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PROTECTION
AGAINST STARVA—
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t’ol.,1 R GOODWIN’S ADDRESS TO THE
COTTON GROWERS CONVENTION AT
MEMPHIS. JAN 8TH ,
‘While we are forced to tbi*
course,’ said he, ‘for selfi»protection
against starvation prices and ^, na
ciairuin, it i, not our J^
tempt a change th;^ Vou|( , cb , c)t
manufacturin'’' tt simply interfere
with trad **
mat! commerce, but &im-
.abetter the condition of cotton
growers by endeavoring, if possible,
to induce them to, instead of ex¬
bausting all their energy and re-
sources in thb overproduction of a
#ingle crop) diversify and produce
bther much needed crops that will
not alone bnng independence to
the individual farmer, but make this,
in a few years, the richest and most
prosperous agricultural country on
ihe globe.’ One thing that we all
agreed upon, that is from some
cause the size of the crops have in¬
creased and the price has decreased
until there is a wail <?f financial dis¬
tress from one end of the cotton
belt to the other, which places the
cotton growers before the world iu
the strange and somewhat ridicu¬
lous attitude of being ground down
and poverty stricken by having tou
much of a good thing.’
Mr. Goodwin had looked up the
cottou statistic) of the country for
the past 25 years. The total crop in
the Southern States for 1866-67 wa»
2,533,000 baies, average price in
New York for the seasou was 31 1 -l
cents a pound, in Liverpool,II pence
iota! value, $297,810,000, total num¬
ber jt acres in cottou estimated at
6,291,768.
Four years later in 1970-1 the to*
tal crop was 4,347,317 bales, aver-
Ugo price for thq season m N ew Y ork
17 cents, in Liverpool, 8 1-2 pence,
total value of crop, $330,776,000,10-
tal number of acres 8,067,227.
Ten years later, m I880"l the to¬
tal crop was 6,605,726 bales, average
price in N ew Y oi k for the season
II 3*4 cents and in Liverpool, 6 1-2
peace, total value of crops,$326,525,-
000, acres planted 16,000,000.
Ten years later, in 1890-1, the
number of acres planted was in
round numbers 20,000,000, ton!
number of bales produced 8,652,-
in New Y T ork for
000, average price
the season, 9 cents, in Liverpool,
41.3 pence,total value of crop,$429,«
792,000.
‘When we apply the law for aver¬
age tor periods oi five or ten years
to these varying crops,or fluctuation
in price, the result is invariably the
same,’ continued the speaker, ‘there*
fore, if we would increase the price
permanently, we are obliged to de»
crease the supply. To decrease
the supply depends not o n
some calamity, b it to plant fewer
acies in cotton and more in some-
thing else, btrange as it may seem,
many growers oi cotton are so weds
ded to that particular staple that
they are compelled to buy almost
every thing that they consume at
home.’
'The question is asked ‘How much
would you decrease the production
ot cotton, what per cent, of acreage
would you leave off?’
My answer is 20 per cent, and 1
will prove to you by a comparison
of the crops and prices of 1880-1 and
the cropof 1890*1 that this reductiou
will furnish quite enough cotton for
the world‘s requirements at remu¬
nerative prices to the producers, be¬
sides leaving 4,000,000 acres to
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Ctdmetr in other much needed c 'T ,s
f>r home consumption.
In 1880 16,000,000 ot aire w re
planted in cotton in this country
tha* produced 0,006,000 hales and
so’-d in Heir York at an average
price or Hie sea on of 1 1*38 cents ,
which means 10 3-4 cents in the
southern markets and 10 cents net
on tUfc farm. The total value of this
0|, op vas 1356,525,000.
In 1890 SO,000,000 acres were plant¬
ed in cotton that produced 8,652,C>00
balrs. This crop gold m New York
at ah average price for the season of
9 chats, which equals 8 3-8 cents
in the Southern market, or 7 5*8 on
the farm, the total value was 9129.-
792,000, It must be remembered
that this crop was fully one hall
marketed before it became appa¬
rent that it would be so large. But
for this the average price and total
value would have been much less.
Middling cotton to-day in New
York is worth only 7 3s4 cents
which equals 7cts in Southern mar¬
kets or 6 1-4 on the pUntation.
On Dec. 24th 1880, the world’s
visible supply of cotton was 2,673
0o0 at same date m 1891 4,554/*00
showing an increase of 1,881 ,ot0
during that period of time.
