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American Muscle
There has been raised, of late, a considerable
controversy over the propriety and wisdom of in
ter-collegiate athletics. There are many things to
be said on both sides of the controversy, the merits
of which we will leave to the wise and learned
men who direct the affairs of our educational in
stitutions to pass upon in the light of their experi
ence and profound knowledge of the situation and
its needs. Suffice it to say here, that it would be
a great calamity for athletics to die out in the col
leges, a state of affairs not likely to come to pass,
however, though inter-collegiate sports should be
abolished in every college and university in the
land.
But not only is it important for our boys, but
our girls as well, to be sound and strong physical
ly. The antiquated idea that a young woman is
more refined and lady-like if she always goes about
demurely and never gets outdoors and develops
her muscles, is fast being consigned to the lumber
room of played-out superstition, where it ought to
have been thrown long ago. A girl has just as
much need of health and strength for her duties in
life, just as much need of fresh air and sunshine as
ja boy, and parents arc neglecting their duty to
| their daughters if they do not see that they are
developed into strong, sturdy lasses. A rosv-
• cheeked, broad-shouldered girl, full of life ami am
Had Heard of Them.
The grocer assured her the eggs were
strictly fresh.
“Well,’’ said Mrs. Lapsling, “you may
send me a dozen. I have a perfect hor
ror of these repousse eggs the pupers are
talking about."
Along' the Highway |
Queer Things -
By FRJIWK L. STJfA'TOJV
J
In Nature Constantly
Puzzling Her
Students
Ho\ . :gn.
’Inquisitive Boarder—"You think the
world is growing better?’’
Phi.osnphical Boarder—“I do. You
rarely see a mother-in-law joke in print
nowadays.’*
MERICA'N men and womens, in j | ) j t j on an d the radiance of health, is just as lady-
every walk of life, are becoming in-
terested in outdoor sports.
hg g For the country lad, pleasure has
always taken the form of some
amusement in ijie open, out in the
fragrant fields or by the side of
murmuring streams. From the
time he gets his first taste of liberty
and is permitted to go abroad, out
of the watchful maternal supervis
ion, his amusements are all out of
doors, bird-nesting, games, rabbit
hunts, and the like; and when he
reaches his youth the shotgun, rod
and saddle take the place of the tovs of childhood.
He goes afield after the partridge or casts his line
into the quiet depths where the big fish lurk. His
daily work is with his hands and muscles in the
fields. He lives close to nature, ami mother earth,
gives sturdy frames to whosoever seeks her out
and gives himself to her.
But the city boy and the city man are becoming
devotees of muscle developing, health producing
activities, partly because they are finding out how
like as the fairest, most ethereal miss who ever
sewed a silken seam.
Let us be grateful, therefore, that this great
movement for strong, healthy men and women is
gaining such a hold on the American people, from
one end to the other of this splendid land of ours.
Future of Woods
HAT material will be used to build
the houses of people in moderate
circumstances a generation or two
lienee? That is a question that
may assume serious proportions if
not in the time indicated, certainly
before many generations have come
and gone.
Every year sees the price of lum-
•ber advance and the available sup
ply of standing timber is annually
shrinking, if almost imperceptibly
so in some quarters, still it is going
on. The time must come, sooner or
later, unless our lands art refor-
His Objection.
‘Why do you object to your daughter’s
marriage to a titled stranger?’’
"It’s simply this,’’ answered Mr. Cuin-
rox. "I don’t mind the money, but I
object to a son-in-law who is in a ’posi
tion to insist on being addressed as
your lordship’ when I want to make a
fuss about his late hours and his ex
pense account.”—Washington Star.
Elxcusable.
Mrs. Horse—I have just received a let
ter from our mutual friend, the cow; but
“I’M HEARIN’ THE HOME-LARKS
SING.”
I.
I’m breathin’ the breath o’ the mead
ows—Life’s winter is on the
wing.
An’ over the sea. my darlin', I’m heal
in’ the home-larks sing;
An’ the ships sail safe to harbor over
that selfsame sea,
Through night, an’ light o' the morn-
in’ bright,—but never a ship
for me!
II.
Oh, sad was the day I left you—when
I sailed from your side away; ,
You said your heart was breakin’, an’
mine seemed broke that day!
An’ your eyes were red with weepin’
at the sjglit o’ the cruel sea:
“It ihas never a heart but to make
friends part—it’s takin’ my own
from me!”
