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THE POSSUM HUNTEH OF TENNESSEE
TELLS OF A VISION
II WnN Alionl Conn 11 ml Iiinniihii liy
4lti lliimlriilH In II Im Dreiiiii IVIilili
11 Ml 11 In Inivi il AVun All It M1111
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ICnpyilKhl lOO liy C H towHI
Tln roof of our calilu liiul liln li nkln
fur linlf 11 vnr I loikoii lniim olil
Zol White iih I mhIi1 IiIiii fur 11 story
hut as It didnt rain moroii onre 11
wcilc nml us tln liitl didnt do any
Kiiut hurt 1 wiiHiil lirciikln my liaclc to
llx It Tlu old woiuiin didnt say nutli
In till 0110 iiiitwtilu sliu k up wltli ti
liiiiilailio and was tot liy Sei ln how It
was I didnt say iiiilliln to provoke
licr lull slit liuniid her hand nuln tliu
stovo stulilifd liir loo and llually liust
Ld out on 1110 with
Hi Wlilli of all tin- shaiktlty
orlltiis on lids ycrc unilKilanil niouii
tliiK uoliody kin hold a candh to yo
Whats wrotiK with tnoV siys I
Mliiips mill lumps of things This
old 1iililn Is rilarly fallln to plociS
fur tlu want of a days work but yo
aint man null to take hold anil tix
things
Ill fix that Irak tomorrur
Thats tho old song Yoll go right
at It this inlnlt or tharll bo a row
Iook htif now says 1 spoakln as
softly as I could Ill work all day to-
WmMmhw
AUK YOU XAMK Zlill WlinTf
inoiror but today Ive got to go up to
thorn llniestoni eavos I had a power
ful vlsliuu last night In my vishiin I
saw a cave and that cavo was ohuek
full of coons utul possums I cant say
what brung tho varmints together but
thur they was anil thnr was r00 of
em
I dont believe mithln of the sort
says the old woman Yo are alius
hivln vlshuiis bout bnrs and coous
anil possums but nobody ever knoweil
yo to hov n vlaluui bout choppln wood
or hoeln corn
She was light bout that said Zeb
with n smile but It riled me up jest
tho same 1 answered back party
briskly and she got 1110 sassy anil so
we had 11 row 1 got up from the table
and tool my gun and whistled to tho
diiwg and started off and the old wom
an called out to me that she hoped Id
be clawed by wildcats I wasnt varo
lii bout that vlshun I was lyln on my
back In bed eyes wide open when that
vlshun rlz up befo me anil I seen
things o clear that I fell Into a trem
ble Thar was a cave full of coons nml
possums ami I went In and sluyed em
by tho hundreds and got miff money
out of their skins to buy me a mewl I
wanted to llx that leak of cose but It
seemed a powerful sin to let that vl
shun go by I hadnt got moron half
11 mllo from the house when the dnwg
begun to hung buck Tho critter ullus
pearetl to tuko tho old womnns side
whenever wo had a row When I no
ticed him hangln back I yelled out at
him ami grabbed up a club but ho
went out of sight llko u rabbit I
wanted that dawg to hold the mouth
of tho cavo while 1 went In and sluugh
tered tho varmints and I Jest made up
my mind to kill him when I got home
Thar was three caves nnd It was a six
mllo trip The middle cavo was the
biggest and when I reached it I looked
nil around fur tracks Not one was to
be found but that didnt dlscourago
me I peered around fur a spell and
then went In It was a narrer openlu
and the cavo was dark but I had
brung along a taller caudle I lighted
tho candle and begun to look nbout me
Dod rot it but what a fule a man
kin make of himself when ho tries
exclaimed the old man after a pause
Auybodyof seuse knows that coons and
possums dont go hangln around caves
That vlshun was a tarnasbun lie That
cavo was as big as half an acre nnd I
walked all over It aud found nuthln
I was mad and klckln myself when I
started to sO out but I undut gone
fur when the roof of the rave pcantl
to fall down upon m Mebbc It wan
half nu hour later when I oiiieil my
e el mid found myself 011 my buck
uiitl It Ktomod us If one side of my
liiiul had bin caved in I found my
rllle with the stock broken and I
could Hiuell linr all mound II didnt
take 1110 long to Dggor out that a bar
had fullered mo Into the cavo and
fetched 1110 a whack longHlde the head