A reduction of the cotton acreage
in tho crop of 1892 is not only wise
and judicious,but it is the only tiling
that will insure in the future ren u-
lucrative prices for cotton, aud at
the same time, increase very largely
the supply of such other absolutely
indispensable crops as can be grown
for home use, that have hitherto
and are yet costing large sums ot
money that would be kept at home,
if adopted and carried out in good
faith by those immedialsiy intcrest-
ed.
With cotton worth only Gets a
pound on the plantation, and with a
dead certainty of its' being worth
less each year as long as the present
policy is pursued, we can do any¬
thing that is reasonable. It requires
the stimulous of hardships and pov¬
erty to work revolutions. If the
cotton grower has had sufficient ex¬
perience in this he will act prompt¬
ly, if he has not, it is only a ques»
tion of time when he wii! come to
it.
My deliberate judgment is. that if
this convention will agree to the 20
per ct. reduction in acreage, as sag
gested m this paper, or something
better that will strike the public
mind a9 the proper thing to do in
this emergency, and will use every
effort to put it in operation, success
will crown the effort and a very
!arge majority of those engaged m
this industry will carry it out in
good faith.
But, says one, what are you to do
with those who will insist on con*'
timung the old way—planting all
cotton. My answer is that no bat *
tie was ever fought or victory won
that did not have stragglers,shirkers
and deserters in its ranks. No rev¬
olution was ever accomplished for
good without overcoming selfish¬
ness, greed and treachery.
As neither national or state legis¬
lation can or ought to control iu
this matter, we must appeal to pub¬
lic opiuiou, the only sovereign ac¬
knowledged in this country. Tile
object however to be attained, tne
beneficial effects sure to lollcw, are
worthy of -the most earetui and
paiustaking organization in every
state, county aud civil district in
the cotton section, whicn includes
only 600 counties in the ten cotton
states.
BuMome one says,this is allright,
I would be with c you but . am heavily
iu debt and am obliged lo * plant a
full crop of cotton. The answer to
tb ‘s to .f „ go back to the crop
,
inland |xrtut 10 OOf.iHMj Ill* CJU
*■-*•*"■ a* \v? are n.»w <i -rs It
* i ivar ii:*b!e to expect that - e v. ill
obtain the same pttce that p «V. T-
j e ,| ar t q at lime^ which was lOj.jg
| net on the farm, Now if you plant
a full crop say 100 acres you pro*
dm e 50 bales at Oe wldeh would
equal sl.oOO. ifho.ve er you plant
80 dcres and your crop is 40 baies at
10c. it gives you $2,000 with a sav*
ing of 20 per ct. in cultivation and
gathering to say nothing of other
crops on the 20 acres extra. Or if
you like we will suppose t’.at you
get 8c for your cotton, This
gives you *1.600 and you are still in
much better financial condition than
to have planted your ful! crop of 100
»
acres.
it you go to a merchant and say 1
planted 190 acres in cotton Iasi yerr,
bui think it best to plant only 80
acres this year and ranke something
for home use on the extra 20 acres,
do you think tLe merchant would
refuse you credit? Not a bit of it
unless he was a crazy merchant.
Ice Made by Natural Gas.
An inventor in Buffalo has devised a
process for making ice by utilizing iho
intense cold created by the expansion of
natural gas when liberated from the
high pressure at Which it issues from
the wells. In the experimental plant
the gas is used at its initial pressure, or
from 150 to 200 pounds to drive a small
engine. After use in the engine the gas
exhausts into a closed box, and the ex¬
pansion generates sufficient cold to form
slabs of ice three inches thick to tho
amount of three-quarters of a ton in a
day. It is claimed that the principle
can ho applied economically on a large
scale.—New York Telegram.
Over 1,500,000 Died from Want. '
European calamities from famines
dwindle into insignificance when com¬
pared with the colossal dimensions of a
famine in the crowded countries of
Asia. In 1837 over 800,000 human be¬
ings starved to death in Northwest
India, and in 1860 another famine car¬
ried off 500,000. In 1865 1,000,000 peo¬
ple were supposed to haved starved in
Bengal and Orissa, and in 1868 the death
roll from famine in Rajpootana exceeded
1,500,000. Even at late as 1877 about
500,000 perished in Bombay, Madras and
Mysore.—Providence Journal.
A Youthful Joke.
