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QUEER OBJECT FOUND BY BUSTER JOHN, SWEETEST SUSAN, DRUSILLA
BILLY BISCUIT, -UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF WALLY WANDEROON.
By Joel Chandler Harris
(Copyright. 1903.)
j^spising the Efforts of the
»he Box, Condescends to
Possible True and Cer-
: ntertaining Tale df Mack
®er Nother and His Active
scular Ring which must
r en Magic.
VIII.
ry-T ellirig Machine in the house
Wanderoon, the little old man
fioking for the Good Timees we
have, having produced several
which are variously received by
j.iVanderoon. the children and the
IjEJler himself. Drusilla tells tales
■“pe real stories according to her
HERB was silence for a
little while, and then Wal
ly Wanderoon pretended to
wake up with a snort.
“Are you finished?’’ he
asked. "Are you right
certain thai you didn't
leave out sixty or seventy
chapters? We'd like to
have it all.”
"Not me!” exclaimed
Drusil.'a. "Nuff's nuflt, an’
too much is a plenty. I
bet you l kin tell you one
.at you'd like ter hear; an' taint no nig
ger tale, nother. My granmammy tole it
ter me and she said she got it fum de
white folks.”
Drusilla picked at her frock a mo
ment, as if trying to recall some of the
incidents of the story, and then began.
As it must have a name, it is just as well
to call it
MACK AND HIS MAGIC RING.
"One time tley wuz a man what had
sech a big fambly dat he wnz hard
pushed fer ter feed uni all. He had thir
teen childun, an’ de biggest wa'nt mo'n
fifteen. Dey wuz so many un um dat
Sty took turns at gwine ter bed hungry,
an' den, bimeby, dey come a bad crop
year. De season wuz so dry dat dey
can't even raise taters. Dey scuffled
'long de best dey could, but it go so
alter so long a time dat sump'n gutter
be done, an' de oldest hoy. he up an’
say dat he gwine somers whar he kin
Bin his livin’ and maybe he'p his daddy
an' mammy.
“Well, dey wuz great mis when de
time come fer him ter go ’way. Dey
all cried an 4 cried ail’ cried, tell it look
like dey wuz gwinter cry dor eyes out.
“Ef you'll take notice, poor folks like
rier famblies a heap better dan what rich
folks does. Anyhow, dat's what my
granny say. an’ she sho did know, kaze
she wuz mighty uigb a hundred year ol\
an' she had seed sights in her day an’
time.
“Dish yer boy wuz name Mack Sump'n
tr Nother—1 done forgot what—so I’ll des
call 'im plain Mack, an' let it go at dat.
'Taint gwinter hurt Mm, kaze he done
dead by dis time; my granny say lie
done kick loose fum his troubles long To’
I wuz born.
"Well, he mammy, she packed up de
duds, cr.vin all de time. She put um in
a bag. an’ inter de bag she slipped a few
taters. an' a little rasher er bacon, not
mo'n nuff fer ter last a hongry man live
minnits. An’ dat nr Mack, stidder wait
in' t,ell ;iex 4 mornin’ like lie say he
gwinter do. slung his bag on his hawk,
got his walkin’ cane, an’ put down de
read like sump'n wuz atter him; he didn't
wanter tell um all goodby. But when
dey find' out dat he done gone, I bet
you dey wuz wheepin’, an' whalin' in dat
house—cf you kin call it a house.
“Whiles all dis wuz gwine on Mack,
he wuz polin' down de big road. Ef
he didn't cry it wuz kaze lie ainl got
ao pockethandkcher. He went on, he
did, an 4 bimeby he come ter de place
whar de road forked. He knowed dal
one er de roads led ter de town, kaze
lie had been dar wid his daddy, but wWr
de yuther road led he didn’t kno' no mo 4
dan de mail in de moon—el dey’s any
man der. He stopped, de did, an’ studdy;
an’ whiles he studyin’, he got a notion
dat some un wuz talkin’ ter 'im. Den lie
look all 'roun', an' dar under a tree wuz
a little ol’ man. He wuz bareheadeu an’
barefooted, an' he ain't got no coat..
