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The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04
THE short cut just below the fordl"

1.-THE short cut just below the ford"
she painted and away she flew.
Honor reached the schoolhouse
first. Cyclone could outrun anything
in the country. and his owner saved
him not at all on that trip. The fire
guard around the schoolhouse was
forty feet wide, and the teacher, with
the assistance of the pupils had burn
ed all the grass inside the guard about
the school house, so the pupils were
all perfectly safe.
With a lightened heart, Honor
asked for Winona Bridges.
"She cried to go home so 1 let her
start about 3 o'clock"
Idiot" she blazed. "To let a little
city-bred six-year-old child go half
mile across a prairie by herself.
Why, she isn't tall enough to see
above the blue-stem i'm the Buffalo
wallowsl" and she dashed away.
At the Star Cross ranch only the
frightened housekeeper appeared. Wi
mona had not comet Honor rushed in
to the house and grabbed a handful
OF matches, then out again, catching,
as she ran, a couple of blankets from
pile that was airing on the porch.
She dipped the blankets in the water
ing trough at the well as she ran by,
then jumped on Cyclone, throwing the
dripping blankets over his withers, and
was off again before Mrs. Smith
could gather her wits sufficient
ly to ask what was the matter.
THE little mischief has gone down
into that ravine where we found the
baby rabbits, and If the wind changes
one point more to the northwest we
are doomed" was Honor's gloomy
thought, as she dug her heels into
Cyclones streaming sides and sped
on into the very jaws of death.
Sure enough, as she neared the
bank of the ravine, she saw a head of
damp, dark curls above pair of
sturdy little shoulders. Honor slid
to the ground and gathered the
frightened waif in her arms. II was
too late to ride away from the prairie
fire. II was nearly upon them.
Honor was fairly faint from exhaus-
ton, but with almost superhuman
strength, she pulled herself together
for the awful emergency. She struck
Cyclone singing blow.
Go home If you can" she said with
q sob. and the frightened mustang
fled before the flames that were now
hot upon them all.
Honor struck some matches and
threw them into the bottom of the ra-
vine. Down over the hot. embers,
hands and feet blistering. and the
child In her arms screaming in pain
Honor crept, dragging the wet blank
cts with her The oncoming flames
swept TO the edge OF the ravine and
hungrily licked up the bit of dry grass
left. They singed Honor's hair, and
nearly cooked her face. She could
barely keep the frantic child under the
wet blankets and could not save her.
self.
The roar and the crackle OF the
flames died away toward the creek and
the air cooled little, and then came
unconsciousness.
just at dusk. Gerald and his party
found them. Through the gathering
gloom the crying Of the little child
had guided them, at last 70 the right
place. and not "a Bit too soon. The
wet blanket had saved Winona. but
poor Honor! Her bright curls were
burned 20 q crisp. Her face was
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04
FOLK WHO STILL HUNT HEADS.
They Appear to Do 1t More from
Habit Than FerOcity.

Habit Than FerOcity.
The head-hunting Igorotes of Luz
zon, whom Uncle Sam has almost
broken of this bad habit are not the
only savages in the world who delight
in collecting specimens of the heads
of their enemies. The head-hunters
Of the great Island of Borneo are SO
given to the practice that, so far,
nothing has been able to make them
give it up and villages will make war
on each other for the express purpose
of getting heads with which to dec
crate their houses.
In Java and Sumatra, also, there are
tribes of head hunters who carry OIL
their savage warfare continually,
lighting more for the sake of taking
heads than for any other reason.
In the little known region of East
ern Peru and Ecuador there exists a
race of Indian who kill their enemies
with poisoned. darts shot out of blow
guns, and these also are head hunters.
They not only cut off the head of
fallen enemy as a trophy, but they
cure it by a secret process after re-
moving the bones. and it shrinks until
it is not larger than doubled-up fist.
The Peruvian and Ecuadorian gov
ernments have forbidden the sale of
these heads, in which the Indians
used to do a considerable business
with strangers, and have made laws
against head hunting, but the wild
Indians with the blow-guns and pois-
oned darts do not care much about
laws, and still pursue their revolving
practice.
Travelling in a country inhabited by
head hunters is far from safe, but, as
rule, these savages seldom decapl-
tate white men, seeking rather to
collect the heads of their own kind.
1t will not be many years. probably.
before the head hunters of South
America, Borneo and Java will be
brought into some sort of subsection,
and eventually will reform, as the
Igorotes have done under the rule
of the Americans.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04
A FEMALE FISH DECoY.
Methods Used by the Chinese, But
Only mt the Time when Fish
spawn.

