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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

the refused to leave their lonely
islet, and the war ship that had been
sent to get them and their possessions
was forced to return without them.
Tristan d'Acunha is little more than
rock. 1t has barely enough vegeta-
ton to support a few herds of cattle
and to supply the needs of the seven
ty-five men, women and children that
live on it.
1t rises sheer out of immense depths
in mid-ocean, half way between Cape
Horn and the Capt of Good Hope, and
the only persons whom the inhabi-
tants see from the outer world are
the sailors of the British warship
which calls at the island once a year.
The English offered the people eX-
cellent land without charge in South
Africa and other aid necessary to
establish them comfortably in their
new home. But they replied that they
were happy where they were. and that
they fear that they would not fit into
the world. They have so little to do
on their deep-sea rock that they are
not very active, and they do not care
to enter the competition of the civil
lied world. They are very peaceable
and kind, perfectly sober and highly
moral. There has never been a crime
of any sort on Tristan d'Acunha
There is no Jail. There is no money.
There is no newspaper. The island
has no postofice, no shop of any
kind, no school and no laws. There
is no office, either. One man is as
good as another, and no man has au-
thority over another. Each one lives
as he deems best, and he need pay
neither taxes nor other assessments.
The people are very intelligent and
handsome. They have lost all track
OF time and dates, and do not care
about the events of the world at all.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

water like the otter's and the beavers.
He spends so much of his time in the
water that nature has furnished his
large hind feet with kind of hairy
web. that he may swim easily.
None of the forest folk enjoy life
more than Sinkpe. He sleeps away the
days on his comfortable couch, rolled
into a great furry ball, with his chill
dren, his wife, his cousins and his
auntS, but when the sun sets and star
twinkle in the sky the muskrats I'M
wind their tails, which they had wrap
ped about their noses, stretch their
legs and glide down their dark pass
ageways into the brook.
I'VE will dine on shell-fish tonight"
says Mrs Sinkpe, as she rises from the
bed of the stream clutching a clam.
She climbs to a birch log, and, sitting
up on her launches, bites through the
muscle hinge of her prize and swallows
its contents with great relish. She
dives for another, and before long there
is row of muskrats along the birch
log, all eating CLAIMS and muscles.
After the fish course come the vege-
tables, roots of rushes, COW lilies and
flags, firm and white and sweet. Snkpe
has taken counsel of his neighbor coon,
and washes his roots before he eats
them, scrubbing them with his little
hands and beating them about in the
water.
After dinner comes playtine, when
the muskrats have jolly games of
tag" and follow my leader" They
dive and splash and frolic enjoying
themselves as much as any crowd of
boys in the old swimming hole.
When the spring foods come sweep
ing down from the high lands, Sinkpe
knows that his house may be destroy
ed so he abandons it and hollows out a
summer residence in the bank. Here
his wife makes a cosy grass nest for
her little ones, which are born blind
and naked. They grow very fast and
are soon able to swim out with her. BY
/ fall they are as large and strong as
she, and glad to help build the winter
lodge.
Sinkpe uses plenty of strong per-
fumery, but, nevertheless, the Indian
thinks that "the beavers little broth
err" as he has named the muskrat,
makes a very fine roast
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
LEFT ALONE;
The Adventures of Ben and Nancy.

was not caught out in the Storm"
But he was, sir replied Ben, while
his sister at once fell to weeping. at
is three days now since he set out to
visit his bear trap. and we fear that
he must be dead in the woods. What
do you think of it, sir?"
Il don't want to say anything to
Kill your hopes said the man, but
you know we have had two bad storms
right together, and the weather has
been so cold that two of my calves
froze to death in the stable. Your
father may have burrowed in the snow
and thus saved himself but if he is not
here by night I'm afraid you'll have
to give him up. I'll come over the
first thing tomorrow morning and
see if he has returned"
Night came, but no father. A light
was placed in the window again. and
instead of going to bed the children
sat up all night, and once in every
fifteen minutes by the clock they
went out with horn and rifle and sent
their signals far through the still air.
When morning came it brought Mr..
Richards again, and when he found
that the father had not returned he
shook his head and said:
IT will rout up three or four of the
neighbors and we will make the best
search we can, but it is hardly possible
that we shall find him, dead or alive"
A search lasting all day was entered
into, but no trace of the missing man
was found. At dark Mr.. Richards re-
turned to the lonely cabin to say:
Your father is surely dead in the
woods somewhere. and you children
had better shut up the house and come
home with me for a few days. l will
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
beavers IN EUROPE.

