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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1894
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ONAffUlOEfr BfQft WORM.
Tho prees or tip state !e Allowing
Itself to be practically unanimous In
making tbe demand that me present
legislature give the state a new election
law. In yesterday 1 *.Issue of tbe Au
gusta Chrftrilcle appears an article In
which this duty Is urged upon the leg
islature with greit force. There r.re
olrcumstsnce* which make the Chron
icle’s opinion on this question of espe
cial value. We hope the legislature
will not make the mistake of assuming
that the newspapers have gone ahead
of popular sentiment on thla question.
We ere quite sure they have not. On
the contrary, they have hung back,
and until mis tlihe, with one or two
exceptions, Kaye been behind the peo
ple. Now we believe It to be iudis-
piitably truo that a very lhrgo major
ity of thu Democrats of Georgia arc
in favor of wising the qualifications
of voters and of making elootlons ab
solutely pure. Of course there is no
way of proving that mi* Is uue. llh-
fortunately, it Is impossible, uuder the
circumstances which exist, to fight out
tho question before tho people r.ad al
low them to pass a d.sttnot, unmis
takable verdict upon it. There linvo
been very few questions of public poli
cy affecting state affairs which me peo
ple of Georgia lmvo been able to pass
upon, directly during me last twenty-
five years. But though it is Impossible
to prove that popular seatluu.-ut among
Democrats Is overwhelmingly in favor
of the reform Of our election methods,
wo believe any candid man who will
make it his business lo luqhlro among
the people ho.meet* will soon he con
vinced mat In fact the people do deslro
autl expect that reform. Tho Jlmo
when a Georgia newspaper could raise
it laugh nnd gain popularity for Itself
by ridiculing tho Australian ballot-sys-
tom as me “kangaroo law’ hue passed,
nnd tho paper which used to employ
that form of ridicule to prsvent the
idea of reform from gaining lodgment
In mo minds of the people la Itself
now, demanding ballot reform 1 with
more vehomenco than anybody.
Wo print elsewhere lu this Issue a
.letter from ono of me beat known and
most accomplished ladles In Georgia—
n lady who ns n writer and teacher
hns done her full part 'u making her
generation better, braver nnd more ca
psblo-ln which sbo bring* forward
many pdlnts In favor of the reform
■ which tho Telegraph favor*. Mie is
entirely nccurnto wfaco sho says that
“the legislator who adrucales conces
sions to It (that-is to Ignoraueet Is do
ing his best, whether ho knows it or
not, to place our stato at tho uierey of
an Irrosponslblo negro constituency,
whenever a serious difference of opin
ion shall srlso among the white peo
ple."
No ono has staled more clearly the
fundamental reason why ballot reform
and pure elections are absolutely nec
essary than is douo by mi* lady In the
woidt wo have quoted. Legislators
havo no right, at a time wheu they see
that mere Is a ssrlous difference of
opinion among white people, to leave
open the gates through which It Is cer
tain that ignorance allied with vice
will march to tako possession of tho
citadel of tho state.
One-third of the preseut eeas'.on of
tho legislature has already passed tud
nothing has been done. But It Is not
too lato to do'all that Is necessary.
Very many states of tho Colon—thirty-
four, wo bellorc—have already sjdopted
laws which are modification* of the
Australian voting system. One state,
wo believe, Massachusetts, has adopted
that system In Its original form. . Not
one of those thirty-four stated, if we
may Judge by the utterances of their
newspapers and public men,.It will.ng
to go back to the loose election laws
for which the Australian system was
substituted. H .ought to. bo easy for «
committee to select from these differ
ent laws mat one which would best
suit mo conditions which exist in
Georgia. Tho committee . entrusted
with thla duty we think, ought to re
member that mo most important of
those conditions, ss affecting election*,
is this largo ,gnoraht and Illiterate pop
ulation amongst us, and that to guard
agatnat the evil effects of a participa
tion in public affairs by this Ignorant
population la the most ueees^jy. me
moat desired thing expected of tbe new
ballot law. That la to say, thu. moat
necessary thing la the reform 1* that
It shall set up a test of intelllgoaco end
education high enough to exclude from
p*rt.o,p*C6n in politic* \V. wiho hire
not at least tom* rudimentary inform
ation about the questions upon which
they pas* when they vote.
