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The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

sure" muttered the farmer as he look
ed a the shells.
But to corner Mr.. Miggs was easier
said than done. Not a sign of him
could be discovered, though he peeped
at the searchers from dark hooks and
corners. Once big beam was all that
covered him when Johnny climbed
away up almost to the peak Of the
barn. The folks finally gave UP the
task of discovering him and concluded
he had gone for good.
The next morning the lad who cared
for the pigs came rushing in where
the folks were seated at breakfast. His
eyes bulged out and he was so startled
that he could hardly speak. After a
few attempts he did manage to say be-
tween gasps:
MIR. Stiles, 1 just saw the funniest
looking boy out in the pen He's sit
ting up on a beam grinning and max
ing all sorts of faces at the pigs. l
fired a cob at him, but he only made
ugly faces back at me-"
Sure you saw him, Joe?" asked the
farmer rising.
Yes, sir He's got on blue pants
and a green jacket"
That's the very chap. Steals nuts.
sucks eggs, and now he is going to
carry off Il little pig. We must COR
ner him this time. Come on all hands
and see the fun"
When the pen was reached Mr..
Miggs was not to be seen.
Il guess, Joe, you must have
been dreaming same as pa"
mo such thing 1 saw that boy as
plain as I see you. I know what 1 see
with my two eyes. don't II" returned
Joe.
But Johnny only grinned back at
him and said nothing.
Yes, sonny, Joe saw that visitor
just the same as I did: blue pants,
green jacket and all. Queer thing
where he hides when we want to get
a good sight at him. Perhaps he is
in the barn. If we can only get him
in the grain bin we will coop
him"
Instead of being in the barn Mr..
Miggs was perched on the top
of the chimney of the house. And
he grinned and made faces at the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
THE CAPTAINS
FIRECRACKER
BY TEMPLE BAILEY.
Illustrated by Rosalie Arthur.

Little Louise tucked big red fire
cracker into the tin box on top Of her
fathers sea chest.
ITS my very biggest one, she whis-
pered, land father will be glad when
he finds it. May5e it will be the Fourth
Of July, and he will fire it off, and
think OF me-"
Then she shooz her finger at the
small dog that sat beside the trunk
Don't you tell him. Wrggles,' she
warned: its to be his s'prise.'
She trotted down the path TO where
her father and mother sat looking over
the deep blue sea, on which the Cap
tain was to sail that night.
You are going to be dreadfully
s'prised. father she said. but 1
mustn't tell you" and she shook Ter
curls at him, and the Captain tossed
her high in the air and kissed her.
"WeH. here is a kiss for my sur
prise, he said. and here is another
for goodbye
"Oh. must you go right now" asked
little Louise, and two tears came INTO
her blue eyes.
fright now" he whispered and
kissed her again and again, and then
he set her down and kissed his wife,
LileH he Idl up luF pain anu III ut tlie
tin box deep into his chest, locked the
chest and loaded it into a cart which
stood in front of the door, and was off,
and his wife and little Louise stood on
top of the high hill all the afternoon,
until far down below they saw his
white ship put off to sea, and then they
waved and waved until it was out of
sight.
The Captain Travelled and travelled
~ inc -ta nd o.
the time the red firecracker lay undis-
covered in the bottom of the tin box.
At last the ship sailed into warm
lands. where the palms stood straight
and stiff on the coast, and the sand
shone gold in the sunlight, and where
the people We're black as ebony.
And at one of the places where the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