A recent order providing for the kill
ing Of beavers in n public park in
Germany because the animals had al
most undermined the whole island on
which the park is laid out, is interest
ing because It shows that the beaver
is not purely American animal. In
stead OF that being 40, the fact is that
beavers used 10 be found IN many parts
Of Europe and there are stiil a few
in the Elbe river near Berlin. where
they are protected and propagated by
the government.
In 1886 a beaver was shot in the Riv-
ar Havel, m Germany. because Il was
mistaken for "a fsh-huuting otter Big
beaver colonies used TO exist along the
Danube river
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

help you all 1 can 10 plan what you
are TO do by yourselves"
Ben and Nancy began crying at his
words, but after a bit the boy braced
up and thanked the man for his kind
ness, but thought it better not TO go.
There was just a chance that tho
father might return after all, and II
he did they wanted to be there to care
for him.
Mr.. Richards went away full Of pity
for them, saying he would return at
the end of three days, and Ben and
Nancy were left to sit with their arms
around each other and feel the first
hard blow of their lives.
At the end of three days, when the
neighbor looked in again. he found
them less sorrowful. They had wiped
their tears away and were talking of
the future.
I'VE are only two children" said
Ben, but we have decided to stay
here by ourselves. 1t is only the be-
ginning of winter. but we have plenty
of provisions to last us through. Both
of us can hunt AID set traps while
the winter lasts, and when spring
comes we can take the boat and fish
as usual. We are sure that we can
make a living, and If 1t Is bit lone
some for us we will run over to your
house now and then"
Spoken like brave, good bOy:
exclaimed the man as he patted Ben
on the back. Your plan is a good
one, and l think you will come out all
right. When the snow is not too
deep, my boys and girls shall come
through the woods to stay with you
for few hours. Any time I can do
anything for you 1 shall be only too
glad"
l may tell you here that the father
never returned, nor was his dead body
ever found. 1t was thought that in
his wandering through the forest IN
the storm he broke through the ice
of a river and fell into the water and
his body was carried away by the
current.
Thus a boy of IS and a girl Of II
were left to care for themselves, and
it will be for me to tell you how they
did it. If they had been city children
they would have been almost help
less, and someone would have had to
take them in out of charity, but as
it was. they did not spend much
time in wondering how they should
get along.
The great woods around them were
full of game, and they had traps and
rifles, and they knew that they could
sell all the skins and furs that fell to
their traps or bullets.
In the next chapter a big black bear
appears on the scene.
Ito be Continued.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

to dodge, but the great horn of the
rhino caught him in the side and we
heard a terrible ripping sound Then
the two combatants were hidden by
the bush, from which the rhino pres
entity emerged alone, making uncouth
noises and apparently in great rage.
He tossed his head as If he scented us,
but IN his mad anger rushed wildly
away crashing through the forest.
Descending from the tree and re-
gaining our guns, we found the lion
dead. We arrived I'm camp before the
return Of the party which had been
sent out in search Of us.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

see him again in life, and yet they
continued TO hope.
When the storm finally ended, the
snow was so deep that Ben could not
wade through It In any direction, but
he blew the dinner horn every few
minutes all day long. and Nancy fired
her rife al least fifty times. The air
had become so cold and still that II
the father were anywhere within a
mile and a half OF them he must hear
the signals and know which way TO
come but the long day dragged away
and he did not appear.
Up 10 noon next day they were still
hoping. when their nearest neighbor.
whose name was MI Richards. came
wading through the deep snow 10
open the door OF the cabin and say.
well children, how Is n that I hnd
you here aione7 hope your father
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
THE MOST PRIMITIVE MEN.

Savages have Just been discovered in
the Musgrave Mountains of Australia,
who are in the lowest state of de-
velopment known. They have not
even learned to make weapons, but
use stick and stones exclusively. The
boomerang is unknown to them. They
climb trees to catch birds and small
creatures just as an animal does. To
get up the smooth trunk of the two
and three hundred foot high eucalyp-
tus trees they chop rude holes into the
bark with stones to give them holds
for hands and feet. They cannot
grasp the mechanical principle of the
rope enough to use it to help them
climb.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

who had struggled so manfully, re-
Taxed his hold upon the tiller and fell
to the deck, helpless with exhaustion.
One of the rescued men brought the
boat up to the wharf. and lifting Ben
tenderly, carried him to his uncles
house, where he soon revived, though
it was a week before he was quite
himself again.
Now If these rescued men had been
millionaires they would doubtless
have rewarded Ben with a large sum
! of money, but they were only people
of moderate means. Yet out of those
means they bought the boy the best
catboat in the cove, and Ben, now
grown to be man and having work.
! ed hard is the most prosperous citi-
zen of the little village where 1 first
saw him on the memorable day when
he took me fishing and the squat came
up.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
TRISTAN D'ACUNHA.