Only Mt the Time when Fish
spawn.
From Shooting and Fishing.
I'VE hear about hunters down in
Maine decoying the bull moose to his
fate by the sound of a birch horn
initiating the love notes of the female;
but it is reserved for the Chinese TO
employ female fish as a decoy to
attract the male within reach of their
spears" said my friend, Mr.. r., as
we sat lately before a fire of blazing
logs in his island cottage up in the
Adirondacks.
Above the fireplace and in the ingle
nook were various sorts of Chinese
guns and bows and arrows of native
workmanship, the latter resembling
those Of the American Indian, only
somewhat larger. On the floor was a
beautiful silken rug. which had been
cut in two by the widows of a pros
porous Canton merchant on a division
OF their husbands personal property.
You must know" continued my
host, that the Chinese are great hunt
ers and fishermen in their way, us
ing methods handed down by their an
cestors to capture their game. and,
| may say, that we Europeans are
in knowledge of the habits OF birds,
beasts and fishes, and in the ability
TO effect their capture. One day. while
floating along in my houseboat / no.
ticed a craft containing a Chinaman
and his wife anchored on the shall
lows at the bend of a small river
near Shanghai. They we're evident
~ fishing, and I became at once in
terested. The boat was a small one.
"a ne
pie, their cooking being done in the
extreme stern. Above the boat a
bamboo platform had been erected,
about five feet high. and the man
was quietly couched on this, spear in
hand. From time 10 time. after tell
ing his wife to make no noise. he
would spear large fish-often of lf-
teen pounds weight-and float IL to
the side OF the boat, where his bet
ter half, who was at work. would
loosen the captive and stow IL away
inside.
This performance went on for some
time, and l finally questioned my cool
les as to the method employed. The
boy said. He gotte she fish: bime-
by catchee man fish
My barge had now drawn nearer
and / was able TO investigate. From
the roof OF the platform a stout bam-
boo pole extended out about fifteen
feet parallel with the water. From
the end Of this hung q stout cord hav-
ing small triangle OF bamboo hang
Ing from its extremity. This "a.
angle was just above the water.
From the angle nearest the how OF
she boat hung another cord with
heavy weight attached. resting on me
bottom, From the adjacent angle hung
cord, and from This was suspend
ed n second and smaller triangle. an-
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04

chored, like the larger one, from the
extremity of the base line nearest the
boat, while a small female fish about
to spawn was haltered out from the
other angle, by running the cord
through a sort of collar passing
around the body.
The fish was on or near the ground,
and could swim about freely to the
extent of her tether. Whenever a
strOlling member of her species hap
pened along. the little siren would use
gentle arts to attract his attention,
and by subtle fiattery coax him with
in reach of her masters spear. At
the conclusion of the days sport, the
decoy would be carefully fed by her
owner and protected from attack of
enemies by a stout bamboo basket,
into which she would boldly swim.
OF course. this method of angling is
employed only during spawning time"
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04
THE TWO-HEADED SNAKE.
Not Two-Headed in the Sense That
Might BE Imagined from It's Name.

Not Two-Headed in the Sense That
Might BE Imagined from It's Name.
Every now and then some traveller
tells of a two-headed snake which
exists in Egypt. and whenever the
narrator hasn't seen the snake him.
self, he is more or less disposed to
assert that there really is snake
with two heads in Egypt, because he
has been told about it by many reli-
able persons.
Indeed, sometimes a traveller who
has actually caught a glimpse of the
snake is likely to declare that it truly
is two-headed. for the serpent GER
tainly appears to be so when seen
only by chance.
1t is only when the snake is actual
ly taken up and examined closely that
the truth is revealed.
The two-headed snake is not a pois-
onous serpent. 1t is only a boa con-
strictor, and IL is fG1ly common. But
1t Is so secretive that it hides away
IN its sandy burrows almost constant
ly. 1t is strangely formed in so far
that its tail, instead of tapering off
to a point as the tails of other snakes
do, wdens out into bludgeon shape,
thus making 1t look so utterly unlike
a tail that it is almost impossible to
think it is anything but head when
the snake is seen for only a moment.
To add to the deception, jugglers
catch these boas and paint jaw and
eyes on the tail. The work is so care
fully done that only a trained OBJ
server can distinguish the real head
from the false. Thus the story of the
two-headed snake has even crept into
the books of otherwise accurate
writer's.
But the second head" is only a
tail after all.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04