tie clear spring. There was nothing to
eat but fish, which the Captain caught.
and a few CLANS and bananas. Dur
ing the day il was very hot. and at
night it was very cold, and after a
while the Captain grew weary and
lonely and sad.
I'VE shall die here" he said. 'on
this desert island. far away from little
Louise. and from home" and the par
rot when she heard him say home,
piped up her little song.
Then the Captain wiped away the
tears that would come. and looked out
eagerly to sea, hoping for the sight of
a SAL.
But the days went by and no ship
came and at last the Captain lay down
on the sand and gave up hope. He
opened his tin box and read over the
last letters from his wife and from lit
tie Louise, then he closed his eyes and
went to sleep. and Pete curled up be-
side him. and Polly tucked her head
under her wing.
For a long time they slept. Then
Pete walked up and stretched himself
and then Polly blinked and walked up,
ZOO and they looked out over the
waters.
And there, looking black against the
setting sun, came a great steamer,
with a long line of smoke streaming
DenlnQ nef, as she moved swiftly w.
ward the island
Nearer and nearer came the steamer
as Pete and Polly watched it.
Home, home. sweet sweet home,
sang Polly, and Pete danced up and
down on the sand. but the Captain
slept on.
People with long spy glasses looked
over the sides of the steamer They
saw the parrot and the monkey, but
the Captain, asleep behind a bag of
sand, was hidden from them, so they
sailed right on without stopping.
Pete grew tired of dancing. and
presently he ran to the captains tin
box and began to pull things out of
it, and there at the very bottom he
spied the firecracker. 1t was beauti-
full and big and red. and Pete turned
it over and over in his little brown
hands. Polly came up with her head
on the side. and crooned over it. POL
ly wants a cracker, Polly wants a
cracker" but she did not know that
this was really a cracker, but not the
kind to eat.
Pete played with the firecracker I'M
til he was tired, while the great
steamer ploughed by. Suddenly, in a
fit of mischief, he flung it into the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

intendent of a skyscraper. Each of
our windows is fitted with heavy iron
eye bolts. into which the cleaners are
expected to snap steel hooks, that are
attached to broad canvas and leather
belts that are to be buckled about their
waists. You would imagine that no
man would dare to stand on the mar
row sills-exactly ten inches wide in
our building-without seeing to it that
the belt is hooked into the eyebolts as
firmly as ii will go. There is absolutely
nothing for these window cleaners to
hold on to. All that is in front of them
is the smooth face of the glass. They
stand bolt upright, or even lean back
wards a little over the depths behind
them. Yet it requires constant watch
fitness to force these men to keep their
belts on, and to hook them in before
they begin to clean a window. Every
day we catch one or more of them
climbing out on those narrow stills,
twelve stories and more above the side
walk. with the belt unlocked"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

little white ship stopped the Captain
bought a monkey for little Louise, and
at another he bought a parrot, beau
tiful green parrot with yellow on the
tips of his wings. and after while the
parrot could say Louise, little Lou
Use. hello" and every time the parrot
said it, the monkey would take of, his
little green cap and make a bow.
Il tell you. the baby will think you
are great" the Captain would say
gleefully. when Polly and Peter per-
formed-for that was what the Cap
tain called them-and then Pete would
jump on his shoulder and chatter in
his ear and Polly would sing, Home,
Sweet Home"
One night, in an awful storm, the
little ship was driven against a rock,
and while the wind ragged and the light
ming flashed and the thunder roared,
the Captain helped his sailors to get
into the lifeboats. so that they could
be saved.
Come with us. Captain" they beg
ged, when they were ready to push
off But the Captain shook his head.
Il Will stay with my little white
ship" he said, and at last he made
them go.
Then when he was all alone in the
darkness the little monkey crept into
his arms, and the parrot flew to his
shoulder and then the Captain thought
of his little daughter, and of her last
words.
Poor little Louise" he said, II am
afraid ] shall never see her surprise.
] wonder what it could have been"
All night the three companions shiv-
cred in the sinking vessel, while the
waves ran up as high as hills. And
when the dawn came the Captain gave
q great shout.
There's the shore, Pete" he cried
mot half a mile away"
He rushed into the cabin and opened
his chest. On top was the tin box
which contained his papers and money
He tied 1t TO his wrist. and ran up on
deck.
Goodbye, little white ship, good
bye" he cried, and with the monkey
clinging to his neck he jumped over
the side and into the foamng waters
Fly. Polly. fly" he shouted. and
the green parrot kept just over his
head and followed him to shore.
II was such a wee bit of an island
on which they landed. Just a few
palm trees, with lots of sand an lit
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
Mr. Miggs and His Declaration
of Independence
BY HORACE SEYMOUR KELLER.