“Grandpa,” said the irreverent college
boy at the close of the Thanksgiving
dinner, “what’s the difference between
you and the turkey we’ve just had?”
“I don’t know. What?” said the old
gentleman innocently.
“It was a turkey stuffed with chest¬
nuts, and you are a chestnut stuffed
with turkey.” The college boy and hi?
little brother were the only ones to
laugh.—Harper’s Bazar.
A Descendant of Count Pulaski.
A strange figure on the streets of
Washington is that of Josephine J,
Jarocki, a Polish countess and a
niece of Count Pulaski, of Revolutionary
fame. She is described as a “human
dried apple,” poor to indigence and shab¬
bily dressed, and she is about fifty years
old. For twenty-five years she has been
fighting for a fortune left by Count
Pulaski.—Washington Letter.
Rachel’s Theory.
Miss l-achel was often told she was
taking cold. On the first warm days of
summer she marched up and down the
pavement in front of the house, fanning
herself vigorously. When her mother
appeared she exclaimed, “I’m taking hot,
mamma, I’m taking hot.”—Babyhood.
Makes War on Oysters.
Did you ever hear of a man who was
a victim of the oyster habit? The writer
was in an uptown cafe the other even¬
ing, when a gray haired, full chested,
big framed man came in and ordered
Blue Point oysters. He ate a dozen, or¬
dered another dozen, then a third dozen,
hesitated, as if in doubt, paid his check
and went out. Three dozen oysters
right down made one’s eyes open, but
the waiter said: “Oh, that’s nothing.
He comes in here every night for raw
oysters. Sometimes ho eats three dozen,
sometimes four dozen. He’s what I call
an oyster eater. I don’t believe he eats
anything else.”—New York Tribune.
Accounted Foi.
She—I wonder why the hair of profes¬
sional musicians so often stands on end.
He—Easily accounted for. His hair is
trying to get away from the commotion
going on under the surface.—Pittsburg
Bulletin.
The Crate for Souvenirs.
The popular craze for souvenirs which
now prevails among persons who have
money to spend is spreading in various
directions. Formerly the silver spo >
held undisputed sway, but now there are
souvenir bracelets, souvenir napkin
rings, souvenir buttons and souvenir
fans. The silversmiths are kept busy
getting up new and novel designs, and
each jewelry store of any importance
has its souvenir department. Spoons of
course are still in the greatest demand.
One young married woman in this town.
who is an ardent collector of souvenirs,
is the proud possessor of nearly 100
SOME QUESTIONS
AND ANSWERS
l nder this he <1 Tom Watson
pay* 1 hi- respects t« LivingstcD in
?a-,t " eeks Peoples Party Pape?:
A few questions and answers that
it seems to us ought to make clear
the situation, and the duty ni ihe
Ailiancomen of Georgia with lefnr-
ence to the action to be taken Feb-
ruary 221.
1st. Did the resolution passed at
Ocala saj that ‘if at that time,(Feb*
ruary 22nd 1892), delegates com¬
ing direct f.om the people, thought
it wise to form a new party, the
South need not fear r?'
It certainly did. Get your copy
of the O^ala proceedings and ic id
for yourselves 4
21. Did not Livingston second
the resolution and vote for it?
He did. See the Ocala proceed¬
ings for that also.
3d. Did not Livingston carry the
impression in all his speeches dur¬
ing the summer campaign that We
were getting ready to go en mass
with our brethren *of the West in.
to a new party of the people. 9
Everybody knows he did. lie
caused not only our own people in
Geergia to believe it.but to the me n
of the West where he w as invited
to speak he gave the same under¬
standing. They believed him and
took his word as pledging us. He
knew it, and we knew it; and we
are in honor bound by it, for we
sent him out as our representative
and spokesman, aid if we now fa i
them, they may well and truly
charge us with not keeping faith
with them.
Livin^aton has acknowledged a
hundred times that the Allianc e of
Georgia was for the People’s par ty
by an overwhelming majority
Lecturer Copeland has said the
same thing, and months ago urged
Livingston to cease holding the
people from speaking.
Who would be the gamers by a
return of the people to the old par*
ties ?
The plutocrats.
Who else?
The^men who have been boosted
into place upon our shoulders.
