED UNCK
His Nephew Had Wings and He
Was a BOy-Eater.
An American Indian Legend.

An old Indian and his nephew lived
together in a good home near a river
and enjoyed themselves every day.
The uncle used to go hunting and fish
ing and the boy wanted to go, too,
but the old man said: You are not old
enough yet; when you are, you can go.
But when you do go, remember to go
up the river and never down it.
But the boy noticed that whenever
his uncle went after fish, he went
down the river; so one day he decid-
ed to see where he went.
Taking a roundabout way the boy
came finally to the marsh land down
the river, and there he saw his uncle
standing on the banks of the stream.
"Ha," thought the boy, Il known
now where it is he catches his fish. l
will see how he does it,"
AS he watched the old man from the
shelter of the bushes, he saw him take
out couple of sticks and place them
in his nose. Then the uncle dived down
into the water and came up again
with two big fish.
THAT is easy enough" thought the
bow. II would like to try that my
SELF -.
The next time the uncle went hunt
ing after deer the boy searched among
his things and found the two sticks.
These he took with him and proceeded
to the marsh land where he had been
forbidden to go.
placing the stick in his nose he Owed
into the water but, instead OF catching
fish he nearly killed himself, for the
sticks were driven so far into his nose
that he could not get them out, and
they caused him great pain.
Running back home he threw him.
self upon his bed and was grooming
with pain when his uncle came in.
'What is the matter with your said
the uncle. Are you sick?'
mo" said the boy, but l think l
shall die. for l have hurt myself badly.
I have done wrong. l took the STICKS
Won used in fishing and tried to use
them as 1 saw you do when was ma
in the bushes"
"You have done very wrong" said
the uncle sternly but he TOOK pair
of pincers and pulled out the sticks,
and after awhile the boy got well.
like some other boys, after he had
heen well again for some time he for
got what had happened to him for
disobeying. Again he went to the
march land down the river
This time he heard some boys
laughing on the banks Of the stream
and, as he had no one to play with
him, he joined them.
They invited him to go in swimming
with them, and he did so, and they
had a very gay time together. AT
last they said: ut is time to go home;
YOU come along with US"
Then he saw that each boy had a
pair OF wings which he put on when
he came out Of the water just as or
binary boys put on their clothes. They
mad an extra pair Of wings which they
gave 10 him and said: I'VE live on
an island where everything IL lovely
You have never been there. II Is up
m the air over the top Of that tai
tree. come On"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

never tumble over the awkward, clum-
sy shoes, or into them, as one mo-
mentarily expected her to.
Therese was a little Breton maiden,
living in a tiny matched stone cottage
with two rooms-one of these rooms
was inhabited by the cow and the pig,
the other the family occupied.
This was the first year that she had
been old enough to pose for the ar
lists who went there ever summer,
and very proud she was to be chosen
from the chattering group where her
artist had first found her.
HE is the most 'eentil of them all"
she would say to her envying COM
rades, and the others thought so, too,
for he never drove them away when
he was at work, and very naughty in
deed was the child who arrived first
and was allowed the privilege of
tending easel" and keeping the 9TH
ers from between the artist and his
model.
To-day little Therese sat quite still,
although the pose was over, and the
artist was wiping his brushes and
folding his sketching palette; even
the stocking that her busy needles
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30
BY H. IRVING KING.

1t is not every school at which a boy
is educated, fitted for an honorable
career and paid salary at the same
time.
They do that at the Naval Training
School and, besides, give the boy upon
his arrival an outfit of clothing.
The apprentice gets SO a month
while he is in the third class, $12 a
month while he is in the second class
and s21 a month while he is in the
first class.
After he graduates he has the whole
navy before him and all positions are
open to him to achieve.
The apprentice, having passed
through his probationary period and
become a regular member of the bat
talon, finds programme of work and
study laid out for him which discour
ages some boys and makes them drop
out early in the game.
The officers are not sorry to see
them go-they don't want such bows
in the navy. Laziness and stupidity
are two things with which Uncle sam
will not put up. If boys of that kind
do not weed themselves out thew are
weeded out.
To make the finest man-of-war's-
men In the world he must have good
material to begin with. Boys who
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

to now?''
Saturday is pay day. I don't like
to interfere with the rules Of business,
hut, WELL will break them this time.
Here you are"
"Oh!" The child gave a gasp Of de-
light as an extra franc rang into her
little palm with the salary up to date.
Now 1 can have the ones with the
shiny tips'
What are you going to squander
your fortune on, now you have it?'
Real shoes, Monsieur. I've been
saving up ever since you began my
picture. Real leather shoes, with but
tons. / never had any before, and
my father said l might if 1 earned the
money myself"
What will you do with your
sabots?"
"Oh, that!' and she kicked out her
little feet and sent the great wooden
objects flying into the tall grass. Then
with a repentant look she went in
head-first after them. AFTER all, they
keep ones feet dry" and she stepped
into them once more. But real shoes,
Monsieur, with backing on them, and
buttons like the demoiselles-they are
so beautiful"
The next morning the artist did not
paint in the background. 1t was mar
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

