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The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
Insects That
Draw Pictures
Common American Beetles Whose
Work Is Like an Artists.

Common American Beetles Whose
& Work Is Like an Artists.
Few people. except lumbermen and
scientists, know that there are lot
of American insects that draw pic
lures. But lumbermen know 1t to their
cost for the pictures are drawn in the
timber of valuable trees, and the draw
ing Instruments used by the little art-
lists are their jaws and boring tools,
with which they carve their designs so
deeply into the trees that they die.
The most striking pictures are made
by the Columbian timber beetle. When
this insect bores into oak, IL makes a
perfect engraving of steamboat. The
null, with Its rounded keel, and the
black funnel are so well made that It
does not require the least bit of mag
nation or study to see 1t. AS soon as
any one lays his eyes on a piece Of
white oak In which the timber beetle
has been he IL sure to excIaim: "why,
look at the picture of a steamboat"
Sometimes timber beetles work so
busily In a section OF oak that whole
fleet Of ships appear when the lum-
Der Is split or quartered.
In poplar trees this same beetle
draws long streaks, sometimes as long
as a man, and these are colored black,
green and blue, so that the lumber
men have come to call such wood cal
leo poplar. because the markings make
il look like printed calico.
A bark borer that burrows under the
bark Of cotton woods engraves the pic
ture Of a cork-screW.
The ash bark beetle sinks a long
wide groove into the wood Of a tree
and then bores beautifully curved tun-
nels that branch out from each side
of the central groove. These tunnels
are like the fiourishes made by a PEN
and-ink artist, and at the end OF each
one is thick black spot.
The ash beetle digs the side tunnels,
not for artistic purposes. but In order
10 prepare a snug home for it's young.
1t LAYS eggs I'm each tunnel. But to
the human eye the work of this beetle
looks exactly as IL the creature had
tried to draw a picture of the back
bone and vertebrae Of an animal as II
looks In skeleton form.
The hickory bark beetle ie another
artist, but its work is geometrlcal.
After II has finished boring its home
the completed engraving is q beauti-
full, graceful bundle Of feather-like
lines, bound together In the middle by
what looks like a picture Of bead
belt.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
EvERYB0DYS TOYS.

There isn't a place in the worlc
where the children have no toys.
Even in Australia, among the de-
graded and animal-like bushmen, the
children have toy fire sticks which
they rub to produce flame. In the
Polynesian Islands the baby savages
have toy blow guns.
Eskimo land is a perfect Santa
Claus land of ivory and bone toys,
many of which are made to move, so
that the little Eskimos have dogs
harnessed to sleds and little seals and
whales and canoes which are so
carved that the tiny man in them hobs
back and forth as IL he were pad
ding, and will even throw a har-
pooh.
But all savage children try to copy
new things. Now, In the very heart
of Africa, travellers find the little
negroes playing with pieces OF wood
that they have carved into imitation
Of the rifles that they have seen the
white men carry. They even stick
a ball Of cotton in the muzzle end to
initiate the smoke.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

which still bears the name of Rack
nam Cay. The records of this trial
which are preserved in the Admiralty
Court OF jamaica, show that he cap
tured a brigantine bound for Bristol
with cargo valued at over $4,000
The context shows that this was re-
garded as his greatest prize and a
cargo OF exceptional value.
planter now living in Jamaica has
IN his possession a letter written to
one of his ancestors by a West Indian
merchant who had ventured a cargo
OF sugar and run in Bristol barque
that was captured by pirates off Mole
ST. Nicholas towards the end of the
seventeenth century. Lamenting his
loss, the merchant wrote that the
cargo was worth to me, at last quot
ings from Bristol, full $500. and 1
warrant me she is the richest prize
these rascals have picked up for many
a day."
Let US compare some OF these
rich" prizes with the argosies of lat
ter days. Apart from the real treasure
ships already referred to--the liners
that carry heavy shipments of coin
and bullion at intervals between the
United States and Europe. in settle
ment of international financial ball
ances-there are hundreds of steam
ships to-day carrying cargoes that ex-
coed the widest imaginings of any
pirate that ever lived.
Rich CargOes of To-day.
1t is commonly agreed by steamship
men and importers that the two great
French lines running to the Orient and
the United States are in the habit of
carrying the most valuable of all mod
ern car=Oes While other countries
exceed France in the value of their
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