Livingston won'd be. It would
leave bun in office. Leave him in
favor with the oppressors of the
people. Leave him in position i-
say to the plutocrats of VVall street
and Lombardy street
‘See hew I manage these uprisings
of the people. Observe how under
my leadership they clamor for re¬
dress for their wrongs, and how at
my bidding tney sink down again in
the dumb obedience to party will.
Takec -e of me,give me that which
pleases me and you are safe.”
Every attempted revolt of the
masses has brought just such men
to the surface.
Plutocracy has no use for men
who cannot do its work.
It is always the man in whom the
people have most confidence who it
selected to betray them. If the one
selected is a patriot,tlie scheme fails
and he who was tempted and yielded
not is forever after the idol of the
people. If l e yields to the tempta¬
tion, he is is forever scorned by al;
men. Even those who tempted
him, detest him while they use him.
Aud if he people are true to them¬
selves his treachery cannot injure
them.—Home Trioune.
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PLAIN l’AT.K TO YOU N't MEN.
Kemember, son; that the wor d is
older t!-an you are by several ye irs
#
that f r thousands of years ii has
been s»> full of smarter and better
young men than yoUrseli that their
fe» i stuck out of the dormer win*
dows^ that when they died no 5 one
man in ten millions went to the
funeral, or even heard of the death.
Ue c. smart as ,on cao of
Know as mush as yon can without
blowin ... x the . packing t out of your
head, shed the light of your wisdom
abroad in the world, > but don’t d.;z
z,c people with it. 4od don’t ,„,a g .
inc a thing is so simple because you
say it is, Don t be too sorry For
your father because lie knows much
less thj.n ycu do. The world has
« * _ ' ^ a . ^ "> ' ’ a a 1
greater need than the young men
have for it.Your clothes fit you better
than your father’s fit him,they cost
move money, they are more stylish,
your J mustache is neater, the cut of
your bair i3 better, and ycu are
pietuer, , . oh. ,, f.n . pietliei ... t ____ a P a ,
’
But young man tlie old gentleman
gets the biggest salary, and . t his .
homely, scrambling signature on the
busine.sfc end of a check will draw
more money out . ot .. the ,, , bank , m /> five
minutes than you eould get out of
a ream of paper and a copper plate
signature in six months. Young
men are useful and they are orna-
mental and we all love them and we
couldn’t engineer a picnic success¬
fully without them. But they are
no novelties, son. Ob, no, nothing
of the kind. They have been here
before. Don’t be so modest, as to
shut yourself clear otn , but don’t
be bo fresb, you will have to he put
away in the cool to keep from spoil*
ing' Don’t be afraid that your
merit if you have merit^ will not be
discovered. People all over the
world are hunting tor you if you
j
are worth finding they will find you.
A diamond isn’t so easily lound as a
quartz pebble, but people search for
all the more intently—Ex.
One Child’s Dream.
Harriet Martineau relates tiiafc, ©f her
many childish fancies, perhaps »o*e
was so terrible as a dream she hatd at
four years «ld. “I dreamed,* 1 *he says,
“that we children wore taking a walk
with our nursemaid. Out of the psfelij
house there came a stag wKb prodigious
antlers. Passing the pump, it crossed
the road to us and made a polite Oov
with its head on one side, and with a
scrape of one foot; after wlriGh it pointed
with its foot to the public house, and
spoke t© me, inviting me in. The mrid
declined, and turned te go heme. Then
came the terrible part.
“By the time we were at ©nr deor
it was dusk, and we went up the steps
in the dark; but in the kitchen It waa
bright sunshine. My mother was stand¬
ing at the dresser, breaking sugar, aad
she lifted me up and set me hi the s»n,
and gave me a bit of sugar. Such ww
the dream which froze me with horror!
Who shall say why?” concludes the nar¬
rator, looking back from her strong
minded maturity to that vividly remem¬
bered childish dream, and utterly un¬
able to understand “what the fright was
about. Argosy.
Great Men from an Accident.
The history of a certain American
family furnishes several examples of d
beneficent result of disabling accidents,
The young son of a farmer in a small
town in Massachusetts had his hand
crushed in his father’s cider mill, and
being thus unfitted to gain his livelihood
by farming was sent in due time to tho
academy to commence a preparation for
a professional life. He died a member
of the United States senate.
A bov who belonged to another branch
of the same family, in the vicinity of
Boston, cut his knee badly and was long
confined to the house. His land pastor
supplied him with books, and perceiving
that he had a natural aptitude for study
taught him Latin and finally induced
his parents to send him to college.
