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THE WEEKLY 'OONSTTrunON’-: ATLANTA. GA- TUESDAY
PRONOUNCED A SUCCESS.
TEST OF TMB MASON COTTON
HARVMTM.
the wonderful km.is* on its vrnr Throex*
cnooTuid- it. ImUoIu Bipitiaed-Tis*
Story of Mr. IMIure-nu lo treses
I«u 1*0 World M Machinery. Bis.
Colombia, 8. C., October 1G.—[Special.]—
TYhoeter bu oot visited Enmter has not eeem
cce of the meet charming little cittee InB.uih
Carolina. The town, which wu fetratUd is
the gear 1800, to rtlnatod la a Motion of coda*
try noted for lta oahibrlotu climate and lta ftr.
Mo aoU, and it ilea os the northern eUeof the
irUmiagten. Colombia and Aagaata railway,
exactly forty.two nritei out of Colombia.
Many beaatUsl tradition! and intorectlag bit-
hortc memoriae clatter a boot Bomtor, which,
many yean ago, waa ehrlatanod the "Game
cock OoKhty.” This townhaa glrao birth to
men and woman who achieved graainaaa and
reflected renown upon the place of their na
tivity. Clara T«niaa Kellogg, the tameaa can*
Ulrica, flrat taw the light of day boro, and
the hoaaa in which aha wu horn la proudly
pointed ont to the visitor. She made a vlalt
laat winter to the aceaea of her babyhood,
and the townapeople wan lavlah (a the atten.
Moa they heawwod upon bar.
tom oatai coma non an.
A aow glory baa UUly bean added to Sara,
tsn’sftuno. In fnlon yean tblo aaodaat little
city will bo eolobmted the world over aa the
home and birthplace of one of tbegroetoot In-
vaatara of tba aiaotooath oaatary-Obarlaa T.
Miron, Jr. Your correspondent baa Jaat re*
t*mad ft >m Homier whore ho mot thil gifted
man aad tubed ofihbiM; lnapactadblinalqna
-■*«■* (hoy aad examined evilletlly hie
wonderful Invention, aad wltaoaNd a moit
rigid prate cal tret applied to It. Heeawlt
pick cottas from the planta in tba fold with a
deftness aad itecriainatlog Intelligence almoet
>■»■» Bat before minutely daaerlbing thta
nurveioaa croorptloa, let aaaothlng bauld
•banttba man from wboea brain Itwaaovolvod.
Mr. ateeuii waa born In the town of Saratov
In tba year 1868. Ilia father bad lived ham
many yean. Ha wu a Jeweler and on elec
trician and peeeeaeed no moan aciaaUdc at-
UinnteeU. Oorlag the war batweaa tba
atatu ba wu given an Important port In the
telegraph oorvtre. The subject of tbla ekotcb
u a bay wu not nnllko the other boyo of the
vlUrate. Whoo, however, ho nuked tba ago
of fifteen, having previously avlaood a foaa*
now for mechanics, ho designed and eon*
etreotod a mlntatnra ateam anglao, which wu
ptonoanced a novel of ingenuity for one ao
young. It wu fovormbly notlcod by the Sol*
online American In ISO*, aad wu eubooqueal*
ly exhibited at fatra u a cnrioelty. In 1870,
Muon went to Baltlmqro and antarad the ox-
Uulve maehloory ihope of George Pago & Co,
Hoioho bad ran opportonltlaa for developing
hit pew ere, and bo mado the moat of them.
at woatc o» COTTON.
In 1*7T> ho returned to Sumter aad aagagad
la the milling aed ginning bnelnau. It wu
ha Who lint brought Into notloo the Important
attachment of Iho cotton gin, known u the
‘‘condenser.’’ In Angus! or thoiarno yotr,
' ivuh terribly
ho wu untto
The Injury wu
> Up Hit \om of ou of
hi* feet. In 1870 ba wu pluod to obugoof
the largo oahlblt of tba Fannaylvanla agriuul-
turo worhj, In the centennial orpoaiUon. After
tba axpoaluen wu olooad be wu made foreman
of there wmhabopa, at York, l'wngyivania,
and ho Ailed thio pooltlon for mora then a
year, whaa ha raturaad homo. Mr. Muon
hu enjoyed a loogooetm of practical training,
gad ho in t ai ay ono of tho ablut mccbaalclans
KriursbounUfuUy endowed him with t»l-
ante, aad ha ia making tba moat of thou Rifle.
