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“PLANKED SHAD.” THEY ARE THE SECRET OF A MYS TERIOUS DISAPPEARANCE. A Remarkable Story, in Which a Leading Business Man Plays the Principal Role. Not many of The Looking Glass’ readers are apt to know what a ‘•planked shad” is, although this method of preparing the fish is comparatively common in the north. To plank a shad one takes a nice smooth spruce plank, and after splitting open and cleaning a large shad, nails the fish to the board, back down. The plank is then tilted over a coal fire, and when broiled to a A PLANKED SHAD. turn the nails are carefully extracted and the whole thing, board and all, car ried to the table. This singular method of cooking is supposed to lend peculiar delicacy and flavor to the fish, and there are many epicures who will eat shad prepared in no other way. So much for the preface. There is a gentleman in this city who has achieved fame among a select circle of gourmats for the inimitable manner in which he does the planking act. He takes great pride in this culinary performance, and many is the shad that has been cruci fied in his apartments and subsequently discussed by his friends. Among those who have thus culti vated a taste for planked shad is a well known business man, who has figured pretty conspicuously before the public of late, and is well known all through / ■> \ RETREAT TO THE BARRACKS. the south. Not long since this gentle man concluded to enjoy a little relaxa tion and a shad or two. He purchased several fine fish and hied him to his friend’s quarters. While the planking expert was at work on the shad, the other gentleman strolled into the bedroom and, pulling off his outer clothing, lay down for a nap. Presently the wife;of the tenant came into the kitchen, and not approv ing very much of planked shad, made a few sarcastic remarks. Her husband replied in kind, and a first-class row was soon in progress. In the midst of it the lady threw open the window and began to scream “police.” BfIILEY & CfIRROLL, pine Whiskies ar>d Brarjdies. 43 Peachtree Street. Telephooe 1039. The uproar aroused the guest in the bedroom, and pulling on his coat over a suit of red flannel underwear in which he was attired, he rushed out. 'Che huscand had by that time seized hold of his wife, and the other picked up a chair and struck him over the head. The shad planker fell like a log, and fearing he had killed him, the gentle man in the fiery flannels fled by the back way just in time to avoid the police. It was then dusk and he managed to get out of town by side streets without any one observing his fantastic attire. In this way he reached the barracks, where he went to the house of a friend, told him he had just murdered a man and borrowed a pair of pants. He was advised to get out of town as speedily as possible, until an investigation could be made, but unluckily had left his money in his trouser’s pocket. His watch, a fine gold chronometer, was in his coat and this was sent to a neigh- A HOGGISH ORDINACE FIRED OUT. : i///I : :'.'///• i //7/ZJ i 1 I i ' /// If'l T The Dimmock Peddler Bill meets a Deserved Fate. boring grocery as collateral for a loan of sl6. With that amount the some what bewieldered and badly scared mer chant got on the train and went to Griffin. From there he took the cars for Columbus, where he met a friend, borrowed a hundred or two and pro ceeded to drown his sorrow in red paint. Mabel Paige, the soubrette, was play ing an engagement there at the time, and he announced himself as her agent. People seem to have a mania just now for impersonating Mabel’s agent. He talked theater and set ’em up to every body he met, and, in short, made things exceedingly lively in the village. Meantime how fared the planked shad artist? He was not dead by a long shot, but soon regained his senses, and started out to look for his assistant. He was much surprised to learn that he had disappeared from the city. A few days later the exile in Colum bus received word that there was no blood on his hands, and that he had The Looking Glass. better come home and attend to his af fairs, which were getting badly tangled. He was overjoyed and took the next train back, a little weary, but still in the ring. This is the true story of his tempora ry disappearance, which had set the tongue of gossip wagging at a lively rate, and was generally attributed to another cause. He has sent back the borrowed pants, but swore off on planked shad forever. DR BLUE MOUNTAIN JOE’S GREAT SHOW- There was a big crowd at the formal opening of Dr. Blue Mountain Joe’s big tent show last night on Edgewood Ave. The band engaged by the Doctor ar rived, from New Orleans, during the day, and played at the evenings enter tainment. There is just enough of the saw-dust arena, and the vaudville to make t e en semble pleasing and en joyable. The entertainment began with the introduction by Prof. Richards, of his troupe of trained dogs. They are by far the best ever seen in Atlanta. Then came the cannon-ball act, in which heavy cannon-balls were handled and juggled as gracefully as small marbles. Contortionists, trapeze performers, a horizontal bar act, trick pony, and leap ing dogs completed the ring entertain ment. The show was concluded with a vadueville part consisting of a couple of song and dance teams, and a one-act sketch. Dr Blue Mountain Joe will certainly add to his popularity in At lanta if the high standard of his per formers is kept up. Performances af ternoon and evening. Admission free. KANKAKEE. Is the name of the best refrigerator in the world —no other has a removable provision closet. For sale by Lowry Hardware Co. 60 Peachtree. A • ski, ■ - Alßm “ Hf H // I’ve invited the devil to dine to-night; He’s a most agreeable fellow, And I’ve ordered a dinner that’s out of sight. It would tempt the soul of an anchorite Or make a cardinal mellow. The only thing that I’m puzzled about Is who to invite to meet him ; There are plenty of folks who would come no doubt. And run the risk of a case of gout, For merely a chance to greet him. But the devil insists that his friends, they say, Should be gentlemen born and undoubted ladies, And I’d much prefer’ that my guests were they Who would be in touch and in corps d’esprit With the people he he meets in Hades. ■ ■ • I think I shall ask a Peachtree dame Who flouts the world with an antique lover. He has little to boast but a proud old name, And he’s smirched that well with their shameless shame, He shall have the opposite cover. And there’s our friend on the stock exchange, I shall certainly have to book him. Failed four times but out of range Os the law each time. He would think it strange If I chance to overlook him. Next to him comes a gay M. D. Who burns both ends of the candle. Isa ! ha I the hubbies who pay his fee! They say he has ruined two or three And kicked up a deuce of a scandal. Here is a deacon who piles up gold On a score of contracts more than shady; Here is a priest who neglects his fold To take the ewe lambs out of the cold; Here is a tipsy lady. Faith, ’tis no such a difficult task, Thanks to sin and the secret sinner. Company fit is this to bask In the smiles of satan —these folks I ask To meet the devil at dinner I A Handsome Compliment. The Constitution pays its respects to The Looking Glass. Each number of The Looking Glass, Atlanta’s Puck, is brighter than the number that went before. The Look ing Glass covers a field entirely unique and it has now become firmly established in Georgia newspaper cir cles. The mechanical make up of the magazine is neat and artistic, the cari catures are all up to date, well con ceived and well executed ; and, as for the reading matter —why, you are just sorry when you have to put it down. 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