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CIAL APPEAL to the subscribers making tbe first correct or newest correct gdess on the number of bales of
Cotton received in Memphis from September 1. 1'vOl, to and including April 15. I1-*0-, the only provision being
that each and every guess must be accompanied by 50 cents for a year’s subscription to
They Crest Nows, Eirwi ai:J fnrrstZy Jazsrtzc.
The first correct or nearest correct guess on tlie number of br
from September i, iqoi, to April 15, 1902. wiii be awarded i > cash • :
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THE MEMPHIS
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I0IAL APPEAL
c f ibo Sauzt,f.
i of Cotton received In Memphis
If received in December
*S5jOOO
If received in January
ten
if received in FeaiH-ry
e O rVs‘ ’1
If received in March
i,000
To be plainer, the proposition is
September the fortunate guesser \\ ill ref
will receive $9,000.00. If not ur.1 Nover '
January, $3,500.00. If not until I cbrunry, t
THE MEMPHIS WEEKLY POMMEL
of the United States. At only SO cents a year
farm matter by Prof. S. M. Tracy; a woman'.- a m i
with Dr. Tahnage’s Sunday sermon and a Sunc.
market reports; Washington gossip, and man , i
this: It thelci
;o.ogo.oo in cr>‘
$7,500.00. If
r/>> 00. li not ii
AL APPEALi
’.rest
by .V
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new
Paper fan He Sent to Any Address anil t.u< - a ( ditrd t t t*6r:y
tees is received In
fober, the guesser
5,000.00. If not until
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farm and family jonrnal
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Ainued story; the latest
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CONTEST CLOSES ON MARCH 31, 1932,
at midnight, but the (press is to be .
received in Memphis f,om b<
inclusive, the official figures
to be the figure s upon is ; ..
to help every one to tigi
to make a close gums*, tlie recci..
dates mentioned ior the pant s.ii ,
Mamher nr biUea «r eottnn reolvil In tlemntii
Iron Meot. l k* t, tu tpitl I v, lr s
la umber «f bales of cotton receive t In ' ,
from Wept I, J «#(J, to A pi ,1 ! A, I •
aanber oflmloi (1f notion o-, ■*, > „
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natalM'r or bntea of entton reeeli, . i . ,b;
from Kept. J, ism, <„ April 1-1 »
Humber of bales of eottou re,-t-v , .
from Slept. 1, I HUS. to April I ,
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THIS AND TEAT
don
The
con
rided
!i shells,
fius form
Four immense searchlights and /"0
incandescent lights will be turnon on
Yosemite fails.
all islanders are
*6 made of
off,
horn,
on of wjueen Eliza
e roads in the neigh
were so bad ihat
twice stuck in the
way to Westm tpter, and
was compelled so alight
e vehicle was pried .jut of the
iy the attendants.
United States government has
ken formal possession^ of the site
.which has been securecWor the r.aval
station at Charleston, S. (1, and the
raising of. the flag ‘marked the first
occupation. The dry dock, the plans
forwhich have already been approved,
will be erected at a cost of $1,250,000.
There is a steady demand for dis
carded champagne corks, says the
New York Press, the price being half
a cent each. In swell cafes they go
to the porter who cleans up the room
and sets things to rights behind the
bar. In small ginmills they are the
perquisite of the bartend or, who does
his own cleaning up.
It is estimated that one county on
the eastern shore of Virginia, con
taining a population of about 13,000,
gold this year 550.000 barrels of Irish
potatoes at a p><frit of $1,000,000,
which means yhat every man, woman
and child iy the county would be sn
f titled to, deceive, if the* money were
distributed pro rata, something mere
^ihan $75 from one crop alone.
The origin of the name “She1 viy.’’
as applied to a Jew, according *> the
New York Sun, is uncertain, f -me
persons think that it arose because
the Jews, when persecuted or nnn oyed
in Germany, cursed their tormentors,
using the phrase roeshek no -hire' .
| “mar you be cursed with t he five great
curses,’’and so were called “sin
another origin derives it from the
French chien, a dog, g'ven to the
Jews hy the Normans: a tfcrd makes
it originally a term of honor, derived
from the initial Shin.