Mr.Iliientea manor atrlklag
Ula bead la amaealva one, which
c»l port* ire made in tbla little
roMdoga nro made 1
dovora! barvtplers of
com of oonetraetlaa, i
■mallor Mae, era oompieU and randy far work.
Thou two maebiau wan tho onoa whleb ware
•••ted. A very dletiagulrbod company waa
K treat to wltoam tho practical oparatiOne of
e picker. The Now York aottn exchange
wu lopreaestcd by Thamu M, Foote, I,. 0.
I-atbi op end B. H. ilonntroo. 'Jlse Cherluton
rotten etch cage bed a cemnaitue on_tba
ground, consisting of ita preelilent, A. V.
lta Tie# pnddent, Frank E.
tke following membem: 3. Adgar Hmythf,
A. T, Smyths, K. C. Telinu Ml
A. Sydney Smith. Tho following gentfomun
reprerontod the orrlcnltnrat aocloty of (Mat!
Caroline: W. 0. Hinton, 3. Stoner- aod E. L
Beebe. Colonel D. P. Uuaou, president of
tblo eocioty, wuolw precent end aasifootel
much interest ia the experiments. Ho bod
bun one of Ike moot prominent doubters, but
before the teeta wen finished ho wu oonvert.
od. W. L. Langley, a dletlngnltbad mechani
cal engineer, or!Newark, N. waf la attend-
ante. After
which the
ly explained by tba invaator.lt wu deter
mined that ooa of tba pick ere aboald ba eab-
Jected to Ike moot rigid of all taaM-utnal,
practical work. All thing* being In roadineat,
one of the raacMnu wu polled oot of tho
•bop end two hortea wore baraouod to ik A
negro man wit mob perched upon the out,
and oil marched the proceaeloa to lie cotton-
Held. The cotton patch contained tome
throe acre*. Tba crap wu by no muni aa
abundant one. Tho plento worn oalr moder
ately well fruited. After o few preliminary
experlmenta the machine wu brught to a
teat oo u to aecerteia ita capacity for picking.
At elovaa o'clock it straddled a long row, Md
‘ boreca moved off at a quiet gait. Theme*
JO wu kept bury for precisely seventeen
minutu when abaltwu called, and the
visitors began to investigate tho rue It*.
The cotton which wu picked wu taken fregn
the logo end carefully wolgbad. It weighed
4M pounda. It was found to contain not much
more trash than tba generality of hand-pitm-
ed cotton contains. Thiro wore no biaonn or
foimeturo Imllo among it, showing how
nicely the cyliarloto bod aelected only the
ripe staple and Ignored ovarytblag alio. Too
lovcitigetura expressed aatonlebmont at t|ie
mult. Tho picker lied dona all that war
claimed for It, tad all wbonw it* poiforman-
cce felt convinced of its merit. Mr. Hason
believes that ble machine can pick shout'-’,000
poende of cotton In ten bourt, and other ex
perts roocur with him In thio opinion. It can
he utilized at night to advantage, for It dote
u good week in the moonlight u It does In
the sun thine. A moderate estimate of lta
capacity la that it can do the work of twenty
avenge hands. Of coons, whan cured of lta
pretest defects, it will ba able to do more. At
present It la not a perfect machine; It la amenable
HOBTICPI.ttJRAL SOCIETY.
President Cory Discusses the Shortage of
Malt
In hie report to tho anneal muting of the
Georgia Bute Horticultural eocioty, bold at
Fort Valley July 881b, \ic« President H. IT.
Gory, of the fourth congressional district uyis
“Nearly evrry kind of the larger fruit* have
done badly this year. The peaohtrou blot*
floated out finely and promised a good crop,
but tho frost tarty In April killed the crop oat
badly. Hack of tbla wu left rotted entirely
la moat localities. Mr. J. H. Parnell iaabant
the only man Is tba district who has mado
felrcrog of pooches, endhlreuroeu this year
■coma duo mainly, if nab antlnly, to
a-.’-SE- ngrAJi
called to a plantation of adjacent land, con
siderably olovatod above the surround s*
country Md overlooking the Chattahoochee
river. Hr. Parnell remarked that some
lings on tbla land bod alwaya escaped
GRAVE TO GAY.