prime quarry of corsair and picaroon,
appear to have never exceeded about
100000 in value, so far as the avail
able records show. 1t is not uncOm-
mon nowadays for a great ocean liner
or a big freighter from the Orient to
carry a cargo worth considerable over
a million dollars. This is without
taking account of gold shipments,
which, in the case of vessels cross
ing the Atlantic. frequently amount in
value to far more than that sum.
Piracy in the West Indies.
Take the palmiest century of piracy
In the West Indies and the Spanish
Main, and it is safe to say that all
the captures made in that period were
worth less than a dozen liners which
crossed the Atlantic at the time the
Panama Canal payments were being
sent to Europe. One of the French
Line steamers alone took about
$7O00,00O in gold bars; another took
between 100000 and $4,000,0O0, and
others took lesser amounts. About
this same time there were also very
heavy shipments of gold to Europe
for other purposes.
If Captain Kidd could have picked
up one Of those ships the single haul
would have been worth more to him
Nlldll all lllCg 6dNliiSS VI AAio 80 NAfNNeN
career. Many legends have grown up
around the fabulous treasures he is
supposed to have buried at various
places In the West Indies and along
the American coast. but it is exceed
ingly doubtful whether he ever had a
great fortune, as fortunes are counted
nowadays.
Haunts of Pirates.
Living was expensive at Port Royal,
Belize, New Providence, Savannah and
other hsunts of the pirates. Gold, like
blood and rum, flowed freely all the
time. The average West Indiaman,
even when laden with puncheons OF
rum and sugar. worth 5000 a ton at
that time. was not worth more than
S250000 at the most.
And II must be remembered that the
pirate. like the modern burglar, had
to dispose Of his 'loot"-if he could
dispose of II at all-very much below
its value. He had his fences at such
places as Port Royal and Belize, but
they practiced piracy, too--less siren
uous than his. yet none the less effec-
tual
There were merchants at Belize who
We're allied with the pirates and made
business of buying their stolen car
goes and shipping them 10 American
ana British ports in innocent merchant
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

expectations, none sends abroad more
valuable goods in such small bulk.
Champagnes, red wines, gloves, dresses,
silks. perfumes, laces and the like soon
mount up into remarkable figures when
they fill the holds Of big steamship.
1t is almost impossible to arrive at
the value of a modern cargo unless the
ship meets with an accident and the
insurance adjusters are called in. TAX
ing this means of judging, it appears
that the most valuable French cargo
handled in recent times was chat car
ried by the French liner La Cham
payne in 1894. The vessel was simply
crammed full of costly goods, the to-
tai value of which was estimated at
S1,1S0,0OO. This cargo contained some
gold coin. 1t is believed that other
cargoes brought to New York by
French liners have contained a greater
value of merchandise, but as they new
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

men, which, of course. had passes pro-
tectlng them from any other pirates
they might meet on the way. This
was in the golden days of the Broth
erhood of the Main" when Teach and
Blackboard reigned supreme. These
merchants made a great deal more
money than their picaroon allies. and
the gradual recognition of this fact by
the latter eventually broke up the al
lance. Blackboard fastened matters
by hanging three of them at the yard
arm of his ship when he was lying at
Belize.
A buccaneers Big Haul.
The greatest haul ever made by a
buccaneer. in all probability, was the
treasure borne away to Jamaica by
Henry Morgan and his men after they
sacked Panama. 1t was the greatest
expedition undertaken by the buc-
cancers of the Spanish Main Consid-
erably over a thousand men took part
in it, gathering from far and wide for
the purpose. All the Spanish vice.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
AFRICANS WHO
ARE NOT BLACK.

Few people know that there are
nearly ten millions Of natives in Cen
trail Africa who are not black, and
who do not look much like the other
sayages in any way. These natives
have a peculiar yellowish copper
color, and their skulls are much larger
than those Of the negroes. Nobody
knows any reason for the difference
between them and the other Africans.
Some scientists think that they are
descendants from European or Asiatic
races that wandered into Africa tens
Of thousands Of years ago. Others
say that they are aboriginal inhabi-
tants Of the country and that their
color Is due to the fact that they arc
gradually improving and growing be-
yond the negro type. But those are
all guesses. All that anybody knows
with any certainty Is that they are
there.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
MAGYAR MEMORY.

The fact that the Magyars OF Aus
ria-Hungary have descended direct
ly from nomad tribes is still easy to
see in Magyar land. In many villages
the homes are arranged In the same
order In which nomads of to-day pitch
their tents One traveller says that the
villages look like tent settlements
suddenly stiffened into wood.
The dignity, haughtinees and hos
pitality of even the Magyar fishermen
and herdsmen Is exactly like that OF
the Bedouins, and their knowledge OF
horses and other animals Is superior
TO that OF any European races. Mag
var herdsmen, who often have two
thousand cattle to watch, known every
single one and can tell II by its own
particular name.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
Untold Loot for a
rlodern Captain Kidd
If Kidd and Morgan and Raleigh and Drake Could Roam
the Seas To-day They Would Pick Up Treasure
Ships of Surprising Richness
BY HOLLAND MIGRANT.

