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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
MulO===The Pocket Rat

"Mulo, Expert Engineer" is the sign
which should hang above the doorway
of a strange little fellow who makes
his home a foot or more under ground.
THAT south subway of ours that
runs through the peach orchard" re-
marked Mulo to his wife one morning,
has all caved in. The heavy rain last
night completely destroyed it. must
get to work on it at once"
"Not before breakfast" demonstrated
his wife.
"Oh, I'll take bite as I go along"
said the engineer, hurrying away. Mulo
worked with a will, digging out the
subway till by and by he came to the
root of a peach tree. Now" said he
to himself, Il think have earned my
breakfast" and he cut off the root,
bit by bit, with his great incisors. II
am very fond of peach" said he,
smacking his lips. its one of the most
delicious roots l KNOW
Just then there was a sound over
head which sent the cold shivers down
Mulo's back. He turned and hurried to-
ward the west subway, then through
that to the center of the village. There
was great commotion. He saw day.
light streaming down into the living
room, and his little son ran up to him
crying: "A terrible beast broke our roof
in and seized mamma. He has carried
her away!"
Just what 1 feared" said Mulo. II
heard the man walking in his orchard
and his dog barking and jumping
about, and then 1 heard a squeal. 1t
must have been your poor mother"
When the village quoted down Mulo
sailed all his relatives together, say
ing: Tonight we must leave our old
home. 1t is no longer safe to remain
here now that the man and the dog
have discovered us. AS soon as the
sun sets let us go UP into the field and
prepare a luncheon for our journey"
So at dark every one of the pocket
rats fastened to the field and cut a
great many blades of juicy green grass.
Each stuffed his two cheek-pockets as
full as he could, so that they hung
down and touched the ground, which
made it rather hard to travel; but then
pouched rat must have food on a
journey. Over highways, through
meadows, across stone walls and
bitches they travelled. Now and then
when they felt exhausted they thrust
their hands into their pockets and pull
ed out a mcuthful of grass.
At last Mulo called halt.
Here" he said, lis as pleasant a
place as we could wish-a pear and ap-
pie orchard Let us begin work on our
new home at once"
Every pocket rat Immediately began
digging as. fast as he could, for they
all knew if they were not out of sight
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
The Real
Wild DerYishes
BY H. /. Il.

In the past few years there have
been many exhibitions of Oriental des-
ert-dwelling tribes in Europe and ths
United States, and their performances
have served to take away a great deal
of the romantic glamour that used
to envelop the name "Dervish.''
Now, while there isn't anything ro-
mantle about most of the Dervisbas
whom have seen in the Mollammeuan
countries, they are far from being the
rather poor kind of trash that 1 have
seen in the exhibitions in the Occident
The real Dervish is dirty, but danger
Gus; lazy, but quick as snake when
he wishes to be; ragged and poor, but
proud as Lucifer.
The good people who have witnessed
what the programmes announce as "a
genuine dance of wild Dervishes "
should have seen the decidedly gen.
uine dance that 1 saw three years ago
in the sandy country a few miles east
of Bagdad; then they would have I'm
derstood the difference between the
Dervish of the shows and the Deryish
of the plains.
About 200 Dervishes, mostly Persian
were gathered in a great half-ruined
hall one afternoon when l was enabled
to smuggle myself in, through the con-
nivance of an Arab servant of the old
Sheikh who presided over the affair
and who was said to be one of the
most learned holy men of the Orient.
First, all the Dervishes chanted
praises of the old gentleman Then
the oldest of them advanced and kissed
him, once on each cheek. After that
all the rest advanced on their knees
and kissed his hand.
For half an hour after this all the
big-lunged men roared out long pas
sages from the Koran, while the old
Sheikh chanted in still more mighty
voice a single sentence, repeated un-
ceasingly.
Then they ell sprang up, and for at
least three-quarters of an hour thew
swayed back and forth, one against
the other, keeping time with their
stamping feet, until many of the Der
wishes began to tremble, while others
sobbed aloud.
Suddenly they all removed their tur-
bans, locked their arms and moved
swiftly around and around the hall
pounding their feet hard on the stone
floor and springing high in the air at
regular intervals. At this time their
chanting changed to wild bowling, vis-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15