, VODA Wl ■
gial wouM d«Ughi to atadr. HI* fottarai aro
_S a A -T U||
cteer cut end regular.
bright and piercing, are alwaye t
merrily, and hie face wears a placid
aion. Thor* art no bard linos of t
oyoj, which aro
twinkling
' expros
or dlmppolntmanl to bo troood in hit vlisgo.
Having use dooerlbed tba Investor, mum
thing may now bo said about
ni gunun cotton picnin.
Illo Qgaooalngly dUBrolt to w describe a
Pioceof machinery that the description shall
(alnlelilglblato thearongt newspaper rndar.
The Huoa cotton huvuter to not o ceraplloa*
M aneklM, la SMounnoo It la unlike ovary
other labor-saving Impleausrts erklck are to be
Man la almost any harvest Held. It la a stroag
hat light ^framework,^ln tho^totortorof which
Itu^LMBtedaoaalngTapelrofgeared wbaMs'
I teMck farwiah the rotary motion to tho cyl
indrical pt-bore. Above thou wheels tad la
f them 'ho driver alto and controls the
■■■■, which IiMHI
noHoaof the machine, which Indrawn by two
horsu. So far u weight Is concern od, ope
... J wolghl la ,.
hone coaid euliy draw It, far tba whole th
dors not weigh more than thru hundred
My pounds The harvester upon coir
the field straddles n row of cotton planta,
wheels pomlag aloeg the oil eye on cither e .
Ute horsu doing likewise. Neither
tho whorls nor the bo SMI 1
torno is contact with tho bashes.
marbles ptueene through tho field Ike plotters
begin to ex or Moo their functions. Tba cotton
plaato pass backward aad fbrward u tho
Picking cylinders impinge npon thorn. The
cylinders ore ut in vertical baManud rotate
• backward arwad tbeekafta, slowly or rapidly,
ia properties to tho movements of Ska
maohiao. The stems being Journaled into tba
cylinders, re rol v< bock ward with them at the
•esaoro»ofep.edatthe rotten plants bead
forward. Kvery past of lbs plant la gone over,
and very frw holla era eeupe tba oyadriotl
fingers. Now, in addition to the hukward
movement of tho oteau with the pies Is, they
pusses and Independent, undivided rotation
•• their own axta; first, in
tho direction of tho points of their tooths so
u to catch tba cotton, aad tben, as they pass
Ml of tba plant. In the re verso direction, to
u to throw tho cotton off by outilfagol fores.
iu cotton caiu lightly apes conveyors which
fcrn U open wirier bells, which In tarn throw
It backward avir lata the bags wkteh are ear-
pended In the rear to roelevo. Thru rocoptl-
•Me aageonu they an filled, aro unhitched
aad ethers put la their plaoes. The moat re*
mark able f.eture of tkodavioe la itedleuimi*
“v'JV, Tk » ploklag cylinder,
which le tin very game of mum's oonorpttoa,
Me wmrgatMl breae cyinAar, eboet 11 Inchra
> dUmeter, tba wrfbceof which U perforated
*—'•■ ton rows of
belag forty
lowboy lia*
Atoa. The tooth do not oktrado obovo tho
hoiu la tba ryliodor, aad to tblo lagoutou
arraugomoot ilia duo that while the cylinder
lsroveWisgagelaet a boll or ear other pert
aftha Meat the poiaUUke aa afiect, walla
tbe alirbloat rut tact with the fiber of aa sprat
bail attaehu it to the cylinder aad pails it
7\*f the Ml. Jut u bunu. Itmrare to. Tbli
*• Jfi.pfiUMMhT of the whote thing. If
2** “• • k *M drecription of tho taodas
tijmdwoC Tar Ooximirnox U
UuUetoudinund how tho cottonrlrkor
WjrkaJU »nat go U >umur and see for Mm*
“•» »*MM ha prefer vleltlng Meooa
WBriagtbeOaaegia Mate fair, he can gratify
bmUMtharo. 1 "*** h * ,t, * u, wUtb *Ma?
n’i WOkUIKU CAPACTTV
Beforo atolsg Ike bar vaster, pe.ple regard,
•fill as a bomber, *rd misgivings are cvclvad
fttm laorednUiy. The day wu rxrecdiagly
bat and saluy and the dam wu well nigh suf
focating, bat tho walk to Mr. Mason's real-
fiMU wu not dhag(enable. After naoblag
IhaplBW we wars cordially welcomed by Mr.
