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THE MACON TELEGRAPH: SATURDAY MORHIRG, DECEMBER 29, 1894.
THE MACON TELEGRAPH
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AND WEEKLY.
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MUMMUNICATIONB ahould be addressed
and all order*, checka draft*, «tc, mad)
|>ayabl* to TUK TKI.KURAPH,
Macon, Ua.
Index to new advertisements.
7k«i C. Smith, ootid.
.1. H. Hertz, overcoat*.
Fred W. Goctt;., timer; bargain* In
*ulta
.am in, oomlttrt* and blank***
t-'iAner*' Supply Conxiany, inuano.
tv. a. Solomna 4 Co., stacks and
bonds.
Iw-ynJ BakTns Powder Oo., "Aocept
Kune of (he Protendod Substitutes."
W. C. Turpin & Co., Ilrewcedui.
Mi*a CSUrle llohrin, *ch<ml.
H. ft. Brown, asslgnoe; omnibus for
ttllc.
\OT A DESIRABLE JUSPORiM.
j For a good rouj jcvuvt contain people
nJio are diaeuitlMfleri with trim present
'Yorm of our r^trvwntnH vn (tovormtient
-or, rtllu", rwitli ft** mofliod* by wlilch
eho n*iuv**mrla(ilvo* of dim ponpln in tJnw
Korxreuiuitrt tint noloctod—thavo argued
‘u> favor of uvliut they roll '‘proportion-
jolt* rnptYMonlufl.nh" Unite idea Is that
'nidi party ahould lx* roproaonled In
lldfiolatlvo Ixxllea «n proportion in (ho
mwnbor of volca cast for Its candidate*.
'Bio ftorranodt organ of thin •yariuly of
reform In ponbapa the Outlook, of New
York, which in ttio coureo ot a mount
article trios to detnonsUuto win t a gootl
lling proporUonuto rrprtwmiatioa
Mould 1* 1>y figuring out iwhst party
roprcwonlatlon would htivt* txwn under
it m tho oamgrtm now sitting and tho
otui which goes into office on (ha 4th of
next March. In itfto present cougreas,
it stye, ;tui mmtboii of DnmocratM
tv.mld ho 104, IntfUnd of 218; Hcpub’.l-
•can* 103, 1ust«ul of J27; Populists 31,
instead of 11; Prohibitionist* 8, Instead
at none.. In tho noxil congress, tiio
Ddaiotout* would Jitavi* 133, Instead of
ICO; Uopnbltains 105, Instead of 845;
Popullils 44, inntrad of 11; Prohibi
tionist* 8, instnad of none.
Tlio Outlook aroma to dunk tint a
contjrtfts so oonsUlntnl nvmftiV tx> very
nsioh enorr Tuhraliln to thr country, Wo
nro free to tiUnilt ttot tho present con
gress can bo Unproved upon very
much, but wo aantmat itm .Hun tlio divis
ion of tho nwmlxvs among the different
purlins In tlio ntinticr proposed would
holp it. Tbo trottblo with tt now I*
that It has no majority In favor of any
thing. It In tti'llt up Into fruitions which
Mika it hoVyhecs, it is, 1n fact, In ex
actly die condition through factional
division tow tho Outlook wrshtw to pro-
rtneo l>y proportionate repramnuvtlon,
for It will be observed that, accortllng
to Its figure*, neither party, either in
the present congmas or the next, would
have a majority. In both tho Populist*
would hold the balance of power. No
party iwouKl bo msponsiMe. livery
■neaauro would bo slofoatal or pawn'd
by tho Joint action of two parties,
reached always as tho result of a trade,
and neither of dioao parties would K>
rettponsiblo to the country for tho leg-
(Station. Tho country has had a Untie
experience in what Dio results would
be during tho llfo of tho present con-
great. Wo art* Quito sure It docs not
want any more experience of the same
kind. What It does want Is n govern
ment administered (by a party with a
definite programme, ami so well disci
plined, or so well agreed in opinion, ns
to be ahio to carry that programme out
In l'o.-islaHon and in executive action.
No reasonable nnu can doubt abet very
jnu.it, of tho enormous less which tho
ciuntry has suffered during (ho last
year, anil iwbtoh U will oonttnuo to suf
fer until tho currency question Is sot-
tied, is due to the fact that there la no
majority tu congress !o tivor of any
plan of currency reform, though (hero
la a fctnro majority In than body-an
ovornrhelnyut majority—that desires
tbo present system changed.
