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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SATURDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 10, 1894 ~IN THE YEAR rKLY. r Mulberry Street. : TELEGRAPH—Delivered by r'in the city; Or mailed, poataso r<a csnt-t A month; $1.71 for three Stha; $3.60 tor alx montba; $7 for one ftori every day except Sunday, $«. ffHB TELEGRAPH-Trl-Weekly, Mod- day*. Wednesdays and Fridays. or Tues. days, Thursdays and Saturdays, three montba, $1; etx montba, $3; one year, $4. trHE SUNDAY TELECRAPH-Br mall, one year, 12. CTHB WEEKLY TKLEGRAPH-By mall, one year, $L SUBSCRIPTIONS—Payable la advance. Remit by postal order, check or regia, tered letter. ^Currency by mall .at rlak of atnder. COMMUNICATIONS should be addrssMd and all orders checks, drafts, etc., made payable'to THE TELEGRAPH, I u Macon, Co. 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 Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov’t Report' Baking Powder V 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 i Dr ' Wb " n ’ wh8 ••• •^ 8 ^"2. < S ta,av8s BoIfeuUlet, Hodges r^r to 3 * , 'Y 8 411 ta 1518 clty - spending ^5 t.'wdiya vu-reiion caused by tlra -adx.-jrament of the legislature Ult Mon day next. Mr. Bolfeulllet expects to " : ,ur" to Atlanta today m S “ ttMSK.'SSgmk flon,m ^ 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&gtst 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!