■Mn sad oeyoeol wembore of tho hirvuter
«;l<i«o machine shop wu vis*
MM. aad la U half aa boar wu (put profit*.
bly laexemislog Us e»utente. ItUtaexool-
Uallv omrged shop and U adulrebly equlped
wtlh tho coetlMat and most Ingeuuat me-
cbiaerp. Tb.iw on beautiful laths for doll*
OLte work 0rills sad raUliag mtskiou
and rarioos stem pin g appllaaou for making
ttw rytodou aad pewchiag tho doUeato
tutb. Mr MuMlaarahisirhan by a email
force ef skilled mublilata All tho mechaal*
gSM _
- - its. The imperfections of the picker, It ig
confidently expected, will In time bo quite
got rid of. That tbo principle le theeorreot
one—end tbo only ooenct one—no Intelligent
person can doubt. Tho company bu oxpraos-
ad its determination not to put tbo harvester
npon tbo markot nntil IU sucoete has bun
domonrtrated beyond a doubt. Mr. Mason
will go along quietly aad systematically recti
fying snob defects u ho can find ana Intro*
Boeing such improvements u suggest then*
ulveetoblsmind. Ho la now bosy develop
ing Mine points wbioh he believes will solvo
tho oh it I <1 fficoKiu in the way of o complete
•uccns He will probably ba able to tut
tbculdcMnsxt Wednesday, when another
I riel of the harvester will bu mado before a
delegation of Toms planters.
The Toot Mode.
SinTr.B, B. C„ October 13.—l8pecUl.]—The
success of tho Maun cotton picker, which wu
^tnE
vootlog of the crop. Whilst tho machine can
not pot bo termed a complete an ooeat, yet It la
to surly perfected u to satisfy those wbfi saw
It work today, that in time It will sapansde
manual labor iu gathering the staple from tho
•telka. Several rigid practical toots wen made
in tbo prceeaco of roprountatlvu from several
leading cotton exchanges and others.
Tbo Now Yolk cotton exchange
wes represented by Messrs. Tt. If. Ecundtru,
IfcC. tetb rpn and Thomas fit. Facte, proil-
drnt; A.W. Toft, of the f'herlostun chamber
of cooiuicrrc. awl uosilr atluztn prominent
ettivensof that plaee were present, as were
also Colonel D. P. DanoM, president of tho
South Carolina Agricultural aad Meohaaloal
society; W. I*. Langtry, of Newark, K. 3.\
Captatu F. W. Hawaso, editor of tho (Urartu-
ton Nows and Uonrlar; J. D. Jerry, collector
of tba port of Cherluton, besldu corns-
ff ndents of northern and waatsra nowspapers.
r.C.T. Meson, tho Inventor of the har
vester, wu prauttt, bnt did not operate tks
meebira.
The test eon trad at 11 o'eloch In a thru sen
field about oaa mils from town. Tho party of
visitors openl hair on hoar In examining tho
carious muhialrol devisee in tks Muon work
shop, and tbs favori ter explained tba structure
of tbo has vaster, then it wu brought out sad
taro moire wu hitched to It, Vue eanatlal
principle of |he mochlno te tho operation Into
iho cotton plants of a number of atonal
or lingers which are ao constructed as
to discriminate betwcon a flbrtis , and
a non-fibrot. -Thun stoma aro small hollow
linden ahoirt aa ineb in diameter and
lathe serfsco aro
•a tooth, which aro
ut ia alliptkal shaped eponiugt. Tho points
of tho tooth belag in tho open I a gas ro protect-
ad by tha aides of the opMlage aad tiring In
troduced into tho cotton, plants pan harm-
Italy over the teavtt and open bolls, and sixes
dly on tbo open cotton, trausfor it to
on the rides of tbs machine, whence it
te converted by carrier bolls te but, whiob
are suspended at tho back of the
marbles. Tbo sterna rotate around tha cylta-
due at tbs mow rate of epaod u tha planta
asove beck ward through tho machine, thus
provuttsgasy injury te tho plaute. Tha
rows of cotton between which tho sudhloo
parsed wore shout feus (sot opart. Too plants
the
wu pnrchMcd and orchards planted.