THE PRO AND CUN.
of * Nation*! Val&.illa Has Tw6
S des to It.
Platt's recent suggestion
McKinley sheuid'have
been buried in Vi ashii gton, “sothat
visitors at the national capital could
ilv visit the toir.b of tie man they
” has inspired the Christian
Work to proclaim the need of a “Na
tional Valhalla/’ where our presi
dents, statesmen, captains and other
men may be buried. " Props r
it says, “our great men belong to
their last resting place
be accessible to the people,
and Madison are buried
ia, Webster in Massaebu
y in Kentucky, Lincoln in
diana, Scott
a New York,
Dbio. This
is an iinpies
involving
an appeal to a high and lofty patriot
ism in visiting the tombs of the great
men of a country which may not
lightly be ignored. But how can this
be possible with our great men in
terred at different points in a country
extending from the Atlantic to the
Pacific, from the great lakes to the
gulf? Congress should take hold of
this matter.” This idea has its attrac
tions, of course, but its execution
would involve certain danger which
our pious and patriotic contemporary
has apparently not considered with
care, suggests the Xew York Times.
To whom, or to what body, for in
stance, would it intrust with the de
cision of claims to interment in the
National Valhalla? The opportunity
for unseemly controversies, and still
more unseemly selections, would he
very great. It is well, occasionally,
to visit the resting places of the noble
dead, but perhaps isolation adds to
the impressiveness of such resting
places, and the ei tie ns wh cli one
of them excites in the sensitive mind
would hardly be proportionate'.}’ in
creased by a dozen or a hundred in a
single group. The truly great are not
forgotten, wherever they may lie, and
the establishment of an American
Westminster abbey would not neces
sarily or altogether be an improve
ment upon the simplicity of our own
system.
rossiDuiues o. norm windows.
Few people appreciate the possibib '
itics of sunless northern windows,;
{where “flowers will not bloom.” j
Wh^n given “classical” treatment !
with such beautiful-leaved plants as;
I palms, ferns, dragon-tree*, crotons, j
! ivies and araucarias, which require no j
i direct sunlight, they may be made as
attractive as any windows in the J
house.—Ladies’ Home Journal.
WHAT WEARY WILLY LIKES.
Easy Cooking as It Is Done cn tus
Roads <1j.
“The tramp way of cocking a :
, chicken is the cnty way,” said cue of
the fraternity the other day. “rim
steal one for yourself, wring her head
clT, pack her into a handful of mud,
, throw her into the fire, leave her thcr«
for about 40 minutes, lift her cut,
break the mud shell, and there you are.
a la French ehefly. Why, it can’t be
beat! You never see them after the
chicken is taken cut of the fire.
“Ducks, geese and other feathered
fowl may be treated in the same way.
“Then there's chew-pattys, as we
call ’em. You lift a hatful of flour
from a passing bread cart,and borrow
a piece of suet from your butcher.
Thai’s ail you want in the way of in
gredient?. Have a rice hot fire be
tween two bricks; put y cur suet on the
lid of an old tin box. and melt it over j
the fire for three minutes. Mix the ;
flour with a little water, and cut the
mixture into fancy shape's; place the in j
in the boiling suet, and bake until ,
brown. Mother Beetem couldn’t j
beat ’em. We chapeee live if you only
knew it. Then there’s the innocent
looking hedgehog. Why. he’s the best
eating in the world. We cook him
much the same as a chicken,’cept that
-.it. .. .
when the mud cracks we know he's
done. The bristle# all come off with
the baked mud, and leave behind the
daintiest morsel ever you k no wed.”—
London Answers.
TIME AND TIDE.