The famous pirates of the east lived
too soon. If Kidd and Morgan, Teach
and Blaekbeard-to say nothing of
such gentlemanly buccaneers as Ra-
leigh and Drake-could roam the seas
to-day, they would be able to pick up
treasure ships of a richness SURPRISING
their most ardent dreams. This is
presuning. of course, that the navies
of to-day did not interfere any more
seriously with their business than did
the warships of their own time.
The ancient Spaniards, although
they had the vast riches of Mexico.
santo Domingo, Peru Panama. Cuba.
and the Philippines to exploit, never
sent to sea an argosy that could COM
pare in value with the cargo of the
big modern ocean liner. Even the
famous annual galleon from Manila.
and the plate ships from Lima and
Porto Bello. which were always the
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
Funny Questions
For Parties
just Little Nonsense to Keep Things
Going.

just Little Nonsense TO Keep Things
Going.
Here are a few tricky questions that
will furnish amusement at parties in
the moments when there is one of
those embarrassing lulls.
A business man said to friend that
he had as many women employees as
men employees, but II he counted
himsel1 every woman qnploye
would have beside herself only half
as many other women as men. How
many were there?
The answer is simple enough. There
were four men, counting the employer
himself. and three women.
Two fishermen sat down to eat. The
younger one had fve sandwiches, the
elder had three. A stranger appeared
and offered them as many gold pieces
as they had sandwiches If they would
let him share the meal. They agreed
and shared evenly.
After the stranger departed the
elder fisherman said that he was en-
titled TO three gold pieces. because
he had contributed three sandwiches
to the meal.
"No, no." said the younger fisher
man. you are entitled to only one
gold piece, and get the other seven"
How did he prove that he was
right?
The reply is that altogether they
had eight sandwiches. Each man ate
a third of these that is. 2-3 sand
witches. Therefore" said the young
err fisherman, "since you ate 90
sandwiches out Of your three, you had
only one-third of a sandwich left. The
other seven-thrds were from my
sandwiches Consequently you can
only demand one gold piece"
Here Is another catch" that is so
simple that It will make everybody
wonder why they didn't see It at
once; yet hardly any one will be able
to answer 1t correctly the first time.
The question is: How can this be-
A man wrote the following sentence
on the blackboard; Ten fingers have
on every hand, fye and twenty on
hands and feet
The reply is that the mix-up is due
simply to misplaced comma. Take
the comma away from after hand"
and put II after the word have" and
the sentence is Perfectly clear and
correct
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
Some Good Games
For October
They Require No Preparation and
Can BE Played by All.

Can BE Played by All.
A good game, just suitable for this
season. is the game OF the "whalers
Of New Bedford" Some particular
spot Of the playground Is selected 10
represent the harbor OF New Bedford.
All the players except two, scatter
and pretend to be whales. The two
who remain must Join hands and put
to sea" from New Bedford to go
a-whaiing. They must select a par
ticular whale" and go after him, but
under no circumstances must they let
SO Of each other in doing It,
The whale" must be carried sue
cessfully into port, and he may re-
sist his captors all he pleases. with
the exception. OF course, OF punching
or otherwise making a rough fight
Naturally the whalers try to catch the
smallest whale" first.
Arrived In port. the whale" be-
comes a whaler. and takes his turn
at going out, hand-in-hand, with one
of the first whalers, TO catch another
whale and so on till the sea Is
fished out,
The Master of the Drawbridge"
Is another game that requires little
preparation.
With a sharp stick strip of ground
about nine feet wide and about twen-
ty feet long Is marked off. This rep
resents the drawbridge OF the castle
Of Sir Montgomery Of Skye. One OF
the players is the Warder of the Cas-
tie Gate. He stands on the bridge
At the other end OF 1t stand the play
ers. who represent foemen desiring to
enter the castle.
They can only go on the bridge one
by one. The foemen wheel their imam
airy steeds and gallop up and down,
making feints at charging to bewllder
the Warder, TIL suddenly one OF them
spurts and races UP the bridge. Once
he IL there, he must not run or the
bridge again. but he may dodge the
Warder In any way he pleases. so
long as he stays on the bridge. He
may run zig-zag or retreat or duck
or do anything else that may enable
him 20 slip past the guardian of the
castle
The warder must touch the foeman
three times before ne can claim that
he has made a capture. If he does It,
the captured foe becomes Warder and
the old Warder joins the beseigers.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