blistered and her eyes swollen shut,
while her clothes hung in scorched
shreds. She was wandering a. little
in her mind. and when Gerald gather
ed her in his strong arms. she put her
poor little blistered hands about his
neck and said sorrowfully: IF I'd had
a mother maybe l would be different"
Thank God! you are your own dear
self" Gerald replied with grave tender
ness as he drew her disfgured face
close to his loving lips.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04
doors Of Precipitation
Royal Foot Wash

Stops chahng Sweating, Itching swollen. rect
tbe ~ druggists prepaid from EATON
back " not satisfied sample for 2-cent ~ '
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04
Honor Bright
BY ISABEL WORRELL BALL.

Copyright 1904. by Isabel worren Ball.
The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1904-09-04

Removed ~ once
from armplta,
feet etc, ~
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
KILLS THE BOIL WEEVIL
FUNCTIONS OF A BROWN ANT
FOUND IN GUATEMALA.
Discovery Made by o. F. Cook, Botan-
list Of the Department Of
Agriculture.

The Department of Agriculture today an
bounced that an ant has been found in
Guatemala that is an effective enemy of
the boil Weevil. 1t win be immediately in
troduced into the cetten states. The great
est significance is attached to the discov-
cry, which was made by o. r. Cook, the
betanist In charge of tropical agricultural
investigations of the bureau of plant indus
try. Cabled instructions have been sent to
him to report Immediately to the depart
Hent what assistance he needs in the way
of men and money.
During trip In Central America last year
Mr. Cook discovered a cotton, grown by
Indians, which gave evidence of being i'm
mune from the attacks of the boil weeyil.
and on orders from the department he later
began an investigation In certain points in
Guatemala and Mexico. Mr.. Cooks investi-
ga tons have been in more or less accessible
regions in the province of Alta Vera Paz,
Guatemala. The weevils are present there,
but the Investigations show that they are
unquestionably kept in check by the pres
cree of an active enemy in the shape of a
large. reddish-brown ant, which is attracted
to the cotton by the food which it secures
from sets of floral hectares. Mr.. Cook 6
investigations show that these ants spread
themselves over fields of cotton, four or Ave
to a plant and that they are constantly
engaged in the destruction of the boil wee
vii
businesslike way in which the weevil is
disposed of seems to prove beyond question
that the ant is, by structure and by in
stinct, especially equipped for the work of
destruction, and is, in short, the true ex-
plaration of the fact that cotton Is sue
Vera Paz, in spite or the presence of the
boil weeyil.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
Discharge of Aerial Torpedoes.

The attention of military and naval ex-
perts here who have been closely following
the development in the war has been at
tracted to the fact. which may become i'm
portant. that In little over two months
time. that is to say on July 20. the prohibi-
tion imposed by the Hague conference upon
the discharge of aerial torpedoes from bal
looms or flying machines will expire by limi-
tation. 1t was with the greatest difficulty
that the powers represented at the Hague
conference. through their military dele
gates, managed to reach an agreement
upon rules governing war and this particu-
lar section was bitterly fought over, al
though II Is one of the few which the
United States government accepted with
out reservation. So to make easier the
reaching OF an agreement as to the use of
aerial warships 1t was determined that the
rule should be tried for ii period of five
years. That period of time expires In July.
Consequently a new field is now open to
the inventor of flying machines and diri-
gible balloons which may now enter the
field OF warfare without violation of the
rules of war.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
Personal Mention.