A U18NAUBD PARTY.
Tho People's Party Paper of Atlanta
peaks entruots from a letter written
by a 'Ur. Porter, a. reboot Populist can
didate tor (ongrofti In (Masmchusotim,
K. .rti'.eh it ts dcola red that the Pec-
pi*'* party cannot die, tor ttie res son
that It Is •‘the only su-.va friend of gov-
ervmraft ownetump of the means of
living."
Tbo dactamtion of 'Mr. Porter «* to
tho purposM ot It's party is quite to
lvi* with the utteramm of many other
of Its leaden* They show that the
name of tho party is s m'HDomor. It
ought to bo'citled tho Socialist party.
Government ownengdp ot tho moan* ot
living means that the suvoromeot shall
have absolute control of the liv.w and
tonunm of tho people; that it shall
own not only tho mJroatta nntl tele
graph*, but rite taods, tho mince, and
every other thing on which labor Is be-
st>w *l, and from (which wealth (a
drawn. Tbo people who do not believe
ritit the froYvroroeix ttbould cmncpollse
tfcs tneuna of r.vlng, anti therefore bo
In a posltloo to (tyrannise over every
citizen to an ox&cnt that no <m toe rat
is now sMc to So, should dearly un
derstand tiho pnrpiwB of Urn Populist
party. ‘When St <nlla Itself tlio People’s
party, tho Idea is intended to bo con
voy**] m the nunc, no doubt, Unit Its
mission is to tktoofl and presenve the
cgliis of tho people, hts streinfth lies
omens alio fanners of (the ouintry—ti
large proportion of them land owners
and therefore capital;*In. If itbetr par
ty ts going to take their londr away
from them, to ntrip (timin'of the means
of P.ving, they onshft to know «, and
they will knuw more quickly If the
Bring name of itho piny Is dropped
s od She name wifich properly describes
U Is SIlbKtJ'tutcfi.
AiN AVri-TOXBXB FUND.
Tlio Now York (Herald Is raising a
fund to iprovtdo sml-toxlue, the now
raraody for diphttberia, for the use of
tho poor of that city. The fund has as-
sained ooeoldenublo proportion*, and
we think It would be w*41 tor a similar
fund to ho raised in other cities, not
merely /or the uso of tho poor, but that
aBtitoxIno may be brouglrt within tho
rsich of every Child a filleted with diph
theria. In Baris, a fund of $100,boo
was quickly raised for dlls jturpuse,
end tbs mailt Is seen lit the reduction
of tho number of d oaths from that
dread dim tux* by about three-fourtli*.
Whom the rraonl* formerly sbowwl tu
the gnat boitpttahi of tout city :e death
rata lunging from 50 to 00 .per cent, of
rite persons inWaakud, tho iktuh into li
now only about 15 or 20 por cent. It
may bo possible tor smaller cities, de
sirous of bringing Ulis remmdy within
tho reach of ther citizens, to act In co
operation with tbo New York move
ment, conrtxlbitting to 41m fund being
raised rixiro and receiving a proportion
ate share of itiic antf-toxlne. In Ibis
way, aich may be able to i»rovldo for
itself an udoquato supply, wtRerews, act
ing twlqpcindfiUtiy, they may not be
cbloto do on. -Dl|ihlthoria is one of the
most dreadnil ot dlsiasen. It* advent
always creailc*a .panU; in the oammtiu-
tty tu which It uppeara. Tlio rumody
thut reduces It to c«ina»mi4Jve harm-
lemrvffu, as antl-toxlno seems to do,
ought to bo btvMgrbit nvCBiln tlio reaoli
of the poonut iperaen In every com
munity. This can be done only by cou-
asrted action, bnuauso 'tbo remedy is a
very expensive one.
NOT iICAIftMIjBXS.
The coimment of ttbo Iaondou nemw-
p.ipon» on the recent affair In Brooks
county Is the comment of ignorance.
Tbo men who make It are entirely ig
norant of Ihe eomTltions which exist In
Georgia, and dieoomiiasi jiM which they
reurii are woittli uothlng. But this hos-
t.Ie comnualt ts not for than reason
liaamfiees. It Is addnwscd to people
who arc Just os Ignorant of what tho
couallllons ore la Georgia as ibo men
who wirlto M, and their .prejudices will
bo exolted attained itho in*ople of this
atato. It la very ovcfll to say 'that we
can afford to be indifferent to British
opinion of us. Individually, we can.