There isn't any doubt about it, Mr.
Miggs, as he sat up there in the big
hickory tree in the front yard on that
Fourth of July morning, gave Farmer
Stiles great start that was almost a
scare. No marauder of the sort ever
before had attempted to steal nuts
from that tree. And they were par
ticularly fine nuts: when we'll sea-
soned and ready for use. one crack of
the hammer, and 10 and behold. a nice
plump one nearly every time.
But what is Mr.. Miggs doing there
in that tree in the front yard? And
why is Farmer Stiles so concerned
about the matter?
Mr.. Miggs is pretty-or so far as his
sort can be. And there is no reason
why Stiles should be almost frightened
Miggs is harmless. He is especially
fond of nuts, but he is not over in love
with the green one he is nibbling at
The one he is sampling at present
makes him quicker up his face and grin
and talk i'll language that Stiles does
not understand.
We'll, that's the queerest looking
boy l ever saw. He's a real foreign
fellow, no mistake. 1 say, sonny, come
uON II IL yOu are uulSIys l. lie MUS di Z
green and no good. Come down and
into the house. You shall have fine
breakfast"
But Mr.. Miggs was too much Of a
foreign chap to understand the farm
er's words. Though he would have
been delighted to accept the kind in
vitation, he failed to comprehend the
mans meaning.
Perhaps, also yhe was so very polite
that he wanted more formal intro
duction. However, he didn't come
down. He only made faces at the other,
which was not polite, to say the least,
and especially not since he was on the
farmers premises without invitation.
Suddenly Mr.. Miggs reached up and
took hold of a branch above his head.
Then followed some of the prettiest
"skinning the cat" and other bar
maneuvres you ever saw outside of a
circus.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

folks below.
well, if that don't heal ALL"
"Hain't he cute, pa ~
''I suppose So-cli;.. egg-sucker.
1 don't want to shoop
Here comes a buggy, pa" broke in
Johnny as a buggy halted at tie
gate.
stranger jumped out and came
to the house. Reaching up his hands
towards Mr.. Miggs he said in plead
ing tone:
Come down, Mr.. Miggs. Come
down, old boy"
The little chap with blue pants and
green jacket slid down the roof to the
porch. In a wink he was upon the
mans shoulder winding his long hairy
arms about his neck and caressnS
him.
'Tt is my trained monkey. Belongs
to the show in town. Poor Mr.. NJ ggs
ran away on the Fourth Of July To
have an Independence Day of his own.
Has he caused any damage?" inquired
the man.
We've only had fun and a free
show since he came"
The man took the monkey to the
buggy And the last the folks saw of
Mr. Miggs as the vehicle passed out
of sight was the little hairy
fist waving farewell to them.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

ished l knew that could go straight
to the house of the widow Harris, al
though it was fifty miles away. We
said good-by about 10 o'clock in the
forenoon. and l logged along.
Once in while I would meet dog
that either growled at me or gave me
a friendly word, but l met with no adj
ventures until about a o'clock in the
afternoon. l then came to d village
and had to pass a store where about
a dozen men were gathered. There
were three or four dogs around, but 1
was passing along about my business
and they would not have minded me
but for the men.
''Ho! A strange dog" called one of
Them Lets set our dogs on him and
see how fast he can run"
The crowd laughed and called to the
dogs to take hold of me, and all came
rushing as If they would eat me up.
have told you of my fights, and I
do not think you will call me a cow
ard when I say that this time
thought better to run away. There
were four dogs, and four against one
Is too many.
l should have got away all right but
for two more dogs coming out and
heading me Off One of them came
with such a rush that he knocked me
over, and when | got up l ran under
a
back as ] could and when the six
dogs came after me only one could
reach me at time. | knew l was
fighting for my life, and l tell you |
did make it hot for those ours.
After | had chewed IN three OF
them the others ran away. and it was
then that a crowd of men gathered
around me and began shouting:
Mad dog! Mad dog! Get your
gun and shoot him!"
l was no mad dog as you know. but
that's the way men are. They are not
willing to give lone dog a fair show
when l heard them shouting l knew
they would kill me If they could, and
all of a sudden l made a rush from
under the barn. Right in my way
was the man who had cause all the
trouble for me. and I knocked him
fiat on his back and gave him a good
bite on his leg as I passed on.
The dogs did not care TO follow me.
and in five minutes ! was a mile away
and not much the worse for my adj
venture.
That evening l stopped pr word
with a farmers dog, and he kindly
gave me a share of his supper and a
bed i'm the woodshed. l also had
breakfast with him. and we felt very
friendly towards each other as / con-
tinued my Journey
AS my feet had become sore did
not travel so fast that day. and Il was
10 o'clock at night before l reached
the place had set out for. No lights
were TO be seen in the house and so
went to the barnyard and found a
bed IN a box under a shed.
l fell asleep almost at once. being
tired out. but only three hours had
passed when / heard soft footsteps.
and lifted up my head 10 see two men
under the shed and close 70 me.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
AN ANTELOPE THAT
DWELLS IN SWAMPS.

