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T1 ;'aking the first correct or nearest correct guess on the number of bales of
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regular price, also our
tpril 15, 1902, will be awarded in cash as follows:
If received in January
$3,500
If received in February
$2,000
If received In March
$1,000
and assure you you \m proposition is simply this: If the correct or nearest correct guess is received In
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soliciting a continual^- If not until Nnvembe* $7,500.00. If not until December, $5,000.00. If not until
^'If not until February, $3, ■ ■>«» 00. If not until March, $1,000.00.
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PLUSES OR MARCH 31, I9C2,
|e guess is to be on the number of bale* of c< • >
Imiphia from September 1, l'JOl, to Ap 1*
Tie official figure* of the Memphis Con
^figures upon which the contest into he dec to t.
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rufiv the receipts in Memphis between the
for the paat six years are given below
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, ao matter what date of postmark.
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LOVE AND THE LAW
Folic* Called to Dtscoai«i# * Parststoot
Suitor.
If young women generally mean to
adopt the method of discouraging
p, persistent suitor* by having them ar
relflthModern courtship will n ■ be
withoucits +.J.illing moments. Hi
cent!}. ,jy- the Daily N* we,
a west side young woman summoned
the police and had her wooer arrested
because he insisted on promenading
before her home and serenading her
over the fence. Sunday evefti«;g a
south side damsel, wearied by the
persistency of her lover, ejected him
fn ’n jgFet ous. and Caused him to be
t. -sn awns in fi patrol wagon.
r Probaoly the young men of the
community will not be long in finding
out that Warrants of arrest an not die
only legal processes which may he em
ployed in such affairs, if the lav ;o
be invoked there are well-known
methods not only of preventing arrest
but of making matters exceedingly
uncomfortable for the arresting
party. A really persistent lover
equipped with the proper legal papers
need have no hesitancy about making
calls. With a search warrant he could
obtain access without difficulty to the
home of the loved one and bring her
into his presence. With a writ of in
junction he could keep out any police
officials who might seek to intrude on
behalf of the object of his attentions
•nd should he feel an aggrieved de
sire to get his presents back a writ of
replevin would meet all requirements.
Probably by that time the young
woman would have begun to make use
of a few injunctions and outer pro
ceedings on her own behalf, but not
the caller had secured a firm
legal position from which to make the
declaration of his love. Should his
declaration fail to impress her, he
might be arrested on leaving the
house, but he would then have re
course to habeas corpus proceedings
and a suit for false arrest.
The courtship of an earlier period,
when rope ladders and flashingrapiers
played a part, may have been more
spectacular, but it was subversive of
good government. It was anarchical.
The modern method, besides being
itrictly legal, is not without dramatic
moments.
Geneva or “Breeches” Bible is, of
course, here. Our first parents “sewed
fig leaves together and made them
selves breeches.” So popular was this
version that for 40 years after the au
thorized was issued the two ran side
by side. In a picture bound with a
Testament of Tvndale’s translation
“Satan is dressed a? a peasant of the
period, with a wooden leg, sowing
tares while men are asleep.” Then
there is the Vinegar Bible, so called
because of the misprint in the Parable
of the Vineyard—which appears as
“Vinegar.”
Largest Artificial Lake.
Work has been in progress for
nearly two years near Denver. Col.,
in building what, it is said, will be the
largest artificial, lake in America.
Lake Gheesman. as it is called, is more
than seven miles long, and the darn
which holds the water back is called
the strongest in the world, and is al
ready 125 feet high^though not yet
complete. There is not a .-ingle brick
in this vast piece of masonry, the
aluice ways having been driven through
a solid mountain of granite at the side
of the dam. Lake Cheesman is one
of five great sources of water em
ployed by the Denver Union Water
company. The lake is already so large
that a big boat with numerous
acows. as well as a naphtha launch,
are in constant use in transporting
materials for the construction of the
dam.
Londoners and Pawnbrokers.
More than lo,000,0"0 visits are
paid annually to London pawn
i brokers. __
A Crying Heed
The crying need of a woman is real
tears.—Chicago Daily News.
Try Us For Job Work.
tunate animal acquired a liking for
drink, with the most deplorable re
sults. It was not that he occasionally
became intoxicated and was thereby
unable to pursue his errand of mercy,
but his whole moral nature became de
praved. To such an extent had this
deterioration gone that some day? ago
he was discovered by the side of the
road in a perfectly helpless condition,
with nothing remaining of his box ex
cept the straps. He was taken care
of, and eventually got sober again,
when his conduct became such as to
excite the utmost wonder.