“Dar he stood shiverin' an’ snakin’
under de tree. Den Mack wuz nngntly
holp up, kaze dar wuz a man wuss off
dan what he wuz—colder an* hungrier
an’ nakeder, an' he never spected fer
ter see sech a sight. De little ol’ man
'low, 'My head col'; loan me yo' hai ’
Mack say, 'it ain’t much uv er hat. but
what dey is you er mo’ den weicome
ter.’ De little ol’ man say, 'My body
col’; loan me yo coat.’ Mack Tow. 'Ff
my coat'll keep you warm, it's mo’ dun
it’s done fer me; but you tr mo’ dan
welcome ter it.’ De little ol’ man say,
'My foot’s col’; loan me you’ shoes.’
Mack ’low, ’Take um; if dey keep yo 4
foots warm, it’ll be mo' dan dey've done
fer me.’ Dc little ol' man say, ‘I m hon
gry, gi’ me what yittles you got.’ Muck
’low, ‘It’s little nuff, but I speck it’lg do
you mo' good dan what it will me.’ ana
wid dat, he gun de little ol’ man all u»
vittles he had ’cep’ one piece er bread.
“Den he ax de man what road he shill
take, an' do man say. -Duck is allers close,
ter de left ha.n” So Mack tuck da Ifet-
han’ road, an' he went along barefooted,
bareheaded, an’ wid no coat fer ter keep
de col’ oul. lie went ’long tell he gen
ter git hongry, an’ bimeby, he sot down
on a log by deside er de road, an’ munched
his piece er bread.
"He ain’t been settin’ dar long To' h
hear a noise, an’ when he look ’roun
dar wuz de little ol’ man settin’ on de
yuther een' er de log. He wuz all dru .ved
up an’ swivelled, but he had a big bun
die in his ban’, an' lie wuz des ez chipper
a a Jay-bird. He giggled like lie wuz
mlglity nigh tickled ter death. Mack
ain’t say nothin’, but ho look at de war
mighty hard. Bimeby, when de little <T
man got ove r his gigglin' spell, he look at
Mack ail’ ’low, ’now den, young man.
you done gi’ me purty nigli eve ylliing
you had, an’ now I’m gwine ter p’.’.v you
back. Take disli yer bundle an' open if.'
“So said, so don. Mack opened de
bundle, an' dar wuz a good suit er cloze,
a nice pair er shoes an’ a hat; an’ dey
'wuz all bran' new. Mack went in de
bushes an’ put um on, an’ when he come
back you wouldn’t hardly ’a’ knowed
him, he looked so fine an’ clean. He
said thankydo ter de man, an’ made his
best bow. Den de man gi’ ’im a ring.
He Tow. he did, dat de ring wuz too big
fer Mack's biggest linger, but anyhow,
he must keep it on his finger—de big
finger er his left han'—he kfti do any
thing he try ter do.
“Mack look at de ring an' try It on, an’
when he turn ’roun’ fer ter say thauky
ter de little ol’ man, dey wasn’t nobody
dar. He loo!-; .-in’ look, but dey ain’t no
body in sight. ..ii’ it make him feel mighty
quare, kaze he ain’t been use ter folks
fadin’ away right befo’ his eyes. He
“De gal crope ter her winder and looked out. Der yard wuz as clean as de
floor er de house.”
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picked up his foots, an' f bet you he got
away fum dar.
“He went on an’ went on, an’ bimeby,
atter so long a time, lie come inter a new
■country, an - in dat country lie hear ’bout
de tiuare doin’s er de king. Some say he
had no mo’ sense dan what any yuther
king had, an’ some say he wuz stark-
naked crazy. Mack lis’en at all dis talk,
but ho ain’t say nothin'. When dey ax
'im 'bout de king, ho say lie don’t know
de king, an’ do king don't know him.
Den dey say dat he de ve’y man fer tor
settle a "spute what dey been havin', an’
den dey ax 'im what he think uv a king
what wanter gi 4 his daughter ter de man
what kin clean out his stable, an' sweep
out bis backyard, an’ till up de dry we
“Mack ax ef anybody is ever tried fer
ter do all dis. Dey say dat hundreds er
folks is tried, an' come 'way widout doin’
one er de yuther. Don Mack Tow, lio
did, dat de king is smart man, kaze he
huntin’ fer somebody what kin do better
dan anybody else, an’ he say lie gwineter
take de job, an’ see ef he can’t show de
king how ter-clean up things at his house.