III.
It is so miserably written I can scarcely j p Qr j
read it.
Rooster—You will have to excuse him,
T ttiink, for he told me he had a very
poor pen.
Either or Ayther.
(From Harper's Weekly.)
Two Irishmen, Fat and Mike, stood
looking at bricklayers who were working
on a building that was being erected,
when the following conversation was
overheard:
Mike—Pat, kin yez tell me what kapes
them bricks together?
Pat—Sure, Mike; it's the motar.
Mike—Not by a doin sight; that kapes
them Apart.
It's brave you wore, my darlin’, for
to let me go at all,—
our tears on the heart o’
me, an’ they scald me as they
fall!
’twas bearin’ my love-breathed
promise that my heart with
your heart should be—
’Twould fly to you as the gray gulls
fly, over the deep, broad sea!
But
reason the poets used to die young,
they got recognition early in the
game; but now the brethren have to
wait more than an average lifetime
for it. Miller is in fine health and
spirits# and he is determined to see
Posterity for ’himself, and have a
good understanding with it before he
crosses “The River of Rest!”
“AND I SHALL NOT WALK
ALONE.”
I.
A weary way, and the storm falls
black,
And the lost winds moan and moan,
But a light shines clear in the thun
der’s track,
And I shall not walk alone.
II.
The thorn gleams red o’er the roses
dead ;
The distance dim—unknown;
But the light streams bright where
there is no night,
And I shall not walk alone.
Vnd
and the
IV.
keen a relish of pleasure may be had in that way
and partly because they know that a sound body !ested, when timber will be a very scarce comnio-
is an essential of real success, and usually a pre- j dity on the market. I hen what will we use to
requisite of any success. 'build our h-ouses with?
This is a hopeful state of affairs, for surely the ! It is quite likely that before very many years a
greatest thing we have is our men and women, new building material will be evolved by scientists
Sometimes, it may seem as though men and wo- j for use in the poorer class of dwellings, and lumber
men exist merely to serve some great enterprise. | can be purchased and put into homes only by the
But such appearances are false, for no enterprise j fairly well-to-do. 1 hen the time will come when
that is not for the benefit of man in some way jonly the rich can have lumber, and as other matc-
v/ould not be allowed to exist or would have any | rials,' such as brick and stone, are more durable
right to exist. All our institutions should serve they will always be used in the finer homes in
mankind and the instant that they begin to cost preference to wooden materials,
more human toil and effort than they confer human All of which means that, in time, wood mate-
good they should be abolished. trials will be used almost entirely for intrior deco-
No national prestige, no industrial preeminence | ration and for furniture. 1 lie exterior of houses
can weigh in the balance against the health and ; will bq made of other materials and all the wood
'happiness of our ficople. We want no state of af-lwill be on the inside.
fairs where “wealth accumulates and men decay.” i It is a peculiar fact that that wood, which in our
Man and not things must ever remain the most 1 grandfathers’ time was the most expensive, has
important in the world. j decreased in price, though its beauty will always
Therefore, it is something we may all rejoice in
Puzzle.
(From Punch.)
The Sunday Times, talking of the
crowd’s verdict on the boat race says;
’Twas gold for you 1 was ’wantin’—
gold that’s master an’ slave;
But what if the stars rain rubies, an’
the gold gleams on Love’s
grave?
Better where Poverty’s dwellin’ the
wealth of a world to miss,
An’ your hand in mine, my darlin’,
an’ the red o’ your lips to kiss!
III.
the lonesome years,
tempest-tears—
The grief that to God is known,
Shall fade away in the perfect day,
And I shall not walk alone.
"Yesterday, however they differed con-, rnl bl . ea tliin’ the breath o’ the mearl
siderably; as indeed did nine experts out 1
of ten." We should much like to know
the exact position of the tenth expert.
Ta-Ta!
(From Puck.)
There was a young maid from afar,
Who ran like the deuce for a car!
To her zeal she was martyr.
For snap went her—shoestring—
Too embarrassed for more—so Ta-Ta!
But
An’
An’
THE COLONEk’S GHOST STORY.
“No,” said the Colonel, “I must say
I never believed in ghosts until—”
“Te!l it. Colonel!” some one inter
rupted. “You saw one?”