The young man was graduated at Har-
vard and became a minister of the gos-
pel. One of his sons was a general in
army of 1812; another served his conn-
try in congress,
The son who entered college had six
sons who were college educated men, all
prominent in their profession—one a
judge of the superio? court of.
Hampshire and another a professor
forty rears in a New England college
and eminent as an author.
All this life of education and useful-
ness, extending through three genera-
trims, may be said to have started in a
little boy’s cutting his leg!—Youtk’t
Companion.
VOLUMN XVII
A LITTLE FAMILY DIFFERENCE.
Two Old Lulfos Differed Over a S'rt^ll
Matter, b:it the Klder W >n;
Up on the Delaware and Hudson tail-
road the other day two nervous old ladies
climbed on board the* south bound t lUU
at Crown Point. They were of the same
height, looked much alike and both of
them wore gossamer rubber cloaks—
possibly under the vague impression tlmt
cinders mell They fluttered into a seat
near the door, evidently prepared for a
long journey. When the bird cage, two
satchels and three shoe boxes of luncheon
had been P r °perly stowed away, the two
ladies sat down in unison, much as if
pulled on one string.
voted their attention the 5**^ £
to scenery un-
til Albany was reached in the late after-
noon. That being the terminus of the
road » the passengers started for the car
door as the train stopped, but there
seemed to be a blockade of some sort on
S^Twi‘^VoM ££&£
Crown Point.
Equipped with satchels, the bird cage
an( j ^| ie luncheon (now reduced to one
B hoe box), they had led the procession to
the door, but had succeeded in getting
no farther, as the train had run into the
station on a middle track, and they
could not agree on which side of the car
to get off.
J*
“that this is the proper side. It is nearer
the depot, and no doubt our train is close
by. Come, don’t be obstinate, sister^”
the added persuasively. -
“1 wall not leave the car on that side,”
declared the other, holding up the shoe
box and both satchels as if for a barri-
cade, which the impatient crowd-within
the car thought quite superfluous. “If
you think I am going to career across
three tracks,” she continued empliatical-
fro ^ of moving locomotives, and
risk ourselves and that precious bird,
then I say, Hannah, you have lost your
senses; that’s all.”
„ you x(jm to forget that , am oMer
than you, Janet,” rejoined the other
with offended dignity.
“That may all be, hut little good it’s
done. You would have scandalized the
whole family at Cousin Maria Soper’s
funeral up at the Corners if I had not
insisted”-
“Hey!” “What’s the matter?” “Shake
It up!” “Get off!” came in a chorus from
the impatient throng inside.
“Sakes alive!” ejaculated the beliger-
ent Janet, for the first time observing
the crowd in waiting. “Come this way.
Do come,” pleaded the other.
“I won’t.”
“You must; I insist,” cried the elder
sister, stepping hastily down to decide
the matter. There was no further
chance for. argument. Already the othei
passengers were pushing out. So, with
an expression of annoyance and fright,
tho second old ladj r tourist joined the
other and the two rubber gossamers be¬
gan their devious flight across the tracks
and before waiting locomotives toward
the station. They reached there at
length, but it was apparent that some-
thing had happened.
“I told you so! I told you so!” almost
screamed the younger sister as soon as
she could catch her breath.
“You say you dropped it?” asked the
other in troubled tones.
“Yes; that horrid engine let off steam
and I jumped. I suppose I dropped it
then. Why can’t engines hold their
steam till they get out in the country,
I’d like to know?”
“Well, never mind, Janet, we can get
along,” said the other soothingly.
“But I do mind. 1 suppose, Hannah
I ought to be thankful that you and the
bird are safe; but just to think,” she
added, with almost s, sob, “the whole cf
Aunt Lucinda's sponge cake gone, and
we’ve only got to Albany.”
And sure enough, some distance up
the second track, reposing peacefully on
the off rail, lay the familiar green out
line of the last shoe box.—-New York
Tribune.
A Business Woman’s Lesson.
A business woman often takes letters
packages to the general postoffice to
be weighed. As often as she has done
she has been impressed anew with
weak and trivial curiosity of the
mind, for every time she handed in
to be weighed the busy men
charge stopped to turn it over and
the address.
“It certainly beats anything,” she said
herself, “to think of anything being
curious as that.”