“Well, de word went round dat a young
man fum a fur country is gwineter try
bis han* at cleanin’ out de place wliar de
king done bis kingin’ an’ bimeby it come j
ter de year or de king, an' lie lies Jay j
back on his tli’one an’ laughed tell he j
can’t laugh no mo'; an’ den he call in j
his daughter an' tol’ lier dat dey wuz !
another fool cornin' for ter clean out bis
stable. He broke out in a boss laugh, but
de gal, she ain’t see de joke dis time.
She sot dar an’ twis’ her apron-string
an’ vow dat she ain't gwineter play no
scch game; she ’low dat bimeby some
good-fer-nothin’ll come an’ do what no
body else can’t do, an’ den she'll hatter
marry ’im whedder er no. She say she
done make up her min’ what ter do, an’
she gwineter do it.
“So she went an’ fix herself up like
one er de poor folks. She shucked her
silk duds an’ all her fine cloze, an' come
out’n her room lookin’ fer all de worl’
like she b’lor.ged ter de poor white trash,
an’ when Mack come walkin’ ’roun’ de
yard ter de house wliar de kingin’ wuz
done, she wuz walkin’ ’roun’ de yard
barefooted, an’ her cloze looked like dey
had been fished outer de rag bag.
“Mack say howdy, an’ tuck off his
hat. De gal ’low, ‘You couldn't do no
mo’ ef I wuz de king's daughter.’ Mack
say, ’I bet you er lots puttier dan what
de king’s daughter is.’ De gal make
answer, ‘I ain’t no puttier, an’ I ain’t
got no fine cloze like de king's daughter.
What you wan ’roun’ her. anyhow?’
Mack Tow, ’I may want you To I git
thoo. but what I want right now is fer
somebody tor run an’ tell de king dat
dey’s a man out here what want ter do
some cleanin’ fer ’im.’ De gal went ’roun’
de back way, an’ bimeby somebody come
ter de door an’ ax Mack what he
want. Mack say he des wanter do some
cleanin’ fer de king. Some un done tol’
’im, he say, dat dc king want his stable
cleaned out, an’ his back yard swep’.
De door-keeper run an’ tol’ de king, an’
he tol’ um fer ter show de fool in.
“So Mack, he went in whar de king
wuz, an’ he seed mo’ fine doin’s dan he
ever see befo' in all his born days. He
mired up in de kyarpits. an’ come mighty-
nigh walkin’ headfo’most in a big lookin’
glass on de wall. ’Bout dat time lie gun
ter feel shaky, an’ he got de idee dat
maybe he'd come ter de wrong place. But
he belt up his head an’ make like he
been use ter dat kinder doin's all his life.
Bimeby de house gal come an’ tol’ ’im
dat de king'd see ’im, an’ she showed 'im
inter a great big room dat look like it'd
hoi’ a hundred folks, an’ upon a fiatform
sot de king. He had his hankcher on his
•mouf f^r ter keep fum laughin’, an’ eve’y
once in a while he'd mighty nigh stran
gle hisself wid coughin’.
‘IMack tol’ him howdy ez perlite ez
he could, an’ bowed ez-low ez he knowed
how. Den de king say dat de folks what
tol’ Tm dat ain’t no lie; an’ den he
went on ter say dat he been tryin’ fer
de longest fer ter git somebody what kin
clean out his stable, sweep his back yard
an’ fill a dry well. Mack Tow dat he’ll
try ter do de best he kin.
“So de king, ter make sho er matter,
tol’ Tm *dat ef he done de job. lie mought
marry his daughter, an’ ef he can’t do
de job he’ll hatter go ter jail for a spell,
an’ den he sont fer de carriage driver,
an' tol’ Tm ter show de young • man
whar de stable is. Dey ain’t no two
ways about If. Mack wuz feelin’ shaky,
ah' ef he could ’a’ backed out er doin’ de
job he wouldn’t ’a’ gone nigh de stable,
but dar he wuz an’ he couldn’t git out’n
it. So dar he wuz. He looked in de sta
ble, an’ it wuz mighty nigh chock full
er dirt an’ straw. But he shucked his
coat an’ got Tm a spade an’ went ter
work.
“Now den. when Mack tuck off his coat
his ring dropped on de groun’ close by,
but he ain't miss it. He des grabbed de
spade an’ went ter work, but fer eve’y
shovel full he th’owed out, seven shovels
full came In ag’ln. He worked on a
while, wonderin’ how high de jail wuz.
an’ den all uv a sudden he missed his
ring, fie knowerl he had it on when he
went ter pull off his coat, an' so he hunt
ed 'hout fer it. an' bimeby he foun’ It.