The general idea of an antelope pic
lures it as swift runner, fleeing in
graceful bounds over stretching brown
plains. There is an antelope in the
Congo region, however, which rarely
ventures TO the upland, but actually
lives In water, spending practically all
Of its time wadinR around in the
swamps and feeding on swamp
growths. such as papyrus and other
water planta
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

This swamp antelope represents
among animals what the heron and
other wading birds do among birds,
and like these wading birds. the swamp
antelope has extraordinary long and
thin legs, while it's hoofs are wonder
fully long and spread out almost as
wide as birds claws when the animals
wade in the mud, thus supporting them
on the soft bottom.
These swamp antelopes are by no
means small animals, but belong to the
larger forms of their species A full
grown male is as big as the buck OF
the fallow deer of Virginia.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
Extrn Good soldiers.

Robert, four-year-old American
citizen. recently went a-visiting in a big
fort. where he was entertained nobly
by officers and men. one day he was
taken in state to see a drill on the
parade ground, and just as he got
there the line was standing immov-
ably at Attention!
Roberts acquaintance with soldiers
had been intimate, but not wide, hav-
ing been gained entirely from the tin
soldiers in the box which was presented
to him for his birthday. Therefore he
promptly noticed a great and surpris-
ing difference between the soldiers on
the parade ground and those at home.
and he expressed It solemnly and in a
shrll voice that reached the ranks:
"Them's extra good soldiers, guess,
remarked he. They don't fall down
at all, does they?"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

nre.
There was a quick sizzle, then
cannon.
The captain jumped to his feet.
What is is? What is it?" he cried,
and Polly danced shrieking around the
fire, while Pete covered by the tin
box.
Look, look!" cried all the pas
gengers on the great steamer, as they
heard the loud report, and saw a man
rise from behind the sand bank.
The captain waved his arms fran
tically, and presently the steamer
stopped and sent out small boat,
and in little while the captain
and Pete and Polly We're safe on
board.
Trying to have Fourth of July
the steamer of the shipwrecked cap
But the captain was still dazed
Il don't know" he said: ~ can't
understand what it was that eX-
ploded and walked me and brought you
back"
But when he reached home and told
little Louise, she looked at him scorn-
fully.
why that was my sprise, father"
! she said; didn't you know? 1t was
my big, red, firecracker."
| "Well, il saved my life" said the
captain solemnly and she went away
happily, with Peter under her arm and
| Polly on her shoulder and Wriggles
| trotting along behind, and presently
| the captain heard them singing. Pol
! Louises sweet voice.
| Home home, sweet. sweet home,
| There's no place like home
! There's no place like home"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
TRIP, THE TRAMP
The Adventures of Homeless
Dog as Told by Himself.
CHAPTER TX.

Perhaps you do not know that dog
can find his way across the country
much better than a man, but it is true
When a dog travels he sees and re-
members every cross-road, house. barn,
creek, river, bridge and almost every
tree by the roadside. He can follow
the road back by night as we'll as by
day, and no matter how many turns
there are he will not get lost.
The friendly dog who gave me break
fast told me what villages l would
pass through, what bridges L would
cross and where I must turn to the
right or the left, and when he had fin
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
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sprang upon the man. Down he went
with a crash and l on top of him, and
five seconds later l had my teeth so
close to his throat that he dared not
move. The other man ran away at
once, and l guess he had the worst
scare of his whole life.
had the man prisoner, but
didn't want to hold him all
night. l therefore set up a great
barking, and in few minutes
heard people at the house
opening doors and moving about,
and knew that help was at
hand.
CTo be continued. }
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
the MISTAKEN WORLD.

Said Christopher: This world is made
In ways that make me feel afraid
That things are not arranged Just
right.
For instance. see how often !
Get burned on each Fourth Of July
When setting fireworks alight
yet fireworks were made to be
Set off by little boys like me:
And therefore should like 70
know
Why things can not be managed so
That when you light them. off they 60,
And not fill US with pain and Woe"
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03
A MADRAS WATCH TOWER.