■Moult hu bun that when tke not of u I
I have nearly no peaebes,Kr. Pornril hu ahlppod
over 7,000 creteo from thlr now orchard up to!
tblo time dating the peuentyau."
I They aro folly ut forth ia a carefully pro-
pared paperbyProf.A. ft. McCtttohen.of the
Tha
kero ridges end mountain rangrr, and In art-
■ramvast number of "tliermal spotv depend-
■■PHtho oxlrtonuof hills or knobs reaching
two or throe hundred feet above Urn level of the
variri.M
-fvjtlw)
I gcti-rgl
grestt r o- less Inj-
MfoMMHHHI of from two hun
dred end liny to six hundred te be tiered to be
M|»M^^»gth|^evorobte i foe
vallf'yH ubuVt?
nitty ou jo niu ii
hou- snd Net u 1
end fifty to six hundred tBMM
r mora clroumateaeei the meet far
each. This Home to hold goods
mmSm^Htt otovotlon of tte veil
MS level. In Iho more monn’einous portions!
the ueta, sheltered locations nt tha base ofmoul
lalne—end tke oottio escarpments-commouM
atoms the r fiacts of late frosts. Tola lsoheerrablri
In efl oouutrlca having groet lrmgnteritiwofeu-
fscc I hat are subject to frosts. In more northern I
leUtodu, where the winter Irapinece upon nun
mar. crowding oot the variable spring eeaaon. the
dlllerenceln iho eObotepf frosts te lass obaeevabte.
Thcsrcttcms of tho I'nlleo States, wheresnch dif
ferences In treat lines ere most perceptible ere
vseatoin North uaroUna, gut Teivuseaso end North
Georgia.
rovorableellnatloufor orchards exist in north
Oeugla on tho slopes cl mountains and table lends
from beau to top, and on the emote of ridgoo In
lb* valleys; In middle end south Georgia an tbo
summits of high hills end on hill slopes odjeoeot
to river volte)*- The proper location, should,
.boweeor. he mdiely determined by observed m
MMUB locully. This may bo done any foody
|j.ln ascending a high elevation ot’rotihl
cyltnf
oliout eight inchra long,
luncheda moltltnfiaof h
wets only moderately well fruited,
cental tig Immature bolls and
dtiod
leaves, owing to tha protracted dry spoil. A
large ror roatage of (ho boite watt partly
openrd wblta many otben were burst with
teen minute
bags and wi
forty right
mas, who w
tbs filmy white eobstaaco Tha hamster
wotkad rxactly eevoaitom minutes and
three or (our teag rows
meet cleaned of (he matured
cotton, bockbaehea u were passed ova w*re
pretty snll robbed, bat a few wblta pods
escaped tha kaes-teMhad cvliedere. It to es
timated that eoma eighty per cent of tbs cot
ton wu bagged at the expiration of tha —
teen minutes. Tho cotton wav taken tri
wo'gbcd and wu found to
t pounds. Nasrty all the pn
srstched tkeoperatisaef the pleker,
id that II ran nick lira thooemrt
of cotton in lea hoar*. This equals
tho work of taranty avenge bauds
After th* trial )en carreapoadast asked
Hr. Laagtro.of Naw York. whaUadtetla*
gutsbed mechanic, wbht ba thought of tho is.
veetton.and beuid:
••Of coon*. It te not yet perfect, bat, like id
great luvtalieci, emit bo perfected byriaw
rises sot a. I am craMral, however, that th*
thing, arts la tte yeuist coadMaw, te want*
cr>t. Th* priacipl* 1s neqasatleraably th*
euly correct one which aay inventor has ret
hit u|oa. This harvester, when ssade ported,
will snporsedobnmas brings ucouoa pickets.
Th* members of Use Now York cotton at-
charge, while sat so emphatic is their pitlte,
r. nevertheless, fevurebly imps eased With
a device at one of the greatest lorentiohset
Ibis age. The In renter hu lately devised
severe! wtntent Impiwremaala. which he
Above another eerihlf Ilia.