! Capt. Francis W. Dickins. u. s. NJ. has
been ordered to the League Island navy
yard as commandant, and assumes his new
duty on the 31st. Capt. Dickins relinquishes
command of the Pensacola yard today.
Mai Henry c. Newcomer. formerly as
sistant to the Engineer Commissioners of
the District, called yesterday at the District
building to pay his respects to the District
Commissioners and other officials, prior to
his departure for Chattanooga, Tenn.
W. II. Hilliard. the artist. sailed on the
steamer Arabic for Liverpool today. He
will make an extended tour.
Mr. Harry s. Jones. jr.. formerly of this
city, but now located in New York city, is
on a short visit with Washington friends.
r p Kane deputy controller of the cur
rency. has sold his residence in lexington
and removed to 1881 Cincinnati avenue,
Washington Heights.
Gen .Iolsn c.. Black of the civil service
commission has returned to the city.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
OPPOSE REVISED VERSION.
Action Affecting Bible at Episcopal
Convention.

ST. LOUIS, May 27.-After two days dis
cussion of the matter, the Episcopal do
cesar convention of Missouri, by good
majority, voted against the use OF the re-
vised version Of the Bible in the prescribed
service of the church. Laymen were
stronger than the clergy in making the
vote decisive. The clnrgy vote was IL for
the revised version ana 10 against. and that
of the laity for and 90 against.
The matter came before the convention
in communication from the diocese OF
California, asking that the Missouri diocese
concur In q petition to the general con-
ventfon asking the pernissiye use OF the
revised version in the prescribed service OF
the church.
The argument of Rev.sDe. R. A. Holland
of st. Louis had much teE do In bringing
about this decisive vote. E Hollands ar
gument was that the Bfble was poetic
book, not a book of sct4ntiAc accuracy;
that the Greek language ~ds ntted TO con-
vey the original text Of the New Testament.
and that the English spoken IN King James,
time was likewise the clofee vehicle OF the
inspired expressions. He coHidered It an
insult. he said, for any one 10. offer him an
altered text of Shakespeare The same at
titude he maintained toward the Bible
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
REPAIRS COMPLETED.
The Battle Ship Illinois Pronounced
Ready for Immediate Sea Service.

>>>~~>>~>>>>~sS
Information has reached the Navy De-
partment of the completion of the repairs
to the battle ship Illinois, at the New York
navy yard. and her readiness for imme-
diate sea service. The Illinois was badly
damaged in recent collision with the bat
tie ship Missouri, while cruising in squad
ron, from Guantanamo for Pensacola. She
is now at Tompkinsville taking on ammuni-
ton and stores for use in target practice.
1t is expected that the Illinois will leave
tomorrow for Martha's Vineyard sound,
where she will engage in target practice
for about ten days. She will then take on
coal and provisions and start across the
Atlantic with view of joining Rear Ad-
miral Barker's battle ship squadron at
Lisbon. Capt r. B. Bradford, formerly
chief of the bureau of equipment, is In
command of the Illinois.
The battle ship Missouri, Capt. Cowles,
commanding, now undergoing repairs at
Newport News, Is also under orders to
join the battle ship squadron at Lisbon.
and will probably start on that cruise about
the 9th proximo. With the arrival of the
Illinois and Missouri the battle ship squad
ron in the Mediterranean will consist Of
six vessels.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
CARDINAL sAToLxr STARTS.
Leaves Rome for Trip = she United
States.


States,
ROME, May 27.-CardinaI sasolh left here
today for Naples on his j0usney to the
United States. At Naples he stli take the
steamer Princess Irene for New York.
Cardinal Satolli is accompanied by his
cousin. Father Ercole; h,s private secre-
tary. Father Marucchi, aha second secre-
tary. Father Luigi. There smsre gathered
at the railway station to BID him goodbye
many high prelates and dignitaries. Count
santucci Cardinal sstollrs apostolic agent,
and Mgr. Kennedy. rector OF the American
College in Rome. were also present. Cardi-
nal Satolli repeated thatshe was not charged
with any mission, adding: ss<s-
Il am going, attracted to the United
States by pleasant remembrances of my
sojourn there: I have many good friends in
America, so l anticipate great pleasure in
revisiting the noble country. where 1 pur-
sued such an important part of my career.
and where the people give the whole world
such an example of fraternity, all harmo-
nizing without distinction of religion"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
Movements Of Naval Vessels.