In a inlnlt I heard him Hiilllln and mov
1 11 around outside the cine and iih I
crawled along I found him 011 guard
lie was lyln down fair In the way mid
I was his prisoner If my rllle had bin
all right I could huv got rid of him In
short order but It couldnt bo fired
Ah the bar heard me inovln up he
showed his teeth mid growled In a way
to make my hnr stand up He didnt
come In lifter 1110 lint It was plain
null that he wasnt goln to let me out
I thought It was best to keep still fur
awhile and see If he wouldnt go away
and dyo know sub to the best of my
belief that critter wont right to sleep
I couldnt git out without stoppln over
him and It was too risky to try that
kept julet fur two hours and h ntv
or moved Thou I flung a stone at
I1I111 mid he woke up ami growled till
I had a chill
Mobbo yoll say I oiler Iipv taken
comfort In that cavo but when I found
the afternoon wearln away and tho
bar hangln on I was mighty miserable
over It The bars of Tennessee owed
me a powerful grudge fur the way I
had slaughtered them mid who was
to tell what this critter proposed to doV
Ho could finish nu off any lime he
wanted to but he poured to be playln
utiothcr game Ittiueby It come dark
but he didnt move I was hungry and
thirsty ami I kuowed the oltl woman
would be worryln even though she
was mail The bar didnt move off
however and at last 1 softly crept as
fur away us I could and went to sleep
1 dont reckon ho come nigh me durlii
the night nut he might hev slipped
away fur food or drink He was tliar
all right when daylight broke aud
thou 1 was so mail and hungry that I
got desperate Willi the rllle bar I In
my hands 1 advanced lo the mouth of
the cave and yelled fur hi in to come in
aud hov It out with me He wouldnt
do It lie growled and roared and
clawed but he wouldnt come in It
wiis a narrer place to git out and ho
hail all tht udvantage 1 yelled and
whooped and Hung stones aud called
him names but he let me tire myself
out Noon come and ho was still thar
I hud another row with him and If
hed bin a proper bar hed hov come
In and showed his grit but he staid
outside and growled
1 looked fur the old woman all that
afternoon but she didnt come I had
an old shotgun In the house ami I
knowetl that If she come shed load It
with buckshot aud bring it along If
the bar waited fur her he was a gon
er Night come along agln and 1 was
billn over with madness and ready to
eat nails from hunger The only tiling
I could ilo was to sleep but It was a
nightmare nil through the long dark
hours 1 klu toll yo I wus mighty
glad to see the daylight agln I went
to look- fur the bar and he was In tho
same old place aud as cheerful as over
We hud a Jaw but he wouldnt light
1 made up my mind lo wait about two
hours and then kill or be killed but I
was out of the cave before that time
The old woman had come hunt in fur
me and she got clus up to that bar
aud tired a handful of buckshot Into
him befo he knowetl what was up As
1 crawled out of the cave she looked at
me fur a inlnlt and then keerlessly said
rears lo ine Ive seen yo befo
Are yor name Zeb White
Thats It says I
Cilnerally spoken of as the possum
hunter of Tennessee
Yes
Man what has vlshuns of coons
and possums in a cave
I thought it was a vlshun
Yes I kitow but It was mighty
sluglar that when yo was lievlu 11 vl
shun of coons and the possums yo
didnt sec nuthln of the bar Zeb
White yo come long homo and go to
work on that cabin roof nnd let vl
shuns ami dreams go to pot
I was glad miff to do so explained
the old man with a sorrowful smile
I trigged along behind her till wo
renched home expectln she would hov
mo to say but she was mighty good
about It She cooked me the biggest
meal I had ever eat and she let me go
to bed and sleep fur 20 hours nnd all
she saltl was
Zeb yores nnlls and hammer and
boards and now yo hev a vlshun bout
leaks In tho roof of this cabin
M Quad
A Salty Tnle
The old saying that tho way to catch
n bird Is to put salt on Its tall has been
verified by little Jimmy Ilelew who