ing, rising necessarily. This violent eX-
ercise was kept UP longer than any of
the others: so long, in fact, that meI
began to drop here and there. AS soon,
however, as the mass of dancers show
ed signs of weakening, the old Sheikh
would howl aloud and wave his arms
till he had spurred them on again.
After they had worked themselves
into positive craze. came the most
frightful spectacle that I ever saw in
any part of the world. The most vic
lent of the Dervishes seized swords
and daggers and thrust them into bra
tiers that were burning in various parts
of the hall. When they had turned
red-hot, they were carried to the
Sheikh, who in turn presented them to
certain dancing Dervishes.
AS soon as the fiery weapons were
held out, these men would seize them
eagerly and lick them with their
tongues, bite at them like wolves, grip
them in their teeth and so dance
around, or thrust them into their legs
and arms. 1t was wonderful to see how
the mad excitement of the ceremony
enabled them to bear what must have
been intense suffering. Very few of
them seemed to succumb. most of the
Dervishes danced and handled the red
hot weapons until they had cooled en-
tirely. Some even licked them contin-
ually till they steamed and lost their
heat that way. / saw only three men
faint from the wounds, and even these
were out of the danger for only few
moments.
The next day 1 saw a number of the
Dervishes who had cut and otherwise
injured themselves in the dance. They
were wounded, but the damage seemed
to be giving them no trouble whatever,
so far as motion or appetite appeared
to be concerned.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15

I could not say. The question was to
be decided pretty soon, however. While
/ was at the gate a spaniel dog came
trotting along. AS soon as l saw him
1 knew that he was a stranger in those
parts.
Hello to you!" 1 said as he came
up.
And hello to you!" he replied as he
halted. well, youngster why are you
sitting out here at this time of night,
instead of being asleep in your ken
nel?"
He was a fine looking dog, a good
deal older than myself, and l liked his
looks. In reply to his question l told
him everything as l have told you, and
when | finished he said:
Those officers will be coming back
tomorrow, and other people will be
tramping about the place, and if they
don't shoot you. some one will get a
rope around your neck and lead you
home. He may prove to be a good
master. or he may misuse you. Plenty
of men deserve hanging for the way
they use their dogs. AS for me, / call
mo man master"
But what do you do?" l asked
Il am dog tramp. / travel about
and see the world. Now and then l
have to go hungry or sleep cold, but
on the whole 1 fare very we'll indeed.
The best thing you can do is to join
me. have long wanted a partner,
hut have found no dog to my liking.
You say your name is Trip; well, my
name is Ned. and l believe we shall
get along together first rate"
1t seemed to me to be the best
thing l could do, and when l said 1
would go with him he replied:
1T is only midnight now, and if
we start out at daylight that will be
time enough. Let US take look
around the house and then have a
nap"
The officers were in such a hurry
to get away with their prisoners that
they had left the kitchen door open,
and of course / was at home as soon
as we entered. l went to the cup
board where cold victuals We're kept
and stood on my hind legs and turned
the button, and then we had plenty
OF cold meat and bread before us
When we had eaten our fill and Tapped
up a pan of milk Ned said to me:
I'VE will now sleep till daylight,
and then we will be off to see the
world. There are lively times ahead
for you"
How long have you been a tramp"
] asked
More than year, and in that time
nave Travelled hundreds of miles and
met with many strange adventures. 8"
But what do you get to eat, and
where do you sleep?"
You will find out all about that as
we go along. Even If we have to go
hungry sometimes and sleep under
the bushes it is better than being
kicked about. Now, youngster, you
are so sleepy you can hardly hold
your eyes open. Tumble down and
go to sleep, and leave me to wake you
up at the proper time. Tomorrow
will be a great day for you. You will
probably have an adventure before
noon"
(To be continued.)
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15

