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CIAL APPEAL to the subset ibei * r
Cotton received in Mempl.n f
hat each and every pm s tntwi >
rod V y THE MEMPHIS WEEKLY COMMER
■ 1 ■ 1 correct guess on the number of bales of
mil 15, l'*02, the only provision being
* 'ascription to
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Boy’s Overt Tho QtH
, . The first correct or nearest i . ;
rpgfulur prifvjpeptember i, 1901, to April 15, ty -s.
SHOE
APPEAL
»».-/ of (ho South.
• ,r of I: i< i of Cotton received in Memphis
: , avtanhd in csA\ i\fi follows:
- * received !n December
you with the.
received
$5,000
A A
and assure
If received in February
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V,«^pSW'W' w
If received in March
$1,000
.. . . To be plainer, the p- 1 li s: ii the correct or nearest correct guess is received in
soliciting’ ptember the fortunate •' • . •m on In ca.il 1. If not received until uctober, the gueascr
11 receive $9,000.00. If not . 000. if r.ot unnl December, $5,000.00, If not until
.uary, $3,500.00. If not until ^ r not until March, $1,000.00.
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MUTEST GLOSES G)i WJT.ZH 3!, SC
•« teidpight, tn»t the guess 14 to be on the • ur ><*-of ! >
top received in Memphis from Sej t~u . 1. ml. i
inclusive, the official figur. -, «,? • ;.r, ( i, < , .
cbangrto be the figure* upon which the com* -* i- t K
In erder to help f very one to figure clos \ a \ en
to make s close guess, the receipts in M■ tnph « i >
dotes mentioned for ».be past six years are given below
KmHr of bole* «>f cotton rri*p!v« *l Ir
from Wept. 1. 14»t, to April li*. 1
Vanbcr of boles of cotton received la
??emph!s
N /».»1
from Wept. I, to April IS, t .• '* if*?
Iomb«r of bate* nr cotton retell e*1 in vuiphla
from Wept. 1, im. to April 1 «>, I hul .S42,
Bfnmber of bdslea of cotton rcccltod In Sru.phl«
IVoin Wept. 1, 1197, to April 1.1, lwiH C4
Wnmber of Hole* of cotton rci fh* 4 la *>»Vuipiiia
IVom Wept. 1, 1 994, to April 15, 1M * ... ?1SJ
Bfnmber of bnlea of cotton received in X.cmphia
from Wept. 1, |9®9. to April II, 19 -n .... f79
famber of bale# of cotton received In
from Wept. 1« 1 WOO to April 11, 1901 61!H
.004
,240
,24 4
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,190
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TvY ADVICE.
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adopt
~ F# ig strange ivei * Fine *'r <-cn'
become^ <*U*rme of tourt
fare of the cot*, n country district
comes a candidate0’ fa-’E a business
le iiour, l strolled
ttr-*room, where 1
try
is only famusing6ctTie. Thejus
t « aligllte^ojnpoiiB official, with a
mouthing* a trombone, took it upon
hhi, be Ij examine a witness, a little,
tSiey fin old mac, whose face was us
.cfoakiirg.vrinkled as a herring.
•at is your name?’’ atked the
^fh-’e.
Why, squire,’’ said the astonished
witness, “you know ray name just as
well as I know ycurn.”
“Never y'ou mind what T know or
what I don’t know'.’’ was the caution.
given with magisterial severity. “I
ask the question in my ofliciai capac
ity and you’re bound to ar.su er it.”
With a contemptuous snort the wit
ness gave his name, and the question
ing proceeded:
“Where do you live?”
“YVal, what next?” ejaculated the
old man. “Why,” he continued, ap
pealing tothc laughir.glisteuers,‘Tve
lived in this town all my life, and so’s
he,” pointing to the justice, “an’ to
hear him go on you’d think—”
“S i >cce!” thui i ercdiheiratemag
istrate. “Answer my question, or I’ll
fine you for contempt of court.”
Alarmed by the thnet the witness
named his place of residence, and the
examination went on.
"What is your occupation?”
"Eh?”
■ "'*\“What do you do for u living?”
•Oh, git out, squire! Just as if you
don’t know that I tend gardens in the
summer season and saw wood in the
winter!”
“As a private citizen 1 know it, but
as the court I am not supposed to
know anything about you,”explained
the perspiring justice.
“Wal, squire,” remarked the puz
zled witness, “if you know some
thin’ outside the courtroom and don’t
know nothin' in it. you’d better git
out an’ let somebody try this case
that’s got seme sense.”
The advice may have been good,
but it cost the witness $10.—Chicago
Journal.
DISCOVERED BY ACCIDENT.
Eow Asphalt Came to Le Ussi tor Street
Pars meats.
Coui
All forms of bituminous pave
ments, whether matulactured from
natural.or artificial asphalt, are m
faoi artificial stone pavements. Ihe
industry. started with the use of the
natural rock asphalt from the mines
in the Vai de Tiavtis, Canton Xeiti
chafcl, .Switzerland. The mines were
discovered in 1721, but it was in lb-iU
fu.jH ^that its utility a* a toad covering was
. . %lt noticed. The'rock was then be*
i ' g miiud* says Municipal J. urr.al
* 1 n Enquirer, for the purpose of ex
0iv w,l ting the bitumen contained in if
use in,medic ne and arts. It is
estone fonnd impregnated with
oi which it.yields, on an
14 per cent.
