The Atlanta constitution., 1900-11-12
uLEANINGs AND GOSSIP.

pork corners and the IKE. An
man who is interested in mining IN
Dahlonega district. started the coiiNS -,
ton He knows Sir Thomas LipIon' ~.
cup challenger. and mentioned .ia'
titled sportsman had corner oi
and would make. millions In proh'.
We'll" said the veteran business man.
"Sir Thomas doubtless thinks ne mas :"
corner on pork, but l wouldn't adVlse any
one TO back him for winner in TINS VII
test. He seems to have long heau, Ou'
the end is not yet In sight. wait anu set
how the Eng,ishman comes out "he"
undertakes to realize. Sir 1hoiii"9
doubtless a shrewd man and mas io'S
money or he couIuE't keep sendihs yaS"'9
over here to try for our cup. pu' he
equally smart men who are also "e"i'''
and who know every trick OF the s,'
that Is played In Chicago. There are -
heads in the Chicago board oil uaue a-,e ~
I'll venture that they are pl'S S-"s
Thomas In this matter. e..
'.I have been watching the markets io'
wears and have seen many corners az
tempted but have never seen one car -
to a successful issue yet. Frequently tho
fellow who was trying 20 squeeze -"
market would seem to be on the hish
road TO success. but something IA"
happened to make his efforts count AZ
nothing. You all remember how IVe
Letter attempted corner on the VI
market and how he failed. fet ioI
long period II looked az II letter hau '"e 10
stoinachs of all the worlo at his mercy.
lie had almost unlimited means anu
one time during the deal he mao ui'iiilii.N
profits on paper, but when he attempted
IN realize his nrofts vanished and 1t took
about s7O0O.O00 of his fathers money 10
settle the deal.
'.'Then there was a young Price. OF New
York. who tried to corner cotton Fflce
had nerve and saw millions In gettihg
clutch or. the south's great staple. Dut ~
failed and his firm went 10 the "d1i'
losing millions and millions in the crash.
Prices friends said that IL he had hau
more money he would have succeeded. ou.
doubt H. / think he would have los'
out tust as Letter did. Ana thihh ~
Thomas Is going to Jose out on poFN'
he doesn't mind. when those chicago iei-
lows get through with him. ne won't nave
money enough left to build yach' -
race for the American cup.
"Well." said the politician. "you folks
Lrov more about corners than / do. but
know one man who has run success
m corner In this country and got all ne
wanted out of IT."
'eXvhats his name and what did ne
corner2" uuerled the crowd
"Oh, YOU all know him. His name is
Mark Hanna. and. judging from the re-
turns of Tuesdays election, | should say
thot he was pretty successful In cornering
the votes in the United States ana de-
Iivering them to Mckinney.
Then the crowd. which was made up OF
Ioyal Bryan men. looked sad and silently
dissolved
Franks on iong-distance telephone lines
are the latest things In the way OF "eu
ding presents. The statement souii"'
unique. bat it is none the less true
Recently Manager Gentry. OF the Bell
Telephone Company, extended 'hi
hour frank 10 a young friend OF MS "no
Is about to forsake the devious paths o.
bachelordom and wed oeautiIul youH5
girl who lives ia a neighborius state.
The frank was good from Y unul
O'Clock In the afternoon. and during those
hours they 10 say that the wires were
freighted with more houeyed phrases
than ever went out OF Atlanta in one con-
signment before. The young man. so the
story goes. locked himself a the sound
proof box with only mis- thoughts for com
pany. and literally ran the gamut OF de-
ughtful 1othjuss. But, OF course. tho
conversation was not one-sided. Ii was a
"'The telephone and the telegraph have
already played havoc with the gentle art
of letter writing" remarked a young man
yesterday, but this long-distanCe busi-
ness If Z becomes general. viii deal
death blow 10 love letters. | feel very
much like patronizing a long-dlstance line
myself az the present moment! / Goubt
the general expediency of the habit. how
ever. for fellow who likes 20 talk a.
"a
money to make matrimony a possibility"
II was at the Tabernacle Baptist church
Sunday night" said a gentleman Tues
day. "and | don't think I can ever forget
a story told by Evangelist Cell TO Illus
trate some point In his sermon. The story
related to an experiment made by some
French surgeons and Mr.. Cell stated
that II was told to MIN while he was In
Paris few years ago.
You know people who commit capital
crimes in France are put to death by the
guillotine. an Instrument which takes the
head from the shoulders In an instant
Of time For years French surgeons have
wished to secure the head Of a criminal
as soon as il was severed from the body
In order to make certain experiments.
Finally the government issued an or
der permitting the surgeons to have
head When the hour of execution ar
rived surgeon was present and, as soon
as the ak fell. seized the head and rushed
into a nearby room which had been pre-
pared for the experiment.
Several surgeons and scientists were
in waiting and they had large dog
which had been put under the influence
of an auaesthetic. As soon as the sur
geon. bearing the bleeding head, rushed
in. certain veins about the dogs neck
were opened and the head OF the crlmi-
nal was applied to them. the purpose De-
ing to see if the connection would not
result I'm terminating the bodiless head
ana endble 1t to converse.
..The experiment seemed about 20 be
successful. for. as Mr.. Cells informant
told the story, the eyes Of the head
onened and then the lips few apart as II
the mouth were about to break into
sreecb But suddenly the eyes dropped
and caught sight of the dogs body. A
look OF unutterable horror came into the
o,as the countenance took on an aspect
of direst fear the mouth flew open as II
an the point of speaking, but the horror
thar had seized on the brain in the bodi-
less head paraiyzed the tongue and what
probably would have been speech died
avav in a CHASTITY gurgle. The surgeon,
who was holding the human head TO the
dog's neck. was so overcome that he
Lot go his hold and the head dropped TO
the floor.
1.-THE surgeons had an idea that If Inn
mediate connection with the dog was
made after the mans head was cut Off