I bale the big. vl< fa-hosed plus. .
Hy slewdttrt-v iheydewnweid wvofi.
Amt efleo pstr-e. or upward tend;
with suchStwosMon aro theyfoaagbt.
Theft aosj ofiiera a tea eat la sraitt
sSfeoBa*- ,
fsadSisiSfasishs
It Is a well huol
MS-WS.'
roniuntly rent nl
ditto contact «ll
snmrtM
radMUon iif heats
IM formation of fi
•tratom of air
no surface ef '
WcSSiV -
the berth, end thoe prereut
and fooeta. A white sheet
sure, tided boetrontelly a fow foot above tho earth
wifi bar* the effect or a ctorat over tho surface 41
lion id mo hbo WIJ|in I, low decree, lo ulni p*
lud at their bsect In this way the protection nl
ftoltoateuMet os near thy base of mountain auy
Itmeybelmpertsiit lo state, la Ontario avoid
mtsopprehenaloo, theta aerate freesc-eurh as
souietuaae, but rasriy, ocerue after the peachtreos
aro la full blooan-mny aaauaalte deeuaeilvu to
froll on elevated places and tearing It unhurt in
the low grounds
The National Crop Ita poets,
Washington, October ll.—The crop rqport
of the depar'meet of agriculture for October
fists iocel estimates of yield per acre of email
gains, with tba condition of corn, potatoes and
■ ' ~ Vly harvested
other late crops. Tba area act** _
te now tbo principal object of
deter lain* Use. The result
little frost
oxsot
will
very mue non aa lacroara
of 100.000.CtX) buabote over tbs crop of last
yoar. But* averggroof tho principal states
ere: Naw York 17 hoebhla. Pennsylvania 11,
Evntseky 11 AObto 18.7,Michigan lb it,Indiana
18,1, Illinois 13.1, Wtoroaetn 1SJI, Mlnnsseta
17.0. Iowa 17.8, Missouri HJt, Kensas 11, Ne
braska PS, Dakota 10.8, California Usurer*
UK. The average y laid pae acrosf oats teaufi
bnahete, maklag scrap ef ever bOO.OOfi.OJO
bushels, Th* tisls valley sveregeeover thirty
btehete per acra; Iowa ever thirty-four bnsk-
ate, with slower jleliUaMteMurt, fCeosaa; srnt
tneoenthera states.. ^ .: .
Latham. Alexander A Co.'a Eatlmste.
Nsw Yeax. October 18—The fearteonth
aanaal book of return itxstettes, eoaspilsd hy
Kim Latham, Atexuder A 00., ef Now York,
Joel published, conutoa estlmeteo of this year's
rotten crop from near two .thousand correspond-
enu throughout the southern states. A summary
ot the estimate* make- Use total crop o( this yeu
hates. ^
A Vellowtsh Cost
Upon tbs tongue, particularly aaar Ua base, te
atiteaif eotlictent'tojdaaot*Mtlionsn***an ail
ment to th* development of which tbo hqt
weather—it Bay bo remarked ia purieg—te
extremely favosablo. and which autama often
bring* In IU train u a lingerie* legacy. If
not mated led—which It speedily may he with
Ueetettex's btemath Bitten—then feliew Sg.
enwaladdteoxdst ef the atomuh and he '
doll pains beneath th* lewox right tike.
see asd headache. A prompt nee oftht
valao Mo specific it always desire hie mo matter,
whit the sessae. Lpon tke User it exerts aa
taflueaeo directly beneficial. Ta* bde, tho
■ mtoira daw boiag reltevsd hy the
i of tho how olo. restirei te its esutfel
asd th* putties of it which has
fotoed ita way into aad coaumiaated tba
bleed ia expelled. Th* sumach also reseosM
its digeativ* function. BUeuuiattera, fever
aid axM aad hldaey txisuhtes ate* eoccomh th
Ik* BUtei*. '
i duveted te the streetW*-
riffiraSnraffiliffps
vitueeseat ia tela paper.
Sefrete,
e. pas*
hie lu-
Whet i queer combine
Insolence, pride, gab. Impudence, vanity,
J< oiousy, hue. sooro, boanero. Insanity,
itooer, truth, wisdom, rirtoe, nrhemnr.