The LOneIIest Home In the World.
England tried recently to remove
the inhabitants of Tristan d'Acunha to
South Africa, because everybody
pitied the people for their loneliness.
Nobody dreamed that they would be
anything but delighted at the chance;
but, to the amazernent of the English,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

the knowledge of boats necessary to
help the manly boy in his struggle
with the angry sea.
In the midst of a rain squat, so
dense that it made everything dark
about us, We suddenly came upon a
capsized sloop with two men clinging
to it, who called out for help as we
swept by.
See that rope?" shouted Ben
Grab hold here, and when I tell you,
pull in for all you are worth"
was not used to being bossed by
one so young, but Ben seemed to be
the ruling spirit of the storm, and
without a thought of questioning his
commands / grabbed hold of the sheet
where he indicated.
what are you going to do?" |
asked. We had to shout to each
| other to be heard above the noise of
| the wind and sea.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
CHAPTER II.

The storm continued for two days
and nights, and during that time Ben
and Macy could not move a rod from
the house. When their father had
been gone day and night they re-
allied that he had either become lost
and was wandering about the thick
forest with nothing to eat and grad
ually growing weaker, or that in his
wanderings around he had come upon
the cabin of a settler and would find
shelter there until the storm had worn
itself out
They feared that they would never
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

This looks hard. but Il Is onls
looks" In reality. Il Is quite simple
and funny. Il isn't really algebra at
all. you know
II is washing day. as you can see.
Betsey has Just discovered that she
needs something that r. extremely Inn
portant on washing days. She gives
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
Be-JoNfuI Thought.

When ma was young and went to
school, her
Teacher used to use a ruler
To slap her hands when she was bad.
Now that l think. was very sad.
HON much more pleasant tbs to-day
When moral suasion holds its sway.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23

little Emma Katherine Jane 10 centa
and sends her TO the grocery for Il.
What Is it2"
II YOU viii put down the names 81
the various things shown In the pic
ture, and use the plus and minus signs
correctly. you viii hnd the article for
which Emma was sent.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
DirtinctIx strange.

John Jenkins dog had three long tails
Which used to beat the floor like
fails:
Also three ears of moderate size
with which Il used to wipe its eyes.
When IL was anxious to be fed
1t stood for hours upon it's head.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
REAL NONSENSE.


have a great big pussy cat,
Who never yet has caught a rat.
She is so proud and haughty-like,
really think she's gone on strike.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
A HeavenlY PosslbllitY

"A Heavenly OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Bll-"Just before Roarin Dan was
lynched he said he hoped he would
meet all de boys I'm heaven" Grizzly
Pere-"Did. eh?" Bronco Biil-"Yes.
an de boys said dey hoped 40. too.
20 dey could have de fun Nv lynchin'
him over az in."--Judge.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-23
solution of Last sundays Fish Mar
let Puzzle.

The FISH merchant lost S47 so and
the fish. but seven out of every ten
persons will say that he lost $50 plus
S47. so and the fish.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-21
One Fare for Round Trip

Regarding rates to be given to the
Republican state convention which
%onvenes in Virginia City. April 18th.
the Southern Pacific company has
granted the following;
One first class rate for the round
trip on their lines IN Nevada. In or
der to take are or this business the
company will print a special issue OF
receipt certificates. a supply OF which
viii be sent to Chairman Mills Of this
city who will see Inat they will reach
proper hands. The certificates pre-
sented to agent al starting point will
authorize him to sell a ticket to Reno
at local rate and fill in the receipt por-
ton of certificate TO be presented TO
the secretary for his signature. On
reaching Reno holder must present
certificate to the agent who viii u
tersign and stamp the back after
which 1t will be good for passage to
home point.
The Virginia & Truckee railroad and
the Eureka & Palisade have granted
the same half-fare concessions to dele
gates.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-21
Temple of Divorce.

So long ngo M 1850 the wife OF I
Japanese regent obtained from the gov
crnnent permission TO rescue womct
from the hands of cruel husbands. The
means she took were very simple. \
new sect of Buddhism known as tlr
Zen was Just then being formed. III
the temple OF tue Zen sanctuary wa.
established for fleeing wives. When
they wished separation or divorce from
heir husbands. they could claim pro
lection under the wing of the temple
Once across the threshold. government
officials would not be allowed to inter
fere. still less the furious husbands
This temple of divorce" was supreme
umpire on matters of matrimonial dis
agreement. The practice of the priv.
lege of the temple" WAS maintained for
over 600 years.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-21
Facts Ahou. Animal Structure.

The completely of animal structure
Is marvellous. \ caterpillar contains
more than 1000 muscles. In Il human
glands. communicating with the ST..
face by ducts, having Il total length ~
some ten miles. willie that of the ar
teries. veins and %capillaries must la
very great. "he blood contains millions
of corpEscles. each II structure In Itself.
The rods in the retina. which are sup
posed to be the ultimate recipients Of
light. are estimated ut 10000 900. ana
Meinert has calculated that the gray
matter of the brain Is built Of ut least
6OO, QOo coo cells.
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{ .srS OF Flowers.