We ag.iln urge upon legislator* tho
necessity of prompt action in thin mat
ter. We assure mem that tho most
rigid Taw which can he devised, exclud
ing- though It may from participation
In public affair* a very larcc propor
tion of me population, will yet meet
with public approval If In Us opera
tions It convinces every holy that elec
tions are pure and that the results of
elections are In accord with the de
sires and the opinions jf tho SoteUlgfht
people of me state.
THE LeSsONOPW.
The platform of the Ohio Democrats
in relation to the silver question was
as follows:
“Wo dissent from the president 1 * view*,
construction and treatment of the allver
question, and therefore believe that sllvtr
should be restored to the position it oc
cupied s* money prior to its demonetlaa-
Uon py the Republican party, and to
which end we favor the unlimited free
coinage at tho Igal ratio of IS to 1, with
equal legal tender power. 1
The Democrat* of Michigan In their
platform said;
"We declare In favor of free and unlim
ited coinage ot silver at the ratio that
will permit the debtors to pay tlwir debts
upon the asm*.basis on wtfich they were
contracted. Wo demand'twit henceforth
the issuing of circulating mediums be
made under tho acts of congress, through
tho national treasury, in sucih amounts as
the business wants o£ the country may
require, and It shall be full legal tender.”
Tho Democrats o'f North Carolina
aaldiN
“Wo hold that It Is the duty 'of the law
making department of the government,
now hi the hands of Dtsnocracy, to take
Immediate steps to restore by legislation
the eqiist privileges of silver with gold st
the minis, by the free and unlimited coin
age of both cold and silver at the ratio
of It to 1, such being tho ratio which has
heretofore held In tho United Bute*.
The Democrats of Teuucsseg declared
that they were lu fuvor of “the coin
age by me United States, without ref
erence to the policy of other nations,
of both gold uad silver lu such uut&]
ner as will maintain both metal* lu cir
culation at a parity."
1 These wore me platforms adopted
in Democratic states which went fur
thest ,u the effort to pimento tbe Pop
ulists by adopting their fit-uncial ’dens.
They are also the states In which the
Democratic party suffered the most
Overwhelming, most unexpected de
feats. In Ohio the itcpuhl.cnu* have
not yet succeeded In figuring out their
majority. It Is too big a thing to bo
easJy and quickly computed, hut it Is
somewhere lu the neighbobood of two
hundred thousand. .In Michigan not a
Democrat Is a member of either house
of the legislature. The party Is prac
tically wiped out lu mat state. In
Tennessee, for the first time since tho
reconstruction days, n Republican Is
elected governor, aud about half mo
congressional delegation is also Re
publican. In North Carollua the Re
publicans captured the legislature aud
will elect two United States senators.
Tho concessions to the Populists dli
not' result In hr-uglag Populists back
luto tho Democratic party, but In
driving thousands of Democrats Into
the Republican ranks. This has for a
long time seemed to us the result nat
urally to ho expected. "\Vo have been
uuable to see how me l’opullst party
could bo defeated and destroyed by the
Democrat,o party adopting the main
features of Its programme and thus ad
mitting Uiat it was right. The natural
result of such a policy seemed to us
tho destruction, not of Populism, hut
of Demooracy, aud tho results of the
elections Indicate pretty plainly mat
wo were r,ght. The Democratic party,
by allowing Itself to he frightened by
Populism, has in lta turn frightened
thousands away from Its ranks into
those of the Republican party.
The lesson to he drawn from all this
Is that a political party cannot aban
don Its principles without at tho same
time portiug with much of Its vitality.
When It depends on trickery Instead
of faithfulness to principle, It may
win a temporary success, but is sure,
lu mo'long run, *o ho beatcu aud dis
graced. The task oetore the Demo-
cratto party, first of -til. Is that of get-
t.ug rid of men who do not believe In
Democratic principles, yet who claim
to he Democrats and, a«*um,ug to
speak for me party, do all that they
cm to commit It to die fantastic cur
rency schemes of the Populists.