“Never in my life,” replied the Col
onel, filling his glass, “but I’ve heard
one. An old comrade of mine used
to room with me; he bad his demi
john, and I had mine. He ‘went off
suddenly, leaving the demijohn half
full. I drank it up; and, night after
night, when it was all gone, I couldn’t
rest easy. I »seemed to hear foot
steps in the room—just where the
demijohn rested from its labors. I
ows—Life’s winter is on the I bful it filled again, and then I slept
wing, i in peace. Now, how do you account
I dream of a woman weepin’ 1 fc>r
where the home-larks loved to ‘‘Hard to tell, Colonel. Did you
sing; I drink the demijohn dry again?”
i far, faint echo of harbor bells | "Yes,” replied the Colonel, “I risked
comes over a moanin’ sea, j ths gliost business again! Anyhow,
i ghostly ship sails shoreward, | wllaf ' s a demijohn full between one
an’ the hells ring “Home” for
V.
man?'
me!
Charity has a fine field in the
winter season, and is always willing
How He Got Even.
(From The Argonaut.)
Butcher Ludwig was continually being' to cover a multitude of sinners; but
robbed of meat by a large black tomcat ____ „• „ , ,, ’
belonging to a next door neighbor. Final- ^ ome f . lle sinners iorget that she
lv his temper got the best of him, and he , cold leet SO nit lilies, and needs a
poisoned the cat. j 'holiday at home.
The cat’s owner the next morning found
A NOTE OF LIFE.
If Life’s not worth the livin’—
As lots o' them allow.
How is it that, for all the worry.
To get away there's not much hur
ry ?—
They live on. anyhow!
his large black cat lying dead before his!
door. He knew at once who bad done
the killing, and with a low, bitter oath
he took the dead cat up by the tall and
wont Indoors.
Butcher Ludwig had happened to ad-j
vertlse for the week a mark-down sale on
sausage. That night his shop was
thronged with sausage buyers.
Suddenly, when the crowd was thick
est, tlie outraged neighbor elbowed his
way through tiie people and threw upon
the chopping block tlie dead body of the orl to 70, filling lecture courses all
huge black cat. j over the country, and doing fine lit-
"Tlicre you are. M|r. Ludwig.” he said, j erairy work between whiles on rail
"That makes- thirty-fi
THE GREEDY ONES.
If the moon came for the askin’—
Could we coax it from the blue,
An’ jest melt it into money—
What’s the next thing we would
do?
Why—we’d holler to the angels:
“Can’t you toss the stars down,
too?”
LOG CABIN SAYINGS.
I.ife that’s worth the living makes
other lives seem so.
OUR LONG-LIVED LITERARY
BRETHREN.
Here is Joaquin Miller getting well
Give a millionaire a great appetite
and he’il stop preaching that. pov
erty is a blessing.
Some folks get dizzy thinking about
heaven being so -and,rigjp (here’s
(lie danger of tumbling to.; the other
place.
fiftt-
ive. I’ll bring the road trains, and he has a novel
;n others when you’re not so busy."j two waitinfir for the finishing touches
Consolation.
(From Judge.)
ake it qreatly valued and its cost will always re-j Aunt Phoebe was consoling a bereaved
. J . - i colored sister. Jus remember. Miss
that the desire for physical health and strength main high. That is mahogany. 1 he reason that l smif." she said. -Mat yo* husban’ done
and new interest in healthful, strength-giving : mahogany is less expensive than formerly is be- J hab de bi sses’ funeral ob any nigger in
. , . . r P . I ., ■ , , , , , , it , dis yere town; an’ besides, he was. killed
8111USCniCnts IS Oil tlic lllCTCJlSC clinonj^ tnc* .*\nicri- ! Ccllisc it IS now brought to ninrlvC-t clt sniclllcn cost . fines’ train oit fie Southern Pacific
can people. The amount of space newspapers and than formerly, ft is a tropic growth and trails-j railroad. Jus’ remember dat.”
magazines devote to sports, the existence of nu- portation to and from the tropics is easier and less
merous publications devoted entirely to outdoor expensive than it was some years ago. Walnut,
sports and physical culture, the constantly grow- cherry, maple and the other hard woods have ad*
mg number of gymnasiums in club's and main- vanced very much in price and walnut especially
tained by churches and charitable institutions for is extremely hard to find on the market. A big,
poor youngsters, are. all unmistakable signs that j fine log of walnut is worth quite a fancy sum ^f
our nation has no idea of going into physical de- ! money any day in the year, and the man who
generacy. We are, and we intend to remain, a owns one has something he can always convert
big-chested, healthy, muscular nation of men, al- i into cash A’ery quickly
in his California home! Perhaps, the I hies of this life.