process of being brought into contact
with civilization. The savage takes
kindly to patent medicines. Imported
first by the white settlers for their own
use on the African coast the medicines
have found favor in the threats of the
natives, and now many a black, naked,
stalwart native chief keeps in his bam
boo hut in the jungle d bottle of Some
body's Celebrated Nerve Tonic" of
which he takes a dose before he goes
out slave hunting.
In return for patent nerve tonics the
sable savages of Africa send to us
among other things invoices of some of
their own medicines. not patented as
yet but highly priced in the Dark Con-
tinent. Among these is the poisonous
calabar, or ordeal beans. In Western
Africa these beans are much valued by
the natives for the curious property
they have of exposing witches. If any
one in the tribe is suspected of prac-
Using witchcraft, he or she must swal-
low strong decoction made from the
bean, and the tribe sits around to OBJ
serve the result. If the suspected per-
son is guilty, he dies; but if the stom-
ach refuses TO retain the decoction. ne
is declared guiltless and the
Voodooman who accused him is
put to death instead. AS might
Hdlu any De SuppOSeup the NOO-
dooman tries to see to it that
the accused person gets dose strong
enough to kill But in his anxiety to
do this he sometimes gives his intended
victim an overdose and then it goes
hard with the Voodooman.
The beans are not used in this coun-
try for discovering witches Though
had they been imported in the days of
Salem witchcraft they probably would
-, \ 49, i -,
treating Iockjaw, neuralgia and certain
other nervous diseases. Thus do civil
ization and savagery medicate each
other
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
Wise Daddy.

When Daddy was my age. he knew
At least five times more than l do;
That was because he read and read
Until he Just had filled his head
With all the things you learn al
school.
From fractions to the Golden Rule
MY Dad he had no time at all
To spin top or throw a ball;
But soon as school was out. he had
TO run and hurry home like mad
To do the errands for HIS Dad.
He'd do them all and not get mad,
And then he'd sit right down and pore
His history and grammar DER.
And that's why Dad is so smart
now,
That when 1 go to ask him how
To do sum, he looks at me
And then most weeps in misery,
And drops his paper and says:
My!
When l was half your age, and I
Got such an easy 'zample, Ned,
l used to do II in my head"
make him feel so bad that he
Simply CAN'T do the sum for me.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
TRIP, THE TRAMP
The Adventures of Homeless
Dog as Told by Himself.
CHAPTER II.


When the robbers returned and found
me at the house they were for killing
me at once, one of them saying;
This puppy must be known 10 many
people, and should any one from the
village get sight Of him il will be
known that we robbed the store.
will take him ont and shoot him."
But both the women pleaded so hard
for my life that it was finally decided
to keep me for awhile, and | must say
that things were made very pleasant
for me for the next six months. l had
plenty to eat and nothing to do, al
though l heard the men say / would
make a good watch dog after l was a
year old
There was but little work done on
the farm. About once a week the two
men drove off with the agon and
We're gone all night. Sometimes they
were alone; sometimes one or two other
men We're with them. They always
brought back stolen goods. and after a
few days the goods were carried off
and sold Many and many time ]
heard the women telling the men that
they would end in state prison, but
their words We're only laughed at.
awakened one night by the footsteps
of men. l had a kennel near the kitch-
en- door, and as l rushed out ] saw six
or eight men close to me. l set up a
barking 10 alarm the family, but as
soon as l uttered the first sound one
of the intruders gave me such blow
over the head with club that l rolled
over unconscious.
When ! came to my senses l found
an awful row going on. The strangers
were officers of the law, and had come
TO arrest the whole family. The robbers
had resisted, both men and women
were made prisoners just the same.
While ] lay on the grass with a great
ringing in my ears / heard one of the
officers say that the robbers would get
a sentence of at least five years each.
What was l to do? If the family
were taken away / could not stay be
hind. and l knew that the officers
would not let me go along. 1t seemed
the best thing to sneak away, and al
though l staggered when / got up l
was soon in safety behind some bushes.
While l was lying there one of the
officers said to another:
You didn't kill that dog after all.
He's got up and sneaked out of it,"
They made no hunt for me. and
when ready to drive off with their
prisoners they had forgotten all about
me. l crept out to the gate to see them
go away. What was to become of me
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
A Three-Year-OId Swimmer.