No man in Georgia .need bo less toi.ppy
boniuse t he .British prim or aho British
people do not like his way of doing
things, lint, nei'ertJieless, our people
WlU suffer imErootly from the effoets
of such .prejiultoe. They are suffering
mnvbeaauso peop'e In foreign countries
bare during several month* pint sto.nl.
Uy sod rapidly withdrawn their capi
tal from ithi* country, where tt had been
usnl In promoting lnduslr'cl ewterprlse*
nud carrying on trade, They will be
■lower to again employ It In this coun
try, to 4hetr profit oral ours, Iwcauso of
Ibo prejudice creattd in Ihe rnutmor wo
have dewerSbed.
vVTlAUVPA GBIT.
The unfty and energy wltti which tho
people of Atfanita are working to tho
Uy.vnst of Uk* groax fair which will be
held In their city next fall Is admirable
—4s inspiring. Thot ithe fair will bo a
grew one ran no hMigor bo doubted.
Tho plans for It have been drawn on
broad Urns nntl Ihe miwns for currying
them out provided. The court go which
the AirLanl-a people show In nndertuk-
tag no greut a work at a tlmo like this
ought to meet with who htarty vtkwur-
agomont of all Goarglans. If that work
la suocensftil, the wholo stute, and one
muy say tho wholo South, will profit
through '.ts Atom Small Jealousies
are entirely out. of order In this connec
tion, utul we hope tho proplo of every
part of the atato w1U give to tho under-
Uktng a hearty support—thru visitors
to tho fair will see In the exhibit* a
onnpietc repriwcdtntloo of Georgia's
rare ureas from die Tenncraeo lino to
tho coast.
Tlio teJrgtoOM yeetVriHiy onnonncrel
that Mr. John D. Foster, who was
oueo socrotuty of oraito of fho United
Statos la shout to leave for Japan,
where be will act us adviser of tho Chi
nese pleutfwtoatlaritti seat to tbnt
cxxmtry to oegotate terms of peace.
.Before bo mteresl tho eablnet, Mr.
Footer had been long connected with
tho scute dopintmcnt os gpodal agent,
chtrjad with (ho duty of negotiating
Important krextUes irith foreign coun
tries, ami his rank as • dlplonxitist Is
I Ugh. _Tbs C&inctio, to tho negotiattous
upon which they are about to enter,
doubtlem feel very keenly tho need of
die advice of an experienced and disin
terested counsellor, and the moral sup
port of a rvpnscntutlwo a• western
civilisation. Naturally, almost inevlta-
Wy, they torn to «ho United States for
t*K-h a counsellor. They know that th*
United States brave co territorial nmlu-
taon to eastern Axis, whiio at tho same
tkna theto toflueacw ns a firat-clos*
pnwer Is ereat. Tttey cannot look to
France, to Buraia or to Bagtuvt, other
ftesKtaos powvrs, beenuse each ot
these nations is cngrvly competing for
t/aTKorial aggrandizcnumt at the ex-
pema of Chism itself.
The selection eg dir. Foster to doubt
less a wise one. His long experience
In diplomacy and his knowledge of in
ternational law will enable bun to do
as •mtirit os any man can do to lessen
tho aaoriflcis which; China will be
forced to make ns tbo cost of the tre
mendous defeat which she- has suf
fered.
SHORT TALKS
WITH MANY PEOPLE,
It. Carnet^tone, general freight
agent Georgat fiouth.Mii and Florida
raUrotttl—The mercury ha* tdlen so
low totoy that it has ceased to U* re-
xpeotabte.
•1 reaetved a letter from on did
friend of mine down In Boil thwart
Mevqgta the other toy,’ said Ernest
Morgan, addresring a crowd around the
gkmrtng Move sn the Brown House of
fice yesterday, 'Kind he was telling We
of a very fine dog he hud. Now, I’M bet
treat* there to not one mtui in the
crowd writ* uaa a>t one guess U'll how
my friend sp4to dog.” "Dorg,' said
tl.'S)' Atlanta drummer. "Demg.” said
the little man -nritlt the side whisker*.
T>j«g," trtumphunfly cri*d tile man
with tho Hpcatanlra, and three other
inoft around the stovu guenred equally
h» badly. “An •wrong,” said Mr. Mor
gan. "Well, how in thunder did he
*p II It?” asked the tUt roan whose
gueM had been “toMg.'