If happiness is only a dream, it’s
still sweet to remember in the tron-
Alligator Farming, a New,
In the China Closet.
Teacup—Do you know the Dinner Plate
seems just a little queer jateiy?
Saucer—Don’t pay any attention to
him, for he Is just a little cracked.
Unique, Exciting and Profitable Industry
By HELEN HARCOURT
Written for The SUNNY SOUTH.
■Faler*tMEsd J
do?
though abroad we do have the name of being most
ly concerned in piling up dolars.
Tt is a revelation to investigate the membership
i oils of city athletic dubs and ascertain just how
many business men are devoted to one sport or
another, boxing, swimming, tennis, golf, gym
nasium exercises and the Various other forms of
athletics. The fact that people flock in such num
bers to football and baseball games in every city
" JUST QTTIPPS.
A fly and a flea and a flue
Were imprisoned, so wliat could th
Said tlio fly; ’’Let. us flee."
Said the flea:* “Let us fly.’’
iSo they tlew through a flaw in the flue.
lump
or later attract
There is nothing used about our homes more
beautiful than a richly polished piece of wood, ’ She always addressed him as Mr.
showing the wavy, graceful grain, and as woods, i r * nU1 he took courage and I ^ r -
. ” r ,1 1 5 , But now that they’re wed
especially the fancy, 'hard woods grow more and
scarce and high priced, it is quite likely that the
woodworker’s art will be improved and more and
more attention be paid to bringing to their fulness
the beautiful products of what remains of Ameri
ca’s and Europe’s once trackless forests.
Leaves from an Old iScrap BooK
Like a brute he has said
That he wishes to goodness he’d Mr.
—Pearson’s Weekly.
j the hunier had to do was to settle down
. with what patience he might, to a night
I tigil that might be long, or might be
NS of the most significant; the' we aby 1 ' nor S©T tbat
signs of the times Is the n do mea uTs ZZ \ rr?
i Ulan <lr> - 'meat it is hog meat. Ills sense
reaching out of enterpris-j of smell is keen, and that temptin
lng men Into new and tin- j of raw pork will sooner
tried fields. This may well his notice.
be called the era of varied! And so, presently, the waiting hunter
and original industries, i w a “ snre t° hear a hoarse bellow, more
None of these is more nov-! 1 ', 1 '® , tkc roar r, f a bull than anything
el than the unique farm|f, S€ ' r can t,e l‘ ken °d to. It came from
the throat of a large bull allingtor which
came gliding across the water, and
crawled slowly up the bank. He smelled
the perk, saw it, too. but looked on It
with s ome natural astonishment and =nis
Pioion. But the hesitation was seldom
move Bum momentary. Another moment
| tricks and lus manners, and above all, j and the huge jaws open and shut a-ain
! his steady'commercial value. i with a delighted snap. Then. lo. like a
established several years j
ago at Hot Springs, Ark., !
by H. I. Campbell. He!
had been an alligator hunt
er In Florida, and had
learned all, about the big saurian, his
evening out?
“The last one home has to get break
fast next morning.”—'Pearson's Weekly.
By A GEORGIA COLONEL.
FIND in the old war scrapbook the
following Interesting story about
the confederate prisoners ta 'Elmira, '
which was published in September, 1864:
"A correspondent of The New York
Evening Post who visited the camp of:
confederate prisoners in Elmira, gives 1 instruments for their own amusement,
some interesting facts in relation to their 1 “I >ivine service is held in the rebel
life, condition, etc. We copy from his camp every Sunday. This is 'by request
latter: A>f the prisoners, and they choose the
"The camp, which is situated on a 1 clergymen who are to officiate. Though
plain, is admirably adapted, not only for ‘ they must confine their choice to loyal
the seclusion of unauthorized persons men, they have not indicated their desire
from the grounds, but even to hinder to have any man of even questionable
( lie rebels from seeing out and inquisi- j patriotism. They ha ve heard Presbyte-
(Jve persons from sertng in. Such, it ap- ' 1 ian > Episcopal, Congregational and Bap-
pears. was the design of the officers by i tist ministers, besides others and soine-
whora the plans were made, so the build- times two clegymen preach for one Sun-
ers of the fence around the camp carried day- D is a curious fact that the rebels
It up to a height of 12 feet, and a plat- have twice chosen Rev. Thomas Beecher
form and battlements were erected on to address them—a gentleman whose loy-
the top. ! ality Is as intense as that of his brother,
“The success of this skillful perform- j Henry Ward. Each of the ministers’
a.nce, though exceedingly complete, was Preaching has generally one or two
not of long duration. A man of genius, thousand hearers. As many as can eon.