lives In Naudaln street Jimmy was
sent by his iirandinother for two bairs
of salt for some domestic operation
nlready In progress After an hours
nbsenco ho returned in a high state of
excitement crying Ive got the bird
Sure enough he had n sparrow clutch
ed tightly In his fist Hut wheres
tho salt asked his grandmother
Oh the salt said Jimmy Why
thats around the corner in tho mlddlo
of the street
Investigation showed that the boy
returning from his errand saw somo
Bparrows on the car track Ho opened
one bag and poured out tho contents
which tho birds proceeded to investi
gate Then ho threw the contents of
the other bag on top of the sparrows
submerging them sutllclently to cap
ture ouo beforo It could extricate Itself
from the uvnlanche of salt Philadel
phia Record
Very UlRerent
A man may stand ou a sinking ship
at sea or plunge through the vortex of
destruction upon the Held of battle and
still be self possessed but its different
with him wheu he finds that ho has
beeu sitting on fresh paint Chicago
Times Herald
s
KISSING OUR OOYS GOOD NIGHT
Oli tvlut a liatigc omrs oicr tlilngi
WliOl quint fllln Hie pinto
Tlic Inter owning ilouly ilriRii
llio tiurtilc llmnm Hint rtitr
Far up tlii rlilinripy km in lu nlicd
Im ihmftil uarttitli nml liuht
IVIifn putting nn their little tftmni
Wc klaa our los gooil rilKtit
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Willi ringing laugli ami iliout
To fondly link llirm In Hie lied
Ami turn tlic gaatiglit out
And lipnl In one nnnlliora arm a
S unrin iinl tnug ami light
Tliey 111 nir hearts ulth wonhlp
When we 11m our lii good night
And ai they drift to Slumherlaml
We llngir round their cot
For lo 11 ntrntige nieliontment
lllmla m wiIiiIiki lo the apot
Ami life sniiiilimv grows sweeter
And the eilng cares lake light
When hemlltig oir their sleeping forms
Wu klsj our liuja good night
Then looking to Hie future
Into whoso injaterloui jenrs
They must go to meet lifes lutiet
Now ulth glailmss now In tears
Wc prny that he may lead them
Kwr In the pnth of right
When no mure lieneatli our rooftrce
Wc may M s our txijs good night
W I Hjnford In Oaluston Ncwx
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wu 0 mods nous
Ilo TlnlotiEs Not to Ills
Fmnlly hut to tho
World of Crunks
BY HENRYK SIENKIEWICZ
KJMj45s S5
Ferdinand Mnrklewlez the literary
pride of Warsaw flung his pen on tho
table nnd threw himself back in his
chair wltli n violence that mnds that
piece of furniture groan
Ills young wife who hnd come In os
tensibly to look for her workbasket
though she knew It wasnt there look
ed up at him anxiously mid said
So tired dear
Tired I can scarcely breathe
Why dont you rest for a few days
I think 1 will 1 must In fact no
matter what happens He stretched
himself ou the sofa and continued
The editor of The Review was here
today I have promised him tho first
chapter of Rlessed Spirits for Friday
so that he can begin printing It Imme
diately after the holidays Tuesday
Wednesday Thursday Friday only
four days And then It makes me shiv
er to think of It I shall not have an
hour to myself for a month nt least
Then Rye got to finish At High Pres
sure for The Journnl correct tho
proofs of Hard Luck and see It
through the press Heavens It makes
my head swim
Ills wife folded her hands 11 sign
thnt she had something serious to say
and Intended to say It nnd walked over
to the sofa Ferdlnnnd she snld if
you wont think of yourself at least
have some consideration for your wife
and children You go to bed nt 2 and
get up before 8 You know no Sunday
no holiday How long do you think you
are going to stand It And what will
become of us if you break down
The writer passed his hand over his
knitted brow You are right qulto
right my dear Anlulkn For tho spnee
of three whole days from this moment
1 swear 1 wont touch a pen and Ill
try t i forget what Ink looks like
Where nro tho children Let me play
with them He sprrtng to bis feet
opened the door nnd called
Zona Marynla Come hero Two