They all rose in the air, the boy
with them, and so flew, talking and
laughing, to the island. When they
reached the island one of them said
Come on, let us have one more
swim" SO they all off with their
wings and into the water again.
Then one said: Let us see who
can swim farthest under water" and
they did SO.
try, and as he came up he saw the
strange boys on the bank putting on
their wings.
When he called out to them they
laughed and rose in the air, carrying
away his pair of wings with them. AS
they sailed away they called out, as If
speaking to someone else: Here is
game for you, uncle"
Then they vanished.
Then the boy was very sorry that
he had disobeyed his uncle. He saw
a number of trees on the island and
noticed that the bark of the trees was
scratched as if by dogs.
Perhaps the dogs will come and
tear me to pieces" he thought.
In order to confuse the scent of the
dogs if they should come, he climbed
first one tree and then another, until
he came to the last one on the island,
and there he hid himself in the
branches and waited.
He had not waited long when 1t
grew dark, and pretty soon he heard
a canoe approach the shore and man
landed with a big pack of fierce dogs
and lighted a fire.
BY the light of the fire the boy
could see the savage dogs and also
the man, who had a horrid face, both
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

have been convicted of any crime or
are known to be of bad character will
not be taken on any account-Uncle
Sam wants only the best.
Parents and guardians are warned
that the navy is not a reform institu-
ton. Boys whose conduct is unsatis-
factory are discharged promptly and
the parents required to pay their ex-
penses home. On the other hand, an
ambitious, self-respecting boy finds
that his lines have fallen in not I'M
pleasant places, and he is sure to sue
coed and to become an honor to his
parents, the service and the country.
The days work at the Training Sta
ton is divided into periods" each
period" being three-quarters of an
hour long, with fifteen minute inter-
val for rest between them. AT noon,
of course, the interval is longer to al
low for dinner and half an hours rest
after it,
What a boy is instructed in during
the periods" each day depends upon
what division he is in. Each division
gets the same subjects, but they get
them at different times.
The divisions are like classes. If an
apprentice belongs to the first divi-
sion, he begins the week on Monday
by exercising three-quarters of an
structor. who shows him how to de-
velop his muscles to the best advan-
tage. He can learn to box and fence
If he wants to. They turn out some
very good boxers from the gymnasium.
After the gymnasium he gets pc
riod of infantry drill and then he
goes to school and attends to his read
ing, writing, arithmetic, history and
geography.
The next two periods he devotes to
the study of the science of seaman
ship-a wonderful study and, to the
boy who has the sailor instinct in him,
most interesting one.
For sixth period he is told about
gunnery-how to load and fire the big
guns of a ship, how they are made,
what they will do and why they will
do it, and his days work ends with
period of instruction in light artillery
The next dav his instructions are
varied by having two periods in which
he is taught all about pistols and two
in which he devotes himself entirely to
learning about the building and han
ding of boats
On Wednesday two periods are in
troduced in which attention is paid
entirely to sewing and mending-all
really good sailors become expert with
the needle.
On Friday afternoon the two last
periods are taken up with bathing, fire
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

to training ship, and he is sent on
board the first one that goes out on
cruise after this time is up.
The healthful climate of Newport
and San Francisco, where the two ap-
prentice training stations are located,
the good food. comfortable clothing
and regular life, are all conductive to
the moral and physical development of
boy, and it is surprising what a
change even six months makes in the
majority of them.
1t changes a careless, sloppy" boy
into a clean, self-reliant young man,
whose body is strong and healthy and
whose brain is filled with useful know
ledge.
A body of these young apprentices
who have completed their term at the
training station, and are ready to go
on board training ship, is sight to
make any American proud.
During the six months the appren-
tice has been at the station he has
been alloweG to visit the neighboring
cities, but has had no leave to visit
his home, unless it happens to be near
the station. Now however, he can go
and see his folks and make them a
visit of week.
1t is a proud day for him when he
| arrives at the old home in his neat
sailor uniform, to show his parents and
his former playmates what the train
! ing school has done for him. For sew
en- days, of course, he is a hero and
privileged to hold wondering audiences
spellbound while he tells of chow we
do things in the navy"
Then he goes back to the training
station to join the draft preparing to
go on board the training ship. Here
after his home is to be something that
fioats-he is a shore sailor no longer.
With him the first process in the MAX
ing of one of Uncle Sans sailors is
completed.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

