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ird hen the eft 0 three tall masts. She carries a crew of 72 men of whom about 50 are cadâ€" ¢ts training for the German merâ€" thant marine, and is a besutiful exâ€" ample of the old fashioned sailing ships, now so nearly vanished from the ~ARARYW * h. nslc o UVb Cuners ie NPb aieres Tarnd ies ds .4 the Federals, now its only tenants are bats and sea birds. Sees â€"German Ship: â€" The German school ship Oldenberg lay at the Fernandina dock the day we were there, taking on a cargo of rock phosphaté. She is a splendid vessel of 3000 tons, 270. feet long and square rigged on ‘cach of her three tall mante _ Sha as..nl L 2 0f0f «* extreme low tide. The fort was manned by the Confederates during the early part of the civil war and afterwards ‘was seized and heldâ€"by the Federals, now its only â€"tenants are bats nund can hinds massive, square fortification of brick and masonty with great earthworks, and is surrounded by a wide moat nowâ€"empty ofâ€"water:â€"There are parâ€" apets and gun platforms and embrasâ€" ures and loopholes commanding every approach. : There are casemates and under ground passages and chambers large enough to shelter a small army and substantial brick storehouses and barracks for officers and men. â€" The construction is so massive that the entire. fort couldâ€"b > ~restored~to: ofigfifl%’ofigfifi?fi%&a con?nr-tive!y small â€"sum of money, but o course it is useless now and would be little protection against an enemy armed with modern high powered guns and high explosives, so it stands empty ,gnwwm and undefended, and is visited only by ocassional tourists and picnic parâ€" ties, since it can only be reached by boatcrbydflflnlflongth.beleh at extreme low tide. The fort was manned by the Confederates during the early naurk af ina _1 14 _ ___ B ida was under the Spanish fag Amâ€" clia Island, because of its remoteness _~_from the seat of government, at St. Augustine and because of its nearâ€" ness to Georgia was a rendezvous 'f: slave traders, smugglers, pirates _ other ~freebooters, since contraband landed ‘there was easily slipped into the territory of theâ€"United States, R. W. Chambers in his recent and very interesting book, ‘The Happy Parrot" â€"gives â€"a* graphic ~account of Amelia ‘Island in the old slave running days. ~ Fernandina . flourished under these circumstances and became a place of importance ‘because of the illicit tratâ€" fic carried on there, also in the early part of the civil war it was a famous harbor for blockade ‘runners and many valuable cargoes from Nassau and from beyond the Atlantic were landed. â€"In:recent years the greater _part of the shipping trade diverted to Jacksonville and the town is a sleepy relic of byâ€"gone days with many ancient reminders of its roâ€" mantic past. What activity there now is on its water front is carried on chiefly by the Greekâ€" shrimpers and â€" oystermen â€" whose picturesque fieets give color to the harbor. < Describes Old Fort % Upon the beach about four miles north of ~the old town is old Fort Clinch, : built about 10 years before the <civil war. to command the enâ€" trance to the harbor and the St. Mary‘s river. Robert E. Lee as an engineer officerâ€"of the U.. S. Army, was a member of.. the â€"boardâ€"which |â€" located and : built the fort.. It is a majssive, square fortification of brick FROM DR WOLCOTT Thursday, Jan. 30, 1930 (Continued from page 5) With kindest greetings to all old friends I am _ 1 wonder if I have ever told you about an ancient liveâ€"oak tree that is growing near here, upon the estate of a friend whom we often visit. It has a spread of 165 feet and is said der‘if there is a tree in Illincis or Wisconsin with as great a spread of branches or as huge a trunk? It there is I would like to hear about it. aday one of the finest on the ocean. * th‘:mG of Schooner bess no . ship .that _ we have interested in recently is a fine, big four masted schooner, the Ada Tower, ‘w:ich was driven upon tl;c’ b“a‘e; where we bathe in summer, by a before Christmas. She was on her way from Cuba for a cargo of lumber when the storm struck her and was unable to make the harbor entrance,: her ‘anchors would not hold and she was driven ashore, fortunately withâ€" out <loss of life. But the beautiful schooner will never sailâ€" the seas again and lies dismasted and abandâ€" oned, a melancholy wreck upon the beach. es 2 beautiful ship. ‘The ~Germans ~are their merchant fieet which has been built â€"upâ€"mainfy ma war, is toâ€" dly one of the t can the nraon with a large bona fide paid Ravinia, Highwood Deerfel For eightesn years, the Udell Printing Co. has been faithfully caring for the printing neegs of this comâ€" munityâ€"until today they have one of the largest and most efficient plants in Lake county. Job Printing in all its Branches never failing, hourly actionâ€"reliability is the key note of "Old Faithful" Famous Old Faithful Geyser owes its name to Theâ€"UDELL PRINTING CoO targe bona fide paid circulation in Highland Park, , Highwood, Deer)leld. Lake F'orcct,and Bluf. Faithfully yours, > P. C. Woleott. Publishers of The Highland Park Press The Deerfield Press and The Lake Forester Englund is now la a.l!-l- that it isn‘t the first cost of a mandate that counts so much, but the upkeep for the downput of the uprising.â€"Philaâ€" delphia Inquirer. . ing ¢ JUST READY FOR OCCUPANCY enter St. at Hill Terrace _ Telephone Winnetka 3470 Contains a group of 3 to 5 room dignified THE CHIMNEYS HOMES Old â€"Faithful While the eighteenâ€"day diet fad is at its height it â€"wouldâ€"seem to be a good: time to invite the dieters to visitâ€"forâ€"aâ€"couple of weeks.â€"Louisâ€" ville Courierâ€"Journal. 27