•Why. he epriHed it r^t—'dog"—said
ilr, Morgan a» a dead SUtoce felt wver
the crowd. It was nn old catch, but It
worked to perfection.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
Admiral Bonham to In Paris, resting
after the faltlgue of hib command at
Rio.
• • • •
B. L. iFarelon. wears a Ncw-Zenlaml
greenstone aa a watfclt-cbarm, and at
tributes all Ms good luck to i a posoeo-
alon.
Vaasa*' girts wdar Iblack caps and
black serge gowna Bnt uhere la noth
ing parttculanly mournful about them
when 'there la aa»y mistletoe hi eight
Lord Iloeebery hits given 160 to the
boys of the training *hlp CakilcviCa to
ittvvrt a .bag Mine band. Who wa« It Ral.l
ttlials hta lordriMp was foud of good mu
se?
Many Fn'ring, a cotarcd wontan of ,U-
bama, ha* gone out a* a mteulonary
worker to fhe Dark Continent, and haa
a'Jd her little home to bay the exaenaes
ot theitrtp.
•Mayor-elect Curata of Boston I* S3
ydvrs old. nnd though he ha* held no
f .revlous office except that of city clerk,
a a dm, t, wily a nut. of great ability. He
ha* a Urge fbrtuitf*.
Bravo men, who -wlil taka any risk In
n good cause, are by no tnenaa rare.
Klngfixhpr, Oklahoma, has five of xhem
who, thougli hold aa footballs, <11.1 not
Ainrimk from their duty uu judges of a
baby shbw,
Pn(d Lefalvrc had arfti'Cd Cn Wash
ington from Part*, to take his r>« as
first secretary of the dfironeh embaosy.
He wo* ilium secruury Iten yesilrs ago,
alien his fabhter woa codutul-general at
Now oYrk.
Kontucky oomptalns iof a greater
scarcity of water Just metw than vtua
over known bdfore In the'Aalto. ,in the
ctnldtal tpart of the dtaite very many-
well* are quit** dry omil nearly all are
almost so, and tine sU'eama ure unu
sually low . In srno sections waller to
being .battled Several- rntflos.' and is sold
at 5 cantB a buck-.it.
There Is one is-tv.mtlon m-irloh a horse
poweraea to which little nt.ontlon has
bonn -.Mid. anil' than, Ut Ijht* cower Of
sodnlt. With some horse* It: 1s -acute,
os with the dog; ami for (the benefit of
•hose who tlrlve at night, such as phy
sicians arid otthors, -his Itnowlciiwo Is
Invaluable. Never cheek your horse at
nbrhli, but giva him a fret* head, and
you may newt tacwutvd 'that he will never
got off the rood and wifi carry you
wifely and cxiped»tlously.
Tho new noulenty at Athens Is built
of nrirble from the name .marries ttuc
furisrihed the marble for t'he Parthenon
ir.n.l Its soulpture* are brilliantly deco
ra-cd ittt real, bltto and ,g.,Ul. TMs
might be considered luiu-baric, if tt were
not classical, but since the'<li»cvnv'nlieu
male in excav.tlting Alhens within Kit.*
taut twenty yeo.rs t; Is no longer posui-
ble to doubt that the ancient Greeks
poanted lilwlr ahtdoedt marbles in ohe
most gaudy colon..
• • • •
Tho law of Ruroia requires nil Rus
sian subjects over 'die age of 1! years
to toko .the oarh bf idleginnee on the
mceesstim of a new czar Tho Russian
Kovvrnn*>i»t never surrenders Its olaJm
to the allegiance of a ndttve of Russia,
nor admit* that a Russian, can, wiDhout
Its pormttislon, became a citizen of an
other country. Of court*' tlierc i* no
roams of enforcing this clakn ugainst
Russians wYw have become Anverkan
clfiaens.
mon church or ot tho Individuals at
Its head, has been again demonstrated
by the recant Investment of J10.000.000
by "Jho Krat MMotey" in a now cor
poration called the Utah Cormxuiy.
TMs new company to to ratomto coal
mine*, a railroad, a bUthtng Grach and
church srhrrori and to like the Eton
Co-onerui'.tve Company, to be managed
to add to the wealth of tho dhuroh.