COTTON riUCES
Tha Savannah Nows Is right when
It nays thnt. If a perfect cotton har
vester were Invented and mo cost of
producing cotton thereby reducedi to
two aud a half ceuta per pound,
mis would not Insure the profit* of
cotton raising. The area which win
produce oottou Is so great that there Is
practically no l.m.r to Its production.
If perfect ImrresLng mschmes were
luveuted. duriug a few years those
who were fortunate enough to supply
themselves before their u*e became
geuerul would make nioucy, but ns
soon a* the use of the. machine* be
came universal, the priCo of cotton,
fixed by the supply and tho demand,
would fall so low that profits would
disappear. The cotton planter* cannot
overcrowd me market w.tli their pro-
dual and sell It at a profitablj price.
It Is the inexorable aw of commerce
that me surplus of say product—that
1$, the amount of that product which
Is in excess of the demand—fixe* me
price of the whole product. Whn me
South raises n.u-i mdUoa bale* and the
world only needs eight million, cne
million bales >s the surplus and forced
on an unwilling market. It fixes ti e
price of me whole crop. This would
be true If fho crop were very largely
Increased, os It would bo by
the use of harvesters. The sur
plus would hi> larger and the
price correspondingly lower. There
Is no certain way for the planter* cf
me South to Increase the pr.ee of cot
ton to a profitable level hut one, and
that Is to limit the supply of cotton
to me demand, or even to an amount
rliort of the dewaDd. If they d-> this,
men the culture of cotton will be
profitable. They can fix the plieo for
cotton, approximately. They can be
masters In the market Instead of slaves.
It behooves them, therefore, to en
deavor to discover a means of limiting
their crop. Can they limit it by com
mon agreement? We doubt mis very
much. Can they do it by each one
resolving to make his farm entirely
self-supporting without tottoa, nnd
thus reducing cotton to the position of
a surplus erdit? They can do ibis, but
can they be Induced to do It, until
each Is conduced that under any and
all olrcumstances, whatever the pr.ee
of cotton, it is more profitable W him
than any other policy? If our farmet*
associations and agricultural journals
will convince ell the farmers that till*
is true, then the problem of how to
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ABMWTELY PURE
ago. The causes for It are out of discus
sion. Populism, the handmaid o( the
force* that -have cor-ordred to strip the
o!d party of H* principles, haa been ef-
factually crushed n nd laid ip the glosmy
vault of the asphyxiated oorpse.
The future oo’.Mos of the country
must be planned upon some ground
broader than sectional line*, and deeper
In motive than any passing chSmero.
Divergent opinions must have a scope
of expresslta tn politics beyond the plat
itudes of Internal ravings.
How this (Mmr !" going to round up
there trill be a alow venture of opinion,
but there is ora opening for statesmen
who hive hearts :n common with a dis
tressed oountry. The South has sur
prised us. There may be other sur
prises in Store.—iEruDowick Tlmes-Ad-
vertlser.
The eleotlon Tuesday north of Mason
and Dixon’s line waa a complete Water
loo to the Democratic party, the Re
publican* sweeping everything. The
next congress Is conceded to be Repub-
Hoam in both branches. The solid South,
os might hive been expected, will for
the moat part send eolld Diono-cra-Uo
delegation*. Morton of New York de
feats Hill tor governor by Over 100.000.
Wilson, the author of the present tariff
bill. la defeated—In foot, a more com
plete route *11 along the hns was never
experienced at any time In the history
of -the party—as things look now. But
It may he matter* may not be so bad
after the retunne are straightened out.
Tha Ponullsts did -not seem to be In It
ettiher. ua they loot Sister Lease and
bleeding Kansas, as -well as the rest of
their Btronrholds.—Cuthbert Leader.