were always knitting had ceased
growing for minute; and she was
looking at her wooden shoes.
Done for to-day" said the artist.
you may go. Come again to-mor-
row IL the sun shines. The picture is
getting on famously."
please, Monsieur-would Mon
sieur mind II / do not come to-mor-
row morning?"
why, Therese? Is it fete day7"
mo, Observation-Disclosures she shift
ed off the wall and stood backed up
against IL with an eager look coming
into her little Breton face-"but Il
is market day. and I'm 70 10 to the
Place with my mother, II you please.
But, Therese, market day comes
every Friday, and / can't spare you.
The picture wants you, Is II sOrne-
thing very Important
Yves, Monsieur, and II n whole
week 70 another Friday"
well, ] suppose ] could work on
those trees in the background tO-m0r-
row. But ri expect you Saturday
sure. what n 4 now, ThereseY--
fOF the child efiil fingered.
"COuld-c0uld A0usleuF pay no w
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

before and behind, so that he could
/ look both ways at once.
After he had lighted his fire the man
said; MY nephews told me there
was game here" and he "sicked" on
his dogs. The dogs, seeming the boy
ran first to one tree and then to an
other, and at each tree the man would
say, after examining the branches
There is no game here, you stupid
dogs"
After the dogs had been to nearly
all the trees and had found no game,
the man became angry, and, saying,
MY nephews have deceived me-" he
took the dogs back to the canoe and
padded away with them.
The boy stayed in the tree all night,
and in the morning he saw his COM
panions of the day before come flying
down to the shore.
"Ha! hal" they laughed. "Our uncle
has eaten the strange boy. Now we
will have a good ITEM"
They took off their wings and went
in swimming. When they were all in
the water the boy descended from the
tree, and, creeping up to the shore,
slipped on pair of wings. Taking
the others under his arm he flew up
in the air, calling out in mockery to
the boys In the water: "Ah, uncle, here
is game for you"
The boys came out of the water and
begged him to come down and return
their wings, but the boy said: mo,
you shall entice no more boys to this
island for your two-faced uncle to kill
and eat"
SO he flew away home to his own
uncle, who had been very much wor-
ried about him. He never went down
the river any more, but remained at
home until he grew I'D to be a great
warrior and mighty hunter, and was
the support and comfort of his aged
relative
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30
THERESE'S SHOES
BY NOBLE IVES.
Illustrated by the Author.

Little Therese sat on the low stone
wall of the sunken lane where she had
been posing for the artist all the morn
ing.
Little Therese wore a snowy cap,
into which all her brown curls were
tucked; a quaint little old-fashioned
dress, with queer. broad collar, COW
cred her trim little figure, and an old
blue apron, with pockets and many
rents and patches, completed her cos
tune.
On her feet were great wooden sa-
bots, almost large enough for her to
take boat ride in. and it was sur
prising how she could run Gathering
down the stony hill to join her play
mates, when the pose was done, and
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

ket day, he would stroll a little and
look at the people.
Down the path and over the foot
bridge that crossed the swift little
river, up the main street of the viii
lage which was thronged with squeal-
ing pigs and lowing cattle led by peas
ants in their gala dress; into the little
Place filled with canvas booths, where
men and women were laughing. scol5-
ing and haggling over their bargains,
and finally the artist arrived at the
shoemaker's BOOTH
Yes, there was Therese, In her
snowiest cap, her broadcast collar and
her pinkest apron, and in her arms
were the coveted shoes-the ones with
the shiny tips. She saw the artist and
ran to him.
"See, Monsieurl They are not the
prettiest but they have the shiny
tips and the buttons, and they are
mine, my very ownl"
why don't you put them on?"
Here, Monsieur! with the pigs In
the same street? No, / will wait till
/ am in my own house. l will wear
the saoots home"
The artist followed her with his
eye as she turned away radiant. An
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