* • • •
After a while** scene, by a vo e of 307
to SIS, the French chamber of doooUes
ha* just decided In U. Odirkun's case
rtttt * .Frenchman'* obligation to per
form military suite wugMsnds hi* ca v
er* a* a rtDreaenta'Uve of ehe prooto
lM. Mlritun had been exempted from mil-
dtary srnlce oo etiKurritxi to teach far
ten years, but tvstgned Mx protewsor-
shtp before the tiroo w«* up. when he
was elected tlrreuty. The minister of
war Then ordered hkn to Join his evtgi-
m.tR on Novetrtber 1. and the chamber
agree" In the view that he must nerve
his Keren before ho can take his roat ns
deputy.
• • • •
The trade winds are the orCnw nvo-
ton* of ocean currents. They cause a
aurtvoo drift of oo great velocity over
vast areas of water In the Rune gen
eral direction oh that In which they
Wow. These drifts, after mee ing and
combining thetr forces, eventually Im
pinge on the land. They are drirctlletl
and oonccnttui’.ed and Increased In
apeod. They either pour through cass-
agre bdtwoso the Island*, as In the Car-
ricon Stu; are pressed up by the land
and escape by.ithe only outlets poraibte.
as, for example, ithe SKratt ot ll-cdla,
and foicrt a great ocean current UMb Ohe
Gulf Stream.
east
The most extraordinary precautions
are takan tn Spain to provide for the
Haririy of Kite mverelga tu nictit. ins
clumbers are watched throughout the
night by the cnonwrof de Knolnosa, u
body of men -who for 400 years haw
enjoyed 'ho exxdluaivv privilege of
guanang toeg royal master or mlsKreHt
from sainwg to sunriBS. They are bound
by tradl-ion to be native's of tho town
of Ea-.ln.w. and io have served wl.h
hear tn ,.he areuv. Utey lock the enlace
gate* with much cerertvmy ami eohvn-
at m,, ana open them ovum
M t ol’ook tnlie morning. Thetr fidel
ity to :1** person of thetr sovereign doas
not admit of quwtlon,:
Accept None of the Pretended Substitutes
, FOR
Royal
Baking
Powder
B ECAUSE inferior and cheaper made baking preparations are
sold at wholesale at a price so much lower than Royal, some
grocers are urging consumers to buy them In place of the Royal
al the same retail price.
If you desire to try any of the pretended substitutes for Royal
Baking Powder bear in mind that they are all made from cheaper
and inferior ingredients, and are not so great in leavening strength
nor of equal money value. Pay the price of the Royal Baking
Powder for the Royal only.
It is still more important, however, that Royal Baking Powder
is purer and more wholesome and makes better, finer, and more
healthful food than any other baking powder or preparation.
ROYAL BAKING POWD2R OO., 101 WALL «T., NEW-YORK.
ANTE-BREAKFAST SMILES.
“Cholly didn't have much luck with
that Boston girt.” "No; she froze Mm
With her ganoes.” “Then 'he Is In a
bad way?" “No; the has thawed out
by an odd fiaane."—Nelw York Tress.
“The Dixies had to give up tlh'elr flat;
there was no closet.” "They had a
wardrobe.” “Yes; but tho family skel
eton kicked on It."—St. Louis Post
Dispatch.
"No,” said the college professor of
literature, “I haven't read a novel in
five years. I am not very fond of sci
entific discussion or tratalse on physi
ology or pathology.”—Boston Tran
script.
Weary riVtllle—Wot do dey mean,
dese novelists, w'en dey few. ’be
was In seventh haven.' Wangles—”1
guess't means de heroe didn' t have de
price of an orchester seat."—Syracuse
Post.
"Colonetl Spouter claims fh'a-t.the wo
men supported him during bis cam*
f.ii.rn if the man didn't." "Yes; his
wife took tn washing and his mother
plain sewing."—Buffalo Courier.
Tile young man clutched tills elderly |
friend In t frantic grasp. “What ought!
a filler to say?" thla asked, "when a
young woman asks him If toe thinks
she is as old as she looks?”—Indian-
iipplis journal.
She wont to the ptay with pleasure;
She V:ft Vn wild dispute.
Her toa'f was Wade, buit Kite lbotbiul
man
Was there with Ms uncut hair.
—Chicago Inter-Ocean.
O orge fcntUuo'aBtirally)—I’ll tell
yteu.' besides being clever titnd beautiful,
she Iras great presence of mind.