who sought his opportunity and was venientl.v gather around him. and hear
are paid, many employments are carried hundred to five hundred or a thousand
on by them, such as drawing water from "The demand of the prisoners for re-
tlie wells they have made, cleaning the ligious and other books is constant. The
grounds, airing blankets and generally officers say there are more calls for
doing the necessary work of a ca(np. j Bibles and prayer books than for all
“Among the amusements of the rebels other kinds of reading together. The
is music. They have obtained some, devotional spirit of the rebels is sup-
drums. fifes, and when —drawn up in line posed to be strengthened by their con
fer roll call are permitted to use these finement.
•‘The stories about the alleged revolt of
“How in the world, Mrs. Wisely, de
ters TT early V ^hen y0 th r e r r 8 pe n rt d U ?h h e | f Mr. Campbell decided to remove dark shadow, down comes the netTem
evening out’” ! t0 Hot S ' ,r,n ? s hls attention was called veloping the reptile from head to tail
to a mountain stream tumbling down into Terrified, enraged, the bull roared
a valley and forming, as it sped along hissed, plunged backward and forward
on its course, a chain of small, shallow and lashed ont with his powerful tail
lakes. It was then that the idea came But it was ail in vain. The more he
to him one day of inclosing these lakes plunged and squirmed, the more He
and inaugurating therein one of the most ( thrashed his tail, the more be jerked his
curious and unique industries in the i eg i and Ids head, the more entan
United States, and the only establish-j ]ie became in the stron
inent of its kind in the world. This was ne t. Finally
nothing less than a genuine alligator th
farm, on which to breed the hu
“What do you mean by using such lan
guage before me?”
“How the deuce was I to know you
wanted to use it first?”—Ideas.
equal to the occasion, suddenly appeared
iris words distinctly—and the rebels lis-
at. the camp and apparently determined len witl * t,1 “ cIosest attention. It is un-
th'at the rebels should make hls fortune, derstood that national subjects are not
•Securing a plat of ground on the pub- generally discussed.
lie street opposite the camp, and distant .. Prisoners smg the hymns read by
from it onlv a few yards, he purchased the clergymen during the Sabbath day
the materials with which to build a services. For instance a hymn is read
tower, and. after vanous attempts, has and « ln « the tune of ’Old Hundred,
finally succeed^ In putting up an ’ob- »"«?• at a time, the rebels uniting
servatory,' from the upper floors of which t leh voices and singing with spirit, and
the entire rebel camp Is visible. | ur °' fl< ’ ers . N " bod y v”" 1 ’ 1
- .. . , . . . truthfully praise tin' music, but it is as
The appearance of the camp is highly , aK o >, lU1 b expected,
interesting The barracks and other .. There ar( , r meeti s am the
buildings stand in long rows or in clus- rebe]s n lght and morning; often
iers; tT.ey are painted white are cleaj, ^ nieet , are held in the afternoon,
•ttd comfortahle as such buildings can Thefie are usually among the Met hodi S t
be. In front of the barracks, which arc rebels They assemble on the green
crowded with rebels, are several hun- knPeHn anU as many attenil as can
dred new white tents, which are also hRar th<J words of thos{! who T he v
filled with rebels. The tents open toward alflo toH their
experience, and sometimes
the observatory, they are pitched closely the fralhor | n „. pnrt;lkos of thc nat ure of
together, and the rebels, either lounging c ] ass meetings; but they are usually for
on the grass, in the tents, or walking prayer exclusively. The application or
about among their habitations, seem fi 1 - rhe rebels are never such' as our officers
most to cover the ground occupied by could object to. They do not pray for
(heir quarters. But prisoners are also to Jeff Davis.
be seen In various parts of the camp. “Many separate circles for prayer are
besides their work in building, digging, formed at the same time. The persons
eta., already described, ana for which they I attending number generally from one
“What’s that you have in your mouth,
Tommy?”
“Chewin’ gum. mother." .
“Well, give it to me at once.”