I It was observed that pieces of rock |
which fell from the wagon were j
crushed by the weight of wheels, and ;
under the combined influence of the 1
traffic and heat of the run a good road
surface was produced. A macadam
road of asphalt rock was then made,
which gave very good results, and
finally, in 1854, a portion of the Rue
Bergere was laid in Paris of com
pressed asphalt on a concrete founda
tion. In 1858 a still Urger sample
was laid, and from that time it has
been laid year by year in Paris. From
Paris it extended to London, being
laid on Threadnecdle street in 1869,
and Cheapside in 1870. and in suc
I cessive ye^s o'A other streets.
A pathetic message was received
day there cam* a pigeon to the hom
ingloft at rlimant’s Ilarborconveying
news of tffe serious illness of Mrs. K.
A. Young. The silent messenger that
flew across 20 miles of =eas to Ten
ant’s Harbor was found to have seven
No. ^ shot imbedded in her body and
winf's. With this injury by a thought
less sportsman, the bird had flown
across with her message, and, true to
instinct, the bird had delivered her
message. Shortly after the home
coming the bird died.—Kennebec
l^eoa.
(Me.) Journal.
.1
.¥ ark.
“ ‘Yes, I know; hut you see. I am a
space man and want to get in as much
stulf as possible.'and he began again.
•Finally, after thanking me for my
courtesy, and promising me to ‘fix i
things all right ” I got rid of him.
“Of course J belived him. and the
next morning lost no time in procur
ing a copy of his paper, for 1 natur: !!j
supposed that after such a terrible
court of inquiry my interview would
take up a column at the very least. To
my annoyance, however. ] wa- unable
to find it anywhere. I looked at the
first page and then at the last; all in
vain! and I was about to give up the
search as a bad job, when, quite ac
cidentally, I espied the following
paragraph, sandu iched in between
two medical advert is. »:•. uts:
“‘Herr Kiith Iteumert. the Danish
character actor of the Royal theater, i
Copenhagen, anlvtd in this city Ian |
eight, lie expresses himself as de- |
lighted with Chicago, and says Bern- |
kardt is the greatest living actres.-.’ ” .
—N. Y. Times.
SYML'OLS IN A CARPET.
feniani W«»ve Various Sentiments Inte
Thsir Work
During the shah'.- last stay in Pari* 1
he paid a visit to the Gobelins, where ,
he showed a most appreciative in- i
tert:-t in all that he saw. Before a re- I
markably fine Persian carpet, given to
the museum by M. Goupil, he re
mained for some time, interpreting
for himself the symbolical allusions
thickly embroidered upon it, which,
however, he declined to translate into
French, A few days since the mys
tery was cleared up. There arrived
in Paris the manager of the imperial
carpet weaving factory in Teheran,
who state that he had been commis
sioned by the shah to study the meth
ods of manufacture in use at the Gobe
lins. To him the director applied for
a solution of the legends of theearpet
which had so captivated the shah.
Thereupon the Persian began to read
out a running translation: “A car
pet fm the ruler of tin earth; superior
ity for his feet; how beautiful it is;
it is in his cabinet and knows his se- j
crets. It is pleasant 3s Paradise, and 1
brighter than the Academy of Mari'
(a Persian painter) for it contains all |
the colors of China. The nightingale 1
. , ^ I
corning to perch upon it cannot tear j
itself away from its loveliness. Nei-i
i thcr winter nor autumn can ever
change the tints of the carpet.’' This
is a good deal for one carpet to sig- !
nifv, but critics say that it is justified ;
in holding a high opinion of itself, it
is about three centurks old.—Lon
don Pall Mall Gazette.
Tae i.u. ,i.n.i Army. ! .
The Bulgarian army is ccmposed of
30.000 men. well drilled, equipped in '
| the Get man style, and oiconizid bj •
Russian < fficers upon the hr ?s.au sys
tem. Every man between the age# ofj
20 and 24 years is obliged to do .
tarydutyfcrfiveycais.althotiglilic.- |
suhnaE. *tr.ay escape service by the
Ultra Stylish.
An Atchison girl went to Net.
York some time ago and bought a
very stylish cloak, it is so ugly, now
that she has it home, that she' is
, ashamed to wear u down town.—
Atchison Globe.
EXPERIENCE WITH REPORTER
A E,st.a;ubhed Danish Author Tells oi
an lnisrrlew.
Herr Elith Reuniert, the noted
Danish actor, who visited the United
States this summer, tells this story of
his experience with a Chicago im
porter.
“I had just arrived in Chicago,after
a fatiguing journey, when the bellboy
brought me a card stating that Mr. M.
of the Clarion would be infinitely
grateful to me if I would grant him an
interview. Never before nor since
■ have I met such an interviewer. Here
arc some of the questions he asked me:
“ 'What do you think of the coming
yacht races?’