[i The Democratic party leadens will be
kept very buoy for a while trying to
explain the unexpected end disastrous
landslide which overtook the party in
Tuesday's elections. If the explanation
given by thorn be frank end hpne3t,
the cause will be ascribed directly and
entirely to the folly of the Democrat*
themselves. The oeople lost patience
- with-their constant squabbling and tbelr
- utter lack of agreement, and the Im
probability of any agreement in the
near Suture, and they have acted
promptly and decisively. Unless the
party get* together in earnest and In
good faith, it will need no prophet Co
predict what will happen in 1836. That
campaign -will be coming on noon, and
Democrat* bad bettor prepare for It.—
Columbus Enquirer-Sun.
(Mr. Cleveland Is to be congratulated
i on hi* good Judgment In keeplfg out of
the New Y-ork campaign. It there had
been such Interference on his part as
come -people affected to deolre, 1 In would
have added further complications to the
situation nnd made matters worse. Mr.
i Cleveland can always be relied on to do
, the right thing.—Columbus Enquirer-
Sun,
ITEMS NEWSY.
TI
Now let’s all get down to business.
There’s no use grieving over split milk,
even though It bo the milk of human
kindness.
True, the Democratic party his bus-
tatiied a great def« t, but the party still
live* and the country 1* sate. Let’s all
lay aside our bickering* and recrim.ei-
a-tlons and go to work to strengthen our
broken line.
We have been defeated but are uncon-
qu-red. Let the spirit that animated
im M tM optt&lnff of Ota ftwpiitt fus-
tain us to the revere.* „ n d add „ n , w
energy to eur effort* to bring about all
wise and necessary reform* aod the re-
stomtoln of our Influence for hota-st
government.
■Man Is prone to error. So are cont
ra ur.it k-e. states and nations. If we are
truly wile and oxoabls of deserving
good government, we will not falter
oow in the hour of adversity.
These late ootMt-ul changes but de-
moostrated the stability of our govern
ment We are a greet oeople No other
nation or form Of government under the
sun could otsnd suoh political shocks ns
those to which our commonwealth la so
frequently subjected
The eye* of-the world are upon us. and
we are -tbdsy the wonder and admira
tion of the earth. So K behooves us to
keep a clear head end a steady eye and-
to avoid the,so,rale upon which oth-ra
have been wrecked.
If we tut pursue the even ter.'or of
our way end don't lose our heads, stl
wtU ye: be welt and right shall triumph
though the heaven* fall.—Rome Trib
une.
Tramps beg for mlandlng thread In
McDonough.
The flower of Cochran’s citizenship
visited Maoca during -the Fair.
■Hluiwktnsvtile boast* ntat she has re
ceived 11.000 boles of cotton this sea
son.
Mr. W. J. Hightower's little daugh
ter, Willie, was seriously burned at
Dublin on Tuesday rooming.
Louts Miller Is president of Che Loch-
Inv-ar Club; a new social organization
In August XL
J. O. ShepfU-rd of Social Circle was
maraud -to Mbs Lula Botven at Hawk-
tnsville last Wednesday. Both parties
have many friends in tihe stu-ce.
Co Nov. 13 a mammoth c-hrysinthe-
-mum Uhorw -trill be given, by the Mid
dle Georgia Horticultural Society at
the Suute Experiment Station.
The Americas Timvo-Re (border con-
giwmatlw .the Democratic party on
Kxilng BraoklWldStta support in lb
CungriBslonad c-jectioog.
> Tha young society people of Dublin
enjoyed an Interesting -H-iHonveen
niiriy on the night when superstitious
customs ure liardonttble.
Mr. Herbert L. Grice, a bright young
man from aw-kluaHviUe, has been
wlected nditor-ln-chtef of the Mephisto
phelean at Mercer.
Nearly 2.000 boles of cattail were
consumed by fire tut Tocoout last Tues
day. Mr. O. W. Swilling 1 * residence wus
also dosaojned.
The Comma correspondori: for The
H&wklnsvflle Dispatch and News paid
the fqumnera of the Dixie luter«jj.te
j Pair a dkisurved compllir-sn-t In this
I week’s Issue of that paper.
I At a negto supper in Haiwklnsville
Irecetiay there were razors in -the sir,
load cal.vl-u U-tid horses in tu« neighbor.