“It isn’t mine. Billy B'lucher gave me
a lend of it.”—Ideas.
Eddie—Were you taken by aurprlse
when he proposed, dear?
Elia—Ooodness, yes. Why, I hadn't
even looked up his financial standing.—
Ally Sloper.
The old housekeeper master at
the cat
thc rebels In Elmira aie nearly all wide
of the truth. Colonel Eastman, the com
mandant of the post, learned that there
was a conspiracy among the rebels
to escape. Some of them were to make a
charge on the guard, and by the force
of numbers break through and get away;] the door on hls arrival home,
but they had no arms. The commandant j “iif you please, sir.” she said,
prepared his forces for the suppression ' ha.j ha d chickens.’’
of the proposed disturbance: but the 1 “Nonsense, Mary!” laughed he. “You
rebels seeing their design was discovered, mean kittens. Cats don’t have chick-
gave no sign of revole. One rebel was ens.”
shot by a negro on the night when the “Was them chickens or kittens as you
plot was to be carried into effect, but j brought home last night, sir?” asked the
H has since appeared that the offense'old woman,
of the rebel In declining to halt when or-| “Why, they were chickens.”
dered. and for which he was shot, was! '“Just so!” replied Mary with a twinkle,
in no way connected with the conslpracy. j “Well, the cat’s 'ad 'em!”—(Liverpool
The circumstances, however, gave color, post,
to the accounts that were given of the
led
meshes of the
as the captive grew weary,
waiting hunter sprang out to finish
sau- his work. But even with the big saurian
rians for zoological gardens and circus I thus envolved, caution was very neces-a-
menageries and other exhibitions. It was ry . Qr.e snap of those sharp, cruel teeth,
a big task that Mr. Campbell had under
taken, for alligators grow very slowly,
and only reach their full size when be
tween forty-five and fifty years old, and
after that, live for four hundred years el
even more. But our pioneer was nothing
one stroke of that 10-foot tall, and the
hunter might never hunt again.
TYING THE CAPTIVE.
Tt was not a sinecure to bind that an
gry reptile with ropes from muzzle to
affair.
“The rebels are now exceedingly quiet
and well behaved, and the facts as to the
number of men actually required to man
age them would, if published, occasion
general surprise.”
PATRIOTIC PROPOSITION.
Mobile Register pumished the fol
lowing In 1865:
“Battle House, February 25.—Messrs.
First Tourist—What are you writing
down?
Second Tourist—I’m making a note of a
few things that .have made an indelible
Impression on my memory, so that I
shan’t forget them.—Ally Sloper.
Diner—What have you got?
Walter—I've got calves’ liver, sheep’s
brain)?, pigs' feet—
Diner—I don’t want a list of your pliysi-
daiunted at this reflection, knowing that j tail, but it was done at last, and usually
lie could “even up” things and time aj without accident to liis captor. Then
little by capturing some ready-made large tl ,„ , ,
reptiles as a starter. I , 'T turn « d °'' er on hia
Having put his farm in proper shape, I „ , ec a ^ va >' ° 1 lG P 011 P re ’
Mr. Campbell equipped an expedition, and; ° r "J 1 ’ aTld ^" r °* ber °f his
penetrated into the Florida Everglades eclu f , y unfortuna te relatives. Tn one
in search of 'his unique farming stock wopk Mr ; Campbell s force of 1.500 hunt-
Here, and here only, the big saurlans are Pr ' ''F !' r< ' se ' enty-five large alliga-
still plentiful, though 'css so than once ^ , a S °° , y nunlbep of , smail
, ones. Special search was made for the
upon a time, and »his for the simple rea- Land-hidden nests of the reptiles, with
son the dreary Everglades is too big a ! tlie result that several hundred eggs were
nut for the ordinary hunter to crack, and j secured. These were carefu'Iv packed
tnerefore the numbers of its reptile in- aud shipped, and finished their hatching
habitants have not been seriously aim,n-1 tu of th , ak of the Ark<ln t
The method adopted for the capture of There are over five hundred large alli-
the alligators was an ingenious one. of gators there now. ranging from “six
Mr. CiampbeH’s own Invention, and was
very successful. Thc alligator is remark-
I seventeen feet in length. Some of them
weigh as much as 800 pounds, and are
Editors: I propose to pay the confederate! t . a j peculiarities; all T want to know is I
debt. Now, don't smile, ye ’lords of ere-j w j ia t you’ve got to eat.—Tit Bits. j
ation,’ at os poor women, for although j
we have encouraged you by our smiles, | Doctor—What? Troubled with sleepless-
even while we suffered, and given you the! ness? Eat something before going to
reins and urged you to die for freedom— | t, ed .
yet, after all, you nave gotten us into a-j Patient—Why, doctor, yon once told
'hoadful scrape; and now, that the ship is me never to eat anything before going to
drifting at rqndmn, we venture, albeit
through the veil of modesty, to speak.