ChoRy (thinking of lost Christmas)—
Yes, Indo d. she *ts lots of presents
of mfinte.—The Club.
"I am afraid," said the rural Justice,
"thait I shall be compelled to find you
Jin .mi cost.* “But, your honor, the
evidence proves that I am Innocent,”
"I know tt." replied the justice, "but,
my friend, I have gY. i family to sup
port.'—Atlanta Constitution.
"Henry," raid Sirs. Pexvy New. "you
wilt see to It that from time to time
the mistletoe is moved from one part
of Ihe room to another.’ What's toad
for?" Inteiposed her husband, "it's
to keep the girts from wearing out! the
carped In any particular spot."—Wash
ington star.
’AFTER JANUARY 1.
Keep our resolution
To swear no more we strive,
Then yield, curse once, cross out
the four
And write R on a five.
—Detroit Tribune.
THEY GOT THE OOONS.
Two Boys a.wl a "Dog Have a Tussle
Uffldll Tlitty Find a Stone Heap.
West Oak Hills, N. Y., Dec. 2C.-A
tw«i»ty-j*>uu<l amn Is a t>lg one. Occa
sionally some ono in western New York
kllat on« that weighs 4wcnity-llvo
IHKiu.to, and or cry time that is doato
tho huuiter is tho hero of tho hour. So,
nu.t»raUy, j-omtg Fml Chotulteni and
young Low Clark of ithts iuimlet and
Frol Ohanubaw' dofl .Podro are Just
notv more ttlan heroes. They had a
Irani tlmo wlnu'iiB their laurels, ami
the flag dime near lactos a. dead dog,
but thtay nvoa dhom, and tho dog, al
though fatally rumpled, still Kves.
lit is a grait oauatry for coons, up
in this part of CHlustuuqua county. Ihe
tnvo boys, Chambers and OLirk, never
hurtled cooks* but semubody arid ono
day tatcly that tf bo owned die dog Pe
dro ho .would fjo out audt gee more
coons win a fow. So Fred Chambers,
not wonting hi* dog to bo wasted in
UtietMw, ItJought tlxu ho would take
him out Ornette the coons and lot him
do himself Justice. Fred asked Lew
Clark to g.* olowg and take a hind In
Pnlno’s ooonlng, and a faw ttghts ago
they all throe wvat to tho woods. The
nightt was limr a«xl not very dark, and
If coon* did not have the very exootient
htabit of hiking -tit.ngs they are going
to eat to water and dattsCng them
thorourfily tetforo the euting. probably
four of tho largest coons ibat over
roomed tiio CCnumuqua woexta would
be reaming them yet
Pedro ami the boys had gone into
the wools u ratio or bo. the dog In the
load, when nUtHi uvunds of srrlfa
o»mo from itie ftvxit no <hc ear* of tho
young hunters. They httrrlrel forward
and came to a small creek, the -waters
of which were being tossed about like
a fountain in* gale. ruus!uga<\ir the
scene ot the dtoiurbanee, the boys soon
nude out (a the gloom the form of tho
dog IVdra, from which radiated tho
forms of fbur .rther antnvita, at va
rious ttnglcB, uc*>*nling ko tho position
in which its tumblings ami contorting*
ptaccd the amtra of the dtstunbance.
There twas rumfit QOtW rtrixunpanylng
the fracas, stKh as snarifDg an.l snap
ping and growling and gnashing of
tedtb.
•T guess Prelro. has got some coons,"
said young Fred Chambers excitedly.
“No," said young (Lew Clark; I
think some coons have got Pedro!"
Then it occurred to die boys th.nt IBey
had no gun. But something bad to
be dons to aid Pedro, end eo Frank
and Lew jumped Into the creek and
began kicking at tho coons. They
hadn't used tflieir test) mare khan twleo
on the ooons before two of H)he ring-
tafled denizens of the woods detached
tbomseOves from Pedro and began
climbing on the boys. The boys ran.
The two coons bung to them, and coons
can Scraftch and bite nnd teflr things
equal to a circular saw when they
start In for business once. The conse
quents was that Fred and Low tadn'*
gone three rods before ttre two coons
had used thpm pretty roughly, and then
the boys tumbled •headlong Ireto a. pile
cX stones. This was lucky. They
grabbed stones and began pounding
the boons, end pounded them so ef
fectually that tn a few minutes they
had been stretched apparentiy dead on
the ground. Flushed with victory they
returned to the utd of Pedro, -who was
still encumbered by the other two
coons.. They wens back to get the
other pair, and, to their surprise, found
Ihsit they had conre to life again and
were ready for ano'ber fight. But n
fusVlode of heavy stones was too much
for them, and they had Ko give up for
good. The boys had to. oirry Pedro
home a* well as the coons, for, al
though he was alive, he wasn't alive
enough Ko walk.