A few days ago she repeated this ex-
to , certain , . point . . rr-L. The J t
a
began when the examining
cheerfully: Be a good
-wc-akln t it, *or you to put on here i
state these here papers is gom to? ;
Yes, certainly Iff write it for you. j
I ve saved 500 bundles from being
lost in the last three weeks, 9 lookin to sees
if they was directed all nght 1 don t ,
bother about the men; don t car ®-® 0 ^
about their bundles, and then 1
got more head for looking to |
things; but I always Jook at the
bundles. Ten cents. And the
business woman walked awdy
aU the sad dignity sad could mas-
ter.—New \ ork Sun,
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Boy’s Method of Avoiding Bad Dreams.
A friend has told us that during a long
of his childhood he maintained j
habit of praying every night before j
to sleep that no bad dreams might }
him, acting in canons, nnthink- ,
coincidence with good old Dfehop
Ken, who generations ago resorted to
same expedient To further his
the little boy, in a spirit of phi-
losophy beyond his yearg, JilL would try to
his ideas cat the pfeost
things he could think dP,“his
usually settling on ,th§ figure
an old Welsh landlord, a email! man
with a brown- wig, whom he had oc-
casionally visited with his -father, and
v.-ho, toiiis childish-Yaney^ -appeared the
verypersonification of commonplace.-
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without informing th* publishers, and
papers are sent to the form u dire^thm
they are heti responsible-
The courts have decided that ierasing
to take periodical frvm offices before
reworiug and leaving th* m audited for
ie prima tacia evidences o f intentional
fraud.
Ii subscribers p or in: dvance, they rre
bound to give notice t j the publish© • at
the end of their time, if they wi*h .'o
continue taking it: othe» wise the pub¬
lisher is autRorizid to sen! it on and
subscribers wi*i bo responsible until an
express notice with all arrears, is sent to
tue publi-her
Pub]i9hwflof newaplpe / „ caB OIMl er
* , aw arreS an Y man or , * ran ’^ , *’ . >1 " . aa , ® 8
’ '
a newspaper aDd refuse* to pay for it.
Under this law It i® a d&ngeroai trick
or a mm to allow h 8 aac^oriptiou ac¬
count to run on from *ix months to a
year and then tel! the po a *ma*t©r to
mark ‘retused* or s <md the editor a
notice to discontinue the paper.
His Simple Sparrow Trmp.
The crusade against the English spar¬
row is developing a marvel errs amount
of ingenuity. A cheap, effective and
unerring method of killing the birds is
tho essential requisite to success in the
new industry.
One little fellow on the south side has
solved the problem, and has already
brought in over 100 heads. Unexplained
his system and the comparative merits
of it and other systems to Captain Hay*
“You see,” he said, “I didn’t have no
gun nor no money to buy one, an if 1
had the pliceman’d arrested me for
fihootin. An me mother wouldn’t let me
poison ’em. She said it was cruel. Any¬
way, you couldn’t never tell whether
you got all the sparrere yon poisoned.
So I just got up a scheme of my own,
me an another boy that lives on the
street 1 do.
“We made a lot of paper funnels ont
of writin £ paper *~ ’bout half as long ££ as a
^ penc e top of ^ ^
enough for a sparrer to get his head in.
We pnt birdseed ^ the bottom of ’em
an ^ >em in the aHey back of our
house where lota of the 8paxxon , <*>£*-*.
The Bparrer8 con^ peddn around e .
find the birdseed in ’em, an stick then-
he ads in to get it Well, it’s down at
the bottom, you know, an so they jus*
mink, their heads right in, an then ti
f unn g] a st i c k to then heads. They can
tfaey can ’t see; an b’tflde* ?
B!priaes . em> ^ they forget to The
come right nn and catch ’em. It’B
flutterin ’round
bryin to gdt'The "funnel off. Tha other
boy bad his -funnels marked with his
name,-an 1 had mine marked with mine,
go we’d know which was mine and which
1^33 bis.” — Chicago News,
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A B g on ‘
The approximate
of the “Sheegan bo
Conn., ^ width 58
feet; height, 60 ee itqooo
,
cubic feet; weight, 6JW . _
once be »m*le gm
which:has faffen froiarfani
the dimensions an
“Sheegan rloselv
to far »0,OOO toward snbsf an t i Stmg Juim on
behalf of the . ‘ttlwgao
a true bowlder, .jp “fi
.
doubted bowlders of an UAme _ ___
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in Popular ijoienco Monthly.
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