I hood received u. full share of stray
Mbs from Una supplememnry cheap
derringer*.
r Fire d.’.s.royed tbe residence of Mrs.
s. A Wallace me Oamruvtllo r.-oeutly.
The Camemlllo Tribune congruitu-
tates Itself upon Waving tlhie editor’s
chin whiskers safe from the breeze*.
New glass ha* been put in lh; win
dows.
Fltzodwnrd Littleton of Sumter coun
ty alkributse tile dand-Hd? to tho fol
lowing: "There is only one kind of
Republican, while there are a.lver
Demo.q-jt*. tlfiMMt Bemoci-JM,
Cleveland, / anti-Cleveland, Alliance.
Tftlr-1 party, u-dmlnsicratlon. an-.l-ad-
minis’i-uflon and other Democrats
world without cod."
The eottd Scut Is broken. The old Mi
dler Is eliminated *e a party issue. The
tbreiteneJ subserviency of the Demo
cratic party to Populist fillscles has
been condemned, and the country
• and* todsy In the d*wn of new paht-
loil !rv;rii'A--ies. What l* to be the out
come of thla changed condition ounr.ot
he foretold. If we are to take the lee-
son a* it appears, the Democratic pol
icy f«s beer, condemned by a popular
uprising even mure transparent thVn
wo* the sudden revei»ioiv of oro years
IGNORANCE LITTLE LESS THAN
CRIME.
To the Editor of the Telegraph: I am
glad to see that you'have taken up In
earnest the subject of ballot reform,
and I'-trit.: you will continue to hammer
upon -that Idea until you succeed in driv-
tc>* it into -the heads of our'legislator*.
Tne Telegraph h:u been so oucceasful
In voletn* -the rest oenttmen-ts of the
people, and the principles »; has as fear
lessly advocated In the face of the
most clamorous opposition ’have been
mi unlfonmlv Indorsed by the Bound
oenae and sober second thought of the
people at the polls, that Its utte.-unces
deservedly carry great weight w-lth all
thinking men.
You are perfectly right In advocating
the Australian bolot pure and simple,
without of tbsaO odqgomiM* twt
set a premium upon Ignorance and leave
the door open to the fraud and corrup
tion that H I* one atm cf the secret bal
lot to oreven-u Whatever tenderness
the illiterate voter may have been end
ued to La the old days when learning
wob an expensive uxury obtulnabe
oay by a few. he descrvei no consider
ation in these days of free achools,
when the.state bids all her children to
oome and drink of the waters of kr.owlx
edge, .without money and without price.
The only ground upon which tha Jus
tice of taxing those of us who have no-
faculties to pay for the education of
other_people’s children can be vindi
cated. 3a that we get an ample return
tor the money invested In the better
government we enloy under the im
provement brought about by general
education. But If the state dentes us
the benefit of this improved otuzeoship
by refusing to protect us from the d ti
gers and corruption of an illiterate suf
frage. it Is defrauding the taxpayer and
appropriating hi* money under false
pretenses.
Is these days of fr«o education, igno
rance 1* little lees than a crime, and the
legislator who advocates concessions to
it is doing his beet, whether he knows It
or not, to pace our state at the mercy
of an Irresponsible negro constituency,
whenever a serious difference of opinion
shall arise among the white people. The
taxpayer* of Georgia, who are support-
fizz the public achools. want nb conces
sions -to the illiterate vote. Ignorance,
whether in black or wh-lte. cun never
be anything but a menace tb the com
monwealth. To what degrading uses It
mav be out. the! Inner workings of the
munlolpal govemme-rft of Now York
city, as revealed by the Investigations
of the Lexow committee, are furnishing
a frightful example, and bne which
Georgia would do'well to heed, before
the hand of the spoiler Is Rt her own
throat. E. F. Andrews.
Wesleyan College. Nov. 3. 1394.
SHORT TALKS'
■ WITH MANY PEOPLE.
I heard one on Bill CUfton, who
pissed through from. Atlanta yester
day eo route to his home In Savannah.