pretty little girls 4 nnd 5 years of ago
came romping Into the room
Pnpa want Malyula cried the
youngest who wns not yot ou good
terms with her rs
Yes my child Come and play with
pnpa What shall we play
Oh frogs Zofla exclaimed nnd
Marynla echoed
Oh flogs flogs
Good Frogs It Is Down on your
hands nnd knees
But they will ruin their clothes the
mother objected laughing
Oh bother the clothes Come on
girls Hands nnd kuees
Then there was a great hubbub of
frogs Jumping nnd croaking In soprano
and bnrltone according to age min
gled with staccato remarks such as
Heavens This Is Immense Threo
days No pen nnd Ink Nothing but
piny
In the midst of It all the door bell
rang
Not at home croaked the bullfrog
nnd Not at homo piped tho froglings
and all threo Jumped higher than over
The door opened In tho doorway ap
peared a servant who for a moment
was stricken dumb by tho strange
Bcene
When ho recovered his wits he said
It wns tho postman nnd he brought
these holding out a mass of letters
and packages
Put them on tho tabic and get out
cried the famous author making a
spring for Mttlo Marynla
The man obeyed and went off shak
ing his head
A mlnuto later however the writer
rose to his feet
My old back hurts ho explained
Then ho added glancing at tho table
All these letters must be answered
so goodby to rest Or shall I leave
them till afterward No Thero may
bo something of Importance I shall bo
worrying about then my vacation
wont do me any good Better sacrifice
this evening to them and have It over
Too bad girls but It cant bo
helped
Oh let the letters wait his wife
pleaded
No my dear Anlulka I dont want
to nave anything on my mind
Laughing ho drove the children back
to the nursery then returned and be
gan to examine tho letters
Shall I help you Anlulka asked
Yes please
Anlulka opened the first letter and
began
Honored maatnr I inow that your
rvcry moment belongs to the public
ti nd that your leisure hours should be
sacred
Oh groaned tho author pulling a
long face but Aliinlka calmly went on
but I also know that your heart
ns great as your genius tmbrnisH all
humanity and boats lu sympathy with
rvcry suffering I am the chairman of
the committee for the relief of poor
young Indies who are too protitl to
work Our means arc small our needs
enormous Tho situation Indeed Is so
desperate that the very existence of
our society one of the most useful lu
the city Is In Jeopardy Rut If you
honored master will bestow upon us
mil of the fullness of your portfolios
the manuscript of a novel or oven a
short story we can offer It at nuc
tlon -
Enough Mnrklewlez Interrupted In
a rage The devil take tliein Port
folios Whnt portfolios Do they
think Ive got MSS to burn Here I
am with threo or four editors scream
ing for copy anil they talk nbout port
folios Hows tho thing signed
Eulnlln Kuku
Mny a hawk fly awny with her
Please dont be so cross Ferdi
nand the little woman mildly remon
strated
It Isnt my fault you know lie
caught her hnnd and kissed It For
give me my treasure Rut look nt It
Im worked to death already and along
comes this Eulnlla Kuku aud wants me
to write a novel for her Well lots
bnve the next one Ills wife rummag
ed among the correspondence and pull
ed out n bulky package the sight of
which nearly made the author fall off
his chair Great heavens lie cried
A manuscript But there Is n letter
attached to It 1 see Anlulka opened
the letter nud began
Master the words which thou
readest are a confession Thou hast
dwelt In my heart and slept In my
bosom ns the poet saltli and thou art
the father ot my child Ferdinand
Anlulka dropped the letter and glar
ed at her husband with distended eyes
He moved uneasily In his chair and
said That must be a figure of speech
Give me the letter I will rend it
Rut Anlulka hnd retrieved the pre
cious epistle and clasped It to her bos
om as if she would defend It with her
life
Not for the world she replied I
will know tho whole truth
She read on
I have sat nt thy feet like a little
violet at the foot of a mighty oak for