Dis make Tm feel better.
“ Bout dat time de gal what he seed in
de front yard or de king’s house come
canterin’ long, an' ax ’im how he gittin'
long. Mack say he gittin' long purty well
in spite er de conjerments. Den de gal
tell Tin dat he'll hatter marry de king's
daughter ef lie do all dat he sot out ter
do; but Mack, bo say, he did, dat he'll
not marry, de king's daughter while de
gal he wuz talkin’ wid wuz on top er de
ground . Dis make de gal blush, an' she
ax ’im how come he’d rather marry her
den ter marry de king's daughter, an 4
Mack ui> an’ say dat he done seed her,
an' lie ain't, never seed de king's daugh
ter. Don dc gat say, ’Sposen she lots
purtier dan what 1 is?’
’’Mack Tow, lie did, dat she kin keep
her putry fer some un else. Den he tell
de gal dat he'll marry her ef she'll have
ini, but she say she ain't nothin’ but a
house gal, an' she don't wanter stair in
his way, kaze he mought be sorry he
married her stidder de king's daughter.
But Mack say he ain't gwineter have it
dataway. De gal ain't say nothin' ter diz,
but she look mighty willin’.
“Den Mack, wid liis rin on hi*
went ter work cleanin' out dc stable, an
Ue way he made dc trash an dirt tty wuz
a plum sight ter see. De gal say, ’Yon
come Ue king,’ an 4 ucn sue maue tierse’f
skaee. W ell, do king done come up, he
did, an’ he wuz so 'stomshed dat he can t
say nothin'. De dirt an 4 straw come
nyin’ out like it wuz run thoo a thrush-
in’ machine, an' ef he hadn't ’a’ jumped
out'n Ue way twould a 4 kivvered him
plum up, Kaze cve'y ume Mack 'ud ning
out one shovel full lev n mo 4 wouiu jump
up ail toiler atter.
44 De stable wuz cleaned out whiles dc
king wuz stan’in 4 dar wid his mouf open,
an when Mack come out, he look des ez
tresh ez ef lie hadn’t done no work. De
king he ’low, T speck you'll git my
daughter,’ but Mack he say he tws done
de job for fun, kaze he got his eye on
’notlier gal. De king Tow, 'You mean
de gal what wuz here des now?’ Mack
say, ‘Yasser.’ De king sorter grinned,
but he ain't let on.
“Den Mack ax Tm wharbouts .de dry
well is, an' he make answer dat it s right
dar close ter de stable, an’ sho nuff, dar
’twuz, an 4 it look like it wuz in about a
mile deep. De king, he went on back ter
de house whar lie do his kingin’, an’
Mack, he whirled in fer ter till up de dry
well. It look like de dirt what Jie tuck
fum de stables des went an’ got in de
dry well by itself, kaze when he flung one
shovel full in, forty wheelbarrows full
would foller atter an’ fall in de well. An’
’twant ten minutes ’fo’ de well wuz fuil
up ter de top.
“Mack went on up ter de house, an’ de
king, settin’ on de porch, seed ’im. He
Tow, ’I speck de well wuz too much
fer you.’ Mack say, ’No, sirree; I fulled
it up wid de dirt 1 flung out'n de stable.
’Twarn't no trouble ’tall.’ De king look
at '1m right hard, an' say, ’Looky here,
1 young man, what kinder chap is you, any
how ’ Mack Tow: ‘I’m des a common,
eve’yday chap what ain’t skeered er work.
What I does I does so easy dat I don't
charge nothin’ fer it.' De king say,
‘Well, dar’s de back yard an' de front
yard ter clean up. Mack Tow, ‘I'll lay oft
ter do dat ternight when de dus’ won’t
bodder nobody.’
“At dat de king laugh loud an’ laugh
long. Mack say. ‘You must sholy he tick
led.' Dis make de king laugh louder dan
ever, an’ Mack went off an’ sot down
in de shade an’ wondered what de king
laugh so hard. He sot dar, he did, tell
he got ter noddin’, an’ den he fell sound
ersleep. Whiles he wuz sno'in’ de gal
come out ter see wharabouts he wuz.