Wheu he went to Savannah from
Montgomery county to practice li-w his
earthly possessions amounted to 3130
in cash and a determination to prac
tice law. His first day's residence in
Bauamnaih found aim at lihe race track,
where he lost his 3130 trying to bea t
the bookies. But he still had his de
termination left, and the next day he
received 330 in advance to draw tip a
deed for certain clients. He thought
It a Plutn. every-day sort of deed, and
ills conscience hunt him a little for
accepting such -a sum from his inno
cent clients. When’-the other party
who figure dht the transaction turned
up at was found that he was only the
representative of contain heirs, who
lived In Mexico, Genmany and Opelika,
Aia., respectlvejy. so he bod to draw
Up papers In tfiuree differ err: language*
5 0,t ot transcribing in
fn™* oourts. The expense*
Uhe job he 11 undertaken
V" A. sso fee amounted to 3135, and
he dtd n good mouth's work besides
•••
E1U und myself have never
Sh? * e rceponslblli-ty of the
trafi '^ ak CUMln * down the
22" “ Ayirw’ park,.. sEd Oomrnls-
w * Ie - “but we only ear
ned out the plana submitted tn u* to
““t end which we had no
autCiJ rlty to cbingie, if vre had chang'ed
thern we would Ltave been respousL-
bld to counoJl, ucd Uitoie to reprimand
for.disobeying lnatruciUoms. Now, that
tne trees ore down, howover. I bellovs
PfbPl® *ee whuit a pret-
, we wJn make they will ba
gtad the braes were felled. I have
OW****! cutting aown
trew in tire cjty when It could pos-
f.L Wy b l Y oid -" d - disliked us much
as anybody to see the trees in Ayres'
pUrk^cult down. But after all, wie^wlll
make a pretty street."
Editor Hodge3 of that staunch Demo-
weekly, the Perry
Home-Journal, wap In tilie city yeater-
^■ y - H ®.'L'taka Maj. Bacon’s elecUon
to the united states senate Largely
manes up for oho whirlwind which
swept the country Tuesdiay. He pays
the people of Houston are overjoyed
at Mtij. Bi-con’s electron and conse
quently none of them dropped dead
When they read Tuesday's returns.
T R? Cobb of Atl-anta-coime ■
domn yeaterdny to attend u> some im
portant business before the Bibb uu-
perlor court. Mr. Oobb Is truly the
young man eloquent of Georgia, tar
b. 1 ® bjwtoriro? powers are such us have
already made him a stane-wfde repu
tation and <m la time win for him
the same sort ot fame which tor sev-
genena-tloiis has clustered, about
nla d-i-sdngulshed fUimlly name, '
*T ive , r H - M. Corner ot the Central
spent a few hours In the city yester.
h '’ h retu . ra t0 Savannah from
1 ?* r ® he went to attend the
? f .prominent; Georgia railroad
be £ tor ts>e purpose of orgun-
**ug one State Oar Service rtasocCa-
froii *,« Cbrael entirely recovered
trcm tins recent severe spell of elck.
Uesj and Is lookingrenuarlcably well.
r>An'S? d r 18 ^ than I hid ex-
Mr i L ***** falr .” ettfd
MT. Utiulle Juhuo yesterday. "As a
we^hav^a dr0,M oft ’ and
v ^, a dull week or two, but not
eb'this tjn-i. It miilMS nva belie;- ,-h-
a bO-iter era 1* dU-wnlng." Seveial"othe-
raerdm-t. eodoraed wlut Ik. jS
•‘The broken bone fever h'±% a bont
d!fcupp*eared, tterie is very iluie #lcic-
oesci, ^&ziid X now have time to br^aihe
sjoU, tald City Physician Sullivan -i
or y so r «h5r have '£°/ 018 past
and 1 "» tfymg to
• ••
“I wont a pumpkin so that I cun
mo" pumpkin
ni- ' Theodore Ellis yester-
ny. Drive -to my office, and I will
; roan<to^“ bim r^S«2£ “venty-fiva
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ANTE-BREAKFAST SMILES.
Kennajd—I wt* I were a rumor.
Lucie—Why so? Iionnand—So that I
might gain currency.—Truth.