He whined piteously and tried to
escape. By and by he became very vi
olent, and the miners thought he was
mad. They would not let him go,but
tethered him to a long string, and
then he led them tea place on the side
of a rocky hill, where they discov
ered fragment- of the collecting box
and also the hiding place of the con
tents.
It seemed that after going his usual
round on the preceding Saturday the
dog had gone to this spot, and by some
means—probably by rolling over and
over on his back—broken the box to
splinters and released the money. He
had then concealed the coins, and,
helping himself to them as his degen
erate cravings prompted, had spent
more than half of the flione) ;n beer at
various public houses in the neigh
borhood. Great indignation is felt
with the publicans who supplied him,
for they knew the dog well and ought
to have noticed the absence of his col
lecting box. And, moreover, afterthe
first four or five drink- his condition
must have been a matter for remark.
The dog is now under careful re
straint, and it is hoped that he may
yet again resume his useful labors.
AN EMBEZZLING DOG.
a* Wasted oa bier Fundi Maant for
Charity.
A sad story of animal depravity
comes from a northern coal district.
For some years a well-known colliery
region has been blesstd with the serv
ices of a b*own retriever, who, w ith a
collecting box strapped saddle-wise
across his back, was accustomed to
travel from pit to pit begging coppers,
or even higher contributions, on be
half of a sick and benevolent
I fund. In this way he has some
times obtained as much as 22
1 shillings in a single week, says the
London Express, and the fund itself
has been the means of doing an im
mense amount of good. Of course the
; miners themselves have been contrib
uting out of their weekly earnings,
but the dog excited so much interest
among them by the faithful perform
ance of his mission that they readily
put their 6pare coppers into the box
he carried.
Some time ago the dog happened to
call at a public house, where he know
a good many of his patrons would be
assembled. Besides dropping pen
nies into his box and regaling hun
with biscuits some of them used to let
him take a sip or two out of their
mugs of beer. In this way the imfor
A NEIGHBORHOOD NURSERY.
PU» (or Having Children Cared For at
Small Coat
“Establishing a neighborhood
nursery will not be difficult if you
know any young woman whom all the
children love, and who has to work
for a living,’’ writes Berthie Fogg
Anthoine, in the Ladies’ Home Jour
nal. “If so, suggest to her that she
take charge of the neighborhood ba
bies from three to seven years old
for a certain sum p^r month. A largo
playground and a big room are nec
essary. The playground should have
a heap of small stones and several
mounds of nice dry sand. The play
room should have plenty of floor
space. The governess should over
look the play and keep the tangles
straightened out. She should punish
only in exceptional cases, and by the
mildest means, but she should inter
fere before a quarrel has reached dan
gerous proportions. As to the finan
cial arrangements, circumstances
must govern the details. The aver
age female wage-earner receives five
dollars a week, for six days’ work of
eight to ten hours’duration. To the
$20 a month add five dollars for rent
i of room and playground, then divide
by the number of children enrolled.’
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A COLLECTION OF BIBLES.
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FlBMt U That of th# BibU Society
10 London.
The finest collection of Bibles in
the United Kingdom is lo be found in
[lie library of the Bible society. Queen
_;ctoria street, which includes the
\onderful collection made by Mr.
^'ry, of Bristol, says the London
ronicle. Some of the renderings of
iliar passages are exceedingly
lint. In Coverdale's Bible, the
full Bible printed in English, we
“So that thou shalt not nede to
afrayed for ary bugges by night.”
e now speak of the bugbear or “ter
by night.” Children can better
ireciate the delight of “treacle”
f “balm of Ctiiead,” which has
copy, of the Scriptures
reacle Bible. The
NO JOKE TO THEM.
Whare Skv.nWa Ware Nnmaroua Daring
tbe Autumn.
Tosay that East Deeringand Hunt's
Corners are overrun with skunks may
seem a joke to most people, but it is
far from being regarded as a joke,
says the Portland (Me.) Advertiser, b)
the good citizens of these thriving dis
tricts. These animals with the fright
ful smell are everywhere about that re
gion in unlimited numbers. In for
mer years the skunks have been plen
tiful, but never before to the extent
that they are now. Persons are timid
about going out nights for fear of
meeting a skunk, and when they do
go it is with fear and trembling.