‘Twant long ’fo’ she foun’ Tm, an’ den
she stood ’ookin’ at ’im, kinder smilin’
ter herse’f. When her eye fell on de
ring she flung back her head an’ grin
ned. She thought ter herse’f dat he
gwineter marry her anyhow an’ ’twouldn't
be no harm fer ter take de ring onbe-
knownst ter Tm. So she crope up. easy
ez s’ne kin, and slipped de ring off’n
his finger, an' went flyin’ ter de house.
“Atter so long a time Mack woke up
an' missed his ring, an’ right den an’
dar she had sho nuff trouble in his min’.
He ain’t got (to idee whar de ring is. He
knowed he had i on when He sot down
dar, an’ he could t’t make out what had
gone wid it. Bl aeby de gal come out
fer ter see ef he wuz wake, an’ what he
gwinter say ’bout his ring—you know how
gals is. Well, ot t she come, but Mack,
stidder talkin’ ’b< ut his ring, tol’ de gal
dat he’d hatter g > back home. He done
had a dream dat his mammy wuz sick,
an’ while he’d like ter stay on ’count cr
de gal, he wuz bleeze ter go back home.
“De gal look solium when she hear dis
kinder news, an’ when she talk she had a
kinder ketch in her goozle.- She say, ‘I’m
mighty sorry you gwine. atter what you
tol' me, but ef you gwine you better not
tell do king.’ Den she look at his han’
an’ say, ’Law! whar yo’ fine ring? Mack
Tow. ‘I done lost it, an’ I can’t fin’ it no-
whar. Dat ring wuz my fortune; I can’t
do nothin’ widout it. i laid off fer ter gi’
you de ring what my mammy gi’ me when
I started on my journey, but ’taint no
use now; wirl my good luck ring gone I
can’t never hope ter git you.’ De gal say,
‘When you gwineter start?’ and he Tow
dat lie gwinter make tracks fum dar des
ez soon ez night come.
“Do gal say she mighty sorry, an’ Mack
say she can’ be half ez sorry ez he wuz,
an' not nigh ez lonesome. De gal sorter
stood 'roun. waitin’ fer Mack ter say
sump’n, but he wuz feelin’ too bad; he
des hung his head ail’ sot dar wid his
mouf shot. Den de gal ax Tm not ter go
tell he see her, an’ he promise dat he
won't ef he kin see her’fo' night.
“Well, des ’fo’ night fell, here come
de gal wid de ring. She ain’t tell no
tale ’bout it; she des up'n say dat she
tuck it kaze she wanted it. She Tow,
’Atter what you said down yonder in
de lioss-Iot I felt like I had ez good a
right ter dat ring ez any udder gal—an’
dat’s why I tuck it.’ Mack say he ain’t
blamin’ her one bit, not one grain, an’
she look so nice when he say it dat Mack
leel his heart go flippity-flap. She come
up close ter him when she gi’ ’im de
ring, an’ put her iian' on his, an’ Twuz
sech a soft little bit. But when he went
ter put his arm ’roun’ her, she broke
away fum 'm an’ run in de house des
like she oughter done, kaze she’d" been
raise’ right, an’ knowed what she wuz
doin'.
“When night come. Mack got 'im a big
brush-broom an’ started ter sweep Ae
trash an’ dirt out’n de yard. He seed
’fo’ de sun went down how bad it needed
cleanin’, an’ he say ter hisse'f dat he
don't wanter marry de king's daughter
ef she ain't no better housekeeper dan
ter let de front an’ hack yard stay look
in' like dat. He skacely knowed whar
tor begin at. but when he did start in a
high wind come up an' blowed do dirt an
trash ’way ez fast ez lie kin raise it wid
his brush-broom; an' bimeby lie ain’t had
ter sweep ’tall, kaze de win’ got stronger
an’ stronger, an’ it des pick up de trash
an’ de dust an’ tuck it clean away.
“De king, he hear de wind, he did, an’
he ax what all dat noise is. His daughter
say it’s his son in law doin’ work dat he
ain't got no business tor do. De king say
it’s a big storm comm up, an’ de gal
Tow dat her sweet'art done called on
Brer Wind fer ter lie’p 'im sweep dc yard.