1t is a I sarkable fact that although
there are .irly or quite 100000 flow
ering plan known the relative mum.
Der hayinS odor Is wonderfully small,
not nor IAN 10 per cent, in fact. In
connectiei with this it is noteworthy
that bee Use one species of flower Is
endowed with sweet odor 1t does not
necessarily follow that all or nearly
all or even a fair proportion of the
other species of the same family will
be as favorably endowed. An illustra.
ton of this is found in the familiar
m%ignonettc. There are some fifty spe-
cies Of this genus known. and of them
all, but one has any fragrance. Nor Is
it certain that the most insignificant
looking flower has the greatest fra
GRANGE or the most g~orgeously colored
likely to be without odor. thus seem
fngly d~isnroving the theory that color
and fragrance are given flowers fol
the purpose of attracting insects t.
assist In cross fertilization.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-21
Deafness Love

There lies In the center of each mans
heart
A longing Inc love for the good and
pure;
And II but an atom. of larger part,
I tell you this shall endure-endure
After the body has gone to decay
Yea. after the world has passed away
The longer I live and the more l see
OF the struggle of souls toward the
heights above.
The stronger this truth comes home to
me:
That the Universe sits on the Shout
ders of love.
A love SO limitless, deep and broad,
That men have renamed it, and called
it-God.
And nothing that ever was born OF
evolved.
Nothing created by light or force.
But deep in its system there lies dis
solved,
A shining drop from the Great Love
Source.
A shining drop that shall live for aye
Tho Kingdoms may perish and stars
decay.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-21

"Hurrah. for a good time!" All roads
will lead to Golconda on Friday even
ing. March 25. where a free and open
to all dance will take place at h Col
conda hotel dance hall. to be given by
Mr.. John Saval to whoever should want
to get out and enjoy "a hot time In the
old town tonight, my baby" To all
who attend 1t will be a good old time
remembrance FOR them In years from
now when they recall how they shook
their hoofs. and hoed 1t down at John
Saval's grand. jolly and Incorporating
breakdown dance at Golconda. Ii will
be a continued round of hilarity with
two-step. waltz n right hand TO
your partner. grand right and lefI
everybody swing" from . p. n. TO 6
Il. m, ard all day and night Saturday
II the crowd VIII stay and trip the
light fantastic TO Marine os.' cele-
bsated orchestra OF Winnemucca
which has been engaged TO furnish
music. OF curse all Winnemucca and
surrounding Town dancers will take
II in and remember at least one gooh
time in theil lives after II is over. Re-
member ii will be as free as the all
you breathe!
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-21

"Why should Il oman separated
from her husband be called a grass
widow?' asked a young man of the
Intiquary. 1.-The term grass widow"
tue latter answered, has nothing to
do with the heritage on our lawns.
Grass Is q misspelling, sanctioned by
custom. of grace In the past. when
divorces were rare, q woman separated
legally from her husband was called a
'viduca de gratia' by the Roman
church. and the French called her a
'veuve de grace The meaning OF both
terms Is the same-'widow by grace
We took the 'veuve' from the French
and translated 1t properly into widow
but the grace we incorporated into
our language, misspelling 1t in the
process. You would be technically cor
rect In writing grace instead of
grass widow. but 1t is probable that
40 one would understand what you
meaut."-Philadelphla Record.
The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-03-21
WHY % YOU COUGH?

Do you know that a little cough is
a dangerous thing? Are you aware
that 1t often fastens on the lungs. and
far too often runs into ConsumDticn
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Colds and Consumption is bevond
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The Sacred Scarab.

The sacred scarabeus was for many
centuries venerated by ancient Egyp-
tians. n cult shared recently by Hotten-
tots and akin to hat of the holy cricket
of Madagascar.
In explanation of this Thespesion
said. 1.-The Egyptians do not venture to
give form to their gods; they use SYM
bols Of occult meaning" A black and "A
golden green beetle were both regard
ed as emblems of Ra. the sun god: OF
Ptah. the creative power. and OF re-
birth. resurrection and Immortality.
Every beetle was held to be male and
self produced. Its thirty toes symbol
,Zed the days of a month. and the pei
let of dung in which it rolled along its
eggs was u type of the movements Of
tie sun.
In ancient Egyptian philosophy the
sacred scarab is spoken Of as the first
living creature that sprang FROM the
mud of the subsiding Nile. 1t vas
Closely connected with astronomy and
used as an amulet of sovereign virtue
for the living and the dead.
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