Is shat whimsical Uyed celled maul |
Who can fathom Urn depths of his lunate dtp ter-
Uff
Kvon under clouds of slogalardsnaty, i
01 mysterious asoy beck ceiled mat!
Rr can he Use eouree of beuscly bmulity. •
Be modem and mooh, or lodelge la hlloilly,'
bca airs eadkrseae of eatartly toteUly
Or equal thoderil Is daring rasooUiy,
thucurtou. enigma crijedmro.^^
Jut Oao—at Jut M. - I
From lbs PhttedfilpklaOaU. . , j
8ho—Six; yon mut not Jcim mo.
Ho-Juatoae.
Bhc-siop, air, or 1 shall call for assistance.
He (friDg)-Ob, very well. Pardon me.
fihefdrtalDlBf him)—A! the acme lime leal euro
them te noons within boating.
A gen Francisco Sunday.
Eton the Alti CftUforais.
"O’Donaril and hi* crowd at one end of tbo
send lota; the Salvation Army at tho other:
cltciie end o tteotall gscss going os '
an Itinerant preecbex holds fsrih
bum the text: ‘And Jeans looked
city aad wept."'
In Cleveland, 0^ not long ago a bank tHroc-
raakadtlwoaahtei: "la Mr. — goodf" “That
onwkotber you Inquired In a 6udward ot
d sense," replied the ooshter. "I mean
1, of eosuse," sold the dimeter, “In a
ansa," replied tho cashier. “Mr, ■—to
_ d; A No. t. No man la tho ohurch can
prey loader. But In a man ward eeuse I am sorry
to say that bote tricky." It tetumcleut to ay that
tho note ol Mr. — wu
Whore Wives Are Traded,
El Croniata do Morelos,* paper published Iu
Mexico overs that It te onetomasy among tho In
dians of tho 7on*catepec district of that country
toexahaagg wives, Oeeaelonally them trades see
permanent, but more often they an for a stlputel-
.ad leagth of Umo, at th* expiration of whloh esoh
women roturu to her forma husband, end the
event Is celebrated In each family by a roast, at
which tbo pulque flows freely. When tho wives
cannot ho Haded even, a dog, cot or pig te added
lo auks tbo barter fair. In thq dt»-
Motor Tenon go, at TeeoaOacac, tho etlU more
novel custom eiUla of soiling or trading olr ip oth
ers-In-law. A very fair article of mother-in law Can
bo bought for a lamb ot inciting pig.
Tor Love of Whisky.
From Iho Philadelphia Nows.
In northern Axle bow (hop aro staking
whisky of reindeer milk, which It slob In alcohol.
“Why do you drink that The Kafr* arid a, tom-
resume man to a toper.
“Becaoea, my deer air," wu Us* crushing reply,
"It isn’t thick enough to otL"
A Boston whisky dealer bought a cheap ooB*.
pot a foor-and-soran-elghths-gallon keg of rye
whisky Inside, eemwtd splat* oo the ltd of the
coffin,oa which won engraved the nose, ago and
btrthplaoo of tbo alleged corpse, boxed the oofitn
u usual end eMpped It to a town in Maine. Thoro
an undertakes took charge of the box.tuddiovc
ten miles Into tho country before the coma wu
opened end the liquor rooratrod.
That Abxout-Mlndod Has,
From the Texas Sittings.
A certain Houston, Texas, jadga te vary
tee rued and dignified, but sumswhat absent mind
ed. Its has an almanac in hie riBc* with a blank
place, heeded: "Things to bo Bomembond.'' Trie
blank place he bu filled out wkh the following
Towuhmyfeco.
. To put on a clean shirt.
..Tedsmu Grover <
To pay my taxes.
To settle board oi
To shove myself.
To think God for HI*
N. a—Tho Judge hu privets Mt reliable Infor
mation that Use president la net going to make any
chauga in tha offiew fa which the judge I* as ap
Newspaper 1'orsouaUtte*.
From the Wuhingtoa Poet.