“Do king had de idee dat his daughtci
wuz gittin' mighty uppity, hut he ain't
say nothin’. He des went inter his room
an' shucked off his duds an’ went ter bed,
but de gal crope ter her winder, atter
puttin' out de lights, an looked out. By
dat time Mack had done finish de job, ail’
de yard wuz clean as de door cr de house
whar de king live at. Den de gal. she
went ter bed an’ dremp dreams dat she
ai.n’t dromp befo'.
“De ilex' mornin’ de kng sont out an'
ax Mack for ter come inter brekkus, but
Mack answer dat he doie had liis brek-
kns too long ter talk 'b>ut. Dem what
do de kingin’ don’t hatte git up soon in
de mornin', an’ tley eats <er brekkus late.
Dish yer king what Vnf a-telliif you
’bout want no better d;V a«y .er de rest
un Um. lie had late brekkus, an’ he put
on airs, an’ sassed everybody when he
feci like it. But he eome out atter while,
an’ he come mighty nigh faintin’ when
lie seed how clean bofe his yards wuz.
“He Tow. ’Whar did you pile de trash?'
Mack say dat he don't/b’fieve in doin’
no half-way job. so he/iuck’n tuek tie
trash off whar ’twon’t fester nobody no
mo’. Dis make de king jerateh his head.
Ho bleeze ter stan’ up.'ter his promise,
an’ so he ax Mack in dl house whar he
do his kingin’ at, an’ *t ’im ter take a
scat an’ make hisse’ cor ftubble. Den de
king clum up on his th ine an’ sont out
fer his majors an’ his Ci >’ns, an’ a whole
lot er yuther folks wtiai lie knowed right
well. When dey all cc le de king Tow
dat he done promise fer jr gi’ liis daugh
ter ter de man what n clean out his
stable, fill de dry well a sweep de front
an’ back yard. ’All er ou-all done try
it an’ can’t do it,’ de ing say, ’an’ a
whole passel of folks f|n way off yon’,
an’ dey ain’t none un n kin do it but
dish yer young man fi i de country. I
got ter keep my yfomi: ’ de king say.
“Wid dat dey all Inin der headls ’cep’
Mack. He des sot dal thinkin’ how he
kin tell de king dat 1 don’t want liis
daughter widout niakin im blazin’ mad.
Bimeby he gun ter thir ’bout de yuther
gal, an’ he got right u an’ tol’ dc King
oat he ain’t charge in 4 lothin’ fer what
lie done, kaze he don gi’ his promise
ter ’nother gal.
“Dey all look at ’im ke dey tlunk he
done lose his min’. D( ting say dat Ins
daughter is a mighty i e gal, dat Mack
will sho like her. M k say de don’t
’spute dat, kaze wid s h a nice daddy,
she can’t he’p bein’ m . De king Tow-
da t Mack had better seier befo’ he r use
ter have her. Mack si he’ll be mighty
giad ter see her, but h done make his
promise ter ’nother g*. Wid dat de
King sont fer liis daufi|-r, ail’ when she
come in Mack seed dit -,he want noDOdy
but de gai what he on strucken wid.’’
“Is that all?” asRel tjveetest Susan.
“ ’Tain’t half,” reiled Drusilia. St
I wuz ter tell you allflat Mack done wid
dat ring, I’d keep yju liere
mo’.”
(To be coiSnued.)
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Hot Flashes. Desire to Cry, Creeping
feeling up the Spine, Pain in the Back,
and all Female Troubles, to all sending
address. To mothers of suffering daugh
ters I will explain a Successful Home
Treatment. If you decide to continue it
will only cost about 12 cents a week to
guarantee a cure. I do .not wish to sell
you anything. Tell other sufferers of it,
that is al I ask. Address Mrs. M. Sum
mers, Box 104, Notre Dame, Ind.
week er
THE AIR TIjR.T FAILED.
Philadelphia Inquirf: It is now five
years since tie publfcread with absolute
amazement oi Professp Tripler’s extraor
dinary experknents xth liquid air. Be
sides such cikdous fas as driving a naii
with a hamiker mad (of frozen mercury
and reducing a lum of butter to dry-
powder, it wis showithat liquid air was
to have a fremendt* effect upon the
world’s industries. (ider its influence
metals couldjbe melteby simply touching
them with a match. Jut it was the ex
pansive forci of froz( air which was to
do the greatest wo*rs. As a single
cubic foot lif frozexair contained 748
cubic feet ft ordinal atmospheric air,
it was said that antxplosive had been
discovered f.’hieh wid suppersede dy
namite andtall such Id-fashioned nitro
compounds.