The four coons were a sumrise to the
oldest coon hunters in this locality.
The smallest on weighed twenty-four
pounds. One svetshod thirty. The two
others weighed hwenrtv-slx and Kwenty-
seven pounds reaneetively. • •
"Them coons," m.M one qla ' coon
hunter, "had stopped at the'crock to
wash somethin’ they hod Ko eat/ on’
you mtghtt aa well run against a she
bear with cubs as to run a.giinut a
coon mthen toe's washKtur Ills victuals/to
say nothin’ o’ running ocinst for'tof
'em. And four such mastodon coons
ns them! 'Why. them, four ooons must
a come out o' the ark with Noah!"—
New York Sun. <
1. % ,
TRENTON, N. G. 'A *
A certain congressman, no matter who
ho Is, except that he Is not a Western
man, was making up a list of towns in
the neighborhood ot Philadelphia, where
he was to make some campaign speeches
previous to November 6, ISM. After he
had It made out to his satisfaction, he
handed the list to hls secretary to copy.
The secretary, who Is a very shrewd poli
tician himself, ran hls eye down the col-
umn.
"What Is. the matter with Trenton?" he
asked In some astonishment,
"Nothing." replied the member, some
what astontihed himself. “Why?"
"You've got It marked N. G."
"I guess not," srotested the member, In
doubt.
"Well, look at It for yourself,” and the
secretary handed the list to him.
He looked at It, and there he found In
.plain letters'. “Trenton. N. G."
Then he laughed confidently, almost de
risively.
"That’s all right, my boy," he said with
commiserating consideration, "the N. G.
you ore thinking about ts not the N. O.
I've got there."
"I* that so?" said tho dazed searetary.
"Of courso not," laughed the congress,
man. "mine's Trenton, New Gemey,” nnd
tho secretary said "oh." and let the con
gressman go on thinking It was all right.
—Detroit Free Press.
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A Flourishing Industry, of Wlhlch New
York City Is the Centre.
The business of jokomaklng and
Short-verse writing Is a trade In itself
and has its centre in New York, says a
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When I speak of Joke writing as a
business with some 1 mein It literally.
There is a ooflerta of about Forty
writers, most of whom live In New
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They do not 'wait for a happy inspira
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for their living, and with some it is a
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depend upon for most of ttoler mate
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from 110 to ISO a. week just "Joke
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60 to 200 Jokes (brand new, warranted
not to fade) a week and ten bits ot
verse. . The professional Joke writer
frequently sits 'ddwn without nn idea
In tois (head. Some turn of speech
conics to him—too writes down hls Joke
on a. small, rectangular clip c*t o.voer.
Just the slzo to slip ■Into"sncnvclopR
conveniently. That joke, or hls train
of thought, suggests another, and on
ho goes until in two hours he may
have -011116 twenty-five 1okea. Then
the business part of it comes in. Bv *
system ot special bookkeeping he enters
the head of each lok In' a book, and
places opposite tho tltie the paper to
which the Joke is sent. As a general
thing he will put the twenty-five squibs
Which he has Just finished In an en
velope with an "addressed and direct
ed envelope" Inside, and start the
package on its Journey around the
world of humor He sends it first to
! the paper which.nays the highest price,
and .then In regular order from wef-kly
to weekly until he tons exhtusted the
list and gotten down s'o -where .they
pay os little aa 16 cents p?r Joke—a
sfeAbvattion price for the professional
humorist. Suppose the first paper to
which he sent i'he package took three
Jokes. When the others come hack ho
checks oft the three as "taken” and
“paid for,” If (toe paper in question
pays on acceptance—and most ot them
do to tho leading writer*,'*TM rest ho
sends to the second paper, which tiny,
perhaps, take four. The remaining
Jokes «re again checked oft and the
package started swain. There are is
many as twenty-five papers nnd pe
riodicals which <paw for original Jokes,
so that the humorest hns as oxoellenc
chance of getting rid of all the Jokes
of a scries at some price.
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