“There are two million women over
twelve years of age in- the Confederacy
—some heads have one and some three
or four braids of hair—say they will av
erage two; therefore, there are about
four million braids—worth, in Europe,
bed.
Doctor (with dignity)—Pooh, pooh! That
was last January. Science lias made
enormous strides since then.—Tit Bits.
my
Continued on Page Nina.
Mr. Flirtleigli—I cannot express
feelings toward you, Miss Hastle.
j Miss Hastie—But surely you can say a
I few words to papa.—Tatlar.
! measuring over seventeen feet. ana
weighing over eight hundred pounds. The
age of these sauriaus may lie told by
ably methodical when allowed to pursue’ onsC(|Uently treated with great respect
the even tenor of U. course, lie likes b tlle attendants, who have a whole-
to do -the same thing every day, and sotne regar d for their jaws and tails
at tlie sans hour In the daytime his .. Biar j oe - is the patriarch of the farm,
delight is to Ke motionless m the shaue r „ fact it ig cI £med that he is the
of a tree, and it is always the same , arge8t alligator ever captured alive!
tree. T hero he wilj lie for hours at a
time, floating in the v-ater like a half
submerged log. But when night comes j
»he leaves tiie water in search of food.
He always lands and returns to tlie wa-i
ter at the same place. « doe las , 3 °° of tb f p a se. marks, so
„ Hiat he is fairly entitled to claim 3U0
PREPARED A TRAP. I years to his credit. His commercial
All these points were well known to value is rated at $500. In virtue of these
our pioneer alligator farmer, and he made I un j ( |iie qualities, perhaps also of a rather
his plans accordingly. A stout rope net. boisterous temper. Big Joe rejoices (or
vas suspended over one of these Known j otherwtee)t iu a pond aI1 to himse if, and is
runways, and a large piece of raw pork) only allow ,.d to mingle with the common
hung un on the path beneath it. so that hf . r<1 duri „g the breeding season. There
the least distiJHance would cause tlie net. , K at the farm another exceptionally
to fall rids was he Ingenious trap larg . buI1 caUtd .. K , .. wlm £ eada
prepared lor the undoing of tlie great)
reptiles, and when it was arranged, all I Continued on Ninth Page.
had had to deal with considerable sums
in silver coin. There was. he said, a
very simple test for the detection of
ba-=e coin. Tt was to sharply cut with
the milled edge of the good coin against
the milled edge of tlie suspected coin.
If tlie suspected coin were a spurious
one the metal would almost immediately
begin to shave off. The test oould be
carried out anywhere. In a street car or
In a store, and was so simple that any
one could apply it. After a personal te?t
being made in court all who were pres
ent readily agreed as to its effectiveness.
In London the other day an Australian
postage stamp, the 4-penny blue, with
the swan Inverted, was offered at auc
tion and was withdrawn when $2,000
had been offered. Only nine specimen*
are known to exist. One was sold a
short time ago for $2,000.
There were 34.000 paying visitors to
Shakespeare's house at Startford-on-
Avon last year, many more than in any
previous year. More than 18,000 per
sons visited on payment Anne Hatha
way's cottage. About 10.000 of then"
visitors came from the United States.
SOCIETY TOUTING.
# (From The Grand Magazine.)
hough the existence of society tout"
is. in a vague way, a matter of general
knowledge, it is a proof of how greatly
the practice is spreading to find an ad -
vertisement such as the following, which
appeared not long ago in a London dally
paper; “A lady moving In good society
required at once to wear and make fash
ionable a very beautiful and dainty article
of jewelery; liberal remuneration."
AN EXPLANATION.
(From The Washington Post.)
It Is just possible, of course, that Mr.