The entgii -ering wofl waited on tiptoe
with expec' ition. Thirst practical tests
were those of -the Jenna Crystal Ice.
Company. The air wtridges that were
made utlei y failed.! was found that
unless thej wer.e use vithln fifteen min
utes of b ing man ictured they lost
strength sc -apidly a: > be almost "value
less. Evei when fr dy prepared they
were less fticient l n dynamite, gun
cotton, bli ting gelfie or even giant
powder.
Liquefied air was
run motor arriages
and act a a preser ive for meat. As,
however, . d’Assoi I, the French sci
entist, sa in a r< it lecture on the
subject, n e of the things is possible.
Liquid all renders :al so brittle that
an explosl
if It were
tor of an:
resist it.
septic, no
over, it is
i would
Teither is
does It
till five t
its use is
it evapors
and cann
Even if it s ever pi iced more cheaply
ot likely
l :S with s 4
greater pi portion di >pearing.
do other things—
submarine boats.
the certain result
ubstitute£>r petrol In a mo-
form. N^ietal known could
in any way anti-
1 microbes. More-
is dearer than Ice.
extend greatly, as
extreme rapidity,
be trai >rted without the
$10,000 CONTEST
For the exact (or the nearest to the exact) estimate of the receipts
of cotton at all United states Ports from September 1st, 1902,
to May 1st". 1903, both inclusive
For the next nearest estimate
For the next nearest estimate
For the
For the
For the
For the
For tne I
5 next nearest estimates $100.00
IO next nearest estimates
IO next nearest estimates
30 next nearest estimates
O next nearest estimates
esch
50.0 s each
20.00 each
10.00 each
5.00 each
$2 500
1,000
500
500
600
200
300
500
Grand Consolation Offer.
$6,000.
For distribution among those estimates (not taking any of the
above 158 prizes) coming within 1.000 bales either way of the
exact figure -
Conditional Extra Prize For Early Exact Estimate.
Should the exact figure be given during the contest we will add
to the $2,500.00, if th*» exact estimate be received cn or be
fore February 20th, 1903-
COTTON SEASON
TOTAt PORT RECEIPTS
from ist Sept, to ist May (inclusive)
of following year. The period cov
ered by this contest:
BALES IN COTTON CROP
This Is merely for your information and
Is not the subject of this present Con
test. It Is given only as an additional
aid to an intelligent estimate:
1897- 98 8,333,862 11,199,994
1898- 99 7,993,451 11,274,840
1899- 00 6,346,312 9,436,416
1900- 01 6,843,834 10,383,422
1901- 02 7,2 i 8,8 79 10,680,680
The figures above are certified by Secretary Henry G. Hester cf New Orleans Cotton Exchange, January 17,1903.
Secretary Henry G. Hester, of New Orleans Cotton Exchange, wjll furnish the official figures to decide this
contest. Mr. Hester is regarded as the official statistician throughout the cotton world.
Conditions of the Contest:
The condition precedent for sending estimates on
the Total Fort Receipts of Cotton 1st. of September,
1902, to May 1, 1903, both inclusive. Is that each and
every entry of estimates must be accompanied by a
year’s subscription to The Weekly Constitution or The
Sunny South, or the remittance provided for esti
mates witnout subscriptions. They must be sent in
the identical envelope that brings the money that pays
for tile estimates or the subscription. You cannot
subscribe now and send your estimate afterward.
In sending your estimates toy an agent of The
Constitution you make him your agent and not ours.
In forwarding your estimates, both as to the correct
ness of the figures as you intended them and the
certainty of the forwarding of them.
Should a party send In more than one prize esti
mate, he or she will be entitled to a share of the prize
fund for every time that it may represent a success
ful estimate. Persons may enter the contest as many
times as they send subscriptions, and under the rules
the same person may receive a prize with each of the
■propositions.
In making your answer just state simply: “I esti
mate the total port receipts, 1st of Septemebr, 1902,
through May 1. 19dj, bales.” Make your
figures plain. We will record them as received every
day, EXACTLY AS THEY LOOK, AND WILL AL
LOW NO CHANGE WHATEVER. If you want to
make estimates later, or if you want to repeat the
estimate you have made, send other subscriptions.
Don’t forget, every subscription for yourself or
you friends will entitle you to an estimate in the
great $10,000 contest.