Nowepapurs frequently boar down hud an
candidate*. It. Z. Llaaey. nionlag foe congrera
lu North GaroUue. hu withdrawn, ana thutax
plrias:
I god mytalf ia apoelUoooo mortal man can
■land. 1 cannot endure ihe ahum aad sascarm
which will b* heaped npon ate daring ihe aegt
six weeks I am attacked upoa say war record,
good though It he. Every nawepapa la tea state
Is attacking me. tweutfi latherthau oontlnue
such a rahTMs, bo con taut to make my living by
plowing wlth-a little hull on a farm Handing on
edge: but I can do belter. 1 hare a good landed
utete. a good wife, a happy Dually of tartly jchU-
draa. and I will go to them and be at peace.
Tbe'VnrvlraloflheUUeH" UpoUUce will by
end by oome to mua the peolstence at Use moat
tmpufienL
Fishing With a Wliltky Bottle,
From tbo Chicago Herald,
Why, they know of no other way te fish op
at Lake villa, new tbo Wisconsin Una.' 1'1( tell
you bow MV done. Tkonxuvtn up there buy,a
bottle or whisky and drink th* contents, Thai
they put th* crib back tn the bottle, rule* ghost
fire leet of line around the neck, and belt Use
hook wills a minnow. When they reach deep water
they throw the bottle* away from the boat end. weft
for results. Of cornu th* mxtle Is u buoyant sea
cork, oudlb* nation of the,worm haetbeefitet of
keeping ihebalt la*constant mot* of *i
By end by Brer Pickerel comoo along end
the oscillating ttinaow. The hook catches: Mm
before he Jmmre it, trad then the bottle bogtfs to
•coot under water oraoad stoog on the ratface.
The satires in Urn host may he pteylng
mveu-up a whisky poker, but the selnute the bet-
tie begtoe to eklp they drop everything end begin
to pull out for the Cuk uthouih a see serpent wu
after them. WHsn the bottle Is captured and the
big iquirminx pickerel removed lrou Urn Use the
nook te sehaWA aad the taahte thrown ovorcpAid
again. _______
Th* Keyliote Was fitlering.
From the can TranofscoClrreutcle.
Tba night alt > wu umewhat folded witjs
htehlcrooghtax ho HragDodhomo by daylitht
up th set oop nd re of Setter street. The can had
commenced frrantnt, but he would not take one.
He knew that bo bod mimed th* leal ou lout up.
usd ho could not uedecs tend that yeeterdey wis
o> ex sal today had eeow. To him no case ran
■after 17:10 ool'Ck, and 11 had been lAlOo olook
Hthiun. These m ist be some other c*r*. ; It*
.wu ntprtird to taoei a good many people coptlng
down town, end In trying to pouts pot what wu
op betrwdwHj reached home. A stray poll cetera,
who hod bstu left out oil night, hunt o revolver
shot, ud In ds donee of danger ran. HefOuafithe
taohrieted penttamam firing through hie own dour.
“Hriks! West ate you dolngt"
"ThilJs all riohl. Yau letasoataaa"
• What ate jou shooting si "
‘Bare It, can't tm act: 1 can't find the keyhole
of thtih door, ahd Tm snootin' In o now one.. I've
gut to get my hoy Into this Hear somehow." !
A Horrid Bx#- P l*, |
From the N. Y. Uereld. - I ,
Pilru here been offered UUmutotvotyil
ent things. Wehey* heard of rash gum
the handeoaMH gut th* hlggera behy. I
who ceula set most stoma, eggs, to eke* or
knives, or th* brat* who could swallow
wMshy. But the Woaueo'e Christian Temyeuua*
union of Burlington. N. J ., hove Just capped tte
climax of eccentricity tn this wise by tendering o
Price for "the heat specimen of a eoulqned
strankaefi."
Th* piixo to fifty dollars aad iho place ofoxhtu.
lieu tho county fair at Houat Bully this week. It
ts probable that the cesapeliUoa will be fathead
iutloue, ud untesethc Uquor saltan of Use neigh-
Iteriag country make adeutmiaedcffertthaicciw-
tou ou theappoihtaddey Is Ukaly to wu poor In
draft. But the tlodtes of the Tempotaore unsoa
have mado, vr* tsar, one serious mis lake, la-
sued of giving their prise either toe “saloon
ktepsr'oribe succwfttt leebriete, tt ehratdb*
bestowed opon Ms srife end child rtra
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