hnve not the lowly at least the right to
hide themselves In the shadow of the
great So I even I fly to your protec
tion I am a young
Fool Mnrklewlez Interposed
I am a young girl but I love litera
ture and woald serve it oh so gladly
If I could hear a word of encourage
ment from thy lips
To be sure mamma and Aunt Aud
zla and Cousin Jozio are unstinted In
their praises but I nm afraid they may
bo prejudiced so I await tby Judgment
I know that thy time Is tho property of
the whole nitlon but I trust to thy
goodness and send thee these six poor
volumes of my romance On Broken
Pinions Read It Thou art the causo
of Its existence therefore pronounce
not sentence of deatli ou this infant
that I have brought Into the world un
der thy Influence
Mnrklewlez drew a long breath
Didnt I tell you It was a figure of
speech Throw the lufifnt Into the
waste basket What Read six vol
umes of Illegible manuscript Never
And you wouldnt believe it wns a fig
ure of speech
Please forgive me Ferdinand Anl
ulka pleaded very meekly
Oh with pleasure replied Mnrkle
wlez whom the happy negotiation of
this piece of thin Ice had put Into great
good humor Read the next one my
love Anlulka road
Honored Sir I am by choice and
profession n philosopher devoted to
psychical studies At present I nm en
gaged In a psycho physiological re
search the object of which Is to deter
mine the Influence of different varieties
of flesh food upon Intellectual nnd es
pecially upon creative power Do you
for example work most easily on a
beef diet or upon lamb chops or veal
cutlets Which meat do you find best
for the delinentlon of character and
which for the description of natural
scenes I Inclose a printed form of
questions such ns I nm sending to all
the great thinkers of Europe nnd I beg
you to have tho goodness to Oil out tho
blanks adding such additional remarks
ns your exporleuco may suggest and
return nt your earliest convenience As
the holidays are approaching you will
I trust find time to write the few hun
dred lines necessnry especially in view
of the fnct that the subject Is of world
wide Importance
Mnrklewlez bounded from his seat
and snatched the letter from his wifes
hands exclaiming Oh that I mlsht
kick him down stairs
My dear Ferdlnnnd
Oh I apologize What comes next
Read read and let us get through with
ihem
Hadnt we better leave the rest un
til tomorrow
No Read I tell you read
She read
I know thnt each of your minutes
Is a pearl In the crown of genius and
therefore J will make little demand on
your time But It has been tho dream
of my youth and of my riper years to
see you faco to face and with this solo
object I have come from my country
home I dure not come to you lest I
disturb your Inspirations but If you
would give a moment of happiness to a
wretched despairing woman let mo see
you I beg you If only from afar I
know not at what hours you aro free
so for tho next three dayB from 2 to 0
In the afternoon I shall walk up and
down tho Cracow avenue between
Zygmuntowska and Kroleuska streets
Will you be there or would you prefer
another plnce nnd time For I will
not IrtliVve thnt you will fall me alto
gether for a great genius bespeaks n
tender heart
I bopu shell walk her legs offl
growled the author
His wife saltl Ferdlnnndl again
This time be k sed her on the lips
Forgive me puss he snld But
Just picture me running up nnd down
the street from 2 to 0 like n dogl
He was pacing the room and working
himself up Into a fury Throw tho
nig Into the wnstebasket nnd read
the next one he said Or no Rend
no more I know the others They nro
nil from editors and each editor wants
nn article within a week
He counted the remaining letters
Eight he cried Did you ever
hear the like Put some butter on
them mid give them to the dog Eight
letters
At this moment the servnnt entered
with a box uul a note that had Just
been left at the door
Anlulka opened the box Whats
this she exclnlmed Joyously
Frogs Ronutlful green rubber
frogs thnt can bo wound up for hero ia
a key Who can hnve sent them I