The Constitution’s $10,000 contest Is now on. Send
In your estimates and get the Greatest Weekly News
paper In the World. The Weekly Const utlon for $1.
or with the Great Southern Weekly Literary Period
ical, The Sunny South, both for $1.23, or If you have
both, or do not wish either of these gTeat papers,
send on only 50 cents with your estimates in this $10,-
000 contest. *
Blank for Constitution and Sunny South With Two Estimates.
I hereby subscribe to the Weekly Constitution and
Sunny South both one year and enclose $1.25 in pay->
ment.
If you wish ONLY The WEELY Constitution send Sr.oo and only ONE esti
mate In the Contest.
Name
Postoffice ,
State -
My two estimates for Port Receipts Contest, per your
current oilers, are:
On Total Port Re- 1st
ceipts Sept. 1, 1992,
to May 1, 1903, both
inclusive. 2d
TWO ESTIMATES FOR THIS CONTEST.
ADDRESS ALL ORDERS TO
THE CONSTITUTION,
ATLANTA. CA.
Upon Total Port Receipts of Cotton from September
Ist, 1902, to May Ist, 1903, Both Inclusive.
CONTEST OPENED JANUARY 20TH. 1903. CLOSES APRIL 20TH. 1903.
The Splendid Cash Prizes.
.OO
.OO
.OO
OO
OO
.03
.OO
$1,500.00
$2,500.00
Grand Total $10,000.00
Additional Conditional Offers For Early Exact Estimate.
Should the exact estimate not be named on or before February
20th, but be made on or before March lOth, 1303, we will add
to the $2,500.00 first prize $1,500.00
Should the exact estimate not be named on or before March loth,
but should it come after March tOth, and on or before April
lOth, 1903, we will add to the $2>500.03 first prize $l,OOOlh3
In case of a tie upon any prize estimate the money will be equally divided.
Conditions of Sending Estimates in this Pori Receipts Contest.
1. Send $1.00 for the Weekly Constitution one year and with it OXE ESTI
MATE in the contest.
2 Send 50c for the Sunny South One Year and with it
ONE ESTBN1ATE in the contest.
3. Send $1.25 for the Weekly Constitution and Sunny South both one year and
send TWO ESTIMATES in the contest—that is, one estimate for The Constitution
and another for the Sunny South.
4. Send 50c lor OXE ESTIMATE alone in the contest IF YOU DO NOT WANT A SUB
SCRIPTION. Such a remittance merely pays for the privilege of sending the estimate. If you
Trish to make a number of estimates 011 this basis, you may send THREE ESTIMATES FOR
EVERY $1.00 forwarded at the same time estimates are sent. If as many as ten estimates are re
ceived at the same time without subscriptions the sender may forward them with only $3.00—this
splendid discount being offered for ten estimates in one order. A postal card receipt will be sent
for ALL ESTIMATES RECEIVED WITHOUT SUBSCRIPTIONS. Where subscriptions are or
dered THE ARRIVAL OF THE PAPER ITSELF IS AN ACKNOWLEDGMENT THAT Y r OUR
ESTIMATE HAS BEEN RECEIVED AND IS CAREFULLY RECORDED.
5. The money and the subscription and the estimate must come in the same envelope every
time. The estimate, the money and the subscription go together. THIS RULE IS POSITIVE.
6. Agents allowed an estimate in this contest on each yearly subscription, doubled on Sunny
South combination orders.
An agent sending estimates only may tile as many estimates for himself as he may secure for
his customers.
FILE YOUR ESTIMATES EARLY.
The advantage of an early estimate is shown in the extra prizes ranging from $2,500 If an
exact estimate be received on or before February 20th, 1903, to $1,000 if received on or before
April 10th, 1903. The extra sum offered conditionally for an exact estimate will be added to the
$2,500 First Prize in each case.
STATISTICS OF PAST FIVE YEARS.
We give below Statistics covering the exact period of this contest compiled by Secretary
Henry G. Hester of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. These cover from September ist each
year, through May 1st of the following year, covering the exact section of the Cotton year that
this contest includes. We also give in another column the total number of bales in the whole
crop for each cotton season. This is given only for comparison and no one is to think that the
present contest covers the total cotton crop. It covers only the total Receipts of Cotton at all
United States Ports, for the dates mentioned in this contest.
Secretary Hester's Figures Covering the Period of the Contest.