Palma saved up that $13,000,000 for the
purpose of building a capitol at Havana
Just like the one they have at Harris
burg, Pa,
HEN she is In a freakisi
mood .nature seems t>
revel in making humai
beings who defy all lie;
most cherished traditions
and are a constant mysie-
ry to their fellow creat
ures. Such a man as
Herr Schwarz, the “ar
mor-plated man,” who is
such a puzzle to the doc
tors of Europe.
Herr Schwarz has for
somt years oeen undergo
ing an ossification of the whole of his
body and is rapidly developing into tlie
hardness and immobility of a statue. His
back, we learn, has now become quite ,
rigid, the muscles standing out hard
and immovable: in fact, he seems to bo
enveloped in a kind of armor plating
consisting of surface bone and hard as
stone. He is no longer able to move hls
jiiws and is compelled to take food in
a liquid form through a tube, some of
hls teeth having been removed for tlie
purpose. And yet, singular to say, this
osseous man enjoys excellent health and
not long ago was married to a charming
young Berlin lady.
In curious contrast to this indurated
gentleman is Herr Stahl, whose bones are
so brittle that he can scarecly move
without fracturing one of them. By sim
ply stepping off a pavement he has
broken a leg more than once; a hearty
handshake has broken his arm and a
slap on the back not long ago laid him
up for weeks with a firactured shoulder.
Herr Stahl has only numbered 24 years,
yet he counts two fractures for every
year he has lived; in fact, as he humor
ously says, the only safe place for him is
a glass Case.
Captain Vetrio, an American, is &
“freak" of another order, for he can
make a hearty meal off poisons which
would provide %vork for quite a large
number of undertakers if others were •>
partake of it. Not long ago in Berlin
he sat down to dinner which consisted
of a plate of verdigris, a liberal portion
of ultramarine and a “compote” of sul
phur and borax, followed by a dessert
of white sulphur. These edibles were
washed down by a solution of strych
nine and a bottle of patent rat killer
made of powdered glass, arsenic and
atropine? The meal he devoured with
evident enjoyment, to the amazement of
the government officials and doctors who
looked on and who. to a man. declined
the captain’s Invitation to join him in
his repast.
William H. Mack Is perhaps the only
man living who can defy the laws of
gravitation. Although he weights 125
pounds, a dozen strong men can not raise
him an inch from the ground and ar
entire football team lias failed to push
him off tlie edge of a platform. At -
recent exhibition before a number of
athletes he held a vaulting pole in at
upright position between the palms of
his hands. He did not grasp it or ex
ert himself in any way. As many of the
athletes as could reach tlie pole hung
to it, yet they had not the power or
the weight to force it to the ground.
Instantly reversing the situation, Mack
placed the pole on the ground and de
fied them to lift it or push it over in
any direction, he simply holding it be
tween his palms. He has, too, the re
markable gift of adding to or reducing
his weight to any extent, so that while
at one moment the scales on which he
stands registers 30 pounds, a few se
ends later lie can make it register ha %
a ton.
Mrs. Maggini, of San Francisco, a;
pears to enjoy life just as well withou
a stomach as ever she did with one
Some time ago it was found necessar
to remove the lady's stomach and this l
tlie account of the later experience: “Tiie
patient, Mrs. Maggini, was 66 years of
age at the time. She rallied from th*-
operation on the seventeenth day ate
solid food in quantity without discomfort
and seven weeks after the operation left
the hospital for her home, where she
ha« since remained. She keeps house
for herself and daughter and apparently
enjoys life much better than people with
stomachs. An examination of her blood
last January showed it to be practically
normal. As recently as about two week*
ago she was in remarkably good health,
her appetite being better than usual.
She invariably eats during the night,
waking to partake of either strawberries
or oysters, with bread and butter. She
goes to market daily. Her weight is at
present I 14 pounds.
In ironical contrast to this case is that
of Henry Stratton, a gas inspeetpr of
Chicago, who was reported some time
ago to he in danger of starvation, though
he had two stomachs.
Among many remarkable cases in
which people have lived and kept well
under seemingly impossible conditions
the late G. A. Sala used to tell of a man
who carried the point of a sword in his
brain without inconvenience for many
a long year until his death; another
man had for eight years tlie Made of a
knife in his brain witn no worse con
sequence than an occasional headache,
and Mrs. Tirkington, of New York, lived
for several years with her neck complete
ly broken.
The foreman of a London jury recently
announced a good plan for detecting
base coin. At the conclusion of one of
the ca*?es lie asked the court authorities
If they would take a suggestion from
twelve business men who during the. year