“ ‘What is your opinion of tke steel
strike?'*
*‘‘I)o you not think that the local
professor who said that Mr. Rockefel
ler is a greater man than Shakespeare
is utterly wrong?’
“I replied as best I could to these
questions, but when he asked me
what I thought of your country's for
eign policy I grew »!:gi:;ly nervog?.^
and mildly informed him that I really
; was unable to venture an opinion on
'such a subject; and that I thought he
■ had already material enough for a
; bock, to which he replied:.
ENTERPRISE.
Bill Poster Placed "Ad” Where It
Would Be Read
When a bom1 falls in the street ihc*
pedestrians stand along the edge of
the sidewalk to watch the frantic ef
forts of those who are attempting to
put the horse on his feet again. Out
cf 50 men in the street there may be
three who understand horses and
know what to do.
There is usually some self-pos
sessed man wiio runs up, and, stand
ing at arms’ length, begins to unsnap,
unbuckle and unhitch until the
frightened animal is free to scramble
to his feet, lie comes up snorting
and trembling. Then the nervous
driver looks at the hor-e’s legs to see
if they have been bruised in the full,
and. if they haven't, he usually jerks
the horse by the bit so that he wili
know better than to fall down the
next time.
A horse fell on First avenue the
other day, relates the Milwaukee Sen
tinel, and the little crowd which as
sembled on the sidewalk expected to
see an ordinary everyday accident re
peated, but when the beast was urged
to stand up he rolled e ver, straight
ened his legs, showed the white of his
eyes and gave a groan. Two minutes
afterwards he was dead. The carcass
was pulled to one side of the street
and lay there all day. Nearly even -
one who passed by paused a moment
to look at it. Even a dead horse
arouses a sort of morbid curiosity.
About two hours after the sudden
death a man in a suit of “jumpers’’
and carrying a paste bucket and brush
and a bag stuffed with “bills” came
along, lie stopped when he saw the
horse, and, after looking both ways,
he proceeded to daub the carcass with
paste and spread a fiery theatrical
poster where it could he seen by all
w ho passed.
He knew that he had put his bill
where it would lie read, and he went
away whistling, moved by no other
feeling than one of professional
pride.
iilE. MAGIC NUMBER.
Verioas Theories as to What It Is —Take
Your Choice.
“I often hear of the magic num
bf r.',' ?aid sc me one. "What number
L- it?”
“Why, nine, of course,” replied
some one else. “There are nine
Muses, you know, and you talk of a
nine days' wonder. Then you bowl at
i :ne pin.-, and a eat has nine lives.”
“.Vmsen.M br< k< in another.
‘‘Sever; is the magic number. Sev
enth heaven, don't yon know, and all
that. Seven ’;t- in the rainbow;
?evt n days in the w eek; sevi nth son of
a seventh son—great fellow; and—”
"Tush, tush!” remarked a third.
“h;ve'.' the numberyou mean. A man
ha> five fingers on his hand and five
toi s en his foot, and he has five senses;
and—”
“Three is undoubtedly the magic I
number.'’ interrupted another, "be- !
( lime people give three cheers, and j
Jonah was inside a whale three days
and three nights, and it at first you
don t succeed, try, try again—three
times, you see!”
This was received'with some con- !
tempt by the- i oinpauy, and a soulful j
youth gushed out:
“Two. oh, two is the magic r.um-1
her! One's self and one other! The
adored one! Just us two!”
A hard-featured individual, who !
had been listening to the conversa- :
tion hitherto unmoved, here re-j
marked, in a harsh voice: „
“The magic number is Number]
One in this world, and if you want to
succeed, never forget it.”
An interval of deep thought on the |
part of all followed, after which they
went in -ilently to supper.—London
Tit-Bits. _*_
School Gardening.
Scientific gardening is taught in
the national schools of Sweden and
in the seminaries for the education of
national school-teachers. There is a
school garden in nearly every rural
school district in the kingdom. The
garden is pi.; < d near the school
hoiijc. arid,11.0 chi’ ' -on receive prac
tical instruction in the cultivation of
plants, berries, tlowers. herbs and
fruits, the management of hot-beds,
greenhouses and so forth. The par
ishes are required to furnish the neces
sary ground for th gardens, and
trees and shrubs are annually given to
the children to be planted at their
Lomas.
Bis First Tr p Abroad.
A man'- first trip abroad takes all
the conceit out of him, but his com
ing back fills hin\ full again to over
tluw;t'g.—Chicago Daily News.
Disigmsa ’ j 1-iXatursd
Some people art so good-tip' o:< ■'
they are disagiccabie.—Au.....s.
(imle.
A toad l :~r
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fufi’ers ro rr.r
that is tortured vii.< •'
Sores, Sprains, c+<\ it>
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far and wide as
Mexzcan
Mustang’
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Never fails—riot even in tho mostc:^’
Cures caked udder in c >ws quicker i
remedy. Hardly v c ■ o j "eu', r l >
or joints that cannot Lo cur : by it.
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