The Ostrich colony built little
village in the very hottest locality
and simply revealed in what would
have meant death to other jungle folk.
One summer, however, the weather
became so hot that many of the little
ostriches wiIted In their tracks.
A wise Monkey Barber saw the
chance to earn extra money and made
for the desert. One solemn sufferer
pranced up and in a few minutes was
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

royalties in America were astounded
and paralyzed by the audacity of the
blow. The treasure borne away was
declared by many veracious chron-
iclers of the time to be beyond meas
ure the greatest ever won by the
pirates.
How much was it worth? Luckily
we are able to make a pretty close
estimate, for two of Morgan's men,
Esquemeling and Oexmelin, acted as
amateur war correspondents and
wrote vivid accounts of the expedition,
which were published years after
wards in Holland and France. Some
copies Of their books are still extant,
Not over $75O,OO0.
although they are exceedingly rare.
From a careful study of Esqueme-
lings book, it seems that the gold
and silver borne away to Jamaica,
even although increased by the treas
ure in two or three captured ships,
did not amount to more than about
$750,O00 There was also a consid-
cradle treasure in jewelry and dia-
monds. Morgan managed to get near
~ all the latter for his own private
share, and on that account he had to
face d mutiny on the voyage back to
Jamaica. 1t is practically certain that
the entire value of the loot did not
amount to a million dollars, although
the pirates probably did damage to
the value of more than that sum while
the ruffled it like princes in the cap
tured city.
The richest individual prizes ever
captured by buccaneers at sea were
those taken in the spacious days of
great Elizabeth" by Drake, Raleigh,
Hawkins. Frobisher. Sir|Richard Gre
vile, Amyas, Preston and many an
other daring .adventurer.
brakes Famous Voyage:
When he made his famous voyage
around the globe-the first to be made
by an Englishman-Francis Drake
hoped to pay the expenses of the eX-
petition by capturiog the yearly plate
ship from Lima and Manila galleon.
He missed the former through the
cowardly desertion of his captains IN
the Straits of Magellan? but he cap
tured the latter and several other
valuable prizes besides.
Contemporary chroniclers cannot
restrain their enthusiasm when they
dwell upon the wealth brought home
by his ship, the Golden Hind. They
declare that Il was the richest argosy
that had ever sailed up the Thames.
Good Queen Bess received a liberal
share-enough to make her knight the
sdventurer and turn a deaf ear to the
King of SPANS frantic demands that
he should be hanged. Yet the total
value of his argosy seems to have been
less than 100000. striking an aver
age between the conflicting computa-
tions made by the chroniclers Of the
time.
A Dread Pirate.
John Rackham was one OF the most
successful and dreaded OF West Indian
rirates I'm the seventeenth century. He
was eventually captured by British
warship and hanged In chains on q
! coral islet near Port Royal. jamaica
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

cleared OF his feathers; but the re-
naming ostriches laughed at him and
refused to suffer a like humiliation.
They felt compassion for the one
unfortunate, however, and each spared
a feather for one big wig that should
make Mr.. Ostrich feel less embar-
raised at his plight.
Cut out the black feathers of the
ostrich folk in the background and
by fitting them together plume their
comrade as BELTS him. The feathers
must not project beyond the lines Of
the BODY.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
SOME BRAIN FOOD.
curtaiIed words.

curtall an animal and get a serpent.
curtail a poet and get an American
politician.
Curtail a noted clergyman and get
a stream.
CurtaiI Q famous actor and get a
covering for the foot and leg.
curtail a platform and get an ami
NAL,
Curtail an animal and get river in
Scotland
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

Listened to naught he had to say.
They swiftly climbed from limb to
limb
And shook the insects down on him,
And with their usual haste they went
Far out until the branches bent;
Then crashl the branches snapped
and slam!
They came right down on Uncle Sam.
All, though an uncle may be mild.
Such things as this will make him
wild.
So children. never climb on trees
And fall on uncles In their ease.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

When once Its ways are understood
The apple tree Is kind and good,
But he who in his ignorance
Approaches it must take a chance.
For instance, when it's fruit Is green,
1t often caused anguish keen.
For those with patience, skill and time.
The apple tree Is good to climb,
But 1t is not at all the plant
For exercise extravagant.
SO spoke good Uncle Sam, and laid
His portly form down in the shade.
Still, Peter and Miranda they
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02
SHORT SENTENCES
TO SAY SUDDENLY.

See n you can say these sentences
fast
She sells sea shells by the seashore.
Seven selfish shellhsh showed some
shrimp sideways
Prudently peel prime potatoes
Royal rulers rarely really read rid
dies
Faint flames frequently feed fierce
fires,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

Police Naturalization did you
manage TO extract the mans watch
from his pocket whan II was provided
with n safety catch?" PiclSpOcket--
Excuse me. your honor. but tina. Is a
professional secret. I am willing 10
teach you, however, for tl0."-Chioago
Daily News.
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

John Rackham was one OF the most
successful and dreaded OF West indian
rirates IN the seventeenth century. He
was eventually captured by a British
warship and hanged in chains on a
coral islet near Port Royal. Jamaica,
The Savannah morning news., 1904-10-02

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