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i c EDITORIAL PAGE < THE SUNNY SOUTH- OCTOBER 27, 1900, JSfyL CT TTW1W"Y’ rirvi 'and town in the country is a good indication of the V/ AY r* A V3 X XX j popular estimate of outdoor sports. Published Weekly by Sunny South Publifhing Co Busine/s Office THE CONSTITUTION BUILDING ATLANTA, GEORGIA Subscription Terms: To those whp subscribe to Oja Sunny South only Six Months. 25c V* One Year, 50c LESS THAN A PENNY A WEEII ®*** r * | t »o»Cofflc» Atlanta, G«.<m ■ecoad-claii Bail nactet March 13, 1»U1 the Sunny South la the oldest meekly paper of Literature, Homa,ncc, JFadt and Fidtlon In tha South jSP It is now rat Jtorad to the original shops and will be published as for• mariy ovary week Founded In 1374 It grata until 1399, ttfhan, as a monthly, its form ujas changed as an ascparU tnant ^ It notv returns to its original formation as ti meekly with ranawad vigor and tha intention of ocllps* .ihg Its mast promising parted In tha past• 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