The Navy Department is informed of the
arrival oe the Iselena at Swatow and of the
yicksbufg at Woosung; also Of the depar-
;ture of the Frolic from Shanghai for Che
foo.
The captured Spanish gunboat Isla de
Cuba left Bermuda this morning for Ports
mouth, N. H.. where she will be put out of
commission This vessel has served in Phil
ippine waters ever since she has been in the
American navy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
sMooT INvEsr1oArIoN.


SALT LAKE. Utah. May 1.-According
to Senator Dubois Of Idal,c. WHO has reach
ed Salt Lake from Washington, en- route to
his home in Blackfoot. the Senate subcom-
mittee on privileges and elections will meet
in Utah some time before Congress reas-
sembles, for the purpose Of hearing testi-
mony in the Smoot case, and will have It's
report before the Senate soon after that
body meets.
Senator Dubois, owing to his position as
member of the Senate COMMITTEES, refused
to discuss the merits of the case or give an
opinion as to the possibility OF Senator
vestigation.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
SUNK SUBMARINE BOAT.
So Say Russian Authorities of a Jap
Warship.

NIUCHWANG, May 27-Morning.-The
Russian authorities here declare that a
japanese battle ship has been sunk by a
submarine boat. and that three craft Of
this class are now at Port Arthur and an
other en- route to Vladivostok by rail-
A French priest just arrived from Muk-
den says twenty thousand Russian troops
are stationed there and that an army of
one hundred thousand men is at Lao
Yang with heavy reinforcements arriving
daily.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27

Gen. Kuropatkin's position is awaiting upon
the result of the present operations against
Port Arthur is strengthened
A Russian correspondents Of the Associat-
ed Press at Liao-Yang last night mentioned
the existence at the Russian neadquarters
there of the belief that there has been a
change in the enemy's plans.
Gen. Kuroki is bringing up heavy supplies
and guns to his position at Fen Wang
Cheng.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
WRIGHT BROTHERS FLY.
Their New Machine Said to Have Sue
cessfuI Test.

cessful Test.
CHICAGO, May "a dispatch to the
Tribune from Dayton. Ohio, says: The
Wright flying machine. invented by Orvills
and Wilbur Wright. brothers of this city.
who made successful fight at Kitty
Hawk, N. c.. in December last, has been
given another test near this city, which,
the brothers. say, was successful
Secrecy was maintained about the test,
and few witnessed it. The machine. after
being propelled a hundred feet, rose twelve
feet In the air and few thirty feet, when 1t
dropped. This was due, the navigators
say, to arrangement of the gasoline en-
gine that furnishes the power. In the fall
the prOpellers were broken, and the test
could not be repeated.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
Secretary Taft Going to Topeka.

Secretary Taft will leave here tomorrow
morning at 1850 o'clock for Topeka, Kan,
where lie will deliver an address at the
state semi-centennial celebration on Me-
mortal cay. Monday next.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
The Capture Of Kin-chou.

United States Minister Griscom cables the
State Department under today's date from
Tokyo that the Japanese have captured
Kin-Chou and are marching southwark.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
KIN CHOU FORTIFIED
CONTINUED REPORTS OF SEVERE
BoMBARDMENT.
Fleet Paving the Way for Final As
sault-Believed Strong
hold Will Fall.

LONDON. May 27, 4:36 p.m.-The Japa-
nese legation has received the following
official dispatch from Tokyo:
kin Chou and all the heights in lis
vicinity have been taken and our troops
are pushing the Russians toward Port
Arthur"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27

NEW YORK May 27-The schooner,
which went aground last night near the
North Beacon. and foated later without as
s.stancs, was the Joel +. Sheppard Of Phil
adeiphia, from Savannah. May 20, for Perth
Amboy.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27

The position of The Star
is unique. No old WASH
ingtonian is ever without Il
and the new ones quickly
contract the habit.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
Quiet at Vladivostok.

VLADIVOSTOK. Thursday. May 20
Everything remains perfectly quiet in the
town and Its vicinity. The fog has lifted
and the weather is fine.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-05-27
PORT ARTHUR ENvELoPED.
Vice Admiral Togo Establishes Com.
plete Blockade

TOXIC, May 27-10 a.m.-Vice Admiral
Togo has now established a complete
blockade around the southern end of the
Liao-Tung peninsula.
This completely envelops Port Arthur
from the seaward and probably marks the
opening of the final investment of the town
and its Notifications.