quarters and gymnastics, and on Sat
urday there are no periods of instruc-
ton at all. The forenoon is given IN
TO bag and hammock inspection. 10
overhauling and mending clothes etc.
and all the afternoon is devoted to
recreation, the boys having a good time
in any manner they please as long as
they behave themselves.
Sunday is day of rest, with divine
service IN the morning and Sunday
school in the afternoon.
AT different times the annrentice &c
taught the use of flags in signalling
and how to signal with colored lights
rms is part of the course which the
Doys take up readily and seem to en-
JOY thoroughly. At almost any time
you can see boys talking to each
other across the great drill hall with
signal flags. And they learn also to
talk with each other as far as they can
see one another by waving their arms
in certain manner
Attached to each training station is
a small gunboat of the type known as
"auxiliary"-thatis is, she can either sail
or steam-and in summer she Is fire.
quently loaded up with a crew of bows
who take her about the harbor and
out to the open sea, learning thus by
practical experience how to handle a
vessel under sail.
There is also, at each station, an
old-fashioned square-rigger-a man
of-war of the bygone time-and on
board of it the boys are sent from
time to time to learn by experience
things about masts and yards and rig
ging.
The boys get lot of practice, too,
at shooting with the rifle and pistol,
and sometimes when they go out on
the gunboat they shot at a floating
target with her guns. Cash prizes are
given to the boys who make the best
scores.
All the time boy is at the Train
ing Station he is naturally anxious for
the time to arrive when he shall be
sent on board a ship and sail away
strange countries for to see."
AT the end of six months a boy is
supposed to be qualified for transfer
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30
sAvANNAH MORNING NEWS: SUNDAY AUGUST go 1908

There is great variety of material
TO choose from when one has in mind
the construction of an Indian belt.
There are head belts, leather belts,
grass belts, belts made of twisted
snake skins. No matter which sort
of belt is desired the general plan Of
construction is the same.
1t is the material used, not the
method of weaving, which changes the
aspect of the belt.
Figure shows what is called
heddle frame, a rectangular piece of
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

Solution of Inst Sundays blouse
Puzzle Rhyme
BY G.. NJ. L. Brown.
The capital letters show the ten DIFF
ferent parts of a house that were hid
den in the verse printed last Sunday
Said the BOOKSELLER to the baker
Cellar.
Here's a letter for you, sir;
Whenever their backs bear SEALING
wax, (Ceiling).
They're important, / infer"
But the baker, SILLY fellow, (SilD.
Who had never learned to read,
Put down his PAN, Tried the POST
mark to scan (Pantry). (Pos).
But, of course, did not succeed.
"I must be BLIND this morning, u
(Blind).
He remarked with a vacant STARE;
(Stair).
my eyes give me PAIN, I will try
1t again (Pane).
When the sun hasn't such a glare!"
Thus the baker, stupid fellow,
Tried his ignorance to SCREEN
(Screen).
And his neighbor meanwhile gave
vent to a smile.
But STOOPed so it should not be
seen. (Stoop).
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

The Countess of Warwick, one of
the most beautiful women in England,
has been a queen of London society this
season in spite of the fact that the
King and Queen ignored her splendid
entertainments. When the Countess
was Lady Brooke she was a guest at
Tranby Croft at the time the cele-
brated baccaret scandal developed. The
Prince of Vale, now King Edward,
was also a guest and because of his
presence an effort was made to hush
up the matter. But Lady Brooke talk
ed and the whole affair was soon pub
lie property. Her Iadyship thereupOn
became known as 1.-The babbling
Brooke"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30

hour of such Joy is a great thing to .
child, and the artist could remember
when he, too
He cleared his throat slightly and
strolled back to the river, where a bit
Of shimmering light and shade soon
absorbed his attention.
The afternoon was wearing on; the
groups OF tired men and women were
trudging YEARLY home, and the suns
rays were slanting down, throwing
long shadows behind the gray cottages
and the gorse bushes on the hillside.
The painter was setting up his cam
vas by the river for a sunset effect,
when he heard above the hum OF the
village a shrill cry, and a minute later
TheTese appeared, followed In hot pur-
suit by two big boys, the DULLES OF
the village
A. the river bank she perceived that
escape was impossible, and turned at
bay upon her tormentors. She was
san cberiehing her shoes.
you shan't touch thennl They are
mine-f earned fhemi"
"il0i" laughed the bigger bog.
(coatinusd On Rago TwsntY-siGnk-a .
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1903-08-30
Indian Beg.

strings close together. so that the belt
will be uniform in width
The strings which run through the
heddle have, as a rule, very little to
do with the pattern.
The character of the belt will de-
pend upon the sort of material which
is crossed back and forth between the
two rows of strings.
When it is desired to keep the two
rows Of strings separate while both
hands are being used to tighten or
loosen the woven portion of the belt
place between the two rows of strings
a cylindrical piece of wood such as
shown in Figure 2.