Mr. Belle -wtold me that he was a
Yale man. Do yon know wtut class
he v.-a* graduated from?” “From the
sophomore cMsa.”—HUrlam Life.
’’Pro.’-TOOr. why la PalMi-i Athene
considered the goddess of wisdom?”
"She wo* the only goddess who did
no*, marry.’’—Fllegeode Blatter.
"Nothing,” oafs Scribbler, "Is more
disheartening to a man than the fits-
covary that he hns married a woman
who loves to keep his writing table in
onler."—Tlt-Bla.
"De trouble ’bout refohm," raid
Unde Ebc-n, "am da: a man gln’rally
otarm out ter tackle de universe, nil’
wimks roun’ be degrees ter ’Is pus’nnl
shortjcamm's."—Washlngron St*r.
(Hotel Clerk—We can give you all the
home comforts here. Uncle Aroe-r
(from Squeehtawket)—Mister. I want
more 'n that When I come to a oky
liotol. ■ I kin gtt home comforts ter
hum.”—Harper’s Bazar.
“I never talk about toe dub to my
wife.’’ "I do. I speak of U In glowing
terms atvl then »aiy at home occa
sionally. So my wife thinks there Isn’t
a. more aelf-sacriddng husband In toe
wor*a!!"—^Kat« Field's WaefhIn£*ton.
"XV>. Georg*." she said. *'I cam never
be yours." "Tfien I'm r«ject«dr* be
moaned. 'No, dearest; but I’m & wo*
man* auffn>st and cannot be any
mans. You. however, nuy be mine if
you will."—Harper's Bajur.
ONLY
bet! %
But cob salt jroqr Eacyclojxxdl* Britannic*
first to bo nitre of winning
Men had a bet What It was w« would tell
•you. only wo do not want to add to the loaer'a
misfortune. If you look at the picture you wti»
see that he has all that he can bear up under
now. It was but yesterday that this man was
an object of envy and wonder. His was a well
stored mind In a boiled-shlrted bodv—you
know lots of fellows like him. He knew
everything;, almost, from the time that man
was a protoplasm till the hour that Baby .
Esther Cleveland got her last new tooth. Hw
answered questions In B. C. History with an
Off-hand "for-goodness-sake-JonVyou-knovr*
that" air that was as biting as a northern #
'blast to less favored mortals.
So the boys In the store where he worked
put up a Job on him. All of them read The
Constitution regularly and one day a special
announcement suggested a great scheme to
them. They sa* within their reach a source i
of Information that would give them a
Whole Array off Facts
Where their "know-lt-aU" friend had only an
"awkward squad." They secured It and
I then that innocent-looking chap you see In
the harrow got Into a discussion In.hlstory
with the man with the mind.
Soon the latter was terribly shocked to hear
these awful wards come from the fat and ros,
face before him:
"Old man I think you are wrong."
At once a bet was made. The man with the
mind lost of course for his fat friend had
primed himself for the contest from the new
up-to-date Encyclopaedia Britannlca, a set of
which the boys had purchased. The bet w|
paid the following day, just as you see it In
the picture.
This Tale Has a Moral
which those who work In stores,
manufactories and offices, will see without a
telescope.
The Encyclopedia Britannlca In your home
will keep you from playing horse while your
neighbor rides, and It will cost you only 10
cents a to procure It If you will write foe
terms and sample pages to
The Constitution
Atlanta, Ga.
Or osll at branoh' oOoe, SOS Mulbsrrr
street, Macon, Ga.. where you Trill find
in the BritUnlcx reading rooms com
plete sets of this magnificent library,
and reoelve oourteous attention.
ACT
..AT..
ONCE
The opportunity of a lifetime
is fast slipping away. On
Monday the liberal intro
ductory offer of The At
lanta Constitution will be
• withdrawn, and then you
will have to pay full retail
price for this great refer
ence library or get along
without it. It is not
every day that you have
an opportunity to save
$35.00 by being prompt.
You eannot afford to neg
lect such an opportunity.
But if you put the matter
off a few hours longer
you will be
TOO
LATE!