Will Eventually Glv* Ui a Day Forty
Ei 'ht I.ours Lons;
Sixty million 'ears hence, set- -til
ing to Sir HobeufeLJail, the famous
astronomer, day will be about twice
as long as it is now, or, in other words,
it will take the earth approximately
■id hours to revolve on its axis in
stead of 21. This is based upon tin
theory that an equal number of years
ago the day was only half as long as it
is now.
Sir Robert Hall gave a lecture un
der the direction of the University of
Chicago Lecture association, taking
for his subject "Time and Tide.” lie
began with a story dealing with a
period earlier than history, earlier
than life, telling of the-changes which
time and tide have wrought and the
manner in which the tides were in
creasing-the length of the day.
He dtscribed the chasms on the
moon, the picturesque views of the
satellite, and gat.- an explanation of
the constancy of that planet. He re
cited the succession of life on this
globe and gave a “glimpse through
the corridors of time.” describing the
mighty Atlantosaurus, the birth ol
the moon, the* dawn of light and a
sample of what the earth was once
1 ike.—C h icago Record-H era I d.
Tur rrt r*inrr
Briihh Tar% Ehout an Acciptabis Eob
otiiat* for ths s.-ap s-jioie loo^u»
Ce il Rhodes was greatly amused
some time ago when he was coming
home from the Care on a Castle liner.
While, passing Cherbourg, several v>~
sels of the French channel squadron
were drawn up in line to salute ex
Fmpri-s Kugenie’s yacht. The
Frenchmen who were spread out or
the yards of their vessel shouted
"Vive FI in pera trice." The Castle
liner's captain, wishing to show his
respect to the empress, got his mer
ready to salute, hut in the short time
at hi# disposal he could r.ot school his
crew to repeat the French word#
“Tell them to say “Beef, lemons am:
cheesed " suggested Rhode.-, playful
ly. and to his utter amazement, the
yacht was greeted with a deafenim
yell of “Beef, lemons aril cheesed
w hich entirely drowned the voices cl
the French sailors. The ex-empro.-i
i.« stated to have expressed great pleas,
ure at the compliment afterward.—
M. V. Commercial AdvertUm.
Ar.z ui’j Wild ITorsts.
There are thousands of wild homo
roaming the ranges jn the B< boqua
vari country, Arizona. They con s
down from the mountains in gruu
bauds, stampeding the stock aim
tearing their way to the w ater holes
They are as wild as deer. They move
in great bodies, and after wateringrp
turn to the mountains as though
hunted. Once a day the journey . :
from 20 to 25 miles is made, and 'he
■■ . is torn to } ,i - : \ uc ;harp.
DICK MADE TEE TRIP,
I'ctn l eip. d m On' aou h He Didn't
f. e<m o
Here is a stc.y ot two wc»l known
young Balumoieans, whom we will
call Mr. Tom Blank and Mr. Dick So
and-So. Each prides himself on be
ing absolutely up to date and up to
snuff in all puincuiars. Tom called
around to see b.ck one morning a
short time ago and had scarcely j
passed througn the door before Dick
exclaimed:
“By George! The very man. Say,
Tom, 1 want to go to Boston this aft
ernoon and 1 need $?5. 1 wish you’d
let me have it. 1 really wouldn’t ask
you, but see my position.”
“Yes,” replied Torn, “a sort of j
touch-and-go or m -touch-no-go posi- ;
tion. You are better off at home,
Dick. 1th jptry cold in Bos ion.”
“Somevraat frosty here, too, it!
seems,” said Dick. “But it’s alia joke,
old man. Come in and sit down.”
“Haven't time," said Tern, “1 just i
stepped around to see if yet; wouldn't
let me have that $i< 0 you already ow e
me—if it’s perfectly convenient.”
lhck seemed to make a hurried
mental calculation, and then told his
friend that he would give him a check
for that amount, but didn’t think he ;
had quite that much in bank.
“But you can’go down and see,” ha
added.