A family living upon the high
ground report that they saw 15
skunks together one evening, and that
their grounds have been the rendez
vous for all the pests of that kind
in the vicinity. A few nights ago a
gentleman went home in the latter
part of the evening and just as he
was going to enter his front yard he
stepped on a skunk, which at onct
filled the whole neighborhood with it
: odor. He has ever since had his
clothes, including a brand-new over
coat, hanging out on a line, hoping
that the scent would leave them. At
lost accounts the garments could be
smelled for half a mile.
One day last week a lady heard !;<•:
dog barking out on the pisz.... She
opend the door to see what was it
matter, when she saw a skunk nan
three feet from the door, being held
at bay by the dog. As soon as the
skunk saw the open door he made f ■
jit, and the lady had barely t n■
i shut it and keep Mr. Skunk out of
her house.
several of the animals have been
trapped and a few have l>een shot, but
this ha? not seemed to lessen the num
ber in the smallest degree. The nui
sance continues and there is no way
to abate it, to the knowledge of those
who live there.
The other night a seoreof men were
going to their homes in an electric
car, w hen one of these animals go!
under the whpels. The skunk wa
killed, but such a frightful smell the
pas.-enger? had never experienced be
fore. It penetrated theirclothingand
they took to their homes a generous
share of the odor. One man said that
it seemed to he all through him. He
w ashed his hair and took a hath, but he
smelled as had as ever.
AN EASTERN CUSTOM.
Origin of the Bir n; of the Feet at
Worsnip
In India Hindus and Mussulmans
alike wear both sandals and shoes
(slippers), and the latter boots also.
The >andals (the word is Persian)
was evidently theoriginalcoveringfoi
the feet overall southern and eastern
Asia, while the shoe w as probably in
troduced into India by the Persians,
Afghans and Mongols, together with
the “tip-tilted” (Ilittite and Etrus
can) boot. Both are usually made in
India of leather, but never of pigskin,
and w hile the shoes are always colored
red or yellow , the boots are generally
brightly parti-colored, both, among
the upper classes, being also richly
embroidered in gold and silver and
; variegated silk thread and with ban
gles, bugles and seed pearls, after the
manner of the ancient Persian boots
represented on Greek vases. But, of
| however rare and costly elaboration,
1 the- invariable rule is to remove them
after entering a private house, just
when stepping on the mat or carpet
: on which the visitor takes his seat.
They must be cast off—the right boot
or .-.hoe first—before the worshiper
enters a temple or mosque, and it is
| still regarded as an absolute profana
tion to attempt to enter either fully
shod. But the domestic habit, says
the Athenaeum, arose out of its ob
i vious propriety, and the religious rit
ual of “the shoes of the faithful,” now
and for centuries past < b?t rved
throughout Islam, can he demon
strated to ban- beer: dictated by. if
indeed it he not derived directly from,
the universal social etiquette of the
east. _
On tin Links
First Golfer—lie doesn't play v< ry
well, but he says he's too busy to giee
more time to practice.
Second Golfer—Oh. well, if a mat
neglects golf to attend to his busi
ness. what can he expect?—London
Tit-Bits._
On: Good Point About Adam.
; Adam had his faults—but he neve;
called Eve’s attention to the super’' i
biscuits his mother manufaciuic ;
Chicago Daily News.
Alexandar’a Mole.
Alexander the Great had a largi
mole on the right side of his net-l
it w as regarded by hiscontemporari«
Hi a sign of good luck.
%, Mexican Hus
don't rtay on op new the surface, b
ttaeues to the bone and drives out *
liniment
i through the mneelea and
i tmi iadUouBMkm. ¥
For a Lame Back,
Sore Muscles,
or, in fact, all Lameness and Sore
ness of your body there is nothing
that will drive out the pained in
flammation so quickly as —
Mexican ^
Mustang Liniment,
If 3Tou cannot reach the spotyou*^
self get some one to assist you, lor
it is essential that the liniment be
rubbed in most thoroughly.
Mexican Hustang Liniment
overcomes the ailments of horses and all domestic aplmfli la
it is a flesh healer and pain killer no matter whoor wfciitkiptiMtak
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