A stout little. giant of a Swear old
Brooklyn boy named Robert was
taught to swim by his father last sum-
mer in a simple and delightful way.
His big dad merely dug a hole in the
sand above the line to which the roll
ers reach He made it just deep
enough so that the little boy could
float in it, Then he filled it with wa
ter as the rollers broke near it and
that day Robert learned to float. Be-
fore the end of the season, that hole
and similar ones had taught him how
to swim like any grown boy or man,
and though he is still too small to be
taken out into the breakers, he will be
carried out beyond them this year and
enjoy his swim in the deep ocean.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15

Little Elinor. four years old, was in
the kitchen one day when a kettle lid
that wouldn't fit was the cause of q
good deal of conversation between the
cook and the nurse. That night, af-
ter she had been tucked into bed. her
parents heard her plaintive voice arise
wailing:
Put the lid on tighter! Put the lid
on mel"
They thought that she was talking
in her sleep; but she was wide awake
and all that she wanted was to
have the blankets pulled over her.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
In sGugIand.

There was a squg who was quiet
full
OF temperament and love:
He languished for a squggess young
Who lived three twigs above.
And all night long he used to sing
"Oh, ting-a-ling! Oh, ting a-lingl"
Until the squgs from near and far
All listened to his wild guitar.
But, ah, the squggess young and fair
Simply exclaimed, Il do not care,
l will not marry him! No, no."
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
A Kitchen Range to put TN.

This diagram represents a kitchen
range, though you would not, perhaps.
suspect IL. A very little cutting and
a little more folding will produce it
in perfect condition, so that it can be
put into dolls kitchen. If YOU follow
the instructions you will find that there
is not enough trouble to be worth mem
tioning about making It,
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15

why do you weep my little lad?"
The kind school ma'am inquired.
"Oh. miss. il makes me feel so bad
To see the wheels ali tired"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
SOLUTION TO LAST
SUNDAYS PUZZLES

Answer to Combined Words.
Cd New Haven.
(2) Concord.
co Little Rock.
ca Dunbar.
(5) Norfolk.
60 Springfield.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15

guide for finding the face.
Cut out the half moon in the lower
circle along dotted lines and place it
upon the opposite circle.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15

Cut around outline. Then fold under
and paste to the under part of the tops
of the range the parts A A A. Close
the front by FASTING the flaps B b Is
the sides Then fold so that the hapi
paste under letters c on the siSes.
Paste the double sides together an0
paste the flaps d d to the top.
Paste E Z under the rim OF TINS
range and the work is done.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
EIinor,s Iden of m.

Answer to CROSSWORD.
Victoria.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15

In squgland this is always so.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-05-15
M~e&%@ '5 1ay

picture shows what the the i'm
visiting cards shown in lassundays Picture Puzzle
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-21
ALAMEDA SOCIAL.

ALAMEDA, Nov. 20.-Turkeys will be
amons the twenty-five prizes to be offered by
California Council of the Young Mems Insti-
tute at a Thanksgiving whist tourney to be
held in Wooduen Hall Park street Tuesday
evening Among the young ladies who Will
officiate as scorers at the card tables will be
Misses Sophie Koordt, Marguerite Cleaves, May
Smith, Lillian Cavanaugh, Irene Tweedie,
Gladys Lamborn. Alice Manley, May Mulvany,
Helen Smith, Gladys Rose, Harriet GogglnI
Mamie Hickey Marie Dorm, Alice Leclerc and
Ursula Scholten. The committee directing the
tourney consists OF George w. Kelly tchair-
man, Frank n. Dedd, Joseph Krieg, Joseph
Halton, @. E. Goggin, j. b. Didder ana w.
MIR. ana Mrs. A. Horatio Cogswell of this
city are living on the Hudson River, near New
York. Mr.. Cogswell plans TO take an ad-
vanced course at Columbia College before re
turning to California
the hostess at a card party given
Thursday evening at her home. Ihirty guests
participated in the entertainment ,,,,,,, So,,
Thursday evening the Teachers club held
its first reception in Assembly Hall IN the
Alameda High School building. The AFFAIR
proved a notable social success and was largely
attended.
Masters Emerson and whitney Spear,
a number of their little friends Saturday after
noon at a Dutch party at the Spear home on
wore Holland caps and each was the recipient
of an assortment of Dutch toys. Mrs Iaylor
and Mrs. Greene directed the affair for the
little ones.
There was a programme Of ten dances given
nv the Alameda High school Cotillon at its
first. party of the season held in Woedmen
Hall Friday night. Among the patronesses
of the function were Mrs. J. Glen Bates, Mrs
IAtteton, Mrs G. r. Plummer and Mrs. r.
T0Iunqn
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-21
DESIRE TIDAL
CANAL OPENED
Fruitvale and Alameda Are
Bent Upon Having Ditch
Declared Navigable Way
Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
1nte D,.nn dr-n,r Nntr %