wonder Oh wont Zofla and Marynla
be delighted
Rend the note her husband sug
gested There may bo somo mis
take
The note ran
Beloved Master I frequently meet
your charming wife nnd your dear lit
tle girls at church I dont wish to flat
ter but I must say that I never saw
lovelier children or a sweeter Uttlo
mother
Thats the first decent letter today
t ald the author smiling A good hon
est soul Go on
I send your children two mechan
ical frogs from Paris and tho latest
thing out I hope they will amuse your
darlings and so give pleasure to your
dear wife and yourself
Thats the right sort of n letter ex
claimed Mnrklewlez much nflocted
Read on
Rut you can get nothing for noth
ing in lids world you know Do you
remember the promise you made mo
at Mlsia Iupowskas wedding four
years ago You promised to deliver a
lecture for the benefit of the Associa
tion For Improving the Condition of
Young Soaks Now 1 knock at your
door The holidays are approaching
you will be nt leisure and the Young
Sonks are froezing Mny one trust tho
word of a poet Have you forgotten
Will you refuse my request
Who who ou earth wrote that
asked the author In a tone of dejection
Anlulka read tho last Hues With
best wishes for you and yours your lit
tle friend Skrzeczkowska
Hm 1 dont exactly recollect Im
not sure Perhaps I did promise
He rubbed his chin Yes I did
promise the little thing teased me so
And now these toys and thnt nice let
terwell I can surely hammer out
some sort of a lecture during the holi
days Hang the luck
Oh Ferdinand exclaimed Anlulka
horrified
But he was pacing up nnd down
again and muttering It hus got to bo
done Theres no help for It it Par
don my dear This Is my holidny you
know 1 shall soon have to go to writ
ing again
The next Instant lie was down on all
fours Jumping and cronkiug like a
frog nnd still crying
This is my holiday Translated
From tho Polish For New York Com
mercial Advertiser
The Reign or King Cotton
Europe Is anxiously reaching out for
whatever remains of last years cotton
crop In the United States The expor
tation of cotton in April the details of
which have Just been completed by the
treasury bureau of statistics amounted
to 2G404431S pounds against 134397
328 pounds In April of Inst year aud
the valurj tu 24GS408 ngalnst 8435
097 in April last year while tho aver
age price per pound In April 1900 wns
03 cents and In April 1S99 G3 cents
an lucrease of about 50 per cent Tho
United Kingdom Increased her Impor
tation of American cotton from 52000
000 pounds In April 1899 to 89000000
pounds In April 1900 France from
0000000 pounds In April 1899 to 13
000000 pounds In April 1900 Ger
mnny from 15500000 pounds In April
1899 to nenrly 88000000 pounds lu
April 1900 nnd other European coun
tries from 40000000 pounds In April
1899 to 04000000 pounds In April
1900
Japan which hnd been busy In tho
earlier part of the year obtaining her
supply did not take as much In April
1900 ns In April 1899 the figures be
ing In April 1899 1370718 pounds
nud In April 1000 5035573 pounds
During tho ten months ending with
April however Jnpau took 155583547
pounds ngalnst 71778701 pounds In
the corresponding months of tho pre
ceding fiscal year while England had
during tho ten months taken but
1082230118 pounds ngalnst 1707242
402 pounds In the corresponding
months of last year tho total for tho
other European countries In 1000 being
about equal to that of tho correspond
ing months of 1899
Meantime tho American manufactur
ers aro also taking tlmo by tho fdre
lock and laying In their share of tho
Btock In sight even at the advanced
prices which are now very much In ex
cess of thoso a year ago Tho latest
quotations received by the bureau of
statistics show the price of cotton In
New York to be 031 cents on May 25
and on April 20 013 cents while tho
figures for one year earlier were CVi
cents for Mny 20 1899 and 0 cents
for April 15 1899 an lncreaso of 50
uer cent during tho 12 months
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