So Tom took the check, invited
Dick to go to the theater with him
that ever, ng and hurried down to the
bunk. The paying teller took the
check, strolled back, looked at Dick’s
account and returned to the window,
shaking his head.
“How n. i does it take to make it
good?” asked Tom.
“Not allowed to tc-ll,” replied the
j teller.
Tom went to the receiving teller
and deposited ten dollar? to Dick’s
j < redit, but that didn’t make the check
, good. Another ten dollars and still
others were put up, with the same re
sult. until Tom began to perspire and
the bank people to laugh. Finally
Tom deposited his tenth ten dollars
with the remark that it was a tough
game to be up against, and he again
presented the check, only to lie met
with another shake of the teller’s
head and the information: “Very
sorry. Mr. Blank, but that account;
was somewhat overdrawn.”
Tom gave it up and dashed cut of j
the bank. ife had no sooner gone
than Dick sauntered in and asking
how much lie had to his credit was
told $95.
“Just cash me this check for $90.”
he said, “and if you see Mr. Tom
Blank to-day tell him I’m awfully
sorry I cannot be able to see him this
evening, as l have decided to take
that little B -ton trip we were talk
ing about this morning.”—Baltimore
Sun. ,
THE TERM "SLIM.”
Ha* a Curious Sijn ficinci Amen? P o.
pis of Sou.a Africa.
“\\ have an expression in South .
Africa which 1 find nobody under
stands over here,'’ said Capt. McFad
yen, an etficer of the Cape Colony
scours, who has recently come to
America with his wife. Miss Irene I
Ashby, the lecturer on labor topics. j
“We have a way ofntil.ng a man
who is tricky in his wT.,i0> si m,’
We speak of the *sLiixiii'u. l r
South African native, i-.w txamp .e.
He is always trying to get tin- better of
you in a bargain. lie is very in
i genuous about it, and once you know
his ways, is not at a.i d .moult to coal
with. if you have something you
i want to sell tor twu sL.it.ngs y i.u u, ust
begin by asking rum tour lor it,and
when he has beaten you down to two
he Wiil be quit. ~ .. .od. ovtn if tho
thing is worth on., .. .mng. lie '■
will always trick y< u A he can.
“We call that being *s..ra.’ Over j
here, 1 think, y..,u 6b\ -..ok’ i.r
‘smooin,’ bu: s.- trie «..\j .ess.on rs
meant to d. a <, . y *mob ;
often e-nub.es a m .. go. on. a
tight j..5.u, r C.u.k '.'..in .s .it,..- ,.s
genii a w.-ui as 'slick.' ’ A. i.
L itru
A* kit i’lS.l :'ii bite.
fo l.it -trat.- the ! u.ckr.e&s with -
which uea.n inotice ... .i. tut bite o. a J
big rattier: A res.iUtt of t: city j
.\as alter quail, with two tine point- i
v-rs. Alter scattering a large convoy
he began to pick up a stray bird here
and there. One l 11 about oO yards
ahead, ami calling to his dog:“Dtad
bird." iii reh ueti.il and slowly ad- |
vanned. Just as the dog reached the
bird he was seen to leap into the air
a foot or two, the action being accom
panied by a faintyelp. Now the quail
fell, as I have said, only about dO
yards away, but when the hunter
reached tlx spot the deg lay tie
lead. He had been struck by a rat
tler six feet in length, and death was
. nearly instant ■mecus.—X Y. i’rcsi.
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don't stay on or near the surface, but goea la through the mnaeleo and
tissue* to the bone and drivea out oil aoraaaaa and Inflammation
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 pain and in
flammation so quickly as > — "
Mexican ^
Mustang Liniment.,
If 3tou cannot reach the spot your
self get some one to assist you, for
it is essential that the liniment be
rubbed in most thoroughly.
Mexican Hustang Liniment
overcomes the ailments of hordes find all domestic animal*. Is
it Ls a iiedi homier mid pam killer no matter who or what the patient fat
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