The people in India do not use
scarecrows to keep the birds away
from their fields: they use far more
effective methods.
They build a small matched cottage.
and above that an open upper story
with thstched roof. reached by a long
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

From this high vantage point. cool
les keep watch and frighten away the
birds with curious piercing cries
During the season the families Of
the coolies live in the hut below,
and the men fake turn about On
watching.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-07-03

solution of Last Sundays Numerical
Independence Day PuEHls.
RirecraekeEI
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-07-01
NEARBY NOTES

The Pennsylvania railroad passen-
ger engineers will wear a black oil
cloth cap in the future On tn IT ont
the word Engineer will appear
Henry Coo ,Williamsport. is suffer
lug from bite on his neck below the
right ear. tits supposed that spider
bit him and the swelling had to be
lanced by physician
Edward F. Loney of Jackson. Mich
as leased around Cherry Run about
1,4oo acres of land, supposed to con
tain rich coal deposits. Operation:
must be commenced Immediately.
Joseph Saville, aged ~ years, re-
siding near Frances Station, w. Va,
on the South branch of the Potomac
committed suicide by hanging him
self at the home of his parents. He
was respondent because of ill health.
Edwsrd Hill, Wilmington, Del, has
cat which has given birth to foul
kittens Joined together as one. Each
is separate kitten, but The bodies are
ne, and the quartet moves as siu-
gle kitten. The freak still lives
Freight train drawn by engine "a
AS, on the B. and 0. IN charge of En-
ginser Lieber, ran into the rear of an
extra west bound freight drawn by
engine 1894 near Cherry Run. Sever
al cars were broken up as result OF
the collision and three tracks were
blocked for sometime. None OF the
men were hurt.
Stockholders of the n. aud w met
at Roanoke and author zed the issance
OF SIS, ooo, 90 per cent 40 yea
gold bonds for the completion of the
double track system, building of new
lines and general improvement.
Plans were issued fora 500, 900 de-
pot for Roanoke
Hinton-Editor Higginbotham of
a daily paper at this place was horse
whipped by Mrs. A. Gwinn, who
claimed she was injured by the pub
LEGATION of an article which set out
that COLT G. Mann a candidate for
Judge was caught in her house by her
sou. Hieg inbotham refused to retract
the story.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-07-01
&C mmitted Suicide

Miss Celesta Fowler. of Baltimore, a
sister OF Judge David Fowler, OF the
Baltimore County Court, was found
dead Tuesday morning in her room at
"The Willows, NEAR Cavetown, where
she was spending the summer at tn e
home OF the Misses Huyett. tits stat
ed she committed suicide by hanging
herself to high bed post.
No cause is assigned for Miss Fow'
ler's rash act She has been spending
her summers at The Willows" for a
number of years. She came up from
Baltimore early this spring and SO far
as known was enjoying her usual
health. She was aged about so years.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-07-01
Death If an Infant,

Anne the II month, old daughter
of the Rev. and Mrs. John S. Douglas
died at their residence on West King
street last Thursday evening at S
O'Clock of peritonitis after an illness
of two days. Everything possible wal
done, by Drs Andrews and McSherry
to save the life OF the child, but to n O
avail. The parents are utterly pros
trated over the death of their darling.
The body of the little one was taken
to Washington, on Saturday for in
terment, after short service held at
the Rectory. The greatest sympathy
is felt in the community for the sore
ly bereaved parents.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-07-01
A BALE OF COTTON.

Or 70 bushels of corn to the acre,
without the use of an ounce of fertilizer
is not an unusual yield from lands 10
the famous Mississippi and YazooRiver
Valleys, traversed by the Illinois Cen
raj railroad, the great trunk line to tn
South.
Farmers desiring perfect climate
best soil sure crops and steady markete
would do well to locate homes now,
for prices are rapidly advancing in this
favored country. Send for free illus
trated literature and letters from far
mers who have gone south to stay and
who are perfectly satisfied to remain
+. A. Richter,
Pass. and Agent, Illinois Central r. r.
6I7 Bessemer Building, Pttsburg, Pa.