Oakland Office San Francisco Call.
1915 Broadway, Nov. 20.
One of the first matters that will be
brought TO the attention of the Hon.
Joseph r. know1and, the new represen-
tative of the Third Congressional Dis
trict, will be that of having the tidal
canal declared a navigable waterway.
Several Improvement organizations OF
Alameda and Fruitvale, including the
Board of Trade of the latter place, are
in favor of having the big ditch, which
was completed more than two years
ago. thrown open to commercial uses.
Three large steel drawbridges span the
canal at Park street, Fruitvale avenue
and High street, but they have never
been swung to permit the passage of
any craft but dredgers and all are
without tenders.
Both sides of the canal, from San
Leandro Bay on the east to San An
tonic Estuary on the west, afford com
smodious and convenient sites for man
ufacturing plants, but these will con-
tinue to be unoccupied unless the
waterway is opened to navigation.
Charles F. Lee, in an address before
the Board of Trade of Fruitvale, ad-
vanced many strong arguments why
the tidal canal should be opened to
navigation and showed how such action
would benefit Fruitvale, Alameda, Oak
land and the towns adjacent to San
Leandro Bay. His statements met
with the approval of the members of
that body and the improvement clubs
Of Alameda will be asked to unite in
the request that Congress open the
canal for the purpose of navigation.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-21
NEW PASTOR IN PULPIT OF =
TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH
Rev. II. HaserOdt Installed With
Ceremony Conducted by Rev.
J. H Thesis

OAKLAND, Nov. 2O.-Rev. II.
Haserodt, the new pastor of Trinity
Evangelical Lutheran Church of East
Oakland, was installed this evening.
The services were conducted by Rev.
]. II. Thesis. pastor of Zion Evange-
lical Lutheran Church of this city,
assisted by Rev. @. BernthaI, pastor
of ST Paul's Lutheran Church, San
Francisco. Rev. J. II. Schroeder, pas
tor of st. Johns Lutheran Church.
San Francisco; Rev. M. Liebe. of Zion
Lutheran Church, San Francisco:
Rev. j. H. Witte of Alameda; Rev. B.
Lange of Berkeley, and Rev. E. Block
of San Francisco.
The new pastor is well known in
this city, having formerly been in
charge of the German Lutheran
Church of Alameda. Some time ago he
gave up his Alameda church to assume
charge of the Evangelical English
Lutheran Church of Minneapolis
which he recently relinquished to ac-
cept the call to the East Oakland
church. 1t was only after third call
had been extended to him that Mr.
Haserodt accepted his present charge,
but the members of the East Oakland
church were determined to have his
services, and finally induced him to
accept their call.
The San Francisco call., 1904-11-21
READY TO SUBMIT THE
WATER SUPPLY REPORT

OAKLAND, Nov. 20.-The report of
the special committee on municipal
water supply will be presented to the
City Council at its meeting tomorrow
night Embodied in the report will
be the result of the committees can
vass of the city, the figures from
which will be tabulated tomorrow
afternoon. Indications are that fully
5000 replies from citizens involving
their views on the two projects sub
mitted will have been received.
The committee, in its report. will
follow the lines of it's statement to
the public and will present to the City
Council the plan of the Bay Cities
Water Company and that of an ar
tesian we'll scheme to be developed by
the city. With the citizens express
sion of opinion, which is said to favor
the Bay Cities project. the City Coun-
Gil will decide quickly which plan to
submit at bond election. The elec-
ton will be called as soon as the
legal preliminaries can be fulfilled.
City Councilman Edwin Meese, sec
retary of the committee. said to-day:
The committee has expressed great satisfac-
tion over the large vote that has been re-
turned in the canvass The lively interest
taken. shows that the citizens are behind the
administration in IFS efforts to secure a
nieipal water supply.